Author's Note: This chapter seems like it's dull and unexciting, but, trust me, stuff will happen in this chapter.
Disclaimer: Oda-sensei owns One Piece.
Ch. 63: "Under the Sky Island."
A few minutes later, Yuki-Rin, Hana, and Soren were in the tunnels under Castellia Island, which they got to by going through the door Kartik was talking about.
"So, this is what the underground portion of a sky island looks like?" Soren asked. Yuki-Rin facepalmed.
"Shouldn't all islands look the same underground? I mean, it's all just rocks, dirt, and the occasional cave dweller," Yuki-Rin argued. To illustrate his side of the argument, Soren walked over to a computer-type device.
"Well, Yuki-Rin, not all islands have these machines underground," Soren argued.
"Oh, really? Then play around with the machine and see what it does. Captain's orders," Yuki-Rin explained. Soren pressed a button, and it showed a couple – a black-haired, glasses-wearing man and a woman with long, light-brown hair – calling out to somebody. The next thing that happened was a that a sinkhole developed under the couple's feet and sucked them in.
"That must be how this island is booby-trapped!" Yuki-Rin yelled.
"So, all we have to do is disable the booby traps? Sounds like a plan," Hana asked. Soren grabbed a halbred axe hanging on the wall next to the machine.
"I'm on it!" Soren yelled before he threw the axe into the screen of the machine. Then, the couple that got sucked into the machine landed next to Hana, Yuki-Rin, and Soren.
"Where are we?" The woman asked.
"We're underground right now. We're trying to figure out what the deal is with this island because my crew got hurt," Yuki-Rin explained. The five grew silent.
"You're… A pirate captain, right?" The man asked. Yuki-Rin nodded. "I am, too. My name's Shinji Okuda, and I lead the Okuda Pirates. This is my wife, Eri."
"Hello," Eri said to Hana, Soren, and Yuki-Rin.
"I'm Yuki-Rin, and I'm the captain of the Capricorn Pirates. This is Hana Yakushi, my navigator and best friend, and this is Soren Sarutobi, one of my musicians," Yuki-Rin explained as she motioned to Hana and Soren. "By any chance, do you know a pirate named Julietta Blanchette?"
"We do, actually. She's on our crew as the musician," Eri explained.
"Is she cute?" Soren asked Shinji and Eri. Yuki-Rin sighed.
"Easy there, Soren. You're going to meet Julietta eventually," Yuki-Rin said to the blonde musician before turning to the married couple. "Want to come with us? We're trying to disable the island's booby trap system."
"Sure, we'll come. We're trying to get back to the rest of the Okuda Pirates anyway," Shinji answered. Soren grabbed his axe from the machine.
"Perfect! Let's go!" Soren said the five began walking deeper and deeper underground. Shinji and Eri walked a few paces behind Hana, Soren, and Yuki-Rin.
"Eri, I think we found her," Shinji whispered to his wife.
"You mean… Our daughter? But, which one?" Eri whispered.
"The brown-haired girl. I can remember that our baby daughter had brown hair before she was… Abducted by the Tenryuubito," Shinji answered.
"How do you know it's her?" Eri asked.
"I just know it. Our baby was what Yuki-Rin is – Spunky, energetic, smart, and kind. Our girl was just like Yuki-Rin – One in a million," Shinji whispered. Eri sighed.
"Can you believe that it's been fifteen years since the Tenryuubito took our baby? Fifteen long years of searching among the brown-haired, brown-eyed teenaged girls of the East Blue and some of the Grand Line?" Shinji asked Eri.
"Well… Look on the bright side, at least we weren't enslaved, murdered, or forced to do anything horrible," Eri explained. Yuki-Rin turned back to look at the childless couple.
"Hurry up, guys! I need to get to my sister and my crew!" Yuki-Rin yelled.
"Alright, we're coming, Yuki-Rin!" Shinji yelled before he turned to whisper something to Eri. "Yep. Yuki-Rin must be our missing daughter."
To Yuki-Rin, it seemed like the group was walking for hours. They saw nothing in the tunnel, except for the occasional machine either Soren or Yuki-Rin destroyed.
"I'm getting hungry. Did anybody even bring food?" Hana randomly piped up.
"I'm sorry, Hana, I didn't even think of food when we came down here," Yuki-Rin apologized. Hana glared at her captain.
"Thanks for the help, Yuki-Rin," Hana said sarcastically.
"I have some beef jerky in my pocket if you want some," Soren offered. Hana turned to Soren and gave him a puppy dog face.
"Please, Soren! Give me some beef jerky!" Hana begged. Soren chuckled.
"Alright, you can have some," Soren said as he reached into his jacket pocket and pulled out a pack of beef jerky.
"Yay! Food!" Hana cheered as she pulled a strip of beef jerky out of the bag. As she began to eat the strip of jerky, Hana glared at Yuki-Rin. "You're not getting any, captain."
"Now, Hana, sharing is caring," Soren pointed out. "Want some beef jerky, Yuki-Rin?"
"No thanks, Soren. I'll pass," Yuki-Rin answered before the five arrived at a door. Without a word, Soren began chopping down the door with his axe.
"Did you even know that the door was locked?" Shinji asked Soren, who shrugged.
"It was easier this way," Soren said as he stepped over the remains of the door. Yuki-Rin, Hana, Shinji, and Eri followed suit, and they ended up in a large room with a large, windowed, dome ceiling. On the other side of the room was a holding cell, where the rest of the Capricorns, Stockholm Syndromes, and Okuda Pirates were.
"Yuki-Rin, look! It's our missing nakama!" Hana yelled as she pointed to the holding cell.
"Yuki-Rin, help us! Help us!" Molly yelled from across the room. Yuki-Rin ran over to the holding cell.
"Molly! What's going on? Why are you guys imprisoned?" Yuki-Rin asked her imprisoned nakama.
"The guy who set up the booby traps on this island wants to blow up the sky island. We have to get out of here before we're all blown up to high heaven," Showtarou explained. Yuki-Rin reached through the bars and grabbed Showtarou by his shirt.
"That doesn't really tell me anything. Why are you guys imprisoned?" Yuki-Rin cried.
"Professor Doppelganger thought we were interferring with his plans to sail Castellia Island into the New World. Of course, we didn't even know about this plan," Mina explained.
"But, if the professor wants to fly his sky island into the New World, then why does he want to blow it up?" Yuki-Rin asked her crew.
"Honestly, I think this guy is THAT crazy," Hana said.
"And why would you booby trap an island? Wouldn't the residents get hurt as well?" Soren added.
"That's because they don't like my plans to fly an entire sky island into the New World. I won't let them interfere with my dreams!"
Ending Note: Review if you want to see an epic battle that would possibly end in an epic explosion.