One Piece (Love Story) [Part Two]

Chapter Two Hundred and Ninety Two [Rewritten]

-Chapter Two Hundred and Ninety-Two-

"Man! That sure was fun, wasn't it?" Luffy brightly smiled at the memory.

"If you call everyone screaming and a few crying fun, then yeah, I guess it was" I chuckled with a shrug.

"How was that fun? It was terrifying!" Chopper frowned.

"We survived that, we can survive this too" Usopp firmly said as one of the Sea Snakes suddenly smashed into the back of the Sunny—lifting her up high into the air until all we could do was ride it out.

"Let's go!" Luffy excitedly cheered.

"Alright, now a Coup de Burst should do the trick" Franky grinned as he took his place back behind the wheel and prepared for us to take off.

"Time to fly! Pull the sails!" Nami ordered as Brook and Sanji got straight to it, each quickly rushing off to fulfill the demand that had been given.

"You ready?" Franky asked as the ship jolted forward and began to fly upwards. "Coup de Burst!" picking up in speed, the ship soared across the sky—heading straight out of the storm and back into calm waters.

"Ah! We made it out!" Chopper cheered.

"Yeah, well I wasn't scared!" Usopp boldly proclaimed, causing me to roll my eyes with a smile as Brook laughed.

"We're here!" Luffy laughed. "We're finally here—we made it!"

"I can't even see the top" Chopper gawked as he tilted his head back to stare upwards. "It's huge! So this is the Red Line?" he asked, gasping at the sight before him.

"It's strange," Nami admitted as she too stared up at the continent, "feels sort of nostalgic—I'm getting a bit choked up" she confessed as Sanji lit himself a cigarette.

"It has been that long since we last saw this place, I feel like we've grown up" Zoro smiled.

"I can't seem to stop crying—guess a lot happened, huh?" Usopp questioned with tears in his eyes.

"Yeah" I smiled. "We've been on so many adventures in the Grand Line and this was just the beginning of our journey—straight through here."

"Anyways, we're halfway there! The Twin Capes where we left Laboon are connected to the Red Line on the other side of the world" Luffy grinned. "We've had some close calls, but I'm glad we've made it this far without losing anybody" he said, chest proudly puffing out as he looked around the deck at us and took in just how far we've come as a crew.

"When I was a baby," Franky began, "I came to the South Blue by Reverse Mountain, but that was well over thirty years ago" he confessed. "The Red Line means a lot more to me this time" he admitted as he grinned up at the continent.

"I came from the West Blue to this ocean five years ago, but it seems like forever now" Robin said.

"If we keep this up, we can sail around the rest of the world! We'll come to this wall one more time and when we do, I'm going to be King of the Pirates!" Luffy proudly proclaimed.

"We have to be extra careful from here on out" Nami warned. "We're right next to the Holy Land of Mary Geoise of Navy Headquarters and the World Government."

Time passed as everyone soon ventured off in different directions, disappearing with plans to find ways to entertain themselves as we patiently waited for the next time we would need to regroup on the deck. I had found myself mindlessly following Zoro back up into the crow's nest, opting to sit criss-cross on the bench that stretched out along the wall with the book from earlier as he went back to his training.