Color Symbols: Purple is for love, romance, and deep friendship.
Blue is happy, content, loyal.
Light green is nervous, worried.
Dark green is envious.
Orange is shock, surprised, amazed, confused.
Yellow is playful, mischievous, sneaky, excited.
Pink is affection, warmth, protection.
Red is anger, frustration, annoyance.
Blood red is hatred, bloodlust, fierce anger.
Black is usually very negative emotions like depression and a very dark kind of anger.
Grey is loneliness, sadness, shame, fear.
White is purity
Disclaimer: If I owned One Piece it would be very spastic and as if everyone was on permanent sugar high. And every one would do random shit. So basically it would be a normal day at school for me. XD
Warnings: Yaoi, angst, cursing, somewhat smarter Luffy, maybe some spoilers for episodes or movies.
"Talking"
'Thinking'
Luffy's memories
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XxXxXxXx = Scene Change in memories
Inumaru12: OMG! I AM SO SORRY!!!! (Hides behind shield) I'm so sorry, you have no idea. I feel so bad for neglecting this but I have had so much writer's block for this chapter so if it's crappy I am sorry. So yeah, I have been a bad authoress. Go ahead and pelt me with blunt objects, I deserve it.
So onward with the story, there aren't many chapters left! Please review.
Infractus Mens, Convulsus Monumentum
Chapter7: One By One
The silence was deafening after Nami's statement.
"B-But how?!?" Sanji stuttered as he looked up from the distraught reindeer.
"I dunno!" Said Nami, pulling her hair in frustration. She was near tears. She didn't understand how this could happen. First Luffy, now Usopp. She couldn't lose them, not now. They still needed to fulfill their dreams. The navigator felt her self shake, her resolve start to break and crumble. She felt an arm encircle her and hold her in a strong and comforting embrace. She looked up and saw Shanks staring at her with a sad smile.
"Don't worry red, we'll figure this out." He said in a soothing tone. Nami nodded and collected her self before looking back to her Nakama. They had all looked away to give her some privacy.
"Okay then! What are we standing around for? We need to keep moving!" She said. Everyone nodded except for Chopper who was still where Usopp had been.
"Doctor-san?"
Chopper looked up and saw Robin looking at him with concerned eyes.
"We have to move on, Doctor-San." She said, a sad look in her eyes.
"B-but Usopp…How will we get him back?" He sniffed.
"We need to find that bitch and force her to fix this." Zoro growled.
Robin picked up Chopper and then they made their way down the hallway with Shanks in the front (because if it was Zoro leading it would take them forever to find where they needed to go.)
"What about all these doors?" Sanji asked, motioning to the many doors on the sides of them as they walked on.
"We'll figure out what to do with the doors later." Ace said. "First we need to find the girl."
"Wha-" Whatever Sanji was about to say was interrupted as three red orbs came flying down the hall. They seemed to be heading towards Nami. Sanji, without another thought in his head except of protecting Nami, jumped in the way of the orbs. With forced them to go straight into him, racking his body with pain.
"Sanji-kun!" Screamed Nami.
Before Sanji completely disappeared, he turned around and mouthed something to Nami. She knew exactly what he said and because of that felt her eyes began to prickle.
She was standing there, frozen. She was running over the words that Sanji had mouthed to her before he disappeared so she didn't noticed when three more orbs appeared, speedily making their way to the group of pirates.
"Come on Nami! We need to go!" Zoro said, pulling her arm. She whipped her head and looked to him.
"Did you know?" She asked him. "Did you know that Sanji loved me?"
"Who didn't know? He's been in love with you the moment he met you." Zoro said.
"No, I don't mean the flirting or anything but really truly in love with me! Did you know? Who else knows?" Nami needed to know.
Zoro looked at her, his face was blank and it made Nami fidget slightly.
"Luffy knows," He refused to use Luffy's name in past tense. "That's why he put you two in a group when we explored islands so often because he knew that Sanji would protect you no matter what."
Nami shook lightly, and found it difficult to swallow. The swordsman sighed almost silently knowing that she was going to be difficult.
"Come on Nami," He said in an uncharacteristic soft voice. "We need to go, now." He pulled her arm gently. Nami didn't budge.
"B-But Sanji…" She stuttered out.
"Nami," Zoro's voice got suddenly harsh. "Don't let Sanji's sacrifice go in vain. He wouldn't want to waste his life just to find that you let your self be killed or whatever the fuck happened to him happen to you! We need to go and find that traitorous bitch and she might have a way to bring him and Usopp back!"
Nami's eyes were wide and then narrowed with determination. She nodded to Zoro and then pulled him back to the rest of the group.
"Let's go." She said, and they all took off running.
The red orbs were behind them and were catching up fast. The hallway seemed to go on forever as they continued past multiple colored doors and they seemed to be getting nowhere fast. Suddenly the three orbs separated from hovering around each other and began to circle above Robin.
"Robin, look out!" yelled Chopper. The doctor suddenly saw Usopp withering in pain and Sanji's untimely confession. Chopper sped up a bit in his speed form and then pushed Robin out of the way, hoping that she wouldn't be too mad that he pushed her.
His plan worked though. Instead of the orbs focusing on Robin, they were now focused on him. He quickly tried to think up another plan to get him self out of this mess when suddenly he got it.
The doctor waited until the orbs were speeding fast around him and then as soon as they were about to run into him he changed back into his small form. The orbs missed him and ran into each other, becoming one. Chopper quickly rolled away from it and ran away from it. The orb seemed almost confused. It hovered where Chopper had been and began to glow brightly and shake until it broke apart into three again. It flew off to try and capture its lost prey.
Robin, who had gotten up from the floor and was running beside Chopper looked at Chopper.
"Thank you Doctor-san." She said, and smiled at him. Chopper gave a brief smile back before groaning.
"Here we go again!" He complained.
The reindeer got ready for the orbs again. They spun around him like a out-of-control carousal and just as he was about be capture he changed into his small form again.
But it didn't work.
The orbs suddenly went downward seconds before they were about to touch and rammed themselves into Chopper, causing him to spasm in pain.
"NO! Doctor-San!" Robin yelled. She swallowed and although it pained her to admit it there was nothing she could do. So as the reindeer's body began to disappear she turned and ran as hard and fast as she could.
Now there was only five.
"Look!" Nami shouted. "That's got to be it!" They didn't know what 'it' was but they just knew it had to be important.
A little far off there was a big door. It was pure white with stain glass on it. (Think Kingdom Hearts) Suddenly, even more of the red orbs appeared, surrounding them. They made a dive at all of them. Zoro tucked himself in and rolled out of the way while the others dodged as much as they could.
On instinct alone, Robin raised her arm and used her hana-hana fruit to smack the orb away. Amazingly enough, it worked on getting the orb away from her…and getting all of the orb's attention on her. They flew at her in a rapid pace, circling her like a predator. The dark haired historian raised her arms and more arms appeared before they swatted at the orbs like they were flies.
Some of the orbs were destroyed on impact; the others simply shook themselves and get back in the game, coming at her with an even more vigor. Suddenly, one made it around her defense of many, many hands and threw its self into her shoulder, making her step back in pain. The other orbs, seeing their chance, did their own form of blitzkrieg and attack merciless.
Robin screamed in agony. She had never felt pain like this before. She was in so much pain she didn't hear Nami call her name, and as she faded away all she could feel was the pulsating pain and then nothing.
With tears in her eyes and anger and hatred in her heart, Nami continued forward towards the door with Zoro, Ace, and Shanks. She hated that all she could do was watch as her Nakama were taken down, one by one in front of her. Was this how Luffy felt when he watched Baron take them all one by one? If it was, then she forgave him for never telling them. It was just too much to take. As she was running she tripped and as she went down, she cursed the stilettos she wore.
Zoro stopped when he heard the red haired woman curse. He turned and saw her picking her self up when the demon orbs reached her. They thrusted themselves into Nami's back like a rusty knife. The swordsman watched as her eyes widened with fear and then those eyes were filled with acceptance. She knew this was her fate and she welcomed it. Maybe she would be able to see Sanji in the next life and tell him how she really felt for him. Her only regret was that she wasn't able to help Zoro get Luffy back to normal.
Zoro swore as the last of his Nakama was gone. Now only three were left.
The door was right there, they had almost made it when suddenly there were thousands of those red orbs. How many could that girl sprout out?!? As Zoro gritted his teeth and got ready for the fight of their lives, while Ace and Shanks looked at each other and shared a look. Shanks nodded slightly and Ace understood. The elder D. pushed Zoro forward, towards the door.
"What are you doing?!?" The swordsman questioned.
"We'll hold them off and watch your back. Just go do what you have to do to save Luffy!" Ace shouted as he put his hand out and shot at an orb as if his hand was a hand gun and shot with deadly precision and hit the orb with a shot of fire.
The mera-mera fruit eater and the emperor stood back to back, ready to attack those orbs. Shanks' sword was out in his hand and a serious look in his eyes and Ace's hand was quickly becoming fire.
"Don't worry about us lad," Shanks said as he saw the concern flash in Zoro's hawk like eyes. "We can take care of our selves. Just go do what Ace said and try to find a way to help anchor."
Zoro nodded and ran to the door. As he reached the door that was about a foot taller then him he pushed open the door and took one look back. The two seemed to be in okay shape but as he opened the door and went inside, he failed to notice that not even they could take all of the strange orbs, no matter how strong they were or what kind of devil's fruit they had. As the first mate disappeared through the door, he never saw the two men pelted with orbs.
The light flashed and swallowed the green haired man, and he was then gone from the hallway.
(A/N: I was so tempted to end it here and then make the next part the next chapter but just decided to add them together since you guys would probably kill me.)
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Yoniko smirked as one by one of the pirates were taken down. She was so preoccupied with watching Fire Fist Ace and "Red Haired" Shanks' demise that she didn't notice when the green haired swordsman had disappeared. She smirked again, but this time more arrogantly.
She shooed the big red orb away from which she was watching the pirates with and looked around the room. She was in a giant room that served as Luffy's main memory room. The ceiling was high above her with many columns which held empty spots which swirled around like spiraling staircases. In the middle of the room was a giant white orb, glowing with power. She knew that this was the real way to have the Straw Hat's memories set in stone but she wasn't saying anything.
She looked at the man in question and watched for a moment as Luffy floated in suspended animation. He had a pain filled look on his face and his fists were clenched. Yoniko narrowed her eyes and huffed in aggravation. No matter how many orbs she put in him he still wouldn't break! He couldn't have any memories of his Nakama left, so why was he so adamant about not giving in? It would be so much easier if he did, then the girl could use him and his freakish powers to get anything she wanted. But of course, she didn't realize that Zoro had not been captured and erased by her orbs and that Luffy knowing that Zoro existed was more then enough for him to keep fighting.
Luffy was confused though. As he watched his memories, he knew that people were missing but he didn't know who. He saw either Zoro or himself talking as if to other people but there was no one there even though it felt like there should be people there. His heart clenched tightly. He wanted to know who those people were, their names were on the tips of his tongues but he couldn't get them out. Even more then that, he wanted Zoro to be here with him. He knew if his first mate was here, the pain would go away. He had a feeling though, that he would be here to help him soon. That feeling caused a small smile to grace Luffy's handsome face.
The long haired girl frowned. Why in the world was the monster like boy smiling? Was he happy this was happening to him? She shook her head, thinking that he was even more messed up then she thought, and went back to work of trying to make him break. She never noticed when the swordsman was sneaking up behind her.
Zoro saw red when he saw Luffy floating in what seemed like a bubble thing, twitching furiously in pain. He wanted nothing more then to go over to the girl and cut her head off for hurting his captain, but then where would he be? He would have no idea how to save Luffy or even the others. So he skillfully drawled his sword and snuck up on the girl. He put the sword to the front of her neck. He kept his face impassive while the girl stiffened and let out a small gasp of fear.
"Now, I'm fucking tired of all these games you've played. I want whatever you did to my friends and Luffy undone. Now." He growled out menacingly.
The girl shook slightly. "H-how? How did you not get captured like everyone else?" She asked weakly. Yoniko cursed her self mentally. How come she hadn't looked more into it when she hadn't seen him captured? That was a foolish mistake!
"Shanks and Ace held off the orbs while I got here." Zoro answered, pushing his Wadou closer to her throat. A thin line of blood prickled at her neck, making her even more nervous then before.
"Now, you'll tell me how to fix Luffy and how to get back the others. I told you before; I have no qualms about hitting a girl." Zoro hissed. Yoniko nodded, fear for her life in her eyes.
"Y-You have to touch the white orb in the middle of the room and focus on what you want him to remember. If you want him to remember everything, just think of that." She said, stuttering at first.
Zoro narrowed his eyes, not trusting her after everything. He pushed Yoniko to make her move and she got the idea. She moved slowly over to the orb, a little too slowly for Zoro's taste. So when he growled and pushed the sword's edge harder against her throat, she got the hint and moved faster.
They stood at the orb, albeit a tad awkward. Zoro used the hand that wasn't holding his sword against the girl's throat and put it against the white orb. The orb glowed a bright white before dimming down again and was warm to the touch. His eyes went to Luffy, unsure if what he was about to do was going to be the right thing. When he saw his captain, his heart winched. There was a red current around Luffy and it was obviously causing him pain. He wished that he wasn't in pain, that he could make it stop and suddenly the orb grew warm under his hand again, and the red current was gone. Along with Luffy's pain.
Maybe, the girl was telling the truth about this about this white orb after all. But that didn't mean he was going to trust her anytime soon. Just as he was about to try and give the orb another shot, Yoniko moved. She threw her self away from the sword and ducked and rolled out of the way from him. Zoro cursed for letting himself get distracted and pulled out his other two swords.
The girl just smirked and pulled out a weapon of her own that was hidden under her shirt. With a flick of her wrist her whip grabbed hold of Zoro's own wrist and with a strong pull backwards she made Zoro fly through the air. The swordsman landed expertly into a roll and was soon on his feet again.
Yoniko sneered at Zoro and sent out three orbs and they were immediately drawn to Zoro. The swordsman wasted no time in taking his swords and cutting through the orbs. It was amazingly affective and soon those three orbs were no more, only making the teenage girl even angrier. A stray thought entered Zoro's mind and he mused that she looked like an angry cat.
Suddenly she started creating even more orbs at an alarming rate. Soon there were too many to count, and they formed a giant wall. The girl grinned a maddening grin and had sweat pouring down her face as she breathed harshly with an unhealthy gleam in her eyes-Signs of a last desperate attempt.
"Let's see you try and survive this!" She yelled. As she waved her arms downward and the orbs followed her command and went straight towards Zoro.
Zoro, of course, got ready for hell and prepared for this. Just as they were about to be on him, Zoro let out his special attack.
"THREE THOUSAND WORLDS!!!"
In a wave of red orbs that came crashing down on Zoro, not even one hit him. He had destroyed all of them with his three sword style secret attack and only Yoniko and himself were left.
"I-impossible." The girl who caused all of this to happen, breathed. Right after that she keeled over from exhaustion.
Zoro walked over slowly and kicked her in the side, seeing if she was really asleep. Yep, she was out cold he figured as he had smacked her with the side of his sword. He still didn't trust her so he took off her coat that she was wearing and tied her hands up with it behind her and threw her whip far away from her. With that finished he made his way back over to the giant white orb, but went around it so he could see Yoniko from where he was.
He put his hand against the warm orb again and felt the familiar warmness. He thought clearly of what he wanted it to do, thinking that he wanted all of Luffy's memories restored and everyone else restored also. Suddenly the big door that he came through opened and a bunch of small white orbs came through, Luffy's memories, and went straight into Luffy. They all continued to go into his captain until there were no more left. Was that it? Was everything over with now? Zoro wondered and hoped it was all over.
Suddenly, a bright light blinded him and when he was able to see again he saw that there was now a door in front of him. Unlike all of the doors that he had gone through before, this one was purely one color.
The door was completely purple.
Zoro felt the door wanted him to go into it, like it was here for him. So Zoro stepped forward and touched the door with a tad bit of hesitation. As soon as he touched it, the door opened and he was surrounded in light and then was gone.
TBC
Inu: Wow. That was a REALLY hard chapter for me to do. I know it's a lot shorter then all of my other chapters and I'm sorry but I tried my best. This was probably my second ever fighting scene. My first one was a Danny Phantom one and that one was actually not that bad. This one was kind of ridiculously easy though. I'm sure someone is going to say that "Oh, even for a weak girl like Yoniko, she went down too easy." Right?
Well think of it, Yoniko is the kind of girl who got everything she ever wanted when she was little and so she never wanted to work for it. So she didn't really train much/at all so when her servants died she was suddenly forced to have to figure things out on her own. Zoro is so much stronger then her in the first place since he trains everyday ever since he was a child. Yoniko also expels those orbs from her body which causes her to have to use a little bit of her energy, so after creating a lot for the SH and then a huge wave of orbs to take care of Zoro, she ran out of juice and passed out. So that's why.
NEXT CHAPTER!!! There will be yaoi. (If you don't know what the significance of purple on the door means then go look at the chart on the top, that's what it's there for.) Just to let you know. It might not be as much as you guys want but I'll try to do my best. Please, review and don't kill me!
Oh, btw, next chapter is the last chapter! Thank you guys so much for sticking with me even though I've been a horrible authoress and made you guys wait for months. You guys are so awesome. Ja!
Inumaru12
