Sorry that this chapter took so long to publish. I felt as if this chapter just wasn't that good. I still think that it could use a lot of work but I decided that I would just move on for now. I may come back and change it at a later date though. But for now enjoy.

"Hey, have you noticed something strange with Rose?" Rakuyo questioned Haruta.

"No. What do you mean?" Haruta asked, tilting his head.

"Just look at her. It is honestly freaking me out," Rakuyo pointed across the deck.

Haruta looked where Rakuyo was pointing to see Rose standing in front of the ship railing. Her eyes would travel up and down the railing as if she was watching something walk up and down it. She also seemed to be talking to someone even though no one was near her.

"Maybe she has made up an imaginary friend? I mean it must be pretty lonely being around a bunch of adults," Haruta went back to his task shrugging it off.

"Still...It's like a horror story where the little kid is seeing ghosts and then tells their parents they are going to die….." Rakuyo shivered watching Rose scared.

"What are you, Thatch?" Haruta asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Hey! I'm not scaredy-cat!" Thatch marched up to Haruta.

"Sure you aren't," Haruta smirked looking at Thatch.

"I am not! I'll prove it! Everyone knows that the old cabin for the first division is haunted! I bet I can stay there longer than anyone else!" Thatch pointed cockily at Haruta.

"What are you idiots doing?" Izo asked as he walked over to their group.

"Thatch and Haruta are betting on who can spend the longest in the old haunted first division cabin," Rakuyo told him.

Izo let out a laugh before wiping away a tear. "Both of you would run away at the first loud noise. I would do better than both of you."

"Then tonight we will have a test of courage! The one who spends the whole night in the haunted room wins. And the losers have to be their servants for a whole day!" Thatch said excitedly.

"I will invite the other commanders to make it more interesting," Izo said as he was already headed off to tell the others.

Thatch watched Izo leave, already regretting making the bet. He would have to prepare for tonight.

"Are you all having a sleepover?" Rose asked, tugging on Thatch's pant leg.

"Um kinda."

"Am I invited?"

"You will have to ask Marco," Haruta told her.

She looked into his eyes and nodded in understanding. Rose then stared behind Rakuyo intensely. Thatch tried to see what she was seeing as there was nothing of interest behind him.

"He has gotten much closer from last night," Rose told Rakuyo before walking off.

"...I'm not sleeping alone tonight," Rakuyo said very seriously.

"Looks like you will be joining us tonight," Thatch smirked at the groaning Rakuyo.

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Marco opened the door to his old room with a sigh. He stepped in followed by the rest of the division commanders. He watched as Thatch bounced around the room with his usual idiocy. Marco had told him that the room was not haunted and he was not going to open it for him to mess around in. Alas, he could not say no to his chickling. So here he was being forced to take part in Thatch's stupid bet.

Dai did not believe in ghosts but he had joined thinking it would be fun to watch his brothers scared out of their minds. He also got the added bonus of being able to play with their youngest. He had not been trusted to be able to watch over her since he lost her on the island. It wasn't his fault she was so fast.

Jozu was simply there to get out of having to do his paperwork. He was never one to believe in ghosts, the idea to him was absurd. A soul sticking around to scare others? What a ridiculous thought.

Thatch watched his brothers get settled in the room. He carefully eyed them all thinking of fun ways to scare them out of their pants. He could not wait to win this bet. Though he was not sure how he could get Macro to leave, he would be impossible to scare.

Vista had joined because he had heard the others would be there, he did not want to seem like he was a scaredy-cat. Even if Vista was a bit scared, not that he would ever tell the others. He sat next to Blamenco and Rakuyo to tease how frightened Rakuyo was acting right now.

Blamenco had heard that if they had stayed the entire night they could get the others to be servants for an entire day. He only wanted to boss Thatch around to get him back for pranking him. He was not the strongest believer in the supernatural but he still came prepared just in case. After all, if magic fruits that gave superhuman powers then why couldn't spirits be real? He had thanked his devil fruit for gifting him all of his pockets. Even if they were unsightly he could store things in them and no one would know what he had in there. Tonight he had them filled with different spirit related items such as salt and holy water just in case.

Rakuyo had seen Blamenco stuff his pockets with salt and assumed being near him would be the safest. He had been shaken up since the new devil they call a little sis had told him something unnerving this morning. He eyed the little girl who was staring at the corner of the room. He would make sure to stay as far away as possible. He could deal with Vista's teasing if it meant he would survive tonight.

Namur leaned with his back to the wall. He was watching his brothers talking amongst themselves. He had only come because he was excited to share his wide knowledge of ghost stories. He was actually quite into the occult which none of his brothers would have guessed.

Blenheim had come with Curiel to watch the others freak out. Blenheim was already making bets with Curiel to see who would be the first one to leave. His bet was on Rakuyo well Curiel was betting on Fossa.

Curiel knew that besides his tough Fossa's tough appearance he was one of the quickest to get scared by things like this. Fossa was already next to the door ready to bolt at the first sign of a ghost.

Kingdew had only agreed to join the bet simply because he really wanted to be able to tell the other commanders what to do for a day. He wouldn't do anything mean or unreasonable. He just wanted to boss them around a bit. After all, it would be all in good fun.

Haruta was sitting crisscrossed rocking back and forth excited for tonight. He had grown up a single child without his parents around much and since joining under Pops he has been able to experience so much. Tonight is going to be his first sleepover and he was going to enjoy it no matter what. Even if he had to deal with ghosts trying to ruin it. He also had to prove to Izo and Thatch he was not scared of some ghosts by winning this bet;

Jiru had wanted to come but was much too scared to come by himself so he had asked Atmos his closest friend for moral support. So here they both were waiting for the rest to get settled. Atmos was standing next to a nervous Jiru who was glancing around as if he would see a ghost appear.

Fossa was petrified of the supernatural and had only come because he did not want to be known as weak. So he joined the sleepover in hopes to prove he was as strong as he looked. The fact that he was standing next to the door ready to leave was beside the point though.

Izo had already made plans to stay up tonight and work on a few more outfits for Rose. Since she was here he could make sure to fit her along the way. Well, he didn't want to stay the whole night but there was no way he could back down now. After all, he had said that he would do better than Thatch and Haruta.

The night started off with the commanders gathering in a circle to tell ghost stories. Most of the stories came from Namur but even after a while he had run out of good ghost stories to tell. They all sat in silence unsure of what to do until Rose spoke up.

"May I tell a story too?" Rose looked around the group.

"Sure chickling," Dai smiled at her.

The group watched as Rose moved to the middle of the circle. None of them were too worried about her story being scary but they were prepared to act scared when she was done.

She stood in the middle and looked at each one of them in the eye before starting.

"There was once a pirate named Oikawa who lived his life doing as he wished. He was a greedy ruthless man who cared very little for human life. He would do anything for riches. This, of course, was his downfall. For one day he had heard about a legendary treasure. The legend was that there was a pile of golden riches left by the late King of a fallen kingdom. The treasure itself was rumored to be cursed and anyone who had ever gone after it would always disappear. He was warned that if he did find the treasure he must not take the crown from the king or else. Oikawa took no heed to the warnings and went off to find the treasure. He was able to find the treasure in a deep dark cave and just like the stories told there was a massive pile of gold,"

Rose paused for a moment to once again look at them all in the eyes. They all could feel the room starting to get colder, well unnerved the commanders sat still and listened to her.

"Now what had caught Oikawa's attention was on a golden throne sat a skeleton in fur robes and upon his head was a golden crown interlaced with gems and jewels. Overcome by his nature Oikawa took the crown and placed it on his head. Though when he had something he grabbed his wrist. The skeleton was holding his wrist and its eyeless sockets were staring at him. Oikawa tried to pull the skeleton off but to no avail. He had called over his first mate Kageyama to help him try and pry it off. But when Kageyama neared his captain he stopped dead in his tracks and stared wide-eyed at him. When Oikawa ordered him to tell him what was wrong Kageyama simply said you're turning to bones. And it was true Oikawa had lost his skin on his body. His head was the only thing that remained intact. But even that was starting to decay and fall off. Panicked Oikawa cut off his arm that was being held by the skeleton. Though it was too late the damage had been done. Oikawa had been reduced to nothing but a human head on a skeleton body. He realized his mistake and in an attempt to hide his monstrous self he killed everyone in his crew and harvested their skin. Of course, the skin will rot and decay so he set out in search of others to steal their skin. Rumor has it that he still to this day is looking for more skin. You can hear him approaching because he will laugh as he is ready to kill you,"

Rose finished up her story and stood still watching the commanders look at her uneasy and curious where she had learned this story. They all sat in silence for a while before a low unhinged laugh began. Rakuyo grabbed Blamenco ready to use him to escape. Fossa was already running towards the door desperate to get out. Marco, Izo, and Dai jumped up ready to fight whoever was with them. Thatch and Haruta grabbed each other for protection.

The laughing stopped just as quickly as it started. Everyone was standing up in fight or flight mode, most in flight mode. The room was filled with screaming and panic with a floating head of a man wearing a crown suddenly appearing in the middle of the room next to Rose. Most of the commanders bolted from the room quickly leaving Dai, Marco, and Izo in the room with the head and Rose. Izo pointed his gun at the man's head ready to shoot before letting out a yell to not attack.

"What why?" Dai asked, still ready to fight.

Izo pointed at the man standing, "That's Julius! He was in Rakuyo's division until he was killed by a marine!"

"Hey, commander Izo," Julius waved with his slowly forming body. A large smile on his face as he was excited for scaring the others.

Marco eyed the man who should be dead. Yet here he was holding Rose's hand talking to them.

"How are you still alive?... We saw you die ...We buried you," Dai asked unsure of how he should be feeling.

"I'm not alive. I did die that day. I'm currently a ghost. I couldn't move on so I decided to stay aboard the ship with the others who couldn't move on either. You are only able to see me now thanks to the littlest one" Julius told them.

The three commanders looked over at Rose. She smiled at them and waved at them.

"After I got lost on the island I ate a strange fruit and then I could see a bunch of people who the others didn't notice," Rose told them.

"So it's safe to assume that she has eaten a devil fruit," Dai said out loud.

"It seems she has. We will have to look for information on this fruit to find out more about it. See what she can do now, yoi," Marco said, already thinking up a checklist of things they are going to need.

Izo studied Rose to see that she was now panting hard and seemed to be turning pale.

"Sweetie are you okay?" Izo asked worried as he approached her.

"Yea…..just tired-" Rose started before she fell forward.

Luckily Izo was close enough to catch her. In her fall she had let go of Julius' hand and he had disappeared. Marco was immediately by Rose's side checking on her seeing what was wrong.

"She just seems to have used up all of her energy. It must take a lot out of her to make a spirit physical. Let's take her to the infirmary so she can rest and I can do a more thorough check, yoi," Marco told Izo.

Izo nodded and quickly left with Marco leaving Dai the last one in the room, making Dai the winner of the bet.