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"WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU WERE DEFEATED?!" An absolutely irate Buggy the Clown raged at his fallen first mate. Mohji had managed to drag his beaten self along with his lion back to his captain. Both of them looked much worse for wear as Mohji had a large singe mark on his cheek as well as a couple of bruises and some missing teeth and Richie had multiple lumps and his eyes were swirls now.

"I… underestimated him… I'm sorry… Captain Buggy…" Mohji weakly let out.

"But Zoro had been injured! How could you have still lost?!"

"Not… Zoro… The other one… Black hair… has healing powers…"

"Him?!" Buggy gritted his teeth; he can't have his crew getting beaten like this! Their reputation will tank! With that in mind Buggy made his decision.

"ARM ALL THE CANNONS WITH BUGGY BALLS! WE'RE GONNA WIPE THIS TOWN OFF THE MAP!"

Meanwhile

Mayor Broodle was deep in thought.

Right now he and the younger people were taking a small breather after Gian's fight with the beast had been on his mind ever since the youth came back and it was making him uncomfortable.

"GRRRR! I can't stand this anymore!" The mayor cried in frustration. "What kind of a mayor can't even protect his own town? You youngsters are risking your lives yet an old man like me is letting his town get destroyed by those villains! This town and its people are my treasure! I'm going to protect it!" With that in mind Broodle pulled out a spear on his back.

"Mayor! Don't be so hot-headed!" Nami voiced her concern. Anyone can respect someone with that drive, but you still need to be cautious!

"No, there is only some much a man can take! I'm going to fight for my town!"

"You go old man!" Luffy cheered

"DON'T ENCOURAGE HIM!" Nami yelled.

"You're going at him with just a spear? That's a bit lacking isn't it?" Gian voiced his own concern. "At least Gian is rational" Nami sighed with relief, or so she thought. "Wait until we get you a BFG! Then you can lay waste to em! Skrehahaha-OW!" he was interrupted by a smack on the head.

"YOU AREN'T HELPING EITHER! AND WHAT THE HECK IS A BFG?!"

The mayor was about to begin another tirade when the group heard a deafening BOOM! Moments later an entire row of houses were torn to pieces by the explosion. The mayor's eyes widened in horror.

"Oh no! One of those was my house!" This made the other 3 also perk up in shock.

"Shit! Zoro is still in there!" Luffy shouted.

Fortunately Zoro was pretty blessed in the department for living through near-fatal incidents, and that seemed to be the case yet again. When the small group reached the fallen house they were greeted to the sight of the green haired swordsman's head poking out of the rubble.

"What a way to wake up…" he grumbled.

"Yup! An explosively rude awakening! Good to see you're still here." Gian sighed in relief, ignoring the dry look that Nami, Zoro and mayor Broodle sent him.

"Thank goodness you're alive!" Luffy was relieved as well.

"How could he survive that?" Nami was kind of scared at that to be honest.

At the sight of the rubble, Mayor Broodle felt his anger rising. "40 years… for 40 years we spent developing this land into our home! And now they are destroying all of that! That does it! I am going to protect this town! I'M COMING FOR YOU BUGGY THE CLOWN!" with that the mayor tightened his grip on his spear and sped towards the pirates.

"He was crying… the mayor was crying…" Nami whispered as he watched him leave.

"His passion for this town is what drives him to do such reckless actions" Gian spoke solemnly "to see everything he's loved and cared about gone in an instant would bring tears to anybody" he didn't know why, but for some reason when he said that he himself was hurting inside as well, as if he's lost something long ago…

"You would be crying too, if something precious to you was destroyed and the people you cared about was terrorized." Nami froze when he said this, her eyes were shadowed and she didn't speak. This did not go unnoticed by Gian.

"Something is bothering her, I could feel it even back when we first crossed paths when we were trying to rescue Luffy."

"Yeah… I guess so…" she said at last, albeit very quietly

"I rest my case, something is definitely bothering her…"

"Alright! I'm gonna go kick Buggy's ass!" Luffy's bold declaration snapped both of them out of their thoughts.

"Heh, I'd wondered when you'd say that!" Gian smirked

"Count me in, I'm gonna get some payback against that freak!" Zoro joined them.

"But you're wounded, can you really fight like with that?" Nami asked.

"Something like this isn't going to slow me down! I'll be fine, my pride was more damaged really"

"We are going to take that map from them as well! Then we can head to the Grand Line!" Luffy declared and then turned to Nami "Come with us! Be my nakama!"

Nami scowled again "I told you I'm NOT becoming a pirate!" She looked down, then smiled "But I suppose I'll join you guys, so that we can complete our goals!" And thus it was decide.

Meanwhile

"Load up another cannon boys!" Buggy commanded. "On my mark, Ready, Fi-"

"Come out and face me Buggy the Clown!" a voice suddenly interrupted him. "I am Mayor Broodle, and I will be your opponent! In order to protect my precious town, I will stop you!"

"Gyahahaha! Fool! The only thing that are precious in the world are gold and treasure! You call a town like this treasure? What an idiot!" Buggy sneered.

"SHUT UP! You have no idea how I feel! I'll-"The mayor rush forwards only to find himself being picked up by the collar by a pair of dismembered hands.

"I'm going to the Grand Line and I will obtain all the treasure in the world! You were a fool to get in my way! Because of that how about I destroy your treasure along with YOU?!" Buggy cackled as the cannon pointed towards the town. Before he can do anything however, he was interrupted by an approaching group of pirates. He looked down and saw Luffy's grip on his hand. The young pirate glared hard at the clown man.

"Straw Hat! You dare come back here?!"

"I've told you I'm here to kick your ass!"

"Now listen you guys, I want the map as well as all the treasure, understand?" Nami directed to the other 3.

"Yeah whatever…" Zoro grumbled. He had a sneaking suspicion that this was gonna become a common theme.

"You want fries with that?" Gian figured as much that he should make the best of it.

"What do you kids think you're doing?!" The mayor regained composure and shouted at the group. "You guys are outsiders! I'll handle this myself! This is my fight!"

Gian sighed "You try to help a guy and this is what you get. Hey old man, have you been sleeping well lately?"

"Well these last- Wait, what does that have to-"The mayor never got to finish that sentence as Gian strolled up to him and took a hold of his neck and pinched down with two fingers on a pressure point. The mayor slumped over instantly in Gian's arms and he placed him to the side.

"Why did you do that?!" Nami yelled.

"He would've gotten in the way." All three pirates responded.

"Don't worry, he'll just be knocked out for a bit, he'll come to after we're done here." Gian assured her.

"Alright, time to do this!" Luffy declared and faced Buggy. He took a deep breath and shouted "HEY BIG NOSE!"

"You cannot say that to him! You just pissed him off!" Nami was horrified. Zoro on the other hand chuckled at his captain while Gian yelled out "SICK BURN!" from the side.

"THAT'S IT YOU'RE PISSING ME OFF! MEN, FIRE THE BUGGY BALL!" Buggy screamed.

The cannon was pointed towards the rubber man as he stood there nonchalantly.

"This can't be good…" Gian muttered as he braced himself. If need be, he'll try to fire an Atom Ray to intercept it."

"Oi Luffy! Gian! Run!" Zoro yelled from the side. Nami was already running.

"Don't worry, it'll be fine." Luffy assured him.

"FLASHILY DIE! FIRE!"

"Gomu Gomu no… Fusen!"

The cannonball roared towards them with astonishing sound. Luffy however, grinned and sucked in a mouthful of air. His body swelled up, much like a big round rubber balloon. The Buggy Ball struck the young pirate sinking into the large ball.

"That won't work!" Luffy declared.

"Don't tell me that-"Buggy panicked as the Buggy Ball was bounced back towards them and a large explosion happened.

"Tell us beforehand…" Zoro sighed. His captain made him worry over nothing.

"Yeah! I hit them!" Luffy cheered.

"Just… What are you people?!" Nami was bewildered.

"WE ARE GROOT!" Gian informed her from out of nowhere.

"THAT DOESN'T ANSWER ANYTHING! HOW DID HE JUST DO THAT?!" Nami facefaulted.

"I became a balloon!" Luffy answered, not completely hearing the question.

"I DIDN'T ASK WHAT, I ASKED HOW!"

The dust from the explosion cleared, and the crew was shocked to see Buggy holding two of his subordinates in front of him. It was clearly on how he survived that explosion. "How dare you do that to me?!"

"That coward… using his own underlings as a shield…" Nami muttered in disgust. The other 3 shared similar thoughts.

"Ohhh… I can't eat anymore." A bruised and dazed Mohji woke up after the event. He looked around groggily. His eyes then widen in terror as he spotted a fimilar figure across from him.

"IT'S YOU!" He screamed. Gian just growled at him menacingly.

"If you're still curious, Luffy ate the Gomu-Gomu no Mi and he's now a rubber man." Gian grumbled to Nami.

"RUBBER MAN?! WHY DID YOU NOT TELL ME THIS EARLIER MOHJI?" Buggy roared at his subordinate.

"I'm sorry! I forgot!"

"At least it makes sense how our Buggy Ball was sent back at us…" Buggy grumbled.

"This is most humiliating captain Buggy!" another voice drew attention. They turned to see another man emerge from the rubble. The man had green hair and wore a simple sleeveless coat, white pants and a blue and white scarf. This man was Cabaji, second mate of the Buggy pirates. He was able to escape the worst of the explosion by using a certain lion as a shield which infuriated the first mate.

"Ah good! You're here Cabaji! Now show them your acrobatic skills!"

"With pleasure, Captain!" And with that the man drew a sword and jumped on a unicycle. He charged at the straw hats.

"I am Cabaji the Acrobat! Second Mate of Captain Buggy and the one who will end you all!" his sword descended towards Luffy, however at the last second it was blocked by another sword; Roronoa Zoro was glaring daggers at the newcomer.

"You're a swordsman too huh? Then you're my opponent!" Zoro pointed out.

"Fair enough, to kill the legendary Roronoa Zoro is a pleasure for anyone!" Cabaji gave a sinister smile; he noticed the still bleeding wound of Zoro and he had a plan to defeat him.

"I'll take him down, you two stay out of this!" He said to Luffy and Gian. "Onigiri!"

Zoro dashed forward with all 3 swords drawn and the fight began.

Gian, while slightly miffed that there was no one else to fight, was content to let Zoro handle his business. It was then he noticed a few surviving pirates creeping up on them.

"Seems like they're trying to get in a surprise attack on us when we're unaware, why am I not surprised? Oh well, it'll give me something to do, and it'll get them off our backs too." He looked back at Zoro; the swordsman was not faring well, but only due to the fresh wound on his side and Cabaji seemed to be targeting that area almost exclusively. Gian gritted his teeth, even though Zoro told him not to interfere, seeing such shameful action would get anyone's blood boiling. He shook off the feeling; Zoro can handle himself, and he had a new plan of action.

Gian dashed towards the group of pirates, who tried to intercept him with their cutlasses drawn. A pirate attacked from the side, trying to cut him down. Gian simply ducked under the blade and kicked him to the side. By this point the rest of the pirates charged at once, intending to use numbers to try and overwhelm him. Gian frowned; he really wanted to get this over with by now. Gathering atomic energy into both fists, he powered up his leg gear and leapt in the form of a human missile and knocked all the pirates around.

"Hallelujah, it's raining men." He chuckled as the airborne pirates fell around him.

"How can you all be down so easily?! You guys are useles- WHAAAA?!" an annoying voice got his attention as he noticed a terrified Mohji on the scene.

"It's you! I-I-I will have my revenge for what y-you did to me earlier!" The Beast Tamer stammered out.

"Oh please! You don't even have that pussy of yours with you this time. Don't waste my time."

"I-I don't need him!" Mohji stuttered as he brought out a whip. He cracked it once and swung it towards Gian, intending to strike him. Unfortunately Gian simply reached out a hand and caught it.

"Get lost." He growled as his fist ignited blue and incinerated the whip. This was all it took to get Mohji running down the street screaming out apologies.

"Well that was a rather big waste of time…" Gian muttered, slightly miffed on how his nakama both had somewhat worthy opponents to face. He turned to see how Zoro was faring with his adversary and saw that, despite his injury, Zoro is now overwhelming his rival swordsman with heavy attacks. With one last 'Oni Giri' the green haired swordsman landed 3 slashes across Cabaji's chest. With a splatter of blood and a pained yell the second mate of the Buggy Pirates was out as well.

"You feelin' ok?" Gian was concerned and let out a startled yell when he saw Zoro fall down. He quickly raced over to check up on him, only to find him snoring away.

"Wow… I have no words…" Gian snickered and turned to his captain "You got this covered right?"

"Of course, I'll take care of the rest!" Luffy promised.

"I can't believe it… We're being defeated by a bunch of thieves!" Buggy yelled in frustration.

"We're not thieves, we're pirates! And we're going to the Grand Line!" Luffy shot back.

"You guys are pirates?! Don't make me laugh! What are you gonna do in the Grand Line? Go sightseeing"

"To become the King of Pirates!" Luffy declared adamantly

"And maybe some sightseeing on the side… what? I'm sure there are some nice places we can go camping for a few days!" Gian chirped in as well.

"STOP FOOLING AROUND! YOU'RE GONNA BE THE PIRATE KING? THEN I MUST BE GOD! The only one who deserves to be Pirate King is me!" Buggy yelled.

"You talk too much… clown-nose."

Tick marks began to develop across his face. Buggy flicked his hands and 4 knives appeared in each. "You're seriously pissing me off right now! Goddammit! Looking at that stupid straw hat of yours is only making it worse! It's reminding me of that despicable red-hair!"

That comment made not only Luffy look up in shock, but Gian as well. Both were surprised that this pirate knew of the man who had played a role in both their lives.

"Red hair? Do you mean Shanks? You know Shanks?" Luffy asked.

"He can't…" Gian whispered

"What if I do? To say that I know him, I know him. And to say that I don't know him, I don't know him!" Buggy retorted.

"What are you talking about? Are you an idiot?"

"You're the idiot! Do you think I'd just tell you things whenever you feel like? I'm not a good person you know!"

"He's probably lying anyway! I refuse to believe that the man who sheltered me used to work at a circus!" Gian shouted despondently.

"SHUT UP NOBODY ASKED YOU!" Buggy whirled on him.

"If you're not gonna say anything, then I'll just beat it out of you…" Luffy muttered.

"Heh, beat me? You'll be dead before that! After all…" his tapped his shoes together and two knives popped out of there as well "Rubber can't bounce blades! Bara Bara Senbei!"

Buggy's lower half detached from his body and he sent it wheeling towards the rubber man, its blades spinning like a makeshift saw threating to tear Luffy apart. Luffy quickly jumped up and dodged. However Buggy anticipated this and threw all his knives at the airborne captain, forcing Luffy to stretch his arm out and grab onto a nearby pole to evade the blades.

"Interesting moves you got there." Buggy commented as his legs returned to him.

"You too" Luffy answered before stretching his arm back "Gomu Gomu no… Pistol!" the fist shot forward like its namesake, which Buggy only barely managed to avoid.

"Now you're wide open!" Buggy sneered and pulled out a sword to dismember the stretched appendage. Luffy however, had a backup plan.

"Gomu Gomu no… Kama!"

Luffy released his hold on the pole and now his entire body along with the remaining arm sped towards Buggy, aiming to strike his head.

"Bara Bara Emergency Escape!" Buggy's head popped away from his body, thus avoiding harm. Luffy ended up crashing into a nearby building.

"Gyahahaha! Too naïve rubber boy!" Buggy chortled.

"Am I watching slapstick or something?" Gian deadpanned from the side. He expected fighting, but like this? Not so much.

"This is crazy… it's like I'm dreaming…" Gian turned and saw Nami with two massive bags of treasure.

"Where did you disappear to?"

"None of your business" Nami retorted. Gian decided to drop it and turned his attention back to the fight.

"Damn splitting…" Luffy muttered as he got up.

"Bara Bara Ho!" Buggy shouted again. His fist, along with his arm up to his elbow, shot off again harpooning towards Luffy. The rubber boy managed to grab on to hand's wrist. But Buggy had another trick up his sleeve.

"Release!"

This time the hand detached itself from the arm and shot forwards with high speed. Luffy managed to move his head to the side to avoid barely getting impaled by the blades. However he didn't get away completely unscathed…

"MY HAT!" Luffy cried out as the straw hat was revealed to have been shredded in the last attack. "YOU BASTARD!"

"THIS IS MY TREASURE! I'LL NEVER FORGIVE YOU FOR DAMAGING IT!"

Nami was surprised at Luffy's sudden outburst. She'd previously thought that the carefree pirate had been a bit of an airhead. "I'd never thought he'd get so emotional over something like that…"

"That hat belongs to someone important to him" Gian responded solemnly. Nami looked at him at this "it was the man who inspired Luffy to become a pirate. They made a promise over that hat, that he'll gather a strong crew and see him again."

"I honestly wondered what Shanks-san would look like with a hat on… Never really expected him to be a hat person to be honest…"

Nami nodded slowly and looked back at Luffy with some newfound respect.

"Is it really that important?" Buggy was rather unconcerned.

"YES IT IS!"

"Well then you should've learned to protect it better!" Buggy's hand shot off again, this time its blades ripped clean through the straw hat, carrying with him. Luffy was mortified at the sight.

"What a joke! A hat being treasure? Treasure is gold, jewels and valuable things! Gyahahaha! How can that worn out thing ever be classified as treasure?!"

"That son of bitch!" Gian cried out "He has no idea what treasure means to people!"

"HOW DARE YOU DO THAT TO SHANK'S HAT?!"

"WHAT?! That hat really does belong to that Red Haired bastard?!" Buggy yelled "No wonder it looks familiar, can't believe he still wore it after so long…"

"Huh? You guys were in the same crew?" Luffy was puzzled.

"HOLY SHIT SHANKS-SAN ACTUALLY DID WORK IN A CIRCUS?!" Gian face-faulted.

"SHUT THE HELL UP! Yes we were both pirate cabin boys on the same ship, you could say we were… comrades."

Luffy's fist suddenly collided with the Clown's stomach, knocking the air out of him. Luffy's eyes were completely rage filled at that comment.

"Don't compare yourself to someone like him!"

"I'll compare myself to him all I like! That bastard ruined me!"

"What happened between you and Shanks? Spill it!" Luffy ordered. Gian was rather perplexed as well.

"I can never forgive that man! He ruined my dreams! I will curse him for the rest of my life!" Buggy shouted. Luffy and Gian both looked at him with shocked expressions…

A/N: Yup here's chapter 8! I decided to skip much of Zoro vs Cabaji because it's just a really boring fight to be honest. Most of them are in East Blue, but hey what can you do? So that's why there's the little bit with Gian in the middle. Next chapter should be out sometime this weekend or next week and the Orange Town Arc would end with it!

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