Summary: Portgas D. Ace is a famous prankster with his own hidden camera shows; with each season having it's own theme and a set of victims. Now Ace is going for Halloween, follow him as he pranks the One Piece cast and giving them massive heart attacks. Will anyone manage to evade him or will they scream of terror.
Warnings: AU, OOC, some swearing
A/N: so sorry for the delay of this chapter, I was busy with midterms and when it was over I had to update my other story Demons and then worked on this one which took a long time for me to write with all the idea's and I am dedicating this to Ano Crazy Adventurer for her idea (I presumed you're a girl). And I would like to thank my followers who were patient enough with me and if it's not living up then I do sincerely apologize, it's a hard combo to write about. And I had – still have – Internet issues, so thankful for mobile data and hotspot since I'm able to connect now but my GB limit is about to reach it's end and I have to wait till next month to re-subscribe my plan. Anyways thanks for following and being patient here is the next chapter Enjoy!
Note: this is after the 2-year timeskip so Zoro and Sanji are 21, and Ace is 22
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the One Piece characters
Length (A/N excluded): 10 pages on word with my font (Avenir book)
Words (A/N excluded): 4668
Ace's Hidden Camera: Halloween Terror
Zoro & Sanji
Ace sat in his underground room and watched as a silver Cadillac parked in front of the driveway. Once the vehicle stopped moving two young adults got off, one with hair green like the grass, the other with golden blond hair and a weird looking asymmetric swirling eyebrow.
The one with green hair is Roronoa Zoro, one of the world's international best swordsmen; he won five gold medals, fifteen silver medals and two championships in the past two years and a half making him the youngest professional swordsman at the age of 21. The second was Sanji a world-class famous chef with his own cooking show; he used to be manager next to Zeff in the famous Baratie restaurant as well as his apprentice.
Both were dressed casually and formally, Zoro wore black trousers tucked into the same shade of boots, a green haramaki and a black body fit T-Shirt with a pirate skull, he had three identical gold earrings on his left earlobe and a bandana tied to his arm. Sanji however went a bit formal and was wearing his usual black double-breasted suit with a yellow shirt, and was smoking.
Both men were arguing as they got of the car, "hang in there Rebecca" Ace spoke as he looked at the screen. It was amazing that those two were actually best friends never mind them arguing that much, he knew he would have to pull it on the both at the same time if he wanted to succeed, not only would it be hilarious but also it would help keep the secret even though they will team up to strangle him later.
Ace had met Zoro and Sanji through Luffy, the two D's were closer than brothers and so when Ace asked Luffy to meet his friends he was surprised to say that the younger befriended people a grade or two higher than him with the exception of Zoro who repeated a year level.
Rebecca approached the two to stop the fight and introduce herself, he knew that Sanji is smarter than Zoro and would suspect something that's why he had Rebecca dressed in skinny jeans and a tank top revealing her cleavage, enough to flip Sanji "oh my maiden I will gladly follow you for the rest of my life~" he sang in his flirty mode.
"Ero cook she isn't interested" Zoro taunted in attempt to annoy the blonde, the said cook twitched and glared at the swordsman, "what was that you useless marimo" he argued as he light another cigarette, throwing the old one away.
"Wanna fight" Zoro growled as he and Sanji head butted each other with a heated glare, "bring it on and I will turn you into a five course meal" the chef threatened.
"Um… excuse me Mr. Roronoa and Chef Sanji but we have a timetable to follow" Rebecca shyly interfered as she broke both men apart. "Rebecca right" Zoro asked, said woman nodded slowly having a clue of what he was going to say. Ace told her about Zoro's antics such as hiding pocket knifes since he cant carry swords around in public, his love for booze and his complete useless sense of direction – in which he gets lost through a straight line.
"I get that we need to do something for advertising Halloween but why choose this place" the green haired man asked as he eyed the mansion, Zoro had heard from many of his friends about this mansion, he also heard it from Luffy who had actually saw the ghost.
"Can't believe I'm agreeing with Marimo but he is right, this place is kind of spooky and you must've heard the rumors" Sanji added, Rebecca cupped her mouth and giggled "well that's the point we had made this place realistic, c'mon inside I will show you and explain the story of why this house has been haunted" she explained
"Coward" Zoro snorted and rolled his eyes making Sanji angry, "am not you are the one who asked first this makes you the coward" the blonde scoffed and looked at the mansion studying it carefully, "I bet that you wont have the guts to do the job" that last comment did it making the champion look at his friend
"This better be worth my time" Zoro stated as he began walking towards the opposite direction of the mansion, "Mr. Roronoa that's the wrong direction" Rebecca stated as she ran after Zoro and grabbed his wrist, this was going to be a long day if she wanted to keep him from accidently going to Ace's room. "No my melorine~" Sanji cried as he saw Rebecca drag the green haired swordsman, "you coming Chef Sanji" she asked
"Yes my lady~" he danced around her and followed to the mansion, once they stepped in he noticed a man with a camera following them, "umm… Rebecca – chwan may I ask why is there a stupid man with a camera following us" he asked in his happy lady mode.
"Didn't I tell you that we have a YouTube segment and that man is filming us for it, don't worry we will ask you about what parts do you want to be put in and hopefully nothing embarrassing" she replied with a smile as she led them inside.
"Hopefully yes I want something embarrassing you idiots" Ace muttered as he lazily sat in front of the monitors his hand cupping his chin. After some spying and thick research lets say Ace was quite surprised to know that those two had something to be scared of and he is going to use it on both since scaring them is of no use, after all their heads are thicker than what they appear.
"So what about that story?" Zoro asked coolly as he allowed himself to be lead through the mansion. "Ah yes, as you know this mansion was said to be haunted and after thorough research my team had found out about a legend or a story that happened many decades back" Rebecca explained
Sanji who had regained his regular composure walked along side the two and kept quiet, only nodding when understanding. Ace had made sure that his twisted story and prank are enough to set the two queasy.
"In the late eighteen hundreds this land used to be a sacred ground but some rich group bought it at a cheep price and build this mansion, villagers protested but no one listened to them" Rebecca started, she saw that neither of the two men were phased by her story what so ever. "So let me guess they put on a curse and the house came to life" Zoro joked much to Ace's annoyance, the young prankster had made accurate calculations and he was sure he will fool the duo together.
"Not exactly so where was I" Rebecca answered back "so yeah then in 1924 a rich man named Sengoku and his wife along with their three kids came to live here. They lived happily in this mansion with loyal servants who loved their jobs"
"If they were happy why did it became haunted in the first place" Sanji asked as he puffed out the smoke, "suddenly in 1931 his wife was found dead in the bathroom, her limbs torn apart and the placed reeked of blood causing it to be infested with bugs and cockroaches" Rebecca continued the story and at the same time she answered Sanji's question.
Ace chuckled from his seat as he watched Sanji stiffen for a second at the mention of bugs and cockroaches, he also watched the two get slightly disgusted at the view of the bathroom, it sure looked realistic and enough to throw someone's stomach. Finally Ace's master plan is showing signs of working, he knew that even though Zoro has quite the blood lust he is still human and wouldn't like to see that much amount of blood.
"Damn this look realistic it's a shame such a beauty was chopped apart like a seafood platter" Sanji commented as he inhaled on his cigarette "are you sure this is actually how the place looked like, it seems exaggerated" Zoro added. "You chickening" Sanji taunted with a smirk, "huh?" the green haired swordsman asked obviously annoyed "who is chickening you chicken"
"Well during filming it wont be this much, anyhow Sengoku refused any of this, then a week later his oldest son Borsalino who was fourteen was found hanging in the chimney with a spiked rope around his neck" Rebecca continued and led them to the living room as hopes of continuing and preventing them from fighting.
So far Ace had managed to make Sanji feel uncomfortable as he looked around specially at the corners and trying not to flinch when he saw fake plastic insects, the young comedian sat back on his chair and spun several times waiting for them to be ready, the animal and pest control got ready in their posts and Izo was placing his final touches on the mask so Ace would look like a dead man covered in insects and bugs.
"How did he get a spiked chain? It's so unbelievable now I see why you said it's like a legend" Zoro stated as he walked towards the chimney where a few robot spiders were crawling, he crouched down the fire place and looked inside the chimney, he saw a spiked rope and a young boy hanging from their, the manikin looked so real and deceiving that for a second Zoro thought was real, the boy's hair and some of his features reminded him of someone.
"Well the villagers did say it was a curse you know" Rebecca answered and grabbed Zoro's hand leading him and Sanji to their next stop, the two men glanced at the place trying to study it and noticing even the tiniest of cracks, they weren't ones to doubt Luffy's words when he said that the place is actually haunted.
"The death of her mother and older brother was too much of Sengoku's daughter Kuina" Rebecca began darkly, she felt Zoro tense at the mention of the young girl's name "she ended up committing suicide by cutting her wrist and filling a cup with her blood, but before she actually died she wrote the word 'vengeance' with her own blood"
Sanji who was a chef looked at the messy kitchen in horror, they had fake utensils thrown everywhere, and red paint aka blood was smeared on the walls, cupboards, and table. His eyes turned towards Zoro who looked at the manikin with wide eyes, she had shoulder length dark hair and looked like Zoro's peer Tashigi, only this was younger.
"This ruined the face of Tashigi-chan" Sanji coolly sated as he looked at the ceiling "and the kitchen is quite a mess". "Yeah it was quite a massacre that happened" the pink haired host explained, Zoro was silent for a while before he sighed "let's get this going, it's getting boring" he stated and turned around. "Okay now to our final highlight of the tour before you give us your opinion" Rebecca stated and led them to the third floor.
Ace smiled in his chair and went to change into his outfit, he was smiling wickedly as Izo fixed him up, the animal control came to inform him of their status in which he smirked evilly, "this is going to be hilarious" he stated, Izo could only chuckle and nod his head.
Rebecca took them through the dark spooky hallways; Ace had the technicians place some speakers playing a sound of cockroaches at low volume but enough for Sanji to notice. The blond eyed the hallway as they walked, "this place seems to be infested don't you think" he asked as he saw a real cockroach walk into a small hole in the wall.
"Well, there is a reason, you see Sengoku had a young son named Kuzan he was about a year old when his father shot him" Rebecca explained as she took them inside a room at the end of the hallway, she released her hold on Zoro so he can look around, Sanji followed and saw a bloody crib "poor child, never tasted the sweetness of life" he commented
"It wasn't that, after he shot his son Sengoku saw a man, more specifically his deceased younger brother Sakazuki standing by the crib looking it the young child, he didn't utter a word and raised his head looking at his brother with dead eyes" Rebecca explained and turned around so she was facing a box "after those taunting looks Sengoku had lost it and brought a knife to his neck creating a nice cut"
"So what is this his coffin" Zoro asked coldly as he eyed the old metal box with a smirk, "yeah kind of, it is said that he was locked there and died inside this box, perhaps his remains are there but who knows, we tried to move it or open it but we couldn't and we had do finish filming before we give it to the museum of history" Rebecca shrugged
Looking around the room Zoro noticed one person missing, "hey I think the camera guy is lost" he stated as he looked around, following his eyes Rebecca nodded "okay so while I go look for him you two can decide who will be Sengoku and who will be Sakazuki and please do not leave this room or touch anything specially the door"
"Now that you say it there is no knob" Sanji commented after his long silence, Rebecca chuckled and rubbed her head sheepishly before pointing to the frame on the top which was held by a wooden piece, "yeah if you remove that we will need to call the fire department, the wood is strong and rough so it's hard to just push it from our side so don't go anywhere near here"
"Now I see" the blonde hummed and inhaled on his cigarette, he closed his eyes for a second before turning to examine the room, "See you in a bit" Rebecca waved and left the two alone, "hey Rockstar where are you" her yell was heard followed by an answer from the camera man who was apparently called Rockstar "over here".
"So what do you think, I'm going to be Sengoku you are more fitting to be Sakazuki" Sanji began as he walked around the room looking at the crib a few times, "poor baby". Zoro grunted as he lay down on the floor closing his eyes, "Yeah whatever, I'm not sure if I'm going to take this job, it's too exaggerated to my liking" he commented
"Or is it that you're scarred" Sanji taunted at the opportunity, it was a wrong choice of words from Zoro's side, "fine I'm going to be Sengoku you are going to be Sakazuki" he defended himself. "No I'm going to be Sengoku you are Sakazuki since you are more of his type" the blonde chef argued back.
Rebecca reached the end of the hallway and pulled the invisible string holding the wooden piece making it fall of and for the door to snap shut surprising the two adults inside of it, "what the hell?" they both said at the same time.
She hurried to the room "I leave for a minute and this happens" she growled, "now my boss will be angry at me", Sanji and Zoro looked at each other, "oi Rebecca what's going on the door suddenly closed and you seem angry about it" Zoro asked
"Which one of you pushed the wooden piece" she asked as she picked up the block, "no one it just snapped shut, you sure it didn't break or got cracked" Sanji answered
"Yeah I'm sure because there is nothing indicating it no line no crack no nothing" she spoke confused "okay you two stay in there and don't touch or break anything I will get the fire department to open the door" she stated and dialed to her phone, it linked directly to Ace so he would talk to her "um hi emergencies" she spoke into the phone
"Yeah I saw it, everything's going smooth they are just nervous but not scared, I'll be in the box in five" Ace replied as he finished getting dressed, his sleeves to folded slightly bellow the elbow and had his hair messed up, all what was left was for Izo to apply the mask.
"Yeah I have two people stuck in a room in the Marineford mansion there are no windows for them to escape and the door wont open we tried everything but we couldn't" she lied, after a moments silence she hummed and nodded "thank you sir" she closed her phone and shoved it back to her pocket "so guys wait there for five minutes and they will arrive"
"Can't believe I will be stuck with this shitty swordsmen for five minutes" he muttered and looked around, he noticed a cockroach crawling by the box, "shut up Ero cook" Zoro growled as he laid down and closed his eyes, it's best to act calm and collected in situations like these and not fuss about any stupid thing even if it meant being with that annoying Prince of Dumbass Kingdom
"You two are stuck together so bear with it" Ace hissed as he took of his headphones so Izo can apply the mask on him, "hey send in the cockroaches and dim the lights" the freckled prankster ordered, the messenger nodded and went to relay the message.
The pest control opened the box of cockroaches and set them into the small flap at the bottom of the room, Sanji turned around and spotted one walking on the wall, he ignored it and continued smoking. Without any warnings the electricity was cut off causing Sanji to suddenly move and step on Zoro, "hey watch where you are walking Ero cook" the green haired swordsman growled
"Hey it's not my fault that the lights have closed and clearly it's not my fault you are sleeping" the blonde argued back, before hearing the sound of a cricket, he flinched slightly but refused to show it. "You remember that story Luffy told us" Zoro suddenly asked in a straight voice
"Yeah the one where he saw a ghost" Sanji asked, "yeah that one, I refused to believe it you know but one thing Luffy cant lie even if it meant to save his life he just cant" the swordsman stated, "oi you don't think, it's impossible" Sanji tried to argue, but he couldn't come up with something to back him up, not with the broken wooden block.
Smirking Ace made it to the top and asked for the pest control to send in the moths and bats. The two guests who were inside were clam, mostly Zoro but Sanji tried to maintain his composure with all the insects and bugs going around, suddenly the lantern flashed and Sanji saw several moths and a bat in the room, he may not be afraid of bats but insects are something else.
The room went dark and he heard the sound of a moth flying behind him, loosing his cool the cook took a step forward only for him to trip over Zoro's figure, "hey watch it you shitty marimo I fell because of you" he yelled ignoring the insects for a second
Growling Zoro stood up and squinted his eyes in the darkness to look around "oi, who closed the lights" he asked the obvious, "you idiot the electricity got cut off a while ago" Sanji yelled as he dropped his cigarette and extinguished it by the sole of his shoe.
The lights flashed again only for both to see a large amount of insects and moths, and for Zoro to see a projectile of what looked like his childhood friend Kuina, he froze in his place unable to move while Sanji yelped and grabbed onto him once loosing his cool, "get 'em off, get 'em off" he kept yelling in Zoro's ears
"Get off me you bastard" Zoro yelled as he tried to push Sanji off of him but to no avail, the blonde stuck to him like a super glue not wanting to get off, "do I look like I want to hold you, there are freaking insects everywhere" he yelled back
"Zoro" a faint female voice called, Ace smiled as he things are going the way he planned all he wishes is for him to look what is happening inside the room, well he will see soon as he sent in a rat inside the room. "Zoro" the faint voice called again but the green haired swordsman froze in his place unable to move, this voice it belonged to his dead childhood friend Kuina, no she cant possible be calling him from the dead, he shook his head mentally to get rid of the idea.
"Luffy is right this place is really haunted no wonder he ran away even though we told him it's an adventure" Sanji commented as he clung to Zoro, "shit there's a rat" he hissed and climbed higher on his friends back much to the latter's dislike.
"You coward get off" Zoro growled as he attempted to push Sanji off of him, but the blonde tightened his grip, "this must be a prank it's more than five minutes and the fire department hasn't arrived and I don't hear Rebecca" he stated trying to calm himself.
As if on cue "Mr. Roronoa, Chef Sanji are you two okay, sorry the fire department took long" Rebecca yelled through faked pants as if she had ran a distance, "get away from the door we will break it down" a gruff voice spoke from the other side, "just don't damage the properties or my boss will flip I don't want to lose my job" Rebecca lied
"Okay just a sec –" Zoro hissed as he tried to move but with Sanji on his back he tripped backwards and both fell on the lock box and accidentally pushing the lid having a peak of a dead body – Ace – covered in blood and pale in color, "he's real" Sanji yelped as he jumped and accidentally pushed the lid of the box completely open.
Zoro who groaned and sat up his hands rested by the Ace's shoulder, he looked around and noticed a bloodied knife on his right hand and on his left was an old picture of what he presumed was Sengoku's family and in between them stood a girl who looked exactly like Kuina – courtesy to Ace's Photoshop request.
"Fuck" the swordsman hissed and sprang up in the corner when he saw the body twitch, Sanji immediately jumped at Zoro when he felt a group of insects crawling on his back, "is there something on me, get it off, get them off" he cried but without tears.
"Oi, oi ghosts aren't real but Luffy he didn't lie" Zoro muttered as he pointed to Ace who got out of the lock box in jerky zombie like movements approaching the two. Sanji turned around and froze in his place as he backed behind bumping into Zoro causing the latter to hiss and push the former forward.
Ace had Izo draw some real looking bugs and insects that eat the human flesh on his face and outfit, his hand and forearm were both drawn on. With bugs on him Ace was sure Sanji wouldn't approach him no matter what and he was going to either hide behind or cling to Zoro.
The blonde kept walking backwards pushing Zoro with him, with a smirk forming on his face and thinking this has gone way too long, Ace growled and placed his hands on his mask "Bo" he startled them and took of his mask revealing his face and at the same time the lanterns light up followed by the door getting opened and for a few cameramen coming inside to capture the duo who due to Sanji's surprise were now on the ground.
"Hahahaha" Ace laughed as he gestured for the people to come in, the pest control and animal team took the bat, moths and cockroaches out and into their cages or boxes. "You two should've seen your faces" he laughed as he helped them up, Zoro took it without any hesitation but Sanji hesitated due to the drawings on it.
"You thinking what I'm thinking" the world champion asked his friend who nodded, and took out a cigarette to smoke on it "pay back time" he answered as the both looked at Ace with deadly eyes, "oh crap" Ace muttered as he jumped a few steps beck to fend of their attacks, from one side he received kicks and from the other Zoro's pocket knife was aimed at him, thankfully his grandfather had given him first class military training; after all Garp wanted his grandsons to serve in the military.
Things crashing and falling, some yelling and swearing were heard all over the mansion. Ace knew this was going to happen after every prank and he needed to go to the garden where he can fend for himself properly until the two calm down. "Get back here you shitty bastard" Sanji yelled as he ran after the prankster, "I don't care if you're Luffy's brother you will pay for this" Zoro added, and the next thing is that the garden had become a battleground.
"You guys have finally calmed down?" Ace asked as he had a patch on his forehead and an ice bag on his jaw – due to Sanji's powerful kicks and hard shoe. He was leaning back on his director's chair just in front of his room, covered in bruises and scrapes.
"Yeah" both men answered at the same time as they leaned back and were slightly panting out of exhaustion. Sanji took a gulp out of his bottle of water and sighed, taking out his nth cigarette for the day, with all this pressure all he wanted to do was smoke.
"The older brother of a monster is a bigger monster" Zoro commented as he eyed the pole by Ace who is going to use it as counter measures incase they decided to attack him again.
"So to wrap the entire thing up I'm going to ask you how did it feel, and what do you think of this whole thing" Ace asked as he pushed himself and leaned forward to have a better view of the two.
"Well for starters you're an asshole and how much effort did you put for this entire fucking thing" Sanji answered first, exhaling the smoke and holding his cigarette in his hands. "Well it is genius and it's kind of embarrassing and annoying with all the history and past, you researched us deeply" Zoro added and yawned, "I just want your next victim to give you some painful torture later on"
"Well yesterday Anne almost broke my spine so I'm going to have to be ready for any attacks" Ace smiled as he rubbed his back remembering what happened the previous day, "okay so to wrap this entire thing up, our dear followers this is Portgas D. Ace with my guests Roronoa Zoro and Sanji and tune in for tomorrows episode of 'the ghost of Sengoku' and don't forget to follow us on our twitter accounts, it's written down on the screen and don't forget to visit our website"
"Secrecy right" Ace asked as he stood up, holding his pole in his right hand, both men looked at each other and smirked, "on one condition" Sanji was the one to speak, "okay but first I need some pain killers" Ace stated as he turned around and used his pole as a cane to help him walk "hey Robin can I have some aspirin and some other pain killers" he yelled.
The End
So here's this chapter hope you all like it and don't forget to leave a review and drop by any suggestions, though I might get delayed with the chapter depending on who I write so by far here is the list of 30 that are up:
1 – Portgas D. Anne
2 – Zoro and Sanji
I'm thinking about who to write next chapter and by far here is my list including pairings:
– Nami
– Usopp
– Chopper
– Nojiko
– Coby and Helemepo
– Hancock
– Perona
I am saving Luffy, Sabo, Buggy and Bellamy for a bit further chapter perhaps making Luffy the last one since he wont keep his mouth shut, anyhow just tell me and I actually made the three admirals part of Sengoku's family with Kizaru and Aokiji as his sons while Akainu is his brother since I cant include them as part of the plot same goes with Whitebeard and some others so if you suggest anything like that then I'm sorry to refuse your offer but I appreciate it.
