March 9, 1510
It's Raeven and Mihawk's 29th birthday. The guys on the island wanted a large celebration, but Mihawk and Raeven told them no. The two of them didn't want to have an event as exhausting as that. In the end, they just had a banquet at night with close friends that they invited. As usual, Raeven's biggest number 1 fanboy, Saint Jobert Randall, sent him a gift. This time he sent 14 saplings of Yurikiman mangrove trees, which made Raeven really happy. After all, the supply of this kind of sapling is very low, and their current market price is already overly blown out at 200 million per sapling. Having a rich fan really is good.
The sign-in reward that Raeven got this year is an upgrade on the range of his Observation Haki, which is now over 12,000 kilometers, and with his previous year's reward, the Spectral Blades, anyone who is trying to attack them will be bombarded even before they are on Sixis Island.
May 7, 1510
Paradise
Water 7
The first-ever Sea Train named Puffing Tom is completed, and today is the first time it will become open to the public. A lot of guests are invited, and Raeven came in person together with Mihawk, Stussy, Monet, Robin, Sugar, Tritoma, Hancock, and the cat Tom. Anyone who saw them quickly steered clear from their area; after all, no one wanted to piss them off. Even the CP agents around kept their distance.
The Puffing Tom has several passengers, 4 customized cabins, and cargo cars. The whole train is very long, approximately about 150 meters.
After meeting the legendary engineer and shipwright Tom Fishman, the Dracule Family was invited to a separate cabin, which had the logo of the Dracule Family outside. This was made by the Tom Workers as a special gift for Raeven and his family.
When they entered their own train cabin, everyone was surprised by how big it is. Stussy and Enel kept looking around the train; even Raeven is looking at the train tracks that are floating on the surface of the sea.
"Something this big and heavy isn't supposed to float at all," Stussy said.
"This is an engineering marvel; how can someone even place tracks on the surface of the sea?" Enel said while scratching his head.
"Iceburg-san said that this train can sail on any sea conditions, and it won't be attacked by sea kings at all," Robin said.
"This is really something. I even saw the blueprint of this train and how it's supposed to run on these tracks, but seeing it now, this is really unbelievable," Raeven said.
As the nerd group of the Family checked out the train, the others just chilled in the cabin. Mihawk is already being served by Tritoma; the two of them are having an afternoon tea. Hancock, Monet, and Sugar just sat there reading a book or looking outside the window of the train, and Tom the cat just lay down beside Sugar, already fast asleep.
Suddenly they heard the sound of Iceburg speaking through the speaker den den mushi, a product of Stussy.
"Everyone is welcome to the launch of the first-ever Sea Train, the Puffing Tom. Enjoy the ride. This time we will circle around Water 7, pass by the Shift Station, and head towards San Faldo. Everyone, please relax and enjoy." After that, the sound of the train can be heard, and it slowly moved out of the station.
"It's very stable," Mihawk said as he looked around the open sea, then he looked at the tea on the table, which didn't even move.
"But compared to Strife, this is nothing," he added, which made everyone's lips twitch.
"Mihawk, you can't compare this thing with Strife; if it heard you, then you might never have a chance to ride it again," Raeven said as he sat down too.
"Even so, this Sea Train is still incredible; I can sense the Sea Kings underwater are really avoiding this," Mihawk said.
"It's very fast too; I really want to build one at our island," Stussy said, which made everyone nod.
"Let's wait for some time; once Ace can lift up the island, let's make our own sea train," Raeven said.
"I already talked to my people, and all of them agreed to the plan. We will wait for you guys; we still have a long time," Tritoma said. Everyone is just waiting for Ace to get stronger. Once he can get the Sixis Island flying, then next will be the Amazon Lily.
Raeven already told them his plan to relocate their main islands, and where is the place they are going to move? Of course it's the sky; the world is slowly sinking. The best place to live is in the sky. If Stussy can make the Sea Cloud maker and Island Cloud maker developed by Vegapunk in the future, then they can make a paradise in the sky.
"Also next year I'll give my position to Hancock; once she turns 18, she will become the new Empress and the Captain of the Kuja Pirates. I'll stay with them for another 2 years; after that, I'll leave the group too," Tritoma said. This surprised everyone except for Hancock, Raeven, and Mihawk.
"Sister Hancock, congratulations. I have a hunch that the world government is going to recruit you once you become the Empress," Stussy said. Based on the rumors from the Underworld, currently there are two pirates who have a high chance of being recruited as a Warlord, which are Hancock and Jinbe.
"If the World Government really wants to recruit you, then you should accept it; then you and Big Brother will have a lot of time together," Tritoma said as she started teasing Hancock, who immediately blushed. The other girls just giggled while they started teasing her too.
After a few hours of travel, they finally reach the Shift Station, which is currently being built. The tracks are still not finished in the other areas. They didn't stay there for long, and they headed to San Faldo.
When the train arrived at the island, it was already dark, which was very fast; days of sailing became just a day of riding. Everyone got off the train to explore the island; the girls bought a lot of things, and Raeven's storage belt became the warehouse of the things they bought.
The next day the Sea Train left San Faldo, and when it reached Water 7, it was already night. Everyone got off the train and headed towards the Perfume Yuda, which was docked at Tom's Workers' shop. The next day everyone sailed back to Jaya Island, where Raeven and the others rode Strife back to Sixis Island.
When they came back to Sixis Island, Ace was already waiting for them at the dock. After reporting that nothing unusual happened at the island while they were gone, Raeven gave a lot of souvenirs to Ace; this kid, like anyone else, loves eating sweets too much.
Raeven, Mihawk, Stussy, and now Ace and Sugar, the kids that grew up in the Dracule Family, love eating sweets very much. After giving Ace a lot of sweets, which he shared with his mother, everyone headed back to their own rooms.
Tom planned to go with Raeven when he saw him carrying a fishing rod, as the publicly known number one cook in the whole island; anything that is cooked by him tastes divine, especially the fish, which is Tom's favorite. Sadly, he was taken by Robin to help her organize some paperwork.
"Don't worry, Tom; after you're done helping Robin, come find me at Grove 10, and I'll grill a big fish for you." After Tom heard that, he immediately transformed; in just seconds, he became a cat wearing a suit and a monocle on his eye, and he was even carrying an abacus, which made everyone laugh. They saw him get those things from his pocket, but the thing is, Tom's pocket is his skin. They just didn't mind it; after all, Tom is Raeven's cat, and anything that came from Raeven is not normal, so they just ignored it and laughed at the cat's antics.
Ace is really a huge help this time, as he chose to stay and guard the island. Although no one is dumb enough to attack their island, just the fact alone that he volunteered to watch over the island is enough.
Now that Raeven thinks about it, Ace is here, and right now he is fully devoted to the Dracule Family, and with his mother still alive to guide him as he grew up, he never became the same kid he was in the original story.
"Will the Apex war at Marineford still happen? Who will chase Teach this time? The world will eventually fix itself on the right track; if so, then who will be that bait to fish out Whitebeard?" Raeven said as he walked, carrying his fishing gear towards Grove 10.