" ": You talking

' ': You thinking

* *: Narrator/Voice-off

Your POV:

Luffy: That bastard ! Making my shadow... !

Franky: Calm down ! Moria isn't here !!

"... Wait, is this..."

Robin: Yes, it's the Sunny.

Sanji: Sunny ?! How did we end up back here... ?!

Zoro: ... No... It wasn't a dream. My shadow is gone !!

" What an eerie feeling... i'm just a shadow of myself-"

*BRUNK*

Sanji: No.

Luffy: HEY !! It's terrible !! This is more important !! THERE'S NOTHING TO EAT HERE !!

Sanji: ... Because we have only great quantities of food with us, they only left the preserved food behind and took everything else.

Luffy: CHEESE AND CRACKERS AREN'T ENOUGH TO FILL ME UP !! I WANT MEEEEAT !!

Zoro: man, how dishonorable... I've let my guard down... !

Luffy: We lost our pirate lunchboxes, too... With only cheese, we just can't...

"The taste of cobweb's still lingering... Blegh..."

Sanji: By the way, I don't see Nami anywhere... ?

Sanji: KID-NA-P-PED ?!! Why the hell didn't you chase the kidnapper to the ends of the Earth ?! Who in the world did it ?! I'll get her back immediately !!

Usopp: I'M SORRY !! But the circumstances made it like that, not me !! Anyway, please listen to the whole story !! Okay, listen ! There are two important things we can't afford not to get back !

Luffy: Food ! Nami ! ... Our shadow too, right ? That makes it three.

"N- No, Luffy, one of them wasn't on the list... Let's focus on our shadows and Nami, then we'll worry about the food."

Usopp: yeah, about that...

Sanji: WHA... WHAT THE ?! MARRIAGE ?! ARE YOU SHITTING ME?! SHIT ! I'LL NEVER PERMIT IT !!

Luffy: He must have some balls to marry Nami... And my zombie's a behemoth ? They can create a zombie just like that ?

Zoro: In that case, we know the identities of Luffy and the cook, right ? Usopp.

Usopp: It... It was one of the Shichibukai... !

Chopper: Suddenly I've been engulfed in fear !!

"So you guys didn't know ? But thinking about this, we also saw your zombie too, Zoro."

Zoro: What did it look like ?

"Uhhhhhh..."

Luffy: He gave out a familiar aura and had the same equipment as you. I knew it wasn't you, though.

"Y- Yeah, that..."

Zoro: Whatever, it's okay now. If we throw salt in the mouths of those zombies, we'll regain our shadows, right ?

"Yep. Only left is knowing where my zombie is... Anyway, good job finding their weakness."

Franky: It was the skeleton guy who told us about that... And came to get you guys first.

Luffy: What ?! You met Brook ?!

Franky! Yeah... And then I asked him a rather rude question... No... Since the moment you wanted to make him a comrade of ours.. I've denied the completeness of his existence. Even though he's a frail skeleton... After talking to him... He had bones.

"Hah."

Franky: Not a skeleton's, He's a real man !!

Franky: Wait a second ! While we're still talking... Answer my question. If you go in front of people with that appearance, you know how they'll react, don't you ? A talking skeleton... ? Becoming friends... With such a disgusting being ? You'll be stained with shame !

Robin: Franky, what are you trying to...

Brook: ...

Franky: Even if you get out of this evil sea, you'll follow the same fate as those years of despair you wasted here. You said, "I'm lonelier than death" didn't you ? If I were you, I'd have given up long ago !

Brook: ... ...

Franky: living such a simple life and acting from time to time like a gentleman. Don't hit the "Vital part" from us... !! Continuing to live like that, tell us about the "promise you made to your friends" !

Brook: Yohoho... You sure don't care about timing. It's very simple... Long ago, our pirate crew left one of our friends behind. It was a hard decision for us... We promised to definitely come back to that place. We departed with our ship, and then, we were annihilated in this ocean. We couldn't keep the promise we made with him !

Brook: I stayed behind and continued living on this ship all alone. This "Result" was my "Obligation" toward him ! Since the day we died, I think it's been 50 years by now.

Franky: 50 years ?! Hey ! It's really such an old story ?! I wasn't even born back then ! Sorry, but even that guy couldn't have waited that long...

Brook: I wonder why... He's most likely not waiting there. And he has every right to give up. But, by any chance, what if he believed in our promise... And is still waiting ? Can you imagine how lonely he'd be now ?! He must be thinking that he's been betrayed by us. What if he's waiting even now ? How miserable he must be feeling !!

Franky: You...

Brook: the name of our friend, whom we swore to reunite with on that coast, is... Laboon.

Brook: There was no way we could take a little whale on our dangerous journey... I can only imagine how big he's become by now... !

Franky: Your friend was a "Whale" ?!

Brook: Indeed. I can't help but think he always believed we'd come abck. he'd think we'd play our cheerful music like always... And would come back by waving our hands. I don't think he'd ever forgive us for dying in vain. I think he'd yell at the distant skies for us making such a selfish promise. Death doesn't count as an apology... ! BECAUSE A MAN PROMISED TO HIM THAT HE'S DEFINITELY COME BACK !!

Franky: ... ... !!

Franky: And so he's...

Luffy: Laboon...

Sanji: he's...

Usopp: Is this for real ?

Chopper: He ?

"Yes... That whale... We already met him !"

Franky: What ?! What are you saying ?!

Sanji: At the entrance to Grand Line, the "Twin Capes' lighthouse", the damn whale was there. He kept banging his head on the wall that divides the world. "We'll definitely come back !" For those friends who made that promise... waiting 50 years is...

"When he heard that the pirates ran away... He simply couldn't accept it, and started trying to break through Red Line... Until Luffy somehow persuaded him to stop acting suicidal... A far as we know, he's still there, waiting at this very Cape !"

Usopp: That's an unbelievable story ! They kept that promise for over 50 years !

Zoro: To think... That one of those friends whom Laboon was waiting for... Was that skeleton !

Franky: UWAAAAAH !! I LOVE BOTH THE BONE GUY AND THE WHALE !!

Usopp/Sanji/Zoro: SHUT THE HELL UP !!

Luffy: I'M ALL PUMPED UP !! He's a musician !! He's a talking skeleton, he has an afro ! And Yohoho ! And he's Laboon's friend ! Even if I have to drag him, I'll get him to board this ship !! I'll make him one of our crewmate ! Does anyone have an objection ?!

Robin: Fufu... Even if we object, would that change your opinion ?

"No way in hell."

Usopp: I want to meet him... he's Laboon's...

Franky:, I CONCUR, DAMMIT !!

Chopper: HELL YEAH ! I CONCUR AS WELL !! I'M NOT SCARED OF SKELETONS !!

Sanji: BEFORE SOMETHING THAT OBVIOUS... WE HAVE TO STOP NAMI'S WEDDING, DAMMIT !!

"... Huh ? Hey, Zoro ! Where are you going ?"

Zoro: I'll set foot on land. The number of shadows we have to retrieve has just increased, hasn't it ?

"Hehehe... ALL RIGHT EVERYONE ! START PREPARATIONS FOR OUR COUNTER-ATTACK ! WE'LL BLOW THE SHIT OUT OF THRILLER BARK !!"

Usopp: March on !!

Sanji: You too, idiot !!

Zoro: You know, we might have some problems... Finding the zombies that have our shadows.

Chopper: Yeah... !! And really, Luffy's zombie is huge !! It's at least twice the size of normal giants ! I don't even think that you guys can beat it !

Luffy: we don't have to look for our zombies ! Even though I want to see mine.

"What are you talking about ? Right now the sun is a deadly laser for us."

Luffy: yeah, but... that zombie guy said that if we beat Gecko Moria, we'll all get our shadows back !

Sanji: ... He... Did say that... Touché.

Luffy: And Moria's just up those stairs, right ?!

"... Did your shadow also carried your idiocy, Luffy ?"

Luffy: So, I'm gonna go kick Moria's butt ! And we'll all get our shadows back. Sanji, you go save Nami !

Sanji: HECK YEAH ! I'LL KICK HIS INVISIBLE BUTT TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS FOG !! YOU'RE NOT GETTING MARRIED TODAY !!

Usopp: I forgot to say this, but that invisible guy took a long look at Nami while she was taking a bath.

Sanji: WHAAAAAAAAAAT ?!! YOU INSUFFERABLE LITTLE...

Zoro: Don't add any more fuel. he's about to transform into something.

"Eh, if it wasn't him, it'd probably be me. It was the same guy who licked Robin right ?"

Zoro: Yep.

"See ? But the difference lies in the amount of destruction we can unfold. Sanji can let hell loose, beat the bastard up, and probably cause a few buildings to collapse... I can let hell loose, and erase this entire island and everything on it from existence."

Luffy: Yeah, about that, please don't.

Usopp: I feel responsible for Nami being taken right before my eyes. So I'm going with Sanji ! And I don't want to meet the Shichibukai ever again !

Franky: i'm worried about the skeleton, so I'm gonna go there ! Also, if Luffy beats Moria first, then that's that. But it'd be ironic if he loses to his own shadow before then.

Zoro: I'll go with you, Franky. I ant to see this legendary samurai's zombie.

"if you don't mind, there's a high chance I'll go on my way at some point. I kinda want to see what my zombie's like, and if we've got the same personality, then it should be easy."

Robin: Nami and the skeleton, those two are our immediate problems... And then, the key to winning this is to beat Moria.

Chopper: You guys say it like it's easy, but we're talking about one of the Shichibukai here !

Luffy: It's fine. he's basically the same as Crocodile, right ?

Chopper: AND Y/N ALMOST DIED !! Can you guys please take better care of yourselves ?!! And... We've said this a lot, but your zombie is huge !!

Luffy: Okay, okay.

Usopp: Alright, here. Everyone, take a bag. It's my new invention, the "Raise-the-zombies-up-to-heaven salt ball !"

Zoro: Ah... You were making this earlier. Cool.

Usopp: You people have no sense of danger, so I'm telling you right now !! This place is surrounded by deep fog, but there's no guarantee that the sun won't shine through !! It's safe because it's the middle of the night right now ! So think of dawn as our time limit !

Luffy: You're right ! I hate that I'm not eating anything until dawn ! Let's go make gecko Moria regret... EVER PICKING A FIGHT WITH US !! WE'LL GET TWICE OUR FOOD BACK BEFORE DAWN !!

"You always have to ruin these speeches, don't you Luffy ?"

Zoro: You mean get our shadows back before dawn !!

Sanji: NAMI-SAAAAAAAN !!

Chopper: Let's go !

Franky: YEAH !!

Zoro: WHATEVER !!

Luffy: WHERE'S MORIA ?!! GIVE ME BACK MY FOOD !!

Sanji: WHICH ONE OF YOU IS THE PIECE OF SHIT THAT WAS PEEKING AT NAMI-SAN ?!!

"Looks like salt is not needed with these beasts on a rampage..."

Chopper: Do they even care about the shadows at that point ?

Zombies: THERE ARE SIX COMING TO THE DANCE HALL !! AND TWO ARE BELOW THE BRIDGE !! WE CAN'T HOLD EITHER GROUP !!

Zoro: To think I actually got taken by these weaklings, I sicken myself... !!

Franky: And I rescued you, so if you want, you can call me "Big bro".

Zoro: HELL NO !!

Robin: Oh... No... !

Usopp: What ?! What happened ? Hey guys !! What happened ?!

Luffy: There's no hope. If I'm reincarnated... I want to be a mosquito larva...

Sanji: My eyebrow is too twirly. I should die right now...

"Maybe joining the Axis cult would be good..."

Zombie: HEY ! WE GOT THEM !!

Usopp: THEY GOT CAUGHT !! WHY ?!

Robin: It's those ghosts ! They make you depressed by touching you ! I don't know how to reverse it... !

Usopp: Sure kill... SALT BALL !! Hurry !! We have to carry them ! We'll be finished if we get touched !!

Chopper: NOOOO !! WE HAVE TO GET AWAY !!

Usopp: UWAAAAA !! We're gonna fall !!

Chopper: USOPP ! SANJI !!

"I wanna die... ... ... No wait, I already did that. More than once, too... Huh."

???: Oh, you too ?

"Guttural voice. Hey, are you my zombie ? That'd be really convenient."

???: Indeed I am.

Kasuko: Undead Knight Kasuko. Pleased to make your acquaintance.

"You both look like an art from some kind of comic book, and your name sounds like something a rather incompetent author could think of in like 2 minutes."

(A/n: "Kasu"=rotten, ko=Bone. Used google translate)

Kasuko: Somehow, it feels like you're right on both parts...

"Yes, yes, can we just skip to the part where i'm pummeling you into the-"

*SCHBAM*

Kasuko: I'm all for this, but you're the one ending six feet under-

*F-TWOOOOOOOM*

"Sorry... Can't hear you from up there."

Kasuko: Ohohoh ! Would be disappointed in my original body if you'd be down from that friendly tap !

"Trust me, the simple fact you're at a Shichibukai's order disgusts me..."

Kasuko: Hey man, you're a revolutionist ! In term of criminal record, you ain't half bad !

"Tch. So anyway... Strength from the zombie's body, alright... But speed..."

Kasuko: Please. You know better than me what you did, what kind of training you went through for that. But now, with that body I can bring out these at full capacity. Tell me, what you've got to top that ?"

"... Giant skulls shooting laser beams ?"

Kasuko: Ah yes, that. Trust me, I've got things in store you wouldn't believe.

"... Develop..."

Kasuko: I don't know if it's instinct... Or some lingering distant memories from that time I was still following you around... But you're in for a surprise.

"Oh... Oh god no..."

Kasuko: Oh Moria yes... Ka...