That whale thing? Only the tip of the ice burg. But that's not important. "What do you think?"

"I thought we got eaten."

"I know. But then how do you explain that." Sanji waved a hand at the small island floating in the middle of... Oh oh! Gross! We're floating in stomach fluid!

"It could be a dream." Zoro suggested.

"If it's a dream," I said running a hand quickly though my hair. "It's a pretty weird dream that we're all having." Nami nodded her head slowly.

I looked at the... um... water, just as something very large surfaced. It was large and purple... I already felt icky and now there was this... thing.

"Oh no! Nami moaned, "I think that's..."

She and Usopp both ran for cover screaming "NEPTUNIAN SQUID!"

I looked at the ugly thing, "What is that?" I slowly placed one of my hands on Ami.

Three harpoons shot out of the monsters body, Zoro, Sanji, and I all readied to attack if needed.

"Looks like we got some company." I said.

"Looks like someone lives on the island," Zoro said with a small smile on his face.

"I just hope they're human."

Nami and Usopp were crying. I shook my head as Usopp stood and a frantically asked, "Should we fire the cannon at the island?"

"Hold on." Sanji said, squinting at the island, "Someone's coming out!"

I squinted at the island as well, A... Flower? I asked myself as I tried to make out what was standing at the door of the small house. No. A man.

"A flower?" Sanji said.

I punched his lightly in the arm, "No, It's a man you idiot."

"He got that squid like it was nothing!" Usopp shouted.

Zoro shifted slightly, "Yeah, but did he mean to save us or was he just fishing?"

There was a tense moment when nothing was said and we all just stared at the man and he stared back. My mind was trying to tell me something but I couldn't quite dredge anything up. The tense moment built until the man on the island just casually sat down in a chair and pulled out a paper.

"SAY SOMETHING, DAMN YOU!" Sanji shouted.

The old man just sat in the chair calmly and continued reading his paper.

Usopp was clearly hysterical, because he shouted, "You looking for a fight!? We'll take you on, we've got a cannon!"

I glared back at him, "Usopp!"

The old man glanced up from his paper, "Forget it, somebody's going to die."

"Yeah?" Sanji asked. "And who would that be?"

I scoffed, "Probably him."

He shook his paper slightly, "Me."

"LISTEN YOU!" Sanji shouted angrily.

"Don't get all bent up." I said patting Sanji on the shoulder.

Zoro smiled slightly, "Who are you mister?" He asked, "And where the hell are we?"

Sanji turned to me slightly, "He thinks he can make a fool out of me." I pat Sanji reassuringly on the back.

The old man looked up at the Merry. "Isn't it proper etiquette to introduce yourself before you start asking questions?"

Zoro bowed just slightly, "Right, sorry about that." The old man then launched into telling us just about everything in his life from his blood type to his star sign. Zoro began to draw one of his swords shouting, "I'm gonna chop him up!"

I grabbed his sword while Sanji grabbed his shoulders, "Zoro calm down!"

Crocus glared at us, "You want to know where here is?" I grabbed on to the railing, already knowing full where we were. "How dare you invade my personal resort and order me around like a bunch of big shots!"

I bowed, "Sorry sir, we didn't mean to be rude."

Crocus ignored my apology, "Where do you think you are? The belly of a mouse?"

"You mean we really got eaten by that whale?" Usopp asked.

"I don't want to be digested!" Nami half cried.

Crocus pointed to a large metal door one one side of the whale's stomach. "The exit is there."

I grabbed tight on to the railing, as Nami and Usopp finally caught on that the whale's insides were painted. You know... thinking about it... That paint can not be good for the whale.

Crocus mused that painting was a hobby of his when the whale started to shake. Not shake. My mind corrected, Poor Laboon is ramming his head into the Red Line. I glanced at the island and saw it bob is the waves of stomach fluid.

"That isn't an island it's a ship!" Nami cried, "And it's made of metal!'

Then the penny dropped for Usopp, "This isn't water, it's stomach acid! If we stay here to long our ship will dissolve!" Usopp turned to Crocus. "What's happening?"

Crocus had a very serious look on his face. "The whale is ramming the Red Line with his head!"

I closed my eyes and some how zoned out for a moment. I thought I heard someone calling for me. Only... they weren't calling my name.

"Jennifer..." It was very faint. "Jennifer... Listen to me Jennifer."

I shook my head dispelling the voice. M.. My name is Leanah. I told myself stubbornly. I don't know a Jennifer.

The voice was persistent. "Jennifer... Please, dear you must listen. It's important you listen."

I tapped my left hand to my forehead, trying to get rid of the voice, then another entered, "AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" My head snapped up and I saw Luffy falling at us.

Author's Note:

Phew. That was hard (Not really though). So I've rewritten Chapters 1-19, this chapter being an entirely new Chapter. I wasn't to subtle about who Jennifer was, was I? *laughs* No matter, I'm just glad I'm done. If you read my story before the rewrites then you'll notice I added the bits about the Nasty Voice and the scars and some Lougetown bits and some bits on Merry.

Anyway, Please, I would love to Hear your thoughts on how I'm doing! So Review if it's no trouble.

Your ever willing author,
Kari910