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Punk Hazard (2)

Chapter 9 : Two Sides of Perspective

Burning Side, Punk Hazard

  Luffy, Robin, Usopp, and Zoro, and the half body that Luffy carried, went further into the Island. On their way, the group stumbled with a Centaur who claims to be the leader of the Centaur Patrol Unit. But none of them really cared about that, instead Luffy is more interested with getting on the Centaur. When Luffy jumped on the Centaur's tail, the Centaur froze before screaming angrily at Luffy telling him to get off from his precious tail, but it ended up to be in vain, as Luffy made his arms longer and cling on the Centaur's tail tightly. In the end, the Centaur gave up and just let Luffy cling on his tail. But before he gave up, the Centaur spun himself around in hopes that Luffy's grip on his tail would let go which, again, ended up in vain. Zoro, who is carrying the body right now, Robin, and Usopp, goes to sit on the Centaur's tail.

  The Centaur noticed them getting closer and spun his spiked bat around to attack them, but it was stopped by Zoro using Kitetsu the Third/SanDai Kitetsu. Noticing that the strangers near him are not going to get away from him, he just let them ride on his tail while having a sinister idea on what to do with the group. Without the group noticing  the Centaur gave a signal to a Satyr hiding behind a crumbling wall, the Satyr gave the Centaur a thumbs up before disappearing into the burning hell of, half, an Island. The Centaur walks to the East, which confuses the group. I mean, why would the Centaur walk towards the Sea? And it's not like the Centaur himself can swim, so if he goes to the Sea it'll be suicide.

  Luffy asked "Hey Old Man. Where are you taking us?" The Centaur looked annoyed by the nickname Luffy gave him, "HEY! I'm still in my 40's you insolent brat! And my name is Chadros Higelyges or the ex captain of the Brownbeard Pirates, Brownbeard!" (The group just looked at him confused, since they've never heard of that Pirate crew) And continued to walk. But since Brownbeard haven't answered Luffy's question, he persistently asks Brownbeard about their destination. At first Brownbeard stayed quiet, but then Luffy resorted to tickling him which made Brownbeard laugh uncontrollably. "HAHA! HAHAHA!! OKAY, OKAY, STOP! WE'RE GOING TO MY MASTER'S LAB. STOP, HAHAHA, TICKLING ME!!" When Luffy got his answer he stopped tickling him, and Brownbeard made a mental note to himself to not annoy this Straw hatred kid until he managed to run away from the group. 

  "We've arrived." In front of them is a river and a very snowy Island. Luffy and Robin looked amazed at the scenery in front of them, Zoro just wanted to sleep, while Usopp is screaming while trembling in fear, he's also hiding behind Luffy. "Luffyyyy... C'mon, let's go back to Sunny. I don't want to be here anymore, it's scary!!" Luffy just shook his head and patted Usopp's shoulder in a attempt to calm him down. Still, the group is confused by what Brownbeard had said, he said that this is their destination. So Luffy asked, "So, Mr. Brownbeard" He tilted his head to left a little and he closes his eyes while smiling, creepily, at Brownbeard. "Why, exactly, is this our destination? Also, don't try to lie to me, I will know if you lie." Luffy's tone shifted into a very unsettling tone, which sounded scary and intimidating. 

  This sudden shift in Luffy made all of them surprised, and scared. "Ye-yeah, I won't. T-this is the other half of Punk Hazard. The one we're currently at is the Burning Side of the Island, but one in front of us is the Ice Side of the Island. Usopp remembered something, " Ah, now I remembered! Isn't Punk Hazard the place where Fleet Admiral Akainu and ex-Admiral Aokiji fought each other?" Brownbeard nodded at Robin's question. "Indeed. Punk Hazard used to be an Island filled with Nature, but when an incident happened years ago, everything in this Island dies. Plants, animals, humans, you name it. But then, Master came. He made this Island alive again, and he even made us balloon contraptions to help us to move normally! But then... Those two came and fought each other here for 10 days straight, then the Island has became... Just like what you all had seen."

  "You're right! I remember King Jamon-Jamon said this too!" Luffy exclaimed happily. "Oh yeah, he did say that. Also his name is King Neptune, Luffy." Usopp corrected Luffy's naming mistake. "Wait, you said that this Master of yours made contraptions to allow you, and the others, to move normally again, but you have Crocodile legs and tail." Robin asked, she's confused and curious by what Brownbeard had told them. "Ah, this. I used to have normal human legs, but I lost to Basil Hawkins in Foodvalten. I escaped to Punk Hazard, but the lower part of my body is seriously injured to the point where I couldn't walk anymore. Master saw me dying in the snow and took me in, he then treated my injuries and let me use one of the balloon contraptions to help me move around. Then one day, someone came to this Island and changed our paralyzed legs with animal legs."

  This perked up Luffy's attention, " Changed your legs with animal legs? How can someone do that without stitching it? I don't see any stitches on your body." Brownbeard answered, "Well, he used his devil fruit power to summon a thin layer of a blue dome and cut off my legs with ease. It doesn't even hurt at all!" Now all four of them, except the half body of course, froze at that. What Brownbeard had said sounds very familiar. Luffy looked at his left arm again, the Golden Coin is glowing even brighter. He smiled at that, looks like his prayers were answered. 

? ? ? , Punk Hazard 

Nami's PoV

  "Ugh, my head hurts." What..? Where am I? Where are the others?! I looked around, Sanji, Franky, and Chopper are with me.. But where's Brook!? More importantly, why are we locked in a room?! "Hey, Sanji-kun. Wake up! Chopper! Franky!" Good grief, why won't anyone wake up?!! "Hey, young lady! Look over here!" I turned around to see.. A severed head. "AAAAHHHH!! A TALKING SEVERED HEAD IS IN THIS ROOM!!!” I screamed, I guess it kind of helped, because Sanji, Chopper, and Franky immediately woke up. "A talking severed head!?? Where, how is that possible?!” Chopper asked, panicking. I pointed towards the head. The three of them looked at the direction, and froze... Before screaming. "Hey, I'm not trying to hurt you all! I just wanted to return to my body!" The head said. ... "IT CAN TALK?!!" They, except Nami and the head, screamed.

  "Okay, let's calm down and let uh... Him talk." Franky said while pointing at the head. "Thank you kind sir. Greetings, my name is Kin'emon. I'm a samurai. I'm here because my son had been kidnapped by some strangers to this Island." The head, Kin'emon, said. "A samurai?!!" Chopper, Franky, and Sanji said while their eyes are sparkling brightly. "Wait. If you're a samurai, then how come you can get cut like... This?" Nami asked. "Oh, this. When I was wandering around this Island, a man wearing a long black coat came and sliced me into three pieces, my head, my torso, and my legs." Kin'emon explained. "Wha- Hold on. How can someone slice you up and you're still alive?" Now it's Chopper who asked. "Oh, I think that man used his devil fruit power to cut me. I think his name is-" Before Kin'emon can finish his sentence, someone opened the locked door.

  "Yo, Strawhat-ya's crew. Need some help to escape?" The person said while leaning on the door. "THAT'S HIM! HE'S THE ONE WHO CUT ME!!" Kin'emon shouted. "... TORA-O?!!" Nami, Sanji, Franky, and Chopper screamed, Law just smirked at the five.