Drago Cresta: Hello again my readers love the reviews. I will go into more detail at the end of the chapter.

Sanji: Drago-san I'm just making sure you are not going to make me a girl right?

D.C.: You're still going on about that.

Sanji: I'm worried about my masculinity.

D.C.: (stares and blinks a couple times) (sighs loudly) Ok! I am going to tell you this one last time. I AM NOT MAKING YOU A GIRL! I was more a joke then a threat come man get your shit together.

God people the script thing was a joke as well. Sanji you're tied with Zoro as my second favorite One Piece character. If I didn't want any of you guy to talk I would not be writing any of this down.

Sanji: I'm tied with Marimo for your second favorite.

Zoro: You have got to be kidding me you have me in the same slot as Ero-Cook.

Sanji: You want to start something Shitty Swordsman! (getting in Zoro face)

Zoro: Yeah rearranging you face Dartboard Brow! (they start to metaphorically and literally butt heads)

Nami: Their they go again. (puts one hand on her face and shakes her head)

D.C.: My apologies I did not intend for this to happen.

Makino: Is it usually like this when you open a chapter.

D.C.: Apparently! Well! Let us move on. Makino and Nami will you do us the honors.

Makino: Drago Cresta does not own One Piece…

Nami: It is the product of its respective writers…

Makino & Nami: Artists and animators. Please Enjoy and Review!

Chapter 4: The "Death-Seeker Vixen" Who Are You and Buggy You're Dead

Fox and his crew were relaxing in their combined boats. Nami was checking their heading, while Zoro was passed out. Makino was in the back of Nami section of the boat counting a bundle of bills, and Fox was sitting on the head piece of his section of the boat. Nami then turned her attention to Makino no longer able to hold back her curiosity.

"Something you want to ask Nami-Chan?" asked Makino before Nami could say anything catching her by surprise.

Nami being caught paused for a moment. "W-where did you get all that money?" asked Nami as she stumbled on what to say.

"That not what you wanted to ask. But I'll humor you. I pilfered this off of the Marines while Fox-Sencho and Zoro-san were fighting them." Makino answered casually not taking her eyes off of her counting.

"How did you do that?" asked an amazed Nami.

"A Master Thief doesn't reveal her secrets." stated Makino as she finished counting the bundle.

Nami sweat dropped at the cryptic and blunt answer. "That's not the answer I was looking for." said a clearly put-off Nami.

"But Nami-chan that is not even what you were going to ask in the first place." said a smiling Makino.

"Fine. What was it like?" asked Nami.

"What was what like?" asked back Makino having a feeling what the young girl was asking about.

"To fight alongside the "Death-Seeker Vixen"?" asked a nervous Nami as Zoro had woke up upon hearing the name and catching Fox attention.

"Should have known, every woman with a sense of independence and strong will, wants to know who the "Death-Seeker Vixen" is. Well to sum it all up Vixen-Sensai is, other-worldly." said Makino cryptically.

Zoro and Nami face planted at the answer. A moment later they got back up with wide eyes and shark teeth looks and yelled. "That not an answer!" in unison.

Fox on the other hand was laughing his ass off from where he sat. The two then turned their furry onto him. "What's so funny!?" they said still in unison.

"She said the same thing to me when I asked. I already know who she is though so it doesn't matter." said Fox with a smile and giving Makino a look of knowing.

When Makino let out a small gasp and had the look of shock and worry on her face, Zoro and Nami help but to look surprised. Their sometimes dumb-ass Captain was a lot smarter then he cared to show.

"Don't worry so much Obasan, she already told me her reasons for everything. I hold no resentment at all. Tell you the truth I'd be upset if she did not uphold her duty to her people." said a calm and clearly happy Fox. Makino's look of shock faded into a smile.

Zoro and Nami looked at the two with complete confusion. "Well who is she?" they asked still in unison.

"She's out of this world." said Fox with a face splitting grin giving a similar cryptic answer as Makino.

With the same expression as when Makino answered Zoro and Nami roared. "That still the same answer!" they said in unison while Nami bopped Fox in the head like before in Shells Town also causing the same effect as last time.

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A boat with black sails with the Jolly Roger of Buggy the Clown painted on it was sailing in no real direction. Its crew was three men dressed like clown examining a chest full of treasure.

"Checheche! Look at all this." said one.

"Buggy-sama won't be angry at us now." stated the second.

The third tuned to look a head of the boat saw something in the distance. "Hey, look at that." catching the other two's attention.

"What's with that boat?" asked the first.

A few minutes later the pirates came along side the boat only to see a woman sitting crossed leg in a meditative like pose in the center of the boat. From what they could see was that she wore a black fur coat with long sleeves with a hood in the shape of a fox's head.

"Oh, it's a woman!" said the second.

"Checheche! Hey, what's the matter?" asked the first.

The woman lifted her head up to look at them. She revealed that she had porcelain white skin and ruby red lips. The shadow of her hood covered the upper half of her face blocking her eye and nose from view. She then stood up straight at 5'9" and showed that she had a forest green fatigue jacket under the coat, solid gray fatigue Capri cargo pants, black knee high combat boot that had steel plating covering her shins and feet. There were vambraces on her forearms with some sort of crest engraved on them (Cover Image) and black fingerless gloves on her hands.

To the men the only visible weapon on her was a katana on her left side. She smirked as she looked at them. "Well it's a lucky day for me after all." she said in a sultry voice.

"Hey baby, need help?" asked the third while all three men thought they hit the jackpot.

"Yesss, you surly can. Hand over your ship and everything on It." she said still in her sultry tone.

The men blinked a couple of times as the registered what the woman had said and laughed. "And how do you plan to do that. We are pirates of the Buggy Pirates, and there is three of us and only one of you." said the first with a sense of arrogance.

"More like three of you and four of us." said another woman's voice from behind the first pirate as she tapped him on the shoulder with a katana.

The three turned to see another woman she stood a 5'7" in a white normal hooded coat with the shadow of the hood covering her eyes and nose. She wore the same style fatigue jacket and Capri cargos and had black knee high two inch heeled boot, but with the same plating on them. She also had the same style vambraces on her forearms but no gloves. In her right hand was her sword and in her left was its scabbard. What surprised and scared the men were the two exact copies of the first woman standing on the sides of the second also with drawn swords.

"Who are you?" asked the terrified pirates.

The first woman was smirking. "Well that's insulting everyone once knew me for just this coat alone." she said in a mocked hurt tone.

"I'm understandable. I haven't been around long enough to be well known outside of the East, West, and South Blues." said the second woman offhandedly.

"Wait! Remember what Buggy-sama said yesterday. Black fox coat, sultry tone, and those vambraces with the wired crest thing. It the "Death-Seeker Vixen"!" said the first pirate.

"And I've heard of the other one. The coat the sword it's the "Mistress of the Mortal Draw" the woman that can kill in an instant. "Moral-Draw" Kuina." said the third as he shivered in fear.

Both women smiled at the recognition. "Well boys, so the easy way or the hard way?" asked Vixen with her every present sultry tone.

The men had no choice but to comply and got into Vixen boat while she joined Kuina in the pirate's. As they pushed off the copies of Vixen broke up into leaves that circled around Vixen herself and flew into a pouch on her belt. The men jaws dropped at the sight of the strange technique.

"By the way boys the rudder on her is damaged its stuck going port. Me and Kuina-chan got a little rough on board." she stated with a grin.

Though the pirates had nose bleeds at the insinuation they still got angry. "You tricked us!" roared the first.

"Dirty boys, Me and Vixen-sensai were just sparing when we destroyed it. Oh and boys there are some dark clouds coming from the south. Looks like you have some bad luck." laughed Kuina as it started to rain on the Pirates. As they got further away the boat began to sink.

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Fox had spaced out a while ago and was just staring at his straw hat.

"Hey if you keep spacing out like that you're going to drop it again. It's very important isn't It." said Zoro as he watched his captain.

"Thank you, Zoro." said Fox with a smile as he put it back on his head.

Fox now had returned to the way he was before he spaced out, board out of his mind. He began looking about for something to catch his attention until he looked up.

"A bird, eh…" said Zoro as he looked up as well.

Fox gave a wide grin. That scared Zoro having a real good feeling what just went through his Captains mind.

"Hydro Jet Stream!" roared Fox as his leg shifted and lunched him into the air in front of the bird.

Zoro, Nami and Makino just watch until they heard a yell. "Help its caught me." yelled Fox who was caught in the large bird's mouth.

"You dumbass! What were you trying to do!" roared Zoro as he detached Fox's boat from Nami's and started to row after Fox. Nami and Makino stayed on Nami's and followed as best as they could.

Makino was the one to answer. "Most likely tying to ride It." she said as she giggled.

"Baka!" was all Nami said as she and Makino both had to row to keep up with Zoro.

As they rowed to catch up to the bird Zoro ran into the three Buggy pirates that were ship wrecked.

"Hey! Please stop!" roared the fist to catch their attention.

"Castaways… at a time like this… I'm not stopping the boat, just jump on." roared Zoro as he and Nami kept going nearly ramming the three in the water.

The pirates had no choice but to grab on and pull them self on board Zoro's boat.

"hehheh! You actually got on." Zoro as he kept rowing.

"Are you trying to kill us?!" they roared in unison.

After composing themselves they drew their weapons on Zoro. "Hey, stop this boat. We're Nakama of Buggy the Clown and we're taking over this ship.

"Huh!" was the only thing said by Zoro as he glared at the Pirates.

One brief and one sided beating later Zoro and Nami had reattached the boats with two of the three Buggy Pirates rowing them.

"Who would've thought that you were the famous "Pirate Hunter" Zoro!" said the first sitting next to the third on Zoro's side as the second rowed on Nami's side.

"Please forgive us!" they said in Unison.

"Because of you three, I lost sight of my friend. Anyways just keep rowing straight, and be glad I didn't throw you to Makino-san." stated Zoro.

"Yes sir. We apologize for making you lose sight of your nephew Makino-sama!" they said in unison and trembled as Makino glared at them.

"But… What should we do now?" said the second.

"Right, we can't let Buggy-sencho know that a pair of girls took our boat and treasure." said the third.

"Who is this Buggy you're talking about?" asked Zoro as he yawned.

"You don't know anything about Buggy the Clown?" asked the first.

"Never heard of him." answered Zoro plainly.

"He's our Captain. With the strength of a Akuma no Mi, he is one of a kind. In any case he is a fearsome man." said the first.

Makino first started to giggle then she began to laugh out loud. "Baka-Buggy, fearsome? Now that's a laugh." She said as she continued to laugh. "Anyways who's the two that stole your boat and treasure?" she asked as she calmed down.

"It was "Death-Seeker Vixen" and "Mortal-Draw" Kuina." Said the first as all three pirates shivered at the mere thought of the two.

Zoro was slightly stunned upon hearing Kuina's name and spaced out for a moment until he noticed Makino snapping her fingers in front of his face. "Huh you say something?" he asked as he regained his calm domineer.

"I said that we should see land soon, and to be ready to battle." said Makino giving Zoro a concerned look. "Are you okay Zoro-Chan?" she asked.

"Yeah, I-I'm fine." said a stoic Zoro as he checked his swords.

"If you want to get anything off your chest I'm always ready to listen. I offer the same to you to Nami-Chan." said Makino as she sat at the back and checked her ammo count and guns.

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In Orange Town Buggy's crew was running around trying to find a single woman.

"Where did that bitch go?" asked one.

"I don't know but if we don't find her soon Sencho will have our head instead." said another.

"Yeah, I can't believe that bitch insulted Sencho's nose and beat up Cabaji." said a third.

"Look, there she is!" roared the first.

As the other two look to see Kuina casually walking away. As they ran to catch up and attack her, a cannon shot stop them. Kuina and the Pirates looked up to see that a bird had been shot and a person falling toward them. The man was screaming his head off until he crashed in to the street between the Pirates and Kuina kicking up a dust cloud.

As they watch the dust cloud they heard coughing as it cleared to reveal an unharmed Fox.

"Damn that did not go as I planed but lucky for that cannon fire that was really lucky." said Fox as he dusted himself off.

"Hey kid!" said Kuina to Fox.

Fox look to Kuina the first thing to catch his attention was her vambraces, and Fox smiled at her. "Yes miss. How may I help you?" he asked with a bow.

Kuina just giggled and shook her head. "Whoa there boy! My heart belongs to someone else. But do you mind taking care of the annoyances behind you?" she replied.

Fox raised an eye brow and turned around to look at the pirates behind him. "Hey, when did you guys get here?" asked Fox.

"We've been here the whole time!" they roared angrily at Fox.

"Oh! Whirlwind Lift!" said Fox sending the men skyward. Fox aimed his hands with his palms open toward the skyaward pirates.

"Whirlwind Blast!" a ball of pressurized wind went straight at the men and exploded sending the men in different directions. "That should do it." stated a satisfied Fox.

"Well that was impressive Foxy-Chan." said Vixen popping out of nowhere next to Fox.

"Kaasan!" said an exasperated Fox.

Vixen just stood there waiting until Fox finally registered that she was standing right next to him. In that instant Fox exploded in a flurry of excitement and joy.

"Okaasan!" said a happy Fox as he hugged his mother.

"Oh so good to see you again my baby boy." said Vixen as she hugged him back.

They just stood there enjoying their mother and son reunion until they heard the sound of growling. They separated and looked around for the sound as they heard it again. Fox finally looked down to his stomach as he heard the third growl.

"Shishishi! Looks like I'm hungrier than I thought." said a sheepish Fox.

"Well we'll have to fix that. Come Foxy-Chan let find you something to eat." said Vixen as she lead them to a house and entered.

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Buggy the Clown let go of the Crew member that had told him that they had lost the girl.

"I'll forgive you this time but find that bitch and bring her to me. She will pay for insulting me." He stated as he walked back into his tent.

"My, my, looks who's a big shot pirate now. Baka-Buggy!" said Makino who was sitting on the railing facing the tent.

Buggy froze at the voice of Makino and turned to see her sitting across the way. "Makino!?" he said as he began to sweat. "What have you been doing all this time? You look good." said a nervous Buggy.

"No small talk Baka! You still owe me and I'm here to collect." said Makino as she glared at Buggy.

"hehheh! Fire!" roared Buggy as his men pulled out a cannon from the back of the tent aimed at Makino and fired.

The explosion blanked the area in smoke covering the area Makino was once. When it cleared there was nothing but a chard roof tiles and the destroyed railing.

"Ha! See men that is how you deal with a bitch." He stated to his men.

"You'll have to do better than that Baka!" came the voice of out of nowhere Makino.

Buggy and his crew were all looking around for her until Buggy looked up and saw Makino in the air above them.

"Geppo!" said Makino as she kicked her legs every so often to keep herself in the air.

Makino then disappeared in a blur of speed and reappeared behind Buggy.

"Soru!" said Makino from behind buggy as she pressed her pistol to the back of Buggy's head. "You're lucky Baka-Buggy. I've have more important matter to attend to, but a word of warning. Next time we meet, Buggy You're Dead!" she stated as she disappeared again.

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Fox Vixen and Kuina were sitting at a table while Fox stuffed his face with sandwiches and bread.

"This town looks dead what up with that?" Fox asked his mother.

"It's Buggy he's got the town all running and hiding in fear." said Vixen as she just drank wine she found in the house.

Kuina was silent as she wiped her sword down with a cloth cleaning blood off of it. "Well they don't seem like much though Sensai." She said with a questioning look.

"It' Buggy's new cannon ball, he calls it the Buggy Bomb. But it's no joke; it has enough firepower to level an entire row of houses in this town. At least that's what I've heard from my sources." said Vixen as she poured herself another glass of wine.

Fox just made and impressed whistle. "That seems like a lot of firepower. But let me guess it all flash and not much damage." stated Fox as he continued to eat.

Vixen shook her head and replied. "Not sure. Never seen it used in person."

"Any more useful info for me Kaasan?" asked Fox as he finished eating.

"About eight years ago Arlong made base on one of the Conomi Islands." She stated with a frown.

Fox eye brow shot up at that. "Didn't you say once you had a friend that lives there?" he asked with concern.

"Yeah, Makino would know her too, she was a former Marine and served under Garp." said Vixen.

"Is she alright?" asked Fox calmly.

"Yeah right as rain. Actually if I hadn't visited when I did that would have been a whole other story." said Vixen with distain.

"What do you mean Kaasan?" asked Fox.

"In order for her to be left alone one of her daughters had to work for him." she said with a sad tone.

"Arlong's not afraid of you?" Fox asked with a confused expression.

"Honey, the entire world is afraid of me. But my people are honor bound; I can't and am not allowed to act directly in anyway. The best I can do is work behind the scenes indirectly. Hell even that is stretching the rules very thin. Unless you are involved directly, or my people are targeted directly; I have all the power but none of the privileges to use It. I'm lucky my presence there alone was enough to scare Arlong to not try anything while I was there. " she stated hating the politics of her people and the World Government.

"Why the daughter?" asked Fox.

"She's a cartography prodigy. At only ten she drew a map of the entire Conomi Island Chain and it's under water terrain." said Vixen as she smiled.

Fox let out an impressed whistle "Now that is impressive! I can see why Arlong would want her. Can you tell me her name, I would like to recruit her for my crew?" asked Fox.

"First tell me about you current Nakama?" Vixen asked with a happy grin.

"Well I got Obasan to come along with me, and then there is Roronoa Zoro as my Fist Mate. And finally my Navigator Nami well she is technically only a temporary Navigator. She does not like pirates much so she will leave if she feels like she doesn't need us anymore." Fox said sadly.

Vixen smile grew wider at Nami's name. "So that why you're asking about Bell-Mère's daughter." She stated as Fox nodded. "No, I won't tell you." She said with a wide grin.

"Kaasan!" Fox huffed with a defeated look. "Just a hint please." He pleaded on his knees.

"Fine only a hint. She is closer then you think." She said to her son.

Fox sweat dropped at the answer. "That not much of a hint." He stated with slumped shoulders.

"Sorry only one hint per visit Foxy-chan; what's the point of spelling it out for you. Where's your sense of adventure?" stated Vixen with a smirk.

"Fox-san where is your Nakama now?" asked Kuina as she reacted to Zoro's name.

"Hold on a moment." said Fox as he used his Kenbunshoku Haki (Observation Haki) to scan for his Nakama. "Ha they just made port. I should go find them." He said as he got up to leave.

"Oh before you leave Foxy-Chan." said Vixen as she got up and handed a bundle to Fox. "A gift for you becoming a pirate, every Sencho need a proper coat not just that simple one you are using. As a bonus my spy network know to look for this coat so if you need any info for you journey you just need to send a small burst of lighting into the sky and they will find you." She said in a loving manner as she put the coat on Fox.

Fox look over the coat to see it was a furred coat like his mother's even had the hood in the shape of a fox's head. "Thank you Kassan." He said as he hugged his mother.

"And this it's about 1,000,000 Beris it should come in handy for you." She said as she handed Fox a wad of bills.

Fox just smiled at his mother. "You're going to spoil me with all these gifts. First the lessons in the basics of Haki then the sword and pistols, the starter money; and now this coat and even more money." said Fox as he shook his head.

"Making up for all the time I didn't get to spoil you when you were younger." She said sadly as she tried to fix is unruly hair.

"There is no need for that. I love you no matter what. You could have just walked away the first time we met, you could have trained me and not tell me a single thing. But you didn't and I am glad and ever grateful that you even try." said Fox as he hugged his mother again and left.

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Nami was running from the same three Buggy Pirates that Fox had taken care of earlier.

"Baka-Zoro! If he had not beat up that Cabaji guy I could have got away cleanly. But no because that Buggy Pirate I'm being chased. Well at least I got the map to the Grand Line, now I hope I can find that Baka-Fox, and Makino-Chan with them help that Baka-Zoro and leave as soon as possible." She said as she ran into Fox.

Reacting quickly Fox caught her and himself before they could fall but ended up hugging each other. "Nami-Chan this is a little too fast for me but whatever gets you going I'll comply!" said a sultry Fox.

"B-Baka!" roared Nami as she blushed.

Fox just smiled until a voice called out to him from behind him. "Hey give us the girl! She has stolen a map from the Buggy Pirates and she is to be punished by Buggy Sencho." said the First.

Fox looked at Nami's hands and smiled. He let her go and turned to look at the Pirates who were quivering in fear as they now knew who was holding the girl.

"Hey guys ready for round two?" asked Fox with a smirk.

"Ahhh!" they screamed as they ran away.

"Shishishi! Their quite funny don't you think Nami-Chan?" asked Fox.

"BAKA!" roared Nami as she punched Fox in the head making him face plant into the ground making a crater the size of his head. "Do you know what I've been through today?! First you were stupid enough to get caught by a bird so I had to chase after you with Zoro and Makino. I nearly get my treasure stolen by some ship wrecked Buggy Pirates. Makino-san just leaves me alone with Baka-Zoro who nearly gets me caught stealing the Map and chased by Pirate. Give me one go reason why I should not leave right now?!" said an angry Nami as she repeatedly stomped on Fox throughout the telling of her day.

When she did stop stomping on Fox he turned over so that he laid on his back. "Because without me and my Nakama; there's no way you would get any of Buggy's treasure now." said Fox plainly as he picked his nose with his pinky from his position.

Nami was stunned. Fox was right the Pirates knew who she was now there's no way they would even let her come close to their treasure now. "Damn." She stated.

"Where is Zoro by the way?" asked Fox.

"He got caught by surprise by Buggy's powers. I didn't even see it. He's in a cage where they are camped." answered sadly.

"Well lets go get him." said Fox with a smile.

"And how do you plan to do that?" asked a skeptic and worried Nami.

Fox looked around and found some rope. "With this!" he said as he showed her the rope. "Just tie me up, bring me to Buggy say I'm your boss and don't want to work for me anymore so you tied me up to give to him as a present along with the map. Also that you want to join his crew, if he is anything like the way Obasan describes him he and his Nakama should accept the offer and throw a party until they pass out. When they out you let us out we take their treasure find Obasan and leave. Easy right." Fox said explaining his plan.

"I don't know there is a lot of what if's in that plan of yours." said an unsure Nami as she looked to her feet.

Fox just got closer to her and lifted her head up with is thumb on her chin and his index under it, so she was looking Fox in the eyes. "No harm will come to you. I promise Nami. We may not know each other long but I will protect you with my life." said Fox in a serious tone.

Nami mind though was a mess. "Who are you Fox? Why can't I decide if I should kill you or kiss you… no I can't even if you're not like him I can't. But my heart it's racing so fast it feels like it will burst right out of my chest. This is like a scene out of one of those corny romance novels I've read." She thought as she continued to stare Fox right in the eyes.

"Trust me Nami." said Fox with a smile.

Nami and Fox's faces were so close one would just have to move an inch and they would be kissing. "Just this once I will." She thought as she stepped back away from him. "Fine, let's get this over with." She finally said while hiding her blush.

As they walked away a chimney on the roof above them broke up into hundreds of leaves and blew away in the wind to reveal Vixen herself looking where Nami and Fox had been.

"My baby boy Luffy, you found yourself a love and you don't even realize it. But she doesn't realize that she has fallen just as much." said Vixen with a big smile at the cute show of unrealized love. "It's good to see you again, Makino." She said as Makino appeared next to her.

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At the Pirate Camp on top of Drinker's Pub the three Superhuman Domingos were telling their Captain the bad news about Kuina and Nami.

"What did you say?! Not only did you let that bitch get away but the thief as well!" roared Buggy as the Superhuman Domingos cowered away from their Captain.

"We are very sorry, Sencho!" cried the three.

"There's three of you, how could they get away?! Just die then!" yelled an angry Buggy.

"Buggy-Sencho!" said a short dark skinned clown coming up to Buggy.

"What?" Buggy asked in an uncaring manner.

"The thief from before came back!" answered the Clown.

"What did you say?!" replied a surprised Buggy.

Nami and Fox walked out of the door that lead to the ground floor and passed the crew to the front of Buggy's tent.

"That's her. That's the one who stole the map." said SD1 (Superhuman Dimingo 1).

Nami had stopped in front of Buggy's tent and then pushed Fox forward making him fall on to his front. She then showed him tongue and looked up to Buggy to address him.

"I have captured the real thief, Captain Buggy the Clown. I'm returning the map." She said as she approached Buggy with the map in hand.

"Thanks for returning the map, but what made you change your mind?" asked a calm Buggy as he took the map from Nami.

"I had a fight with my boss. He gets me into too much trouble. Let me join your crew I know I'll fit better here." She replied hopping this would work.

Buggy's eyes narrowed as he stared down at Nami.

"Buggy-Sencho is getting angry!" said SD2.

"The devil's power will appear again!" said SD3.

"hahaha! Get you into too much trouble! What an interesting woman! I like you. You can join us." Buggy said as he laughed.

Nami sighed in relief. "Well, so far so good." She thought as the plan had worked. All she needed to do now was wait for them to party themselves out.

Fox was put into a cage next to Zoro. "Okay this might complicate things." stated Fox.

"So she tricked us?" asked Zoro.

"Pretty much." replied Fox calmly but gave a look to Zoro that said otherwise.

"gyahahahahaha! I'm in a good mode today! Woman, what's your name?" asked Buggy.

"Nami." She answered.

"Great! We'll have a party in honor of Nami. Let's have fun!" roared Buggy in a good mode.

The entire crew cheered in delight and excitement. They all stared to drink and run around some were playing around or performing tricks. As for Nami she sat a table set up in front of Buggy's tent. She was just eating and drinking slowly bidding her time until they passed out.

"What's wrong? This is your party. You should eat and drink more." stated Buggy as he drank his mug of beer.

Nami answered quickly to not look suspicious. "Sure, thank you very much." She said as she took a bit out of the bread she had in her hand. "Now I just need to wait. I hope this doesn't take too long." She thought as she continued to eat.

The party kept going until Buggy spoke. "gyahahahahaha! I'm having such a great time. Men! Prepare the Buggy Bomb!" said Buggy as he got into a pose.

This was answered by his crew with a collective roar of agreement. Some of the men had positioned the cannon to face a row of houses. As the short clown came over and loaded it with a red cannonball with their jolly roger painted on it.

"Everything is ready!" said the clown.

Nami standing next to Buggy watch with a little worry run right through her. "Wh… what's happening?" she asked.

"Watch closely, the power of the Buggy Bomb. Light it." Buggy said clamly.

One of the two men standing at the ready lit the cannon fuse and covered their ears waiting for the cannon to go off. Everyone was waiting in anticipation of the shot none more than Zoro Fox and Nami. When the fuse finally reached the powder the cannon fired blasting ten to fifteen houses almost every house in the row.

Watching from a distance was Kuina Vixen and Makino on the roof tops. "Well it's as powerful as your sources say Vixen-sensai." said Kuina.

"I feared as much." replied Vixen as she looked to Makino. "I believe Foxy-Chan will need some cover fire to get away don't you think Makino."

"Without a doubt." answered Makino as she used Soru to get into position.

Back with Fox Zoro and Nami

Nami just stared in shock at the power of the Buggy Bomb. It had destroyed any entire row of homes like nothing and now she had a very horrible feeling that the situation was going to get worse.

"gyahaha! With the Buggy Bomb and the power of my Akuma no Mi (Devil Fruit), I will rule the Grand Line… Right, Nami?" said Buggy as he looked to her.

"Yes, of course." She said quickly not liking what was happening.

Fox just scuffed loudly catching every one attention. "Rule the Grand Line with those fancy fireworks and your Akuma no Mi. That's ridiculous Gol D. Roger did that without any of those things. Besides I'm the one who is going to rule the Grand Line, I'll be Pirate King." stated Fox with a calm demeanor.

"You Baka!" said Nami not believing that even at the sight of the powerful bomb he remained calm.

Buggy just chuckled at Fox words. "Now I know how he get you into trouble." He stated.

"That's right. He is so simple minded about everything. That's why I can't follow him anymore." Nami said nervously.

"So true. In that case, Buggy-Sencho will give you a present… Blowing up this old boss of yours!" he said as he looked to Nami. "It's also a test of your loyalty to me. Prepare it." He ordered.

His crew reloaded the cannon and positioned it to fire at Fox. Nami now was terrified at what Buggy had said. "I'm fine as it is. Since it's a party, let's all have some more fun." She said trying to diffuse the situation.

Buggy gave Nami a dark look as he said. "Do it. This is my way of partying." He said as he put a pack of matches into Nami's hands.

Nami was stunned and torn on what to do. Buggy's men were chanting for her to shoot while she just stared at the matches.

"If I don't shoot, I'll die. But if I do shoot, I'll be no different from these pirates. This is not what was supposed to happen." Nami thought.

"Let's light it up!" roared Buggy.

Nami looked to Fox for help, but he just remained as calm as ever not even reacting to the idea of being shot at with the powerful cannon.

"Nami, don't spoil the party!" said an impatient Buggy.

Nami looked down as her hands started to shake. "What's wrong? Your hands are shaking." said Fox making her look at him again. "This is what happens if you aren't mentally prepared." He said as he watched her.

"What do you mean by 'mentally prepared'? To kill people at will? Is that the way of the pirate?" she argued with Fox.

"No! It's being prepared to risk your own life." said Fox as he grinned at Nami.

Nami just stared in shock at Fox's words.

"Just fire Nami. Trust me. I'm willing to risk it all so you can continue to chase your goal." said Fox with a wide grin.

Nami as if on auto pilot did as she was told and lit a match and set the fuse on fire.

"What the hell are you doing Nami!" roared Zoro as he watched the fuse burn.

It happened so fast the fuse had reached the powder and fired the Buggy Bomb directly at Fox. The explosion was as just as big as the last blanketing the area in a thick cloud of smoke.

"gyahahahahaha! I was beginning to question your loyalty for a moment there Nami but now I see you are really one of us. Good riddance to trash." said Buggy as he went back to his seat in his tent.

Something in Nami snapped. She charged up to Buggy with her bo staff at the ready to strike him. "What have I done? I killed him. And Buggy just insults him in his death is there no honor among pirates. He will pay for that insult." She thought as she got to the front of Buggy's tent shocking everyone.

Unknown to any one the spot Nami had reached had a glowing symbol on the ground, the same spot that Fox was laying on when they first arrived. The symbol (Cover Image) started to glow brighter stopping Nami in her tracks and blinding everyone. When the light faded it reveled, crouched where the mark was Fox himself.

"Lightning Jump!" said Fox as he stood up to glare at Buggy.

Buggy was frozen in shock at what he saw the boy he thought was dead just pop up unharmed and unscratched. As Buggy continued to stare at Fox he noticed that the coat was furred and had a hood. When Fox stood up in his full height his hood had somehow been blown on for it covered his head, its shadow hiding the eyes and nose of Fox.

Buggy then began to tremble in Fox place he saw the form of the most feared woman in existence, his former Roger Nakama and as soon as he saw it vanished leaving only Fox. "You… you have the same coat as the "Death-Seeker Vixen", even that flashing trick is the same as hers. Who Are You?!" asked a scared Buggy.

"I'm Monkey D. Fox and I will be the next Pirate King so you better stay out of my way." He said as he stared down Buggy. In a flash Fox and Nami disappeared leaving Buggy and his crew stunned.

All was quiet until one of the crew members yelled in surprise. "Sencho Roronoa Zoro is gone." said the crew member.

As they all looked to Zoro's cage only to see the small pool of blood from his wound and nothing else.

TMTBTF Scene Change TMTBTF

Fox Zoro and Nami reappeared in front of Pet Food where both Zoro and Nami fell to their knees then began to vomit blood or bile respectively.

"What the hell was that?" Zoro coughed as he spoke.

"That was the worst experience in my entire life. I feel like me inside are trying to get outside." said a lightheaded Nami.

Finally loosing what strength he had left Zoro fell flat onto his face. He then looked up to see a small white dog standing in front of the store. "What's with this dog?" he asked as he stared at the dog.

"Dog?" asked Fox as he looked ware Zoro was facing. Fox then came close to the dog and crouched in front of it. He then be began to make faces at it. "Hey guys, it's not moving at all." said Fox as he looked to them.

"Who cares, it'll do what it wants to." Zoro said as he got up and leaned against one of the post of the store.

"Fox stop messing with the dog before you get attacked." said Nami starting regain her bearings.

"Is it dead?" asked Fox as he continued to stared at the dog. Only when Fox poked the dog hard did it react by attacking Fox.

Zoro and Nami just watch as Fox was being attacked. Zoro had lost his patients.

"Do you understand the situation we are in!" said an annoyed Zoro he then fell the ground again. "I need blood." He said tiredly.

The dog had stopped attacking Fox leaving him lying on the ground with scratches all over his face. It was then Nami asked.

"Fox what was that?"

"Oh that was my Lightning Jump. It's a move I can use with my Akuma no Mi." answered Fox.

"You ate a Akuma no Mi?" said a surprised Nami as she pointed at him.

"Yeah the Arashi Arashi no Mi(Storm Storm Fruit). I'm a tempest man." said Fox nonchalantly as he sat back up and stared at the dog.

"Is that why we feel sick?" asked an exusted Zoro.

"Yeah, the first few times you jump is always the worst. But next time I take you along with me it won't feel as bad." said Fox not looking away from the dog.

"Not in this life time, and stop staring at the dog or it will attack you again." said an annoyed Nami as she face palmed her forehead.

As if the universe wanted Nami to be right. The dog lunged at Fox again and stared to attack him for the second time.

"ahhh! Stop! I surrender… ahh! Not there that hurts!" yelled Fox as he was bit and scratched by the dog.

"Hey! Stop picking on ShuShu, you brats." said an old man as he came up the three.

"ShuShu?" asked Fox as he held the dog up to keep it from attacking him.

By now Zoro had moved again to a post to lean on. "Who are you old man?" asked Zoro.

"I am the mayor of this town. Who are you people?" said the mayor as looked at them finally noticing Zoro's wound. "Oh my, that's a pretty serious injury… Umm, were you guys attacked by Buggy? You should see a doctor immediately." he said.

Moments later he had placed Zoro in a house nearby and came back out to the other two.

"Is Zoro alright?" asked a concered Fox as he decided to sit away from the dog.

"I said I would take him to a doctor, but he said he'll be fine if he sleeps." answered the Mayor.

"This dog's name is ShuShu, right?" said Nami as she pet the dog.

"Just sitting there… What is it doing?" asked Fox a looked at the dog.

"Guarding the store." answered the Mayor.

"Guarding the store?" asked a curious Nami.

"Yes." replied the Mayor.

"This is a pet food store." said Nami.

"That's right." said the Mayor as he walked in and got food for ShuShu. "This store's owner was a good friend of mine." he said as he put the bowl down for the dog to eat.

"I'm feeding him in his place." he stated as he put the box of food away.

"In his place?" asked Nami.

"He died three months ago due to an illness." said the old man as he walked out of the store.

"Could it be that it's been waiting for its owner to return?" Nami asked.

"That's what everyone says." he said as he closed the store up and sat down on the porch pulling out a pipe to smoke. "I don't think so though. ShuShu is a smart dog, so he'd know that his master has already died."

"Then… why is it guarding the store?" she asked as she could not understand why the dog would still be there.

"To ShuShu, this store must have been treasure. This is what his master left him with, and that's why he's protecting it. I've tried to move him many times, but he just won't leave this place." explained the Mayor.

Fox remained silent as he thought about ShuShu's story. ShuShu after eating he picked up his bowl and placed it in front of the Mayor and went back to his spot. Just then the ground began to tremble and a roar was heard throughout the area.

"What's that roar?!" asked a startled Nami.

"It's him, "Beast Tamer" Mohji." said a panicked Mayor.

"What's a beast tamer?" asked a clueless Nami as the mayor ran for his life. "Wait! Wait a minute!" said Nami as she followed the Mayor.

As Fox continued to sit in his spot looking at ShuShu as shadow covered him. When Fox looked up and saw a green lion with a light purple mane and a man riding on top of it.

"Oh? So, you've been abandoned by your Nakama? And you just got away…" said the man.

"Who are you?" asked Fox in mocked innocence tone.

"I'm the beast tamer and first mate from Buggy's crew, Mohji!" said Mohji in a serious tone.

"But you're wearing a really weird costume." said Fox still in his bogus innocent tone.

"That's rude! This is my hair!" announced an annoyed Mohji as he pointed to his hair that looked like koala ears.

"That's even weirder." stated an uncaring Fox.

"You! Ever since I got here, you've been restless. Do you know how great I am?" said Mohji as he stared at a growling ShuShu. "I am "Beast Tamer" Mohji! There is no animal in this world that I cannot tame." he announced as he approached ShuShu and held out his hand. "Shake." He ordered.

Fox just watch as ShuShu bit Mohji's entire hand and Mohji try to shake the dog off.

"You're going to die soon anyways. I have no interest in taming you right now. Tell me where Roronoa Zoro is." said the beast tamer after getting the dog off of him.

"No!" said Fox nonchalantly.

"Kill him, Ritchie! " ordered Mohji to his lion.

The lion moved faster than Fox expected and got him with one of his paw sending him into a building down the street.

"Well he's died. Okay Ritchie lets go find Zoro. After we beat him we'll be famous." said the tamer from on top of Ritchie. The lion then looked at the dog then to the store. "What's wrong? I see this is a pet food store. If you want to get some food, you'd better make it fast!" the lion answered with a roar.

"What?" asked Mohji as he noticed Richie waiting. "Don't tell me the dog is really guarding that store." stated the tamer as he and the lion approached the store with ShuShu barking at them.

With Fox

"Well that was unexpected." said a surprised Fox as he sat up from his prone position. "Well it doesn't matter now I've I'm going to beat them all up." He said as he stood up and dusted himself up.

"Your quite resilient aren't you?" asked Nami as she stared at an unharmed Fox.

"He's alive!" asked a stunned Mayor.

"Is it bad that I'm alive?" asked Fox in mocked innocence.

"You destroyed that entire house. It's strange that you're so lively still." answered a shocked mayor.

"Really!" said a stoic Fox.

"What is your reason for coming to this town? Why are you involved with those pirates?" asked the mayor.

"The map to the Grand Line, a promise to seal the deal with her to come on as our navigator." said Fox with a grin as he looked to Nami. "Anyways that tamer guy said he was looking for Zoro. I'm going to take a look." said Fox as he ran in the direction he had flown from.

Back to ShuShu

In one swing the lion had stuck at ShuShu sending him fling and destroying the sign for the store. As the dog fell to the ground he remembered all the times he had shared with his master. ShuShu got back up and charged at the lion's leg as it took a step onto the store porch. The dog took as big of a bit as it could on the Richie's leg that was on the porch. Richie roared with anger and annoyance at the action and swung repeatedly at the little dog.

ShuShu kept attacking even though it was fruitless endeavor, he could not let go of what he cherished most. The memories of all the good times he had shared with his master driving him forward. He will not let go of his treasured home and property. So he kept going again and again not giving up even as he was sent flying several times.

From on top of Richie, Mohji could still see the dog standing ready to attack. "Oh! He's still moving." He stated in an uncaring manner.

For ShuShu the memory of the last word spoken to him by his master was replaying in his mind as he charged once more. As the dog approached the lion, it let its paw swing in a wide ark and met the dog mid way. The only thing heard was the squeal of ShuShu, and the splatter of blood onto the dog bone sign on one of the stores posts.

TMTBTF Scene Change TMTBTF

Makino had returned to Vixen seeing that Fox got away and were talking and catching up until a strong presence could be felt all around them. Vixen had looked in the direction of the presence knowing who was giving it off.

"His presence alone is enough to make men quiver in fear." said Makino to Vixen.

"I have no doubt about that. The other person on the end though is in for one hell of a beating." replied Vixen with a smile.

With Nami and the Mayor

They too felt the presence and felt a combination of fear and peace.

"What manner of beast gives off a presence like this?" asked a shell shocked Mayor.

Nami had not said anything and just looked in the direction Fox had left.

Back with ShuShu

Mohji did not know what to do first, run as fast as he could, get angry and annoyed at the interloper, or cry his heart out and beg for mercy. Standing with the dog in hand was Fox, but not only that the man held back Richie's massive paw with his forearm alone. Even though the man was bleeding he held strong not moving a inch from the impact but what made both tamer and beast fear this man was the pressure that seemed to just crush them. Mohji could tell that the man in front of him was the source off this pressure.

"Who are you?" asked Mohji shivering in fear and staring Fox straight into the eyes.

"I'm Monkey D. Fox. I'm going to beat you up now." said a stoic Fox as his pupils narrowed into fox like slits and putt ShuShu down.

In one quick motion Fox shoved the lions paw away and jumped up straight up into the air. As he fell he axe kicked the lion in the head sending its head into the cobblestone street.

Mohji was thrown off of Richie after the kick when he recovered and looked back he saw Richie's head imbedded into the street. "Richie! What are you?!" yelled a terrified tamer as he stared at an approaching Fox.

"The man who will make you pay for trying to destroy ShuShu's treasure." said a stoic Fox as he charged at the tamer and slammed him into the ground.

Nami and the mayor had shown up at the point when Fox intercepted the lion's paw. Then watch as Fox walked up to the store and seemed to assess the damage to the pet food store.

"Gomen ShuShu, I should have left a maker before the lion and his tamer attacked me." He said solemnly as he sat next to the dog and pets him. "On a lighter note you fought well." He said while smiling at ShuShu who barked happily to Fox.

Nami just watched with a smile at the scene.

TMTBTF Scene Change TMTBTF

"You were defeated!" roared a shocked Buggy.

"I'm… sorry Buggy-Shencho." answered a beat up Mohji.

"Tell me it was Zoro that defeated you right?" asked Buggy.

"No it was the man in the straw hat and fox coat. He was like some kind of monster…" the tamer trailed on before he passed out.

"I've had enough of this! Prepare Buggy Bomb and blow this town into pieces!" roared Buggy.

TMTBTF Back to Fox TMTBTF

"I'm sorry I half expected you to be like Buggy and his crew." said a sad Nami.

"You have your reasons it's not a problem." said Fox as he look up to Nami.

Nami on the other hand could have sworn she saw his pupils change from slits to normal ones.

"I don't want to hear them though." said a calm Fox as he dusted himself off.

"I'm so useless both the brat and ShuShu fought so hard. And look at me the Mayor of this town and I can't do anything to help." said a depressed mayor.

At the word of the mayor both Fox and Nami went in front of him to stop him from doing something foolish.

"Mayor, calm down!" said a worried Nami.

At this point the mayor began to tell the story of how the town had come to be. Fox on the other hand was hearing the familiar sound of something flying into the air. In a flash Fox reacted and flashed everyone to a safe place as the Buggy Bomb destroyed another set of houses.

"Even my house." said the mayor who then began to vomit for the instant transportation.

Then it hit Fox like a stone to the face. "Ahh, Zoro was still sleeping inside!" he roared in a panicked state.

"Is he dead?" asked the mayor still a little woozy.

"What a horrible way to wake someone up!" came Zoro voice from the smoke and rubble of the mayors house. Fox let out a happy chuckle at the relief of Zoro being fine. "I wanted to sleep some more." said a disoriented Zoro.

After recovering from the Lightning Jump Nami could not believe the sight before her. "Why is he still alive?"

"Thank goodness you're still alive." said an overjoyed Fox.

"I've had enough! They have no right to destroy forty years of hard work and cooperation. As mayor of this town I will not let them do anymore harm." said the mayor as he began to head to where Buggy had made camp.

"Wait! What are you going to do to them all on your own? This is reckless." said Nami trying to hold back the mayor.

"I know it reckless." said the mayor as he looked to Nami.

Nami had lost her grip at the sight of the mayor's tears. The mayor just continued to run to face Buggy and his crew.

"He was crying." said Nami sadly.

"Wouldn't blame him, this town to him is his treasure. Something that he and the townsfolk took forty years of hard work, sweat, and tears to accomplish." said Fox as he watched the form of the mayor disappear around a corner. "I like that old man. I won't let him die!" said a smiling Fox.

"If you say so…" said Zoro as he and Fox followed the old man.

"You too? With an injury like that!" said a shocked Nami.

"An injury like this hurts my name more than it hurts me." said Zoro as he tied his bandana to his head.

"Our destination is the Grand Line. We're going to get the map back from those pirates!" said Fox as he looked to Nami.

"And there is still the half of Buggy's treasurer we owe you Nami-chan." said Makino as she dropped down from a rooftop.

"Obasan you finished caching up with Okasan?" asked Fox as he turned to Makino.

"For now, with the ruckus you kids were causing it's hard to make a decent conversation." said smiling Makino.

"Wait, Fox's mother is here in town?" asked a curious Nami.

"For now, she's just passing through." answered Makino.

"That's good and all but we have someone to save before he gets himself killed." stated Zoro.

TMTBTF With Vixen and Kuina TMTBTF

Vixen and Kuina were watching from the rooftops as Fox and his Nakama walked away.

"You want to test your old friend don't you, Kuina." said Vixen to her apprentice.

"Yes." said Kuina.

"Go and have fun." said a calm Vixen as Kunia ran along the rooftops. As Kuina disappeared from sight Vixen just smiled wide. "Now time to see how far along you are Luffy-chan." She said to herself as she disappeared in a flash of light.

Drago Cresta: whew well that's done. Though I wanted to do more but that would keep everyone waiting for the next chapter for too long in my opinion.

Vixen: Well I thought I was a good way to end it.

Kuina: That's because you're the one that got the last line.

Vixen: Well I am just an OC. The mere fact that I got this much befor…

D.C.: Hold that sentence spoiler alert. Not here Vixen.

Vixen: hmm. Well that's not fair. I so love to temp people. (said as she ran her hands down her sides in an sensual way)

D.C.: …

(face palms himself) I can't believe I'm writing this and leaving it up for the readers to read.

Vixen: This is how you wrote my personality. I'm just embracing who I am.

Sanji: Mistress your wine is ready! (said as he came out in a butlers outfit)

D.C.: (sweat drops at the scene)

Sanji: *please leave me this way.* (he said with heart for eyes)

D.C.: (head drops in shame) Sanji you're enjoying this way too much. Well now back to the technique list.

Fox

Whirlwind Blast

This move has two applications it can be used as a wide spread shot like a shot gun or as a ball of pressurized air that can be lunched or lobbed like a grenade.

Makino

Geppo and Soru

Yes these are the same techniques used by the CP9. If she knows all of them well that's best left as a surprise.

D.C.: Well not much fighting in this chapter well you'll get more in the next one.

Vixen: Is it time for me to sign us off now.

D.C.: Not yet love. Let me say this to my lovely readers. Thank you for your reviews readers they tell me that you did enjoy and are anxious for the next chapter. Now to…(pulls out a stack of papers) let see…(says as he shuffles through the stack) oh right.

To CaptainSanchez, I am not quite sure why these types of stories never progress to the promised harem. But I plan to at least get to the Fishman Island Arc or Punck Hazard. By then Fox's relationships should be well developed. I hope?!

To The 10th Wand, Naruto did have a small influence in the development of my OC's. I plan to write and put up a Naruto fic soon so if you feel that it ruined foxes for you I hope my version can change that.

To gerson, I am on the fence of putting Vivi in the harem but I will make a decision once I get to the Alabaster Arc.

To wjgr, he is not going to physically destroy the World Government he is going to make it fall onto its own weight of its corruption. But yes Fox will get an army.

And last but not least .3950, Makino is Luffy's aunt in my story. In canon Makino was just the owner of the pub that Luffy, Shanks and his crew always went to, as well as the one who took it upon herself to look after Luffy when he was younger. In my story she is the adoptive daughter of Monkey D. Garp. And about the Rubber thing in the canon yeah I wondered that myself. As for the escaping cages well he got out of the one in this chapter.

Hope I satisfied you my lovely readers and yet not spoil the story for you.

Vixen: You're no fun you know.

D.C.: That coming from the one that only gave Fox a hint instead of telling him out right that he already had Nami on his crew.

Vixen: Good point. (flashes behind Drago and wraps her arms around him) *well I guess I will have to find something else fun to do then giving out spoilers.* (whispered into Drago's ear)

D.C.: (with a goofy look and a small nose bleed he chuckles) Well if you may Vixen sign us off please.

Vixen: Please leave a review and we hope you enjoyed. Also if you leave a good one you might get something special from me. (leans forward showing a lot of cleavage, blow a kiss to the readers and winks)

D.C.: Don't make a promise like that. You're an Original Character. You're not real.

Vixen: Why not? They can always imagine it! (she winks at the readers again)

Drago Out