"I'm here to kick your ass. Just like I promised I would, Buggy." Luffy stated. Luffy held Buggy's hand and the Mayor apart. The Mayor was on his knees and with his head back, but Luffy kept him up. Buggy tried to pull his hand back, but struggled and couldn't get it. Luffy laughed slightly before letting it fly back to him.
"Damn you, Straw Hat." Buggy yelled as Luffy let the Mayor go. Zoro, Nami, and I then walked up and stood around Luffy and the Mayor. "How dare you. You can't just waltz up to me and treat me like this." Buggy growled. "I'm Captain Buggy and I won't stand for it!" His eyes flew to me and suddenly his hands shot at me. I wasn't quick enough to react and his hands grabbed my arms and I was hauled up to the roof. I let out a shriek and flailed as I was held in front of Buggy with my arms trapped at my sides. "And you!" I was then brought behind him and dropped in the middle of a large group of Buggy's men. "Tie her up and take her down stairs. I need to talk with her."
Buggy's arms left and I was suddenly being manhandled by his men. My wrists were tied before being put against my back. Then my arms were tied up against my back. I was lifted up and my ankles and knees were tied as well. I let out multiple shrieks and yells before I was being carried towards the stairwell.
"LUFFY!" I shouted as I thrashed and tried to break free. Out of nowhere a sack was placed over my head and I was blinded. "Dammit!"
I could hear shouts and yells becoming more distant as I was carried down the stairs. I continued to thrash until we stopped going down. Seconds later I was thrown to the ground. I let out a groan as the footsteps disappeared. I waited a moment and listened. There was a lot of rumbling and crashing, but it soon ended. After hearing nothing for awhile, I got to work.
I made small blades up my arms, at my wrists, and at my ankles. I began shifting until the ropes got looser and then fell off. Once the ropes on my arms were gone I moved to cut the ones on my knees. When I was completely free I reached up and tore the sack off my head and immediately froze.
A man sat on the other side of the room. He looked to be passed out, but I couldn't tell in the darkness. I quietly got up and started moving towards the only door I could see. I twisted the knob and found it locked. Finally retracting the blades in my arms and ankles, I made one from my finger and began picking the lock. I opened the door and walked in. It was too dark to see so I turned back around to find a lamp, but was surprised to see Nami. I was so surprised that I let out a scream, stepping back onto something as I did so. Seconds later I was on the floor, having slipped on whatever I had stepped on.
"SSHHH!" Nami whisper shouted as she quickly entered the room and closed the door. "Don't be so loud, you'll wake him up."
"When did you get here?" I questioned as she found a lamp in the darkness.
"A second ago. Didn't expect to find you in here though. You should help me." She declared as I pushed myself to my feet.
"Help with what?" I asked. She then lit the lamp and the room lit up in gold as a pile of treasure was revealed.
"Hohohoho." Nami awed at the shining gold. "Look at all this stuff." Nami stepped forward and bent down to pick up two handfuls of gold coins, a pair of necklaces catching on her fingers. "And every last bit of it is mine."
"You sure know what you want." I joked as I dug to find a bag. I glanced over to see Nami place a crown on her head. I was about to laugh when a sword came down between us.
"What do you two think you're doing with our treasure?" We both stood up and turned to see one of Buggy's men with his sword aimed at us. As Nami stood the crown fell off. "By order of Captain Buggy, anyone who gets near the treasure will…" The man stammered as he came into the light. He had a tint to his cheeks and seemed wobbly. "Uh…" The man stopped again as he looked at his bottle. "Well, there should be more in there." The man groaned as he looked at the bottom of his empty bottle. While he was distracted I moved away into the shadows and inched behind him.
"Oh, it hurts!" Nami cried, crouching and holding her chest. The action got the man's attention and allowed me to disappear.
"Hey, you alright?" The man asked.
"My chest just started hurting real bad." Nami continued. I moved to the far corner by the door and started looking for something heavy.
"What? Your chest?" The man questioned. I caught Nami moving to reveal her chest more causing the man to drool. I quickly picked up a heavy case and hit the man's head from behind. The man staggered and fell back as Nami had jumped up and pulled out her rod. I quickly dropped the case as Nami held her staff to my nose.
"I told you that you'd wake him up." Nami declared as she put her staff away.
"Not my fault you scared me." I explained.
"I didn't know you were here." Nami stated as she bent down and tore a string of keys off the man's neck.
"Also not my fault Buggy tried kidnapping me." I shrugged as she walked across the room to one of the chests. She used one of the keys and unlocked it. She flipped the lid open to find the chart.
"Yes! The chart of the Grand Line." Nami announced as she pulled the paper out and unrolled it in front of her.
"Good, now let's pack up and get out." I ordered as Nami rolled the chart back up.
We then got to work. I found a bag and then together we started filling it with everything we could find. The coins, jewelry, crowns, everything. Hauling the bag up to the street and to her boat was gonna be the hard part. It took us quite a bit of time to get it out of the basement, but after that it seemed straight forward.
"I scored an impressive haul from the Buggy Pirates, but hauling treasure is tiring." Nami panted as she took a seat on the bag for a break. I moved to lean against the wall seeing as how we seemed in the clear. "I guess it's worth the effort though."
"We don't even have it to your boat yet." I scoffed before smirking.
"Anyway, I gotta find a way off this island A-S-A-P." Nami declared. She jumped off the bag and moved to start pulling it again. I moved back to pushing it from the opposite side.
"Now that's a plan." I stated, only to have Nami stop before she started pulling.
"What about your crew members?" Nami questioned.
"Luffy and Zoro are strong enough to handle themselves." I replied. Nami nodded in response.
We then began moving the bag again. It wasn't long before we came across a road. Nami paused to take a breather as we looked at the unfolding scene. Zoro and a man were laying in the middle of the road. Luffy had his arm swung back to attack. Buggy was getting ready to attack as well. Four sabres were held in each of his hands between his fingers, another blade poked out of his shoe.
Buggy yelled out his attack, his legs came off and spun towards Luffy with the blades coming out of his feet. Luffy quickly jumped out of the way, easily dodging the blades. Buggy then threw his sabres at Luffy who was stuck in midair. Luffy, in turn, stretched out for a nearby post that pulled him out of the way of the sabres. Luffy then landed as Buggy's legs came back.
"How interesting." Buggy cackled as the two waited for the next move.
"You're not so bad either." Luffy smiled. "But here comes, Gum-Gum Pistol!" Luffy shouted as his fist shot out to punch Buggy. Buggy moved out of the way and Luffy's arm flew past.
"They're neat abilities alright, but they leave you wide open." Buggy declared as he pulled out another sabre. Luffy's arm continued to stretch until he grabbed a nearby tree. "I'll carve you up!"
"Gum-Gum… Sickle!" Luffy yelled as he flew past Buggy, his arm retracting. Except, the arm he held out to attack Buggy missed as Buggy's head floated off. His head cackled as Luffy crashed into the debris behind the tree.
"Not good enough, Gum-Gum." Buggy stated after his head reattached. Luffy quickly jumped out of the debris with his arms out in the air.
"Damn. You keep breaking into pieces." Luffy complained as he put his hat back on. Buggy cackled as he pulled out more sabres.
"What? There still going at it?" Nami questioned. "I can't believe these guys."
"They look stuck." I commented, noticing that neither seemed to be doing damage.
Buggy launched his hand off like a cannon, aimed at Luffy. Luffy managed to catch it just before it hit him. Buggy then had them separate, the hand breaking apart and shooting out of Luffy's hands. Buggy then let out a wicked cackle as he watched Luffy fall.
"So runt, you wanna give up yet?" Buggy asked with a grin that slowly turned into a scowl.
"You bastard!" Luffy shouted. He was sitting in the rubble with cuts on his face. He held his hat in his hands and glared at Buggy.
"How's that?" Buggy continued. "Was I not supposed to scratch your face or something?"
"Bastard. Nothing damages my lucky hat and gets away from it." Luffy growled, staring down at the hat. "This hat is my only treasure, and anyone who so much as lays a finger on it is gonna pay!" Luffy shouted.
"That's not good." I whispered to myself.
"And I didn't think there was anything that could faze him, but look at him." Nami mumbled. "He's getting so upset about a hat."
"It's not just a hat." I told Nami as we turned to look back at the fight.
"Hmm, it seems that hat has a history to it." Buggy began.
"That's right." Luffy stated.
"Is it really all that special?" Buggy asked. Suddenly Buggy's hand flew up out of the debris with the four sabres. It launched off one and Luffy barely managed to dodge it as it passed. "If that's the case, you should protect it!" Buggy's hand then launched forward and caught the hat, three sabres cutting into the top of it as it was yanked from Luffy.
"Oh no." My hand flew to my mouth as Luffy fell forward trying to grab the hat. He dropped onto his stomach as the hand flew back to Buggy and reattached itself.
"How is this old tattered hat a treasure?" Buggy asked as he looked over the hat. He then let out a cackle. "Treasure refers to sparkling gold, silver, and jewels and all those things reflect their owners grandeur. You really consider this worthless, dirty, straw hat a treasure? You need to grow up, boy." Buggy said before letting out another cackle.
"Shut up." Luffy ordered. "When Shanks gave me that I made a promise."
"What?" Buggy paused and looked over at the hat. "So, you're telling me that this use to be Shanks' hat?" Buggy threw his hand downward, the hat falling off the sabres and onto the ground. "No wonder it looked so familiar. He always wore it when I knew him." My jaw dropped at Buggy's statement. This freaky clown knew my father and my mother? Why hadn't I heard about him?
"So, you and Shanks were members of the same pirate crew?" Luffy asked.
"Yeah, back when we were pirates in training we were fellow comrades. That damn, detestable, red haired bastard." As Buggy finished he stepped forward and onto the straw hat.
"Shanks is a much better man than you'll ever be!" Luffy growled as he ran towards Buggy. "You don't have the right to call him comrade. Don't you ever bad mouth him again!" As Luffy got closer he swung his arm back.
"Time for my Chop-Chop Quick Escape." Buggy yelled as his head flew off. His body then took the full brunt force of Luffy's attack and fell to the ground along with his head.
"I don't want you to ever mention Shanks' name to me again, you bastard." Luffy ordered as he stood over Buggy. Buggy's head reattached and he coughed a few times.
"I can say whatever the hell I want about Shanks." Buggy coughed out. A moment later Luffy grabbed both of his cheeks and pulled them apart.
"Tell me what happened between you and Shanks, and where can I find him now." Luffy continued to order as he pulled at Buggy's cheeks. "Dammit." Luffy grumbled as he dropped Buggy. "How dare you tear up my treasured straw hat."
"Do you really wanna know?" Buggy asked as he sat up. "He's the one person that I loathe. I'll curse his name for the rest of my life. As long as there's breath in my body. Shanks, I will never forgive you." Buggy stated before beginning.
"Nami, they're busy with each other so why don't we get going?" I suggested as Buggy went on to tell Luffy his story.
"Don't you want to hear the story?" Nami asked.
"Yes, or we could get your bag to the ship while they're distracted." I stated. Nami quickly nodded.
"You're right." Nami replied.
"Okay, which way?" I questioned as I looked down the road towards Buggy.
"Good question… Uhm… Straight through?" Nami answered hesitantly. She slowly began lifting the bag up and over her shoulder.
"That's a horrible idea." I whisper yelled.
"You said they were distracted." Nami declared.
"Yes, but not that distracted." I explained.
"I'm going for it." Nami stated.
"Nami, no!" I failed to grab Nami's arm as she walked out into the open.
"Get back here you thief!" Buggy yelled as his upper half flew towards Nami with his sabres out. Both Buggy and Nami screamed as Nami came to a stop. I quickly ran out and began pushing Nami forward.
"Dammit! He spotted me!" Nami exclaimed.
"I told you not to!" I shouted as Nami caught herself and started running with me.
"Too late for that now." Nami told me.
"You don't stand a chance at escaping from me!" Buggy yelled as he flew after us, slowly catching up. "Now, I'm going to flashily chop you up!" As Buggy finished, Nami began screaming again.
Seconds later we all stopped. Nami and I stopped knowing that Buggy would reach us no matter what. Buggy had stopped as well, floating in the air mere inches from us. His face had a huge, open mouthed, smile except he didn't look happy and he didn't move. At the other end of the street Luffy stood next to Buggy's lower half. Luffy's foot was currently in between Buggy's legs. A moment later Buggy's upper half dropped to the ground.
"Ow-... My balls. My balls. That was a cheap shot." Buggy cried weakly. I quickly grabbed Nami's arm and pulled her several steps away from Buggy.
"Don't run off yet. We're not done." Luffy stated with a grin. "Hey!" Luffy continued, catching our attention. "You better drop that treasure and get outta here Nami. You don't want him coming after you again. You get outta here too, Takara." Luffy ordered.
"No." Nami declared. "Drop the money and go? No way! Why should I leave my treasure behind?"
"Because if you don't he'll catch you." I answered, earning a glare.
"Did you just call it 'your' treasure?" Buggy questioned as his hand latched onto my ankle and he looked up at us.
"Get off!" I yelled as I tried to pull my ankle away.
"That's right. You heard me. I'm a thief who steals from pirates and I just stole a lot of treasure from a really annoying one." Nami replied. "So that makes this my treasure now, understand?"
"Ah, that makes sense." Luffy commented.
"I'd really appreciate it if you wouldn't anger the man holding my ankle." I growled privately to Nami.
"That's pure nonsense. That's my treasure and just because you stole it from me doesn't make it yours, you dirty, sneaky, thief." Buggy yelled, his grip tightening. "Honestly, what did your parents teach you?"
"A criminal trying to lecture another criminal? Ridiculous." Nami scoffed.
"You're one to talk." I mumbled.
"What's that?" Buggy fumed.
"Whatever. The day I take a morality lesson from you is the day I stop being a thief." Nami replied before sticking her tongue out.
"You're gonna be the death of me." I stated to myself more than anyone else as I looked over Nami.
"I hope your ready for the consequences. Now here comes CHOP-CHOP FESTIVAL!" Buggy yelled. Suddenly his upper and lower half split into over a dozen smaller parts. His head staying separate, his coat somehow staying with it. His hand suddenly released from my ankle and pulled out a sabre. The parts of his lower half then blew past Luffy towards us as Buggy cackled. "I'd like to see you try and save your friends from me now, Gum-Gum."
"Let's go." I whispered, pushing Nami again as Buggy was turned away. Nami moved the bag to her arms as we slowly tried to walk away.
"Girls." Buggy sang creepily as he turned back towards us. "GIVE ME BACK MY TREASURE!" Buggy yelled. We took off running as Buggy flew after us in pieces.
"No way!" Nami yelled back as she clutched onto the bag.
Nami and I screamed as we continued to run while Buggy let out a cackle, his jaw opening wide as he laughed. With each second that passed, the expression on his face changed for some reason. One second his teeth had snapped shut, but his lips pulled out. The next he let out grunts of pain. Our screams grew louder as Buggy joined in. Finally his eyes bulged out and his mouth opened wide again.
"Dammit! Knock it off." Buggy called as he stopped and turned back to Luffy.
"Duck." Nami whispered. I turned to see her grab the bag of treasure by the tied end. I quickly ducked down. "No, you knock it off." Nami told Buggy as she swung her bag of treasure around to hit Buggy. For a moment it looked like it hit him square in the face. Buggy then laughed slightly as I noticed that his hands were now on the bag.
"Thanks for giving my treasure back, Nami." Buggy smiled. Nami noticed the hands as well and began pulling and shaking the bag upside down.
"Let go." Nami ordered as I took a couple steps back. My heel then caught on something and I crashed to the ground.
"You let go." Buggy retorted. As Nami continued to shake the bag. "This is my treasure so get your grubby hands off it. Just give me back my treasure."
"No, let go of it!" Nami yelled
"They're equally insane." I mumbled. I could hear footsteps as Luffy took off running towards us. Simultaneously, Buggy let go of the bag and aimed his two hands at Nami with their sabres pulled out. Nami screamed as I pushed myself up and toward the hands.
"I told you. You haven't finished dealing with me yet!" Luffy announced.
Before I could get to Nami, Luffy got to Buggy. He jumped up and kicked Buggy's face into the bag of treasure, past Nami, and into the ground. Nami stumbled back onto the ground to dodge as I skidded to a stop. The bag ripped open and began spilling treasure across the street as Buggy's head slid across the rocks. All the way up until he hit a wall. Seconds later all of Buggy's body parts began dropping to the ground.
"Consider that finishing move a little gift from the Old Mayor guy." Luffy declared as he landed. I stepped forward and reached down a hand to Nami as she gaped at Luffy.
"Thanks a lot." Nami said as she took my hand. I wasn't quite sure if she was thanking me or Luffy. "I owe you one."
"Sure, no problem." Luffy stated.
"I feel like we forgot about something." I mumbled as I looked over the battle torn street.
"Oh, yeah. The map." Luffy said.
"My treasure." Nami added at the same time as Luffy.
"This isn't over yet, Gum-Gum!" Buggy declared as his head, and coat flew up.
"He's still alive." Luffy announced.
"Shut up." Buggy yelled. "How dare you flashily do this to me!" I looked over my shoulder to see Nami running off in the other direction. "You'll pay for this. ASSEMBLE CHOP-CHOP PARTS!" When Buggy's parts came back together he only had his hands, head, and feet. I looked around quickly to catch Nami standing on the pile of Buggy's parts, a rope holding them all together.
"Looking for these, Buggy?" Nami asked.
"Gah! My parts!" Buggy whined as Luffy laughed and I snickered.
"Alright! Way to go thief!" Luffy yelled as he swung his arms back.
"Stop it now!" Buggy ordered.
"See ya, Buggy." Luffy continued. "Now, Gum-Gum Bazooka!" Luffy's arms flew forward towards Buggy. Upon connecting they launched Buggy up and away. "I win!" Luffy laughed after Buggy was gone. As he celebrated I wandered back down the street to where his hat sat. I picked it up off the ground and dusted it off a bit.
"Sorry your hat's all torn up." Nami said as Luffy walked over to me. She had two bags full of treasure in each hand.
"Nothing I can't fix." I reassured Luffy as I passed it to him with a smile.
"Don't worry." Luffy grinned as he put it on. "I can still put it on, and I got Buggy outta here so I'm satisfied for now."
"When I have time I'll help fix it up for you, if you like." I heard Nami mumble.
"What's that?" Luffy asked, looking over his shoulder to Nami.
"Oh, forget it." Nami said as she looked away. I held back a snicker as Nami continued. "I split this into two bags so give me a hand and carry half of it. It's too heavy for me." Nami held up one of the two bags.
"I can get Zoro." I offered.
"That sure is a lot." Luffy commented.
"If anything, that clown Buggy knew quality treasure when he saw it and now it's all mine." Nami stated as she held them up to her face. "I bet I can sell this for at least ten million beli." Nami then stepped over to us, set the bags down and pulled out the map. She reached out and offered it to Luffy. "Here you go, it's the chart to the Grand Line. You do want it don't you?"
"You're giving it to me?" Luffy asked.
"Because you saved my life." Nami replied, turning her head away.
"Hah! Thanks Nami!" Luffy grinned as he took the chart. "Now I finally have it. A map of the Grand Line. Hurray!" Luffy cheered. "Oh, does this also mean you'll be joining me and my pirate crew?"
"I told you, no matter what, I'll never join a pirate crew." Nami declared as she placed her hands on her hips. "But okay."
"Sounds like an adventure." I stated as I walked away towards where Zoro lay on the street.
"Hanging around with you seems profitable enough." Nami continued. "Just remember this: I'm only joining you cause it's in my interest."
"Sure." Luffy grinned.
"Come on, big guy." I said as I bent down to pick up Zoro's swords and bandana.
"Hey, Zoro. Wake up." Luffy called as he walked over. "Zoro… We're leaving." Luffy sang as he bent down and began hitting the side of Zoro's head.
"Don't hit him." I declared, stopping Luffy's hand as Zoro grunted.
"Did we take care of everything?" Zoro asked as he sat up. His hand moved to hold his head.
"Yeah, and we got a navigator and we got a chart of the Grand Line." Luffy replied. Zoro turned to look at Nami, his eyes nearly glaring.
"I'm not sure about this." Zoro groaned as he leaned over. "I feel lightheaded."
"Of course you do." Nami scoffed. "It's always something with you two, honestly."
"Hey. Wait a minute, what did I do? Luffy questioned as he looked back at Nami.
"Everything?" I suggested as I set Zoro's stuff beside him and Luffy.
"Are you kidding me? You're the worst of them all!" Nami shouted. "Anyways, let's go help the Mayor." Nami finished, her voice dropping from a shout to normal.
"Oh, yeah. I guess we should wake the old guy up now that it's all over." Luffy stated as he stood back up next to Nami and I.
"You there." We all turned to look at a large group of people standing not too far away. "You're not residents of this village." One man stated.
"Nope, and who are you?" Luffy asked.
"Luffy, they're clearly the villagers." I whispered as the villagers watched us.
"What was all that cannon fire we heard? It sounded like there may have been a battle here earlier. If you know anything please tell us." The original man continued.
"Oh good, they're just citizens." Nami sighed. "I thought that maybe they were more pirates."
"Luffy, I swear-" Before I could finish, the villagers saw their Mayor and began freaking out as they ran to him.
"Oh, Mayor!"
"Oh, no! Say something!"
"Can you hear me?"
"He's out cold."
"The pirates definitely did this."
"So horrible."
"No, I'm the one that kicked that Old Man's ass." Luffy stated. I quickly spun and covered Luffy's mouth with my hand.
"WHAT!?" The entire village seemed to simultaneously ask.
"Don't you dare say another word." I ordered before Luffy grabbed my wrist and removed my hand.
"Hold on, you didn't have to tell them that, did you?" Nami whispered.
"It's true." Luffy answered Nami.
"Maybe you should explain to them so they don't get angry." Nami suggested. She stopped when we all looked back to see the villagers standing back up and all glaring at us. They all had various kinds of weapons out.
"Tell me, why exactly did you knock our Mayor out and leave him in the street to die?" The original man questioned.
"You better explain yourselves." Another demanded.
"Who are you? Are you with the pirates?" A third asked.
"We're pirates." Luffy announced.
"Just as we thought!" The villagers all yelled. Zoro then began to laugh, holding onto his bleeding side.
"IDIOT!" Nami yelled, making Luffy flinch.
"But it's true." Luffy replied in his defense.
"Just because it's true doesn't mean you have to say it." I explained. Luffy then walked past towards Zoro.
"How dare you ravage our town." A villager accused.
"We won't show you any mercy for what you've done." Another declared. As soon as Luffy reached Zoro he crouched down to his height.
"What now?" Zoro asked. "Doesn't look like they're up for a discussion."
"RUN!" Luffy yelled as he picked Zoro up. He then took off running past us. Seconds later Nami and I were running after him. It wasn't long before the villagers were on our tail. The villagers yelled at us as they followed.
"How do you always make things worse?" Nami asked as we ran.
"It's because he's basically five." I commented.
"This is a good town." Luffy replied, ignoring my comment.
"Huh?" Nami and I said as we glanced over at Luffy.
"Everyone's so mad just because of the old mayor guy." Luffy continued. "Something tells me they're not gonna listen to our side of the story."
"Who's fault is that?" I questioned sarcastically.
"We're turning here." Luffy suddenly stated as he turned down an alley.
"Wait, hold on!" Nami yelled as she ran too far, but quickly corrected her path. As I tried to turn my foot slipped and I slid at least a foot before regaining my footing and running after him. "You gotta let us know sooner!" We quickly caught up and as we ran down the alley we had to jump over Chouchou who sat in the middle of our path.
"Chouchou?" Nami and I wondered as Luffy said 'Doggy' instead. We continued running to hear Chouchou bark at the villagers entering the alley.
"Hey, move Chouchou. Get outta here." One of the villagers ordered. Chouchou stood his ground and barked a few more times.
"Those four are pirates!" Another stated.
"You're barking at the wrong people." A third said. We continued to hear Chouchou bark as he blocked the villagers who ordered him to move.
"He did that because of you y'know." I pointed out as we neared the end of the alley.
"Thank you Doggy!" Luffy yelled back as we were given all the space we needed to get to the port safely. When we got there I noticed that our boat was smaller than Nami's. That was after I fell to the ground in exhaustion.
"That was close." Nami panted.
"Thank you Luffy. We totally needed to be attacked by villagers." I groaned, rolling onto my back.
"Oh, sorry Takara." Luffy said, looming over me.
"It's fine." I waved him off. He continued to loom over me for another moment before leaving.
"We only made it because of Chouchou. Why do we have to put up with this?" Nami continued.
"Does it matter now? We're done here anyway." Luffy stated.
"Yeah, maybe so but-" Nami began before Luffy cut her off.
"Hey, is this your boat?" Luffy asked. I slowly sat up and turned to look at the two boats. "It's great!" Luffy awed.
"It's nothing special, but I guess it'll do." Nami shrugged. I pushed myself to my feet and stood up next to Nami. "I stole it from some dumb pirates a few days back."
"That's a big mouth you've got!" Someone yelled from Nami's ship. I peered over into it as Nami let out a small scream.
"We've been waiting for you, you little thief." One of the three men stated.
"Never thought you'd run into us here, now did ya girly?" Another told us.
"Don't tell me we're gonna have to fight again." I groaned as Nami laughed nervously.
"You know these guys?" Luffy smiled, and turned to Nami. I walked around to the other side of Luffy, to the side Zoro hung off.
"Luffy, let me take Zoro." I requested. He looked over to me before I pulled Zoro's free arm over my shoulder and Luffy let go of Zoro's other arm.
"Yeah, sort of." Nami replied nervously.
"It's not just sort of, we're bound together by fate." The first man said. He then looked over at Luffy, Zoro, and I. "So, these are your friends. I guess we'll just have to punish the three of them as well. It's time you learned what happens when you steal other people's stuff." Luffy looked up and met the guy's eyes as the first man reached towards Zoro. "Hey you, you hear me? Time for your medicine." The man laughed slightly as he hit the back of Zoro's head.
"Huh?" Zoro looked up, a glare in his eyes. The three men went pale in an instant as they screamed. Seconds later they were off down the street and gone.
"Zoro, what did you do to them?" I asked. Zoro looked up at me.
"Met them while you guys were flying away with that bird. They caused me some trouble and I dealt with them." He stated.
"You dealt with them?" I asked.
"Well it worked in my favor." He finished.
"Let's just get you on the boat." I stated as I walked him over to the boat. I set him down in the front of Luffy's boat before hopping into Nami's.
"What are you doing?" Nami asked, looking at me in confusion.
"I am not riding with those two again." I stated, pointing a thumb at the two getting in the other boat. She looked over at them, then back at me.
"You can ride with me this time." She told me, stepping onto the boat.
"Thank you." I hugged her, before leaning against the small cabin and looking over at Luffy's boat.
"TAAKKKAAARRRRRAAAA!" Luffy whined as I stared over at him.
"I'm gonna ride with Nami for awhile." I winked at him. He just grumbled and looked away.
"All right, let's get going." Luffy stated after a minute of silence. His boat picked up speed and quickly caught up with us.
"Can I ask you something? Isn't that Buggy's mark on your sail?" I heard Zoro ask. I looked up to see a Jolly Roger on her mast. It must have been Buggy's because it had a red nose on it and reminded me of a clown.
"Well this did use to be Buggy's boat. Think I should change it?" Nami shrugged. I turned back around and I was about to speak when I noticed someone standing over on the docks we had just left.
"Hey! Wait! Young ones!" I turned and looked over to see the mayor yelling at us. I also noticed two sacks sitting next to him. They looked a whole lot like the sacks Nami had been carrying earlier. The mayor stood there silent for a moment before yelling. "Thanks! Thank you!" I laughed and waved good-bye to the man.
"Don't worry about it! Take it easy!" Luffy called back. I then started laughing as Nami began yelling at Luffy.
"What'd you do, huh!? Don't tell me you left that bag of treasure back there!" She was nearly fuming.
"Ya." Luffy stated simply.
"That bag was worth around five thousand belis, you idiot!" Nami was nearly at a breaking point and Luffy was surely going to be demolished by her rage.
"That's right, and they're gonna need that money to repair their destroyed town." Luffy replied.
"But that was my treasure! Jerk!" Luffy's face became frightened as Nami yelled at him. "Do you know how hard I worked to steal it!?" She finished. She instantly grabbed Luffy's head and shoved it down between the boats towards the water. "Why did you do that!?" She yelled.
"Stop! I can't swim!" Luffy yelled back as he flailed and tried to get back into the boat, only holding on by his hands. His face was nearly touching the water's surface.
"That's the whole idea!" Nami retorted as I fell onto my back laughing.
"If you want it just go back and get it." Luffy ordered. I looked back up to see Luffy nearly get back up only to be pushed down again. This only made me laugh harder.
"I can't do that. You go get it!" Nami continued to yell. I stopped soon after and attempted to catch my breath.
"NO!" Luffy shouted back. As I caught my breath I could hear Zoro laughing as well. Soon Nami let him back up and he coughed as he got back into his boat.
"Well, for better or for worse it looks like we finally have a navigator in our crew." Zoro stated after he stopped laughing.
"Oh, Takara." Luffy said, catching my attention. I turned to look over at him. "I have a job for you in the crew." Luffy announced with a grin.
"Really?" I asked, moving to the side of the boat.
"I'm not gonna tell you yet, though." Luffy continued.
"You jerk!" I yelled. I then reached across the gap between our boats and grabbed Luffy's hat. "This is mine now." I declared as I hid the hat behind my back with a grin.
"What? No." Luffy stated worriedly.
"Oh, just calm down." I said as I pulled the hat back out and looked it over. "I'm just gonna fix all the holes you made." I finished as I moved into the cabin.
Wow, this chapter was long.
Just know that most won't be this long.
This one was an exception.
Maybe a few more exceptions as I revise.
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