Gold Dream To Grand Line!

[.::Haseo On The Clouds::.]

The ship sunk as the giant smash of metal death completely destroyed the Neko Pirate's ship. It was bigger than his own ship, but not as strong. It sank easily and Haseo began to question the quality of the ship. It was over now, the Neko pirates had lost, and Haseo had even grabbed and captured the pirates with the bounties on their heads. He threw them in the lower quarters and judged that they wouldn't even be awake for a week or so. "Maybe I overdid it.....ohhh well they had it coming after-all. Like I would let them raid our ship..." He spoke out as he got back to the main deck.

There it was, Reverse Mountain in all of its beauty. As the ship was manuevered to enter, Haseo's stomach twisted with anxiety as he just wondered what marvels would await the Gold Dream Pirates in the Grand Line.

The ship began to move faster and faster as he ascended up the stream and then began to accelerate and descend downwards the stream. It was a crazy experience. There were splashes everywhere and he felt like he was falling. The wind rushed against his very being and he began to scream with joy and the adrenaline.

"Grand Line here we come!"

........Then there was a giant whale...........

CRAP!

[Masta Deltron]

Jay said nothing as set down the treasure that he hauled onto the ship. There was one thing in particular that he found on the ship that made him smile when he found it. “You guys can have this but this chest is mines.” he said as he went to his room to open up the chest. It was a bit dusty, but he felt compelled to open it for some reason. It was like something inside the chest was calling out to him. He made it to his quarters and set the chest down. He began to dust the chest off. He noticed something on the box. It was two names that had to have meant something.

“Adramelech and Durga?” he said puzzled. He opened the chest and found something amazing. His eyes sparkled as he set their in awe of what he just found. It seemed like they were made just for him. He took them out of the chest and tried them on. ((yes I am keeping them a secret for now lol)) They fit almost perfectly, he started kicking and punching to test them out. He had absolute freedom to move around in them, at the bottom of the chest was a backpack there designed for easy carrying.

He decided it might be time for a little change up. He unzipped his jacket and found someones goggles laying on the desk. “Hmm I wonder who these might belong to?” he thought as he tried them on. His hair had began to grow out, his hair was different from his fathers. Since he took more after his mother his hair was white when it began to grow. So he took off his hat and placed the goggles on his head. He looked into the mirror and looked from side to side. “This works he said with a smile on his face.” He left his room with his backpack and a huge grin on his face. “Today is gonna be a good day.” he thought. The ship shook violently for a second, he manged to catch himself. “Spoke to soon I guess?” he said as he ran to the deck of the ship to see what was going on.

He looked up to see the great gateway. “Reverse Mountain.” he said in awe. The ship shook again as they went up the mountain. The ship was scaling a mountain. He had never seen or experienced anything like it. He was speechless. The ship shook and quaked because it was taking a beating at the moment. The ship began to go downwards as if they were on a roller coaster. This was so much fun Jay couldn't help himself but let out a “Yahoo!!!” as the went down. The mist got denser and a massive object appeared there right in their way. “Is that a Whale!?” he yelled as his eyes were huge.

[White Mimic]

Basil drew several lines in graphite across the large world map spread out and pinned to a wall. He was keeping track of where the crew had been in the past, and all the locations before Reverse Mountain had been pinned with colored needles. He placed a Blue needle on Reverse Mountain and wrote in a small journal kept near the wall inside a table drawer about what had happened on their approach to the Mountain and what had happened on the Mountain. He labled the page with a blue tag and closed the journal, black leather with a gold trim. He would be keeping the journal up to date with every significant location from now on.

He opened another drawer on the table and took out a log pose. The crew had just obtained this incredible device, destined to lead them through the grand line and to One Piece. Basil knew exactly what he was going to do with his cut: fund an elite vigilante organization to assist the Marines and the World Government (which he had only read about in books up to this point) in suppressing crime around the world, hopefully bringing an end to the very notion of crime altogether. The organization would be called the 'Striped Gentlemen' and would contain the most brilliant minds and fighters not within the circles of Marine or Piracy. He knew, however, that he would have to turn himself in for assistance in piracy once the organization was set up, possibly facing the death penalty. He woud have to find a leader for the Gentleman first, should execution become inevitable.

At that moment, Basil's thoughts were interrupted by a large rumbling in the ocean and the series of rocking waves that followed. Maps and tools that weren't put away just yet rolled around and tumbled to the floor. The room became and absolute mess. Basil opened the door to the cabin and peeked outside, looking around for his fellow crew mates. "What was that?"

He turned to face the other direction, seeing a large white and black circle. It took him a brief moment to realize that it was the eye of a gigantic whale. He was, adittedly, astonished at the size of the behemoth, but he turned back again. "What's...going on here?"

[johnmorgan3304]

John Morgan was leaning up against the mast of the ship as he rolled a cigarette in his hands. He licked the cigarette and then sealed it and the tobacco inside of it. Sighing as he put the cigarette into his mouth he brought out a pack of matches and lit one, using it to light his cigarette. He puffed as he felt the whoosh of the wind on his face as the ship descended down Reverse mountain at a high speed. As he enjoyed the taste and scent of the smoke he thought the lit match into the sea when suddenly he heard Haseo scream and a loud splashing noise. As he looked up he saw the Whale suddenly in front of the ship. So shocked was John that he held his mouth open and caused the cigarette to fall form his mouth. "Oh bugger" he said as he grabbed the wheel.

John fought to control the ship as it descended on the whale and he seemed to be fighting against an invisible force. As he struggled with the wheel John realized they needed more speed to save the ship. Looking up he Jay and then suddenly had an idea. "Jay you need to open up the main sail and bring it into the wind at a right angle. Hurry!" he shouted as he jerked the wheel to the right.

[|The SHAKINATOR|]

Garuda was still getting accustomed to his new abilties provided by the Pooru Pooru fruit. Although it was generally a weird ability, Garuda was having great fun using it. The idea of elongating his arm was just too much to pass by and Garuda made sure to use it upon every opportunity. It was for this very reason, Garuda had placed his tool box several feet away out of reach so that he would have to use his devil fruit to do his job.

Garuda had decided it was best to fix the damage caused by the battle so that the Gold Dream was fit to sail up reverse mountain. So far the tasks hadn't been to difficult and Garuda had managed it with ease but there was a challenging spot to cover on the outside of the ship's frame which would require him to climb over the ledge. Considering the fact that now he was a hammer, this would be a dangerous task indeed. Normally Garuda would tie himself a rope from the mast to his waist, to make sure he didn't fall in to the sea, however this time around, he tied an extra knot to the whole thing whilst letting the others know what he was upto, incase one of them just untied it.

With his tool-box hanging off his neck along a chain, Garuda began hammering a wooden plank into place. Like most shipwrights, Garuda had the tendency to leave a nail in his mouth whilst he hammered another into the wood. It was then, the ship suddenly began accelerating upstream. "Have we reached reverse mountain?" Garuda thought to himself but before he could question the others, the ship took a bump and the nail in his mouth fell to the back of his throat and was swallowed by accident. Garuda fell silent for a moment, unable to take in what had just happened. "Did I just swallow a nail?" He questioned himself. "Is that even possible? Or am I going to die now? I should best see the ship doctor."

It was then the strangest thing happened. As Garuda extended his arms to pull himself back onto the deck of the ship. The nail poked through Garuda's palm as his arm elongated. Garuda stood on the deck and began examining this incredible feat. He slowly pulled the pole-shaped bone out through the slit in his palm and was amazed to see the nail was infact englufed within the pole. "Hey guys, have you seen this. I just ate a frickin' nail and it became part of a pole. Is that normal with devil fruits or does this come with my ability. Has anyone even heard of the fruit that makes a person a pole man?"

[Xavanezos]

Dean whistled as he saw the ship sinking, Neko Pirates were not as strong as other crews but this was just terrible. The Gold dream Pirates easily won against them and looted everything they could get, even getting prisoners. Dean walked to his guns and picked them up reloading them and placing them back at his waist sides. He then picked up his guitar bag and after wiping the blood off his sword he placed it inside and sealed the bag hanging it from his shoulders.

Hearing voices nearby he saw Garuda as he was testing his new abilities. He actually found a devil fruit "Kinda scary" Dean thought as he was looking at Garuda "I think it's one of the abilities mate" He said. "I heard that depending of what kind of devil fruit it is, you can do things like this. This must be a para..."

His sentence got interupted as the ship started shaking. Looking foward he saw the ship was going upwards a tall mountain, could it really be? Reverse mountain! He was here finally. He had seen the mountain before but only from a distance, he never got so close. The feeling could not be explained with words, as they were going up he grabbed from a rope at the ship's edge and felt the air hitting his face and his body literally flying. Then they started going down, the mist was slowly fading away and he could see the greatest sea of the world lying before him. "Grand Line" he said. "I finally will get to travel here" and laughed.

His laughter ended fast as a gigantic object was in their way, a really big and black wall was at the base of the mountain blocking the sea. "What the hell!? Is it some kind of animal?" He quickly ran to the front of the ship and prepared to do anything the captain asked to avoid crashing on the wall.

[.::Haseo On The Clouds::.]

There it was! The greatest sea out in the world and in all its beauty and magnificence.....a giant fricken whale ruins the moment! Haseo watched as they flew downwards to their unexpected friend and knew that they would have no time at all to stop the ship. He jumped onto the mast, then he turned to face the ship, he changed his armes into big heavy fists and then took two wires and attatched it to the ship. He then pushed forward and let the wires tighten to hold off the ship. Everything was losing speed, after a few terrifying moments...the ship stopped, barely making it and having Haseo feel like he ran a marathon around the world while carrying weights all over his body.

"Why is there a whale out here on the other side?" Haseo gasped as he tried to breathe in. He was worried that he hurt himself and was now cursing himself for not having a doctor on the crew.


"Well well......you almost smashed into Laboon!" a voice came from somewhere as an old man emerged with an annoyed expression.
"Who are you?"
"I am Crocus, the lightkeeper here and Laboon, the whale's, guardian...
"Ohhhh cool! Well we were just off to the grand line."
"Yes yes now here!" the old geezer said as he tossed Haseo a spare Log Pose.
"Cool another log pose! WAIT HOLD UP! Is that the flag symbol for the Strawhat Pirates!?
"Yes good folks they were.....well off you go, I'm sorry but there may be no visitors for now..."
"Oh, well okay old man Crocus we'll be on our way!" Haseo called out as he hopped back on board and got ready to sail.


"Wow he knew Strawhat Luffy.....the Grand Line is going to be interesting!"

[delsha]

GAIUS:

Gaius came out of know where and drop kicked Haseo into the ocean. He landed on the ramp his old friend had been walking up. He smiled broadly.

"Long time no see huh Has?" he said before noticing that his friend was strugeling in the water.

"Hm.... that attack may have been a bad idea" he said under his breath before jumping into the sea to get the guy.

About a minute or two later he was sitting on the beach next to Haseo. Crocus walked over to them with a annoyed look on his face.

"Ya know what.... never mind. Here." he said tossing Gaius a towel.
"Thanks Croc."
Your welcome, now get." he said before walking back over to his chiar and table where he had a cup of coffe and a newspaper.

Gaius got up. He turned to Haseo.

"Alright Has my ship and crew are docked just over there" he said as he pointed toward the east where you could see the basic ship sitting quietly.. "So just meet us over there then our crews can meet and we can talk about whatever it was you wanted to talk about." he said before hurrying off for his ship.

HIDEKI:

There had been a small explosion in Hidekis' work room/office. He sighed. Making new weapons for his fellows was a little harder than he had though. He brushed himself off then headed outside to get some fresh air. The captain had left to meet a friend of his and the rest of the crew was scattered around the ship.

He reached the main deck and went over to the railing. He saw the other ship that Gaius had went over to. Then he saw Gaius running back toward them. He waved slightly.

Hideki shifted his attention to his new crew mates. He and only known the for a day or so but he really like them. Exspecailly Taffy who was quite energetic.

He then shifted back to the thing that they where doing here. Gaius had told him earlier that morning that they where gonna help to free some kingdom or something, though talking to Gaius was hard since he was so oblivious. It seemed like an odd thing for pirates to do but hey, he wasn't the captain.

(hey guys hope you don't mind the Delgados sharing your thread. This oughta make things go a lot faster though)

[White Mimic]

"...Interesting."

Basil looked off at the Pirate Ship. He examined it at a distance, making out the design of it's jolly roger with a bit of effort. "The Delgados. It would seem they were just ahead of us as far as Reverse Mountain is concerned." He looked over at the captain, then the man running off to his ship. "You must be good friends."

Basil took the Log Pose from Haseo. "I'll need to check this to see if it's consistant with our other log pose." He took it into the map room and placed it next to the other log pose his crew posessed. At a glance, they seemed to point in the same direction, however, he would need to conduct a more thorough measurement later. He returned the Log Pose to Haseo. "I'll need it again before we set out. Just for a while so I can make sure the vectors are absolutely identical."

Basil looked over at the Delgado's ship. "Perhaps we ought to be friendly, pay them a visit," He nodded his head to the other ship. "Since one of them was so kind to do us the same?" He leaned against the rail of the ship.

[Masta Deltron]

Jay was so lost in amazement he began to zone out. He was quickly brought back to reality by John who screamed at him to raise the sail. “I gotta it!” he yelled as he went to complete the task. Before he could do anything Haseo jumped on top of the main mass and shifted the ship with his devil fruit abilities. “Well I made my job easier,” he thought as he walked towards the front of the deck. Garuda came out saying something about his devil fruit powers. He had at the poru fruit which made him into a pole man. Jay kinda let out a slight chuckle, he thought the fruit was kinda dumb personally.

“I hope you don't think you will become stronger than me with that fruit.” he said with a cocky attitude. He watched Haseo walk over to the side of the ship and he began to speak. He was curious to see who was there. He jumped onto the railing and launched himself up to the crows nest. He looked down and saw a old man. “Oh its just an old man.” he said as he leaned over the edge of the crows nest.

The man gave him a sharp look that sent shivers down his spine. “Could he have seriously heard me!?” he thought as he was taken back at this man. Haseo finished talking to him and saw that they continued to set sail again. A ship came from the distance, the flag was familiar. It was the Delgato's again. They had made it here also. The ship got closer and Jay did a short running jump and leaped onto their ship. He grabbed onto their mast and slid down. His white hair blew in the wind as he went down. He stood up and greeted everyone the ship. “Hey guys long time no see!” he said dusting himself off.

[|The SHAKINATOR|]

Leonardo Benjamin/Xero:

Getting across the reverse mountain sure had been tricky for Leonardo but it was a challenge he thorougly had enjoyed, writing down all the details in his pocket journal. He had thought, now that his life finally had a meaning, he should jot everything down so others could learn from his experiences. The ship had met up with another crew, friends of Captain Gaius. From what he was told, the crew were known as the Gold Dream Pirates and had a few members in the possession of Devil Fruits and Bounties, including the captain, Heavy Death Haseo.

Gaius had already jumped aboard the ally ship meanwhile someone from there side jumped across down the mast. It was at this moment, Xero decided that it was time he had a bit of fun. "Time to switch over compass-kid, its time for daddy to have a bit of a laugh." Leonardo didn't have a chance to respond as his other half took over his body. The first thing Xero did was grab a barrel of rum and began drowning his lungs with it. The colored liquid was running down both sides of his lips onto the ground and his stained clothing.

"Ahoy there, you must be one of the Delgado's. Why don't you take a seat and have something to drink... Don't you think we should celebrate for getting this far?" Xero invited Jay over for a drink.

(I'll do Garuda later. Kind of busy right now.)

[johnmorgan3304]

John watched as Haseo slammed the mast and titled the ship to the side. The ship slammed into the mountain and slowed as he felt the ship jerk. As it did John was slammed over the wheel and fell to the deck as the ship came to a stop. "God bugger me! What was that all about!" he shouted as he stood up nd looked around with his good eye in anger. Looking around he saw Haseo land on the deck of the ship after talking to an old man. "Blast it Haseo I can't steer a ship with an over grown sardine in the way of it now can I" he said in frustration.

Turning as he saw the other ship out of the corner of his eye John walked over and looked at it closely. Seeing the crew emerge John saw the Captain of the ship speaking with Haseo. Sighing in annoyance he walked over the edge of the ship and jumped down allowing the wind to caryr him the shore where the ship was docked. "Well, well, well! Surprises all around I suppose" he said as he took out another cigarette and lit it. As he walked along the shore he saw Hideki and called out to him. "Hey mate you might want to fill me in on what's going on here?"

[salva]

Susano had been training in the ships spare room that he had turned into a dojo for a few hours now. He hit a dummy hard with a wooden sword. It broke. He decided to take a break. He was sweating pretty badly and his orange hair was all matted and dirty from pracitcing grapples and what not.

He hadn't noticed that they had already passed through reverse mountain and it was a good thing too, because if he ever saw the Redline again he would probally end up as a nerveous wreck. He had seen some pretty nasty things up on the continent.

Susano took a swig of water. He sighed afterward. He missed his sword.

His crewmate Hideki, who was appearently a explosives obsessed mad scientist/doctor, had insisted on upgrading his sword. He was reluctant to let him do it at first but after a bit of nagging he caved. That was a week ago.

Susano shook his head slightly. Thinking about it would only make him miss it more.

Feeling that he could safely travel to the main deck without passing out Susano threw on a tunic then headed upstairs.

When he reached the top deck Jay just happened to land a few feet away. He was surprised by this but not as surprised as he was to see Reverse Mountain. He started to feel a little queasy. The out of nowhere Ben, sounding like Xero, offered the Gold Dream a drink.

"Mind if I join you?" he asked, trying to hide his nerveousness. He could really use a drink right about now.

[SHADE SMASH]

Taffy sat in a crudely designed chair, continuously spinning around in an endless cycle. It was truly a strange chair, placed strategically in Lukas' kitchen so as to not barricade the door nor any passages Lukas may be required to take through his kitchen in order to reach certain ingredients. Not to mention it also kept Taffy out of his way on those days when she was at her most rambunctious state. However, today was not one of those days.

The stool, or so it seemed to look, appeared to simply be the melding of a rusted over tall leg of an unidentified object combined with a wooden circle, layered with blankets and a pillow to make it a more comfortable experience for the young Taffy (And everyone else as well, since when it was first discovered in the bowels of the storage room,, the girl wouldn't stop complaining about how much her butt would hurt after wards.).

Taffy, though, didn't seem to relish in the comfort of the seat as she usually did, nor jump up and down wildly in preparation for the next delicious treat of Lukas' wild imagination, nor did she even wear a broad grin of happiness. This was one of those days where she felt oddly mellow, even with the aid of sugary goodness to aid her in her positive emotions. Why, of course, lies simply in the fact that those holsters at her side are not filled with her usual pistols but replicas designed to keep Taffy at ease.

Already, she had forgotten the fact that her guns have been taken(or stolen as she would say it) over 20 times in the past week alone. And has ripped through her room 10 of those times. Even though, there was no doubt that the grand line provided enough entertainment that she was able to neglect her pistols for maybe an hour or two. Instantly after the great thrill of the ride, she recalled her twin pistols, and ran to her room in one last attempt to discover where there true positions were! Before, at last, remembering what the crew has told her for the past week, they are with Hideki.

She still didn't like it though. He could have ASKED her but he hadn't. Just decided to take them cause he could and modify them cause he can. But no, don't ask her. Go right for it! The sarcastic comments plagued her mind for a while longer before she came to realize that she couldn't really feel bad thoughts to wards the new member. With a sigh, she decided to attempt to stray her mind from her pistols, and recalled the occurrences of going up and down that really cool mountain!

Yup going up the mountain was really cool, the girl thought over in her mind, nodding her head wistfully. Then there was some ossan, he seemed cool, then there was a whale that was over 35 stories high, yea he seemed OK too....

Taffy's slow as molasses mind turned on like a light bulb and she sprinted up to the deck, already spotting a strange man on the deck sitting with Leo and Susy! However, she had no care of them right now! SHE MUST SEE the whale!!!! Suddenly, she spotted Gaius and ran over to him, not quite realizing the second ship JUST yet.

"GAIUS GAIUS!!!! SENCHOU!!!!" She cried out waving her hands in hyperactive excitement! She ran over to him, and before long, stood before him. Without giving the captain a chance to recover enough to say anything, she spoke at once. "Where is the whale!?!?!?!?!" She cried out, wanting to know really badly where it was so she could go play with him.

[Kurosaki]

If there was one good thing about being on a ship with a bunch of different people it was that Hayate had learned a lot more about people in general. Everyone's personality was distinct on the ship. Taffy's, for instance, was incredibly hyper. Far more so than anyone else that Hayate had ever seen before. Gaius was more direct but didn't have a closer attention to detail.

Now if only there was a place that he could use his new-found knowledge about the human mind. Hayate grumbled and leaned back in his beach chair that was positioned strategically off to the side so he could observe everyone coming and going. He threw down the newspaper he was reading and rubbed his temple. No ads. No ads at all for any island in the Grand Line that needed an entertainer. Not even a back stage hand. What was the world coming to?

Hayate tried to reason with himself that he was a good con man and, at the very least, had that going for him. He could make himself very useful on the crew. But, what about his passion for acting on stage? It was his goal to be the best actor in the world. How could he do that while on a pirate ship? No one would hear about him if he was being a con artist. A ton of different names would come out and it would just look like the Delgado's had many crew members. No one would know about Hayate and his skills.

Wrapped up in his thought processes, Hayate didn't even noticed until people started to board their ship that something had changed.