A/N: Well the poll is closed! The results at the end of the chapter! Enjoy the chapter!

Chapter 9: Inside the Whale

The crew around… they knew they were swallowed by a whale, they were but… it seemed like they were outside…

"Let go of me!" yelled Zoro as Pantene was hugging him.

"But I'm scared!" cried Pantene hugging him tightly.

"You are aware we're outside, right?" asked Tashegi.

Pantene opened her eyes to see the were right, "Wait, how are we outside?"

"I have no idea." Said Nami.

"Why are you still hugging him!" yelled Mari pointing at Patnene.

"I'm still a little scared though…" lied Patnene, let's just say she wasn't a good liar.

"She just wants to hug him…" they all hognut with sweat drops.

That's when a giant squid came out of the water… scaring everyone… well more like scaring Usopp, Nami and Mari… before any could do anything several spears impaled it from behind. They saw that it was an old man who was on a small island who did it as he pulled squid to him. They crew stared at him and he stared back, that's when the old man did something unexcited… he began to silently read the paper.

"Aren't you going to say something?" asked Sanji.

Silence just, silence…

"Are you looking for a fight?" asked Sanji.

"Forget it, it someone's going to die if we fight." Said the old man.

"Who would that be?" asked Sanji.

"Me." Replied the man.

"That's it!" yelled Sanji.

That's when Pantene got in between the two.

"At least tell us your name first." Said Pantene.

"Isn't it polite to tell your name first." Said the old man.

"Oh right, sorry." Apologized Patnene.

"My name is Crocus, I'm the keeper the twin capes lighthouse, I'm a Gemini and my bloods type is AB." Said the old man named Crocus.

Pentene began to twitch, "He just made me look like a fool1 For that he must die!" yelled Patnene.

Zoro and Tashegi managed to restrain her.

"What do you think you are big shots… you really think you can come here demand things in my personal resort." Said Crocus, "What do you think are, the belly of the mouse?"

"So, wait we were swallowed up." Said Mari.

Patnene mange dot finally calm down, "Then does that mean we have to use the back entrance?" she asked with a disgusted look on her face.

"Is that supposed to be a joke?" asked Nami with a sweat drop.

"Yes… kind of…" said Patnene with a nervous laugh.

"You don't have to, you can go out though there." Said Crocus pointing to the doors that seemed to in the sky.

"Why are there door there?" asked Usopp.

"Wait… I think they're painted on." Said Mari.

"It's my hobby." Said Crocus.

That one séance made everyone sweat drop.

That's when everything began to shake.

"What's going on?" asked Mari.

"Oh Zoro! I'm scared!" cried Pantene grabbing on Zoro again.

"Get off me!" yelled Zoro.

"He's ramming into the Grand Line!" said Crocus.

"What!" yelled everyone else.

It was then that they noticed that the "Island" were just metal boats.

"Wait… does that mean…" said Usopp.

"We're in an sea of acid… if we stay too long the ship will dissolve!" said Mari.

"Guys take the oars and row to the doors!" ordered Nami.

"Right!" said the male members who began to row towards the doors. While rowing the girls watched Crocus jump into the acidic sea and swam towards the doors… he was doing something to the whale from the inside.

"I wonder what he's doing." Said Kuina.

"I have no idea." Said Tashegi.

That's when the door opened and who should fly out of them… Luffy and two other random people.

"Hey guys! You're okay!" said Luffy as he crashed into the acidic sea.

"Who's going in?" asked Tashegi with a sweat drop.

Afterwards they rescued Luffy and the two people.

"Who are they?" asked Patnene.

"I have no idea." Said Luffy.

That's when the two got up there was a man and a woman, the man had red hair and wore a crown while the woman had long aqua blue hair put into a ponytail… she stared at Zoro for a moment,

"Wednesday… we have a mission to do!" said the man.

"Oh, right!" said the woman.

That's al when things finally clamed down, everything stopped shaking… It was then that the crew noticed the two had bazookas with them… they shot at the whale's stomach, however Crocus jumped in the way of the blast.

"Why is he protecting the whale?" asked Nami.

"There's a story involved, I'm sure." Said Kuina.

"You are aware only me, Tashegi and Luffy can hear you, right?" asked Zoro with a sweat drop.

Luffy knew that Kuina was right and there was a story between the whale and Crocus so he knocked the two out.

Sometime later they were on Crocus' "islands", they began to talk about the Whale, which was apparently named Laboon…

"So who are they?" asked Mari.

"They're criminals from nearby, they're trying to kill Laboon for his whale meat." Said Crocus.

"I'm assuming he's an island Whale, right?" asked Mari, "I've read that they're meat can feed an entire village for years right?"

"That's right." Said Crocus, "And there's no way I'm letting them kill Laboon."

"Why?" asked the crew.

He began to explain Laboon's tragic tale, about a pirate crew form the west blue befriended him and they were planning to sail the Grand Line, since Laboon was a baby at the time it was too dangerous for him. So they left them…

Sometime later the crew and Crocus was sailing down a cannel in Laboon.

"Wow, I can believe that built this…" said Mari looking around.

"Yeah…" said Crocus who began to explain why he built it.

Meanwhile else where on the ship, Kuina was discussing with Zoro, Luffy and Tashegi the latest situation.

"So, you think that girl was effected spell?" asked Luffy.

"Yes, the way she looked at Zoro for a moment." Said Kuina.

"So what are we going to with her?" asked Tashegi.

"I saw we dump her…" said Zoro, "She might in love with me but why we keep her."

"He has a point… right it's the best thing to do is have tow girls on the crew… I mean what will happen if more girls got involved?"

"Oh… but I want more crew members…" pouted Luffy.

"Don't use the fact that girls will be attracted to Zoro so that we can get more crew members!" yelled Kuina who then whacked him in the head.

"Ow…" said Luffy who began to rub the bump on his head.

"So we'll dump them." Said Zoro.

And so when they were outside of Laboon they dumped them…

"What the!" said the man.

"We're in the sea of acid?" asked the woman.

"No, I think this is the sea." Said the man he turned to the ship, "We'll get you next time you meddlesome pirates!"

"However the woman was starring at Zoro with a slight blush.

"We have to go now!" yelled the man.

"Oh right…" said the woman.

And the two swam away.

"Um… Zoro… was that woman blushing at you?" asked Usopp.

"Who cares…" said Zoro, "I'm going to go take a nap!"

And so they sailed to the Twin Capes and it's lighthouse, where Sanji cooked lunch, Usopp fixed the ship, Nami talked about Navigation with Crocus and Zoro took a nap… was trying.

"Zoro! Wake up!" yelled Patnene waking him up.

"What the!" yelled Zoro waking up.

"Look… I need tell everyone something very important… extremely important…" said Patnene quietly.

"Okay what?" asked Zoro getting up.

"I have to tell everyone not just you…" said Patnene getting him up and dragging him to the lighthouse.

"What is it?" asked Zoro.

"It's about my curse…" said Pantene quietly.

"Your curse?" asked Zoro blinking.

And so they made it out the whale and to the Grand Line… but with that mysterious woman having fallen in love with Zoro who knew what would happen in the future. Only time would tell.

Next Time: Pantene tells the crew of her curse... why does she have that curse? Also Luffy decides to fight Laboon, what will come from it? Meanwhile the crew decides to take the two people that tried to kill Laboon to their home island, Zoro, Tashegi and Kuina are suspicious of something an formulate a secret plan. Also the mysterious woman is having a dilemma and it of course involves Zoro... what is it? What will happen? Will Luffy beat the whale? What happened in the whale's past? How do Zoro and Tashegi know of their home island? All these questions and more will be answered next time! ''

A/N: Here's the results of the poll:

Both!: 60 percent

Just Vivi: 10 Percent

Just Robin: 25 Percent

Neither: 5 Percent

And oddly enough there's no margin of error...

Yeah, I had no choice but to have both Vivi and Robin fall in love with Zoro... I mean more than half of all that voted wanted both. Things are going get tricky later on, but I'll figure out... Anyways other than those tow falling in love, I'm planning for two more OCs, the first of which will appear in Whisky Peak and the 2nd will appear in Drum Island... Anyways, thanks to those that voted and I hope you'll like what I'll do.