Ch. 4- Inside Lord Bonbori

One Piece © Oda

Blizzard, Monkey D. Aika, Kumi, and Anubis © Me

FWASH! The Sunny's headlights flashed on, revealing the inside of Bonbori's massive maw. Not too far behind them is Treasure and his crew.

"I don't believe this!" Chopper wailed. "We've been eaten alive!"

"If nothing is done soon," Brook started, "we'll all be digested and turned into bones! …Oh, but wait. I was nothing but bones to begin with!"

"Darn it, Aika!" Kumi cried. "This is Olga's fault! Why do you trust her so much?! She's nothing but trouble!"

"Huh?" Aika muttered. "What did you say?"

'How come she never listens to me?!' Kumi thought, comical tears falling from her eyes.

"Hey! We got a problem!" Zoro called, looking back at Treasure's ship, which also had headlights. "Those guys followed us in here!"

"What?!" Nami questioned. "They must be crazy!"

"YOU'RE ONE TO TALK!" Usopp barked.

"Look out!" Brook shouted. "Here they come!"

"JARARARARA~!" laughed Treasure as he spun the helm of his ship, ramming her against the Sunny's portside.

"WHOA!" Luffy cried, trying to keep balance. "Hey, watch it!"

"Luffy, get down from there!" Blizzard shouted. "One good hit from him, and you'll fall overboard!"

"Hang on to something!" Nami called as she held Aika and Kumi close to her. "Here he comes again!"

"I'm scared!" Aika cried.

WHAM! WHAM! Treasure kept ramming his ship against the Sunny.

"Hey!" Olga called out. "Make sure you avoid the uvula!"

"The what?!" Luffy asked.

"Uvula?!" Usopp repeated before he looked up and saw Bonbori's humungous uvula…and they were headed right for it!

"That's one big uvula," Robin noted as she spotted it.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!" Usopp, Chopper, Brook, and Kumi screamed.

"JARARARA!" Treasure laughed as he kept ramming the Sunny.

"WHOA!" the Straw Hats cried.

"He's trying to make us crash into that giant gag-bag!" Nami shouted.

"Franky, try and avoid it!" Sanji ordered.

"I would if I could," Franky began, "but that thing is freaking huge!"

"GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHH!" Chopper and Brook shrieked.

"THIS IS IT!" Usopp cried. "WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE~!"

"KYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" Nami and Aika screamed as they embraced each other.

"I CAN'T DIE YET!" shouted Olga.

"WHO CARES ABOUT YOU?!" Kumi shouted. "YOU'RE THE REASON WE'RE IN THIS MESS!"

"Luffy!" Blizzard called out. "We need a Gum-Gum Balloon, on the double!"

"You got it, buddy!" Luffy replied. "One Gum-Gum Balloon, coming up!"

With that, the Straw Hat Captain jumped off and BWOOMPF! He inflated himself, causing the Sunny to bounce off his giant belly and avoiding the uvula altogether.

"Yes!" Luffy exclaimed.

"Nice one, baby!" Nami cheered.

"Yay! All right, Big Brother!" Aika cheered, also.

"Thank goodness for rubber powers!" Kumi whispered in relief.

"Luffy!" Blizzard called out as he held out his paw. "Quick! Grab my paw!"

"Thanks, Blizzard!" Luffy called back as he stretched his arm, but just when Blizzard's paw was within reach, THONK! An arrow pierced his wrist, knocking him away from the Sunny and causing him to bounce along the water like a rubber beach ball!

"No! Luffy!" Blizzard cried.

"Big Brother!" Aika cried out in horror.

"JARARARA!" laughed Treasure while Naomi brandished her bow. "Anybody who opposes me will only be sent to Hell!"

"Not good!" Usopp cried. "Luffy will drown at this rate!"

"What do you mean?" Olga asked.

"People with Devil Fruit powers can't swim," Robin answered, "because they're hated by the sea! It nullifies their powers, so they can't use them, and so they'll drown!"

"…I see," Olga said with her signature mischievous grin. "Well then…I guess it won't be bad for them to owe me a favor or two. How about Elizabeth and I go and save Luffy?"

"Wait, Olga!" Aika said. "Let me go with you!"

"WHAT?!" Olga and Kumi questioned.

"Aika, no!" Kumi shouted. "I forbid you to go with Olga! You can't trust her! Look at everything that's happened!"

"Olga, please!" Aika pleaded, ignoring the Akita pup. "That's my Big Brother! I have to help him!" She then sniffled as she felt herself tearing up. "Please, Olga…!"

A pause…but then Olga sighed.

"Fine," she answered, "but no-"

GLOMP! Aika just threw herself at Olga, wrapping her arms around her neck.

"…hugging," Olga grumbled. "Let's go, Elizabeth!"

"Kuwaa!" Elizabeth squawked as she jumped off the ship and ran along the water, carrying Olga and Aika as she did.

"Aika, no!" Kumi cried. "Come back!"

"Hey, you really think they're gonna be okay on their own?!" Usopp asked.

"Man, what a pain in the ass," Sanji grumbled as he prepared to go after them, but then, Nami grabbed his shoulder.

"Hang on, Sanji!" the navigator said. "Let's leave Luffy to Olga and Aika! You should stay here!"

"Are you sure?" Sanji asked.

"Luffy may be in trouble," Zoro started, "but…it looks like we're in trouble, too."

Everyone looked up to see that they were headed right for a waterfall!

"HOLY MOLY!" Kumi cried.

"Wait a minute," Usopp muttered, dreadfully. "Since we passed the uvula…does that mean we're gonna fall down into the stomach?!"

"If that's the case, we'll be broken down into pulp by the gastric juices," Robin added.

"WILL YOU CUT THAT MORBID CRAP?!" Usopp questioned.

"You guys…HANG ON TIGHT!" Franky shouted…and before, they all fell down the waterfall, plummeting straight down into Bonbori's gullet!

"MOMMY~!" Usopp and Kumi howled.

"GET ME OFF THIS CRAZY SHIP!" Chopper cried.

"Ngh…!" Robin grunted, holding onto the railing while Nami and Franky held onto the helm.

"…So then…" Zoro started.

"What will happen now?" Sanji asked.

'We'll just wait and see,' thought Blizzard.

"This is…THE MOST EXCITING TREASURE HUNT~!" exclaimed as both his ship and the Sunny fell down, plummeting towards the stomach.

Meanwhile, Luffy found himself drifting along the current, and he was sinking fast.

"Ugh…!" he groaned. "I'm…losing my strength…!"

"Big Brother!" Aika called out, causing Luffy to look up and see her and Olga, riding on Elizabeth.

"O…Olga? Aika?" Luffy asked, weakly.

"We came to save you!" Olga called as the girls drew nearer…and the last thing Luffy saw was Olga reaching her hand out to him before everything went dark.

TO BE CONTINUED…

Yeah, I know it's short, but next chapter will be a little longer. Trust me.

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