Okay I think this a vast improvment of my normal length, if not mch longer still it is longer... im proud... mumbles "maybe not vast improvment..."

ok so about the chapter... theres not much to tell really, i left off with smoker and i end with smoker too but... ya anyways I think this is a nice diversion from my origonal plan which was continuing basicly to the next chapter never meeting smoker... so tell me how i did, this is my first fic so Im hoping i can improve...

PS- Im now trying to update every friday so with any luck this fic will be actually progressing in a resonable fast manner, once again I really do need a beta reader but as things are I dont have one... I will get one... eventually. Hopefully spell check will work for the non-author notes though... anyways hope fr chapter 9 this friday... next friday? i dont know

PPS- I just learn that its PPS not PSS... hehe anyways... I think Im going on vacation in the next couple weeks... I dont know when so if I miss an update by about a week or two thats why kk? alright sry bout that now...

"Nami!" Luffy cried out hadnt they just found each other again? What was it with today and getting split up today? Luffy swore he would never let her out of his site again when she was on watch so would he, when she was sleeping, Luffys mind trailed off realizing how creepy never letting her out of his sight could really be, 'okay maybe not never' Luffy thought forgetting he was being helplessly dangled off the ground

"Are you listening!?" Smoker belted out clearly more than a bit annoyed at being ignored for his entire menacing, but one-sided conversation, not that Luffy cared much about whatever it was he had been saying anyways.

"You better not have hurt her!" Luffy yelled back giving his best imitation of shanks glare in an attempt to scare off smoker, and what a surprise Smoker didn't even flinch. 'Figures' Luffy internally pouted trying to find a new way out of this mess.

Suddenly smokers second hand flew towards Luffy barley missing his head. Luffy found that as the punch drew closer Smokers grip loosened and using this opening he slipped down and out of smokers grip landing on the ground below. "Nami!" Luffy ran trying to reach the bushes but instead finding himself dodging another of smokers punches which passed by Luffy and into the bush.

Luffy heard Nami scream clearly getting hit by smoker. Luffy didn't care what was happening around him anymore all he saw was Smoker.

"You…" Luffy glared back at smoker.

Noticing the difference in the small captains spirit Smoker began to step back, his crew should have dealt with the other pirates and gotten up here by now so where were they, and what was going on with Straw hats mood. All he knew is that they needed to get off the island, but not without straw hat, 'Not again, I'm not letting Hina win this time.'

Luffy didn't give his opponent time to think he launched himself at smoker unleashing attack after attack "Gomu Gomu no whip, pistol, axe" Luffy flung himself up into the air smashing his feet down uselessly, he just couldn't hit smoker. 'This isn't getting anywhere!' Luffys mind was spinning having finally collected some kind of thought, ' I need to get a weapon something I can hit him with… the sword!' Luffy charged at smoker who simply dispersed into a cloud of smoke causing Luffy to slip right through, when he finally collected again Luffy was behind him and grabbed the sword from its sheath.

"Back off!" Luffy screamed hoping he would get it this time he needed to get to Nami!

"You don't even know how to use that; it takes years of training to-"Smoker was cut off as Luffy clumsily swung the sea stone sword around in an attempt to hit the smoke plum just a couple yards in front of him. Smoker quickly responded as he would in any other situation he made the weapon useless which in this case meant grabbing the end of the sword and hurling it to the side, which in any normal situation would have worked due to the dull edge. Unfortunately for smoker the moment he touched 

the sword he found his strength seeping away from him Luffy noticing smokers mistake threw the sword on to him and ran off to find Nami.

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Zoro drew down his swords on his last enemy causing a small fountain of blood.

"You didn't kill him now did you shit head?" Sanji teased clearly able to see the minor wound on the marine, he needed some way to relieve stress.

Zoro just glared back his hunger for a fight having just being filled he didn't see much reason to start a fight now. Turning around to inspect the damage Zoro noticed that somehow they had managed not to break the ship despite Usopps screaming about the Merry the entire time. As if just on cue, the ships figure head slid from the ship landing on the sandy beach below. "Almost…" Zoro sighed, "Hey Usopp would you get on that, Luffys not going to be happy if he sees that."

Usopp had already been running around finding his tools muttering about how carless his crew was sometime to the Merry, and started on the repairs immediately.

Sanji started back to the ship, at lets he and marimo over there had drawn the fight away from the ship otherwise there would have been some real damage done to the ship. Zoro also started back to the ship avoiding to step on any of the multitude of bodies littering the beach, there were enough marines there that was for sure, and he was sure he had seen that Tashigi. 'If shes hear then that means… best not to mention that part to Sanji.'

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"Nami? Nami!? Where are you?" Luffy was running around in the bush he thought Nami was in, but he couldn't be sure anymore really.

"Im over hear" Nami cringed, who knew that being hit by that thing hurt so much, thinking of smoker as a monster made her feel a lot better about being hit by him.

"Nami!" Luffy jumped up and hugged Nami causing them both to fall to the ground and Nami to cringe even more, how often did Luffy get hit like this?

"Sorry Nami are you ok? It hurts huh? Ok well…um… do you have a bandage?"

"Its going to be a bruise Luffy Ill be fine it didn't break anything, Nami stood up causing her head to throb 'I think' she thought

Luffy sighed "That's god, does that mean we can keep going up the mountain?" Luffy unconsciously put on his puppy dog eyes causing Nami to take a couple steps back.

"Luffy I really think we should head back… theyll be fine Im sure after all Zoro and Sanji are there right? So itll be ok, please Nami?"



'Looks like hes forgotten his fight already, well it can't be much higher now so I don't see why not…' Okay Luffy but we need to head back soon got it? We need to."

"Okay Okay I get it really I do." Luffy said clearly only registering that they could keep going causing a hopeless sigh from Nami, nothing to be done now right?

Nami looked over at Smoker lying on the ground "Right well we should probably get going now…"

"Right" Luffy responded happily getting up and pulling Nami up with him.

As I said before this is my first fic , and this was my first attempt at a fight seen... Im happy with it as my first try... though i need to improve dont I?

anyways I really apreciate a reveiw... its odd how much they help, but if your wrighting stories here you probably know that so reveiw...plz?