Chapter 13: Strange Island
Luffy, Usopp, Franky and Brook decided to explore. Nami and Robin stayed with Sienna who was commanded by Chopper not to overexert herself. They stripped to swimsuits (Sienna stayed clothed) to sunbath on the beach. Sanji couldn't pass up the chance to see the ladies in swim wear so he declared himself to be their knight of love and stayed behind to protect (ogle) the ladies. Zoro had passed out underneath a shady tree from all the alcohol he had consumed long before Luffy finished eating.
Chopper couldn't decide if he wanted to explore with the "Men" or stay with the girls. Franky and Usopp had made various man-ly poses while Brook made a skeleton joke about not being man enough either. The choice was made for him when Luffy went ahead and the other three had no choice but to follow and Chopper was left behind. It wasn't so bad. It was very relaxing. Sienna told stories about Luffy and Ace while Sanji catered to the ladies' every whim (fetching items from the ship, making drinks, offering to rub sun screen on their backs but being rejected). Eventually Sienna and Chopper fell asleep and the others just enjoyed not having anything to do.
They were completely surprised when a group of marines showed up.
Luffy was beyond excited to explore. The island had a jungle beyond the beach. He wanted to bring something back for Sienna. He saw lots of things he wanted (funny looking plants, strange animals) but was denied by the others because they all looked too dangerous (definitely didn't helped that the plants looked poisonous and the animals chased them). Eventually they came upon and a paved path. That led them to a small village.
The village was made up of a few mud huts. The jungle ended once the village began and nothing was left in the clearing but grass. The village looked abandoned. Luffy went from hut to hut looking for people.
"Hellloooo" he yelled into the first hut.
"Luffy! We shouldn't be doing that," admonished Usopp. His "I-Can't-Be-In-A-Creepy-Scary-Village" disease was acting up.
"Don't worry its fine. No one's here," said Luffy.
Brook was getting unsettled as well. He started to tremble and his "bone's rattled" and he laughed, "yohohohoho!"
Franky went into another hut and did some investigating. "There's a layer of dirt on the floor," he thought, "no furniture, nor any personal items. Hmm, this place has been empty for a long time."
While he pondered the state of things, he heard footsteps outside. A lot of them. He left the hut hurriedly and found Luffy and the others. They had heard the steps as well. They went to the center of the village, back to back, preparing for whatever came their way.
They were surprised when they saw whoever made those footsteps. About ten children came marching out of the jungle, in a formation. They were dressed in marine uniforms, except they didn't have "Justice" on the back. Instead they had the words "Future Peace" on them. They were all different races; there was even a fishman child among the group. They carried no weapons, but there was something distinctively off about them. So far all they did was surround the pirates. They didn't say anything, but just stared at Luffy and his crew. Luffy broke the silence.
"So, do you live here?" he asked.
No answer.
"Okay, where are your parents?" he asked.
No answer.
"Know where we can get any food around here?" he asked through clenched teeth, getting angrier by their silence.
Still, no answer.
Finally he had enough. "Fine, we're leaving now," he said and that was the other guys cue to prepare to leave. Luffy started walking towards that way they had came, but was stopped short by the marine children. They didn't move.
"I said that we were leaving," he repeated placing his hat upon his head. He took a step towards the nearest kid. He was very short, with close cropped blonde hair and indistinct facial features. He looked completely normal (except for his demeanor) and shocked the hell out of Luffy when the kid used haki and punched Luffy, sending him flying and knocking him unconscious.
"LUFFY!" the others yelled, but they didn't have time to worry about him because the other children converged on them. It took mere seconds for them to be overpowered and knocked unconscious.
The children then tied them all up using sea prism chains and carried them back to their master.
Sienna was jolted awake. She was unsure why though, maybe it was nightmare. She had settled back into her lounge chair and had started to dose off again when she heard Nami shout for Sanji. Then she fully awoke to an unbelievable scene: Sanji knocked out by a child.