Thank you for the reviews ^^ WARNING: I'm using the manga in this chap, so most of this is from there, with the exceptions of the things I changed :) So I hope you won't get too bored and here's the next chap~
Chapter 16:
"Akane-chwan! Oi Akane! Akane!" Many voices woke up the girl who had passed out because of her shadow being taken.
"Eh? What's going on?" She questioned, rubbing her eyes.
"AKANE-CHWAAN! YOU'RE OKAY! I'LL GO MAKE YOU SOME FOOD!" Sanji shouted with relief.
"You're finally up!" Usopp sighed, sinking in her chair. "We tried so many things to wake you up but it just wouldn't work!"
"Yeah! Ore-sama woke up those three really easily, but you were just…" Usopp's voice drifted.
"It was quite amusing how you woke them up." Robin chuckled.
"Eh? Wait, what's going on?" Akane questioned confused.
"You fainted." Chopper joined. "It's because you got your shadow taken away from you."
"Shadow?" She tilted her head, and then memories of what happened came back to her. "Oh! That bastard! He took my shadow! Wait, how'd you guys know!? And Sanji, Zoro! You guys are okay now!"
"Yeah…" Zoro answered.
"Now, now… one at a time sis…" Franky sweat-dropped.
"Yeah. We got our shadows taken too." Luffy explained simply.
"Luffy you too?!"
"Yeah. It really sucked~"
"Hey guys! Don't forget that Brook got his shadow captured, and now we can't find him anywhere, either!" The reindeer added.
"I'm hungry!" Luffy suddenly complained.
"That's not the problem here bro!" Franky snapped at him.
"He's right, Captain-san. The real problem is the monster that Navigator-san, Usopp-san, and Doctor-san had seen." Robin agreed.
"Monster?" Akane repeated confused.
"Yeah Akane! There's this huge monster here and it took Luffy's shadow! Like Gecko Moriah put Luffy's shadow in the monster!" Usopp explained. "And because of Luffy's shadow, it's really strong!"
"Really?! Then, wait… was my shadow put in there too?"
"No, I don't think so. We didn't see yours there." Chopper answered.
"Oh that bastard… does he not think I'm strong enough?!" Akane cursed.
"Th-that's not the problem here…" The sniper sweat-dropped.
"So… we should be getting our shadows back, first thing right?" Zoro guessed.
"That would be the wise thing to do."
"I had heard that if you don't have your shadow and go to the sunlight, then you'll dissolve into thin air!" Franky added getting shocked looks in return.
"WHAT?! I'-I'll dissolve into thin air then?! No fair!" Akane whined.
"We'll just have to get them back before sunrise then." Chopper explained.
"Yosh! Let's go!" Luffy ordered.
"I BROUGHT THE SNACKS~" Sanji stepped in.
"Okay, after that."
"Luffy!"
"Oh yeah, I forgot to mention-" Usopp said between his mouthfuls. "Nami was captured by someone who wants to marry her."
"WHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAT?!" Sanji got up suddenly and glared at the sniper. "WHY THE HELL DIDN'T YOU TELL ME THAT BEFORE?! I'M GOING TO FUCKIN' KILL THAT BASTARD!"
"Hey don't forget about Brook…" Usopp sweat-dropped.
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"Listen! That zombie guy told us if we defeat Gecko Moriah, we all get our shadows back! So, I'm going to go ahead and kick Moriah's ass!" Luffy declared and then turned to the cook. "Sanji! I'm leaving Nami to you!"
"DAMN RIGHT YOU ARE! INVISIBLE MAN, DIVISIBLE MAN, I DON'T CARE! LIKE HELL I'D TOLERATE THIS WEDDING! OOOOUUHHH!" Sanji flared up.
"I forgot to mention, that invisible man saw Nami naked at the bath." Usopp added.
"You idiot!" The rest sighed.
"WHHHAAAT?! WHY YOU!" Sanji grew even angrier and ran out.
"Don't add more fuel to the fire…" Zoro sighed.
"I kinda feel responsible for Nami since she got kidnapped right in front of me, so I'm going to ahead with Sanji!" Usopp told everyone and then added, "Most importantly I don't want to meet that Shichibukai again…"
"Oi. You just ruined that great declaration…." Akane muttered.
"I'm kind of worried about Brook, so I'm going to go ahead and find him." Franky declared.
"I'll help Franky! I wanna meet Brook's shadow, if he's a swordsman like that skeleton man too." The green-swordsman joined, smirking.
"Eh? How'd you know that Brook was a swordsman?" Akane questioned.
"I found out what everyone does when you weren't here." Zoro explained.
"Ohhh!"
"Nami seems more pressing than Brook since she's about to get married… however for the time being, the more pressing showdown seems to be there… afterwards beating Moria will be the key to our victory." Robin calculated.
"You guys keep on saying that so easily, but this is a Shichibukai we're up against!" Chopper complained.
"So? Crocodile was one too." Luffy and Akane said together- Crocodile was a drug dealer of the underworld who used Robin for her intelligence and almost killed Luffy in a fight.
"But he almost killed you!" The doctor exclaimed. "I'm begging you! Be careful, okay?! And really…! What we told you about your own zombie is amazing!"
"I got it. I got it." The captain sighed.
"Oh wait guys!" Usopp stopped them. "Here you all take this!" Usopp threw bags to them. "This has salt which kills the zombies for good. And everyone, you have to remember we have a time limit! This is a forest here, but even the forest won't save us from the sunlight! So, we have to get everyone's shadows back by dawn!"
"Yosh! We'll make him regret offering us this fight! Gecko Moriah!" Luffy punched his palm in confidence. "We'll make them give us back twice our food! Before dawn!"
"You've got it wrong, the limit I was talking about was for getting our shadows back..!" The sniper sweat-dropped.
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"GECKO MORIAH! WHERE ARE YOU!?" Luffy ran ahead of the crew shouting loudly.
"THAT SHITTY BASTARD WHO SPIED ON NAMI-SWAN ON THE BATH! WHO WAS IT?! GET OUT HERE! UOOOOHHH!" Sanji ran ahead of Robin, Chopper, Usopp and Akane with determination, kicking any zombies in the way.
"Well, it seems like we don't need any salt for now." Robin chuckled.
"Yeah. If Sanji keeps this up, we won't have to worry about anything!" Akane laughed. Suddenly Luffy and Sanji seemed to loose all confidence and sunk to the floor in depression.
"I don't want to live anymore." They both whispered.
"Damn! It's bad!" Robin cursed.
"What happened?!" Usopp looked from side to side in confusion.
"Usopp! Don't touch those ghosts!" Chopper dodged some zombies. "If you touch them, your spirit will break!"
"Yosh! I got 'em!" The first mate (Akane) snatched the two and dragged them up the long stairs; dodging any zombies along the way. "Damn how are you guys not heavy when you eat so much?!" She muttered in anger.
"That's not the problem here Akane!" Chopper cried out. "Let's get them out of he-" He began but was interrupted by a huge foot crashing through the floor.
"HIEEEEEE!" The reindeer screamed but then he saw Usopp and Sanji falling down. "You guys!"
"Ah? What's going on?" Luffy questioned, he was flat on the floor completely confused.
"Is that….?!" Akane gasped, looking towards the doctor.
"Y-yeah! That's definitely him!" He gulped.
"Let's not worry about the two who just fell…. What was that just now?" Zoro asked Franky, ignoring the cook and sniper.
"And now our path is blocked, what is that wall?!" The cyborg cursed.
"Shit… what the hell was that?" Sanji got up in anger.
"Ow, ow, ow! That was…" Usopp coughed while Zoro tried to stab the 'wall'.
"Ah? This isn't rock!"
"Weapons left!" This time the shipwright blasted one of his rockets but still nothing happened.
"What are you two doing?!" Usopp gasped, running towards them.
"Well… the wall just kinda sprung up so…." The green-swordsman explained.
"Idiots! That's not a wall! It's Luffy's zombie!"
"EEEHHH?!" Everyone exclaimed in surprise, looking up to the sky.
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"Usopp and Sanji fell below, are we going to leave them?" Chopper asked as he, Robin, Luffy and Akane ran through the halls of the huge mansion.
"Yeah! Those two will be fine!" The captain assured. "Anyways, we need to remove Moriah! So if you see that giant zombie, kick his ass!"
"Understood. That's the quickest route to ending this all." The archeologist approved.
"In there is the dance hall where we saw Luffy being taken!" Chopper suddenly exclaimed. "And at the end of that, is where we saw Moria!"
"Yosh!" Luffy got all pumped up as they all turned to the dance hall, but then new enemies showed up.
"You! Didn't Perona take care of you?!" The mysterious man questioned.
"Dr. Hogback!" Chopper exclaimed in anger.
"So that's him…." Akane whispered.
"What's with this reindeer?!" Hogback gasped.
"Hey you bastard! Did you forget about him already?! You ruined his dreams!" Akane was about to punch the doctor but was stopped by Chopper.
"Luffy! Akane! Leave him to me!" Chopper declared.
"You got it!" The two grinned and nodded towards Robin who smiled back.
"Cindry-chan! Get them two!" Hogback ordered his maid who obeyed, she was about to throw some plates at the two but was stopped by Robin.
"You two go ahead. I'll handle her."
"Thanks Robin!" The captain and his first mate smiled and ran off.
"They're really alike." The archaeologist chuckled and then glared at Cindry.
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"It should be ahead over there Luffy!" Akane panted, running next to him.
"Yeah!" He ran faster but skidded his feet when someone interrupted them. Another zombie stepped in front of them- this time being a 'woman' who twisted her hair the same way Akane would.
"Eh? Don't tell me that's-" The first mate tilted her head.
"You guys won't go ahead! I won't let you guys do what you want!" The zombie declared, putting her hands on her hips.
"Am I really like that?" Akane muttered turning to her captain who laughed.
"Kind of!"
"Damn… I gotta change…." She sighed and then told her captain, "You go ahead Luffy! Moriah should be a few feet ahead! I'll handle this zombie!"
"Yosh! See you later!" He waved, running off. Surprisingly, the zombie let Luffy go ahead.
"What's this? You aren't going to go after him?"
"I only do one-on-one fights." The zombie answered, getting in fighting stance.
"Really? Me too!" Akane smirked, running towards her zombie-self.
TO BE CONTINUED~ how was it? Sorry if it was boring…. Well until next time~ :D