CHAPTER 26

I-I know it's to late, and it's just 'cuz I was too busy/lazy to write it. I'm super sorry, guys! Truely, I am! This is the month-late Halloween chapter, first part of it anyway. I love it. Hope you guys to do. PLEASE FORGIVE MEH!

The next day, was as just as regularly the same as ever.

In short, that meant some form of chaos was going on the Going Merry. This form of chaos you ask? Well…

"SKIIIIE!" Zoro roared, chasing the laughing girl around the ship. She had a large plate of food over her head, and Zee had another large portion, a wide grin on his face. "GIVE ME BACK MY DINNER! SANJI WON'T COOK ANYTHING ELSE 'TIL TOMARROW!"

Sanji had decided to cook up an early dinner. (At 6:00) It was 6:15 now, the chase going on for about 13 minutes.

The three of them zoomed passed Nami, a gust of wind blowing her hair around her face, "Again with the chase-scene…" Nami sighed.

Usopp was laughing, laying on his back and tears in his eyes. Luffy was asking Skie if she would share every time she circled around the ship.

"Maybe," She ran by him on one side of the ship.

"If," she ran by him on the other side of the ship.

"You,"

"Promise,"

"Too,"

"Never,"

"Try to,"

"Steal,"

"My food,"

"Again!" Skie said.

"Whut? But, but, but…Awww…" Luffy sighed, giving it up because he didn't want to stop getting extra servings from Skie when she wasn't looking.

Zoro leapt forward, just missing Skie's ankle and face-planting the ship's floorboards. "…OW!" he roared.

Skie screeched to a stop, the plate still over her head, a triumphant grin on her and Zee's face. "Ha ha!" they cheered.

Zoro got up on one elbow, "Dang it, you freaks! Gimme my food!"

Skie grinned and waved the plate around, "Come and geeeeet iiiit!" Zee was doing the same with his smaller portion.

"I'm gonna kill you!" Zoro jumped to his feet and the case once again started.

Skie grabbed Zee and jumped straight up and landed into the crow's nest, "Quick, eat it up!" she grinned, and the food was gone in about .5 seconds. And .5 seconds was about how long it took for Zoro to get up to the crow's nest.

"WHAAAT?!" he yelled, looking at two empty plates. Skie and Zee already jumped down. "SKIE! I'LL GET YOU FOR THIS! AND THAT LITTLE BUG TOO!"

"I'm a phoenix!" Zee shouted from somewhere else on the ship.

Yup, just another day on the Going Merry…That is…this is not exactly any other day…the day is in fact, October 31st. In other words, it's Halloween.

-c-a-n-d-y-

Skie found herself humming the tune of 'This is Halloween' from Nightmare Before Christmas while hiding in Nami's tangerine grove from the still-angry (and hungry) Zoro.

"I hear you!" Zoro's voice barked as he rushed towards the tangerine grove.

Skie forgot all about hiding from him, getting a funny tickly feeling in her stomach. Like she was missing out on something incredibly fun. She ran/leapt out of the grove, her shoe bouncing off Zoro's face as he was climbing up and she was jumping down.

"GAH!" he fell onto his back, out cold for a second.

Skie raced into the kitchen, catching Sanji and Nami making out. "MY EYES!" she screeched in agony, smacking her face against the door as she tried to escape the horrible sight.

"Skie!" they both yelled in surprise, jumping apart.

"Shall I come back later?" she hissed, her face still in the door.

"If you would be so kind," said Sanji.

"N-no…what do you need?" Nami asked.

"I mean, no. Yeah, what do you need?" Sanji asked, following his Nami-Swan's influence.

"Well, I have a feeling that we're missing out on something super fun, but we're not doing anything. What day is it today?" Skie turned around and looked at Nami.

"October thirty first." Nami blinked, "Oh! It's Halloween!"

"I KNEW IT!" Skie laughed.

"Knew WHAT? That you're gonna DIE in about five seconds?" Zoro roared, charging into the kitchen, blasting the door open and making Skie jump and almost hit her head on the ceiling. When she fell back down, guess what she landed on.

"I hate you…" Zoro grumbled, half concious with Skie standing on his back.

"That's no way to speak to a lady!" Sanji stormed over, kicking him and sending him out the door, Skie landing back on the floorboards in front of him. "Now what were you just announcing Skie-Chan?" Sanji asked, grinning happily at her.

"Halloween! That means it's Candy Day! We gots to stop at an island and go Trick-Or-Treating!" She said.

"But, that'd throw us off course and everything, we're better off sticking to a schedule…"

"We're running uber low on food." Skie said.

Sanji winced, "Luffy…" He growled, "And that bug…"

"And me," Skie raised her hand.

"And I'm a phoenix! Not a bug!"

"I couldn't blame you Skie-Chan!" Sanji grinned, ignoring Zee.

"We have enough food for now," Nami said.

"Zoro's gonna get even angrier 'cuz he's outta booze." Skie pointed her thumb back towards the knocked out Zoro, snoozing in front of the mast, Luffy and Usopp scribbling on his face.

"We can handle it." Nami shrugged.

"I'll get…bored…" Skie grinned.

The couple gasped. "Alrighty boys, we're changin' course!" Nami barked.

-H-a-l-l-o-w-e-e-n-

They hit the shore of the closest island an hour later. It was cool, dark clouds and a full moon shone overhead. The island was covered in lit-up Jack-o-lanterns and creepy dead-looking trees that seemed to reach out at you.

And kids seemed to rule the streets, running from house to house dressed up as who knows what.

"WHOOT!" Skie yelled, and was about to charge forward, a happy Zee on her shoulder, when Luffy grabbed her shoulder.

"Where ya going?" he asked.

"Trick-or-Treating!"

"What's that?"

"You don't know?"

Luffy shook his head.

"It's when you dress up and go from house to house, knock on the door and say 'trick-or-treat!' and then the person gives ya free candy!"

"CANDY?" Luffy grinned, "Zoro! Let's go!"

"WHAT?" Zoro yelled.

"We're all going trick-or-treating! Just to one house, okay?" Luffy begged.

Zoro grumbled something about having better things to do but tagged along as the crew was yanked by Skie and Luffy into the town bustling of trick-or-treating kids.

The first house was in the dead center of the road, and the street seemed to go around it. It was huge, with old shutters and peeling paint. Your basic haunted house.

"Coool!" Skie, Luffy, Zee and Sanji grinned.

"Scary!" Usopp peeped.

"Are we done yet?" Zoro said grouchily.

They ignored the Moss-Head and walked up to the house. Skie knocked on the door once, and almost immediately the door swung open, making Usopp, Zee and Nami scream in surprise.

A little old lady stood there in the doorway, a happy cheerful grin on her face. "Well…" she said slowly, looking them over, "Aren't you all a little old for trick-or-treating? Hmm?" She asked, smiling.

"She made me," Zoro pointed at Skie, who stuck her tongue out at him.

"Well, you're a grouchy one!" The lady smiled again. "I suppose you want some candy now, hmm?"

"YES PLEASE!" Luffy, Skie, and Zee yelled, grinning widely.

"But you can't get candy dressed like that! Oh well…here…have some of this…it will make you more likely to get candy tonight on Hollow's Eve…" she handed each of them a piece of round candy that looked like a Christmas peppermint, except instead of red and white, it was orange and black. Zee didn't get one because they were too big.

"Thanks," Skie said, and was the first to eat the candy, and everyone but Zoro ate the candy soon after. Zoro gave his to Zee, who gladly started licking it like a soccer ball sized loli-pop.

"Hmm, tastes like-" Skie yawned suddenly, falling back and leaning against Luffy's shoulder, snoring.

"Skie?" Luffy asked curiously.

Nami was the next to fall asleep, falling into Sanji's arms.

"What'd you do to them?" he demanded but them felt himself becoming drowsy, and fell to his knees before falling to his side, Nami next to him.

Usopp and Luffy fell asleep after that, and Zee fell on top of Luffy's hat.

Zoro blinked, looking at his sleeping crewmates. He sighed, "Alright lady, what'd you do to them?" he growled.

"Oh dear, you should have eaten the candy! You would have had so much more fun…I'm sorry, but they are your responsibility now…" She gave him an apologetic smile before closing the door and disappearing.

"Hold it! Get back out here and wake them up!" he yelled.

The door opened just as he was about to open it himself, making him jump. The lady handed him five bags with pumpkins drawn onto them. "Here you are, dear. Make sure each of them get enough candy! Happy Halloween!" and with that, she closed the door again, leaving Zoro alone with his sleeping friends.

He growled and twirled around, ready to take his anger out on Sanji by kicking him repeatedly. Or maybe drawing on Skie and Luffy's face. He shook his head, getting rid of the kiddish thought. He was hanging around the weirdoes too much.

He walked passed his snoozin' crew and into the road again, looking around for someone sane to ask what happened. All he saw was a bunch of kids.

Someone coughed behind him. "Zoro?" a familiar, yet different, voice asked.

He turned around, then screamed, almost falling over. "S-Skie? Is that you?" he gaped.

There stood Skie, age six, wearing an adorable fairy costume, complete with pretty and almost real looking wings. The girl grinned and looked up at him, looking absolutely adorable as a little kid. "When did you get so tall?"

Zoro's eye twitched, "You've got to be kidding me…"

Oh my! It seems Skie has turned into a six-year-old! Will that happen to the rest of the crew? What will Zoro do when he might have to babysit? Find out in the next exciting episode of...

PSYCHO ON THE GOING MERRY!

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