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Chapter 2
Luffy sat on top of the figurehead of the Thousand Sunny, eagerly watching for their destination. Zoro stood just behind, on the forward deck, swinging a gigantic set of weights.
"I thought we were sailing to Fishman Island. Why are we going to this Urasinky place?" Zoro asked.
"Cause, it's a mystery island!" Luffy replied turning around to grin at Zoro.
"So, you have no idea either, huh?" Zoro replied, shaking his head at how innocently dim his captain could be at times.
"Urasinky is on our path to Fishman Island," Franky said, as he walked up to where the swordsman was training, "You can only get to Fishman Island through Urasinky, so most people simply ignore the fact that Urasinky is even there."
"How can they simply ignore it if it's the only way to get to such a famous place?" Luffy asked, watching the crew's shipwright like a little kid being told an interesting story.
"You see…" Franky began, drawing off; his arms crossed and his head bowed down. Zoro set down his weights, and Luffy started hopping up and down on top of the figure head, barely containing his excitement.
"It's a mystery island!" Franky finally said, straightening up and smirking.
"Cool!" Luffy shouted, returning his full attention to the horizon, "Mystery Island! Here we come!"
Zoro simply snorted, "Don't start acting like Luffy, Franky. We don't need to baby sit another idiot."
Franky chuckled as he began to buff the banister.
"Where's that greedy witch gone off to?" Zoro asked, lying down on the deck.
"Nami?" Franky replied, "Last I saw, she was interrogating Brook in the Galley." His only reply was the steady flow of snores issuing from the now sleeping swordsman. For a moment, Franky considered waking the younger man up, but an explosion from below deck quickly drove those thoughts from his mind.
"What the hell are you people doing!" he bellowed, rushing off in the direction of the ruckus, the sound of Luffy's laughter following him.
Another week passed, with Luffy's excitement about a new adventure giving way to an extreme case of boredom and an increased work load for the rest of the crew.
"What did you think you were doing?" Franky growled, his normal mood having long sense been utterly killed by his captains destructive fun.
Luffy sheepishly grinned, rubbing the back of his head, "I thought I could go down the slide faster if I grabbed the bottom before I went down, and I did."
"Yeah, you sure did, and you broke a big hole in the deck while doing it," Franky said, before sighing, "Get out of here, I need to fix up your mess."
Luffy grinned, before running off somewhere. Sanji's enraged bellows from the kitchen quickly revealed where the rubber man had ran off to.
"Land ho!" Ussopp shouted down from the crows nest, "I can see an island up ahead!"
Franky took a deep, calming breath, as the door to the Galley was reduced to splinters in Luffy's hurry to see the new island, the angry shouts of his nakama going unheard.
"Wow! Time to go on an adventure! Sanji! Make me a pirate lunch box!"
"Already made it," Sanji called, chucking the wrapped box at the back of Luffy's head.
"Oh! Sanji, how did you know that's what I wanted before I even asked you?!"
"What's so surprising about it? You never ask for anything else when we arrive at a new island," Sanji muttered, nimbly side stepping Franky, as the cyborg set to work replacing the galley door.
"Luffy!" Nami shouted from inside the galley, "Stay right where you are until we find a place to way anchor. We don't need you making things more difficult before we even get there."
Franky snorted as he finished fastening the door to its frame. "To late, He's gone."
"What!" Nami shrieked, running through the door, slamming it open hard enough to snap it off its hinges. She ignored Franky as he broke down into tears. She could just barely make out the red speck that was Luffy as it sailed through the air to the island.
"Oh no." Nami whimpered, falling to her knees, images of angry mobs flashing through her head.
On the island a small boy ran along the edge of a giant pit that was almost two kilometers at its deepest, and enveloped all but the very most outer edge of the island. Held in the center of the pit, by five giant struts was a pristine, white city that seemed to float in the fog that hadn't lifted from the city in some years. This was the capital, and only note worthy city on all of Urasinky. It was the great city of Legema, but the inhabitants had taken to calling it Cloud City. A few small fishing villages were scattered around on the kilometer wide rim, but most of the Island's trade took place in Cloud City. The walls of the pit, near the top were covered in houses and buildings. In some places they were almost stacked vertically, right on top of one another. Deeper into the pit, obscured by the fog, no one would go near because of the frightful sounds.
But this small boy cared for none of that at that moment, as he was far more concerned with what he saw out in the ocean. Gasping for breath, the boy forced his way into an old run down warehouse that looked to have been forgotten for years.
"Aniki!" The boy shouted, as he hurried deeper into the warehouse, where a group of thirty some shadowy figures encircled a man sitting in a throne like chair in the only ray of light that got into the warehouse. The man was wearing an open red vest that appeared to have once had sleeves. He wore no shirt under the vest revealing the extreme musculature that was deceptive for one of his build. He wore a pair of ripped blue jeans where the lower legs had been ripped off, and shoes that had steeled forcibly attached to their toes and heels. Around his arms and legs he wore fore thick guards that completely wrapped around his limbs, four large clasps locking them on. His face was partially hidden in the shadows cast by his throne, hiding his features.
"Aniki! Pirates are coming!" the boy half gasped, half shouted.
"Relax Sota," the man purred, "Who is it?"
"I… I think its Straw Hat Luffy and his crew!"
The man shifted slightly, and snapped his fingers. Instantly one of the figures surrounding him tossed a small packet of wanted posters to him.
"Lets see here, Straw Hat Luffy and his crew are worth…" he paused for a moment, a predatory grin spreading across his face, "660 million and 50 berries. Boys, we have some very important VIPs coming, so lets give them a once in a lifetime greeting and make a whole crap load of money to."
A thunderous cheer rang through out the warehouse, as the figures began running around, making preparations. The man smirked, studying Luffy's picture.
"Lets see just how strong you are Mr. 300 million. I hope you'll make the hunt fun."
A/N: Well that's chapter two. Sorry about the wait. Hope you enjoy it.