Steel Heart

Ch 30 - Bones

Nana and Sanji returned to the lawn deck with Franky looking curiously at the pair. "Ow, Nana-brat. If you are super scared-"

"I know. Learn how to swim and get over my fear of water. It's on my to-do list right under 'Create World Peace' and 'Give a rat's ass about what you think'," Nana interrupted and waved him off as she walked over to Robin.

Nana pulled out two silver bangles with floral vines engraved around them. She clasped it snugly around Robin's wrists, "This is your reward, Robin. They are a few millimeters wider than those Sea Prism Stones handcuffs. They can act as a barrier next time someone tries to put them on you. There are eight clasps hidden in the design that you have to open simultaneously in order for someone to take it off...So-."

"So not only do you have to know what to look for but you will also need to have multiple hands available to do it," Robin finished with a bright smile, "How thoughtful of you, Weaponsmith."

Nana grinned. "Just want to make it a bit more difficult for the marines if they try to take you away again."

"Yo ho ho ho..." A haunting voice interrupted through the fog.

Nana let out a little gasp and her whole body tensed up. "Shit. Shit. Shit! What the fuck was that?!"

"Yo ho ho ho..."

Usopp turned towards the sound and then his eyes widened as torn sails and a splintered mast came into view through the dense fog. "IT'S APPEARED!"

"A GHOST SHIP?!" Every Straw Hat cried in terror, except Robin, who just smiled up at it calmly.

"Yo ho ho ho..."

"It's real?!" Sanji cried exclaimed.

"NOOOOOOO!" Nana screamed as Robin put a comforting arm over her shoulder.

"Yo ho ho ho..."

"Noo! It's a haunted cursed sailor song!" Usopp screamed, "Plug your ears or else it'll curse you! Pretend you can't hear it if a ghost tries to talk to you. It'll drag you into the sea if you respond!"

"Is someone on the ship?" Robin asked.

Zoro flicked his swords up so that the first few inches of his blades were exposed, "If he's our foe, we'll take him out."

The ship continued to sail past the Thousand Sunny with the singing voice getting louder.

"WOOF WOOF WOOF WOOF!" Pygmy started to bark loudly towards the passing ship and Chopper screamed.

"NOOOOOO! Don't say that, Pygmy! NOOOO!"

"What? What did he say?!" the Straw Hats yelled.

"He's saying...B-B-B-," Chopper stammered, "Bones...Bones...Bones...Bones..."

"NOOOOOOOO!" the Straw Hats screamed. Nana immediately pulled her helmet further down to muffle her ears and threw her hands over her eyes.

A silhouette of a figure, resting by the ghost ship's railing, came into view. As he floated on by, the Straw Hats began to see him clearly. Nana peaked out between her fingers just in time to see a skeleton, with a cup of tea in his hands, and an afro on his head. Pygmy's bark got even louder.

"We're on our way....to deliver Bink's booze..." the skeleton sang and then took a sip from his tea, "Yo ho ho ho ho."

Nana's legs gave out and she dropped to the floor since Robin was too transfixed on the skeleton and everyone else was too much in shock to catch her. The ship sailed on by and the skeleton's voice began to fade again.

"Did you see that just now? A skeleton was singing!" Luffy exclaimed excitedly, "C'mon! Let's go see it! There really is a living skeleton! Sweet!"