Chopper: Huh!?
You heard me right. Right now I got the first three done with this method. So this will the last one before I do it over again.
Chopper: Any particular order?
The fic I want to get a few up for.
Chopper: If you're doing this until chapter 10, are you going to be doing five chapters at a time?
I guess so.
Chopper: What do you mean guess?
Reviews!
Chopper: (sighs and grabs one) From Soge-san…
Don't feel bad, I just have an active imagination. And yeah, the Disney thing isn't really my thing because I can't write music. ^_^ I only like the concept of the idea and apply it with something else.
Chopper: (grabs another) From Kira-chan…
… Easy on the sugar…
Chopper: (grabs another) From Mimi-chan…
I know, I liked the idea of the undercover thing too.
Chopper: (grabs another) From kinmik…
We meet again! (blushes) Don't call me sensei! I don't earn that title! (holds up Chopper and hides her face behind him)
Chopper: Put me down! (grabs another) From Twi-san…
That's right, who else has black hair and stunning blue eyes. (puts Chopper down)
Chopper: (grabs another one) From princessangelina…
Thanks.
Chopper: (grabs another) From deathshark…
New reviewer?
Chopper: (grabs another) From Dream-san…
He's going to try to infiltrate the organization.
Chopper: Ahh! Spoiler!
(pats Chopper) It's not a complete spoiler though. Next!
Chopper: (grabs another) From MintCa…
Take your time. I know exams are tough, so take it easy.
Chopper: But you're on your break.
I had to do finals before that!
Chopper: Oh! (grabs last one) From Kami-san…
If I don't ask questions how am I suppose to know your telling the truth?
Chopper: Well, Sanji is getting better though…
That's good to know, but I can't understand what the hell happened.
Chopper: Neither do I, but I get the feeling that we're better off not knowing.
(sighs) Okay, I'll take your word on it. Enjoy everyone!
Chapter 6
The next morning, Luffy woke up earlier than usual, quietly going out the back to not disturb his brother and quickly went to his secret cove to see if he could find Zoro.
Zoro, back in his sharkman form, groaned.
"What's the matter?" Old tentacles asked.
"The damn side effects of the damn pill that Sea Witch gave me."
"That explains why you didn't come back to the cove late. When you told me that you were going to be human for a little while, I almost didn't believe you."
"You and me both." He said as she groaned again. "Changing from a sharkman to a human and back really hurts… A shark bite doesn't even compare to the pain now."
"Having two legs instead of a tail and being able to walk on land sounds like a painful process."
"Yeah… and having to do all that while not showing discomfort is another thing."
By that moment, Luffy entered the cove and went to the edge of the shore. "Zoro!"
Zoro looked up when he heard his name. "He's here early." He said as he bit back a groan and went up.
Luffy looked at his friend and noticed that he looked like he didn't get any sleep. "Zoro? Are you okay?"
"Yeah… rough night… Damn noise."
Luffy nodded as he thought about what he saw last night. "I thought you might come to the small beach behind my house…"
Zoro knew that he left prints, and only he knew the small beach. "Sorry… I wanted to give them a good scare if they ever stepped into the cove."
Luffy nodded. "Well… At the beach, I saw footprints… whoever made them went into my house, stole a few things of my brother's, clothing really, and immediately ran out of the house through the front."
"You mean someone went into your house?"
"Yeah…" He said then giggled. "To be honest I thought it might be you, but that would be impossible!"
Zoro laughed as well, feeling guilty about lying.
Luffy laid down on the damp sand and looked up at the changing morning sky. "It would be cool that you can become human though…"
"Why?"
"Then you can come to the dance festival shows." Luffy turned to his side to look at the sharkman. "I know you try to see from the ocean where you have a good view of the cliff where the stage is. But I know that's getting difficult too, with all the romantic evening tourism and whatnot."
Zoro smiled. "Yeah, but then, afterwards I get to see my own private viewing."
Luffy giggled. "That's true." He sighed. "I better get to school. I left really early to see if you're okay."
"Luffy, I'm always okay. It's you I worry about."
"Come on man!"
"Seriously Luffy! Whoever these people are, can only manipulate people on land."
"I know that Zoro." He said as he placed both hands on either side of his secret friend's head. "But if anyone where to find out about you, I'll lose you."
Zoro suppressed a shiver up his spine at the contact and the concerned face. Even more so when the teen rested his forehead on his.
"You're my secret, Zoro. I don't think I could handle anyone taking you so far away from me that I can't be this close."
"Luffy…?" He said, as he was sure his face was warming up a little from the breath, but he was listening, and felt both touched and guilty.
"Zoro… Promise me you won't do anything drastic, okay?"
Zoro laughed. "Me? Drastic? What the hell would a sharkman like myself could possibly do?"
Luffy smiled and hugged the other. "I'm just saying."
"If anyone is going to be drastic, it's you."
"What's that suppose to mean?!" He backed up to show his pouting face to the other, who laughed.
Somewhere on the island, there was a small airport and people were getting out of one small air craft.
One of them, however, wasn't here for a getaway trip.
The man had smoke white hair, but is no older than thirty-five, athletically build, tall, and pulled out two cigars and lit them. He showed his passport to the authorities and went to the village, where he went to a café.
Ace was working as a fry cook there, knowing the temperature was his specialty. When he looked up, he had to take a double take. He had never seen a man built like a damn tank and the attitude was definitely all business and no play. When he heard the man's order, he got to work. 'Wow…' Was his only thought as he worked carefully, yet quickly made the order.
The order the man asked for was one of the hottest meals on the list, not to mention his all time favorite as well. So making this meal perfect was priority to him.
When it was done, he was on his break and decided to spend it by just watching the man eating his version of the hottest meal. He was amazed that the man was eating the meal casually like any other meal.
'A man that can take the heat…' He thought with a smile.
When the man was done, he only took one sip of water before throwing the cash down and leave the café.
'Aw! I wanted to know his name through his credit card.' Ace thought when his break was over.
The man went up to the building that showed that it was a police department and entered.
"Can I help you?" Said the man behind the desk.
"Lt. Smoker, I got a call regarding the possible organization that's been in my city for some time."
"Ah! Yes, right his way."
Smoker followed the man to one office and entered alone.
"You must be the chaser of criminals himself, Lt. Smoker." Said the man in charge of the department.
"I heard from you received complaints, but they were getting set aside."
"Yes, you heard right."
"You think this is safe to talk about it in here?"
"No, but I don't know where else is safe anymore. That's why I called you." The man got up and walked around to one window. "These people show up out of nowhere and the mayor suddenly announces that there's going to be a hotel in an area that's more like our own nature park than some plot of land to be used."
"Sounds like what they would do. Only thing they underestimated that this isn't a city where people can just simply think nothing of the building. But here, there has to be a reason why they choose this island and that spot."
"I know. What' even more troublesome is the one report of the residence in that spot."
"There's people living on that part of the island."
"Two brothers, the eldest being a legal age of twenty. They have their own little hidden paradise. Great kids, though I had my excitement with them as well."
"Trouble makers?"
"Only the eldest when he was younger. The youngest however, as crazy as he is, has a good friend he goes to and keeps out of trouble."
"Good to know."
"The construction plans are happening around where they live, you should start from there, maybe you can recognize a face or two."
"Slim chance, but it's there anyway."
"So, you'll take it?"
"I've been after these bastards for fifteen years, this time I'm not going to let them get away. This is their first mistake."
"I sure hope you know what you're planning to do. Most of my men that I knew for years are starting to become strangers to me."
"That's how these people work." Smoker said as he exited out of the office and got into a rental, undercover cop car.
He looked from the corner of his eyes of the suspicious looks from some of the cops in the building. 'Shit…' He thought as he drove out towards the one part of the island that he was told to go to.