Reverse Mountain

Endrino stood on the deck of the S.S Rione, excitement was buzzing through him along with the added buzz of several energy drinks. Today was the day they would use reverse mountain and cross into the grand line. Then he would be that little bit closer to his home island. Even though dawn had broken just a few hours ago he stood, watching the horizon with steady, yet exited eyes, watching the form of a mountain growing ever closer.

Eric was whizzing about on deck and span round to face Endrino, and pointed at the form of the mountain, "That's it isn't it? Backwards hill?" Eric said, trying to be cleaver by remembering the name but completely failing.
Endrino chuckled, he often found the boys mistakes like this funny, "Reverse Mountain." He corrected the 5 year old, and went back to watching the mountain.
Eric, realised this dismissal and went back to skating about, cleaning the deck.

Isamu watched his captain, amusement showing on his face because Endrino could barely stand still, thanks to drinking far too many energy drinks before 10 in the morning. Then Eric charged past and the 1st mate watched him instead.
Eric was running around, squealing and pointing at a passing shoal of fish as they shot past the ship in the clear water.
Endrino looked over to the boy, hearing his squeal. His huge grin appeared again, he clearly found Eric's behaviour amusing, if not hilarious.
Isamu laughed, Eric was funny to watch, the rest of them were all seasoned sailors who weren't bothered by shoals of fish. Then his laugh faded and a worried frown formed on his brow, as he realised that this wasn't normal hyperness even for Eric. "Eric!" he called catching the attention of the boy who ran over to him, jumping up and down on the spot. "You haven't had one of the drinks from the fridge have you?"
Eric tilted his head a bit, still jumping. "What one?"
""The black can" Isamu said, a bad feeling welling in his gut.
Endrino's back went ridged as he clicked into the conversation, he bristled at the thought of a certain answer from Eric.
"The one Endrino drinks?" Eric said, but didn't wait for an answer, "Its ttaassttyy~"
Hearing this Endrino lunged at the boy. "You little!"
Eric saw this pissed off face of his captain, screamed and ran crying.
Isamu caught hold of the collar of Endrino's coat, but because it was always undone it slid off the topless body of the captain with ease. "Crap!" Isamu swore in annoyance and just about managed to crap hold of Endrino's left arm instead.
Endrino powered on, slower but still dragging Isamu along at a good walking pace.
"Cool it! He's just a kid!" Isamu tried, still trying to stop his captain.
Endrino glared at Isamu for a moment, then turned back to face Eric, before he could lose sight of his target. "That was the last can of my favourite drink! I was saving it!" He yelled, and stopped turning to face the 1st mate, realising that he would have to get rid of Isamu before he had any chance of catching Eric. "You don't know how much that meant to me!" Endrino protested, the energy drinks he had already had were causing him to over-react, just as Isamu had feared.
Isamu sighed, not releasing his grip. "Leave him alone, he's only doing what you did with your dad's drinks."
Endrino faltered, his tense body relaxed a little as some of his latent aggression evaporated. He turned to Eric with a death-glare "Don't you dare try something like that again though, Pipsqueak!"
Eric stuttered, catching his breath. "I w-w-wont"
"Now let go of me Isamu" Endrino growled, unable to free himself from the other guys grip.
Isamu smiled, "fine, fine" He chuckled, letting go and holding both hands in the air.
Endrino took this chance to punch his friend squarely in the chest.
"Ooof" Isamu grunted, but he knew this wasn't one of Endrino's real punches, the bearded bulky teen way toying with him.

Katashi had been busy keeping the ship on track all day, because of its immense size it would be a tight fit to get the ship through the gateway up the mountain. Of keeping it dead centre in the current was very important. They were making very good progress and now they were about to start the climb.
Everyone was on deck, Takeshi was stood on the bow shouting directions at Katashi so the ship would not get damaged.
All the other crew members were just milling around, making sure everything that could move was tied down and secure.
As The Rione started to climb, Cozmo let out a whoop. "Yaaahoooo! Grand Line here we come!"
Eric looked at him curiously. "Grand Line?"
Katashi grinned "Yup! The land of beautiful ladies!"
"You Ero-Fool! It's the sea of adventure!" Endrino yelled at this navigator, and the two of them started to yell at each other.
Isamu sighed. "It's a dangerous place that's for sure."

Eric was confused everyone seemed to have a different opinion but that wasn't the only thing that was bothering him. "What's a Lady?"
Katashi stopped, his body frozen in position and he held his pistol to his captains face. "W-what's….a….How do you not know!" He yelled in shock, and ran over to Eric intent on teaching him this essential piece of information.
Endrino smirked, counting this as yet another win for him. "Stupid Ero-Gull" he snorted, walked off stuffing his hands in his coat pockets.
Katashi meanwhile had crouched down in front of Eric and placed his hands on the boys shoulders. "Ok Eric, you know what girls are yes?"
"yeah"
"well Ladies are grown up girls, and they are the most beautiful things you will ever see" Katashi told the boy, he truly believed every word he was saying.
"I thought butterflies were beautiful?" Eric said, a little confused.
"they are, but they're not as beautiful as a lady" Katashi explained.
"So…. Like Mama?" Eric said, kind of getting the gist of what Katashi was trying to tell him.
"yes, yes!" Katashi cried, glad the boy understands. "And remember Eric, you must always be nice to ladies, and never ever hurt them!" And with that final piece of information Katashi got up and went back to steering the ship.
Endrino sighed, "well thank fuck he remembered what he was supposed to be doing, I thought we were going to crash and die soon" the flat tone of his voice giving away his sarcasm.
The Rione had almost reached the top of the mountain.
Isamu and the other members of the crew had all grabbed onto something. But Endrino stood stubbornly or perhaps stupidly on the bow of his ship.
"Endrino-Kun~ you should hold onto something or you'll fall went we go over the top" Yuudai called to Endrino.
Endrino just stood there stubbornly. "I'll be fine" he grumbled.
"Seriously, listen to Yuudai!" Isamu called to his friend.
"As if falling would cause me any problems anyway!"
Isamu sighed, he knew this was right but there was one thing his captain was forgetting. "yeah right! If you hit the water you'll be a hammer! A dead weight!"
Endrino sighed.."fi-

Just as he was about to give in, The Rione plummeted over the mountains summit.
Endrino lost all his footing due to the sudden tilting of the ship and was thrown from the ship by the strong winds tearing round the ship.
"RINO!" Isamu yelled, using his friends childhood name as terror gripped him. He couldn't do anything, if he let go he'd be flung from the ship too and if he hit the water he too would be dead weight, all he could hope was that Endrino had either hit the rocky side of the mountain, or managed to change into that form.
Eric screamed and burst out crying, clinging desperately to Yuudai's shirt.
Katashi swore, he was the only one who had a chance to check if their captain was ok safely, because of his flying ability, but he had to stay and control the ship.
Isamu was obviously torn up. "Fuck! This isn't how things were meant to start!"
Yuudai clung to the main mast. "that boy.. so reckless" Despite everything The giant seemed calm, his trust in the young captain ever-lasting.

Well this was a fun chapter to write, sorry about the huge hold up. I've had a ton of college work to get sorted before we broke up for the holiday, so as my way to make it up to you, heres some pre-Christmass drama!
Feel free to message me any questions, it could be like an SBS. Or write me a review, I really appreciate it!