Chapter 4: The Bird.

AN: Hey guys, it's been a while! Merry Christmas everyone! :D

So here's the Buggy part.

Oh, by the way, I wanted to say something. English is not my first language, so I might ... misuse some words and expressions. If you read something whose sense is weird to you, then that's surely because I'm not accustomed to use English on a daily basis. I apologize beforehand, and if you find errors in my story (ies) you're free to correct me an/or shout at me for my incompetence.

EDIT: Fixed a couple of them already, thanks to iitnir and SwodofTheGods :D

Have a good read :D

The straw hat trio was sailing on their tiny boat in East Blue, heading to their next destination; Orange Town.

"What?" Luffy exclaimed in surprise. "Buggy was a Shichibukai?!"

Nami blinked. "I thought you knew it."

Luffy scratched his head. "But why did they name him Shichibukai? He's pretty weak."

Somewhere in Orange Town, a certain captain pirate with a big red nose sneezed.

"ATCHOO! Who said I had a big, red nose!?" Buggy screamed to no one in particular.

Suddenly, Luffy's stomach made a certain noise.

"I'm hungry." He stated, clutching his stomach. Then he stared at the sky and saw a certain bird.

He stretched his left arm and caught it, under the looks of his two crew mates.

"FOOD!" Luffy shouted, before launching a Gomu Gomu no Rocket, thus flying from the boat of instantly.

"Oi." Zoro simply said.

Nami stared at her crazy captain who was now riding a giant pink bird. "Didn't he come from the sky the first time I saw him?" She asked aloud.

Zoro shrugged. "He did that too last time, so that makes sense." Then he closed his eye in order to start a nap.

This cased Nami's eye to twitch in anger.

"You weren't about to sleep, are you?" She asked sternly. "Pick the row and follow Luffy!"

Zoro gritted his teeth in annoyance but complied nonetheless.

"It's relaxing." Nami said casually after a while. "Navigating through East Blue is child's play compared to the New World." She took out her log pose from her wrist and put it in her pocket. "I haven't been using a compass and a map since forever. It's a good thing these guys from the Marine base gave me these; except for the New World log pose, all of my navigation tools are lost…"

"It's a good thing I always carry my swords." Zoro said while rowing.

Suddenly three auras caught his attention. There were three men in the water in front of them.

"Hey! Stop the boat!" One of them shouted.

"The boat over here, stop!" Another one shouted.

Nami narrowed her eyes. "It reminds me of something…" She muttered.

"You guys get on yourselves." Zoro said in a loud voice.

As the three men tried to climb on the tiny boat, Nami noticed that one of them carried a treasure box. Her eyes turned into berries.

They were also carrying swords.

"Hey, you!" The pirate exclaimed. "Stop the boat, now! This is Buggy's territory!"

Zoro dropped the rows and stared at them. "What?"

A moment later.

The three pirates much more compliant after a good beating.

"He he he, the treavure is yourf, fif!" One of them managed to say, despite having a couple of teeth missing.

"We didn't know you were Pirate Hunter Zoro." Another one said apologetically. "We're really sorry."

"Shut up and row faster." Zoro ordered.

Somewhere in the skies nearby

"YAHOO!" Luffy exclaimed.

A certain captain pirate with a straw hat was currently on the back of the giant bird he tamed. "I'm flying! Sugee!"

At first, the intrepid pirate wanted to eat the bird, but he found this to be more amusing. Luffy's elastic legs were wrapped around the bird's chest in order to keep from falling.

"Land ahoy!" He exclaimed upon seeing Orange Town.

In the harbor of this town, there was a pirate ship whose captain was Buggy the Clown.

"How on Earth did it get stolen so easily?" Buggy asked to one of his crewmates. He was sitting on his seat on the deck, next to his crew. Suddenly he burst into anger. "We're talking about the Grand Line Map, right? How did it get stolen?!"

His subordinate gulped. "Well … I don't know, boss." He began weakly. "The map kind of … disappeared. But we haven't lowered our vigilance, I swear! The thief must have snuck in right under our nose…"

"WHAT?!" Buggy shrieked. "DO YOU THINK I HAVE A BIG NOSE?!"

Everyone in the crew was scared of their mighty captain. He was damn scary when someone mocked his nose.

Buggy's right hand approached to the subordinate and choked him. Not his 'right-hand' as in vice-captain or lieutenant or anything similar, his REAL right-hand.

Buggy ate the Bara Bara no Mi, and therefore was able to separate his body parts as he pleased.

"Die a painful death!" Buggy shouted, as his hand lifted the unlucky pirate.

"I… can't breath…" He said with difficulty.

"Who am I?" Buggy asked in a calm and threatening tone.

"Captain … Buggy…ARGH!"

"Prepare the cannon." Buggy ordered.

His crew obeyed, even if they were bitter that they had to kill one of their crewmates for such a misunderstanding.

Buggy moved his hand, along with the unfortunate pirate, just in front of the deadly piece of artillery.

"Blow him to smithereens!" He ordered, one second before the gunners activated the cannon.

Buggy sat back on his seat. "Recover the map, and make sure you take all of the village's treasure too."

"Yes Captain!" His crew chorused, intimidated by the ruthlessness of their leader.

"Captain!" A member of his crew who was holding binoculars said. "There's an unknown flying object in the air!"

"Prepare the cannon and shut it down." Buggy ordered with a flick of his hand.

"Aye Captain!" The gunners said, glad that they weren't the targets.

They fired the cannon, and the target exploded.

"AAAAAAHHH!"

Well, not exactly.

"THAT WAS MY LUNCH YOU JERKS!"

Buggy raised an eyebrow. "Did I hear someone's voice? Or is it my imagination?"

As an answer, someone crashed on the deck of his ship.

Wait, that's not it.

Someone crashed on the deck of his ship and then, with the strength of the impact, broke the deck.

Everyone, even Buggy, had their eyes popped up and their jaw dropped in astonishment.

The intruder, who was now on the hold of the ship, used his right hand to get back at the deck.

"Well, that was close." Luffy said to himself. "I could've land in the water." He noticed Buggy. "Oh, hey Buggy! Sorry about your ship."

"Who are you?" Buggy asked to the straw-hat boy. He was trying hard to hide his anger.

"Me? I'm Luffy!" Luffy said. "I'm gonna be the Pirate King."

Buggy stood up. "Very well, Luffy, for damaging my ship you will be sentenced to die!"

One of the pirates was holding a certain piece of paper. "Captain Buggy! This kid is a wanted pirate! He's worth 12 Million Berry!"

Buggy raised an eyebrow. "Really? 12 Millions? If I kill you it will do well for my reputation."

Luffy didn't listen as he was cleaning out his nose with his finger.

Buggy grit his teeth in annoyance. "How dare he disrespect me?! Bring me his head!"

A dozen of pirates were now surrounding Luffy.

One of them flicked his sword in order to stab his heart, but Luffy dodged.

He smirked. "Ah. Finally the fun begins!"

Luffy punched all of his assailants, sending them flying.

Buggy's eye twitched. "Apparently you're a bit stronger than I expected, brat."

Luffy smirked and stared at Buggy with a competitive look. "He he he!"

Then he extended his arm, under the astonishment of the assembly.

"Gomu Gomu no…" Luffy began.

'What?' Buggy thought in surprise. 'He has a devil fruit too? Well then…'

"Bara BaraKinkyuu Dasutsu!" Buggy shouted, and his head popped up from his body, just like his arms and his chest.

"…Pistol!" Luffy shouted while throwing a punch in direction of Buggy's head. The Section Fruit user would've dodged this attack, but Luffy used the observation Haki and knew exactly where Buggy's head would be.

Luffy hit him right in the nose and sent his head flying to the other side of the deck.

"Hmm?" He asked, sensing three auras rushing to him.

"How dare you …." Mohji began, riding Richie, his Lion.

"… Hit our captain!" Cabaji finished, on his unicycle, preparing to attack Luffy with his swords.

"I wanted to eat that bird!" Luffy shouted. "And you turned him into ashes! Gomu Gomu no …" He prepared his next attack. "Gatling!"

A hundred punches came right to Mohji, Cabaji and Richie's faces and torsos, knocking them all out.

It was at this moment Buggy chose to reappear.

"That annoying shitty brat!" He screamed, putting his head back with his body. 'Damn he hits really hard!' "Are you elastic or something?"

Luffy nodded. "Yeah, I ate the Gomu Gomu no Mi, I'm a rubber man now."

"Very well, Rubber brat." Buggy said. "As you can see, I'm able to separate my body parts, you…" And then, for some reason, Buggy began to laugh.

Well, that was because Luffy was tickling his feet.

"Stop! Ah ah! It's not loyal!" Buggy shouted. He was levitating, for the simple reason that, well, his feet were in possession of his enemy.

Luffy grinned. "I know your power weakness, your feet cannot fly unlike your other body parts."

Luffy prepared his next attack, putting Buggy's feet in his own two hands. "It was fun, but I have to go. My nakamas are waiting for me."

"You're going nowhere, straw-hat!" Buggy retorted angrily.

"Gomu Gomu no…"

"Bara Bara Hou!"

His two hands, holding blades, rushed into Luffy in order to attack him, but he avoided them all.

"…Bazooka!"

Luffy gave Buggy's feet back.

On the other hand (no pun intended) his two hands stayed on the ship while the rest of his body went flying.

"C-C-Captain Buggy!" The pirates that were still standing, and there were few, stared, horrified, at the defeat of their captain who was already far far away.

"You!" Luffy ordered to the ten or so Clown pirates remaining. Luffy was cracking his knuckles in anticipation for a fight. "Give me food! I'm hungry!"

They gulped. "Yes sir!" This 12 Millions Beri guy seemed to be more intimidating than their own captain. The pirates gave him everything they had: food, gold, silver and jewels.

"That's for you, boss!" They shouted. "Please don't hurt us, boss!"

Luffy grinned. "Shishishi, thanks!"

After he ate, Luffy observed them putting their gold, silver and jewels into a big bag.

To their surprise, Luffy bowed his head to them. "Oh, and I apologize for the ship. Thanks for the food."

'Thanks for not hitting us.' Everyone else thought in relief.

Then he got off the ship, carrying the Clown's pirates' 'gift' on his back. Luffy then headed to the village in order to look for his two crewmates.

AN: So, liked the chapter? If you ever wonder why Luffy or Zoro are using observation Haki on weak opponents, that's because they're doing it mechanically (fixed it).

And, yeah, Luffy took out all of Buggy's pirates alone. Just like Nami with Alvida's crew and Zoro with Captain Morgan. That was the thing.

At first, I wanted Zoro to defeat Cabaji with merely a knife (just like Mihawk did to him the first time) but come on, I'm not that evil!

Oh, and you wonder who stole the Grand Line Map this time ? Nami!

How? Because she's that good!

Just kidding.

It's just that the map was on the Sunny when they were on that special place of the new World, so it has dissapeared of its original location and is now with the Thousand Sunny.

Why? I'll explain everything later.

Happy New Year guys :D (and girls)