The girl giggled and brought her weapon next to Stormi's neck, since she was closest(and by now probably the most annoying in her eyes). In the light, it was quite clearly visible. The weapon was a double-sided axe. It had a blue, solid-steel handle and red blades with yellow tips. It's tip was gold and shaped like a heart. The weapon looked heavy, and the arm holding it up seemed skinny and fragile. How was she carrying it so freely? "Teehee~!" She giggled, turning a sharp edge of the blade just under Stormi's chin threateningly.

"Things could be a little more messy here than regular executions, which is why I took the liberty of finding such a good place to preform the job. No one can find us." Stormi held her snicker. "Funny. It seems you didn't plan to let us live anyways." She commented. The girl laughed some more. "Teeheehee! You're clever."

"I won't let..." The two looked back to see Rosie struggling to her feet, the medicine wearing off. Stormi looked at her, eyes wide with fear. "Don't! She has her beast who can easily kill you in an instant!" She warned, panicking. Rosie glanced back at her. "Are you underestimating me?" "You're cuffed and weak from anesthesia-" "So what? I have more than one fighting style, remember? So do you, even if you can't use it right now." She backed away, watching Rosie. Stormi felt herself bump into the axe's handle when she moved, and fixed her position so she didn't get killed yet. The assailant wasn't focused on he right now.

A growl rumbled behind Rosie, and she swung around to face a large, black nose poking out of the shadows. Still feeling a little wobbly from the anesthesia, she backed up a few steps, trying to prepare herself. The beast placed a white paw into the light, revealing long, sharp claws. Just one was larger than Rosie herself. The girl laughed. "Looks like Ignis wants to play." She cooed happily. Rosie grumbled in annoyance, Watching as the creature stepped into the light. What she didn't expect, even after seeing its massive paw, was it to be so huge. The cave must be much bigger than she first thought if that thing could fit in here. However, a thump and shaking of the roof told her the thing actually couldn't stand up here and was forced to crawl forward.

Rosie gulped, glaring at it. However, the sea-stone handcuffs were draining her strength, along with the remaining anesthesia. As she brought up a foot for a kick, just a few inches from the ground, she fell backwards, yelling as she landed on her handcuffs behind her back.

Stormi gasped. "Rosie! Stop!" She begged. If they died here...

~oO0Oo~

The crew along with Luffy's brother, Ace, made their way through the tunnel. Speeding up, they finally emerged into a larger cave...With three more tunnels attached to it. With a groan, Nami paused to examine the room. "Uhg, even more tunnels. Ace, did Rosie tell you any other directions?" She asked, looking at Ace. Luffy raced up to the three tunnels' entrances, looking excitedly at all of them. "Which one, which one?" He asked no one in particular. "Which one is the right one?" Despite having a smile on his face as he watched his little brother investigate the tunnels, Ace felt rather troubled by the situation like Nami. "No, unfortunately. Or at least I didn't hear them." He replied. Franky nodded, listening carefully. Suddenly he threw a thumbs-up to the others. "Yeah! Let's split up and go down all of 'em!" He decided. Luffy shot an awe-struck gaze at the shipwright, grinning.

"Ooh! Good idea! Yosh! Let's do that!" Luffy yelped happily. Zoro smirked. "This'll be interesting. We'll have to spread out our strengths so each group should have enough strength to at least survive any traps..." He remarked, voice a morbid tone. Usopp felt chills go through his spine. "THAT'S NOT A VERY HELPFUL THING TO SAY." "But he's right though." Robin pointed out.

"YOU'RE NOT HELPING!" Usopp snapped, face pale with fear. Sanji lit his cigar and glanced around the cave. "I would like to be on a team with Nami-san and Robin-chan." He commented. "Nothing will happen to them while I'm around."

"Except maybe rape." Zoro muttered. Sanji glared at him, running up and yelling in his face.

"OI! YOU THINK I'M LOW ENOUGH TO DO THAT YOU STUPID MARIMO?!"

Chopper's eyes glowed with excitement. "Can I go with you too, Sanji?" He asked cheerfully. Nami and Sanji were two of his favorite crewmates. Not that he didn't like any of his crewmates of course! They just seemed nicer to him sometimes...Just like Luffy, Franky, Usopp, Robin...Chopper realized that he 'favored' everyone in the crew. Sanji looked over at the reindeer who had spoken up.

"Sure. A doctor could come in handy; just in case." He agreed, smiling. His acceptance -As well as his detail in calling him a doctor- made Chopper happy enough to do a little shake that he tended to do whenever he got a compliment. Nami sighed. She supposed that this was a decently-evened group, strength distribution-wise. However they needed three groups, and there were nine of them. One wasn't even part of their crew. "We need three per group. So Sanji, Chopper and I make up the first group." Nami began. "Robin could be in a group with Franky and Zoro. Is that okay?" She was trying to spread out their strengths and weaknesses as much as she could. Sanji glared at Zoro. "If you try anything funny..."

"Baka! I'm not a pervert like you! I have something called honor and dignity!" Zoro snapped back. The two were quickly locked into an argument again, though no one paid attention. Ace did a little, curious as to what they were doing and if this was normal. Robin nodded in agreement. "That sounds fine, Nami." The navigator smiled. "Great! That just leaves Luffy, Ace, and Usopp for the third group." She responded. Usopp raised a hand. "Oi, doesn't that make our group a little stronger than the others? And by a little, I mean A LOT?" He asked. But Nami didn't look at him, already having the answer. "One of them will probably have to deal with you, and they work well together so it's fine." The sharpshooter felt himself sink to the ground in defeat. "Ah...O-okay." He hopped by Luffy's shoulder, who was too busy looking around to notice him. "Oi, Luffy, you'll protect me, won't y-"

"YOSH! LET'S GO!" Luffy demanded with a broad grin on his face. He didn't notice Usopp at all. In fact, he began marching off in the tunnel to the right with Ace as soon as he said "Go". "Oi! WAIT FOR ME!" Usopp yelped, running after them. Nami, Sanji, and Chopper gathered in a small triangle. Chopper sniffed the air curiously. "The left tunnel has really thick, moist air. Like it rained a lot in there some how, though I don't see any water." He reported. Sanji looked towards the middle tunnel. "What about that one?" "I can't smell anything down there, as if it's completely empty or even endless." Nami nodded, making a decision. "Let's go down the middle one then. Since I'm in this group, we should have the least chance at getting lost~" she remarked proudly. "Nami-san is so cute when she's confident~!" Sanji cooed. The group made their way into the middle tunnel. That left Zoro, Franky, and Robin for the tunnel on the left. Zoro yawned. "Well, let's go." He said, walking towards the tunnel. "Yes." Robin agreed. Franky simply shrugged and followed. That's what they get for choosing last: they didn't get a choice at all.

~oO0Oo~

"Rescue! Mission! We're gonna save our nakama~!" Ace and Luffy chanted, obviously enjoying their time together. Usopp was confused at first, but then remembered they didn't really get to do this that much, being part of different crew and all. Perhaps there was a few things about the two that were similar, aside from manners? That perked the sniper's personality. He studied the two a moment, noticing something after all. "Yosh. They have the same hair-color." he thought, nodding to himself. Ace laughed. "You don't change, bro!" He chuckled. Luffy gave him a playful punch in the arm. "Shut up! You didn't change either!" He laughed. "Rescue~! Mission~! We're gonna save our nakama~!"

"Though they aren't even my nakama." Ace commented. Luffy nodded in agreement. Usopp wondered what was going on. "What's that?" Luffy asked, pointing at something barely visible from the darkness ahead. Usopp and Ace followed his gaze and lifted an eyebrow each. "Dunno." "Hehe, let's go see what it is! Maybe we can eat it!" Luffy said, rushing towards it. Ace blinked and ran after him. "Oi, Luffy, you don't know what you're running at-" "AHH!" Luffy yowled in surprise as he suddenly felt the ground give way beneath him. "LUFFY!" Usopp gasped. But out of the darkness reached a hand, stretching from the abyss. "Help me out here, Usopp!" Ace ordered, grabbing Luffy by the hand and pulling back.

He was a little heavier than he expected, probably with that appetite of his...Not that Ace's was much better. Usopp nodded and quickly grabbed Luffy's arm as Ace pulled it up more, also pulling. Eventually, Luffy was up and panting, having sucked in air fast when he fell. Ace delivered a punch to his head, obviously a little irritated. "I told you to wait up!" He huffed. "Sorry." Usopp sighed, shaking his head. "Well, what was down there?" He asked, figuring Luffy might know since he fell down there.


Zoro paused, clicking his sword. He sensed something, the air suddenly uneven. What was that feeling of dread? Where was it coming from? It wasn't from him...he was perfectly fine. But the feeling was so strong, he felt like he could feel it in the air. The air itself was stiff and getting tough to breath. That's when he realized it. "Gas!" Zoro gasped, covering his mouth with his hand and coughing. The air had suddenly gotten much thicker and harder to breath as soon as he said that. Robin began to hoarsely cough and hack. Franky took out a gas mask from who knows where and put it on. He tossed one to Robin. He only had two; one was supposed to be a spare. Zoro had been spared of most o the gas, so he didn't need a mask anyways as he rushed backwards, Robin and Franky following fast.

Suddenly the ground gave way beneath them, something shooting up from the ground and entangling Robin and Franky. Zoro was ahead and didn't get caught. But he was without a mask...Yet the only one who seemed able to help them. What was even going on? They must have picked the wrong cave...Right? Robin struggled in the grip of the roots, trying to free herself. "Veinte Fleur~!" She murmured. Hands sprouted on the plant and began to strangle it like they were a second root, except these 'roots' were on their side. The vines crackled and hissed as they were ripped at little by little. There was only so much she could do.

"Weapons left!" Franky took his one free arm and unhooked the gun of a hand attached to it. Bullets shot out, piercing the roots of the odd plant-like thing coming from the ground. Soon, the two of them-Robin and Franky, obviously-we're free and breathing deeply into their masks. Robin was out of breath, so as she attempted to run Franky noticed how much slower she was. He was a cyborg so his stamina was basically limitless as long as his cola was also. He ran forward, grabbing around her waist so he could easily pick her up without hurting her as he rushed by, trying to catch up with Zoro. Robin made a note to remember to thank him later. Up ahead, out of the gas, Franky skidded to a stop. Zoro was lying, panting and bleeding from the mouth, on the ground.

~oO0Oo~

Nami sighed, trying to ignore the fact that Sanji was so close to her, looking at her with that stupid look that he was breathing down her neck. She doubted he did it in purpose but seriously, ever heard of personal space?! Honestly, his desperation was pathetic. Chopper sniffed the air. Nothing, no scent, just emptiness. Hopefully Nami knew what she was doing, because he had no idea where they were going. Sanji paused suddenly, looking behind them. "Oi. Show yourself." He called out calmly, though his eyes held an intimidating glare.

Nami and Chopper spun around and followed the cook's gaze. It was too dark. What was he looking at..? "Sanji, what's wrong?" Nami asked. Sanji clenched his fist. "Something's there." He warned. Chopper's eyes widened and he hopped in front of Nami, turning into his human-form. "He's right! I smell someone." He growled.

A low rumble sounded in the hall, and the ground shook slightly. Nami pulled out her ClimaTact, stepping closer to her comrades. Chopper and Sanji stood at an angle from each other, not quite back-to-back but still a defensive position. "Sanji..." Chopper murmured, clenching his teeth together, eyes looking terrified all of the sudden. Sanji looked at him, confused. "What?"

"The ground...The thing is under the ground..." "What..?" "THE GROUND IS HOLLOW." The floor gave way, and Nami screamed in terror. Chopper let out a yelp as well, while Sanji quickly swam through the air over to Nami and grabbed her. "Hang on to me, Nami-san!" In a situation like this, she didn't need to be told twice.

"Rumble Ball!" "Guard Point!"

Chopper fluffed up into a huge, defensive ball of fur and ducked down under his nakama. The three fell into another room, Nami and Sanji landing safely on Chopper's cushion of a pelt. The reindeer was unaffected, the fluff being his defensive point. In other words, it didn't hurt to fall that far or get landed on. "Everyone alright..?" Chopper asked, turning into his human form just in case enemies were near by. Plus his three minutes weren't up, even though his human form didn't apply to that. "I think so..." Nami sighed.

"Thank you, Chopper." "Stupid! Even if you say that, it won't make me happy~!" Chopper sang cheerfully. He sure looked happy... Sanji however, was focused on the room they were in. He looked around, lighting his cigar and exhaling a bit of smoke. "Chopper, didn't you say that thing was down here...?" He asked quietly. A deep, loud growl rumbled behind them.

~oO0Oo~

"ROSIE!" The beast's gaping jaws lingered over a shivering Rosie, though she forced a grin. "I hope I give you a terrible stomach ache!" She snapped. Stormi shook violently, writhing on the floor but taking a break every few seconds because of the handcuffs. She did NOT want them on her.

All the while, that stupid assassin watched and laughed. An annoying, high-pitched laugh like that of some bratty school-girl. It made Stormi even more pissed. Suddenly she stopped writhing, slowly sitting up and putting her wrists on the ground. Had she calmed down? No. She wanted to kick ass. And once being part of Blackbeard's crew, she actually learned something. How could she forget? How could she forget that she knew how to get out of these things?

Rosie snarled back at the beast as its jaws dove at her. Was this the end...? The beast had something slam into its jaw, a sickening crack echoing in the cave. The assassin yelped, stomping her foot. "How dare you hurt Ignis?!" She snapped. Stormi's empty handcuffed lie on the ground, propped gently up, barely balanced on their side. Rosie grinned, seeing what she did. Stormi laughed, torturing poor Ignis by repeatedly slamming into him, spiking him over and over until he was yelping like a kitten. "This is what you get for trying to eat me!" Rosie balanced the cuffs. This assassin girl was skilled, but probably new at the job, because she only tightened the cuffs enough to go around their wrists where they couldn't fit their hands out. But they could still balance the cuffs on the ground so their wrists weren't touching them. This way, she could transform into air...

WHOOSH. Into the air. ...and slip easily out of the cuffs without having to open them. If you're going to put these on them, you better put them on tight. "Going easy on us...Either she's stupid and cocky or is simply pitying us because we're girls" Rosie thought with a growl. "Don't you dare underestimate pirates from the beard-crews!" Stormi laughed, glaring down at Ignis, who lay whimpering on the ground. Rosie had cornered the assassin girl, and could see her in the light now. Blue pigtails, a big lime-colored ribbon, too much lipstick and eye shadow. Was this seriously supposed to be their assailant? "You two...Just surrender quietly or else-"

"Or else what?" Rosie snapped, interrupting the girl. The girl began to cry. But what was weird was the fact that it seemed to echo oddly. Rosie couldn't hear it, but Stormi could as she went into wolf form. It didn't take long for Rosie to notice and change too in order to listen. Was that the sound of bats coming? Rosie's eyes widened. "Guard your hair!" Wasn't there a rumor about bats always going for your hair? Just to be safe, she put on a protective "bubble" of wind that flowed around her and moved with her. Stormi just rolled her eyes an waited. The bats came swarming in towards them. Ignis roared, as if the cry from the girl had woken him from a trance. He slammed a harsh claw on the ground, surprising Stormi and making her tumble over.

Before she could get up, Ignis jabbed a claw through her leg. Stormi let out a blood-curdling scream, which suddenly turned into a snarl. A harsh snarl. The kind she did when she got pissed. Rosie blinked and swung around, horrified to see her friend's leg so badly wounded. But she was more afraid of the fact that she seemed to be getting really angry again. Unlike herself, Stormi had trouble controlling her devil fruit, since she always used it to its minor abilities only.

When she got too angry, she had absolutely no control, and the damage that is dealt to the area and anyone in it can be pretty bad depending on what she does. Hopefully it didn't come to that... Telling her to "calm down" or something would just make her angrier, so Rosie didn't comment and instead glared back around at the assailant. "You better beg for mercy now!"

The assailant smirked suddenly. "I find it funny how you're underestimating us." She murmured. Rosie blinked, confused. She had thought they'd send someone stronger and was surprised to see this girl cowering away from them. The fact that she was trying to be all bad-ass now didn't surprise her at all. "When did I underestimate you?" She huffed. "I'm simply taking advantage of the fact that you can't beat us. YOU made the mistake of underestimating US." The girl rolled her eyes. "I'll have you know I went easy on you with the cuffs on purpose to see if you were as clever as they said. I have a devil fruit power too, friend..." "Don't call me your friend." Rosie snapped. This bitch had a devil fruit power?

This made her a little anxious, but she pushed the thought away for now. "I have the Ekōrokēshon Ekōrokēshon no mi. My yell attracted bats and other creatures who use echo location. That goes for Ignis too...I ordered them to kill." The girl said, giggling. Rosie grimaced. Bats were quick and stubborn when attacking prey; you could hit them through the air all you want and unless you kill them, calm them down, or knock them out some how they refuse to stop flying and biting, flying and biting. Plus they fought in big groups... Stormi yelped as bats swarmed around her. She ducked down as a shadow slinking fast across the ground, so the bats had no idea where to go after her. They went towards Rosie instead.

"Oops. Sorry Rosie" Stormi thought, poker-facing. She turned to Ignis, just to see him roar in her face. Yelling in her face wasn't a nice thing to do, or in anyone's face if you wanted to be technical. "FUCK YOU!" Stormi roared back, a large spike shooting out and locking one of Ignis's paws to the ground. He snarled in rage and flailed around, causing the wound to stretch more since the spike curved...In other words, he couldn't get it off unless he unfocused Stormi so it would disappear. He swatted a huge claw at her, but she leaped out of the way just in time. "Damn you!" she thought angrily, transforming into wolf form.

"SHUT YOUR STUPID MOUTH" she let out a low growl and raised her tail, going still. Rosie leaped out of the way as the bats swarmed towards her. "Uhg. This'll make things annoying." she thought. As soon as she turned, she gasped an ducked just barely in time as a poisoned dagger shot above her head through the air. Poison? Well, she hadn't expected that. "Hahaha, how cute. They want to play." The assassin giggled. "Oh and I'm Aris. Nice to meet you, Sky Hunter Rosie." She cooed, bringing up several hooked daggers in her hands. Rosie snickered.

"I have enough experience to know how to avoid daggers, Aris. Stormi uses them." "Well, let's see how good you are now. Since your bounty will be returning soon, we'll need to know if you're still as dangerous...Go ahead and kill me if you can~!" Rosie snarled and raced forward. Her agility is excellent, as she always preferred close-combat fighting. As Aris reeled back, Rosie flipped in the air, landing behind her and swinging around, slamming a fist into Aris's pressure-point, just by her neck.

"Pressure Strike!" Aris yelped, recoiling forward. She grabbed her shoulder-bone and groaned. While she was distracted, Rosie ran at her again. She didn't expect Aris to recover so quickly. "Voice Scythe!" Aris screamed, the waves of echo location so high pitched that Rosie had to cover her ears. The bats swarmed towards her again, knocking her over and biting her while she was distracted. She let out a screech, which droned out into a snarl as she transformed into a wolf and bit threateningly at the bats, making them let go of her. "Breaking Jab!" Out of the mob of bats she shot forward, driving her front claws through the air.

But Aris wasn't where she thought she was, and her claws landed on ground. "Acidic Level 1" Her eyes blanked for a moment as pain blinded her for a heartbeat. Two daggers cut into her back. They had poison on them and were hooked. Rosie screamed. Aris was faster than she thought. She fell to the ground, twitching. The poison wasn't deadly, thank goodness, but it did paralyze her. She slowly rolled her eyes over to glare at Aris, who laughed as bats slowly made their way towards her. So she was right: Rosie had underestimated her...or had she. With a grin, Rosie watched as a sliver of wind sliced through the air, blowing the bats away and hitting Aris head on. "Scythe Storm." Rosie whispered. The wind broke into several slashes of harsh, sword-like attacks flying into the assassin on contact. Blood spattered from many new wounds on Aris, who was silently gaping as pain burned through her.

She fell to the ground, panting as it finally ended. The bats had flown off, sense having been literally knocked into them. The move was one of Rosie's stronger ones, and took a little more energy than her basically effortless attacks like Breaking Jab. This normally wouldn't seem to affect her at all, but the paralysis made her tired easily, even from using one measly, mildly-strong attack. She smiled, turning back into human form. She could now move her hands and feet, so she lay there calmly, then tilted her head back to see what Stormi was doing. Things had seemed quiet over there. Her eyes widened. She trembled. What was that idiot doing?! Didn't she know that was dangerous..? "Baka..." Rosie grumbled in annoyance, attempting to shake the paralysis off faster so she could back up and not get hit by a wave of rubble. Stormi was standing silently on the ground as a wolf, all four feet completely still. Her shadow had been covered with a dark, black wave that caused it to seemingly move. The shadow was moving.

It was coming out of the ground. A dark shadow that meant nothing but destruction. Ignis was snarling at her, ready to pounce. Between its legs was Stormi, controlling its movement. It was about two-thirds the size of Ignis, but terrifying nonetheless. It was just a little transparent, and was a jet-black with glowing white eyes. It looked like a giant 3-D shadow that had risen from the ground to come to life...Which it basically was. It had three heads. It had a long, scaly tail and chain-like drapes over its necks. It looked like a monster-dog. It was some kind of shadow-Cerberus. "Hell Card." The Cerberus rampaged, Stormi controlling its center, the ground shook as it leaped at Ignis, bowling him over and tearing sharp, fast fangs into his neck and shaking him like a rattle. The tiger-like thing's neck began to tear, Ignis's eyes growing cloudy, his voice uttering faint whimpers.

But Stormi would not stop. "Baka..." Rosie thought again, scooting into the shadows. If that thing spotted her she had no idea what it would do or if Stormi could control her own anger in this state. Though she was strong, if her friend didn't limit things like this, she could get herself hurt bad... Stormi, or Cerberus-Stormi, was sending fur and skin and blood in all directions. For a moment Rosie swore she saw some kind of intestinal vein being thrown back in her direction...gross. When it was finally over, she couldn't even recognize Ignis as an animal even more...Even the ground had been torn up a little around them, simply from 'Cerberus' stomping around. Speaking of which, Shadow Cerberus had disappeared and Stormi was left on the ground, breathing heavily. She was in human form, her clothes a little torn and a small stream of blood dribbling from her mouth.

That move put herself in danger too...But it was better than that other move of hers, the one even Rosie feared. She didn't want to think about it. They both lie tired on the floor, and once again Rosie whispered "Thank Goodness" to the fact that the daggers hadn't been deadly. She had pulled them out earlier, having to be very careful with all the stomping going on and because the daggers were hooked. At least they weren't barbed. She looked over at Aris. What a stupid choice for an assassin- Aris was gone. Nothing but a pool of blood lay in her place. She must have fled, and Rosie couldn't blame her since this was probably the first time she's seen one of Stormi's little "preformances". Baka. Baka Baka Baka. Exhausted, Rosie lay quietly on the floor and fell asleep, still bleeding in the back kind of heavily...If she died here, then well, she was kind of prepared for it.

~oO0Oo~

Luffy cracked his knuckles. "Why didn't I think of it earlier? We could just bust the place up and find them a lot easier, right?" He replied, a mischievous glint in his eyes. Ace shook his head, smiling. "We'd be at risk of the whole place collapsing." He warned. "We only need to bust up the floor." Luffy huffed. Usopp cringed. They weren't actually thinking about doing this, were they? He gulped. By the look on his captain's face, it seemed so. Once Luffy makes a decision, there was no stopping him. Luffy reeled back his arms. "Gomu Gomu No..." He released the pressure on them and they shot forward like a rain of bullets. "...GATTLING GUN!" The floor shook and shattered, hollow.

He figured something was down there, and he assumed there was no other wolves to howl like that...Though it was a weird howl. Could wolves do that, or was there some other monster here? Ace and Luffy landed easily on the floor of the cave that had been below them. Usopp fell and groaned as he hit the ground hard. Dust rose from the impact.

As it cleared, the brothers looked around, wondering where they were at. Usopp got up and looked as well, it was so dark in here. That's when he saw her. Ace gasped and pointed at Rosie, lying in a pool of blood. She seemed unconscious. She wasn't dead...Was she..?! He raced over and crouched by her side, shaking her gently. "Oi, wake up." He pressed. "Wake up! I'm not done talking to you! You can't die now!" Rosie mumbled something and twitched. Her green eye slowly opened and recognized Ace quickly. She looked behind him and saw Usopp and Luffy running over.

"Cr...Crap. I forgot I was bleeding." She sighed. "HOW DO YOU FORGET SOMETHING LIKE THAT?" Usopp objected, raising his hand. "Oi Oi, you're losing a lot of blood." Luffy commented. "No shit." Luffy suddenly remembered that Stormi should be here too. He turned to Ace and Usopp. "Usopp, try to call for Chopper. He should hear you." Chopper had good hearing, plus Luffy had heard things from above this cave, so he figured they would too. Luffy glanced at his brother but said nothing, simply nodded. "I'm going to find Stormi." He told him. Ace nodded. "I'll help Rosie until that reindeer gets here." Rosie grimaced, reaching out a hand and grabbing Luffy. "Take it easy." Ace warned. Luffy looked back at her.

"Stormi is...over there." She murmured, letting of and pointing to a figure lying on the floor nearby. They hadn't seen her at first glance because it was so dark over there. Luffy nodded and ran towards Stormi. Ace sighed and ripped off a piece of the cloth around his waist. He gently pushed Rosie over on her side, which caused the blood flow to speed up a little. He quickly pressed the cloth to her back to try and stop the bleeding. Rosie squeaked in pain, not expecting it. For a moment she wondered why he didn't just use her scarf.

"Chopper! Nami! Sanji!" Usopp called out, hoping at least one of them would hear. "Come down here! We found them! Chopper! Nami! Sanji!" Luffy knelt down by Stormi and looked over at her face to see if she was conscious. Nope. He poked her shoulder. No response. He grumbled, frowning. She wasn't dead, he knew that. She wasn't allowed to be dead. He wouldn't allow it, not when they had only just joined and got started on their adventure with them. He was a little skeptical about the blood stream coming from her mouth and nose.

Her leg seemed badly wounded and was lying in its own puddle. A big puddle at that. Luffy made a fist and gave a harmless, gentle punch to her shoulder. "Oi! Wake up! You can't die yet! I already decided you'd be our nakama! Rosie too!" He pouted. Ace and Usopp glanced over, wondering what he was talking about. Rosie cringed and forced herself to sit up. It hurt and Ace had to support her with his arm to keep her from falling down again. "I said take it eas-" "STORMI! YOU IDIOT!" Rosie snarled in annoyance. "Look what you did! You let your anger get the better of you! Do you think...After all the trouble they went through to come save us...That you can just die now?!" Luffy and Ace didn't look up, just waited.

Usopp on the other hand, was watching in shock. "Baka! Get up! I want you to apologize! GET UP!" Stormi remained silent. Rosie clenched her fists and banged one of the ground. "You...You said you wanted to be a pirate again. But you can't do that if you keep doing things like this whole your injured so badly! Look at your leg! Look at me! I barely got a scratch-" Rosie flinched as her back stung as a reminder of her own bad wound. She ignored it and leaned back. Ace held her shoulders steady so she didn't fall. "...But I beat my opponent. You're too reckless. How can you be a pirate if you're going to throw your life away every battle?!" "SHUT UP." Luffy snapped, glaring at her. Ace watched him with a look of warning in his eyes. Rosie was injured too. Best not to rile her up. "Pirates can be weak or strong, but a true pirate isn't afraid of death! She won't die! You hear me?! SHE WONT DIE!" Luffy yelled back. Rosie stared at him, wide-eyed.

Stormi twitched and looked up at the ceiling. Luffy swung around in surprise. "Hey...I'm not gonna die if you don't. How would that be fair if I did?" Stormi huffed, a smirk on her face as she glared back at Rosie. Rosie slowly grinned. "You bitch..." "Asshole." The two laughed quietly, coughing a little. Blood spurted out of wounds. Luffy, Ace, and Usopp smiled. Suddenly they heard a yell above them. "OI! WHAT'RE YOU GUYS DOING DOWN THERE?" It was Chopper.