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The pirate crew kept on running. They needed to get away from Buggy's crew. If they didn't come up with a plan soon, they would be in even bigger trouble!
It took them a while to finally find a spot to hide. They found a pet store being guarded by a single little dog.
Luffy sat before the dog, wanting to pet it.
The dog disagreed with that plan. They growled before biting Luffy's hand. Luffy yelped, trying to shake it off. Harry cast a quick Reducio to shrink the dog into a puppy-size. The dog finally fell off his hand. Safely on the ground, Harry cast an Engorgio to bring it back to normal size.
Harry turned to his twin. "Luffy. Did you forget to tell me we made a new friend?"
Luffy beamed. "Oh this is Nami. She's our new navigator!"
Nami, like the dog, disagreed. "I already told you I didn't want to be a pirate."
Luffy pouted, genuinely upset by the insistence. "Come on. You said you'd join if we went to see Buggy and we did."
Harry crossed his arms while glare at Nami. Zoro also narrowed his eyes on the young woman.
"So why have Luffy bound in a cage, then?" Harry asked.
"That was part of the act!" Nami excused. "We get the pirates drunk, then I take their treasure! Nobody told me I would be shooting a cannon at someone!"
Zoro and Harry gave the woman a once over. They looked at each other. Satisfied, they nodded in agreement. They believed Nami told the truth.
Luffy placed his hands on his crewmate's shoulders. "Plus when one of Buggy's men lit the fuse, Nami knocked him out and put the fuse out with her bare hands."
"Alright then." Harry said. That was a pretty good thing to do. If it were part of the plan to trick them, there were smarter ways to turn off a fuse. For the effort, Harry would give her a break. "Just don't try to trick my brother again or you'll have to answer to me."
Nami nodded, understanding the threat for what it was worth.
Luffy, happy his crew were getting along, went back to playing with the dog. The dog tried to go for a bite, cowering back as Luffy went for a pet. Clearly they remembered Harry's earlier trick.
Zoro grabbed Luffy, pulling him back to them. "So what do we do now?"
"Well Buggy's got this chart of the Grand Line so we need to get our hands on it," Luffy told them.
"Wait, seriously?" Harry asked.
Before more could be said a new voice called out. "Hey you, leave Choo Choo alone!"
Everyone turned to see an older man in thin armor with a spear hooked to his back. He approached Luffy. The pirate captain kept trying to play with the dog.
"And who are you, old man?" Zoro asked to which the man took offense.
"Old man? I'm the mayor around here," he told the pirates. "Who are you lot and what are you planning on doing to poor Choo Choo here?"
"Oh, we're just passing by." Nami said.
"And I'm just trying to play with the doggie here!" Luffy added, a wide giddy smile on his face.
"Luffy, that dog already bit you once. Just leave him alone," Harry reminded his twin. He traded places with Zoro, keeping Luffy from Choo Choo.
The mayor nodded. He gave Choo Choo some food to eat. "It's best to leave him be. He's very diligent about protecting this store here."
"The store?" Nami asked. She looked to the building, as if not realizing it was in fact a store. "Oh it's a pet food store."
The mayor nodded. "You see the man who ran the store was Choo Choo's owner and a dear friend of mine."
"'Was'?" Harry questioned not liking the past tense.
The mayor nodded again with a saddened face. "He got sick and passed away three months ago. Choo Choo's been guarding this store ever since."
"Don't tell me he's been waiting for his master the whole time?" Nami asked.
The mayor sat down on the nearby bench. He smoked from his pipe. "That's what everyone believes but I don't think so. Choo Choo is a smart dog. I think he's caught on that his master has passed. This store meant a lot to his master so it means a lot to Choo Choo as well."
"Oh I see," Harry said.
"The store is his treasure," Luffy reasoned.
Choo Choo had finished his food. Harry knelt down next to the dog, holding out his hand. Choo Choo gave a small sniff before licking Harry's palm. Harry started to pet him and showed Luffy how to do so as well without getting bitten again.
"That's right," the mayor agreed. "I've tried to take him back to my place to keep him out of the elements but he won't take even a single step."
The twins looked at each other in consideration. Everyone else was quiet. So quiet, that the sounds of heavy stomps and animalistic growling startled them. The mayor started to panic.
"It's him! Beast Tamer Mohji! We gotta run for it!" He grabbed Nami's hand and they ran off.
The three Straw Hat Pirates stayed behind with Choo Choo.
A giant lion walked up to them with a man (at least Harry guessed it was a man though it had some kind of bear ears on his head).
"So I finally found you. Though it seems Nami decided to ditch you as well," the man said.
"And who are you supposed to be?" Zoro asked.
The man laughed. "My my, how imponent. I'm Beast Tamer Mohji. A member of the Buggy Pirates."
"That's a weird animal suit you've got on," Luffy noted.
Mohji got offended. "How rude, this happens to be my natural hair."
"That just makes it weirder," Harry said.
Mohji just scoffed. "You clearly don't understand the power I possess. There is no animal that I can't get to do my bidding."
He then ordered Choo Choo to shake his hand but the dog just wound up biting him, much to the Straw Hats amusement.
"You think that's funny huh? Well then Zoro why don't you fight me here and now," Mohji challenged. He then noticed that his lion's attention was diverted. "What is it? Oh a pet food shop. You can have a snack once you're done beating Zoro," he stated.
Choo Choo got up and started barking. The Monkey twins stood in front of the dog. "Stay away from this store!"
"You really think that lion can stand a chance against the three of us?" Luffy asked.
"I don't think he stands a chance against one of us," Harry mocked.
Mohji got furious and ordered his lion, Richie, to attack. Richie jumped up. Harry quickly ran under the creature. He cast three Stupify spells on their belly to knock them out. Richie landed hard on the cobbled ground. They didn't even make a sound.
Mohji cried out in horror as he went to check on his pet while Luffy walked up to Harry. "Three stunning spells? Isn't that overdoing it?" Luffy asked.
Harry gave the lion a good once over. "Yeah, considering it's size I figured three would be needed but I guess I could have gone with just one."
Mohji shook with anger. "How dare you!" He growled. "YOU'RE GOING TO PAY FOR THIS!" He brought out a whip, charging at Harry. Luffy grabbed him from behind and slammed his face into the ground knocking him out cold.
"Well that was easy," Harry deadpanned.
"Yeah this guy was weak," Luffy agreed.
"Hey I didn't get any action," Zoro complained. "That guy said he wanted to face me."
Both twins smiled apologetically.
"Don't worry Zoro, you can have the next one!" Luffy promised.
Nami and the Mayor walked back to them. They were looking at the defeated Buggy Pirate in disbelief.
"Wow, you took down that lion like it was nothing," Nami praised. "Your magic is really something, um... Harry, right?"
Harry nodded as Luffy just remembered something. "Oh crap, the doggie!"
The younger twin rushed over to make sure Choo Choo was alright. Luckily, there wasn't a scratch on him.
"Oh that's a relief. I was afraid for a second that you got caught in our fight." Harry smiled at that before noting Nami's expression out of the corner of his eye. She looked at Luffy in disbelief. Like she never met someone quite like Luffy before.
Nami walked over and sat down next to him. "Hey, sorry about all that stuff I said about pirates earlier. I guess you're not so bad."
Luffy got up and dusted himself off before holding out his hand. "It's fine. I remember you saying you lost someone to pirates so I understand. Not that I'm interested in the details or anything."
So Nami suffered loss at the hand of other pirates. That's why she's somewhat hostile to us.
Harry didn't blame her. Memories of Bluejam flashed in his mind. However he and Luffy weren't like that and, knowing his twin, he could get Nami to relax around them. Especially since Luffy and Harry were keen on her being their navigator. Nami gave a soft smile to Luffy.
The mayor on the other hand was furious with himself. "How despicable. These three kids have fought bravely against Buggy and his crew while I, the mayor, stand by and do nothing."
Luffy and Nami ran to him trying to calm him down, but the mayor was having none of it. He recalled how he and the other townsfolk built this place from scratch about forty years ago. So to him, the town was his treasure. And Buggy destroyed more of it as the five narrowly avoided being struck by massive cannon fire.
All the buildings they were near were reduced to rubble. This added fuel to the fire that burned within the mayor as he started to charge up to where Buggy was. Nami tried to hold him back.
"You don't stand a chance!" she tried to reason. "If you go after him then you'll die!"
The mayor turned to face her. Tears were streaming down his eyes. "I'm well aware of that."
Nami froze upon seeing his face, allowing the mayor to run off.
Zoro started to snicker. "Looks like the party is getting more exciting," he said. The twins laughed in agreement.
Nami didn't like how they played it off. "Now is not the time to be laughing!"
"Don't sweat it Nami, we're not going to let him die," Harry said.
Luffy nodded, "We like that old man. We're not going to let anything happen to him." Once again, he held his hand out to her. "We're gonna get that chart from him as well. You in or what?"
Nami frowned. After a brief pause to think, she smiled and slapped her new captain's hand. "I have no plans to become a pirate. But I won't object to us teaming up. For the moment."
Luffy nodded in agreement. Together, the Straw Hats followed the mayor. They all needed to confront Buggy once more.
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