Hello everyone and welcome to a new chapter of "Reborn: Return of the King!" This chapter will include the Reverse Mountain arc, so it'll be kind of small. I've also decided to answer reviews by video! I've been having this idea for a while of creating a channel purely for fanfiction and possibly One Piece chapter reviews (along with other series!) so tell me what you think about that! Now let's move on to the chapter!
One Piece is owned by Eiichiro Oda
"As I thought, the entrance to the grand line is a mountain." Said Nami, while pointing towards a map on the kitchen table. Right now, every member of the crew was in the kitchen looking for more instructions, while Luffy was just looking at the side.
"A mountain?" Asked Zoro.
"Yeah it sounds ridiculous but it's the truth. The lighthouse was even pointing towards Reverse Mountain." Said Nami "By the looks of it, we have to go through a waterway."
"But even if there's a waterway it's impossible for a ship to climb a mountain." Said Usopp.
"Nami-san's never wrong!" Said an angered Sanji.
"Can we even trust that map? After all it came from Buggy." Said Zoro.
"I can't wait to climb the mystery mountain." Said Lucy, already grinning from the excitement.
"What a lovely weather." Said Luffy, making everyone turn towards him. "No clouds, no wind, perfect for relaxing on deck.", Nami's eyes started to widen.
"WE'VE ENTERED CALM BELT! EVERYONE, GRAB THE OARS AND START ROWING!" Shrieked a panicked Nami.
"But it's so calm. Why must we go back to the storm?" Asked Lucy.
"Just do what she says Lucy." Said Luffy, while looking at the ocean. Suddenly a big amount of sea kings appeared, one even lifting the Merry with his nose.
"This is a den for sea kings, especially the big ones." Cried Nami, while holding the mast. The rest of them, except Luffy, had shocked faces as they saw the monsters. Luffy then started speaking to the sea kings.
"Oi, could you guys launch us towards the storm?" He asked, getting incredulous looks from the rest of the crew. However, what was most surprising was that the sea king nodded and then sneezed, making them fly to their rightful place.
"Well that was fun, let's enter the grand line now." Said Luffy, moving towards the figurehead, until Nami stopped him by grabbing his collar.
"Wait a minute mister! Explain to us how did you do that?" Luffy groaned.
"I talked to him using my Conquerors Haki. Yes, it allows me to do that. Please let me go." Said Luffy with a monotone tone. Nami's eyebrow started to twitch at his remark. She then punched him while muttering "Smartass."
"Like you're one to talk." Thought Luffy, lying on the ground. Nami then started to explain her theory on how it was possible to enter Reverse Mountain.
"NAMI-SAN YOU'RE AMAZING!" Said a twirling Sanji.
"Hey look I see the mountain!" Said Lucy.
"IT'S HUGE!" Said a gaping Usopp.
"I can't believe it...the ocean is really climbing the mountain!" Exclaimed Zoro while holding some binoculars. The crew then started to prepare for the waterway.
"We're going off course! We have to turn a little to the right!" Said Lucy. However, when Sanji and Usopp were turning the rudder it accidentally broke.
"YOU IDIOTS!" Cried Nami. Luffy then climbed to the top of the figurehead.
"Don't worry, I'll take care of it." He said. He then spread his arms and released darkness, covering the walls of the waterway. Luffy then started to pull and stop, so that the ship could be stable. "We're good now."
"Nice Luffy!" Said Zoro, while Luffy smirked. They then reached the top of the reverse mountain.
"So, all we have to do is go down right?" Said Lucy. Luffy nodded.
"That's right, since the grand line is up ahead."
"BUOOOH!"
"What was that sound?" Asked Usopp.
"BUOOOH!"
"Nami-san! There's a mountain up ahead!" Said Sanji.
"What? But we should've landed on open sea!"" Said the confused navigator.
"BUOOOH!"
"That ain't no mountain" Said Luffy, making everyone turn towards him "I have two assumptions on who it is. A wailing Big Mom or an actual whale. I'm guessing it's a whale since it looks too thin to be Big Mom." Said Luffy, while snickering at his joke, which no one understood it "You'll get it one day." "Especially you Sanji." Thought Luffy.
Whole Cake Island
"Why do I have the sudden feeling of killing someone?" Wondered Big Mom. Normally she would've shrugged and did what her mind was thinking, however the only other person in the area was her key to the Poneglyphs, her creepy three-eyed daughter Pudding. However, she needed some training first.
"Ok Pudding, let's try this again. Sink that ship." She said, while looking towards Pudding who was carrying a Bazooka.
"Can I know the name?" She asked. Linlin groaned, why the hell was her daughter always asking this. She then sent a nod towards Zeus, who checked the name.
"The name of the ship is SaNa." Said Zeus.
BOOOOM!
Everyone was quiet while they watched the ship exploding and bursting into flames. They then slowly turned towards Pudding, her bazooka now having a trail of smoke.
"Look Mother, I did it!" Said Pudding while jumping on the air. Linlin then turned towards Prometheus.
"Rename all of the aim training ships."
Reverse Mountain
"It really is a whale." Said Usopp.
"Luffy help us steer to the left!" Said Zoro.
"Sorry Zoro, but I need to do this for we need to meet Vivi. Again." Thought Luffy. He then released another wave of Haki, this time a little stronger, so that it would stun Laboon. As Laboon got stunned, she opened her mouth, making the ship go towards it in a sudden burst of speed. Lucy wasn't ready for this however, because she fell off the ship. Without thinking, Luffy quickly used "Geppou" to go towards Lucy and launched her towards the Merry. As he looked towards the incredulous looks of his crew he just sent them a wink and a thumbs up. Luffy then jumped to the top, while looking for the hatch, to then enter it.
"Damn it, I really wanted to see how it was entering Laboon by the mouth. Stupid brotherly instincts." He thought bitterly. The whale then returned to her senses and did her self-proclaimed duty. To destroy that despicable obstacle that was separating her from her friends.
"Don't worry Laboon. This time you'll meet Brook, I promise." Thought Luffy, while walking through the halls. The ground then started to move and propelled Luffy forwards. After a bit, he ended in what looked like a giant sewer, but with clean water. The ground started to tilt again and Luffy slid down, until he recognized two figures standing by the door, one of them a woman with blue hair "Vivi!"
He couldn't think longer because he crashed into them, opening the door behind him. He then grabbed their coats and used "Geppou" to reach his ship.
"Missed me?" Said Luffy. He then was tackled to the ground by Lucy.
"LUFFYYY!" She cried, to later punch him in the face "YOU BASTARD! HOW COULD YOU DO THAT!"
"S... sorry." Said Luffy. However, they then were interrupted by a scream.
"KYAHHHHHH!"
Looking to the source of it Luffy's eyes started to widen when he saw the sparkles around Vivi. "What the...?"
"OMG OMG OMG OMG YOU'RE STRAW HAT LUFFY AREN'T YOU!" Said Vivi while jumping up and down in the air.
"Oh no. Don't tell me that..." Thought Luffy, recognizing that look.
"OMG I AM TOTALLY YOUR NUMBER ONE FAN! CAN I TOUCH YOU? OR MAYBE A PICTURE? NO WAIT, I'VE GOT AN EVEN BETTER IDEA! SIGN MY BREASTS!" She said, while moving her shirt so that her cleavage could be more noticeable. She then started to point towards her right breast "You could write Monkey here, then on the other one you can write Luffy!"
As the others were shocked by the scenery, Lucy just blankly said "What about the D."
"That goes somewhere else~" Slyly said Vivi. Nami then felt power rush through her veins.
"OK ENOUGH! Now, how do you know Luffy?" She asked, in a very threatening tone. Vivi just blinked.
"How? Through this of course!" She said, while handing them a certain magazine, also known as Luffy's bane.
"God damn it." Thought Luffy, already aware of the changes that he caused because of some stupid magazine. "Stupid butterflies."
As the crew started to read the article, they had different reactions. Zoro and Usopp were laughing and rolling on the floor, Sanji was crying while holding his knees, Nami had a shocked face (however she didn't let go of the magazine) and Lucy was just grinning "Big Bro is really famous!"
After taking a deep breath to contain himself from destroying that thing, Luffy then directed himself towards Vivi "So."
"AHHHH HE'S TALKING TO ME!" She said, making Luffy drop sweat.
"As I was saying, first I'm not doing any of those things." Said Luffy while ignoring Vivi's cries. "And second what were you going to do to this whale." Her partner, Mister 9, answered that.
"Well, you see our town is running out of food, and this whale could probably feed it for 2 years!" He said, while shaking.
"Well that won't happen because the whale is now my friend, got it?" Said Luffy. Vivi gasped.
"I DIDN'T KNEW THAT! MISTER 9, HOW COULD YOU FORCE ME TO DO THIS VILE ACT. YOU'RE SO MEAN." She said, while running towards Luffy and crying. Luffy just lifted a hand a stopped her by grabbing her forehead.
"Yeah you're not the first one to do that." Said the pirate captain. He then noticed something was wrong. Looking down he saw Vivi starting to hyperventilate.
"He's...he's...touching...me." She said. She then remembered that it was him that saved her from falling in the stomach acid below. Her imagination was starting to run wild until her body shook and fell limply against his arms, while having a warm smile.
"Holy shit..." Said Zoro, while Sanji was crying even more.
"I don't get it, what happened?" Asked Lucy.
"You'll get it when you get older." Said Usopp.
Nami then started to get pissed off again and released Vivi from her captain's arms. "Enough of this, let's just leave this place. Mister, could you please show us the way out?" Asked Nami, while looking towards an amused Crocus.
"This reminds me of old times." "Ok, let's go." He said. As they were leaving he told them the story of how he met Laboon. As they were going through the passage Luffy just kept imagining how would Brook react when he would see Laboon again.
They then left the whale and docked near the lighthouse.
"So, the whale has been waiting for them for 50 years? They're really taking their sweet time to come back." Said Lucy.
"They're probably dead Lucy-san." Said Sanji while smoking.
"Actually, they already left the grand line. Whether they survived or not I don't know, since they exited through the Calm Belt." Said Crocus.
"So, they basically preferred to keep their lives safe instead of fulfilling a promise. Bunch of cowards." Said Sanji.
"How do you know what happened?"
Everyone turned their heads towards Luffy, who was talking "Your dad was probably too young to even create you, so how do you know what happened?"
"He wasn't there but it's obvious Luffy, those cruel bastards left the poor whale behind." Said Usopp.
"AND WHAT? DO YOU EVEN KNOW THE REASON WHY THEY LEFT? IF NO THEN SHUT UP!" Roared Luffy. He then noticed the surprised faces of his nakama so he calmed down.
"Do you know?" Said Sanji. Luffy then proceeded to bring an excuse.
"No, but I've been on the grand line long enough to know anything can happen. Maybe they got attacked and killed, only for their ship to be usurped. Or maybe they had to separate, so one part would leave while the other one continued to sail. However, there's still a chance that somewhere, even if there's only one of his nakama left, are trying to go back to Laboon. Sometimes you can't control fate." Said Luffy, while knowing the real reason. They may have not meant to insult Brook's nakama, but he was still pretty pissed about it. "They were kind of right when they said they died though, since Brook's already dead." He thought, while chuckling to himself in a way that no one would notice.
"Sorry about that." He said. His Haki then showed him a vision of Lucy destroying the mast, and with quick reflexes he ran to the Merry and stopped her successfully.
"Leave me Luffy, I have to do this." Said Lucy.
"I know what you're planning to do, but I can't let you do that." Said Luffy, while gripping the mast with his hands, stopping Lucy no matter how hard she tried. "Don't worry, I'll let you paint afterwards." He said, while winking. Lucy got happy and let go of the mast.
"That was close, no wonder Merry got destroyed." Thought Luffy. He then went to his chest to pick up three other things, along with buckets of paint. He then used his Haki so that it could pay attention to his words.
"Oi Laboon! You must be feeling pretty lonely, right?" Luffy asked. "Well then, catch this he said, bringing a giant straw hat. "When I was in Wano they made me this. It's similar to my straw hat, so it's like my treasure. I want you hold this and when we'll finish exploring the grand line, I'll come back here to retrieve it, got it?" Luffy said. The whale even started to tear up at the thought of new friends. "Along with an old nakama of yours of course." He then handed over the buckets towards Lucy, who quickly grabbed them and started to paint the Straw hat Pirates symbol. She wasn't good at it.
"This mark represents our promise ok? So don't go headbutt the Red Line again or it will go away." Said luffy, while the others were thinking about how maybe it wouldn't be that unfortunate that the mark started to disappear since it was pretty ugly.
"You've been to Wano? I thought they were closed to the outside world." Said Crocus.
"I was hanging out with my brother, he's one of Whitebeard's crewmates." Said Luffy, making his nakama freeze again.
"YOU HAVE A BROTHER?"
"Yeah, his name is Ace. We're not brothers by blood, but I consider him one." he said. Nami then started to wonder about her sister Nojiko and looked at her bracelet. She then noticed something else.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
"What happened Nami-san!" Said Sanji.
"THE COMPASS! IT'S BROKEN!" Shrieked Nami.
"Oh yeah compasses don't work on the grand line." Said Luffy. "You need a log pose for navigating since every island has a magnetic field or something like that. I have one for you." He then gave Nami the log pose. It was a New World type of log pose, so the extra needles were kind of useless for now. "I had this one for a while, so you can have it." Half-lied Luffy. He had that log pose for a while, but it was because it reminded him of his navigator, so he just had to buy it. It had a golden circle surrounding it with orange lines mixed in between. It had berry symbols on the sides, making it look like it was a normal compass. The glass balls had those designs as well. She gasped and put the log pose on her wrist.
"Thanks, Luffy, I appreciate it." Said Nami. Her heart was doing weird things again.
"No problem, I have one for myself." He said, while showing his personalized long pose, which had cool drawings with the colors black and red. Luffy used this to reach East Blue, since he had to sail on his own to not bring out unwanted attention. As they finished talking they heard a growl.
"Rival..." Said Vivi while glaring at Nami "Luffy-san, I was wondering, you are a really strong and caring guy, so could you please give us a ride to our island? It's called Whiskey Peak." Nami was ready to refuse, but Luffy interrupted her.
"Of course." He said, making Vivi really happy.
"OH, THANK YOU!" She screamed while jumping to hug him. Luffy dodged it.
"Well men, let's go!"
"HAI!" Crocus smiled at them.
"He's just like you. Are these the pirates we've been waiting for, Roger?" Crocus thought.
And the chapter is finished! It was kind of small since I've only included Reverse Mountain, but there wasn't anything huge to cover in this arc. The chapters will probably be released weekly at Sunday from now on since I get home too tired during the week, and I prefer to relax and play videogames, so sorry about that. Also, I hope you guys don't hate what I did with Vivi, I kind of needed a change from the original story, and the only possible girl was Vivi, since Conis is on Skypea. Hope you enjoyed it, and see you next time. Bye!