Disclamer: I don't own one piece or any of its characters
Thank you for the reviews, all three of them. Sorry for the long wait, I ran into some problems: school,writers bloc and evil ninjas. Damn, I hate those ninjas. If you didn't write a review last time, then please write one this time. If you did, then keep up the good work; I will be answering the reviews.
RLnaruhina: thank you. It is pretty random, and I don't think you're Nami either, but I could be wrong.
Shonenbat: I am glad your enjoying it.
Fire blazing chan S.E.: you do use the word ensue too much. Here's the next chappy as you say.
Chapter 2
Shingles walked out from the bushes, followed by Zoro and the others.
"Hey look, a river; are you hungry? We could catch some fish."
"That's the same river we crossed three times now, and we ate fish e-v-e-r-y time" Zoro commented sourly.
"No one asked you." Shingles replied, when something caught his eye, "Hey, is that a bridge over there?" He said, completely forgetting about the fish, river, and anything else, for that matter.
"Why would a bridge be on such a small river?" Sanji asked.
"It's not on the river." Shingles replied as he pointed to a large cliff that was just around the bend.
As the group walked up to the bridge, a man standing by the bridge began to speak.
"HALT! To enter this land, you must answer a riddle. Do you accept the challenge?" the man boomed
By now, Zoro was pissed "I have a riddle for you. What has no head, bleeds, and tells riddles to people who are having a bad day."
"You may pass." the man said with out further delay.
"Why are you guarding this bridge?" Sanji asked before he crossed with Zoro.
"There is a treasure on this island." he replied.
"Where is it?" Chopper asked
"If I knew that, do you think I would be guarding this bridge?" He asked scornfully as the rest crossed over.
At the same time the group started moving again, the sun began to set.
"Oh, great, now how are we going to find that moron?" Sanji began to say, when out of nowhere came a spinning ball and took out half the group.
"Hi, what's up?" Luffy said as he stood up and got off Chopper and Sanji.
"Where'd you come from?" Chopper said as he got up.
"Well, you see, I meet this guy standing in front of a bridge and he told me a riddle, but I guessed wrong and he said I didn't get to pass so I jumped over him."
"Well now that we found you, which way leads back to the ship?" Sanji said
"Just leave that to me!" yelled Shingles as loud as he could.
"We are so screwed" said Zoro.
"You see, to mark my trail, I write my name on the trees on the path" said Shingles as he moved toward a maple, which clearly showed his name carved in the bark.
"That's not completely stupid." said Sanji
"We'll be back in no time if follow the trail!" replied Chopper with enthusiasm.
As the crew seem to finally have caught a break ,Zoro stumbled on to a problem "Hey, Shingles, this tree has your name on it too."
"This one too" said Luffy
"And this one" Chopper added.
"This one says Chucky." Luffy said with a questioning look on his face.
"Explain." Zoro said.
"I went through a 'phase' some time ago." Shingles said.
"You remember that?" Sanji inquired.
"Remember what?" Shingles responded.
"Never mind that, which way leads back to ship?" Zoro said a little pissed that they were now the ones lost.
A huge ship came from the south approaching the Island, on a strange man whose dress was cheap and tacky sat in an also cheap and tacky chair overlooking his crew who were also dressed cheap and tacky. The captain asked with tired yawn, "So we're here, aye?
"Yes sir, Captain Zigzag sir."
"I told you we didn't need to ask for directions." he said
"Yes sir ,It only took us six months,... for a two week
journey" the first mate replied under his breath.
"Hey, There a pirate ship at twelve o' clock, sir! ." a crew mate said.
"Its twelve o' clock!" exclaimed Zigzag, "Why didn't someone tell me it was lunchtime?"
"Sir, it's an expression for forward direction." the first mate stated with annoyed look.
"Then why didn't he just say that?"
"Because", the crewmate said, "it so much cooler to say."
"Well, we're all about being cool." as he popped the collar on his tacky shirt.
The crewman turned back to looking in telescope at ship, when his face grew grim.
"Sir, it the banner of …The Straw Hat Crew!"
"The Straw Hat Crew ! " yelled the rest of the tacky pirates
"The Raw Fat Crew? "Responded the tacky captain Zigzag, "Never heard of them."
"No, the Straw Hat Crew!" the yelled the crew again.
"Oh."
A crewman swabbing the deck said, "They are toughest pirates out of East Blue."
Another said "I heard their captain ate a devil fruit"
"Their first mate is Zoro, the pirate hunter." said the crewmate walking the plank.
"And they are all vampires!" said the tied-up crewmate.
"Shut up Wiggy, vampires can't eat devil fruits or use three sword style since you have to use your mouth." The crewman bungee jumping off the main sail replied.
"Just because vampires suck blood doesn't mean that they can't eat fruits or hold swords in they're mouths." said the crewmate dangling from the port bow.
"So," Zigzag began, "they're either fruit users, strange sword men, Vampires, or DJ rappers."
"Please kill me." the first mate muttered.
