I'm so sorry this took forever. Its really long, more then 6700 words, by far my longest chapter yet. The reasoning for that is because I plan to take a short break in the writing of this. Just really short, maybe two weeks. I have so many ideas, you guys can not possible understand how frusterating it is for me to not be able to write it due to family and my broken fingers. I do promise that the next chapter, or maybe the chapter after all, will have Sanji in it! So look forward to that.

Also, a big thank you to my beta reader. Honestly guys, with out her, these stories wouldn't be happening so make sure to check her out and thanks her. She works really hard and deserves it! shimaxkutau

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Kissing, Bugs and Skeletons:

This isn't how we thought it would be!

Chapter 11

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"So, let me get this straight..." Nami murmured to herself. Law had just gotten done explaining his reasoning for wanting to get back at Kidd. The four were hidden from the now crowded hallways inside the janitor's closet, since recess had just started at Grand Line elementary school. The hallways were flooded with kids, who, as always, were pushing and shoving each other, laughing and screaming as they made their way across campus. Luffy found the tiny and cramped space cool, like a dark cave of some sort. Zoro was attempting to scare the boy in good humor, voicing scary ghost stories about a skeleton that had no effect on the 5-year-old, who only feared monsters. "You're doing all this... because your teddy bear broke?!" The orange haired girl sweat-dropped.

"He isn't just my 'teddy-bear' he is part of my family." The 9-year-old doctor affirmed with a sight nod of his head, though, no one could saw it since it was pitch black in the closet. "So, what's your plan?" The future doctor asked.

"Wha- Me?!" The orange-haired girl inquired. Wasn't he the one that forced her into this?!

"Yes. I picked each of you for certain reasons." Law informed the group, reaching in to one of the two pockets on his grey fanny pack and taking out a flashlight, which he used to shin on his face, casting creepy shadows along his already creepy face.

"AHHH! MONSTER!" The 5-year-old bellowed at the top of his lungs, tripping over a mop in the closet and landing on his bottom. The moss-head flinched because the scream had been very close to his sensitive ears.

"OH JEEZ!" Zoro gave a manly yelped in surprise once he had noticed Law, who frowned, not looking amused.

"As I was saying," The 9-year-old uttered, unpleased and doubting his choice of whom he picked to join him on this mission. "I picked you, Nami, because I heard a rumor that you can read maps with a usually good eye. This is right?"

"Well yeah, but what's that have to do with-" The orange-haired girl stopped herself from continuing her sentence as she realized something very important. It wasn't like the four could simply walk out the school's gates and get to Kidd's house, no, teachers, other children or maybe even the principal himself would notice them. Even if they were sneaky, nothing got past that Kalifa's watchful eyes. Because of this, they would need to find another exit in the school, perhaps a back door or a pathway of some sort. "I see what you mean, but without a map I'm-"

"I got a map! Ace gave it to me just this morning!" The 5-year-old shouted, happily that he could be helpful in some way. He reached in to the pocket of his red jean shorts and pulled out a crumpled up map, handing it to Nami. The orange haired beauty took both the flashlight and map, using her hands to flatten out the paper the best she could. She studied it for a moment before frowning.

"Why is this covered in red crayon and sticky stuff?" She questioned, her upper lip curled and her nose wrinkling slightly.

"Oh! Me and Usopp ran out of paper this morning so we used that to color on, pretty huh?" Luffy lisped, giggling.

"What about the sticky stuff?" Law asked, rather curious himself. The 5-year-old shrugged.

"You got it from Ace, right?" The mossheaded student asked and resived a nod from the brown-eyed boy. "He's metaly ill so he probably threw up on it." Zoro concluded, causing the only girl in the closet to yelp and drop the map.

"Gross!" Nami cried, shivering. She just touched throw up!

"Don't be so ignorant. Everyone throws up, not just the mentally ill." Law informed, reaching in to his backpack, taking out his white binder and flipping to a map of the school that had been safely sealed in between two sheets of clear transparent paper. "Here, take this one instead. Oh, and make sure we go past the bike racks, okay?" The oldest boy questioned, handing over the binder to the navigator of the group, who studied the page.

"Hey, Zoro, Law." Luffy whispered, suppressing a giggle. "Secret missions are fun, huh?" The 5-year-old chuckled.

"Were in a closet." both the older boys stated simultaneously, both in an indifferent voice. No one spoke for a few minutes, allowing the orange haired girl to focus.

"Okay..." After two minutes the 6-year-old broke the silence, slamming the binder on to the brown carpeted flooring of the closet and shinning the flashlight on it so that everyone could see. "Right now, were here" She pointed to a small box on the paper that was labeled 'Closet 3'. "Believe it or not, this closet is extremely close to the side of the building, it was probably built-in sometime after Shanks became the principal. If I had to guess, I would say that there's a few loose bricks in the walls that we could easily fit-"

"Hey, where's Zoro?" The 5-year-old questioned. He quickly scanned the dimly lit closet again, looking for his friend.

"You're kidding me?! That guy got lost in a closet?! What a dummy!" The 6-year-old female proclaimed, slapping her forehead.

"Shut up woman, I'm just stuck that's all!" a muffled familiar voice protested. Law chuckled and shined the flash light at the corner of the closet where Zoro's bottom half was stuck in a small hole in the wall, the other half of him being outside. It was actually quite comical, the way he swung his feet and shook his butt, desperately trying to get unstuck.

"You were saying how there was an exit in this closet? Well I think we just found it." The 9-year-old announced; a touch of humor in his voice.

"Wow! Zoro you got stuck between in a wall, your pretty stoopided! Shishishi~" The brown-eyed five-year-old teased in good humor, poking his friends legs with his short stubby fingers.

"Shut up and get me some butter, Luffy!" The stuck moss-head commanded, blushing. He was supposed to be strong, yet this simple wall was keeping him from moving.

"Butter?" The orange haired girl asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Yes. Moisturizing cream, petroleum jelly, cooking oils, butter, and soap were all often used in the old days for getting unstuck. Like when pirates get their finger stock in a bottle or an overweight man or women gets a ring stuck to their finger." The future doctor informed nonchalantly.

"Pirates? Butter? But we don't have any pirates or butter, Zoro!" The five-year-old called to his friend, concern clear in his voice. Suddenly, he gasped, getting an idea of some sort. "I could spit on you!"

"That works fine." was the moss-head boy's reply.

"Ew! Gross!" Nami shrieked. These guys were all so disgusting!

"Agreed, bacteria and other pathogens can be transferred from any bodily fluids such as spit. May I suggest that we either pull more bricks away from the wall, increasing the space, or that we pull Zoro in the opposite direction. Newton's third law 'For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction' meaning that if we pull or push Zoro hard enough, he will be freed. " The future doctor explained.

"Law..." The 7-year-old said calmly, no longer frantically wiggling.

"Yes?" The 9-year-old replied, ignoring Luffy, who found out that Zoro was ticklish by poking his sides multiple times.

"I don't know what you just said... but get me out of here." The 7-year-old pleaded, probably growing tired of the youngest among the group tickling him.

"I'm adding another five dollars to your bill for wasting our time~" Nami sung, that fox-like grin of hers once again appearing across her usually sweet face.

"What you can't - LUFFY DON'T SPIT ON ME!" The stuck student screamed. It was true, the younger male had just spit on Zoro's neck as an attempt to free his poor friend.

"Sorry..." Luffy apologized sheepishly.

15 minutes later, the four found themselves at the edge of the school, across from an empty basketball court. The plan had been successfull, no one had seen them; the moss-headed boy had been freed and cleaned from all of the spit. The edge, or rather side, of the school was made up of dirt, rocks and concrete. This was the playground for the middle school students who attended classes on the top floor of the two story school building. Besides the basketball court, a few tether ball poles, a bike rack and half a dozen four-square courts made of duck tape, the field was empty.

"It looks boring here... When do we go on our secret mission Taffy?~" The 5-year-old whined, forced to play with his navy blue t-shirt to keep himself entertained.

"Relax Luffy-ya, we won't be here long. We only stopped here so that I could get a certain beloved bike." The 9-year-old reassured, smirking. This was all part of his plan. "Oh, that's right, Nami, you can pick locks, correct?" He questioned the 6-year-old, who had been petting the ten-dollar bill he had given her earlier.

"Yup." she affirmed, money signs in her reddish brown eyes.

"Pick the lock on that bike." Law commanded, pointing to the familiar black cycle that had red flames licking up the sides.

"Y-you're crazy! That's Kidd's bike, he loves that thing! Your dead meat if you touch it!" The orange-haired girl stammered, taking a step back.

"Meat?" Luffy wondered. That sounded good right about now.

"That's the point, please break the lock Miss." The nine-year-old retorted with that cheeky smirk of his still in place as he ignored the 5-year-old's stupid comments.

"I swear, I'm not getting paid enough for this..." The orange-haired girl sighed, leading the small group over to the bike rack, where she used a small rock and one of her bobby pins to break the lock. Honestly, she had no fear of Kidd, the guy was all bark and no bite.

The group of children made their way down a narrow side road, the oldest among them leading the way since he was the only one who knew where they were heading. The 9-year-old also pushed Kidd's bike along with him, glancing at the object now and then with a sadist grin.

"Law, how much longer do we get to Kidd's house?" The orange haired girl questioned, trotting behind the future doctor.

"Not long." was the only replay from the 4th grade.

"This place looks really familiar." The five-year-old mentioned to his green haired friend, who shrugged and continued walking.

"I live around here." The orange-haired girl interjected as if to answer the 5-year-old's question

"Me too." Zoro informed, now that he thought about it, they all had to live relatively close to each other to go to the same school. Not to mention how he had first met Luffy at the park near his house.

"We're here." Law announced, pointing ahead of the group at a large apartment building. It looked like it could have been an old hotel that had been renovated into an apartment building at some point. It was built in the outer shape of a square, with a patch of grass in the center. A few dark metal staircases lead up to the second floor of the building, which was painted the same tanish orange color as the rest of the housing. It seemed to be a cheap place to live but fairly clean and homey. A display sign in the font told the four children that the buildings name was 'Glally-La'

It was only once the kids had been traveling the building for two minutes, did the 5-year-old finally realize why this place looked so familiar. "Hey... wait a minute... I live here!" he exclaimed. The boy was so excited! He wanted everyone to come to his house and see his pet fly. You see, last night he had discovered a fly and had trapped it inside a paper cup without either of his big brothers realizing. He named it Meat flower since the boy liked meat and he feed the fly flowers. That's what they ate right?

"I know." The oldest among them spoke, nonchalantly as he continued leading them towards Kidd's apartment which was on the first floor, almost exactly under Luffy's.

"Creepie! How do you know that?" The orange haired girl nagged.

"Because my mother is the manager of this apartment." The future doctor informed. He was a little too busy to talk, trying to think of the best way to destroy the redhead's bicycle.

"Oh?" The only girl in the group questioned, raising a brow as they neared the apartment labeled '6'

"Hey look, its Robin." observed the moss-head, pointing up towards the second floor. It was true, the raven haired beautiful was giggling, one hand clutching the metal railing while the other poked the blond man next to her. A blond man that both Law and Luffy recognized.

"And Sabo!" the 5-year-old chimed in, grinning. The two teens talked in hush voices, sounding pleased.

"Your brother? What do you think they're doing together?" The orange haired girl questioned, obvious to Law who was trying to force open a small window on Kidd's apartment.

"How should I kn-" The blond older brother leaned in to the raven haired girl, shutting his eyes. She allowed the blond to tilt her head up in the sightlest, their lips met. "EWWW! THEY KISSED!" The mossheaded 7-year-old shrieked in pure horror.

"Shh!" Law hissed, slamming his palm over the 2nd grader's mouth and pulling the three of them closer to the orange, tan-ish wall. Meanwhile, the raven 5-year-old simply blinked. He had never seen people kissed, it was different and strange to him.

"Did you hear something" A girl's voice, Robin's ask from above them.

"... Wha-? Oh, I wouldn't know..." A bewildered male's voice, Sabo's said, snapping out of his shock. "Right, so I'll drive you home then?" There were a few more words that were slightly more hard to hear and then footsteps of the two exiting the apartment.

"You two need to be quite! Or your blow our cover!" The future doctor growled, turning around to fuss with the window again. He could only manage to open it a little more than an inch.

"Now, Luffy you're the smallest out of all of us. I need you to slide your hand under that window and push open the lock, that way, we can all climb in to his house" The doctor went on to explain what he wanted the five-year-old to do multiple times.

"Okayie! Got it..." Luffy chuckled before easily sliding his skinny arm into the house. Less the five seconds passed before a click was heard and their way in to the home appeared. " Shishishi~ That was easy!"

"Nice Luffy. I never thought being so skinny could be good." The orange-haired female chuckled, teasing the boy. The future doctor was also grinning as he pushed the bicycle through the window. He would be lying if he didn't say that he wasn't the littlest impressed with his team. "Let's get in."

"This seems like his room." The 9-year-old doctor voiced, looking around himself at the colorless walls and light carpet. Empty soda cans lined the computer desk, seeming to form a pyramid that had been knocked down and left scattered. Two weeks of dirty clothes sprawled out on the floor, socks hanging on the chair, with a single blue and white shoe kicked off on the floor. An unmade dark brown bed with papers thrown about on top of it, a folded pillow half pressed against the wall. And a brown bird nest made out of fast food packages in the corner, next to the overflowing trash bin that no one has taken out in at least two weeks.

"So, what's your plan for 'revenge' anyway, Law? Just destroy his bicycle and leave it around his house?" Nami questioned, dusting off the side of the bed before gently as she took a sit on it. Honestly, the room was a lot less messier then she had guessed it would be, after all, Kidd was a total slob. Don't get her wrong, the space was a mess but she had seen worse.

The 9-year-old smirked as he turned to face the girl while removing his fanny pack and unzipping the main portion of the bag. "Arthropods, spiders to be exact." The eldest boy announced as he held out the bag which contained at least 50 tiny, daddy long leg spiders, each still alive and moving.

"Wha- That's so gross and creepy!~" The future Navigator shouted while paling. She made mental note to never, ever get on this guy's bad side. She was so creep out that she failed to notice the raven five-year-old approach her and the doctor, a curious look on his small round face.

"Ooo~" He awed as he practically stuck his nose in to the bag, getting close to the buggers. "Can I hold them Taffy? Pwease?!" The small boy begged, his hands together in a praying position.

"... I suppose since Nami and I need to 'dispose' of a certain bike, you may." Law, that poor bastard. He would need to find some kind of way to resist those innocent puppy eyes or it would surely be the death of him.

"Eww!~" The 1st grader hollered, horrified. Who'd want to hold them? It wasn't like they were cute little kittens or puppies, they were insects! Gently, the doctor handed the bug-filled-bag to the boy, who grinned ear-to-ear.

"We'll be back in a few minutes, Nami, follow me." The future doctor noted as he motioned for the orange haired girl to follow him out the door. "And you." The doctor turned before fully leaving the room. He pointed at Zoro, who looked as cool as ever, leaning on the wall indifferently. "Watch over Luffy-ya." Law ordered and finally left, closing the door behind himself

"Aye aye captain.~" The moss-headed 7-year-old muttered unethically, rolling his green eyes.

"ZORO!" The 5-year-old suddenly yelled. He sounded mad, angry, hurt, insulted and even disappointed? Having never before hearing his friend sound like this, the moss-headed boy gave the raven his full attention. "YOU CAN ONLY CALL ME CAPTAIN!" The 'captain' scolded his 'first mate', who sighed.

"Whatever..." In the short time that he had known the 5-year-old, he had discovered that it was better to just agree with him instead of taking the time to explain to him that pirates were not real. "So Luffy what do you think about what was going on with Robin and- Ew are you eating those?!" The 7-year-old asked. The slender raven had joined him, sitting up against the wall with a mouth full of spiders. Yes, that's right, the boy was eating bugs once again.

"Mmhmm! There a delicee!" The 5-year-old lisped, nodding.

"Declicee?" The 7-year-old wondered, raising an eyebrow.

"Delicatee!" The boy once again lisped, despite trying to say the right word and in the process spitting.

"Do you mean delicacy?" The green-haired child asked, almost chuckling. He was completely obvious to the loud crashes and bangs that could be heard from the other room. Clearly, Mr. Mad Hatter and Swiper the fox had been getting to work on Kidd' bike.

"Yeah! Besides, Grandpa said they make you stronger!" Luffy assured innocently as he added a few more poor spiders to his mouth.

"I see. In that case cheers!" The 7-year-old attempted to be friendly as he took half a hand full of spiders and also ate them. He wasn't that big on bugs but he'd do anything to get stronger. That much was for sure.

"Where?!" Luffy wondered, looking around the space for any cheers, which he guessed was a bunny for some reason. "I wanna see the bunny!" He voiced, he would catch it and tame it! Then he could ride on the bunnies back like a horse!

"Jeez... Never mind..." Zoro face palmed before remembering that he wanted to talk to his younger friend about something important. "Anyways, what do you think your brother was doing to Robin?" The green-haired boy questioned it in such a way that it sounded like he was blaming Sabo for doing... doing those things to Robin.

"Hmm. I donno." The boy replied carelessly.

"My mom and dad use to do that sometimes. My sister thought it was cute but I think its gross. It's like they're spitting in each other's mouths." The young swordsman gossiped in a hushed voice, crossing his arms. Robin was like another mother to him in some ways, or even an older sister. It was only natural for him to become a little protective of the women.

"Oh I know! Maybe Robin's tongue got stuck in Sabo's teeth!" The younger male suggested, causing the older to raise an eyebrow.

"Do you really think that's what happened?!" It seemed very unlikely to the 8-year-old that someone's tongue could get stuck there.

"Yeah! It makes perfect sense!" Luffy beamed, nodding.

"Wha- how?!" barked the other boy, bewildered.

"Like when you got trapped in the wall, I spit on you to get you free because I didn't have butter so maybe Robin and Sabo didn't have butter either." The future pirate explained, containing to eat spiders.

"Maybe..." The swordsman whispered, he seemed to be thinking about it. He should have given the other boy more credit. He could be smart at times.

"Don't be stupid they were kissing!" Nami shouted as she entered the room. She seemed to be covered in dust and dirt. What on earth had they done to that poor bike? Luffy would never know.

"Oh... Hey Taffy, what's kiss?" The chuby five-year-old wondered.

"Kissing is when someone touches or presses their lips against another as an expression of love, interest, greeting or respect. Now hand me my bag." The medical student commanded, ripping the Fanny pack out of the smaller boy's hands and narrowing his grey eyes once he saw that half were gone. "D-did you guys eat my bugs?" Law questioned, these people were sick and were probably going to die by the age of 25, not that he cared.

"Yup." Both boys simultaneously answered, proud.

"DISCGUSTING!" The orange-haired beauty shrilled. How many times would she have to see such gross things today?

"... I don't care." The oldest among the four muttered and made his way to room's desk, which stood proudly made out of cherry wood oak. Carefully, he started placing each of the bugs in a different section of the desk, spreading them out. His operation would still work, even with half as many spiders. He had just gotten done placing a hand full of the buggers under the unmade bed when the 5-year-old decided to start bothering him.

"Hey! Can we play hide and seek?! pwease?!" The boy questioned sweetly. The doctor shut his eyes, refusing to look in to those puppy dog pupils.

"No." He spoke his words firmly and then went back to work. The 5-year-old frowned slightly and turned to his other two friends. He was not yet ready to give up.

"Pwease! It will be fun, I know the world's best hiding spot!" The boy bragged, placing his palms together as if he was praying to some kind of god.

"No." Just as Law, Zoro and Nami refused the boy in a firm voice. Everyone just wanted to get out of there and return to school unharmed and unnoticed.

"Pwease peaese pwease?!~" The smallest of the crew begged again.

"Okay, fine Luffy you win." The orange-haired girl suddenly voiced after sometime, grinning.

"What?!" The mossheaded student mused, frustrated with her actions. He was a grown boy, he even stopped playing tag last year! The future doctor, who was currently hiding spiders under a rug in the room, raised an eyebrow.

"Really Nami?! Yeah!" The 5-year-old cheered, a giant smile taking over his small chubby face.

"Yup. But, since you're so great at hiding, it's going to take all three of us to find you so I'll count to 10 and you hide." The 'Navigator' explained, sending a wink towards the other boys. A wink that simply said 'I got this, fools.'

"I see... Smart." The 9-year-old whispered. He was greatly impressed by the girl and her skills of manipulation.

"More like evil." The 7-year-old hissed, also realizing what the girl planned to do to his friend. However, he couldn't decide if he'd rather let her plan unfold or actually play with the boy.

"Okay!" The obvious raven student agreed to the terms and jogging to the door of the bedroom, giggling to himself.

"1...2...3" The female started counting, closing her red eyes.

"You'll never find me! I'm gonna hide in the closet!" With those last, cocky words, the 5-year-old closed the door and skipped down Kidd's hallway.

"... He really is stupid." The swordsman sighed, rubbing his temples.

Luffy was pumped! This was his first time playing hide and seek with real people instead of stuffed animals and imaginary friends. He felt proud, proud that he had moved on in his life and that he had real friends and a real family. Sure, he still missed Garp a lot and he had even cried once or twice, not that anyone saw, but still! He was happy with the way life was going for him. He planned to impress and blow his buddies away with his amazing hiding skills. He had a huge advantage since both his and Kidd's house were set up in the same way with the same halls and closet.

He recalled his own new home. Unlike Kidd's three room house, his only had two but everything else was set up just the same. That meant that the huge closet next to the kitchen had to be in this house too, that would be the perfect hiding spot!

"Ahh!~" He lost his trail of thought as he tripped over a pile of tennis rackets. He frowned, he knew he should have been watching where he was going better! You see, Kidd's whole house was a big mess! It looked like no one had cleaned it in years. Random things such as tennis rackets, violin bows and empty tea packages flooded the walkways.

After what seemed like hours and hours of aimlessly exploring the apartment, the 5-year-old managed to find the current closet to hide in. Upon opening the door, he was greeted by a young teen wearing a skull mask. The masked preteen was tall and wore black slacks with a thick dark purple sweater. He had a brown, curly afro and held a cup of tea in one of his hands, which wore a skeleton glove.

"Yohohoho! Hello friend~" The skeleton-like man greeted, waving one of his arms happily. The 5-year-old narrowed his brown eyes. The site was extremely cute actually, the way the boy pressed his fat pink lips together and rose both his then eyebrows, staying completely still.

"Hi. Who are you?" Luffy questioned. He looked almost like one of those things... what where they called? Zoro had just told him a scary story about one of them this afternoon in the closet back at school.

"I'm just bones Brook, and you, little boy?!" The 13-year-old requested a name, lowering his knees slightly to get on eye-to-eye view with the slender youth. The teen was actually quite impressed that he wasn't running, even his cousins were scared of him when he dressed like this.

"I'm Luffy..." The boy grinned, fearless. "Are you a skeleton Mr.?" The raven-haired child asked, turning his head slightly.

"Why, yes!" Brook said in a-matter-of-fact tone, nodding.

"I see..." The boy whispered to himself, putting his thumb to his lip in thought. "I'll be back in a second, okay?"

"Okay Luffy-san! See you later~ Yohohoho!" The talking skull laughed and waved as the five-year-old walked back down the hallway. 'That was strange.' he thought to himself as he reunited with his crew in Kidd's bedroom. It seemed that Taffy had just finished setting out all the spiders around the room. Nami was shivering, the poor girl had seen too many things today. Zoro, still looking cool, leaned on the wall, waiting to go home. Jeez, if he didn't get home in time to hide, his big sister would force him in to another one of her tea party's...

"Umm... You guys I found a skeleton in Kidd's closet..." The 5-year-old informed the party nonchalantly, pointing towards the direction he had come in from.

"Skeletons aren't real Luffy." The orange haired girl sighed, relieved. She thought that the boy had grown a brain and discovered that she had tricked him. She was unsure as to why, but if the 5-year-old had come in here and started yelling at her, she would have felt terrible.

"Skeletons are the internal structure composed of bone and cartilage that protects and supports the soft organs, tissues, and other parts of a vertebrate organism. They are real, Nami, they simply don't talk and are nonliving beings." The future doctor corrected the girl as he rose on to his feet. They were ready to leave now.

"Yeah, what that guy said. Is this supposed to be revenge for me telling you those ghost stories in the closet back at school? I was just joking with you." The moss-headed boy explained, grinning. He had actually been rather proud of those stories, he had worked hard to make them extra spooky.

"No, you're stories sucks Zoro!" The 5-year-old chuckled after saying the words so bluntly "Shishishi~"

"Shut up!" The 7-year-old barked.

"Oh, but they're really is a skeleton in the closet." The 5-year-old repeated himself after he had completed giggling. He looked dead serious, yet not scared. Why would he be, after all only monsters scares him.

"Stop saying that!" The swordsman ordered. He had become sour ever since the boy's comments about his bad story telling.

"Wait a second. There is an idiom of 'skeleton in the closet' meaning a hidden and shocking secret that one has." Law announced, suddenly interested.

"If there's a skeleton in Kidds closet that means..." Nami grinned, unable to finish her sentence since her fox-like grin had grown so big.

"BLACK MAIL!" Both children shouted together, snapping their index finger with their thumb. It was almost as if the doctor and navigator were on the same wave link or something...

"I'm done placing the spiders so Luffy, take us to where you found the skeleton." The 9-year-old declared, trying not to get his hopes too high, after all, it was the 5-year-old.

"Okay! Follow me guys!" The slender kindergartener advised, leading the group of four out.

"This is it!" The smallest boy exclaimed cheerfully as he ran up to the familiar closet door and grabbed the knob. His buddies stood behind him, each looking somewhat board and not amused. Could you imagine their shock when Luffy opened the door to revile a real life skeleton?

"Hey Brook!" The boy greeted with a smile

"Yohoho!~ Luffy-san I thought you wouldn't come back." The skeleton admitted his lack in faith as he scanned the other children with his eyes, if he had any that was. No one really knew for sure since he always wore that mask, even at school. He would simply refuse to take it off for anyone, most people believed that he really was a monster of some kind and due to that, he never made many friends.

"No, I did and look, I brought my friends." The slender boy babbled, gesturing to his buddies behind him. Nami's red eyes were wide with fear and shock. Zoro's mouth hung open at least two inches. Law simply looked normal but one could tell by his irregular breathing that he was going thought a major panic attack. No one talked in till the 9-year-old finally snapped.

"EVERYTHING I KNOW IS A LIE!" The doctor was the first to scream at the top of his lungs. All his studies, research and facts... was it all for nothing? This was proof wasn't it? That he had wasted all that time for nothing?! No! I-it couldn't be! The doctor had to be dreaming or something.

"AHHH! LETS GET OUTTA HERE! NOW!" The orange-headed girl declared and in a matter of seconds, all four of them were running down the walkway for their life, the skeleton following just behind them. Honestly, Luffy had no clue about why they were running but he wouldn't question it.

"The window!" The only girl shrilled, partially breaking open the door to Kidd's room and throwing herself in, followed by the doctor. However, Zoro didn't follow. The 7-year-old crossed his arms and stood in the hallway, growling at the skeleton that was quickly catching up to the crew.

"I'm done running! I'm gonna fight it!" He informed his friends, picking up three tennis rackets from the pile and placing two in his hands and one in his mouth. It was a new style of fighting that his dad had started teaching him the other day. He thought he looked pretty cool and wicked powerful with three swords and so he had made it his goal to become the best... the best swordsman.

"YOU'RE INSANE!" Nami screamed, already half way to the window.

"I-it was a skeleton... it... it talked... dead things d-don't talk... it's a law of nature..." The doctor seemed to be having some sort of break down, biting his nails as he muttered to himself.

"Yaay! I wanna fight too!" The younger grinned, joining his green-haired friend while picking up his own tennis racket. He knew nothing about fighting but these rackets sure looked cool! Maybe he could find a bowl or something to wear as a helmet?

"Whatever! Me and Law are otta here. Let's go!" The orange haired girl called as she dragged the grey-eyed 9-year-old through the window, since he seemed to be in no shape to do it himself.

"Law... just clam yourself, think. ...living things: a living breathing e-eating organism t-that takes and contributes ...to they're eco system. non-living things:... do not b-breath eat or n-need water... A dead ...organism:... a once living creature that has become a non l-living thing... L-like a skeleton..." The 9-year-old continued to mutter to himself. His whole life seemed to be falling apart in the blink of an eye.

"LAW! GET A HOLD OF YOURSELF!" The orange-haired 2nd grader yelled, punching and pushing the male out harshly throwing him out the widow. It was only a four-foot drop, he'd live. She followed after him, leaving the two brave heroes alone.

"Wow, Zoro you look so cool like that. Like a dog with a bone in his mouth, Shishishi~" The 'captain' chuckled, getting in to a fighting pose.

"Now's not the time, the skull thingy is coming... but do you really think so?" The moss-headed pressed. It wasn't as though he cared! No! He just thought that it would be nice if someone did think he was cool, like an added bonus.

"Yeah! You look really really cool! Like a ninja dog!" The younger praised.

"Heh, I know." The mosshead acknowledged. He decided to struck a pose as that moment, one he believed made him look even more cool. In the process, he had lightly hit Luffy with the tennis racket that he held in his mouth. The hit wasn't even enough to browse, maybe just to wake someone up from a peaceful nap.

"Owch, my head, Zoro~" The 5-year-old complained

"Ah, sorry." The swordsman apologized sheepishly. He still needed to work on his tecniques.

"Now, Luffy," The big brother stated, gaining the boy's attention "When another guy hits you, you don't just stand there and take it." He explained. Zoro in the memoire raised an eyebrow. "You hit them back AS HARD AS YOU CAN!" He shouted, trying to get his point across.

As the memoire drifted away from the five-year-old he raised his racket and slammed it in to the back of the moss-headed boy's head. Oh yes, that would brose for sure.

"Owch! What the- Luffy!" Zoro growled, dropping his racket out of his mouth to allow him to feel the growing bump on his skull. As he was about to scold the younger boy, Lu once again wacked him, this time in the butt with the racket. "AH! Jeez stop it!" He hissed, about ready to punch the younger. "I see how you want it... fine!" With that battle cry, the two boys soon found themselves in a heated war that included whacking each other repeatedly with the dangerous, abused toys.

"Yohoho! What a lively pair!" Brook, who sat crisscrossed apple sauce on the flooring amused, clapping his gloved hands together.

"Ahhh! It's back!" Zoro had complete forgotten why he had wanted to fight in the first place, now he remembered. "Let's get outta here." He decided that for now, running would be the best way to stay alive and escape. He dragged the 5-year-old along with him, holding on to the boy's collar.

"Wait! Mr. skeleton! I have to ask you a question! Do you po-" Luffy was cut off by the mosshead, who was attempting to push him out the window to the freedom of the apartment.

"Oi! There no time!" With one strong pull, Zoro managed to pull himself and his friend to safety.

"Yohoho! Thank you! Come again!~" Brook called out the window as the two ran to catch up with Law and Nami.