Things are starting to heat up. Yeah! I say that too much. Yeah is not the only word in my vocabulary. Not at all. I have lots of other words. And I don't always say "That's cute" or "cool!" when I review. -pouts- No. You all have the wrong impression.
Zoro: Get to the story already!!!
Me: Oh shut -up you homo.
Luffy stood at the creaky rusted gates of the cemetery. The wind whipped rain around the crew as they watched their captain swing open the gates.
"Ooh. Creepy" he said, looking around. Zoro looked at the vast land of the dead.
"So where's this Nocturnal Hill?" he questioned.
Nami pointed to a tall step hill, topped with a lone scraggly tree. "That is Nocturnal Hill" Sanji wrapped an arm around Nami.
"Ah, my swan. Let me protect you from this eerie death pit." he cooed, resting his chin on the top of her orange head.
Usopp held on tightly to Chopper. "Yosh, this place is creepy. But I'm not scared. I once fought a bandit of zombies over on Lake Nightfall." he lied, pointing to himself.
Chopper gasped. "Really! Cool! I wanna be with Usopp." he declared, hiding behind the marksman. Luffy turned to his crew.
"We're not splitting up. It'll take to long to round us up again" he said sternly, holding his hat down upon his wet dripping raven curls.
The Straw Hats started into the graveyard, ready to attack if any threat appeared. Zoro muttered under his breath. "Luffy. Please, tell me why we're here?" he asked, shaking out the rain water that was pooling in his hair.
Luffy smiled, his eyes gleaming underneath his straw hat. "We're going to find the heiress!" he chirped, striding towards the hill. Robin pulled out a book.
"Wait captain-san! I have an old book on how to get through this maze." she said, flipping the pages, which were disintegrating in the rain.
"Maze?"
Robin nodded. "Yes captain-san. This graveyard turned into a maze when the heiress took over. To get to the hill we need to pass three tasks." she said, reading the small handwriting.
Chopper leaned out from behind Usopp, who was turning pale. "T-tasks?" he stuttered. The archeologist looked at the firs task.
"First, we need to pass the beast of bloodshed." she read, trying not to damage the tarnished papers.
Sanji laughed. "Well, Luffy already hired him" he said, pointing to Zoro. The swordsman closed his eyes. "You know that's a compliment right?" Zoro said, a teasing smile tugging at his mouth.
Sanji stomped his foot. "Damn it!" the cook cursed.
Nami froze as there was a low growl.
"Luffy, was that your stomach?"
"Huh- no."
The navigator looked around. "Then it must be the-"
"Beast!!!" Usopp yelled, barely dodging the dark figure that lunged at him.
The beast was black, half dog -half zombie. One eye was red, while the other hung out of it's socket. It was dripping slick dark oil, that ran into the streams the rain created.
Zoro didn't waste time attacking.
"Onigiri!"
His swords stuck into the beast. "Agh, Wadou !!" he gasped as the monster snatched the sword from his belt. Kuina's katana. His prized katana.
The swordsman growled "Baka." he muttered under his breath. Luffy looked at Zoro. He actually looked pale without his katana. It was his turn to act.
"This is for nakama! Gomu Gomu no...!"
He took a running start towards the zombie dog.
"Bazooka!"
The dog went flying, spitting out wadou as he went. Zoro ran to catch he katana. "Gotcha!" he said, placing it back on his belt.
Luffy jumped onto the dog.
"Gomu gomu no... pistol!" he shouted, cracking the neck of the dog. Nami clung onto Sanji at the sound of the cracking.
"Oh. That sounds horrid!" she cried. The cook's eyes turned to hearts.
"Ah my Nami-swan! You shouldn't worry, I am here to comfort you my dearest."
Usopp turned around. "Oh shut up and fight you -"
"What did you say to me!"
The marksman flinched. "Nothing, you keep comforting Nami" he said with a frightened tone.
The storm came down harder, pounding on Zoro's head. "Luffy, is it gone?" he asked, wondering if the boy had finished off the beast.
Luffy looked blankly at the monstrosity.
The boy nodded.
"Gone. It wasn't so hard to kill. What's next?" he asked Robin.
She flipped to the next page.
"The tomb tunnel"
Done with chapter two. That's good. Comment please!!!