Sea train, Frog and a Cat?

The Straw Hats returned to their usual routine after the small incident. After an unknown amount of time, while Luffy was eating with Chopper and Usopp, he shouted, "There's a big frog swimming freestyle."

"How can a frog swim freestyle?" Usopp asked in shock.

"Yosh! Let's catch him!" said Luffy. They were about to chase the frog, but Gohan stopped them. "Wait! There's something coming," he said. Everyone turned their heads toward where Gohan was looking and saw something approaching.

"What the hell is that? That ship is moving so fast!" commented Usopp and Lily. "That frog is standing in its way," pointed Merry. Everyone turned their heads toward the frog. "Oye! You idiot frog, get away from there!" shouted Sanji. But the frog stood up and spread his arms to stop the sea train.

Just as it was about to get hit, Lily used her Devil Fruit ability to push the frog away from the track. Everyone sighed in relief. "Good job, Vivi," said Luffy, but Gohan punched him on the head and said, "It's Lily! When are you going to understand?"

"What was that ship? It didn't have any sails, but it was moving so fast," said Usopp. "There was smoke coming out of it," added Chopper. While everyone discussed the strange ship, Merry was still looking in the direction where the sea train had gone.

She turned around, raised both her hands, and declared, "I have decided! I want to look like that ship!" Everyone stopped talking and looked at Merry in surprise. Gohan sweat-dropped after hearing her declaration.

He walked towards her and said, "No! You can't look like that." Merry started to tremble after hearing him. She pointed her finger at him and shouted, "Gohan!!! You want to ruin my fun again? I will fight you." She ran towards him and started hitting him with her small fists.

Everyone looked awkwardly at her while Gohan's face started twitching. "We can't let you become like that because it's not a ship," said Gohan with a sigh. Merry stopped hitting him, looked at him, and said, "I don't care! I want to look like that," stated Merry.

Gohan looked towards everyone else for help, but they turned their heads away. "How about this, if you forget about looking like that thing, I will teach you how to fly," said Gohan with a smile. "Really? You're not lying, right?" asked Merry. "No, I promise," replied Gohan.

"Yay! I am going to fly!" Merry raised her hands again and started running around in delight. "That's cheating! I want to fly too!" shouted Luffy with an angry face, but he got ignored by Gohan. "Let's go toward that lighthouse," said Gohan.

"Hm? Why is there a lighthouse in the middle of nowhere?" commented Nami with a confused look on her face. When they were about to go towards the lighthouse, they saw that the frog from earlier was swimming towards them.

"Is he coming to thank us?" asked Chopper. "I don't think so," said Zoro. The frog was about to tackle the ship, but Luffy knocked him out. "Yosh! Let's barbecue him," said Luffy. "No way!" shouted Nami and Lily. "Chopper, treat his injuries," said Nami.

Chopper started treating the frog as they sailed toward the lighthouse. Just as they got close to the tower, they saw a house. "There's also a house here," said Sanji. "Gohan, do you know about that strange ship?" asked Usopp.

"Yes, that strange ship we saw earlier was a train. My world also had those, but they run on the land in my world. And those are way more advanced than that train we saw," replied Gohan. As they were talking, a small girl walked out of the cabin and started staring at them.

Everyone looked at her silently, then suddenly the girl shouted, "Granny!! Pirates!!" "What? Really, Chimney!? Alright! Hold on!" said an old woman and started to call for help, but she was too drunk and forgot why she had made the call.

Straw Hats sweat-dropped after witnessing that. Kokoro suddenly noticed Yokozuna, who was unconscious. "Yokozuna!! What have you done to him?" she shouted in anger. "We stopped him from colliding with that train, so he was angry and wanted to hit our ship. That's why our captain knocked him out," replied Gohan with a smile.

"Oh? That's okay then," said Kokoro as her expression returned to normal. "Excuse me! I have noticed that there are lots of scars on his body. This is not the first time he tried to collide with that train, right?" asked Chopper. "Yes, he has been doing it for many years," replied Kokoro.

"Yes, he is trying to test his strength against the sea train. He is very troublesome," said Chimney with irritation. "Anyways, I am Kokoro, and she's Chimney," introduced Kokoro. "And this is my cat Gombe," said Chimney.

Everyone looked at the rabbit introduced as a cat and sweat-dropped. "I am Luffy, and I am going to be the Pirate King," Luffy introduced himself. After that, everyone else also introduced themselves.

"Where are you heading to?" asked Kokoro. "Our Log Pose points west," replied Nami. "That means you are going to Water Seven, the train you saw actually came from there. That place is called the City of Water and is famous for its shipbuilding," said Kokoro.

"We know that already. Gohan told us about it before we entered the Grand Line," said Sanji.

"Do you know someone who can help us upgrade our ship?" asked Usopp. "Yes, let me write a letter of recommendation. Just give that letter to the guy named Iceberg, and he will help you with your ship," said Kokoro.

She then gave them a letter and a map of Water Seven. "It takes about one week for the rest of the Log Pose to reset, so you guys can take your time and see the city," informed Kokoro.

"What should we do with him?" asked Chopper while pointing at Yokozuna. "Just leave him here. Me and Chimney will also go to Water Seven soon, so if we meet, I will take you guys to a nice bar for a drink," said Kokoro.

They said goodbye to Kokoro and Chimney and started to sail toward Water Seven. 'One week?? That's a problem!' thought Gohan.