Bab 39: Chapter 039
"Ah, well you see…" Luffy paused. "Basically the way it works is…" Another pause. "It's a mystery compass." Nami's patience was being pushed to the limits now, but she sighed and let it go.
"Well, I'd rather not ride on a sea king to be honest. So, we can get this mystery compass if we go through Reverse Mountain?" Luffy nodded, and Nami's eyes narrowed. "How do you know so much about this?" she asked suspiciously. Luffy blinked.
"Ah, that's simple," he answered, before raising his fists to his waist. "I'm going to be the Pirate King!" There was a loud crash as Nami's fist connected with Luffy's face, sending him bouncing off a wall and back into a seated position in front of her. Luffy looked at her in surprise.
"What? Got something to say?" she growled. Luffy just continued to stare at her. After about 10 seconds, a giggle escaped him. Then that giggle turned into a loud snort, followed by a full on fit of hysterical laughter. Nami looked annoyed, Usopp looked confused, Sanji looked infatuated, and Zoro, unbeknownst to the other three, just gave a small smile.
It was a little while longer before Luffy's voice caught everyone's attention. "There it is! Mystery mountain, dead ahead!" Everyone looked at the scene in front of them in awe. Sanji whistled. Even Zoro looked impressed. He'd only seen the sight twice before.
"It's huge! I can't even see the top past the clouds," Usopp commented.
"All right, everyone, that current is the entrance to Reverse Mountain!" Nami yelled over the rushing waters.
"The sea is really flowing up the mountain," Sanji noted calmly.
"Use the rudder to turn us toward the current," Zoro instructed. "Once you feel resistance, stop pulling. Otherwise, it'll just break."
"But then how will we keep ourselves from crashing?" Usopp asked nervously.
"We'll take care of it," Luffy said. He rolled his arm in his sockets as he walked towards the ship's railing along with Zoro.
Usopp and Sanji rushed to do as they were instructed, directing them as close as they could to the narrow path before the resistance became too much. Usopp and Nami looked on nervously as the ship headed towards the corner of the entrance. They would crash at this rate.
"One Sword Style…360 Caliber Phoenix!" Zoro shot a wind cannon at the wall they were heading towards, and the ship immediately turned toward the mountain before veering off a little to the left. A blunt Rankyaku from Luffy brought it back dead center, and the current started pulling them up the mountain faster and faster. The Straw Hat Pirates took in the once in a lifetime experience (or in Luffy and Zoro's case, twice in two lifetimes) before they finally reached the top and peered down at the clouds below. "Luffy, you feel that?" Zoro asked. Luffy nodded at the presence they both felt. It could really only be one thing.
"Grand Line, dead ahead!" Luffy shouted. The current started bringing them down at speeds faster than then they had endured on the ride up, and soon, a loud, deep, unidentified sound reached their ears.
"What was that?" Nami asked. "The wind?"
"Get ready," Zoro said.
"R-ready? For w-what?" Usopp stuttered.
"Hey, there's a mountain in the way!" Sanji yelled. "I don't think that's supposed to be there!" They looked toward the coming disaster with wide eyes.
"That's no mountain," Luffy said calmly. "It's a whale."
"It's too big to be a whale!" Nami insisted.
"Doesn't matter what it is. We're gonna crash into it!" Sanji shouted.
"Zoro," Luffy called. Zoro nodded and walked towards the front of the ship.
"360 Caliber Phoenix!" he yelled as he let off another wind blast. He made it duller and more spread out this time so as to not hurt Laboon. The wind caused the Going Merry to come to a stop in front of the whale as the current ended. For a moment, all was calm as the Straw Hats looked on with trepidation. Soon, it became clear that the whale hadn't noticed them. Good. Now they just had to get out of here without drawing any attention to themselves…
"Whaaaaaale!"
Or not.
"Heeeeyy! Whaaale! Down here whale!" Luffy shouted at the top of his lungs as he jumped and waved his hands in the air.
"Are you trying to kill us!?" Nami and Usopp shouted as he continued to try to catch the attention of the mountain-sized creature that could sink their ship quite easily. "Cut that out!"
Luffy stopped shouting and pouted. A few seconds passed before the whale's gargantuan eye shifted and landed on them. "It sees us!" The whale opened its mouth and started sucking water in. Their ship started to go with it. Nami and Usopp cried hysterically, Sanji offered to hold Nami in his arms, Zoro yawned tiredly, and Luffy laughed mirthfully, not even bothering to hold on to anything, before the wind from the suction launched him from the boat. It wasn't long before the rest of the crew was sucked inside the whale's mouth along with the Going Merry. The whale closed its mouth, and the world went dark.
"So, what do you think?" Usopp asked.
"I think we were eaten by a whale," Sanji answered.
"Yeah, definitely eaten by a whale," Usopp confirmed.
"So, then…what is this place?" They all took in the scenery, from the innocent looking sea and the clear sky above to the small island in front of them.
"Is it a dream?" Sanji asked.
"Yeah, must be a dream," Usopp answered.
"So, then, that's a dream island," Sanji nodded towards the island.
"Yep, dream island," Usopp replied. Suddenly, a giant squid rose out of the water, threatening to capsize their ship.
"Dream squid?" Sanji speculated.
"Dream squid," Usopp confirmed.
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