This how everything for the first couple of chapters.
1) Acknowledgement of Straw Hats strenghts throughout those 2 years
2) After meeting in Sabaody Archipelago they head off for Mermaid Island
3) Where Luffy learns that the marines have captured Jinbei
"Life is but a gentle death. Fate is but a sickness that results in extinction and in the midst of all the uncertainty, lies resolve."