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Chapter 14: The Plan II

"OH HELL!" Aro shouted, running down the path, which now formed a hallway. A torch lightly lighted it here and there. The sounds of metal hitting rocks came with each step she took. The giant rat followed close behind her, growling deep in its throat. Aro sped up, fear being her energy. A split in the hallway made her curse. "Right or left, right or left?!" She asked herself aloud. The rat growled louder. She gave a small squeak of surprise, "Left it is!" She bolted to the left, running blindly.

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"Oh hell…" Ezerial muttered under his breath as he continued dodging a series of attacks. A blue die shot at some of the rats attacking him, leaving large frozen patches. Guzen was a couple of yards away, trying to get the highest point of the limited space they had. "I can't do anything with him on my back!" Ezerial shouted, ducking under a snapping jaw.

"… Then drop him on the floor…" Guzen turned suddenly, firing a 'Fire Bomb' at a group of rats. He turned quickly back to where he was facing, instantly jumping back. He pulled a hand full of dice, and another hand full of cards. He threw the cards and the dice at once. Upon contact, the dice turned to ice, which began to melt from the heat of the group. The cards hit and the outer layer crumbled. The cards suddenly caught on fire, setting the rats a blaze.

Ezerial dropped Luffy when Guzen suggested it, and had finished drawing his sword when the flames caught his eye. He looked and began to gape. "What the hell was in those?"

"Magnesium." Guzen answered, "Burns once in contact with water."

"Odd…" Ezerial said, countering an attack by the rats. Luffy's body stirred as the fight continued on.

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"WAH!" Aro shouted, sliding down a slanted slope into a dark room. She landed in about a foot of water on her but. "Ew…" She muttered, raising up one of her arms, watching the water drip from cuff. "Just my luck…" She slowly got to her feet, dripping wet from the waist down. A scratching and growling came from behind her. Her night vision kicked in, and she turned around quickly. The large rat was slowly making its way down the ramp. Aro's skin began to crawl as she slowly backed up. The rat swayed towards her. She felt fear and aggravation building inside her. "Dumb rats…" A pulse started to form in her head. She blinked. The pulse felt different. She could feel it in her body. She closed her eyes, thinking about it. The rat made a rhythm with the waves he made from walking. The rhythm she was feeling was off beat of it. Her ear twitched and she turned to glance behind.

A small drop of water fell from the roof and into the water. She looked at where the water came from and a slow smile came to her face. A hole was in the roof, about a yard across one way and two yards the other. She looked back at the rat smiling still as she slowly walked back wards. The rat continued to follow her.

Eventually, she felt the drops start falling lightly hit her on the head. The rat stopped, lowering more into the water. Aro jumped back and the rat lunched. As soon as she touched down, she jumped forward again, onto the rat's head. She kicked off, sending its head into the ground, while pushing herself upward to the hold. Her hands were already up, catching the edge lightly and gracefully.

"Alright then…. Now what?" She tried to pull herself up, and noticed how drained of energy she was. Aro's ear twitched and she looked down at the rat. The rat was starting to stand on its hind legs, reaching for her coat with its teeth.

She looked back up, swung her legs back, and then reversed the swinging motion. As soon as her foot lightly touched the roof, she kicked off at a slight angle. She reached a point where she was almost laying in the air. That's when she curled her body back like a horseshoe. Her feet hit something solid and she let go of the ledge and flipped her body back.

She found herself crouching down in a dark room—or, it would be dark if she wasn't using her night vision. The room, except for the one table, had two of everything: beds, cups, plates, forks, spoons, knives, pillows, and dressers—

Her ears shot up. "Dry clothes!" She ran over and went through one of them. Nothing she liked. They all seemed to be for someone in the circus. She ran to the other one, and found matching clothes to the previous ones that she came across. She tossed the clothes behind her, still searching and hoping to find something she could wear. Soon she gave up, put her back to the dresser side, and slid down to a sitting position. "What the hell? Are these people twins or something?!"

"Actually, we are." Two voices said at once. Aro jumped up and turned towards the voices. Two girls with dull blue gray hair cut where the front was longer than the back, bright brown eyes, and long sleeved shirts that had a black and white stripe patter on it, matching hip sash, black shorts that were finger-tip length, small black shoes with white bands around the tops, and fish-net leggings stood before her. They really were twins. The only way she could tell them apart was a small clump of black hair. One had it to the right; the other had it to the left.

"… Who are you two?" Aro asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Kit"

"Kat."

Aro looked to the side, resisting the urge to finish the jingle. "Really now…" She looked back at them, "And what are you two doing down here in the rat infested hell hole?"

"We live here." Kat said, starting to walk towards Aro's right side.

"Day in." Kit started to walk towards Aro's left side.

"Day out." They both spoke at once.

"You know," Aro said, slightly annoyed, "how you the two of you talk grates on my nerves…"

"Is that so?" Kit started to pull out a thin wire from in under the sash. Aro held up her hands in fists as she kept walking around her.

"Kit, I think she's scared…" Kat started to do the same thing. Aro watched her as well, looking from one to the other.

"Kat, maybe she should be…"

"You're right, she should be." Aro's ear twitched as the two started to spin the wires in figure eight patterns as they passed each other.

"What, staring a dance or something?" Aro could tell how sharp the wire was by the sound they made in the air. She also noticed small round orbs at the ends.

"Actually, we're planning,"

"On making you,"

"DIE!" They both said at once, suddenly swinging at Aro. She jumped to her left, barely dodging them as the wires trimmed a layer of the coat sleeve. She jumped back more still, "WHAT THE HELL?!"

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"… I'm hungry…" Luffy said with a yawn.

"Then fight to get by to find something to eat!" Ezerial's voice came out forced.

"But I don't have the energy…"

"I DON'T CARE!" Ezerial's voice was back to normal now, with a hint of energy loss.

"… I'll take you to an all you can eat buffet… if you fight now…" A large explosion lit up the room suddenly. Luffy was jumping to his feet while Ezerial and Guzen were trying to make their way to the path.

"Gomu gomu no…" He jumped into the air, and suddenly started to send out a flurry of punches and kicks in random directions, "Hanabi!" The rats gave out small cries as they were hit. A large circle soon formed around the three as Luffy finally returned to the ground.

"Lets go!" Ezerial turned and ran towards the path. Guzen and Luffy followed.

"HEY!"

"What Luffy?"

"I'm hungry!"

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"Interesting…" Veldoro sat in a dark room, looking out to the backside of the mountain. A snail phone sat on his desk. "You sure that there are such… beings there?"

"Positive." A deep voice answered through the snail. A slow grin started across Veldoro's face. Serisha stood silently in the doorway.

"Vel-kun… they're on their way here…. Rather quickly…"

"Let them come… Serisha, prepare a cart. There is something at the end of the island that would show powers beyond even what Jishin can come up with…"

(Authors note: Jishin is Cap's Alis.)