Ok then ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to another installment of my story of "The Legend of the Pirate and Monkey Kings" and I gotta say the reception of the story is so overwhelmingly positive, that I can't stress this enough but thank you guys! Honestly thank you all for the opportunity to write out for you and giving me a shot. It's so good to see you guys write these nice reviews and comments and it's so good to read them! I'll continue this story and we'll see how long this'll go for, but hopefully long enough for you.
And to clarify if you didn't get the memo but thanks again for the compliments and the positivity again guys!
And with that out of the way, let's continue where we left off.
"Alright, now the real fight starts now!"
Oh crap! Oh crap! OH CRAP! What the hell just happened!? In a matter of 10-20 minutes, Buggy was the happiest man on earth. It only went bad when he found out that Bardock has a son to now it being worse when he's been sent free by none other than Roronoa Zoro, and gets betrayed by his newest member and navigator!
Well, Buggy will say this, he's never seen such flashy bullshit before.
Instead of being intimidated by everything that's going on around him, the clown Captain puts on his facade to show the bastards that he won't go down without a fight "So you're the infamous 'Pirate Hunter' Zoro. If you're here for my head, you have quite a struggle before yo-"
"Yo, Goku, why were you stuck in that cage for?" To which Buggy and his men fall down in comedic fashion from the strawhats statement.
"HEY! I wasn't done talking here, don't you know it's rude to interrupt someone when they're talking!"
"Oh, you were? Sorry about that big nose, I didn't know." To which everyone in the Clown pirates plus Nami were showing a face of horror, as if they saw a ghost. While Buggy himself had an exasperated expression, if looks can kill, then his can massacre an entire navy fleet. "You know what, I'm going to kill you last boy. Save the best for last as they always say, but first, Zoro. Are you here to capture me?"
"No thanks," Zoro waved off calmly as he is Just trying to get his first mate back. "Not interested."
"Oh, but I am. Killing you would boost my reputation." Said Buggy as he starts revealing his daggers to Zoro, his intentions clearly being set.
"Get 'im Captain Buggy!" The Clown Pirates cheered their captain on.
"Cut him to pieces!" One of the pirates said with a deep and reverberating voice to it.
"Yeah, put 'em in a body bag!" Another one said as his was screeching and high pitched.
"Get ready Pirate Hunter," said Buggy, "Because I'm about to get a look at your blood."
"You asked for it," Zoro replied as he drew his swords and got in a fighting stance with Zoro placed his favorite sword, Wado Ichimonji, in his mouth and put himself in a loose, offensive stance. Buggy sprung forward with a cry of "Die flashily!" and Zoro lunged. They were frozen for a second before the pirate captain split, his right arm and leg separating at the joints and his body cut horizontally. The Captain of the Clown pirates fell to the ground, lifeless and unmoving. At least to those who don't know Buggy's true plan.
"Well that was boring," Luffy commented as he was scratching his head on how he became a pirate captain to begin with. "He was really weak."
"That was disappointing," Zoro commented as he stared down at the severed pieces of Buggy the Clown's body. Although to Zoro, there was something off when he cut him. He didn't know how else to describe it other than it was… clean?
Too clean.
Now that's not to say he's weak by any stretch of the imagination, but there usually is some form of resistance, say the spinal cord or intestines. And to show there would be the person's blood to signify that he's truly cut them, but there wasn't an ounce of Buggy's blood on Zoro's blades at all. He didn't feel anything or see any blood, instead it felt hollow and unnatural, like he was cutting paper.
Buggy's pirates were laughing and the many pieces that remained of Buggy were still on the ground. "No way," said Nami to herself as she heard Buggy's pirates laughing. "What's up with these pirates?" Nami thought to herself as watched Buggy's crew. "Their Captain gets killed and they just laugh about it."
"Hey Fellas, what do you find so damn funny?" Before anyone could figure it out, Buggy slowly floated back up. Suddenly a look of intense pain appeared on Zoro's face. He looked down and saw that he had been stabbed from behind with a dagger. The dagger was going in through the lower left side of his back and the tip was coming out his front causing Zoro's blood to flow freely.
"ZORO!" Luffy shouted in surprise as he stared down at the bleeding swordsman. "WHAT HAPPENED?!"
"Buggy is still alive! What- what the hell is up with that arm?" Said Nami. She is scared at how the situation quickly went towards their favor and they have a man down.
"The Chop-Chop fruit." Said Buggy as he reels back his floating hand back into its original position "that's the name of the devil fruit I ate and gave me this power. I'm a Chop-Chop person who can't be cut, so now I can never be defeated by a sword!" As the maniacal clown laughs like an insane asylum patient who recently broke free.
Zoro held onto his wound as he looked angrily at the clown pirate. 'Ung… we came to save Goku, and now it looks like I'm the one who needs saving,' Zoro thought to himself. 'I should have been more prepared. I knew something wasn't right with that clown when I cut into him. Damnit…'
Goku quickly goes to Zoro's injured side and helps him recover the best he can, and starts thinking of ways to get out of the situation. Luffy quickly told Goku an order "Goku, the canon! Use the canon!" To which his brother nods in acknowledgment. "Aye, captain." The monkey tailed martial artist made his way underneath its barrel and began lifting.
"Hey girl, matches!" Straw Hat called as he quickly grabbed a hold of Zoro and made his way towards the edge. The girl grabbed the box the other pirate had dropped when she attacked him and made her way around as Goku flipped the cannon with a burst of strength, the canon now facing the buggy pirates. She struck a match and lit the fuse, which had been shortened considerably when Zoro had cut it.
"No, wait!" Buggy cried. "That still has one of my special Buggy Balls in it!" And everyone of the crew began running the other way before it-"
BOOOOOM!
Luffy grabbing Zoro due to his injury, jumped off the building at the same time Goku grabbed hold of Nami because she didn't know any extreme acrobatic moves the same way Goku or Luffy does.
The shockwave from the canon propelled the four even further than their expected destination and launched them deep into the town.
Buggy shoved the now-dead pirate's charred corpse away from him, glad that he had shielded himself in time for the blast. Beside him, his two most devoted followers did the same.
"Well that sucked," the one with long dark-green hair commented. He moved to retrieve his unicycle from a pile of moaning survivors and unresponsive casualties. Afterward, he tsked at the layer of soot on it. "They almost broke my unicycle."
"Screw your unicycle," the other man, who wore a fluffy white hat that looked like a pair of bear ears, spat. "They almost killed Ritchie." He walked over to a large, white lion with various bright colors dyed into its main where it was cowering behind its own blackened meat shield. He began whispering consoling words to the giant feline.
"Mohji," Buggy called, catching the man's attention, "as soon as Ritchie is better, I want both of you to track down those insolent fools that dared to try to flashily blow us up and kill them painfully. Cabaji, find out how many survived and can be healed. I have no need for a crippled pirate."
"Aye, Captain Buggy!"
The four flying people were now descending to the hard cobblestone path and descending fast, Luffy and Goku propping themselves back first since not only the back can take up to nine times more punishment than the front, but also their abilities to nullify any damage they take with Luffy and his rubber body and Goku and his tekkai (iron body) ability. The two landed into one of the many deserted homes in orange town.
"Yatata, geez Zoro, has anyone ever told you that you're heavy?"
"Now is not the time to be making jokes Damnit!" Said the swordsman who stood up really fast with shark teeth. He bent back down as his wound from earlier got the better of him.
"Zoro you need rest," commented Goku as he helped his new friend to another room where thankfully is a spare bed that wasn't damaged by their entrance. "Come on, there's a spare bed over here."
After situating Zoro in a comfortable position on the bed, the three left the house to scout in which part of the town they landed in, apparently they landed in front of the pet food store "so hey Goku, who is this person with you?" asked Luffy, seemingly just noticing Nami.
"I'm a thief who steals from pirates, but just call me Nami." Nami answered to answer his question.
"Actually Luffy," Goku chimed in. "I've found us a Navigator."
"I never agreed to that!" Nami snapped.
Then the three noticed a dog. There is a small white dog with thin ears, beady black eyes, and a short, brush-like tail in front of the pet food shop. Tragically he bore several scars, it seems these pirates will attack anything it seems. The dog was still as a statue. It eyed the newcomers, but otherwise did not move. That was, until Luffy ran up to the dog.
"Doggy!" Luffy cried like a little child, kneeling before the immobile mammal and reaching out to pet it. The swordsman, thief, and boy sweatdropped when the dog bit his hand. As Luffy ran around trying to shake the dog off, the monkey-tailed man turned to the orange-haired girl.
"Thanks again Nami. You really helped us out in that pinch." Complimented Goku as he watched his little brother running around with a dog chomping on his hand.
Nami is surprised by his compliment, usually she is always seen as a hot piece of ass by people around her or referred to a witch, monster, or an allotted assortment of slang words that would be associated with bitch. But never any sincere compliments, it's refreshing for a change to do the right thing.
"Don't worry about it, consider it as an apology for tricking you." She said as she looks away in disgust of her actions, at the end of the day it was either him or her, and she has a reason to live.
"Hey you kids!" came the shout from an old man. "Leave Chou-Chou alone!" The old man in question is named Boodle, mayor Boodle. Boodle is a somewhat elderly looking man with gray hair that has been arranged in three lumps: two on the sides, and the front. He wore a yellow lined shirt with dark green pants, and has brown sandals. He also wears standard-shaped glasses.
"Chou-Chou?" Luffy repeated, as the dog once again mauled his face. "Ahhh! Hey it's not my fault, get him off of me!" As the rubber boy continued to run around in circles while screaming at such high-pitched octaves not really associated with boys.
"Who are you sir?" asked Goku as he looked up at the old man. The man was had funny grey hair that made him look like a Poodle and noticed that he was wearing old-looking armor with a spear strapped to the back.
"Who am I?" asked the old man, who was called Boodle. "I'm the Mayor of this town! That's who!" Then he noted that Luffy was still running and simply walked over to him, and at the right moment snatched up Chou-Chou from Luffy's burning, red, bite-marked face and sets the dog slowly and the dog goes back to his original position, in front of pet food store.
"So the dog's name is Chou-Chou right?" questioned Nami. "Why is he the only one left in town?" Ever since she first stepped onto the island, literally any form of life besides the Buggy Pirates hasn't been present.
"He's guarding the shop. I just came to feed him."
"Oh, so he's a guard dog," Nami responded. "For a pet food store…"
"A good friend of mine owned this store. He and Chou-Chou opened it years ago. They've got a lot of memories here, and so do I. See those wounds?" asked the Mayor as he pointed to some scars on Chou-Chou. "He's been fighting the pirates, protecting his store. Because it's the only thing he has left."
"This store might be important," said Nami. "But Chou-Chou shouldn't be risking his life for it. Isn't the owner at the refugee shelter with everyone else?"
"No he's not," the Mayor answered solemnly. "He got sick and passed on. He went to the hospital three months ago."
"Poor thing," Nami commented, "You mean he's been sitting here waiting for his master the whole time?"
"That's what everybody says," said the Mayor. "But that's not what I think. Chou-Chou is a smart dog, I think he knows his master is dead."
"Then why does he still guard the store?" asked Nami.
"It's his treasure," Goku said simply.
"Exactly," the mayor agreed. "This is his master's store. I think that Chou-Chou still guards the store because it's all he has left of his beloved master. 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."
While Nami could sympathize with the dog and respect what it's doing, both Luffy and Goku's level of respect and loyalty was on a new level. The two most definitely saw themselves in Chou-Chou, regardless if he is a dog or not. How many people can you meet that are willing to follow and die for their dreams and protect what was most important to them, not many. Let alone a dog protecting the memory of his late caretaker.
RAWWWWRRR! A loud roar rang out causing all of them to jump.
"What the hell was that?" asked Nami in a panic.
"It must be 'Beast Tamer' Mohji!" the Mayor answered. He and Nami quickly ran off down the road.
"Beast Tamer?" Goku repeated, as Luffy, who had been silently staring at the dog all this time and stood next to Goku and the two found themselves face-to-face with a giant lion.
"Well what have we here?" questioned Mohji. "I'm Mohji, Buggy's third in command. They call me the Beast Tamer. Ha ha, looks like your friends have abandoned you… after all that effort to get you this far. Captain Buggy is really upset; you two are in big trouble now."
"GRRRRRR!" the giant loin growled. The lion is a faithful companion of Mohji named Richie. Richie is a large lion that shows a fierce expression during fights and confrontations. His eye color is scarlet red sclerae, his fur is dirty white and his mane is purple.
Luffy and Goku stared at each other while struggling not to laugh at Mohji's strange appearance. "What's with the weird costume?" Luffy finally asked.
"COSTUME?! THIS IS MY HAIR!" Mohji yelled at him.
"That just makes it weirder," Goku said to Luffy in a 'stage whisper' which was loud enough for Mohji to hear.
"Are they purposely provoking him?" Nami wondered as she and Mayor Boodle his around the corner.
"Those idiots," the Mayor muttered.
"I'LL TEACH YOU A LESSON YOU LITTLE WISE-ASSES!" Mohji roared. "Well you clearly don't know who I am. There's not an animal alive that I can't control. I can even control that mutt." Mohji jumped down off of his lion and walked up to Chou-Chou, "Shake," Mohji instructed as he reached out his -Chou didn't want to shake and instead lunged forward and bit Mohji's arm.
"AAAAHH!" Mohji hollered in pain and indignation as he tried to shake the dog off of him.
"HAHAHAHA!" Luffy laughed loudly as Mohji struggled to get the angry dog off of him. Goku smiled and laughed as well, easily amused. Mohji eventually go the dog off of him and then climbed back up onto the top of his huge lion where it was safe.
"STOP LAUGHING!" Mohji scolded the rubber pirate. He was used to being TERRIFYING! Not FUNNY!
"Hahaha! That dog got you," Goku laughed.
"You're just an accomplice of that spikey haired jerk!" Mohji said to Luffy.
"Oi, Luffy is not my accomplice," Goku insisted.
"That's right, I'm the captain!"
Mohji stared at Luffy who was having a staring contest with the lion and sweat-dropped. "You're joking… right? You two mean nothing to me, so I'll give you one chance, tell me, where is Roronoa Zoro and you'll get to live and die another day?"
"NO!" Luffy refused. Zoro was still resting from his wounds; he wasn't about to sell out his Nakama. Especially not to some weird guy on a lion.
"THEN DIE!" Mohji hollered, "GET HIM RICHIE!" The lion roared and lunged forward but Luffy and Goku moved out of the way. A second later, Richie reached down and ripped apart the ground where the two stood with its massive jaws and claws. The mangled cobblestone road was now uprooted and destroyed.
"Hmph," Goku grunted as he leapt out of the way. Before he could react, Richie swatted his massive tail and hit Goku straight to his side, sending him flying and into a nearby building about 20 yards away.
"IT BIT THROUGH STONE! ARE YOU KIDDING ME?" Nami exclaimed from around the corner.
"Those boys are goners," said the Mayor.
"RAAAAWWWWRRRR!" Richie the lion roared as he swatted the broken cobblestone, sending it crashing into Luffy, causing him to go flying along with the rubble. The boy was hit so hard it smashed Luffy THROUGH a house, which crumbled down to the ground after Luffy and the rubble went through it.
"Nobody could have survived that," said Mohji,.
"There," Mohji resolved as he climbed back onto the lion. "Now let's go find Zoro and Nami." But the lion suddenly stopped when it noticed the pet food store nearby. "What is it?" asked Mohji, who looked up and saw the store. "Alright, have a snack. But be quick about it."
"GRRRRRR!" Chou-Chou didn't like this one bit.
Chou-Chou was standing in front of the lion and barking like crazy.
"What's with this dog?" Mohji wondered. Mohji noticed the building the dog was in front of and put the pieces together. "Does he think he can prevent us from entering this store? You little mutt… don't tell me you're guarding this crummy shop!"
"WOOF! WOOF! WOOF!" Chou-Chou barked angrily. But the dog's fierce determination was swatted away, literally, as the dog was backed handed from the lion and across the street.
"I'VE HAD ENOUGH OF THIS!" Mohji shouted. "LET'S TAKE CARE OF THE STORE!" Richie skulked over to the shop and completely ravaged its contents, food and decorations were everywhere and the lantern that was lit was knocked over and soon a fire was started. The duo come out, pleased with their work and a bag of meat in the lion's mouth. Then out of nowhere, Chou-Chou sprinted towards the beast and tamer and tried to get the jump on them, but Richie noticed.
The lion raised its paw and swatted Chou-Chou away, knocking him into a wall and opening up a cut on the little dog's face. But Chou-Chou got back up then rushed at the lion and bit down on one of its legs. But the lion took its paw and smashed it into a wall, crushing the little dog against the stone in the wall.
"Stupid lion," Goku muttered as he walked out through the front door of the house he had been knocked into. He glanced above him and noticed the hole in the wall of the third floor that he had been knocked through. He had to go down two flights of stairs to get out of there.
But then Goku noticed the bloody dog fighting back up to continue fighting the lion. Apparently, it didn't care if the lion was over twenty times his size, this store was his treasure and as long as he was still breathing, he'd fight for it.
Chou-Chou started barking at the lion again. "Alright, shut up that mutt once and for all!" Mohji ordered the lion. The lion prowled forward and through the bag far away
but Chou-Chou leapt at it and bit its leg again. This time the lion shot its leg up, sending Chou-Chou flying up into the air, then the lion swatted the dog as he came falling downward, driving him even faster into the street. "NOW FINISH HIM!" Mohji roared.
The giant lion prowled over to his defenseless prey and stood over the dog with a smug look of authority. Richie opened its jaws wide and bent down to eat the little dog. But suddenly Chou-Chou was pushed out of the way and the lion's jaws closed around something else. The lion lifted its head in confusion. "You missed the dog!" Mohji scolded his lion. "What's going on here?"
"Stupid lion should watch what it tries to eat," a very wet Goku said while inside the lion's mouth. "CHI-CHI NO BURST!" Upon that command, the spikey haired pirate summoned forth a large flame-like aura around him, causing the lion to let out a loud roar of being burnt by Goku's weird attack. As a result, he spat out Goku and the second in command swiftly regained his footing, although quite grossed out by the slob and stench from being inside a lion.
"Hey! What the hell was that!? What the hell did you do to Richie you stupid prick!" Shouted the mad beast tamer as he was fed up with all this bullshit. He pulled out a whip from his side and cracked at the air, creating the illusion of superiority against Goku. However this didn't deter him in the slightest.
Goku forgoes the ridiculous beast tamer and checks out Chou-Chou, he gets up close to the down dog and is distraught at Chou-Choi's condition. He was hurt badly with gashes and blood seeping through the wounds, and even a wound across his left eye. It wasn't blind however it's going to leave a scar on an innocent creature that was simply protecting what it thought was important.
To say the martial artist prodigy was pissed would be an understatement, the teen was absolutely infuriated. There was a small spark in eyes, as if a new vigor got its second wind and he quickly turned back to the beast tamer in front of him.
"Enough of this! Alright Richie get him!" The massive lion pounced to pin Goku to the ground and eat him but it all went south as it was quickly sailing back to one of the nearby buildings. Before Richie got to Goku, he quickly ducked down and balanced himself on one arm and launched a devastating kick to the lion's chin. Mohji got off the lion before he too was also sent in with his pet and skidded on the cobblestone pavement.
Mohji looked to see what seemed to be a pharmacy crumble down on his poor Richie as it cried out in pain. Anger overcame the beast tamer and quickly threw out his whip to slash at the monkey teen, but was stopped as Goku caught it and held on to it with immense physical prowess. "Wha-what the hell are you!?" Said Mohji as he pried away in getting his weapon back but was failing.
"Me? I'm someone who ate the CHI-CHI Devil Fruit." Said the martial artist as he held on the other end of the whip with such Vice.
"Wa-wait, s-so then that means, you have devil fruit powers as well? Just like C-Captain Buggy!? And it gives you this kind of strength?" Scaredly said Mohji as he tried to back away from him. "S-So-Sorry alright! I'm sorry! I peacefully apologize for attacking you, I just don't want any trouble!"
"There's no reason to say sorry to me when you took away this dog's only connection left to his owner. You guys take delight in other peoples suffering, and disregard your own like a disposable commodity. Well now it's your turn and that's why I'm going to beat you now." As Goku reeled in the whip, also bringing Mohji with him. And with a resounding punch, brought the beast tamer down to the ground with reverberating force to shake the vicinity around them.
"HEY!" came a loud shout, "Hey kid! Are you alive in there! How hurt are you?" It was the Mayor who said with Nami close behind. The mayor peaked in and scouted out the rubble and destruction for any signs of life, only to notice nothing. It was to be expected when dealing with pirates. Then out of the rubble, Luffy came out without a care in the world, and quickly put his hat back on.
"No big deal," Luffy answered as if it were nothing to get smashed through a house.
"But how!?" Nami demanded as she pointed to the house which was now a pile of rubble. Luffy had survived the crashing through the building, but the building hadn't survived Luffy. "Your body demolishes a building, and you walk away from it without a scratch! That's crazy!"
"Crazy is good," Luffy replied. "Where's Goku?"
"You mean the spikey haired kid? He was sent flying by the lion too," the Mayor answered. "Why did all of you come to this town anyway? Why take on pirates?"
"We're after the chart to the Grand Line and a Navigator!" Then Luffy heard cries from the street where the pet food was located. He saw the store in shambles and burning, Chou-Chou howling in anguish, and a defeated Goku watching over the scene. Luffy quickly disregarded Nami and the Mayor and checked up on Chou-Chou and Goku. He should have been there with them, instead he was laughing away while his brother was fighting, and it let this dog's personal treasure be ignited into flames.
Nami and Mayor Boodle came soon after and was shocked by what happened and looked on in horror as the pet store burned away with no way of dousing the flames in time. Nami covered her gaping mouth while Boodle looked down in shame with a somber expression.
"You pirates are all the same, every last one of you are just a bunch of heartless bastards!" Whispered Nami as she stared at the duo of brothers "is this what being a pirate is all about, huh! To destroy everything what people hold dear without a second thought! I wished I didn't help you escape from Buggy, he'd be doing the world a favor! Or maybe I should kill you guys right now before you get a crew, and kill more people!" Shouted the distressed red head as she was being held back by Boodle from her incurring wrath.
"Stop that's enough!"
"As if you can ever kill us." Answered luffy
"Stop it you two, that is enough." Said the Mayor as he was trying to diffuse the situation.
Then Goku walked away as he went and picked something up a little ways away from the group. He presented it as one of the last bags from the store that wasn't burned in the fire, actually it was the very same bag that Richie had in his mouth. He settled the bag in front of Chou-Chou as the dog looked up to the monkey man.
Nami and Boodle noticed this action from the teen and stopped making a scene. Luffy had a small but genuine smile on his face as he watched his brother and knelt down to comfort the dog "good job Goku, you did good."
Realizing what Goku did for Chou-Chou, Nami stopped berating the two as she was quite with her thoughts and looked at the bag 'he… he fought that lion for the dog's sake…' as she focused on the teen with the tail intently 'maybe he's not so heartless after all' as an epiphany struck her, perhaps not all pirates are hardwired the same and she misjudged these guys. And very badly at that.
"You did well," Luffy encouraged the dog. "I didn't get to see you fight, but Goku says you did a great job." He told as was head patting him. Chou-Chou took the bag of dog food in his mouth and started walking off, but it stopped walking and put the food down, then turned and barked at the pirates. "ARF! WOOF! RUFF!" barked Chou-Chou.
"You're welcome," Goku replied. "Good luck to you too."
"Bye!" Luffy called out as the dog picked up the bag of dog food and walked off. Nami smiled at the scene as there are still good people in the world.
Back at buggy's camp
"MOHJI WAS DEFEATED?!" Buggy the Clown shouted in surprise when one of his scouts reported back to him at the Drinker's Pub.
"Um… yes Captain," answered the nervous scout that had reported what he had seen to the Captain and to the First Mate.
"READY MY SPECIAL BUGGY BALLS!" Buggy ordered. "PLAY TIME IS OVER! WE'RE GONNA FLASHILY LIGHT UP THIS TOWN 'TILL THERE'S NOTHING LEFT!"
"Ahoy, Mohji's back!" a pirate announced as Mohji staggered through the door of the Drinker's Pub dragging his unconscious lion behind him.
"I'm sorry Captain Buggy," Mohji apologized. Goku's beating had really taken a toll on him as he was hurting all over. He had to tell the Captain that the spiky haired boy was no ordinary boy but rather another devil fruit user.
"WHAT!? YOU LOST?!" Buggy shouted, surprised by the revelation. Buy it was to be expected when fighting the son of Bardock, he should have taken more precautions against him. But even so, to beat his third mate like it's nothing certainly didn't boost his morale.
"I-it was the monkey boy…" said Mohji. Must tell him that the monkey boy is a devil fruit user… "I underestimated him… the pirates are stronger than they look especially when he… is… en… uggg… m…"Mohji promptly collapsed to the ground and passed out, unable to remain conscious a second longer.
"DAMNIT MOHJI! No, it's my fault. I shouldn't have Flashily taunted him like that. Now he's coming after us, alright men! Get the cannon ready for when that brat gets here! We're going to blow him straight to hell! But let's send him a message, to not mess with the Buggy pirates!
"Yes sir, Captain Buggy," the pirates chanted as they ran off to load the cannon. Everyone was careful to avoid stepping on the unconscious beast tamer.
Meanwhile
Chou-Chou had finally arrived at the refugee shelter and was met by one of the villagers, "We're glad you're okay," said one of the villagers, "We were worried about you."
"He's hurt bad," another villager observed when he spotted the wounds that Chou-Chou had suffered from fighting Mohji's lion Richie. "Damn pirates. Let's take care of these wounds."
"Where's the mayor?" asked the village elder.
"That's right…" the first villager replied, "Mayor Boodle went to feed Chou-Chou. What's Chou-Chou doing here without him? You don't think something bad happened to the mayor?"
"I'm worried," said another villager, "maybe I should go and check on him."
"Are you crazy?" asked the village elder, "the Mayor's too clever to let himself get captured. He knows this town better than anyone. But he also cares about this town more than anyone. I told him not to take any risks. I hope he heard me."
Back at the village
Goku and Luffy were surprised to see Nami approaching them. "Sorry I yelled at you," Nami apologized.
"That's okay," said Luffy as he and Goku slowly stood up, "Don't mind Nami," Goku advised Luffy. "She lost someone important to pirates and thinks we're the same way. In other words, we're lower than dirt."
"Oh, now I understand," Luffy commented.
'Well… maybe you guys aren't that bad,' Nami admitted as she stared at Goku. He was an odd one, he fell out of the sky and saved her from a bunch of pirates, and then she used him to get Buggy's treasure. But even after being trapped in a cage and almost been blown to bits, he wasn't angry at her. Rather, he kept on insisting to join the crew. And while the first thing he did when he got out of the cage was fight a giant lion for a dog, he even brought back of what remained of the store to the dog. He was nothing like a pirate should be… he helped people.
"I CAN'T STAND IT ANYMORE!" the Mayor suddenly shouted, bringing Nami's attention back. "I can't stand anymore of this cruel bullying! Not after the way Chou-Chou and you kids fought back so bravely! What kind of Mayor stands back and lets his town be destroyed!"
"Mayor, please calm down," said Nami as she tried to calm him while Luffy and Goku stared at him curiously.
"SOMETIMES A MAN HAS TO STAND UP FOR HIMSELF!" the mayor yelled. "RIGHT BOYS?!"
"You said it old man!" Luffy answered while Goku answered with a nod.
"WHY ARE YOU TWO ENCOURAGING HIM?!" Nami snapped at the two pirates.
Any response that Nami had hoped for was cut off by the Mayor, who was continuing on his rant, "Forty years of hard work! This place was wilderness when we got here. At first it was just a few homes, but slowly our numbers grew. We worked hard, cleared the land. And in time people came and opened up shops. And look at where we are now! We're a thriving port! We old timers built this town from nothing. It's our life's work."
Luffy and Goku were smiling after hearing his speech, while Nami looked at the old man with worry. What was he going to do?
"THIS TOWN AND ITS PEOPLE ARE MY TREASURE! I'D BE A SORRY EXCUSE FOR A MAYOR IF I DIDN'T TRY TO PROTECT THE TOWN! I'M GONNA FIGHT!" A loud explosion went off and a Buggy Ball smashed through several buildings, reducing them to piles of rubble. The explosion was large enough to encompass several streets. Leaving Luffy, Nami, Goku, and Mayor Boodle in shock and horror from the destruction.
"THAT'S MY HOUSE!" the Mayor yelled once he sat up and surveyed the damage.
"ZORO WAS SLEEPING IN THERE!" Luffy shouted.
"Did that injured kid die?" asked the Mayor as the four of them looked into the dust cloud hovering over the rubble from the Mayor's house.
"HEY ZORO! ARE YOU STILL ALIVE IN THERE?!" Luffy called out to his newest member! Out of the smoke, the group heard a groan and someone say from the ashes "that's one way for a guy to wake up." As Zoro was still alive, the swordsmen slowly sat up and stared around at everyone.
"THEY'RE ALIVE!" Luffy cheered.
"How could anyone live through that?" Nami wondered.
"THAT TEARS IT!" the fuming Mayor yelled. "I WON'T LOSE A SECOND TOWN TO THOSE SEA RATS! THESE PIRATES SHOW UP AND THINK THEY CAN DO ANYTHING THEY WANT… WELL I WON'T LET THEM DESTROY FORTY YEARS OF WORK! I'M THE MAYOR AND I WON'T TAKE THIS SITTING DOWN! IT'S TIME TO FIGHT!"
"Mayor, please wait," Nami pleaded as she tried to hold the old man back and prevent him from getting himself killed.
"Let me go, there are some fights where you can't run away from! Isn't that right young'un!" the Mayor snapped as he struggled to free himself from Nami's grip.
"Getting yourself killed won't accomplish anything," Nami attempted to reason with him. "You're being reckless!"
"I KNOW I'M BEING RECKLESS!" the Mayor shouted with his eyes filled with tears. Nami was caught off guard, allowing the old man to pull himself free. With a hardy battle cry, the Mayor produced a wooden makeshift spear from somewear on his body and ran to the direction where the pirates were held up. "Buggy the Clown! Prepare to face the Mayor! I'm coming for you!"
"The Mayor… he was crying…" Nami realized.
"It didn't look like that to me," said Goku.
"Things are finally going to get more exciting around here" Zoro commented as he walked next to everyone.
"Hahaha, yeah!" Luffy laughed as he adjusted his straw hat to be more settled in on his head, as if it might get blown back.
"Don't worry about it" Luffy reassured Nami. "I've started to grown fond of that old man, there's no way I'm gonna let him die." Said the straw hat captain as he looked over to Nami.
"Well in that case," said the swordsman as he placed the green Bandanna on his head and readied for battle.
"Wait, you're gonna go too? But you're wounded?" Commented the red head as she couldn't believe what's going down.
"Yeah so what? The injury to my name and reputation is a lot worse than the injury to my gut."
"Then its time to fight," Goku exclaimed resolved about his actions. "I'm out of the cage, and Zoro, you seem to have recovered a bit. We'll beat Buggy and the rest of his crew, get the chart, and then Nami will join our crew."
"Join up with us," Luffy offered as he held out his hand to Nami.
"You want the chart and the treasure, right?" Goku supplied.
Nami stared down at Luffy's hand, but then slapped it away. "I won't become a pirate," said Nami, "But that doesn't mean we can't work together and strive for a common goal." She announced as everyone was on the same page and Marched towards the camp.
Alright ladies and gentlemen, the sixth installment is in and in the history books. Now, I know what you're going to say and I'm sorry for being inactive like that for so long, but like a valentines gift from me to you guys, right? I'm truly sorry like that but I'll try to be more consistent with you guys. Leave any and all criticisms in the reviews, speaking of which lets check them out!
Guest: thanks for the words of encouragement bro, I really need that, as for the transformations I was just spit balling ideas as to how to possibly incorporate them but to be honest I'll probably only do Kaio-Ken. The Super Saiyan transformations and ui I couldn't possibly see without them being heavily nerfed of course but UI seems the most plausible to me at this moment in time. Of course I thank Oda and katakuri for his insight on observation Haki. I think you see where I'm going with it.
Jijima05: actually you do bring up some interesting points when it comes to the minks tribe, however I won't spoil it all when it comes to it but let's say the minks and Saiyans are a lot closer than they appear. Thanks again friend and I hope to see you continue reading!
Donuts -notDonuts- Powerus: thank you so much for putting time passion when writing this review, it shows me that people do enjoy my story and care about, I promise to not fail you and be better.
yeah i really want to incorporate a transformation state for Goku but tbh I'll only do Kaio-Ken as it's realistically the best choice of course but like I said I do know a way that may seem plausible to add it.
True that MUI needs god Ki but I think I figured out how to add MUI while still fitting into the narrative. Am I going to have to nerf it's power? Sure. But it could be fun to test out.
Of course as the original Dragonball timeline is superior but Goku is already born into the one piece world, meaning the laws of physics apply and not Dragonballs. That's what I'm getting at.
And yes the Gomu-Gomu no rifle is the name in Japanese, but for the English audience I'll just do the English translations.
Dbz fan: holy crap! Wow brother thank you so very much for this intense and passionate review! Umm okay let's start!
Of course Goku will help the straw hats but that's only if they are interested in learning what Goku has to teach them. People like Zoro, Sanji, Jiembie seem like those that are interested and even ussop and Chopper for character development but Robin, Nami and franky I don't see being interested as they're not the combative type, so it would feel uncharacteristic to add it for fan service. But I do understand what you mean.
And yes Goku will help develop them in their area of expertise so they can grow their own way, Sanji and his kicks, Zoro and his swordsmanship, I'll develop them the best way possible of course!
For this story I decided that Goku gets his Ki abilities through the devil fruit way because learning the Rokushiki this early on is pretty op, that way he isn't this nigh unstoppable beast throughout the story. Spatial awareness, conductivity, and the environment is also important when it comes to fights as well. Worrying about any body's of water, how the environment can help, these things I also want to put in as well as it's shown too much in the show.
Of course familyhood is still going to be incorporated into this, little slice of life moments I enjoy very much as the narrative can't waist it on stuff like that but for sure will be doing that.
True the transformations are a staple with Goku like shadow clones are to naruto but I'll probably only do Kaio-Ken as his only transformation but in the future we'll see how it turns out. The bar is so high when it comes to the multipliers that it doesn't seem feasible to add them. It'll be too much.
And as for Vivi, well… aww screw it, she'll be apart of the crew, that's for sure. And I know a way how to do that. Thanks again for the review and hopefully my response satisfied your curiosity but I bet I didn't type enough.
nliochristou: that I won't divulge just yet but I think you'll be pleasantly surprised by my response to it. Guess you'll have to read and find out!
Man I just have so much more to say about this but for now I think I'll leave it be with this and continue on with the next chapter. And with that, bye guys!