Author's note: Hellooooo! Sorry for my absence! Gomen! I've been busy with my friends and lets just say one thing led to the next and the police got involved ( NO FUN!) any who that's no excuse and I'm also sorry this chapter is short I LOVE YOU ALL! Enjoy!
"What if Gecko Moria saw that old man ask us for help, maybe that's connected to Sanji's disappearance." Franky wondered, carrying the Zombie pig over his shoulder. "What old man?" Kuki asked, curious. "An old grandpa with a big wound, he asked us to defeat Moria to get back everyone's shadow." Luffy explained with not a care in the world except finding his lost Nakama. They had all decided that looking for Chopper, Nami and Ussop took higher priority then the cook, since he could take care of himself. "Serves the Baka cook right, but to think one of the Shichibukai was hiding out here…" Zoro mumbled, walking down the hallway with the other crew members. The pig only chuckled, making everyone annoyed. "What are we going to do if one of our shadows is taken?" Kuki asked, a little fearful because it sounded like a painful process. "Now that would make things interesting." Robin smiled, again making the tiny girl shudder.
"I-I don't know anything." The Zombie stuttered, sweating once again. "Saving our friends comes first over worrying." The captain ordered, throwing his hands behind his head. "Like I said before, your Nakama are no longer safe." The pig chuckled. Luffy hit the un-dead creature in the head, "Stop oinking and lead us!" Zoro stopped walking and looked behind the group, something catching his eye. "What's wrong?" Franky asked, making the rest of the crew pause as well. "No…I'm imagining things?" the swordsman answered, slowly turning back around as he continued to walk. Kuki's body shivered, feeling as if something was wrong, and from reaction she stopped and turned. Her gaze surveyed the dark hallway, searching for something. "You feel it to?" Zoro asked, also stopping beside her. The girl just nodded, the feeling growing worse.
Suddenly, rope like strings wrapped around both the swordsman and her, pulling them together, and before they could make a noise their mouths were shut. Kuki's eyes widened once she caught sight of the culprits, huge mice with spider bodies. They both were like fly's caught in webbing, and with out a sound the two were pulled up into the ceiling away from their Nakama who hadn't noticed a thing. Zoro started struggling, trying to break the web that was tied around him. He squirmed and tried pulling his arms apart but nothing worked. 'If Zoro can't break this…we're doomed…' Kuki thought, feeling how hard he was working since they were tied together. The mice like spiders were carrying the two down a tunnel. 'What's going to happen?' she thought as they entered a pitch black area. The blonde could feel them being placed into a box of some sort, with silk lining. One of the mice crawled up and pulled the webbing from both of their mouths off. "Oi!" Zoro shouted, right before they closed the lid, locking Kuki and him in the tight box.
"Let us out!" Kuki screamed kicking at the top as hard as she could, but it didn't even budge. The girl could hear the giggling of the creatures as the box started to move. "Ow." Zoro mumbled as Kuki started moving, she had accidently elbowed him in the face. "Sorry…not that much room in…whatever this is…" she mumbled, glad there was no light so the swordsman couldn't see the blush staining her cheeks. "I think it's a coffin." He murmured, moving around as well. Kuki froze, "You…don't think they'll bury us alive…would they?" He shrugged and continued to shuffle around, trying to find a way out, until Zoro's hand brushed over Kuki's chest, then they both stopped. "Um…I-I'm sorry…" he stuttered, obviously embarrassed. "It's, um, ok…just an accident…" the girl replied, her entire face now tomato-red. Without notice, their coffin stopped, and layed back down on a flat surface. "Oi! Let us out! Is anybody out there?" Zoro yelled, trying once again to hit the lid open with no luck.
The Coffin door got ripped off, revealing a huge creature with horns smiling down at them. "Gecko Moria…" Kuki muttered, staring at the Shichibukai. "What do you want?" the swordsman ordered, glaring at him. The girl breathed in from shock, Zoro was giving this type of attitude to him? Moria reached out and cut the webbing connecting the two, but still left enough to hold each other down by themselves. His hands wrapped around Zoro, lifting him away. "Let go of me! What are you doing!" the green haired man struggled, trying to get away. "Shihihihihihi!" the monster laughed, suspending the swordsman in the middle of the room by a single line of web. "Zoro!" Kuki yelled, still inside the coffin. She watched in horror as Moria turned on a spot light, which placed the swordsman's shadow in perfect view. He reached down and grabbed a hold of it. "Oi!" the green haired man yelled. The Shichibukai stretched the shadow far away from Zoro and picked up a large pair of scissors.
"Snip." And with that noise Kuki stopped breathing. Zoro fell limp, as if he was lifeless. "What did you do! Give that back!" she yelled, struggling so hard that she fell out of the box and landed on the hard, cold ground with a thud. "Shihihihihihi! You should be worrying about yourself, rather then others." Moria laughed, tossing the first mate's body to the side. Kuki watched him fall on top of Sanji, who she had just noticed. The monster grinned and held the green haired man's shadow in his fist. He turned and placed the shadow against a Zombie behind him, making it come to life. "Zoro! He better be alright or I'll-" the tiny girl started to say. "You'll what? Shihihihihihi, I don't know if even taking your shadow is worth the trouble." Moria smirked, cutting her off. He grabbed a hold of Kuki next, hanging her up where Zoro had been moments before. "Logia users are all weak when you take away their powers, never mind one that can't even use her powers correctly! Shihihihihihi!" he said, revealing a mouth full of shark like, sharp teeth.
"Shut up! I'm not weak!" she yelled, swaying back and forth. The Shichibukai's smile widened, as if he was enjoying this. "If you weren't weak you could dodge this." Moria explained, raising his hand and forcing it down in a swinging motion to hit Kuki. The force was so strong it broke the string holding her up and made her slide across the floor. The tiny girl gritted her teeth together in pain, not letting him have the satisfaction. 'He's right, I have a power and I can't even use it right. I could even save my Nakama that has saved me so many times before.' She reasoned in her head. Kuki's eyes started to sting, signalling that she was almost going to cry. 'No, don't…' the blonde told herself, as Moria picked her up and hung her in the middle of the room once again. "Shihihihihihi, your shadow is unnecessary, so I'll put it in an unnecessary Zombie." The Warlord laughed, turning on the spot light.
Kuki closed her eyes from the brightness, and then opened them when they got used to the light. "Stop!" she yelled, seeing him reach for her shadow. But Moria didn't listen, he started peeling it off from the floor and Kuki felt as if something in her core was being stretched away from her. "No! Get away!" the tiny girl cried, watching him pull the shadow far from her body. "Snip."