Chapter 2: Hinode Town

"Gomu Gomu no...!" Luffy grabbed onto the wooden railing and jumped back, stretching his arms. "...Rocket!" He then launched himself across the water towards the centre battleship.

I sighed at my captains impatience. "What the heck?" I shrugged. "Geppo Bakuhatsu!" I jumped and stamped on the air hard, launching me forward.

"Gomu Gomu no Ogama!" Luffy stretched out both his arms as he flew, smacking a large radius of marines as he landed on the middle Marine battleship.

"It's Strawhat Luffy!" The boarding Marines yelled as they readied their guns and sabers, unaware that I was currently above them.

"Rankyaku Ran!" I waved my legs frantically, bombarding the ship with small air slices.

"And Rokushiki Nightmare Ellix!" Another yelled.

Surprisingly, the ships at the sides didn't aim for us, but instead headed straight for the Sunny. "Weapons Left!" Franky yelled as his left wrist opened up and fired a small cannonball at the left ship.

"Special Attack: Atlas Comet!" Usopp cried as he fired several small explosives at the right ship.

The two ships stopped on each side of the Sunny, and Marines fell from both onto the grassy deck. "Party Table Kick Course!" Sanji shouted as he did a handstand and spun both his legs around, smacking all the surrounding Marines.

"Nigiri..." Zoro held both of his swords horizontally. "Toro!" He jumped whilst slashing the constant falling wave of Marines on the left side. "Otoro!" He slashed downwards, crashing onto the deck of the Marine ship.

"Walk Point!" Chopper transformed into his reindeer form and did a running jump onto the right side ship. "Heavy Point!" As soon as he landed he turned into his 'human' form.

"Ah! It's a gorilla!" A soldier yelled.

"But it looked like a chipmunk before!" Another gasped.

"I'M A REINDEER!" Chopper roared. "Heavy Gong!" He decked the three Marines in front of him, sending them flying off the ship and into the water.

"Move out of the way! I'll deal with them!" A particularly big and burly Marine yelled as he jumped onto the deck, coming face to face with Robin. "Your first, Devil's Child!"

Robin just smiled as she crossed her arms. "Seis Fleur." Suddenly six arms sprouted on the Marines body.

"Eh!? Wh-What!?" The Marine facefaulted at the unpredicted Devil Fruit.

"Slap." She said before the arms slapped him into submission.

"Th-They're all really strong!" One soldier gasped.

"Hey, did somebody turn out the lights?" Another soldier asked, before most of them realised a black cloud had formed above them. "...Crap."

"The weather is 'lightning'!" Nami smirked. "Thunderbolt Tempo!" A powerful lightning bolt dropped on the Marines shocking them.

"Ahhhhh!" Chopper in his Brain Point screamed as he ran from the attack.

"Ah! Sorry, Chopper!" Nami gasped at her blunder.

"Yohohohoho!" Brook cried as he used his impressive jumping skills to land on the ship next to Chopper.

"Ah! It's a skeleton!" The Marines screamed.

"Polka Remise!" Brook jumped forward, thrusting forward repeatedly and puncturing all of the Marines in front of him like balloons. "...I am simply on a diet."

"Strong Right!" Pulling the skin off of his right hand, Franky launched his fist at the right ship, smashing a big hole in it and causing it to begin dangerously toppling, sliding Marines off and into the water.

"Anti Manner Kick Course!" Sanji jumped towards the teetering ship and delivered a devastating skyward kick, flipping the ship over completely and making it quickly sink.

"Treinta Fleur." Robin sprouted thirty of her arms on the left ships mast. "Clutch!" The arms all squeezed the mast to the point of it breaking in half and crashing into the deck.

"Santoryu..." Zoro jumped back onto the Sunny and readied his swords. "Enbima Yonezu Oni Giri!" As a vizion of a phantom appeared behind him, Zoro slashed the hip and all the Marines on it, the vessel quickly falling apart and sinking.

"Gomu Gomu no Gatling!" Luffy shouted as he punched all the Marines into next week.

"Shigan Akai Hatsu!" I shouted as I hit all the Marines with my forefingers.

"Gomu Gomu nooooo...AXE!" Luffy stretched his leg up and brought it crashing down onto the deck, completely smashing the ship in two.

"Rokuogan!" I shot a large blast from my fists on the back half, completely splitting them apart, before an explosion threw me and my captain into the sky.

"Shishishi! That was fun!" Luffy laughed.

I rolled my eyes. "For you it was. Geppo." I kicked off the air and made my way back to Sunny, with Luffy stretching his arm out and grabbing onto the mast, pulling us both back onto the deck.

"Phew! Am I glad that's over with." Usopp sighed in relief.

"Where did those ships come from, though?" Robin thought aloud.

"They completely interrupted our party!" Chopper pouted.

"Whatever, we took care of them, didn't we?" Zoro said.

"I think we should dock somewhere and relax for a bit, hopefully where trouble can't get us." I suggested.

"Guess we're in luck then." Nami smiled. "There's an island straight ahead!"

We all looked forward and saw it was true, a small island of nothing more then a town and a big grassy hill as in front of us. "Yosh! Let's stop here then!" Luffy smiled.

...

"Sir, our battleships have been destroyed, what is our next course of action?"

The man flipped his coin again, this time the result was tails. "Let them do what they wish for now."

"Understood, sir."

...

"Hinode Town?" Sanji read the large welcoming sign aloud, breathing out smoke.

'What a bright name.' I thought, smiling at my inner joke.

"Wow! It sure seems lively!" Usopp smiled.

"Okay everyone, I've given you all a STRICT amount of berri. Don't come crawling if you run out." Nami lectured us.

"Ow! Leave getting supplies to me!" Franky said with a thumbs up.

"And Brook. Most people aren't used to seeing a living skeleton, so don't go too far okay?" Nami asked.

"Of course, Nami-san." Brook bowed. "Perhaps I may just find some ladies to ask for their panties?"

"HELL NO!" Me and Nami yelled as we kicked him.

"Oiiiiii! Where's a restaurant!?" Luffy yelled as he dashed off.

"The one long word he's able to use..." We all sweatdropped.

And so us Strawhats split up. Nami and Robin went shopping whilst Franky went to get supplies, Luffy was already buying as much meat as possible, Zoro was arguing with Sanji about something trivial, Chopper was just wandering, Brook had somehow obtained a set of panties (How he did it I will never know) and I had no idea what Usopp was doing.

As for me, I was just walking down a busy pathway, not looking where I was going I bumped into a woman. "Oh! I'm sorry, ma'am."

"It's quite alright." She smiled. "You just arrived here, didn't you?"

"I guess word travels fast." I said with a shrug.

She nodded. "We get very few visitors here, new company is always refreshing." She then gasped. "I just remembered! I have to go! It was very nice talking to you!" She then ran off.

'Wonder what she meant by very few visitors?' I thought.

"You sir!"

I looked at the side to see a short man with a curled moustache looking at me expectantly. I looked left and right before pointing at myself. "Me?"

"Yes, you!" He beckoned and I hesitantly walked up to the stand. "You look like a fine strapping young man."

"Look, I know how these things work." I said. "What are you selling?"

"Ah! Straight to the point! I like that!" He then got out what looked like a Tone Dial with a Transponder Snail line connecting the speaker to two other Tone Dials with a curving strap connecting them.

"What is this?" I asked out of curiosity.

"I'm glad you asked, sir! This is a very rare and very new piece of equipment called HeadDials!"

"HeadDials?" I echoed.

"Try it for yourself." He insisted as he placed the two Tone Dials on my ears, with the strap pressing against my head. He then clicked the single Tone Dial and I heard calm classical music playing.

"Wow! It's like there's music in my head!" I marvelled. "How much?"

"For you, sir? 5,000 berri." He nodded.

I rummaged in my pocket until I pulled out the exact amount. "Here you go."

"Pleasure doing business, sir." He bowed.

"Arigatou." I thanked him, letting the curved strap slip to the back of my neck, making the 'head' part of the HeadDials hang around my neck, whilst I placed the single Tone Dial in my pocket.

"Oi! Ellix!" I turned to see Usopp run up to me. "I finally found you!...Hey, are you wearing Tone Dials?"

"They're these things called HeadDials. So what's up, Usopp?"

"Come on! Everybody else is ready!" He seized my wrist and dragged me along to where the rest of the crew were, grouped in front of a guy with a camera. "We're gonna have our picture taken as a crew!"

"Really? Okay then!" I agreed. Luffy was in the bottom middle, and I was right of him with Nami next to me, with Usopp and Chopper being on Luffy's left side. On the upper half was, from left to right: Franky, Sanji, Robin, Zoro and Brook.

"Okay everyone! Say nakama!"

"Nakama!" We all cheered as the picture was taken. Usopp payed the man as Luffy almost tore the picture in half getting it out. It was a brilliant picture of all of us cheering.

"Sugoiii!" Luffy went sparkly eyed.

"We all look so cool!" Chopper praised it.

Nami had a look at it as well. "Wow! It really is great!" Then when she saw Luffy was pulling it to the point of tearing she snatched it off of him. "But if YOU hang onto it it won't last long..." She sweatdropped before presenting it to me. "You hang onto it, Ellix."

"Okay." I nodded as I carefully pocketed the picture.

Deciding to see what else there was to see, I hiked up the giant hill until I reached the top, I don't think anything could have prepared me for what I saw.

"Woooooah!" I gasped as I looked at a giant hole underneath the ocean! It was as big as Hinode Town!

"Impressive, isn't it?" I was now aware of a person sitting next to me. He looked quite burly, with predominent arm muscles, and was wearing typical blacksmith gear. He had a broad face with amber eyes, blonde hair and a matching spiky beard.

"Yeah." I agreed. "I've never seen a hole in the ocean as big as this one before. Did an underwater volcanoe move away or something?

The man laughed. "No, no. But it's definitely not natural." He held out a hand. "Grayam Hardin."

"Wodos T. Ellix." I greeted, shaking his hand.

"Ah, Rokushiki Nightmare Ellix. Your not nearly as 'hellish' as the Marines say you are." He chuckled.

"Thanks. So, how did this get created anyway? And isn't it dangerous to have an island so close to it?"

Grayam shrugged. "Nobody knows. And the problem hasn't arisen before, so why let it bother us?"

"True." I nodded.

"Oiiiii! Elliiiiix!" None other then my captain bounded up behind me, before pointing at the giant underwater hole. "Eh? What's that?"

"A giant underwater hole, Luffy." I explained.

He looked at it for a few seconds, before he began picking his nose. "It's boooooriiiiing!"

'Blunt, just like Luffy.' I sweatdropped.

"We call it the Grand Line's Maw." Grayam spoke up.

"Nani? Who are you?" Luffy asked whilst still picking his nose.

"Grayam Hardrin, and you must be Strawhat Luffy. I suspected that the whole crew would be here." He nodded.

"'We?'" I repeated.

"Us islanders. Many people, pirates and Marines, have come to investigate the Grand Line's Maw." He laughed. "And I suppose you could call me an amateur studier of it in my spare time."

"Why's it so interesting?" Luffy asked, still mining for gold.

"Well, there is a rumor that an unmatched treasure rests down there." Grayam said casually.

"U-Unmatched treasure!?" Me and Luffy gasped (My captain still having one finger up his nasal passage.)

"Rumored." He reminded us, before sighing. "I myself though...believe that there is untold history hidden beneath those waters...I'd give anything to see it..."

"I've decided!" Luffy announced with sparkly eyes and a freed nose hole. "We're gonna investigate that Mow and find that treasure!"

"You mean 'Maw'." I sweatdropped. "And didn't you say it was boring a minute ago?"

Here's another chapter, guys! So the crew have arrived in Hinode Town (Hinode means Sunrise), Ellix has got a pair of HeadDials, the crew got a picture, we meet Grayam, and discover the Grand Line's Maw!

Eri:...

Don't look at me like that! Your gonna be in it soon! Trust me!

Eri:...Fiiiiiine!

My Oda, it's like all the negative parts of Luffy.

Eri: What was that!?

N-Nothing!

Ellix: See!? She is scary!

Eri: *Brandishes bisento* What was that, Elli-kun?

Ellix: N-Nothing!

A-Anyway, thank you to everyone who reviewed! Hey, RealEvanSG! The crew didn't need to use techniques like that for such small fry! (By the way, Ellix could also use Rankyaku Rin by Alabasta, forgot that one.). R.E.W. 4, I'll do my best! And thank you Son of Whitebeard, good to see you again. And sorry for making you wait Thief-chan, but here it is! And all will be revealed in due time!...*Whispering* Please can you ask Eri-chan to back off a bit?

Eri: I heard that!

Ellix: Run for your lives!

Like I said last chapter, I don't own One Piece! Now FLEE! FLEE FOR YOUR LIVES!