Two Dreams, One Adventure

Moria

They walked along, following the others' scents, though they were mixed with many others by now. But he knew his nakama's scents as well as he knew Ace's. They were easy to distinguish from the many others. But hopefully the many others hadn't hurt them!

Robin mused, "The patchwork creatures were completely different from the ghosts. Maybe someone is behind the ghosts." Sanji asked if it was a devil fruit. "Possibly." They soon came across a graveyard with a ton of awkwardly placed headstones. It was quite the creepy atmosphere, and Luffy suggested they eat their lunch boxes there.

"The food would go bad here," Sanji said. "Let's hurry up out of here."

"Scared of a graveyard, dart brow?" Zoro mocked. Sanji said, "At least I think I shoulda' been born."

"Fuck off! Don't you mention that!" Zoro snapped. Sanji sneered, and mocked him some more, getting swings from Zoro's swords. They got in a tiff until Robin pulled them apart with her arms. Now wasn't the time to turn on one another.

"They're never one one another's side," Franky said, waving his hand at the useless comment. Robin admitted that was true. Luffy looked at one grave when he heard laughing from inside it. He walked over, and stood over it when a hand came out. He stared at it when the old man came out. His close proximity started the injured man. "Heh, an old man with a big wound?" Luffy asked.

"It's a zombie!" the other guys shouted loudly.

Robin said, "Well, he does look old and hurt," reasonably. Then other zombies suddenly started making noises and came out of the ground. Was Luffy's hearing getting worse? He hadn't heard them before they moved. And he had had trouble hearing what Nami and the others were saying when they were away.

It didn't take long to quell the excited zombies, all of the pirates beating the crap out of the mob of them, all having burst through the dirt. Luffy didn't focus on his worry about his hearing, not finding any good use to worry about it. He should just keep an eye on it. If it did decrease, he would worry. But he'd try not to. They had to find Nami and the others.

Once the zombies were down, Luffy listened, and heard all the voices of the island. So many. He did hear Nami's voice, but she didn't sound upset. It was coming from the middle of the island. From that huge building. But they had come through here. Maybe he'd trust the sense of smell for now.

The zombies all gave up easily, and Luffy sat on the tallest grave stone, and asked what they were doing there. They half-heartedly said they were doing zombie things, rotting, but Luffy shouted at them to not mess around, scaring them into silence again. Scared silence of the fearless and strong people in front of them.

"Did a man with a long nose, a woman with orange hair and a tanuki that looked like a reindeer come through here?" he asked seriously, giving them all dark stares, but not giving them his terrifying aura that made even his own crew have goosebumps. Zoro had told him it was attractive to him in a weird way.

There were mixed responses. Some confirmed it while others refused to say, though that was useless when half of the group were saying they had seen the three of them. "Did you do something to them?" Luffy asked in a low voice. "Those are my friends. Did you... lay a hand on them?" they all said they didn't, but Luffy could tell all of them were lying just from their expressions. "I think you're all lying. Tell me the truth. Now." Luffy was trying to act scary, but was also angry that they laid a hand on his nakama.

Again, mixed responses, but it was clear the majority of them had done something, had tried to hurt them. Soon, they were all back in the ground, but forced back down face first, and not by their own volition.