Author's Note: Yay! Next chapter! XD It didn't take me too long to write it, but it varies. I might take longer for the next one, or I might not. Who knows? Anyways, I guess I don't really have anything to say … so … enjoy! XD
The Blood of My Enemy
Chapter IX
"I'm going to kill that beast! Rip him apart, limb from limb! He's made a fool out of me for the last time!"
"Calm down, Arlong … Everything will be just fine, you'll see …"
"Easy for you to say, Croc! It isn't you he's made a fool of!"
"You've done that well enough on your own …"
"Fuck you!"
"Gentlemen, gentlemen~! Instead of fighting amongst ourselves, how about we figure out a way to pay the mutt back for it all." Moria said, grinning at the two from his seat.
Both vampires looked up at him, both looking displeased, "Like what?" Arlong brooded, glaring up at the fat vampire.
"Mm, I wonder …" Moria said, smirking nastily down at the two, "Killing him … in the most painful way possible sound good?"
Smirking slowly and already seeming pleased, Arlong tilted his head up and to the side, "What have you got in mind?"
"Just something Hogback has been working on … He gave me an update today … and I think it's ready for testing soon. Scouts have brought back news of their current location. I think we need to pay them a visit." Moria said, casually taking a sip from his glass and marveling at the exquisite taste of blood.
"Sounds like you've got something great planned." Crocodile said with a chuckle.
Smirking wider, Arlong seemed to relax as he smirked up at Moria, "Indeed …"
"I've already set the plans in order." Moria said, grinning wider.
Closing her eyes from the other side of the wall, Robin then turned her head towards the open door and sighed. Taking a step forward, she then made her way down the hall.
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Stirring with a groan, Luffy blinked his eyes open before looking down at the woman in his arms. They'd fallen asleep. Frowning a bit, he looked back up towards where the exit of the cave was, and then he carefully slipped out from her arms and the blanket to walk towards it. Nearing the exit, he could see that the sun had risen quite some time ago. They were stuck in there now, or rather, she was. Sighing, he turned to go back inside, but then noticed her stir a bit.
Blinking her eyes open, but looking quite sleepy, she looked up at Luffy and smiled dreamily, "You're still here." She whispered sleepily before closing her eyes again.
"We fell asleep, Nami. The sun has risen already." He said quietly, coming back to lay down beside her, "I was supposed to go back into town today to get more material for you."
Her eyes opened again with a soft frown as she looked around in the cave, "Oh …"
"It's okay. I'll just wait … I don't want to leave you here by yourself." He said, pulling her against him.
"I'll be all right, Luffy …" She said, nuzzling her face into his chest anyway.
"Mm, but I wouldn't be all right. I would worry about you … or something …" He said, flushing a bit in embarrassment.
Smiling against him widely, she then chuckled before kissing his chest, "It's nice to know that you worry about me that much, Luffy."
Taking a deep breath, he buried his face into her hair as he released it, "Mmm …"
"Maybe I can come with you … once the sun sets. I would really like to get out of here. It's driving me crazy. Some places should still be open for awhile after the sun sets, right?" She asked, relaxing against him.
"Mm, maybe. We can always just go and find out, right?"
"Yeah, we can do that. I wouldn't mind just the outing." She said, smiling against his chest and giving it a soft lick.
Shuddering from the lick, he brought a hand behind her head and hugged her closer, "Okay, whatever you wanna do …"
Giggling deeply in her throat, she then sighed as they lay together and just enjoyed being with him this closely.
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Snorting as he poked at the fire, Ace shook his head as he turned back towards where they'd gone and never came back, "You better be careful …"
Chuckling as he lounged near the fire, Zoro dangled a piece of meat over his lips with a shrug, "I'm sure he'll get hungry and come in search for food eventually." He said, holding his tongue out to let the juices drip onto it. Since when did meat taste this damned good?
Snorting again, Ace huffed a bit as he grabbed a piece of meat, which burned his hand and causing him to wince, but then he clamped his jaws around it with a low growl. Looking over at him now as he gnawed on his earlier toy, Zoro then arched a brow, "You look troubled."
"Yeah … I guess you could say that …" Ace frowned down at the fire, chewing quite vigorously.
"I'm gonna go out on a limb here and assume it's about the vampire girl." He said sarcastically, knowing he wasn't taking any chances on any limb. Rubbing a hand over his head and hair, Ace growled under his breath before sighing, "That bad, huh?" Zoro said, dangling another piece of meat over his lips before letting it drop into his gaping jaws with a snap, "Why you all hate 'em so much anyways?" He asked, turning to look over at Ace as he chewed.
For a split second, Ace's features faltered and showed both pain and sadness, but then it returned into a deep frown, "I-I don't wanna talk about it.
Quirking a brow, Zoro turned fully to him before frowning deeply, "Mmm …" He hummed to himself before shrugging. He figured he had plenty of time to find out … Then he suddenly perked at the sound of a cracking twig, on high alert as Ace did the same. Luffy came into the clearing, perking to the smell of roasting meat, and he came over to snatch one up, "There you are … We were just talking about you." Zoro said, giving a bit of a smirk.
"Oh?" Luffy asked, his cheeks slightly flushed as he looked between Zoro and Ace.
"Where's that vampire girl?"
"Her name is Nami …" Luffy said, frowning at his brother before swallowing down the hunk of meat, "And she's … back in a cave back there. I just came to get something to eat and some fake blood for her." He said, grabbing another piece and sticking it into his mouth, "I dun wanna leave 'er alone …"
"Luffy … I know … you like her and all, but … you gotta put an end to this …" Ace said, bobbing his leg in what seemed to be anxiety.
Narrowing his eyes and shifting only them to look at him, he then closed them, turning away saying, "Can't …"
"Luffy-"
"Enough!" Luffy said, standing up and scowling down at his brother, "I'm not leaving her …" Then he turned, going into the hut for her blood.
"Damn it …!" Ace muttered under his breath, running a hand down his face.
Staring at Ace, Zoro had a brow softly quirked with a frown etching his face as he slowly chewed. 'What's his deal …?'
After getting the blood, he placed it next to the fireplace, not wanting to go near his brother at the moment, and then he began to chew on his long thumb nail, tapping his toe. He looked deeply troubled, and his troubled state made Chopper nervous. Watching Luffy's back carefully, Chopper then slowly tilted his head, but then sighed.
When the blood was warm, he grabbed it and took it back to the cave, ignoring his brother completely. Going back into the cave, he spotted Nami curled up in the blanket, already asleep again. Smiling warmly, he went to her, sliding in beside her and kissed over her face gently, "Mmm, Luffy …?" She said sleepily as her eyes blinked open to look at him, and she smiled.
"I brought you some blood. I know you said you were hungry."
"Mm hmm, thank you …" She said, taking it and drinking it. Then setting it down, she curled up against him and went back to sleep. Leaning up, he kissed her forehead softly, lingering against her skin a bit before pulling her closer and closing his eyes.
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"It almost seems like forever since the last time I was in town … even though it's only been two years …"
Looking up at her, Luffy ran along beside her horse in his wolf form, both having thought it would be easier to carry their wares this way along with his clothes. "I'm almost a little nervous … Maybe this wasn't a good idea. Someone could recognize me … B-But I guess I could play it off, right? Although, I did just up and go missing for two years … How can I explain that? Maybe I should wear a hood to hide my hair … We did bring that blanket … Yeah, I'll wear that …"
Tilting his head a bit up at her, he then faced forward to continue the run. Just outside of town, they stopped so that Luffy could put his clothes on, but had remained a wolf until Nami could get his clothes out. However, as Luffy was waiting for her, his ears suddenly perked straight up, and he quickly looked behind him. Not noticing a thing, Nami continued to dig through her bags, trying to remember which pouch she'd put them in.
Turning his body, Luffy tilted his head to the small child, making his way over to him. Trotting over to the child and all the while looking for the boy's mother, he then stopped just before reaching him. The boy seemed to be fascinated with the wolf just a few feet in front of him and started to hobble over to him with soft coos and grabby hands. Blinking and tilting his head to the other side, he then took a few steps over to him until a woman shrieked. Pausing mid-step, Luffy lifted his head to see the mother some distance away.
At hearing the shriek, Nami quickly looked up to see Luffy already close to the town and far away from her, "L-Luffy?"
The woman seemed too terrified to get close to the wolf, but was frantically calling for her child while taking small steps. She didn't want to frighten the wolf by getting to close, causing it to hurt her child. Folding his ears back, Luffy thought it best to back away from the child … but then that's when the child thought it'd be a great idea to pull on his ear, causing the woman to go into hysteria. Whining a bit, but not doing anything, Luffy then nuzzled the kid's face, giving him a few licks while wagging his tail.
"Oh! Oh, he won't hurt him!" Nami said, biting her lip a bit.
Then to show the mother he meant no harm to the child, he rolled onto his back, letting the child climb over him and pet his belly with gleeful giggles, "Poppy …" The boy gurgled as he scratched his belly. This seemed to make the woman relax a bit, but she was still on edge. Rolling back onto his stomach, he got close to the ground, letting the boy climb onto his back before carefully getting up and slowly approaching the mother. She took a few steps back, but waited to see what the wolf would do.
Walking up to the mother, he then turned his body while looking up at her so that she could retrieve her son. The woman seemed a bit confused about the wolf's actions, one being that he was a wolf, but yet didn't try and eat her son, and second … he was actually bringing her son back to her. She didn't complain, however, and quickly snatched the boy up with a quick, "Thank you," for whatever reason, which she tried to rationalize a bit later and backed away from him.
"Luffy!" Nami called for him, standing some distance away. Turning towards Nami quickly, he then turned back to the woman, bowing his head a bit before bounding off towards Nami. As soon as he made it to her, she petted his head and ears a bit with a smile before looking up at the woman and child, Luffy turning back to do the same. The woman blinked a bit, but didn't question as she quickly turned and walked away, glancing at them over her shoulder.
"Mm, what're you doing going off like that on your own?" She said, pouting at him slightly before holding out his clothes to him.
Turning back into a man, he was scratching his head with his own pout, "But he was all by himself …" He said, starting to dress quickly.
Giggling a bit, she leaned up to kiss his nose, "You know … you're really sweet for a beast."
"Oye!"
"Relax, I'm teasing you." She said, fixing his collar with a smile while he buttoned his shirt with a pout. Chuckling, she kissed his nose again, which cause it to twitch, but then he smiled.
"Um …"
Both quickly looked over to see the same woman from before, holding her son, and she was staring at them wide eyed. Both blinked at her before looking at each other, and then Luffy suddenly brought his hand to above his eyes while looking past Nami, "Oh damn … Where did that stupid wolf run off to again …?"
"Uh …" Nami said, blinking up at him before turning, "I … think he went that way … I-I will go look …?" It came out more of a question as she shrugged and ran off.
"Ah!" Luffy exclaimed, reaching out for her as his lips twitched a bit, but she was gone. He stared after her for a short while as his lips and brow continued to twitch, and then he turned to the woman, smiling nervously and chuckling as he scratched his head, "C-Can I help you …?"
"I just … um … I wanted to … apologize to that woman … and say thank you … I mean I said … thank you … to the wolf … which he didn't even understand … but … I-I don't know. Is the wolf yours? That's kind of a unique … pet …" The woman said nervously as she took a cautious step forward.
"Ah, yeah … he uh … We found him … as a puppy, haha …" He said, looking off to the side, hoping the lady didn't notice his lack of shoes, "He gets a little excited …" He said, narrowing and shifting his eyes to the side, "But he's harmless … Sh-She told me … he gave you a scare … I-I'm sorry. I know he didn't mean it … He … likes kids …" He was making up pointless shit now, but each word that came out of his mouth made him feel pretty stupid.
"Oh, okay … Well … thank you anyway … and sorry …" The woman said with a soft frown.
"No, no … it's okay … and, he's smarter than he looks! So, I'm sure he knew you were grateful, you know!?" He said, chuckling and scratching his head again. 'Idiot …'
"Oh, right …" She said, smiling slightly before turning a bit, "Well, bye … and … you should really keep an eye on him though."
"Ah, yeah … we … really should …" Luffy said, releasing a breath as he drooped a bit. Suddenly, a giggle sounded just next to him, and as he looked over, Nami was peering at him from around the corner with a catty grin, "Oye, oye! You just left me here!" He complained with a pout.
"You did just fine though. I heard everything." She said, coming back towards him, "He likes kids, huh?" She asked softly, buttoning the rest of his shirt, but then an expression suddenly flashed across her features, but just as quickly, it was gone.
Luffy stared down at her, his expression blank, but serious as he reached up to softly clutch her wrist. She paused in buttoning his shirt, but she didn't move to look up at him, "I'm sorry."
"There's nothing for you to apologize for. It's not your fault. You didn't do this to me." She said quietly, finishing up the buttons before looking up to smile at him sadly.
His expression saddened a bit as he reached up to softly cup her chin, and then he leaned down to touch his lips to hers softly. Tears wet her lashes, but she refused to release them. After awhile, he pulled back, kissing her forehead before turning to put his shoes on, "Come on." He said gently, taking her hand and walking with her into town, Nami grabbing her horse's reins for him to follow.
They walked through the town and through the crowd of people still out and about, and Luffy lead her through it all to the same lady as before, whom just so happened to still be there, "Ah, it's you, young man, and you've brought your lady along with you this time." The woman said as she grinned at them.
Both flushed, or at least, Nami's color returned a bit as both looked down at the woman, "Ah, yeah … W-We'd … like something in red this time."
"Ooh, I see." The woman said, offering a knowing smile, "I have just the thing." She said, turning around to bring out some beautiful, deep red silk.
"Ooh …" Nami cooed, eying the beautiful material with glittering eyes, but then she had to clamp her mouth shut as her fangs descended slightly from the deliciously magnificent color, "It's … beautiful."
"Yes!" The woman said, not having noticed before she turned for the matching silk thread and buttons as well as some matching lace. Nami looked over all of the woman's red materials before choosing a few of them, which included the red silk, and even some sheer, red silk material. Some darker red ribbon and some darker red satin, "Thank you, my lady! It was a pleasure doing business with you!" She said, and Luffy paid the woman before both made their way back, after carefully putting the material away in the horse's pouches.
"You want to look around some more?" Luffy asked Nami, trying to see under her hood.
"Mm, I do … It's been so long since I was last here, but …"
"But you don't wanna be recognized?" He asked, frowning softly.
"Mm hmm …" She hummed, nodding softly, "I had a … sister here … I wonder … if she still lives here …"
Frowning deeper, Luffy turned to look out into the crowd of people, each face alien to his eyes, "Oh …"
"We used to live near here … but I doubt she would be out this late …"
"You miss her … don't you? Why not just go see her?" He asked softly without looking at her.
"I can't … Not like this …" She whispered back, the sound of tears lacing with her words.
Turning to her quickly, Luffy's face softened and saddened, "But she's your sister, Nami … I think she would want to see you no matter … no matter your condition. Wouldn't you want to see her?"
"Yes …" She whispered softly as she stopped walking.
"I'll come with you …" He said, taking her hand softly.
As she looked over at him, he could see her eyes glistening with tears within the darkness of her hood. Stepping forward, she then wrapped her arms around him, "Thank you … You have … no idea … how much it means for me to hear you say that." Reaching up, he pulled her against him, holding her tightly.
"Aww, I'n't tha' sweet? Ah, true luv is so rare these days. I 'ope they make it last. It's ne'er fo'e'er." A woman said to another woman, who was shopping at her stand. Turning towards where the saleswoman was looking, the periwinkle haired woman smiled sadly at the embracing couple.
"Yeah … that is sweet …" She said softly as her smile warmed a bit.
"And 'e's a good lookin' lad too … Bu' we ca'n see 'er face …" The saleswoman frowned, trying to see the hooded woman's face.
"I'm sure she's beautiful …" The woman said before turning away and walking on.
Pulling away, Nami wiped at her tears a bit, her hood falling back a bit, and she said, "But … I don't think I can … At least … not yet …"
"All right, Nami …" He said, reaching up to pull her hood back forward, just as the periwinkle haired woman turned to give them another glance before sighing and turning a corner, "Shall we go then?"
"Yes, please …" Nami said, turning to an alley way to leave, her horse trailing behind them. However, unbeknownst to them both, they were being watched from the rooftops at a far enough distance where their scents wouldn't reach the beast's senses. However, the three figures leapt off their perches, leaping from rooftop to rooftop to get closer to the couple.
As they headed out of town, Nami let the blanket fall back, and then she removed it. Luffy began to unbutton and remove his shirt before handing it to her to fold and place in the pouch. He removed his shoes then, handing them over and was about to unbutton his pants when he was suddenly tackled and slammed against a building.
"Gah!" He exclaimed in shock from the sudden attack, gaping up at the hooded attacker.
Gasping, Nami looked over towards them before baring her fangs as her claws shot out, and then ran forward to attack, but she was suddenly snatched up from behind, "Aah! Let me go!"
"Let 'er go!" Luffy exclaimed, struggling with his attacker.
The man suddenly threw back his hood, laughing in Luffy's face, "How'd you like my flashy entrance? Was it good!?"
Blinking up at the man and his big red nose, Luffy then scowled up at him, "Let go of her, vampire!"
"Not so fast! We have plans for the little girl and for you as well."
Growling deep in his throat, Luffy's canines descended as his eyes blackened, "I'm not letting you touch her!" He screamed, pushing the big nosed vampire with sudden force and sending him flying back into another building. Luffy suddenly lunged forward with surprising and unexpected speed, grabbing Nami and shoving the other vampire away. This time, he wasn't starving.
Gasping, Nami clung to him, looking towards her anxious horse that, she'd tied to a post. If they could maybe just get away …
"You animal! You're going to regret that in a flashy way!" The big nosed man screeched in a high pitched voice, trying to remove himself from the bricks.
Snarling at the man, Luffy pulled Nami behind him, backing up a bit. The same woman and mother from before, being the owner of the house they were crashing into, came around to investigate the loud noise outside of her house. However, she came across the same woman and man before as well as two others she didn't know. Except this time, the man from before did not look friendly, nor did he exactly look human. His sharp canines were bared, his entire eyes were pitch black, and he was definitely growling.
However, upon closer examination, she could see that he was trying to protect the woman behind him, who in turn was hissing with a red glow to her eyes to the two men who seemed to be attacking them. Neither the manor the woman was human. Gasping, the woman took a step back, only to run into the soft chest of someone. Gasping even louder than the first, she turned around only to be face to face with someone else who wasn't human.
"Oooh~! It's a tasty little human wench." She purred, baring her fangs to the woman in a smirk.
The woman quickly backed away into a wall, regretting coming out to check, "Ah …!" Luffy exclaimed, recognizing the woman from before, and he lost the black from his eyes before scowling, "You leave her alone!"
Sucking in her breath in shock, the woman quickly turned back to the man and woman, both looking at her, both eyes having returned to normal, "She has nothing to do with this! Let her go!" The orange haired woman exclaimed with a look of concern.
"Ooh, but just look at her. Doesn't she look tasty?" The vampire woman cooed as she gently grabbed the woman's throat, pressing her back into the wall behind her.
"Isn't it forbidden to touch the human's here!?" Nami yelled, baring her fangs, "Alvida!"
"You know them?" Luffy asked, turning to look at her over his shoulder.
"Yes … I know them all …" She whispered, looking back at the man with the big red nose, "He's Buggy … and the other one is Cabaji … Buggy is one of Moria's generals … like Sanji was … but nowhere near as respected. These two are under him … Alvida being his second … like I was to Sanji …" She said quietly next to his ear.
"What was that about a big red nose!?" Buggy once again yelled in his high pitched screech.
"She's a witness though … We can't have this …" Alvida said, her fangs descending, causing the woman to gasp loudly in fear.
"Don't touch her!" Luffy yelled, turning to Nami quickly as her removed his pants, "Nami!"
Nodding, Nami quickly leapt up, clinging to the building high above. Luffy shifted immediately surging towards Alvida and tackling her to the ground with a growl, the woman screaming in her terror as she fell on her ass.
"What was that?" Some villagers questioned, all turning to the scream.
Frowning deeply, Dalton stood at attention at the scream of the woman. As soon as Luffy tackled Alvida to the ground, he turned back into a man, turning to the woman, "Run!" But when the woman only stared at them in terror, he sat up a bit more, "I said run! Get out of here, now!"
Nodding faintly, the woman finally got up and quickly ran for it, but turned to glance at him in some concern and worry just in time to see Alvida throw him off from her and sending him flying into another building. Rounding a corner, the woman pressed her back into the wall, panting heavily.
"Gaah!" Luffy cried when he destroyed the wall of the building he'd crashed into.
"Mm, now I see the appeal of wanting a creature over you, Nami. Such power …" Alvida purred as she got to her feet with a smirk.
"Luffy!" Nami cried, ignoring the woman and jumping back down again, but Cabaji came up behind her and snatched her away, "Kyaa! Let me go!" She yelled, sinking her fangs into his arm.
At the loud sound of a crash, Dalton and a few other villagers took off running towards the commotion. "Hmm?" The periwinkle haired woman questioned when she heard all the commotion. Curious, she headed straight for it.
When Dalton saw the terrified woman, he and the other villagers went straight to her, "Are you all right?" He asked her, grabbing her shoulders.
"I'm fine … Please … help them …!" She said, shifting her eyes to the side. Glancing up, Dalton could hear scuffling and struggling and another woman crying out. Leaving the woman to another woman and man, he headed down the alley.
Buggy went straight to Luffy, lifting him out of the rubble, but he change back into a lycan and bit him instead, "Gaaaah! You stupid creature!" He yelled, sinking his claws into his gut.
"I said … let me go!" Nami yelled, turning to slash Cabaji in the face. At seeing the fight, Dalton halted, hold out his arms for the others to stop, and his eyes widened at the creature fighting against two others, a man and a woman, while another man was fighting another woman.
"Luffy!" The woman cried, reaching her arm out towards the man and creature.
"Luffy!?" Dalton exclaimed, looking right at the creature, but this caused all their eyes to turn to him.
The other dark haired woman scowled at them before turning to the big nosed man, "We have trouble. Let's get this over with and get out of here!" She said before turning towards the people and taking a step towards them with a hiss, her claws extending.
Dalton took a step back, some of the people screaming and running away. Looking over towards them, Luffy shoved Buggy away from him and bolted towards them, causing more to scream, but he quickly turned and growled at Alvida, his fur standing on end, "Ooh~! Are you trying to protect them from me creature?" Alvida said, smirking at him viscously as she lunged forward towards him, swiping at him.
He yelped, but leapt on her, sinking his teeth into her and causing her to scream, "Beast!" She yelled, stabbing his shoulder with her claws and shoving him off back towards the people. Landing on all fours, he growled at her again, blocking her off from the villagers, some who stuck around to keep watching with Dalton. Chuckling deeply, Alvida brought her claws up to lick his blood off from them, "Magnificent taste you have. I would love to taste more."
Turning towards Cabaji, Nami hissed with red eyes, biting him again at his distraction, and he released her with a hiss, "You bitch!"
Shoving through the crowd, the periwinkle haired woman tried to make her way to the front, wanting to see what was going on, "Stop it! Leave him alone!" Nami cried, running towards him, but Alvida turned, backhanding her across the face and sending her flying back a bit before hitting the ground, "Aah!"
Growling louder and his fur standing higher up, Luffy stood up a bit as he snarled at Alvida, "Oooh~! Did I upset the mutt?"
At hearing the familiar voice, the periwinkle haired woman froze completely in shock, but then she quickly recovered, shoving her way faster through the crowd. Stepping forward and grabbing a nearby rake, Dalton then stepped up beside Luffy, causing him to quickly look over at him. Turning back into a man, which shocked the villagers and caused them to gasp, seeing as he was naked and he actually appeared as a man, Luffy then scowled at him, "What are you doing!? They're vampires! You need to get out of here!"
"You're outnumbered, and you're really trying to protect us. I'm going to help you the best that I can. We just need to drive them off, right!?" Dalton said, looking over at Luffy, his eyes showing his trust of him.
Luffy's throat clicked as his expression showed more concern now, but then he shifted back, turning to growl at the three. Nami crawled back away from them with a scowl, before using the building to get to her feet. The periwinkle haired woman finally made it to the front, but then gasped at the creature just a few feet away from the crowd, "What the …!?" She exclaimed before tearing her eyes away and finally finding the source of the familiar voice and tears came to her eyes, "Nami …"
"You pathetic humans! Getting in the way of our flashy revenge! Alvida, Cabaji!" Buggy yelled, turning to his subordinates, both nodding to him.
Roaring out, Luffy lunged straight for Buggy, who reached inside his coat and quickly pulling something out. Growling herself, Nami leapt forward onto Alvida, sinking her claws into the outraged woman, who lashed out at her.
Gasping loudly at Nami's red eyes, fangs and claws, the woman in the crowd stepped back with shocked eyes, "N-Nami …!?"
Dalton headed straight for Cabaji, swinging the rake out at him, but was only managing to irritate the vampire, "You weak little human!" He yelled, grabbing and snapping the rake into pieces before throwing a punch. Dalton blocked it, however, and uppercutted him, causing him to fly back, "Gaah!"
Ramming into Buggy, Luffy then slammed him into another building, causing them to go straight through it. Growling with his red eyes glowing through the dust and debris, Buggy kicked Luffy off and out, causing him to roll across the ground. However, he quickly got back onto all fours, crouching low to the ground with a growl. When Buggy emerged, with a smirk, Luffy leapt at him again. However, Buggy brought up his arm, something glistening from the moonlight in his hand, but it was too late for Luffy to stop.
Buggy rammed the object into Luffy's gut and pushed hard while holding him still. Luffy released a yelp that caused everyone to turn to him, "Luffy!" Nami cried, watching him with wide eyes.
He remained standing in front of Buggy for a long time before stumbling back and shifting back into a man as he released a gurgled noise while looking down. There was something protruding from his gut, and he reached down to pull it out, "No, what have you done!?" Nami cried again as she shoved Alvida away to go to him. Staring down at the vile with a needle protruding from it, Luffy looked a little confused as blood began to drain from his mouth, and he looked up at Buggy in his confusion.
Gasping and halting where she was, a hand flew to Nami's mouth as she watched Luffy in shock, "Wha …?" Dropping the needle, Luffy stumbled back a bit more before finally collapsing, "Luffy!" Nami screamed, going to him and lifting up his head, "Luffy, wha …?"
Buggy threw his head back and laughed, Alvida and Cabaji joining his side, "A gift! From Master Moria! Hope you like silver!" He said, and then the three suddenly jumped away and vanished.
"Oh my …! No, no!" Nami cried, cradling his head and already beginning to cry.
"Silver …?" Dalton questioned quietly as he stood some distances away.
Looking up quickly at all the eyes on them, Nami's face turned pained before she quickly lifted Luffy up to pull onto her back. He slowly shifted into his wolf form to make it easier for her to carry him. When some of the people stepped towards her, she immediately reacted, hissing at them, "Stay away!" She yelled, backing away from them quickly.
"Nami!" The woman cried stepping out of the crowd.
Gasping loudly, Nami gaped at the woman before her face turned even more pained, and she backed away further, "N-Nojiko …" She whispered before she quickly turned and looked for her horse. However, during their fight, the horse had gotten lose and had run away, "No …!" She exclaimed before giving Nojiko one more glance before turning and running out of the town.
"Nami, wait!" Nojiko cried, but Dalton stopped her.
"It's not safe …"
"But …!" She cried, turning to him with tears in her eyes.
"Those other three could still be out there. Just wait … and I promise I will help you track them down … I … I need to speak to someone else who is with that … man." Dalton said, still staring off where Nami had disappeared to. Staring up at the man for awhile, Nojiko then also turned to look in the same direction, her tears falling now.
"Nami …"
To Be Continued …
Author's Note: Awww! Noo! Poor Luffy! T_T Those bastards~! XO I should kill them off! XD All of them! Yes! Yes! Behold the power of the author! XD –Deflates- No … No, I can't do that … -Sniffles- Anyways, what did you guys think? Hmm? ^^ Did you like it? I hope Buggy was up to par as well as Alvida - and quite honestly I could give a rat's ass about Cabaji. He was cannon fodder, really … I just needed a third, and I had wanted him to be someone we knew. I also know … that you all probably really hate me right now. I left it off on such a cliffhanger! XD I hope I can update in just a few days too for you guys. I'm trying to type these out as quickly as possible. Anyways, I hope you enjoyed! Thanks for reading! XD
hotaru: Awww! I love that song! XD Utada Hikaru's Stay Gold! XD I know you guys keep telling me to take my time … and you have no idea how much I appreciate that … but I really wanna write this! XD I have so many great ideas! XD I still have so much crap planned out besides this, each one more shocking than the last! XD Or, at least I think so … So, look forward to it, okay!? XD Anyways, I'm glad you guy thought it was sweet~! I did too~! X3 Thanks so much for all your reviews! XD
