Nothing says you made the right career choice when the person that you owe your life to and swear loyalty to gets carried away by a giant bird. Makes you feel really comfortable with your future.
Luckily once Captain Moron was flying away, I was lucky to pick some hitchhikers that were so helpful that after some convincing, they even rowed the boat for me. Although they kept bitching about how they got swindled by some red-haired girl. Kinda funny really, I know it'll be a cold day in hell before some crazy woman takes advantage of me…in a negative way.
So yeah, these hitchhikers are members of the Clown Pirates, led by this guy named Buggy who has a Devils Fruit. Two Fruit users in a week, what are the odds? Too bad Mr. Buggy isn't nearly as nice (or easy-going, or childish, or stupid) as Luffy. I have the GAPING DAGGER WOUND to prove it. OK, Buggy has this Bara Bara no Mi, so he can separate his body parts and send them flying every which way. But more on that later.
I find Luffy and some red-haired girl (Goddamn it, Luffy) about to be attacked by random cronies of Buggy's crew. Obviously I could take care of about 5 to 10 of them with just my scabbard. East Blue crews aren't exactly known for being tough, I really need to get out more. I meet up with old Buggy boy and slice him up to pieces. Then the fun and SEARING PAIN came in.
Remember how I said Buggy can disconnect his body parts and send them off in every which way? Well I didn't know that at the time and quickly became good friends with Mr Backstab McStabbison. Man it's hard to move when you have a goddamn dagger stuck in your kidney, but not too hard where you can't flip up a cannon and shoot it in the face of moronic clown. Man I wish you could see my face right now as I wrote that.
Anyways, I'm just laying around, because I lack the energy to do otherwise. Luffy keeps telling me that the red-haired girl's gonna join the crew as well. I have mixed feelings on this. As much as it's nice to get a third member, there's something off about her. Oh well, all I need to worry about is this stupid wound.