Chapter 3
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"I'M READY, BEAST ISLAND!!!" Erick yells while boasting a proud smile. Jonah looked at him with surprise. 'Who are you… Erick Drake' Jonah thinks to himself as Erick began to turn around to him. "Did you see that Jonah, I'm actually stronger than I thought!" Erick exclaims childishly. "Wait a second… How old are you Erick?" Jonah asks him suddenly. "Oh uh… seventeen, I think" Erick says back to him, a little unsure. Jonah's eyes widen. 'He's so young but even at this age his physical strength is similar to a captain with the power of a berry.' Jonah thinks to himself with amazement. "Now which way where we supposed to go again… right, no it's left definitely" Erick says while looking to the left and the right of the forest. "No you idiot, we're going to the center" Jonah snaps at him annoyed. "Geez don't be so grumpy all the time" Erick says back with a disheartening look.
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"So… do you still think I should eat a berry?" Erick asks him with a serious face. "Your strength is incredible but it would only match the weaker captains and even so, they still have the powers of the berry so that will give them the advantage against you." Jonah says to him bluntly. Erick looks down and grunts slightly. "So I can't defeat Grey Beard without a berry huh?" Erick asks with a bland tone. "GREY BEARD?!?" Jonah yells out in shock. "Yeah, before I left the harbor he asked me to give him seventy five thousand Estos and he wouldn't defeat me if he saw me at sea." Erick says to Jonah. "Please tell me you gave him the money" Jonah says in a wimpy voice. "Of course I didn't!" Erick exclaims with a smile. "Yeah… of course you didn't." Jonah says with a low face.
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"Well then you'll definitely need a berry if Grey Beard is exploring again." Jonah says with a straight face. "Again?" Erick asks curiously. "Yeah… His navigator died on a voyage to the south sea a few months back. He said he was done being a Pathfinder but he never took out his bounty so I guess he decided to come back." Jonah says to Erick. "But before his navigator died the two of them were the Pathfinders that discovered Love island" Jonah says. "Woah, they must've been super strong." Erick says with a blank face as they are walking through the forest. "That's exactly why you should eat a berry." Jonah says as he looks at Erick. "Also, I've come up with a route that will allow us to get to the North Star and find an Exploration team." Jonah says with a smile. "You know where we can get a crew?!" Erick exclaims excitedly.
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"It's better if I just show you" Jonah says as he sits down and crosses his legs, causing Erick to sit down as well. Jonah spread the map on the grass before he spoke. "After we leave Beast island we'll go to North Estoria and restock on supplies, I also know of a popular swordsman that may want to join our team" Jonah says to Erick. "Oh, about that" Erick says as he reaches into his pocket and unfolds a piece of paper. "Can you sign this for me?" Erick asks as he puts the paper up to Jonah. "Uhh, do you have a pen?" Jonah asks annoyed. "I do not." Erick says bluntly. They both stare at each other for about five seconds. "Anyway, after we leave North Estoria then we'll head to the west sea" Jonah says as he pointed this out for Erick. Erick smiled widely as he jumped back to his feet, causing Jonah to get up as well.
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"Well let's go then." Erick says with a slight grin on his face as he looks at the path ahead of them. "Hold on, if you want to go to Fruit island we'll have to go after we leave here, if not then… you'll never have the chance to eat a berry." Jonah says bluntly. "I got it." Erick says with a straight face. "After we leave here we'll go to Fruit island." Erick says with a confident smirk. A white crow flies over both of them, its eyes were jet black. It landed on a tree branch near them, watching them as they walked off
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"I've found them sir, the captain we saw fight the sea giant and his navigator." A man in a white and blue jester outfit says in a squeaky and slimy voice. He had black circles painted around his eyes with clown makeup on his face. "They are on Beast island and it seems they have found the location of Captain Rory's bounty. How would you like to proceed captain?" The man says again. "Good work Jester." Says a man sitting on the deck of the ship they were standing on. He was skinny and wore a white button shirt with black pants, he also wore a white fur coat over his back but his arms were not in either of the sleeves. "As my Navigator, I'll send you and fifty of our men to get the bounty. Chopper should already be on their tail." The Captain of the ship says to jester. "And what about the boy, Captain?" Jester asks him. "If he gets in your way then dispatch of him and throw his body in the sea other wise let Chopper deal with him, I can't have the government finding out about what I do at sea." The Captain says with a straight face. "As you wish… Captain Thorn." Jester says as he begins to walk off and laugh maniacally.
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Erick and Jonah were walking through the forest as Erick puts his arm in front of Jonah. "What?" Jonah says with a confused face. "I think… somebody is following us." Erick says in a calm tone. "Wait, why would you think that?" Jonah asks him, beginning to get worried by Erick's statement. "I can just feel it but they seem pretty far away so we should hurry" Erick says as he begins to stretch. "Okay we should-" Jonah began but Erick began running further into the forest, laughing as he does. "WAIT COME BACK HERE , YOU JUST SAID THERE ARE PEOPLE FOLLOWING US!!!" Jonah yells while running after Erick. The white crow was on a tree branch watching them run deeper into the forest.
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Jester was covering his left eye with his left hand and he had a smirk on his face. "We will cut them off at the middle, that seems to be where they are going" Jester says to the men behind him. "YES SIR, GREATEST NAVIGATOR JESTER SIR!!!" All fifty of the men yell simultaneously. "Come on Jonah, we gotta get to the center before those guys!!" Erick yells as he was sprinting through the forest at superhuman speeds. "What guys!? What the hell are you talking about!!?" Jonah says, a little behind Erick but still within earshot of him. "You can't hear those people? One of them is called jester!" Erick exclaims to him. "Erick stop!!" Jonah says suddenly.
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Erick and Jonah both stop running. "What the hell are we stopping for?!" Erick asks in an aggressive tone. "We have to turn around… now." Jonah says in a serious tone. "Huh? What are you talking about? We're almost to the river." Erick says with a confused face. "That name… I know that name." Jonah says in a soft tone, causing Erick's eyes to widen slightly. "That guy Jester… he's the Navigator for a real dangerous Pathfinder… Captain Thorne." Jonah says with scorn on his face. "Captain Thorne?" Erick's says with a confused face. "He's one of the 12 Titans of the sea. I've heard that his Vice Captain, Chopper, took out an entire fleet of ships by himself" Jonah says in a serious tone. "An entire fleet? No way!!" Erick says with shock. "I'm serious and it's all because he ate the Munch berry from Fruit island." Jonah says. Erick stands up and looks at Jonah with a serious face.
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Erick begins to walk past Jonah and back towards the shore of the beach. "Hey. Where are you going?" Jonah asks curiously. Erick turns his head to him and smiles. "We're going to Fruit island." Erick says to him. "What? Right now?" Jonah says surprised. "Yeah… right now." Erick says as he turns around and begins walking again. Jonah catches up to him and begins walking beside him. "If we leave now, Thorne and his crew will get Captain Rory's bounty." Jonah says to Erick with wide eyes. "Yeah, I know… don't worry about that now, we just need to get me and you a berry" Erick says with confidence. "I… can't eat a berry from fruit island" Jonah says with a saddened face. "What do you mean you can't eat a berry? Are you allergic to them or something?" Erick asks confused. "NO YOU IDIOT!" Jonah yells in annoyance.
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"Most people aren't capable of taking in the power of a berry, usually Captains can withstand that power but very few vice captains and navigators can do it." Jonah says to Erick. "Ahh whatever! You're different Jonah, you can see things that I can't. Just like you said, I don't know much about you but I believe it too… I believe you can withstand the power of a berry!" Erick says with a smile as the two of them break out of the forest and into the white sand. Jonah rose his eyes with surprise. "You don't even know what you're saying" Jonah says with a smirk as Erick jumps onto the black pearl, Jonah follows behind him with a smile as they were both back on their ship. "You're something else, you know that?" Jonah says with a smirk. "Sure… maybe I am. FRUIT ISLAND WE GO, NAVIGATOR JONAH!!" Erick yells right beside Jonah's ear.
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Jonah chuckles softly as The Black Pearl begins to set out into the sea. "Hey, Erick look." Jonah says as he was looking at a ship, sailing to the other side of the island. "Is that Captain Thorne's ship?" Erick asked as he saw the massive ship, it was made of wood but the color was that of sand and it had four cannons sticking out of each side of the boat, on the beige flag was a singular black thorn with a red tip. "I guess they knew we were going to the middle somehow, good thing we left when we did" Jonah said with relief in his voice. "Jonah come here for a second." Erick says with a serious tone, causing Jonah to walk over beside him at the edge of The Black Pearl. "Tell me everything that you can about Fruit island Berries." Erick says in a stern tone. "My knowledge is pretty limited but sure." Jonah says with a smile.
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"The first thing you need to know is that Berry powers are not random. Once you get onto Fruit island the berry will already be chosen for you." Jonah says while looking at Captain Thorne's ship finally disappear behind beast island. "Second… no two fruits are the same, some of them may have similar traits but every Berry power is different." Jonah says holding up two fingers. "What berry Power did Captain Rory have?" Erick asks with a curious face. "Not many people's Berry powers were made public back then but Captain Rory's was inevitable. He ate the Mountain Berry… his Berry power gave him unprecedented strength, some people say that he was able to carry literal mountains on his back for days." Jonah says causing Erick's face to light up with joy. "But Captain Rory's Berry power wasn't what made him the greatest Pathfinder ever." Jonah says with a smirk. "Then what was?" Erick says with a curious smile.
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"His Aura was simply too much to handle for anyone." Jonah says. "Aura? What is that?" Erick asks with a baffled look. "Are you serious? You really were cooped up, huh?" Jonah says with a smirk, causing Erick to chuckle slightly. "We really don't know much about it but after eating a Berry, not only are you given a power but your physical abilities are blown through the roof. Very few Pathfinders that have Berry powers can learn to use Aura because of the immense concentration and skill it requires but Captain Rory perfected it and that's what made him the greatest." Jonah says with a heart felt smile. "Hm." Erick says with a perplexed face. "What does that mean?" Jonah says as he raises his right eyebrow in curiosity.
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"So after I eat a berry I'll be half as strong as Captain Rory!!" Erick says with an optimistic smile. "THAT'S NOT AT ALL WHAT I SAID YOU HALF-WIT!!! YOU NEED YEARS OF TRAINING TO LEARN SOMETHING LIKE AURA AND YOU CAN'T EVEN CONCENTRATE FOR ONE SECOND SO HAVE SOME MORE RESPECT FOR CAPTAIN RORY!!!" Jonah yells while hitting the top of Erick's head profusely. "Okay Okay! I'm just saying." Erick says while rubbing the top of his head in agony. "Next time be a little more respectful of the Pathfinders before you." Jonah says as he looks at Erick but he sees Erick's eyes were low and tired. "What's wrong with you?" Jonah asks aggressively and Erick points behind him slowly. Jonah turns around and his eyes widen with fear. "Why can't we just catch a break?" Jonah says exhaustively. "That's what I was thinking." Erick says in the same tone as Jonah.
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A few miles ahead of The Black Pearl they saw a massive ship made of steel sailing towards them and on the ships black flag were two pink umbrellas crossing each other. At the edge of the ship stood a fair skinned woman with blonde hair, green eyes and pig tails. She wore a pink quince dress with long white socks and rose pink glass slippers with white gloves on her hands. In her left hand she held a pink umbrella, covering her head from the sun. She bore a soft smile on her face and she was blushing permanently. "Hey! I think I saw that Ship on The harbor back in South Estoria." Erick says with wide eyes. "Yeah, I know of this Exploration team… and it's Captain." Jonah says while gritting his teeth. "Are they bad news or something?" Erick asks with curiosity on his face.
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"Their captain is more of a bully than a Pathfinder." Jonah says with distain on his face. "Bully…how is she a bully?" Erick asks with a baffled face. "She runs around and finds weak or even beginner Pathfinders just to get easy supplies and the government can't do anything because of her Berry power." Jonah says. Erick's eyes widen slightly with shock. "She ate the Mass berry and it allows her to change the weight of anything she touches, including herself. She uses it to make that steel ship extremely tough, it's never been pierced before." Jonah says. Erick stands up completely and as Jonah looked at him he saw that Erick had a smile on his face, without an ounce of worry. "Did you hear anything I just said?" Jonah asks with a confused face. "Of course I did but… don't you believe in your captain?" Erick says as he was looking at Captain Neoma sailing towards them, causing Jonah's eyes to widen with shock. 'Do you… fear anything Erick?!' Jonah thinks to himself with surprise.
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