Smoker was now leaving the tavern has he now know the identity of Hiccup.
"Captain Smoker, where are you going?" a Marine asked.
"The town square, he'll be there I'm sure," he said simply remembering what Hiccup had told him earlier.
"You mean Hiccup D Haddock?"
The Marines immediately saluted.
"Captain I'll mobilise 100 men immediately."
"And the entire battalion afterwards."
Smoker shook his head. "You guys just don't get it. I don't need anybody's help."
Hiccup was just smiling up at Roger's execution platform when Smoker showed up.
"Hey, you kid," he said.
Hiccup looked at him. "Anything I can do for you?"
"You're him? The guy with the East Blue's biggest bounty? Son of Stoick the Vast?" Smoker questioned.
Hiccup smiled. "No point in hiding it, I am in fact Hiccup D Haddock."
"Well, I'm Captain Smoker of the Marines and I'm in charge of keeping the peace in this town. You're under arrest."
"Sorry, but I'm afraid I'll be going to the Grand Line so that I can become King of the Pirates," said Hiccup apologetically.
Smoker looked up. "King of the Pirates?"
"And I refuse to get arrested in this town," Hiccup added.
"Then you'll have to go through me. You don't get to enter the Grand Line unless you're able to beat me first, that is the rule this town. Of course, that is assuming you'll be stupid enough to fight me."
"Normally I don't usually like getting into fights, but I get the feeling that even if I choose not to fight you I'll have to fight you anyway regardless."
"Smart kid, so shall we get this started?"
Hiccup smiled then immediately transformed into his human dragon form which caught Smoker by surprise.
"You can change into a dragon," said Smoker.
"Plasma Blast!" Hiccup yelled and fired a plasma blast at Smoker.
Smoker quickly jumped into the air and avoided the attack and seconds later there was an explosion. He then suddenly appeared directly behind Hiccup with incredible speed.
"To slow," he said and then dealt a powerful punch at Hiccup's head.
The attack was strong enough to send him flying, but Smoker somehow appeared right in front of him and then kicked him in the chin.
'You can't really be worth 30 million Gil?' said Smoker dubiously. 'I don't even need my Devil Fruit power I can beat him with just my fists.'
Hiccup then suddenly spread his wings out and managed to stabilise himself he then immediately flew down towards Smoker. However he only ended up getting a fistful of Smoker's fist and was once again sent flying and he crashed to the ground after hitting the town hall and the scaffolding.
"22 years ago I witnessed Roger D Gold is death, his final moments were proud worthy of the title King of the Pirates," said Smoker as he looked down at Hiccup. "But you the King of the Pirates… don't make me laugh, you can't even enter the Grand Line." Hiccup began to pick himself up. "Don't try and pick yourself up, there's no point."
Hiccup ignored his advice and was soon back on his feet. "Maybe, but I'll never know if I don't try."
He then suddenly vanished in front of Smoker's eyes, it only took a few seconds to realise that Hiccup had only flown out of his range of site. He looked up and saw Hiccup flying away and couldn't believe that he had fallen for such a trick.
By an unprecedented coincidence, Buggy and his lieutenants were in the Roger Tavern. Buggy was flipping a few cards from the deck and now he had three aces face up.
"The cards, they never lie, they tell me that the time for revenge is close in hand," said Buggy. "That little runt will finally get what is coming to him."
His partner leaned over his shoulder and looked at the cards. "So do those cards know if you will kill that little tweep?"
"They're about to," said Buggy.
He then immediately flicked another card revealing it to be the Joker.
"Ooh, that's no good."
Buggy then slammed his head against the table. "Shit."
Maddox was currently outside with Fang and then suddenly he saw Hiccup flying overhead. He then quickly re-entered the tavern and looked at Buggy.
"Captain quick! It's him!" he yelled.
Hiccup flew until he finally landed in the park and reverted back into his human form.
"That guy is only tougher than anyone else I've faced so far," he said scratching his chin. "The only question is what should I do now?"
Toothless meanwhile was being forced to follow the girl whose glasses he broke.
"Where are we going?" Toothless asked.
"I still can't believe it that you broke my glasses," she said angrily.
"I told you that I'll pay you back okay," said Toothless.
She then suddenly stopped. "You'll pay me back? You don't look like you have any money, am I right?"
"Well, that's true I am kind of broke," Toothless admitted.
The girl then turned on him. "I knew it! I can tell by the look on your face that you're pretty desperate. What is it your sick mother need medicine? Or did your wife run away with another man and left you all loan to raise children by yourself?"
"For your information and orphan and single," Toothless growled.
"That's hardly any better, it just means that you don't have any support," she spat. "Now come with me."
Toothless then noticed that they were standing in front of a Marine base.
"Marines," Toothless groaned.
They made their way into the base and soon the girl gave him a bucket of water and a mop.
"Here," she said bluntly. "Luckily for you are genetic with this morning. Once you start working for the Marines you'll never have to worry about money problems ever again. There will always be a job here for you."
Toothless narrowed his eyes and gave her the bucket and mop back. "Not a chance in hell. I don't work for Marines."
"You can't leave now, I expect to be paid back for my glasses," she snarled. "Maybe after you finish cleaning the floors you can work on cleaning your attitude if this is the way you could repay my kindness."
"Sergeant Major, it's time for training," a Marine saluted.
"I'll be back to check on you," she warned.
Toothless was quite surprised. "She's a sergeant?"
Astrid had done some shopping and was now wondering down the street and that's when she saw a billboard with Hiccup's wanted poster on it. Then suddenly she saw the door open and Toothless walked out holding a garbage can in his arms.
"Dammit, how the hell did this happen to me?" he cursed.
"Toothless with the Marines?" Astrid blinked. "What is going on here?"
Toothless was now back inside mopping the floors.
"This is going to take all day," he said and then grabbed two more brooms and held them in his hands and teeth like he was with his three swords. "Unless."
He then immediately ran across the floor and began sweeping like a madman and in no time at all the floor was now clean.
"Three Mop technique works like a charm," he said proudly.
He then looked out of the window and saw the sergeant training with some raw recruits and she was mopping the floor with them. Some of the technique she was using immediately reminded him of Bladewhip. However, he did had time to think on this as several Marines suddenly surrounded him and reached for their swords.
"Hey, you, just what do you think you're doing?" said one of them.
Toothless looked at them. "Huh?"
"It's Toothless the Pirate Hunter! Why are you cleaning?"
"Intel says that you've teamed up with Hiccup D Haddock's crew."
Toothless sighed, he had a feeling this would happen the moment he stepped foot in a Marine base.
"Drop the mops," said one of them preparing to draw his sword.
Toothless instead struck the Marines before they could even true them.
"Guess I should leave," he said.
Sergeant Major immediately heard the commotion and rushed in with several Marines and found that they were unconscious.
"What happened here?"
A Marine bent down and looked them. "They appear to have been attacked, but there's no sign on whose responsible."
The sergeant then immediately saw some money laid out on one of the Marines along with a note. She then immediately picked it up and saw that it was from Toothless.
"'New glasses'?" she frowned after reading it and immediately looked around for Toothless, who was gone.
Toothless was now on the search for a swordsman, but he was now short on cash. However, his forts were more focused on the sergeant.
'Man, that was too weird, she looked just like Bladewhip, not to mention she was a swordsman of all things,' he frowned. 'What a crazy world. Doubt I'll ever see her again.'
He eventually found the swordsmith and found a massive range of swords on display. He made his way to the counter where the owner was fast asleep.
"I would like to pick up some swords," said Toothless.
The owner immediately woke up with a start. "Of course, of course, welcome. Have a look at anything you like we have an extremely large variety to choose from."
Toothless pulled out all the money he had. "I've got 100,000 Gil for two swords. Can you do that?"
"Two for a 100,000?" said the owner as his face fell. 'Great this guy is broke.' He then leaned his elbow against the counter. "For 50,000 apiece I can only give you two dull blades."
"I can make do with whatever, I just don't have the money right now," said Toothless.
'You can't make do with whatever unless you are amateur,' he grunted. His eyes then immediately fell upon Light Fury and the immediately widened. 'Wait, that's sword. Could it be…?'
"Hold on a second," he said stumbling. "I just want to take a look at that sword you've got there. Is that okay with you pal?"
"You okay?" Toothless questioned.
"Let me see!" the owner demanded.
Toothless held out the sword. "Sure."
The owner then immediately unsheathed it and examined the blade and his suspicions were realised. 'This is really it. Just remain calm, a complete amateur just walked in with a legendary sword. It's showtime.'
"That's a pretty nice sword you've got there," he said as he sheathed the blade. "You want to sell it? I'll give you 200,000 Gil for it what do you say? That will leave you with 300,000 that would buy you pretty good steel, at a 100,000 apiece there's bound to be free sword you liking here."
"What?" Toothless glared. "Are you kidding me?"
"All right, I'll give you 250,000 Gil… No, wait 300,000. Final offer 500,000!"
"Just stop," said Toothless holding his hand out. "I am not selling, the sword is mine."
"Tough guy, I'll buy from you for 650,000 Gil!" Toothless just folded his arms and remained adamant. "All right, fine! I give up! How does 800,000 Gil sound to you?"
"I'm back!" said a new voice. "Did you finish polishing my Spiteblade?" It turned out to be none other than the sergeant and she beamed upon seeing Toothless. "Oh, you're okay. I was worried about you, see some Marines were attacked earlier right where you had been mopping the floors. You were gone though so naturally I assumed that you had been kidnapped."
Toothless grimaced upon seen her again. 'Clearly not the sharpest sword in the armoury.'
"The fact that you're here means you must have run away," she said rolling her eyes. "Sad, you must really have no idea how to accept low when it comes your way, do you?" She then immediately pulled out the money he had left behind. "So here's your stupid money back I don't need it, I can't accept money from a heartless ingrate." She then pulled out another pair of glasses and placed them on her face. "Besides, I've already got some new glasses."
Her eyes then immediately fell upon Light Fury. "That's sword just looks just like Light Fury," she gasped and took it off the shop owner to examine it. "Is this really the sword?"
'She knows her blades,' Toothless noted.
'Stop talking, stop talking,' the shopowner begged.
She then immediately unsheathed the sword and examined the blade. "It's beautiful, this has to be one of the 21 Strike Class blades." She then immediately pulled out a book and began skimming through it. "See look at this, it says here that this sword is worth no less than 10 million Gil." She then frowned at Toothless. "But you're broke how, do you have this legendary sword?"
The shopowner immediately glared at her. "Damn, you just have to keep talking didn't you? I'm gonna sue your ass for obstruction of business."
"'Obstruction of business?'" she frowned. "I'm sorry, I don't know what I did, but please forgive me."
"Here, I finish polishing your precious Spiteblade for you," he said angrily presenting her with a sword. "Now just take it and get out, I don't want to see you in this store again!"
She then immediately caught the saw that she lost her balance and landed her head first into a shelf of swords causing several them to fall on top of her.
"Just get out before you tear my store part!" he snarled.
"I'm so sorry," she whimpered.
The shopowner then looked at Toothless. "Did she ever help you dodge a bullet? It is a complete waste to have such a legendary sword attached to someone who doesn't have any idea of its true value."
Toothless folded his arms. "For your information I do and this sword was given to me by my master."
The shopowner grunted. "Whatever, you can pick from a lovely selection of barrel swords for 50,000 apiece. Pick any two you like."
"All right all right," said Toothless as he made his way over to the barrel.
"You must lose a lot of swords if you think you have to carry three of them around," said the sergeant as she picked herself up. "Unless of course you like that famous Pirate Hunter."
"Pirate Hunter, yeah?" said Toothless shaking his head.
"He's quite the legend, his name is Toothless."
"Yeah, him."
"Yeah, he's known throughout the East Blue for his amazing sword skills," she said bitterly. "But he's not a good person, a swordsman that is just a bounty hunter is no honourable swordsman at all. Everything is backwards, it's really too bad for real swordsman, pirates and bounty hunters as sword masters it just doesn't make any sense. They have most of the world legendary swords too, it's a real tragedy."
Toothless smiled. "I don't know, is the kind of thing you have to look out for by a case-by-case basis I guess. You never know what people are capable of."
"This is my sword," she said holding it out firmly. "I'm going to work as hard as I can to perfect my skills and then one day I'll take back all of the legendary swords, because the filthy hands that hold them now have no right to wield them. Yes, the 21 Strike Class, the 21 Sharp Class, the 21 Fear Class as well as the Mystery Class blades. I'll find them all!"
Toothless then looked at her. "And this one? My sword?" he said holding out his sword. "The Light Fury?"
"Uh, I'm not trying to get legendary swords back for my sake, I just don't want criminals to have them," she said timidly.
Toothless shook his head and continued searching through the barrel and when his hand grassed one he immediately felt a surge following through his body.
'This sword is…' He then picked it out of the barrel.
"I think that's, let's see," said the sergeant she began looking through her book. "Just as I thought Moonlit." She then looked at the owner. "Hey, are you really only selling this one for 50,000 Gil?"
"Yeah," said shopowner nervously.
Toothless unsheathed the sword and found that the blade was completely black and he could feel a great power from inside of it.
"Unbelievable that is an authentic Strike Class blade," she said looking at Toothless in disbelief. "Wow, you have to buy that sword. It is worth at least 1 million Gil or more you can't pass it up it's too valuable."
"Dammit," the owner cursed. "I can't sell it."
The sergeant side. "I knew it, there had to be some mistake. This is a legendary sword after all."
"It's not what you think," said the shopowner.
Toothless practised with the swords and found that it was a good match and it felt right in his hand, the balance was perfect, but there was something else. He could feel something inside the blade and immediately knew what it was.
"The swords cursed," he said.
The owner looked up stunned. "How do you know?"
"I just do."
"Moonlit is superior in all respects, but it has been cursed since its beginning," said the owner. "You have to believe me. There are stories from all over of master swordsman who have met their death after death taking up that very sword. Nobody is stupid enough to even touch them these days and you we'll fall to its curse as well if you decide to take it. I'm scared to let you buy it, I'm afraid it'll cursed me too just leave it alone."
"How horrible, I'm sorry I even brought it up," said the sergeant. "It would be death to take that sword."
Toothless lifted the sword and smiled. "Sounds great, I think I'll take it."
The sergeant stared at him in disbelief.
"I can't sell it you fool!" the owner yelled. "Because if something happens to you with that sword the curse could come back to me."
His wife then appeared and struck him hard over the head. "Now don't be an idiot, let him buy that sword you old fool."
"Don't hit me!" the owner yelled back at her.
"Well, we'll see," said Toothless. "How about we find out which one of us is stronger, the swords curse or my good luck."
Everyone then stared at him in confusion and then suddenly he tossed the sword right into the air. Began spinning and then he extended his arm out and everyone looked at him as if he was crazy.
"No," the sergeant gasped.
"Stop it! You going to chop your arm off you fool! Don't!" the owner cried.
Toothless just closed his eyes and remained motionless and everyone watched the sword was beginning to spin back down towards Toothless. However, miraculously the sword missed his arm completely and plunged right is the wooden floorboards without even scratching him.
Everyone was speechless.
"I'll take it," said Toothless.
The owner was so stunned that he fell to the floor and the sergeant went down on her knees in shock.
Toothless then picked Moonlit up. "Hey, pick out another. You've got a good eye on you."
"Okay," said the sergeant stunned.
"You… wait here," said the owners he immediately rushed towards the loft.
He then immediately reappeared with a bundle in his arms and then he removes the blanket revealing a sword. "This sword is made with the finest black leather and the blade is completely made from Gronckle Iron and has been finely crafted to perfection. My shop is small, but this is the finest saw that I have. It is named Blackest Heart."
Toothless looked at him. "I've told you I'm flat broke, it's too much."
"No matter, I'll give it to you free of charge if you'll take it," said the owner. "You're welcome to Moonlit as well, you deserve it. Haven't run across a real swordsman in a while, I'm sorry I try to cheat you before you must have some damn good luck friend."
Toothless then left the shop now carryings both Moonlit and Blackest Heart, he was now ready for the Grand Line.
'I definitely feel better having three swords again,' said Toothless with a smile.
The owner's wife was not particularly happy with the arrangement.
"What the hell? You can't buy me anything nice, but you can give away our best sword," she said.
"That sword belongs in the hands of a true swordsman," said the owner bluntly.
His wife then placed a garbage can onto the desk. "Here… why don't you take out the garbage?"
"Yes, ma'am," said the owner without arguing.
The sergeant just stood there perplexed. "That's weird, who was that guy?"
Meanwhile at the Marine base, the Marines were now scattering their forces in pursuit of Hiccup.
"We'll keep searching men, Hiccup D Haddock crew is somewhere in Loguetown and we are going to find them!"
"Yes, sir," the men saluted.
Smoker rolled his eyes as he placed his boots on his desk. "I get so tired of shouting. I've told you that, he's not going to try and hide. He'll find me I'm sure of it."
The sergeant then immediately rushed into the office clutching Spiteblade.
"Captain Smoker, has something happened?" she yelled.
Smoker looked at her and scolded. "Stormfly, where the hell have you been?"
"Captain," said a wounded Marine as he entered the office. "We have news."
Stormfly turned and the two Marines that had been knocked unconscious previously. "I'm so glad that you guys are conscious again."
"We… it's was Toothless the Pirate Hunter, he attacked us."
"Toothless?" Stormfly stared.
"Why would he attack you imbeciles?" Smoker questioned. He then looked down at the wanted poster of Hiccup. "I'll definitely catch him."
Hiccup was making his way back to the square. 'It might be foolhardy to return to the square, but I have to see that platform and stand where he stood and see what he saw.'
