45 Frost Mountain!

Rein, his crew, and the HeartSeeker pirates rested for the night until morning. Before leaving they ate breakfast thanks to the chefs of their respective crews working together to make everyone something to eat.

While Nojiko and their chef who was named lily was making food, everyone talked to each other. The HeartSeeker Pirates went on to tell them that they're originally from the West Blue and came here two weeks ago for treasure hunting. Rein was a bit surprised and wondered how they got from the West Blue to the East Blue, but didn't bother to ask. Strangely, this crew had two snipers on it, they were both twins. They were named Rose and Daisy, Rein could see what their parents did when they named them as such.

Rose and had Scarlet red short hair while her sister was a blonde, they carried long crossbows on their backs at all times. Judging from how the crossbows looked, they could shoot three to five arrows at a time if they wanted to.

They were all from the West Blue like Rein's Crew was all from here, the East Blue. Their crew also had a navigator who was named Sasha. The girl was only fifteen but became a pirate at such a young age, Rein was only 16 which and was a year apart from her so he didn't judge her for her decision.

For Rein, he was bound to turn into a pirate because of Luffy and Ace. If he by chance became a marine, he would ensure that Ace wasn't caught in the first place to prevent this war. But as of now, he had to let it happen, he had to let Luffy know that his strength wouldn't be enough, he had to let Ace know that a short temper and terrible impulses could land him in the grave.

Yes, Ace would understand after the war that his terrible decision caused so many to die and that he himself wasn't strong enough. Rein couldn't knock them, he wasn't that powerful either, he spend most of his years training his devil fruit and some of his stats, rather than his techniques. But other than that, he slept a lot for the most part.

However, Luffy and Ace were much stronger than the show before leaving the island. Rein didn't go easy on Luffy and showed him Soru but didn't teach him it. Luffy was able to Unlocked Gear 2nd at the age of fifteen. The reason Rein did this was because he would defeat some of the bosses Luffy would fight on his journey in order for him to reach and learn such a state of power. Thus, taking away some of Luffy's battle and learning experiences.

Rein would ignore places like Thriller Bark for Luffy so he could fight Moria and get brook as his crew member. He didn't want to interfere in his brother's progress to such a degree, he wouldn't goto drum island as well. There were several islands on the grand line that he wanted to check out anyway. Rein would soon have to fight CP9, Crocodile, and some more people, maybe even an Admiral but hopefully not!

Rein had also contemplated many times about other things, he wanted to change his Nitrogen Fruit out for a more Destructive Logia Devil Fruit. What came to mind was the Rumble Fruit, he would have to make a trip to Skypiea and rob Enel of his ability once he reached near Water 7.

Of course, he wouldn't be able to fuse them without a Fusion card so it would cost him Skill Points to Eat the fruit which would be 25 Skill points as of now. Rein probably would have eaten the weather fruit by then, so it would 50 Skill Points.

Nojiko and Lily brought the food over for everyone to eat while Hera talked to Vindicate with a smile. "Sigh, this is the first time I've seen her talk to a guy so happily, I just don't understand what so different about this guy?" Lily sat the food down on the table along with Nojiko and questioned her captain.

"Chechche! You and me both, sister!" The Cheshire Cat chuckled and began to eat at the table, it had take a humanoid form but still looked like a cat.

The Legendary Furry!

"Wow, this Cat is so cute, how much are you selling it for?" Lily's eyes sparkled seeing the cat, she wanted it so bad. Rose and Daisy were no different, in fact, they had been staring at it for a while now.

"Sorry, not for sale, it's my partner." Nojiko shook her head, she wasn't giving this Cat up to anyone, forget that.

"Aw!" Rose, Daisy, and Lily felt sad but what could they do? Everyone ate happily, this food came from Erica's storage ring where she stored all of their food. The Storage ring was quite handy that Nami and Nojiko wanted one. Rein told them that they'll have to wait another time, he didn't want to spend any more System points for now.

Rein also planned to buy Erica Marco's Devil Fruit, so he could fuse her Power with that Pheonix ability. She would have a huge spike in power once that happened but who knew when he would be able to purchase it.

But then a thought suddenly came to Rein, he would need to meet Luffy in the Future before Luffy Breached impel down. Rein wanted to give him a special summoning device that would allow Luffy to summon him to his location once he broke in. Once he was in, he could kill some impel down prisoners and even steal a few of their Devil fruit, mainly Magellan!

"Oh yeah, it's wise to plan ahead, I just hope my plans all come into place." Rein whispered to himself, he didn't eat anything because he wasn't hungry, surprisingly. The HeartSeeker Pirates wanted to see his face when he started eating but he never took his helmet off.

Once everyone was done eating, it was time to go. They had covered a lot of ground yesterday and could already see the snowy tundra up ahead. They got here pretty quick but didn't enter the North because they were tired from their trials yesterday.

Erica pulled out some Furry warm coats for Kuina, Nami, and Nojiko to wear, she wasn't sure if Vindicate needed one but gave him one anyway. The HeartSeeker pirate already had coats ready for use, so they didn't need any.

"Let's go!" Rein signaled his crew and the HeartSeekers to follow. After thirty minutes of walking, they were officially in the Northern part of the island. It wasn't snowing yet but it was bound to happen soon, it snowed here often. The snow was thick so seeing leftover foot track wouldn't be a problem if you wanted to track who they belong to.

"Good, this makes my job easier with no snow pouring down on us." Nami sighed in relief seeing that it wasn't snowing. This would allow her to see the map much better then if it was snowing.

"Hmm, I suggest you get the best out of it, this weather is strange. It snows for two hours and stops for an hour, and in some cases, it's a blizzard!" Sasha spoke up to let her know that it was best to memorize the map because a blizzard may be brewing soon. She knew this because they had been here before, they came here then decided to head to the south to search for a certain someone.

However, they heard that they were hiding somewhere around the northern area with no ship to escape. Yes, the were looking from the Flagstar pirates who took the Snake Insignia from the south ruin. Nami nodded and looked over the map several times to remember it. After the group walked for about forty minutes or so, they came across a huge mountain.

"This mountain is huge, and the amount of snow covering it is insane!" Kuina looked up at the tall mountain that seemed to have no end to its height.

"This is it, Rein! This is the Mountain known as Frost Mountain, this should be where the other thing is!" Nami didn't say the name, she didn't want to reveal it to the HeartSeeker Pirates.

"Perfect! Let's go up and retrieve it!" Rein said "Erica, can you carry Nami up while I take Kuina up? As for the rest of you, you guys stay at the foot of the mountain."

"Wait a minute, we want to go up as well!" Hera walked over, she wanted to head up the mountain too.

"Oh, and how do you plan to get up there?" Rein said bluntly

"Damnit, forget it!" Hera shook her head, she couldn't get up unless she climbed, did she want to do that when a snowstorm was brewing? She'd be looking to die at that point or just suiciding at that point.

"Alrighty then, it's settled, let's go!" Vindicate heart was bleeding, he wanted to follow but Rein wanted him to stay here.

Erica thought for a moment and put her fist on the mountain. She used her fire to create a cave for them to take cover from the incoming storm. "You guys can take cover in here, for now, we'll be back in no time!" Rein had long since flown up the mountain, Erica grabbed Nami and used Geppo up the mountain.

"Damn, I really need to learn that move!" Vindicate smiled bitterly as Erica's figure disappeared from all their sights.

"Captain, did you see that!? That ninja guy sprouted wings on his back and flew up the mountain!" Hera's mouth twitched when little Sasha mentioned that, yes, she had seen it and was already dumbfounded by it!

"Did you see that black-haired girl!? She blew a damn hole in the mountain and Kicked off-air like she was skating!" Hera wanted to bonk each of them on the head, she had damn eyes, she could see it!

Frost Mountain!

Boom!

Rein and Company made it up the mountain, then a Blizzard suddenly started. At that moment, Rein and everyone else heard an explosion going off. "What was that? It sounded like a bomb of some sort!" Nami was startled when she heard the explosion.

"It's coming from over there, look, I can see some smoke from the explosion!" Kuina pointed in the direction where she could see the smoke. Nami could barely see anything through this blizzard, she also had goggles on with an N-Ferno over her head.

Rein was a bit curious so he and his crew went to check it out. The storm was harsh but Rein's vision wasn't affected in the least. "Hmm, there appears to be a fight going on over there between one guy and several men that appear to be wearing white suits." Despite the snowy storm being white, he could still tell what type of clothes they were wearing.

"Do you see who they're up against?" Erica asked

"They're fighting some guy....." Rein paused and looked closer "This guy has White hair, they're all armed with weapons, like guns and swords."

"These people are crazy, why fight in this type of weather?" Nami shook her head, it was too cold for that type of crap, but they had the nerve to fight here of all places. "The Cave is just a little further up the mountain, so we should reach it soon." Nami was referring to the Yeti Cave but they didn't know something like that was dwelling there.

Suddenly Rein saw something that shocked him. One of the men in white began to change into a Giant Ship out of nowhere and more men in white suits began to rush out of it! "What the fuck is that!? That guy turned into a Giant ship and more men in suits came swarming out of him!" Rein couldn't keep his eyes off the fight.

"A Ship?" Erica was surprised and tried to see through the storm but couldn't.

"Rein, are you okay, how can someone turn into a ship?" Kuina looked at Rein with concern, it sounded crazy to her.

"Forget it, let's head further up the mountain, we can't be bothered with other people's fights anyhow." Rein turned and walked off as everyone else followed. They continued to walk up the mountain as Nami tried to remember the map from earlier.

Nami didn't know the exact location of the cave but it was at the top of the mountain. "Is it me or is getting colder up here?" Kuina felt like the temperatures were dropping faster the higher they went which was most definitely true.

"Reminds me of Mt. Everest!" Rein said

"Where is that at?" Erica asked curiously.

"Somewhere in another place far far away." Rein shook his head and sped up.

"AH! Oh my gosh, it's a frozen body!" Kuina was shocked, she could see someone's arm coming out of the snow. Rein looked around and saw some people's feet sticking out of the snow as well. Rein shot out his Observation Haki and confirmed that these people had passed, they froze to death!

"They all Froze to death, how unfortunate." Rein sighed but continued forwards. Nami and Kuina were freaked out seeing so many dead people. Erica felt bad for these unfortunate people but what could she do, she couldn't feel bad forever, she could only keep moving on.

"ROARRR!"

Suddenly the ground shook, as loud roaring sound could be heard from the cave they spotted up ahead. A giant creature appeared out of the mouth of the Cave, it had big blue eyes and a body covered in white fur. From what Rein could see, it looked like some sort of quasi monkey but not exactly so.

"What is that? Is that a bigfoot of some sort?" Rein analyzed the creature but couldn't figure it out.

"Whoosh!"

The Yeti sucked in air and blew cold wind toward Rein and everyone else.

"Oh, shoot! Brace yourselves!" Rein could see the beast sucking in air as it blew it towards them.