Hiya! Sorry for the long wait, and I do hope you can forgive me. I've been suffering writers block not to mention I had a job that kept me bust but now I have a bit of time on my hands and finally managed to get some motivation, so here it is, the next chapter!
I do hope that you enjoy this chapter, after all, it did take me up to four days to write it, I struggled in some places, unsure how to add Kasumi but I managed it.
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Chapter 4 A thief, a clown, and a whole lot of drama!
Kasumi's P.O.V.
"Ugh.. I'm so hungry…" Luffy groaned as he sat cross legged on the boat.
"Oh shut up Luffy! It's your fault that we're hungry, you ate all the provisions!" I spoke angrily, glaring at my younger brother, but soon sighed.
"It's funny that you have absolutely navigational skills." Zoro suddenly said to us, frowning slightly.
"I have a bit of knowledge but it's not my strong points. I couldn't say where the next island is or how far it'd be, I just know which way north is." I spoke, making Zoro's eye twitch in annoyance.
"Why? We've always been just wandering! You're just wandering and capturing pirates for rewards." Luffy said looking at the swordsman.
"I don't remember me saying that I live completely off of rewards! I was searching for a man, that's why I left to the sea but now I can't find my way home…" Zoro told us, now my eye twitched, he just complained about having no navigational skills, when he's just as bad as us. Idiot.
"I had no choice but to start hunting pirates for a living, just to get a little bit for living expenses…" Zoro spoke.
"Oh, so you're lost?" Luffy said and rather bluntly too, I almost laughed but had to cover my mouth to stop it from escaping.
"SHUT UP! YOU ARE THE ONES THAT IS LOST!" Zoro yelled angrily, shark teeth appearing, he was not only just glaring at Luffy but also at me, so I took a guess and thought that he figured that I was trying not to laugh and so I let it go and laughed loudly.
"SHUT IT!" Zoro yelled again. I tried to calm down, but I couldn't stop, that is when Luffy through me one of his rare stern looks.
"Kasumi…" Luffy spoke calmly. I tried to breathe normally, and soon I was calm.
"Sorry." I spoke, my lips going into a firm line.
"What the hell?" Zoro spoke incredulously as he looked between us two siblings.
"I tend to find little things rather funny, and I laugh to the point I struggle to calm down. Luffy's the only one that can get me to stop." I said, answering his unspoken question that was very visibly shown on his face. Zoro nodded.
"Geez…. Never heard of pirates who don't know how to navigate. How do you expect to go to the grand line like this? You should hurry and find a crewmate who knows how to navigate!" Zoro said to us, frowning slightly.
"We weren't fully planning to go there straight away. We had decided to build up the crew members more before heading that way." I said as I looked at him.
"Well that's good then." Zoro said.
"And someone who knows how to cook, and someone for singing…" Luffy spoke, I had noticed he was moving his lips as if he were talking to himself but had finally decided to bring up the volume on his voice. He was also grinning like an idiot.
"IDIOT! WHAT ARE YOU GOING OFF ON!?" Zoro yelled angrily.
"LUFFY! For once in your life, can you try to listen for more than a few seconds!" I growled as I glared at my little brother. I then sighed.
"Has he always been like this?" Zoro asked me. I raised an eyebrow, before looking at Luffy who had one his pinkie fingers up his nose.
"You could say that, yes. But if I had to confess, I'd say he was a lot worse when he was younger." I said, my voice filled with uncertainty, as I thought about it.
"Really?" Zoro spoke unsurely.
"Yeah. I mean, he's always been a big idiot but he has matured a little bit though it can't be hard to see most of the time." I said, I then smirked but not out of amusement. "Zoro there will be times when you'll see an unusually serious side to him, it's mostly when it concerns the people he cares about."
"I see, then I feel a little better about being on the crew then." He spoke, relaxing slightly.
"I wouldn't say that though. He's still the world's biggest idiot there is!" I said, making sure Luffy heard me. It was then did Luffy noticed that we were talking about him.
"HEY! WHAT THE HELL KASUMI-NEE!" Luffy yelled annoyed slightly but didn't lunge as he could see my amusement.
"Oh don't get your knickers in a twist brother. I was just mentioning what he should expect from you in the future." I said smirking, and I could see Zoro trying to bite back his laughter.
"Oh, right. Then keep going." Luffy spoke, back to being casual and unaware.
"Idiot. And slow too. And this is what I had to grow up with!" I said, my smirk growing bigger as Zoro let himself laugh.
~Time Skip, a couple hours later~
"Sooo hungry…." Both Luffy and Zoro whined, while I was sat, back against the edge of the boat, knees to my chest and both arms resting on my knees.
"And once again, whose fault is that? Hmm?" I asked sarcastically as I looked bored, even I was starting to get hungry, but like hell am I gonna say that.
"Oh! A bird!" Zoro spoke as he was looking up at the sky, making me look up at it too. I must have been really big as I saw it was very high up but still looked like the average size for one.
"Looks pretty tasty…" Luffy spoke, and I was about to agree with him but then stopped short.
'Why do I have a sudden bad feeling about this?' I thought, my eyes looking down and landing on my brother.
"LET'S EAT THAT BIRD!" Luffy yelled excitedly, and I groaned a little, having a feeling I knew what was gonna happen.
"How are you going to eat it…?!" Zoro asked, looking at Luffy confusedly.
"I'll go get it! Watch my specialty! Gomu-Gomu…." He started, stretching his hands so they held onto the top of the boats mast, and then as he aimed himself towards the bird, he shot up. "ROCKET!"
"Can't believe he thought of that…" Zoro spoke as he looked up to our captain, his hand raised up above his eyes to block the sun. Even I was watching Luffy, though my eyes were narrow as I felt suspicion.
"Yeah, but why do I get a bad…." I was almost finished with my sentence when I got interrupted when I heard Luffy say 'Ahh?!', And my suspicion grew bigger.
"AHHHHHHH!" Luffy screamed, confirming my suspicions as a saw that he was being carried away, and I tried to get a better look at him to see that Luffy didn't get the bird, it was that the bird got him! Luffy had somehow managed to get his head stuck inside the birds beak.
"I KNEW IT! I FUCKING KNEW IT! GOD DAMN IT, THAT IDIOT!" I yelled out angrily as I glared up at the brother as he got carried away.
"YOU IDIOT!" Both me and Zoro yelled and soon Zoro grabbed a hold of the paddles, as I raised the sail up and soon Zoro was paddling so hard that we were zooming off at such a high speed. Fast enough to make me hold onto the sides of the boat.
"WHAT THE HECK ARE YOU DOING! JEEZ!" Zoro yelled, it wasn't long did we hear two men yelling towards us, making me look over Zoro's shoulder and I saw three men floating in the water, their arms raised as if they're trying to flag us down.
"Hey…. Stop the boat!" One of them called to us.
"The boat over there, stop!" The second guy said, sounding just as desperate as the first.
"Huh? There are people in trouble here too?" Zoro questioned as he looked over his own shoulder at them.
"Looks like it." I said to him before looking at the three again.
"We don't have the time to stop! You guys get on yourselves!" Zoro called back to them.
"You…" One of them said in shock.
"What did you say?!" Another exclaimed. But soon all three of them managed to grab onto the boat. And soon I was impressed, these three had found a way to get on and while we were moving at such a high speed too.
"Hey! Your climbing skills aren't bad!" Zoro complimented, a smirk on his face.
"WERE YOU TRYING TO RUN US OVER?!" The three yelled, looking rather annoyed and that's when I noticed the way they were dressed and the guy in the middle had a pirate type symbol on his hat. So these three were pirates? I watched them carefully as they started muttering amongst themselves and soon they turned towards us, sadistic smirks on their faces as they drew their weapons.
"Hey! Stop the boat. The is the pirate Buggy-Sama's territory…" The guy in the middle said to us threateningly, trying to look scary.
"What!?" Both me and Zoro questioned, feeling annoyed, but I placed my hand on Zoro's shoulder, indicating him to let me handle this and soon I was standing over the three, cracking my knuckles loudly, and my eyes shadowed over.
"Let's have a go then, I dare you to move." I said deadly yet dangerously calm. And I watched as the three started to pale, looking scared and seemed to shrink in the spot that they were crouched in, but then seemed to decide what to do and moved forwards to attack.
~A minute later~
I was sat down next to Zoro as we both watched the three idiots row the boat for us, all three had been beaten to a pulp, curtesy of me. They were bruised and bloody and their faces were very badly swollen , plus they were also sweating in complete fear of us, mainly me.
"Hohoho, we're very sorry, we were stupid to attack such a lovely and very beautiful young lady and we didn't know we were with 'Pirate hunter Zoro'! Please forgive us!" They spoke, and I knew they were trying to suck up to us, probably trying not to get hit again.
"You three made us lose track of our friend! Put some back into it! If we don't find our friend, you three are in for it!" Zoro said.
"Now, there is something bothering me. Why were you three just drifting in the middle of the ocean like that?" I asked, looking at the three curiously yet cautiously.
"Yes, yes, yes! Good question, you finally asked!" The guy in the middle exclaimed and soon we found ourselves being told a small story on what happened. Apparently a girl came by them in a boat, acting innocent and needing help and had tricked the three onto her ship giving them a chest, which was empty, making them believe there was treasure inside, and without them noticing, the girl had got onto their ship and stole it, along with their treasure, which was very real. To make matters worse, the girl had predicted the weather to become stormy and soon the three had sank. Now that explains why they were drifting in the ocean.
"And that's what happened…" The guy in the middle said, finishing off the story.
"Terrible, huh?" One of the other guys said in agreement.
"She can predict the weather… The girl must be something special! Wonder if she'd join us…" Zoro spoke, completely uninterested in the story, and only seemed to hear about the girl's skill. And it's the same with me, though I would say that the rest of the story was them just being plain idiots.
"The girl is probably a navigator, what we need the most right now." I said to him, a small smile on my face.
"IF I FIND HER, I'M GONNA KILL HER!" The guy on the right yelled.
"First we got to get our loot back!" The guy in the middle said, trying to reason with his crewmate. I'm starting to think he was in charge of this little group of theirs, minus whoever their captain is.
"Yea… If we go back empty-handed, Buggy-Sama will…" The guy on the left whimpered as he paled.
"Who's Buggy?" Zoro asked, confused, while my eyes widened slightly out of surprise.
"He's our pirate leader, haven't you heard of 'Buggy the clown'" The guy said, though I said Buggy's title at the same time as he did, making the four men look at me.
"He's a dangerous man, or so I've been told. He has supposedly eaten a devil fruit too, which would make him a strong opponent to those who fight against him." I said calmly and yet explained.
"That's right. So the young lady knows him?" The guy in the middle said.
"No, I don't know him, just heard about him. Mostly through newspapers and bounty posters." I answered. Just because I grew up in a forest with three brothers, does not mean I'm unaware of what happens in the world. I made Dandan give me money for weekly newspapers, I wanted to know what went on in the world, as to prepare for the journey I'd have with Luffy.
"Ate a devil fruit?" Zoro asked, looking at me.
"Like Luffy, he's a guy with special abilities that Humans don't normally have. Like Luffy's fruit allows him to stretch, Buggy's would give him a special ability too!" I explained to my crewmate and friend. Zoro nodded his head in understanding.
"Right, enough of this! Can't you three continue to row now! We need to catch up with our friend!" I said impatiently, glaring at the three, which in turn made them speed up.
~A few minutes later~
I was sat watching as cloud after cloud past above us, I sighed, feeling rather bored. I looked forwards, and faced in the direction we were heading in and then I noticed an island just ahead of us.
"An island? Huh?" I spoke, notifying the men.
"Ah, that is Island hold Orange Town." The guy that was in the middle said. I nodded.
"And hopefully Luffy will be there." I spoke, trying to have a bit of hope in me. It wasn't long did we arrive at the Island and we were now currently standing in the boat at the docks of Orange Town. But I looked around, not happy. The town was empty, not a single person here except for us.
"We're here, Master Zoro, Milady." The three said, making me turn my attention to the three guys who had gotten off of the boat.
"Hey. Are you sure you've taken us to the right place?" I asked, my eyes narrowing into a glare stepping off of the boat and onto the dock.
"Yeah, this is the place." The guy on the right said.
"The village is empty though. I cannot see anyone around…" Zoro said as he agreed with me, as he too got off the boat.
"Yes…" They said all together.
"The truth is our Buggy pirate fleet is here at the moment, raiding this village." The guy on the right said.
"What do we do? What can we say to Captain Buggy?" The guys spoke that was currently in the middle, as he faced the guy on the left, who had originally been in the middle. "We've got nothing now."
"We'll just have to tell him the truth! We've no other choice, since that bitch will be out somewhere on the sea by now." The guy replied.
"We better meet that 'Buggy' guy then…" Zoro spoke, and I sighed, knowing he'd was right.
"Cause we might be able to hear some information about Luffy." I said before walking towards the village, with Zoro following me. Though after five minutes, I had lost Zoro.
"Great, first I loose Luffy and now Zoro. What next?!" I exclaimed as I looked around for Zoro. Then I hear a very loud bang and soon I see a bunch of houses exploding, one after another, a cannon ball going through each of them and heading in my direction.
"SHIT!" I yelled with wide eyes, and while quickly thinking, I slammed my hands together, then the floor, I teleported somewhere else, knowing that I wasn't fast enough to dodge that.
"Oh god! What was that!?" I exclaimed, I looked around to see that I was still in the village and sighed in relief, but I found myself in front of a large building that had concrete walls. Though it wasn't long did I hear a noise coming from above the building, the sound of a large party and using my strength, I jumped so that I reached the top, but made sure to cling to the edge so that I stayed out of sight and looked over the wall to see what was going on.
"L-Luffy!" I said in surprise, I saw him stuck inside a small cage and tied up by rope, and then I saw a bunch of pirates, though they looked like people that belong to a circus, but the my eyes zeroed in on their Captain. Captain Buggy stood at the centre of the attention, he had blue hair, and had a large red nose that resembles a clowns nose, no wonder he was known as 'Buggy the Clown', his whole appearance represented a clown. I looked over them all, taking in their appearances but the only other person, minus Luffy, that didn't seem to look like a member of the Clown's crew was a girl, who had bright ginger red hair that reached her shoulders, little brown eyes that were doe like, and she wore a white and blue V-neck T-shirt and a yellow skirt with two circles on the side of it.
"What the hell is going on here?" I whispered quietly as I lifted myself up and snuck a little closer, if not hid myself behind Luffy. Though I was surprised they didn't see me, heck, Luffy didn't seem to notice that I was right by him. I looked around a bit more, a saw what happened that made me use one of my strongest moves. They had a cannon but a strong one and when I looked at the damage, I almost gasped, there wasn't a single building in sight in the direction that it was aimed at plus it seemed to have gone on for miles too. I do hope Zoro's okay and that he didn't get hit by it.
"Luffy. You okay? And don't yell whatever you do, whisper." I whispered, looking at my brother, who in turn looked over his shoulder at me, a large smile appearing on his face.
"Kasumi-Nee! I'm okay. Get me out of this thing!" Luffy spoke, and for once in his life, actually whispered. Good, he had actually listened to me.
"Okay, give me a minute. Act as if I'm not here, pretend nothing happened. Okay?" I whispered to him, with a small smile on his face.
"Okay." He said before doing just what I asked. Truth be told, he did listen a lot to others, though it had be mainly me or Ace that can get him to listen 100% while with others it was 50/50. I did make me laugh, well, half the time anyway. I then concentrated on what Buggy was saying or yelling actually, which seemed to be aimed at the other girl, who looked to be my age.
"NOW, SHOOT THE CANNON, NAMI! AND SWEAR UPON THIS, YOUR LOYALTY AND SINCERITY… OF THE DESIRE TO RULE THE WORLD WITH ME! GET RID OF YOUR OLD BOSSONCE AND FOR ALL!" Buggy yelled, and rather loudly too. He looked to be grinning and laughing like a madman, just like the rest of his crew.
"What does he mean by 'Old boss'?" I whispered to myself quietly.
"That Nami girl tricked me earlier. I'll explain later." Luffy answered quietly, not even turning back to me. I looked at him dumbly, since when did he start talking like a normal person and not like an idiot? Then again, he does have his moments were he acts like everyone else.
"Kill that guy…!? Me…!?" Nami said, and I took notice the hesitation and uncertainty in her voice, it sounded as if she didn't want to do it. I heard her speak again.
"N… No! Captain Buggy! I don't think that's necessary…! More importantly… Ah! Drink! Drink! Let's drink! Let's just ignore that guy!" Nami spoke, trying to seem positive. I wondered what she was up to but then it clicked, she was trying to stall, or was it to distract him? Probably the latter. Though it didn't seem to work, when Buggy's expression turned from heavy amusement to a patient angry yet sadistic look and to be honest it scared me just a little bit.
"Kill him." Buggy said, making me glare at him, while I was watching and waiting for when I should jump in.
"Ahh…." Nami muttered with wide eyes. I took another sneak peak over Luffy's head and finally noticed the large cannon, which was facing both me and Luffy, though they didn't know I was here.
"KILL HIM…! JUST FINISH HIM OFF IN ONE GO! SHOOT! SHOOT! KYAHAHAHAHA!" Buggy's crew yelled, chanting and cheering, most of them laughing, most holding mugs of beer in their hands. They all kept chanting 'Shoot! Shoot!' towards Nami who looked to be getting rather pale and was sweating. Scared and worried. By the looks of it, she was thinking, try to decide on what to do.
"NAMI! STOP SPOILING THE FUN, JUST HURRY UP AND LIGHT IT!" Buggy yelled, still laughing sadistically. I looked at Luffy then, who was eerily quiet and rather calm, and I saw that he was staring at Nami intently and then I looked at Nami and observed her, and saw that she was shaking, and I bet Luffy noticed too. His next words proved it.
"You hand is shaking. The strong oath, is what a pirate was sworn himself at, and you lack the strength of that oath!" Luffy said, and I looked at him strangely, when did he get so smart? But soon I was smiling, that was so Luffy, one moment he's his idiot self and soon when it's needed and when it matters most, a smart side of him comes out. I felt a little bit of pride well up inside of me, if only Ace was here to see this.
"Ho, strong oath. Wonder what that is…. Is it killing innocent people like insects? Is that the pirates oath?" Nami questioned as she looked at my brother.
"No it's not." Luffy said, his voice calm and relaxed. I wondered why he was so calm, normally he'd be panicking. Then again, was it because he knew I was here? And that I wouldn't let anything truly bad happen to him? Probably.
"DON'T WAIT AROUND….!" Buggy crew yelled towards Nami, they were all grinning.
"It's the idea of being strong enough to risk your life!" Luffy said, and I could see his cheeks rise a little, indicating that he was grinning. Buggy's crew continued to chant repeatedly, though I grew worried now as I saw one of them walk up to the girl while smirking.
"Oi, new kid, stop wasting your time. Guess you don't know how to blow the cannon, huh?" The guy asks as he snatched the match box out of Nami's hand and grabbing a matchstick, he lit it. "Let me do it!"
"Su…" Nami muttered, as her hand reached under her skirt, and a I saw three small wooden sticks and I watched as she made it bigger which now looked lick a weapon.
"You just have to put the fire… Just against the cannon fuse and light it…" The guy said, as if he was explaining it to Nami, but got interrupted by Nami, who hit him with her bo staff, successfully knocking the guy out. I smirked, my worry going down a small notch.
"WHAT THE!?" Buggy's crew yelled, shocked and surprise by this turn of events, though they also look rather pissed off, especially Buggy.
"Don't Kasumi. Just wait a little more." Luffy whispered to me, not turning around. I sighed.
"Fine." I whispered back, he probably figured that I wanted to jump in and help.
"NAMI YOU IDIOT! WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING! I ACTUALLY GAVE YOU THE HONOUR OF LIGHTING THE CANNON'S FUSE BECAUSE YOU'RE MY CREWMATE!" Buggy yelled, making me look back at him.
"What, you're saving me now?" Luffy asked calmly.
"YOU IDIOT, SHUT UP! I DID THAT NOT WITH THAT PURPOSE! EVEN THOUGH IS WAS AN ACT, I DON'T WANT TO BECOME ANYTHING LIKE AN EVIL PIRATE!" Nami yelled, glaring at the Buggy pirates. "PIRATES STOLE THE LIFE OF SOMEONE WHO WAS PRECIOUS TO ME, I THE PIRATES MORE THAN ANYTHING!"
"Aah… So that's why you don't like pirates…" Luffy said. I looked between the two, trying to figure something out and then something clicked.
"Luff, did you ask her to join our crew?" I whispered to him, making him look at me over his shoulder and he had one of his signature grins. That answered my questioned. That was a yes, he had asked the girl.
"Then, we need to find a way to persuade her to join then…" I muttered, starting to grin myself. Luffy turned back towards Nami and Buggy's crew. Only for him to notice something and yell in shock and fear.
"ACK! THE FUSE IS BURNING…!" Luffy screamed, then Luffy started biting the bars, trying to get out. "Crap…! I'm gonna die!"
"Err…" I muttered, feeling forgotten. Then I realised that he was acting, as one of his hands were moving in a shooing motion, he wanted me to join now.
"Aye, Aye Captain!" I spoke respectfully, before standing . I saw that three of Buggy's crewmates were running at Nami and as quickly as I could, I rush past Nami and hit the three in less than a second.
"WHAT THE?! WHO ARE YOU?!" Buggy's crew yelled.
"Monkey D Kasumi. Vice-captain, first mate and Alchemist of the Straw Hat crew. Nice to meet'cha!" I spoke excitedly.
"Where'd she come from?" I heard Nami mutter.
"Nami. I suggest for you to try to stop that fuse. I'll take care of Buggy's crew." I spoke, hitting one member after another, as they had kept coming at me. I through Nami a reassuring smile. "Don't worry, I won't let anything bad happen."
"A-Alright." Nami spoke hesitantly, unsure whether to trust me, but then decided to follow my orders as she ran to the cannon and tried to stop the fire that was eerily close to finishing. I continued to hit each member of Buggy's crew, just punching and kicking, nothing more but then I noticed a few guys run past me, so they had tried to distract me.
"Shit…!" I cursed, running after them.
"BEHIND YOU!" Luffy warned towards Nami, making her freeze. But I stopped, noticing someone joining in on the fun.
"Just how many of you are charging on one girl?" Zoro asked as he hit the few members that belonged the Buggy's crew, using his sword, though they were sheathed.
"ZORO!" Luffy yelled happily, a huge grin on his face. And oddly enough, Zoro's sudden appearance made everyone stop attacking us, I walked up to Nami, a grin on my face.
"Hey, you okay? You're not hurt are you?" I asked, helping her back on her feet. The poor girl had collapsed onto her knees at some point, probably at the fact the was so much happening all in one go.
"I'm… I'm okay." Nami answers, a wary smile on her face though it soon disappears.
"You! Is this your idea of fun….!? You get caught by a bird and got carried away, and now when I finally find you, you're in a cage!?" Zoro spoke as he looked at Luffy.
"His own stupidity that is the cause." I spoke up. "And where were you? I thought you were following me."
"I lost sight of you. You're a fast runner." Zoro said, now turning to face me.
"I was jogging not running. Plus a five year old would have been able to keep with me at the speed I was going. So the only reason I see here, is that you got yourself lost." I said, grinning in amusement, to which Zoro blushed out of embarrassment.
"Shut it!" Zoro growled out, making me chuckle.
"Hey, that guy… Z-Zoro? Did he just say his name was Zoro?" One of Buggy's men asked, fear in his voice.
"The pirate hunter Zoro!? Why the hell is he talking with a thief and a pirate?" Another said, and I looked at them all to see they were watching us. Most of them battered and bruised.
"The crew members were them, that the guy was talking about? The pirate hunter Zoro. And Kasumi, the alchemist of the group? And possibly the strongest out of us all? I don't understand…!?" I heard Nami say quietly as she looked at me and at Zoro, her face held the confusion that was too shown in her voice. But it was only she that seemed interested in me at that moment, as Buggy looked more towards Zoro.
"You're definitely Zoro. Are you aiming for my head?" Buggy asked, smirking.
"No, I've no interest in that, I'm no longer a pirate hunter because I have quit…" Zoro said, looking just as uninterested as he sounded.
"But I have some interest, if I kill you, my name will become more famous." Buggy said, still smirking, twirl some throwing knives in his hands.
"If you don't want to die, then just leave me alone." Zoro spoke slightly annoyed, and I couldn't blame him, Buggy was a persistent bastard.
"OOOHHH! KILL HIM CATAIN! SEND ZORO OFF!" Buggy's crew cheered, and I had to wonder, is that all they knew how to do? Cheer for every little thing.
"IF YOU DON'T SHOW YOUR TRUE SKILLS NOW, YOU'LL SOON BE COVERED IN BLOOD!" Buggy yelled, going towards Zoro to attack.
"Fine, if that's what you want….!" Zoro said, unsheathing his sword and placing one in his mouth, prepared to use a counterattack. And soon Zoro attacked Buggy, cutting him into pieces.
"Huh!? That guys so weak!?" Luffy exclaimed in surprise.
"Oh my god…." Nami gasped, eyes wide in shock.
"No… Something doesn't seem right here…" I spoke, my eyes narrowing.
"He died really easily…" Zoro spoke, looking back at Buggy's body, which was in several pieces. The members of Buggy's crew were all either grinning or snickering.
'Why are they laughing? What's going on?' I thought as I looked at them suspiciously.
"Hey Zoro, Kasumi-Nee! Hurry and get me outta this thing!" Luffy said to us.
"Okay." Zoro said, while I just nodded and soon we went up to the cage. Zoro tried swiping the cage with his swords then before I could do anything.
"This thing won't open with a key." Luffy said bluntly and said as if it was the most obvious thing.
"These bars won't slice." Zoro said, as he slowly started to get a little annoyed.
"That's true." Luffy and I agreed with him.
"What is so funny!? Just give us the key! I don't want to fight you guys!" Zoro said turning to look the clown's crewmates.
"They're pretty weird…" Luffy said as he too looked at them. It was shortly after he said that, did I notice something fly to us, or more like at Zoro. A knife with one of Buggy's hands that was still attached to it. I push Zoro out of the way and allowed myself to get hit instead.
"ARGH!" I yelped out, the knife had got me in the hip, and soon I found myself on my knees, one hand on the ground to hold myself up, while my other hand held onto my side, clutching the deep wound. I saw and heard the members of Buggy's crew laughing around us as they were watching.
"Kasumi!" Zoro and Luffy exclaimed while Nami gasped, her hands covering her mouth and eyes wide as she looked at me.
"WHAT? THAT HAND!" Nami yelled, notifying my crewmates of what had stabbed me in the hip.
"Damn it! What the hell is this!?" I groaned as I took a hold of the knife, which was still being held by Buggy's hand, and ripped it out of my body, a little bit of blood spraying out while doing so. I looked at Zoro and Luffy, who looked worried, I spoke again. "Don't worry too much, I've had worse. Remember?"
"Right. Huh? The hand…! The hand is floating in the air…!" Zoro said, looking in the direction that I had thrown the knife, and I looked myself to see that it was indeed floating in mid-air. So was this Buggy's devil fruit ability? To be able turn into small pieces and still able to control them all?
"The Bara-Bara fruit…." I heard Buggy's voice then, and coming from behind us, making me turn. He was floating in the air, and I watched with wide eyes as each piece re-attached itself, allowing Buggy to go back to being himself.
"THAT'S THE NAME OF THE DEVIL FRUIT THAT I ATE! NO MATTER HOW YOU TRY TO SLICE ME UP, YOU CAN'T BECAUSE I'M A SECTIONED MAN!" Buggy yelled, a large smirk on his face.
"Damn it. That ability of his is gonna be a huge pain in the ass." I muttered, as I shakily stood back up, my hand still gripping my injury.
"… HE STUCK HIS BODY BACK TOGETHER! I THOUGHT DEVIL FRUITS WAS JUST A MYTH!" Nami yelled, completely shocked.
"Well I already knew he had a special ability, just didn't know what it was." I growled, glaring at Buggy who was looking at me with a smirk.
"A sectioned man? That guy's a monster!" Luffy said and I looked at him, as my eye twitched in annoyance.
"Says the guy made out of rubber and is pretty strong himself!" I said, making Zoro chuckle, and Luffy grin at me.
"It seems I missed you completely, Roronoa Zoro, though I did get your friend there. I missed her vital body parts, but it's still a serious injury. That was an okay victory, though at the same time, it was not." Buggy spoke, his smirk hadn't left his face, only grew bigger.
"HIYAAA.. THE CAPTAIN'S SO COOL! GO KILL HER OFF! SEND EM AWAY…!" His crew yelled excitedly. I glared at him, but then turned to check my brother, to see if he was doing okay and I could see that he was about to say something, or yell actually.
"STABBING FROM THE BACK, THAT'S DIRTY! YOU BIG RED NOSE!" Luffy yelled, though his voice grew louder at the nickname he gave Buggy, I laughed, especially at the fact that everyone else paled and freeze out of shock. Hell, Buggy's eyes just whitened and he couldn't even move or speak he was that shocked. I laughed harder, which made my side hurt more, but I didn't care.
"That idiot, he could've said anything but that..! And it doesn't help that she's laughing!" I heard Nami say as she looked over at us with wide eyes, worried about what would most likely happen next.
"WHO ARE YOU CALLING A BIG NOSE!?" Buggy yelled, and was rather pissed off, as he detached his hand again and it flew at Luffy with a knife too. It hit Luffy, and even I grew worried.
"LUFFY!" Both me and Zoro yelled, though I soon relaxed as I saw that Luffy had managed to catch the knife between his teeth.
"I swear, I'm gonna take you down!" Luffy spoke, his voice deadly serious as his teeth broke the blade in half.
"Oho… Take me down? PUHAHAHAHAHAHA YOU'RE GONNA TAKE ME DOWN?! YOU'RE HILARIOUS! YOU FOUR ARE GONNA DIE RIGHT NOW ON THE SPOT!" Buggy yelled as he laughed hysterically.
"Everything's finished…! We're dead…!" Nami said, scared and even more worried than before.
"As if! The guy's just a dumb bastard who's nose is big and red!" I said, making sure only Zoro, Nami and Luffy heard me. I smirked, while Luffy laughed.
"You two seriously have a death wish…!" Nami spoke as she looked at us with an unamused expression on her face.
"SO, YOU HAVE THE WILL TO DIE, STRAW-HAT? AND JUST EXACTLY HOW DO YOU PLAN TO TAKE ME DOWN IN THIS SITUATION?! BOYS! LAUGH AT HIM!" Buggy yelled as he continued to laugh.
"ZORO! KASUMI-NEE!" Luffy suddenly yelled to us, making us both look at him. "RUN!"
"What!?" Zoro exclaimed in shock, while I just looked at my brother, studying him before I understood what he wanted.
"Hey… Your friends came to rescue you, but you're telling them to run away…?! How about you!?" Nami asked incredulously and was very confused too.
"Alright Luffy. You git it!" I spoke, smiling before I ran for the cannon.
"What the…!? Kasumi, what's going on?" Zoro asked but then he looked back to Luffy, saw Luffy was smiling and then he understood. Zoro smirked himself. "Okay.."
"Zoro, just cover my back for a sec, I'll do the rest!" I ordered, dodging a few attacks that were aimed at me.
"Got it!" He replied, using his swords to swipe at the Buggy pirates that dared to attack.
"KYAHAHAHA! ZORO'S RUNNING AWAY AND SO IS THAT GIRL! YOU THINK YOU CAN RUN AWAY FROM CAPTAIN BUGGY!?" Buggy yelled to us, not even realizing that we were heading towards the cannon.
"Want me to…?" Zoro asked, indicating towards the cannon.
"Nope, I got this." I said with a grin and using one hand, I flipped the cannon as if it were the easiest thing in the world. It felt like a feather to me. The large weapon now faced Buggy's crew, you were panicking.
"S-She lifted that thing as if it were the lights object in the world! Just how strong is she?!" Nami exclaimed as she looked at me, her eyes wide in surprise. I smirked.
"KHHHAAAAA… SHE POINTED THE CANNON IN OUR DIRECTION!" Buggy's crew member screamed as they ran away like headless chickens.
"AAAHCK! THAT THING STILL HAS A 'BUGGY SPECIAL-CANNON BALL' IN IT!" Buggy screamed terrified but didn't run as his fear planted him on the spot he was stood in.
"And do you really think we care, why?" I asked sadistically, an amused smirk on my face.
"Oi, I need a light!" Zoro spoke as he looked at Nami. She probably had the matchsticks.
"Nami! Quickly, please!" I spoke urgently, looking at her in desperation.
"Eh….? Yes… Yes!" Nami spoke, grabbing the matchbox and soon lit the fuse.
"Stand back you two, that's gonna blow!" I spoke, stepping back before covering my ears.
"STOP IT!" Buggy screamed, practically scared shitless.
"DUCK….!" I heard someone yell, but I wasn't sure who but just as he yelled that, the cannon fire the Buggy ball with a very loud BANG. It wasn't only just loud but it also did a rather large amount of damage, destroying the little circus tent Buggy had and a part of the roof we were on.
"I… Think it's time we should go." I said, facing my two friends or possibly three? Not sure yet.
"So who are you anyways?" Zoro asked, looking at Nami.
"I… I'm a thief." Nami answered, sounding rather hesitant.
"That kid is our navigator…" Luffy spoke in a carefree manner, a huge grin on his face as he laughed. I snickered, especially at the expression that was on Nami's face. She didn't look too pleased.
"YOU'RE AN IDIOT, AREN'T YOU?! YOU'RE STILL GOING ON ABOUT THAT?! If you've got time to say things like that then how about thinking of a way to get outta that cage?!" Nami spoke, agitated and annoyed, this made me laugh harder.
"Nami, give it up! You'll never win an argument with that idiot, he's too stubborn!" I spoke, trying to calm down but I was somewhat failing miserably.
"Shut up you…!" She growled, glaring at me. I put my hands up in surrender, but I was still grinning.
"No, it's okay. Just stay in the cage for now!" Zoro said, and I guessed at what he meant, so I walked up to the cage and with one hand, prepared myself to lift it up.
"DAMNIT! I'M NOT GOING TO LET THEM ESCAPE!" I heard Buggy say as he soon came into view through that smoke that we created with the cannon.
"Hey, Kasumi-Nee, it's okay! Your stomach is gonna pop out if you do this!" Luffy spoke, as I started to lift the cage he was in.
"Oi, wait a minute..! Let me..!" Zoro went to say, looking at me with wide eyes.
"It's fine, I've got this. And if it wants to pop out, then let it!" I said, as I raised the cage up so that I was carrying it like anyone would carry a backpack.
"Hey…!" Nami spoke in shock and yet it seemed as if she was trying to stop me out of concern.
"Don't tell me what to do, I'll do this my way. So come on, let's go." I grunted out, then looked at Nami.
"Don't butt in by saying anything!" I spoke angrily as I felt blood dripping down from my mouth down to my chin. I then looked over at Zoro. "Let's go, Zoro."
"Fine." He answered, still looking unsure about letting me do this. And with that said and done, I jumped off of the building, cage still in my grip, and then ran off, with Zoro close behind me, of course this time I had to make sure I didn't lose him.
"We need to stop." Zoro suddenly said from behind me, and I looked around to see that we were indeed just a little bit away from where Buggy is. We could still see his crew in the distance, though now in hearing range.
"Alright." I spoke, slowly down before stopping completely and I purposely dropped the cage and then collapsing onto my ass, clutching the wound, which felt worse than before.
"You okay?" Zoro spoke, sounding concerned slightly.
"Y-Yeah." I said, panting slightly as I was out of breath as well as the fact I was injured. I debated on using my alchemy to fix the damage. And that is what I just did, but it made me very tired but I fought to stay awake.
"Damn it! If this cage would just open…! Open!" Luffy exclaimed as he was trying to get out, trying to force the bars apart.
"We're being in a dangerous situation here…! But what's been started must be finished, I suppose…!" Zoro spoke as he looked around, trying to stay alert, looking out for danger.
"Hey, we need to move, if we stay here in this spot, we'll be in even more danger. Come on, and do you mind grabbing Luffy?" I spoke, looking at Zoro. He nodded before grabbing the cage, but unlike me, he decided to just drag it instead of lifting it. So we were heading off away from the place we had chosen to hide and it didn't take us long to find a more quieter part of the village.
"We're now quite far away from the pub, they won't be able to catch up with us immediately now." Zoro said as he was starting to pant. Was the cage really that heavy? It was as light as a feather to me.
"Yeah, but it doesn't mean we are out the woods just yet. They'll still come eventually." I said quietly, sounding a little groggy, or tiredly would be the better word. Zoro spoke again, looking at me in concern.
"Are you sure you're alright?" Zoro asked, worry laced in his rough voice.
"Yeah, just tired. Healing the injury with alchemy can be tiring as I'm using something that goes against anything natural." I said, panting a little.
"What do you mean by 'anything natural'?" Zoro asked, generally confused.
"I healed an injury when really I should have just left it. Any form of injury or sickness is supposed to heal naturally. If I wanted to, I could age myself up or turn younger than I'm supposed to be but obviously, that is against the natural behaviours of life." I tried my best to explain to him, but when it comes to alchemy, it was a very complicated thing to teach or explain, even to professionals.
"So then there are consequences to doing things against what's supposed to go naturally?" Zoro asked yet another question.
"Yeah, there is almost always a consequence to everything. Well sort of. Like when I summon an item, like a weapon or maybe a book, nothing happens, but if I was to do something really big, like heal someone on the verge of Death or bring someone back to life then I'd have to give something back that of equal value." I said, before grabbing my right arm, and soon Zoro gave me an understanding look.
"And is that why that happened? To your arm?" Zoro asked, I just gave him an nod for an answer that time. I looked down at my brother then who was biting the cage. Zoro noticed this too before he spoke, returning to our original conversation topic.
"Our escape was done okay. But this cage is starting to annoy me!" Zoro said, his voice sounding just as irritated as the look that was on his face.
"Yeah. If this thing doesn't open then even though all those bad guys come I can't even attempt to fight them." Luffy said, still biting the bars of the cage.
"I could try just breaking you out there…" I spoke, and I went to continue my exhaustion finally decided to act up and soon the floor was moving closer to my vision, or was I me falling? Most likely the latter.
"Kasumi!" I heard both Zoro and Luffy exclaim.
"I'm fine, I just can't continue from this point. Too tired…." I spoke, but then things got quiet, hell I couldn't even hear Luffy making any noise, so I looked up to see that Zoro and Luffy were looking at something that seemed to be right next to me. So I looked to my right, and sat there and right in my face, a small white dog, with little black eyes staring at me.
"Huh?" I gasped out in surprise before I gently reached out and soon I was stroking it on its head.
"What's with this dog..!?" Zoro question as he saw the way it was looking at me, Zoro seemed to look even more concerned than before.
"Dog? Hey, it is a dog." Luffy said, as Zoro walked over to be, and lifted me up and carried me bridal style before sitting me against one of the surrounding buildings and not too far from him and Luffy.
"What is this? Is it really a dog? Hey look Zoro, Kasumi-Nee, the dog isn't moving at all." Luffy said and he was right, the dog wasn't moving, I didn't even move when I stroked its head.
"Whatever…" Zoro spoke, sounding uninterested, though he did get a quick look at the dog.
"What it does is up to the dog, right now you've got to think of a way to get out of that cage. And no, Kasumi won't do it, see's in a bad situation herself." Zoro spoke before giving me a firm look, probably figured that I'd try to use my strength which was clearly not gonna work straight away as I'm tired. I gave a quick nod.
"I wonder if it's dead…" Luffy said, poking it in the eyes with two fingers.
"Luffy! Don't do that, you'll make it mad…!" I scolded but was too late as the dog finally moved by biting Luffy in the face. "See, you've angered him."
"YOU STUPID DOG, WHAT THE HELL D'YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING!?" Luffy yelled angrily as he started fighting the dog.
"YOU IDIOT, DO YOU EVEN KNOW THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE SITUATION HERE?!" Zoro yelled glaring at Luffy, who still continued to fight.
"I don't care anymore, too tired." I spoke, closing my eyes but making sure to stay awake and listen to my surroundings.
"You three, what on earth are you guys doing… If you just lie around here in the middle of the street, Buggy will definitely find you." I heard another voice speak, and I opened an eye only to close it again after seeing that it was only Nami.
"Hey, our navigator." Both Luffy and Zoro said, and I could only guess at her reaction, which at this point was maybe a little predictable. She's gonna yell.
"SAYS WHO!?" Nami yelled. Predictable.
"I just came to repay my debt to you, because you saved my life back there." Nami said, now much calmer. I opened my eyes and looked at her in confusion.
"Repay?" I asked her, and as if to explain what she meant, she threw a key which landed next to the cage.
"THE KEY! YOU STOLE THE CAGE KEY!" Luffy yelled happily, a grin on his face.
"Yeah… Even if I think so myself, it was really a dumb thing to do… Because of that I couldn't steal any of the treasures." Nami said.
"HUA-! THE CAGE WAS SUCH A PROBLEM I THOUGHT WE WERE GONNA JUST DIE FROM THE HEADACHEIT GAVE US!" Luffy yelled, his grin growing bigger.
"Phew… Making such a difficult escape's reward is finally showing through…" Zoro spoke, relieved to finally get some progress on getting Luffy out that thing.
"Yeah… Thanks Nami.." I spoke, smiling at the girl, who smiled back to me.
"No problem.." Nami spoke though all our attention went towards the dog who decided to pick the key up and then ate it with a second, and this happened just as Luffy reached for it too. I hid my laughter then as Luffy started freaking out and started to strangle the dog.
"YOU STUPID DOG! SPIT IT OUT, THAT THING YOU JUST SWALLOWED ISN'T FOOD!" Luffy screamed, going ballistic. I then noticed another person walking towards us, a man by the look of it. He had greyish hair, round glasses and armour over normal clothing. I raised an eyebrow.
"OI! YOU PEOPLE! DON'T DO ANYTHING TO SHUSHU!" The man yelled, getting the guys attention minus me since I was already looking at him.
"Shushu?" We all questioned.
"Who are you?" I asked, looking at him suspiciously but relaxed when I didn't see any sign that he was with the Buggy pirates.
"I'm the village's leader, or in other words, the Chief." The Chief said, as he smiled at us. Then he looked down at me, soon looking worried. "Hey are you okay?"
"Very tired and exhausted. I was injured earlier too, but I used too much energy to heal myself." I spoke groggily as I closed my eyes once again, and then I felt strong arms pick me up and I could easily tell it was Zoro.
"You can put her in this house. And on that bed just here." I heard the Chief say. I heard footsteps before I felt myself being lowered down onto something soft, probably the bed.
"I'll stay with her. Besides, I'm a little tired myself, had one of those days." Zoro said, I would have chuckled at that but I was too exhausted at that moment to even move, let alone speak. And all too soon, my consciousness slipped and everything went fully black as I heard no more.
Kasumi's Dream
I was sat at the dinner table; across from me was my Mother. I was eating a bowl of ice cream with I saw her scan through a newspaper, I just sat there eating and watching, studying what my mother looks like and comparing myself to her. My mum had silver-blonde hair, chocolate brown eyes, heart-shaped face and soft yet full lips that were constantly smiling no matter what happened. She noticed me looking at her.
"What is it Sweetie? Not enjoying your ice cream?" She asked me, standing up and walking over to me, placing one hand on the back of my chair, she leaned down and gave me a very warm smile.
"What's dad like? Why isn't he here?" I asked nervously.
"You father? Hmm, let's see…" She started out, as she crouched down so she was eye level with me.
"Well he has black hair, and blue eyes, he has slightly more tanner skin than both of us but not by much, and he is gigantically tall!" She spoke, saying that last part just to make me laugh, which I did. She smiled at me again. "And he's an alchemist."
"An alchemist? What's that?" I asked, curiously and very interested.
"An alchemist is a person who is very strong and has abilities to create anything. They can do a lot of powerful stuff, almost like magic but more like science at the same time." She explained.
"Wow really?! My dad's very strong then!" I spoke excitedly, a huge smile on my face. "But where is he? Why's he not here then?"
Well, it really complicated Sweetheart. Being an alchemist is a bad thing but only to the government. So he chose to travel the world away from us, to protect the two of us." My mother said, a small frown on her face, and soon she was hugging me.
"Then I want to be an alchemist." I said quietly.
"What? Why do you want to be one?" She asked, growing worried.
"If I become one, then there's a chance that I may meet him one day and face him. I want to know him, meet him and tell him all the things that I want to say." I said, feeling determination build up inside of me, and I knew my mother notice it in my eyes as hers became warm and a smile appearing on her face.
"Then how about you go and buy yourself a book, hmm? You need to start learning alchemy then and that can only be achieved through books and trying to do it!" My mother said, encouraging me to try my best in learning this skill.
Next dream
I looked around at my surroundings. I was on a ship, and then I looked down at where my right arm should be and saw nothing. I had just come out my first operation to fix up the damage that was done to it.
"A normal person would look more upset than you right now after the predicament you've been in. Actually I'm surprised you're not crying." A voice said, breaking me out of my little trance. I looked up to see Garp, my new grandfather.
"I guess that I cried them all out to the point I ran out." I spoke, frowning slightly but I looked away.
"Things will get better, I promise you. Soon you'll gain a brother and of course you have me now." Garp said, a smile on his face, it held warmth to it. "Now tell me something. What is your dream?"
"Huh? What do you mean by that?" I asked, feeling confused. Garp laughed, a huge open smile on his face.
"Kids around your age normally have a dream. Something they want to follow or see in their life. So, do you have one?" He asked again, and this time I understood. Now telling him I was an alchemist was out of the question so I couldn't tell him that I'd wanted to become the greatest alchemist to ever exist, so I told him only a part of it, and going around the main truth.
"I want to become someone very strong, become well known to the world and then one day find my father." I said, a small smile on my face as I looked out the window to see that it was still sunny.
"I see. That is a good dream! So I take it you need to train and get stronger, yes?" Garp asked, a grin on his face.
"Yeah, I do!" I spoke, my smile growing bigger.
"Then how about I train you? It could be a great help." Garp offered, still grinning but it was grown smaller as he looked at me as if waiting for an answer.
"Really?! You've already done so much for me Garp-San!" I spoke, looking unsure and hesitant. I didn't want to ask for more, didn't want to seem greedy.
"Nonsense! We're family now, and of course I'll train you! Oh and how many times do I need to say this, call me Gramps or Grandpa already!" He spoke, his grin not fading but not growing either.
"O-Okay. G-Grandpa. And ok, I'd like your help with training. Thank you." I spoke nervously and quietly though I had a smile on my face. There was knock at the door, and a man in a doctor's uniform stood the in the doorway.
"I'm here to check up on Miss Kasumi. We are ready for the next step, but I need to and see if she's ready for it." He spoke looking at Garp who had walked over to greet him.
"That's fine. She's awake and happily talking. Go on." Garp spoke, his tone serious and full of authority. The guy bowed in respect then approached me with a smile.
"Hello Miss Kasumi. How are you feeling? Any better?" He asked, his voice filled with happiness but held a bit of concern in there too.
"I feel fine, though it still hurt a little, it doesn't feel as bad as before." I answered as I gave a small smile to him.
"I see that's good." He answered as he jotted something down on his clipboard, then looked at me again, still smiling. "Would you mind if I ran some small tests? Just to see if there has been any improvements."
"… Sure.." I spoke hesitantly, unsure about this, but Garp through me a encouraging look, saying that it be okay. So the doctor tested my pulse, blood pressure, looked into my eyes and ears and then unwrapped the bandage that covered my wound to check it's progress.
"Well? Any news?" Garp asked, concerned about my health.
"It seems she is making a miraculous recovery. I'd say she is ready for us to implant the auto-mail arm. That is when she says that she'll do it." He spoke looking at Garp before turning to me. "You can do it whenever you feel ready, there's no rush."
"I'll do it. I would to have my arm back as soon as possible." I spoke, making Garp laugh and the doctor look at me in surprise. I could tell why, most people would like a few moments to decide and here I am immediately on what I want to do. I was funny now that I thought about it.
With Garp's and the doctor's help, I got off of the bed that I was sat on and followed the doctor to another room not that far away and it looked a bit like an operation room, which is what it probably what it was, but instead of a bed being there, it was a chair and around it was a lot of heavy medical and engineering equipment. I shuddered a little, not particularly looking forward to this.
"Would you like to take a seat?" The doctor said, it sounded like a question, but I was an order but the tone in his voice said that there was a chance for me to change my mind. But without saying anything, I followed his instructions without delay or hesitation, though I was feeling it.
"Now I must give you a few warning but I don't want you feeling uncomfortable and you still have to choice to back away at the moment." The doctor said, smiling at me.
"It's fine, I want to do this. What is it that you need to say?" I asked, not letting up how worried I was or that I was a little scared.
"Through this procedure, you will be staying awake and we can't use anything to dull the pain, no medicines or anything of the sort. So you'd feel the pain 100% and once we start, we can't stop until it's done. Do you understand?" He spoke and I felt my eyes widen a fraction, shocked but I soon recovered, thinking it over this time but I shuck my head and then answered him.
"I understand. I still want to do this." I spoke, and the doctor and the nurses that surrounded us looked at me in surprise. I was probably the only child they've ever come across to not seem scared by any of this. It wasn't long after that did the surgery begin and it was extremely painful and seemed to last for hours.
End of dream
I felt something heavy on top of me, and to be honest, it was crushing me. I groaned and tried to move but I couldn't move much except for my arms. I heard a voice groan come from next to me and then a I heard someone yell from outside or elsewhere.
"AHHHH! KASUMI-NEE AND ZORO WAS SLEEPING IN THERE!" I heard the voice yell and I soon recognized the voice to belong to Luffy. So I guessed that groan came from Zoro.
"Are they dead…?!" I heard another voice speak, a males voice. Probably the chief's.
"HEY, KASUMI-NEE, ZORO, ARE GUYS STILL ALIVE!?" Luffy yelled, I groaned again.
"Yeah… That was some bad way to wake up." I heard Zoro speak then. So at least he was free, probably got lucky, while here I am stuck under a bunch of rubble.
"Where's Kasumi-Nee…? OI, YOU IN THERE KASUMI! OI!" I heard Luffy yell. I grunted before using as much strength as I could muster before I lifted at least three to four pieces of large concrete boulders off of me and then climbing out of there. After that, I looked to see Luffy grinning, Zoro giving me a look with a raised eyebrow but he had a small grin on his face and both Nami and the chief had wide eyes as they looked at me in shock.
"I'm fine. I'm here and in one piece by the look of it." I said calmly, dusting myself down. I wasn't in pain but I could tell that I was gonna gain a few bruises later.
"WHAT A RELIEF! YOU'RE BOTH ALIVE!" Luffy yelled, a huge grin on his face but he ran to me and gave me a hug. Clearly relieved that I was okay. He did know when to worry and for that, I was glad, I hugged him back and then I sneezed.
"What the hell? Why –ACHOO – the hell – ACHOO – am I sneezing? ACHOO!" I spoke all while sneezing. And then I looked at my feet to see hairs all over the place.
"Hair?" I questioned before looking up at Luffy, who was hysterically laughing.
"That's cat hair. Buggy sent another one of his men, who found us, and he was riding a large lion." Nami explained as if catching my question, though she, Zoro and the chief were looking at me confused as to why I was having a sneezing fit.
"Now that makes –ACHOO – sense. I'm allergic to cats, no matter – ACHOO – the form they take." I explained, and soon the three understood as to why I was sneezing.
"It feels as though my chest is being scraped out…!" The chief suddenly said, making us all look at him. He was clutching his chest as if he was in pain.
"Chief!" Nami said, fully alert and worried.
"DO YOU THINK I'LL ALLOW PIRATES TO TRAMPLE ALL OVER US AGAIN?!" The chief yelled.
"Again?" I questioned, so I take it that this village got attacked regularly, and I soon felt sorry for the guy.
"FOR A 'HORSE-SKELETON-LIKE GUY' WHO SUDDENLY POPS OUT…! HE HAS ABSOULTELY NO RIGHT TO TRAMPLE ALL OVER 40 YEARS!" The chief yelled, sounding angrier as each word past through his mouth. And he was not even finished yet.
"I AM THE CHIEF! I WON'T LEAVE AND LET THIS VILLAGE BE TREATED THIS WAY! ALRIGHT, I'M GOING TO FIGHT!" The chief yelled before he started running in the direction that Buggy could be found.
"W-Wait a minute Chief!" Nami said, trying to stop him by grabbing a hold of him and I somewhat worked as it did slow him down.
"LET GO OF ME KID!" The Chief yelled, not turning around.
"THOSE PEOPLE ARE DANGEROUS! SO WHAT'S THE POINT IN GOING!? IT'S TOO RECKLESS!" Nami yelled, trying to reason with the guy.
"I KNOW IT'S RECKLESS!" The chief screamed as he turned to face us once again, causing Nami to look surprise as the rest of us look unaffected.
"YOU JUST WAIT! BUGGY THE CLOWN!" The chief yelled as he started running and this time, none of us stopped him.
"The chief… Was crying…!" Nami spoke, watching him go.
"Oh really? I didn't see anything." Luffy spoke, a grin on his face and sounding rather carefree. Typical of him to act this way in such a situation. I smirked.
"For some reason, this is starting to feel more fun…" Zoro spoke, smirking himself as he looked at me and Luffy.
"I'd say! I want to join in on it, what'd you guys say?" I spoke, my smirk growing bigger.
"Heehee, Heehee I agree." Luffy said, a huge grin on his face as he laughed. Out of us all though, Nami was the only one that didn't seem amused and was frowning.
"HOW CAN YOU STILL LAUGH!?" Nami yelled, glaring at Luffy.
"Don't worry! I like that old man! I'm not going to let him die!" Luffy spoke, as he stopped laughing but he still wore a large grin.
"HOW CAN YOU LAUGH IN THIS KINDA SITUATION? WHERE THE HELL DOES YOU CONFIDENCE COME FROM!?" Nami yelled, still looking rather angry.
"Our destination is the 'Grand Line'. Now we're going to go steal that map again!" Luffy spoke, a grin on his face, though it turned into a devious one. I was now worried, I never liked those kind of smirks especially when it came from him. I'm mean this was Luffy we were talking about, an idiot,, and the biggest one at that and he has one scary devious smirk.
"Will you join us? You need the map too, don't you? And the treasure…" Luffy spoke, his devious smirk disappearing and turning into one of his goofier ones making me sigh in relief and Luffy spoke while offering his hand to Nami as if he was going to shake he hand.
"I'm not going to become a pirate. Rather than 'partners', let's just say we're 'cooperating'. Helping each other to achieve our goals!" Nami spoke, gently slapping his hand, a way to close the deal that they have formed. And soon all four of us started walking to where we'd find Buggy the clown and the Chief.
"You're going too?! What about your injury?!" Nami yelled at me, surprised that I was joining them.
"I'm all healed up." I answered her calmly, smiling.
"YEAH RIGHT!" Nami yelled at me. I lifted up my top just enough to show her where I got hit. There wasn't even a bruise or a scar there.
"See? All healed!" I spoke, grinning.
"That's amazing!" Nami said, looking in awe. I put my top back down and I went up to catch up with Luffy.
"Anyways, the only injury I have is my pride. I need to pay them back for that!" I spoke, smirking with a dangerously pissed expression on my face.
"Shall we go then?!" Zoro spoke, tying his bandana over his head.
"Yeah, let's go!" Luffy spoke.
"I'm dumb-founded…" Nami said putting a hand to her forehead and to be honest, I couldn't blame her. She's just joined a group that was full of idiots.
But I do know this, we were gonna pay Buggy back for what he has done to us and this town, so he better watch out.
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