Chapter 54 – Split Up

"Okay the old man said that there is two villages on this island." Said Nami

"It'll be quicker if we split into groups and search the island." Said Robin

"So two of us will head to the northern village, three of us will head to southern village, three of us will guard the ship and the other three can search around in the forest." Said Nami

"How do we decide on the groups?" asked Pucho

"There is four groups." Said Nami "They will be lead by Luffy, Sanji, Zoro and you Pucho."

"ME!" gasped Pucho "Why me?"

"Cause after seeing you fight against Samedi you're clearly one of the strongest fighters here." Said Nami

"I guess." Said Pucho "okay then."

"So now the groups." Said Nami "I'll be going with Luffy and Ana to the southern village. Robin and Sanji will head for the northern village. Pucho, Usopp and Franky can explore the forest and Zoro, Chopper and Skadi will guard the ship."

"I have scaredofthedarkforestitus!" shrieked Usopp "I should stay with the ship."

"Shut up!" snapped Nami and whacked him over the head.

"OW!" yelled Usopp "Damn it."

"We meet back here tomorrow morning." Said Nami

The crew split and each went there separate ways.

--

"So what's the status of the crew?" asked Samedi

"They've separated." Said Legba "Searching for clues."

"The demons of the forest shall be pleased." Grinned Samedi "And what about the guardians, where are they?"

"No idea." Answered Legba "One of them reported in a few hours ago about a strange new arrival in the northern village, he's always humming a song apparently."

"So where is he now?" aksed Samedi

"The guardian left a few hours ago." Answered Legba

"Do we really have to do this?" asked a new being "Why cant we just kill them and be done with it?"

"Come now Redcap." Said Samedi "That would take all the fun out of it."

Redcap grunted and vanished

"Where is Etsai?" asked Samedi

"Sleeping." Said Legba

--

"It's been so long." Laughed a female voice "Tell me daughter how is the world."

Another female voice answered her "Genii and Eshu both former generals of Samedi have left him and after a while they have both been defeated by the Straw Hat Pirate Crew."

"Pirates!" laughed the female "There hasn't been any pirates here in years."

"Bran has also been defeated by this crew." Said the second female

"And where is this crew?" asked the female

"On this island." answered the daughter

"How goes preparations for our attack on Samedi?" she asked

"They'll be complete by tomorrow morning." Answered the daughter.

"Excellent."

"Why am I stuck on guard duty." Grunted Zoro

"I'm bored." Sighed Skadi "I wanted to go exploring.'

"Orange haired witch." Grunted Zoro "Why should let her boss me around."

"Hey Zoro." Said Skadi giving a sweet smile "I'm leaving you in charge okay?"

"What?" started Zoro but to his surprise Skadi leaped of the ship and ran towards the forest.

"That bitch!" roared Zoro

Chopper meanwhile lay against the wall sleeping

Zoro looked at his crew mate and sighed.

--

Robin and Sanji trooped over the sand heading northwards in search of the village.

"If you're feet hurt I can carry you Robin-chan!" cried Sanji with hearts forming in his cigarette smoke.

"How kind of you but I'm fine." Answered Robin

"There's smoke over there." Said Sanji as he pointed to a few trails of smoke in the distance

The two ran towards the smoke and found themselves on a large hill looking down at a rather large village full of wooden houses and many people, the people were all running around with torches and shouting about something.

"Wonder what's going on." Said Robin as she turned to Sanji

"Let's go find out." Said Sanji and they headed down the grassy hill towards the village.

They entered the village and not a single person stopped to look at them.

"Find the monster!" shouted one villager

"It can't have gotten far." Yelled another

"Burn the demon." Screamed a third

"Seems like there's a monster in town.' Laughed Sanji

"How are we supposed to find information when the town is like this." Sighed Robin

"We could beat up the monster." Said Sanji

"I suppose." Answered Robin "But how do we find it."

Sanji jumped in front of a nearby man who was carrying a pitchfork and a torch.

"What are you doing fool!" roared the man "I could've run you through."

"What's going on in town?" aksed Sanji

"There's a demon in this village." Answered the man "He came strolling into town one day humming."

"Humming?" aksed Sanji confused "What did it look like?"

"A skeleton, a horrible skeleton with a huge afro." Answered the man

Robin and Sanji's eyes opened wide "No way."

The man grunted and ran off to join the mob

"It can't be him can it?" aksed Sanji

"We'll he can run on water." Answered Robin "It wouldn't be hard for him to reach this island."

"Shit." Sighed Sanji "I can't believe he just wandered into a town with his appearance."

"We've got to save him now." Laughed Robin

"But that would mean we might end up with this village as an enemy." Groaned Sanji "DAMN YOU BROOK!"

Robin smiled a little

--

As for Brooke he sat down against a tree and sighed.

He was surrounded by many villager

"You're a demon!" said a village man

"You should come with us quietly." Said another villager

"YOHOHOHO!" laughed Brook "Can't we all be friend instead?"

"GET HIM!" roared the villagers and the pounced on him."

Brook leaped up into the tree and scurried across it, he landed behind the villager and sped through the forest at top speed.

"After him!" yelled the villagers

"No we've got him." Smiled another

Brook ran but his foot suddenly caught against something and a rope sprung forward, he ran straight into it and fell to the ground causing a trigger that caused a large rope net to open up above him and fall down onto him trapping him.

"We've got you now monster." Laughed the villagers

As Brook was carried away a large eye opened from the place the net had fallen.