Chapter 11
A/N: I don't own One Piece
"What do you mean you don't know how to Navigate" Zoro yelled at his Captain.
"Sabo always did it, so I sort of forgot what I learnt" Luffy admitted sheepishly.
"Then, where are they" Zoro asked the Straw Hat boy.
"Well, they didn't arrive so I'm going to find a Den Den Mushi and call them before we enter the GrandLine" Luffy told his First Mate, "even Law, Bepo, Penguin and Shachi haven't come back yet".
"Did they go out for the GrandLine" Zoro asked in surprise.
"I don't know, I think they were going to explore the Blues for a bit" Luffy admitted truthfully, "the last time I heard from him he was in the North Blue".
"I haven't heard much of them either" Zoro muttered before his eyes went wide, "but I have heard about Ace and Sabo".
"Ah, that's right, they called you a Pirate Hunter" Luffy remembered.
"I had to feed myself somehow" Zoro replied with a smirk, "they just started calling me a Pirate Hunter after I turned in a few bounties".
"Shishishishi, so what do you know about my two brothers" Luffy asked in curiosity as he wondered what his brothers were doing in the GrandLine.
"You know that they joined up with Whitebeard right" Zoro asked as Luffy cocked his head to the side.
"No, I haven't been able to see anything about them, how did you find all this out" Luffy asked his First Mate.
"I turned in a few bounties at the Marine Base in Loguetown and saw their bounty posters" Zoro told Luffy, "they still go under Magma Fist and Blue Gentleman".
"How much are they worth" Luffy asked as he thought about his older brothers.
"Ace is worth 550,000,000 beli and Sabo is worth 500,000,000 beli" Zoro told Luffy whose eyes went wide, "you have some catching up to do".
"I really do" Luffy replied with a smirk, "but we'll get up there soon enough".
"Sounds fun" Zoro stated as he looked ahead, "there are people calling for help".
"Jump in" Luffy yelled as the pair rowed over to them.
"Thanks for that" one man said with a sinister look.
"Now, give us your ship" the second man said.
"Or Captain Buggy will kill you" the last one stated with a smile.
"Fuck off" Zoro told them.
"We'll kill you" the three men yelled as they jumped at the pair only to be knocked back by one of Zoro's sheathed blades.
"You'll row to your island now" Zoro stated darkly.
"We didn't know you were Zoro" the men yelled as they took over rowing, "we'll take you to Orange Town".
"This Buggy you talk of, does he have a big red nose" Luffy asked as the men's eyes nearly came out of their heads.
"Yes" one man muttered out in fear.
"This guy is going to get himself killed" the man thought as he looked at Luffy, "especially if he calls the Captain that".
"He knows Shanks" Luffy told Zoro, "we're nearly there".
Luffy and Zoro sat back and relaxed as the three pirates rowed them to their next destination, it was no use talking more about his brothers or his friends near these three. He didn't want anyone to know that they were meeting up with Ace and Sabo until they actually did, he knew that if the Marines found out about it they would likely send someone high up to kill them all and that's something Luffy didn't want to risk.
It didn't take long before they arrived at Orange Town and docked their small boat. The Straw Hatted boy couldn't believe his eyes as his looked at Buggy's ship and barely restrained his laughter, the thing looked like it was build by a circus. Luffy watched from the corner of his eyes the three men scurry away as soon as they touched the island, he assumed that they were just going straight to their Captain.
"Something feels wrong here" Luffy stated as he looked at the village.
"Do you want to go check it out" Zoro asked as he got out of the boat.
"Yeah" Luffy replied as they began to walk into the town.
"AHHHHHHH" the duo heard a woman scream as they walked through the town.
The two pirates broke out into a run in the direction woman screaming and noticed three men chasing an orange haired woman. Luffy appeared between them before they could even blink and spun around with a kicking knocking the three men out easily.
"What the hell" the woman yelled in disbelief, "how the hell did you take them out so easily".
"They were quite weak" Luffy replied, "my name's Luffy, do you have any idea what's happening in this town".
"Nami" the woman replied simply, "Buggy's taken over the town and the villager are hiding out somewhere".
Nami is a slim young woman of average height, with short orange hair with a particularly curled strand over the left side of her face and brown eyes. She wears an orange mini-skirt with two white rings on each side filled in with orange in their centres and a white shirt with short sleeves reaching halfway down to her elbow, that has blue stripes on it.
"And why were these men chasing you" Luffy asked as he looked at the orange haired woman.
"I stole a map of the GrandLine from them" Nami admitted sheepishly "they caught me leaving".
"So, you're a Navigator" Luffy asked in interest.
"The best damn one in the world" Nami replied in confidence.
"Then join my pirate crew" Luffy asked as a sour look appeared on the woman's face.
"Your pirates" Nami asked in disgust, "I hate pirates".
"But we need a Navigator" Luffy replied, "I'll take out Buggy if you join my crew".
"You can't do that" Nami replied quickly, "Buggy's one of the big three in the East Blue".
"The three strongest" Zoro muttered as he looked at his Captain, "you just had to tell him about them".
"Huh" Nami asked in confusion as she looked at Luffy who seemed too happy. "what the hell's wrong with him".
"I'm going to take them all out" Luffy muttered to himself, "I'll be the strongest pirate to ever sail in the East Blue".
"That's ludicrous" Nami yelled as she looked at the boy.
"No, it's what I'll need to do to become the King of the Pirates" Luffy stated with determination.
"Tell us where Buggy is" Zoro asked as the orange haired girl appeared to be lost in her thoughts.
"I will" Nami replied with a cocky smirk, "but we will be partners, 70% to me and 30% to you".
"Sure, sure" Luffy replied without actually hearing her, "let's go".
The three teenagers walked through the town towards where Buggy was currently staying. Luffy was giddy with excitement as he thought about the battle that would be sure to happen, the clown was once a member of the Pirate Kings crew and Luffy was sure he'd be strong like Shanks. Maybe the clown could even use Haki or had an insane Devil Fruit. As Nami lead them closer to the place that Buggy was currently residing they heard loud footsteps.
"Who the hell is that" Nami yelled as a giant lion with a rider walked around the corner.
"I am Mohji the Beast Tamer and I'm the first mate of the Buggy Pirates" Mohji told them.
Mohji was sitting on a lion, he had white fur like hair that made him look like a teddy bear, the fur covered his shoulders and chest as well as his upper back. He wore blue trousers with a yellow sash around his waist.
"This is Richie" Mohji told them.
Richie is a large lion who shows a fierce expression, he has scarlet red sclerae eyes and has golden brown fur and a pink mane.
"You're the thief and even better the two people who hurt our crewmates" Mohji stated as he noticed the three properly.
"So, you're part of Buggy's crew" Luffy asked as he stared at the man.
"I'm his First Mate" Mohji admitted with a large smile and pride in his voice.
"You are" Luffy replied with a smirk, "Zoro, take him out, I'll take the lion".
"Sounds fair" Zoro replied as he drew his three blades.
"Kōri burokku: Ken" Luffy yelled as he threw his arm back.
Nami and Mohji watched in shock as Luffy's right arm seemed to turn into ice before he threw it forwards like he was throwing a punch. Nami gasped in shock as a fist made of ice shot forwards and hit the lion in the face, knocking it completely out and causing Mohji to fall off Richie.
"Santoryu: Oni Giri" Zoro muttered as he charged forwards.
Zoro seemingly disappeared as he passed Mohji and delivered three quick slashes across the man's chest. As he appeared behind the man blood spurt out of his chest and Mohji collapsed to the ground completely unconscious.
"What the hell are you two" Nami screamed.
"I'm a Freezing Man" Luffy told her simply.
"I'm going to be the World's Strongest Swordsman" Zoro told her as he flicked the blood off his swords and then sheathed them.
"That doesn't explain anything" Nami yelled in frustration.
"Let's go find the big nosed guy" Luffy told them as he continued to walk forwards.
"Fine" Nami muttered knowing these would give her more headaches.
Nami walked in front of the pair to make sure they were going in the right direction. It didn't take them long to reach a tavern were they could hear laughter and noises that could only be coming from a party. Luffy walked in front of the pair with a large smile as he remembered the way that Shanks had described the clown.
"Oi, big nose" Luffy yelled as they heard a loud crashing noise from inside the tavern.
"Who the hell called me that" a man that could only be Buggy yelled as he appeared in front of them.
Buggy is a slim, yet muscular man with blue hair that comes out the top of his pirate hat. His appearance resembles a clown as he has a big red nose. His face is covered in make-up, that results in him having crossbones going down his face forming an X, has two blue lines near both of his eyes and red lips stick. He wears a striped white and red shirt with short sleeves, white gloves, a sash around his waist and a pair of loose pants reaching his calves, just above a pair of striped socks and pointy shoes. He also wears a scarf around his neck, hanging from his shoulders there is an orange, fur-lined captain's coat. On his head, he has an orange hat with his jolly roger on it, over a bandanna with the same pattern of his shirt.
"So, you're Buggy" Luffy stated as he looked at the clown, "I thought you would be bigger".
"Who the hell are you" Buggy yelled in anger, "you know what, who cares, fire a Buggy Ball".
With shouts of yes Captain the trio were met by the Buggy Pirates wheeling out a large cannon and pushing a cannon ball inside it. Buggy rushed back inside as one of his pirates lit the cannon and it fired straight at the trio. Luffy rushed the cannonball with a smirk as he coated his fist in Busoshoku Haki and slammed it into the cannonball sending it flying back towards the tavern. The cannonball exploded in front of the tavern and blew it to pieces.
"You're going to have to explain how you did that" Nami muttered in shock as the smoke cleared to reveal Buggy and another man protecting themselves with their own crew members.
"Kill them, Cabiji" Buggy growled.
"On it Captain" Cabiji replied with a smirk as he jumped on a tricycle.
Cabaji is a tall slender man with a unique hairstyle that covers half of his face, it is long on one side and a parallel shaved design on the other. His hair is light green where it is shaved and dark green where it is longer. He wears a large blue and white checkered scarf that covers the lower portion of his face, a sleeveless brown coat reaching down to his knees, white pants larger near the end and held up by a light blue sash, and white shoes.
"Zoro take him out" Luffy ordered as he watched the strange man ride his unicycle down the collapsed building.
"On it at once, Captain" the green haired swordsman replied as he drew his three blades.
"So, you're Roronoa Zoro" Cabaji yelled as he rode at Zoro, "I'm going to kill you to make my name heard throughout the East Blue.
"I doubt it" Zoro told him as Cabiji's unicycle hit the ground, "Santoryu: Tora Gari".
Zoro placed the swords in his hands over the blade in his mouth and watched as Cabiji closed in on him. As Cabiji got closer to him Zoro jumped at the man as a tiger head appeared behind him, as he got in front of Cabiji and bought his swords down across the mans chest cutting him as he passed.
"Easy" Zoro muttered as he placed his blades back in their sheaths.
"What the hell are you" Buggy yelled in surprise, "how the hell did you do that".
"You aren't anything like Shanks said you were" Luffy stated as he walked past his First Mate, "I can't believe you sailed with him".
"I knew that Straw Hat looked familiar" Buggy shouted in outrage.
"He gave it to me" Luffy admitted.
"That bastard gave that hat to you" Buggy growled menacingly, "then I'll destroy it".
"If you do that I'll make sure you regret it" Luffy stated as he glared at Buggy.
"Aisu Sāberu" Luffy muttered as he formed an ice blade in his hand.
"A devil fruit" Buggy muttered, "Bara Bara Ho".
Luffy watched as the clown shot his hand at him, as it got close Luffy dodge it and charged the man. As he got closer he slashed at Buggy cutting him in two, much to the shock of Nami. Luffy turned around and watched as Buggy reformed himself, disintegrating the blade in his hand Luffy charged at Buggy with his fist reared back.
"Bye" Luffy yelled with a smirk as he slammed his hand into Buggy's chest and sent him flying away.
"Good job" Zoro told Luffy as he watched Buggy fly off the island.
"Lets go" Luffy told them as he watched Nami loot the place, "after she's finished".
A/N: Luffy's still developing his Logia powers, he will not always be able to freeze things on instincts. The same goes for his Haki, he knows it, but he hasn't been able to master it, that will take battle use for the both of them.
Move List:
Kōri burokku: Ken - Ice Block: Fist
Santoryu: Oni Giri - Three Sword Style: Oni Cutter
Busoshoku Haki - Armament Haki
Santoryu: Tora Gari – Three Sword Style: Tiger Hunting
Aisu Sāberu - Ice Saber
Bara Bara Ho - Split Split Cannon