"What is that idiot doing! It's already morning! 46 minutes late already! What if we can't ride the knock up stream?! Is the gold too heavy for him?! I bet he didn't even calculate that!" Said Nami
"No… I bet he didn't calculate that from the beginning." Said Usopp
"Yup. 110%" Agreed Sanji
"What if he lost?" Asked Chopper
"If Luffy lost after that stupid guy beat up poor Frisk badly and comes back without anything, I'm going to kill Luffy!" Said Nami as she hugged Frisk.
"Hey! Hey! I did it!" Yelled Luffy coming towards everyone.
* You see Luffy holding something.
"Look what I got! A Hercules beetle~!" Said Luffy in excitement
"What the heck were you doing!" Screamed everyone.
* You all see the finished model of the augment Merry got. It has wings on the side, and the head has a rooster hairstyle.
"Going Merry flying model!" Said Usopp in excitement.
"It looks like it can fly~!" Said the trio with sparkles in their eyes.
"Looks a little worrying… Said Nami"
"Yeah, I think a pigeon would look better on the ship rather than a rooster." Said Zoro
"That's not the problem, you idiot!" Said Nami
* You all board the Ship to get ready to go.
"Let's go!" Said Luffy!
"Roger!" Said, everyone
* Before you leave, you see Montblanc come to the Ship.
"Kid! This is where we say goodbye! But, there is one simple truth…!"
"The Golden Bell, The sky island! No one has ever been able to prove that it did 'not' exist! People may say it's foolish, but who cares! Isn't that fantasy! Isn't that romantic!"
"Yeah!"
"Thanks… For your crewmate protecting the gold! Don't fall down from the sky… !"
"Shishishi!" Laughed Luffy
"Girl! Don't be afraid to fight for what you hold, dear. There is nothing wrong with that!"
* You nod your head smiling back.
* The Ship starts heading towards the destination.
"Goodbye, old-man!"
"Thanks for everything!"
"Don't die!"
"Don't say that!"
* You all wave goodbye until he is no longer seen.
* The ship is sailing smoothly and you all should arrive in 4 more hours.
* You yawn. You are tired from the lack of sleep yesterday.
"Ah, Frisk! You must be tired from today. We have 4 more hours till we arrive so you can take a nap. I'll make sure to wake you up when it's time." Said Nami
* You nod and say thank you. You go to the girl's room and jump into the hammock, falling asleep immediately.
The Ship sails smoothly without any accidents.
"Poor girl must be exhausted…" Said Usopp while working on a new gadget
"Yeah, she was helping even after being injured like that. I'm not sure if she got to sleep at all." Said Nami
"... It's weird how normally she moves despite the injury. People should normally be groaning from the pain." Said Chopper worriedly
"What do you mean?" Said Zoro
"Well, I just never saw Frisk express that she is in pain. It's a natural response. However, while Frisk does flinch in pain sometimes, it's barely noticeable, and she doesn't make a noise at all. No matter what, everyone's first response is to make some kind of sound from pain. However, Frisk doesn't even change her expression despite the injuries and makes no noise. This also happened when I treated her in Alabasta and on Drum Island.
"What are you suggesting?" Said Sanji
"Well… I'm not sure, to be honest. Frisk feels the pain but chooses not to show it? I don't understand why, though. From my diagnosis of her today, I know that she must be feeling a lot of pain right now. She recovers even slower than the average person."
"..." The crew falls into silence.
"Does anyone know why Miss assistant came to the sea with you guys?" Asked Robin
"Well, Luffy asked her to join, and she accepted pretty easily. I think she's the only one that didn't make a fuss about joining his crew besides me, of course!" Said Usopp
"Oh, please, you were like, "I'll meet you guys in the sea." and Luffy was like, join in, and you were so happy." Said Nami laughing
"Argh! Don't hurt me with facts!" Said Usopp
"What's her dream?" Asked Sanji
"You know, I don't think we ever heard what her goal was even though she asked all of ours." Said Nami
"Yeah, I don't think anyone of us knows." Said Chopper
"I know." Said Luffy
"Yeah. No one knows." Said Sanji
"Seems like it." Said Zoro
Everyone stares at Luffy.
"What?! You know it?!" Exclaimed everyone to Luffy
"Yeah? I asked her, and she told me. She would have answered you guys if you asked, you know. You, guys, are silly." Said Luffy
"To be outdone by Luffy… I feel shameful…" Said Nami
"Yup…" Agreed Usopp
"Shishishi, I'm the captain! Of course, I should know." Said Luffy
"... So what did Miss assistant want?" Asked Robin
"She said she wants to find what is essential to her." Said Luffy
"Essential to her… Huh, that's pretty deep," Said Nami.
"Frisk-san is mysterious… Just like our lovely Robin-chan here ~" Said Sanji
"Stupid Pervert." Said Zoro
"What was that!? You stupid Marimo!?" Said Sanji
"Huh? Say that again!?" Said Zoro
Nami bonks both of them on the head.
"You're going to wake Frisk up, you idiots! Let her rest until it's time. I'm sure Frisk will tell us more when the time is right." Said Nami softly.
* You wake up, and you feel well-rested. You hear a knock and open the door. You see Nami. You smile and ask her if it is time. She nods her head.
"Sorry Frisk, we wanted you to rest for one more hour, but the stream came faster than we thought." Said Nami with a guilty expression.
* You shake your head, telling her that you are well-rested. You and Nami quickly head out.
* The boat shakes violently.
"Ahh! Suddenly the waves are getting violent!"
"We're going to sink!"
"That means it's exploding soon!"
"Navigator! What does the log pose say?" Yelled Robin
"Huh? The Log pose is pointing towards that cloud!" Yelled Nami
"The conditions are perfect, brother!" Said Masira
"Yeah, The size of the knock upstream seems good too!" Said Shoujou
"We can go?!" Asked Luffy
"Yeah! You guys can! We'll take you guys to the center of the whirlpool!"
"And then? And then what do we do?!" Yelled Nami
"You ride the current! Go to the middle of the whirlpool!
"In that giant Whirlpool?!" Screamed Nami
"I never heard that we're going to the middle of the Whirlpool!" Screeched Nami
* Chopper doesn't say a word looking very excited.
"Don't worry! I'll protect Nami, Robin, and Frisk no matter what!" Said Sanji
"I have never seen a whirlpool this big…" Said Robin
"I give up! I give up! Let's retreat! Send me back!" Cried Usopp
"Give up Usopp… We're too late to back off now." Said Zoro
* You find this very thrilling, and seeing how you are going on this crazy method to go to sky island, fills you with determination.
"Let's go~! To Sky island~!" Said Luffy
A giant seaking comes out trying to survive the whirlpool but gets sucked in.
* Nami, Usopp, and even Chopper are now scared to even further and want to go back now.
"Luffy! It's still not too late! Sky island is a dream of a dream!" Said Us
"Dream of a dream! I agree! If I don't go on this epic adventure, I will regret it forever!" Said Luffy
"Zehahahaha! I found you Straw hat Luffy!" Said Blackbeard in a raft
"Who is he?" Asked Sanji
"That… We saw him in Mock town!" Said Nami
"I have come to claim your 100,000,000 bounties!" Said Blackbeard showing Luffy's bounty and Zoro's bounty
"100,000,000 berries! Let's go!" Said Luffy excitedly
"60,000,000. Hmph, I'm not as happy." Said Zoro
"Stop being happy!" Said Nami
* While the conversation goes on, you look at the man. Something feels off about his SOUL. It doesn't feel like he has one. Does he have more than one SOUL with him? You snap out of your thoughts as the Ship starts to rise in elevation.
"EVERYONE! GO GRAB THE MAST OR GO TO THE ROOMS!" Yelled Sanji at the top of his voice.
"Oh…?!" Said Luffy
* Suddenly, in a matter of milliseconds, you guys are soaring into the air with the raft of the other pirates not to be seen.
"What's going on?! The Ship is moving vertically!"
"Wait…! It can't be that easy." Said Sanji
"What's wrong?" Asked Usopp
"The whole ship is lifting off from the water…!" Said Sanji
"What?!"
"At this rate, we're going to be flicked off!" Said Sanji
"Ah! What… What's that!"
* You all see the seaking that you saw earlier falling down.
"Seaking! It's the same one that got sucked in by the whirlpool…!"
"It's a matter of time until that happens to us!" Said Sanji
"Is this how we die?!" Said Chopper
"Look at that! It's the victims of this knock upstream!" Cried Usopp as other ship parts started to fall down.
"Open the sails! Right now!" Ordered Nami
"What?!"
"This an Ocean! Not just a pillar of water with a current that goes up! And from the steam of water, it creates a wind! If the enemy is the ocean and the wind, we have to navigate! Who is the Navigator of this Ship?!" Said Nami
* You see the confidence Nami emits, and it spreads to everyone.
"It's Nami!" Said, everyone.
"Okay! Everyone do what Nami-swan tells you to do!" Said Sanji
"Aye, Aye!" Said, everyone
* With Nami's orders, the Ship eventually starts to fly.
"Amazing. The boat is flying!" Luffy
"Really!?" Said Usopp
"Nami-swan is so cool!" Said Sanji
"Heh... "Said Zoro
"We did it…" Said Nami
"Nami! Are we almost at sky island now?!" Asked Luffy
"If there is, it would be above the clouds." Said Nami
"I wonder what will be there…!" Said Luffy
* An entire unknown territory, a new adventure fills you with determination.
