Halloween Special
It was surprisingly cool today; just the perfect weather. Kya leaned over the railing, watching the blue waters crash lightly against the boat. A nice breeze rolled through, sending chills up her spine. She huddled closer into her argyle sweater. Although it was nice outside, she still didn't like to be cold. Her gray jeans and knee high boots made things a little bit easier.
"We'll be stopping at the next island in an hour! Shut up!"
Nami's banshee shrieks always seemed to lessen the good mood on the Merry. "But I want to go on an adventure now!" Kya turned to see Luffy pulling at Nami's arm, a pout on his young face. The navigator's eyes lit up upon seeing the pink haired girl. "Neh Luffy? I have to go check my maps, why don't you talk to Kya?" The orange hair girl said slyly before slipping from her captain's grasp and running off.
The young boy sulked his way over to Kya, who was cursing a certain orange haired female. "Kya. I'm bored." He muttered, drooping his head. "Well, what do you want me to do about it?" She asked him warily. "I want to go to an island."
"Well, I can't just make an island magically appear." She chuckled at him. He sighed, pulling his head up to look out in the ocean. Suddenly, his eyes lit up and he jumped for joy. "What is-" Before she could finish her sentence, his rubber arm wrapped itself around her torso and arm, pulling her close to him. "Island!" He shouted, flinging the two of them across the ocean.
There were many things wrong with this; so many things she could say and do to this idiot she called a captain. She was pressed against his side, closing her eyes tightly out of anger and the sheer force of the wind. When they landed (or should she say if?) she was going to kill him. It seemed like they flew forever until finally the two tumbled onto land; Luffy laughing his head off and Kya on her knees, panting for air. She growled as she got to her feet, turning to glare at him. Before she could yell though, she caught a glimpse of the town.
The bleak town was more like something someone imagined in a nitemare. The brick houses that lined the grey cobblestone streets were covered in ghosts and goblins and witches. Pumpkins covered every corner and lights were strung above them. The few people out and about were wearing costumes from fairies to witches. On a hill behind the small town was mansion, three times larger than the town in a whole.
"So cool!" Luffy cried, grabbing the assassin's hand and dragging her over to a person in the street. The man was a werewolf in a plaid shirt and ripped shorts. His entire body was covered and fur and even had a muzzle. 'He worked really hard on that.' Kya thought grimly, hoping the man wasn't as crazy as he looked. "Hey, you!" Luffy shouted, getting the man's face. "Your costume is so cool!"
"It's not a costume!" The man growled, and Luffy just laughed. "He's so funny! Kya, isn't he funny?" Luffy held his gut as she clenched his hand tightly. "Luffy, shut up. We should go find the others." She told him sternly. The werewolf turned and looked at her. "You seem more sensible than him. We have a costume shop down the street for visitors, I suggest you go get one so you're not punished." He nodded at her before continuing his way down the street.
Luffy was still laughing his head off as she pulled him down the street where the werewolf said the costume shop was. On the way there, they saw many strange things (all of which Luffy pointed and laughed at). There were witches with green skin and long noses; a tree with skeletons hanging by nooses on its branches; a fat lady walking her equally fat son on a leash. "This place just keeps getting weirder and weirder." She mumbled to herself as they walked into the unusually large building.
At the counter was a woman with red hair and a patchwork dress. Her skin was a blue grey and had stitches covering must of it. She had her hand on a skeleton man's face. A pin striped suit cloaked his skeletal body, his bone fingers clasped around her hand. A ghost dog with a bright red nosed was at his side and turned to bark at the two pirates.
"Jack, you need to hide." The woman said quietly, looking at the man seriously. He frowned deeply, looking at the pirates for a moment then back to her. "I don't think they'll do us any harm, Sally." He said as Kya dragged the awestruck Luffy up to the counter.
"Sorry to interrupt but we need costumes." She said, looking at the two strange characters. "You're costumes really good!" Luffy shouted, pointing at the skeleton man. "My name is Jack Skellington and I am-was…the leader of this town." He trailed off sadly. "Oh Jack, it wasn't your fault." The woman said lightly.
"What happened?" Luffy blinked at them. Jack sighed, removing the woman's hand from his face. He balled his bone hands into a fist angrily. "That horrible monstrosity, Oogey Boogey, took the town right out from under my nose! He threatened to hurt Sally and the others if I didn't let him take my place. Now he's banished me and imposed horrible rules on poor Halloween Town."
Everything was quiet for a while as the aura in the room changed. Kya didn't really care about their issue; she just wanted to get back on the Going Merry, but she knew Luffy would want to help someone in trouble. "Were you a good leader?" The straw hat clad boy asked, his face serious. "Everyone loved him! He was the greatest leader we had ever seen!" The woman exclaimed. "Now, now Sally. No need to-"
"We'll help you get your town back."
The other three people in the room stared at the boy with wide eyes. "What?!" They all yelled together. "Excuse us for one second." Kya grabbed her captain and pulled him to the side. "What do you think you're doing?! We don't have time to help them." She frowned deeply. He just laughed, placing a hand on her head. "Don't worry. We won't be long."
After discussing the matter further (Luffy won, of course) the woman, Sally, offered to get them their costumes for free. Jack had slid down behind the counter so no one could see him through the windows. "The Boogey Man lives in the mansion, right?" Luffy asked from the stool he was sitting on. "It's Oogey Boogey. But yes, he does. Anyone who goes in won't come out alive. Every corner is a trap. If you get caught in one of his games, you're done for."
Just then, the door open and in walked two men. One of them was extremely tall with brown hair down to the end of his neck. He was a muscular skinny, but not as muscular as the guy next to him. He was shorter with short brown hair; judging by the lines on his face, Kya figured he was an angry person.
"Hello uh, we're from the World Government. We're here to check a few things out." The tall one said to the two pirates. Kya scoffed and crossed her arms over her chest. "You're nothing close to World Government." She said simply. He looked taken back, and turned to the other man for support. "Are you guys pirates?" Luffy asked, stuffing his face with food (when did he get food?).
"No! We're not-"
"I found some costumes for you guys. Any human who comes to town is required to wear a costume." Sally came out into the front with a bundle of clothes in her arms. She looked at the two men for a second. "I'm sorry! Do you two need clothes?" She asked sweetly. "No ma'am. We're under orders of the World Government." The short one said, coming up to the counter. "Wh-Why?!"
"We've gotten word of some pirates on the island and we'd like to check it out." The tall one said politely. "Oh." Sally looked at Kya and Luffy quickly. "I've heard no such thing." The two men sighed. "Okay. Thank you for your time."
The two men left the store awkwardly without goodbyes. "They didn't seem like World Government…" Sally murmured, handing the pirates their costumes. "Oogey has said that any newcomer has to wear a costume or else they'll be killed." She said as they inspected the outfits. Luffy was a jester, which fit perfectly for him. He had a green and yellow jester hat with bells at the ends, a green and yellow shoe, green pants and a yellow top with white ruffles on the collar and end of the sleeves.
Kya, on the other hand, was holding a princess costume awkwardly. It was a beautiful gold and white flowing gown. It had off the shoulder sleeves and the top part was white corset with gold strings in the back. The skirt was white with a beautiful gold color in the middle. She chewed her lip staring at the gold heels and crystal tiara with it.
"It was the only thing in your size." Sally admitted, a little embarrassed. Kya smiled lightly at her. "It's okay….I'll manage with it." She said, albeit a little unsure about how she'd get around in the contraption. "C'mon Kya-chan! It'll be fun!" Luffy laughed as he skipped over to the changing room. "Ya, ya. Don't get too carried away." She grumbled, following him. Somehow, this wouldn't be as fun as he made it seem.
After the two of them got dressed, they, awkwardly, strolled out of the store. They promised to go to the mansion once they found the rest of the Strawhats. "Do you think they found this place?" Luffy asked, scratching his cheek. "Of course. I just don't know how far the port is from here. Since we obviously didn't come that way." Kya glared at him slightly, pulling her dress up so she wouldn't trip over it.
He opened his mouth to say something when a loud scream echoed around the town. "That sounded familiar…." She trailed off. Her captain nodded slightly as another scream rang out. "Ah!" He cried suddenly. "Usopp!"
They ran down a few alleyways until they came across the rest of the crew staring horridly at man covered in guck. Usopp was currently cowering behind Zoro, though he knew full well the swordsman would not bother with the creature.
"Kya-chwan~!"
Sanji caught sight of the pink haired girl in her strange get up and swayed his way over to her. He bent on one knee, grabbing her hand and kissing it lightly. "My, my. Kya. This dress adorns your body so wonderfully. It's elegant and highlights-" That's when Nami strode over and kicked the blonde man in the head. "Shut up Sanji." She grumbled, looking at the other two. "What's with the outfits?"
"Long story. Look. Luffy promised some guy he'd beat up the mean boss guy. So let's just go and get this over with." Kya sighed, rubbing her temples. She could feel a migraine coming on just as Zoro spoke. "You look ridiculous." He chuckled and she glared at him. "Just…shut up."
"A-Anyways! Who is this boss guy?" Usopp interrupted. Luffy smiled at his sharpshooter happily. "The Boogey Man!" He exclaimed, thrusting his arms into the air. "His name is Oogey Boogey and he lives in the mansion at the top of the hill. Jack said there are traps set everywhere up there so we need to be careful."
"The Boogey Man!" Nami and Usopp cried together, their jaws dropping to the ground. Kya sighed and pointed at the mansion. "It's a mansion. Than man's name is Oogey Boogey. How terrible can it be?" She told them. "Kya-chwan~. You're so smart." Sanji cooed, grabbing her arm. "Oi, stupid Ero-cook. Stop feeling on women." Zoro grumbled, crossing his arms over his chest. "What was that Marimo?" The blonde chef turned to his crewmate angrily.
"Get off her you pervert."
The two pressed their foreheads together and began shouting incoherent things at each other. Luffy laughed at them, holding his gut in. "You guys are pirates aren't you?" The crew turned around to see the two 'World Government' officers behind them.
"It's you two again." Luffy stated the obvious. The two nodded slowly and looked at each other. "Well, uh. You see." The tall one laughed nervously. "We're not really from the World Government." Kya scoffed at that. "We….hunt things that, well the best way to describe them is as paranormal things."
"Pa-Paranormal?" Usopp repeated, grabbing onto Nami's arm tightly. "Ghosts, vampires, werewolves, you get the idea." The shorter one said, shrugging his shoulders casually. "Gh-Ghosts?" Nami grabbed Usopp's hands as her eyes went wide. "So pretty much everything here in this town." Kya concluded and they nodded. "We usually get rid of these kinds of things, but this town hasn't particularly done any harm, except for Oogey Boogey of course."
"Why are you so calm about this?!"
Everyone looked at Nami and Usopp out of the corner of their eye, but chose to ignore them. Luffy smiled brightly as he stepped forward and held out his hand. "I'm Luffy. That's Kya, Zoro, Usopp, Nami, and Sanji." The tall one shook his hand. "Sam." The shorter one grabbed it afterwards. "Dean."
Night fell eventually, and the group of then met up with Jack on the outskirts of the mansion lawn. "Be careful in there. I have no idea what lies behind those doors." The skeleton admitted warily. "It's fine, we'll just split up into groups." Dean suggested, looking at Sam (who they found out was his younger brother). "Good idea! Zoro and Kya, you're with me!" Luffy grinned, pulling the two close to him. "I call Nami-swan then!" Sanji twirled over to the woman, who simply punched him in the face. "I'll go with you guys." Sam insisted. "So that leaves us three." Dean punched Usopp in the arm making Jack laugh; the poor boy was quivering in his boots and couldn't stand still.
The brothers handed weapons out to each groups; guns with rock salt bullets, bibles, machetes. "I already have swords." Zoro told them when they reached Luffy's group. "Three of them to be exact." He patted each of them proudly. "Nice." Dean gave an approving nod before walking away. "Show off." Kya sighed next to Zoro. He glared at her but said nothing as Jack began leading them into the mansion.
It didn't help anything that there were bugs crawling on every inch of the ground. She tried her best to maneuver around the grotesque creatures, but she couldn't stop stepping on a few. "This is disgusting." She complained, jumping over a particularly large worm. "You're slowing us down." Zoro complained, pulling her arm. In turn, she tripped over her dress and would have fallen on her on her face if he had not been holding her arm. "Clutz."
The crew eventually reached the front door of the mansion in one piece. As Sam began to pick the lock, Dean handed out several guns. "These are loaded with rock salt and silver bullets; ghosts disappear with the rock salt and werewolves die with the silver bullets of course. If you run into a vampire, just cut his head off and you should be fine." Usopp and Nami whimpered loudly at the back of the group. Sanji let the smoke out of his mouth as he put his cigarette out. "Maybe we'll find some food in here that we can stock up on." He said as he cocked one of the guns.
The lock clicked and the door slid open with a creak. "W-We can stay out here." Usopp wailed, falling to his knees. "Y-Ya! We'll keep lookout." Nami cried next to him. "Get up." Dean groaned, kicking their backs which pushed them inside. "We need to hurry up and get this over with before daylight breaks."
The foyer opened up into the main room (which was also covered in bugs, much to Kya's dismay) and two sets of stair cases. One led up to the next floor while the other went to the basement. "Alright. This is where we split up." Jack handed Kya and Sam a Den Den Mushi. "We'll use that to communicate if anything happens." He nodded to them. "Yosh! Let's go!" Luff pumped a fist in the air before heading to the staircase that lead to the basement. "Shouldn't we have a plan or something first?" Kya muttered, fixating the two guns on her hip. "No." Zoro answered simply, holding two of his swords.
The bells on Luffy's hat jingled as they descended into the dark basement. "I have a bad feeling about this." She admitted lightly. "You scared?" She could hear the smirk on Zoro's words. "Ah!" Multiple thumps and jingles followed each other as Luffy tripped and fell down the staircase. It seemed like he was falling forever, but eventually he landed with an 'umph' at the bottom. "What the hell…..why is this staircase so long?"
"Jeesh Luffy, could you be any louder?" Zoro sighed as they reached the floor. The only light in the room was a small window just under the ceiling. Luffy didn't answer him, but a hand was placed upon her shoulder. "Don't scare me like that!" She jumped, hitting whoever was next to her. "Damnit, it wasn't me!" The owner of the hand leaned forward, letting its tongue trail the shell of her ear. She let out a yelp, throwing herself to the side and kicking the person in the process. It made a hissing sound as it flew back into the wall where the window was.
The person was an average height man with short, dark black hair and green eyes. He hissed at her, showing off the fangs protruding from his top and bottom gums. "Oh shit. Zoro!" She reached back, grabbing for the swordsman but he was gone. The vampire lunged at her, grabbing her by the neck. She couldn't see his face, but she could feel his breath fanning over her neck.
She struggled in his iron grip, but failed to remove herself from it. He carried her away from the light of the window, and into what seemed like darker darkness. He dropped her onto the ground with a thud, and the sound of light switch echoed after. The room illuminated with bright lights and sounds; a giant roulette table lay in the midst of the flashing lights. Tied to one side was Zoro and on the other was Luffy. Their mouths were gagged and hands and feet tied together. The vampire grabbed her by her hair and dragged her over to the table. She looked at the two boys for help, but neither of them could do anything.
"Soru." She disappeared, making the vampire man jump in surprise. "That little bitch." He said gruffly before she hit him in the back of the head. He flew forward and hit the table with a loud crack. Quickly she ran over to Zoro, attempting to remove one of his swords. He squirmed and made muffled yells at her for this action. "Look, I have to kill this thing." She grumbled, removing the one with the white hilt.
"Look, I don't want to have to hurt your pretty little face…." She turned around to face the man. "…so put the sword down, okay?" He placed his hands out in front of him. She pointed the sword at him as she bent back down next to Zoro. "Don't move." She said darkly, attempting to untie the swordsman. The vampire nodded and held up his hands, but kept his eyes fixed on a corner of the room. She pushed him over and undid the ropes binding his hands quickly.
"Took you long enough." He complained after removing his gag. "Look, I just saved your ass. Don't be so snotty." She told him, still pointing the gleaming sword at the vampire. "Alright, you got one of your friends free. Now, why don't we just compromise on this?"
Apparently, compromise means adding three more vampires to this mess. About three more of his friends strode out form the darkness, smirks adorning their pale faces. Luffy wiggled in his bindings as a muscular guy picked him up and threw him of his shoulder casually. "We'll just take this one, and meet you along the way." The first guy smiled at them before leaving with the Luffy and the muscular guy. "This is not good." Zoro said, scratching his face. "No shit." Kya moved next to him as the vampires began to herd the two against the wall. Zoro jumped forward, running up to the smallest of the vampires who was a little woman with short blonde hair. He grabbed one of his katana and went for her neck, but she pushed him away like a ragdoll.
Kya took this chance and jumped behind the vampire woman and managed to slice her head off with ease. The next one was a guy with pale blonde hair and blue eyes, who jumped next to her. He frowned deeply at her as his pale and clawed hands reached for her neck. "Nice try." She scoffed, sending the blade through his neck.
She turned to Zoro to see him struggling to get up from that blow. "Come on. We need-" The sword was knocked from her hand and her throat nearly collapsed from the crushing hold of the vampire. He had long black hair and bright green eyes; his face was one of anger and pain. She grabbed and clawed at his wrist as he held her up against the wall by her neck.
"Such a pretty face." The vampire hiked her dress up and ran a hand over her soft thigh. She kicked and squirmed but he simply pressed her against the wall harder. "No, no." He tsked, his hand clasping her neck tighter. She coughed and he used his free hand to grab her wrist and bring it to his face. She could feel the warmness of his mouth pressed against her cold skin. His sharp teeth pricked at the surface, drawing little drops of blood. She thought of all the possible outcomes that could happen if he bite her; she would have her blood drained and die or she would become a vampire and Zoro would most likely kill her. As his teeth sunk below the surface, she closed her eyes tightly; praying to whatever deity that was out there to do something.
It seemed like ages, but her prayers were finally answered. The sound of a sword cutting through air echoed around her and she heard a loud thump. Her body was released and before she could slump to the ground, someone caught her. Slowly opening one eye, she came face to face with Zoro's green hair. "Took you long enough." She peered over him to see a headless body lying on the floor, answering her question. The swordsman let her go, turning to her bloody wrist. "You cause too many problems." He grumbled at her, removing his bandana and wrapping it tightly around her wound. "Let's just hope you don't turn into a vampire." She pushed him jokingly and went to get the tossed sword. "We need to find Luffy."
The basement became dimly lit again, and she held onto the fabric of his shirt as he led the way. "You know, maybe it wasn't such a good idea to let you lead." She said, searching the dark corridor for any clues. "Shut up! I think I hear something anyways." They stopped for a moment, listening to the nothing but the creaking of the wooden floors. "Nevermind. Maybe it was-" The floor opened up beneath them, and the two began to tumble through a small tube. Zoro landed on his back on a small mattress with a thump, Kya falling after him and landing on his stomach. He grunted angrily, pushing the small woman off him.
The room was lit with four candles hanging from the ceiling; bugs crawled everywhere in the damp and clammy room. "Disgusting." She cried, jumping away from any of the grotesque creatures. "C'mon." He grabbed her arm, pulling her towards a wall. "Don't drag me out here with those things!" She nearly tripped over her dress again, his hold on her wrist saving her from falling again. She had lost count to how many times the swordsman had saved her ass this whole time, but it didn't matter. He would never let it go regardless.
She sighed and leaned up against the wall. "Why the hell did Luffy agree to do this?" She muttered as he patted the stones next to her. "Maybe there's some sort of secret pathway…" He trailed off, walking to the other side of the room. She sighed, looking at the ground around her to make sure none of the bugs had crawled its way up her dress. She was genuinely pissed with how things turned out; Luffy was missing, she could possibly be a vampire, the others were missing, and they still hadn't found Boogey.
Leaning back a bit further, she suddenly felt the wall shift behind her. "Shit." She whispered, turning and pushing it a bit further. "Found it." He came up behind her, rubbing her head. "Good work princess." She shot him a look, which he simply ignored. The opening of the secret pathway sent a wave cold air onto them, making her shiver. "Grab a candle, maybe Luffy is this way."
He led the way again with a candle in one hand and a sword in the other. She held onto his shirt again (she could barely see an inch in front of her face) and one of his swords in the other; occasionally tripping over the damn dress. "Please stop before you kill us both" Zoro groaned, practically dragging her along the dark corridor. She huffed, pulling up her dress slightly. "Shut up okay."
Light began to flood the hallway before them along with the sound of laughter and music. "What do you think it is?" he asked her, creeping towards the strange sounds. "Luffy? Boogey maybe?" She grasped the sword tightly. She wasn't exactly prepared for any more craziness (aka vampires or werewolves).
There was voice that was singing something in a low, creepy tone; one that neither of them recognized. She crept under him, peering over the corner of the wall. Dean, Sam, Jack, Usopp, Luffy, Nami, and Sanji were all tied to cross like planks, robot like men holding guns spinning around in circles in front of them. Nearest to her was a radioactive, star shaped, beanbag looking…thing? He had bugs crawling out from his body everywhere, making her gag.
"So?" He questioned as she turned back to him. "All the others are tied up, about to be shot, and a beanbag is talking." She summed it up for him. He raised an eyebrow at her. "A…beanbag?" He repeated, and she shrugged. "It's what the thing looks like okay. Now come on. Are we doing this or not?" He didn't hesitate at all with his answer. "Let's do this."
The two pirates jumping into the lit room brought relief to the faces of the tied up victims. The beanbag looking guy (presumably Oogey Boogie) turned around, frowning at the scene before him. "I see we've missed some." He growled, crossing his arms. "Boys!" At the call, four werewolves scurried up next to their master. "Get them!"
Kya immediately dropped the sword and reached for the gun with the silver bullets. "This is the only way to kill them!" She told the green haired man next to her as the werewolves began to charge. "How the hell am I supposed to kill them when I don't have a gun?!" He shouted back at her. "Hold them off!"
One of the werewolves tackled Zoro, sending them into the back wall. "Shit." She cursed as the remaining three surrounded her. Cocking the gun, she aimed at the heart of the one in front of her. He roared out, sending saliva all around him before running towards her. The gunshot echoed around the whole room and everyone stared as the werewolf stopped in his tracks. Blood began to fall to the floor in small droplets before he completely fell over to the ground, dead. "That was a lot easier than I thought." She chuckled lightly to herself.
"Not exactly helping!"
Zoro was wrestling with the werewolf, and he was barely able to hold him down. "I can't get a shot! I'll hit you too!" She cocked the gun and pointed it at them. "Then shoot me dammit!" He tried holding up the supernatural creature, but it only pinned him to the ground. She chewed her cheek; she just couldn't shoot him, could she? Even if she was, she took too long. Another one of the werewolves jumped on her, knocking the gun from her hand and sending it to the wall.
"Zoro! Get the gun!" She cried out as the back of her dress was torn and her back mutilated. Zoro watched as his friend was nearly cut open and gutted, finding the strength to push the werewolf off him. He nearly crawled to grab the gun, and quickly shot at one of the werewolves. It didn't hit his heart, but it still knocked him to the ground, howling in pain. He ran over to Kya, kicking the beast off her. He handed her the gun, knowing she was the better shot, and the fiend was easily killed.
This left only one more werewolf and Oogey Boogey. Zoro reached down and helped her to her feet. Her back was drenched in blood and in immense pain. Her hand was shaking lightly as she held the gun; her body slowly giving out. "Well. Two against two." She laughed slightly. Oogey frowned angrily, glaring at the two werewolves on the ground. "Don't get so cocky." He grumbled, walking backwards. Light began to shine through a small window in the back of the room; it was already dawn. "We still have plenty of time to play." There was a loud click, and the robots with the guns began to spin a lot faster.
"Take out the werewolf, I got the beanbag guy." Zoro informer her, taking off. She frowned at his decision, but turned to the hairy man in front of her. He was licking his shrinking teeth; the night had ended and they would soon return to normal. "Not anytime soon." She breathed, holding up the pistol. With a bang, he was gone. She focused back on the scene in front of her; Zoro had all three of his swords now, and was staring up at Oogey holding onto a rope. What the beanbag man didn't seem to realize was that his string was attached to the spinning robots.
"I guess this is goodbye." Zoro said simply, sheathing his swords. Oogey looked at him strangely, then suddenly noticing the reason of his demise. "Cut the string! Please!" He cried, but it was too late. His string unraveled quickly; bugs fell to the ground, crying out sadly. The string had gotten caught in the robots, short-circuiting them. Zoro chuckled lightly. "That wasn't too bad." He placed a hand on his head and turned to Kya. "Shut up." She grumbled, falling to her knees. She'd be sure to kill him and Luffy later for this.
They stayed at the island for a few days after the whole ordeal, giving them enough time to enjoy the food and well needed rest. The crew was loading up the Merry with food and other supplies for the journey to the next island.
"Will you guys be okay on food?" Sally asked, leaning into Jack. "Unless Luffy eats it all in the next day, we should be fine." Nami explained, making them chuckle. "Bye Skellington-san! I had fun!" Luffy laughed, hanging off the side and waving. "Thank you for all your help, Straw Hats! We owe you!" Jack told them, holding a hand over his heartless chest.
"Thanks for the help too." Sam scratched the back of his head awkwardly. "No problem." Kya came over to the railing with the others, crossing her arms over her chest. "And you know, the way you kicked ass was pretty hot." Dean said in his deep voice, smirking at her. "Don't talk to my Kya-chwan like that!" Sanji practically jumped off the boat to kill Dean, had it not been for Zoro holding him by his shirt. "Chill out ero-cook." He grumbled deeply. "What was that marimo?!"
Ignoring the bickering men, the crew turned back to the townspeople. "Hope everything goes well for you!" Kya smiled lightly and waved at them. "Don't let that Boogie Man come back!" Luffy called out, making them laugh. "See you again sometime!"
The sea was calm today, a nice breeze rolling through. "Hey, Luffy." Sanji blew smoke from his lips. "What?" The captain was sitting on a barrel, clapping his feet together. "Where's Usopp?" The question brought new light to the crews' eyes: they hadn't seen the long nosed man in a while. "If we left him, we left him." Zoro shrugged his shoulder carelessly. "We can't just leave Usopp!" Luffy jumped off his barrel quickly, a frown on his face. "We can't just go back and look for him!" Nami screeched in their ears.
A quiet banging sound came from behind Luffy, followed by yelling. The lid of the barrel he had just been sitting on popped off and out clambered Usopp. He panted heavily, hanging over the side of the barrel. "Have you been in there the whole time?" Zoro shook his head at the stupidity. "Since….yesterday."
"Why were you in the barrel in the first place?"
"I was scared!" He jumped out of it. "There were monsters everywhere and I hid in the barrel and then they closed it!" He cried, making Luffy laugh. "It doesn't matter anymore, we're on to the next adventure!" He placed a hand on the sharpshooter's shoulder. "If it's anything like the one we just had, count me out." Kya told him quickly. That was enough adventure for her; well, until the next island of course.
I'm sorry this is like two weeks late. D: I just got my power back on a few days ago and things have been a mess since the hurricane. I'll try and update more often though!