Ch.8



The group arrived at the island quickly, while ignoring Usopp's complaints to turn back.

"Let's drag Merry up on the beach." Luffy said while he and Zoro dragged it on the dry sand.

"This is the place all right. The sign proves it." Robin said looking at the huge iron fence. Shinsa nodded while looking at it, but her brows furrowed seeing the sign on the gates.

"The emergency alert must have come from here." Zoro commented while rubbing the sweat off his forehead. Usopp bit his nails in fear, with tears streaming down his face.

"This Island is off-limits! Just look, Luffy!!" Usopp shouted. "The insignia of both the World government and the Navy!!" Usopp continued. "Meaning, that is anyone was here, they'd be government employees! No point going inside! Let's turn back!" Usopp said with a relieved grin. The 3 ignored him, as Zoro cut down the gates, allowing them to walk in. "Think about this! You're committing a crime!! Wait, pirates are criminals." Usopp said, but was ignored once more.

"This entire place is burning up..." Zoro commented whole removing the sleeves of his Yukata coat. Robin took of her small dress, and Shinsa too removed both the thin straps on her kimono, and the separate sleeves. She was left with the spandex tube top on her boobs and the bottom half of her kimono that she unbuttoned the bottom even more, and fought the urge to remove that too. Luffy took off his vest, and dragged it with him.

"It doesn't seem as though this island was originally on fire... Was there some sort of disaster? And accident?" Robin asked.

"Maybe some sort of explosion." Shinsa commented.

"Man, it's so hot here!" Luffy complained while sticking his tongue out. The group continued walking until they made it to a cliff. They looked to see melted building that were on fire.

"I don't think these are houses. This must have been a government facility." Robin said.

"So were the big fences and warning sign... that this place got dangerous once the fire started? Or was it always a dangerous facility?" Zoro asked.

"And the fact that the log pose won't point to the island... is curious as well." Robin finished his thoughts. Just as Shinsa was about to state her opinion, she was interrupted by Luffy.

"Helloooo?! Are you here, guy from before?! We're here to rescue youuuu!" Luffy screamed while cupping his mouth. They jumped down the cliff, and landed swiftly on the ground to continue looking around.

"Usopp." Shinsa called grabbing the long nose's attention.

"What?"

"Here. We don't know what we're facing here, or when we'll be in a battle. Eat your energy." She said giving him his lunch box. He was one of the people on the crew who held the most distrust towards Shinsa, in which she knew. She wasn't doing this because she cared about him, she was doing it because it would be more convenient for her to have him trust her even a little. He gave her a suspicious glare, but ended up eat while Luffy continued to call for the person on the emergency transponder.

"Come on out!! Samurai!!" Luffy shouted causing Usopp to angrily snap at him.

"Don't call the murderer down on us!!" He shouted.

"So now you're hungry." Zoro commented with a grin while looking at Usopp.

"No use wasting my final meal!" Usopp snapped. "The thing that sticks out to me... was that the voice said it was "cold." Remember?" Usopp said.

"Yeah, that doesn't make any sense. How can it be cold when it's so hot?!" Luffy questioned before he paused as if he was thinking about it. "Maybe he's an idiot." He said with a straight face.

"What kind of reasoning is that?!" Usopp shouted.

"Some place cold on an island of fire? Maybe he meant that his experience were chilling." Robin said.

"Or there's another place on the island that's cold." Shinsa said, which was the most probable explanation to her. Based off of the the tone the victim gave off, and his diacritics words, Shinsa could only conclude that some place on this island was cold enough to be described as freezing. The Uchiha's attention was grabbed when a huge skeleton was in front of them.

"Wow, a giant!" Usopp exclaimed.

"Nah, it's even bigger." Luffy retorted. Shinsa sensed an energy source behind her, and her eyes narrowed as she turned around. But, for some reason she felt another one, that was somehow incomplete.

"GRRR!!" The straw hats turned around, to gape at the huge beast behind them.

"Wha-!! What the-?!!" Usopp alreadybhad tears in his eyes from fear.

"Huh...? Do those actually ... exist?!" Liffy shouted confused.

"No... I thought they were imaginary!! They can't be real!!" Zoro shouted.

"Even so... the heat can't be effecting our eyes like this..." Shinsa said with her normal blank expression at the beast.

"But it's clear to me... That can only be one thing!!" Robin exclaimed.

"A DRAGON?!!" They all screamed(minus the Uchiha who believed to be too cool to scream like that) at once towards the red beast, drooling at the mere sight of them.

"Who goes there...?" A voice called from the dragon. Luffy snapped his head up, widening his eyes in shock.

"Huh?!! Woah! It just said something!" He said with excitement.

"No, it was a figment of your imagination!!" Usopp argued.

"I dunno... Are you sure?!" Luffy asked, clearly doubting Usopp.

"Look, I'm having a hard enough time even accepting the fact that this is really a dragon!" Usopp shouted. Anyone could see why Usopp was doubting this creature. It was all supposed to be some sort of made up fairy-tail.

"But it's very clearly the same form depicted in legends and tails." Robin counted shouting him up.

"Guys..." Shinsa called getting their attention. "Is it me, or does the dragon look hungry?" She asked with a blank expression. Usopp gave a terrified squeal, while hiding behind the women. They all widened their eyes when the dragon pulled its head back, and flames began to seep from the spaces in between its teeth.

"UH-"

"OH!"

Everyone jumped out of the way to dodge the big burst of flames shot at them.

"IT's BREATHING FIRE AT US!!" Everyone screamed.

"Yeowww! This thing can't possibly be real! I guess that makes it all a dream!" Usopp cried. He ran away to take cover, not wanting to face reality.

"Now this is more like it!" Zoro said. Excitement clearly written on his face, as he pulled out his swords. Shinsa inwardly smirked, preparing to battle the beast.

"Bwa Ha Ha Ha!!" Luffy laughed as all three of them charged forward. "GUM-GUM... JET BULLET!!!" Luffy shouted while slamming his fist onto the head of the dragon. The Dragons face flew to the side, but his eyes snapped open to glare at Luffy. "Woah! That's some tough hide!" He observed not noticing the tail coming at him. "Huh?" It was too late to move as the Dragon's tail slammed Luffy into buildings.

"LUFFY!" Usopp shouted, clearly worried. Zoro charged forward, but was stopped seeing Shinsa flying over him, and directly over the dragon. He widened his one eye, seeing a strange blue energy radiating off of her fist. The dragon looked up, but couldn't deflect the punch aimed for its head.

"Hah!" Shinsa grunted while slamming her chakra infused fist onto the Dragon's head. The Dragon slammed downward onto the ground with a shockwave so big, it crumbled the buildings around the area. Robin, Zoro and Usopp stared in absolute shock at Shinsa's strength, not seeing her battle like this before. The attack on the naval ships were different since she used Suiton against them, not that the crew knew. The dragon almost fell unconscious, but forced its nervous awake. It shook its head, and glared at the white heard women. Shinsa widened her eyes, but there wasn't time to move as the dragon used its head to send her crashing though buildings like Luffy did. However instead of it actually being her, it was a piece of cement she substituted herself with. Zoro snapped out of his shock, and charged at the dragon, who seemed lopsided from Shinsa's attack.

"Give me your best shot." He said smirking.

"I can sense a pu-pu-presence approaching." The dragon said while slamming its mouth forward to eat Zoro. Zoro jumped to the side giving a startled yell.

"Yeah, the dragon can talk!!" He exclaimed. "Three sword style... Ultra... Tiger hunt!" Zoro shouted while stopping the dragon. The dragon screeched and moved it's head back, before slamming it forward once more. "Damn... Not only is it powerful, but it's hard to put a dent into!!" Luffy appeared with and angered expression, and kicked into the Dragons chest.

"Take this!" He screamed. The dragon let out a pained shriek and flew back while coughing up blood. Zoro skidded back, and turned his attention to his captain.

"Luffy! It was talking!!" He shouted to his captain.

"See?! I told you!!" Luffy gloated with a grin.

"I heard it too... but how?!" Usopp questioned. Robin stayed silent, still trying to process what Shinsa did. She wasn't a devil fruit user because she she was manipulating water, and walking on it. It wasn't haki either since Haki doesn't glow blue. Or at least she was sure it wasn't Haki.

"Now it's flying!!" Luffy shouted while looking up at the flying dragon. "WOWWW!!!" He clearly was amazed.

"Poot! Are you with those seven warlords as well?!" The dragon demanded while shooting flames at the ground. Everyone ducked behind a building for cover.

"Yeowww! It's hot!! And it's talking some more!!" Usopp shouted while gripping his head.

"It said something about the Warlords. I wonder if it's got some score to settle with them." Robin muttered.

"Let me handle him Luffy!! I'm gonna cut him in two!!" Zoro said while chomping onto his blade.

"Okay, go ahead." Luffy said to the swordsman. "In that case... I'll knock it out of the sky for ya!!" He shouted while slinging himself up. Zoro began to run forward, getting his attack ready.

Luffy called down to the group, telling them there was someone stuck in the dragon, making them realize it was him talking instead. The dragon swung its head to eat Luffy, but Luffy dodged, and instead threw the wing into its mouth.

"Ha Ha Ha! Dummy! We're coming down Zoro !" Luffy shouted to the prepared male.

"USOPP!!" Zoro shouted getting the snipers attention.

"I've got your back! Green star... Trampolia!!" Usopp shouted creating a strange trampoline.

"One sword style..." Zoro started while twisting around. "Ial... DEATH LION SONG!" He screamed cutting the Dragons head off.

"Woah, awesome!" Usopp shouted with a grin.

"Na Ha Ha Ha! Man, this dragon looks tasty!" Luffy exclaimed.

"The flames here should make for a good barbecue." Zoro said. As they were falling, Shinsa appeared in the air next to them, grabbed them, and reappeared next to Usopp and Robin.

"Tch" She clicked her tongue  while dropping them on the ground rather harshly.

"How are you perfectly fine?! I mean I understand why Luffy was, but not you!" Usopp shouted while pointing a finger at the women.

"He didn't hit me." She replied casually replied.

"What do you mean he didn't hit you?! We saw the dragon attack you!" Usopp screamed back.

"Hn." And she turned away.

"You know shave?" Robin asked while looking at the girl. It looked like she did shave, but the technique she did almost seemed faster. Like she teleported.

"?" Shinsa stared at her confused not knowing what she meant.

"When you moved quickly. We call it shave." Robin explained. Now it was just her and Shinsa while Zoro, Luffy and Usopp left to go cook the meat.

"Oh." Shinsa said. Robin waited for the women to continue, assuming Shinsa would answer her question, but the Uchiha merely turned around, completely ignoring Robin's presence.

Meanwhile the boys were making a good huge commotion causing the two women to look at them.

"Okay, I'm gonna pull him out!" Luffy declared at the feet hanging from the dead dragon.

"Who goes there?! Let go of me!! Poot!" The voice from the legs shouted.

"Hang on, I'm getting you out! One, two.." Luffy trailed off while pulling at the legs. His eyes widened when only the legs popped of.

"AAAH!! I RIPPED HIM IN HALF!! I'M SO SORRY!!" Luffy screamed with a horrified expression.

"Sorry ain't gonna cut it, Luffy!! You just murdered a man in cold blood!!" Usopp screamed. The legs jumped up causing Luffy's eyes to nearly pop out of its socket.

"What the-?!"

"Ahh! I've been pu-pu-pulled off and given my freedom!!" The legs exclaimed

"He's still talking!! What is he, a zombie?!" Luffy shouted. Zoro cocked his head to the side, while Shinsa furrowed her brows, feeling a headache coming.

"He's a monster!!" Usopp screamed while gripping his face in horror.

"What does this mean? Look there's no mark to suggest he's been torn in two." Robin said while pointing at the spot Luffy pulled him out of.

"So he was always just a pair of legs?!" Usopp shouted. "Pretty big ones too..." he muttered.

"Wow, you're pretty unique." Luffy observed.

"Whoever you are, give me pu-pu-passage!!! Poot! There is much yet to be done before I die!! Poot!" The legs shouted while throwing a kick at Luffy. "That buffoon of a Warlord... Will never escape my wrath!! Poot!!" The legs shouted while running away.

"Come back! You have to join my crew!!" Luffy shouted with a grin.

"Don't even think about it!!" Usopp shouted while slapping the captain on the back of his head. Shinsa's eye twitched as she griped her nose in disgust, blocking the chakra she was channeling through it in hopes of lessening the smell

'It stinks.'

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