One Piece (Love Story) [Part Two]

Chapter Two Hundred and Eighty Four [Rewritten]

-Chapter Two Hundred and Eighty-Four-

Luffy bounced back as the mansion quivered and the mast came crashing down, crushing Moria underneath it in the process.

"The shadows are returning!" one of the men in the crowd cheered as a large stream of inky black shot from the Warlord's mouth into the air.

"At long last, they're coming back! They're actually coming back!" another joyfully cried right as the building that had provided shade for us finally split apart due to all the damage it had taken during the fight, letting the rising sunlight bathe over us.

"Hey, quick! Get down, guys!" Usopp shouted as I screamed upon witnessing the top part of Zoro's head bursting into flames. He groaned as the others soon started to scream in horror. My hands flew to my mouth as Robin and Sanji's heads soon caught on fire as well.

"Shadow, hurry! Back to me!" the woman with pink hair wailed as flames slowly started to engulf her body. Around us, screams of pain erupted and echoed throughout the air as more and more people started to catch on fire thanks to the sunlight that now bathed them.

"This can't be happening..." Nami whimpered as I trembled, eyes wide with horror.

"No! Please, no!" Usopp jumped as Chopper started to panic. "W-what the hell is going on?!" he screamed, watching as Luffy's whole body became engulfed in flames. "This doesn't make any sense, we beat Moria and got the shadows out of him, so why?!" he cried in distress.

"The shadows may have left Moria, but they haven't fully returned to their rightful places!" I choked.

"Luffy!" Chopper sobbed.

"No! Zoro!" Usopp cried.

"Please, no!" I hiccuped.

"Robin!" Nami choked.

"Sanji!" Chopper wailed as all three were now starting to slowly disintegrate into nothing.

"Their bodies are burning to ashes!" we panicked.

"What's going on?! We beat Moria, didn't we?!" Franky frowned as he grabbed his face in distress. "That should have done it! Were we too late?!" he frantically asked.

"We should have run, dammit!" the men burning screamed before everything suddenly fell silent as everyone now stared in shock at the sudden turn of events that took place right before our eyes. Tears slowly pricked the corners of my eyes the minute I heard Zoro's joyful laugh.

"Huh? Look at that—guess it wasn't my day to die after all!" he grinned as he examined his now fully intact body.

"I thought I was on my way to Heaven a moment there" Robin sighed in relief.

"That sounds good to me, it would be Heaven two times over if I was with you!" Sanji cooed, spinning as hearts floated around him.

"Stop laughing, you jackasses!" Usopp snapped at the three for how nonchalant they were now acting. "Half your bodies were gone, we thought you were all dead—get a grip!" he cried at the three as I took a tentative step forward towards Zoro. Watching as he lifted his head and looked at me with a wide smile. As soon as he spread open his arms, I shot towards him—slamming right into his chest as my arms tightly wrapped themselves around his waist and my face buried itself into his chest.

"You jerk! I thought I was going to lose you!" I sobbed as he tightly wrapped his arms around me and pressed a kiss to the top of my head, chuckling as I lifted my head and pouted up at him with teary eyes. "Don't ever scare me like that again, got it?" I huffed.

"I won't, but come on—you didn't really believe that I would be killed by something like that, did you?" he asked, teasingly smiling as my cheeks puffed outwards and grew warm with embarrassment.