"WHITE SNAKE!" Smokers attack launched at the man who captured them when a gun shot rang out. Smoker whipped around to see Zoro fall to the ground. His eyes narrowed dangerously. Zoro pushed himself up, blood running down his arm. Smoker's eyes turned dangerous as he pulled back his fist. A gun was aimed at Zoro's head and Smoker stopped short. Zoro climbed back to his feet, holding his arm and the man moved forward. He snapped a cuff on Smoker's left wrist that Smoker immeditaly recognized as Sea Stone. He felt weak and faint. The man reached over and grabbed Zoro by his right arm, his hand brushing the bullet wond as he pulled the younger boy toward him. Zoro gasped as the cuff was snapped on his wrist, chaining him to Smoker.

"This seems to be the ony way to keep track of the two of you." the man growled. Zoro yanked on his arm, pulling on Smoker who hissed in annoyance at his inability to move. Zoro grabbed the bullet wound again to try and stop it from bleeding. "Now to buisness." the man said turning to a rather official looking man in a suit. "Sir, I have the Pirate Hunter Roronoa Zoro, worth 120 million berries and the White Hunter, Commodore Smoker." the man said. The other man nodded and tossed a bag of money at the man who cought it with a smile on his face.

"I beleive these two might just make an interesting sell. The boy swordsman who fought and defeated Daz Bones and Kaku of CP9, who also fought and lived agains Mihawk, a warlord as well as receiving his respect. Quite an achievement. Then the Commodore, who defeated Crocodile of the warlords." the man said. Smoker started laughing.

"You got that all wrong, it was strawhat who tock out Crocodile, not me." Smoker said. The man laughed.

"Many people already know that Commodore, but all of the nobles do not." the man said.

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Luffy and the others arrived back at the ship. "I knew it, that idiot ended up in Camellia." Nami cried. They climbed on deck to see the pirates and the marines. "AND I THOUGHT I TOLD YOU ALL TO BEAT IT!" she screamed at them. They all looked at her in surprise.

"Even when I have information for you about your swordsman?" he asked. The others looked at him with intense intrest. "I sent my men threw Camellia and Iris to find out if anyone has seen your swordsman or the marine. I got a report back from Camellia that a green haired man and a chain smoking marine came into town. The green haired man went to see the doctor for a bullet wound and then they stayed in the hotel. The next morning they vanished." the man said.

"Zoro got shot!" Luffy, Chopper, and Usopp screamed.

"Zoro's missing!?" screamed Nami, Brook, Franky, and Sanji. They all looked at the man in surprise.

"Yes, and given the area's history I suspect that the slave ship has captured him." the man said. Luffy clenched a fist. "That's not all, a ship arrived this morning and is setting sail this evening, it's called the 'Hope'. (1) I know from experience that it's a slave ship," explained the man.

"I see, and just how do you know this?" asked Robin.

"Because my men were captured by this very ship. About a month ago we landed in Camellia where they captured me and my men. Some of us managed to escape and we tied to make our way back, but our navigator was terrible and we ended up going in the wrong direction!" the man whinned. The others raised their eyebrows.

"I see, so where is this ship headed?" Robin asked. The man sighed.

"There is an island called Goree (2) near by where they handle many slave trades from some of the celestrial dragons." the man said. He pulled out an eternal pose with the word Goree on it.

"Alright then, then that's where we're going!" yelled Luffy.

"Then we're comming too!" Tashigi said.

"Oh no, your all getting off here." Nami said.

"Yah, I mean isn't it strange for the marines to be traveling with pirates." said Usopp.

"You'll get in trouble and you probibly won't be able to save Smoker." Franky said.

"I don't care about that right now, Smoker is my superior and my friend! I will go to save him!" Tashigi screamed at them. Luffy nodded.

"No doubt about it, you deserve to come." he said. She fell silent and nodded.

"Don't worry Tashigi, we'll save Smoker and Zoro." Sanji said. Her eyes shone.

"Sanji..." she started, moved by his determination.

"What do you think? Do you love me? Tashigi, Nami, Robin?" he asked, swooning and ruining the effect of his words. Robin laughed as Tashigi turned red and Nami hit him on the head.

"Now's not the time for that!?" she screamed.

"We should probibly hurry so we can make it in time before the ship leaves." Brook said. The pirate captain shock his

"No, they won't take a direct route. They will take a longer one that will allow them to collect a few more slaves before arriving in Goree. If we beat them there then we can steal away your friends and my men before they arrive at the Auction house." the man said.

"How long will that be?" asked Chopper.

"The jurney will take us three days, they'll get there three days after us." said the man. The others nodded.

"Then lets go." they said.

(1) The Hope was an American brig class merchant ship involved in the Maritime Fur Trade along the northwest coast of North America and discovery in the Pacific Ocean. Earlier the vessel was involved in the slave trade. 1765. In this year the ship had a revolt. Please no one be offended by this, but I needed to pick a ship for the slave ship and I found the name ironic, better than my dad though because when I threw the idea to my home, people sugested Freedom, which was just stupid! (2) The island Gorée is a real place as well. Gorée is known as the location of the House of Slaves, built by an Afro-French Métis family about 1780–1784. The House of Slaves is one of the oldest houses on the island. It is now used as a tourist destination to show the horrors of the slave trade throughout the Atlantic world. Anyway here's the new chapter. Again I hope no one is offended by this in anyway!