Disclaimer: For the last time... I'm not Oda!
Chapter 10: You're under arrest!
Flashback of Loguetown, East Blue.(a few hours ago)
Smoker was panting loudly trying to keep up with Crocodile and the others. 'God they can run fast!', thought Smoker. All of his hair dye had drained from his hair by now due to the heavy rain. It seemed as all that time spent in the store bathroom dyeing his hair had been useless. His legs were getting tired of running, he was not short but he wasn't exactly a leg guy either. He had to slow down a bit.
"Hey wait up! Let's slow down a bit", he called to Crocodile.
"Why? You tired already?", she asked with a grin.
"Yes", said the tired boy with a large gulp of air.
"Ok, wait up. It seems like they might stop soon. Let's just follow them a little longer.", she said.
"I am a Roger Pirates fan but why are you so interested in them?", Smoker asked.
"Like you have to ask that; They are an easy paycheck for me. Your dad pays me for this stuff but not nearly enough to suit my shopping needs.", she said while smiling even more.
"Of course. Never mind.", said Smoker exasperated.
They ran longer. Eventually the clown boy lead them around a corner. There was a road intersection in front of them. People and carts from both roads were taking turns passing from one side of a road to the other side. The clown boy had reached the other side of the intersection however, before the rest of the people behind him could follow the turn switched and it was time for the people and carts that were waiting on one side of the second road to pass to the other; They were cutting off access to Buggy. Shanks stopped for a moment to think of a way to follow him. He tried to get past the moving wall separating him and Buggy. As he shoved by people and pushed past carts he was unaware of the people following him closely behind; They in turn, were unaware of the swordsman that was leaping from rooftop to rooftop with the goal of catching up to Buggy before anyone else. Once Shanks got to the other side of the road he found that he had no idea where Buggy went. The road split off into two other roads so he picked one quickly and followed it until the end. Shanks chose the right road but Buggy had chosen left.
Many people still followed Shanks. Shanks suddenly stopped running and turned quickly. All of his shadows suddenly stopped and disappeared into the raining night... At least, that is what Smoker wish would have happened. Truth is he was the only one who hid. Crocodile was not rational enough to jump behind a nearby crate like Smoker. Smoker than noticed the two other men who had followed Shanks. One of them, pointy nosed and pink all over, chose to stand right in front of Shanks and pose. He would later learn that his personality was just as flamboyant as the way the man presented himself. Another man, if it could be called that, glared at Shanks with a menacing look. Shanks seemed more confused than scared. Then Smoker remembered the face of the second man! It was Gekko Moriah(as he would introduce himself later) he had recently seen the Pirate's bounty poster in the town square of Funuke. It stated that he was a "West Blue Pirate known for pretending to be a law student and kidnapping teenage girls at death metal concerts".
'The hell is someone like him doing here?', thought Smoker as he began to shiver.
The poster even stated "Often leads his younger victims into white colored ship with the promise of candy". Even in the present, Smoker couldn't decide if he kidnapped the teenage girls for his shadow collection or for... another collection. The dark thoughts caused him to shiver. Proving the theory that everything effects everything(even the small details), Smoker's shiver made him snap out of his daze. A battle was about to star, Smoker knew that now. Signaling its start, Shanks had yelled "F*** THIS! COME AT ME BITCHES!".
'This can't possibly end well', thought Smoker.
Town hall of Funuke, East Blue.(present)
"We have been standing out here long enough don't you think?", asked Crocodile.
"Yeah, just give me one more minute. I want to gather myself.", Smoker responded.
"Ok", she said.
Smoker took his minute to gaze at the sunset. If he wasn't "home" right now, he would say the sunset looks magical. Sadly, he was home and he knew that as he was thinking of this, his minute of peace was running out. He took one last gasp of air and opened his closed eyes. He turned and swiftly knocked on the front door of the town hall. The sound of fist banging against wood was audible for a long distance in the small and silent island. Rapid footsteps could be heard from the other side of the door. The running stopped and after thirty long seconds a scratchy voice came from the other side.
"Who is it? If you are a Pirate y-you should leave now. W-we have guns...", said the voice without a pinch of intimidation.
Smoker rolled his eyes. "Davos! It's me.", he said.
"Master Smoker? Have the Pirates brought you here to get a ransom?", he asked while sounding greatly surprised and greatly worried at the same time.
"No, it's just me and Crocodile. Let me in.", he said.
The door opened just enough to reveal a wide eye ball examining them.
"...but, we have reports from citizens all over the island...they say you came with two evil looking fellows and that they started fighting in the middle of the dockyard", said Davos.
"Yes, they are the Pirates that captured me but we managed to get them to fight each other and we escaped in the commotion.", lied Smoker.
"Ah! Well done, sir. Hurry, come inside!", said Davos.
He opened the door just enough to let both of them squeeze through and closed it immediately.
"Your father will be so glad to know you are safe!", said Davos cheerfully.
"Glad to be home", said Smoker in a unconvincing voice.
Funuke , East Blue.(Meanwhile)
"Where do you think they went?", asked Buggy.
"If I knew we wouldn't be looking for them right now.", replied Mihawk for what must have been the hundredth time.
"Well we can just bust into one of these houses if we really need a place to sleep in for the night. They all seem abandoned.", said Buggy in a sleepy daze. He was likely exhausted from the prior fight and walking/running around the whole day.
"And catch a foreign decease? Or worse? No thanks. If the houses are abandoned, it is for a reason. Our best bet is going where ever they went.", said Mihawk. He was also tired.
"Ok, so your solution is to just keep walking around this town until we find them by chance?", smirked Buggy.
"Hell of a lot better plan than breaking into an abandoned house. Plus, this would go a lot faster if you actually helped a little.", grunted Mihawk.
"I am helping!", yelled Buggy at Mihawk's face. "Like hell you are!", yelled Mihawk back at him.
"I am this close from punching you in the face!", said Buggy as he demonstrated with his thumb and index finger.
"I'm even closer to burying you and pissing on your grave, stupid clown!", replied Mihawk.
Buggy was actually about to choke him but he suddenly stopped the movement while his hand was in mid-air. Whatever he sensed, Mihawk sensed it too. They both slowly turned their heads to face a tall building to their left. Its windows were all shattered open, its front door was hanging loosely on one of its hinges, and its six-stories provided a tall enough shadow to shield Mihawk and Buggy from the dying rays of the sunset.
Suddenly bright red spots began to light up all over the building. Rays of light were coming from the windows! Slowly they were both hit with the realization that all the small points of light were pointing at them; Their hearts, necks, foreheads, every spot that if injured, would almost certainly cause a painful death. Buggy gulped while Mihawk remained frozen with his mouth wide open. Perhaps this could have been avoided had they just been paying more attention to their surroundings earlier. Was it too late to survive? Was this island where they would meet their end?
"You want to try to run?", whispered Buggy slowly.
"I don't think we can run.", replied Mihawk.
Suddenly the front door of the building burst open and about a dozen or so dark clothed figures with guns aimed at them entered the street. They surrounded Buggy and Mihawk. There were still a few lights in the windows but not as many as before. The dark figure were all wearing some sort of combat armour. They had helmets so it was impossible to see their faces. They did not have one exposed spot of flesh on them; They were like machines, machines of war. They all shouted in unison.
"You're under arrest!"
Author's note: Sorry for not uploading a chapter last week. I wanted to focus on writing plenty of chapters this week so I postponed it last Sunday but I forgot about May the 4th. I am a huge Star Wars fan so I spent the whole week doing Star Wars related stuff, in the end I just did one chapter. However, I will try to make a lot more than 1 for next week. Sorry for late upload btw, was helping out a friend and it ended up taking a lot longer than I thought it would. Peace out :P