"3745...3746...3747...3748...3749...3750..." Luka was counting out loud, while doing pull ups in the gym section of the ship, on the bottom level.
"How much are you really at?" Demi said, without looking up from the newspaper he was reading.
"3751...3752...3753...3754..." Luka counted, ignoring him.
Demi rolled his eyes, looking up. "We've only been down here for 20 minutes, goofy."
Luka dropped from the pull up bar. "Well now I lost count, asshole..."
"Uh huh... I didn't think you could count that high to begin with."
On the other side of the gym, Sneeze and Rain were practicing their skills by sparring on the mats, clashing without fatal attacks. Sneeze, with armament haki coating his hands, and Rain using his staff.
On the middle deck of the ship, Fishy and Stroggy were cooking lunch. On the menu today was shrimp scampi pasta and a mixed salad.
"Make sure to cut the ends off before frying the shrimp, and it's best if they're not touching on the pan. Also try to toss the salad with more force if you can, like this." Stroggy instructed. Fishy nodded and watched carefully.
Finally, on the top level of the ship, Jam was in the sun, reading about different countries of the world, Shambles was watching the waves crash from the back of the ship, and Kev and Litz were racing rats they found in the basement.
It had been about 3 days since the crew had left the ports of Peroneau, and they had decided to make their way south, approaching the Grand Line.
"Lunch is ready!!" Stroggy shouted, pushing a cart with multiple platters stuffed with food out onto the top floor, and brought it over to the table, which they had set up earlier. Soon, everyone had made their way up and sat down to eat.
"Mmmm, you two outdid yourself this time, This is delicious!" Litz said, shoveling food into his mouth.
"Chew with your mouth closed you animal." Shambles growled.
As they all ate, Fishy noticed something was off. Out past the railing, in the middle of the ocean, a dark mass lingered in the water. Slowly, he got up to go see, without saying a word. As he got to the edge of the ship, he noticed that the mass was getting closer, and fast too. "Hey, guys? should we be concerned about that?" He said worriedly, pointing at the dark mass that was rapidly approaching. Everyone looked at him, confused.
Suddenly, while he had his back turned, a massive creature erupted from the water, sending water everywhere. As it peaked, the whole crew was able to identify it. A massive sea monster, shaped like a serpent with beaming red eyes and a mouth full of teeth like swords. It let out a roar as everyone jolted up and assumed combative position. Litz with his sword unsheathed already, Sneeze with his fists ablaze, and Rain clutching his staff were the first to the front line, ready to defend.
As the sea monster came down, it whipped its massive tail, attempting to take out multiple crew members in one attack. Quickly, Litz jumped in front, and blocked the attack with his sword, slicing into the thick flesh of the beast. While it stopped the attack, the scales on the serpent which seemed hard as diamond, stopped the blade from slicing off the tail.
Rain spun his lunar staff into position, and fired a beam of bright pink energy directly into the sea monster's head. The beast roared out, then after a moment of confusion, it charged it's head towards the ship, mouth wide open. However, before it could take a huge chunk of wood, Luka jumped in the way, his fist in his left hand. The gargantuan beast roared in anger, it's mouth large enough to swallow Luka whole, and it was looking ready to do so. Luka, still clutching his hand, screamed screamed out in rage as a white aura built around him. Just as the sea monster was about to make contact, Luka leaped out towards it, and landed a clean right hook to it's head, knocking it away with a hole in the side of it's head.
