That's the freshest fruit money can buy. You won't find anything better than that", Serenity said. She placed a bowl on the table in front of her.

"Well that's nice and all, but why are you trying to CHARGE us for them", Fukurou asked.

"Hey, I got to make a profit too you know. Gurin and I are the only ones who can grow food on this ship.

"Oh, bother! Gimme and apple", Raymond said as he tossed a gold piece at her. She took an apple out of the basket and gave him one that looked quite fresh. He quickly bit into it and smiled. "Wow, that IS pretty good. Now that task at hand?"

"Oh, right! The Malina island one, right? So, what do you think will happen to us this time", Gurin asked.

"What do you mean?"

"The last two islands we visited, something happened to us. I mean at Birth island, someone nearly turned us back into babies. The last island someone switched our genders. What's next, turn into old people?"

"Dont even suggest that", Jabra yelled. I'd rather be a child again than a frail old man.

"I agree. Though I do wonder what Some of us might look like at a more ripened age", Kumadori replied.

"I bet I'd still be beautiful. No matter what befalls me", Kalifa said.

"Careful, your starting to sound like that 'bag lady' from the last island", Raymond replied.

"Oh are you still on that? Perhaps you should take up smoking. A good stress reliever."

"Hey, Hey! There will be no smoking in this ship. You know how hard it is to get that smell out", Moira said. Look, we'll be landing soon anyways, smoke all you want then."

"Hey, tell us about Lucci and Kaku", Borya said. I mean considering who you all used to be we have a general idea, but..."

Blueno stopped flipping through the book he was reading. Kaku was a little bit friendlier than the rest of us. I mean most of that was an act but generally he was probably easier to approach. He had the Ox-Ox fruit, Giraffe model.

Jabra busted out laughing. He was a SQUARE giraffe! Bahahahahah"

"ANYWAYS, he had just acquired it right before our battle with the strawhats."

"It was also literally the same time I had acquired mine. That reject Spandam gave us each one", Kalifa chimed.

"Then there's Lucci", Kumadori said. "He was quite the skilled fighter. He was stronger than all of us. Nearly all of us combined, and that was without his devil fruit."

"Indeed! To put it frankly, he was a sociopath. Somewhat Sadistic, and merciless. He wouldn't hesitate to kill, especially someone he deemed weak", Blueno said. And like Jabra he also had a carnivorous zoan devil fruit. A leopard to be precise. That only made him more aggressive."

This caused a lot of confusion amongst the newcomers, until Raymond spoke up. "So, WHY do we want to find HIM exactly?"

"Well, he changed a lot after the incident. Or at least that's what I saw. Until that incident with the candy pirates. Sorry, that might have been a bit more vulgar than I meant it to be, but we obviously had no intention of sugar coating the truth."

"Nah, its ok. We knew what we signed up for when we agreed to travel with you all. But I have to say, this kind of makes me uneasy. You said he's working for the government again. Doesn't that make him our enemy", Borya asked.

"And even if It didn't it doesn't actually sound like he's very stable. Whats to stop him from wanting to bring harm to us", Gurin asked.

"Well, we're kind of playing this by ear. Our goal is to find out if there's a special reason he's working for them. And don't worry, we won't let him hurt any of you", Kalifa assured. That was a nice feeling. Though actions spoke louder than words, it still made everyone uneasy. Then again, that was common when facing the unknown.

"Land Ho! I've always wanted to say that", Gurin said. "Look! The islands very, brown like. It looks like a dog."

"Very fuzzy, like this gal here", Raymond said as he held his pet tarantula in his hands.

Kalifa shaved backwards and Jabra cringed and moved to his left. "Put that damn thing away", he shouted.

"Her name is BLUE, and she's highly venomous", Raymond said as he chuckled. "Whats the matter. You two aren't afraid of spiders are you?"

"I'm gonna crush that thing! This is for your own good", Jabra said as he came closer.

"Sorry, but nope. STAR PUPIL!" A small gray light popped out of his eye and impacted into Jabra knocking him over.

"What the hell!", Jabra said as he stood up.

"My glasses. I have plenty of technology that helps me in battle. That was ONE of the abilities."

"Land! I think! It looks so strange", Fukurou shouted out. "Come on, let's go see what's up!" He quickly hopped off the boat and onto the land. The second he hit the sand, something even stranger happened! Fukurou's normally round body had disappeared. Not only that, but there was something now sitting where he was standing. It was an OWL! An owl with green feathers!

"What the!? Where'd Fukurou go", Moira asked. She held her head out towards the beach, but she saw nothing but the owl.

"Hey! Hey, Moira", a voice said. It sounded like Fukurou's.

"Fukurou? Where are you? I can hear you but I can't see you!"

"Here! Here!" The owl flapped up and down trying to get Moira's attention. Fukurou's voice... was coming from the owl!

"W-what!?" Moira fell over onto the island in shock, and the second she did, she also shrunk. More like she turned into a bluebird. "What the actual hell!?"

"One of those things, you were talking about earlier, eh Gurin", Raymond said as he walked over towards the edge of the ship.

"Probably. Does it turn people into birds, she asked."

"Only one way to find out", Blueno said as he hopped over the helm himself. He didn't actually shrink. He instead actually grew slightly. He turned into an actual BULL! "Well, its definitely not just birds."

"So do we just turn into animals when we step on the island", Serenity asked. "That doesn't seem too bad. We still need more supplies as well, so whatever", she exclaimed before landing on the island. She instantly warped into a deer, with green fur."

"Well, I think it's pretty obvious what me, Borya and the dog are going to turn into. Come on, Kumadori-San", she shouted as she held onto Kumadori and jumped onto the island. As expected, she transformed into her dragoness form. Wow! And that wasn't even on purpose." Her body stretched across the sand.

"Hahah! With a mighty roar, and a mane that rivals the great Komainu! I am Kumadori, the lion", Kumadori shouted. He transformed into a lion with a pink main. Even his makeup remained.

"Wow! Aren't they all adorable", Raymond said.

"I take it you like animals then? Baaaaaa", Kalifa said as she spoke from on the beach sand. She had turned into a sheep. Jabra too also seemed to wait impatiently in wolf form.

"Was the sheep noise really nessesary, Kalifa?" He was answered with a nod. Very well, lets get this over with", Raymond said as he hopped onto the sand. He then transformed into a fox. "Gah! A fox? Hm, I half expected some sort of feline, or an eagle or something.

"I expected a rodent. Gahahah", Jabra said.

"Very funny, you jackass. Hey wait a minute, if there are other residents here, does that mean everyone we talk to will be an animal?"

"How interesting! I bet SOMEONE here has to know how to get to Levely", The kangaroo that is Borya, said. They all gazed deeper onto the island ahead of them. It was hard to see past the sand and brown grass mixture...but there was something very unsettling about this place. Something was giving them this feeling from deep within the jungle.