A/N: I decided to replace the special chapter #2 with another special chapter when I have another one. So, great for those who viewed it, sorry for those who didn't xD. It'll take a while for you guys to see it again. Like, when I reached near the Sabaody, I'll place the special chapter.
Disclaimer: Eiichiro Oda owns One Piece
Last time in Chapter 37…
"IF YOU SUCCESSFULLY SEND HER BACK TO ALABASTA, A KINGDOM LOCATED FAR EAST…" Igaram coughs "I SWEAR YOU WILL BE REWARDED GREATLY…! I BEG OF YOU SIR! PLEASE PROTECT THE PRINCESS!"
Zoro gets a tick mark of annoyance at his forehead "I'll kill you if you don't shut up."
"Greatly rewarded, you say?" Zoro soon sweatdrops, knowing it was Nami, she would be greatly interested.
"What?" Igaram stops begging and looks at the girl who answered.
"Alright then!" Nami says as she grins "How about a billion beli then?"
"Nami!" Zoro shouts as Nami was making things more worst for him.
"B-Birrion…" Igaram coughs and works at his voice.
"Weren't you out cold from all the booze?" Zoro asks as he sweatdrops.
"Oh please… How could I let just drink and let my guard down, in a town that welcomes pirates. Talk about suspicious." Nami says as she jumps down in the ground, while Igaram is still working at his voice. "I was only pretending to be drunk." Nami makes the length by her index and thumb.
"Yeah, yeah." Zoro says as turns away, sighing. While Igaram was still working at his voice.
"So… How about it? Can you guarantee us a reward of one billion beli, Mr. Head-Of-The-Royal-Guard? " Nami says as she pauses " Need I remind you that without our help…" Nami grins "Your precious princess might die, you know?" As Nami finishes, Igaram freezes like a solid figurine.
"I… I'm afraid I can't guarantee such an astronomical sum since I'm merely a single soldier…!" Igaram says as Nami sits down.
"Oh?" Nami says as she raises an eyebrow "Are you saying that the princess of your kingdom is worth less than a billion beli?" Nami asks as Igaram freezes once again. "Pay up." Nami adds as she grins.
"Talk about an extortion." Zoro says as she looks at Nami, sweatdropping at the same time.
Igaram coughs "In that case, I'm sure that as long as you return the princess safely back to our lands, You can directly negotiate with her yourself, and receive that much money…!" Igaram shouts even after being beaten up badly.
"So basically, you're telling us to save her first…" Nami says as she frowns a little and at the same time, sweat forming in her forehead.
"THERE'S NO TIME FOR NEGOTIATING!" Igaram shouts, surprising Nami. "EVEN NOW, AS WE SPEAK, THE PRINCESS' LIFE IS IN DANGER!" Igaram adds as Nami stands up when he was finished.
"Fine, fine. We'll save your little princess first." Nami says as she sighs. "Alright then,-" Nami points towards the path where Vivi ran "GO, ZORO!" Zoro's jaw drops, surprised.
"WHY SHOULD I GO!?" Zoro pauses as Nami raises her eyebrow "WHY DO I HAVE TO HELP YOU WITH YOUR DIRTY MONEY-MAKING SCHEMES!?"
"Oh, don't be stupid, you." Nami pauses as she points at Zoro "My money may be mine alone but a contract I make is a contract for our whole crew!" Nami says, making a hurt tone.
"WHAT KIND OF RETARDED LOGIC IS THAT!? HOW OLD ARE YOU!?" Zoro yells as he gets a tick of annoyance in his forehead.
"WHAT'S THE BIG FUSS! ALL I'M ASKING YOU IS TO GO CUT UP A FEW BAD GUYS!" As Nami argues, the two exchanged words.
"WELL I HATE BEING USED BY OTHERS!" Zoro pauses "I'M NOT A TOOL LIKE THAT IDIOT COOK!"
"Oh, I get it. You're only saying that because you don't think you can win, right?"
"WHAT DID YOU SAY!? I DARE YOU TO SAY THAT AGAIN!"
"You're only saying that because you don't think you can win, right?"
"OH YOU DID NOT JUST SAY THAT AGAIN!"
"Aren't you forgetting something?" Nami says as she puts her left hand on her hips "You know you still owe me, right?"
"Huh?" Zoro crosses his arms "No I don't."
"Back at Loguetown, I lent you 100,000 beli so you could buy your swords." Nami says as Zoro gets a tick of annoyance again.
"Yeah and Luffy said that you have to share so that means you gave it for free! And I got my swords for free so I didn't use any of your money." Zoro says as Nami sighs, making it looks like Zoro was in the wrong.
"Yes, but Luffy said to SHARE, I shared you the 100,000! But, I said at 300% interest, so you owe me 200,000 beli! Luffy didn't say anything about 'Share THE WHOLE MONEY', right?" Nami says as she shakes her head like she was disappointed at Zoro.
FLASHBACK
"I do have something I want to buy too but…" Zoro glances at Nami who grinned at him.
"I'll happily lend you some money. At 300% interest, that is." Nami says as Zoro sighs. Luffy goes to them and pats and ruffles Nami's hair.
"Nami, share with your Nakama, ok? We'll get more money along the way." Luffy lectures as Nami pouts but agrees.
PRESENT
"But you got your money back right away so isn't fine? " Zoro asks while Nami crosses her arms.
"No." Nami bluntly says as Zoro widens his eyes.
"Wha-!" Zoro says as he was surprised. Nami looks at him with a disappointed face.
"Are you saying,-" Nami pauses, frowning. "That you can't even keep a single promise?" Nami pauses as Zoro's face was already saying that he was close to snapping at Nami. "Now if you do as I say, we'll call it even, okay?"
"DAMN YOU! YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A PEACEFUL DEATH, Y'HEAR!" Zoro yells, storming off.
"True, I'll probably go to hell when I die." Nami says, honestly believing Zoro's words.
"CURSE MY USELESSNESS!" Zoro yells as he was out of sight. Nami looks at Igaram, who was still on the ground.
"If only I were stronger…" Igaram pauses "I could protect the princess…!"
"Don't worry." Nami says, comforting Igaram. "That guy just now is monstrously strong." Nami adds, believing at Zoro fully.
"If anything were to happen to the princess…" Igaram pauses, taking a sharp inhale of breath and sweats forming. It seems like Nami's comforts had no effect on him. "Then it would be the end of our kingdom… She must survive no matter what!" Nami widens her eyes, surprised by Igaram's seriousness.
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"I fought Zoro that time because I had a little misunderstanding about the situation, but it's different now!" Luffy says to himself as he rolls up his sleeve, making an encouraged expression "First, I'm gonna take all the things we need here, all of the important things in this island!" Luffy says as he starts running. "Then next, I'm gonna do something about me fighting Zoro!" Luffy says as he starts running.
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"I'VE FOUND HER!" Miss Valentine yells as Vivi turns back to see the two.
"Faster, Carue!" Vivi shouts as Carue quacks and speeds up. "There's a docked ship behind the Cactus Rock that we can escape on!"
"Kyahahaha!" Miss Valentine laughs, her feet touching the box she just fell down slowly.
"Such a futile struggle." Mr. 5 says, walking while Carue keeps running. Vivi spots one of the Baroque Works' member.
"Miss Monday!" Vivi shouts as Miss Monday points at her back using her left index thumb,- and her right hand has a long and wide wood.
"Go on!" Miss Monday pauses "Get past here and you should be able to escape on the boat." Vivi widens her eyes "As for these guys, I'll do my best to stop them."
"But…" Vivi stops as she passes Miss Monday.
"Now go!" Miss Monday shouts as Vivi looks forward. She doesn't want for her friend's sacrifice to go to waste.
"Thank you!" Vivi shouts as Mr. 5 sighs.
"First Mr. 9 and now you too, Miss Monday?" Mr. 5 says as he rolls up his sleeves.
"Kyahaha, what a joke." Miss Valentine says as she grins.
"You disgrace,-" Mr. 5 frowns "– The name of…"
"NGH!" Miss Monday raises the wood, preparing for an attack.
"… BAROQUE WORKS!" Mr. 5 suddenly attacks Miss Monday's face with his elbow, explosion along with it. Miss Monday goes down with fire on her face. While Mr. 5 passes Miss Monday, his arms with fire.
"GUH…!" Vivi looks back, seeing her friend fall down with the fire.
"I'm a human bomb that can make any part of my body explode." Mr. 5 pauses as he uses his left index finger to take a booger in his left nose. "With this ability bestowed upon me, by the Bomu Bomu no Mi ( Bomb Bomb Fruit), there's not a single mission I've failed at!" Carue speeds up as Mr. 5 positions himself to do the 'Nose Fancy Cannon' "You can't run away from us." Mr.5 puts his booger in place, targeting Vivi "Nose Fancy…" Mr. 5 takes a sharp inhale of breath "CANNON!" He flicks the booger towards Vivi at an incredible speed.
When it was nearing Vivi, Zoro shows up and cuts the booger in half with his Wadou Ichimonji, crossed legged and his weight on the Wadou, him in the air. The moment the booger was cut in half, Zoro lands himself and the path behind Vivi and Zoro fell down, which Vivi hasn't noticed yet. "Mr. Bushido!?" Vivi shouts in surprise as she thought Zoro was an enemy too. As she turns around to flee,- "Ahh, the road was…!" -she notices the path was blocked.
"Who's he?" Mr. 5 says, pretty much annoyed that someone interrupted his mission.
Zoro stands up, looking disgusted "I CAN'T BELIEVE I HAD TO CUT A FREAKIN' BOOGER!" Zoro yells as he looks at Wadou. "DAMN IT!"
Vivi looks at Zoro with hostile, she takes out her Peacock Slasher in her right hand. He might be one of her Luffy-nii's crew member, but they don't know that the two knew each other, she was sure of it! "WHY DO YOU HAVE TO COME AND BLOCK MY WAY OF ALL TIMES!?" Vivi says to Zoro, who takes the Peacock Slasher away from her.
"Calm down, I've come to save you." Zoro says calmly as Vivi widens her eyes.
"Wha… Save me…?" Vivi asks like she didn't believe a word he said, most probably.
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"Hey…" Nami pauses as she sits at the near barrel. "So what exactly, is Baroque Works?" Nami asks as Igaram was still laying down on the ground.
"It's a criminal organization in which not a single member knows the name nor the identity of our Boss." Igaram pauses "Under the Boss' orders, we carry out tasks ranging from intelligence gathering, assassination, robbery, and bounty hunting."
"Why do the members of Baroque Works bother to listen to this Boss, when they don't even know his name or identity?" Nami asks again, interested at the current subject.
"The final objective of Baroque Works, is the creation of an ideal nation." Igaram responds as he breaths "Those who bring success to our organization, shall be granted with high-ranking positions in this ideal nation by the Boss."
"I see…" Nami says as she sighs.
"The Boss goes by the codename, 'Mr. 0'… The lower an official agent's number is, the higher their status will be in this ideal nation…" Igaram pauses as he gets tenser "But more importantly, the stronger they will be as well…! Especially for agents with number 5 or less, their strength is… abnormal." As the two kept quiet, Igaram suddenly remembers something. "Ah! Your captain…"
Nami raises an eyebrow, how come the topic suddenly changed to Luffy? "Hm?"
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FLASHBACK
"I fought Zoro that time because I had a little misunderstanding about the situation, but it's different now!" Luffy says to himself as he rolls up his sleeve, making an encouraged expression "First, I'm gonna take all the things we need here, all of the important things in this island!" Luffy says as he starts running. "Then next, I'm gonna do something about me fighting Zoro!" Luffy says as he starts running.
PRESENT
"I got everything done and there's still time so…" Luffy says as he sighs "I never thought it'd be so troublesome trying to make things done at the same time."
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"Oh, you're that swordsman who defeated all the low-ranking agents in this town, aren't you?" Miss Valentine says as Mr. 5 crosses his arms.
"Why would someone like you be trying to Alabasta's princess?" Mr. 5 asks as Vivi and Carue keeps quiet.
"I have my own circumstances." Zoro says as he remembers Nami's words.
"Well, whatever. You're in our way in any case." Mr. 5 says as he uncrosses his arms.
"Kyahaha! That's right." Miss Valentine pauses as she holds her hat "Since you're in our way…" Miss Valentine takes off her hat, grinning "Allow me to bury your face under the ground with my ability."
"ZOROOOOOOO!" Luffy yells as the other looks at him.
"What is it this time?" Miss Valentine asks, looking at Luffy, who was grinning and no one knows why the hell he's grinning at the current situation.
"Luffy?" Zoro says as he grins "What is it? If it's about help, then I don't need it." Zoro pauses "Or do you owe that woman something as well?"
"ZOROOOOOOO! TIME FOR TRAINING!" Luffy shouts as he grins like a madman. On the other hand, Zoro was ready to blow his mind off.
"WHAT!?" Zoro shouts, not believing what Luffy just said. "WHAT KIND OF IDIOTIC THINGS ARE YOU SPOUTING AGAIN!?"
"IT'S NOT IDIOTIC! GET READY, ZORO!" Luffy shouts as Zoro flinches.
"WAIT A MINUTE! WHY NOW!?" Zoro shouts as Luffy laughs.
"H-how could he laugh at this kind of situation…?" Vivi asks to no one as she sweatdrops.
"YOU CAN TRAIN EVERY TIME, THERE'S NO NEED TO WORRY ABOUT THINGS LIKE TIME! A TRUE SWORDSMAN HAS TO BE READY AT ALL TIMES!" Luffy shouts as he positions himself.
"Looks like he's a friend of that swordsman. What an annoying bunch." Mr. 5 says as he puts his hands on his jacket's pockets.
"Kyahaha. Let's just kill them off already." Miss Valentine pauses "After all, anyone who interferes with our missions must be eliminated…!"
"Luffy, listen to me. this training c-" Zoro gets cut off as Luffy immediately shows up in front of him, his left fist curled up. 'I couldn't see him!'
"DON'T MAKE ANY EXCUSES!" Luffy yells as Zoro's eyes widen.
"WHAT!?" Zoro shouts as he barely dodges Luffy's punch, which not only broke the wall but the walls after that... "ARE YOU TRYING TO KILL ME!?"
"THIS IS ONLY TRAINING! AND I HELD BACK!" Luffy shouts as he grins 'I should've held back more!' Luffy proceeds to kick with his right leg, which Zoro avoided.
"Wha…!" Zoro turns blue as he panics "Hey! Just listen to what I'm saying!" Zoro barely avoids as he turns to left, avoiding Luffy's head. "HEY!" Zoro pants "Damn it, I don't think this is even training, I feel like he's seriously gonna killing me…!"
"Mr. 5…" Miss Valentine sweatdrops "It seems those two aren't actually interfering with our business…" Miss Valentine says as Zoro barely dodges left punch.
"It seems so, Miss Valentine." Mr. 5 pauses "Then shall we resume carrying our mission,-" The two looks at Vivi "-Of eliminating, the princess of Alabasta?"Mr. 5 and Miss Valentine suddenly runs towards Vivi. "Move on out, Miss Valentine!"
"Roger, Mr. 5!" Miss Valentine responds with a grin.
"JUST CALM DOWN FOR A DAMN SECOND!" Zoro yells as he kicks Luffy, which made Luffy get pushed away, forcing Mr. 5 and Miss Valentine to get pushed forcefully and hardly to a house, breaking the wall. 'He actually received it? What the hell?' "That retard…!" As Zoro had the time to think a little, he finally got it. 'He actually received it to save the princess? He really is a retard.'
"It appears you two are interfering with our mission, after all…" Mr. 5 pauses as he was standing after the impact. "Since you want to kill each other so much…"
"Jeez! " Miss Valentine frowns. She was bruised and was on the ground "What the heck was that!"
"Allow us to do you a favor by killing you." Mr. 5 says as he rearranges his glasses. "Sounds good, no?" Mr. 5 adds as he pulls up his right sleeve, looking at Luffy, who was still grinning for some reason.
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The building where the three were exploded, which surprised Carue and Vivi. Suddenly, Miss Valentine shows up in the air " Ugh, I've had enough! Let me kill you off already! " Miss Valentine pauses "With my Kilo Kilo no Mi's ability, that is…!" Miss Valentine gets out of the smoke, revealing her grin "KYAHAHAHA! Prepare yourselves! Right now, my weight is only 1kg, allowing me to float just from the shockwave created by an explosion! But now I'll…" Miss Valentine pauses as she positions herself on the air to hit Zoro.
"Mr. Bushido ( Swordsman ), watch out! That woman is-" Vivi gets cut off by Zoro.
"SHUT UP!" Zoro shouts as he faces where Luffy flew.
"Wha-!?" Vivi gets surprised at the sudden shout.
"I don't even have the time to listen to either of you two blabbering on and on…!" Zoro says as sweats were forming in his face 'I don't even think this is training…!' Luffy shortly goes out with a beaten Mr. 5 on his right hand.
"Ah, that made for some good exercise." Luffy says as his grin was still on his face. " Ready for the training, Zoro? "
"That's Luffy-nii for yo-!" Vivi stops as she freezes 'Oh no! I was too focused on how Luffy-nii defeated Mr. 5 that I forgot I can't say his name here!' Zoro looks at her with an eyebrow raised but soon shrugs it off, which made Vivi sigh in relief.
"Luffy, just calm down and listen to me." Zoro pauses "First of all, this training is so out of place and that witch gave me a mission to protect this princess so…"
"D- DON'T IGNORE ME!" Miss Valentine shouts as she was being ignored.
"Meaning, can't we do this later?" Zoro asks as Luffy gives him a disappointed look, which really reminded Zoro of Nami, and made him annoyed because of it.
"Zoro…" Luffy pauses as he puts his hands on his hips, making an 'I-am-right' look. "…EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED!" Luffy finishes as Zoro's jaw dropped down until the ground.
"HELLO!? ARE YOU LISTENING!? MY ABILITY ALLOWS ME TO FREELY CHANGE MY WEIGHT, FROM 1KG TO 10,000KG IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE!" Miss Valentine shouts, as she was still being ignored. "EAT THIS! 10,000KG PRESS!" Zoro simply turns to his left to avoid the fall.
"Seems like you just won't listen to anything I have to say…" Zoro says as he ties his haramaki to his head "YOU SIMPLE-MINDED IDIOT!" Zoro shouts as he squeezes his haramaki, making sure it won't fall. "BUT IF YOU'RE GOING TO GET SERIOUS, SO WILL I! JUST DON'T COMPLAIN AFTER I KILL YOU!"
"FINE BY ME!" Luffy shouts as Zoro readies his Wadou Ichimonji.
"Wait a second…" Vivi pauses, looking troubled "What's going on!? Aren't you two crewmates!?"
"ONI…" Zoro crosses his two swords across his chest and places Wadou Ichimonji in his mouth horizontally behind them. "GIRI ( Demon Slash! )!" When Zoro was at Luffy's hand's length, Luffy simply flicks the center of the sword, causing Zoro to crash on a house.
"What do I do…? I don't want to stop Luffy-nii since he won't stop once he's made his decision…" Vivi says to herself as Carue quacks. As Carue starts to slowly walk, Zoro suddenly stands up, attacking Luffy, to no avail. He keeps attacking Luffy at different places and different techniques, only to fail. Carue and Vivi had no choice but to stay on the sidelines.
"Curses! How dare those two make fools of us…!" Mr. 5 says as Miss Valentine was with him, on the sidelines, injured badly. "Our pride as Baroque Works Officer Agents has been tainted!" Mr. 5 says as he huffs.
"You're exactly right, Mr. 5!" Miss Valentine pauses "So let us wash this humiliation by showing them the terror of our true strength!"
The two suddenly charges at Zoro and Luffy. "Let's go, Miss Valentine!"
"Roger, Mr. 5!" Miss Valentine responds. And this time, without her parasol.
"GOD, YOU TWO ARE ANNOYING." Zoro and Luffy chorused as they look at the two with anger. The two freezes "You're…" The two starts to sweat badly "GETTING IN THE WAY OF OUR TRAINING!" Luffy and Zoro shout as the two was easily beaten by Zoro and Luffy.
A/N: Seriously, it's only Kilo-Kilo no Mi, in English, it's Kilo Kilo devil fruit…
Btw, the reason I've been making chapters lately is because I have the chance to do it. And some asked me:
Guest: how many volumes did u make g , bad grammer intended
M: Tbh, I don't know how many volumes I did right now xD But I plan to do all of it.