Well, the next chapter is here. Admittedly, the next few chapters might drag on a bit because all they are doing is crossing over the Grand Line. But thanks again to my beta all my wonderful reviewers. You guys make my day, truly you do. :)

Water still poured from the sky in heavy sheets as the four of us ran through the streets of Louguetown.

"The wind is getting worse!" Zoro pointed out as we continued to run though the wind and rain to get away from the marines following us.

"Jeez, these guys are so persistent!" Luffy whined from behind us. "Should we just stop and finish them off?"

"Don't, there will be no end to them," Sanji said to Luffy. "More importantly Nami told us to return to the ship as soon as possible."

My eyes flicked up as I noticed a woman standing our path as we were running. She didn't move as we ran towards her, she just cried out, "RORONOA ZORO! To think that you were Roronoa Zoro! And a pirate hunter at that, too! You were just toying with me all along!"

"You bastard! What did you do to that woman!" Sanji snapped at Zoro as we ran closer to her.

"I never thought you were a marine…" Zoro said blandly to the woman.

"I shall take back that Wado Ichimonji!" She snapped at him. The hell was she talking about?

"Just try it!" Zoro said with a cocky smirk on his face. He jumped forward to block the woman's swing with his own swords, the sound of metal clashing together rang in my ears.

"Go on ahead!" Zoro said to us as we ran past.

"Okay!" Luffy chirped.

"That brute dares hurt a lady!" Sanji howled as Luffy grabbed the back of his shirt and pulled him with us.

"Let's go!" Luffy urged us; he didn't need to tell me though. I was still pissed at him and was going ahead anyway.

"Someone's up ahead!" Luffy informed us as I spotted something blocking our path.

"Another one?" Sanji hissed in annoyance.

"So, you've come Strawhat Luffy," The man said. He was standing next to some sort of weird motorbike, two cigars in his mouth at once. He had a marine jacket on as well, which was as wet as his gray hair.

"Who're you?" Luffy asked bluntly as we ran closer to him. I just stared at the marine as something seemed to tickle my memory. Who the hell is this guy?

"The name's Smoker," The guy said to Luffy. "I'm a captain of the marine headquarters. Suddenly his arms turned to smoke and it came flying towards us, even the rain didn't stop it. "And I won't allow you to set sail from here!"

The smoke wrapped right around Luffy's middle and lifted him into the air as he cried out in shock.

Sanji and I ran past Luffy and head straight for the marine.

"Why you…" Sanji hissed as he jumped and swung his leg at the marines head. I jumped forward at the same time and bit down around his thigh. "You freak of nature!"

My eyes widen as my teeth sunk straight through him as his leg turned into smoke. The taste of it choked me and I glanced up to see that where Sanji had kicked his head had tuned into smoke to!

"Wha!" Sanji cried just as shocked as me.

"I don't have time for runts," He hissed at the two of us with a glare.

"Howaito Buro*!" He cried out and suddenly I saw a tendril of smoke charge at Sanji and I.

Before we could react it had hit both of us and we went flying back into a wall. I felt my spine impact on the wall with the back of my head following it with a 'crack'. The last thing I saw was the white smoke before everything went black.

I woke up a few minutes later and we were running again, I was tucked under Sanji's arm as he ran. The fuck! When did I become a bag to be carried around!

I wiggled in his grip and let out a bark as he looked down at me. He just dropped me on the ground and I started running with the others. Someone must have dealt with the Smoker guy because he was nowhere to be seen…

"Luffy!" Usopp yelled as we arrived at the boat. "Hurry up! This rope won't last much longer!"

"Nami!" Sanji cooed as he danced around. "I'm back!"

"What took you guys so long!" She snapped at us. "Hurry up and get on board! We are setting sail immediately!"

"Yahoo! The ship feels like it was going to flip right over!" Luffy yelled childishly. The storm raged all around us as we sailed on towards the Grand Line. The rain was pouring down on our heads as we sat on the deck but no one paid any heed to it.

"You see that light over there?" Nami asked as she pointed towards the lighthouse shining in the distance. "It's known as the Light of Guidance. The entrance to the Grand Line is just ahead of that light. So what shall we do?"

"Don't you guys think that entering the Grand Line in the midst of this storm is a bit…" Usopp spluttered but he was ignored.

"So we've reached the Grand Line have we!" Sanji chirped as he put a barrel in the middle of the deck. "This calls for a celebration!"

"Guys!" Usopp yelped and I sent him an impish smirk. Poor guy got too scared sometimes.

I knew everything would be fine. I remember something about a whale while crossing the Grand Line, but that's about it. The further into the story line the more I don't remember. I'm going to be screwed when I can't remember anything else. I only remember till the point after they beat Crocodile and even most of that is blurry and in patch.

"To find all blue!" Sanji said as he slammed his foot down on the barrel.

"To become the Pirate King!" Luffy said as he copied Sanji.

"To be the greatest swordsman," Zoro said with a smirk as his foot joined the others.

"To draw a map of the world!" Nami chirped also joining in.

"T…T-to become a brave warrior of the sea!" Usopp stuttered as he placed his foot on the barrel also.

"Mamori?" Luffy asked me as I watched them owlishly. He wanted me to join in? It's not like I could say anything…

I walked up to the barrel and place my left front paw on it with an impish smirk. I then tilted my head back and let out a long howl that pierced the noise of the storm as it carried over the waves.

'To never live a day in my life that I will regret!' I told myself, even if the others couldn't hear it didn't mean I couldn't say something.

"OFF TO THE GRAND LINE WE GO!" Everyone cried at once as my howl died down.

"The entrance to the Grand Line is a mountain," Nami said bluntly as she slammed the map down on the kitchen table.

"A mountain!" Usopp exclaimed in confusion from his place at the kitchen table. Zoro and Luffy sat opposite of him and Sanji stood up against the kitchen bench. I walked over the bench and lightly jumped up next to Usopp as I sat down to look at the map.

"Exactly. I had a hard time believing it myself when I looked at the map. But look!" We all bent forward to look at where Nami was pointing. "The Light of Guidance was directly pointing at Reverse Mountain located right here on the Red Line.

"Does that mean we have to crash through the mountain?" Luffy asked Nami.

"No, there's a waterway right here," Nami answered him as she pointed to another point on the map.

"A waterway! That's crazy!" Usopp said. "Even if that waterway really is there, there is no way a ship could climb up a mountain!"

"But that's what the map said!" Nami defend herself.

"That's right! As if Nami could ever be wrong!" Sanji butted in as well.

"But isn't that the map you stole from Buggy?" Zoro asked Nami. "How dependable could it be?"

"Are we really going to climb up a mountain in a ship! That sounds sooooo cool!" Luffy chirped excitedly.

"In the first place why do we even have to go through the entrance anyway?" Zoro questioned Nami yet again. "Couldn't we just head directly South and still enter?"

"NO WE CANT!" Luffy screamed as he jumped up and pointed a finger. Wow… He was really excited about going up a hill.

"That's right, and there is a perfectly good reason for that," Nami snapped at Zoro as well.

"IT'S SO MUCH COOLER TO GO IN USING THE REAL ENTRANCE!" Luffy yelled at Zoro again.

"That's not the reason!" Nami hissed as she hit Luffy over the back of his head.

"Huh! Guys, the storm suddenly stopped!" Usopp called out; at some stage he had gotten up and walked over to the small round window.

"Hey, you're right," Sanji said as he walked up behind Usopp.

"What? That can't be…" Nami said is confusion. "That storm should have led us directly to the entrance."

We all got up and wandered outside to see that we were sitting on a really calm part of sea. The sky was clear and there were hardly any waves. It was almost eerie considering the fact that the wind had basically been trying to tear the galley door off it's hinges moments ago.

"Wow! Such a nice day!" Luffy yelled happily as he walked down to the main deck.

"I wonder what happened to the storm?" Usopp asked as he, Sanji and I followed Luffy down.

"OH NO!" Nami suddenly gasped in a mix of shock and horror. "We entered the Calm Belt!"

"Calm Belt?" Usopp asked her.

"What's that?" Luffy added.

"Hey, look. Even though the storm's still going on over there it's perfectly calm over here." Sanji pointed out. He was right too.

"THIS IS NO TIME TO BE STANDING ABOUT!" Nami screamed as she leaned over the railings just outside the kitchen door. "GO GRAB THE OARS AND START ROWING AS FAST AS YOU CAN! WE HAVE TO RETURN BACK TO THE STORM IMMEDIATELY!"

"As you wish Nami!" Sanji cooed as he happily waved at her.

"What are you getting so worked up about? And you know this is a caravel, not a rowboat, right?" Luffy questioned Nami with a blank look.

"Why would we even want to go back into the storm?" Usopp put in. I was standing near the guys but my paws were starting to itch. I think they should ask fewer questions and do more work. If Nami was serious about something she must have a good reason.

"JUST SHUT UP AND DO WHAT I SAY!" She screamed in reply.

"Btu there weather is so nice here…" Zoro said as he walked up to railing next to Nami.

"FINE THEN! I'LL GIVE YOU AND EXPLANATION! WE'VE DRIFTED SOUTH JUST LIKE YOU SUGGESTED DOING!" Nami screamed as she lectured him. The others stood around listening silently too.

"IF IT WAS THAT EASY ANYONE COULD COME TO THE GRAND LINE WHENEVER THEY WANTED!" She snapped at his remark. "Listen, the Grand Line is surrounded by two ocean belts and those two windless belts known as the Calm Belt. That is exactly where we are stuck in now!"

"Calm eh?" Zoro remarked as he walked down the stairs to join us on the main deck. "It sure seems that way with no wind and all. So? What's your point?"

Nami followed after him as she started to say, "My point is that…"

The boat suddenly started to shake erratically like we were in an earthquake. My eyes went wide as my head darted around to look at all my friends, they were also all trying to keep their balance.

"Ahh! Is this an earthquake?" Luffy yelled.

"But we're out in open seas!" Usopp yelped.

After the shaking finally stopped we all glanced over the side at the same time. Usopp began to froth at the mouth as he fell backwards onto the deck. Nami threw herself at the mast and clutched onto it as she began sobbing. Zoro, Sanji, and Luffy's jaws all dropped as they looked on in shock. I was having a blank moment as my paws rested on the railing. The ship was resting on the nose of a sea king… A fucking huge one at that! And below us were so many other sea kings that it wasn't funny! I wasn't really sure how to react other than to stare on in shock.

"Holy… Shit…" Luffy said in awe and horror.

"This place is a den for sea kings…" Nami sobbed. Why the fuck couldn't she have just said so sooner?

I jumped back from the railing and ran over to Nami as the others went and grabbed oars out. I sat down beside her and leaned my side against her as I tried to comfort her some. The last thing we need was for our navigator to freak on us, she needs to tell us how to get out.

"A… Alright as soon as this… Thing dives back into the sea start rowing your arms off!" Zoro command as sweat slipped down his forehead.

"Aye, aye!" Sanji and Luffy replied.

"A…" The sea king started to make a funny noise. I had a bad feeling about this… "CHOO!"

The damn thing sneezed and we were all sent flying with the ship!

"WHAAAAAA!" Everyone screamed as we went flying into the air over the ship as we fell.

"AHHH! A GAINT FROG IS JUMPING THIS WAY!" I heard a voice scream over the wind.

FUCKING HELL!

"DON'T GET THROW OVERBOARD!" Another voice yelled out as we are started to latch onto things to keep us in the ship. I managed to grab a stray piece of rope with my teeth and that keep me onboard and near everyone else.

"USOPP JUST FELL!" Some cried and my heart missed a beat.

"USOOOPPPPPPPPPP!" I heard Luffy scream and out of the corner of my eyes I saw Luffy's hand shoot out and grab Usopp just before he fell into the frog's mouth.

CRASH

We were all thrown to the ground as we finally landed and the rain started to pour on our heads again as the lightning and thunder rumbled above. We were back in the storm… Thank God. I lifted up my head from where I was sprawled on the deck and looked around. Everyone was accounted for; we didn't lose anyone. Phew.

"Oh… Thank God… We are back in the storm again," Luffy muttered in a relieved tone.

"Now do you understand why we have to use the main entrance?" Nami hissed at Zoro.

"Yeah… Understood…" Zoro muttered tiredly.

Everyone slowly dragged themselves to their feet as Nami sat up and declared, "Ah! I got it!"

"What?" Zoro asked her.

"We really are going to climb the mountain!" Nami said.

"You're still going on about that?" Groaned Zoro.

"It must be due to the sea currents," She began to explain as I pulled myself into a sitting position, my eyes on her. "If strong currents from all four seas were all to head towards that mountain then they would drive the water up the waterway! And at the very top the currents will merge and come out at the Grand Line! Since we are already riding the currents all we have to worry about is steering properly. Reverse Mountain is a Winter Island so the currents that hit the edge will travel down to the bottom of the sea. So, if we fail to enter the waterway we'll crash and get dragged down to the bottom of the sea. Got it?"

Well… That was comforting…

"So, basically you are saying it's a magic mountain, right?" Luffy asked childishly and I just smirked at him.

"I shouldn't have expected you to understand…" Nami said as she sighed.

"Never heard of a ship going up a mountain before," Zoro commented and my eyes flicked to him.

"I've heard a bit," Was Sanji's vague reply.

"About the mountain?" Zoro questioned him.

"No, but I've heard things about the Grand Line. Supposedly half the people die just trying to go in. Entering is no easy task," Sanji said as he smirked at Zoro.

Zoro didn't get a chance to reply as Luffy yelled, "I see Magic Mountain!"

"Wait!" Usopp yelped as I trotted up to stand next to Luffy. "What's that huge shadow! It's huge!"

"So that's Red Line!" Luffy cried as we stared at a large rock wall. Well the word large did no justice to it… It was fucking humongous! "I can't even see the top because of the clouds!"

"Get a good grip on the rudder so we don't get dragged under!" Luffy order.

"Just leave it to us!" Sanji and Usopp replied as they did just what was asked. I just stood by Luffy's side because I wasn't really much help at steering a ship. No hands, remember?

"Amazing," Was Nami's awe struck muttering.

"I can't believe it…" Zoro mumbled as we all saw a huge crack in the wall. And guess what was going up that crack. Water. Going up. Weird, but this was the Grand Line after all!

"It's the entrance to the waterway!" Nami cried.

"The ocean is… Really going up a mountain…" Zoro still mumbled in disbelief. I never thought I'd see that guy speechless like this.

"We're veering off course!" Luffy snapped. "Turn a little to the right!"

"Right!" Usopp cried as he and Sanji started to pull on the rudder to change our course. "Turn starboard!"

SNAP

My head whipped around so fast I thought I'd get whiplash but what I saw was worse than whiplash by a long shot. The rudder had snapped clean off in Usopp and Sanji's hands!

"The rudder just…" Nami cried as tears ran down her face. "WE'RE GONNA CRASH!"

I turned back the front in time to see a pillar of one of the entrance archways looming directly in front of us. Fuck me... I dug my nails into the wood and closed my eyes.

"Gomu Gomu no…" I heard Luffy's voice way as he dashed away from my side. "FUSEN*!"

I felt the ship smash into something before bouncing back and my eyes finally snapped open as I saw we were back on course and heading up the mountain.

"We're saved!" Nami cried gratefully.

"Luffy! Grab onto my hand!" I heard Zoro cry and noticed that Luffy was floating behind the boat in mid-air.

'I don't even want to fucking know…' I thought to myself as Luffy threw his hand into Zoro's and was pulled back onto the ship.

"WE DID IT!" Everyone cried as we all stood on the deck of the ship and I let out a long victory howl.

I might not have done much but at least I didn't piss my pants, right? I didn't have pants though… Oh. Oh well! We were now heading up the mountain and on our way to the Grand Line! Now what about that damn whale I remember something about…

I didn't have much time to think about though as we finally reached the top of the mountain and we started going down it.

"YAHOO!" Luffy cried happily as he scrambled up onto the ship's figurehead. "Now all we have to do is go down!"

I rested my paws on the railing next to the figurehead, Nami by my side. It was a really good view from here!

"I CAN SEE THE GRAND LINE FROM HERE!" Luffy cried.

* White Blow

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