Disclaimers: yeah, if I owned One Piece, Sanji would be the only character

Chapter 36: Mock Town, where dreams fade

"Hey, that dude fell from his horse." Luffy said.

"Would you folks help me?" Doc Q said.

"Sure." Luffy and Zoro tossed him on his horse.

"Here, have an apple, it's all I could do. I grew up sick and never got better."

"Luffy, don't take anything from strangers!" Luna and Dusk yelled.

"Cool, apples!" he took a bite and a store exploded.

"You're lucky, you would've died on the first bite. C'mon, Stronger." the horse fell over.

"The horse too?!" the four said, they went down the street.

"Luffy, you would've been killed!" Nami said.

"Ah, it was bound to happen, anyway." Luffy said.

"Life doesn't work that way!" Dusk said.

"Whatever..."

"Works in my book." Luna said.

"That's cause you stick your nose in everything and gamble with your life like Sanji!"

"He doesn't gamble...he makes it up as he goes along." they fell over anime style.

"He's not Jack Sparrow!" Dusk said. A while later, they came across a hotle ressort. "Wow."

"I never knew an oasis can exist in this place." Nami said, a man came by.

"Please, this whole place was rented out by a man and I must ask that you leave or he'll have my head removed from my body." he said.

"Who'd rent this whole place?" Zoro asked.

"Oi, we're paying you a lot of money to have this place to ourselves and you let people in? It's a waste of money." said Sarquiss as he walked with Lily.

"I tried my best-"

"We don't care, just get rid of them!" Lily said.

"Here, kid," Sarquiss said as he tossed beli at Luffy. "Go buy some new cloths."

"I'll take free money-"

"Luffy, c'mon, let's go!" Nami said, she dragged them away.

"Hey, Sarquiss, you know those people you ran into?" Rivers asked, holding four wanted posters. "Looks like they've doing pretty well."

"Bellamy would love to hear this." Sarquiss said, looking them over.

(Random Bar)

"Those guys really tick me off!" Nami said as she slammed her cup on the counter. Dusk drank her rootbeer while Luna stared out the window. "This place isa real dump."

"Wait 'till Tortuga." Luna said.

"People like you are pretty rare." the barman said. "Mock Town depends on pirates throwing money around to show off what strength they might or might not have."

"The whole gang's here!" said a man.

"Bellamy." Luna growled.

"Well, kid." Bellamy said, sitting next to Luffy. "Have a drink."

"Thanks, you ain't bad." Luffy said, drinking, but Bellamy slammed Luffy's head into the counter. The bar was quiet.

"You got a problem?" Zoro asked, pointing his sword at Bellamy from his left, Dusk sat on the counter with throwing knives acting like claws between her fingers. Luna stood in front of him with her hand in pockets.

"That's what you have for backup? A swordsman and two girls?! Wow, that's a fix."

"Zoro!" Nami said. "We need more information!"

"Shut it, if this guy wants a fight, I'll give it to him."

Luffy got up. "You wanna fight? I'll give it to you."

"Then let's see what you have, kid."

"Luffy, wait a tick!" Dusk and Nami said, they turned to the barman. "Sir, do you know anything about Skypiea?!"

Silence, then the whole bar started to laugh at them.

"Sir, we're serious!" Dusk yelled.

"I can't believe you!" Bellamy said. "There are many-"

"Currents in the Grand Line." Luna said. "One of them's called a Knock-up Stream, it send ships into the sky, then later they slam back into the ocean."

"Ah, you know much?" (dude, I read the manga!)

Luna stood there.

"Why stay with them? People who are smart like you die when chasing these dreams. Anything a man can dream will later be explained. I was going to let you join my crew, but with you going around dreaming, you won't be useful at all!"

"In my world, that would apply to everything, but I'm not there," Luna said.

"Then why doesn't it apply here, too?!"

"Because this isn't my world." Luna said, she was about to charge, but Luffy said,"Luna, Dusk. Zoro, whatever happens, don't fight back..."

People started throwing things at them.

"C'mon, give these folks what they want, Bellamy!" Sarquiss said.

"With pleasure!" Bellamy said, he tried to punch Luna, but she jumped over him and landed on the counter. Then, he went after Luffy, who was sent flying across the room. Zoro was next. Dusk hopped off the counter and avoided others, but...

"Dusk! Behind!"

She turned, but Sarquiss punched her, she flew through the window. Sarquiss went after Luna, but it looked like things froze, his arm was stuck out and Luna merely stood on it. She glared at him and barked.

"You're pretty good at mocking animals." Sarquiss said, Luna jumped onto the nearest table and squated on it. "How much will it be to buy you?"

Luna switched to hybrid point and gave a roaring howl(Sarquiss and others back away) then snarled."Want me now?"

"Then you?" he looked at Nami.

"Thanks, but I'm too good for you."

"I like how you talk!"

The two girls left and carried the fallen captain and first mate into the streets. THUD!

Blackbeard sat on the ground with rum. "You two tried your best, I'm proud. People who dream, they're considered pirates."

"You point?" Luna asked, she carried Zoro.

"The Age of Dreaming for pirates...shall never end!" Blackbeard said, people laughed at him. Luna and Nami went away. "Ah HAHAHAHAHAHA!"

"He's right." Luna said, she was in beast point, so she looked down. She looked up at Nami with hope in her eyes. "Dreams never end."

"Then what's yours?"

"Being a pirate, it's came true, but it's not fufilled yet...not yet, there's more things to do."

(Going Merry)

"I just say Sky Island and the next thing I knew, they're all laughing at me!" Nami shouted, yes, she's flipping out.

"Looks like I missed out in some fun." Robin said, Raven and Dawn were carrying her bags, Dusk fallowed.

"Where'd you go?!"

"Shopping." Raven said. "Luna?"

"You have a dream, right?"

"Yeah, to be the best solo guitar player."

"Dusk?"

"Bloody pirates."

"Uh-huh, Chopper, help her out."

"Right."

I try! Please, don't hate me!