Chapter 1- Illusion's End
Authors Note and Disclaimer: Hello, everyone! Time for the final part of the Trilogy! XD I thank all reviewers old and new and enjoy to your hearts content as I introduce two of my other OCs that are making their One Piece appearance now when they should have been revealed in Part 1... Anyway, prepare yourselves for one final adventure! XD
For everything there is a season,
And a time for every minute under heaven:
A time to be born, and a time to die;
A time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted;
A time to kill, and a time to heal;
A time to break down, and a time to build up;
A time to weep, and a time to laugh;
A time to mourn, and a time to dance;
A time to throw away stones, and a time to gather stones together;
A time to embrace, And a time to refrain from embracing;
A time to seek, and a time to lose;
A time to keep, and a time to throw away;
A time to tear, and a time to sew;
A time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
A time to love, and a time to hate,
A time for war, and a time for peace.
-Ecclesiastes 3:1-8
Luffy moaned softly as he opened his eyes slowly, but then snapped them open as he stared up at the ceiling above him.
Luffy jumped to his feet as he scanned the empty room.
The bed next to him was messy as if someone had forgotten to fix the blanket after getting out of the bed.
Luffy stared at the bed before scratching his hair in confusion. "Where am…" Luffy started to say out loud until it clicked.
Hair?
Luffy looked up to see that Hat wasn't on his head, and he quickly looked around before bolting for the door.
"HAT!" Luffy shouted as he burst out into the hallway and he grabbed the railing while snapping his head from side to side.
"Oh, there he is…" Zoro's voice said from below, and Luffy perked up before looking down to see everyone but Sanji sitting in the lobby while they stared up at him.
Hat was calmly resting on Nami's head as she sighed up at him. "It's right here, Luffy." She called up to him, and Luffy grinned before jumping over the railing.
"M-Matte, Luffy! Gregory just-" Usopp shouted, and Luffy's eyes widened.
"Gregory just what!?" Luffy asked with a slight edge in his voice.
"Washed the floor." Gregory stated quietly from where he stood with a mop as Luffy's foot hit the floor and then slipped out from under him while everyone sweat dropped at him as Luffy hit the floor with his face.
"Honestly, Mugiwara…" Franky muttered as he looked away while Nami helped Luffy to his feet and when he was on his feet, Luffy quickly swiped Hat and put it back on his head with a little grin.
Everyone sighed at the grin, and Luffy looked around at the inside of the hotel.
"Where are we?" Luffy asked, and was replied by a swift smack to the forehead.
"Did you hit your head, Luffy? We're on Call's Island, remember?" Nami stated, and Luffy rubbed his new bruise on his forehead quietly while staring at Gregory who was washing the floor again where Luffy's face had left an imprint in it.
"Where's Sanji? I'm hungry." Luffy asked, and Chopper and Usopp pointed outside.
"He ran after a girl as usual." The two said in unison, and Luffy nodded as he really didn't care about that.
"Feh, Curly Brows can do what he wants. I'm going to go train…" Zoro grumbled and walked away and Nami and Robin got up also.
"We're going to go see the town, Luffy." Nami stated to Luffy who nodded slowly.
After Nami and Robin left, only Franky, Usopp, and Chopper were left as they began a game of cards.
Luffy looked around again and saw Gregory at the front desk on a Den-Den Mushi.
"We're really back on Call's Island?" Luffy asked, and the three looked up from their game.
"Back? We were never here before." Usopp stated before wiping his nose and returning to the game.
"Yeah, Luffy. Are you feeling okay?" Chopper asked worriedly, and Luffy ignored the question as he asked another one.
"What about Rune and those guys?" Luffy asked, and the three stared at him like he had Rabies.
"Who is Rune? Maybe you should get some rest, Luffy. Sounds like you had one big nightmare." Usopp said, and Luffy stared at the three in surprise.
"… I'll go look around." Luffy said before running out the door, but not before slipping on the wet floor again.
The three sighed as they continued their game while Gregory grimaced at the spot he needed to wash again.
"So it never really happened…?" Luffy asked out loud as he sat on Sunny's head while he stared out at the ocean.
"Ohoho! Finally! Sunlight!" A voice said from behind Luffy, and he looked behind him to see one very happy skeleton, which is a weird sight, twirl his cane around as he whistled some tune.
"Brooke? What were you doing still on Sunny?"
"Don't you remember? We were playing Hide-and-Seek, but you guys never found me. Then some boxes fell on top of me, and it was troubling to get out!" Brooke stated with a laugh, and Luffy grinned nervously.
"Oh yeah, sorry about that…" Luffy said, and Brooke just waved it away as he walked over Luffy.
"You seem to be gloomy. Did something happen?" Brooke asked as he leaned his hand against the back on Sunny's head.
"Well… I'm not sure… It seemed so real… but…"
"Ohoho! We've landed! That's why none of you found me! I thought I heard someone shout about an island, but I was under boxes! Ohoho!" Brooke said, and Luffy nodded as he stared at the ocean.
"Anyway, you were saying?" Brooke asked, and Luffy looked back at Brooke.
"Ah, it's nothing… I guess we should get back to the hotel now." Luffy said, and Brooke's undead face lit up.
"Ah, a hotel! I see!" He said while Luffy jumped down onto the deck and started to walk toward the railing until he felt a sudden twinge in his neck.
"Prepare yourselves, filthy pirates!" A loud voice suddenly shouted from above, and Luffy was barely able to swerved away from the railing before it was suddenly slashed to bits by an unseen weapon.
"What the!?" Luffy shouted as Brooke and he looked over to see someone standing on the tip of Sunny's head.
"Prepare yourselves, pirates! For your heads are mine!" The boy shouted as his brown hair gleamed in the sunlight and in his right hand was a katana with a chain for a blade while an eye patch covered his left eye. His white jacket was open to show a red undershirt while black jeans clung to his legs from what seemed to be water.
"Who the hell are you!?" Luffy shouted angered that someone had damaged Sunny.
"Monkey D. Luffy. The 300 Million Beri Pirate. My name is Seedry Utarso, a bounty hunter, and your head shall be the first to roll!" Seedry shouted before jumping into the air and swinging the chain at Luffy and Brooke.
Back in town, or rather past town and straight into the forest, a small building sat in the center of a clearing with ivy growing on its pillars by the entrance.
Inside, a single flame lit up the large room that had a throne against the wall furthest from the door while someone sat in it with their legs hanging over the side of the throne.
A small red colored tangerine was being tossed into the air calmly while the person looked over at the short man in the center of the room.
"What is it, Rubio-san?" The person asked with a voice edged in ice, which caused Rubio to shiver.
"Oh, you like it? I prefer sadistic, but icy works too." The person said as their tone suddenly changed to a more cheerful one.
"Anyway, what did ya wanna tell me?" The person asked while continuing to toss the fruit into the air.
"I-It appears he has come, Master Cancer." Rubio said nervously, and the person sighed before catching the fruit and staring at Rubio with a pair of golden eyes.
"So what? He's nothing to me. I'm sure you'll get rid of him, right?" The person asked over at the right wall where someone stood with their cloak covering all but their hair and eyes.
"Feh, you know he's just a bug, Brother." Rune said with a grimace, and the person on the throne chuckled happily.
"Yeah, good point… By the way… How long are you going to keep that red wig on?" The person asked, and Rune sighed before he raised his hand and gripped the edge of his hair before tossing off the red hair to reveal gleaming black hair underneath.
"Sorry, to effectively send Luffy to his little dream world, I need to look completely different than I really do." Rune stated as he took his cloak and replaced it with a slimmer black one.
"Well, that doesn't matter. Now then, about him." Cancer said, and Rune grinned happily.
"I'm positive he ran into Luffy by now, and those two should be fighting. Or so says Roland who's watching it right now. The only problem I see is a skeleton." Rune stated with a pout, and Rubio perked up.
"A skeleton? What's that?"
"The thing inside everyone." Cancer and Rune stated in unison, and Rubio grimaced.
"I didn't mean that!" He snapped, but quickly regretted that and he quickly backed away from Cancer's golden eyes.
"It's okay, Rubio-san. It just means that Luffy-chan has a nakama we didn't know about. No worries." Cancer stated with a happy smile, and Rune nodded as he walked over to Cancer while Rubio stared at the two.
"S-So, what do you want me to do?" Rubio asked nervously as Rune reached up for his ruby eye and placed his fingers on both sides of it.
"Tell everyone that it's time we begun our mental attack on Luffy. Make him as nervous as possible before we kill him. Simple, no?" Cancer asked, and Rubio nodded quickly.
"Because Luffy just woke up from the illusion, his mind will be vulnerable to any reference back to the illusion. After all, I needed real info to make the illusion." Rune stated calmly his hand still over his ruby eye.
"So, you want me to make Luffy see people that were in the illusion, but in real life?" Rubio asked, and Cancer sighed sadly.
"Yes, you idiot. Send someone Luffy's already "met" to meet them, and watch him squirm." Cancer stated, and before Rubio could reply, Rune closed his eye and ripped his ruby eye out of its socket, which caused Rubio to turn several shades of green as blood rolled down onto the floor from Rune's eye socket.
"I have no more use for this too." Rune stated as he tossed the ruby eye to Rubio, who quickly moved away from it.
"B-B-B-B-But!" Rubio started to shout, but he paused when Cancer put his hand on Rune's chin and brought Rune's empty eye socket to his mouth.
Cancer licked some of the blood away, and Rubio retched quietly.
Rune opened his eyes to reveal two golden eyes that stared at Rubio with the same intensity of Cancer's.
"Remember who we are, Rubio-san." Cancer said as he moved his legs off the side of the throne and Rune calmly sat on the side while leaning his head on Cancer's shoulder.
"Of course, Master Cancer…" Rubio muttered nervously, and Cancer let out a loud sigh.
"Cancer sounds SOOO boring! Call me by my name, inferior being!" Cancer snapped, and Rubio jolted slightly.
"Y-Yes, o-o-o-of c-course, Master Gin and Rune Coldblood…" Rubio muttered as Gin grinned at him.
"Very good, Rubio. Now go." Gin said, and Rubio didn't need to be told twice before he rushed out of the room in fear.
"He's really plump, isn't he? Kinda cowardly too." Rune stated as he moved to sit on Gin and rested his head on Gin's chest.
"Yeah, but remember, he's the one that saved us." Gin stated with a poke to Rune's cheek, which caused Rune to pout.
"Man, why was it him anyway!?" Rune muttered bitterly, and Gin sighed.
"Don't blame him. Blame those with that foolish Will of D." Gin said calmly, and Rune sighed once before falling asleep a little later.
"Hmm… That illusion really made you tired, huh?"
Fans of my D.Gray-Man fics will instantly know who Seedry and Gin are. XD Also, as a bit of reference to those who do know Gin and Seedry, Gin and Rune were planned to be siblings from before Ravens Claw and Monkeys Fist. I just decided to split them up until I needed a bigger bad guy (Gin). XD Review please and Ill type faster!