One Piece (Love Story) [Part Two]

Chapter Two Hundred and Sixty Six [Rewritten]

-Chapter Two Hundred and Sixty-Six-

"Interesting, as Brook said, the loud noise we heard earlier was that gate from over there closing shut" Robin said. "So it's not that we ran into it, but we were eaten by the mouth" she clarified.

"It ate us?" Luffy questioned.

"Must have been really hungry if it wanted to eat us" I hummed.

"The fog makes it difficult to tell, but I imagine that the walls we see here extended all the way around the island in a circle" Robin said, motioning towards the towering walls on either side of the gate. "That means that we were intentionally pulled in and now that the gate is closed, we're trapped inside" she explained.

"I see" Usopp nodded. "So that's why the skeleton told us to run away, it's because we're stuck inside some kind of trap."

"Wait, then that would mean that the people here are capturing sailors on purpose, right?" Nami frowned. "But why?" she frowned.

"Captain sure is excited about being kidnapped" I hummed as Luffy rushed into the kitchen, slamming the door shut behind him as the sounds of rummaging could soon be heard loud and clear coming from inside.

"If this is a moving island then that means we're technically still out at sea, guess we won't be able to anchor down here" Franky said.

"Hold on, that's the last thing we want to do! We got to get out of this place right now!" Usopp snapped.

"But why?" I asked, grinning as he immediately turned on his heel to glare at me.

"You know damn well why! Don't play coy with me!" he shouted.

"Bad news you guy, I think I have "I-Can't-Go-On-That-Island" sickness..." Nami whimpered, pulling the same kind of stunt I would expect Usopp to pull.

"Me too! I'm real sick!" Chopper quickly nodded as Luffy came bursting back out, now carrying a butterfly net with him.

"No problem, you two watch the ship" he grinned.

"And you got "Stupid-Adventure" sickness again!" Usopp snapped, causing me to snort. "Come to your senses! Come on—look at that!" he pleaded as he pointed towards one of the dilapidated buildings on the island. "That creepy-looking building is a bonafide creepy, haunted mansion if I've ever seen one and I'm not talking about the fun kind either!" he angrily ranted.

"Well, I guess you could say I have the same sickness as Luffy because all I see is a fun adventure" I grinned.

"What are you talking about?! That's the kind of place where you never make it out alive!" Usopp cried.

"Pfft! Of course, that's what you think" I dismissively waved.

"You worry too much, I'm not going there to pick a fight" Luffy assured the sharpshooter. "I promise, I'll be careful—I just want to catch that ghost and keep it as a pet" he brightly smiled.

"See, Luffy just has harmless intentions" I giggled.

"You both are going to get us killed!" Usopp wailed.

"Either way, Brook's a part of our crew now, so I have to bring him back" Luffy reasoned. "Sanji! Get me a pirate lunch box!" he ordered.

"He's a part of our crew?" Usopp balked. "Hey, I did not vote for that! If we have a living skeleton wandering the ship, I won't be able to sleep at night!" he snapped.

"That's your problem then" I smiled with a shrug.

"Here, I got the lunch boxes" Robin said.

"Luffy, Franky, it's up to you two—take care of Robin and Skylar while I watch the boat" Sanji said.