Chapter 20

The pope stopped thrashing. "What happened?" asked Usopp.

"The whale seems to have calmed down a bit." Nami said with Zoro nodding.

"Now." Zoro said seriously to the other two people, Luffy is now sitting on the fence.

"Tell us who you are." He finished with the two people muttering.

"You two are still here?" Crocus asked back. "I'm tired of you two trying to hurt Laboon." Luffy turned to the others.

"Who is that old geezer?" He asked as Ms. Wednesday, and Mr. 9 started laughing.

"You can't stop us from completing our mission." said Ms. Wednesday stood up.

"That right we won't" Mr. 9 said as they took aim with their guns.

"Fi.." Yuuji grabbed the guns and threw them to the other side of the stomach.

"Sit down" he said glaring at them with his eyes that had turned yellow and his Reiatsu slightly released. the two gulped and sat down.

"That's good." Yuuji finished his eyes back to normal and he withdrew his Reiatsu.

Then S.H.C. was sitting talking to Crocus.

"Thank you for saving Laboon." Crocus said to Yuuji.

"No problem" Yuuji said while playing with Candice's hair beside him.

"I was just keeping these two idiots from doing something stupid," said Yuuji, pointing at Ms. Wednesday and Mr. 9.

"What do you mean?" Ms. Wednesday asked.

"We need meat for our city." He finished when Bambietta looked up at him.

"From inside where you could hit a vital organ and kill all of us, and yourselves" She said raising an eyebrow.

"What do you mean kill us all?" Nami asked Bambietta.

"If they hit an organ like the heart or lung Laboon would thrash and possibly swim further down" She finished as everyone's eyes widened.

After a while Crocus went on and explained about Laboon and Mr. 9 and Ms. Wednesday.

"So Laboon has been waiting here all along?" Usopp asked when Crocus nodded.

Then S.H.C, and Crocus sailed through the canal.

"Wow, I'm surprised Laboon is still alive with stuff like this going through it." Usopp commented while Crocus was excited.

"A doctor's playful mind" he said while reading the newspaper.

"Doctor?" she asked.

"Yes certified too." Crocus said turned the page, and told them the reason what he did to Laboon.

"This is the way out." Crocus said opening the big door.

"50 year old man." Usopp said after leaving. "Those people really know how to test someone's patient." He finished when Sanji spoke up.

"Most likely they are dead." He said when Nami nodded.

"Yes, when those people sailed, the Grand Line was a thousand times more dangerous than today." She said as Usopp started shouting,

"Come on, you don't know for sure, trust me." he finished,

"But there's always that chance." Yuuji said while leaning against the railing. "Or maybe they got lost and too old to travel." He finished staring at Laboon.

"I hear they're running out of the Grand Line." Crocus said as Luffy was staring at Laboon listening to the conversation.

"Why haven't you told him yet." he asked.

"I did Laboon didn't believe me." Crocus said when Yuuji spoke up.

"Who knows if they got mixed up by the time you got it" He said sighing.

"For all we know their shipwrecked on an island" He finished shoving his hands into his pockets.

"Anyways that was the day Laboon started to cry and breakthrough Reverse Mountain" Crocus said as everyone stared at him and finished his story.

"AAAAHH!" Luffy shouted while running towards Laboon while holding the mast.

"What's that idiot doing?" asked Candice while looking at Luffy.

"I'm starting to regret joining Luffy." Yuuji's face was palmed as Bambietta and Candice comforted him,

"He's an idiot, okay." Zoro said with a sigh.

"I mean really not even a day in the Grand Line and already the steering wheel, mast, and figurehead broke" Yuuji said pointing to each point. He turned to Usopp.

"You should tell Kaya that you spoiled her gifts for all of you." He said as Usopp gaped.

"Me why?" He asked as Yuuji explained.

"Well the Going Merry's from your home island, so until we get a proper shipwright you're responsible" Yuuji finished with a grin as Usopp fell to the ground, a storm cloud formed above his head.

"Gomu Gomu no..Ikebana" Luffy slammed the mast on Laboon's head Making him scream in agony, before jumping and landing on the ground.

"He's dead." Crocus shouted as Nami scoffed. "It will take more than that to kill him." He said holding on to the rail as the waves rocked the boat.

Luffy fought Laboon for a while. "It's a draw." Luffy said slightly bruised.

"Your friends used to accompany you, right?" Luffy asked "Well I can rival anything they can throw at you." he said with a smile. "After my friends and I sailed the Grand Line, we came back for the rematch." He finished when Laboon started crying. He raised his head and let out a low groan.

"Hey not bad." Luffy said covered in paint.

"Boy, you should practice your painting skills." Bambietta comments on seeing the roughly painted Straw Jolly Roger hat.

"Now don't bang your head again or you'll break it." Luffy said while chuckling. after fixing the Going Merry, Nami looks at the map, and Sanji cooks elephant tuna, and Yuuji does a Push up with Bambietta and Candice sitting on his back.

"AAAHHH!" shouted Nami. "What is wrong?" Yuuji asked while standing up and walking towards Nami.

"The compass is broken." Nami said as Yuuji raised an eyebrow. "Just that?" he asked,

"A regular compass won't work on the Grand Line, you need to pose a log." Bambietta explained as everyone stared at her.

"What?" Luffy asked as Bambietta explained, "Every island in the Grand Line is full of magnets that cause abnormalities." She continued, "Each island also has its own weather, one can be very hot, while the next will be icy cold." She finished when Crocus nodded.

"She's right." He said as Yuuji dug through his pouch.

"Here he is." Yuuji said pulling away, and gave Nami a Log Pose. It was a watch with a glass ball on it, and a floating hand in the center of the ball was suspended from above by a thin thread of wire.

"That would go into the magnetic force of an island." Yuuji said as Nami made a log pose.

"We also have to stay on the island for a certain amount of time until it locks into the next one." He finished as Luffy got excited.

"Oh, I also just found it." Luffy said taking it.

"Give it to Bambietta" Yuuji says as Candice looks at him while Bambietta gives Candice a winning smile

"What is wrong with her?" She asked as Yuuji shrugged.

"If you bring it, it won't be until one day that it will be destroyed otherwise we get lost" Yuuji said while sitting at the table.

"And Bambietta can take good care of it, if you wear it you will definitely throw it away because it spoils the appearance" He finishes and Candice sullenly rubs her cheek against Yuuji's. Crocus began to explain in more detail about the log pose.

"Last Island of the Grand Line Raftel"

"Then that must be where the One Piece is located" Usopp said excitedly when Crocus shrugged.

"Perhaps, no one has set foot there since Gold Roger." Luffy grinned and burped.

"You guys ready to go?" He asked when Sanji shouted at him.

"That's for all of us." He kicked Luffy and was about to punch Nami if Yuuji didn't pull her away.

"Careful you almost broke it!" Nami screamed kicking Sanji, and Luffy in the sea. A moment later Laboon appeared with them, Ms. Wednesday, and Mr. 9.

"Whiskey Peak?" Luffy asked Ms. Wednesday, and Mr. 9. They told them they were stranded and needed a ride to the next island.

"Okay that's fine, we'll give you a ride." Luffy said

"Are you sure?" Yuuji asked "They might be up to something." He said as Luffy nodded,

"It doesn't matter." He said with a shrug.

"Choose your path wisely." Crocus said seriously,

"If we don't like it, we'll try it another time." Luffy said with a grin "Okay let's go." Luffy said while stretching.

"Just who are you?" Ms. Wednesday asked as Luffy looked back "I'm the one who will become the Pirate King." He declared with a grin as Ms. Wednesday, and Mr. 9 chuckled.

After eating and waiting for the pose log, everyone got on the Going Merry.

"The pose log has plenty of time to set up on the next Island, be careful." Crocus said as the others said their goodbyes.

"This." Yuuji said handing Crocus a piece of paper. "This is our den-den mushi frequency, so you will hear back from us no matter what." Yuuji finished when Laboon groaned happily.

"Let's set sail!" Luffy ordered as they sailed to Whiskey Peak.

S.H.C. Merry.

It started snowing while S.H.C. are sailing, and Luffy and Usopp are building a snowman.

"Perfect." Luffy said as he put his nose on his snowman.

"That's Mr. Snow barrle." He finished with a smirk looking at the wooden barrel and arm. Usopp laughs at the snowman Luffy,

"Ha mine is better." Usopp said while showing his snow..lady. Usopp makes Kaya sit on a hill for her snowman.

"Cool." Luffy said behind his snowman. "But can it do like...This." Said Luffy hitting his snowman's arm, and shot Usopp's snowman in the head.

"Hey." Usopp shouted while raising his fist. He ran over and kicked Luffy's snowman in the head. After a few moments of arguing, they started throwing snowballs at each other.

"How can they be so energetic in this weather?" asked Nami watching them fight from the kitchen window. She was wearing a winter coat, scarf and earmuffs. while pouring drinks into three cups, handing two to Ms. Wednesday and Mr. 9.

Outside Sanji was wearing his winter gear, while Yuuji was wearing his Shihakusho they were shoveling snow from the deck of the ship.

"Nami-san, Bambietta-chan, Candice-chan, am I doing great?" Sanji asked to stop for a moment.

"You're doing great." Nami said out the window.

"Gosh, you got whipped." Yuuji said pushing the snow.

"Shut up you pink hair bastard." Sanji shouted.

"Your eyebrows are weird too ero-cook!" Yuuji shouted back as he and Sanji started shouting insults at each other. Suddenly a strong wind rose, blew away the snow and flashed lightning.