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Disclaimer: One Piece STILL belongs to Eichiiro Oda. I just happen to really love the story and I support the official release by buying the manga and DVDs. I wish I could support the official One Piece release by hopping on a plane to Japan and going to the One Piece park at Universal Studios, but, it will never happen, sadly.

Ch.18: "We've Been Shanghaied!"

A few hours later, the Capricorn Pirates were getting ready to have dinner.

"Hana, when are we going to get to the next island?" Yuki-Rin asked Hana as she slumped down in her seat.

"In about a half-hour. Why do you ask?" Hana asked Yuki-Rin, who gave her a shopping list. "I'm not buying your manga and sword polish!"

Then, the rest of the crew pulled out pieces of paper.

"Seriously, guys? Why can't you do you own shopping?" Hana asked the crew.

"You always put me on watch duty," Hatori explained.

"Me too! Why is that?" Z.G. asked Hana.

"Well, it's because you guys are the two most accident-prone people on the crew," Hana explained.

"But, you let Sebastian go out, and he's the clumsiest of us all!" Hatori argued as Sebastian spilled some drinks.

"Sorry! Sorry! Sorry!" Sebastian apologized to everyone.

"He's the cook, he needs to buy us food so we don't starve to death in the middle of nowhere," Hana explained coldly. Before anymore arguments could be made, a loud, splashing sound, followed by the ship tilting over before tilting back on its bottom, was heard.

"Woah! What was that?" Hana asked everyone. Yuki-Rin ran up to the window, where she could see the chain of an anchor a couple of feet from the Hyperion.

"It's an anchor," Yuki-Rin commented. Everyone else ran up to the window to look at the anchor.

"Wait… Why is it coming from the sky?" Hatori asked everyone.

"It must be a ghost ship," Holden commented.

"Ghost ship?" Everyone else cried.

"It's an old, retired ship that sails above the seas, looking for its previous owners. Sometimes, the ghosts of the crew even inhabit them," Holden explained.

"Wow, Holden, you know more about ghost ships than we do," Hatori commented.

"It MUST be because of Isabella," Heathcliffe commented.

"Shut up," Isabella told Heathcliffe. Then, a scream was heard from the deck.

"That must be Aki!" Yuki-Rin said before the crew ran up to the deck, where a panicked Showtarou was looking up to the skies above.

"Showtarou, what's going on?" Yuki-Rin asked Showtarou.

"Aki's been taken hostage by a man wearing all-white. He took her back up to his ship, because he said he was waiting for her," Showtarou explained.

"What the hell is he planning?" Yuki-Rin asked Showtarou.

"I don't know! Now, we have to act fast, or we don't know what will happen to Aki," Showtarou explained. Yuki-Rin then ran up to the railing and climbed it.

"Yuki-Rin, what are you doing?" Hana asked her captain.

"I'm going to save Aki! She's one of our nakama!" Yuki-Rin said before she jumped from the railing. As she fell, she grabbed onto the anchor and began to climb it.

"Yuki-Rin, no! You don't know how dangerous this kidnapper could be!" Hana yelled.

"You know, I didn't see any weapons on him," Showtarou said.

"Could this mean that Aki's kidnapper is a Devil Fruit user?" Kartik asked everyone.

"It sounds like it. However, we don't know what kind of Devil Fruit he has, so, we should only send up a small amount of people," Showtarou explained as he got out some toothpicks. "We will draw lots to see who will join Yuki-Rin up on the ghost ship. The five people who draw toothpicks with blue tips will join Yuki-Rin. Everyone else will have to stay behind."

The Capricorn Pirates then grabbed toothpicks.

"Hey, I got one!"

"Me too!"

"Hmm… Looks like I'm going."

"I'll go with you; I got a blue-tipped toothpick."

"I got a blue-tipped toothpick meself, so, I'll be going."

Molly, Kartik, Matsu, Hana, and Kazuma were the people who pulled out the blue-tipped toothpicks.

"Alright, guys, get up there and get Aki back," Showtarou explained.

"Aren't you going to come with us?" Matsu asked Showtarou.

"I'll only come up if you guys don't return in one hour. In the meantime, I will be watching for you guys," Showtarou explained.

"Hey, Blaise, is that a ghost ship out there?" Sadie asked Blaise as she pointed outside, where the Hyperion and the anchor chain for the ghost ship were in view. Currently, the two were eating at an expensive-looking restaurant because they were making a fortune by selling their weapons to pirates entering the Grand Line.

"I dunno. Remember, Sadie, you're in the Grand Line now. It's the sea where bizarre and strange are normal, everyday occurrences and what is considered normal would be an oddity," Blaise explained before taking a sip of his wine.

"Then, what is normal?" Sadie asked Blaise, who put his wine glass down.

"There is no normal on the Grand Line. What is normal here is considered bizarre in the four Blues. There is no fighting it or trying to make everything normal – Nothing will be normal here in the Grand Line," Blaise explained.

"Then… Who considers this normal?" Sadie asked Blaise.

"The people who live here and shape their own destinies," Blaise answered.

Meanwhile, Yuki-Rin, Kazuma, Molly, Hana, Kartik, andMatsuwere climbling the anchor of the ghost ship.

"Do you see the ship yet?" Kartik asked Yuki-Rin.

"I can see it coming into view. We're almost there!" Yuki-Rin answered as they made their way closer to the ship. Not long after that, the six made it to the deck of the ghost ship, which was covered in dust and spider webs.

"I don't see anybody," Hana said.

"They're probably inside, Hana," Yuki-Rin said as she walked over to a door and knocked on it.

"Who is it?" A male asked from inside.

"We're looking for Aki Chung-Feng!" Kartik answered.

"Who is that, sir?" The male asked from inside.

"She's the girl you just kidnapped!" Yuki-Rin yelled. The ship grew silent.

"That's odd. He ignored us," Kazuma suddenly noted. Then, a man opened the door. He had a silver mullet and red eyes. He wore a white, Victorian Era-styled suit with matching gloves and shoes.

"Hello, there, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls. My name is Kaoru Kimura. We've been expecting you," Kaoru introduced himself. As if on cue, a chill settled over the six Capricorn Pirates.

"Kartik, I'm scared," Matsu said worriedly.

"Don't be scared. I'm here for you," Kartik re-assured Matsu, causing her to blush slightly.

"Come in! You must be tired from getting up here!" Kaoru said.

"Actually, no. We just want to get Aki and we want to get out of here," Hana stated.

"I insist! Why stay out in the cold when you can be inside a warm ship?" Kaoru asked the six.

"You know, it sounds pleasing, but –" Kazuma said before Kaoru began to usher them inside.

"Come on, everyone! Let's get you guys warmed up! Chop-chop!" Kaoru said as he pushed everyone down the hallway, which was lit by candlelight.

"It's bloody freezin' in here!" Molly shivered. Kaoru remained silent as he guided them to a door.

"Head right inside. I will be back with a hot meal shortly," Kaoru said before the six went inside the room, which was basically empty save for the stone slabs chained to the walls for beds. "Don't move from this room. I will be right back."

Kaoru then closed the door. From outside, the Capricorns could hear the click of a lock.

"Damn… What the hell are they planning to do?" Kazuma asked everyone.

"We're on a ghost ship, Kazuma. This Kaoru Kimura fellow doesn't seem too hospitable," Kartik said as he got out his bow and arrows.

"Shh! I hear something!" Hana yelled. Everyone stopped talking to hear the sounds of somebody crying softly.

"Aki, is that you?" Yuki-Rin asked.

Ending Note: Blaise said some really epic stuff in this chapter, and he's right - I've got tons of unique ideas lined up for the sagas to come.

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