"So how are we going to to be climbing up the mountain?" Cray said

"We will be taking the waterway, If strong Currents from each of the four seas were to head towards that Mountain, then they would drive the Water up the water way and at the very top the currents will merge and come out to the Grand Line, and since we're riding the currents, all we have to do is steer it properly. Reverse Mountain is a winter Island so the currents that hits its edge will travel down to the Bottom of the sea so if we fail to enter the water way we'll crash and get dragged down." Nami said

"So Basically Your Saying that it's a magic mountain Right?" Luffy said

" I shouldn't have expected you to understand." Nami said sweat dropping.

"WOW NAMI YOUR AMAZING!" Sanji said heart eyed.

"So Steer Properly or we face a horrible and painful death...got it." Cray said

"Never Heard of a ship going up a mountain before." Zoro said

"well first time for everything I guess." Cray said

"I SEE THE MAGIC MOUNTAIN!" Luffy yelled

"WHOAH IT"S HUGE!" Ussop said

All of them look a up and the red Line a big giant Red Mountain stretching as far as they could see towering over them.

"SO THATS THE REDLINE!?" Cray yelled

"how in the world did my Grandfather make it past this thing." Cray said to himself bug eyed.

"GET A GOOD GRIP ON THE RUDDER!" Luffy yelled

"JUST LEAVE IT TO US!" Sanji and Ussop said Grabbing the Rudder

The going Merry was suddenly steering off course.

"TURN A LITTLE TO THE RIGHT!" Luffy said

"Right Turn Star board!" Ussop yelled

Sanji and Ussop were trying to turn the Rudder but it was jammed.

"Shit! The Rudders Stuck!" Sanji said

WE NEED SOME HELP!" Ussop Yelled

"CRAY GO AND HELP THEM!" Luffy Yelled

Cray quickly ran to them and tried to Turn the Rudder but to no avil

"Come on." Ussop said

"It wont' budge." Sani said

HURRY UP!" NAMI YELLED

Were trying." Ussop said

"Screw this." Cray said letting go of the Rudder and walking back

"WHERE ARE YOU GOING!" Sanji and ussop yelled

Cray walked a few feet away. and turned towards them

"What are you doing?" Ussop said

"Don;t worry I'll that Rudder moving." Cray said

Sanji and Ussop looked at one of Crays legs and noticed it turning into a Rainbow Color. Cray then Ran towards them.

Wait." both Sanji and Ussop yelled

"Iro Kick!" Cray yelled

" Cray then Kicked it as hard as he could. Suddenly the Rudder Snapped off. sending Sanji and Ussop towards the wall.

"AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!" Everyone screamed noticing the Rudder snapped off

"YOU IDIOT!" Sanji and Ussop yelled at Cray

"I'M SORRY!" Cray Yelled

The Going Merry was sailing towards the side.

"WERE GOING TO CRASH!" NAMI YELLED

GOMU GOMU NO." Luffy said jumping off the side of the boat

"Luffy what are you doing?" Zoro said

"Balloon." Luffy said

Luffy's entire body inflated like a balloon. The Merry then Bounced off of Luffys body and back Straight

"grab my Hand Luffy!" zoro yelled

Luffy stretched out his arm and Grabbed Zoro, Zoro pulled him back towards tthe ship before he fell into the ocean.

"WE DID IT!" Luffy yelled

"Yeah!" Cray Ussop and Sanji said jumping.

"The going Merry rode the waterway all the way towards the top, Launched up in the air and back down towards the Waterway. the Merry was going at unbelivable speed

"I CAN SEE THE Grandline Ahead." Luffy said

suddenly there was a huge noise theat rumbled everyones ears.

"Did anybody hear that?" Ussop said

"NAMI! I CAN SEE A MOUNTAIN UP AHEAD!" Sanji yelled

"Oh man another mountain?" Cray said

"What? thats impossible this water way should take us straight to the Grandline." Nami said

As the clouds started to go away they noticed Something blocking there Path.

"WHAT THE HELL!" cray yelled

"It"s a BLACK WALL!" Luffy yelled

"No it's a BIG WHALE!" Usoop yelled

"should we fight it?" Luffy said

"How are we going to fight a 100 ton Whale!" Nami said

"Were going to crash right into it if we don't do something!" Cray yelled.

"Look theres a small opening on the side of it if we can turn the ship we should be able to squeeze through." zoro said

"HOW DO YOU EXPECT US TO TURN IT WITH A BROKEN RUDDER!?" Cray yelled

"LETS NOT FORGET ABOUT THE PERSON WHO BROKE IT IN THE FIRST PLACE!" Ussop yelled

"I SAID I WAS SORRY, DAMN!" Cray yelled

"I got an idea!" Luffy said running into the ship

"WE HAVE TO TRY SOMETHING!" Zoro said pulling of whats left of the Rudder With Cray, Sanji and Ussop.

"Man even after all that it's still stuck, Stupid thing." Cray yelled.

"Keep Pulling!" zoro yelled

suddenly Luffy launched a cannonball at the whale causing the ship to slow down The going merry slwoly stopped but not before crashing into it and knocking the Merrys head off.

"AHHHH MY FAVORTIE SEAT!" Luffy yelled

Everyone was catching their breathes.

"QUICK LETS GO!" Zoro said grabbing an oar helping Row the Merry to the side of the whale

the cannon didn't even make it flinch." ussop said

"either were that small to not make an effect or it just doesn;t care." Cray said

Suddenly the whale let out a huge Noise.

"Owwww my Ears!" Sanji said

"Just keep Rowing." Zoro said

HEY YOU!" Luffy yelled

Everyone turned and saw luffy staring straight at the whales eye

"THINK YOU CAN JUST BREAK MY FAVORITE SEAT AND GET AWAY WITH IT, TAKE THIS!" Luffy yelled Punching the Whale straight in the eye.

"YOU IDIOOOOT!" Everyone yelled

The Whale was then looking right at them now

"Ah Shit." Cray said

"How do you like that I'll kick your ass jerk!" Luffy yelled at the whale

"Ussop and Zoro kicked luffy straight in the face.

"KNOCK IT OFF ARE YOUR TRYING TO KILL US!?" They both said

The Whale Let out a huge roar and was starting to suck them up.

"Were SCREWED!" Cray yelled

as they were getting sucked up, luffy fell off the ship only to grab hold of one of the Whale's teeth. as everyone else was sucked up inside the whale.

Luffy quickly climbed on top the whale. and tried to catch his Breath. he quickly got up to realize what just happened

"My Friends...they all got eaten." Luffy said

He then started to punch on top of the whales Head

HEY STUPID! SPIT THEM OUT, GIVE BACK MY FRIENDS! GIVE THEM BACK!" Luffy yelled punching continuously

The whale was suddenly submerging down into the water

"WAIT STOP! GIVE ME BACK MY FRIENDS WERE GOING ON AN ADVENTURE TOGETHER THERE IMPORTANT TO ME! GIVE EM BAAAAACK!" Luffy yelled

The whale was almost done submerging Luffy was quickly looking around to see what he can do he then saw a Hatch that was on the whale.


(Inside the Whale)

"So what do you think?" Nami said

"I don't know what to think?" Zoro said

"I know one thing, and we definitely got swallowed by that whale." Sanji said

"so are we dreaming?" Ussop said

"Yeah thats my guess." Zoro said

"either that or we died." Cray said

the four of them just looked in shock as they noticed a small island with a house on it

suddenly a Giant Squid emerged from the Water

"AHHHH A GIANT SQUID!" Nami and Ussop yelled

Before the Squid could do anything else a few Harpoons came out of the house and shot the squid straight through.

"WHO DID THAT!?" Cray yelled

the Squid then collapsed dead in the "Water".

Looks like someones home." Zoro said

all of them looked and saw an old man coming out of the house wearing some sort of flower hat.

"No way!? that old man killed that squid in one shot." Nami said

"Well actually it was three shots." Cray said

"STOP SMART TALKING ME!" Nami yelled

"Lets hope he's friendly" Sanji said

The man was slowly walking towards his lawn chair, he sat down and started reading the Newspaper.

"HEY! aren't you going to say anything!" sanji said

The old man then looked at them.

"HEY YOU OLD GEEZER ARE YOU DEAF! WERE TALKING TO YOU!" Cray yelled

The Man continued back to his newspaper.

ARE YOU EVEN LISTENING TO ME!?" Cray yelled

" HEY YOU WANNA FIGHT WE'll FIGHT! WE GOT CANNONS BACK HERE YOU BASTARD!" Ussop said

"You try that and someones' going to die." The old man said

"and whos' that?" Sanji said

"Why me of course." the old man said

"ARE YOU MOCKING US!?" Sanji yelled

"Calm down, I'll talk to him...theirs a couple things we need to know where are we and who are you?" Zoro said

"you got some nerve stranger, it's only polite to introduce yourself first before asking a question to someone you just met, but if you must know my names Crocus I'm the lighthouse keeper of the twin capes, I'm 71 and a half years old. you would like to know where we are but you and your crews behavior leaves me disinclined to accommodate your curiosity except you are trespassing on my private resort, Besides I think it's pretty obvious seeing as how you were eaten" Crocus said

"But how are there clouds and a sky?" Ussop said

"Because it's not an actual sky take a good look at the birds." Cray said

All of them looked up and they noticed that none of the features are moving.

"that's right there not moving, It's a big Mural inside the Whales stomach" Ussop said

Cray was looking up at the sky with his eyes sparkling.

"AND IT LOOKS AMAZING! ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE! ONLY SOMEONE WITH GREAT SKILL COULD MAKE SOMETHING THIS BIG AND IN GREAT SCALE! I WONDER WHO MADE IT?" Cray said with Tears in his eyes.

That would be me..the one you called Old Geezer. " Crocus said

Cray sweat dropped Nervously

"Oh umm...well..sorry about that Croakus." Cray said smiling rubbing the back of his head

"IT CROCUS!" Crocus yelled annoyed

Cray suddenly became nervous and started to sweat.

"Stop making him mad Cray, otherwise he'll never tell us how we can get out of here." Nami said

"the Exit is over there." Crocus said pointing at a large gate.

"THERES AN EXIT!?" Everyone yelled

"It's amazing we didn't see that earlier." Cray said

"We have to get to that exit quickly." Zoro said

Suddenly Everything started to rock violently.

"What the hells wrong with this whale?" Ussop said to the Crocus

"He's very angry, these aftershocks are due to him hitting his head on the Redline." Crocus said

"That explains why he has large scars on it's head." Nami said

"Why would he do that?" Cray said

"Because he's suffering." Nami said

"But what about the old man whats he up to?" ussop said

"More then likely he's trying to kill it from the inside." Nami said

"thats messed up." Cray said

"Look it doesn't matter, are only concern should be getting out of here and finding Luffy ." Zoro said

"It's time." Crocus said

they then Saw Crocus dive into the acid

"What is he doing?" Cray said

"He's insane the acid will eat him alive." Zoro said

They then saw Crocus resurface at the Gate climbing the Ladder.

"Look over there Crocus resurfaced." Ussop said

"That Old Geezer must have iron skin how is he not dead?" Cray said

"forget the old man we need to figure out how to open that gate before the acid eats away our ship." Zoro said

Suddenly they started to hear screaming they saw Luffy and two other people flying towards them out of the small opening of the Gate.

"Is that Luffy?" Cray said

They then saw all three of them drop into the Watery Acid.

"Quick we got to get him out of there." Zoro said


(One Rescue Later)

"It seems the Whale calmed down." Nami said

Seems that way." Zoro said

Zoro then Walked towards the two people that were with Luffy.

"Now.. we just saved your lives for the time being, but you better talk and make it quick." Zoro said

"Mr 9. These people are pirates." the Blue haired Woman said

"yes I can see that Miss Wednesday but if we speak to their humanity and compassion, they should understand our plight." Mr 9 said

"YOU PARASITES ARE STILL HERE!? I GROW WEARY OF THIS FOR THE LAST TIME, AS LONG AS I DRAW BREATH YOU WILL NOT LAND SINGLE HARMFUL HAND ON LABOON!" Crocus yelled on top of the Gate.

Both Miss Wednesday and Mr 9 started laughing and started picking up there guns

"You can;t bully us into abandoning our mission." Miss Wednesday said

"we were sent here to hunt this whale, and that's exactly what were going do. and this time we'll not let you get in the way. were about to give this whale a new blowhole. FIRE BABY!" Mr. 9 said to Wednesday.

"ROGER!" Miss Wednesday said

They both fired there guns towards the whale, Crocus then jumped into the line of fire protecting the whale.

"He just jumped into the line of fire!" Ussop said

"He must really care about this whale." Cray said.

HAHAHAHAHa your Defiance is pointless." Wednesday said laughing

go ahead waste your time, but make no mistake this whale will provide food for our town!" Mr.9 yelled

They then both started to Laugh Maniacally. until Luffy then bashed there heads together knocking them out.

"Why did you do that?" Ussop said

"I just...Wanted to hit em." Luffy said


After picking up crocus and tying up Mr.9 and Miss Wednesday. from the Water all of them went to his Island.

"I thank you for saving my life but why did you?" Crocus aid

"I wasn't trying to there was just something about those two I didn't Like." Luffy said

"Now that we got everything out of the way could you please explain to us why your inside a whale and who the hell are these people?" Cray said Pointing

"these two are thugs from a Nearby Town looking for whale meat, if they caught him Laboon could feed that town for 2 to 3 years easy, there only concern is just filling there fat greedy bellies." Crocus said

"Laboon?" Nami said

"Thats his name, he's a unique creature an island whale one of the largest species in the world only found in the west blue. I won;t allow them to kill him for food." Crocus

"that's Pretty noble." Cray said

" you see, Theres a Reason why he keeps hitting and howling at the Redline." crocus said

"there is?" Nami said

"yes, to put it in words whats inside Laboons body beats the heart of a human, he has been waiting impatiently and is eternally devoted to a certain group of pirates...going on 50 years now" Crocus said

TO BE CONTINUED..