Grim times

A/N this is my first story published to this site depending on how I feel about this story ( and if I get writers block and all) I will decide whether or not that I will continue this story so enjoy.

Disclaimer: I do not own One Piece,... Because if I did...Luffy would have the angel of death in his crew :P.

Chapter 1:

It had been a boring week on the sunny...well for most of the crew anyway. Luffy always found something to entertain himself with. Whatever he ended up doing always enraged at least one of his crew mates.

"LUFFY!" Nami screamed, "GET THE HELL OVER HERE" Luffy reluctantly moved but was inched on by an enraged Sanji. (technically it wouldn't have been considered inched on since he was dragged against his will, but you understand :P)

"Whatever you did. You better hope it wasn't anything to hurt my beautiful Nami-san!" Sanji said with a hint of murderous fury. "I don't know what I did" Luffy said defensively. "Its not like I even went in her room."

When they had arrived in front of Nami, Sanji immediately went into a love craze. " Nami-swaaaaaan~~3, I brought the shit head." "Thank you Sanji-kun" Nami turned to her captain, "Luffy I demand to know why my I found my good ink bottle in your room." She said with a twitching nerve, a fist ready, and blood thirsty teeth.

"Well..." Luffy started, but was saved having to explain by Brooks screams.

"AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH g-g-g-g-ghost!" Every one on the deck of the sunny turned there attention form Luffy and Nami's quarrel to Brook who at this time was running in circles as if for his life. "I-i-i-i-its holding a scythe!" Zoro had been awakened by Brooks cries and looked around to see the intruder. Yet he couldn't see anything.

"Oi, Brook what are you talking about stop making stuff up" The swordsman said as he dosed of to sleep. "How could you not see him hes right there!" Brook pointed to the air just next to the lion head.

"Brook" Usopp said as he walked over to his friend and put an arm on his shoulder. " I think your seeing things. I guess being out in the sun has started to get to you"

Brook removed his hand from his shoulder and walked up to the ghost. Slowly and cautiously he finally made it to where the ghost was. "I am sweating so much I could fill all of the ocean. But I don't have any sweat gland Yohohohohoho" Brook said to himself.

Every one started to get nervous as Brook made his way to the sunny's lion head. They were concerned

for there friend and all thought he was hallucinating... well all of them except for Luffy who could feel the presence of an abnormally strong being.

Brook reached out his hand to touch the ghost but when he did his hand went through the beings body. As it did he felt a chill go down his spine. He quickly pulled his hand back and looked at it. His index finger was in cased in ice and his ring finger on fire while his middle finger phased into existence and out of existence.

After a second of arranging his mind he screamed, "MY HAND!" he jumped of of the sunny's head and ran around in circles for a good amount of time until he was stopped by Franky. " Brook let me see" he grabbed brooks hand and stared at it "It looks the same as always. Are you sure your not hallucinating?.. Brook your making us worry." he said in a soft yet stern voice.

Brook looked back down to his hand and noticed that the fire and ice were gone. His middle finger was also normal. He sighed to himself and then said in a shaky voice, " I guess you are right maybe I am hallucinating." He lifted his head up to look at the sun then at the lions head, but when he did he froze for the ghost was still there.

"Stop" the ghost said. Brook nearly leaped ten feet when the ghost talked. Yet he disregarded this and said, " I think I'm going to retire." "WHAT! You cant retire Brook your my musician!." Luffy said very angrily that his friend would decide to leave his crew. " You idiot! He meant he was going to rest!" Nami said as she laid a huge punch on his head.

Luffy got up from the ground and decided that he would check out the weird vibes he felt from the lion head. "hmm" he thought to himself " I don't understand the ghost feels like its here but I don't see it" he sighed and decided this adventure would have to wait.

"LUFFY DON"T THINK I FORGOT ABOUT THE INK!" Nami said holding a fist in the air. Luffy made a gasp then started running as fast as he could away from Sanji and Nami.

Brook decided he was hallucinating so he took a rest in the mens quarters with a tall glass of water. "Ah" he said to himself "This is good I feel refreshed my blood feels as if it is coursing through my veins, but I have no blood or veins. Yohohohohoho. Skull joke!" Just then the little blue reindeer opened the door and said, "Brook I need to talk to you." "What is it Chopper-San? Is this about my hallucinations? Because if it is I feel much better now I assure you. In fact I feel refreshed and my heart feels like its bulging with energy, but I have no heart. Yohohohohoho. Skull joke!" "No..and yes. It's complicated."

The little reindeer walked over to the couch and sat down next to the skeleton. "Brook I would love to help you and like I said its complicated. You see I was reading a book the other day about spirits and stuff like that when I came across something." Chopper paused and before he was able to continue Brook chimed in, " Chopper-San what exactly are you getting at?" The small ball of fur looked emotionless at the skeleton and said, "I...think you saw...Death"

A/N How was the first chapter I think I did pretty well I take criticism very well and hope you criticize my writing so it helps me be a better writer! If you don't mind I would love it if you could review thank you! :D