"Wow! This is your home?"

Giving the spontaneous raven haired boy a nod, he grinned before joining the others in inspecting every inch of the place like it was a fun house of sorts.

"Your home is very tidy" turning to Robin, you attempted to give her a smile- only for you to accidentally drool onto your shirt and freak-out loudly, causing Usopp to shriek momentarily on the other side of the room.

Feeling embarrassed for such a display, you clumsily picked at your shirt and frowned, looking to your bedroom, you rushed in and briefly noted that Robin followed you in.

Opening your drawer, you fished out the shirt on the top and tugged off your dirtied shirt with little trouble, only stumbling once with the lack of function in your fingertips.

"Here" turning to Robin, she stood behind you and lifted the clean shirt you picked out, "let me help you"

Accepting her offer, you turned around to face her and raised your arms, letting the woman pull the shirt over your head.

"There" smiling to herself, she gave you a fond look and patted your head, sliding a few stray hairs back in place, "if you ever need help with stuff like this, don't hesitate to come to me" smiling sweetly, this time you smiled back without any accidents.

Something told you she might have been a caretaker of sorts before all of this.

"Woah! You got an Xbox?!" Hearing the aforementioned device turn on back where the shouts were rising, you returned to the living room and saw Luffy and Chopper already scrolling through the games.

Your lips curled upwards as they decided on Minecraft, then proceeding to argue over who got to go first because apparently doing it together with divided screens was lame.

Feeling happy with this atmosphere, you discreetly sat yourself on your couch and watched all the boys cluster around the game.

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By this time they came up with a turn system, and Sanji was almost done cooking something in your kitchen.

Nami and Robin were exploring your wardrobe- which you didn't really mind since you always got duplicates at malls and expensive brand stores.

The boys were still on the Xbox.

"Zoro! What are you doing?! It's almost nighttime! You gotta get those enchanted books home!"

The older teen growled defensively and began to spam the buttons, "shut up I know! I'm going to the house right now!"

Usopp groaned irritably, "Zoro you're going the wrong way- look at your map!"

Chuckling softly at their heated antics, you continued to watch them amusedly until something brushed against your legs.

Glancing down, you blinked seeing Chopper laying against your legs on the floor, looking up at you with a sullen expression.

"Aukh..?"

The smaller boy averted his gaze and frowned, "I- I'm really sorry about earlier.."

Feeling amused by his regretful frown, you patted his head fondly and moaned casually, showing there was no bad blood in between you, "auuuh"

The brunette smiled up at you, understanding your intentions and grinned, "oh, that's good! I was scared you might have been mad at me!"

Shaking your head, you turned back to the boys- now it being Usopp's turn, and watched as he cautiously explored a ravine, it amused you to watch him sweat nervously as he got deeper, and even screamed whenever the bats flew into his vision.

"(Y/n)..?"

Flinching at the name, you turned around to see Robin with a book in her hands.

"What was that Robin?" Luffy glanced back at the raven in curiosity, and the others followed suit as Nami appeared behind the older woman, you finally realized it was your old school yearbook that she had found.

"Her name is (L/n) (Y/n), she moved to this city on her own, had no close family members here and is (Y/a) years old" Feeling something click inside, your eye watered up as Luffy hooted in excitement and turned to you, "your name is (Y/n)? That's your name?"

You nodded elatedly, causing the others to grin, "yosh! Now we know your name! I thought we were gonna have to name you!"

Sweat-dropping at that, he laughed joyously and rushed to you, grabbing ahold of your hands and lifting you up from your seat, he twirled around the living room with you happily, "yeah! You're our new nakama! (Y/n)!"

Moaning excitedly with him, the other boys cheered as well, only for all of you to be silenced by a banging pan.

"Alright guys, time to celebrate with some dinner!"

Turning to your porch window, you blinked, seeing that the sun has already set and was greeted with only a dark, inky blue sky and a few shattered, flashing street lights from the roads below.

Your table wasn't big enough to fit everybody, that much was obvious, so you all moved to the living room instead, most of you just chatting and watching Chopper fool around on Fortnite.

The first bite you took into Sanji's homemade lasagna was something you'd never forget.

"Auuuggghhh!" The intricate flavors danced over your palate, for a brisk moment, you could have sworn you even felt alive, for just a little moment, it was the taste of life, and it caused your legs to swing happily and your mouth to water.

Laughing at your loud exclamation, the blonde twiddled with his cigarette happily, "I'm glad you like it (Y/n)-chan"

You probably ate the whole dish and nearly the plate along with it, but couldn't care less considering it was the best thing you've ever had since your turning.

"So (Y/n).. how long have you been like this?" Turning to Usopp, you thought for a moment before playing with your fingers for a moment, eventually you got them the way you wanted them and showed your curved fingers to the group.

"Four weeks- no, months..?" Nodding your head to Nami, the woman sat back with a tired look, "boy, that must have been rough"

"Wait" Turning to Usopp again, you watched him dive into his satchel, stirring through the contents, he continued to pick through various objects until he pulled out a ballpoint pen and a child's notebook.

"Here, we can understand (Y/n) better with this" giving the other teen an appreciative moan, you clumsily flipped through the pages and gripped tightly onto the pen with your clenching fist.

"So how did you turn into this?" Turning to Nami, you looked down at your notebook and began to draw a cartoon-like picture.

Showing the group a drawing of you being assaulted by zombies- and ultimately bitten, Franky cringed and began to cry, "ow! You got killed by a zombie! Suuuper sad! You poor thing!"

Nami pursed her lips, "does this mean the virus is changing? If she got bit, then she should have came out like the others" Robin shook her head, "no that can't be it, if that was the case then people being turned around the time she was would come out like her- but this is the first time we've come across this"

"Then, was it something about her DNA? Or there was an unusual mutation during the process?" Chopper blinked up at the motherly woman, and Robin nodded, "that seems like the most logical explanation, but even so.."

Everyone hushed when Luffy slammed his cup onto the coffee table.

Staring at you blankly, you began to wiggle under his unwavering gaze until he sat back and crossed his arms with certainty, nodding to himself he smiled, "so... she's a mystery zombie!"

Immediately being kicked in the head by Sanji, both him and Nami began to beat down on the younger boy.

"You idiot you can't just call people mystery zombies!"

"At least try to be polite!"

"But it's super weird though" Turning to Franky, he towered over you with a questionable look, "I mean, if it wasn't for the messed up face and groaning and drooling she'd easily pass off as a living person"

Heating up as they all bored their eyes into you, you just tried not to feel awkward and fidget with all the attention on you.

"Maybe, it would be more appropriate to call her a ghoul?"

Luffy frowned up at Robin in confusion, "what the hell's a ghoul?"

"A ghoul is a monster that originates from Arabian religion, originally it's a shapeshifting demon that feasts on human flesh and robs graves, but now in modern pop culture it's more commonly seen as an undead superhuman who blends into society and eats flesh"

That- That did sound more appropriate than labeling you as a zombie.

"Huh? That sounds about right- well, except for the flesh eating part" turning to Zoro, you nearly sweat-dropped seeing how easily he let himself lounge all over your couch like a cat, although you quickly averted his gaze when he gave you a smirk.

"Well, I guess that's all for tonight!" All of them getting up and bustling around, you blinked confusedly as Nami wrapped her arm around your neck and dragged you into her chest, "me and Robin are bunking with (Y/n) in the bedroom, you guys can have the living room"

"Yosh! We'll all go back to the base in the morning!" Both of the girls nodding to Luffy's plans, you just let the two of them drag you to bed.

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The morning was cold with dew, a little damp here and there, but it was the kind of morning you liked since most zombies were forced to hideaway by the wetness- just to help slow down their rotting process.

"Hey (Y/n)!" Turning to Luffy, you felt your face mold into a look of blank disbelief seeing the other clutching onto your Xbox, "we can bring this with us right?" Nodding with a spaced out head, you helped Nami and Robin pack your clothes and womanly essentials.

"You still have.. 'that' even though you're dead?" She whispered unsurely.

You groaned and shook your head, not missing the looks of slight envy both women gave you.

That's right bitches, a dead woman didn't need no menstruation anymore, fuck yeah- best pro to being dead!

"(Y/n)! You're gonna love our base! It's super huge and we already had a Wii U and a Nintendo Switch and so many other stuffs-! Oh! And we got an arcade! And a pool! You'll love it!" Letting yourself be swept along by his exhilarated chatter, you moaned happily along with him to show you were paying attention.

As soon as the packing was complete he was out the door, "yosh! Let's go!"

"Ah Luffy! Wait up!" Immediately, they were all rushing after him, and you immediately trailed behind the group with the fear of being left behind, you hoped with all your heart that nothing was left behind as you jogged down the apartment stairs.

This was probably the start of a very strange series of events.