SailorStar9: After getting Chapter 106 out, this is Chapter 107 of this fic. For everyone who put this fic on your favorited and followed lists and/or story alerts, thank you, but remember everyone, a lot of authors (myself included) sustain on readers' reviews.

Pairings: Ace/Sasha, sibling Luffy/Sasha and Sabo/Sasha, patriotic-retainer Law/Sasha

Disclaimers: One Piece belongs to Oda Eiichirō-sensei. Me, on the other hand, own absolutely nothing, except my OC, the pairing and the fic idea.

Chapter 107: Arc 9: Plunging into the Devil's Sea! The Mysterious Skeleton Floating in the Fog!

"Getting so riled up over squid." Sanji tsked, having requested Luffy, Usopp and Chopper to go squid-fishing earlier on.

"You were the one who made us get them!" Usopp snapped.

"Where are they doing?" Zoro wondered, taking a break from training. "Oi!" he voiced over the loudspeaker. "There is something floating in the ocean."

"Is that it?" Sanji peered over the ship to see a floating barrel with a flag attached.

"Doesn't it say treasure?" Usopp frowned. "Luffy, hurry and pull it in."

"Too bad." Nami cut the group's cheering off. "That only has food and sake inside."

"How can you tell just by looking on the outside?" Luffy challenged.

"There's 'Offering to the Sea Gods' written on the outside, isn't there? Sasha pointed out. "That means someone is making a sacrifice and sending it out to sea. Essentially, they are currying favor with the gods."

"What a letdown." Usopp whined. "So picking it up was pointless."

"Since we did, let's have a drink." Zoro suggested.

"You idiot." Usopp chided. "You will be cursed for doing something blasphemous like that."

"Just pray before drinking and you'll be fine." Nami advised.

"I don't pray to god." Zoro reminded.

"Sake that has been in the ocean for a long time is said to be amazingly tasty." Nami grinned.

"After drinking, remember to replace what you took with something else." Robin added.

"Opening it for better or worse." Luffy set to work untying the barrel.

"Something flew out of it." Usopp replied, when a sudden burst of firework erupted from the barrel. "Red light?"

"It was a 'Light Ball'." Robin supplied. "Could it be... could this ship be targeted by someone?"

This wind, the cloud movement is too fast. Nami mused. "Everyone, for now, we're escaping to the South East." she informed, running to the wheel. "A storm will hit in approximately 5 minutes."

"Nami, where are we heading?" Luffy shouted.

"Go straight ahead of us for 2 hours." Nami shouted back. "This is bad." she winced when the Thousand Sunny was suddenly caught in a rainstorm. "We are going right into the wind. We will be overturned at this rate."

"Is this ship's power only at this level?" Franky questioned.

"Everyone, lower the sails." Nami instructed. "We are using 'that'. Franky, we are set."

"Alright." Franky took the wheel. "Soldier Dock System: Channel Zero." extending out the paddle wheels, the Thousand Sunny sped through the rainstorm.

"We passed it." Nami sighed in relief.

"Yeah, it is good that we passed it, but what is with this sea?" Zoro asked. "It's not even night and the fog is thick and the darkness is overwhelming."

"Could it be that we have already left that sea and have entered a new one?" Nami wondered. "My heart is still not ready for this."

"We are already at the Mermen Island?" Usopp joked.

"No, before that is the Sea of Ghosts." Luffy grinned creepily.

"Grandma Kokoro told us about this before." Sasha reminded.

"That's right." Franky agreed. "I didn't mention it before, but this is part of the world famous, Florian Triangle. A sea in which anything and everything can disappear without a trace."

"There are supposedly living skeletons, too." Luffy teased.

"What is that voice?" Usopp stammered, looking around when a singing voice echoed near them. "It is here!" he screamed when the shadow of a broken ship came into view.

"GHOST SHIP!" everyone shrieked in horror as the battered ship sailed past.

"So, someone is actually riding on this ship?" Robin remarked.

"There is something here." Sanji was on alert.

"Bring it to me..." Brook continued his song as his ship sailed by. "Bink's Sake."

"Did you just see that" Luffy blinked. "A skeleton was singing."

"And drinking tea, apparently." Sasha added.

"How can a skeleton sing and drink tea?" Usopp demanded. "It was an illusion!"

"But you heard it too, right?" Luffy asked Sanji. "Let's go." he turned to Zoro. "They really were there."

"Wait." Sanji pulled the rubber teen back. "Don't be so restless, Luffy."

"We will decide who goes on that ship with Luffy using sticks." Zoro pulled out a handful of wooden sticks.

"Don't come." Luffy whined. "I can go alone. If we don't do it quick, the ship will leave."

"It isn't going to happen that way." Sanji corrected.

"Draw already." Zoro urged. "Two will go with him. To make sure he doesn't do anything stupid, keep a tight leash on him."

"Why was I chosen?" Nami sobbed on the boat they had used to travel over to the abandoned ship.

"That is why I said I would go alone." Luffy protested, he and Sanji were already climbing the rope ladder.

"No way." Sanji objected. "You are stupid and may have gotten separated from our ship. Then, what would we have done?"

Back on the Thousand Sunny...

"I just remembered something." Sasha blinked.

"What's that, Sasha?" Chopper asked.

"Aniki is still looking for a musician to complete the crew." Sasha answered.

"He wouldn't..." Zoro trailed.

Silence blanketed the ship's deck.

"Dear lord, what have we unleashed?" Sasha muttered.

"Good afternoon!" Brook greeted his guests. "I am so sorry about before. Our eyes met but I didn't greet you. I am so surprised. How many years has it been, since I last saw someone else? I have been yearning for company but this is a ghost ship and... now, don't hold on ceremony. Come inside. We can have a nice long conversation. Well." he spotted Nami. "Who is this stunning woman we have here? This is the first time I have seen such a beauty. But I am a skeleton, so I don't have eyes to begin with. Will you let me look at your panties?"

"Look at this!" Nami fumed, kicking Brook on the head.

"You somehow manage to bruise me, even though I am all bone." Brook joked, falling to the ground.

"How can a skeleton have a swelling?" Sanji wondered.

"Can you poop?" Luffy asked.

"There is a mountain load of more important questions to ask!" Sanji exclaimed.

"I do poop." Brook replied, righting himself.

"Whatever!" Sanji snapped. "First, why can someone made purely of bone live and talk? What exactly are you? Why are you here? What happened to this ship? What is going on in this sea? Answer all of them."

"Wait." Luffy stepped forward. "More importantly, you... become my nakama."

"Well, sure." Brook agreed.

SailorStar9: Any OOC-nes is regretted. *Sighs* Don't you just hate plot bunnies sometimes? Reviews are much appreciated.