Italics indicate thinking

Bold is for attacks

Steve's POV

"Well that's good." I smiled looking at the Sunny "The ship got here in one piece."

"Which means Nami and the others must have made it here somewhat safely." Robin nodded.

"No obvious scratches." Franky looked the hull over "Seems they avoided Big Mom and any other dangers."

"HEY!" Luffy yelled over at the ship "Sanji! Nami! Chopper! Wyper! Brook! Momo! And Uhh…Gas Guy!"

We jumped over and walked around the ship, we checked the various rooms but got no hits, the place was empty, the others weren't there.

"Seems like no one's home." Monet commented.

"Perhaps they got off." Law said "Went up onto Zou to look around?"

"Well you can go on without me." Usopp nodded.

"You're coming too." Zoro growled.

"Are you sure you have everything?" Bartolomeo asked "I've dreamed of going on an adventure with the Straw Hats one day but now I can't bring myself to get in the way of your holy expedition!"

"We're good." Rose said "Thanks for the ride."

"We'll see you soon!" Bartolomeo said "We'll make sure not to bring any shame to you as your subordinates, next time we meet we'll be a lot stronger, oh and I'll be back for the remaining signatures soon!"

"Yeah see yay." I casually waved them off.

"So how are we gonna get up there?" Lil asked "It'd take a long, long time for Papa to fly us up there one or two at a time."

"I have an idea." Kanjuro said drawing a swirly pattern on the floor "Now appear, Rising Dragon!"

The Dragon came to life, it was kinda rough looking and kept making strange wheezing and moaning noises.

"I feel kinda bad for it." Monet sighed "It's awfully sad looking."

"Hm." Robin smiled "I think it's cute."

"You have a strange definition of cute." Lil and I said.

"Okay hop aboard!" Kanjuro said "He'll climb us to the top."

"Wait so he can't even fly!" Lil yelled "What kinda lazy dragon is this!"

We begrudgingly got on the painted dragon, most of us weren't happy but Luffy seemed pretty happy to ride it. We started to climb the back-right leg of the giant elephant, the trip was taking far longer than I had anticipated.

"I don't see the top yet." Luffy said "I wonder how the others are doing."

"I'm sure they're fine somewhere up there." I said.

"Hey Kin'emon, Kanjuro." Luffy said "Why do you want to go to Zou?"

"That's right we should tell you everything since you brought us here." Kin'emon said "First let us reach the top first."

"We need to see if Momonosuke is okay." Kanjuro said "And check on our comrade Raizo the ninja who went on ahead of us."

"Ninja!" Luffy perked up "So cool!"

"Uhh hello, trained Ninja assassin right here." Rose sighed.

"Hmm." Robin looked up "Something is falling towards us!"

I looked passed Luffy and saw some shaking fuzzy ball falling towards the dragon.

"What the heck is that!" Luffy yelled.

"Looks like a monkey." Lil said.

"It also looks like a person stabbed full of knives." Robin said.

"Too dark!"

"Dodge it!" I said ducking under the monkey.

We all moved to the side to avoid the creature, we'll all of us except Kin'emon and Kanjuro who got hit and knocked off the dragon.

"Should we go back for them?" Lil asked.

"We're closer to the top than the bottom." I said "We'd waste more time by going back, I'm sure they'll be fine provided they hit the ship and not the water."

"They are fine." Robin said crossing her arms "They hit the deck."

"Well than they can get back on their own." I nodded "Let's keep climbing."

The dragon managed to wheeze its way up to the top before starting to fade back into a drawing.

"What a hero." Robin sobbed.

"Umm there, there." I patted her back.

It was just a lazy doodle, am I supposed to feel bad for it.

"Suck it up." Zoro growled "We're in unfamiliar territory you should be on your toes."

Glad I'm not alone in not feeling bad for the dragon.

In front of us was a large stone archway, and watchtower.

"There's no guards." Rose said "That's strange, why have this big of an outpost and no one around?"

"Hey look at this!" Luffy cheered from the top of the watchtower "There's all this stuff on the back of some big elephant! There's forests and rivers and towns. It's a whole island!"

"GAH!" Usopp yelled "He jumped in!"

"Figures." I sighed as Usopp used his goggles to look ahead "See anyone else?"

"No, not from here." He shook his head.

"Come on let's go after Luffy." I said.

"Shouldn't we wait for Mr. Samurai?" Lil asked.

"I'm sure he'll manage just fine." I said walking in.

"The doors are wide open." Franky observed "Were they just left open?"

"No." Law shook his head and pointed at the busted hinges "See, it was knocked in."

"Yes and look at the forward path." Monet said "It's wide as though it was made for a larger than average person, and the edges are rough, it was not carefully paved like the center of the road. It's almost as though the sides of the road were trampled down to make them wider for some sort of larger creature."

"These trees were cut down pretty recently." Rose said touching a branch "Look they're still dripping sap from some of the cuts."

"Best to be prepared than." Zoro laughed drawing his sword.

"Look at all these craters." Lil said climbing up "The path's so uneven it's really hard to get around."

"I wonder what happened here." Franky hummed "I don't smell gunpowder or gas."

"Why can't we ever go anywhere peaceful." Usopp cried.

"That's just our luck." I shrugged.

*Rustle*

"Did you here that!" Usopp cried.

"Hmph." I looked around and got my arm ready "Someone is here."

There was a blur of white that dashed by us, I could make out that it was some sort of girl. I crossed my arms over my face.

"Iron Body!"

I took the kick and got a look at the girl that attacked me, she was short, covered in white fur but had short blonde hair, she was some sort of rabbit girl.

"Grr, RAH!" the girl yelled as the air around her began to stutter and spark.

"GA!" I groaned as an electrical current shocked my arms "What the hell!"

The girl flipped back and got ready to strike me again, I pulled my arm back and pointed a finger.

"Finger Pistol!"

"Stop that Carrot!"

"AHH!" I slammed my finger into the ground, shattering it slightly and leaving a hole behind.

A nearby wall caved in as a giant gator like creature barreled through it, a woman who looked like a dog was riding on top of it.

"Leave them be!" the woman said "We have intruders to deal with in the forest."

"A talking animal!" Lil cheered.

"The Minks." Law mumbled.

"Her clothes!" Usopp yelled "That's-!"

"Nami's bikini top." Rose glared.

What the hell is this?

AN

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