I'm back! I hope you guys enjoy this chapter. Man it has been a while (that's putting it mildly, but whatever.) and it was so hard to jump back into this story and start writing. My writing style has changed a lot in a year (if you've read any of my one shots that I sporadically posted you'll know what I mean) and I'm a little… scared? To start writing this again. I don't want to let you guys down by completely changing. I'm gonna try my best. I had this chapter mostly written before I went on my hiatus, so see if you can spot where I started writing again.

Also I didn't properly explain last chapter like how I was planning so I'll do it here. In this fic, the Tontotta's decided to follow Usoland and boarded the Thousand Sunny. They are in the background, taking care of the plants aboard and fixing different little parts of the sunny. Cleaning up crap like that, as well as being the faithful followers of God Usopp. They won't really be important to the story, it was just a headcannon that I want to include.

-Finding a Phoenix-

Marco stared at the creature, who seemed to be emitting that gas from who knows where, before deciding to fly up to it. It didn't even blink as he hovered in front of it, taking a few flaps to steady himself every now and then. So, seeing as the creature wasn't trying to stop him, Marco shifted his legs into talons and tried to grab the ball in its hands, thinking that it probably had something to do with why he was the only one awake. Key word: Tried.

The creature stretched its head forward as soon as Marco's claws barely scratched the object. It was scary as hell, seeing the sharp toothed, grey, eyeless face screaming inches from his own. The scream caused a shock wave that flung him over twenty yards out.

Marco flapped his wings furiously to regain his balance, lest he fall into the ocean. 'What the hell was that?!' He thought, observing the creature that was now sending orange tendrils around itself. He could only worry further as the tendrils made their way onto the ship, searching for something.

-Finding a Phoenix-

Zoro, Nami, Usopp, Sanji, and Franky were currently running down a straight tunnel. Zoro veered left.

"IDIOT!" Nami yelled, grabbing him by his waist and pulling him back into the group. "We're going straight! How can you get lost going STRAIGHT?!"

"It's not my fault the someone keeps moving the tunnels to confuse me!" He barked back.

"THEY AREN'T MOVING!" Everyone chorused.

"Speaking of which..." Nami mentioned, a tick mark growing on her forehead. "HOW THE HELL DID YOU TWO LOSE LUFFY WHEN HE WAS RUNNING INBETWEEN YOU!" She yelled at Zoro and Sanji.

"It's the shit-cook's fault!"

"What was that, shitty swordsman?!" Sanji yelled back, the two getting in each other's faces.

"You wanna fight, curly brow?!"

"Bring it Marimo!"

The two readied themselves for a fight. CRACK! "Now isn't the time for that, Idiots!" Nami yelled at them, forcing everyone to resume their running. "We have to focus on finding Luffy and everyone else and getting the hell out of here!"

"HAI! Nami-swan!" Sanji twirled. "You're so beautiful when you're demanding!"

She hit him on the head. "Stop it!"

"Hai, Nami-swa-...aan..." He managed to reply, face swollen like a bowling ball.

"Oi..." Usopp murmured under his breath. "Isn't that going a little... Far?"

"Huh?!" Nami asked, turning her wrath towards him. "You say something?"

"Huh?! Me?! No! Never! I swear, please don't murder me!" He covered his face with his arms, sighing in relief when she turned back to the course ahead of them.

They stopped at an intersection that split in two directions. "Which way to go?" Franky mused, somehow crossing his arms.

"Umm... Left?" Nami asked. With nobody suggesting any different, they ran into the left tunnel, Usopp pulling Zoro along as he tried to head down the right one.

They slowed down as the tunnel began to get dark. "I can't believe I'm doing this... Franky, could you?" Nami asked regretfully.

"Of course, sis!" He replied, grinning. "FRANKY~...NIPPLE LIGHTS!" They lit up, illuminated the path ahead. A rumbling had everyone tensing up. "Looks like its coming from down this tunnel..."

They stared, trying to make out anything coming from the edge of the light. Zoro flicked up his swords. Everyone else readied their weapons similarly. A piercing scream. Usopp gulped and whispered. "I've got this I-cant-fight-that-terrifying-creature-coming-out-of-the-dark-tunnel disease..."

Much to everyone's surprise, and relief, it wasn't a monster, but the four people that they've been missing. Robin, Chopper, Brook, and Thatch. The latter three who were screaming at the wave of giant ants that were chasing them.

"Look its Zoro and Sanji and everyone!" Chopper yelled in delight, tears streaming down his face. "ZORO HELP US!" The reindeer attached himself to the swordsman's face.

"Run!" Robin yelled. No one paused as they all turned back towards the way they came.

"Looks like its the right tunnel, then!" Nami managed to get out. Everyone chorused their agreements and turned into the sister tunnel as the wave of ants kept going straight. "What... Did you do... To get that!" Nami sputtered out, pointing to the ants, which were still coming. "... To chase you?!"

"Nothing, I swear!" Thatch yelled. "They're the mean ones!"

Ignoring the Whitebeard Pirate's childish comment, Robin spoke up. "I think something... Disturbed their next and that we were... Just caught up in the herd..." She scanned everyone, still catching her breath before noticing something that made her frown. "Where's Zoro and Chopper?"

Everyone froze at her question then simultaneously groaned. "That idiot..."

-Finding a Phoenix-

"Chopper!... Get the... Hell off... My face!" Zoro yelled into the young doctor's stomach. "I can't breath!" He finally managed to pluck his crew member off of him and only then realized where they were. "Where the hell are we?!"

The room was a perfect circle, having a single opening, where they undoubtedly fell from, in the roof. The rest was filled with plant looking roots and stems, wrapping around each other and pushing out to somewhere. In the opposite corner of where they were, Zoro spotted what he could only describe as a girl, who seemed merged with the plants coming from around her.

She opened her eyes, scaring Chopper and unnerving the swordsman. He'd never seen someone with black eyes and white pupils. "What are you doing here?" She asked, her voice barely a whisper. Vines began to creep towards the duo.

Zoro grinned. "Guess I got a little lost..."

-Finding a Phoenix-

Marco was annoyed. So much that he was debating the consequences of saying 'Fuck it!' And leaving Thatch and the Straw hats to deal with the creature by themselves. But he knew he couldn't do it. His conscience and all that.

No matter what he tried, the creature wouldn't budge, or let him get close. And those tendrils weren't making things any easier. They had taken to learning how to open doors and were currently trying to locate all of the people aboard the ship. How did Marco know this? Because more than once had he had to cut one of the things dragging Garp, who he had left out on the deck stupidly, into the air.

He had retrieved him and threw him in the boys room with the others. Oh yeah, back to the creature.

A bucket in the corner of one of the hallways gave him an idea. He grabbed it and ran out on deck before transforming fully and grabbing the bucket in his claws. He flew low and gathered some salt water in the bucket before flying above the creature and dumping it over it. The tendrils immediately leapt upwards, shielding it from the oncoming 'attack' only to sizzle and burn away.

Marco grinned. He loved how the sea seemed to be everything's weakness. It made being able to fly all that more awesome. He went to get another bucket when the tendrils sailed out, attempting to grab him. He dodged just in time and diverted his course upwards. They changed direction and swarmed around him. 'Dammit, they've got me surrounded!' Marco thought the moment before they grabbed him, wrapping over his entire bird body and preventing him from moving.

It brought him in front of the thing. The thing was scowling, obviously not liking Marco's little present. It kept him there for a moment before it grinned. No, it broke out in a full on smile, one that he Marco getting goosebumps, if that was possible for birds. Then the tendrils brought him out over the sea. 'Think I'm gonna drown that easily? I'll recover before I fa-' The tendrils slowly lowered, creeping closer to the lapping water. "Fuck."

The cheeky bastard was grinning like a madman. "Payback? You're a sick fuck, you know that?!" It chuckled and he was pushed underwater.

-Finding a Phoenix-

"And their all idiots!" Luffy finished singing, hopping down a short cliff and into a deeper tunnel. "This mystery cave stretches on for miles! I wonder where it goes?!"

His stomach rumbled. "Uuuuh, I'm hungry! Why'd Sanji and everyone have to go and get themselves lost?" Grumble. "Ugh! SANJI, FOOD!"

He suddenly had a bad feeling as he reached a spot where the tunnel split up and down. "There's my grandson!" The yell came from the lower tunnel and Luffy barely dodged a Fist of Love as Garp lunged from the darkness.

He immediately ran into the higher tunnel. "You can't escape me twice, Luuuuufffffffyyyyy!"

-Finding a Phoenix-

Nami fell to the ground as they finally managed to defeat the giant mole. Everyone had concluded that that was what had disturbed the ant's nest before it attacked, then they showed impeccable teamwork in taking it down. "Where in Oda's name are we?!" Nami yelled. "I'm sick of this place! I want to go back to the Sunny!"

"Umm… G-guys! Wh-what is t-that?!" Usopp shrieked, pointing to something laying beyond a corner. "What is that suppose to mean?! Where the hell are we?!" The other straw hat pirates immediately gained interest and dashed over to see what their sniper was staring at with horrified eyes. They joined him in his shock.

"What?" Nami was the first to break the silence. "That's not an illusion, right? That's real, right?! What… what's going on?!"

There, laying before them, was their ship. Separated by an invisible wall and a large distance was a giant sized version of their ship. At least, that's what they thought it was. Then they saw Marco, a giant sized version of Marco, fly up towards them. He seemed to be looking at something besides them, before he stared straight at them, unseeing. They watched in silence as he morphed his legs into talons and attempted to grab them. A rumbling echoed through the caves and Marco was flung back. A short fight ended with his capture.

"Were we… captured in our sleep?!" Brook asked.

"If we were…" Nami began, looking down at the cold ground in dread and anger. "Then our only chance of escape just vanished."

"What are we suppose to do?!" Usopp yelled, clutching his hair in his hands tightly.

"I DON'T KNOW!" Nami yelled, gripping her own hair and falling to her knees.

"Luffy, Zoro… Where are you when we need you the most?

-Finding a Phoenix-

Zoro grimaced as the little girl once again climbed up his back and began putting even more flowers in his hair. Chopper giggled, covering his mouth with his hooves. "Zoro, you're really good with kids!" Even so, the swordsman was about to slice something if he didn't get out of here. Luckily the little girl left Zoro to bug Chopper, who didno seem to mind it as much, more focused on looking her over for injuries.

"Hey, Sana, you mind letting me and my crew out of here?"

Sana stopped placing flowers in Chopper's furs and looked over at him. "You want to leave?" She began sobbing, tears threatening to fall. "But, that means you're gonna leave me all alone! I don't wanna be alone now that's I've finally found some friends!" The plants in the area began getting restless again and seemed to stare ad the green haired man accusingly.

"No, that's not it, I swear! Just don't cry!" That seemed to appease her but she still seemed hesitant. "We want to get out-"

"Wah!"

"-BUT! You can… umm, come with us, I guess."

"Yay!" The strange-eyed girl flung herself onto the pirate with utmost glee. "If I can come with you and see the outside world, I'll totally convince scrivver to let you go!"

"DoNo you have any family or something we can bring you to?"

"YOU'D DO THAT?!" She all but screamed, getting in his face.

"Yeah, if it means getting my crew out of here." A loud bumping sound interrupted the conversation from getting any further as a man wearing a red vest and a straw hat fell through the same tunnel Zoro and Chopper had come through.

"Where am I?" The pirate captain looked around. "Oh, Zoro! Chopper! Wassup?"

And that's the end! I hope you guys like this chapter! I'll try to update sooner than next year, but I probably won't be getting weekly updates out. It may be summer vacation for me, but AP classes are a bitch and give me summer packets (really their ridiculous) and I have Marching Band and work and working out to do, so don't think to highly of me. Comments are nice.

Until next time,

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