AUTHORS NOTES: Sorry this chapter took over a week guys. I have exams coming up and I've been studying but summer is almost here and I will update more frequently. And for this story I'm using Luffy's post-timeskip look for this story if you guys didn't get it last chapter. As always enjoy the story! See you guys next update!
Disclaimer: Eiichiro Oda owns One Piece, not me. This is simply a fictional story based on One Piece. All rights go to Oda Sensei!
Chapter 2 – Buggy the Clown and a new Nakama!
-Somewhere in the East Blue-
Luffy and Zoro have left the town and are now aimlessly drifting out at sea.
Luffy is sitting across from Zoro with a bored expression on his face. They are both quiet until Zoro asks, "When are we going to reach the next island?"
Luffy dunked his hand into the water and concentrated for a few seconds. When he was done he took his hand out of the water and said, "I can't feel any islands near here, I'm guessing we're pretty far from land."
"That's a neat trick you got there, that devil fruit seems pretty handy." Zoro said smirking.
"Yea, it has a few useful tricks for sailing, there are probably a lot more I haven't figured out how to use yet though."
"Anyways, I'm pretty hungry and we barely have any food left." Luffy pouted while his stomach growled.
"Well that's your fault for eating most of it when we sailed out." said Zoro in an annoyed tone.
"Whatever, we have the sea, I can just grab some fish and we can have Sushi. Shihihi." Luffy was now happy thinking of all the fish he would be eating soon.
"Oh, and how are you going to do that? We don't have fishing poles!" yelled Zoro who seemed very irritated at Luffy's carefree attitude.
"Calm down there Zoro, I'll just get the attention of some fish." Without waiting for a smartass remark from Zoro, Luffy dunked his head into the water and was looking around.
Luffy then caught sight of a fish and began yelling at it underwater. Surprisingly, the fish could understand Luffy and swam up to him. Luffy wasn't surprised at all that the fish could understand him and just asked it to get some seaweed. The fish nodded obligingly and swam down. It returned with a mouth full of seaweed and Luffy nodded and thanked it. However, the fish didn't know that Luffy was making sushi and still needed a fish. So he reached for the fish and plopped it onto the boat. (Poor fish) Zoro was completely shocked that Luffy was able to get a fish and seaweed in the middle of the ocean without a fishing pole.
Zoro shrugged it off as Luffy placed the seaweed on the deck. He placed the fish onto the seaweed and swiftly cut the fish into equal pieces and rolled them up in the seaweed. He handed Zoro the sushi and he happily took it. As they were about to begin eating Luffy caught sight of a bird flying above them.
"Hey Zoro, you can have the sushi, I want some meat and that bird up there looks pretty tasty." Luffy grinned at Zoro and walked to the back of the boat.
"What are you going to –Mizu Mizu no Catapult! –do…" Zoro just looked at Luffy who was flying straight towards the bird.
Luffy used his devil fruit powers to shoot water at the back of the boat to catapult him to the bird. Zoro was now trying to make out if Luffy had made it to the bird. Just as when he caught sight of him, Luffy was screaming for help. He looked closer and Luffy was caught in the bird's beak. Zoro sweat dropped as he began complaining and started rowing in the direction of the screaming Luffy and the bird.
While he was rowing he noticed a group of men floating in his path. He heard them yelling for help but Zoro wasn't planning on stopping anytime soon for fear of losing sight of his captain. So instead of stopping he just yelled at them to grab on and hope they don't get run over. Luckily they managed to get on but their auras changed to more demonic ones. The group of men told Zoro that they were pirates and they were going to take over this boat. Zoro looked over at them annoyed and kinda pissed.
"Hehehe, we're sorry, we had no idea that you were the Pirate Hunter Zoro." The group of pirates said with their faces covered in bumps and bruises from the beating they had just gotten.
"You idiots made me lose sight of my friend so get rowing!" yelled Zoro trying to intimidate them so they would do their work faster.
-Back with Luffy-
Luffy was still hanging by his head in the beak of the giant bird and looked pretty mad at the situation he was in. He didn't want to use his powers because he might harm the bird so he just waited to see where it would take him. However his train of thought was interrupted as a cannonball flew through the air and hit the bird square in the chest. The bird let out a scream which caused it to loosen its grip on Luffy. Luffy took this opportunity and jumped out hurling towards the ground. Much to his luck there was a town in the direction he was falling. Grinning and laughing maniacally he was happy that he found a town and probably a new adventure. After a few moments he came crashing down in the middle of a street.
After a few moments Luffy stood up from the smoke and rubble and sighed with relief.
"That was a fun trip, but I'm glad to be back on the ground now hahaha." Luffy said while he didn't notice some onlookers.
There were 3 pirates chasing a certain orange-haired girl but had stopped dead in their tracks once Luffy fell through the sky and crashed between them and the girl. The pirates were all thinking the same thing; there is no way someone would survive a fall from that high. But much to their surprise, Luffy just stood up out of the ground laughing like a maniac.
The girl looked at the figure emerging from the dust and immediately recognized the person. It's that boy that saved me back when I almost got killed by a cannonball she thought. She immediately thought up a plan and stood behind the boy and poked him to get his attention. Luffy turned around and once again met her eyes. But this time he saw that her eyes were fearful and she needed help. Luffy already knew what she was going to ask but asked her anyways.
"Hey you're that girl I saved back at Alvida's ship." Luffy said trying to sound surprised.
"So what is it?" Luffy asked with a toothy grin which made the girl smile back in return.
"Well you see, these guys were chasing me and almost caught up to me before you came. Could you stop those guys that are chasing me" she said while pointing to the 3 pirates that still looked shocked at the boy who survived the fall.
"Is that all? Just stand behind me and don't move I'll take care of those clowns" Luffy said with a smile and an expression of utmost confidence.
As he said that the pirates became angry at the insult they just received. Without further question they charged him and tried slashing him with their swords only to be stopped by Luffy's katana. Luffy grinned and sheathed his katana. A split second after he sheathed it, he wound up his fist and punched all 3 of the pirates in the face knocking them all out.
Remembering the person who was behind him he turned around and made sure she was safe. After a quick glance he sighed in relief to see that she wasn't hurt. But just to make sure he asked,
"Hey are you hurt? If so then I guess I could beat these guys up some more if you want." he said with concern in his voice.
She responded with a giggle and said, "No, it's okay I'm fine."
"You're really strong! How would you like to join me?" the girl asked thinking that having someone as strong as him would be good for her goal.
"I have no reason to join you, so no." Luffy began walking away as the girl tried to run up and catch up to him.
"Hmm… what was I doing again?" as Luffy asked that, his stomach grumbled and he fell to his knees in agony.
"Now I remember… I'm hungry…" Luffy cried in a winy tone and was slumping on the ground from hunger.
"I know, how about I treat you and we could talk some more? My name is Nami by the way" Nami said with a persuasive tone, but the only thing that Luffy was concerned about was that she would give him food.
After hearing that, he jumped to his feet in joy and ran and Nami lead him to a house.
Upon reaching the house, Nami took out some bread and ingredients to make sandwiches (no sexist remark intended) and started making some. Much to her surprise, the raven-haired boy's stomach was much bigger than he let on, as she quickly found herself making dozens of sandwiches. This annoyed her and she just stopped making them. As Luffy was munching down on the last few sandwiches he asked, "So why were those pirates chasing you?"
"I took this map from them, it's a map of The Grand Line." she exclaimed sounding proud of herself.
"Oh a map! So you must be a navigator then!" Luffy said now interested in her proposal earlier.
"I'm the best navigator in the East Blue no doubt about it, you won't find my navigational skills to be matched by anyone else!" She seemed pretty proud of her navigational skills.
"Then how about you join me?" he asked cheerfully.
Nami then had a happy expression since she just found an amazing bodyguard but her joy was quickly replaced with anger and disgust at what he said next.
"A crew of Pirates! Shihihi." he laughed cheerfully not thinking what he said was a big deal.
"No way am I joining you then! I hate Pirates! The only things I like in this world are money and mikans!" she yelled angrily as she crashed her hands onto the table where Luffy was eating.
Luffy sensed that something was wrong here. Thanks to his haki, he could read her emotions and thoughts quite well and was saddened at what he felt. The emotions outside of her were nothing like the ones she kept bottled up inside of her. Her happy and sly look she gave out on the outside was just cover up for her feelings. She was very sad on the inside; Luffy knew she lost someone important to her which caused her to act this way. But what really saddened Luffy is what she had to do after she had lost that person. She was forced to work for the person that killed her mother and Luffy just felt sickened at the thought and could only think of how brave and strong-willed this girl was for staying alive and fighting to free her village. Luffy knew he had to do something to comfort her and say something. But first, he was going to tell her that he knew why she was so sad.
"I know." He simply stated and that caused Nami to raise an eyebrow in surprise.
"It must be hard losing someone, then having to work for the person who killed her. But you still stayed focused and fought everyday to save the people you love. I respect people like that." He said hoping his words were reaching to her.
Nami just stood there eyes widened at what Luffy had said. How does he know about my past? Is all she could think as she stared at Luffy in shock.
"Oh I forgot, my name is Luffy by the way." He said while giving his trade-mark grin.
"I've heard about this Arlong guy, my teacher told me that fish-men have hatred towards humans for some reason, he didn't give me the details. But what they did to you was totally wrong; I can't find myself liking someone like him. I won't force you into my crew if you don't want to I'm just asking."
"Anyways, enough about that, whose the captain of the pirates that were chasing you?"
Nami was lost in her own thoughts. She was then brought back to reality as Luffy was waving his hand in front of her face. She stuttered and began to answer him.
"They're captain's name is Buggy I think."
Luffy's eyes widened a little as he heard her say that name. He remembered the stories Shanks had told him about how he and Buggy were both pirate apprentices on the Pirate King's ship. He then started to smirk remembering that Shanks always made fun of his funny nose when they were young. Shanks had told Luffy that once he saw it, he would not be able to hold in his laughter. But then, Shanks had told him that he formed his own pirate crew and begun harming people and was a ruthless pirate who showed no mercy, a completely different person from when he knew him.
"Yea, I heard about Buggy he's a pretty mean guy."
"Yea, but he has a lot of treasure that is just waiting to be stolen by me…" she said trailing off thinking about all the gold.
"You're a thief?" Luffy asked surprised.
"I steal from pirates!" she yelled in her defence.
"But a thief is still a thief." He stated truthfully.
"Anyways, how about we make a deal? I'll help you get Buggy's treasure and in return how would you like joining my pirate crew?" he asked hoping for a yes.
"Oh and before you make your decision, here is a little advice, just because I say I'm a pirate doesn't make me a bad person. But I guess I'll let you be the judge of that." Luffy said leaving Nami to her thoughts.
Nami was thinking hard about this. If I go with him he will get me closer to reaching my goal, but I would be joining a pirate crew. But he doesn't seem like a bad person, and besides he knows my situation anyways and I could tell he was speaking the truth about what he said earlier. He had saved me before so I guess I can trust him for now. She then blushed a little remembering what he did for her back at Alvida's ship. She had made up her mind and decided to go along with his plan for now.
"Okay I'll accept, so what is the plan, how are we going to steal his treasure."
"It's easy, just say that I'm your old boss and then tie me up. Bring me to Buggy and say that you're tired of working for me and you betrayed me and ask to join his crew. Then while everyone is distracted you have the chance to sneak in and steal their treasure." Luffy said with a grin.
Nami was speechless. She liked the idea of the plan. In fact, it was flawless, except the fact that he would be tied up and at the mercy of a bunch of pirates. Feeling concerned for him she asked, "What about you? You will be tied up and those pirates could kill you." she stated with a serious concern in her voice.
Luffy just looked to her and smiled and said, "Don't worry about me, I'm strong, remember? If I can take down 3 marine ships with ease, I can handle a couple dozen pirates."
Nami just nodded as she remembered his strength, although she didn't see what he was capable of yet.
"Now then, let's get started." as Luffy said that he grabbed a rope and handed it to Nami.
Nami nodded and began tying Luffy up with the rope and they began walking to Buggy's encampment.
-At Buggy's Camp-
Once they arrived Nami hurled Luffy in front of the pirate crew as the all stopped what they were doing to stare at the tied up boy. Nami walked up and just eyed Buggy as he was doing the same back at her.
"Here is your map back, Buggy-senchou." Nami said while she gave back the map.
"What made you change your mind, girl?" Buggy snarled in an un-amused tone.
"This is my boss; I got tired of him always putting my life in danger, so I tied him up and brought him here. My name is Nami; let me be a part of your crew." Nami asked in a monotone voice.
Buggy and his crew just stared at the woman silently for a few seconds which to her seemed like hours. Buggy then broke the silence by bursting out into a hysterical laughter which eased the nervousness that Nami felt.
"I like you girl, you got a lot of spunk." Buggy said in between laughs.
"Men! We are going to have a party celebrating our newest crewmate! Nami!" Buggy exclaimed while the rest of his crew cheered. Nami sighed in relief seeing how the crew is not hostile anymore.
Everyone was eating, drinking and having a grand old time. Nami was still looking for an opportunity to sneak away and still their treasure. She then noticed Luffy, who was sitting in an uncomfortably small cage while his arms tied. She walked up to him and he just nodded to tell her that he was fine. Buggy went up to her and began laughing.
"This party is getting lively! Men, fire the Buggy Bomb!" Buggy commanded as his crew cheered.
Everything went silent as a short pirate was carrying a cannonball with the Buggy pirates Jolly Roger painted on it. The pirate rolled the Buggy Bomb into the cannon and rushed away.
"What is that?" Nami asked, curious as to why they were all silent for one single cannonball to be fired.
"Wait and see the destructive power of my Buggy Bomb." Buggy snickered as he was waiting for it to be fired.
The pirates then lit the fuse on the cannon and waited. Nami was tense waiting to see what they were so riled up over. Then it happened. As the cannon fired, it took out a huge line of houses and damaged surrounding houses. The damage was incredible. Nami now feared the Buggy Pirates more than ever and was only thinking of a way to survive. She was calmly thinking of a way to escape when Buggy turned to her and said, "Your turn to fire it."
Nami was shocked and at a loss for words until she remembered that all the people of this town had evacuated and that she wouldn't be harming anyone if she were to fire it. But then her entire plan went down the gutter as Buggy told his crew to aim it at Luffy.
"Fire it at your old boss; you said you hated him anyways. Plus this is also a way of testing your loyalty to me." Buggy said as he placed a box of matches in her hands.
Nami was now in the tightest position she had been in since 10 years ago. If I don't shoot they will kill me, and if I do, I will kill the boy who is trying to help me and I'll be no better than these pirates. She was going to try to buy some more time but then, a pirate grabbed the box of matches out of her hand and lit it. Nami's eyes widened and without thinking she grabbed 3 batons that were hidden under her skirt, attached them together and then beat the pirate over his head to stop him. Luffy widened his eyes a little in surprise. He was impressed that she would go to so far of lengths as to not kill a life.
The pirates then began attacking Nami. Nami raised her staff to block oncoming swords and then crawled away from the pirates. She then noticed that the fuse was lit and ran over to it. She put her bare hands onto the fuse to stop it, burning her hands in the process.
Luffy was now enraged. Pirates were attacking this girl who risked her own like to save him. Angry that they were hurting his soon-to-be nakama. Luffy slipped through the ropes and bars by turning into water. As the pirates were about to slash at Nami, he quickly got over there and deflected all the oncoming swords that were about to hit Nami.
Nami looked at the back of Luffy with a blush on her face, she had been saved by him again in a near death situation.
Luffy turned to her and smiled warmly. "You did really well, Nami, I'll take it from here, no one harms my nakama and gets away with it." He said as he turned his back to her now facing the horde of pirates.
As Luffy was about to jump in, Zoro jumped in out of nowhere in front of him with a smile on his face.
"Don't worry captain, I got these small fry, and that Buggy the Clown, his bounty would provide us a lot of food don't you think?" Zoro said smiling at Luffy.
"Hey Zoro! Can't believe you found this place, and yeah that sounds like a good idea." Luffy said nodding and grinning.
Luffy then turned to Nami remembering her burnt hands. He knelt down to her with his face a foot away from hers. He warmly smiled at her and looked at her hands. They were a bright red from the burn she received earlier. He was not very happy that his nakama was hurt like this.
"Let me see your hands Nami." Luffy asked with his hands out giving her a gesture to allow him to see them.
Nami nodded and put her hands in Luffy's with a light blush. Luffy looked deep in thought, and just grinned after seeing them.
"Nothing I can't fix" he exclaimed with a comforting tone.
"This may freak you out, but I'll explain later. Hold out your hands." Nami nodded and held them out while Luffy turned his hands into water. Nami was shocked at what he had just done and felt like jumping up but she trusted Luffy enough so far as to allow him to see them. Luffy smiled at her trust and began work on her hands. He moved his water hands and touched Nami's. This touch felt soothing and relaxing to Nami as the burning feeling in her hands disappeared. Luffy then solidified his hands and just laughed a little at his work. He then grabbed Nami's hands and turned them around to show them to her. Much to her surprise, they were completely healed and looked healthier than before.
"How did you-" Nami began asking Luffy but was cut off by him telling her that he will explain when she is in a safer environment. She felt a blush creep to her face at the thought of Luffy prioritizing her safety.
"Luffy, did you just call that guy Zoro?" Nami asked surprised that a bounty hunter would join a pirate crew.
"Yea, he's my first-mate, and my only crewmate right now, unless I count you"
What is up with this guy? First he saves me and destroys 3 marine ships, he saves me again from Buggy's crew, and now his first-mate is Pirate Hunter Roronoa Zoro? Nami was amazed at Luffy's strength and the strength of his crew, even though it was just him and Zoro.
"Zoro, I'll let you handle Buggy if you want, I'll just sit back and protect Nami."
"Tch, sure thing Luffy." Zoro said with a smirk and turned to Buggy.
Zoro unsheathed his 3 katana and put the one with a white hilt in his mouth. He held the other 2 in both his hands and was preparing to attack Buggy. Zoro jumped forward and slashed Buggy into 3 pieces. Nami gasped and looked away in shock and disgust. Luffy just stared looking unsurprised. After Zoro cut Buggy up, Luffy remembered Buggy's devil fruit power and that Zoro won't be able to win if he uses swords.
Zoro didn't notice Buggy reforming behind him and was about to walk away. Buggy brought up his hand and stabbed Zoro in his size from behind. Zoro fell to the floor grasping his new wound, while Luffy now became very upset that Buggy attacked Zoro from behind. Without thinking Luffy yelled out, "Attacking from behind is cowardly, Big Nose!"
Buggy twitched and turned his attention towards an angry Luffy. "What… did… you… say… about… my… NOSE! Buggy yelled in an angry tone.
Luffy was just laughing and picked Nami up bridal style. Zoro was right behind them running with his hand still on the wound to stop the bleeding. Nami was blushing furiously at the position she was in. Luffy was holding her from under her knees with one hand while his other hand was holding her back. They ran away from Buggy's camp and made it into the town and stopped to form a plan.
Luffy put Nami down and noticed Zoro's state. He walked over to Zoro and knelt down. He gave Zoro a quick look of reassurance and Zoro relaxed. Luffy, instead of turning his hands into water, was controlling the blood from inside of Zoro. He quickened the blood flow so that the cut would be provided with more blood to heal. Seconds past and the wound Zoro had began scabbing over and looked healed.
"Although I healed your wound, you should get some rest Zoro." Luffy said in a bossy tone to get Zoro to get some rest.
Zoro knew there was no changing his mind so he just shrugged it off and walked into a house and plopped onto a bed and immediately fell asleep. Luffy just grinned and walked back to Nami. Remembering what Luffy did, Nami turned to Luffy.
"How did you turn your hands into water and heal our wounds?"
"Oh yea, I ate the Mizu Mizu no Mi, I can control water and turn my body into water at will. The healing is also a part of my powers; water is a great healer you know." Luffy said with a toothy and cheerful grin.
"WHAT! You mean you also have Devil Fruit powers like Buggy! This means you can't swim anymore right?" Nami asked still surprised that the Devil's Fruit actually existed.
"Oh, well you see, normal Devil Fruit uses would sink like a hammer when they fall in the water, but since I am water, and I can control it, I can swim. Actually, I am faster than anything in the ocean, and I can breathe underwater. And as a bonus, people who can't use their Haki can't even touch me! Shihihi." Luffy gave his trademark grin as Nami was left with her jaw dropped on the floor.
"So pretty much what you're saying is you're invincible?" Nami asked still shocked that Luffy has this kind of power.
"Well, not if people use Haki on me, but I'll tell you guys about Haki after we beat Buggy, and don't think I forgot about Buggy's treasure. As long as you're happy joining the crew, I don't care what I have to do."
Nami nodded and decided to continue this conversation after they defeated Buggy and got his treasure. Then both Luffy and Nami noticed a dog sitting in front of a pet food store. The dog was a small white dog that was staring right back at them.
"What's with this dog?" Nami asked looking at the unmoving dog.
"That dog's name is Chouchou and he's guarding his master's pet food store." said an old man walking towards them.
"Who are you ossan?" Luffy said with his head tilted.
"My name is Boodle, I am this town's mayor."
"My name is Luffy, and this is Nami." explained Luffy.
"Hey ossan, where is this dog's master?" asked Luffy. He wondered why the dog's master would just leave him alone in a town full of pirates.
"Ahh, well the dog's master died 3 months ago from an illness." Mayor Boodle looked at the ground with a sad expression as he explained it to the two.
"What? So this dog is probably here waiting for his master to come back." Nami suggested.
"No, it's not that Nami. This dog already knows his master is dead. To Chouchou this store is his treasure. He's protecting it with his life because of the memories he holds in it." Luffy said with a serious voice.
"How do you know Luffy?" Nami asked surprised he could come up with that explanation.
"I can feel it with Haki. Like I said before, I'll explain Haki to you and Zoro after we beat Buggy." Luffy said in a cheery tone.
Boodle was completely shocked at Luffy's words. That is exactly was Boodle had been thinking the entire time Chouchou was standing outside the shop. Just as he was about to ask Luffy how he came to that conclusion, they heard a lion's roar.
Luffy turned around to see a large green lion staring at him with somebody on top of it. Luffy was just staring at them with unblinking eyes as he wasn't intimidated by them at all. The lion roared at Luffy as loud as it could but Luffy did not move at all and stared back.
"What do you want?" Luffy asked in an angry tone.
"We don't need your help, we'll take what we want, and right now Richie here wants food." as the guy riding on top of the lion said that the lion swiped its paw at the store only for it to be blocked by Luffy with one hand.
Luffy looked at the lion with hatred in his eyes. Luffy hated nothing more than people who destroyed others' treasures.
With a voice that could make a normal person pass out from fear Luffy exclaimed, "You were about to destroy this dogs treasure, there is nothing I hate more than people who destroy other people's treasure. Just because you pissed me off, I'm going to use my fruit's powers on you!"
With that being said, Luffy effortlessly pushed the lion back 100 feet and prepared his attack. He turned his fist into water and expanded it so that it was the size of the lion. Using his powers, Luffy launched his fist faster than the speed of sound which created a sonic boom. The lion and the man riding it flew for miles while screaming in pain at the top of their lungs.
As fast as Luffy's rage came it went away. He turned around with his trademark grin and walked towards Chouchou before sitting next to him.
Nami looked at Luffy with amazement. There was a new hope shining in her soul now; a hope she thought would never come.
As she watched Luffy and Chouchou with their playful antics she couldn't help but let out a laugh. This laugh was the first real laugh she had managed to make in 10 years. Just as Nami was about to come talk to Luffy, Luffy sensed another Buggy Bomb about to be fired and this time, it was in the row of houses behind Nami. Quickly, Luffy ran to Nami. He grabbed her and pulled her into an embrace while turning so his back was facing the blast. Luffy shielded her knowing that he couldn't turn into water because if the pieces of debris flew through him they would hit Nami. Luffy clenched his teeth in pain as pieces of metal and wood were hitting his back and creating wounds.
Nami wasn't aware of the damage Luffy was taking and was blushing furiously as her head was nuzzled into Luffy's chest. Her legs felt like jelly and she would have fallen down if not for Luffy. Then suddenly Luffy began coughing and she looked up to see blood escaping his mouth. She was horrified and soon left his embrace and backed away.
Luffy smiled after seeing she was okay and fell to the ground panting. Nami saw his back and looked at Luffy with a look of shock. Did he just take all that damage for me? she thought as she knelt down beside him. What she saw almost made her throw up. There were pieces of wood several inches into Luffy's back. He was bleeding heavily and she was terrified at the sight.
Luffy just looked at the frightened Nami and gave her a warm, reassuring smile to calm her down. However the wounds on his back were no laughing matter as he asked Nami for help.
"Nami, this may be hard for you, but can you take those pieces of wood out of my back." he asked as he stood up, dropped his cloak and cardigan and turned around to have his back facing Nami.
Nami nodded and began taking a big piece of wood out of Luffy's back with a pained expression. Luffy flinched as she pulled it and other pieces out of his back. Once they were all out, Nami applied bandages to Luffy's back to stop the bleeding. Once she was finished, Luffy was sitting down and she took a seat beside him.
"Why did you take all that damage?" Nami asked feeling guilty that it was her fault he was hurt.
"You would have gotten hurt if I didn't block all that debris flying at you." he said while smiling.
"And besides, the lives and safety of my nakama come before my own."
"But you said you could turn into water, if you had done that you wouldn't have taken that damage." Nami argued still feeling guilty.
"If I had turned into water, the debris would have went through me and hit you, I can't let that happen, and Nami, it's not your fault. Don't worry; I've gotten injuries much worse than this." Luffy said while pounding his fist into his chest to show that he was alright.
"Hey Luffy, wasn't Zoro sleeping in those houses?" Nami asked now looking scared.
"Oh yeah, he was. Damn, they probably woke him up." Luffy said while laughing.
"What! I think they did more than wake him up!" Nami yelled while bringing her fist down onto Luffy's head which surprisingly made contact.
"H-How did I just hit you?" Nami asked confused.
"Hmm… seems like you subconsciously you use Haki when you're mad. I will explain to you later, right now let's go check on Zoro." said Luffy while getting up from his spot.
They both walked over to the ruined house where Zoro was sleeping. Just as they were about to search for him, a pile of rubble moved and revealed a grumpy Zoro getting out of the pile.
"Damn, they ruined my nap." growled Zoro as he walked over to Luffy and Nami.
Zoro noticed the blood on Luffy's body.
"Damn, what happened to you, you look in worse of a condition than me." said Zoro while staring at his wounds.
"Whatever it doesn't matter, let's just go kick that Buggy's ass." said Luffy with his hat cover his face so Zoro or Nami couldn't read his pained expression.
"Don't worry Mayor-ossan, I'll kick Buggy's ass twice as hard for ruining this town of yours. So just sit back and have some tea." said Luffy in a low serious voice.
"Now guys let's go!" said Luffy while he ran to Buggy's hideout.
-They reach Buggy's Hideout-
"Alright here it goes…" said Luffy while taking a deep breath.
"BIG NOSE!" Luffy yelled at Buggy, which surprised everyone.
"That's the worst thing to say!" Nami yelled at Luffy as she punched him in the head.
"Don't worry Nami, I got this. Wait hold on, Zoro there's someone coming down, you can take care of him." said Luffy and as if on cue, a man on a unicycle with a sword came down in front of Luffy and Zoro.
"My name is Cabaji, Roronoa Zoro, as a fellow swordsman I challenge you to a duel." Cabaji asked with his sword raised and pointed at Zoro.
"Ha, alright lets get this show on the road." said Zoro as he unsheathed is katana and got in his battle stance.
Luffy grinned and went over to Nami. He leaned to her and whispered into her ear. "Okay, now since they are all distracted and coming at me, you can go to and steal their treasure, I'll fight Buggy."
Nami nodded and ran off while Buggy and everyone else was distracted.
Luffy then looked over to Zoro where he had another wound, plus his older wound began bleeding again. Lying on the floor in front of him was an unconscious Cabaji. Luffy grinned and thought to himself that he chose the right person to be his first-mate and turned to Buggy who seemed angrier now that his second-mate was defeated so easily.
Buggy eyed Luffy and he then noticed his straw hat. Remembering his old friend and rival Shanks, Buggy spoke up.
"Hey kid, that straw hat looks familiar. It looks like the straw hat that bastard Shanks used to wear all the time."
Luffy took off his straw hat and gazed at it with a proud expression.
By this time, Nami got back with a bag full of treasure and was hiding behind the wall of a house not too far away from their fight.
"Shanks gave me this hat and it's my treasure, I care about this hat more than my life. He and I made a promise that when I become a great pirate I will return this hat to him." Luffy said while still gazing at his hat as all the memories flowed through his mind.
He had his guard down and wasn't paying attention as Buggy's hand flew through the air with 3 blades in between his fingers. Buggy's hand shot at Luffy's straw hat and the 3 blades went through his straw hat creating 3 holes.
"Then you should protect it better!" yelled Buggy in his triumph.
Luffy saw this and immediately, the temperature dropped 50 degrees (Celsius) and icicles began forming on walls. Luffy looked up at Buggy with eyes that were glowing a bright blue that made Buggy gulp in fear.
"Since you had the balls to do this to my hat, I will let you have 3 free swings at me, after that you can kiss your ass goodbye." Luffy said in a demonic voice that drowned out all other sounds.
Nami was shivering in both fear and the fact that it was negative 30 degrees. She had never would have guessed that this nice, joyful and caring boy earlier could have such a dark side to him. That hat must be really important to him if he is this angry she thought as she was still shivering.
Buggy wasted no time as he brought his blades and swiped at Luffy. Buggy eyes widened in shock as they went through him. He did this again and the same result, and then again only to have failed to make contact. Buggy was now extremely scared at what he predicted was going to happen next. Luffy looked up and unsheathed his katana.
"You say that a sword can't cut you, but looks to me like you can't even touchme. Now let's see if your theory holds true… BUGGY!" as Luffy said that he slashed Buggy with his katana and Nami's eyed widened at the blood spurting out of Buggy's chest. No way! How'd he cut him! This boy is crazy strong! thought Nami as she stared at Luffy with a look of fear and admiration.
After Luffy cut Buggy he sheathed his katana and prepared for his next move. Buggy was on his knees panting for breath. He looked up at Luffy and gave him a death glare. Luffy smirked back at him and turned his arm into water.
"This is for destroying mayor-ossan's town! For hurting my nakama! And for damaging my treasure! Mizu Mizu no… Ocean Destroyer! as he said he shot his arm forward a column of water erupted out of his arm and sent Buggy flying for miles. After he defeated Buggy, his rage subsided and his eyes turned back to their normal selves and the temperature went back to normal. He straightened up and grabbed his hat.
Nami turned from the corner and walked to Luffy. As she approached Luffy she noticed a saddened look in his eye as he stared at his hat.
"That hat is pretty damaged." Nami said as Luffy walked towards her.
"It's okay I can still wear… it." said with a crack in his voice while he put his hat on his head with a smile trying to hide his emotion.
Nami then noticed a tear run down his cheek. Luffy quickly wiped it away trying to look stronger for his nakama. As he was about to say something, Nami quickly pulled him into a hug and said sweetly, "It's okay, I can fix that hat of yours. But it will cost you 100,000 Beli." Luffy knew she was joking about the cost and returned the hug and nodded. They broke apart and began walking towards the sleeping Zoro. Luffy poked him and he stirred awake and stood up.
"Ahhh is it over already." said a sleepy Zoro as he was rubbing his eyes to wake them up.
They were walking around town while Luffy was holding Nami's treasure in his hands. As they were walking they saw the mayor.
"Oh hey mayor-ossan, those pirates won't be bothering you anymore, we got rid of them, shihihi." said Luffy laughing at the fun they just had.
"I can't believe it… I can't thank you enough… ARIGATOU!" said the mayor while he cried into his arm.
There was a group of people running towards them and all they saw was a crying mayor. They seemed pretty upset by this and began yelling.
"Hey you! What happened to the pirates that were in this town! And why is the mayor crying!" yelled one of the townsfolk at Luffy.
"Oh we beat him. And his crew ran away after I beat their leader." Luffy said.
"Then who are you?"
"We're pirates Shihihi." Luffy said while laughing.
"Whaaaat get them!" yelled the townspeople as they chased after Luffy and friends.
"Why did you go and say we were pirates!" Nami yelled at Luffy while she punched him.
"I'm a terrible liar. This is a good town." Luffy said with a blank expression.
"What do you mean?" Nami asked looking confused.
"The people are fighting for the mayor just because he is upset, it's a good town." said Luffy while grinning.
They kept running until they reached the docks. Nami was a bit upset that they didn't have a proper boat to sail on and just said that they should find a boat when they reached the next town.
As they were in the water and about to leave the harbour, the mayor came running and stopped at the dock. As loud as he possibly could, the mayor screamed, "Kid! I hope we meet again some day!"
Luffy just laughed and waved back like a maniac.
Unknown to Nami, Luffy left half of her treasure by the dock where the mayor was so they could fix their town. Luffy knew he was going to get an ass kicking for it later but shrugged it off saying it was for a good cause.
They left the harbour and Luffy couldn't wait for their new adventure to begin! He had just found a new nakama and was really happy.
END, CHAPTER 2
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