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Chapter 16, A New Enemy Rises

Luffy growled under his breath. Nothing was going to plan. Not that he ever stuck to the plan. But nothing was going to plan and that made everything difficult. He could see Law's frown from a mile away and the older man was perhaps as worried as he was, though he didn't really show it that much. Luffy could hear Nami mutter to herself, talking about something he couldn't hear. He was a little lost in his own anger.

Zoro and Sanji were in trouble, again. Why was it always them that were targeted. Luffy was the Captain of the crew, he should get all the people after him. Well, he was getting everyone after him. If the Marines attacking Baltigo was an indication, and how Sabo had looked while rolling his eyes and smiling. Dragon had not been amused, though, which unsettled the young Straw Hat even more than when his grandfather was upset.

"We should follow Sanji-ya's Haki trail. I cannot sense Zoro-ya's Haki anymore," Law said.

Luffy bit his lip, worry creeping up to him. He nodded to Law and flung his arm to the side to catch a Marine in the chin, making the man fly back.

"Robin! I need eyes!" Luffy said, rounding to look at his crewmate.

Robin nodded her head and crossed her arms, sprouting eyes all over the place and as far as her reach would allow her. Luffy just hoped they were close enough to his two crewmates to help them. Luffy groaned, why was nothing ever going good for them. He himself didn't really mind, it was fun, but he didn't like it when his friends got injured. And he guessed that Zoro was injured, he couldn't sense his Haki.

"Law, you should lead the way," Nami called from behind them.

Luffy could see Law nod his head and the Surgeon motioned for Chopper to join him. The Reindeer turned to his full Reindeer form and trotted after Law as he cut a path through the Marines. Luffy could hear more fighting, and he saw a few explosions. He guessed that Usopp and Franky where fine on their own with Sabo at their side. Nami had called them that they were going to rescue Zoro and Sanji.

Luffy snapped his arm back from its outstretched position and began to run after Law and the others. Nami caught up quickly and he took her hand, pulling her along. Robin was still crossing her arms, eyes sprouting all over the place as she ran and navigated around the attacking Marines.

"Cover Robin!" Luffy called out, punching a Marine that raised his sword at her.

"Roger that," Nami called over and immediately went to her best friend, covering her for attacks.

"We need to move," Law shouted, a little ways from them on the field, using Room to move Marines out of his way.

"Sanji-ya's Haki is fading fast."

Luffy's head shot up as Law said that. It couldn't be a good sign. He cursed to himself, flipping his hat of his head and glaring around for anything that indicated where Zoro and Sanji could possibly be. To Luffy's surprise, he saw a tiny, dark spot far away in his vision. He stared at it for a moment, then got the sensation that that had to be the place they were and he rounded on his friends.

"There!" he exclaimed, flinging his arm out to point at the tiny spot.

Law's face went grim and he nodded, indicating that he could sense Sanji's Haki from there. Luffy smiled, but it was short and he quickly made sure all his friends could follow him there.

"You go ahead!" Law told him as a few Marines tried to stop them once again.

Luffy was about to protest when Law's face went stern and he gulped. Law had a point. If Luffy got there first, he could help his two crewmates while the others would follow him. No matter what. He nodded, giving Law a smile that made a blush cover the Surgeons face, and Luffy rocketed himself closer to the black spot.

As he slowly got closer, his eyes widened as he saw that it was a cave. Zoro must have taken shelter there, together with Sanji. No, Luffy thought, he'd brought Sanji here. Sanji had been acting a little weird lately. Luffy guessed that Sanji had really overworked himself and had collapsed on the battlefield. The Straw Hat made his way towards the cave and peeked inside carefully.

There was nobody there, strangely.

Luffy frowned and stepped further inside. There was some sort of large hole in the middle of the cave, and to Luffy's surprise, he could see Zoro's katana and his sash thrown to the side. The Swordsman and Cook where nowhere to be seen. Luffy made a whining noise, where could his friends be, Zoro never left his katana unguarded. It was a wonder they hadn't been stolen yet.

Luffy knew he wasn't as bright as Law with Haki, but now that he was close, he guessed he could give it a try. He closed his eyes and breathed out, relaxing himself as he went to look for Sanji's fading Haki. He could sense something. It was small and getting smaller by the second, and Luffy realized it was Sanji. He yelped and snapped his eyes open, glaring down the hole.

Sanji was there, he had to be. Without thinking twice, Luffy leaped into the hole and skidded down towards where he thought his crewmate would be. He smacked into a wall of some sort and cursed, then toppled head over heels into the floor. Luffy lay there for a few seconds, breathing in and out slowly. He couldn't see anything, and he was still very worried about his friends.

"Sanji?" he asked softly, pushing himself up and looking around.

It was very, very dark and he couldn't even see his own hand in front of his face. He was blind. Luffy carefully felt around with his hands, bumping into something soft and his eyes widened. It had to be Sanji! Luffy sat up, bracing himself and feeling around for anything recognizable. He felt the body in front of him, flaccid hair, closed eyes, lanky body.

"Sanji!" Luffy yelped out.

The Straw Hat wearing Captain was terribly worried. He sat himself up, bringing Sanji's body closer to him. A groan left the body and Luffy suddenly remember what Sanji would need. He pulled his backpack off his back and dug through it to find his Pirate Bento Lunch Box that Sanji had prepared earlier.

"Please work," Luffy murmured.

He pulled open the box and pulled out one of the buns Sanji had put in. He heaved up Sanji's unconscious body and the blonde's head fell against his shoulder. Luffy pushed the bun against Sanji's lips and hoped to any God that might exist that Sanji would eat it.

To Luffy's surprise, Sanji started to nibble on the bun. Luffy couldn't see it, but he could feel it. It was still so dark, there was nothing here. Luffy could faintly hear water dripping down, and some sort of skittering around. He didn't know what was down here, but it could be dangerous.

"Sanji, come on, wake up," Luffy muttered, hoisting Sanji higher to him.

Sanji made a moaning sound, and Luffy hoped that he would wake up soon. He still had to find Zoro, and he didn't know where the other man was. Perhaps they could use Sanji's jewel again, but Luffy didn't really know how it all worked.

"Luffy?"

Sanji's voice startled Luffy bad, he jumped a little in surprise. He looked down, even though he couldn't see anything, and stared into the darkness.

"Sanji!" he exclaimed. "Where's Zoro? Are you alright?"

He could almost hear Sanji frown. "Zoro? What's with him? He's not here, where are we anyway?"

Luffy heard him groan and Sanji shifted in his grasp. The blonde gasped, but Luffy knew it wasn't from pain. Well, not major pain anyway.

"Are you alright?" Luffy asked quietly.

"Yes, I think so. Hey," Sanji said, grabbing Luffy's face to draw his gaze down.

"Is that…" Luffy said in astonishment.

Sanji's jewel was flickering in color and growing dimmer, then glowing brighter. Luffy's face was full of confusion, but he knew that this was bad. If Sanji's jewel was reflecting Zoro's feelings and state of health, he was in a bad shape.

"He's not alright," Sanji murmured. "There's something very wrong. And I feel this… strange tingle in my leg."

Luffy frowned. A tingling… sensation… in Sanji's leg! That meant Zoro was injured!

"We have to find him. Law couldn't detect his Haki, but maybe you can, Sanji," Luffy said, helping the blonde sit upright. "Here," he said. "Have my Pirate Bento Lunch Box."

Sanji snickered. "Thanks Luffy," he said.

Luffy heard it as Sanji began to eat. He also heard it when footsteps approached at a rapid pace. He smiled.

"That must be the others," he said, standing up.

"Uh, Luffy. What's that skittering sound?" Sanji's voice had taken on an edge of fear and Luffy knew.

"Probably some insects," he responded. "Don't think about it, just eat," he added.

He heard Sanji swallow, and then heard him continue eating. Luffy turned his head skywards, trying to locate some light. He spotted a little dot, but couldn't see anything out of it.

"Torao?" he asked, shouting upwards.

"Luffy-ya?" Law's voice sounded and the light was blocked. "Wait up, we'll bring a light."

A second later, Law and the rest of Luffy's earlier company appeared beside him, lantern in hand. Sanji screamed, finally seeing all the spiders crawling around him. He shot up, Lunch Box still in hand and clutching it to his chest. He seemed fine and uninjured, luckily. Luffy smiled happily at that.

"He's fine," Usopp murmured.

Luffy nodded. "I don't know where Zoro is," he said, pouting.

Sanji's head snapped up. "Wait, we don't know where Zoro is?" he shrieked.

Luffy face palmed. "Didn't we just talk about this?" he asked, wondering himself why he was acting so smart all of a sudden.

What was with this place anyway… It was creepy.

"We need to find him, then," Sanji mumbled, straightening.

Luffy nodded his head. "I don't think he's far away… never mind that's a stupid thought," he mumbled.

Nami send him a look that said everything he needed to know. Luffy rubbed at his neck sheepishly and grinned dumbly.

"We need… my… necklace…" Sanji began, then trailed off. "Where is it!" he then shrieked.

Luffy looked up, shocked. Nobody could take that off of Sanji. Only he or Zoro could do that. What in the name of…?

"Where is it?" Sanji shouted.

To Luffy's surprise, the blonde marched into the tunnel, without a light, and with the spiders. Luffy began to follow, and Nami after him with the lantern. Law fell into step quickly and Robin stood at his side. Luffy followed after Sanji and caught up to him, saw the grim determination on Sanji face.

"Everything is going to shit, why can't anything ever go right?" Sanji seethed.

Luffy had to agree with that. Everything was kinda going the wrong way, wasn't it. Luffy sighed, he had to think of something to make it up to his friends. It was kinda his fault this had all happened. He hoped the others were alright fighting the Marines on their own. Luckily they had the Revolutionary Army to back them up.

"We'll find it, don't worry," Luffy said, catching Sanji's elbow and making him stop.

Sanji looked at him, desperation in his eyes. Luffy knew what he felt right now, but they had to think before they acted. Nobody knew where Zoro was, and he was injured. His Haki was gone, which couldn't mean anything good, now could it?

"You have a very keen mind, for someone so dumb," an echoing voice suddenly said.

Luffy tensed, letting go of Sanji's elbow and taking a fighting stance.

"Whose there?" he asked.

Law and his crew came up to them, Law's light with him. They could see spiders, but both Sanji and Nami said nothing in regards to them. There was something else, though, that had Luffy worried.

A large leg, spider leg, came towards them and out of the shadows stepped a half spider half human. It was a woman, her long silver hair casting shadows on the floor. Her eyes were red and looked down upon them harshly. Luffy could see Sanji shiver, but kept his eyes on the spider woman.

"More prey for me, it seems," the spider said, her mouth grinning open and showing rows of sharp teeth.

Luffy had only a second to react when a large leg came his way. Law's lamp shattered, and Nami's scream echoed throughout the chamber. Then, there was nothing but darkness and silence.