Chapter 2 Reverse Mountain

Guys, do I really have to write the next episode?

Okay fineeee I'll write a summary of it.

Basics

Talk - Thought - *Action* - Narration

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As they're sailing along the open seas, the Straw Hats are relaxing on the ship, Luffy sitting on the front of the ship, Usopp is looking around the sea, Nami is making sure they're heading the right way, Sanji is standing around smoking a cigarette, Zoro is of course sleeping. Zephyr is at the back, looking at the ocean as they sail past.

Then Usopp sees birds flocking around something big, Starboard.

Luffy went to catch it, thinking it was a big fish for lunch, but as he reels it in, Sanji had to dodge his arm while Zoro flew off and Zephyr pull out a scoreboard

Zephyr: That was a 6 out of 10 *thumbs up*

And then she casually hops off the ship, to grab Zoro from the ocean.

Zephyr: Rescue rescue mission tutu tu tu *Is sliding on the water and casually grabs Zoro, and toss him over my shoulder* tu tu tu back to the ship *slides back to the ship while everyone is looking at me shocked*

Sanji: How did you do that?!

Zephyr: That? Oh, I can air walk *thumbs up and toss Zoro on the ship* rescue mission accomplished! *Salute and go to the back of the ship* oh who's the child?

Luffy: A fish person!

Usopp: She's just a little kid!

Zephyr: Ah a fish kid, neat *poke the kid's cheek* she's alive still neat, okie bye bye *go to the back of the ship*

They carry the kid to the kitchen and Sanji cooks up lunch, and the kid finally wakes, but Luffy mentions they're pirates and she immediately looks shocked, of course after headbutting Usopp though beforehand. Poor guy.

The kid skips lunch and dinner while the others were thinking about what to do with her.

At night time, Luffy tried to steal food again and got trapped by a big mousetrap, the girl and Luffy screams, Luffy out of pain, and the girl out of fear. And Zephyr is sitting on the crow's nest, looking at the sea.

Zephyr: Out at sea again, with a different crew.....Ahh Luffy is grown up, and I heard Ace became a Pirate too *leans on the railing* the new generations. *Look up at the sky* The Will Of D...Let's see what the new generations will do eh?

The next day, the girl is cooking up a storm in the kitchen, literally. black smokes are coming out of the kitchen, and they find out that her name is Apis, she escaped from the Marines, and that she is from Warship Island, they're going to take her back to her home before going to the Grand Line.

Soon after, a fleet of Marine ships is seen in the distance, Zoro and Luffy want to fight, while Usopp is panicking, The Marines are firing at them, Sanji is protecting Apis while Zephyr is on the crow's nest and she casually looks up.

Zephyr: How interesting, the kid knows something they want *chuckles and rubs my chin*

Usopp: They're firing at us!!

Zephyr: Oh right right oops *casually lift my hand and slam it down as the cannon balls fall down into the ocean, safely away from the ship* still got it, oh? *Lick my finger and lift it up* ah wind coming soon, oh wait *pull out a notebook and look at my notes* oh if we go that way...Ahaha this is going to be interesting.

Nami: Zoro lean the sail pointing South! Usopp and Sanji! Right rudder full!

Usopp: Huh?

Nami: Get going!

Sanji/Usopp: Yes Nami!/Ri-Right!

Luffy: What's happening?

Nami: A gust is coming, we'll ride it out and move on. If we try to take the fleet head-on, we'll end up losing no matter how well we fight.

Luffy: Somebody sounds chicken *pout*

As they sailed away southbound, the ship suddenly stopped moving and Zoro looks at the crow's nest and the flag isn't moving, Nami suddenly realized where they were and screams that they were in the Calm Belt. The others aren't getting that they're in very dangerous territory, where the wind and sea doesn't move at all. Nami started yelling and tried to explain to them where they're at, but they think they were in the Grand Line, so she had to explain it more in detail until the ocean started moving around.

The Going Merry ends up on top of a Sea King's head and is surrounded by other Sea Kings, Zoro suggests that nobody should move or make a sound, and hope that the beasts ignore them so they can paddle back. Usopp, in fear, shouts at the suggestion, at which a Sea King hears, causing it to attack the ship.

Apis falls off the ship, and Zephyr started to remove her hood until Apis was rescued by Luffy before she was swallowed. She notices that Luffy's arm stretched when he rescued her.

While being pulled up to the ship, she sees the Sea King's nose and asks Luffy to swing her back downwards.

As she is going down, Apis grabs hold of the Sea King's nostril hair and pulls it out. Luffy finally pulls her back to the ship and Apis is caught by Zoro. The other Straw Hats realize that she pulled out the nostril hair and are panicking because the Sea King is about to sneeze, causing the ship to fall off its head. The force of the sneeze launches the ship across the Calm Belt past the Sea Kings and back to where they started outside the Calm Belt.

Zephyr: Phew I didn't need to do anything *wipes imaginary sweat and put my hood back on*

The crew continues to sail on toward Warship Island. They spot what seems like a huge ship through a thick fog and are awed at its gigantic size. Apis tells them that it is not a ship but is in fact Warship Island and that it is named so because it resembles a warship.

Zephyr: "And then a bunch of stuff happened guys! Yea, it's filler guys so let's skip to the Grand Line, shall we?"

After that little adventure, they went back to their original course. At one point Nami summoned everyone in the kitchen and placed her map on the table.

Nami: Look at this, I'd hear rumors about it, and it's drawn on this map too! If it really is true then the entrance to the Grand Line is a mountain.

Luffy: A mountain?

Sanji: We gotta crash into a mountain?

Zoro: You can't be serious

Nami: I didn't believe it myself, but the map has canals that lead to the mountain. That might mean we have to go up it!

While Nami was explaining this, Usopp was in the background having problems controlling the rudder of the ship.

Luffy: Ooh! Neat!

Zoro: What are you talking about?! Even if there are canals or whatever, a ship can't climb up a mountain!

Nami: But that's what the map says!

Sanji: Yeah! Nami-san would never say anything wrong!

Zephyr: Oh it's the Reverse Mountain, neato.

Nami: The what mountain?

Zephyr: Oh uhhh, it's a mountain where the water goes up instead of down, reverse waterfall? Waterup? Waterfly? Water go up?

Nami: We get it.....

Usopp: H-Hey! Someone help with the rudder! It won't budge! Someone help!

Nami: Sanji-kun give Usopp a hand.

Sanji: Yes, Nami-san~!

Sanji tried helping Usopp, but the rudder wouldn't budge an inch.

Usopp: D-Doesn't this current seem a bit strong?!

Nami: Eh?! Usopp! What did you just say?

Zephyr: Current yada yada, I'm sure you know what it means right?

Nami: Of course! If major currents from four oceans all flow toward this mountain. Then the four currents would go up these canals, collide at the top, and then flow into the Grand Line. Reverse Mountain is a "Winter Island" so any current that collides into the Red Line will plummet from the surface into the depths. If we screw up and miss the entrance to the canal, the Going Merry will run smack into the Red Line's rock face and get wrecked! And then we'd be at the bottom of the ocean. Right?

Zephyr: If we miss that is, but we ain't missing nothing, not with me here *smirk* after all...Saró il piú forte al mondo.

Nami: What language is that?!

Zephyr: You'll find out one day.

Luffy: Oh! Interesting! So basically it's a mystery mountain! Shishishi!

Nami: Well, maybe you don't get it. Anyways, now that we're on this current, as long as we don't mess up with the rudder, we should be able to go straight to the summit of Reverse Mountain.

Sanji: Nami-san~! You're doing amazing!

Zoro: I've never heard of ships going over mountains before.

Sanji: I've heard of some stuff before.

Luffy: Stories about mystery mountain?

Sanji: No. I heard that half of everyone who heads to the Grand Line dies before entering. I knew getting in wouldn't be easy.

It started raining heavily.

Zephyr: It's time.....*Looks at the sky*

Nami: Sanji-kun, could you get the sail?

Sanji: Yes, Nami-san! Luffy help out!

Luffy: Eh?!

Zephyr: I'll make sure we don't miss *walk to the middle of the ship and slowly remove my hood*

Luffy went to secure the sails. While doing so, he can see Reverse Mountain.

Luffy: Hey! I see the mystery mountain!

Everyone walked out to the deck.

Usopp: That's insanely huge!

Zephyr: That's what she said hehe.

Nami: The entrance to the Grand Line.....

Luffy: So that's the Red Line, huh?

Usopp: I-I-I can't see the top because of the clouds!

Zephyr: Maybe you should had turned off clouds in your settings.

Usopp: Turn off what in what settings?

Zephyr: The audience knows what I'm talking about.

Usopp: Who?!

Zephyr peace sign Usopp.

The ship started being pulled by a water current.

Usopp: We're getting sucked in!

Zephyr: Hehe sucked in.

Luffy: Hold the rudder good!

Sanji/Usopp: We're on it!

Luffy: Nami! Where's the entrance?! We're going to crash into the rocks if we keep going this way!

Nami: That crack in that cliff.....

Usopp: Nami! What do we do?!

Nami: Keep going straight ahead!

Usopp: Are you serious?!

Zephyr: You heard her, Usopp. Keep it moving straight!

Luffy: Nami! Is that canal the entrance?

Nami: Most likely!

Zoro started looking through some binoculars.

Zoro: This can't be real. The damn ocean really is flowing up the mountain!

Nami: We gotta make our way through those water gates just right! Otherwise, the ship will be busted into pieces!

Zephyr: And not in one piece!

Sanji: THIS IS NOT THE TIME!

They are getting closer and closer to the entrance.

Nami: We're getting off course! Move to the right! To the right!

Usopp: The right?! Go starboard!

Usopp and Sanji pushed to the right, but the rudder broke.

Zephyr: Well shit....

Straw Hats: The rudder!

Zephyr: My turn it is! Let's do it! *Lift up both of my arms*

The ship was about to crash into one of the gates, but suddenly winds surrounded the ship and it put the ship into a safe course.

Zephyr: Ahaha! I still got it!

Nami: Nice one Zephyr!

Zephyr gives her a grin and a thumbs up, and you could see a light red around Nami's cheeks, but it might just be the lighting.

The Going Merry started going up the mountain, while the winds continues to guide the ship safely.

Straw Hats: We made it!

Nami: Now it's just a straight shot to the summit!

The Going Merry kept on going higher and higher.

Luffy: Oh! We're in the clouds! Awesome!

Usopp: We're above the clouds now!

Zephyr: And there's the top of the mountain.

Nami: The summit! It's the summit!

The Going Merry reached the top and was launched into the air, before falling back down, this time on the current that was heading downwards.

Zoro: To do what Mihawk said....

Sanji: To find the All Blue there.....

Nami: To draw my perfect sea charts.....

Usopp: To prove I'm a brave warrior of the sea.

Zephyr: To find her again, and to take Them out from existence.....

Luffy: Whoa! I see it! This is the greatest sea in the world! The Grand Line! The One Piece is up ahead, somewhere! Go, Merry, go!

The Going Merry was going once more through the clouds, the Straw Hats were enjoying the feeling, and excitement of the moment. However, a deep howl was heard.

Zoro: Did you hear something?

Nami: Isn't it the wind? There must be a lot of unusual landforms. What do you think Zephyr?

Zephyr: Let me check....

Zephyr closes her eyes and listens to the wind, the sea, and then she hears it...

Zephyr: That's a whale...

Nami: What?

While going down the current, the Straw Hats saw that there was a massive mountain up ahead.

Sanji: Nami-san! I see a mountain up ahead!

Nami: A mountain?! That can't be!

Sanji: But it's really there!

Luffy: Who cares? Go!!

Nami: After passing the Twin Capes up ahead, there should be nothing, but ocean!

Zephyr: Hmm a huge whale.....Why do I feel like I'm forgetting something?

After passing through the clouds, they were able to clearly see that there was indeed something in front of them.

Usopp: Oh, crap!

Sanji: It's not a mountain!

Luffy: It's a black wall!

Nami: No, you idiot! Why would a wall be in the middle of the ocean?!

Zoro: Then, what is it?!

Usopp/Nami: I-I-It's a/whale!!

Zephyr: Moby Dick?

They were getting closer and closer to crashing into the whale.

Usopp: W-What are we gonna do?!

Luffy: Shall we fight?

Nami: Idiot! There's no way we can fight that!

Sanji: Hold on a sec! If it looks like a wall from this close, then where are its eyes?

Nami: That's right! It's possible that it may not have noticed us yet!

Zoro: But unless we do something, we'll run into it! Hey! We can go through the left! Port! Hard to port!

Zephyr: Hard to nothing, the rudder is broken.

Zoro: Do something! I'll help too!

Sanji, Zoro, and Usopp went to try and steer the ship with what was left of the rudder. However, it still wasn't working.

Zephyr: Hold on I'll try to slow us down-

As Zephyr is about to do something, Nami grabs onto her scared.

Zephyr: Aaaaa! Nami I can't do something if you latch onto meeeee!

Nami: We're going to crash!!

Zephyr: Aaaaaa!

Luffy: Oh, yeah! I've got an idea!

Luffy went to the front room of the Merry that contained a cannon.

Nami: Luffy? Hey, what are you doing?!

They were about to crash into the whale.

Nami: Is this it?

As she says that, she feels a reassuring aura of wind, surrounding her, she looks up at Zephyr and sees her smiling down at her, whispering to her that it will be okay. You can see red from Nami's cheeks more clearly now, she's obviously blushing while Zephyr holds her securely.

Suddenly, the ship's front cannon was fired, and the Merry was able to slow down.

Straw-Hats: Cannon?!

Luffy: All right! Did it stop?

The Merry still hasn't completely stopped, and it softly crashed against the whale, causing the ship's head sheep? To break.

Luffy: NOOO! MY SPECIAL SEAT!

Everyone on the ship besides Luffy was silent.

Sanji: L-Let's get out of here before it's too late!

Zephyr: You can let go now, Nami *smiles and pat her head*

Nami: Th-Thanks Zephyr.

Zephyr nods, and the crew pulled out a bunch of oars and started rowing.

Usopp: What the heck is going on?!

Sanji: Did it not notice the cannon attack because his body's too big?! Or is he just slow?!

Zoro: Who knows! Anyway, let's get out of here now!

The whale opened its mouth and started howling.

Sanji: Ahhhh! My ears hurt!

Usopp: Paddle! Just paddle!

Zoro: We have to get away from him!

Nami: Huh Luffy?

Luffy: You! How dare....You destroy...MY SPECIAL SEAT!!!

Zephyr: Is he going to attack it?

Yes....Yes he did attack it.

All: DUMBASS!!!

Zephyr: Welp, it saw us.....Garp I blame your DNA.

Luffy: How was that?! Bring it on, you bastard!

Zoro/Usopp: Shut up already, you idiot!

The massive whale opened its mouth and started sucking in the ship. Due to all the movement, Luffy went overboard, and Zephyr immediately jump off the ship in order to grab him.

Straw Hats: Luffy! Zephyr!!

Zephyr: We'll be back!

Zephyr quickly wrapped an arm around Luffy and quickly use the wind to launch them out of the whale's mouth, landing on the whale's forehead.

Luffy: Thanks Zephyr!

A few moments later the whale closed its mouth.

Luffy: What are we gonna do? They've all been eaten *Hitting the whale* Hey you! Spit them out! Give everyone back to us! Spit them out! I'm saying give them back!

Luffy's punches were in vain, and to make things worst, the whale started diving.

Zephyr: Oh great!

Luffy: You! You jerk! You're diving into the water, aren't you?! Stop it! I'm telling you to stop! Hey! Please wait! Give us our friends back! We're gonna go on adventures together! They're precious to me!

Zephyr was thinking and then sees a hatch.

Zephyr: Luffy! Look! I don't know what it's doing there, but it's the only way into the whale, let's go!

Zephyr and Luffy quickly opened the hatch, entered, and closed it, just in time as the whale was now completely submerged.

Luffy: What the heck is this? Why is there a door and a passageway in a whale?

Zephyr: If I remember correctly, whales shouldn't have any of this *rub my chin*

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And that's the end of the chapter.