One Piece (Love Story) [Part Two]

Chapter Two Hundred and Forty Five [Rewritten]

"Did you guys feel that giant tremor?" Nami curiously asked, referring back to the way the building had seemed to just shake just moments ago while we were making our way down the secret passage. It did not surprise me that there were hidden passageways in this building, with how large it was, it'd make sense that certain officials would want shortcuts that would help them in reaching their destinations quicker—especially if the building itself was under attack.

"Sounds like the party's starting up there for sure" Kokoro grinned.

"Cannon fire! Cannon fire!" Chimney excitedly chanted before we all came to a halt the minute the ground started to shake once more as it took a few minutes for the tremors to subside. Once we were sure it was safe to start moving again, we picked back up on our running.

"Was that cannon fire?" Nami curiously asked.

"Perhaps the Buster Call already started" I bit my lower lip, feeling sick to my stomach at the thought of what was happening above. We weren't too far from where Marine Headquarters was, it wouldn't take the warships that long to reach here.

"You can always leave it to those Navy boys to put on a good show!" Kokoro laughed.

"Awesome! They're firing cannons!" Chimney childishly exclaimed as if excited by the idea.

"It's not the same as shooting off fireworks, you know?!" Nami snapped at the child which only caused me to laugh, unable to really find myself upset with the little girl's lack of knowledge that cannon fire was meant to be feared, not something to be excited about. "Anyways, do you guys know where Luffy's at?" she asked.

"Yeah, I haven't seen him this whole time—where is he?" I curiously asked, noting how I hadn't seen a single sign of our captain since we all separated and went our separated ways earlier to get the keys.

"Oh yeah, pirate ladies, it was the coolest thing I've ever seen! Did you see those great big doors back there?" Chimney asked us, referring back to the two large metal doors we had seen crumpled up and smashed in back when we first found the entrance to this passage. "The pirate guy knocked them down!" she exclaimed.

"Luffy did?" Nami owlishly blinked.

"Ha! That's our captain!" I laughed, not all that shocked that the damage we had seen was caused by the rubber man himself.

"It was awesome! Even though he got all small from it" Chimney said.

"Small?" I repeated, slowly blinking as I watched how she nodded her head, acting as if there wasn't anything weird about what she had just told us.

"Wait! Back up—he got all small?!" Nami frowned, taken aback by this new information. "He said, "Third Gear" then busted through the iron doors and turned small? What is going on?" she asked as she repeated what the little girl had said.

"I don't know, but that Straw Hat sure is a lot of fun!" Kokoro laughed.

"Yeah, Granny! The pirate guy is almost as awesome as you are!" Chimney eagerly nodded in agreement.

"Aw" I silently breathed out, finding it quite cute that the child thought so highly of her grandmother.

"None of this is making any sense to me at all, what about you, Skylar?" Nami asked.

"I'm just as lost as you are" I shrugged, watching as the ginger haired woman frowned before shaking her head.

"Anyway, we better hurry" she said, not wanting to waste time in getting lost in our thoughts over what had happened with Luffy.

"Hey, Granny, I think I hear something weird coming this way" Chimney suddenly said as a sudden and strange sound started to echo throughout the passageway.