Chapter 2

They walked through the black door, and it suddenly became darker. The Straw Hats suddenly found themselves in a familiar setting.

"Thriller Bark. This place is nothing but bad memories." grunted Sanji.

"Hey!" snapped Brook.

"You're the exception, Brook." he quickly replied.

"So I guess that means this is Luffy's nightmare about Brook." They all looked at him.

"...She's clever, that Asami. She's starting with the least painful ones and going up to the most gruesome."

All of a sudden, everyone appeared in front of them.

"Can they see us?" asked Ace.

"No, they're part of a dream world. They're ethereal." replied Robin.

"Awesome! We got our shadows back! That means we shouldn't disintegrate from the sun!" shouted Luffy.

"Oh...well that's rather unfortunate." replied Brook.

"H-Huh? What is?"

"My shadow didn't return to me."

"What?! But Brook, you'll be..."

"Don't worry about me. For our short time together, it's been an honor working with you, Monkey D. Luffy." The sun rose, and Brook started to disappear from the sun, crying out in pain.

"BROOK! NO!" Luffy sobbed.

Brook looked down at Luffy solemnly.

"Luffy..."

"Don't...I already know this would never happen, and it never did, but nevertheless, it's a product of my imagination." Sanji's sorrowful face turned into one of concern.

"Hey, guys..."

"What?" asked Luffy.

"I hate to break up the emotional moment, but isn't this the part where Kuma paid us a visit?" Zoro's eyes shot open.

"We have to go...NOW." They all hurried across the area to the next door leading out.

"Ah, Ah, Ah!" Asami's voice ran through again. "You can't hide it, Zoro. I want your friends to see this." They became frozen and couldn't walk. "D-Damn it!" cursed Zoro.

Kuma quickly put everyone down and faced Zoro and Sanji alone. Kuma extracted all of Luffy's pain into a bubble.

"This is all of the battle damage your friend absorbed in this fight. Which of you would like to experience it?" he asked coldly.

"I wi-" Zoro knocked Sanji out.

"No. It's my duty to him as my captain." Kuma disappeared and left Zoro to it.

"Kids, cover your ears." Zoro said sternly. They complied. All that could be heard were Dream Zoro's piercing shrieks of pain. Everyone winced as they watched him absorb all of Luffy's damage, becoming bloodier and bloodier. After it was all over, Dream Zoro stood in his pose with his arms crossed.

"So that's why..." Chopper started. Zoro, Luffy, and Sanji walked towards the door, free from Asami's control, faces dark.

"Let's not talk about it anymore." said Zoro. They didn't question him any further. They walked through another door back into the white room.

"Where to next?" asked Chopper. A light blue door then appeared. Luffy started walking forward, and opened the door.

"I remember this one. It's worse than the last." They walked through the door to find themselves in Dressrosa.

"Hey, this is above the SMILE factory!" shouted Franky. They heard shooting from inside. Everyone looked in to find Franky fending off a lot of Marines and Executives alike. There was blood all over him.

"Hey, you're doing pretty good against them all!" complimented Usopp.

"No. I lost this fight." It wasn't long until Franky was lying down defeated.

"But don't worry. Eventually, I'll get up and-" The Vice Admiral walked over and stabbed his sword through Franky's throat, instantly killing him.

"...Or...maybe not." Everyone was horrified, especially Luffy. The exit door appeared. Everyone once again walked through, back to the white room.

"Luffy, why did you even have these nightmares?!" screamed Nami.

"The day before New Marineford, I feared that I would lose you all." he said hesitantly. A pink door then appeared. Luffy looked at Chopper.

"Do you know which colors match with which person?" asked Zoro.

"More or less. Pink is Chopper." They all walked through again.

End.