We had been sailing for around two weeks now to get to the Grand Line, I coughed was bundled up in blankets and had my glass of water next to me, "How ironic, the first person to get sick on our boat is our doctor." Luffy grins, "I'm sorry guys." I blow my nose, "Gross." I mutter to myself, "No sweat, it's in our best interest that you get back to tiptop shape." Nami smiles, "That's right!" Usopp gives me a thumbs up, I was laying in the new medical bay bed, the door opened and we saw Sanji and Zoro fighting to get into the door, "Get out of the way Mosshead!" Sanji steps on his foot, "Out of my way stupid cook!" Zoro jabs his elbow into Sanji's ribs, "One after another, is everything a competition to you guys!" Nami hits the both of them, "My dear! I've made you a delicious hearty meal!" Sanji gets down on one knee and shows me a fish he prepared, I gulp, fish wasn't my favourite but I didn't want to be rude, "Oh, thank you Sanji." I smile, "She doesn't like fish you idiot." Zoro takes a sip from the cup and hands it to me, I look down and see a cup of rich black tea, I smile happily and drink it, "No man should ever give a woman a cup they've drunk from!" Sanji yells at him, I laugh, "Zor can you pass me bottle two three two?" I say with a hoarse voice, "Hmm, oh yeah. Sure." He rummages through my bag, "Wait you know medicinal stuff?" Luffy asks, "Yeah, this is surprising." Nami nods, "Zor helped me in my clinic for as long as I could remember. Well more like I bossed him around and he was my little puppy isn't that right." I snicker, "Oh shut up!" He throws the jar of blue capsules to me, "I'm kidding, I'm kidding~" I wave my hand. A week later I had gotten slightly better but was still under the weather, Sanji, Zoro and Luffy were up in the crows nest looking through a pair of binoculars, "Nami! I've got a report my love! Big rain clouds ahead!" Sanji yells, "According to the map we should be spotting the Red Line anytime now." She looks down at the map, "Did you draw this map? It's amazing but..." I point at the mountain, "That's what I was just thinking." She looks at me and the two of us nod.
"Take a look, I'm familiar with the rumours and these drawings confirm it. As unimaginable as it may seem the entrance to the Grand Line is a mountain." She points at the map, we were all around the dinner table, "A mountain?" Luffy had a glass in his mouth, "So what are we gonna do? Crash into it?" Zoro asks, "No you idiot, we're going to fly over it." I blow my nose and throw the tissue in the bin, "Woah really!" Luffy looks at me, I sigh and sit down next to Zoro, laying on his arm, "I didn't believe it but the map's clear. The mountain's riddled with small canals, so we might have to go up and over it." She says, "Ooh! Sounds like fun." Luffy fiddles with the cup, "What are you talking about? Even if there are canals or whatever they're called a ship can't climb up a mountain." Zoro looks at me as I start to close my eyes, "Well the map says so otherwise!" Nami frowns at him, "That's right! And if Nami thinks something can be done then it can got that! Also, stop hogging Nat all to yourself!" Sanji shouts at him, I lift Zoro's arm and lay in his lap, putting it over me, I hear the repeated screams of Sanji and I hid a small smile, "Yeah but that map was stolen from Buggy the Clown so can we trust it?" Zoro starts to twist my ponytail in his fingers, "Hey! Someone help! The rudder's stuck! A lil' help here would be nice!" Usopp exasperated grunts were finally heard, "Sanji, give Usopp a hand, we can't think with all his shouting-" I started coughing violently and I felt Zoro lift me up as I coughed and he handed me his glass which I downed, "Right away Nat!" He had heart eyes and ran to Usopp's aid, "You should still be in bed." Zoro rubs my arm, even with Sanji's help the rudder wouldn't move, "Hey is this just me but is this current unusually strong?" Usopp tries again with all his might to pull the rudder, "Huh? Usopp, what did you say?" Nami asks, "I asked if any of you think anything' strange with this current!" He yells, "Current. That must mean!" She lights up, "What does it mean?" I put the glass back on the table and lay back down on Zoro, "That must mean we do go up the mountain." She looks back at the map, "Oh come on, how could that possibly work?" Zoro asks, "Look right here, see, the guiding light was directing us to this spot on the red line. Notice how it's labelled here, Reverse Mountain." She says, I pop my head up, eyeliner to the table, "Hello! A little help over here thank you!" Usopp was getting mad after Sanji left him, "These green lines represent canals or artificial waterways, if major currents from all four oceans flow into the same mountain, what do you think's gonna happen?" She drags her finger across the green lines, "The currents would force water up these canals and collide at the top, flowing straight down into the Grand Line." I annotate, "Wow, how did you know?" Nami looks at me, "It's similar to the fatal disease when your blood flows the wrong way, it's pretty common in some dogs actually." I look at her, "Now Reverse Mountain is a Winter mountain so it's cold right?that means any surface currents that don't flow up the canal will be forced down as they cool anything riding those currents will be pulled down as well, if we screw up and miss the entrance to the canal the Going Merry will be carried straight into the Red Line's rockface and likely be destroyed, ship and crew will be pulled under the sea." She says, I gulp, "Well that's reassuring." I mutter, "Yeah, basically it's a Mystery Mountain. Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha." Luffy grabs his chin, "No! That's not my point at all, anyway since we're positioned in this current we should've faced any problems heading to the summit of Reverse Mountain the only thing that'd be bad is if something happened to the rudder." She says, "Nami you're a genius!" Sanji had his heart eyes again, "Call me a sceptic but Ship's don't climb mountains," Zoro sighs, "Well I've heard a few stories." Sanji grins, "Stories?" I look at him, "It's that more than half the people who try to get to the Grand Line die before they even get there. Whatever we find isn't going to be easy." He says.
"Sanji! Did you get the sail!" Nami shouts, "Anything for you Nami!" He calls out, "Zor, help Luffy." I look at up at the top of the mast pulling the sail up, "Mmhm," He climbs up without another word and helps pull the sail up, "HEY! I CAN SEE THE MYSTERY MOUNTAIN!" Luffy yells, we all run out on deck, Nami and I had raincoats on to keep the water out, "T-That's insanely huge!" Usopp gapes, "Wow the entrance to the Grand Line." I look at it, "I-I-I can't see the top! It's taller than the clouds!" Usopp points up, Zoro climbs back down, "Get inside, I don't want you getting any worse." He ushers me inside but I fell into his chest when the boat lurched to the side, "What the hell's going on!" I scream and I clutch onto his shirt, "We're getting sucked in! Hold the rudder steady!" Luffy's arms stretched, it was like he was on a bungee cord, bouncing up and down, "On it!" Sanji and Usopp run inside, "NAMI! GIVE US A DIRECTION!" Usopp yells, "Keep veering straight ahead!" She says, "What?! Are you crazy!" I look at her, "Trust me!" She shouts over the wind and rain, "Is that the entrance to the canal?" Luffy bounces down, "Most likely." She smiles, "You gotta be dreaming. That river really is climbing up that mountain." Zoro looks through some binoculars and saw a small crack in the cliff, "We're gonna die." I hold my head, "We've got to make it through those water gates just right or we'll smash into the Red Line!" I turn to Sanji and Usopp, "We're moving off course! You gotta go more to the right! RIGHT!" Luffy yells, "Right?!" The two of them pull with all their might and force the rudder to the right, but then the handle breaks, we all scream, "We're gonna die, we're gonna die, we're gonna die." I hold my head and freak out, "GUM GUM! BALLOON!" Luffy jumps off and inflates, acting as a bumper for us to rear into the water gates, "Luffy! Grab on!" Zoro uses his free arm to reach out, the other tightly around me, he stretches his arm out and the two lock wrists, as he slingshots back into the boat, Sanji and Usopp happily cheering in the dining room, "WE MADE IT!" We all cheer.
It was incredible, the Going Merry was climbing the mountain just like how Nami said, "Now it's just a straight shot to the summit!" Us two girls happily singing and dancing around the deck, "So, sceptic." I look at Zoro who was at the front. of the boat, "I guess I can't say I'm not amazed." He smiles and wraps his arm around my waist as the two of us lean on the railing, "Wow look how high we are! We're in the clouds!" Luffy runs forward, the boat sailed forth, "Now we're above the clouds!" Luffy laughs, we all walk out and stare at the majestic view behind us, "Look Zor, your wish, your name finally's reached the Heavens." I smile at him, "My wish isn't complete till the day I marry you." He kisses my palm, I blush, "You're still bringing up your stupid proposal when we were seven and eight." I hide my face, "Stupid proposal? I put my heart and soul into that proposal! I don't plan on marrying anyone else so you're stuck with me whether you life it or not." He gives a rare smile, "PROPOSAL?!" Sanji screams and falls on the ground, "We're at the summit! We did it!" Nami looks. at the sparkling water, we hit the summit and flew off the mountain, soaring through the sky, "AHH!" The boat dropped under us and we were falling after the Going Merry before catching the downstream canal into the Grand Line, "This is fitting, we should all say what we're going to achieve once we enter the Grand Line." Sanji says, we all stand around a barrel, "To find the All Blue." Sanji puts his foot on the barrel, "To draw the map of the world." Nami puts her foot on, "To become King of the Pirates!" Luffy shouts, "To be the greatest swordsman." Zoro puts his, "To be the World's Greatest Doctor." I put my foot on, "Well..." Usopp looks at us, "To be a brave warrior of the sea." He puts his foot on, completing the ring, "I can see it! The greatest sea of the world! The Grand Line! Somewhere out there the One PIece is waiting for us. Let's go!" Luffy holds his hat and punches his fist forward, "Aye Captain!" We all shout.
