Chapter One of my new story: Mugiwara Murder Gang! As I promised Santouryu33, I'm making this story with Zoro as the main character. Yaay! :) Please enjoy!
Note: Some of the characters personalities are OOC, because I have to bend personalities to let the story make sense. I'm sorry!
Commencing: Fan Fiction: Mugiwara Murder Gang: Chapter One
Chapter One:
In the city of Mascana, the alleys, tunnels, sewers, abandoned buildings were over run with mass murderers. It was considered completely normal when you found a dead body laying on the streets, stomach ripped open or throat slit. Mascana was also known as the city of murderers. More than one eighth of the population were murderers who were overwhelmed with their own blood lust. But where there are villains, there are super heroes... Well, more like bounty hunters. One fourth of the population were bounty hunters that hunted down the mass murderers. But there was a legendary bounty hunter who lived in the very city of Mascana. Any mass murderer targeted by him would never live. The bounty hunter's name?
Roronoa Zoro.
A man raced down a shadowed alleyway. He was panting, and his legs were getting tired. He looked up. Ahead of him was a brick wall.
"No!" He panted. "No! Why?" Foot steps drew nearer behind him. He whirled around in panic. "Please!" He pleaded. "I promise! I promise I won't do it again! Just don't kill me!"
"Too late." Came the answer.
There was a flash of three blades, and the next thing the man knew, blood was spurting from three slashes in his chest. He staggered, and collapsed.
"Another bounty exterminated." A shadowed figure stood over him. He tried to breath, but choked on his own blood. He coughed, blood running down his chin. The figure turned and strode out of the alley way. The man felt the last of his strength leave his body, and everything went black.
"How'd your hunt go?" Trafalgar Law asked as the door's of his bar swung open. A green haired man strode inside. The customers took a look at the man and scooted away from him, frightened expressions on their faces.
The man had three gold earrings on his left ear, and a scar slashed across his eye. He wore a black cloak and dark green pants. Three swords hung from his hip.
"Alright." Zoro grunted, and sat down at Law's counter. Law tossed him a beer and Zoro drank it in one gulp.
"Alright eh?" Law grinned.
Zoro snorted. "Weakling gave up during half the fight, ran and pleaded me to spare him."
"You killed him?"
"Naturally."
"That's Buggy for you." Law said. "Strong outside and cowardly inside."
"He wasn't worth it." Zoro took a handful of bills out of his pocket and waved it around. "Only a thousand decals. I never should have tried to hunt him. Any other hunters stop by?"
"A few. Blackbeard was here a few hours ago. He hunted down some murderer called Jewelry Bonney."
Zoro rolled his eye and took out one of his swords and started to clean it.
"Who are you going to hunt next?" Law rummaged through a cabinet, and brought out a pile of bounty posters.
Zoro examined the bounty posters thoughtfully. "Small fry." He said. "I'll leave them to Kaku. Any one else?"
"Are you sure you want to take on the high ranked ones?" Law asked. "Every single bounty hunter was killed when they tried to capture one of them."
Zoro leaned towards Law, and pointed at the scar over his right eye. "You see this? That person gave me this! And he was younger than me! It's been two years now. I'm taking revenge."
Law cocked his eyebrow, amused. "You sure?"
Zoro nodded, his face grim.
Law stepped onto a ladder, and reached to the highest cabinet his bar had. He opened it, and pulled out eight bounty posters. He set them in front of Zoro.
"The Mugiwara Murder Gang." Law announced to Zoro.
"Not bad." Zoro looked at the bounty posters. "The smallest bounty is at least one hundred million decals. I'm impressed that you managed to get their bounties."
"I used to be a mass murderer. I wanted to beat those who were higher ranked than me. I took on the Mugiwara Murder Gang. They beat the shit out of me." Law cracked a smile, as if expecting Zoro to laugh. Zoro didn't. He read the bounties.
"Humming Brooke: Five hundred twenty million decals.
"Cannon Franky: Six hundred sixty million decals.
"Death Demon Nico Robin: One billion decals.
"Gunshot Chopper: Four hundred million decals.
"Death Leg Sanji: Nine hundred million decals.
"Sniper of Death Usopp: Five hundred and ten million decals.
"Murderer Thief Nami: Five hundred million decals."
Zoro stopped reading. "These are some sweet bounties." He examined the pictures.
"Humming" Brooke had a huge, black afro, and he wore black glasses. He was carrying a violin, and with a shock, Zoro realized that the tip of the violin had a hole, and bottom of the violin had a trigger. The violin was a gun.
"Cannon" Franky's hair was mostly bald, but there were roots of blue hair that grew on his head. He was carrying a huge bazooka under each arm, attached to his elbows with black straps.
"Death Demon" Nico Robin had jet black hair, and her hair was tied in a ponytail. A black cowboy hat sat on her head. On her waist hung a whip, two cutlasses of great quality, Zoro could see, and she was drawing a gun from her belt.
"Gunshot" Chopper was a young boy with a fringe of brown hair, and he was carrying a gun and had a look of disgust on his face. Zoro was a bit surprised, Chopper looked around only fifteen years old, yet he had such a high bounty.
"Death Leg" Sanji had blonde hair that covered his right eye, and a smoking cigarette hung from his mouth. He was raising his leg in a threatening kick, and there was a faint goatee on his chin.
"Sniper of Death" Usopp wore a huge yellow hat, under the hat was black, frizzy hair, and Zoro noticed that his nose was an unnaturally long. He was carrying a sling shot.
"Murderer Thief" Nami had long orange hair, and she was carrying a knife in one hand, and a staff in the other.
It was the last bounty that caught Zoro's eye. A boy with spiky, untidy hair kept under a straw hat, a scar under his left eye, and a knife and gun hanging from his waist. He wore a red vest and short blue jeans. It was him.
"Straw Hat Luffy. Bounty: Six billion." Zoro read. He looked up at Law.
"Found your guy?" Law grinned.
Zoro nodded slowly, still observing 'Straw Hat' Luffy's bounty.
"If you're going to take them on, let me tell you their strong points." Law said. "Once you leave for them, there's no stopping you so I might as well help you out." He pointed at 'Humming' Brooke.
"Brooke's got a gun in his violin. You probably already knew that." He added hastily. "He's got a thing for music. He lures you in with his music, and then pulls the trigger… BAM! You're dead."
Zoro nodded in acknowledgement. Law continued on with "Cyborg" Franky.
"Ah.. Now, Franky's adept with mechanics. He permanently attached his beloved bazookas to his arms. Don't think just because he's a pervert, that he'll be unprotected. Guy's got thousands of little gadgets hidden in his body. Let your guard down, and he kills you."
Law looked at "Death Demon" Nico Robin's picture. "Ah…. Robin…. Say, Zoro, have you ever heard of Devil Nano-bytes?"
Zoro nodded. In the town of Mascana, there were scientists that specialized in nano-byte technology. If you payed them enough, the scientists inserted nano-bytes into your body, enabling you to have specific super powers. He never bothered to get them, as because one, he didn't have enough money, and two, he wanted to be strong without the Devil Nano-bytes.
"Remember how I said Franky's adept with mechanics?" Law continued. "He's great with Devil Nano-bytes too. He inserted some of them into varied members of the gang. That's Brooke, Luffy, Chopper and Robin. Brooke's got this thing with his soul, I think he can control it, but I've never seen him use the nano-bytes in action. Robin, she's got a unusual nano-byte. She's got the power to sprout her limbs any where and anytime she wants. And she's adept in different kinds of weapons too. She taught most of her skills to Luffy, and Luffy mastered them like she did.
""Gunshot" Chopper…." Law smiled at the picture of the young boy. "His power is to be able to turn into a deer. That includes deer monster, deer hybrid, and deer whatever. Just if it's got something to do with deers. He's great at shooting too. Usopp taught him.
""Death Leg" Sanji's got a powerful kick. He can shatter titanium in just one kick. And that's not even his full power. He's one of the strongest in the gang, along with Luffy and Robin.
""Sniper of Death" Usopp. He's got a deadly strike. Can hit a target within ten miles in one shot with that sling shot of his. His bullets are filled with poison gas that can kill you within seconds.
""Murderer Thief" Nami. She just loves treasure. She'll murder someone for it, and that's how she got her nick name.
""Straw Hat" Luffy…" Law said slowly. Zoro focused his complete attention on him. "The strongest one of the Mugiwara Murder Gang…. He's got a power of rubber, ability to stretch like rubber, and stuff like that. He's mastered all weapons of murdering, and he's got a huge killing aura around him. He's great with weapons, but he prefers hand to hand combat." "That guy." Zoro said gravely. "He beat me with a sword, and he wasn't using his most powerful skill?"
Law nodded. "The Mugiwara Gang is the most feared mass murder gang in the city. You've gotta be careful when going up against them. Are you sure you want to go and hunt them?"
"Yes." Zoro said.
"Then may I wish you luck, and here is a piece of information I found useful when I challenged them." Law tossed Zoro a piece of tattered paper lazily. Zoro looked at it and realized that it was a list of directions.
"Their hideout is located in the Thousand Sunny tunnel" Law said lazily, and tossed a bottle of rum to a random customer, and called to the customer "Free bottle!" The customer thanked him, and opened the bottle with a pop. "The tunnel's under the New World sky scraper building." Law opened a bottle of beer and set it in front of Zoro. Zoro drank it slower. "You've got to tunnel under, and then there's a maze. Those are the directions on how to get in and out safely in the maze."
"Thanks." Zoro turned to leave. "I owe you."
"Good luck." Law called after him. "You'll need it!"
Zoro walked out of the canteen.
"Oh, yeah!" Law called. "Don't get lost!"
End of Chapter One
Did you like it? Was it good? Was it bad? Please Review! I've been having this story in my mind for so long, ever since I stopped writing the Mary Sue fan fiction. I'm glad that I wrote it down. It didn't take me long to write this story, since I've already planned out everything. Did you like the concept of it? :D
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