I'm still not very familiar with these forums. Is there a upcoming chapter prediction thread? If not, I'll post mine here.
Alright. Here's my ridiculously awesome-blossom prediction that will probably never happen.
1. Two pages long: Chapter opens where the last one ended – with news about Buggy the shichibukai. All of his followers cheer him because of the news; Buggy speaks badly of the government, calling them cowards who are afraid of him and just want to use his power. He says he probably shouldn't oblige, but secretly he knows he wants the job for his own protection (LMAO). His whole crew parties like crazy.
2. Four pages long: From there, we may see the whereabouts and current actions of any of the following: blackbeard, doflamingo, brownbeard, Enel (my personal theory is that he will receive a shichibukai invite sometime soon just like Buggy did last chapter), and the current whitebeard pirates. The Whitebeard pirates will vow to uphold the name of whitebeard even after his death, and they will wonder whether Luffy is doing okay.
3. Three pages long: From there, we go back to Shakky on SA where Kuma has just arrived. He starts to attack, and a surprised Shakky and co. barely manage to dodge his blast. They are panicking now, not sure of what is going on because they thought Kuma was a friend. Shakky wonders when Rayleigh and Luffy will arrive back to SA.
4. Six pages long: From here, if Rayleigh's "idea"/"plan" is anything like I think it is, we get a flashback of Rayleigh explaining to Luffy a precise outline of his plan. The fake mounting of an attack on AL (or something similar) that was reported in the news 3 weeks after the war and 1 week after we last saw Luffy. In the past week, instead of attacking AL (or, again, something similar) like people reading the news may think, Luffy has been sailing with Jimbei and Rayleigh back to SA. All the while, he has been healing (remember Law said he should rest for two more weeks) and learning the basics of haki from Rayleigh. We also see in the flashback Rayleigh telling Luffy that Kuma was actually a commander in his father's revolutionary army and sent his crew flying in order to save them. But, he also explains that Kuma has been altered by the WG and is no longer a friend (remember Kuma told this to Rayleigh). So something similar to all of this will be explained in the flashback.
4. Two pages long: Back to Shakky now, who even with the help of Hacchi and the flying fish riders, is visibly worn out and beaten up. Camie is scared, and Hacchi and the flying fish riders are all out of gas. Shakky wonders how much longer she can keep up the fight against Kuma.
5. Two pages long: On the last page (or two), we see Luffy, Rayeligh, and Jimbei coming off of a ship they took from AL to SA (because they left 1 week ago around the time we last saw them, and it takes about 1 week to get from AL to SA). We see Rayleigh, Jimbei, and a healthy, strong, determined looking Luffy stand tall together as they exit the ship, with the battle between Shakky and Kuma in full view. Shakky and co. are all surprised at Luffy's timely arrival. Luffy says something like "Oba-san, flying fish guys, thanks for protecting my ship, but you guys are off the hook because I'm back now." Luffy grins widely. "Besides," Luffy continues, still grinning from ear to ear, "I wana try out some new stuff I learned." Shakky, Camie, "Handsome," Hacchi, and everyone else all look up at Luffy in awe. Kuma stares at Luffy. Luffy glares back at him with a caption reading something like "eyes of determination and confidence…A fated Rematch!!".
FIN.
And on we go to next week, but you'll have to wait 2 weeks because of the break!!!
! lol yeah right…I'll keep dreaming