55: living ice?

"Once more!"

Sanji yelled out while turning the ship into another direction. The crew watched as another iceberg swiftly moved to position itself into their path and blocking them again.

"For chunk of ice, they're bossy punks!"

Franky said as he adjusted his sunglasses. Zoro seeing the icebergs move into their way decided to see if they were proper icebergs or some contraption someone built. So he jumped onto the figurehead of the sunny and then jumped towards the iceberg while releasing a sword slash that cut the iceberg in half!

"It's just a mass of ice."

Zoro stated looking at the cut he made

"But it definitely moved to block our path..."

Usopp said as he walked off of the figure head and back to the rest

"The iceberg itself seems normal enough."

Robin said while analyzing the iceberg

"There were also those Marine ships last night. It feels like something is trying to lure us somewhere."

Nami said while staring at their path ahead

"I have no idea who it is, but they've got guts! Let's duke it out!"

Franky yelled as he made his signature pose

"But first we have to figure out who exactly is behind this."

Nami says while looking at the rest of the crew. Before long they saw Luffy and Chopper making their way towards the ship, but before they could start crossing the rope, a giant iceberg rushed out of the water and severed the line! After the first one that disconnected the two ships, multiple icebergs appeared out of the water making the crew's rush to avoid crashing into them.

"Goodness!"

Usopp screamed with bugged out eyes and his tongue wagging in the air in front of him

"Luffy! Chopper!"

Sanji yelled out noticing the two ships were disconnected

"They'll be fine without us! Guys take care of the ship!"

Nami yelled out as she started to give orders to the crew

"You can count on me!"

Sanji yelled out with a blush and heart eyes.

"We're going to swerve around to the right!"

Nami yelled as she used her foot to stop Usopp who fell onto the deck from rolling passed her

"Kay"

Usopp replied from under her boot

"Hard a-starboard!"

Nami yelled still stepping on Usopp

"Hard a-starboard"

Sanji yelled back as he turned the wheel. After they rushed out of the icebergs Nami seemed to notice something the others didn't

"Bad move! Turn us around! To the left!"

She yelled out causing Sanji to react and turn the boat. Just in time they missed an iceberg that appeared and only had part of the sail scrap against the ice leaving a gouge where it passed on the iceberg.

"Stop!"

Usopp yelled out as he hugged Nami's leg

"The icebergs are gathering together."

Robin yelled out alerting the rest

"Hey, Sanji! Where do you think you're taking us?!"

Usopp screamed out

"Damn it! The rudders not responding."

Sanji replied while struggling to turn the ship

"No, look over there! When the waterways got blocked, it created those whirlpools."

Nami said after pointing towards two giant whirlpools next to a bunch of icebergs that were directly in the path of the Thousand Sunny

"What is with these waters?!"

Usopp yelled out from where he was still hugging Nami's leg. After some help with Nami, Sanji finally got the boat into a safe location, he then turned to Usopp and kicked him in the head and face repeatedly leaving Usopp with large bumps and bruises

"Jerk! How dare you take advantage of the confusion to grab onto Nami-san?!"

Sanji yelled as he continued to steer the ship. In this time franky retunred

"Why are you using the paddle wheel?"

He asked as he joined up with the rest again

"Franky. Where have you been?"

Nami asked while looking upside down over the back of her chair at Franky

"I was fully charging the cola barrels in the energy room. If my guess is right, there will definitely come a time when we need them."

Fanky said with a casual smile

"At any rate, if we're ever going to get out of these crazy waters...first we're got to unravel the puzzle behind the moving icebergs!"

Usopp said as he looked at the rest

"There has to be some sort of trick."

Nami stated still leaned back over her chair

"That doesn't mean squat to us!"

Franky said with his chest puffed out in pride

"It doesn't?!"

Usopp exclaimed in doubt

"It'd be a cinch for us to get out of this place!"

Was all they were told.

"Oh yeah!"

Nami yelled, but before she could continue a iceberg came sweeping by and collided with the side of the ship, sending the crew tumbling about and stopping the ships forward progress.

"We finally found you!"

Yelled out an ugly blond man who was dressed in an ice-skater uniform while dipping a beautiful girl in his arms, as two people stood in the background.

"Dearies, now that you've wandered into the Arctic Path, you'll never get to see the open ocean ever again. Say your prayers!"

Exclaimed the woman before she turned to the guy who whole heartedly stated his agreement as they gave heart eyes to each other. The then started to perform an ice-dance together while talking about how they always see eye to eye and ended it with a kiss, causing the crew to grow shocked that they were so obsessed with each other to forget them. Sanji who saw this started to tremble with clenched fists.

"They're stifling"

Robin commented as the crew watched the couple.

"That beautiful lady is with such a hideous man! Hey, you there! I challenge you to a duel right here—"

Sanji suddenly yelles out with fire in his eye before being punched in the head by nami to shut him up.

"I'm afraid we don't have time to play with you."

Nami stated with a mischievous smile to which franky agreed and made his way into the ship

"It's about time we took our leave."

Nami stated before dragging sanji further onto the deck

"You sure are dense! We were just telling you that there is no escape! None at all! In other words, it's impossible!"

The lady mockingly stated with a look of contempt plastered across her face.

"Nice! That expression was nice!"

The ugly man stated before the two regained their heart eyes and did another ice dance, leaving the crew again baffeled at the fact they are doing so after making a tense situation.

"Do it, franky!"

Nami said while looking away from the lip smacking couple

"Got it! Here i go!"

Was heard from somewhere inside the ship, followed by a rumbling as the ship started moving again

"Coup de Burst!"

Yelled out franky as the ship was blasted off intot he sky leaving the lovey-dovey couple and the two others behind completly shocked!