Luffy turned to the grassy area off the dock to see a little kid holding a knife. "Oi kid," Luffy said. "There's a bounty hunter around here, have you seen him?"

"I'M THE ONE WHO'S GOING AFTER YOU!" The kid shouted as he charged at Luffy with the knife in hand.

Luffy put his hand on the kid's forehead and kept him out of slashing distance. "Kids like you really shouldn't play with knifes, you could get hurt you know."

"SHUT UP!" The kid shouted while trying to push through Luffy's hand. "YOU'RE STRAW HAT LUFFY! ONCE I CAPTURE YOU AND COLLECT YOUR BOUNTY, I'LL BE ABLE TO FEED EVERYONE ON THE ISLAND!" He jumped backwards and charged at Luffy with his knife held high.

Luffy starred for a second, then made his move. He launched his backwards 10 feet. He was demonstrating the powers of his Gomu Gomu Devil's Fruit, which allows his body to stretch like rubber. The kid stopped in his tracks.

"LUFFY!" Ussop shouted. "YOU CAN'T HIT A KID!"

But Luffy paid no attention. "Gomu Gomu no…" Luffy's hand flew forward. "Pistol!" It glided right past the kid's head.

The kid fell back in defeat. Luffy had defeated him without laying a hand on him. He knew that if he tried to fight Luffy he would get killed for sure. He scrambled back.

Luffy walked forward off the dock and onto the grassy area.

"Luffy," Zolo said. "Are you sure that we should get on this island? It's obvious that we're hated here."

Luffy smiled. "Nah, that's just a future bounty hunter. I have a good feeling about this."

The rest of the crew stepped off the 1000 Sunny. But as they got onto the grassy land, giant needles impaled the ground around them all accept Luffy.

"What the hell?" Zolo shouted. "I can't move!"

They heard laughing from the trees above them. "Like it? It's my Needle Cage. You aren't coming out of there unless I move the needles myself." Another young kid jumped out of the trees. He was topless with torn cotton pants and an eye patch. "Pirates, prepare yourselves. I am Jinta Araki, the hero of Starry Skies! I am going to kill each one of you one by…" But Jinta saw that Luffy wasn't even paying attention to him; but instead trying to pull out the needles. "HEY! DID YOU HERE ME! THOSE NEEDLES AREN'T LEAVING THE GROUND UNLESS I WANT THEM TO!"

Luffy gave up pulling the needles. "Wow, he's right."

"Now where was I? Oh yeah. I am going to kill each one of you pirates one by one and collect your bounties. Starting with you!" He pointed his finger at Luffy and a needle shot out of it. Luffy was barely able to dodge it. "Behold the powers of my Haki Haki Devil's Fruit. I can create needles from anywhere on my body and control them too!" Jinta held out his entire arm at Luffy and gripped it with the opposite hand. "NEEDLE STORM!" Hundreds of needles shot out of Jinta's palm and zipped through the air at Luffy.

Luffy held on to his hat as he ran screaming away from the needles. "Damn it," As soon as the needles stopped Luffy took action. He launched a Gomu Gomu no Pistol at Jinta.

Jinta just stood his ground and smirked. "PIN CUSHION!" Large needles spawned from every part of Jinta's body; causing Luffy to impale his fist on one.

Screaming in pain, Luffy recoiled his fist. Blood seeped from his hand and stained the bright green grass. "BASTARD!" Luffy ran up to Jinta, grabbed him, sat on a rock, put him over his knee, pulled down his pants, and started spanking him. "You need to be taught some respect!"

"OW, HEY, THIS HURTS, STOP IT!" Jinta made a needle grow out of his butt cheek and it impaled Luffy's hand.

"OWWWWWWW!" Luffy screamed as blood came out of that one too. He jumped back and let go of Jinta.

Jinta quickly got up and pulled his pants up. "DAMN YOU STRAW HAT! Prepare for my ultimate…"

A little girl ran out of the forest with tears in her eyes. "Jinta!" She shouted. "Come quick! Meme is getting worse!"

"Oh crap!" Jinta ran into the forest after the little girl.

Luffy, having his curiosity get the best of him, followed Jinta into the forest. After going around the trunk of an extremely large tree, Jinta and the Girl disappeared. Luffy found a little nub on the tree that looked almost like a door knob. He grabbed it and rotated it. "What do ya know," Luffy said. "It is a door knob." Luffy walked into the tree to see that it was completely hollow on the inside. Beds were lined up around the edges of the tree. A fire burned in a pit in the center.

Luffy saw about 20 children in the tree. They were all around 7 and 8 just like Jinta and the other boy he had met. All of them were crowded around a single bed. Luffy walked closer.

"Damn it," Jinta said. "Her fever is so high it's burning my hand." He was standing over a girl that was 4 years old. She was in the bed and breathing heavily. Jinta noticed Luffy and jumped to his feet. He quickly ushered the kids to the wall and created a giant needle and held it like a sword. "I swear if you lay a finger on any of them, I'll…I'll…"

"Oi, Jinta," Luffy interrupted. "I have a doctor. We can help her."

"ARE YOU KIDDING ME?" Jinta shouted. "THERE'S NO WAY I'D LET A FILTHY PIRATE ANYWHERE NEAR MY SISTER!" But Jinta looked back at Meme, who was still breath heavily. "God damn it. Fine. But I'm gonna keep an eye on him." Both of them walked back to the spot where Straw Hat Crew was still trapped. "Which one is the doctor?"

Luffy pointed to Chopper. "That one."

"The reindeer? I thought he was just your pet."

"No, he's the doctor."

"If you say so." Jinta held up his hands and the needles around Chopper disappeared.

"Hey," Ussop said. "What about the rest of us?"

"The rest of you are staying there until I say otherwise. You, reindeer, come on." Luffy and Jinta led Chopper to the big tree and to Meme.

Chopper took a few seconds to look over her. "She's in bad shape. I need to take her back to the ship and…"

"NO WAY!" Jinta shouted. "Meme is staying right here!"

"But my medical supplies are back on the ship." Chopper told Jinta.

"Fine, but on one condition!" He pointed to a boy. "Kevin, you go with them. Report back to me in an hour. If he doesn't, I kill one of your crewmates."

Chopper transformed into his human like form and delicately picked up Meme and took her back to the ship with Kevin following him.

"Jinta," Luffy asked. "Where are all of your parents?"

Jinta pointed to the sky. "Up there."