The Deadly Gentleman
Disclaimer: I don't own One Piece!
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"It's game over boys." Said Bill, the sneer wide on his face. "I have to give you credit. Not many could take down this many marines, in such a short space of time."
"THEY'RE THE ONE'S WHO CALLED ME A ZOMBIE!" barked Toma. "I DON'T FORGIVE!"
Leo walked forwards holding both his arms up. "Listen. We don't want any trouble. We just wanted to get that little girls money back."
BONK!
Leo was hit hard on the head with the Demi-Mallet.
"WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT FOR?!"
"I TOLD YOU; I WANT TO FLATEN THAT MIDGET!"
"THEN WHY'D YOU HIT ME?!"
"BECAUSE I FELT LIKE IT TURF-HEAD!"
"Morons…" whispered Bill as he indicated the men around him to fire. Each of the marines held up their muskets, and aimed them towards the quarrelling men.
"FIRE!"
Almost instantaneously, Leo spun round, holding out his palm. "Level 1!"
The bullets seemed to stop in mid air before crashing hard into the ground.
"W-WOW!" yelled Toma. "HOW THE HELL DID YOU DO THAT?!"
Leo shrugged, glaring up at Bill. "I ate the Chikara Chikara no Mi." (Gravity Gravity fruit) muttered Leo. "I'm a gravity-human."
"AWESOME!!!" cried Toma, his eyes going wide. "YOU'RE DEFINETLY IN MY CREW!"
"I DON'T WANT TO BE A PIRATE DAMMIT!"
Bill was shaking in anger at the two men's distraction. "How dare you ignore me!" he cried, his voice shrill.
"SHUT UP, CHIBI!" yelled Toma.
Each marine around Bill seemed to gasp, and suddenly all their eyes were upon Bill, whose eyes had become dark.
"Chibi…?"
His hand suddenly shot out, and he hauled the nearest marine thug up in the air, lifting him like a chair.
"I'M GOING TO KILL YOU RUDE INFIDELS!" he threw the marine forwards, directly at Toma and Leo like a missile.
The two dived to the side, as the heavy marine landed on the ground with a great THUNK! Leaving a small crater-like patch in the ground.
"Wow… The Chibi's stronger than he looks."
This statement was followed by two more marines being thrown towards them, each being dodged.
Toam extended his hammer, and then held it like a baseball bat, his eyes narrowing.
"Kaazan…"
A large marine was thrown at him.
"…HOME RUN!!!"
He swung the mallet forward, connecting with the marine and returning him with equal force towards Bill and his remaining guards.
There was a loud crash as he guard slammed into the balcony, enveloping it in smoke.
"Strike!" cried Toma, giving himself a thumbs up.
Leo scratched his head. "Wow… You really are strong…"
"I told you so!" jeered Toma, as he stuck his tongue out through the bandages. "Now join my crew!"
"NO!"
A cry erupted from the smoke, as the tiny violet haired man leapt out, and landed on the ground, his coat ripped, bulging muscles showing on his tiny body.
"Wow… Chibi looks real freaky now…" muttered Toma.
"RAGH!!!" yelled Bill, as he pounced forwards, intent on ripping Toma's head off with his bare hands.
The bandaged man slid to the side, with all the delicacy and effort of a master thief.
Lightly, he dipped his hand into Bill's pocket, just as he passed, and plucked out the leather purse which defiantly belonged to Rika.
Bill spun round as he hit the ground, snarling like a wild animal.
"You low class scum have the gall to come and insult me in my own base… Then you dare bring me into the fight… And then you pick my pocket?! I am going to kill you… I'm going to drag your dead carcasses through the streets, and prove what happens to those who defy me."
"He's a bit touchy isn't he…" whispered Toma.
Leo knelt down, getting into a bracing position, as if preparing to either attack or dodge at the right moment.
Toma simply began to twirl the mallet round, his eyes locked on Bill.
Two marine guards got to their feet, and aimed their muskets towards Toma.
"Oi… Toma…" muttered Leo, as he spotted the marines.
"DIE!!" yelled Bill, as he pounced forwards, clawing at the ground like a ferocious cheetah.
"KAAZAN…"
"FIRE!" yelled one marine, as they all pulled the trigger.
"ISHU!!!" (Spite) yelled Toma, as he swung the hammer down, slamming it into the back of Bill's head, shunting the small man into the ground, his eyes wide, and his pupil's blank.
"Yosh…" muttered Toma.
Leo had his arm outstretched, right behind the bandaged man, the bullets an inch from Toma's head.
"Please don't make me do that again…" grunted Leo, as the bullets crashed into the ground, and he got to his feet, wiping the dirt off his shirt.
He looked towards the marine guards, who were all staring in wide-eyed astonishment at Leo's feat.
He held out his palm towards them, then plucked his arm back, as if stung. "DRAW!"
All the enemies were flung towards the two, as if pulled by strings.
Leo then knelt down, and began to fling his fists forward, each punch connecting with a guards jaw, knocking them out.
He drew his fists back, getting into a boxer like position, then going back to back with Toma.
"You got the purse?"
"Yup!" replied Toma, as he held his mallet defensively.
The remaining marines all began to shake.
"T-they defeated all of Captain Bill's guards!"
"They're not human!"
"One of them is a zombie!"
"SHUT UP!" yelled Toma, a large tick spawning on his head.
"Run for it!" cried a marine private, as he dropped his musket, and bolted for the door.
The others followed suit, each dropping their weapons.
The two men relaxed, and Toma contacted his mallet, dropping it into his belt.
Leo wiped his brow, and then cast an eye at Toma.
They both burst out laughing.
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Rika squealed her thanks when she received her purse.
"Thank you so much Toma-san!"
He chuckled. "Don't mention it!"
"So where you heading next?" asked Leo, as he slung his own bag over his back.
Toma shrugged. "I was thinking about heading to Sakura village. I don't know why, I just like the name."
Leo sighed, and took a sip of sake. "You really are the craziest pirate I've ever seen."
"Ain't I just!"
Rika punched Leo on the shoulder. "You should go with him! You've always wanted to go out to sea!"
Leo grunted.
Rika turned to Toma, grinning. "He says he'd like to be your nakama!"
"What?!" yelled Leo.
Stars formed in Toma's eyes. "Really?! Awesome!" he gave Rika a thumbs up, then flung a stray bandage over Leo's neck, followed by hauling him out the pub despite Leo yelling his protests.
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"So… What do you actually do?" asked Toma, as they walked along the harbour, having finally released Leo from the bandage-prison.
"I'm a map-maker by trade." muttered Leo. "I've been told I'm an A class navigator…"
"A-CLASS!" he paused. "Is that good?"
Leo sighed. "I suppose so… All ship job's are divided into classes, going from E-class, all the way up to X-Class."
"So you're somewhere in the middle?" said Toma, cocking his head at the short haired man.
"You could say that…"
"Well in that case; I'm an X-class thief!" exclaimed Toma, smugly.
"I can see you're really modest…"
"Don't insult the captain, Turf-head!"
"Oi!"
"Turf-head!"
"Stop that!"
"Turf-head!"
"I'M GOING TO KILL YOU IF YOU KEEP SAYING THAT!"
"…"
"…"
"Turf-head…"
"I'LL END YOU!!!"
"Hey… If you're an A-class navigator, why haven't you been taken onto a ship before?"
Leo shrugged, and dipped his hands into his pockets. "I wanted to join the Marines, like my dad… My entire family pressed me to go onwards, and become a high ranking marine navigator… My father was always away from home, since he'd become a commodore, so I had to teach myself, in the art of Fighting, and Navigation…"
Toma cocked his head.
"At the age of 11 I found the Chikara Chikara no Mi when I was training out in the forest, and thinking how hungry I was for training, I ate it without a second thought."
"Devil's Fruit?" asked Toma.
"You've heard of them?"
"Sort of." Whispered Toma. "Before I became a templar I was told they were fruits that harboured demons inside them, and gave you amazing powers when eating one. But the order believed Devil's Fruit's to be the food of Kaazan, meaning eating one is a blessing. I don't really care much for the idea though." He shrugged. "Never was one for religion."
Leo nodded, then began to continue his story. "I thought that my dream would come true… Until the World Government sent bounty hunters to my island…" he grimaced, his usual polite face flashing with contempt. "They were sent to eliminate pirates who were never there… So they decided to have fun on my island… They killed men, women and children, not caring about age or beliefs, or kidnapped them, and shoved them onto their ship…" he smiled sadly. "My mother was killed by them… A bounty hunter they called 'Shinigami' Bell stabbed her through the heart…" he clenched his fists. "So I crushed him…"
Toma's eyes widened.
"I hate blood… I hate anything uncivilised for that matter…" he regained his posture, and smiled at Toma. "I don't like using my powers for attacking if I can help it…"
The pair remained quiet for an amount of time, before Toma spoke up. "You don't know if we can get any good ships somewhere do you?"
"There's supposed to be a set of life rafts in the third port; why? Don't tell me you haven't got a ship!"
"Yup… You're my first crew member! So we now need a ship! And of course some more crew members!"
"Did you think this pirate thing through?!"
"Yeah! I took a whole day planning it!"
"THAT'S NOT WHAT I MEANT MORON!"
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"So why exactly Sakura village? It's not like that's someplace the 'Pirate King' would go to for some non-important reason." muttered Leo.
Toma sighed. "I've never been there before, so I thought it'd be interesting! Come on, what's wrong with that?" there was silence. "By the way, what is Sakura village?"
Leo fell on his face, causing the life-raft they were sailing in to shake.
"You don't even know about Sakura village…?" muttered Leo. "Sakura village is famous I East Blue for its great Sakura trees. It won number eight in 'Places you need to see before you die'. The sight of it is meant to look like rubies falling from the sky."
"Ooh…" whispered Toma, awe in his voice.
"But recently a group of bandits created a fortress on the island, causing the income to drop, as travellers didn't want to face ay danger. The village is meant to be completely sealed off, except from food supplies, which are brought via the Brandybuck ferry."
"Brandybuck?"
"Yeah, you know, the ferry which goes from Tsukiwan to Shell Town?"
"Ah!"
"So you do know it! It delivers supplies to the villagers, but never stays for more than half an hour."
Toma grinned. "So we get to beat up some bandits?"
"That is NOT what I said!"
"But you implied it!"
"Do you have half a brain?!"
"No!"
"WHAT KIND OF ANSWER IS THAT?!"
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