To Avatoa – Okay so your first question, yes that is correct, however for your second one, I am going to have to say no and yes. The straw hat crew as well as the major characters is going to be the same. But Luffy is only ten. I am not going to make him OP and he has a different devil fruit as well like you had mentioned before, he's going to have to get a little help this time, but he will defeat some, once he gets stronger I assure you that he'll be able to defeat many enemies. So the story is still the same in its ways, but there are some major or minor edits. I'm pretty sure you can guess what would be changed by now if you think really hard; I'm not going to spoil anything. If you want to suggest some changes that you may want me to add, then I'll be happy to look at what you have to say! :D If you still have any more questions then I'll be here to answer. This also applies to anyone that has anything to say or ask.
Okay so now let's get on with chapter 5? Erm hope you enjoy?
Chapter 5 - A New Member Nami! Captain Buggy Appears!
Wooden oars gently pushed against the water as a small boat with four people aboard continued their journey. Luffy was fast asleep curled up in Zoro's crossed legs and his ears twitched in his sleep. Zoro sweated at the sleeping figure, Luffy had decided that his legs were a comfortable place to rest on and apparently curled up like the cat he was and fell into a heavy slumber. Ace rowed the boat while looking around hoping to see an island come into view; they needed to stock up on food and fast. Sabo, thinking the same thing as Ace and was currently standing in the front of the boat and was trying to do his best in navigating. The two brothers thought that since the swordsman had joined their crew they might as well tell Luffy's "secret". Zoro had been surprised at first, but eventually accepted it and thought it suited him in a way to the brother's relief. So now there Luffy was just sleeping like a log with his ears twitching against his head and his tail curled around him, straw hat placed on his back. Zoro's eye twitched. He felt like one of those baby sitters and he hated that thought. But he got to admit that Luffy was indeed pretty…cute for his age, but like yeah right he would ever say that aloud. A bird flew in the sky and circled above the boat. Zoro and Ace looked up wondering what the hell was wrong with it. Before they could think if it was mental or not the bird swooped down and its size began to increase.
"Is it just me or is that bird getting bigger?" Ace asked squinting and putting on hand over his eyes to get a better look. Zoro just stared until the bird flew over them, a strong gust of wind, almost tipping over the boat, but it soon rebalanced itself.
"Guys what the heck was that?" Sabo asked looking over his shoulder. Ace just shrugged and yawned. Zoro felt a weight being lifted off his legs as the bird swooped down on them. What was that heavy feeling…he looked into the birds talons and found his answer.
"CRAP THE BIRD GOT LUFFY!" Zoro yelled while taking the oars from Ace and rowed as fast as he could.
"WHAT?!" Ace and Sabo yelled while staring at the bird and saw their little brother's figure tightly held by its talons. "ZORO YOU IDIOT!"
"I DIDN'T MEAN IT YOU IDIOT BROTHERS NOW HURRY AND WATCH THE BIRD BEFORE IT GETS AWAY!" Zoro yelled back rowing faster. Ace went into a state of panic.
"UH, OH RIGHT I'LL DESTROY IT WITH MY FIRE!" Ace yelled while putting his arm aflame and Sabo whacked him on the head.
"LUFFY WILL FALL IN THE WATER AND HE CAN'T SWIM DUMBASS, PLUS YOU MIGHT BURN HIM!" Sabo yelled while making sure Luffy was still in sight.
"THEN WHAT THE HELL DO I DO?!" Ace yelled back clashing his forehead with Sabo's. "THE BIRD'S GOING TO GET AWAY WITH OUR LITTLE BROTHER!" Both went into a state of panic and tried to process a plan quickly while the bird was flying faster away.
"JUST KEEP A DAMN WATCH ON THE FREAKING BIRD!" Zoro yelled. Sabo and Ace snapped out of their thinking as they tried to keep a close watch on the bird. Key word, tried. The bird had already disappeared after a few minutes. Ace's face wore a scowl as he cursed and muttered something about 'frying the bird and killing it slowly'. Sabo's face also darkened as they lost their brother.
"Crap, I lost sight of Luffy…" Ace mumbled as he looked for the huge bird. Sabo sighed and sat down.
"Hey Zoro can you just row towards the direction the bird went? It's our only chance for now." Sabo asked while glaring at the direction the bird flew off to. Zoro nodded and rowed fast again while Ace and Sabo was on the lookout for their dear little brother.
-Meanwhile-
An orange haired girl panted while running away from three men. In her hand was a map which she clutched tightly. She cursed silently, the pirates were so persistent! How long had they been chasing her for by now?! She heard an explosion from somewhere and saw that a cannon ball hit some sort of bird, but apparently missed and in its stead something else fell. But she had other things to worry about right now! To her luck the "thing" fell on top of the three men and created some sort of smoke screen as dust flew everywhere and she made her escape thanking the bird for dropping whatever it had. She stopped when she heard a small whine and looked back finding a small boy. Cursing again she picked up the small boy and ran with him, she didn't want any innocent lives dying now. She ran as far as she could and ran inside a house while setting the boy on a bed and taking a break. Luffy stirred as he opened his eyes and yawned.
"So you're awake now?" A voice asked and Luffy turned around to find an orange haired girl. Luffy nodded and jumped down.
"Hey miss what's your name?" Luffy asked tilting his head in curiosity.
"My name is Nami, what's yours?" Nami asked while leaning down.
"My name is Luffy!" He cried out happily. Nami smiled and patted the boys straw hat atop his head.
"So how did you fall from the sky?" Nami asked curious as to why a small child would just suddenly fall and save her, maybe it was a gift from the heavens, no. Luffy frowned and couldn't remember.
"The only thing I remember was sleeping on Zoro and then I don't remember anything after that up until now." Luffy replied. "Hey do you know where I am Nami?"
"Well currently you're in a town that's under control by pirates." Nami said while crouching down again. Luffy's eyes sparkled, pirates!
"Awesome! Are you a pirate as well then?!" Luffy asked getting excited. Nami's eyes flared up in hatred, but they also had a hint of sadness.
"No and I will never be one." Nami said. Luffy wondered what had happened, but put that aside as his stomach growled. Nami laughed and brought him downstairs while serving the boy some food.
"Do you have any parents?" Nami asked while sitting next to the eating boy. Luffy shook his head for his mouth was full of bread at the moment, he swallowed and answered.
"I only have two older brothers, but they take care of me!" Luffy began to eat some sandwiches. "Oh and there's also Zoro, he's a part of the crew." Nami raised a brow, a crew? Her thoughts were interrupted as an explosion shook the ground and Luffy stopped eating while Nami almost fell to the floor. Luffy's eyes shined as he knew there was an adventure wherever that explosion was and so he jumped outside and started to run where he heard the explosion was loudest.
"Luffy are you okay I think we need to get ou-"Nami stopped mid sentence as she found that Luffy was gone and she sighed, hopefully the boy would be fine, but she had to get out of this place before the pirates find her. She paused and thought and then her face darkened as she chased after the boy.
-Meanwhile-
"Crap I don't see him anywhere." Ace said while looking around, the only thing he saw was the vast blue sea. "Hey Zoro can you row faster?"
"I'm doing the best I can now shut up!" Zoro barked with a scowl. Ace just huffed and continued his lookout. Sabo squinted as he saw a shape off in the distance .He tried to look harder and managed to make it out as an, island?
"Hey guys I found an island!" Sabo said while pointing and his hopes rising, maybe his younger brother was there. Ace hopped over and looked at where Sabo was pointing and his face lightened up. Zoro rowed faster as he heard the news, hoping his "captain" would be okay. All three heard an explosion in the distance and that made their hopes rise even more. Where trouble was, Luffy was. Sabo was slightly worried however because Luffy could get hurt and Ace just wanted to get there as soon as possible so he could make sure Luffy was okay.
-With Luffy-
"Wow that's some damage!" Luffy said while being awed at the massive damage. "Now where did it come from again?" He heard footsteps behind him and turned around while finding a guy that looked like a clown.
"Hey come over here I found a brat!" The man yelled and two of his companions came over while taking a look at Luffy.
"Well what are you doing here kid shouldn't you go run home to your mommy?" A man snickered while walking over and kneeling down. "This is a pretty dirty hat you shouldn't w-"Before he could finish Luffy had already punched him with an uppercut. No one mocks his hat.
"Why you-!" The other two drew swords and Luffy quickly knocked them out, he was glad that both his brothers had taught him how to truly fight and use his size as an advantage. He heard yelling in the distance and transformed into his smaller version as he flew in the air to find where the source was and soon found it. On top of a building was a tent of some sort and surrounding it were even more clowns. Was this a circus? Luffy's fluffy tail perked up at that, he never saw one before. He landed and transformed back with no one looking and then peeked from behind a box. Apparently someone inside the tent was yelling at another person who was sweating considerably. Luffy was about to wonder why until he felt himself being picked up by the collar of his shirt.
"Captain Buggy we found a small child behind the crates." The man who picked him up said. A man walked outside and Luffy took a good look until staring at the big round nose. He kind of looked like Rudolph or something.
"Oh? Good job Cabaji, bring him here." Buggy said while waving a hand over. Cabaji did as was told and dropped Luffy right in front of him.
"Hey does your nose glow and do you help Santa?" Luffy asked while trying to touch the red nose. The people surrounding him dropped their jaws to the floor and backed away as a dark aura surrounded Buggy. He grabbed Luffy's head and gave him a glare.
"What did you say about my nose?" He asked. Luffy just blinked and touched it with a finger.
"Does it glow?" He asked again while poking it continuously. Buggy grew a tick mark on his forehead as he gripped the straw hat harder. Buggy grabbed Luffy by the front of his shirt while bringing him up so they would look eye to eye.
"Brat, do you want me to kill you?" He said while grabbing a knife. "Don't you know who I am, I'm captain Buggy, one of the most feared pirates in the East Blue. Luffy just stared not affected by the knife that was being currently pointed at him as he kept poking the nose until Luffy got bored and stabbed Buggy's eyes with two fingers. He screamed in pain as he held his eyes and let go of Luffy while rolling on the floor. Luffy held his stomach with one hand and pointed at the scene with the other and laughed.
"Damn you, I have no hesitation in killing children like you and I will kill you right now for mocking me." Buggy said while dragging Luffy over towards the edge of the roof and smirked. "Well are you going to beg for forgiveness now?" Luffy looked down and saw a familiar hat; he grinned inwardly and gave a signal. Luffy whimpered and immediately flames shot up in the air as Ace punched Buggy in the face while holding Luffy protectively. Ace gave a death glare to everyone around him and Sabo jumped up with Zoro.
"Luffy there you are!" Sabo said while taking Luffy out of Ace's grasp and holding him in the air while Luffy giggled in delight. "Where were you the whole time?"
"Sabo, Ace, Zoro! I saw your hat Sabo and then I just made a noise to see what Ace would do!" Luffy said while grinning. Sabo gently set him down on the floor and Luffy ran over to hug the three one by one. Ace huffed while stiffening as he saw Buggy appear again.
"Guys look he's Rudolph!" Luffy cried while pointing to his nose. "He guides Santa in the night of Christmas!" Ace and Sabo wore a look of surprise and then started laughing. Zoro even chuckled a bit at that.
"Pft, Luffy, that's not Rudolph, but put some antlers on his head and he may look more like him." Sabo said trying not to laugh, but Ace just howled in laughter while patting Luffy on the head. Buggy got more and more pissed off by the minute and he grabbed daggers while putting them between his gloved fingers and held it out. The hand detached itself from his arm while aiming for Luffy and Sabo blocked it.
"Oh, so he has a devil fruit ability!" Sabo said while deflecting the attack. Buggy reattached his hand and smirked.
"That's right I ate the Chop chop fruit." Buggy said while separating his body. Luffy's dream of Rudolph was crushed and he looked with a bored look.
"Aw you're not Rudolph after all…" Luffy said disappointment clearly shown in his voice and look.
"OF COURSE I'M NOT, WHAT DID YOU EXPECT ME TO ACTUALLY GUIDE YOUR "SANTA"?!" Buggy yelled, pissed off.
"Yeah."
"HELL NO!"
"Luffy, let's get out of here, we don't really need to deal with him right now." Sabo whispered crouching down. Luffy gave a sad look, it was getting fun, but if Sabo said so, then it wouldn't hurt to follow his brother's instructions for a bit. He nodded and Sabo gestured to the others while he grabbed a smoke bomb and hurtled it to the ground. All four ran away as quick as they came. When running away, they came face to face with Nami. Ace narrowed his eyes while Zoro got into a stance just incase.
"Nami!" Luffy said while running towards the orange haired girl and hugged her leg. Zoro relaxed and Ace had a look of surprise, Sabo did as well.
"Luffy do you know her?" Sabo asked. Luffy nodded and grinned while letting go of Nami's leg.
"Luffy I've been looking all over for you!" Nami exclaimed. "I couldn't just leave you alone in this pirate controlled town, are those your brothers and…Zoro?" Nami asked while gesturing at the others and Luffy nodded still grinning.
"Unfortunately no time for introductions now, miss Nami, but we got to go, the pirates may still be after us and we don't really want to fight a meaningless battle." Sabo said while smiling and then began to run, the rest followed along with Nami tagging along. Soon, they all hid inside an abandoned house and deeming they were okay at the moment, all five sat down at a table in the living room. Everyone introduced themselves one by one and Luffy started a conversation.
"Nami, is this your house?" Luffy asked bouncing up and down on his chair, he was bored. Nami shook her head while leaning forward, chin rested on one hand.
"So are you guys traveling the sea?" Nami asked while looking around at everyone. Sabo answered.
"Well, yes we are traveling and we all have goals that we want to accomplish, which then lead us to form a pirate crew." He said while Nami widened her eyes as her look changed into one of anger and disgust.
"I hate pirates." Nami said darkly. "But what I wonder is why this ten year old child is on a pirate crew?" She pointed at Luffy with a disbelieving look.
"Well the thing is, he's the captain and…" Ace stared grimacing that he lost pitifully, then Nami slammed her hands on the table while standing up.
"Don't you know how dangerous it is for a child to go out to sea?!" She said, her volume rising. "And why the hell would you make this innocent CHILD as your captain who should know nothing about the threats that lie out there?!" Ace just calmly gestured for her to sit down, which she did after a while reluctantly.
"Well the thing is, if we left him all alone, with…" Ace looked thoughtful and then continued. "…many 'dangerous' things on the island we were raised in, and add it with his tearful face, I just couldn't leave him there you know? Plus me, Sabo and Zoro are here to watch and protect him when the time comes." Zoro nodded in agreement, closing his eyes at the memories that weren't too long ago. Nami's temper died down a bit as she reconsidered what he had said. They did look strong, but still they were pirates, she hated, despised and many other nasty words that she could think of. She sighed and stood up preparing to leave.
"Well then I should go to get my next target." She said while turning around until Nami felt a small hand on her pants. When she looked down her eyes softened. Luffy was on his tippy toes, one small hand grabbing her pants as his eyes held a sad gleam to them and his face held a frown.
"Hey can you tell me what you do, like skills or anything like that?" Sabo asked. Nami held Luffy in her arms as she sat down once more, deciding to stay a little bit more for Luffy's sake.
"Well, I can navigate and steal." She said plainly. "I only steal from pirates though; normal people have nothing to do with this." Nami added looking at Sabo's slightly opened mouth which he shook his head and continued what he was about to say.
"Can you join the crew, we really need a navigator at the moment, I probably should've studied more before I left the island, and perhaps if you can't come along you could teach me a few things?" Sabo asked looking a little hopeful. Nami thought and she shook her head.
"Unfortunately, I can't because one, I hate pirates, and two I have other important things to do." Luffy looked up from Nami's arms as his eyes gave a look of confusion, which Nami answered for him. "I only have to get a hundred million Beli to buy a certain village." Her eyes held a pained gleam which didn't go unnoticed by Ace and Sabo. Zoro was already fast asleep. Both knew that this girl probably had a bad past and didn't go further. Both had a bad past in their own ways, ones that they will never tell to their younger brother or anyone at that. They were afraid. Afraid of many outcomes. Luffy hopped out of Nami's arms and walked outside.
"I'm going to take a walk for a while!" He cried while running outside. Ace and Sabo chased after him while Nami did the favor of waking up Zoro. Zoro followed the others while Nami stood there holding her shoulder with one hand. Her eyes narrowed in sadness as she walked out.
-Meanwhile-
Both stared at each other with blank eyes. Luffy kept staring at the strange white furred dog. The dog yawned and just sat there staring back right at Luffy. The boy stood up and looked at the store, it was a pet store of some sort. He was curious so he tried to take a step inside. The dog immediately jumped up while baring his small sharp teeth and growled. Luffy stopped and looked into the dog's eyes. It wanted to protect this store, and was probably going to risk his life for it. Luffy stopped and set his foot down as he patted the dog's head gently.
"Sorry for trying to enter your building." Luffy said as he plopped down next to him."What's your name?"
"My name is ChouChou don't go in there again though, I was told to guard this store by my master, my best friend." The dog barked. Luffy remembered that he could understand animals; he had forgotten that technique of his. Being half cat wasn't so bad after all!
"Who was your friend?" Luffy asked. The dog had a look of surprise, but understood as Luffy removed his hat, so this person was a half animal. Luffy put the hat back on as the dog began his story.
"I was adopted when I was just a small puppy, and I knew from the start he was a kind person." ChouChou barked. "We had a great time together, I enjoyed every minute, but he was getting old and I knew…he left one day and I watched him go." Luffy listened to the story, not missing one word.
"I…watched him leave, watched his last steps, his last day spent with me…I knew that he had gone away from this world, I didn't want to believe it…" ChouChou whined. "The people thought I didn't know and didn't want to tell me, but I knew the truth and this shop is all the memories of him and me together, I will never forget the days we spent and now I guard this shop with my life, this shop is my treasure."
"You sure are a brave dog…" Luffy said. "I too have a treasure, it was given to me by a great man, hey you know what I think it would be fun to help you, to protect this treasure of yours."
"I don't need help, but I appreciate the thought." Chou Chou said while looking at Luffy with bright eyes. "I can tell, you are also a kind human, a pure hearted one." Luffy chuckled.
"Shishishi! Well my brothers and crewmate might be coming soon.
"Oi, Luffy!" Zoro said while waving a hand, in next to him was Sabo and Ace. Sabo flicked Luffy on the forehead while scolding him.
"Don't run away like that again you hear me?" Sabo said while sighing, their adventure was already getting rowdy by the minute. Luffy nodded vigorously and sat down next to ChouChou.
"This is Chou Chou, he's my new friend and I'm helping him guard this store." Luffy said while petting the dog that had his tongue sticking out. All three weren't that surprised at Luffy communicating with an animal. Ace and Sabo, being brothers had already known about this ability. Zoro, knew he was half cat, so why not?
"Hey, what are you guys doing here around ChouChou?" A voice questioned and they all turned around finding an old man, wearing leather armor while holding a bowl and some dog food. He turned to the dog and gave him the food while looking back at the group.
"Hey old man how do you know ChouChou?" Luffy asked. The man huffed and answered.
"Well, I've known him since a long time ago and I've been giving him his meals every day." He said and Zoro raised a brow.
"So you're his owner?" He asked while yawning. The man shook his head.
"His owner died." All except for Luffy gave a small look of curiosity and surprise.
"Does the dog know of this?" Sabo asked while stroking the dogs back gently. "Or I mean, ChouChou."
"Of course he does, ChouChou is the brightest dog I've seen by far." The old man scoffed. "Excuse me I forgot to introduce myself, my name is Boodle I'm the village's leader, or the chief!"
"It's nice to meet you." Sabo said. ChouChou pushed the bowl back to the mayor and sat back at the spot in front of the shop.
"This is his treasure!" Luffy cried out throwing his arms in the air while smiling. Boodle smiled while looking the store.
"That is correct and it's also the reason why he guards it till this day. And I think there's another reason, because it's all that's left of his beloved master." He said while frowning. "Then those cursed pirates arrived and began to destroy our home, this town." Zoro sat down cross legged and leaned against the railing of the tore while falling asleep. "Those wounds that he received, it was from guarding his store from the pirates." Luffy looked over the dog's fur and sure enough there were some bruises as well as dried blood. The mayor sat down next to the dog.
"Oh, so he's a guard dog, it must've been hard to know his owner had died." Sabo said. ChouChou barked.
"Yes, it was difficult, but I knew that my owner was going to go." Luffy translated. "I'm just glad that I had spent many days, years with him." The mayor looked surprised.
"Boy you can understand him?" He asked while looking over to Luffy who nodded in response. A loud roar came from the distance and the mayor abruptly stood up.
"What was that ridiculously loud roar?" Ace complained while standing up.
"I-It must be Mohji, the lion tamer!" The mayor said with a surprised look. "RUN!" And he ran away at full speed. Ace and Sabo sweat dropped at his antics while Zoro woke up.
"Huh, is it morning?" He asked standing up.
"No…It's obviously night time." Ace said sarcastically and Zoro scowled. "But we do have some business to attend to." The heard footsteps in the distance and an over sized lion appeared with someone riding on its back. The lion stopped in front of the group and snarled.
"Well what have we here, I'm Mohji Buggy's first mate, the call me the lion tamer." Mohji introduced with a glare.
"We know." All four said in unison and Mohji almost fell off.
"Captain Buggy is pretty worked up because of you four, you guys stirred up a real hornets' nest."
"Hey what's with the weird costume?" Luffy asked while pointing at the ears on his head and the strange clothing.
"Costume?! How rude this is my hair!" He yelled while pointing, and Luffy stuck his tongue out.
"That makes it weirder then."
"SHUT UP!"
"Luffy you really don't have a say in this after all you are pretty similar…in a small way…" Zoro said. Luffy put a fist on his palm and made an "Oh" look. The mayor watched in the distance and wondered if they were trying to provoke him.
"There's not an animal alive that I can't control, even that mutt over there will listen to what I say." Mohji said while pointing at ChouChou and he climbed off the lion while putting a hand in front of the dog. "Shake." He commanded and ChouChou bit his hand, hard.
"Ha ha dog got ya!" Luffy grinned.
"Hmph, ungrateful mutt." Mohji said while climbing back onto his lion, tending to his stinging hand. His lion sniffed and looked at the pet store; Mohji noticed this act and sighed.
"Fine, but after you finish off these pests first." He said while glaring at the group. Sabo pulled his hat's brim down shadowing his eyes while he grabbed his pole readying for a fight. Ace and Zoro got into a fighting position while Luffy just sat there.
"Richie, go get them!" Mohji yelled while his lion sprang forth quickly and dashed forward to the group. Luffy stood up and ran towards the lion. He stopped it with two hands as Luffy began to speak with the lion.
"Why do you fight?" He asked and Mohji gave a look of surprise.
"Because-"But he was cut off as Richie gave a low growl.
"Because I fight for my master." Luffy paused to think for a moment and Richie took the chance to swat the kid into a building.
"Luffy! Why you…!" Ace said while stepping up, but was held back by Sabo who grinned.
"Let me handle this Ace!" Ace paused and then stepped back while sitting down. Sabo's grin turned wider as he twirled his staff and whacked Mohji off of his lion. Sabo then stepped back lightly on the ground and ran towards the lion, giving a kick in his gut and back flipped back to where Ace was. Richie snarled as he launched forward and this time Ace joined in the fun, but he had fallen asleep, fist raised and the lion kicked Ace into a building. Sabo mentally cursed at the bad timing. He swung down the pole hard on the lion and ran towards Luffy first, deeming that the lion was no threat.
"Zoro can you go get Ace?" Sabo asked while running and Zoro gave a curt nod before running off in the opposite direction. "That's not where he was hit the other way!" Zoro paused and ran in the right direction. ChouChou was thankful for the help and then sat down while watching the two closely. Mohji and his lion both got up slowly.
"Damn that brat hits hard." Mohji said while rubbing the side of his head. Richie stood up while walking to the pet food shop. "Oh right you're hungry, just get the food and hurry along." ChouChou growled and barked revealing rows of small sharp teeth. Richie growled and tried to scare off the dog, but he didn't move an inch.
"You mutt, don't tell me your guarding this crummy shop?" Mohji said while Richie walked forward. "Don't tell me he really thinks he could stop us from entering." Richie whacked the dog out of his way and proceeded to go inside, but as he took one paw step on the porch, ChouChou got back up and bit the lion's leg as arm as he could.
"Look, ChouChou! The store's all finished! You and me will make it prosper together!"
"Woof!"
Richie gave a glare while moving his arm and slamming the dog into the shop. ChouChou fell onto the wooden floor, his side bleeding as a nasty cut appeared.
"Business is awful slow…"
"Woof!"
"Having a rough time eh? Fine then I'll buy some pet food to eat." The mayor said.
"Hahaha! You look like a dog, but I didn't know you ate like one too!" ChouChou laughed along.
"You idiot! I'm trying to help you!"
ChouChou stood up and barked, he was bleeding and his vision slightly blurred, but this was his treasure, his memories and they were all going to go away, no he wouldn't let that happen. ChouChou sprang forth and the lion growled in irritation.
"You don't know when to quit do you? Is your favorite food in there doggy?"
"We sold a hundred boxes today!"
"Woof!"
"ChouChou! How many times have I told you not to eat the merchandise!"
"Heh heh! That's the smartest and bravest dog in town miss!"
"Alright ChouChou, you're in charge of the shop while I'm in the hospital."
ChouChou began to cry as his memories were being destroyed, the only thing he had was being destroyed, and he was so helpless, he couldn't do a thing and worst of all, he had failed his closest friend. Richie ate all the food and took the last box as Mohji left the shop to burn. Luffy quickly ran back with Sabo and he stopped when he saw what happened.
"I'm sorry…I'm so sorry…I've failed you…All the memories…Are gone…." ChouChou howled in pain and sadness as he cried. "I'm sorry….I'm sorry…!" ChouChou repeated those words over and over as he watched the building burn down to the ground.
"This shop is my treasure."
"because it's all that's left of his beloved master."
Luffy watched the tears fall and then ran over to the dog. Luffy embraced the dog gently, and ChouChou just whined and kept crying as the building burned down.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry!"
"ChouChou…I'll go get him back for you, wait for me here, don't cry, be strong." Luffy said trying to soothe the dog. He stood up and ran off, Sabo let him and watched the building burn down sadly. He walked over and sat next to the dog.
"ChouChou…I'm sorry that I left…Now your memories burned down." Sabo apologized and ChouChou looked over and licked his hand. Sabo smiled.
-With Luffy-
"You…how are you still alive, you should be dead!" Mohji exclaimed as a small Luffy stepped in front of him. Luffy said nothing as Mohji commanded Richie to kill him and Luffy slowly transformed.
"It'll take more than the lion…" Luffy began as he transformed. "To kill me!" he finished and Luffy fully transformed while the lion collided with his long tail. Luffy now towered over the lion as he gave a glare. The lion wasn't so tough now as he shivered under the glare and Luffy raised a clawed paw and slammed it down on the lion knocking him out one shot.
"What are you monster?!" Mohji exclaimed while backing away. "Okay, okay I'll give you all the gold you want! Just let me apologize and go! Alive!" Luffy's eyes were shadowed as he gritted his jaw.
"It's too late for apologies now…It won't bring ChouChou's treasure back!" Luffy roared. His eyes began to glow as a small ball of light began to form in his mouth. The ball grew bigger and bigger as the color changed from white to blue and then blue fire came out from Luffy's mouth as they began affect Mohji and he screamed in pain as he dropped on the floor unconscious. Luffy changed back and puffed out his chest in pride not knowing what he really did until he noticed the box of dog food. Luffy grabbed it and dashed back.
-On a Rooftop-
"Mohji was defeated?!" Buggy yelled, outraged that his first mate was down so easily. "TEATIME'S OVER KIDDIES, READY MY SPECIAL BUGGY BALLS, WE'RE GOING TO BLOW THIS TOWN TO THE GROUND!"
"Ahoy! First mate Mohji has returned!" A man called out. Mohji huffed with and fell on his knees, Richie being unconscious. Buggy noticed he was badly burnt.
"The brat, I underestimated him." Mohji said trying to stay conscious. Buggy snapped.
"YOU GOT BEATEN BY A TEN YEAR OLD?!" He yelled.
"He ate a…he transformed…" Mohji tried to say more, but collapsed.
"What'd he say?"
"He was trying to tell us something…"
"He could barely stand! It must've been something important!"
"No matter…" Buggy said, "DARN YOU, MOHJI BEING BEATEN BY A KID MAY GET OUR REPUTATION RUINED! LOAD THE BUGGY BALLS NOW YOU SWABS!"
"AYE AYE CAPTAIN!"
-Back with Nami-
Nami strolled around town while clutching a map tightly in her hands. She was trying to find out where that Buggy kept his stash of treasure. She sighed and then walked down a path trying to guess which way she should go until a lonely and pained howl was heard off in the distance. She turned around to find smoke rising in the air and found a man hiding behind a building.
"Hey who are you?" Nami asked while putting a hand on his shoulder. "And what happened?" He turned around with a frown.
"Those pirates destroyed ChouChou's treasure and now he's mourning over the loss of the memories that it held and the memorial of his master." He said while grimacing. Nami's eyes narrowed, pirates were despicable, they always loved to destroy what other people treasured most.
"Are you a villager?" Nami asked and he nodded.
"My name is Boodle, I'm the chief of this village." Boodle replied looking back with an angry look. Nami walked over only to find three men standing next to the dog and watched the building burn into ashes. She recognized them immediately. Nami stormed over and grabbed Sabo by the front of his shirt.
"See, look how despicable pirates are!" She yelled her eyes burning with hate. "All they just do is take away what's most precious and laugh!" Sabo just let her yell, he knew that she needed it. Ace and Zoro just watched doing nothing to stop her. Then the mayor ran over and held her back.
"Young girl please stop it they did nothing wrong!" Boodle insisted.
"All pirates are they same! They don't care!" Nami retaliated. "They're just killing machines who only work for their own benefits!" Sabo lowered his top hat as he grimaced, this girl must've had a hard childhood as well. Light footsteps were heard in the distance as Luffy ran over, dirt and some scratches over his arms and legs. In his hands was a small box of dog food.
"ChouChou! I managed to get something for ya!" Luffy cried while presenting the box to the dog. ChouChou sniffed and grabbed the box. Sabo pat the dog's head gently.
"Isn't that great, at least something was left." He said while smiling. ChouChou blinked and then walked away until after a certain amount of distance, and he howled.
"Thank you and I wish your group luck, Luffy, Sabo." He said and then began to walk again, box in mouth. Luffy only smiled and waved his goodbyes while Sabo raised a hand. Zoro and Ace did the same gesture as Sabo. Nami stared and then smiled herself.
"Sorry…I yelled at you like that." She apologized. Ace walked over and put a hand on her shoulder.
"It's alright, we know that you probably had a hard time in the past, not that we want to know since it's personal." Ace said while grinning. Nami smiled even more and nodded. The mayor trembled in anger and his arms shot up in the air.
"I CAN'T STAND IT NO MORE! I CAN'T STAND THEIR CRUEL BULLYING NOT AFTER THE WAY CHOUCHOU AND THIS KID FOUGHT SO BRAVELY. WHAT KIND OF MAYOR STANDS BACK AND WATCHES HIS TOWN BE DESTROYED!" Boodle yelled in frustration. Nami decided it was her turn to try and calm him.
"Mayor please calm down!" She said.
"SOMETIMES A MAN'S GOTTA DO WHAT A MAN'S GOTTA DO! RIGHT BOYS?!" The mayor yelled while turning to the group.
"That's right, you said it!" Luffy cried out throwing his fists in the air and the others nodded.
"Don't encourage him!" Nami yelled. Luffy tilted his head as the mayor continued.
"Forty years of hard work! This place was a wilderness and at first it was just a few homes, but slowly our numbers grew." Boodle said while smiling fondly. "We worked hard, cleared the land, and over time people came and opened shops…AND LOOK AT US NOW! WE'RE A THRIVING PORT, WE OLD TIMERS BUILT THIS TOWN FROM NOTHING, IT'S OUR LIFE'S WORK! THIS TOWN AND ITS PEOPLE ARE MY TREASURE!" The mayor raised a spear. "I'D BE A SORRY EXCUSE FOR A MAYOR IS I DIDN'T TRY TO PROTECT THE TOWN, I'M GOING TO FIGHT!" As he said those words a row of houses right next to them was destroyed.
"That's it…I can't take any more I won't lose a second town to those sea rats!" The mayor said his anger welling up even more. "THESE PIRATES SHOW UP AND THINK THEY CAN DO AS THEY PLEASE, BUT I WON'T LET THEM WRECK FORTY YEARS OF HARD WORK, I WON'T TAKE THIS SITTING DOWN, I'M THE MAYOR!"
"Mayor please wait!" Nami said while holding onto his shirt. "Getting yourself killed won't accomplish anything, you're being reckless!"
"I KNOW I'M BEING RECKLESS!" He cried out with tears streaming down his face. Nami had a shocked look on her face while the others saw his determination and let him go.
"They mayor…was crying…" Nami whispered. Luffy grinned.
"It didn't look that way to me!"
"Things are finally gonna get fun!" Zoro said while smirking and putting on hand on his swords. Ace laughed and nodded his head agreeing.
"This is no laughing matter!" Nami scolded.
"Don't worry Miss Nami, we won't let him get killed." Sabo assured while smiling himself. "We're headed for the grand line anyways." She remembered the map that she had stolen earlier. "Hey why don't you join up with us for a while, you said that you're a thief right? So you're aiming for their treasure." Sabo said while holding out a hand.
"I won't become a pirate! But let's just said we'll 'join forces' since I decided I may be able to get more treasure if I stay with you." Nami said while shaking his hand and Luffy cheered.
"Okay, now let's go!" He yelled while walking off.
"Let's do it, it's been a while since we all ran wild, but I highly doubt we'll even need to use our full strength." Ace said while walking, hands in pockets. Sabo walked next to Ace, metal pole swung over his shoulder and Zoro smirked while walking behind.
"You guys are all crazy." Nami said bringing on hand up to her forehead while following along.
-Meanwhile-
"Buggy the Clown, I'M HERE TO CHALLENGE YOU!" the mayor yelled. "I'm Boodle and I've been mayor of this town since you were pillaging nurseries!"
"Do you want a death wish?" Buggy said while giving a glare. Cabaji stood and then pulled a sword out of his mouth.
"Cap'n Buggy…" Cabaji began.
"What is it, Cabaji?" Buggy asked.
"Leave him to me sir, it's been a while, I don't want my skills to get rusty now." He said while spinning in the air and landed on the railing of the roof with a unicycle. The crew cheered on for their second mate.
"Stop fool! He challenged me, you stay out of this." Buggy replied. The crew stopped cheering and began to "boo" since they won't see Cabaji in action. "Why are you challenging me, a little old to be making a name for yourself don't you think?"
"THIS IS MY TOWN MY TREASURE, AND IM GOING TO PROECT IT!" Boodle yelled. Buggy had a surprised look before roaring into laughter, his crew joining along.
"You old fool! The only treasure here is for termites, gold and jewels now are real treasures!" Buggy said. "Treasure sparkles and makes its possessor a king! THIS DUMP OF YOUR'S DOESN'T SPARKLE, IT ROTS! ENOUGH OF YOUR NONSENSE!" Boodle clenched his fists and gritted his teeth as fury began to take over.
"SHUT IT YOU SEA SQUIRT, I DON'T EXPECT YOU TO UNDERSTAND MY FEELINGS FOR THIS TOWN NOW GET DOWN HERE!" He snapped. Buggy looked down.
"Get down there? Why should I?!" He said while using his devil fruit ability and launched his hand at Boodle. The hand grabbed his neck and pulled him up into the air.
"Y-you monster…" Boodle gasped as he tried to breathe in air. "T-this is…N-nothing!" Boodle then began to punch his hand and Buggy's eye twitched. The mayor began to cough up blood as the pain overtook him.
"What's that, you trying to beat me by punching yourself in the throat?!" Buggy yelled before tightening his grip and Boodle was beginning to lose consciousness. "You dare order me to get down there?! Do you know who you're talking to?"
'I can't die! Not before I get my revenge!'Boodle thought as his vision grew blurry.
"Soon, I shall rule the grand line and all the glittering treasure will be mine! All the treasure in the world! I'll have it all, nobody else!" Buggy declared while laughing."This miserable stinking town is your treasure eh? Then be glad you won't live to see what I do to it!"
"W-Why curse you…Come down and fight like a man!" Boodle gasped. "Come on!"
"You're not worth the effort." Buggy said darkly while smirking.
"I WON'T LET YOU WRECK THIS TOWN, COME DOWN AND FIGHT ME!" Boodle managed to yell. Buggy felt a strong grip on his hand as his arm twitched and Buggy looked down.
"The little brat with the straw hat!" Buggy said annoyed.
"I'm back Buggy, to kick your ass!" Luffy said while smiing. He kept a tight grip on his hand before letting go and Boodle fell to the ground on his knees as he gasped for air. Ace and Sabo walked forward behind their younger little brother and looked up. Zoro and Nami came from behind.
"Hmph, you may have escaped last time but you won't escape me this time!" Buggy yelled from the roof.
"Have fun fighting boys, I'm just here for the treasure!" Nami said.
"Yeah, yeah whatever…" Zoro replied.
"You youngsters, you're outsiders…" Boodle coughed, "…This is my battle, it's my town and I'll protect it so don't interfere!" Ace looked at Sabo and he nodded. Both put their hands behind the mayor's head and slammed him into the wall knocking him out.
"Wha-?!" Nami gasped. Buggy looked surprised and Zoro stared while Luffy laughed.
"WHO'S SIDE ARE YOU ON?! WHY'D YOU DO THAT TO THE MAYOR?!" Nami yelled while running over and hitting them both on the head.
"Because he was in the way!" Ace whined standing up from the hit.
"Good thinking, he would have gotten himself killed…He'll be safer unconscious." Zoro acknowledged.
"YOU'RE TOO RECKLESS!" Nami yelled, annoyed.
"Hey you! BIG NOSE OVER THERE!" Luffy yelled. The whole Buggy crew gave a look of shock. Nami and Zoro started to panic while Ace and Sabo just chuckled.
"KILL HIM! GIVE THAT BRAT THE BUGGY BALL!" Buggy yelled. "FIRE!" Luffy transformed into the small version and whacked the cannon ball back with his tail.
"What the heck?! How did he deflect it?!" Buggy yelled while looking at the incoming cannon ball.
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU?!" Nami yelled.
"Made me worry for nothing…" the other three muttered. Smoke filled the area and once it cleared the broken house was littered with wood and unconscious bodies.
"I didn't know a kid could even do that…" Nami said while looking at Luffy. "What kind of human being are you?"
"I just whacked it back!" Luffy said while giggling.
"But how did you do it?!" Nami said while face palming. Ace, Sabo, and Zoro looked back to the rubble only to notice that two people were still standing.
"You've got some nerve…" Buggy said as he dropped the two people that he used as shields. Cabaji dropped the lion that he was also using a shield from the explosion. "I'm so mad I can't even speak…"
"This is the worse disgrace we've ever suffered since you've formed your crew…" Cabaji said.
"He's using his men as shields…" Nami said in surprise and in anger. Sabo also looked annoyed, these kind of things were despicable.
"Ugh…where am I? What the hell happened?" Mohji said as he stood up from the rubble.
"Mohji, you're still alive?" Cabaji said while dropping the lion.
"Cabaji! What're you doing to Richie?!" Mohji asked with a tick mark on his forehead.
"The kitty? I was just using him as a shield, I didn't want to soil my raiment." He replied while Richie hid behind Mohji.
"Captain Buggy! The brat in the straw hat has a devil fruit ability like you! Watch out for him!" Mohji warned.
"Devil fruit?!" Nami asked. Luffy nodded and grinned.
"The devil fruit…no wonder why he had hit the Buggy Ball back…" Buggy said his face darkening. "But Mohji…if you knew this then, WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME?!" He yelled while punching Mohji towards the group.
"I tried to!" Mohji said until Ace went in front and kicked him into a building.
"Mess with the younger brother, and then you'll have to speak with the older ones." Ace said while smirking. Cabaji sprang forth on his unicycle with a sword in hand.
"He's just a kid captain Buggy, I'll cut him into pieces!" Cabaji swings down his sword on Luffy and Zoro steps in front with a death glare.
"You will not touch a single hair on my captain, if it's a sword duel, you got one right here." He said while his eyes narrowed.
"Roronoa Zoro, as one swordsman to another, it will be an honor to cut you down." Cabaji said, their gaze never left one another.
"Try it." Zoro mocked. Cabaji smirked until he breathed fire onto Zoro's face who quickly jumped back. Cabaji then rushed forward and stabbed Zoro on the side. Zoro gritted his teeth as he knocked Cabaji away from him. Cabaji used a smoke bomb and then pounced on Zoro who blocked the attack with two swords. Cabaji then lifted a leg and kicked the swordsman on his injury. Zoro yelled in pain as he slumped on the floor.
"That's dirty you're only aiming for the injury you caused!" Nami said as her teeth gritted in anger. Why did she even care this much to these pirates, it only fueled her anger more.
"So you're the big scary 'pirate hunter' well this'll teach you not to mess with the Buggy pirate crew." Cabaji smirked. Zoro pushed himself up onto his knees as Cabaji lunged forward. "Roronoa Zoro! Prepare to be well done!" Zoro quickly got up and slammed Cabaji right in the face with the hilt of his sword. Nami looked shocked while Luffy cheered. Sabo and Ace watched the battle with interest, their first mate was strong.
"You're a very annoying person…I hope you enjoyed kicking the wound you gave me." Zoro huffed as he cut the wound open.
"What, he cut himself?!" Cabaji said in shock. Nami covered her mouth as she looked away and Luffy winced. Even Sabo and Ace twitched, that looked as If it hurt…Zoro huffed and then put the third sword in his mouth as he stood up straight.
"My goal is to be the greatest swordsman…is that enough of a handicap for you? Because now I'll show you some real swordplay." Luffy's eyes sparkled in admiration.
"Wow Zoro's so cool!" He cried out happily.
"Hmph…so Roronoa Zoro is trying to make a fool out of me?" Cabaji said. Heavy silence was surrounding the area as blood slowly dripped down from Zoro's sword.
"I'm feeling faint just watching this!" Nami said while holding her stomach. Luffy just cheered on for Zoro.
"I can't lose, not even once, to anyone who calls himself a swordsman." Zoro said while sweating, his injury was stinging and it was also itchy in a way, but he wouldn't let anything get in the way of this battle.
"So you injured yourself doe your reputation…well don't worry your wounds are severe, they'll make an excellent excuse when you lose." Cabaji said while smirking confidently.
"It's the other way around…If I lose to the likes of you when my wounds are only this light, then I may as well give up my dream now." Zoro said while going into a fighting stance. Blood dripped down his pants as he smirked. Cabaji sweated a little, but still had his confidence.
"Hey!" Nami said at Sabo and he turned his head. "That shack behind the ruins of the tavern is where they keep there treasure and I'll make my escape once I get it. I got to do it while they're all knocked out, and whether you guys lose or not…I don't really care, but if you do defeat Buggy only then will I consider going with you." She said and Sabo grinned.
"Okay, well you better hold up to that deal." He said and she nodded running off. "Well Ace lets watch a little more before we join in the fun." Ace nodded watching silently.
"Roronoa Zoro! Have a taste of the greatest of all my circus tricks!" Cabaji said while holding spinning tops in his hands, he threw many of the tops at Zoro and then went up a building. "Circus trick: 'A Hike In the Mountains.'" Zoro quickly cut through all the tops and Cabaji sprang off the building as he placed the blade of his sword downward and plummeted towards where Zoro stood. "Sting of the Unicycle!" Buggy used his ability and his hand shot low towards Zoro's legs.
"Low Flying Chop Chop Cannon!" Buggy yelled. "Cabaji! I'll hold down Zoro! You finish him off!"
"Damn!" Zoro said as he tried to focus on both objects.
"With pleasure!" Cabaji replied, continuing the attack. Luffy stepped in and stomped on Buggy's hand who held his arm in pain.
"Luffy!" Zoro said relieved.
"Keep your hands out of Zoro's duel Rudolph!" Luffy said while sticking his tongue out.
"You brat…" Buggy said getting angry. Zoro grinned and dodged out of Cabaji's attack while standing up again.
"I've had enough…I'm tired…" He said while gripping all three swords.
"You're tired? What's wrong moss head, so you've finally given up, well I'm not surprised, it's amazing how you could still stand in your condition." Cabaji chuckled. And Zoro kicked him in the stomach.
"You've it wrong, what I'm tired of are your stupid circus tricks!" Zoro scowled and went into a position.
"Very well! No more tricks, I'll finish you now…with my real swordsmanship!" Cabaji said as everyone's attention focused on what the outcome would be.
"Oni…" Zoro began as Cabaji ran forth. "GIRI!*" Zoro moved as quick as the wind and cut through Cabaji quickly.
"CABAJI!" Buggy yelled while gritting his teeth.
"How could these common thieves have beaten us? We're the Buggy pirate gang-the scourge of the sea…how could things have gone this far…?" Cabaji asked himself as he fell to the floor. Zoro pulled off his bandana tying it back on to his arm as he sighed.
"We're not common thieves. " Zoro said while sitting down. "We're pirates!"
"Zoro, thanks you can take a good rest now." Sabo said while walking up.
"You guys call yourselves pirates?!" Buggy demanded as he crossed his arms.
"That's right, now let's get on with the fight now shall we?" Sabo said."We have to get to the grand line quickly, or else my little brother won't sit still."
"So that's where you going, what do you plan to do there!? Go sightseeing?!" Buggy yelled irritated. Sabo shook his head patiently.
"We're going to make our younger baby brother, the King of the Pirates!" Sabo declared while pointing his cane at Buggy. Buggy had a disbelieving look as his face went blank.
"DON'T BE A FOOL IF YOU'RE KING THEN WHAT AM I? GOD?!" He yelled.
"Doesn't matter who or what you are, just attack…I'm getting bored." Sabo said resting the cane on his shoulder. Luffy and Ace stepped up.
"I want to verse him!" Luffy whined, but Ace lightly hit his brother.
"Come on let your brothers have some fun once in a while!" Ace said while chuckling. Luffy pouted and held his straw hat while turning away from Ace.
"You and your straw hat remind me of him when he was younger…That insolent dog with the red hair!" Buggy said and Luffy immediately perked up.
"Red hair?!" He asked stepping up, Ace and Sabo groaned, this topic again. "Are you talking about Shanks?! Do you know Shanks?!" Luffy asked, curious.
"Hmm, you seem real interested, yes, I know him. What's it to you?" Buggy asked while smirking.
"Where is he now?!" Luffy demanded getting impatient.
"So you want to know where he is, eh? Well maybe I know…" Buggy teased. "Then again, maybe I don't."
"What are you talking about? Are you an idiot?" Luffy asked, his brothers snickered at that.
"WATCH YOUR TONGUE BRAT!" Buggy yelled. "We're mortal enemies, you won't get any information without a fight not even as a departing gift to hell…"
"Then I'm going to beat it out of you!" Luffy declared.
"Hahaha, you'd be dead before you get even one word out of me." Buggy grabbed hold of daggers between his fingers and small knives came out of his shoes. "Buzz Saw!" He detatched his legs as they spun in circles the blades in the shoes making a sharp circle. Luffy jumped out of the way as Buggy threw the daggers and Luffy transformed while flying higher in the air.
"I see, so you have a Zoan, this is getting interesting." Buggy smirked.
"Sure is! But I didn't name my moves yet!" Luffy yelled in a small voice before closing his wings and going down like a torpedo.
"Interesting power you got there, never seen one like that before." Buggy commented as he dodged the incoming torpedo and Luffy slammed into the ground causing a small crater. "But as your stuck then that move would be no use!" Buggy said as he tried to stab Luffy, but he quickly flew up in the air as he brushed off debris and raised a small paw into a fist and then charged forward aiming for his head, but Buggy's head floated in mid air as Luffy almost slammed his neck. He crashed into a building instead.
"You underestimate me brat!" Buggy said and then Ace charged in front as Sabo flanked the side. Ace turned his fist into fire as he tried to slam down into Buggy's face which he easily dodged. Sabo quickly hit him on the side with the sea stone cane and Buggy fell to the floor.
"Damn that cane is made out of that sea stone material isn't it?" Buggy asked while quickly jumping away and Sabo only nodded as Luffy jumped out of the debris. "And now there are three devil fruit users here."
"How am I supposed to hit you if you keep going into pieces!" Luffy whined. Nami was hiding behind a building as she watched the fight.
"What a fight! It's like I'm seeing things…" She mumbled to herself. Buggy placed more daggers between one of his hands as it flew towards Luffy.
"Chop Chop Harpoon!" Luffy caught the arm, but the hand flew forward cutting Luffy in the face and he crashed to the floor. Ace glared knives at the man as his shoulders went aflame. Buggy was slightly wary of this one, he seemed to be a logia type.
"Darn you!" Luffy yelled as he looked up at his hat. "YOU NICKED MY HAT!" Luffy cried out in rage. Buggy noticed this and smirked. "THIS IS MY TREASURE NOBODY DAMAGES THIS HAT!" Luffy yelled. Nami looked in shock at the enraged face.
"It's that important to you eh?" Buggy said as his detached hand floated from behind Luffy. It threw a dagger and Luffy dodged his hat flying off his head.
"Luffy!" Sabo yelled. Then the hand flew towards Luffy's hat.
"Then you should take better care of it!" Buggy yelled as the daggers stabbed the hat. Time slowed for the small boy as he stared in shock and sadness.
"This hat…is my gift to you..This is my favorite hat you know, when you become a great pirate in the future return it to me."
His cat ears were revealed as both Nami and Buggy stared in shock. Luffy hissed and sprang forth at Buggy who detached his head thinking it would be the same move set once more, but Luffy instead punched the man's treasure of the body. Luffy then scratched his face again before jumping back, hat in hand. He looked at the damage and tears fell down his cheeks.
"I promised, to give this hat back to…Shanks when I…grew up!" Luffy wailed as he hugged the hat tightly. Once Luffy began to wail, Ace snapped. He went in flames as he punched Buggy's body through buildings with a dark look. Sabo walked over to Luffy and kneeled down trying to comfort his younger brother. Nami noticed that she was stalling and then ran towards where the treasure was, hoping that Luffy would be fine.
"Hmph, so that hat belonged to Shanks you say? No wonder it looked so familiar." Buggy said as he appeared with a few scratches. "When I was younger, he and I were on the same ship, as…pirate apprentices I guess you would say." Buggy said walking back and this time Luffy snapped.
"SHANKS IS A GREAT MAN! DON'T EVER MENTION SHANKS AND YOURSELF IN THE SAME BREATH AGAIN!" He yelled. Sabo hugged him tightly, worried that Luffy might go berserk, it wasn't a pretty thing when he did that.
"I have every right to say whatever I want about him! He took away my treasure from me long ago!" Buggy yelled grimacing at the memories. "I'll never forgive him, that bastard. "
-oOo-
"I suppose someday…we'll leave this ship." A young Buggy said, he was currently sitting outside on deck with a young Shanks.
"Aye…I'll go off on my own someday, as captain of my own ship! I'll make time to see the world, I'll so some pirating along the way of course." Shanks said while smiling.
"Haha! Still a soft fool." Buggy said while laughing.
"What?" Shanks said while pouting.
"But you're a good fighter, I'll give you that, if it weren't for your soft way of thinking, I'd ask you to be on my crew." Buggy said, smirking. Shanks took a swig of alcohol and replied.
"Work for you? Never! We think differently, better if we go our separate ways, being a pirate is all about going your own way!"
"Hahaha! How would you know what being a pirate is all about, if we ever cross paths on the high seas, it'll be a fight to the finish! Agreed?" Buggy said.
"Agreed, that's also what being a pirate is all about." Shanks said.
"Sometimes you baffle me…" Buggy sighed and then remembered something. "Now what were you yammering about? Something interesting?"
"Aye…We found some devil fruit!" Shanks said perking up at the topic. "They say that the devil fruit was enchanted by sea devils, whoever eats it gets amazing powers, but the seas turn against them…cap'n says anyone who wants to can eat it."
"Gahaha! What sea dog would give up his ability to swim!" Buggy smirked as he looked a treasure map he had stolen from another ship secretly.
"The devil fruit's worth a fortune you know, some people will pay a hundred million berries for it." Shanks said.
"Impossible!" Buggy said, and then he formed up a plan that night. Next morning, he tricked the others by pretending to eat a devil fruit and then had both the map and the fruit. That night Shanks came over and surprised Buggy who shoved the fruit into his mouth. Shanks left, but then came back causing Buggy to swallow the fruit. There was a pause. Buggy yelled as he shook Shanks from the shirt and then he dropped the map. Buggy dived in for the map until he couldn't move at all and found himself sinking. Shanks then jumped in and saved his crewmate.
-oOo-
All the three brothers laughed at the story.
"Oh so Shanks saved you!" Luffy said, all tears gone. Buggy grew a tick mark on his head.
"NO HE DIDN'T IT WAS HIS ENTIRE FAULT, HE FOILED MY PLANS!" Buggy yelled. "SO I CHANGED MY PLANS, IF I CAN'T THE TREASURES THAT'S IN THE SEA THEN ILL JUST HAVE TO TAKE ALL THE TREASURES ON LAND, USING MY CHOP CHOP POWER! I don't care how insignificant you are, but if you put your hands on my treasure…" Buggy flew over the trio towards Nami, who held a bagful of treasure. "I'LL SQUASH YOU! HANDS OFF MY TREASURE!"
"I've been found out!" Nami said, sweating.
"You went get the better of me girl, I'll cut you to pieces!" The brothers noticed the legs left behind and then looked at each other and nodded. Sabo held his cane in the air, and his Buggy's treasure right between the legs, hard. Buggy slumped to the floor in pain and in weakness.
"That's dirty…attacking me on my lower half…" Buggy said while crying tears of pain.
"Our fights not over yet Buggy!" Luffy said all pumped up. "Nami drop the bag and get out of here, he's going to keep coming after you!"
"Leave the treasure not a chance! I'm not going to leave my treasure behind!" Nami yelled.
"'Your' treasure?" Buggy said recovering from the pain. Nami raised a fist.
"That's right! My treasure! I'm a master thief and I just stole it! Mine, mine, mine!"
"That's my treasure you fool! It's not yours until you get away with it, it's a basic tenet of thievery!" Buggy yelled, getting angrier.
"The bad guy wants to lecture the bad guy eh? I don't argue with lowlife pirates! I'd never stoop so low, as to take lessons from you!" Nami said while sticking her tongue out.
"Then suffer the consequences…" Buggy said. "Chop Chop…FESTIVAL!" He yelled while his whole body split apart and Nami began to run away again. "LET'S SEE YOU SAVE YOUR FRIEND NOW BRATS!"
"Sabo he's all over the place!" Ace grumbled. Sabo shook his head and pointed at Luffy who was picked up a foot and both snickered. Luffy took the foot out of the shoe and grinned. He began to tickle it.
"HAHAHAHAHAHA! ST-STOP IT!" Buggy yelled while laughing. Nami shrieked as she saw the scary face and she began to cry. Luffy then jabbed his tows on the hard concrete, which made another strange face come out of Buggy and Nami shrieked again.
"Luffy let me try!" Ace said while chuckling. "You're a tough clown aren't you? Here's one for making my brother cry!" Ace then tugged on the skin as hard as he could.
"EEEEEYAAAHHHH!" Buggy yelled and Nami screamed. Sabo laughed at the reaction.
"Hey let me try next!" He asked excitedly.
"ENOUGH ALREADY YOU BRATS, CUT IT OUT!" Buggy yelled. All three sweat dropped.
"The one that needs to cut it out is you!" Nami said while swinging the heavy bag at his face. Buggy smirked as his hands took the bag.
"Thank you…for returning my treasure!" Buggy said and Nami slightly panicked.
"Let go!" She said trying to tug the bag out of his hands.
"You let go!" Buggy yelled back and then Sabo ran over as Nami was about to be stabbed from behind.
"Hey don't make innocent people join in the fight!" Sabo said while jumping up in the air holding his cane. "We're your opponents…" He whacked Buggy hard in the face with the cane. "REMEMBER?!" Buggy flew across the area and slammed into the wall. Nami held onto her bag of treasure, panting.
"Yeah you got him Sabo!" Luffy cheered and Ace ruffled Luffy's hair, smiling. "Finally we beat him!"
"Thanks for saving me, Sabo!" Nami sighed. Sabo nodded and then looked at Buggy's head which then floated up.
"Not so fast idiots, because I'm going to kill you!" Buggy yelled. Nami noticed the parts moving towards him and grinned evilly. "Come together! Chop Chop-"Only Buggy's hands and feet were left as Nami tied up the rest.
"Anyone want last hit before I do it myself?" Sabo asked grinning. Luffy grinned and rushed forward transforming into his smaller form and then rushed like a torpedo once more.
"Jet…" Luffy said as he made a name. "Spear!" Buggy was blasted in the air and disappeared soon after.
"Luffy that was a crappy name!" Ace said laughing and Luffy ran over.
"Ace did you see though?! Sabo you saw to right?" Luffy cried out in pride. Both brothers nodded and smiled.
"We won, so now you'll join our crew right Nami?" Sabo asked and she nodded.
"For the time being, you have to give Buggy credit, he had an eye for treasure, this is first class and it's easily worth ten million berries!" Luffy looked at his town hat. His ears flattened.
"That hat meant a lot to you huh?" Nami asked. Luffy nodded and then put the hat on grinning.
"It's okay; I guess I could still wear it, it felt good when I sent him flying through the air…" Luffy said. Ace soon woke Zoro up and all five were about to leave until a group of people showed up.
"Hey you guys, we're the citizens of this town, did the pirates mute you or something, and come on you can talk!"
"The town's people that's a relief thought you might be pirates, we'll tell you what happened, but it's a long story…" Nami began, but was interrupted.
"The mayor, is he hurt?! What happened here?!"
"It was those lousy pirates!"
"No it wasn't we knocked him out!" Luffy stated. And the villagers turned towards them with death glared.
"Luffy they didn't have to know that!" Nami scolded.
"You what did you do the mayor are you pirates?!"
"We're pirates." Luffy stated again and Nami almost fell. Ace, Sabo and Zoro laughed at his straight forwardness and then the townspeople attacked. All of them ran, Zoro a little slow because of his wound, and they went into an alley. ChouChou blocked the villagers from getting the group as he looked back.
"Go forth and continue your journey Luffy!" ChouChou barked. Luffy grinned and they all managed to make it on their ship.
"Hey your ship has Buggy's mark on it!" Zoro pointed out.
"It was his ship! I'll replace it later!" Nami replied.
"HEY WAIT YOU BRATS! WAIT! I HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY TO YOU!" The mayor ran towards them, his armor taken off. "THANK YOU! I WON'T FORGET IT!" He cried and smiled. The crew smiled back.
"No problem, take it easy okay?!" Ace yelled. Everyone waved goodbye. Nami looked to the horizon and smiled, maybe, just maybe, pirates weren't so bad after all.
*Oni Giri-Demon Slash
Horrible ending…well here it is I was literally stuck on this chapter and I hope you enjoyed reading it? I'm sorry if it turned out…crappy or….boring or many other ways to describe it. Erm Sorry O_O This was really long...