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"LISTEN UP CREW! WE'VE STOLEN TONS OF TREASURE, AND OUR NAME BRINGS TERROR TO ALL WHO HEAR IT! SO ARE WE GOING TO LET FOUR LITTLE LOSERS MAKE FOOLS OF US?!" Buggy screamed, as his crew lined up.

"NO SIR!"

"I CAN'T HEAR YOU!"

"NO SIR!"

"ALL RIGHT, PIPE DOWN! IT'S TIME TO SHOW OUR ENEMIES JUST HOW TERRIFYING WE CAN BE! BRING OUT THE "WILD ANIMAL SHOW"!"

"OH IT MOHJI!"

"Captain Buggy..You called?" Mohji asked as he walked out riding an overgrown lion.

"IT'S TIME FOR MOHJI'S WILD ANIMAL SHOW!"

"MOHJI! MOHJI! CAPTAIN BUGGY'S FIRST MATE! MOHJI THE LION TAMER!"

"May I take Roronoa Zoro's head, Captain Buggy?" Mohji asked as he stared down the excited pirates.

"Heh, take any part you want!"

….

"We should be far enough from that tavern, " Zoro grunted as he dragged Luffy's cage and holding Shiro's body on his shoulder. "They probably won't catch up to us too soon..we got away..for now...but what are we going to do about this cage?"

"I can't do anything stuck inside this thing!" Luffy complained as he struggled with the cage.

FWUMP

"It's no use..I'm too tired...got to..rest.." Zoro mumbled as he fell on the ground, closing his eyes, but gasping in surprise when he saw a white dog sitting in front of him.

"Huh?! What's with you, dog?"

"Dog? Hey, a dog!" Luffy exclaimed as he tried to reach out and poke it. "Is it real? It's not moving.."

"Who cares...it's his business if he moves or not. Our business is to get you out of here and get Shiro treated." Zoro said as he sat up against a board.

"Maybe it's dead." Luffy said as he poked the dog right in its eye.

DOINK

CHOMP

"OWW! DUMB DOG! LET ME GO! LET ME GO!"

GRR CHOMP CHOMP CHOMP KLANG KLANG

"LUFFY, STOP PLAYING AROUND!" Zoro shouted as a massive headache formed.

"Dumb dog!" Luffy huffed as he finally pried his finger from the dog's mouth.

"Ugh..wasted..too much energy on fool.." Zoro groaned as he fell on the ground.

"Look at you too, not to criticize, but..is the middle of the street really the best hiding place you could come up with?" Nami sighed as she appeared in front of Zoro, Luffy, and Shiro.

"Oh, it's our navigator!" Luffy and Zoro exclaimed as they looked up.

"I NEVER AGREED TO THAT!" Nami exclaimed, stomping her feet. "I just wanted to thank you for saving me.."

"Thank us?" Luffy asked dumbly as he looked up to Nami.

TING

"Hey! The key! You stole the key to the cage!" Luffy exclaimed happily.

"Hmph, yeah sure...I got the stupid key, but I left the map and all the treasure.." Nami huffed sadly.

"This is great! I thought I'd never get out of here!" Luffy grinned, as he grabbed the iron bars, shaking the cage slightly.

"Then the rescue.. was a success..after all!" Zoro laughed as his breathing was back to normal.

"Hey.." Luffy said reaching out to grab the key..

CHONK

GULP

….

"COUGH IT UP!"Luffy screamed hysterically, chocking the white dog who had swallowed the key. "THAT'S NOT FOOD! GIVE ME THAT KEY!"

"DUMB DOG!"

YIPE YIPE

KLANG KLANG GRRR

KLOMP

"DERN WHIPPER-SNAPPERS! (the hell...the mayor speaks so weird in the english manga...please bare with me...) DON'T YOU PICK ON POOR OLD CHOU-CHOU!" An elderly man yelled out, dressed in some armor, a spear attached to the back.

"Chou-chou?" Nami questioned as she saw the elderly man make his way to them.

"Who are you, old timer?" Zoro asked ruefully, staring down the man.

"Who am I?" he asked, "I'm the mayor of this town..that's who!"

…

"Where did you take Zoro and Shiro?" Luffy asked as Nami and Boodle, the mayor, came back after a few minutes.

"They're both resting. My house is just over there. That girl lost a lot of blood! So I asked the doctor at the refugee camp to stitch her up, and she had to get 15 stitches! The boy wouldn't leave her alone, so he just said that he would rest up too. " Boodle replied as he filled up the dog's bowl.

"The dog's name is Chou-chou?" Nami asked curiously.

"That's right."

"Why is he the only one left in town?" Luffy asked, as he sat comfortably in his cage.

"He's guarding the shop! I just came to feed him." Boodle replied as he pointed out a pet food store Chou-chou was guarding.

"Oh! So he's a guard dog...for a pet food store.." Nami said as she peered at the old building.

"A good friend of mine owned this store. He and Chou-chou opened this little shop. They've got a lot of good memories here and so do I.." Boodle sighed as he remembered old memories.

"Chou-chou! You're in charge while I'm gone don't eat up all the merchandise, y'hear?!" An elderly man laughed as he petted Chou-chou.

Ruff!

"See those wounds? He's been fighting the pirates, protecting his store.." Boodle sighed sadly as he pointed at the many bruises Chou-chou was carrying.

"I'm sure this shop means a lot to his master, but this is just cruel..is he at the refugee shelter with the others?" Nami asked as she felt empathy towards the dog.

"No..he's not..he got sick and passed on.." Boodle sighed as he exhaled a cigarette, tears in his eyes. "He went to the hospital three months ago..."

Alright Chou-chou..you're in charge of the shop while I'm in the hospital!"

Ruff!

"The poor thing.." Nami sighed as she watched the dog scarf down his meal. "You mean he's been watching for his master this whole time?"

"That's what everybody says, but that's not what I think." Boodle smiled fondly at Chou-chou. "He's a smart dog..I think he knows his master is dead."

"Then why does he still guard the store?" Nami asked.

"This is his master's store. It's his treasure. And I think that Chou-chou still guards the store because it's all that's left of his beloved master." Boodle said, taking another puff of his cigarette. "I've been trying to get him to the shelter but he won't budge from this spot. He'd rather starve to death than leave his post."

ROWAARRR

"What's that horrible sound?!" Nami screamed as a loud roar echoed throughout the town.

"I-IT MUST BE MOHJI, THE LION TAMER!" Boodle shouted as he dropped his cigarette in shock.

"Something is coming this way." Luffy sighed as he stared at the dog who had finished his meal. "Give me that key, dog!"

WURF

"RUNNN!" Boodle screamed as he and Nami both ran at the sight of the overgrown lion and Mohji.

"Well, what have we here..?" Mohji asked as he stared at Luffy, who just crossed his arms and stared back. "I'm Mohji, Buggy's first mate. They call me the lion tamer!"

GRRR

"Haha..looks like your friends abandoned you. And after all that effort to get you this far.." Mohji chuckled at Luffy. "Captain Buggy is pretty worked up..you guys stirred up a real hornets' nest."

"Hey, what's with the weird costume?" Luffy asked as he cocked his head.

"WHAT?! COSTUME?!THIS IS MY HAIR!"Mohji screamed as he pointed at his head.

"That just makes it weirder.."

"SHUT UP! Maybe you think you're safe in that cage...if so, then you really don't know who I am.."

Mohji smiled evilly as a plan formed inside his head.

"Is Luffy provoking that guy?" Nami trembled as she looked back, hiding behind a house.

"Is that boy apple-brained?" Boodle asked who was trembling more than Nami.

"There's not an animal alive that I can't control." Mohji bragged and then pointed at Chou-chou. "I can even control that mutt. Shake."

CHOMP

"OW!" Mohji screamed as Chou-chou latched onto his hand. "Ahem..you're just a nobody thief.."

"HA HA! Dog got you!" Luffy laughed as Mohji acted like nothing happened.

"You're nothing to me, now tell me where Roronoa Zoro is."

"No!"

"THEN DIE! GET HIM RICHIE!" Mohji commanded Richie, the overgrown lion.

CHONK

KRAK
"The cage!" Nami screamed as she saw Richie tore apart the cage like it was jello.

"That boy's a goner!" Boodle screamed, as he trembled in fear.

"Horray! I'm free!" Luffy shouted as he easily removed himself from the broken cage.

With one mighty swing from Richie, Luffy was thrown back to a house, crumbling it in the process.

"Nobody could survive that. Well, serves him right. C'mon Richie. Let's go find Roronoa Zoro. Killing him will give our reputation a big boost." Mohji said as he looked at the broken house before setting eyes at a certain pet food store.

"Oh a pet food store... Richie, you can have a snack, but be quick about it.."

GRR!

...

"Wow! What an impact!" Luffy gasped as he dusted himself while looking at the broken down house he was smashed into. "He knocked me through that house and into the street behind it! But at least I'm out of that cage! Okay. Now I'll show all of those clowns..and make that thief, Nami, our navigator!"

WOO! MY FINGERS FEELS LIKE ITS ON FIRAHHH! BUT ALL IS GOOD CAUSE I KNOW MY READERS WILL REVIEW!

XOXO

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