Human City

The group had finally arrived back in the city thanks to those Yukari and Chopper had saved from the killer plants. Luffy and Zoro were shocked to see the many differences between their world and this one. Cities were much more… advanced in a way, although apparently they didn't have lasers (much to Luffy's disappointment). They had decided to go to the beach first, shopping for swimsuits first.

"Do you think Tsukune will like this?" Kurumu said holding up a tight two piece black swim suit.

"Are you sure you're trying to impress Tsukune or…" Yukari said, receiving a shot to the head before finishing.

"Don't even go there! Tsukune is my destined one and that's that!" Kurumu said huffing.

"Come on girls let's not fight." Moka said trying to calm the two down.

"I'm getting this; I hope Luffy-kun notices." Mizore said, crouching behind a nearby stool. In her hand was a pin stripe one piece.

"I don't know about that, Luffy seems to be really dense when it comes to women." Kurumu said laughing until an ice kunai was planted in her head.

"Don't talk about Luffy-kun that way." Mizore said coldly.

"You wanna fight ice stalker?" Kurumu said growling.

"Oi everyone, are you ready yet?" Luffy shouted over to them. He, Zoro, Chopper and Tsukune were on the other side of the store, having chosen their swim suits already. Luffy was wearing red swim trunks while Zoro wore black trunks and a yellow button up shirt. Tsukune wore an aqua swim shorts and Chopper wore his maroon shorts with floaties on his arms.

"Hey boob monster, you two are matching." Yukari said with a sly chuckle. Kurumu looked at Tsukune first.

"No we're not, what are you…." She then noticed Zoro's black shorts, making her jaw drop in shock. The little witch began to laugh, making Kurumu throw her in a head lock.

"What's up with those two?" Luffy asked, with Zoro rolling his eyes in response.

"Who knows what they think, they're perverts."

"Why am I a pervert?!" Kurumu shouted, jumping in Zoro's face with a tick mark on her head.

"Come on everyone, let's not fight! We were gonna go have fun at the beach remember?" Tsukune said trying to calm the two. Kurumu quickly smiled and jumped on Tsukune and smothered him in her pillows.

"You're right my darling, I'll ignore the brutes comments." Kurumu said scoffing at Zoro who rolled his eyes. The group then relocated to the beach, which was filled with people. Luffy and Chopper smiled happily as they looked onto the ocean. It was much less dreary than the one at Yokai academy; it was more like… home to them. Or a moment they stared at it in bliss and nostalgia. Mizore walked up to the two and quietly tapped Luffy's shoulder.

"Are you two alright?" She asked seeing their dreamy faces. The two pirates shook their heads and smiled.

"We're ok, let's go have some fun!" Luffy shouted pumping his fist into the air.

"Yeah!" Chopper shouted happily. The two charged towards the beach happily making the others laugh at their giddiness… save for Zoro who deadpanned.

"Wait you two, don't go in the-

As soon as the devil fruit users touched the water, they fell face first into it, weakened at its touch. The group all gaped, dropping their jaws. "It happened again?!" They shouted with Zoro face palming as he went and grabbed the two from the water.

"I swear you guys are a pain when it comes to that." He said throwing them onto the ground.

"Two non vampires weakened by water… what exactly is up with that?" Kurumu questioned the swordsman with her arms crossed. The others looked to him in question but he was silent and made no expression save for his usual scowl that was natural to his face.

"None of your business." Zoro said simply, not even looking at the succubus who grew a tick mark in frustration.

"Come on, you're still being secretive about that? We all know each other's true forms except for you and Luffys! We even know Choppers although it's pretty obvious."

"We never asked what any of you were, if I remember right you told us for no reason." Zoro retorted, making Yukari giggle silently as the succubus tensed up at his words.

"Come on guys, we're at the beach, no need to start a fight again." Moka said intervening. Kurumu scoffed again and walked past the swordsman with a huff toward the water. Luffy and Chopper raised themselves up. "What happened?"

"You were both being idiots, that's what!" Zoro shouted knocking both on the head. The group had gone into the water now, save for Moka who sat on the beach with a sad face. Tsukune was about to go in until he saw Moka.

"Oh right, you can't go in huh?" Tsukune said rubbing his head. He decided to sit down next to her.

"If you can't go in, then I'll stay with you." Tsukune said happily smiling at her. Moka smiled at him sweetly.

"Thank you Tsukune but I don't want to ruin your time. Go ahead and have fun with the others." She said but he shook his head. Suddenly Luffy and Chopper approached from the side carrying a small boat that could hold four to five people.

"Hey Moka, come in with us! We're gonna use this boat to play in the water!" Luffy said smiling at the two. Moka smiled happily and stood up.

"Wow Luffy, that's a great idea! Where did you get it?" Moka asked.

"Those guys weren't using it, so we took it." Chopper said happily looking at her. From behind Zoro walked up holding a volley ball under his arm.

"Here, now we can play keep up." Zoro said tossing his ball into the air.

"Where'd you get the ball Zoro-san?" Tsukune asked.

"Those guys gave it to me after I asked them." Zoro said jerking his thumb behind him. Tsukune and Moka looked to see three guys lying on the ground battered and bruised, making the two sweat drop.

"Cool, let's go play then!" Luffy shouted happily as he threw the boat into the water. Moka and Tsukune looked at each other and laughed a bit. Their friends were unorthodox to say the least, but they were always fun to be around. Moka joined Luffy and Chopper in the boat as Tsukune and Zoro joined the others in the water. They split up into teams of four vs four, those in the boat and Tsukune against Zoro and the other girls.

"Hey muscle head; you think you can keep the ball in the air without destroying it?" Kurumu teased.

"Shut up and make sure not to drop the ball, succubus." Zoro grunted in annoyance. Luffy served first, lightly (for him) hitting it high in the air towards their opponents.

"I've got it desu!" Yukari shouted happily as she put her hands together and hit the ball. It headed towards Moka who cupped her own hands.

"Here you go!" She shouted happily as she smacked it back at them lightly. Mizore quietly tapped it, passing it to Zoro who bombed it hard at the group. Tsukune gaped and dodged before the ball hit him, causing a large spout of water to erupt when it hit.

"Are you trying to kill me?" Tsukune said exasperated, with Zoro smirking in response.

"No, I just want to win."

"Yeah, with Zoro-nii on our side we can't lose!" Yukari said happily jumping on the swordsman grow a tick mark in irritation as she did so.

"We won't lose to you, right guys?" Luffy shouted determined, with Moka and Chopper pumping their arms in the air.

"No!" They both said, making Moka stop in realization and giggle sheepishly.

"I don't know what came over me that just came out." She said with the others laughing in response. They continued their game, both teams scoring on one another. Far off from them, they were being watched from the city.

"How… how is she able to be so peaceful with these humans?" The woman said, revealing to be Ruby Tohou, a witch. She watched in anger and disgust, remembering the terrible things humans had done to her. She decided to stay back though, thinking that there were too many witnesses on the beach. She would wait… for now.

The Yokai Academy group was having too much fun playing this one game with each other, they lost track of time. They spent a few hours just hitting the ball back and forth, only stopping to take a break a couple times. Finally sun down could be seen, so the group got out together, tired and hungry.

"That was so much fun, I'm glad you thought of the boat Luffy." Moka said smiling at the rubber boy who returned it.

"Yeah it was a lot of fun! But I'm hungry now, let's go get something!" Luffy shouted happily.

"Sounds good to me, I'm famished." Kurumu said.

"Yeah, we better eat something quick or your utters will deflate desu." Yukari teased, receiving a hit to the head for it.

Tsukune watched as Luffy and Moka talked so easily together feeling… jealous almost? He shook his head at the thought, remembering that Luffy wasn't really the kind of guy who dated, at least that was his take on the rubber boy. He thought about other things that didn't seem to leave much room for Luffy to think of romance seriously… but still he felt almost… threatened. Should he be worried? Worried that Moka would fall for the pirate? Little did he know that this Moka was not the one to worry about that.

The group had reached the big city again, all back in their formal clothes. They walked through the streets, Yukari still nervous about doing so.

"There are so many of them around…" She whispered a little nervously, but Chopper took her hand in his hoof. "Don't worry Yukari, we're here for you!" Chopper said smiling at her, making the little witch feel more confident. "Thanks Chopper-kun."

"Man, look at those girls!" A random guy said looking at the group. A group of men started to gather, looking at Moka, Kurumu and Mizore.

"Man she has a perfect figure!"

" She has huge tits, man these girls are perfect!"

"I like the one with pale skin, she has a cute punk look to her!"

The men started to close in, pushing Tsukune out of the way as they did so. Luffy and Zoro, on the other hand, blinked and took defensive positions in front of the girls, who had a cold sweat running.

"What's with these wierdos?" Luffy asked

"They're a bunch of perverts." Zoro said simply as he knocked out a guy who tried to push him. This made the groups that gathered stop in fear.

"You guys are annoying, get lost." Zoro said sternly, making the groups of men shriek in fear. While this was happening, Yukari and Chopper had been surrounded by a… certain kind of crowd.

"Wow you're cute."

"Is that cosplay?"

"Nice little raccoon costume, did you make it yourself?

Yukari was sweating nervously as she was back to back with Chopper, who was also creeped out. Yukari couldn't take anymore and pulled out her wand.

"I cant take it anymore!" She shouted, raising her wand. Instead of having the affect she wanted, the glass from a building above them shattered, scaring the crowds into confusion. Chopper turned and grabbed Yukari's wrist and began to dash for the ally way. The monster group looked at each other, quickly following where the two had left to.

"Yukari, you can't just use magic like that in front of everyone!" Tsukune scolded, but Yukari wouldn't listen.

"I knew this wouldn't work, I just can't stay here! Our worlds will never be able to mix together!" Yukari shouted while crying. Chopper looked at her in concern while Luffy and Zoro seemed to remain neutral in the argument. Yukari continued to with the brunette boy, while Zoro went on the alert, feeling someone close by was watching them.

"What's wrong Zoro?" Luffy asked noticing how stern he became. Suddenly a large flock of crows converged on the group, attacking them.

"Kyaaa what the heck?!" Kurumu shouted as the birds began to peck her.

"What's up with these damn birds?" Zoro shouted as he knocked a few away with his wrapped katanas. Luffy tried to swat them away too now, but noticed someone grab Yukari and Chopper.

"Oi what do you think you're-" Suddenly a crow flew into his face, blocking his eye sight and muffling his words. He growled in anger, pulling the crow off and throwing it away.

"I'll deal with these stupid birds!" Luffy said drawing his arms back.

Gomu-Gomu no Gatling!

Luffy unleashed his flurry of punches, knocking away as many crows as he could in an instant. The crows began to fly away so not to be hit, making Luffy end his attack.

"What the heck was that about?" Kurumu shouted annoyed. Zoro looked around for Yukari and Chopper and growled in anger.

"Stupid, I cant believe such a trick work on us like that!" Zoro said, knowing what happened.

"Who the hell took Yukari and Chopper?!" Luffy said growling himself now.

"What do you guys mean?" Moka asked, with Zoro turning to her.

"It was a goddamn distraction!"

Yukari woke up, feeling drowsy. To her right was Chopper who was still unconscious.

"Oh you're awake." She heard the elder witch say.

"Where am I? What happened to everyone?" Yukari said looking around.

"How was it in the human city? You looked very uncomfortable there." Ruby said walking closer and grabbing the younger witch's attention.

"Here in the human city remains nothing. No wind, no water and not even the smell of earth remains. All that remains is ego and selfishness of humans… the only way for a witch to describe such a place is pitiful isn't it?"

Yukari stared for a moment before being startled by a crow that flew by her.

"Don't worry, these are my friends… they helped me bring you here from those humans." Ruby said as one landed on her forearm. She then noticed it look ruffled and possibly hurt. It began to whisper to her in its own language about Luffys ability to stretch, making the older witch widen her eyes.

"No human can do that… what was he then?" She wondered but shook off the thought for a moment and refocusing on Yukari.

"What are you?" Yukari asked after some time. Ruby smiled at her as she answered. "My name is Ruby, I am a resident of the witches ranch. I wanted to be friends, so I came here to find you."

The group wandered around, looking for the reindeer and the witch. When Luffy and Zoro had explained the diversion, the group was on edge trying to find her.

"I'll kick whoever's ass for taking them!" Luffy shouted determinedly as he ran down the allyways in search for them.

"Luffy-kun is cute when he's determined." Mizore said watching him. Zoro walked with Kurumu who refused to let him search on his own due to his lack of direction.

"We could cover more ground if we split up succubus." He said trying to leave, but she grabbed his collar and pulled him along.

"No you don't, we already have two people to find, I don't wanna have to search for you too." She said sternly making him click his tongue in annoyance. Tsukune and Moka searched together, both downcast.

"Yukari-chan was right, we were her friends and we didn't understand her feelings." Tsukune said gravely. The group had stopped their searching for a moment to look at him. Zoro and Luffy remained silent and listened.

"Everyone feels the same… so when we find Yukari, let's make sure to consider her feelings this time." Moka said sweetly with the others nodding in agreement. Luffy smiled widely and Mizore remained neutral.

"Enough of this emotional crap, let's hurry up and find her." Zoro said looking back at them but receiving a punch to the face.

"Stop ruining good moments you jerk." Kurumu said huffing. Luffy laughed at Zoro's plight, but noticed Mizore staring at a building.

"What's up Mizore?" He asked her. She pointed towards the building.

"Those were the crows from earlier." She answered simply with all now coming to attention to it…

"Humans are the enemy, and have always been." Ruby said staring down at the city. "I have lived in human society so I understand that they are pitiful powerless creatures who can only destroy. You should now understand after your experience that humans and witches never have to even interact, and never need to."

Yukari looked away in thought, her mind going to Tsukune. He had treated her with kindness… but one human did not represent an entire race. Ruby leant down next to her, handing her a sunflower.

"Those humans who fill us with hate plan to destroy our beautiful sunflower ranch, which is why we need your help, Yukari-chan, to battle against the humans." Ruby explained. Yukari stared thoughtfully at the flower intently with thought.

"Will you help us?" Ruby asked, awaiting her answer. Before she could answer, Chopper finally awoke.

"Don't listen to her Yukari!" He said raising himself up slowly, both witches now looking at him.

"Chopper-kun!" Yukari said glad to see her friend ok.

"Why does your summoned animal speak against us?" Ruby asked now annoyed that Chopper spoke against her wishes.

"Remember that our friend is human! He treats us really good, Tsukune is a good human!" Chopper said.

"One human doesn't speak for its entire race, Chopper-kun!" Yukari said disagreeing, but Chopper didn't hinder.

"It's not just one human though! Dr. Kuina, Dr. Hilulik, they took me in, and they were both humans! They treated me good, and taught me medicine… it's because of them that I have my dream! And then I met Luffy, who showed me the world, and made me realize that the doctors weren't the only good humans I knew!" Chopper argued back, making the younger witch blink in surprise.

"Your perception of humans has blinded you to the truth, raccoon, I have seen what they are capable of, you do not understand." Ruby retorted calmly, but her words made Chopper angry.

"Don't say that I don't know how bad humans can be! They killed one of the people I cared for most in the world!" Chopper said in anger, surprising Ruby greatly.

"Then… you understand that humans are naturally evil, do you not?" She said.

"For a long time I thought the same as you too, I didn't think humans were any good but… when Luffy and the others took me in… I realized while there were really bad ones… there were also really good ones!" Chopper said finally as he smiled at the two. Before either could respond though, they suddenly saw six figures fly through the air.

"We found you guys!" Luffy shouted as they landed on the roof. Luffy had landed on his feet with Mizore on his shoulders, and the others landing hard on the ground and shaken.

"Geez, even when he does warn us that never gets any better." Kurumu said still dizzy.

"You have no idea." Zoro said raising himself up.

"There you are Yukari-chan, we heard your conversation." Tsukune said walking towards her. She sweated, seeing that he looked somewhat mad.

"Oh crap Tsukune looks angry." She thought preparing herself for his wrath. Instead he extended his hand out towards her.

"Let's go back to Yokai Academy, ok?" He said softly smiling at her. She opened her eyes in surprise and a tear came to her eye.

"Lets forget about the report and head back, how's that sound?" Tsukune said, making Yukari's final tear fall. She reached out to take his hand. Chopper smiled happily at the two, glad to see that Tsukune proved his point on his own.

"Tsukune-san…" She whispered. Suddenly a burst of air from behind Tsukune erupted. The two looked to see Ruby's wand being blocked by Zoro who had drawn Shuusui.

"What do you think you're doing?" Zoro said giving her a death glare. She growled in frustration and bounced back to get distance.

"Don't fall for their trap, Yukari-chan! Your little reindeer friend has been brainwashed by them! We must destroy our enemies without hesitation, okay?" She said, summoning her wand.

Transformation magic!

She grew great raven wings, now floating above them. Luffy walked up beside Zoro and gave his own death stare.

"You'll pay for trying to hurt my nakama, lady." He said cracking his knuckles. Ruby narrowed her eyes and batted her wings, trying to cut the two with them.

"Do not interfere!" She shouted. The two dodged easily, jumping out of the way. She looked at Tsukune and Moka, who looked vulnerable.

"Don't worry Yukari-chan; I'll make it quick so that they don't suffer." She said swinging her wings at them. Suddenly Yukari jumped in front of the two, receiving a cut to her face. Ruby paused in shock while the others widened their eyes in fear.

"Yukari-chan!" They all shouted together.

"Is your friendship more important to you than our race?... Unacceptable… I cannot accept this!" Ruby shouted, spreading her wings more to attack the now grew angry, losing control of himself as he approached her.

"You made a big mistake, you damn witch." He said dashing at her. He cut her wings without problem, leaving her open to attack.

"What power! What exactly is he?" Ruby thought in dismay. Zoro suddenly jumped back, deciding to let someone else give the finishing blow.

Luffy walked towards her, throwing back his arm which stretched out now.

"Wh-what? No humans can do that! How are you-

"Witches, humans. Both don't matter." Luffy said deeply, his arm twisting for some reason. He looked up at her, his eyes darkened with rage.

"You hurt my friends and I'll kick your ass!" Luffy shouted in anger and dashed at her quickly. Ruby recovered from her confusion, and lashed out at him with her wing blades.

"Do not be foolish! Those who ally themselves with humans will become my enemy, and I will strike them down!" Ruby shouted fiercely. Luffy was undeterred, still closing in on her. She unleashed her wings in attack again, but he quickly and precisely dodged each one. He jumped up and let out a battle cry as he brought his arm in to finish her off.

Gomu-Gomu no

"No, we witches are a noble rave how can he-

Rifle!

He drilled her stomach with his punch, knocking her into the ground with ease.

"What are these guys… really?" Ruby thought finally before losing consciousness…

After having finished the fight, the group had relocated to the city again. They couldn't find the motel they were staying at, and now waited at a bus station for the moment.

"Why did you bring her along? She's not our responsibility." Zoro said pointing at Ruby who was in Moka's arms.

"Come on Zoro-san, we couldn't just leave her there like that." She defended with Zoro rolling his eyes but not saying any more.

"Man you cant even see the stars at night, this is sad." Kurumu said with a sigh. "What do we do now?"

"I don't care, as long as I'm with you guys, I'm all set." Yukari said suddenly, making the rest turn to her in question.

"I'm sorry for what I said back there, I was really mean. Even if you guys don't understand me, I like everyone here a lot." Yukari said hugging Tsukune. Everyone smiled at her, even Zoro let out a smirk. She turned to Chopper and gave him the biggest hug.

"Thanks for being there to talk sense into me, you were right. You're the best Chopper-kun." Yukari said happily and kissed his cheek. He blushed and backed away from her.

"Idiot, don't think your compliments make me happy!" He said doing his happy dance. The others laughed as they watched the reindeer.

"Hey there you all are!" They heard Nekonome behind them, turning to see her and the bus driver.

"Sensei!" They all shouted, wrapping their arms around her. Zoro was still angry and grinded his teeth at her although she didn't notice. Luffy laughed as the group did so, and Mizore was silent as usual. And so ended the first part of the trip… but now they had a witch to care for, one who would not be changed so easily.

To be continued…

Hey everybody, sorry that took so long. Holidays were long but fun. I hope you enjoyed! Remember to read, review, favorite and follow! Lol that's a long list.

AN: I know the beach thing wasn't in the main manga, but the original chapter wasn't long enough for me to make very long so I thought I'd mix the anime version in a bit, but only partly! Also the keep up game was inspired by one of the openings to One Piece anime. A cookie will be earned to those who guess what opening it was lol