Missing Memories (One Piece) part 7: Swords and Chopping! Zoro vs Cabaji and Luffy vs Buggy!
Recap: After escaping with Luffy, you found yourselves in front of a pet store guarded by a dog named ShuShu. After he ate the key to the cage, you met the Mayor. He explained Shushu's past and ran away when one of Buggy's pirates named Mohji arrived. After they destroyed the pet shop and injured ShuShu and Cristal, you got so pissed that you ran after them and beat them into the ground. Nami joined your crew and Luffy saved the Mayor from getting killed. All rights to One Piece are to Eiichiro Oda, Shonen Jump, FUNImation, and Toei Animation.
"So you rats decided to show yourselves!!" Buggy said with an angry face looking at your group and regaining his hand "I'LL KILL YOU ALL!!!"
"Hey guys, you can fight this if you want but I'm just here for the treasure and the map" Nami said as she started to head towards where the map was.
"Yeah, we get it." Zoro said dully
"W-What are you doing here?! This is my fight!" the Mayor said with a strained voice as he tried to regain his breath.
Luffy then did something unexpected. He slammed the Mayor against a building, knocking him out cold.
"W-WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO THAT FOR?!!" Nami yelled at Luffy
"I see" Zoro said
"Luffy did that because if the Mayor continued to fight, he would have just gotten himself killed" you explained
"So that's it" said Cristal behind you.
"YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO KNOCK HIM OUT!!" Nami yelled in anger at Luffy still.
"Here we go!" said Luffy as he inhaled "HEY BIG NOSE!!!" All of the Buggy pirate's jaws dropped.
"DON'T SAY THAT YOU STUPID IDIOT!!!" Nami continued to yell.
"YOU BASTARD!!!" yelled Buggy "MEN, FIRE THE BUGGY BALL NOW!!!"
"Now look what you did you stupid idiot!!" Nami yelled as she ran for cover.
"Oh crap!!" you said as you grabbed the Mayor
"Now why did he have to go and say that?!!" Cristal said as she ran after you.
"Luffy, we got to go now!!" Zoro yelled.
"You guys go ahead! Just watch!" Luffy said with confidence.
"YOU DIE NOW!!!" Buggy yelled as the canon fired.
Luffy then did something that surprised you. He sucked in air until his stomach expanded to more than twice of what his body used to be yelling "GUM-GUM BALLOOON!!!" He bounced the Buggy ball back at the terrified Buggy pirates. The ball hit the roof with a loud "KABOOM" completely destroying the whole tavern.
"Way to warn us" said Zoro muttering angrily
"Nice going" you said as you surveyed the damage he did.
"Yes! I got them!" Luffy said happily
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU GUYS?!!" Nami yelled at Luffy clearly shocked by what she saw.
"I think she's upset" said Zoro.
"What was your first clue?!" you said sarcastically
"Something is weird here!!" Nami said at Luffy with an angry tone "First your friend there beats down a lion" pointing to you "then that Zoro guy lives through a canon shot" she now pointed to Zoro "and now you bounce a cannonball back at Buggy!! How the hell did you inflate your body?!!"
"It's called the Gum-Gum Balloon." Luffy said simply
"I DON'T CARE WHAT IT'S CALLED!! NORMAL PEOPLE CAN'T DO THAT!!!" Nami screamed.
"How dare you brats try to do me in with my own Buggy ball!" you heard Buggy in an angry tone. You turned to see that Buggy had used two of his men to shield himself from the blast.
"Using his men as shields, how heartless!" Nami said in disgust at Buggy's methods.
You then heard Mohji finally regain consciousness and sat up in surprise to find their base destroyed. "What the hell happened here?!!" he turned and saw you. He then screamed in terror "AHHH!! IT'S HIM!!!" he turned to his captain "CAPTAIN BUGGY!! THAT GUY IN THE BLACK IS STEVEN BRAGGIS!!!"
This caused Buggy to freak out "WHAT?!! WHAT'S HE DOING HERE?!!"
This certainly caught the interest of everyone. But you didn't want your friends to know about it just yet. You gave Buggy a dark look and said in a serious tone "Relax. I'm not going to fight you guys. They are" you said pointing to Luffy and Zoro. You then grinned "I think you should know that the guy with the straw hat ate the Gum-Gum fruit."
This certainly surprised everyone. "Is that true?!" Nami said asking Luffy.
"Yep! See!" Luffy said as he pulled his cheeks as far apart as he could which freaked Nami out.
"So that's how he repelled the Buggy ball." Buggy said
He then resumed to being really angry at Luffy. You heard from behind Buggy a man say "This has got to be the greatest humiliation the Buggy pirates have every experienced, Captain! What do you intend to do about this?!" He held up Richie as a shield when the canon hit.
He had dark green hair that covered up his left eye and shaved hair on the right side. He wore a very large and long blue and white checkered scarf around his neck, a sleeveless purple tunic, a light green sash around his waist, white shoes and white pants.
Buggy said "I'm too mad to think right now Cabaji!"
Seeing his pet in pain, Mohji yelled "What the hell did you do to Richie, Cabaji?!"
"You mean the cat? I used him as a shield" Cabaji said as he dropped the cat which he ran behind one of the debris in fear.
"You'll pay for that!!" Mohji said as he raced towards Cabaji. But he dodged his punch and kicked him towards you guys. "Move it!!" he yelled as he flew towards you.
You walked into the path of him and said as you back fisted him towards a building "No, you move!" You looked at where he landed as you said "That was easier than I it would be" noticing it took not that much effort to knock him away.
Luffy rolled on the ground laughing "That was awesome Steven!!"
"Captain Buggy, let me take care of these guys!" Cabaji said as you focused your attention on him.
"Fine but make sure it's a show that everyone will enjoy!" Buggy said with a grin.
Cabaji got on a unicycle and raced towards Luffy with his sword drawn saying "I'm called "Cabaji the Acrobat"! And this is for the pain you have inflicted on my crew!!" he said aiming his sword towards Luffy.
Before the sword could hit Luffy, Zoro stopped it with one of his swords "If you want to fight using swords, why don't you try fighting me instead?!"
"I am deeply honored Roronoa Zoro. As a swordsman myself, I feel bad about killing you" he said as he then noticed Zoro's wound.
"Maybe you should sit this one out Zoro" Luffy said with concern when he noticed Zoro was in pain from the wound.
"No, you stay out of it!" he said as he focused on the fight.
"I think that's the wound the captain inflicted on him. This could be to my advantage!" he thought with a grin. He then yelled "Arson technique!!" after which he blew fire out of his mouth which caught Zoro off guard. He took this opportunity to roundhouse kick him in his wound.
You all winced in pain at the mere thought of the pain that must have felt. Zoro screamed in pain as he fell to the ground "That was a dirty move!!" you thought. Obviously this guy wasn't a swordsman of honor.
"I didn't hurt you too much did I?!" said Cabaji in a mocking tone.
"That was a dirty move!! Going after someone's injuries!!" Nami yelled in protest.
"My next technique is Murder at the Steam Bath!!" Cabaji yelled as he spun his sword in a circle which kicked up the dust around him, blinding Zoro's vision.
"The hell it's a technique! It's just kicking up debris!" Zoro said. He had no sooner finished that that Cabaji slashed his sword downward but Zoro blocked with his two swords. But he was aiming for his wound again as Cabaji kicked Zoro's wound hard and again he doubled over in pain.
"This is just sad!" said Cabaji again mockingly "to see the great Pirate Hunter Zoro on his knees. Well this is what you get for messing with the Buggy pirates!!"
"That guy is crazy to keep fighting in his condition!" Nami said and then turned to the two of us "Why aren't you guys helping him?!! He's gonna get killed if you don't!!"
"The reason why we don't stop him is because it would be a disgrace to his honor, our trust in him, and his trust in us to not interfere. As a fellow swordsman, I want to honor his wishes and understand this" you said with a straight face as you watched Zoro try to get on his feet.
"This is the end for you Roronoa Zoro!!!" Cabaji yelled as he raced towards him.
"You like attacking my wound so much, then go ahead!!" Zoro said as Cabaji slashed at Zoro's wound which made all of you wince.
"W-Why didn't you dodge?!" Nami asked Zoro in concern.
"I think that is a good handicap to go up against you." Zoro said coolly as he gripped his swords.
"Awesome Zoro!! Take him out!!" Luffy cheered.
"Are you mocking me?!!"Cabaji said angrilly
"I will not lose even once to anyone who calls himself a swordsman." Zoro said
"You got a strong pride there. It will be a good excuse for when I beat you!"
"I will have a weak future if I were to lose to the likes of you!"
"You guys can kill each other for all I care" Nami said "I'm only here for the map and the treasure. I hope to meet again some time. Good luck!!" she said as she raced off.
"Thanks and see ya later!!" Luffy called back.
"Here's my ultimate acrobatic move "Dance of a hundred kamikaze tops!!"" Cabaji yelled flinging a lot of spinning tops at Zoro.
To Nami
"Nothing good will come of me joining those guys. They are just not normal!!" Nami said as she raced to the place where the treasure was. When she was about to take the chart and the treasure, a drunk pirate stopped her. She used her feminine charms to distract him as she knocked him out with her staff. She then grabbed the map, stuffed the treasure in a bag and ran out of there.
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To the fight
As the tops flew at Zoro, he cut them all in half. Cabaji responded by saying "Acrobat technique! A Hike in the Mountains!!" he said as he rode his unicycle up the side of a house. He then catapulted off the house and yelled "Fireworks in the Cool Summer Breeze!!"
"Man he really is up there!!" Luffy looked in awe.
"Sting of the Unicycle!!" he said as he fell towards Zoro with his sword pointed down.
You then heard behind you "Ground Hugging" Chop-Chop Canon!!" You say to see that Buggy's hand was going towards Zoro. "Cabaji!! I'll hold Zoro and you finish him off!!"
"Aye aye Captain!!" yelled Cabaji as he continued to fall.
But luckily Luffy stepped on Buggy's hand as it went by "This is Zoro's fight! Stay out of it!" Luffy said sternly. This caused Zoro to dodge out of the way just in time.
"Even without my Captain's help, I can just as easily finish you off!" Cabaji said again cockily.
"Enough is enough!" Zoro said
"Are you giving up the fight?!"
"No what I have had enough of is your stupid sideshow!"
This angered Cabaji as he said "Fine!! Let's see how you deal with my real swordsmanship!!" he yelled as he headed towards Zoro.
Zoro pulled the two swords in his hands together and said "ONI-GIRI!!" He slashed his two swords making an X mark on Cabaji's body.
"CABAJI!!" yelled Buggy in surprise that the last of his crew was defeated.
As he fell and lost consciousness he said "I can't believe we lost to some petty thieves!"
"We're not petty thieves! We're pirates!!" Zoro said as he fell to the ground. "Hey Luffy can you take care of the rest?"
"Yeah you just rest while I take care of this guy!" Luffy said as he prepared to take on Buggy.
"You said you guys are pirates?!" Buggy said questionably
"Yeah we're going to the Grand Line after this."
"Don't make me laugh!! You expect to enter the Grand Line with 4 people?! Don't make me laugh!! And if by some miracle you do make it, what do you plan to do there?! Take in the sites?!!" Buggy said then laughed.
"I'm going there to be king of the pirates!" Luffy said plainly as he cut Buggy's laughter off.
Buggy obviously didn't like this response "What was that?!! If you're the king of the pirates then that makes me God of all the pirates!! The only one who is going to be king of the pirates is gonna me!! YOU GOT IT KID?!!!"
"I'm getting tired of this so let's finish this already!" Luffy said getting into a fighting stance.
Buggy flicked out 8 concealed knives that seemed to come from nowhere which were in between each knuckle. "Sure let's finish this! That straw hat on your head reminds me of a red haired man that I loathe very much and just thinking about him gets my blood boiling!"
Luffy caught something that Buggy just said "a red haired man? Hey are you talking about Shanks?!"
"Yes, I knew him!"
"Can you tell me where he is now?!"
"Maybe I do know about him and maybe I don't!"
"What's wrong with you? Are you stupid?"
"NO I'M NOT YOU STUPID MORON!! I'll only tell you if you beat me!" Buggy yelled
"Fine I'll beat it out of you!!" Luffy said with determination and a grin on his face.
"Good luck with that!!" Buggy said as he kicked the front of his shoes in the ground revealing a hidden knife on the tip of the shoes "I doubt that rubber can withstand knives!!"
"Well you're right about that!" Luffy said
"Chop-Chop Buzzsaw!!" he wheeled his leg around like he was doing a roundhouse kick but as he spun, the lower half of his body flew towards Luffy but he dodged by jumping up over it. "It's really hard to dodge in midair isn't it!!" throwing the knives up at Luffy.
"Nope!" Luffy said as he stretched his arm to one of the building wooden beams and pulled himself out of the way of the knives.
"This is getting good!" Buggy said as he pulled his body back together.
"You're not so bad yourself! But…Gum-Gum Pistol!!" Luffy said as he flung his fist towards Buggy but he easily dodged it.
"Neat abilities but they leave you wide open!" he said as he tried to chop Luffy's arm off.
But he had other plans "I don't think so!" He flew towards Buggy with his right arm out like he was trying to close line him "Gum-Gum Sickle!!"
But Buggy saw this at the last minute and said "Chop-Chop Quick Escape!!" His head separated from his body just in time so that Luffy landed behind him crashing into a building "Too bad for you, rubber boy!"
"How am I supposed to hit you if you keep breaking into pieces?" said with an annoyed tone as he got up.
"These guys are unbelievable!!" Nami thought as she pocked her head around the corner to watch the fight.
"Are you guys seeing this?!" said one of Buggy's pirates as he tried to give the impression that he was still knocked out.
"You moron try to keep still!" another pirate said in a whisper as he too tried to fake being unconscious "If you get caught in that, you're dead!"
"Chop-Chop Canon!!" Buggy said as his right hand shot out with 4 swords between his knuckles as it headed towards Luffy but luckily he caught it. Buggy had thought of this because he said "Separate!" The piece that Luffy was holding onto separated from the rest of the arm and the hand flew at him but it only nicked his left side and his straw hat. This also caused him to fall backwards.
"That's not good!" you thought. You knew that Luffy treasured that hat dearly and if it got damaged, the person who damaged it was going to pay.
"You giving up now runt?!!" Buggy said as he pulled his arm back together.
Luffy looked pissed "YOU BASTARD!!"
"What are so ticked off about?!"
"You damaged my hat and now you're gonna pay!! THIS HAT IS MY MOST PRECIOUS TREASURE IN THE WORLD!! ANYONE WHO DAMAGES THAT HAT IS DEAD!!!" Luffy screamed in anger.
"I thought nothing got to this guy but look at him now." Nami thought as she saw Luffy's reaction.
"That hat looks real important doesn't it?!" Buggy said
"Yeah it is!!" Luffy said without changing his attitude.
"If that hat is so special…" Buggy said as his hand which appeared from behind Luffy.
"Luffy, behind you!!" you yelled.
Luffy turned around just in time to see the knife being thrown towards him. He dodged out of the way still holding his hat in his right hand. Buggy's hand then appeared right above Luffy "THEN YOU SHOULD TAKE BETTER CARE OF IT!!!" Buggy yelled as his hand flew forward. The knives between his knuckles pierced the hat. Luffy looked on in horror as his hat flew to Buggy with the hand as it reattached itself; remembering the promise that he made to Shanks.
"Oh crap!!" you thought "This is not gonna be good!!"
"That guy is dead!" Cristal thought as she watched over Zoro.
"I still don't see how you still consider this dirty wore torn hat a treasure!" Buggy said as he inspected the hat. "You really need to grow up. Gold and jewels are considered treasure not this dirty old hat!" he said laughing.
Luffy now looked extremely pissed "Shut your stupid mouth!! Shanks gave me that hat!! So don't say bad things about it!!"
Buggy looked surprised "What?! You mean this was Shank's hat?!" he said as he threw the hat to the ground "No wonder it looked so familiar! I remember he always wore it!"
Now Luffy looked surprised "Y-You were on the same pirate crew as Shanks?!"
"Yep! When we were still pirates in training! We were friends on that ship! I still remember that stupid grin on his face! That damn red hair!!" Buggy said as he stomped on Luffy's hat. Bad move.
Luffy looked really pissed as he ran towards Buggy "Shanks is more than twice the man you are!! Don't you dare compare each other and bad mouth him in the same breath!!!" he pulled his arm back preparing to hit Buggy.
But Buggy was prepared for this "Chop-Chop Quick Escape!!" he said as his head separated again. But Luffy wasn't aiming for his head. He plowed into Buggy's body knocking him down and forcing him to reattach his head again.
"DON'T YOU DARE SPEAK OF SHANKS AGAIN YOU BASTARD!!!" Luffy yelled
"I'll say whatever I want about him!!" Buggy said while coughing.
Luffy then proceeded to pull on Buggy's cheeks saying "What happened between the two of you?!! Tell me now!!" he then released him and looked at his hat which was pierced in three places "Dammit! You ruined Shanks' hat!"
"You want to know so badly?!!" Buggy said as he sat up with hatred in his voice "I'll curse him to the ends of the earth! As long as I breathe, I will never forgive him!" He then told you how when he was a kid, Buggy and Shanks were rivals on the same ship. One day, Buggy found a map to a sunken treasure and a devil fruit. Due to Shanks surprising him, Buggy accidentally ate the devil fruit and lost the map over board. He jumped into the sea after it but because of the devil fruit couldn't swim so Shanks saved him. After telling this Buggy looked in even worse of a bad mood than before.
"So that's how Buggy knew Shanks" you thought mildly surprised at this.
But Luffy looked like he didn't get what Buggy was saying "So he saved your life?"
"THAT'S NOT WHAT I WAS TRYING TO GET ACROSS!!!" Buggy yelled "Because of him I had to give up the treasure!! I then decided that if I couldn't get the treasure under the ocean, I'll get all of the treasure in the world on land!! I will kill all who try to take my treasure using my Chop-Chop powers!!" he continued as he separated his top half of his body and started floating up into the air. "STARTING WITH YOU!!!" he bellowed as he flew towards Nami.
"Oh Crap!" you thought as you tried to head towards Nami.
"Oh shit! He spotted me!!" Nami thought.
"I will flashily chop you up!! There is no escape!!" Buggy yelled as Nami tried to run away but he stopped short with water forming in his eyes as he looked in pain and fell to the ground. You looked to see that Luffy had kicked Buggy in the balls. "T-That was a cheap shot, you punk!"
"We're nowhere near done yet!" Luffy grinned
To outside of town
On the outskirts of town, a group of villagers were waiting uneasily for someone.
"This is strange. The mayor is later than usual. I hope he is alright" said one of the villagers as he looked at his watch.
"They have been firing more canons than usual. Maybe something happened" said another villager.
"I'm going to check it out. Everyone else, stay her" said one of the older villagers.
"No, I'm going with you" said the first villager.
"I won't allow that! It's too dangerous!"
"No matter what you say, we're all going."
"Fine. Do whatever you want" the old villager said begrudgingly as he led everyone to town.
To the fight
"Hey drop the treasure!" Luffy called to Nami "He'll chase after you if you don't!"
"A-Are you crazy?!!" Nami called back "Why should I drop my treasure?!!"
"Y-Your treasure?!" Buggy said as he tried to get up.
"Yea that's right!!" she said turning to Buggy "I stole this treasure from you so it is now mine!!"
"That makes sense!" Luffy said with realization.
"What an idiot" you thought as you pace palmed.
"WHAT NONSENSE IS THAT?!!" Buggy yelled in anger "TAKING MY TREASURE DOESN'T MAKE IT YOURS!!"
"This is a laugh. A pirate telling a thief what is wrong. What a laugh. I would never take lessons from the likes of you" Nami said dryly and then stuck her tongue out at him.
"You dirty….TAKE THIS!! CHOP-CHOP FESTIVAL!!" Buggy yelled in anger. He then separated into many pieces and flew into a circle ready to attack. "TRY AND STOP THIS RUBBER BOY!!"
"He broke into smaller pieces?! How am I supposed to get him now?!" Luffy said
"Luffy, look down!!" you called to him.
He looked down to see that only Buggy's feet were walking towards the rest of the body parts. "GIVE ME BACK MY TREASURE YOU STUPID THIEF!!" Buggy yelled as he flew towards Nami with two knives in his hands pointed at her.
"Not a chance!!" Nami exclaimed as she grabbed tightly onto the treasure and tried to get away. Luckily for her, Luffy pulled Buggy's foot out of his boot and proceeded to tickle it. Unfortunately, Nami didn't notice this and when she heard Buggy laugh, she thought he was laughing manically. Luffy then proceeded to pinch the foot which Buggy winced in pain which frightened Nami even more. He then smashed his hand down on his foot which Buggy yelled in pain causing Nami to freak out.
"STOP THAT YOU MORON!!!" Buggy yelled at Luffy.
"WHY DON'T YOU STOP?!!" Nami exclaimed as she slammed the heavy treasure bag over her head and into Buggy's head. You were impressed that she could even carry that bag, let alone do that.
"Why thank you!" Buggy said revealing that he had caught the bag with his town hands.
"Let go of it now!!" Nami said as she tried to shake the bag free from his grasp.
"NO, YOU LET GO OF IT NOW!! THIS IS MY TREASURE ANYHOW!!" Buggy yelled in anger as he pulled his two hands off the treasure. He then tried to stab Nami.
"YOUR FIGHT WITH ME ISN'T OVER YET!!!" Luffy yelled as he kicked Buggy's face into the treasure bag which hit the wall pretty hard, knocking him out and all of his limbs fallen to the ground. "And that last kick was a present from the Mayor."
"T-Thanks for saving me!" Nami said as she got up.
"It's alright" Luffy said with a smile.
"Oh yeah I forgot about the treasure and the map!" Nami said as she started to gather them up.
But she was interrupted by someone you didn't expect to be up again so soon "Wait right there you cursed rubber boy!!" Buggy was up and he looked really pissed.
"Wow! You're still alive?!" Luffy said with surprise.
"Nami! Let's go!" you called to her as she followed what you were thinking of.
"OF COURSE I AM!! AND NOW I'LL KILL YOU ALL!! CHOP-CHOP PARTS RETURN!!" Buggy yelled but was surprised to find that only his hand and feet came together with his head. He looked over to see that you and Nami hand tied up the rest of his body parts.
"Lookin for these?!" you called.
"Dammit! My parts!!" Buggy yelled with surprise.
"Nice you two!" Luffy complemented.
"NO!! STOP!!" Buggy screamed in terror.
"See ya!! Gum-Gum Bazooka!!" Luffy yelled as he stretched his hands back far behind him and hurled them at Buggy; making him fly off into the distance.
Awesome!! I WON!!" Luffy cheered.
"And that takes care of that" you grinned as you looked at Luffy proudly.
Woooah! So cool! Look at all the stuff this place has! Next time on One Piece: Missing Memories- The park of wonders! Welcome to Shentin Island! I'm gonna be King of the Pirates!
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