Vivi: Hey everyone! Vivi here! Cupid just went into her thinking corner for the next chapter after this, so it will take awhile. Plus she left me a note for an announcement of her idea for the next fic after you read this chapter. That's all I have to say on her behalf. Enjoy!
Chapter 34: Test from Hell
Zoro ran, what we all hope, straight through the vegetation. He saw a couple elevators, but neither were his assigned number. He dodged a few slime balls and jumped over trap pits. He finally found his elevator, but it was across this pond filled with crocodiles. If he wasn't on a time limit he would've gone around, but he found a vine and attempted to swing across.
One crocodile suddenly jumped up and nearly had the older teen's 'goods'.
"What the fu-!" He didn't have time to finish as he quickly dodged the sharp-toothed mouth and jumped onto land and ran to the elevator, which opened when it detected the keycard. He panted and looked to see if 'everything' was still 'intact'. He sighed in relief as he thought about cutting up that crocodile.
The elevator stopped and the doors opened to reveal a maze.
"Damn…" He said as he ran.
At that moment he managed to dodge a needle and continued to run and dodging various objects. A moment later he found his elevator and took a short breather.
He soon found himself on another level that had a pool of boiling water and many bamboo sticks sticking up.
"AHH!!" Cried out one of the unfortunate student that fell into the water.
"What the-!" He saw another took one step and the bamboo stick sunk instantly when he put his foot on.
He had the idea and looked to find his elevator on the other side and took a deep breath. He then started to run straight, leaving a trail of sunken bamboo sticks. He made it through, with a slight stumble at the end, and went into the elevator.
'So this is why they call it a test from Hell…' He thought when he saw the doors opened and saw bamboo sticks again, only it had burning coals and it looked like a maze with the stone walls around. 'I hate mazes… I'm bad enough with my sense of direction.' He thought as he started to run, only to dodge a tennis ball at the last second.
"FUCK!!" He yelled as he ran, leaving a trail of sunken bamboo sticks, and dodging objects while quickly going through a maze to find his elevator.
When he did get to the elevator, he was soaked in his own sweat and panting like a dog that was left in the car on a hot day. "I'm so kicking your ass, Mihawk!" He yelled at no one when sprinklers came on over head, cooling him. "Okay… That was weird…" The elevator stopped and opened to reveal a strange room.
The room was plain and had a huge stair case leading up, but there were also metal walls that have numbers on them. He went up to a small sign that had a picture of what he was suppose to do and saw that he had to lift each numbered wall to get to the top. It was simple enough.
He managed to lift about ten walls no problem, it was after the tenth that made it a little challenging with dodging normal tennis balls and had to dodge metal balls with spikes on the fourteenth and fifteenth wall.
When he reached to the last step of the staircase, there was a door. He opened the door cautiously and dodged a watermelon size metal ball that looked like it was heated for sometime. He walked out to a clear landing and saw a huge screen at one end of the stadium.
On the screen it showed him and the other students. It showed the sprint and one fell out due to fainting, the next three were hit by objects, the next five just plain got lost in the first maze, two perished burns in the boiling water, and the last three were either lost, hit, or got burned by the coals. Only he managed to get to the last level, the stairs, and passed.
The screen showed a picture of him, his age, his sword style, and a time of 19:59. It even showed some of the shots of when he was running, dodging the crocodile, and other 'fun' things that he had to go through. Then it just showed him on the clearing.
People were cheering and the huge screen showed a congratulations.
'It's not done yet you bastards…' He thought as he started to rest up and waits for his duel with Mihawk.
Vivi: Okay! Cupid says she's sorry for being a short chapter and that she hoped you still enjoy it. And now for that announcement I was telling you about. (clears throat)
'Hello everyone! I have this crazy idea for a fic after this one. It's still in the process in my mind, but I first want to know what you think of this idea that became of my going to making this… Does that make sense? Anyway… I was thinking that Luffy is a vampire! Yes! That's right! A vampire! I saw a picture somewhere and I read this one manga preview from a different source and thought: 'Luffy's a vampire and Zoro's an average guy that gets mixed up in some kind of mess… again!' So… yeah… I plan on doing that fic based on that.'
Vivi: And that's all for the announcement. Well, I hoped you liked the chapter and until we meet again! See ya!