Unexpected Attempts

Someone walked up to the slope and stopped behind Clahador.

"Clahador! Stop it!" someone yelled.

Everyone turned to see it was Kaya.

"Kaya! Why...why are you here?!" Usopp asked.

"Isn't that the mistress of the mansion?" Jango asked, "She's the target of the mission!"

"You surprise me Lady Kaya ... what are you doing here?" Kuro asked.

"Meri told me everything," Kaya explained.

"Oh? So he didn't die?" Kuro asked, "Even though I didn't show him any mercy ..."

"No...! he really ... isn't the Clahador I know ..." Kaya thought.

Kaya clenched her fist as she understood.

"I'm sorry Usopp. You were telling the truth when you told me Clahador was a pirate, and I didn't believe you," Kaya told Usopp, "I hope you can forgive me..."

"Nevermind that! Why are you here?" Usopp asked, "If Meri told you Clahador was Pirate Captain Kuro, you should have run away like I told you!"

"But you're fighting the enmey to protect the village and everyone in it, including me, despite what we did to you!" Kaya cried.

"W'e're different!" Usopp yelled, "I'm a brave warrior of..."

"Clahador! If you want my money, I'll give you everything I have! Please leave the village!" Kaya requested.

"You're wrong, Lady Kaya. It's not just the money I'm after," Kuro responded, "I also want a peaceful mind."

"Huh?" everyone responded.

"I spent three years hear to gain the villager's trust, and because of it, I feel peaceful here," Kuro explained, "Only when I have obtained peace and money my plans will be complete. That's why having my crew attack the village and making you leave a will at your death is essential."

Kaya gasped from Kuro's response.

"Run Kaya! Don't bother negotiating with him!" Usopp yelled, "He's no longer the butler you knew!"

Kaya didn't listen to Usopp.

Instead she pulled out a pistol and aimed it at Kuro.

Luffy Usopp and Zoro was surprise seeing it (Nami was too busy stealing to know what was going on).

"Leave this village!" Kaya demanded.

"So... you've become stronger in these years ..." Kuro said, "Do you still remember? A lot has happened in the last three years, since your parents passed away. We've been together for quite some time. We took boat rides together, went to town together. WHen you're down with a fever, I always stayed by you to take care of you... we've shared our troubles and our joy ... I served you tirelessly! I suffered taking care of this nosy little lady, and I suffered for so long... All this is so that I can kill you today!"

Kaya cried as she didn't know what to do.

"I was a captain in the past and I had served such a young, naive little gril ... deliberately to make her like me," Kuro continued, "Can you understand how demeaning my days has been?"

Kaya let go of the pistol, causing it to fall to the ground.

"Agrhh!" Usopp yelled as he ran at Kuro to punched him.

"Usipp ... now that I think of it..." Kuro said.

Kuro disappeared from in front of Usopp.

However Luffy already predict Kuro's movements.

"Gum-Gum ..." Luffy said as he set h

"I still haven't thanked you for that punch you gave me last time ... you hit me really hard!" Kuro told Usopp as he was about to attack Usopp.

"Pistol!" Luffy yelled throwing a punch.

Luffy's arm stretched and hit Kuro directly.

"Captain Kuro was knocked down!" Jango yelled.

"If you really being hit, then I'll hit you a few hundred more times," Luffy said as his arm stretched back to normal.

"How did you hit Captain Kuro from that distance?" Jango demanded.

"I'm a rubberman that ate the Gum-Gum Fruit," Luffy said as he grabeed his cheek and stretched it, "And it doesn't matter how fast that guy is, I'm a Haki user, and I can use it to sense people's movements."

The Black Cat Pirates were panicking now.

Just then Onion Carrot and Pepper came out of nowhere with a baseball bat, frying pan, and shovel.

"Here comes the Usopp Pirate Group!" Carrot yelled.

"Die!" Pepper yelled.

"You ingrate butler!" Onion yelled.

The three boys started hitting Kuro with their so-call weapons, while bad mouthing Kuro.

"Where did those guys come from?" Luffy asked.

"I don't know, but I was certain they believed Usopp's lye," Zoro replied.

"Stop it!" Usopp yelled as the boys.

The boys did stop beating up Kuro.

"What are you three doing here?" Usopp asked.

"We saw Kaya heading here," Pepper explained.

"We brought weapons in case it was something bad," Carrot explained.

"Yeah!" Onion agreed.

"But I told you to leave," Kaya responded.

Apparently she did knew they were following her at first.

"You did, but we wanted to know if what the captain told us was a lie or not," Carrot explained.

"So we continued following you, but far enough where we wouldn't be seen, and kept quiet so we wouldn't be heard, like the captain taught us how to," Pepper explained.

"We heard everything Clahador told you," Pepper explained.

"Get out of here!" Usopp yelled.

"We won't leave you, captain!" Carrot yelled.

"Yeah! We wanna fight too!" Pepper agreed.

"If we run, we'll ruin the reputation of the Usopp pirate group!" Onion explained.

Kuro got up behind the boys and adjusted his broken glasses.

The boys look and saw Kuro.

"Waaaaahhhhh!" the three boys screamed.

"Run!" Usopp ordered.

Kuro walked passed the boys and faced Usopp.

Kuro kicked Usopp into the ground.

Then Kuro faced Luffy.