SailorStar9: After getting Chapter 118 out, this is Chapter 119 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 119: Arc 9: Oars + Moria! The Most Heinous Combination of Brains and Brawn

"Zoro, we should buy Luffy some time for now so that he can defeat Moria." Usopp suggested.

"I finally got my hands on this black blade, Shusui." Zoro ignored him. "There is no way I'm not gonna test it out on this big monster in front of me. Oars! Let's start. I'm your opponent." dodging Oars' punch, he sliced through the flying rock. "Now, after comparing it again, it seems a bit heavier than Yubashiri; Black Lade Shusui. With it's weight, I can..." he sidestepped Oars' next punch. "Santoryu: 108 Pound Phoenix!" he sent his air projectiles flying towards Oars who deflected the attack. "Shusui's slash sucked in the other two slashes and turned it into one attack." he realized. "But there is too much wasted energy at the edge of the cut. I suppose it's proof that I haven't mastered how to use it yet. The destructive power went up tremendously, but this one seems to be a wild blade also. What a nice present, swordsman Ryuma."

"You're pretty good." Oars admitted. "That attack seems to cut very well. Bastard! I'll trample you dead."

"I have to get him even more off-guard or I won't hit him." Zoro was dodging Oars' foot stomps. Just before Oars stomped his foot down, he rushed forward, forcing Oars off-balance by striking his ankle. " Santoryu: 108 Pound..." he prepared his attack.

"Just get crushed!" Oars declared, falling in Zoro's direction. "I bet he's done for now." he taunted, not knowing that Zoro had used the dust cloud as a smokescreen to hide. "He's not here." he saw the empty crater. "Where did he go?"

" Santoryu: 108 Pound Phoenix!" Zoro fired off his attack at Oars' head. "He got away again." he hissed. "Damn monster."

"Zoro, don't overdo it." Usopp warned, the swordsman returning to the group. "Even if you manage to take him down, we only get back one shadow: Luffy's! We don't even have a clue as to where yours or Sanji's shadows are. But I Luffy defeats Moria, we'll get back everyone's shadow all at once. There is no need for you to get injured against an immortal giant zombie. Let's trust Luffy and focus on buying him some time."

"I have enough trust in him, but even Luffy was weak points." Zoro reminded. "It's deceiving techniques; invisible man, spirit girl, master of shadows: all of them on this island have abilities to deceive people. I wonder if they would even fight Luffy face to face."

"You have a valid argument." Robin agreed.

"If Luffy got tricked and the sun rises, him, me and the cook, all three of us won't be able to fight properly." Zoro rationalized. "In this situation, if we get Luffy back to normal before sunrise, it'll all work out somehow."

"Around half an hour before sunrise, I'd say, but with all the thick mist in this ocean, the places where the sunlight comes through are limited." Franky predicted, looking at the sky.

"So, it's morning already." Sanji surmised. "The mist is our only hope, with the sun about to rise. Honestly, I feel the danger of being eliminated."

"Huh, I found them." Oars stated, once the dust cloud settled.

"What's with this shaking?" Sanji asked as the entire island started quaking.

"The mist..." Franky gaped as the fog cleared. "This is the worst."

"And we have to take care of Oars in this bad situation." Usopp added.

"Not planned, but what a beautiful night sky." Moria chuckled, drawing back the covers of the cockpit modeled in Oars' stomach.

"It's Moria!" Usopp stammered.

"Dawn is near, but is it okay for you guys to waste time here?" Moria mocked.

"Why are you here?" Usopp asked. "Where the heck is Luffy?"

"I can hear my master's voice." Oars looked around.

"Wait a sec, Usopp." Sanji voiced. "Where the heck did you see Moria?"

"He's here!" Usopp pointed. "Look there! The stomach! Inside Oars' stomach."

"That damn Hogback..." Chopper cursed, knowing who had modified Oars. "Is this also his..."

"Why is Moria in a place like that?" Robin asked.

"This is getting from weird to seriously creepy." Sasha muttered.

"Here he is." Oars peered down. "A cockpit? Is my stomach a cockpit?"

"Oars, cut it out now." Moria chided. "Don't get overexcited. Now, I'll give you guys the chance to fight me." he addressed the Straw Hat crew. "If you defeat me, you can free all the shadows at once. Bring it all at once. But if you can't manage to defeat Oars, you won't be able to drag me out."

"We need to defeat Moria to purify Oars." Chopper related. "But now that Moria is in Oars."

"It's gotten easier what the target is after all." Sanji shrugged.

"Usopp, if a small amount don't work, go find tons of salt." Zoro instructed. "We gotta purify Oars that way. We'll try to weaken him as much as we can."

"I'll get it!" Usopp took off.

"Seem like you got all pumped up but, salt, huh?" Moria snorted. "Oars, crush the walkway to the mansion along with that long nose. Prevent him from reaching the mansion."

"Usopp!" Zoro shouted a warning, the sniper screamed in horror as Oars' fist closed in on him and smashed into the passageway.

"This is bad." Sanji cursed. "With Moria in him, Oars even have brains now."

"He's alright!" Brook called out, said skeleton jumping in with a huge bag of salt in hand and Usopp over his shoulder. "I thought you guys need a lot of salt, so I've brought some."

"Brook, can you even move?" Franky asked.

"I truly was heavily injured." Brook admitted. "Dragging my body all the way to the kitchen in search of salt. There I found milk and drank it."

"Well, either way, we've got tons of salt now." Sanji stated. "The walkway to the kitchen is destroyed, making Brook's salt is our last hope."

"There's no time left." Zoro reminded. "We've got to fight. We throw the salt in that monster's mouth before sunrise, then beat up Moria and it's our win."

"But to think there's a cockpit." Franky noted. "It's still a body, you know."

"Be grateful that I have joined the front-line of the battle." Moria chuckled. "And be careful enough during the fight. I'm not just an ordinary passenger. I'll be your worst nightmare."

"First move wins the battle." Usopp declared, the others having split up. "The last one seems to have been too small. Franky, it's all yours! Ultimate Special: Oil Star! Transformation!" he grinned after Franky ignited the oil pellet with his 'Fresh Fire'. "Supersize Firebird Star!"

"Hot!" Oars whined as the flame bird hit him.

"Embarrassing." Moria scolded. "Don't whine, Oars. Feeling burns and pain in general are illusions from when you were still human. Against you zombies, that won't work. Calm down and put the fire out."

In Heavy Point, Chopper boosted Zoro up into the air.

"Santoryu: Great Buddha Cut!" Zoro sliced the still intact building into portions.

"Jenga Cannon!" Sanji sent a portion of the stone wall flying into Oars' stomach with a kick. "And here!" he sent five more pieces flying into Oars.

"Veinte Fleur!" Robin extended her replicated arms and pulled Brook back as the five stone blocks came flying their way after Oars dodged the stone slabs.

Franky's 'Weapons Left' shot out the flying stone blocks.

"My new weapon: Kuwagata..." Usopp panted as he pulled the sling back. "Ultimate Iron Man Comet!" he launched Franky at Oars.

"I'll rip open a hole!" Franky flew towards Moria. "Eat this, Moria!"

Oars ducked to avoid the machine gun.

"I sometime forget his Luffy after all." Zoro realized.

"Franky!" Usopp cried out when Oars punched Franky into a wall.

"Water Lock!" Sasha managed to pull the cyborg back to them.

"Thunderbolt Tempo!" Nami sent her lightning down at Oars.

"Who did this?" Moria demanded. "What did you do?"

"The Clima-Tact!" Sanji recognized the attack after Oars was brought down to his knees. "Is Nami-san alright? Thank god!" he wailed in relief when he spotted Nami on the broke bridge.

"Woman!" Oars stood back up.

"Doing such a foolish thing." Moria retorted. "Oars show her your real strength."

"Gomu Gomu no Pistol!" Oars stretched his arm out and demolished the bridge.

"Water Lock!" Sasha's water bubble instantly manifested and brought Nami to the group.

"It stretched?" Chopper was shocked. "How?"

"What a surprise." Robin noted.

"Something bad just happened." Zoro hissed.

"Why the hell did his arms stretch?" Sanji wondered. "There's only one rubber man in this world, right?"

"Moria..." Zoro frowned. "He must have done something."

"Gomu Gomu no Whip!" Oars stretched out his leg, crashing the debris on the ground.

"Like this, he's a real monster version of Luffy." Sanji growled, jumping to dodge the attack.

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