Sanji, Brook, and Franky approched the giant elephant skull. They looked around, trying to find the others with no luck. "Yohohoho, looks like no one else has seen this place yet...but I guess I can't see it either because I have no eyes...SKULL JOKE!" Brook said with a laugh.
"Stop messing around!" Sanji yelled, frustrated that neather the zebra or rhino was taking this siriously! He wanted to flip out but he had to keep his calm. Suddenly a laughter came from the skull. Sanji turned back to the skull. "Who's there!?" he yelled. three large hyena's stepped out of the bottom of the skull.
"Well, well, well, well, what do we have here?!" a female said. The others circled around them.
"Hello, are you a lady?!" Brook asked the female hyena. She screamed, quickly followed by the other two.
"What are you?!" she yelled at Brook. Brook laughed.
"I am nothing but bones Brook!" he yelled. The hyena's backed away from him.
"So uh, what do we do Shenzi?" the more intellegent looking male asked. The female looked over Brook then moved away.
"Leave him and eat the others, it's not like he has anything for us." she said. Brook felt a fire ignight inside. He looked at the hyena's angerly.
"That is rude! I only look this way because i'm on a diet!" he yelled. He lurched forward and delivered a strong kick to all three hyena's. They all slammed into the skeliton of the elephants and in a panic, ran away so that the zebra could not harm them. Brook nodded his satisfaction at their retreat. Sanji sighed.
"That's just great, now we can't even get any information out of them." he snapped. Brook gave him a blank look, but Sanji could tell he just made Brook depressed. "Dont worry about it, we'll find someone else." he said.
"I haven't seen anyone stand up to a hyena since Mufasa!" came a voice. They looked up to see a large mandrill holding a staff.
"And just who or what are you supposed to be?" Sanji asked, really wanting a cigerette. He looked down at his ram's body, cursing his luck at no longer having hands.
"Me? That is not the question, but the question is who are you?" he asked. All three strawhat's looked at each other in confusion. Remembeering how Zoro told them that it isn't polite to ask someone their name without giving them yours first, Sanji sighed in defeat. 'I hate having to listen to that moron.' he thought.
"The name's Sanji, these two are Brook and Franky." Sanji said. The monkey nodded.
"And where are you going?" he asked them. Franky stepped forward.
"We're looking for our friends, they...got seperated from us." Franky yelled.
"Have you seen them?" asked Brook hopefully. The monkey laughed.
"Old Rafiki hasn't seen any new rhino's or zebra's." he said. Sanji sighed.
"We don't think they look like us." Sanji said. The monkey laughed again. "What the hell is so funny!?" Sanji yelled in frustration.
"You'r looking for friends, but you don't know what they look like." the monkey, who they assumed was named Rafiki pointed out. They all feel silent, feeling the monkey had a point.
"Any idea where we can find them?" asked Franky. Rafiki nodded.
"Just head over that way, you might find them." he said pointing behind them. They turned to look back, but not seeing anything they turned back to Rafiki, not seeing him there anymore.
"Damn monkey. Well, that was the direction those creatures ran off in. I guess it wouldn't hurt to try." Sanji said.
"I wonder, Sanji-kun, who this Mufasa is that he mentioned and what are hyena's?" Brook asked. Sanji looked down for a second as they moved.
"If I had to guess, the hyena's are those three we ran into first. As for Mufasa, I have no idea, but from what the monkey said, I can assume he's long gone." Sanji said. They continued walking up the mountain of bones to where Sanji could get a good veiw for miles. In the distance was a barren landscape with a huge rock formation in the distance.
"Do you think that's what the monkey ment?" asked Franky. Sanji nodded.
"It has to be, it's the only formation around. Even idiots like Luffy and Zoro would head to something like that." Sanji said. He looked ahead and could see three small objects running across the desert, the hyena's. "And it looks like that rock is their den." Sanji said, judging that the formation was where they were going. They started down the slope of bones toward the exit of the graveyard. "Don't worry my lovly Robin-chwan and Nami-swan. I'm coming for you." Sanji said. Brook looked around as did Franky.
"You know, I'd like to know where that damn monkey went. Is he someone to be trusted? From the looks of it, he just sent us to a dangerous place." Franky said. Brook nodded.
"True, but that would be the most logical place the others would go. Maybe he was helping us out, or not. I can't say for certain, but I don't think he's our enemy. The enemy of ours is the witch that has sent us here." Franky said. Sanji smiled at the memory of her.
"I don't mind being turned into an animal by such a hot lady." he said. The other two sighed.
"But if we don't turn back then Nami and Robin will stay as animales too." Franky pointed out. Sanji's features fell at the idea of his angles as animles for the rest of their lives.
"I wonder what kind of animles the others have been turned into." Brook wondered.
"I don't know. We'll just have to look for them to find out." said Franky. Sanji was still sulking as they finally exited the graveyard. Then Sanji looked up, fire in his eyes.
"If they really are out there, then they went to that rock which looks to be a fortress of those hyena's that are looking for food. What is to stop them from eatting Nami-swan and Robin-chwan. I won't tolerate this! I'm coming to save you!" Sanji yelled, taking off at a run. The other two followed him as fast as their legs could carry them, headed towards the rock ahead.
Well there's Sanji, Franky, and Brook now on the trail. I guess you can assume where Zoro, Robin, and Chopper are. Next chapter is their's. I hope you like this one, I wanted them to get a better idea on who the hyena's are. Since luffy and Usopp didn't know what a scorpion was and since i don't think they've ever seen a hyena, I figured it would be a good idea to make them figure it out! Well big thanks to all readers for following this story so far!