ACK

GYAH

HELP

*Runs from demons*

I'M SORRY FOR UPDATING SO SOON! DON'T KILL MEEE!

Luffy waited patiently *Pfft* for Zoro to finish his breakfast, then barged out of the house like a hurricane.

"Where are you even going?" Zoro shouted after him, struggling to get his shoe on while chasing the boy.

"I'm getting the rest of the crew! We need to catch that ghost and make him pay for touching my hat!" Luffy called back, forgetting his own shoes in his haste. Zoro sighed, finally getting the shoe to fit right, then sprinted to catch up with the boy he thought was way too energetic in the mornings.

"What can they do? They don't know any more about ghosts than we do," he pointed out sullenly. Luffy suddenly twirled around, running backwards so he could stare at Zoro in disbelief.

"We have to do everything together! We're friends!" he said loudly, giving Zoro a 'duh' look. Zoro hated it when he did that. An idiot making someone else look stupid. Luffy opened his mouth to say more, but he suddenly tripped, again, and landed flat on his back, his head making a sickening 'crack' on the sidewalk. Most people would call an ambulance or freak or something, but Zoro merely just grabbed Luffy's leg and started dragging him along.

"If you can't keep up, I'll just leave you behind," he grunted. Luffy struggled to get up, but it was kind of hard to do that when someone was holding your foot, pulling you behind them and letting you hit every sharp rock or twig that happened to be in their path.

"Hey, look! We actually made it somewhere!" Luffy said cheerily, standing up and brushing leaves and twigs out of his hair. Zoro made a noise somewhere in between a grunt and a cough, and Luffy gave a small, admiring grin.

"Maybe you aren't so directionless as I thought," he mused, watching Zoro glare daggers at him.

"Hey, Luffy! Zoro! What are you two doing here?" Nami called from her window, hastily running a brush through her orange hair.

"Ghost. Haunting. Bad stuff. We'll explain later." Zoro crossed his arms. "Just hurry and get the hell out here." Nami gave him a small pout, but was out within the span of two minutes.

"Okay, so what's going on?"
"Come with me if you want to live," Luffy said, imitating a deep voice, and holding a hand out to Nami. She slapped his hand away, a spark of amusement in her gaze.

"No, really, tell me."
"Let's get the others first. Then we'll tell you."

A bunch of crazy accidents, maybe a car crash, and a bunch of hurried explanations later...

At the park, mind you...

"So, you're saying that you're being haunted by a ghost?" A nod from Luffy. "And it's been causing you to have really bad luck." Another nod. "And it tried to kill you more than once?" Nod. Usopp sighed, then put a hand on his forehead.

"This is crap," he muttered. "Ghosts aren't real."

"Yeah, they are! Watch!" Luffy picked up a random brown leaf that had just been innocently sitting on the sidewalk. "Hey, ghost! If you want to prove you're alive, make this leaf float!" The group, except for Zoro, Robin, and Brook, all watched with disbelieving stares, ready to laugh the second the boy's plan failed. But they felt as if they were slapped in the face when Luffy simply let the leaf go. And it stayed floating in midair, twirling slightly in the breeze.

"No way."
"Yeah."
"That's bullshit."
"It's real."

"That can't be real."
"Yes, it can."
"No." Sanji stared and stared, then reached out and poked the leaf a little. It fell as if it had been shot, and it landed on the ground with a slight rustle.

"I told you. Now, we're the Ghost Busters!" Luffy cheered, throwing a fist in the air. Only for a large, thick tree branch to break off of the tree overhead, falling with a loud 'thump' right on the cheerful raven's head. He grunted in surprise, then tossed the branch somewhere behind him.

"Ghost Busters, huh?" Zoro mused, leaning against the offending tree. "Well, in that case, I'm the leader."
"HEY! NO! I AM!" Luffy screeched, pointing at Zoro. "I'M THE ONE BEING HAUNTED! I GET TO BE THE LEADER!"

"Um, isn't that another reason you shouldn't be in the front lines? You'll only be in more danger..." Usopp trailed off at Luffy's lost expression.

"...Say what now?"