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Chapter 11
With Zoro…
"Take a taste of the best trick that I have!" Cabaji shouted, charging toward Zoro with tops in his hand. "Acrobat technique! "One Hundred Tops Typhoon"!"
Zoro fended off the oncoming tops. Meanwhile, Cabaji rode up a wall.
"Acrobat technique! "Wall Riding"!"
Zoro looked up and was shocked to see Cabaji in the air.
"Acrobat technique! "Midsummer Firecrackers Ignition"!"
"Waah, that's high!" Luffy exclaimed, looking up at Cabaji.
"Direct stab!"
Cabaji dived down toward Zoro. Buggy, on the other hand, was getting ready to pull something.
"Ground runner "Bara Bara Cannon"!
Buggy's hand flew toward Zoro, while Cabaji kept coming down.
"Cabaji! I'll grab him in place, so finish Zoro off!"
"Yes, Captain!"
"That bastard!"
With Aurora…
Aurora flew to the left, dodging Tsuruko's attack. She stopped, seeing as how Tsuruko paused in her onslaught.
A smirk played on the woman's lips. "Whirlwind Chaos!"
Aurora's eyes widened when she saw numerous air blades head for her. She flew right and left, up and down, trying to dodge them. One managed to nick her wing and she stopped for one second.
That was all Tsuruko needed.
"Whirlwind Chaos!"
Aurora cried in pain as she was cut by the air blades. The attack seemed endless to Aurora. She was bleeding profusely and it seemed like her angel powers couldn't heal her fast enough.
Tsuruko smirked. "Give up?"
The last of the air blades hit Aurora and she fell to the ground. She forced herself up, glaring at the Kama Kama user.
"Not yet."
Tsuruko growled, using her attack once more. "Whirlwind Chaos!"
Aurora watched as the air blades swiftly made their way toward her.
Back With Zoro…
Buggy's hand kept charging toward Zoro… but suddenly it was stopped by Luffy stomping on it.
"GAAAAAAHHH!" Buggy screeched.
"Luffy!" Zoro said in surprise.
"Don't interfere with Zoro's fight!"
"You asshole…" Buggy growled.
"Hoo…" Zoro breathed out.
"Even without the Captain's help finishing you off will be a piece of cake!" Cabaji said, still falling toward Zoro. Zoro managed to dodge at the last minute. But his wound was still in bad shape.
"Stop now… I'm tired…"
"You're tired? Hahahahaha. Are you getting anemia? You've finally given up. Well I suppose it was obvious…! I mean, it's a substantial effort you make just to stay standing."
Cabaji fell to the ground, Zoro standing over him.
"Argh…!
"I meant I'm tired of being the opponent of someone… who has such pitiful skills!"
Cabaji charged toward Zoro. "Then let me finish you off now! With my real sword skills!"
With Aurora…
Tsuruko grinned evilly, looking at the cloud of dust her barrage had created.
"What!" she cried when she didn't see a body. She heard someone panting and looked up.
"You survived!"
Aurora hovered in the air, a yellow glow encasing her body as she healed herself.
Tsuruko's eyes were wide. "But how…!"
"I flew straight up and through your attack. While you watched it, I was up here healing myself."
Tsuruko's eyes widened more and she looked at Aurora in shock.
Aurora brushed some hair out of her face. "Never underestimate the power of an angel... or half-angel, in this case."
Tsuruko growled. "Don't get all high and mighty. You're still gonna lose! Sickle-Sickle Whirlwind!"
Tsuruko launched one right after the other, trying to hit the half-angel. Aurora was skillfully dodging her attacks.
'I'm starting to get the hang of this.' she thought.
Tsuruko stopped for a second to catch her breath and Aurora used it to her advantage. She flew up high into the air. Tsuruko looked up at the woman.
"Take this!"
Aurora dove down, thrusting a hand out as a bright yellow glow surrounded it. Tsuruko sliced the air in front of her, sending air blades at Aurora.
Then there was an explosion.
With the others…
"Oni… GIRI!"
Cuts appeared on Cabaji's body and blood gushed out.
"CABAJI!" Buggy shouted. Luffy watched the scene with a grin.
"Damn it…! The world's best pirate beaten at the likes of a common thief…! So shameful…!" Cabaji said, before falling to the ground, defeated.
Zoro grabbed his bandana. "Not a common thief, but a pirate!"
Zoro collapsed to the ground, dropping his swords and holding his bandana.
"Luffy… I'm gonna sleep."
"Yeah, you sleep. Now I'll finish this off."
"You mean you guys… are pirates!"
"Yeah! Hand over the "Grand Line" map!"
Back To Aurora & Tsuruko…
Tsuruko covered her face to keep dust from getting in it. Wind whipped through her hair, and then it slowly died down. She removed her hands, smirking when she didn't see anything.
"Hey!" a voice rang. "Up here!"
Tsuruko looked up and her eyes widened. Aurora was in the air, flying down toward her. She had cuts here and there and her clothes were ripped in places. She thrust a hand out again, using the last of her strength.
Tsuruko didn't have time to dodge. Aurora's hand touched her and she was blasted back, going unconscious.
Aurora touched ground, falling to her knees before the woman.
"I did it." she whispered.
The half-angel closed her eyes, a smile forming. After sitting in silence for a few moments, Aurora forced herself back up. She slowly flew back to where she'd left Zoro and Luffy, smiling all the way.
When Aurora got there, the first thing she saw was Zoro and Cabaji on the ground. Judging from their appearances, it looked like Zoro won.
Aurora fell onto the ground next to Zoro, staying in a sitting position and pulling her wings into her back.
"Hey Luffy." she greeted weakly.
He turned to his crewmate with a grin. "Aurora! You're okay!"
She smiled weakly. "Of course I am. There's no way I was gonna lose."
Luffy's grin broadened.
Aurora's smile broadened as well. "Get back to what you were doing. I'm just gonna rest."
Luffy nodded and turned back to Buggy, who continued to speak.
"So that was your goal… that place isn't exactly somewhere nameless pirates like yourselves can go as they please. So what are you planning to do there! You wanna go have a sightseeing tour!"
"I'm gonna become the Pirate King." Luffy stated.
Buggy deadpanned before exploding. "DON'T KID AROUND! YOU IDIOTIC FOOL! YOU BECOME PIRATE KING! THEN I'M A GOD! THE PERSON WHO'LL GET HIS HANDS ON ALL THE TREASURE IN THE WORLD WILL BE ME! DON'T EVEN DREAM ABOUT IT!"
"Shut up! Skip the lecture, and let's start! You're being too loud, you idiot." Luffy said, cracking his knuckles.
"Yayayayayayaht! Watch your mouth, Gomu Gomu!" Buggy said, drawing a bunch of knives. "Seeing your straw hat reminds me of a guy I knew a long time ago. The impudent Red-Haired guy…!"
"Red-Haired? Do you know Shanks?"
Mmm? What's this…? Looks like you are considerably interested."
'I wonder who Shanks is?' Aurora thought curiously, glancing at Luffy.
"I know him, but why do you want to know?"
"Where is he now?" Luffy asked.
"Where…? Well… if I know then I know, and if I don't know then I could also not know anything at all…!"
"What are you saying? Are you an idiot?" Luffy asked, not getting it.
"Whaddya mean "idiot", you uncivilized buffoon! I'm saying that I'm not a nice enough guy to tell you information that you want to know. Even if it's your last wish before you die…"
"Then let me make you say it by force!"
Kuhahahaha! Before you hear it… you're going to be dead." A knife came out of the tip of Buggy's shoe. "Even though you are rubber, there are still some things that won't bounce off you."
"Mm, that's right."
"Bara Bara… WINDMILL!"
Buggy's lower half came off and spun toward Luffy, the knives pointing outward. Luffy jumped up and it went right under him.
"Moving here and there in the air…! Is most likely impossible!:
Buggy threw the knives in his hands at Luffy.
"Why not?" Luffy asked, grabbing a nearby pole and yanking himself out of the knives path.
"Oho! So, you can do things like that! How interesting!"
Luffy pulled his fist back. "You're an interesting person too. Gomu Gomu… PISTOL!"
His fist shot toward Buggy, but the clown dodged it.
"It's an interesting ability, but…! An arm that's stretched to its limits…! Is full of weaknesses!"
Buggy drew his sword, not knowing that Luffy had grabbed hold of a building behind him.
"I'll tear it to shreds…!"
"Gomu Gomu…!"
Luffy flew toward Buggy.
"Huh! Bara Bara Emergency Escape!"
"Scythe!"
Buggy's head popped off right as Luffy attacked. Luffy ended up crashing into the building.
"Kuhahahahaha!" Buggy laughed, his head reattaching. "You're not much of a threat, Gomu Gomu…"
Luffy's feet stuck up out of the rubble. Then he broke free of it, holding his hat in his hand.
"Hey!" Luffy put his hat back on. "Damn! Separating into sections…"
Aurora saw something out of the corner of her eye. She turned and saw Nami, hiding behind a nearby building, watching the fight in awe.
"Bara Bara Cannon!"
Buggy's hand shot off and straight for Luffy.
"Ugh!" Luffy grunted, catching it.
"Separate!"
Buggy's hand separated even further and sliced Luffy's temple.
"Yikes!"
Luffy fell backwards, his hat falling off. He slowly sat up, looking down at his hat, blood dripping from his temple.
Luffy glared at Buggy. "You bastard!"
"What? So, you're pissed that your face is scarred?"
"How dare you mess up… THIS HAT!"
"What?" Buggy asked.
"THIS IS MY TREASURE! I WILL NEVER FORGIVE ANYONE WHO MESSES UP THIS HAT!"
Nearby, Nami remembered something Luffy said.
"I got this hat ages ago from a friend."
'I thought this guy was someone who'd never get agitated at anything, but he's so pissed off now…!'
Buggy smirked. "Is the hat that precious to you?"
"Yeah, you bastard!" Luffy shouted back. Aurora gasped when she saw Buggy's hand rise up.
"Luffy, look out!" she shouted, right as the hand threw a knife. Luffy turned and saw it. He moved out of the way, the knife barely missing him.
But Buggy had him right where he wanted him. His hand shot forward, aiming for Luffy's hat.
"If it's that precious to you then why don't you protect it properly!"
The hat got caught on the knives, getting yanked from Luffy's grip.
"This hat… is my gift to you."
Buggy's hand reattached to his arm and he laughed, holding up the hat. "Kuhahahahahahaha! What sort of treasure is this rag-like-hat!"
Luffy trembled in anger, gritting his teeth.
"This is my favorite hat, you know. When you become a great pirate in the future, you'll return that hat to me."
Luffy charged toward Buggy, his head bowed. "That's the hat I swore myself to with Shanks!"
Buggy threw the hat to the ground. "What? This is Shanks's hat? I thought it looked familiar…! Me and that guy used to be in the same pirate ship."
Buggy spit on the hat. "To rephrase that… he was my comrade when we were still pirate trainees."
Luffy glared and charged once more. "Shanks is a great man… you say that he was your comrade!"
"Bara Bara Emergency Escape!"
Buggy's head popped off again. Luffy didn't fall for the trick again. He went straight for the rest of Buggy's body.
"DON'T COMPARE YOURSELF WITH HIM!"
Buggy's head and body flew back, his head reattaching right as he hit the ground.
"Dammit, how dare you treat my treasure like that!"
"Ugghh! Kehk… Kehk!" Buggy got out.
Luffy went over and started rubbing his hat in Buggy's face. "You even spat on it!"
"Puuht! Puuheht! That's dirty, stop it!"
"It's your own saliva!"
Aurora sweat dropped at the scene. "Okay…"
Luffy stretched Buggy's face. "Shanks being your comrade… don't you dare repeat those words ever again!"
"Huh… even though I don't know what sort of relationship you had with Shanks! It's my own choice how I can speak of him! Take this! Ba… ra… Ba… ra..."
"Stay still…!" Luffy shouted, karate-chopping Buggy in the face.
Buggy slowly got up. "Throughout my whole life, even until today, there has not been a single person who has made me madder than he did! That bastard, he… he took a tremendous amount of treasure from me!"
Luffy seemed surprised and Aurora listened, curious to know what happened.
"I can't forgive him!
Flashback
"Oooh, they're fighting again!"
"Hahaha. Fight, fight! Don't lose to each other!"
A young Shanks and Buggy gripped the front of each other's shirts.
"It's the North Pole!"
"No, it's the South Pole!" Shanks argued.
"You're still insisting on that, moron!"
"Of course! I'm telling you I'm right!"
The captain came over and knocked them both over the head. "Enough is enough! You two always gonna fight or what! I can't see why whether the North Pole or South Pole is colder has to do with you! If you want to know so badly, go to both places and check for yourself! Idiots…"
The boys sat on the deck, nursing their bumps.
"A vessel is coming form the North West!"
The men drew their weapons.
"Okay! Attack!"
"Let's start the action!"
"Looks like you're excited, Buggy." Shanks commented.
"A vessel's the same as a treasure box! The most important thing to a pirate is his loot!" Buggy said, wielding two knives.
"Well, that's one thing…" Shanks said, drawing his sword.
"It's not just one thing… it's everything! Too nice for your own good. You and this ship's pirates… don't treat treasure seriously enough! You don't know what a pirate really is!"
On the vessel…
"Huh!" Buggy exclaimed, looking at a piece of paper.
"This…! T…t-t-t…t…! Treasure map…! First time seeing one!"
Buggy stuffed it in his shirt. 'Aahaaaa, no one could've seen. Kuhahaha who wouldn't keep this to themselves.'
"Yahoo! From now on…! My life's worries will end and happiness will come!"
Back on their ship…
"Hahahahahaha! Today we have another delightful victory! Drink, drink to your heart's content, raise your voices and sing!"
"Oi Buggy… let's celebrate together!" Shanks said, bursting through the door. "We found a weird treasure, too!"
"W… w… whaddya mean treasure… I didn't do anything at all! I don't know anything!"
"Whatcha talking about?"
Later…
"We too one day, will get off this ship."
"Of course we will… if I get to have my own ship I'm planning to go around and see the world. As a pirate, of course."
"Hehehng! Talking absolute nonsense as usual!"
"Oh yeah!"
"I can understand and accept your fighting skills. If it weren't for your crazy way of thinking I wouldn't mind taking you in as my crew member…"
"Your follower! Like I want to be! Because we think so differently we just need to travel the path that each thinks best. That's what a pirate life is like!"
"Hahahaha! It's funny to hear things about pirates from your mouth… but if that happens… then when we meet each other at sea again… we'll meet as enemies!"
"Yep. That's just another part of a pirate's life."
"What the hell you're talking about…?" Buggy then changed the subject. "Hey, didn't you just say something about some weird treasure?"
"Hmm… yes, we've got this "Devil's Fruit". I once heard that the Devil's Fruits are all sea-devil's incarnations. If you eat it you'll gain a special ability, but you won't be able to swim. The captain said that whoever wants to eat it can have it…"
"Kuhahahaha! Don't wanna eat that sorta thing and end up unable to swim for the rest of my life…"
'Hueh… scary… anyone who eats that sort of thing is no doubt a real idiot. If there's a treasure lying on the seabed and you can't swim, then you can't go and get it!'
"But that odd fruit…" Shanks continued. "Turns out it sells for around 100 million beli if you can believe it."
"WHAT? IS THAT TRUE!"
'If it's one hundred million beli then it's more than the selling price of 10 A-ranked treasure boxes! The treasure goddess must be smiling down at me right now!"
Next Day…
"Pirate Trainee Buggy…! He will eat the Devil's Fruit!"
"Hahahah… being young is a wonderful thing, since you can be so carefree."
"Good going Buggy. I have more respect for you now!"
Buggy ate the thing in one bite.
"Ooht… he ate it…!"
"So how is it Buggy? Feel any difference in your body?"
"No… not really…" Buggy said, holding his stomach.
"What? Was it a fake?"
"Well the story of the Devil's Fruit was a rumored story from the start."
'Kekekekeke! You've got it exactly right! What I just ate was a fake fruit I spent all night working on and switching.'
Buggy hid behind a bunch of crates. "Everything turned out as planned! I don't need to be a pirate trainee anymore. I better get off this ship before anyone finds out. With the money from selling the fruit and the treasure from the map, I could form the best pirate crew in the world and steal the most valu-"
"Yo Buggy, whatcha doing here?" Shanks asked, popping up out of nowhere. Buggy stuffed map in his shirt and the fruit in his mouth.
"Your face sure is a sight."
'W… what the, so it was this idiot. Scared me half to death.'
"Don't steal too much food." Shanks said, walking away. "The cook will get mad!"
'Phew… the danger had passed…'
"Oh yeah! If I think about it the Captain just…"
Buggy got scared again and accidentally swallowed the fruit.
"AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Buggy screamed, grabbing the front of Shanks shirt. "You… you… you bastard, I… I…! I…Aa…Aaaahh!
"What is that? That piece of paper?" Shanks asked, pointing at the paper.
"AAAAHHHH, MY MAP!"
Buggy jumped in after it.
"Hey! Buggy?"
'What the… my body can't move properly…'
"He… help…! Someone save me…!"
"Hey, man. Whatcha doing? Swimming's your specialty!"
"What the? What's going on, Shanks?"
"Eeeh? What's that guy doing?"
"I'll save you!" Shanks shouted, jumping in after Buggy.
End Flashback
"So I… ate a one hundred million beli worth fruit… and became unable to swim! And I also missed the treasure lying on the seabed!"
"Oh… so Shanks saved your life." Luffy stated.
"I'm not talking about that part! Because of that idiot my future life plans were postponed for ten years!"
Buggy separated his upper half, sending it in the air.
"So that's why I promised myself! If I can't get anything under the sea then I'd settle for every treasure above it! Because of that whoever touches my treasure… whoever that is I never…!"
Aurora looked where he was and gasped. He was aiming for Nami, who was carrying a bag full of treasure.
Luffy noticed too. "Aa…"
"LEAVE THEM ALIVE!" he finished, heading for Nami.
"Eh?" she questioned, frozen in place.
This was bad.
