Mornings were always a bad thing on a pirate ship. Especially if that ship had Brook as a crewmate.

"Yohohoho! Wake up everyone!" Brook called as he walked into the men's sleeping quarters to see all of them asleep, "Time to greet the dawn!"

Franky threw a pillow at Brook in his sleep. If Brook was still alive, his left eye would have twitched.

"And the power-tune we will be bringing you this week is that famous song, 'Black Handkerchief of Happiness!'" Brook said to an imaginary audience on the radio, "Everyone, feel free to join in!"

He pulled out his violin and began to play.

Oh White Handkerchief
Don't let him find you!
Run Away, oh white handkerchief
Don't let him get you!
That Octopus hide away
Look there's a squid as well!

"SKELETON!" Franky roared.

"Yohohoho! This is my cue to exit, stage left!" Brook laughed as he ran off and away from the mad Cyborg.

"Does he always do that?" Max groaned as he and Koby placed their glasses on.

"Yep!" Ash laughed.

"Isn't it great that he cares so much about us that he'll wake us up for a great day of adventure?" Luffy asked with a laugh.

"PIKACHU!" (NO IT'S NOT!)

"MONFERNO!" (SCRATCH!)

Monferno pounced on Luffy and began to scratch him. Luffy screamed as he ran out followed by an enraged flaming monkey warrior.

"ALRIGHT, KOBY!" Luffy cheered, patting his new friend on the back.

"Nice job, Max, Koby," Ashe said, "You got us to Shell Town easily."

"You guys really need to get a Navigator," Koby stated, "One of the vital components when traveling the seas is knowing your way around them."

"Whatever," Ash replied, waving Koby off.

"Let's get something to eat," Luffy said.

Koby sweatdropped.

"Are they…" Koby began.

"Sadly yes," Max sighed.

"Now that was great!" Luffy and Ash cheered.

"Indeed," Brook nodded, wiping the remains of food from his teeth, "Excuse me."

He burped. Everyone else in the tavern stared at the group in shock.

'IS THAT SKELETON ALIVE?!' Many thought, 'AND IT EATS AND BURPS?!'

"We'll go our separate ways here," Luffy said.

"Good luck with becoming Marines, you two," Franky said while giving them a thumbs-up.

"Here's some advice; when you fight, try thinking at the top of your head. Like my afro! SKULL JOOOKE!!!"

"SKELETON!" Franky roared, giving chase to the fleeing Yomi-Yomi no Mi consumer around the tavern.

"So what was that guy's name again?" Ash asked.

"I think it was Zoro," Luffy replied.

Instantly, everyone in the tavern screamed and ran to a corner, shaking in fear.

"Ix-nay of the Oro-Zay," Max whispered.

"I think the Marine Captain here is named Axe-Hand Morgan," Koby said.

Instantly, everyone in the tavern screamed in fear and ran to another corner, shaking in fear.

"Now that was fun!" Luffy laughed.

"Pikachu, I'm cutting you off," Ash said as he put the half-empty bottle of ketchup in his backpack.

"Pika, Pikachu?" (Why, Mister Floothy?)

"You're drunk from the ketchup."

"PI-PIKACHU!" (ME NO MONK!)

"I have a bad feeling about this…" Koby whimpered.

"Why?" Luffy asked.

"I can understand why they freaked when it came to Zoro," Koby said, "They think he'll escape and try to destroy the place."

"But…" Ash began.

"Why did they freak when you said 'Morgan?'" Max pondered.

They stopped in front of two large gates with the Marines symbol on it.

"Well…This is good-bye," Koby sniffled.

"Not good-bye, so to speak, but see you later," Brook said, "Who knows. Maybe one day you'll have a face as beautiful as mine! BUT I DON'T HAVE A FACE FOR I AM A SKELETON! SKULL JOOOKE!!!"

Franky chased Brook with a rusty pipe.

"I'm going to look for Zoro," Luffy said as he walked off.

"Same here," Ash added.

"Ah! Wait!" Koby and Max yelped, chasing the two.

"He could be deep inside of the base for all we know!" Max argued.

"Or he's right there," Luffy said, currently looking over the large wall with Monferno, "I think…"

The four looked at each other before getting up there as well. Koby and Max fell off in shock.

"What's wrong?" Luffy asked.

"The green harumaki…" Koby gulped.

"The black bandana…" Max paled.

"IT'S RORONOA ZORO!" both cried in fear.

Franky stopped chasing Brook and the two looked as well. In the middle of the courtyard was a cross. Tied up to it was a man around 19. He wore a white sleeveless vest with gold lining it. He had dark green pants, black boots, three gold earrings on his left hear, and two black belts with gold on them. On his neck was a pair of blue goggles. Green hair stuck out of the bottom of his black bandana, shading his eyes. He had two belts on his wait, one raising higher than the other on one side. Both were brown with gold lining them with one having the lower part of it having a gold design connecting it. He had dried blood on his body and outfit mixed in with dust and dirt. Pikachu and Monferno sniffed the air.

"Monferno…" (He smells like steel…)

"…Pi-Pikachu." (…Once you get past the smell of blood.)

"So he's Zoro, huh?" Ash asked.

"Those ropes look easy to break out of…" Luffy said.

Everyone heard something tap the wall. They turned to see a little girl climbing up a ladder. She shivered a little in fright from seeing Brook before making a sign that said for them to be quiet. She hopped over the wall and ran over to Zoro.

"Hey, what are you doing here?" Zoro asked.

"I made you some Oni-Giri, Nii-san," the girl replied, showing two pink rice balls, "They're my first ones. I hope you like them."

"I'm sure he will, Rika," a voice said.

The girl and Zoro flinched as they turned their heads to see a girl around nineteen walk up. Ash, Luffy, Franky, and Max's jaws fell while Brook's jaw fell on its hinges and landed on the ground in front of the wall. The woman wore a standard Marine outfit, the white shirt, blue pants, and white and blue hat. She had aquamarine eyes and her orange hair in a tiny tail on the left side of her head.

"Rika, why are you here?" the woman asked, "You know Zoro-chan isn't allowed to eat anything until he gets out."

"I'm sorry, Onee-chan," Rika apologized, "But these were the first ones I ever made and I wanted Nii-san and you to try them."

The woman giggled as she patted the girl on the head. Rika gave the woman the Oni-Giri and she hid them in a secret compartment in the cross Zoro was tied to.

"Sorry about doing this, Rika, but rules are rules," the woman said as she picked Rika up.

"That's okay, Onee-chan," Rika smiled.

She then tossed Rika over the wall from the spot she was standing at. Brook jumped in the air and caught Rika before landing on his feet.

"Good thing I'm just bones," Brook said, "Are you okay, little girl?"

Rika gave a small sound of fear as she shook like mad.

"So you know Onee-chan?" Rika asked as the group sat in a tavern.

"Yeah. She's the first friend I made when I went on a Pokemon Journey a few years back," Ash replied, "I kinda…well…"

"Ash and Pikachu destroyed her bike when they were running away from a flock of Spearow," Luffy, Brook, and Franky said.

"So why is Misty working here?" Max asked.

"You see…It's my fault Onee-chan and Nii-san are there," Rika said, "Captain Morgan's son was letting his ravenous wolf out. It attacked me and Nii-san and Onee-chan killed it with a sword and a hammer. Nii-san said he would go for a month without food and tied up while Nee-chan agreed to work there for a month in trade of the captain's son not telling his father to not kill anyone."

"The only bad guys here are Morgan and his son," Franky frowned.

"Everyone is afraid of going against Captain Morgan for risk of being killed," Rika said.

"Then Brooks had no problem," Ash joked.

"Who dares raises his head? I'll tell my daddy!!!" a voice laughed with a snort.

The group looked to see two Marines, one being Misty, and a man. He was a skinny and lanky-looking young man with light blond hair shaped like an oval on top of his head. He wore snappy violet colored uniforms with white shoes and a rubber band ring on his left.

"Do you wanna be like Roronoa Zoro?" the man asked, "I'm going publicly execute him in three days as an example of going against me and my daddy!"

"Why that no good…" Franky growled.

Ash and Luffy walked outside.

"Didn't you say you'd give Zoro a month before letting him and that girl on your left go?" Luffy asked, pointing at Misty.

'Ash? Luffy?' Misty pondered, 'They're here?'

"Oh please, that was just a lie," the man replied, puffing his cheeks as he laughed, "I'll let her go, but I'm still going to kill Zoro."

Luffy and Ash slammed their fists into his face, sending him into the wall of a building.

"YOU IDIOTS!" Misty barked, whacking the both of them on the head before whispering, "About time someone struck him."

"I'M TELLING MY DADDY ON YOU TWO!" the boy shouted.

The male Marine ran off, carrying a threat-shouting boy, with Misty, who secretly winked at the two.

"WHAT DID YOU TWO JUST DO?!" Franky demanded.

"I've made up my mind," Luffy replied, "Zoro and Misty will be our nakama."

Me: Next time, Luffy, Ash, and the crew invade the Military Base to rescue Zoro and Misty.