disclaimer: no duh i dont own one peice!!!

well folks! chappy number ten is up!! sorry for the big delay on this chapter!! i didn't have a good chance to get this up because

i've been real busy. and right when i was ready to get this chapter finished, my familly got in a car crash. ( stupid ice!!!)

oh well. enjoy the chappy and...............REVIEW!!!!

rox418: well well my little budy!! u finally decided to show up!! good job! your father is proud of you!

roo17: u r the greatest!! as always. if our little budy( shown above) doesn't review.....you know what to do!!

here's a christmas gift for u all: CHAPPY #10!!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS GUYS.

P.S. REVIEW AGAIN, or you'll get coal in your stalking,...........naughty, naughty, naughty,..........


CHAPTER 10

' heck yes!! this is the greatest!' sighed Zolo as he took a nice long swig of grog on his bed, ' gorog's the greatest too!"

' you're enjoying the inn as much as you can huh!' noted Luffy. ' you bet. this is the best place i've ever stayed at!!' Luffy noded. 'yeah. they do take

good care of their stuff.' Luffy then headed back towards the door to get the others.

' you heading back to get the rest?' asked Ryan as Luffy apeared from the stairs. ' yup. my friend Zolo up there is having a good time!!' exclaimed Luffy.

' he is?? what's he doing?' asked Ryan. ' he's lying on the bed getting drunk.' Luffy said with a straight face. Ryan burst out laughing, ' that's the funniest

thing i've heard all day!!!!'

' it's true though!!' Luffy said folding his arms, ' anyway i'm gonna' go get the others.' Luffy walked towards the door and stepped outside. Luffy surveyed

the area and debated on who should be the lucky ones to get a room in the inn.

' hey Usopp! Chopper!! come here guy!!' called Luffy with his hands cuped around his mouth. Usopp came running right away, while Chopper calmly walked

towards Luffy. ' hurry it up gosh dangit!!!' Luffy shouted in Choppers direction. Chopper picked up speed quick noticing the menacing glare on Luffy's face.

Chopper skided to a halt and awaited his orders. ' soooo captain. what is it?' asked Chopper. ' okay guys. i need you to help me pick out who gets to sleep

in the inn i found.!' Luffy told Usopp and Chopper.

' most definetly it is i who should be one of the ones who is chosen.' said Usopp, nose in the air and thumb to his chest. ' selfish selfish!.....you are very

much mistaken Usopp my friend!' exclaimed Chopper, ' it is I who shoulde be one of the ones to be chosen!!'

at that moment the two pirates began to argue over who should be chosen. Luffy rolled his eyes at the pitiful sight. ' alright calm down you runts! i'll beat

the living crap outa' you if you guys don't cut it out!!' commanded Luffy. ' but captain,' started Chopper suddenly breaking the fight, ' crap aint living.'

Luffy growled and cracked his knuckles. Chopper's hands shot up in the air, ' am sorry Luffy! i was just joking!!'

' anyways! you two have already been picked for the stay. but that can change real quick if you guys don't mellow down.' ordered Luffy. ' that's right Chopper,

do what Luffy says or else!!' glared Usopp. ' you too Usopp!' said Luffy smacking the backside of Usopp's head.

-----------------

finally the trio of pirates had cut their bickering and had finally decided that Sanji should be one to stay at the inn. now the four of them were deciding who

would be the last to stay in the inn. Sanji scanned the area. then decided, ' AHA!!!! i got it........ i say that, that pretty lady over there should be the one!!'

' that's Nami you twit!!' said Chopper dully. ' ummmmm......yeah??so.....?' said Sanji with a teeny grin as he squinted his eyes in embarassment.

' ahh who cares. i say she should be alowed too!' said Luffy. ' see! even Luffy knows how to treat a pretty lady like...'

' shaddap!!' growled Luffy smacking Sanji upside the head. ' hey!!! wa'zat for??!' huffed Sanji.

and then,.........the fight started again, in a flurry of fists, punches, legs, kicks, and bloody noses.

------------------

once again the fighting had finally stoped and everyone was gathered. ' hey Luffy! i should get opinion on who else should be chosen don't you think?!!'

asked Nami. ' but we already have someone else chosen to stay.' Luffy informed. ' oh......well anyway, i think Zolo should stay in the inn too, cause he's all

big aaaand strooonng, and will protect me from bad guys i....'

Luffy bonked her on the top of the head befor more could be said. ' he was the first one to be picked remember!!??' said Luffy, trying to knock some sence

into her.

' he was!! YESSSSSSSSS!' cheered Nami punching her fist into the sky. Luffy and co. eyed her suspicously and slowly eased away from her as she did some

sort of freakish victory dance. when Luffy, Usopp, Chopper, and Sanji got inside of the inn Luffy said, ' that's what she does when she gets a huge bounty!'

' i guess she thinks Zolo is some kind of treasure.' Usopp said. ' poor poor Zolo, he'd better hide when night comes!!.' thought Chopper. then finally Sanji

said, ' boy Zolo is lucky!!! and boy i want to see her do that victory dance again!!'

Luffy glared at him and smacked the drool right of his face. ( not to mention Sanji's heart eyes too!)

' ooowwwww!! that hurt!!' cried Sanji. ' nawww really!! ' said Luffy dumbly, ' it's supposed to hurt dummy!!'

Usopp and Chopper slowley made their way to Zolo's room as Luffy and Sanji duked it out in the lobby.

before the two could reach Zolo's door, the door swung open and Zolo stepped out. ' what's going on down in the lobby!!' Zolo asked, looking rather frustrated.

' oh nothing. just that Luffy had to smack Sanji and now their fighting in the lobby.' announced Chopper. Zolo stared at the ground and rubbed his chin.

' hmmmmm.....i see........well, tell them to fight quietly, i'm trying to sleep. good night.' then the door slammed shut. Usopp looked at Chopper then said, ' Zolo's

one strange fella.'

' i heard that!!!!' shouted Zolo from his bedroom. Usopp's eyes bulged out of his head and he quickly ducked under a table in fright. Chopper glared down at

Usopp. ' you big weenie!' taunted Chopper. ' WATCH'U CALL ME!!' roared Zolo from his room. Chopper's eyes bugged out and he joined Usopp under the table,

both of the little babies quivering in horror. ' but i didn't even call HIM a weenie. i called YOU a weenieUsopp!' explained Chopper.

suddenly footsteps were heard from downstairs. quickly the two scrambled out from under the small table and acted as if nothing ever happened.

Luffy poked his head around the corner. ' what are you guys doing?? i heard some talk about a weenie. and boy am i hungree! share some with me!!'

Chopper rolled his eyes and Usopp fell back startled at Luffy's sudden appearence.

----------------------

soon night had come and everyone had settled down. the rest of the crew just decided to set up a camp in the woods, while Luffy, Sanji, Zolo, Usopp, Nami, and

Chopper, had the honor of staying in the inn. Ryan the in keeper stayed up most of the night, nervous about the strange pirates that had settled in the inn.

' strange kid that straw hat guy is.' Ryan said to himself. Ryan kept talking to himself untill about midnight to keep himself awake.

it was almost exactly ten minutes after midnight when Ryan began to dose off. and just as his eyes were about to close, a shadow darted across the room. Ryan's

eyes flashed open in an instant. he quickly picked himself up from his chair and ducked under his desk. Ryan slowly scaned the room for the intruder. the only light

availible for Ryan to use was the moonlight coming through the single window by the entrance.

Ryan jumped back in startlement as the figure flew past the window. by the quick glimps of the shadowy figure, Ryan could tell it was somewhat human.

Ryan's eyes slowly adjusted to the dark, just as he noticed the thing start to climb up the stairs. Ryan quickly opened his desk drawer and pulled out a pistol. Ryan

froze realising that the thing had heard him open the drawer. he slowly crouched behind his chair trying to stay hiden. the thing stood up and walked towards the

desk. the way it moved and looked , made the thing definetly seem to be human- a pirate as a matter of fact- to Ryan.

the thing's eyes semmed to glow as he looked around the room. the thing then got on all fours and quickly fled up the stairs. Ryan then took his pistol and ran

after the human like beast.

Ryan rounded the corner, and the last thing he remembered was the creatures glowing red eyes.

-----------------

Zolo woke up to a crash on the main floor. Zolo quickly got out of his bed and reached for his swords. quietly he opened the door and silently crawled down the

steps. he peeked around the corner and noticed that Ryan's chair was empty. he took another step. his foot touched something. Zolo picked his foot up and looked

below him. and stared noticing Ryan's half dead body sprawled across the steps. Ryans face had bloody lines running across it, his torso had deep cuts and what

appeared to be bite marks. Zolo turned away from the grouling image in disgust.

suddenly a scratching noise was heard up the stairs. Zolo would have to leave Ryan for now. Zolo swiftly ran up the stairs to see what was going on. Zolo peered

around the corner, slowly drawing his swords. and then he saw it, it was the thing, scratching Luffy's door. obviously Luffy's door was locked, because this strange

creature was big enough to open the door if it wanted.

immediatly Zolo identified this thing to be the one who attacked Ryan. Zolo bit down on his third sword making a small noise as his teeth met the handle of his

blade. right as he did that the creature whipped his head in Zolo's direction. Zolo noticed the creatures amazing skill for hearing, but the one thing Zolo couldn't

avoid noticing, was the things glowing red eyes. the thing stood up taking a human form and began to walk towards Zolo's direction. as the thing came closer,

Zolo began to recodnise the figure. the thing was a famous grand line pirate, known as Dusk. it was blind but had an amazing skill to hear. it was known to take

it's enemies by surprise, quickly and quietly. it was also known to travel mainly at night moving quick and silently, often taking the form of a spider like human. Dusk

was a pirate, but was definatly not human, bounty hunters all over the world try to find and kill this assassin like pirate, but no one has ever succeeded.

Zolo knew Dusk only went after famous pirates, so Zolo knew that Dusk thought highly about the Straw Hats. it was a privalige to be thought of that way by Dusk.

so Zolo decided to take this oportunity. this was Zolo's only chance at Dusk the "bloody eyed."

as Dusk got closer, Zolo took his moment and lunged at Dusk slicing with all of his swords. in surprise Dusk squealled and flew accross the hall. ' i thought i'd give

you a taste of your own food Dusk the bloody eyed.' comented Zolo with a sly grin. Dusk picked him self up and replied with a series of unhuman chirps and

squeaks. Zolo braced himself as Dusk crouched in a offencive posision. Zolo raised his swords as Dusk scurried towards him. Zolo was caught in surprise as Dusk

began to use his speed as a tool to run up the wall then onto the ceiling then lunge himself onto Zolo, knocking him onto the floor. Zolo made sure to avoid eye

contact. that's the worst thing you could do while fighting Dusk. Zolo kicked with all his strength sending Dusk crashing into the far wall of the hall. the racket of the

battle had woken Sanji up. ' what the crap is going on!!!??' demanded Sanji. it only took a couple seconds for Sanji to figure it out. Sanji also knew exactly who

Dusk was. ' Dusk!!' called Zolo, ' what do you want with us??'

Dusk looked up, his eyes narrowed to thin red slits as he stood up taking human form. ' i guess i'll just have to beat it out of you then.' declaired Zolo. Sanji and

Zolo lunged at Dusk, Dusk also lunged with equal force. the three clashed together with a flurry of vicous attacks. amazingly the rest of the crew had slept through

the begining hours of the brawl. Sanji was starting to slow down, Zolo pressed on with determination, and Dusk hadn't even broken a sweat.

the battle had only gone three extra hours when Sanji finally collapsed from blood lose and exaustion. he looked up, unfortunatly streight into the blood red eyes

of Dusk.

Sanji's eyes widened in pure terror. but no matter how hard he tried, Sanji could not escape the devilish stare of Dusk. Dusk lunged at Sanji, never taking his eyes

off of Sanji's, Sanji cried out knowing his fate was sealed.

Sanji closed his eyes waiting for the pain, the shreding of his flesh. but..........Sanji had closed his eyes!!! Sanji opened his eyes to see a figure in front of him.

and Zolo got the full blown attack. red spray everywere. when Dusk was done with the devious attack that Sanji should have had. Zolo lifted his head in pain.

then blacked out, or maybe did more than that.


DUN DUN DUUUUNNNNNN!!!! BUWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!

what happened to Zolo? did he die?? what does my new bad guy have to do with anything?? will Sanji have enough strength to fight back??

who knows, it's up to you people to decide, so give me a nice christmas present called a review and maybe an idea!!

anyway, i hope you liked this chappy!! PLEASE REVIEW!!!!

AND MERRY CHRISTMAS ALL YOU NAUGHTY NON-REVIEWERS!!!

AND MERRY CHRISTMAS ALL OF MY AWESOME BUDIES OUT THERE WHO ACTUALLY REVIEW!!