( N/A: Ayo... I'm back at writing this fanfic... oh and I might have changed a little bit about the writing style for an experiment, I wanted to see whether it would look cleaner and whatnot since I could always change it back )
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Inside the Going Merry
"It seems that the entrance to grandline is a mountain"
Nami stated, every one of them had a questioning look as they stare at Nami for an answer. She went on to explain as she showed them a map of how the guiding light is pointing directly to a mountain on the grandline.
"What? do you mean that we will hit the mountain"
"No, it's not like that... can you see the canal here?"
"A canal? don't be stupid"
Usopp rebutted her, he couldn't imagine how a canal could make a ship go up the mountain.
The Straw Hat's pirates started discussing the possibility of the canal being a real thing as they didn't notice that the ship was heading to a dangerous part of the sea.
"Look... the storm is gone!" Usopp commented as he looked out the window.
"Hmm... weird, I suddenly have a bad feeling" Kaito muttered at how calm and silent the sea was currently.
Everyone went outside the room and gaze at the calm sea, Nami trembled when she realized where they are.
"We are in deep trouble now... this place must be the calm belt"
Nami stated with a worried look, most of the people had a confused look when they heard the word 'calm belt' as they couldn't recognize it.
"Say, how come this side is so calm while over there is an onslaught of a heavy storm?"
Kaito questioned, they didn't have an answer to that question except for Nami as she shouted at them to immediately row the boat towards the storm while Sanji obeyed her order instantly.
Both Usopp and Luffy asked Nami why they should leave when the weather is so nice and calm, she shouted in response with frustration in her tone.
"It's nice weather here, why do we have to go back there?" Zoro asked as he gaze at the sea.
"I'm going to explain later... now, the ship is heading south as you wanted!" Nami shouted.
"Oh... so we are in grandline now?" Zoro commented.
Nami exclaimed with frustration in response, she then went on to explain how the grandline is surrounded by two seas. One of the seas is called the 'Calm Belt', the sea without wind.
"You're right... there is no wind at all, so what" Zoro asked.
"Because this sea is..."
Nami was about to answer when they were suddenly interrupted by the ship's trembling, they panicked as they don't know what was happening.
When out of nowhere, gigantic sea monsters emerged out of the sea as their ship stood on top of one of these creatures.
The Straw Hats had a stupefied look, they all stared at the terrifying looks of the monsters with fear and panic.
'What the fu...' Kaito thought as he finally understood why Nami was panicking so much.
"This sea is the giant sea monsters' nest!!" Nami cried out as she hugged the ship's mast in fear.
Everyone decided that the moment the sea monsters dived would be their chance to row away as fast as possible. Suddenly, the monster sneezed that they were on as the ship flew away.
AAHHHHH~
After a while, they landed back on the storm side as they sighed in relief.
"Do you understand why we have to use an entrance now?" Nami asked.
"Yes... I understand now" Zoro answered in a tired tone.
They were taking a break due to the intense moment they had a while ago when Nami suddenly exclaimed, she realized that they have to go up the mountain to enter the grandline.
She then went on rambling about how the waves of the 4 oceans will head up the mountain which will create a stream. The stream will then push the water up the canal. In short, the ship can go up by using the stream power.
"Haha~ so that means it's a magic mountain, right?"
"Magic? it's more like science"
"Science... can you eat that?"
"Ah no, it's more like magic but anyone can do it as long as they are smart enough"
While Kaito and Luffy were talking, Usopp saw something in the corner of his eyes as he exclaimed in shock.
"Wait... what is that shadow back there!?"
Everyone halted as they looked at the front of this ship and saw a gigantic wall with fog all around it that covers their vision.
"TAKE A DEEP BREATH AND HOLD THE RUDDER TIGHT!"
"Leave that job to us!"
Luffy shouted, both Sanji and Usopp yelled out in response as they went to the rudder and hold on to it tightly.
"This is impossible..." Nami muttered in disbelief.
"Am I dreaming?" Zoro questioned.
"Haha... quite an amazing sight to behold" Kaito commented in amazement.
They all exclaimed and gasped in amazement as they saw the stream going up the mountain. Nobody expected that the thing Nami told was actually true as they all had shifted their expression to that of seriousness.
"IT'S GETTING OFF ROUTE NOW... TURN RIGHT... RIGHT!"
Luffy screamed in panic, both Usopp and Sanji did as they were told and turned the rudder to the right with all their strength when it broke off suddenly.
"WE ARE GOING TO HIT THE GATE!"
Everyone panicked, they didn't know what to do when Luffy suddenly jumped out of the ship and leaped towards the gate.
"Gomu Gomu... balloon!"
Luffy stated, he expanded his body like a ball before the ship would collide with the gate while he was between the both of them. The moment the ship collided with Luffy, it bounced back out as it avoided hitting the gate while the ship got back on the correct course and headed to the entrance of the canal.
"TAKE MY HAND LUFFY!"
Zoro yelled, he put his arm forward at him as Luffy stretched his arms and grasped Zoro's hand.
Luffy stretched back on the ship and landed beside Zoro and the moment he did, everyone exclaimed and sighed in relief as they started to celebrate.
"WE DID IT!"
The ship started to ascend rapidly as the ship shot upwards to the sky and after a few seconds, the ship started going down towards the grandline.
"Yahoo... Ah, I see the grandline!" Luffy exclaimed in excitement.