"So, you all came here of your own will to fight," Buggy said, "You're all dead!"

I wasn't really listening to what Buggy was saying; I'd gone to the Mayor's side and was making sure he was okay. I helped him up and then shoved me away forcefully. For a second I thought he was going to attack, but instead he just started shouting.

"Why are you all here? This is my fight! I'm the one who has to defend this village, so don't interfere!"

I'm not sure what surprised me the most. The fact that the old guy wanted to take on Buggy by himself, or Luffy's reaction of grabbing the old man's head and ramming his face into a wall. "What the hell was that?" I yelled and went to check on him. I looked back to Luffy as he cracked his knuckles.

"He would just get in the way."

"Good idea," Zoro said, "He'd just go charging in and die. It's safer for him if he's unconscious."

I sighed and shook my head. I never did like when people justified violence by saying it was to protect the person they injured, but…he had a really good point. I stood and looked as Luffy drew in a big breath and then yelled, "HEY! BIG, UGLY, RED NOSE!"

I blanched at him. He was honestly going to try and piss Buggy off even more? What the hell was going through Luffy's head?

"FIRE THE BUGGY BALL!"

My eyes widened when I looked up to see a cannon pointing straight down at us, loaded with one of those ridiculously over powered cannon balls. My only thought at that moment was to run, so I did. I got about three steps before I heard the cannon fire. I turned to look at my oncoming death to see Luffy standing defiantly in place.

"Gomu Gomu no….Balloon!"

Luffy puffed up to the size of a boulder and the Buggyball hit him right in his stomach. Contrary to blowing up however, it just stretched his body back, and then rebounded, flying back up to Buggy. I had to shield my eyes from the explosion as the building crumbled. "You could've warned us," Zoro complained as we walked back toward Luffy.

"Shall we get started" Luffy asked, grinning.

"Alright, explain yourself!" Nami shouted as she walked toward Luffy, "From the moment you fought that lion and came back alive, I knew you weren't normal! How did you swell up like a balloon?"

"Gomu Gomu no Balloon," Luffy said.

"I WASN'T ASKING FOR THE NAME!"

We looked over when we heard laughter and saw several people and a lion, unconscious with smoke trailing off their bodies. They dropped to the ground and we saw Buggy and some other weird looking guy.

"This is the biggest humiliation we've ever faced," the weird one said.

Buggy agreed, "I'm so mad that words fail me!"

I blinked at him, "Uh…those were words."

Buggy looked a little shocked and then glared at me, "Don't you dare mock me!"

There was a scream from behind Buggy and I saw a guy who looked like he was wearing a bear costume shouting, telling Buggy that Luffy was a Rubberman. "But, Mohji, if you already knew that," Buggy said, grabbing Mohji by the neck, "Why didn't you say so!"

My eyes widened when Buggy threw Mohji toward us, not so much that he threw the guy, but more that he'd thrown the guy at ME! I saw the guy coming and just did what comes naturally. I ducked. Mohji went sailing over me and crashed into the street. I let out a breath I didn't know I'd been holding as I saw the dust settle and Mohji not move, but my head snapped around when I heard someone shout.

"Commander of the Buggy pirates, Cabaji the Acrobat! I will avenge my fallen brothers!" The weird guy said, jumping on a unicycle and drawing a sword.

Don't ask me why the idiot announced himself before attacking. He was just giving us more time to react. Zoro was the first one to, blocking Cabaji's sword with his own. "If it's swords, I'm all for it."

"It's an honor Roronoa Zoro," Cabaji said, "As a swordsman I get to slay you!"

Cabaji struck out at Zoro, who deflected the attack and the ones following it. It was kind of sad to watch, really. Cabaji couldn't land a hit to save his life, so he started resorting to other tricks, like breathing fire. I raised an eyebrow at him, because I doubted Zoro would be scared off from something like that. I was right. Zoro calmly placed his sword in his mouth and grabbed the other two. As Cabaji charged, Zoro just crouched a little and crossed his arms.

"Oni…Giri!"

I sighed and frowned. I wasn't use to this much…violence, but I hardly felt phased by it. Even seeing all the blood. I knew something had to be wrong with me, if I wasn't appalled that this was even happening. I turned and saw Nami disappear behind a corner. My guess was to loot whatever these guys had…they certainly weren't in any shape to stop her. Luffy was talking to Buggy, Zoro was watching them, pry because his swords were useless against the clown. I on the other hand walked a short distance away and leaned against a wall. I felt tired again…the adrenaline had worn off. I guess I had lost more blood than I thought.

I let my head loll to the side and then frowned. Mohji wasn't lying on the ground…I couldn't see him anywhere. I frowned and walked over to where he had been laying, and then looked around. I didn't see him anywhere, not until he was almost on top of me anyway. He yelled as he rushed at me and I stepped to the side to avoid him. He fell to the ground once again before scrambling up and charging me again. I wasn't fast enough though and he tackled me. He scrambled to his feet again and then I felt pain shoot up my side as he kicked me. I tried rolling away, grabbing his foot, standing up. I couldn't. I was too lightheaded and couldn't tell which way was up or down. His foot hit the side of my head and my vision blackened briefly before returning as a haze. The kicks stopped and I saw someone crouched over me. I'm pretty sure it was Zoro, but my vision never cleared enough before I lost consciousness…again.

I didn't come back around until sometime later, and even then my vision was really blurry, so I didn't know what was going on. Someone was carrying me, and I could hear shouting behind me. We were being chased. Did Luffy lose the fight? At first I was worried, and then I heard his laugh. Of course he didn't lose, he was too determined for that. I could hear him talking about the village being a good place with good people, and then a dog barking. The shouting faded and I could hear the sound of waves then. We were leaving, finally. I looked up, my vision clearing enough to let me see with ease. Zoro was holding me up while Luffy and Nami walked beside us. We were nearing some boats.

"Is this your boat?" Luffy asked Nami, "It's so cool!"

Nami replied, "Yeah, no. I stole it from a bunch of stupid pirates."

"We've been waiting, theif!" a shout went up from the boat and three people jumped out. It was the three pirates who'd made Zoro lose sight of Luffy. They were frozen in place for a few moments when they looked at Zoro and me, and then they jumped into the ocean and started swimming away. I guess Zoro had really scared them earlier.

We climbed into the boats and set out. We weren't too far out when I heard the shout, "Wait right there, you damn kids!"

I looked around with the others and say the Mayor at the edge of the dock, breathing hard. He looked up and I could see his grin as he yelled, "Thank you! Thank you so much!"

I smiled as Luffy shouted back before closing my eyes and trying to rest. Of course, it didn't last long. Nami started screaming at Luffy and trying to drown him for leaving half of the treasure behind. Zoro just laughed at their antics, while I grumbled. I still felt weak, and I hated it. It reminded me of the day I'd woken on that table. I vowed not to be in this situation again. I would get stronger, somehow, and I'd use that strength to find out how I got here and then find a way home. Home…I missed my family.

Alright, there's chapter 6 folks! I wasn't too pleased with this one, but decided that the story needs to move along so we can get to the good parts. Also, for those of you who are worried about not finding anything out about Dante, don't worry. We will be finding out plenty about him and how he came to be in the OP world as things progress, the soonest being a twist at the beginning of the Baratie arc. We just won't be finding out the BIG secret about him until Kuma shows up. Until then, you'll all be receiving plenty of hints, and by the end of Enies Lobby, you may even be able to guess at the big secret, or at least a big factor in it...no, actually you will know a big factor to it at the end of Enies Lobby. Until then though, you'll have to wait. As always, thanks for the reviews, and please continue reviewing! It is my lifeblood as a writer!