Chapter 2 is complete! Hopefully it'll be longer and better than the first chapter. In this chapter... awesome stuff happens? xD No spoilers.

Disclaimer: I do not own One Piece, Pokemon, etc. They belong to their rightful owners.

The two Straw Hats searched for an hour, then Zolo got bored. Luffy searched alone for about six more hours, then they finally went back to Team Gogetters' team base.

Zolo fell asleep imidiately, and Luffy sat at the edge of the pool, looking over his reflection. His eyes were rather beady, he had a cat-like mouth, his cheeks were bright red and brimming with electricity, and the yellow fur covering him almost hid his scar. He took off his hat and examined it. There were two holes neatly inserted in it, perfectly fit for his ears. Although he hated the thought that there were holes in his hat, it was easier to keep the hat on his head and he didn't have anyone to blame.

Virette appeared behind him, "What's with you and that dusty old hat?" she lay down beside him.

"An old friend of mine gave it to me." he wondered if Shanks was in this world, too.

Virette looked thoughtful, "Hm... There was a Pokemon around here some time along with a hat like that..."

Luffy looked up, "What-- really?"

"Yup."

"...What's a Pokemon?"

Virette looked at him as if he was insane, muttering, "Pirate Kings, scythers with haramakis, what is this world coming to...." she added in a normal voice, "Er... a Pokemon is.... all the creatures in this world."

"Like... the animals?"

"...Y-yeah. Animals."

The next hour was spent explaining Pokemon to Luffy while Zolo slept. Most of it made no sense to Luffy, but finally Virette got the basics through his head.

"Alright, so.. back to Shanks' hat. What did the Pokemon look like?"

Virette thought hard, "I think it was a Grovile... they look like..... Pip! Get me a drawing pad, plase?"

Pip got it, and Virette drew a crude drawing of a Grovile, "Like this."

Luffy took the picture and examined him, "That doesn't look like Shanks."

"Well, you don't look like Luffy." Zolo commented, startling all of them (except Luffy).

Zigot poked Luffy, "Hey, I got an idea!"

Everyone turned to him and he seemed to have a bit of stage-fright, "E-er... Y-you guys c-could m-make a-a-a r-rescue t-team, a-and y-you c-c-could l-look f-for y-your t-team-m-mates."

Luffy grinned, "That's a great idea! ...What's a rescue team?"

Everyone anime-fell.

After everything was explained (Zolo got more out of it than Luffy, even though he slept through half of it), they left to Wigglytuff's Guide to start up a rescue and exploration team.

(A/N: I realize the title is Straw Hats RESCUE Team, but I think exploration team fits them better, what with the beating bad Pokemon and such. It makes the plot flow better. For a bit I'll basically be writing what happens in PMD: Explorers of Time, until they get into the actual plotline. Bear with me, please.)

Luffy looked around, "So, um... what do we do?"

Zolo sighed and flapped his wings, fluttering onto the grate. A voice called from below, startling them, "Pokemon detected! Pokemon detected!"

Both stayed silent as it continued, "Who's footprint? Who's footprint?"

Silence. After a while, it called out, "The footprint is Scyther's! The footprint is Scyther's!"

"...Oooookay then?" Zolo blinked and sweatdropped.

"...You may ENTER!"

"Sweet, we're in--"

"Someone's with you! So get that stranger to stand up THERE!"

"I guess it's your turn, Luffy." he stepped off and Luffy bounced on.

"Pokemon detected! Pokemon detected! Who's footprint? Who's footprint? The footprint is... The footprint is..... uh....."

Zolo scratched his head, "....How well organized." he commented sarcastically.

"WHAT'S THE MATTER!?" another voice boomed, "SENTRY! SENTRY!? WHAT'S WRONG, SENTRY DIGLETT?"

"Umm.... er... the footprint is....... "

Zolo sweatdropped.

"Uh.... Maybe Pikachu's! Maybe Pikachu's!"

The louder voice called out, "WHAT!? MAYBE!?

"B-but.... It's not a footprint that you normally see around here...."

"UGH, THAT'S PRETTY CRUMBY! Checking footprints of visiting Pokemon.... THAT'S YOUR JOB, ISN'T IT, DIGLETT?"

"Y-yes, but....I don't know what I don't know!"

Luffy called down, "Why are you two arguing?"

".......Sorry to make you WAIT."

Both peered down into the dark hole under the grate.

"Well, it is TRUE that you don't see any Pikachus in these parts.... But you don't SEEM to be bad... Okay, good enough! ENTER!"

The gate slid open, and Luffy hopped inside without a second thought, followed by the more cautious Zolo. Inside the hut-thing was a hatch. Luffy looked over it, "Huh, there's a hole in the ground.... THIS IS SO COOL!"

Zolo sweatdropped. Luffy zipped down it, Zolo fluttering down behind him. Inside, they looked around the room filled with Pokemon. "Woah," Luffy commented, "This is even cooler!"

"So this is Wigglytuff Guild?" Zolo murmered, "It is pretty cool..." a navy-blue bird with red and white markings looked up from it's conversation with a red caterpillar and waved, and Luffy grinned back.

"Excuse me!"

Both looked back toward the hatch as a parrot with a musical note-shaped crown hopped up from the lower floor. "It was you two who just came in, right?" the bird asked.

Luffy nodded, "I'm Luffy and this is Zolo."

"I'm Chatot!" the bird had a sing-songy tone, almost condescending, "I'm the Pokemon in the know around these parts! I am Guildmaster Wigglytuff's right-hand Pokemon!"

Zolo grinned, "Oh, good--"

"Now, shoo! Leave the premises! We have no time for salespeople or silly surveys! Off you go, if you please!"

"...That's not why we're here." Zolo commented, slightly annoyed.

Luffy put on his determined face, "We want to form an exploration team!"

Zolo nodded, "That's why we came. We want to be trained as an exploration team."

Chatot looked surprised, "Wh-what!? Exploration team?" he examined Luffy, talking to himself, "It's rare to see a kid like this want to apprentice at the guild... especially given how hard the training is! Surely the steady stream of Pokemon that run away from our rigorous training proves how true that is--"

"Don't care."

"Huh?"

"Don't care." Luffy grinned, "I don't care how hard it is, because I've got to be really strong to follow my dreams!"

Zolo gave Luffy a no-one-cares-at-the-moment look and turned to Chatot, "Is the training really that hard?"

Chatot had a look like a caught scoundrel, "N-n-n-no! No, no, no! It's not true in the slightest!" he flapped his wings as if to drive his point on, "Our training program is as easy as can be!" he calmed a little, "Well, well, well! I wish you had told me up front that you wanted to be an exploration team."

"...What do you mean?" Luffy looked confused, "....Are you stupid?"

Zolo and Chatot anime-fell.

"O-okay," Chatot broke the silence, "Let's get your team signed up right away! Follow me!"

Chatot led them down the hatch and up to a door with a swirl on it. Luffy didn't really look around, but listened to Chatot explain, "This is the second underground level. This is mainly where apprentices work. Team registration with way. Come along, please--"

"WOW!" Luffy rushed over to the window, "We're two floors underground and you can still see outside!"

"Luffy, the guild is built on the side of a cliff," Zolo commented, sweatdropping, "It's only natural that you could see outside."

Luffy looked unfazed, "Oh."

"Now," Chatot continued, "Here is Wigglytuff's chamber. On no account... I repeat, on no account should you be discourteous to our Guildmaster." he called inside, "Guildmaster! It's Chatot! I'm coming in!"

Chatot led them inside. The room was plain, but with flowers growing on the grassy floor and hangings on the walls. Two unused beacons were on either side of a pink figure, and a treasure chest full of jewels was in one corner, catching Luffy's eye. Nami would like this room.

"Guildmaster!" the Chatot called to the pink figure, "I present you with two Pokemon who wish to join our guild as apprentices."

Nothing happened. "Guildmaster...um... Guildmaster...?" Chatot tilted his head.

Luffy ran up and poked him, ignoring Chatot's undignified protests, "Hey! Old man!"

The Guildmaster turned around, startling them. He had huge, green eyes and what seemed to be a permanent smile. His white-tipped ears twitched, "Hiya!" he had a very chipper voice, "I'm Wigglytuff! I'm the guild's Guildmaster! You want to form an exploration team?"

"Y-yeah..." Zolo replied.

Luffy nodded vigorously, "Uh-huh!"

"Then, let's go for it! First, we must register your exploration team's name! So tell me your team's name, please?"

Zolo looked thoughtfully, "Huh... we hadn't thought of a name yet..." he turned to Luffy, "What do you think?"

Luffy was unfazed as always, "We're known as the Straw Hat pirates, right? So let's be the Straw Hat Rescue Team!"

"Exploration team."

"Even better!"

"All settled, then!" Wigglytuff grinned, "I'll register you as team Straw Hats! Registering, registering! All registerred... YOOM.... TAH!" he spread his arms out wide.

Zolo watched blankly as he continued, "Congradulations! From now on, you're an official exploration team! I present you with this as a commemoration." He gave them a basket.

Luffy picked it up and shook it next to his ear, "What is it?" he heard things crashing around inside. Wigglytuff looked displeased. He set it down again.

Wigglytuff explained, "This is what every exploration team needs: an exploration team kit! Quick, open it up!"

Luffy opened it. Inside, he found badge like Team Gogetters had, a map, and a treasure bag. "Wow, this is so cool!"

Zolo looked the map over, "Great." he rolled it up, careful not to tear it with his sharp arm-blades, "Let's find Nami as soon as possible. Maps are jibberish to me."

Luffy bit the badge experimentally. Not a good idea. He spit it out and Zolo whacked him on the head as Wigglytuff explained patiently, "That's your explorer's badge. It's your official team identification!"

After a brief explanation of everything, Chatot showed them to their room, basically a cave with a window and two nests made of straw. Zolo fell asleep imidiately, while Luffy lay by the window, trying to see his crewmembers in the distance, and of course failing.

After a while, Zolo spoke, "You're still awake, aren't you?"

Luffy nodded. "You know," Zolo commented, "There's no real proof that the others came to this world. It could end up just being us two."

"Why would you think that?"

"...Think about it, idiot. If we haven't found them yet, there's only a slim chance that they're even in this--"

"HEY! LOOK!"

Luffy pointed out the window, but leaned out so far that he fell out, since there was no glass. Zolo jumped and tried to help, only succeeding in slicing Luffy's foot as he fell. Praying that Luffy's powers worked in this world, Zolo watched Luffy fall down the vast cliff....

Hey, look! A cliff-hanger! LITERALLY! xD

In the next chapter: Has Luffy survived? What did he see? Will the two be late for training? Find out soon! :D