Emichii: Well, what did you get for the answer? Should I tell you now? Or not? But the guesses you guys are giving are really funny! Someone thought that I was 100 and then they said that I was 16. WOW! HEE HEE! Especially since my friends think I am so immature -Will she ever grow up? I really wanna make you all wait… I'll tell you how old I am, just wait a couple of years first…Nah, just kidding. Okay the truth is I'm 12! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I know, I'm just such I great writer, heh heh. Oh that sounded so conceited there. Well I'm almost 13 actually. Waaaaahhhhh! I'm still so short!

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Chapter 7- Snooping Around

Nami stepped out the elevator and had her first look around. Pretty weird.

It was an office obviously, but Nami was extremely sure that they were hiding something here. She walked past a few rooms and then found a room that was four times as large as the others.

She went inside and looked around.

"Hmm?" There was a desk with drawers. She went through the first drawer. Nothing special in there. Just paper clips, pens, a calculator, random stuff and stash.

The second drawer was locked. Weird. Nami thought.

The third drawer was also locked. Dammit. She had been so sure that she'd be able to find something here. She stood a chair and looked on top of an extremely tall file cabinet. It wasn't very dusty which was odd because it was so high up, who would bother to clean up there?

Nami saw some weird things up there. A boxing glove, for example. What was with that? She rummaged around carefully in the pile of stuff and found a key in the boxing glove.

Pretty good hiding place, she had to admit.

She hopped off the chair and tried the key in the second drawer. When it didn't fit, she went after the third drawer.

Carefully, she inserted the key and turned it cautiously. It opened!

"Yes!" she said. She pulled the drawer out and then jumped in alarm when she heard the voices.

"How is the power?"

"Optimum effiency, sir."

"Excellent. Huh?"

"Malfunction is sector 7G, sir."

Oh no! If there was a malfunction, was it her intruding? Nami looked around for people in black suits with guns. Then she heard the next few lines.

"SIMPSON, GET UP HERE!"

Nami sighed with relief. False alarm. It was just the Simpsons.

I wonder who would watch TV during work, though. Nami climbed onto the chair again to locate wherever the sound was coming from. She spotted a window near the very top of the wall. To get to it, she had to climb onto the top of file cabinet and then leap across to the top of a bookshelf.

She took a chance and jumped.

When she landed, she looked into the window and saw a big group of men in black suits gathered around a television. They were laughing and enjoying themselves.

"Go Simpson!" They cheered.

Nami shook her head in disbelief. Then she leapt off and went back to work. When she slipped the drawer open, she was frustrated by finding a little black box that had four padlocks. She rummaged under it and found some odd folders and papers.

She caught the neatly typed title of the first page- PLAN FOR GLOBAL DOMINATION.

Nami took a seat in the comfy cushioned seat and started reading.

Zoro frowned at the evil crew mates. Would they ever give up?

So far, Luffy had wrapped himself around a pole and was using himself to be a slingshot. He shot Sanji into Zoro over and over.

Zoro gasped. He was starting to vomit out blood now.

Yuck.

Nami, where the hell are you? You're taking too long!

Ussop wasn't letting Zoro get away either. He was chasing him and throwing bombs at him.

Bombs? Where'd they come from?

Zoro couldn't possibly fight bombs. The only way to avoid further injury was to run. Zoro took off. He ran and ran and came to a cliff.

WHAT IS THIS? A BAD CARTOON?

Ussop, Sanji and Luffy advanced on him, making those weird growling noises. Zoro took a chance… and jumped.

He was falling. Falling…

When he could almost see the bottom, he unleashed his plan. He did a great big whirlwind attack with his swords and used the force to push himself towards the edge of the cliff where he used his swords and dug them into the rock to keep him on.

Shale.

Where was he?

He had to kill. Get rid of the boss. If he could get rid of the leader, the others would soon fade away.

Zoro took a huge jump and landed safely on ground. Sanji and Ussop and Luffy charged. The cliff edge was behind him. Zoro's mind clicked.

If they all fell down the cliff, they wouldn't die. They'd just be unconscious for a long time. It would give me enough time.

Zoro jumped up. They all ran off the cliff.

He shook his head. Maybe they got meaner. And maybe stronger. But they weren't any smarter.

With still time to go, he went towards the most suspicious building. The biggest building, right in the center of the city. 'Microsoft Computer Company.'

Cautiously, he entered the building. Evil businessmen in every corner.

They had been given instructions to kill the swordsman. Zoro struck, they all collapsed. He grinned, "Ha! I know this! I have to defeat all the people in the building and then the boss will be at the very top!"

And that's just the beginning of the game.

Nami stared at the paper. What language is this? It was all in ones and zeroes.

She slapped her forehead in frustration. Der! It's a computer company. A computer company with evil intentions. To prevent anyone from reading their plans, they have to put everything in code.

Nami knew she couldn't possible decipher all of that in so little time. Carefully, she folded it neatly and put it in her pocket. What's this?

From the bundle of pages, a smaller note fell out.

Undo potion's spell, purple antidote in computer hold.

Nami laughed quietly. Well, it seemed that everything was on her side.

Where's the computer hold? She wondered.

Obviously, there wouldn't be any signs that directed her where to go. And if she asked anybody, there would be huge suspicion. So she'd just have to trust her instincts.

She left the office and turned into another corridor.

And stared.

And stared and stared and stared.

A maze? In this building. She smirked, well; Shale certainly did an extremely good job with security.

Nami looked around for something to mark her route. Finding some of the wires for computers in a closet she tied one end to the door handle and entered to maze, trailing the wire behind her.

Zoro went through level after level. When he got to level 30, he was surprised to find no-one there.

Well…he thought as he walked through corridors. I guess I'll just get to the next level. He turned to go to the elevator but found that the buttons for the next 10 levels had been pulled out.

Zoro grumbled. Where are the stairs?

He peeked around in the rooms and found a big maze in one of them. What the hell?

He walked around a bit and saw stairs and ledges and that the floor sloped upwards in the maze. I guess this is the way up…

And obviously Zoro wouldn't have thought it thoroughly enough to leave a trail to get back, he just went in.

Where are the people to defeat? he wondered. Shouldn't they be waiting around for him to kill?

When he came to a cross section, he was surprised to see wire running across the path he was walking on. Zoro shrugged. I'm not going that way. They're probably trying to trick me.

Nami went up a flight of stairs and looked down. How'd they build this maze? It was a maze that went upwards so that Nami found her self about 3 levels higher than before. She looked at her wire. It would not go any longer that about 2 more kilometres.

It was really really long

I hope that I've been going the right way. Nami sighed and leaned against the wall for a breath, and the wall collapsed.

"EEEK!" she jumped.

And then she calmed down. She'd never make it if she made so much noise. She turned and saw that there was a small door in the wall. It seemed just big enough for her to fit in. She giggled and said to herself, "This is gonna be one of my best thieving experiences."

She crawled in.

Zoro sighed. The only way to go up was to follow the wire. Convinced, it was a trap, Zoro kept his trusty swords by his side. When he had gone quite a long way up, Zoro saw a door thing in the wall. It was quite small. He'd never fit on. He saw that the wire lead inside. Zoro walked right past the door and up another flight of stairs.

Nami was surprised on how well the doorhole fit her. When she was inside, there was a tunnel. It was almost as if the tunnel was built for her and only her, everything fit… she was not cramped up at all. Nami wanted to stand up but if she did she would hit her head.

The tunnel went upwards. The tunnel was carpeted and Nami was sure she was gonna get a carpet burn but that couldn't be helped.

She crawled and crawled. To help her move faster, she had to carry the wire in her mouth. She was tired. How much longer could she crawl for? The wire would not last any longer. Just as the wire came to an end, she saw light at the end of the tunnel.

A bright golden light.

She stepped outside of the tunnel.

Emichii: That was a really good chapter. Plenty of action and mystery! YAAYY! Oh how much I love my fanfic! Oh how much I love my fanfic! YAAYY! READ AND REVIEW!