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Chapter 15: The Plan III

"Do you think she went right?" Ezerial looked between the two paths, sword in hand.

"Maybe she went left…" Guzen counted with is own comment. He was facing the way they had come from, a Fire Boom in hand, ready to fire. The rats were still dazed from the last Fire Bomb he used about five minutes ago. They had been in this same spot for almost ten minutes now.

"I'm still hungry." Luffy said in a lazy voice.

"Enough is enough, we're going right." Ezerial started down the path to the right.

"What if she went left?" Guzen said as he fired a Fire Bomb at the giant rat who made his way towards them. The explosion rattled the walls around them.

"GUZEN!" Ezerial shouted, "USE SOMETHING QUIETER!" The walls began to crumble, sending the rats scrambling to get away in a frighten mass. "Oh bloody hell…." The old path began to cave in, "RUN!" Ezerial darted down the path to the right. Luffy followed close behind. Guzen hesitated, facing where they ran.

"… I don't think she went right…" He turned the other way, and started down the path, hands in his pocket at the pace of a light jog.

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"What's wrong, Kitty…"

"Why are you running?"

"Are we too strong?!" Kit and Kat attacked at once, one vertically while the other horizontally. Aro did a sideways flip to dodge both of them. The coat was cut up, as was the room. Small amounts of blood dripped to the floor from Aro's person. Her neck had a thin cut on it, from the base of her jaw on the right side to her left collarbone.

"I thought I told you… the way you two talk was… getting annoying…" She was frustrated, and didn't think long enough to not show it.

Kit and Kat both began to swing the wire in figure eight patters, "Is that so?" They said at once.

An idea suddenly came to Aro as she slowly began to back up. "Quick question before I die by twin powers… tell me, who is—"

"We're equal." They answered at once, sounding annoyed. Aro cursed under her breath. That wasn't supposed to happen to the good guys, right?

"Tell me then, why are you two working for Veldoro?"

"Veldoro pulled us free…" Kit started.

"From the chains that kept," Kat added.

"Us as people's tools,"

"He taught us to fight"

"To defend"

"To be strong."

"He guides us"

"When no other would"

"He fed us"

"When no other could"

"He saved us." They finished together, and began to attack.

"Bu aren't you still a tool? Except to HIM now?!" Aro shouted, barely dodging. Kit and Kat froze, blinking. Aro watched the wires fall to the ground, laying on each other. She suddenly pounced on them, standing where they over lapped. The twins jumped and tried to pull the wires out from under her, but Aro shifted her boot to have the orbs at the ends get stuck to the heel.

"Then we'll have to"

"Cut your legs"

"OFF!" They flicked the wires and Aro leaned back slightly. The wires sent out waves to the boot, and that was it. Nothing more happened. They blinked, and looked at Aro, who was smiling brightly. Anger filled their faces, "What did you do, Kitty?!"

"Metal on the souls!" The twins frowned at her, obviously angry.

"That's cheating Kitty!"

"Pulling a stunt like that!"

"BAD KITTY!" They shouted together.

Aro rolled her eyes, "Just think about it! He took you in, and is making you live with a bunch of pack rats, near a room full of dead bodies, who KNOWS how deep underground, and makes you do whatever HE wants you two do!" The twins exchanged glances. "Is that what you're thankful for? Or did you two even leave square one?—"

"SHUT UP, KITTY!" They shouted again.

A strange clicking sound, like meal on stone, echoed in the room. All three of the girls looked around, unsure of where it was coming from. Aro's ears twitched. The pattern of the sound was familiar to her.

It suddenly came to her. She turned away from the twins, face covered with one arm. A bright light flooded the room. Kit and Kat gave a small cry of surprise. A hand grabbed Aro's hand and led her off. She followed blindly. The sound of rocks moving, another jerk on her arm, and she knew who it was. She ran forward, until stopped by and arm. The sound of rocks came again, ten a small thud, ending in silence. She waited for a sign; eyes still slightly in a daze. Another tug came and she followed slowly. She whispered, "Thank you, Guzen…" The hand squeezed hers, and she smiled. It didn't last long. Something was different, and she didn't know what it was…

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"DOWN!"

"BUT WE CAN GO UP!"

"FINE! UP!"

"Gomu gomu no…" Luffy pulled back his arm.

"HURRY!" Ezerial had one hand on two walls that were slowly closing in on each other. Luffy sent his hand flying to a small hole in the roof. Ezerial turned and grabbed onto him.

"ROCKET!" They suddenly were suddenly flying through the hole, and into a strange medical room. As they were air born, Ezerial let go of Luffy, and looked around. All the sick beds were covered in blood.

"Great…" He muttered, landing gracefully. Luffy on the other hand, landed a little louder. Ezerial kept his hand on the hilt of his sword.

Luffy cupped his hands around his mouth. "HEY! ANYONE HERE?"

"Shut up Luffy!" Ezerial growled.

"Who's there?" A deep voice came. Luffy and Ezerial froze. "I'll ask again, who's there?" Ezerial motioned for Luffy to follow him, and he started to sneak to the near side of the room.

"I'm Luffy!"

Ezerial nearly fell over. He turned and glared at Luffy.

"And that's Ezerial."

This time, Ezerial did perform a face fault. He jumped up and grabbed Luffy by the neck, attempting to strangle him. He only succeed in getting his neck to stretch out. "You imbecile!" He growled in Luffy's ear, "That's Dr. LeStine! Let's get out of here! He's insane!" He began to literally drag Luffy to the door.

"Luffy and Ezerial?" The voice questioned from behind. Ezerial looked over his shoulder just in time to jump back from a large knife being thrown at him.

"WHOA! Did the Doctor guy throw that?" Luffy asked, pointing at the knife. Another came from the dark, and Ezerial jumped back.

"No, the tooth fairy did."

"Why would the tooth fairy throw knives at us?" He put Luffy on his feet once more. They both caught sight of something in the darkness.

"Eh?" They sounded at once. Both of their eyes went wide and they turned. "RUN!" and broke out into a full sprint as a barrage of knives came at them.

"WHOA! ANGRY FAIRY!"

"YOU'RE TELLING ME! WHERE'S THAT DUMB MARKSMAN WHEN YOU NEED HIM!"

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"There…" Guzen finished the bandage, and pushed his hair back from his face, "You two should be more careful." Kit and Kat gave him a quick nod. Both were covered in bandages. Under the bandages were thin cuts.

"What are you"

"Doing down here?"

"Guzen-chan?" They finished at once. Guzen kept his face blank at the name.

"Did you happen to fight Aro? Everyone's on the look out for her."

"Yes, but someone came"

"And we thought it was you"

"But she didn't use cards,"

"She used something fine"

"Something long and thin."

"That cut easily,"

"And would have killed us…" They were not hugging each other, a scared look on both of their faces.

"… I see… You two say here unless Veldoro gives you the order to do other wise, understand?"

They nodded, "Be careful, Guzen-chan…" He gave them a small smile and they fell silent. He walked to the wall and felt around, soon finding a small rock button. He pushed it and a secret pathway opened. He looked back at the two, both of their faces blank and confused. He bowed and ran into the new path, as fast as he could.

"Aro shouldn't be so trusting…" He noted in his mind, "That's going to be the first thing I tell her when I catch up to them."