TheIcecreamGeek, I hope this will suffice for fanservice lol
Ultra One Piece Fan also mentioned how Garp probably would have given Luffy a Fist of Love in the previous chapter. In a desperate scramble to redeem myself, I sort of fixed it in the end of this chapter. Sort of.
I honestly didn't know what to do with this chapter...It seems that the longer this goes on, the further away it goes from Carroll's text. I'll rein it back in around the end. I have a clear picture of how the last few chapters go...So think of the middle chapters as a transition of some sort...Like puberty.
One Piece is the creation of Eiichiro Oda and Alice in Wonderland is the creation of Lewis Carroll. I just swirled the two together to see what sort of pretty color will come out.
I hope you enjoy this chapter and thank you to everyone who has reviewed/favorited/story-alerted/all of the above/some of the above/none of the above but still took the time to read it.
Luffy turned to see who was approaching and broke out into a large smile.
"Zoro!...Uh…What are you wearing?"
From head to toe, the poor swordsman was covered in fluffy white fur that could make Bepo's fur look as drab as a sewer rat. The rabbit suit came with long bunny ears that drooped down and flopped about whenever the wearer hopped. The only part of his body which was not disgraced with the suit was his face, which had an expression that did not compliment the cute costume at all.
"That little witch Perona caught me and forced me into this dumb thing! I'd cut her to pieces but she hid my swords somewhere!"
"What? Where is she?" Luffy looked around, fists ready to beat the daylights out of a pink-haired girl.
Zoro pointed at a random direction. "I think it was this way; those trees look familiar."
A half hour long walk passed before Luffy began to suspect that they were lost. Another fifteen minutes later, he realized that Zoro was hopping like a fluffy, white, overgrown kangaroo. Luffy started hopping alongside Zoro.
"Why are you hopping? Is that a new workout routine?"
"No, this stupid suit is just too hard to move in."
"I want my ears to flop around like yours, too," Luffy pulled on his ears. "Heehee, I'm a zorobunny!"
The pride-wounded man tried to muster up all his strength to get his arm to rise and smack his captain upside the head, but to no avail. "Shut up, Luffy!"
"What the heck is wrong with you guys? We're lost in who knows where and I find you guys just messing around?" a long-nosed voice said.
Zoro and Luffy looked up and saw Chopper and Usopp, who both gave them quizzical looks.
"Chopper! Usopp!" Luffy greeted the two. "Want to help us get Zoro's swords back?"
"So those were his swords!" said Usopp. "We found a house earlier and when we looked through the window, we saw them just lying on the table, but no Zoro."
The four pirates then followed Usopp back to the house and broke the door down. Perona, who was sitting on the couch, glanced distastefully at the bunch.
"Ugh, you broke my door again. Did you bring me my hot cocoa and bagel sandwich?"
"That was really mean of you, to capture Zoro and turn him into your personal servant!" Chopper yelled.
"Capture him? He broke down the door, scratching his head, wondering where he was!"
"And then you took away his swords!" Chopper went on.
"I just left them on that table over there," Perona retorted.
Chopper began to falter. "Uh, well, you, um…"
Perona sighed. "If you can't get me any food, then you'll just be entertainment. Negative hollow!"
Everyone braced themselves for the feeling of utter depression and hopelessness but before one of the ghosts could reach Luffy, he was knocked flat onto his face with a Fist of Love.
"Luffy!" Garp bellowed, "Sengoku got mad that I didn't go after you so now I have to send you six feet under."
Perona gawked. "Wait, if you knocked him down then you should have been hit with the negative ghosts. Why aren't you depressed?"
Garp stared blankly at the girl. He looked over at the others who were struck.
Usopp was fine, and just stared blankly back at Garp.
Chopper had curled up into a ball. "I wish I were reborn as a piece of lint…"
Zoro was on his knees. "I wish I were reborn as a cat's furball..."
The negative ghost finally struck Garp. His face twisted into a grimace and he, too, fell to his knees. "I wish I were reborn a pirate…"
"Hey!" everyone yelled.
Usopp picked up Chopper. "Quick, Luffy, we should get away while they're still distracted!"
Luffy nodded, picked up Zoro, and ran out the door with Usopp. After they were far enough, Luffy hopped onto a giant boulder to take a look around and spotted a really neat garden.
"Whoaa! You guys, let's head over there next!"
"Not so fast, Strawhat!"
Out of the shrubbery came Richie, with Mohji riding atop Richie's head.
"Strawhat, you've been nothing but a thorn in Captain Buggy's side! I shall avenge him! Richie, claw him apart!"
Zoro stopped the giant lion just in time with his santoryuu skills.
"You go on ahead, Luffy, we'll deal with these two," Usopp bravely announced.
"We'll catch up with you later!" said Chopper.
Luffy, having complete faith in their competency to handle the circus act, walked off towards the garden but the dense underbrush was making it difficult to determine whether he was still on track or not. He climbed on top of a large mushroom that was black on one side and white on the other half. When he reached the top, he saw that there was already someone occupying the area. It was Smoker.
I had to make Smoker the smoking caterpillar. No other character would be near satisfactory.
What happened to Garp and Perona after the Strawhats left? Garp haki-ripped out the negativity from him and threw it out the window. After that, he gave Perona a big grandfatherly lecture and sent her to her room. This freed up the living room downstairs so Garp then invited Sengoku, the three admirals, and a few other marine officers over for tea and crackers. Only Aokiji showed up.
I hope I get the next chapter up by the 20th, but there's no guarantee. College is starting up again...I'm scared.