Sabo~! I love Chapter 743! Sabo's so cool~! Like, all he did was put his hands in the circle and push/squeeze! Ha~! Does Sabo seem a little cocky to any of y'all? To me he does, but that's not too bad because Luffy's pretty cocky too.
I also was a little weirded-out by Kyros cutting Doflamingo's head off. Isn't Luffy supposed to beat him? And it shouldn't have been that easy! So I think he's gonna come back somehow. But then again, why was everyone else screaming? If he was gonna come back, wouldn't they be fine? Unless, they never saw him do that before!
Chapter 10! Yay~! This chapter is Luffy's dreams! They're very weird and all have a secret meaning behind them all. See if you guess their meanings! I also based the chapter off of MatchboxLuffy and MeikoKuran999's story, The Captain's Nightmares. I really love the story and hope you write more soon!
The Strawhats walked on in silence as they followed Luffy through the field of waving grass. They had left Hippocampus after Luffy ran away for some reason, maybe not wanting to deal with all the questions from the villagers. He held his head low as he watched his feet move. The Strawhats were dying to ask what was the matter, but thought it might be rude to interrupt his state of silence.
"I'm truly very sorry for leaving so abruptly," Luffy finally apologized, not raising his head. "I just couldn't stay in that little town any longer... when I knew that my beloved people were in danger of the death that I promised they would never have."
The Strawhats' eyes widened as they felt so sorry for... doubting him. Yes, they had doubted him. He just seemed too polite, too formal to be their energetic friend. It didn't seem right! This man couldn't be him! But it was, surprisingly. It still seemed strange to think about, but would a man cry of his lies with true tears of sorrow? Sometimes it's hard to tell if a man really means to cry, or if it is just an act. But this, this was real. You could just tell.
"Luffy?" He heard Nami ask. He lifted his head slightly to let her know he was listening. "Wh-What's that?"
Luffy's head shot up as they all stared up at a huge wall that soared through the sky. The wall was painted with a picture of more grass, trees to the side, and a beautiful, cloudy day. The only thing that didn't look ordinary was a large keyhole. It was just a bit bigger than(... Zoro's...? He's a big guy, right? But then again, Sanji is taller than Zoro... But Zoro's buffer...) Zoro's hand. Through the keyhole there was nothing but darkness.
Luffy's previous glum face suddenly lit up as he turned around, chirping, "Here we are!"
"Where!" The Strawhats snapped.
Luffy's bright face looked confused. "What do you mean?" He looked back at the keyhole. "We're at the entrance to Dreamland."
"Dreamland? In there?" Sanji yelled.
"ARE YOU CRAZY!" Usopp screeched.
"Weren't we supposed to go into Dreamland!" Zoro asked.
Luffy looked even more confused. He looked at the keyhole, then back at his friends. "Well... Yeah. Weren't you guys listening to anything I said?"
"Yeah, well we heard you!" Nami snapped. "But you never talked about the entrance!"
"It's... Just not logically possible for a six foot man to fit through a six inch keyhole!" Sabo stated with crossed arms. Robin, Nami, and Usopp all nodded their heads in agreement.
"What! Why aren't you coming?" Luffy asked, completely ignoring Sabo's statement.
"BECAUSE WE CAN'T FIT!" The Strawhats all snapped in unison.
"B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-But!" Luffy stammered.
"Why was that so long!"
"You will fit!" Luffy exclaimed.
The Strawhats paused. "What do you mean?"
Luffy turned towards the keyhole. "All I'm asking you to do, is to jump through it. I won't explain anymore other that you must trust me."
The Strawhats paused, watching the back of their captain. Then, Zoro stepped forward. "Move aside, Captain."
Luffy looked behind him. "Zoro?"
Zoro smirked. "I'm goin' in."
"What!" Nami exclaimed. "But it's impossible to fit through that little hole!"
Zoro turned around to look at her with a large smirk. "I thought we were just thoughts."
Luffy smiled a large smirk as he stepped out of the way of the keyhole. Zoro smirked larger as he readied himself to jump. Then, when he thought he was ready, he ran up to the keyhole and leaped. As he jumped through, it was like he was being, literally, vacuumed in! Usopp and Nami screeched, Luffy smiled, Sanji screamed in disbelief, Robin's(Robin's) eyes widened, and Sabo...
"What the hell!" Sanji snapped.
"What happened to him! Where is he!" Usopp screeched.
"Zoro!" Nami screeched as well.
"That looked so cool!" Sabo finally said as he stepped forward and readied himself. "I gotta try it!"
"That's right!" Luffy cheered.
"Sabo!" Nami called, not understanding what he thought was 'cool' about that. She just saw one of her friends being vacuumed into a keyhole! What was cool about that!
But Sabo ignored her as he jumped, and was vacuumed through the small entrance, howling in excitement. There was a pause, then they heard a small cheer from inside the keyhole.
"Oh my Oda," Nami gasped as they heard the two small voices coming from inside the hole. "I...I can hear them!"
"Alrigh'!" Luffy exclaimed. "Who's next!"
"Nobody!" Nami and Usopp snapped.
"I'll go," Robin replied.
"Robin!" But, again, Nami and Usopp were ignored as Robin was vacuumed into the Land of Nightmares with her other two comrades, which made the two small voices cheer louder, saying, "Aaaay!"
Sanji jumped forward, suddenly, screaming, "Robin-chwan~! I'll save you my sweet~!" But he jumped too far and was dragged, unwillingly, into the keyhole as well. And again, the two voices cheered again, except, the deepest voice was not of excitement.
"Sanji-kun!" Nami called in disapproval. She then looked back at Luffy and said, "Please, can you get them out of there?"
Luffy's eyebrows furrowed as he said, "Why? We were already going in there, anyway."
"No, no we weren't," Nami replied.
"Oh, I see. You wanted your captain to die as he shriveled in pain until his brains came spewing out his ears." Luffy said in a sarcastic, but blunt voice.
"W-Well, no... but-" Nami began.
"Okay then, so~... I'm gonna go on ahead an' meet ya in there, right?" Luffy smiled. He then got himself in front of the keyhole and jumped through, leaving Usopp and Nami alone...
"Well... I guess we have to." Usopp gulped.
"Yeah... The others sounded okay, so I don't think anything will happen to us," Nami stated.
"Yeah, I guess you're right," Usopp replied. They paused, then Usopp positioned himself in front of the hole in the sky. And after a long wait, he jumped into the portal to the World of Imagination. And once he was gone, Nami could hear four tiny voices cheering Usopp's name.
"I guess I should give it a try, too," Nami muttered. She then jumped in through the keyhole. The feeling was the weirdest thing she ever felt. It was like she being pulled and stretched just to fit through the hole. Then, the feeling of being pulled stopped, and she could feel a hard floor under her.
She moaned as she slowly sat up. All around her, she heard her friends saying things like, "You did it!", "I knew you could!", "You survived, too, huh?", "Nami-swan~! I'm so sorry I left you~!", and "Wasn't that fun!".
"No!" Nami snapped as she scolded at Sabo. "That wasn't fun!"
Zoro, Sanji, Luffy, and Sabo all looked at each other for a while. "I... I thought it was pretty fun, what about you guys?"
"Oh, yeah! Fun!"
"Like a roller-coaster."
"Really? I thought it was like being put on a taffy pulling machine."
"Yeah, yeah. That's- That's what I meant."
"It felt pretty normal to me."
"THAT'S BECAUSE YOU'RE MADE OF RUBBER!"
"Oh right~...!"
Nami shook her head as she slowly stood up. "What is this place?" They were now standing in a white room with only a black door, with a white X on it, in front of them. The door looked pretty normal, but the fact that Luffy had a pretty terrified face on, showed them that that wasn't an ordinary door.
"We're in Dreamland," Luffy said.
"What's with the door?" Sanji asked.
"That's my number one nightmare," Luffy replied.
"Your nightmare?" Zoro repeated.
"Yep," Luffy answered. "Some of the darkness is probably in there."
"Oi, oi, oi!" Usopp exclaimed. "Luffy, you're really brave and strong! I don't know if I want to meet the thing that gives you the creeps!"
"Well," Zoro said in a determined tone. "We have to." And he stepped towards the door."
Luffy smirked at his friend and said. "I like your enthusiasm, but I must first tell you this," The Strawhats all paused and looked at their captain. "I am unable to go any further into Dreamland than I already have."
"What!" The Strawhats all snapped.
"You bring us into this really dangerous place," Usopp screeched. "Then when we finally get here, you tell us your wimping out!"
"This seems like a trap to me!" Sanji exclaimed.
"What!" Luffy gasped. "No! I would never betray you! I would never even think of doing so! I'm just saying that I am not able to get any closer to the darkness than I already have!" The Strawhats settled down.
"What do mean?" Zoro asked.
"Don't you remember what Higuma said?" Luffy asked. "The darkness is inside me, eating me away. If I get anywhere closer to more of the darkness, I might die! And if I die, your captain dies as well."
The Strawhats waited in utter silence. "I see."
Zoro straightened out and turned towards the black door again. "We shall leave you alone, then."
"Zoro!" Nami exclaimed.
"Nami!" Zoro barked back. "We have to go!"
Nami's face softened as she finally said, "Alright... I'll go."
"Nami-swan~! I'll go anywhere you go, my ray of light~!" Sanji sang.
"This whole 'mind' thing has been interesting from the very start," Robin said as she stepped forward. "I'm very delighted for more."
"Robin-chwan~!" San- Wait! I don't need to tell you, now do I!
"Luffy's my brother!" Sabo stepped forward. "If this means saving him, of course I'm going to come! Not to mention it's so much fun!"
"Mina...!" Usopp exclaimed.
Luffy stepped up behind him and wrapped his arm around his shoulders. "Ne, Usopp! You can stay with me and we can... talk. About stuff...!"
"Ah!" Usopp slid out of Luffy's grip as he stood with the others. "Now that I think about it, it might be fun to see what Luffy dreams about. Heck, his nightmare might just about someone stealing his meat."
"Oi, what's that supposed to mean!" Luffy snapped.
"Everyone's coming, huh?" Zoro said as he stepped forward and he then grabbed the doorknob. Once the knob turned, the door flung open, like a great force of wind pushed it. Inside was dark, so dark, that it looked like nothing was there except for the colour of the midnight sky.
"Creepy...!" Usopp shook like crazy.
"Awesome- I mean! Interesting..." Sabo said, trying to sound cool.
"Now," Luffy said from behind them in an awesome, echoy voice. "Walk into the darkness and stare into the face of true fear!"
And so the Strawhats did. They walked through the darkness, having no idea where they were. And when they walked far enough, the door slammed shut. Leaving the six friends completely alone in the utter darkness.
They stood like this for a while, until suddenly, a beam of light shot down in front of them. The Strawhats cheered for the source of light, and soon it grew slightly. Inside the beam of light was brighter source of light, which gleamed a beautiful shade of yellow.
"What is that?" Nami asked. "It's beautiful!"
Suddenly, a mysterious figure stirred from behind the light. The closer it came, the more they could see it. It was a man! A young man, about twenty, with jet-black hair, and he wore nothing but a rag that hung lose around his waist. He walked around the beam of light, like he had never seen anything like it before. As if he had lived his entire life in complete darkness.
The young man crouched low to the ground, though he still walked on two legs. He seemed rather ape-like, judging by the way he walked and the hooting noises he made as he examined the beam of light. His wide eyes shone bright with wonder and curiosity. But there was something under his eye. And there was something about him that seemed rather familiar.
"It can't be!" Zoro gasped.
"Zoro?" Nami asked.
"That man!" Zoro exclaimed again. "He's-He's...! Luffy...!"
"What!" The rest of the Strawhats gasped.
"Why is Luffy depicted as a... caveman!" Nami wondered.
No one replied, except Robin, who hummed in thought as she watched the caveman's actions. "Fire..."
The caveman suddenly crouched down, now putting his hands on the ground and his knees jutted up to the sky. His right hand then lifted up as he reached out for the light. But then, something dazzling happened. As his hand went through the flame, the light burst into a light-show of colours. The lights twirled around the caveman, making purring noises as they sped past him. And as they flew by, his tattered 'clothing' slowly turned into fabulous, expensive robes.
When the lights left, the man stood tall and proud. He looked over at them, then smiled a gentle grin. His hand stretched out to them and said in a booming, but kind voice. "I am Life! I am Creation! I... AM... DEATH!" And at his last word, his voice went deep and evil.
His hand suddenly closed, and once it did, everything went dark.
"Ugh," Nami's head rolled around. Then, remembering what just happened, her eyes shot open, but she saw nothing. Was she... blind? "Mina?" She slowly sat up and felt her hand around.
Her hand suddenly touched something. She didn't know exactly what, but something was better than nothing. "What is this?" She moved her hand around it more.
Suddenly, she heard a familiar voice. "No! I'm not leaving without you!"
"Zoro?" Nami asked. "Is that you?"
"Zoro! For the last time!" Another voice, Luffy's voice. "Leave!"
"I will never leave, damn it! Even if it means death!" Zoro's voice yelled, but right after it did, it made a strangled choke, like he just...
"ZORO~!" Luffy screamed.
Suddenly, she felt someone grab her. She screamed, but someone put a hand over her mouth. And it pulled her away to somewhere as it hissed, "Quite!"
"S-Sabo?" She whispered. "Is that you? What's going on?"
"We are stuck inside a nightmare Luffy's having at the moment," Sabo's quiet voice explained. "And it's been lasting for a crazy long time."
"I-I can't see," Nami breathed, thinking it would be a good idea to let him know.
"Yes, I know," Sabo replied. She suddenly felt some kind of liquid running down her face. "A lot of us were when we woke up."
Nami's vision then, miraculously, started to blur back. She looked around, and though she still couldn't see all that well, she noticed they were in a messy alleyway. She was sitting next to Sabo, who was looking around the corner or the wall.
"Why are you acting like someone's chasing us?" Nami asked. "Isn't this just a dream? And where are the others?"
Sabo looked back at her. "It's true this is just a dream, but it's actually seemed like days since some of us woke up. We all split up to look for others, but it hasn't been working all that well."
"What does that mean?" Nami asked.
"Well, for example, you were blinded when I found you. That man in the first dream we saw, he blinded a lot of us. We've found out a lot about that man from sneaking around." Sabo looked back out to the street, then swooped his head back to face Nami. "He was Luffy's soul before he split himself up to make the Three Ethos. No one knows why he did this, but they didn't like it. The darkness had gotten in here, just as Eunoia predicted, and poisoned Ethos, Luffy's true soul. This is the kingdom where he ruled, supposedly."
"So who are we being chased by?" Nami asked again.
Sabo's face darkened as he muttered, "Daemons...!"
Hoo, Hoo~! This is getting so exciting! What are Daemons, y'all? Jahaha! You should look them up. They are from Greek mythology(I put a lot of Greek mythology in my stories), and they are kind of like good demons.
This was a long chapter(I meant to make it that way)! And I plan on making the next Chapter just as long, or even longer! Jahaha! Chapter 11 is gonna be awesome and really cool. I'm so excited! I didn't really want to end this chapter there, but I kinda felt like some of you might feel like, "Ugh! Why is this so long?" If you didn't and you wanted to make it longer as well, I'm sorry. I'm just glad we're mutual. But I appreciate and respect all my fans feelings.
I hope y'all enjoyed this chapter! I sure did! I hope y'all can check out my drabble fanfiction I finally made! The first chapter is really stupid, but I meant to make it that way.
VALETE!