SailorStar9: After getting Chapter 110 out, this is Chapter 111 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 111: Arc 9: A Horrifying Welcome!

"But still, those guys were really weak." Luffy remarked as the group continued their way.

"But you can't let your guard down." Zoro warned. "We don't know when someone strong will pop out."

"Please wait a bit." Spoil called out. "I've been watching you, especially the young lady who controls the ocean. All of you are unbelievably strong. Would you please listen to me for a bit?"

"An old man with a big wound!" Luffy blinked when Spoil lifted his lamp.

"We told you they're zombies!" Zoro, Sanji and Franky chorused.

"No, I'm actually an old man with a big wound." Spoil confirmed.

"So, what are you going to tell us?" Luffy asked.

"There's a man I'd like to see defeated." Spoil went on his knees. "I think you guys can really do it. There are many victims, if he was beaten, they'll all be rescued. If I'd get my shadow back, I'd be so grateful."

"Don't tell me it was stolen from you, too?" Franky realized.

"Just like Brook." Luffy peered closer at the ground and saw the Spoil was indeed without his shadow.

"Who on earth did that?" Zoro asked.

"Moria..." Spoil muttered. "Moria is the name. He is really frightening."

"Moria?" Robin echoed. "Do you mean, Gecko Moria, by any chance?"

"That's it, that's the one." Spoil confirmed.

"Robin, you know him?" Luffy asked.

"Only by name." Robin frowned. "His former bounty is even higher than yours, Luffy."

"Former?" Sanji blinked. "That means..."

"That's right." Sasha nodded. "Gecko Moria, like Crocodile back in Alabasta, is one of the Seven Warlords."

"Are you sure, Sasha?" Luffy pressed.

"Yes." Robin nodded. "Gecko Moria is a man of mysteries."

"But what is a guy like that doing in a place like this?" Franky wondered.

"I don't know." Spoil admitted. "A lot more victims like me are lost in this forest. The fact that your guys were invited here, too; I'm sure Moria has set his eyes on you."

"So, that's how it is..." Zoro concluded.

"We hide in the dark of this forest, scared of the zombies." Spoil wept. "Frightened to run to the sea and be exposed to the sun. In this case, this body makes me have no will to live anymore. Before I die, just once more... just once is enough, so I want to walk in the open sun."

"Well, either way," Luffy stated. "We're also looking for the guy who steals shadows, so if he is after us, we'll kick his ass and while we're at it, we'll save you too, gramps."

"I apologize, but I'm entering." Luffy called out outside the mansion gates. "I don't have a key to this door." he noted and punched his way in. "It's open." he pushed the door. "Gecko Moria!" he shouted, the group entering the welcoming hall. "Get out ass out here!"

"What is this room?" Franky wondered, the group stopping in the middle of the hall.

"Doesn't look like there is anyone around." Zoro noted.

"Is there anyone here?" Luffy hollered. "Gecko Moria!"

"In such a large mansion, there isn't even one person to greet us?" Zoro snorted.

"Why does it look like a tornado just hit this place?" Sanji asked. "Nothing would have happened to Nami-san."

"To know our master's name and still barge in here," Buhichuck stated, his head still mounted on the wall above the fireplace. "Quite impressive guts you've got."

"There's a pig sticking out of the wall." Luffy pointed out.

"It is still early to be shocked." Buhichuck taunted. "Let's welcome the visitors." at his command, the Surprise Zombies from the wall paintings and the white bear rug from the floor came to life.

"Oi, are these zombies, too?" Sanji muttered.

"On this island, all living things are strange, aren't they?" Robin mused.

"Only you, Robin." Sasha shook her head. "Ex-quip: Maelstrom Warrior Armor!"

"Where are you hiding Nami-san?" Sanji demanded, slamming a kick into one of the Surprise Zombies' face.

"It is rude to open your mouth like that, especially for a beauty like you." Robin noted as the female Zombie charged at her. "But coming out of a picture frame kills it anyway. Twist!" he grew hands out of the Zombie's body and twisted her around. "You as well." she repeated the same attack with the green-striped hat Zombie closing in on her.

"Deep Submerge!" Sasha's seawater orb purified the three Zombies surrounding her.

"Nitoryu: Nigiri Hirameki!" Zoro cut through the three Zombies attacking him, Franky having taken out his opponents by slamming their heads against each other.

"Gomu Gomu no Bazooka!" Luffy slammed his feet into the face of the bear rug Zombie.

"Rug Bear?" Buhichuck was shocked to see the bear rug crash into a wall.

"Now for the coup de grace." Sasha declared. "Ocean Tidal Wave!" she let loose her wave of seawater, purifying the defeated Surprise Zombies.

"It looks like there is one left up there." Franky looked up at Buhichuck.

"Those three are sleeping snug in their beds right now." Buhichuck fibbed, the group having brought his mount down. "Thank god, they seem be safe."

"Yeah right." Franky was not convinced.

"I'm serious!" Buhichuck protested. "Why don't you go check for yourselves? Climb those stairs and see."

"Wait a second." Franky looked around. "That curly-curly cook is gone."

"He was just here." Luffy blinked. "Where did Sanji go?"

"Looks like they did something while we weren't looking." Zoro noted, hearing Buhichuck's giggles.

"That should be fine." Luffy assured. "Sanji should be okay."

"But in this Zombie filled mansion, we should probably worry about the other three." Robin pointed out.

"You guys, don't get cocky just because you beat us." Buhichuck mocked. "When your comrades find out what you did, you'll get what you deserve."

"Either way, all we can do is keep moving carefully." Robin cautioned. "I seriously doubt that this guy is telling the truth."

"Then, let's take this pig to guide us around." Zoro suggested.

"Are you really taking me with?" Buhichuck panicked when Franky slung him over his shoulder, Luffy leading the way up the staircase.

"Oh..." Sasha gave the Zombie a smile that made her look very scary. "Do you want to be purified?"

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