Lucia's POV
Zoro was a pretty funny guy! I still got that odd feeling around him but I pushed it to the back of my mind; reminding myself to get in touch with my kitsune to see if she knew why. We were all pretty hungry so when Luffy saw the giant bird he immediately went to catch it only to get stuck. We followed after him to arrive at an oddly vacant town.
We heard shouting and cheering and when we arrived we saw a man that looked a lot like a clown- which I had to refrain myself from making a comment about. I looked over to see Luffy in a cage and immediately got pissed. How dare they cage my twin, the future king of the pirates?! I turned my gaze to the clown like man again to see him staring at us in shock and horror. He pointed to Zoro and shouted, " it's the pirate hunter! AAAAHHHH!" Zoro smirked at his freak out as I covered my snigger.
" If I kill you then I'll be famous!" We heard a chorus of cheers and cries of 'Captain Buggy!' Coming from the others. I watched as he lunged at Zoro with a sword and Zoro quickly pulled out his blades and cut him down. Suddenly Buggy's body was in slices but he was still alive! He sent his hand, holding the sword still, and stabbed Zoro in the side. I gasped in horror as Zoro blinked in shock and looked down to see blood seeping through his shirt.
Buggy then started talking about how he ate the Chop-Chop fruit and that's how he wasn't dead from Zoro's attack. I heard Luffy call him a coward for attacking like that. I blinked trying to retain my kitsune from emerging out of anger. I felt deep anger boiling into me and I knew it was starting to show as I heard Luffy mumbling a quiet uh oh.
Deep violet flames start to flicker across my arms and on the tip of my tail. My tail split into 8 different ones and my nails elongated to sharp claws.
I looked up at him in anger and he stepped back in utter terror. My eyes were glowing purple with slits for pupils. I growled at him as my tails flickered making it look like the violet flames were flickering hypnotically in arcs. I crouched low, now being on all fours and lunged at him. Within moments I had him pinned down with my tails holding his limbs down and I had a clawed hand wrapped around his neck. I heard shuffling behind me and saw Zoro getting up sluggishly and looked at me- eyes widening in shock.
I dropped the coward down and was by Zoro in seconds. My kitsune instincts had taken full control and I felt the need to protect and guard what was mine. I curled my tails around us as a protective barrier separating them from us. " you shouldn't move Zoro. You're injured." He chuckled and touched my cheek. I leaned into his hand and nuzzled into his wrist calming down considerably as I took in his scent.
I stayed by Zoro as the orange haired girl, Nami got Luffy out of the cage. I would have done so but my kitsune side was still in control. I was staying by Zoro's side as Buggy and his crew looked at me in fear.
Once Luffy is freed he rushed to me, kneeling next to me, " Did are you alright? Kit can we have my sister back? Don't worry we are safe." I felt my eyes shift from the glowing purple to my normal dark brown and my tails fused back together to have one tail again.
I sighed as I took in Luffy's scent, nuzzling into his shoulder as I purred. Luffy giggled as I did so. Buggy stepped closer, " what are you girl?" I looked at him with my dark eyes. " I'm a kitsune." He blinked owlishly before screeching comedically. Luffy and I burst into laughter as he freaked out.
It as safe to say that I was calmed down compared to a few minutes ago. " how would you feel to an alliance?" Luffy and I blinked before we turned Zoro. " what do you think?" He shrugged but winced slightly as his injury in his side bothered him.
Luffy and I looked at each other again before agreeing silently with each other. " Sure. Why not." Buggy cheered at that. He handed me a den den Mushi saying that we could contact him with that and we got some supplies before leaving. Nami joined us as we left, telling us she was a navigator. Just what we needed.
