I do not own One Piece. This chapter will be all talk. Hopefully, it can clear some things and possibly make more mysteries.

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There was a long, silent pause. No one talked. "Yes, that was me," responded a voice after the pause.

Hiruko smiled in glee. Everything was going according to plan. "As long as you're here, I can gain their trust immediately."

"Please note that the genuine reason I am here is to back you up in case something happens."

"Don't worry, nothing will."

Ora frowned. Hiruko was usually a lazy guy despite his power and manners. More over, Hiruko usually listened to himself, and although he thought the same as Ora, he would, at times, do things differently.

"Hey, you know the reason I'm backing you up is be-"

"Don't worry, I've been fine so far and will be fine," assured Hiruko. Of course, Hiruko did not mention the fight he had with Sanji.

Another long pause occurred again, except that one was shorter than the first one. Suddenly, Hiruko heard a bloodcurdling shriek.

"That was unlike any scream I've heard before!" yelled Hiruko, standing up, astonished. "What's going on?"

"Wait, let me take care of it," said Ora. That was the last long pause in the conversation. Ora placed the phone part of the den den mushi down on the table. One minute later, Ora picked up the phone and asked, "You still there?"

"Yeah," responded Hiruko. "Were there more people on your ship?"

"Yep, four to be precise."

"Oh." Hiruko frowned. The extra people would just be a waste and get in the way. However, Hiruko decided not to tell Ora. "So what happened anyway?"

"A sea king attacked us," explained Ora. "or to be more precise, a sea prince. It was just a baby one, so I finished it off rather easily. However, it wasn't just any type of sea king. It was a Castropholio sea king, which means every one of the Castropholio sea kings near the one we attacked will get us soon. We're trying to sail away as fast as possible."

"Is that so? Great for you!"

Sanji finished cooking. "Na-"

Luffy sniffed the aroma of Sanji's cooking. Luffy literally drooled until he became thirsty. Without even waiting for Sanji to say, "Hey, bastards, you go eat too", Luffy ran over Sanji and attempted to grab the food on the pan. Of course, Luffy burned both hands.

Sanji grabbed a pan that was currently unused and smacked every part of Luffy's body.

"N-not that place!" screamed Luffy, grabbing his private parts in pain. Running around the ship, Luffy tripped on some barrels and fell out of the ship. He managed to stretch his arm and grab a part of the ship before touching the water.

Everyone except for Hiruko entered the kitchen.

"How is the mission going?" questioned Ora.

"Perfect," reported Hiruko. "I have everything I want. The captain is damn dumb. Zoro doesn't care much about me. There're two members that are frightened by anything…"

Sanji was suspicious. Hiruko was the only one that did not enter the kitchen. Sanji decided to search the cabin at the bottom of the ship. Right was he was about to knock, he heard Hiruko say something that angered him.

"…And there's this perverted cook," laughed Hiruko.

Sanji then heard something that angered him even more, to the point where he wanted to kick down the door and strangle Hiruko to death.

"Of course, the best part is that there're these hot babes called Nami and Robin. To bad I have to turn them in. They probably are masters at it."

The moment Sanji was about to literally destroy the door, Hiruko asserted some things that intrigued him, but made him more suspicious.

"How much belli are on the ship?" asked Ora.

"Approximately 30,000,000 is what I counted so far. I think there are three-fourths left to count."

He's talking about belli, thought Sanji. But who was he talking to? Himself? Impossible. He was obviously talking on a den den mushi. Sanji quietly crept away to tell Luffy and the others, but Nami had yelled for Sanji.

"Sanji-kun!"

"Yes Nami-san?" yelled back Sanji.

Hiruko heard Sanji. He told Ora that he had to go and then hung up. Just in case someone was spying on him, Hiruko took out a journal and a pen and started to write.

"Can you get the newspaper?" asked Nami.

"Yes ma'am!"

Just how much did Sanji hear? Hiruko pondered about this question. He thought he had heard footsteps, but didn't decide to believe. It seemed like Sanji would have to die in an "accident".

Sanji handed Nami the newspaper. Nami thanked him. Suddenly, Sanji remembered what he had heard. He gathered everyone back in the kitchen.

"Listen," ordered Sanji, "I just heard Hiruko talking to someone, possibly on a den den mushi. He said some pretty rough things about us and also sounded suspicious when he was talking about the belli on our ship."

"Nah, you were just hallucinating or something," said Luffy.

"I suggest you stop being jealous of Hiruko," said Nami.

"B-but, I'm serious here! Damnit! Not even Nami-san will listen. Will you, Robin-chan?"

Robin looked at Sanji's face. She couldn't answer. Sanji and Hiruko were both nice guys.

Sanji turned around and said, "All of you guys just follow me!"

Everyone except Zoro followed Sanji. Although they did not believe him, they were still quite curious.

Sanji tried to open the door. It was locked. He was about to kick the door down, but Robin stopped him. Luffy knocked on the door. Hiruko opened the door.

Sanji wasted no time. "Why'd you lock the damn door?"

Hiruko closed his journal and put it in the bag. "I was writing in my journal. I wanted it to be private."

"Yeah right! Where's the den den mushi? Where'd you hide it?"

"Sanji-kun, have you gone berserk?" asked Hiruko confidently.

"I concur with Hiruko," said Nami. "Have you Sanji-kun?"

Sanji thought quickly. He reached for Hiruko's bag, but Hiruko immediately took it away.

"I'm off to eat Sanji-kun's delicious lunch," waved Hiruko.

Sanji later found out that Hiruko kept the bag in a secret place in that room. At night, Sanji entered that room to search for it. Right when he found it, someone opened the door.

"Oh my, looks like I'll have to kill you sooner than I planned."

"J-just who are you?"

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Yeah, well, this was a bit longer, but not by a substantial margin. I'll be making my chapter titles a bit broader so I can bit more things in from now on. Anyway, I have no more OC's to explain at this point so I'll just give the spoiler and the date for the next one (sorry I didn't give a date for this one).

Oh, and when Hiruko says, "…masters at it," that is not a mystery. I'll explain "it" as bed.

Spoiler: Ora has a Devil's Fruit ability and it does not require Ora to even be in the battle if he is fighting someone.

Next Chapter: 9/23/06 Saturday, September 23, 2006