Wishfull-star: Thank you!

"Well, you were going to stay on the ship regardless, right?" Zoro asked. Usopp grumbled he still wanted Luffy. "You know he won't just stay on this ship. Right?" Luffy jumped off the ship and ran into the forest. "See?" he heard Zoro say, not sounding surprised or disappointed. He would be having a hunting competition with Sanji, so they hadn't planned on going together.

"Wait, Luffy! I want to go with you!" Vivi shouted. Luffy was surprised, and came back. He grinned, and called her over. Nami was shocked, but Vivi wanted to explore. Staying on the ship would be boring. So, everyone left but Nami and Usopp, who ran inside immediately.

He and Vivi ran off, Luffy hearing all sorts of weird sounds, new scents. He noticed the animals were not running from him. They stalked them, and he had fun attacking them, putting them out with only a few punches. They were strong. Stronger than those on Dawn Island.

Carue and Vivi looked shocked at the huge tigers and bears Luffy took out. "I thought animals were scared of you," she said, mostly in interest and not fear. Luffy said they usually were. But this was so interesting. He wondered why. "What are the humans here saying?" she wondered, comforting her duck with physical affection.

"Don't know. Everything is so loud around right now. I know there are really loud guys, though. Let's go see them! This'll be fun, or really dangerous," Luffy explained happily. They came into a small clearing, and Luffy saw a sea king on land! It was so tall. "A sea king on land?!"

Vivi screamed. "N-No! It's a dinosaur!" Now she was scared. Luffy was amazed, eyes sparkling! "That means this is a prehistoric island! This island is stuck in the age of the dinosaurs. Each island interacts with people and things differently, creating unique circumstances and creatures on each one.

"If there are islands with advanced humans living on, then there are ones like this one!"

"Hmm, you're pretty smart. Hey, we should ride it! Then we'll see the whole island!" Luffy said.

"No, that's a terrible idea!" Vivi said, trying unsuccessfully to stop him from shooting himself onto one of the longed necked dinosaur's heads. Luffy would love to eat lunch there, and could see the whole island. At least, from an aerial view. There were huge rocks with holes in them in the distance, and a volcano, as well.

He could hear the roars of other animals. What a noisy island this was. But it was much more interesting than Whiskey Peak had been. Than any island had been. He hoped there were more interesting islands like this one. Vivi did say weird stuff was common on Grand Lineislands, so he was excited to see more.

It would be nice to visit every island, not just the ones in a straight line, though. But it wasn't possible this time around. It bummed him out, but he did accept it. There was nothing he could do about it, after all. Vivi shouted at him to get down. It was still a dinosaur, even if it was only eating plants. But the thing hadn't even noticed him yet.

"Hey, lets go check out those rocks!" He wished he could eat his lunch box here, but what if the dinosaur moved and the lunch box fell? But then the dinosaur tossed him up on purpose, and ate him. He tried grabbing onto the throat, but it was so slippery. He screamed as he slid down, until he was suddenly out of the neck, and the dinosaur's head was severed. Poor guy. Well, he shouldn't have eaten Luffy. Bad dinosaur!

He saw who had done it. A giant man! He caught Luffy in his hand easily. "Gegyagyagyagya! You sure are a lively one! I haven't had any guests in a long time!" he said cheerfully.

"Whoa, you're huge! Steroids are bad!" The guy laughed loudly.

"I'm not a human, I'm a giant!" Oh, that made more sense! Luffy was amazed. He had heard of giants, but never expected to meet one! And didn't really understand just how huge they were. This guy was massive, and Luffy was glad he would be fine if he fell from the height he was at in the giant's hand. "My name is Dory, Elbaf's strongest warrior!" He laughed again. What a cheerful guy. Luffy liked him already.

Vivi seemed happy to not be noticed before she was, and Dorry happily invited him to his place. Where did he live being so big? And what was Elbaf? Were more giants there or something? He wondered how big their toilets were.

Dorry's home, Luffy on his shoulder as they walked, was at the big rocks with holes. When they got there, he cooked Luffy a huge piece of meat, and he ate all he wanted while talking to the giant in great interest. He was interested in Luffy, too. Liked his enthusiasm and curiosity. Vivi watched quietly, body stiff. Carue was hiding behind her. "This is really good, !"

"And your pirate lunchbox is good, too!" Sanji would like that. Anyone complimenting his food was welcome, even if he said he only liked it coming from women. "Though it is a little small."

"You bet it's good! I would have kicked your ass if you said it tasted bad! Nobody insults my cook! Shishishi!"

"Gegyagyagya! Aren't you a funny little one!" Vivi said they were getting along so well. Luffy was glad. Having a giant mad at him would be disappointing. Luffy asked, around a mouthful of meat, why Dorry lived alone out here. He said something about Elbaf. Was that his home? Why wasn't he there? "My home is indeed called Elbaf, the village of warriors! It's located somewhere on the Grand Line. But my village has a certain law."

He looked serious now, and Luffy was even more curious, staying quiet to listen intently. "If a quarrel breaks out in the village and you can't resolve it, then we beseech our god, Elbaf, for his judgement. Elbaf is just and bestoes protection on those in the right. He'll ensure the survival of the righteous.

"I've gotten into a quarrel myself. And so this island has been turned into the battleground between me and a certain other giant. The one who's in the right will triumph in the end and be the winner." Then he shocked Luffy when he said, "Though it's been 100 years since it started! We just can't seem to settle our deul!" He laughed again, so loud birds and flying dinosaurs fled the area.

Luffy was shocked, and was told giants had three times the lifespan of humans. He wasn't upset about how long it was taking, though Vivi didn't understand why you'd ever want to spend 100 years fighting. Dorry didn't get to reply before the volcano in the distance exploded. It made a loud noise, but didn't really erupt and destroy the island. But Dorry got up, seeming completely used to the thing.

"I don't know when it became a thing, but the volcano is the signal to continue our battle!" He wicked up his huge weapon as another giant approached. Vivi didn't understand. Didn't understand this fight wasn't about violence, or killing on another. It was about their pride. Of course neither one would want to either submit or die. They wanted to win!

"Exactly! It's about our pride! And we forgot why, ages ago!" and they clashed, sending a boom throughout the island, making Luffy clap his hands over his ears. Man that was loud. Even louder than the volcano in the distance. And also quite a bit closer. He went to his pirate lunchbox, and opened the inner compartment, finding the little pouch of blood was still there.

He was glad Dorry didn't find it, as Luffy had forgotten it was there because of the meat given to him for free. Luffy was amazed and fell on his back. "What's wrong" Vivi asked, slight concern in her voice. "I'm beat. They're just soooo huge!" The fight didn't last long, as they fought so hard that it exhausted them both fairly quickly. The fight was brutal, but they were both so strong!

Luffy really liked them. They were laughing about the draw, no problem with it. They reminded him of Ace and Sabo's fights. Those times they were both in great moods and weren't angry about both not winning, getting too tired and bruised to fight anymore. Luffy had never understood why you would enjoy a draw.

He'd want to win. Though fighting with Zoro would be fun. He was strong and a good fighter after all. He blushed thinking about Zoro winning and pinning Luffy down as he was panting from defeat. Maybe being beaten by Zoro wouldn't be too bad. He giggled to himself.

The other giant said that his guests gave them some rum. Did he meet the rest of his crew? Well, he seemed like a good giant too, and Dorry liked him. The giant wouldn't hurt them if Dorry liked him.

Dorry returned with the alcohol, sitting back with Luffy and Vivi. They were talking about leaving, but were both shocked to hear it took a whole year for the log pose to set! Vivi was upset about her kingdom, while Luffy commented that it would get boring being there.

"Those skeletons from over there are from other humans who have gotten stuck here. Most die from the beasts, heat, starvation or diseases."

"Diseases?!" Vivi freaked.

"Don't worry, those that give off diseases are mostly insects that stay in the dark. If you get back to your ship before night falls, you should be just fine," he assured them. Vivi went back to moping about her kingdom falling apart in less than a year. "We have an eternal pose, but it's to Elbaf. You could say Broggy and I are battling over it." Then he grinned. "Will you try to take it by force?"

"Nah, we want to go to the next island, not Elbaf."

Dorry lifted the barrel of alcohol before Luffy told him to give it to him. "Sure," Dorry said, not bothered. Luffy sniffed it. It didn't have the scent of any of their crew. It wasn't from them. "What's wrong?" the giant asked.

Luffy cocked his head. "This isn't our alcohol! It's from somewhere else. Unfamiliar scents." He was confused. Were there other people here? Luffy wondered what was inside. It smelled like alcohol, but still not their scent. He smelled deeply, searching specifically for humans. "There are more people here! Hmm… four, I think. Do you think they gave the barrel?" Luffy asked.

Vivi was worried, and Dorry looked angry, but not at Luffy. Somebody was trying to hurt him? Maybe if the barrel was bad. "Well, I'm gonna move it from here in case it's dangerous," Luffy said simply. When he made the barrel reach the side of the forest, it blew up in a huge plume of smoke, burning Luffy and throwing him back and landing on his back, eyes closed and completely burnt.

"LUFFY!" Vivi shrieked in horror, running over, Dorry following in one foot step. He got on one knee, and picked both Vivi and Luffy up. "Where is anywhere you can treat him?" Dorry asked. Luffy just took a blow meant for him, after all. "Um, the ship! It's that way!" Vivi shuted. "At the river!"

Dorry ran through the forest, reaching the river quickly. He set Luffy and Vivi down. Carue was hurrying after them quickly. Vivi brought him inside and got supplies in the galley. Luffy woke up, knowing what he needed. His whole body hurt. He had usually not been badly affected by burns, but that explosion was huge.

"Vi-vi," he moaned. She was getting the first aid. Luffy knew bad people were here, and so he had to heal.

"Luffy!?"

"That… chest. O-ver there," Luffy said, unable to point. Vivi moved in the direction Luffy's eyes moved. She opened the cupboard and found the ice chest. She brought it over. He tried to raise his hand to get a bag from there. But he couldn't. Vivi would find out. Well, he needed to get better, and he couldn't move his arm to do it himself from the burns. His shirt was in tatters, but not showing his marks.

He was glad Vivi had grabbed his hat. She opened the chest, and saw the blood, looking confused. After all, he wasn't losing any blood, he had burns. "Do… do you drink it?" she asked seriously. Luffy affirmed this, and Vivi lifted him up and broke the top open to put it in Luffy's mouth.

Two bags were needed as his burns healed. He sat up and gasped a bit. "Y-You don't need to tell me."

"I will tell you later. We have to see if the others are okay!" Vivi nodded. And said, "You're not scary. The animals are, but you don't scare me. She said it with a genuine smile, and he heard no lie. Vivi was awesome, and he just smiled.

"Kid! You're alright! Amazing human medicine," he said, sounding so relieved. Luffy said that he wanted to find his crew, and who tried to kill him. Dorry picked them up, including Carue, and Luffy directed him to where he smelled his crew. He found Usopp, but Nami was gone. Broggy was there, and saw Dorry's face.

"Hey, what's wrong, Dorry?" he asked.

Dorry explained that somebody had tried to either kill him, or the crew. Usopp was shocked and horrified, and told Luffy to find Nami now! Dorry put Luffy down, and he asked them to take care of Vivi and Usopp.

He ran after Nami's scent, which mixed with another one. He found her trapped against a tree with white, hard stuff. "Nami, Nami, wake up!" Luffy said, and slapped her face hard. She jolted awake, and looked down. He punched the tree since the white stuff was really hard and solid. She stumbled down, and saw what Luffy looked like. He had ash and soot on him, not to mention his shirt.

She asked what happened. "Someone put a bomb in the alcohol! It blew me up, but Vivi got me back to the ship and fed me some blood. I'll talk about that later!" Nami asked where the others were. "That way, let's go." Nami nodded, and both of them ran back through the woods, being stopped by multiple predators that Luffy attacked.

It was still strange to not be feared by them. He was irritated with how long that took, and could hear shouts and weird sounds. When they went back into the clearing, a lot of things had happened in a short amount of time. There was now some weird sculpture out of wax, which was raining down little bits of it.

Both giants were trapped to the ground in the wax, unable to move. Zoro, Usopp and Vivi were all trapped on the thing. "Luffy, get us out of this thing!" Usopp shouted. Luffy was furious when he saw Zoro's ankles bleeding, only just noticing over the smell of wax, his own body, and the scents of others. Plus all of the scents of the surroundings.

He was annoyed with this island by now.

"What are you doing?!" Luffy roared. Zoro looked like he'd just been scolded by his mother. "Don't you dare cut your feet off, stupid!" Zoro huffed and put his sword down, irritation on his face. Luffy promised to get them out. He turned to the instigators. There were four. Two they'd seen before briefly when they were at Whiskey Peak.

Then there were two new ones. One that smelled of the wax and the other that was a child. Luffy was ready to fight, with Nami in the treeline. "Nami, that guy can make explosions with his body!" Usopp warned.

"What?!" She looked at her staff, and then back at the bomb man. She ran away. "Nami! Try my stuff!" Usopp offered when they heard an explosion and a scream. Luffy wanted to help, his crew was calling for him to crush the pole holding up that spinning candle. He grinned, saying it was no problem. Zoro seemed unbothered, which was impressive. He turned to the enemies, and charged. The other two went after Nami, who was managing to just run in circles around the candle holder, unable to do anything.

Vivi cheered her on, trying to calm her down as she barely missed explosions constantly. She did manage to pull her staff out and slam it into the woman's chest, throwing her away and moaning in pain. Then Nami felt more confident, and went up against Mr. 5.

When Luffy shot forward, Mr. 3, as Vivi called him, grinned and shouted, "Candle lock!" and Luffy's legs were locked in wax, making him unable to run. The others shouted in worry, now that he couldn't move as the wax covered them more, Zoro lifting his sword to be in a good pose now.

Luffy felt desperate to help. But then he thought of something. The wax trapped him perfectly; he could use this, no doubt. He shot his arms out, grabbing onto the sword that somehow was embedded into Broggy's hand, and spun around it as fast as he could until the thick wax trapping his legs slamming into the candle's pole, destroying it. "Nee hee!" he said proudly.

It distracted Mr. 5 enough for Nami to throw the tabasco star into his eyes. She then hit him with her staff, only for it to blow up and throw her back. It was burnt, but not destroyed. She began to run again, confidence gone even as Vivi and Usopp cheered her on while Zoro watched Luffy. But then the top of the thing fell, and Luffy yelled at them to run.

"We can't!" The three prepared to be crushed, but the spinny thing only landed on the base of the pole, closer to them. "Damn it!" Usopp shouted. "I'm gonna die! Ahhh!" Zoro told him to be quiet, but both others noticed that they were getting harder faster. Shit.

Mr. 3 explained that, now that the spinny part was closer, they'd turn into wax faster. As Luffy watched his lover and friends stiffen and their skin turned white, he let his rage and fear take over, and managed to control his violence to absolutely destroy Mr. 3 and the girl, not caring she was a kid.

Then he turned and went after Mr. 5, Nami running off from them. Luffy couldn't hear what they were saying. He went after Mr. 5 mercilessly, dodging the bombs easily, stretching his arm just far enough for him to attempt to blow him up, only to not have touched Luffy, but had his vision impared by the flames and smoke, where Luffy socked him in the face hard enough that he heard his cheek crunch.

Luffy heard what Usopp was calling Nami, who was frantically wrapping the candle thing in rope. The voices of his crew trapped faded until they were silent. Luffy figured out it was a fuse to melt them out, and Luffy grabbed an unconscious Mr. 3, and dragged his candle head over, lighting the fuse.

He grabbed Nami and pulled her back as the candle was engulfed in flames. He watched nervously, worrying they were dead in there. Nami was biting her nails, too. But then they came out. Mr. 5 and the other woman were still alive, but injured. Usopp ended them, getting his bag Nami tossed at him, and shooting Mr. 5 in the mouth with his hot sauce attack, making him scream and attack Usopp one more time before Zoro cut him down.

Luffy went running after a limping Mr. 3, and found a whole area filled with statues of him. He found the real one without him even saying a thing, and knocked him out. He looked around the dark area, and then headed back to his friends, very tired. But he wasn't as exhausted as last time, because he used it minimally and not too long. Not as hard, either.

But he was still tired, like most people would be after a fight like that.