"They've already left the grandline..." Crocus stated.
"So, this whale is abandoned but if they are going to escape... they'd have to get through the calm belt" Nami remarked.
"That's right... no one knows whether they are still alive or dead..." Crocus stated
While the group was talking about Laboon and his past, Kaito saw Luffy standing up and went to somewhere with a thoughtful look.
"If he continues to hit his head... he will die"
Crocus stated as he glanced at the scars on the top of Laboon's head.
"I've been with him for 50 years, he's become part of my life... I can't let him die"
Crocus added as he stared at the group with a determined look on his face.
Yahhhhh~
As the group was listening at Crocus, the group paused when they heard a familiar shout and looked towards where it came from.
"Gomu gomu... arranging flower!"
Luffy yelled out as he leaped up with a ship's mast in his hands and stab it at Laboon's head.
"Isn't that the ship's mast... from our ship?" Zoro asked.
"Absolutely right!" Usopp answered confidently.
The group stood in silence for a few seconds before everyone gasped in shock and surprise as they shouted at Luffy with a dumbfounded look.
BO~
Laboon went mad due to the pain as he waved his body around and smashed his head towards the ground as Luffy jumped away to avoid being crushed.
BO~
"Haha... idiot!" Luffy laughed as he mocked Laboon.
BOOO~
The two of them were brawling out as they punched and bash at each other when Laboon got a clean hit at Luffy and made him flew off and crashed at a wall.
BO~
The group was dumbfounded as they just stood still and watched the fight in shock and surprise.
Laboon was about to charge at him but stopped when Luffy suddenly shouted, "WE ARE EVEN NOW!".
"I'm strong, aren't I?" Luffy asked.
"Our fight isn't over yet... so we have to fight again... when I come back, let's continue our battle!"
Luffy shouted as he stood up and wore his straw hat while he smiled widely at Laboon.
BO~
...
"Hmm... are we finally going to start sailing?"
Kaito asked as he walked out of the ship since he had been sleeping inside waiting for the others to finish their business.
"Yeah, we're just waiting for Nami to finish her talk with Crocus"
Sanji answered as he was giving drinks to a blue-haired girl with a lovestruck look.
"Huh, why are these two here?" Kaito questioned.
"They wanted to come with us to their town" Usopp answered.
"Oh? is that so..." Kaito stated.
After a while, Nami finally came to the ship with a log pose on her wrist as she walked towards us with a smile.
The Straw Hats started raising the anchor and dropping the sail as the ship slowly move away from the lighthouse.
The crew looked at the lighthouse one last time as Luffy suddenly jumped on the wooden railings with his front facing the Laboon.
"I'LL BE GOING NOW, LABOON... AND I'LL BE BACK!"
Luffy yelled out with a wide smile as he waved his hand at him while the crew formed a smile on their faces.
...
A few hours later...
The ship continues its journey as the Straw Hats were waiting for them to arrive at their destination.
"It's snowing... what nice weather"
Kaito commented while he grabs some snowflakes in his hands with a slight smile on his face.
"Hey, stop standing there like an idiot and help me shovel the snow away"
Sanji grumbled while he pushed the snow away with his shovel.
"Why should I do that? I have no obligation to help you at all"
Kaito answered with a look that says as if he was stating a fact.
"It was Nami-san's request, how could you not follow her orders?" Sanji questioned.
"Sanji-kun, stopped playing around and continue shoveling the snow until the snowstorm stops" Nami stated.
"Yes, madam~" Sanji stated.
Kaito just looked at him with a dumbfounded look as if he couldn't believe that such a man exist and was about to walk towards Luffy when lightning erupted on the clouds.
Rumble~
'Lightning... but it was just snowing just a second ago?'
Kaito thought to himself as he couldn't believe how fast the weather changed.
"So this is the famed grandline... the unexpected becomes the expected..." Kaito commented.
AAAAHHH~
The Straw Hats shook in surprise at Nami's shout as they asked her what was the problem.
"Let's turn back 180 degrees, now!"
Nami yelled out in panic as she stared at the log pose on her wrist when she turned around as she drags the duo and threw them outside the room.
Nami ordered the Straw Hats for directions to follow as they nodded and listened to her as they went to their respective orders while Zoro was just snoring in the background.
"Wait, the wind is changing its direction" Usopp stated with a shocked look.
"Spring is the best" Mr.9 and Ms.Wednesday stated with a refreshing look.
"The waves are getting stronger" Usopp shouted.
"Damn, hold on to something... we're about to crash at an iceberg" Kaito cursed at their situation.
"What's wrong with this sea!" Nami yelled out in panic.
The Straw Hats are panicking when the ship collided with an iceberg as they started to fix the holes to avoid the ship from sinking.
Meanwhile, Zoro was sleeping peacefully on the deck as he snored and looked unbothered by everything.
After a while, everything calmed down as everyone was on the floor gasping for air due to the high-intensity event that had just happened.
"Yawn~ that was a good sleep... eh? it's good weather today... it's not good for everyone to be sleeping"
Zoro woke up and commented when he saw that everyone was laying down on the floor.
'YOU!!' everyone thought as veins popped in their heads.
Zoro saw that the duo who they met inside Laboon was on the ship laying down on the floor like the others as he asked why they were here on the ship.
Zoro and Luffy talked for a while as they discussed the situation of the duo when Nami walked behind Zoro and started punching his head.
Nami then went on to ramble about how the grandline is a scary place and how her navigation skills won't work.
"Can we survive?" Usopp asked with a worried look.
"Of course, we must survive... the first evidence is over there... look we have completed our first journey" Nami stated as she pointed at an island
Everyone turned their heads towards where she was pointing at as they gasped in amazement at the sight that they were seeing.
"Woah, an island with giant cactus!"