"In all my life I've never met a man who pissed me off as much as he did. That bastard Shanks cost me everything." said Buggy. "I don't know how you two know him but I can say whatever I want about him. I've earned that."
"Then tell me what happened!" demanded Luffy.
"It all happened a long time ago, back when I was still a pirate apprentice and Shanks and I were crew mates on the same ship." Buggy growled angrily as he explained to the two twins.
On the deck of a ship a group of pirates were gathered around as they cheered to the two young teenagers who were quarreling and arguing. One of the boys was a young man with short red hair wearing a light blue and black striped shirt and dark blue pants and a straw hat, Shanks. The other boy had blue hair, wearing a white shirt with burgundy stripes and brown pants and a knit hat, Buggy.
"The North Pole!" shouted Buggy.
"No, South Pole!" Shanks shouted back.
"There you go again!"
"That's right and I can say it as many times as I want because I'm right, you clown!"
"Ho, ho, you have lots of guts, let's fight. I'm going to settle this once and for all!"
"Well, come on then, go ahead and try!"
"Bring it on! I'm going to beat the crap out of you." yelled the two boys as they got into each others faces.
The crowd of pirates cheered and began placing bets as to two were punching each other. Suddenly, a tall man walked up behind the two men and whacked them both on the head.
"Enough of this. Who cares which one is colder, the North Pole or the South. If you really want to know, then why don't you go there and find out!" said the tall man. The other pirates laughed. Shanks and Buggy glared at each other while rubbing their heads. Then a man from the crows nest yelled a warning to his crew mates as he spotted an enemy ship heading towards them.
"Alright, prepare for launch, it's time to fight." said the tall man. The other crew members smiled trembling with excitement. "Yes, sir!" They all shouted. Buggy smirked, ready for a fight.
"Alright, I'm going to grab everything I get my hands on!" said Buggy.
"You look happy, Buggy." said Shanks, smiling.
"Of course! The enemy ship is like a big floating treasure chest. It's only natural for a pirate to try and raid it, am I wrong?" exclaimed Buggy as he got up and pulls out two blades.
"Well, that is one of the reasons." replied Shanks.
"No, no, you and all the pirates on this ship are too weak! Taking treasure from people is what pirates do, you know nothing about being a pirate!" said Buggy in a taunting tone of voice. But, Shanks smiled.
As the two ships got close to each other, they began blasting their cannons. Shanks, Buggy and the other crew mates boarded the ship and began taking out some of the enemy pirates. Buggy slashed at another pirate who insulted him. As Buggy turned to leave, he spotted something as it rolled out from the pirate's shirt. He took it and unrolled the paper and his eyes widen.
"This is?! It's a treasure map, I've never seen one before, incredible!" said Buggy as he scanned the map. He sees that there is an "X" mark pointing on the sea.
"So, the treasure is buried beneath the ocean." thought Buggy to himself. He quickly hid the map under his shirt as he smirked darkly.
"Alright, my life is going to be a lot more exciting from now on!"
Nighttime fell as the moon was shining high in the starry sky. The pirates celebrated as they threw a party for a mission success on the stolen treasures that they took from the enemy ship. While they were partying, Buggy was outside sitting on the deck with his legs crossed, looking at the treasure map. He grinned with eagerness until someone called out to him.
"Hey Buggy!" Buggy cringed. He recognized the voice and he turned to see Shanks as the red-haired pirate walked over to him, slightly drunk. Shanks face was flushed and he was holding a bottle of sake.
"Aren't you going to celebrate with everyone? We managed to steal some pretty interesting loot this time." said Shanks. Buggy's face began to sweat bullets as he panicked. He quickly hid the map.
"I-I never stole anything! I don't know anything about it! Go away!" shouted Buggy, nervously. Shanks looked at him weirdly, confused.
"Huh, what are you talking about?" He asked.
"Uh...nothing." said Buggy. He sighed in relief, as he realized that Shanks didn't see the map. Then the red-haired pirate took a seat next to the clown pirate and they looked up at the full moon in a daze.
"You said you would leave this ship one day, right? What do you plan to do after you leave?" asked Buggy.
"I want to get my own ship, gather a group of reliable crew members, and see the world, but, I'm going to take my time...as pirates, of course!" replied Shanks. Buggy laughed.
"What nonsense."
"What did you say?"
"I do admire your fighting skills, if you weren't a big softy, it'd be nice to have you as my first mate." said Buggy.
"Me? As your first mate? I don't think so!" Shanks declined. Buggy looked at him with disbelief. Shanks took another sip of his sake.
"We have different outputs in life, it's better if we go on our own paths...that's what pirates do." He said. Buggy laughed.
"Can you even become a pirate?" He asked and smirked. "You do know though, that if we ever meet again on the ocean, I'll have to kill you."
"Ah, pirates do those things too." said Shanks, smiling.
"I really don't understand you at all." said Buggy. Neither of them spoke for a while then Buggy remembered something that he wanted to ask.
"Speaking of which, you said something about loot?"
"Ahh! I forgot about that!" said Shanks. "We found a Devil Fruit on the enemy ship!"
"Devil Fruit?" questioned Buggy.
"Yeah, there's a rumor that says the fruit is the reincarnation of a sea devil. They say if you eat it, you'll have the powers of a devil, but you won't be able to swim again." explained Shanks. Buggy raised an eyebrow at what the red-haired pirate had said.
"You would have to be stupid to do that." scoffed Buggy, uninterested. Then he turned to the night sky with a smirk. At first he wanted to eat the Devil Fruit and gain it's powers. He would be the most powerful and fearful pirate on the seas. But, what about the hidden treasure? "If I can't swim, then I won't be able to get the treasure at the bottom of the ocean." thought Buggy to himself.
"I always heard that the fruit can be sold for a hundred million berries." Buggy broke out of his thoughts just as he heard what Shanks had said.
"Oh, I see."
His eyes widen in shock.
"WHAT?!"
The next morning, Buggy was standing on the deck, holding the Devil Fruit that looked like a pineapple. It was red and had swirly patterns.
"I, Buggy the pirate, will now eat the Devil Fruit!" declared Buggy. One of the crew members laughed with enthusiasm.
"You got to love the kids." He said. "Never considering the consequences." Then Buggy ate the Devil Fruit in one huge bite. The crowd watched in awe, waiting to see if anything happens.
"Well, Buggy, feel anything strange?" asked one of the crew members.
"Uh, no, nothing." said Buggy as he examined his body. The crew sighed in disappointment. They all walked off as they went back to their duties. However, as they left, Buggy made an mischievous smile.
Soon, nighttime fell, Buggy was sitting in one of the escape boats, by himself. He smirked evilly as he laughed. Turns out that he stole the real Devil Fruit and switched it out with fake one and pretended to eat it in front of his crew mates.
"Yes, the plan went smoothly." said Buggy. "Those guys would never think that the one I ate this morning was a fake. To be on the safe side, I should leave the ship before they start to suspect anything. After I sell this Devil Fruit and find the treasure on the map, I'll have enough money to form my own pirate crew!" Suddenly, Shanks appeared from out of nowhere and walked up behind him.
"Hey Buggy!" The clown pirate jumped and he quickly hid the Devil Fruit as he shoved it into his mouth just as Shanks approached him.
"What are you grumbling about?" said Shanks.
"Oh, it's you." Buggy sighed in relief when he saw that it was Shanks. "Don't scare me like that." Shanks looked at him strangely seeing that the clown pirate's cheeks were swelled up from the Devil Fruit that was in his mouth.
"Don't be so jumpy." asked Shanks. Buggy glared at him not answering. "If you're stealing food from the kitchen again, you'd better stop. You'll get scolded by the cook." said Shanks as he walked away from the boat. Buggy wiped his forehead, relieved that Shanks hadn't suspected anything.
"That was too close." murmured Buggy. Before he could relax, Shanks appeared again.
"Oh, yeah, just remembered! The captain..." Buggy jumped as he was startled and he accidently swallowed, gulping down the Devil Fruit. Buggy's eyes widen in horror as he sat in silence. Shanks looked at him confused. Then Buggy turned around sharply and grabbed Shanks roughly by his shirt, in rage.
"SHANKS! YOU...YOU! YOU BASTARD! WHY...WHY...WHY?!" roared Buggy. Shanks stared at him confused until he saw a piece of paper began to float away drifting towards the sea.
"What's that paper over there?" asked Shanks. Buggy quickly let go Shanks and saw the treasure map flying away. He screamed and instantly jumped out of the boat, over the ship, to grab it. "Wha? Buggy?!" shouted Shanks, confused.
As Buggy dove into the sea, he felt his entire body go numb, paralyzed.
"What the? I can't move! The rumor about not being able to swim is true! Damn it!" He tried to move his hands and feet, but couldn't and began sinking deeper into the dark abyss below..
Up above, Shanks watched, worried, waiting for Buggy to come back up. It has been a minute now and he hasn't still surfaced. "Buggy? What are you doing? Why aren't you swimming?" Shanks called out to him. He watched as he saw the ripples and bubbles began to lessen until there was none. "Buggy?!"
Buggy's vision began to grow dark as he couldn't breath as he was losing air. "Help...Help me..." thought the clown pirate as he drifted farther down.
Shank's eyes widen in panic and he quickly tore off his hat and removed his shoes, climbed onto the railing and dove into the water.
"I'll save you, Buggy!"
"So Shanks saved you life!" said Luffy.
"THAT'S NOT THE POINT I'M TRYING TO MAKE! Because of him, I was unable to swim and unable to obtain my sunken treasure!" said Buggy. "But I have finally realized...if I can't get the treasure then I'll take all the treasures on dry land with my Chop-Chop power!" Then he split himself in half and floated above the two twins.
"So if anyone dares to touch my treasure, no matter who they are, I won't let them live!" said Buggy. He pulls out eight daggers, holding them in between each of his fingers. Then Buggy launched himself towards the two twins. But, as Buggy got closer, he passed them.
"GET BACK HERE, YOU THIEF!" yelled Buggy. Luffy and Aya turned to see Nami with a huge sack on her shoulder, trying to sneak away. The two twins realized that they weren't Buggy's target that he was after. It was Nami. Nami cursed as she saw the clown pirate charging towards her.
"Oh crap! He saw me!" shouted Nami. She tried to run but the heavy sack was slowing her down.
"No matter where you run, I'll find you, Nami!" shouted Buggy. "I'm going to slice and dice you up!" As Buggy got closer to the girl, he crossed his arms into an "x" getting ready to strike. Nami's eyes widen and she gasped.
"No, no! I can't die now. I-I made a promise. I refuse to die!" thought Nami to herself. She heard Buggy's laugh as he was getting closer. Nami shut her eyes and bent down on her knee waiting for the blades to pierce into her skin. But, nothing happened. Curious, Nami opens one eye to see that the clown pirate had froze in front of her. He had an pained look on his face.
"What happened?" thought Nami. She looked behind Buggy and she was dumbfounded by what she had saw. Luffy had kicked the clown pirate right on the crotch. Buggy had left his other half unprotected. Luffy smirked. Buggy fell to the ground, howling in agonizing pain.
"M-m-my...balls... my b-b-balls! That was a cheap shot!" He choked. His other half trembled in pain as well. Luffy turned to Buggy with a big grin on his face.
"Hey did you forget! You're fighting us!" He said. Then he saw Nami and waved.
"Hey, Nami." said Luffy. "You should probably let go of the treasure and run." He said, pointing to the sack of treasure on the girl's back. "He'll come after you again, if you don't give it back."
"No! Leave this treasure? Definitely not! This treasure is worth ten million berries! Why should I throw away my treasure?!" argued Nami. Aya smirked.
"You know, for some someone who talks about treasure the way you do. You sure do talk like a pirate." She said. Nami glared at her.
"I am not a pirate!" She shouted.
"Your... treasure?!" yelled Buggy. The three saw that he was starting to recover.
"Of course it is!" exclaimed Nami. "I'm a thief who steals from pirates. Now that I've stolen yours, it makes it MY treasure now, understand?" She said with determination then raised her fist in the air. Luffy smashed his fist against his palm as he understood.
"Ahh! That makes sense." He said.
"Bullshit! Those are my treasures!" growled Buggy. "Just because you stole it, doesn't make it yours, you dirty stinking thief! Honestly, what did your parents teach you?!" Nami looked at him.
"A thief lecturing another thief is...ridiculous." She smirked. Buggy's turned red like a tomato as he was furious.
"What did you say?!" He shouted.
"Whatever. The day I'll take a morality lesson from you is the day I'll stop being a thief!" shouted Nami and she sticks her tongue out.
"You better prepare yourself, Nami!" cried Buggy. Then he separated all of his body parts, which startled Luffy, Aya, and Nami who were caught off guard. Buggy turned to the two twins.
"HAHAHA! You think you can help your friend, you better start doing it now!" He shouted. Then all of the parts charged directly at Nami and she ran.
"Damn him!" shouted Luffy.
"Return my treasures!" shouted Buggy as he chased after the thief.
"NO!" shouted Nami.
"Get back here, you little bitch!" shouted Buggy.
"I'm not some weak little girl so don't UNDERESTIMATE ME!" shouted Nami. Then she swung her at Buggy's head. Luffy cheered. But, the sack didn't hit the clown pirate as his hands had caught the bag. He smirked.
"Thank you so much for returning my treasure, Nami." said Buggy. He tries to pull the treasure away from Nami, but she pulls it back.
"Let go!" shouted Buggy.
"No, you let go!" shouted Nami. "This treasure is mine!"
"No, it's mine I stole it first!" shouted Buggy. Luffy and Aya watched the two as they tugged the sack back and forth. Aya turned to Luffy.
"Should we step in?" She asked, unsure. Luffy smirked.
"Didn't you hear my sister?! We're your opponents!" He shouted.
Luffy ran towards the two then he leaped into the air. "Gum-Gum PISTOL!" His legs stretched as he kicked Buggy right in the face. The clown flew backwards, knocking the sack out of Nami's hands as he collided with it. The treasures fell out of it was it went flying everywhere. Buggy skidded on the ground then smacked straight into a stone wall. His limbs fell to the ground lifeless, as he was knocked out. Luffy grinned triumphantly while Nami stared, stunned.
"You can take that kick as a gift from the mayor!" shouted Luffy.
"Thanks. You saved my life." said Nami. Luffy grinned.
"No problem. Oh yeah, did you get the map?" He asked.
"Yup, I have it." said Nami as she sighed in relief.
"It's not over yet, you straw hat bastard!" a voice called out. Luffy, Aya, and Nami's eyes widen as they turned to see Buggy had gotten back up. He glared at the three with a dark look on his face.
"Man, why won't he just stay down?" groaned Aya.
"What?! You're still alive!?" exclaimed Luffy, annoyed.
"I'm far tougher than you think. No matter how much pain you inflict on me, nothing will keep me down. I will make you pay for challenging me!" exclaimed Buggy. Nami cringed. She looked around until an idea popped into her head and she quickly runs off.
"Now, get ready to DIE!" shouted Buggy. Luffy and Aya frowned, and got into a fighting stance, getting ready.
"Reassemble! Chop-Chop parts!" Shouted Buggy. Every single part of Buggy began to fly towards him, reattaching. But, something was wrong. Aya snickered as she covered her mouth with her hand at what she had saw. Before the twins, stood Buggy but he was very tiny in size. Luffy blinked as he stared baffled at the clown pirate's form. Buggy was missing a few limbs, but had his hands and feet.
Then Buggy heard someone laughing behind him. He looked to see Nami but what else he saw made his mouth drop with shock. His other parts were all tied up with rope.
"Are you looking for these?" taunted Nami.
"MY PARTS!" exclaimed Buggy. Luffy threw his head back, laughing.
"Nami, no wonder you're a thief, you're damn good at it." He said in a sing-song tone of voice. Then he looked at Buggy and smirked.
"See ya, Buggy!" shouted Luffy as he charged towards the clown pirate. Buggy screamed.
"Gum-Gum Bazooka!" shouted Luffy as he threw multiple punches at the clown pirate, sending him flying into the sky.
"I win!" Luffy giggled happily. Then he stopped as he looked down at his hat, lying on the ground. Aya saw something shining and walked over to it and bent down. Her eyes widen in surprise when she saw that it was her necklace. Buggy must have dropped it during the fight. She picked it up, holding it. She frowned as she saw that the chain was broken. Aya slipped it into her pocket for safe keeping. Luffy bent down and picked up his hat with a sad look on his face. Nami looked at him emphatically.
"I'm sorry about your straw hat." She said.
"It's okay. I can still wear it. I'm not angry anymore since Buggy is beaten." said Luffy as he put it on, smiling. For some reason, Nami could tell that it was fake.
"Don't worry." She mumbled. "I'll help patch it up later." Luffy stared at her with wide eyes.
"Eh? What?"
"Nothing at all." said Nami. Then she turned away, Luffy followed after her. Nami grabbed the sack of treasure that was split in two as it was torn by Buggy.
"Could you help me carry this, Luffy? Cause the bag split and I had to split it in two and it's heavy." She said as she held out another bag to Luffy.
"You don't give up do you?"
"Hey, Buggy is really selective about his treasure, so everything is high quality all of this is probably worth ten million berries and it's all mine." said Nami. Then she held out the map of the Grand Line to Luffy. He looked down at it confused.
"You wanted it, right? So, take it if you want to travel to the Grand Line easily." said Nami.
"Are you sure? I mean, you worked really hard to get it." asked Aya.
"It's okay, after all you two saved my life."
"Thanks Nami!" Said Luffy. "Does that mean you're joining my crew?" He asked. Nami's smile disappeared and she frowned.
"How many times do I have to tell you I'm not going to be a pirate...but, being with you guys I'll get to earn more money so I guess I could join." said Nami. Luffy cheered. The three walked over to Zoro who was sleeping. Luffy bent down, waking him up.
"Hey, Zoro, wake up!" said Luffy as he slapped Zoro's face with his hand. Zoro groaned as he sat up, crossing his legs and scratched his head.
"The fight's over already?" asked Zoro as he let out a big yawn.
"Yep, and we got a map of the Grand Line and a navigator, isn't it great!" said Luffy smiling. Zoro looked up and glared at Nami. She went completely stiff, not moving a muscle. Then Zoro starts to sway a little. Aya caught him before he fell. He blushed when he was that it was her. Aya smirked. "Does the big bad swordsman need help?" She said in a teasing tone of voice. Zoro glared at her until he felt a sharp pain from his wound. He hissed as he shut his eyes tightly in pain.
"Ugh, I don't feel so good." groaned Zoro.
"Of course, if you try to move, you'll only get worse. You two are not human after all!" exclaimed Nami.
"What did I do?" pouted Luffy.
"YOU are the strangest one of them all!" shouted Nami. "Anyway should we check on the mayor?" She said as she looked down at the unconscious man lying on the ground.
"Oh, yeah, we should probably wake up the old man." said Luffy. Before he or anyone could move, a shout stopped them. They turned to see a large group of people as they approached them.
"You there! You aren't from around here, are you?" asked one of them.
"Nope, who are you?" asked Luffy.
"We're residents of this village. What happened to the pirates? If you know something, please tell us!" said one of the townspeople.
"Oh, your residents." said Nami as she relaxed. "I thought you were more enemies." Nami was about to saw something until one of them let a shout.
"Oh mayor!" The townspeople gasped as they saw their mayor lying on the ground knocked out cold.
"Get a hold of yourself! What happened?!" exclaimed one of them.
"The pirates have done this!" shouted another.
"No, I'm the one who knocked him out." said Luffy. Aya sighed as she twitched her eye, annoyed. "He just had to go and open his big mouth..." thought Aya to herself. Nami gaped in shock while the townspeople glared at the four.
"WHAT?!"
"Hey, you didn't have to say that!" Nami whispered harshly at Luffy. He blinked.
"You saw it." said Luffy.
"I did, but it was for a good reason." said Nami. Then her eyes widen, realizing what she had said. Nami looked and saw the townspeople were now armed with weapons.
"Why did you harm our mayor?!" shouted one of them.
"We are pirates." said Luffy.
"I knew it!"
"It's the truth!"
"Pirate! How dare you cause so much destruction to our village! We won't forgive you even if you are just kids!" said one of the townspeople. Then one of them saw Aya.
"Hey, that girl has green eyes! I bet she's a witch as well!" He said.
"Get the witch!"
Aya backed up as the townspeople were walking closer to the four. "I'm not a witch! You dumbasses!" shouted Aya.
"We're dead..." thought Nami as the townspeople started to advance towards the four.
"IDIOT!" screamed Nami. Luffy walked over to Zoro.
"What now, they won't listen anymore?" said Zoro. Luffy grinned.
"RUN!"
Soon the four ran while the townspeople chased after them. Luffy carried Zoro as he ran, while Nami was carried both of the bags of treasures.
"Why don't you always speak before thinking?" shouted Nami.
"This is a good town." said Luffy. Nami blinked, confused. "For the sake of their mayor, everyone's doing their best to fight so even if we told them the truth, they won't listen to us because they're too angry." said Luffy. Nami stared at him in surprise.
"Quickly, let's turn here." She snapped out of her thoughts when she saw Luffy turn into the alley. He does it so quickly that she almost loses him.
"W-Wait! You gotta let me know sooner! Hold on!" shouted Nami. The four ran into the alley until they spotted Chou Chou sitting on the ground in front of them. Luffy, Aya, and Nami jump over him as they continued to run. And to their surprise as soon as the angry mob turned into the alley to chase them, Chou Chou started to bark angrily and growl at them. The mob stopped, surprised to see the dog. They tried to get around him, but Chou Chou wouldn't let anyone through.
Both Luffy and Nami looked back with a stunned look on their face. Chou Chou was helping them escape. Luffy smirked.
"Thanks doggy!" He shouted.
Luffy, Aya, Zoro and Nami made it to the port as they managed to escape from the angry mob.
"Thank goodness, we somehow escaped thanks to Chou Chou. Why do we have to be in this situation?" said Nami.
"It's not that bad. We got what we wanted and now it's time to head off."
"I guess you're right."
"Hey is this your boat? Nice boat." asked Luffy as he saw the Buggy boat.
"Oh that, I stole that boat from a bunch of stupid pirates." said Nami. Then three men appeared behind Nami. It was the three pirates who she stole the boat from. They smirked.
"Stupid pirates, huh?"
"We've been waiting for you, thief."
"Who knew we would meet again on this beach." Nami laughed, nervously. Luffy looks at them the back to her.
"Hey do you know them, Nami?"
"Yeah,...well, a little." answered Nami. One of the three pirates stepped up.
"Of course, we know her, she was the one who stole our boat. But, since that you're all involved, we have to teach you guys some lessons, nobody messes with the Buggy pirates." He said. Then he notices Zoro on Luffy's shoulder.
"Hey you, wake up time for your punishment." He said, smirking, as he tapped Zoro's head. Zoro groaned as he woke up then he shot a menacing glare at the pirate, who dared to disturb his sleep. The three pirates eyes widen in horror when they recognized him immediately. They screamed in terror and ran away, leaving Luffy, Aya, and Nami clueless at what they saw.
"Geez, Zoro, what did you do to those poor men?" asked Aya, snickering.
Back with the townspeople, the mayor had regained consciousness as he starts to wake up. He opens his eyes slowly and sees them.
"Mayor, you're awake."
"Thank goodness, you're awake." The mayor sighed in relief.
"What in the world happened to you, Mr. Mayor?" He stares at them then looks around at his surroundings. He was stunned as he saw the destruction of some of the buildings and the square.
"What happened?" asked the mayor.
"It's been like this since we've arrived, the rest of the pirates have all disappeared without a trace." said one of the townsfolk.
"Where are the kids?" asked the mayor, but the townspeople gave him confused looks.
"Wait, are you talking about those four?" questioned one of them.
"Then they're alright...those damn kids, actually had the heart to do such an awful thing to an old man like me." said the mayor when he remembered Luffy kicking him in the head.
"Don't worry, mayor. We chased those bastards away." said one of them. Then some of the townspeople started to join in. Some cursing, wishing that they had the chance to kill the four pirates who destroyed their town and what they did to them. The mayor clenched his fists as he grew angrier and angrier as he heard the people's insults.
"SHUT YOUR MOUTHS!" He shouted. The townspeople cringed. They looked at him in shock, wondering why he was angry.
"I'm the only one who's allowed to complain about those kids. I won't let anyone else bad mouth them, you hear me!?" said the mayor.
"I don't understand why you're defending those pirates." said one of the townsfolk.
"Tell me, where are they?" asked the mayor.
"Um, I think they headed to the port." said one of them. The mayor took off towards the direct of the port, ignoring the townspeople's protest.
"I still have a lot of things to say to you." thought the mayor to himself.
Back at the port, the two boats were starting to sail away.
"You're boat still has Buggy's flag on it, don't you want to take it off?" said Zoro.
"I thought about it, but it'll keep away any unwanted attention if they try to come near us." said Nami. Zoro nodded and started doze off again. Then the four heard a shout as someone was calling out to them. They looked and saw the mayor.
"It's the mayor!" exclaimed Luffy.
"THANK YOU! THANK YOU SO MUCH! I PROMISE I'LL REPAY YOU SOMEDAY!" shouted the Mayor as tears ran down his face, happy. The four smiled as Luffy waved goodbye.
"Don't worry, take it easy, old man!" yelled Luffy. The mayor smiled as he watched the boats sailed off.
"Thank you, Luffy, Aya, Zoro, and Nami." He whispered softly. Then he noticed a sack that was resting on the post on the dock. He opened it and gasped as he saw a lot of treasure in it as it shined brightly.
"YOU DID WHAT?!" screeched Nami. Aya cringed as she felt her ears ring.
"I left the sack on the deck. They're going to need it to rebuild their town." said Aya. Nami stared at her with disbelief.
"You mean you gave five million berries to them." She said.
"Yeah, they're going to need it to rebuild their homes." said Aya.
"But the was MY treasure!" shouted Nami.
"You're a thief, you can steal more." said Aya, shrugging her hands. Nami glared daggers at her, looking like she wanted to strangle Aya any minute. Luffy grinned.
"Yeah, that's true, and since you joined my crew, that means the treasure YOU stole now belongs to ALL of us, and since I'm the Captain, I can do what I want with OUR treasure." He said. Nami's jaw dropped. Zoro watched, amused. Aya laughed..
"THAT'S NOT THE POINT! THOSE ARE MY TREASURE!" shouted Nami.
"Take it easy, Nami." said Luffy as he tried to calm her down.
"DON'T YOU KNOW HOW HARD I WORKED TO STEAL THOSE PRICELESS TREASURES FROM THOSE INGRATE PIRATES!?"
"WHY ARE YOU YELLING AT ME FOR? I TOLD AYA TO DO IT BECAUSE THE THEY NEEDED IT MORE THAN YOU DO!" shouted Luffy as he argued back at Nami. Aya watched at the two with an amused look on her face as they bickered back and forth.
"I NEEDED THOSE TREASURES EVEN MORE BECAUSE THEY WERE MINE! I HOPE YOU'RE READY TO REPAY ME BACK HALF THE TREASURE YOU GAVE THEM!"
"EH!? ARE YOU CRAZY? HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO PAY YOU BACK FIVE MILLION BERRIES?!"
"I DON'T CARE, YOU BETTER COUGH IT UP!" The two continued to bicker with each other. Zoro laughed as he and Aya watch the two bicker at each other.
"Well, it looks like we've found our navigator." He thought to himself.
"IF YOU EVER DO THAT AGAIN, YOU'RE DEAD!" Shouted Nami. She grabbed Luffy by his head and tried to push him into water.
"STOP IT! I CAN'T SWIM! IF YOU WANT IT SO BADLY THEN YOU GO BACK AND GET IT!" Shouted Luffy as he struggled to pry the thief off of him.
"Ugh, this is going to be a very long day." said Zoro.
"Tell me about it." said Aya in agreement.
Meanwhile, on an island far off in the ocean, high up on the cliffs, a young man stood watching the sea as the waves danced with a dazed look on his face.