Etsuo stood in the shadows and watched as the two children passed him. He chuckled and swirled his brown beard. He watched as they ran down the hallway and took a sharp turn; they were heading to the room with numerous boats that he kept on board. He silently cursed the kid, Arashi; the kid left Zoro's swords on the boat he used. Hopefully Zoro wouldn't remember which boat Arashi used.

He wanted Luka to stay on the boat, but once Zoro finds his swords, there was no other reason for them standing.

Luka would be gone.

Out of his sights just like last night.

He gripped his belt and closed his eyes as his body faded away. The Kago Kago no Fruit. It allowed him to hide in the shadows and transfer by fading from one to the other. He made sure this elder boat had few lights so he could move from one end to the other without a flaw. No matter how old this ship was, he wouldn't replace it; not when he had everything set up just for this.

He appeared on the ground floor. His back was pressed against the corner and behind the door. He heard movements outside of the door; so they didn't find the room of boats. 'Were they looking for something else?' he thought. They just passed their way out and ended up farther away. It was if they were heading outside onto the deck.

'They are lookin' for a fight with me,' he snickered. He used his powers again and faded away onto the deck of the ship.

…

Franky turned the wheel sharply to the left as they made their way away from the island. He could still hear the callings from the inhabits about a skeleton and his minions; but Franky wasn't bothered by it. He was more focus on getting this ship to whenever the heck Luka was and supposedly where Zoro was.

"Usopp! Get the sail!" Nami called.

Usopp nodded and ran backwards to the sails. Sanji stood by the ropes and handed Usopp a bundle. They both gripped and pulled. "This was easier when there were more hands," Usopp stated. This was always Sanji's and Zoro's job to do while Usopp was on lookout for enemy ships; but without their two members, everything was out of order and it called for the Great Usopp to help out.

The reindeer transformed into his human state and helped with the direction of the ship. He used his enormous size to rein the force. "Guys! Help here!" he called as he was moved closer to the railings.

Brook popped up from nowhere and held onto the ropes that Chopper was holding. He pulled back but he wasn't helping with his small form. Soon Robin's hands spouted up from the ground and helped the two. "Thanks!" Chopper cheered as he was able to regain the position he was in. Brook wiped his skull and went back to the place he was in the first place; he wasn't helping any.

"Robin-chawn~ is so kind~!" Sanji cooed as his eyes became hearts. Usopp face palmed himself at Sanji's reaction.

"Can I get some here?!" Usopp shouted.

Sanji turned back to Usopp and muttered under his breath about the Long nose.

…

Luka and Zoro were on the ground floor running around. They managed to find a staircase to get them on this floor. "Are you sure it's the right way?" Luka asked as she turned the same corner they passed twelve times before.

"It all looks the same!" Zoro growled. If he had his swords with him, he would have already cut the ship apart just trying to get out of the damn thing.

"There's the door!" she cheered. Her hand tightens on the green hair's as she pulled him to the right and forward. A big smile spread on her face as her hand reached to the doorknob. Light shined on their faces once the door was opened. They were on the deck on the boat. "Hey Zoro! That's Merry Two!" she pointed to the ocean.

The small miniature version of the Going Merry was sailing left to right in the seas below. There wasn't anyone guiding the small boat so it just moved with the waves.

Zoro itch his scale. If that boat goes missing, he was sure in hell there was going to be a price to pay from that cyborg. "That's how I got here…" he lowered his voice so that Luka couldn't hear, "…that kid knocked me out then took my swords."

"What was that?" Luka turned her head and then tilted.

He coughed with a light blush on his cheeks, "Nothing." He did not want to admit his lost against a child. He was just not suspecting that type of move. He was more focus on getting Luka back that he lost his sense and let the kid get the upper hand. If he every meets that kid again, he would know what to suspect and be able to defeat that shitty kid without breaking a sweat.

She shrugged her shoulders and went to the middle of the ship. Her arms raised above her head. "COME ON OUT, MYSTERY MAN! LET'S FIGHT!"

"As if he would answer to that," Zoro remarked. He was just surprised that mad loon didn't put any traps in the hallways seeing as how he went far enough just to kidnap her. He crossed his arms and looked at the door; it didn't even budge open. "He's not coming. Try it a little louder."

"POOP HEAD! FIGHT ME!"

"Poop head…?" Zoro repeated. He shook his head at Luka's naming skills.

A wicked laugher came out of the shadows around the stairs. Feet appeared as sudden as the noise came. "Poop Head. In all my years, I never heard that one."

"That's the guy?" Zoro questioned as he pointed at the man who was well over his thirties.

She nodded. "You wanted to fight, right? Let's go." Stream smoked from her fists.

"If I wanted to fight, I wouldn't have napped ya," he licked his clapped lips. He cracked his knuckles and looked at the two young ones on his ship. With no one else to depend on, he had to face them with what he had. "With my crew out, I will have ta accept ya offer."

The door opened and a brunet popped his head out. "Hey Old Man! I'm not fuckin' out just let!"

"Finally you're here, kid!" Etsuo chuckled. "Now both sides are even, is it not?"

"Fuckin' bitch! Hurled me in the freakin' cell like trash! I will show ya!" Arashi made a fist with his hand.

"Now, now, my boy," Etsuo glared at the girl, "She may be a beauty, but she is not yours."

DAH DA AH! …I don't have much to say. The updates will be slower than before, so don't suspect it every day. And, the two finally met! And Etsuo has a devil fruit!

NightHunterDeath: Not with Etsuo in the way since Luka was his first target in the first place.

All Good Stories Need Music: He has to be out, Zoro needs someone to slice up. Kinda had romance scenes…or fluff. Thanks

Pen-Woman: It's good to see you're back. Thanks, and that should be within the next chapter or the one after. Either one.