I need to continue with this East Blue Arc because I really want them to get to the Grand Line. So yeah. Not going with my original plan.

Disclaimer: I don't own One Piece. If I did well...well fuck.

"Well that was shocking.." Zoro muttered as he and Moshi made their way through the busy streets of Loguetown. "That girl looks way too much like Kuina...not only that, but she's a swordsman as well! Well...it is a big world after all. At least I won't run into her anymore. But dammit...that was a huge surprise..."

Zoro sighed and walked inside of the shop he had been looking for- the arms shop.

"I'm here to purchase a sword." Zoro called as he walked into the shop.

"Oh yes yes." A short man with strangely styled black hair and a nose that seemed red sat behind a desk with a smile on his face. "Come right in sir. Please feel free to look around as much as you want. We've got antique swords, new swords, and the latest swords in fashion. After all, this is a well established store that has been in business for 200 years!"

"I've got 100,000 berries." Zoro slammed the money onto the desk. "Give me two of your best swords."

"You want two swords with only 100,000 berries?" The man glared at him. "If you're looking to buy one sword each for around 50,000, I've only got blunt pieces of trash to sell ya."

Zoro shrugged his arms. "That'll be good since I have no money right now."

"H-H-Hey..." The man suddenly stuttered. "Could I m-maybe s-see that s-sword of y-y-yours?"

"What's with the stuttering?" Zoro sweatdropped and handed the man his precious sword.

After thoroughly examining the sword, the man looked up with a blank expression. "Meh, this is no good. This is just a piece of junk."

"What." Zoro grabbed him by his shirt and glared at him.

"Okay okay." Fake tears began to run down the male's face. "Sorry, I was lying just now. "

"Alright, I know you're broke so let me propose something." The man began, still holding on to Zoro's swords. "This sword you've got here certainly ain't no junk, but it's no masterpiece either. It's an above average sword. So I'll offer you 200,000 for this sword, meaning that you'll have to 300,000 in total. With that much money you can buy three decent swords at 100,000 beli a piece."

"Eh?" Zoro blinked. "What are you talking about?"

"No? Then how about for 500,000?" The man huffed. "Okay fine. You leave me with no choice! I'll buy it for 650,000!"

"Listen pal." Zoro began. "This sword isn't something for sale. So-"

"No way!" He was cut off when a woman with short raven hair pushed past him and leaned over the desk. "Ahhh! This sword! Could it be?!"

The woman grabbed the sword and smiled in delight. She lifted her glasses to take a better look at it. "This is...Wadou Ichimonji right?!"

"Wadou?!" Zoro blinked, staring at the girl and then back at the sword and then at the girl once more. 'Honestly didn't think I'd see her again...'

"Such a beautiful edge..." She continued, oblivious to Zoro's glare.

"Y-Yes..." The man stuttered. "I-It d-does happen to go b-by such a name..but it's still just a decent sword at best!" He gave a nervous smile, not wanting Zoro to find out that he was trying to rip him off.

"Decent?!" The girl gaped at him and pulled out a small book. She flipped through the pages until she found what she was looking for. "Why that's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard! This is one of the 21 greatest swords! It's famous! And it's also a sword that can't be bought for anything less than a million berries!"

"Dammit woman!" He slammed his fist down onto the desk in frustration. "You've gone and told him everything! I should sue you for obstruction of business!"

"Obstruction of business?" She put her glasses back on. "I'm sorry, did I say something wrong? It's just that I've never seen such a fine sword before and..."

"You've come to pick up your "Shigure" right?!" He tossed her the sword. "Hmph, I can't believe a timid girl like you carries around a high-grade sword!"

"Eek!" She stumbled backwards and fell, knocking over a bunch of swords in the process.

"The heck are you falling over there for?!" He gave her a nasty glare. "Put all those swords back in their place and just leave already!"

"Ah.." The woman glanced at Zoro for the first time. "Didn't we meet earlier just now on the streets?"

She stood up and gave him a bright smile, pushing her glasses up on her face. "So you love swords, do you? If you don't mind me saying so, your three swords reminds me of a certain bounty hunter!"

"A certain bounty hunte?" Zoro hid his smirk as he slid the Wado Ichimonji back into it's sheath.

"I'm talking about Roronoa Zoro. Do you know him?" She pressed on, giving Moshi a strange look.

"I have heard of his name quite a bit." The green haired swordsman replied, examining a few swords hanging on the wall.

"Yes, he's quite a famous swordsman here in the East Blue. Or should I say infamous?" She shrugged. "To think that he treats his swords as merely a means to make money..it's simply unforgivable!" The woman glanced down at her own sword and sighed. "Why is it that the evil are so strong in this day and age? All the famous swordsman of today are either pirates or bounty hunters..and they are the ones who possess most of the world's masterwork blades. The swords are crying now."

"Well perhaps they have their own circumstances, no?" Zoro shrugged. "Occupations reflect the needs of the time after all."

"I'd be more than happy to welcome any criminals." The shop owner suddenly cut into the conversation. "I remember when my shop used to be teeming with all sorts of people trying to enter the Grand Line! Ever since that monster was placed in charge of this town, I barely get any more customers!"

"S-Smoker is no monster!" The girl who looked so much like Zoro's childhood friend glared at the shop owner.

"He's a devil fruit user!" The store owner glared right back at her. "That's more than enough reason to call him a monster!"

"Devil fruit.." Zoro muttered thoughtfully.

"In any case, being a swordsman myself I vow to train harder and harder with my Shigure!" The girl boldly proclaimed, tightly clutching said sword. "I want to travel the world and retrieve all masterwork blades from the hands of criminals! I shall risk my life to retrieve all of them!"

"Does that mean you'll take this sword too?" Zoro smirked at her, holding up his own legendary sword. "This sword you call Wado Ichimonji..."

"What?" She blinked and hastily waved her hands. "Oh no, not at all! It's not that I want these swords for myself! I just simply detest the idea of them being used for evil!"

"..." Zoro chose not to reply, instead shrugging his shoulders. Moshi narrowed his eyes at the shop owner. He seemed suspicious looking..

"Ah! I remember seeing this sword in my book before!" She picked up a sword hanging off the wall. "Sandai Kitetsu! You should definitely buy this sword! Mister, are you selling this sword for only 50,000?"

"Y-Yes..." The store owner dropped his head. "I am..."

Zoro took the sword and placed Moshi onto the counter before glancing at the sword in his hand once more. "It's cursed isn't it?"

"You knew?" The store owner blinked.

"No.." Zoro narrowed his eyes. "I can tell..."

"It's as you said." The store owner became gravely serious. "Beginning with the Shodai Kitetsu, the Kitetsu line of blades are renowned for their quality, but they are also cursed swords. Many famous swordsmen of the past have suffered tragic deaths after carrying around the Kitetsu swords. That's why you won't find a swordsman who dares to use it these days. Even if a person was unaware of the curse behind these blades, they'd still end up dead after wielding one. I wish I could get rid of that damn sword..but I'm afraid of being cursed too."

"F-Forgive me!" The Kuina look alike bowed her head. "I had no idea it was such a dangerous sword, and ended up saying something foolish!"

"Hmph!" The store owner rolled his eyes. "This is why amateurs like you shouldn't act like they're experts on swords!"

"I like it!" Zoro suddenly stated, holding up the cursed sword. "I like it so much that I'll take it!"

"Y-You idiot!" The store owner stuttered, giving the green haired swordsman a surprised look. "I said it's not for sale! If I did sell it to you and you ended up dead then it would be like I was the one who killed you!"

"Then how about this?" Zoro smirked once more. "Why don't we test what's stronger? My luck...or it's curse? If I lose.." He continued, tossing the sword into the air and holding his arm out. "Then that just means I was never a man who was meant to do anything special.."

"He'll lose his arm!" The store owner gaped in fear. "The sharpness of that blade!"

The woman stared at the sword as it fell, covering her mouth and praying that he wouldn't lose his arm.

Even Moshi was scared for Zoro. Their journey was only beginning- what would Luffy and the others do if they found out that their only swordsman lost one of his arms? Or worse- what if he died? That thought alone was enough to put Moshi into a state of shock.

The sword seemingly fell in slow motion. It flipped and flipped and flipped...and then it was on the ground and Zoro still had his arm out stretched and there wasn't a scratch on his arm.

The store owner fell to the ground out of fear and the Kuina look alike also fell, looking more than stunned. Moshi could only sigh in relief.

"I'll take it." Zoro grinned and happily picked up the sword. "Hey you." He pointed at the blue haired woman. "Pick out another good sword for me."

"Hm..?" She blinked, seemingly snapping out of her shocked state. "I-Okay.." She slowly stood up.

"Hold on. Don't go anywhere." The store owner suddenly stood up and disappeared behind a door. He came back moments later, holding another sword. "This is a black lacquered longsword with an unraveled edge. It's name is "Yubashiri" one of the 50 skillful grade swords! I can personally attest to its sharpness. Although my store may not be much, this is the best sword I have."

"I can't buy that." Zoro stated, picking up Moshi and placing him onto his shoulder. "I told you. I have no money."

"I'm not asking for money. Just take it." The store owner replied. "And of course I won't ask you to pay for "Sandai Kitetsu" either. I apologize for trying to trick you before. It's been along time since I've seen a swordsman as good as you. As they say, the sword chooses its owner. So I shall also believe in your good luck and pray."

Gucha.

"Ahh..it sure does feel nice walking around with three swords again.." Zoro muttered, walking through the busy streets of Lougetown once more.

Moshi sat on his shoulder, bobbing his head like always when all of a sudden a bird swooped low and grabbed the poor snail by his shell. Zoro didn't seem to notice- he was too busy admiring his new swords to notice a bird swoop past him with Moshi in his clutches.

Moshi flew away, deciding to not even try to get Zoro's attention. This has happened twice today, and Moshi was already tired of it. When was he gonna get a break? Honestly, these pirates were gonna drive him crazy.

The bird continued to fly away from Zoro and over the buildings. Moshi glanced down at all the different people in the crown. They all seemed like normal people. Except for that one guy who was wearing a green cloak and looked as if he had tattoos on his face. Yeah, he looked suspicious.

Just like the other bird, this one crashed into a building and they both went flying downwards. Was this really it? He had gotten lucky last time. But he knew that there was no way he would get lucky this time. So this was god's way of telling him his time was up? The den den mushi closed his teal eyes and sighed sadly. He landed on something soft, and didn't seem to notice this fact until he felt himself being picked up. He opened his eyes and was surprised to see curly eyebrows and blonde locks.

"Moshi?" Sanji stared at him in surprise before glancing up at the sky in which he had fallen. "Werent you just with Usopp? How'd you get up there? And- Woa-" Moshi cut him off when he slid onto Sanji's shoulder and rubbed his little head against his cheek.

He really had gotten lucky this time.

"Guess you're with me for the time being, eh?" Sanji shrugged and lit up another cigarette. "Let's go."

Gucha.

"Woa!" Sanji and Moshi stood in front of a cart with a giant fish on it. The man behind the cart gave them a smile. "Welcome!" He stated, putting his hands on his hips.

"Whats this funky fish called?" Sanji asked, pointing at the huge fish in awe.

"This is an elephant tuna." The male replied, smiling proudly. "You normally wouldn't see these tuna around these parts, but one just so happened to swim up here from the southern seas. And so I snatched it right up with my fishing pole!"

"You caught this?" Sanji asked in amazement.

"Shall I cut it up for you?"

"No no." Sanji shook his head. "I'll take the whole thing! Thank you for your generosity, sir!"

As the man was putting the large fish into the bag, Sanji and Moshi noticed Usopp walk over towards them. "Is that Usopp?" Sanji muttered. "What does he need here?"

Usopp bent down and stared in delight at some eggs. "Holy crap, these eggs are so cheap!"

Sanji sweatdropped. "What is he, a housewife?"

Gucha.

"Good thing I managed to run into you, Usopp." Sanji grinned as he and Usopp walked through the streets carrying the large fish.

"Why do I have to carry the heavier side?" Usopp growled. "Well...I'm glad you found Moshi...Nami and I thought we had lost him forever.."

"Oh by the way, I happened to see a lion just a little while ago." Sanji continued, ignoring Usopp. "But there was this weird looking guy in a costume riding him.."

"Eh? Nami? Zoro?" Usopp blinked and the two men came to a stop as Nami and Zoro came into view. Nami was carrying a very large bag, and Zoro was holding on to three new swords.

"Moshi!" Nami smiled in relief. "You're safe! Usopp and I were so worried!"

"Funny, I could have sworn he was just sitting on my shoulder..." Zoro scratched his head. "But anyway, where's Luffy?"

"He said he wanted to check out the execution stand." Nami stated.

"Isn't the execution stand right here in the town square?" Usopp asked, checking his surroundings.

"Um well.." Sanji pointed up at the execution stand, and there sat Luffy looking like, well, an idiot. "Yes actually the one about to be killed right now.."

"...Why the hell is he on the execution stand?!" All four pirates shouted, waving their arms and sweatdropping.

A certain red nosed clown stood above Luffy with a sinister smirk on his face. "For the crime of angering me.." He loudly began, catching the attention of everyone in the audience. "I sentence you, Monkey D. Luffy, to a flashy execution!"

The pirates working under Buggy started cheering, shooting guns and wildly waving their swords.

"Yahooo!"

"Let's cause a flashy ruckus, boys!"

"This is the first time I've seen an execution." Luffy stated.

"You're the one being executed here!" Buggy yelled, surprised at just how idiotic the rubber male was.

"What?!" Luffy cried, staring at him with big eyes. "Are you kidding me?!"

"No, you stop kidding around!" Buggy replied, deadpanning. "Anyhow, your flashy execution shall now be carried out for the whole world to see! Any last words?!"

Luffy pouted before taking a deep breath. He narrowed his eyes at the people staring up at him and then he spoke.

"I'm the man who's gonna become the Pirate King!"

"Is that all you have to say, rubber boy?!" Buggy lifted up his sword.

"Wait!" Luffy looked down at the astounded audience. "Zoro! Sanji! Help me out here!"

"Right!" Both men replied, running towards the execution stand. Moshi was still on Sanji's shoulder, but he was just barely hanging on.

"In any case, we have got to bring that execution stand down!" Zoro yelled.

"I know!" Sanji replied.

The Buggy pirates were trying to stop Zoro and Sanji, and it was a blur of Sanji's fierce kicks and Zoro's blades clashing against all of these small fries. Moshi was constantly being tossed through the air, sometimes landing on Zoro's shoulder and other times landing on Sanji's head or even on a random pirate. The two men were giving it their all, Moshi could tell that much.

"Zoro! Luffy yelled. "Sanji! Usopp, Nami and Moshi!" He smiled as Buggy's sword was inches from clashing with his head. "Sorry! Shishishi! But it looks like I'm dead!"

An explosion of lightning could be seen and then there was darkness and Moshi couldn't see a damn thing, not even with his amazing eyesight.

Gucha.

"Shishishi!" Luffy stood over a burnt execution stand and a knocked out Buggy. "Looks like I survived after all!"

"Oi." Sanji lit up another cigarette, looking a bit worse for wear. "Do you believe in god?"

Rain began to fall all around them. Moshi happily sat on Luffy's shoulder, glad that he was okay. He tucked himself into his shell when the rain began to fall. Sanji scowled when he couldn't get his cigarette to light.

"Enough talking and let's leave this town already." Zoro replied, also looking worse for wear. "We've got more trouble heading our way."

And just as he said that, a group of marines appeared with guns in their hands and came running towards them.

"Run for it!" Sanji yelled and the three men took off running, not caring in the least that so many people were staring after them in shock and awe.

The men weren't able to make it out of there on a clear path. There were plenty of marines they had to occasionally knock out as they headed towards the Merry Go.

"The winds getting worse.." Zoro commented, looking up at the sky.

"Jeez, these guys are so persistent!" Luffy pointed behind them. "Should we just stop and fight them all off?"

"Don't." Sanji stated. "There will be no end to them. Most importantly, Nami told us to return to the ship as quickly as possible and...ah!" The three men blinked as a certain blue haired woman stood in front of them with an angered look in her eyes.

"To think that you were Roronoa Zoro!" Tashigi growled. "And a pirate at that too! You were just toying with me all along!"

"You bastard!" Sanji yelled. "What did you do to that lady?!"

"Never thought you were a marine.." Zoro muttered.

"I shall take that Wado Ichimonji!" Tashigi growled, holding up her sword.

"Just try it." Zoro smirked, not at all afraid of this woman. Of course, Zoro wasn't afraid of anything (except Nami's debts.)

Zoro and Tashigi's swords clashed. "Go on ahead without me!" Zoro told them as they ran by.

"That bastard dares to hurt a lady?!" Sanji growled, leaving Luffy to pull him as they continued to make their escape.

"Moshi!" Luffy stated. "Hang on tight! I know it's a rough ride, but you're strong!" Moshi nodded his head fiercely and held on to Luffy's shoulder tightly, though the rain was making it hard.

"Look Sanji! Someone is up ahead!" Luffy yelled over the rain.

"Another small fry?!" Sanji tsked.

"Who're you?" Luffy called.

The man was somehow able to speak with two cigars in his mouth. "The name's Smoker. I'm a captain of the marine headquarters." He took a deep breath before continuing to speak. "And I won't allow you to set sail from here!" With that being said, his arms turned into smoke and it quickly surrounded the two men and Moshi.

One puff of smoke, or rather his fist, wrapped around Luffy's waist and lifted the straw hat boy into the air. "Wahh!" Luffy wildly waved his arms.

"You freak of nature!" Sanji yelled, delivering a kick to the smoke...only for it to be grabbed and then he too was lifted off the ground.

"I don't have time for runts. White blow!" He stated before throwing Sanji into a nearby building.

"Sanji!" Luffy cried. "Why you..Gomu Gomu no pistol!" His fist shot at Smoker's body, but he disappeared in a puff of smoke and reappeared behind Luffy.

"Are you really worth 30 million beli?" He asked, staring Moshi straight in the eye and wondering just why a snail was sitting on his shoulder. Smoker jumped onto Luffy's back and slammed him into the ground, knocking Moshi off his shoulder and onto the concrete.

"Hmph." Smoker sighed. "Looks like your luck's come to an end." He stated, reaching for his giant sword thingy.

"Or perhaps not." A voice suddenly stated, placing a hand onto Smoker's gloved fist.

Smoker looked up in surprise, nearly dropping his cigars. "You're.."

The man with the green cloak from earlier stood before Moshi's eyes.

"What?" Luffy muttered, his face practically buried into the ground. "Who's there?"

"The entire government is after your head you know." Smoker casually continued, ignoring Luffy's question.

"The world awaits our answer." The mysterious man replied, giving him a small smirk.

A gust suddenly blew Luffy and Moshi away, and Zoro appeared from out of nowhere dragging Sanji with him.

"Guys!" He yelled. "Run for it or we will be trapped on this island! A huge ass storm is coming!"

Luffy rubbed his head, putting Moshi back onto his shoulder. "...Wha?"

"I said move it!" Zoro grabbed Luffy and dragged the both of them towards their destination.

Gucha.

"Yahoo!" Luffy cried, once he and the others had somehow made it out to sea in the dangerous storm. "The ship feels like it will flip right over!"

"You see that light over there?" Nami pointed towards the only sign of light on the pitch black sea. "The entrance to the Grand Line is just up ahead. So what shall we do?"

"This calls for celebration." Sanji stated, putting a barrel into the middle of the ship and placing Moshi on top.

He put his foot onto the barrel and grinned.

"To finding the All Blue!"

Zoro put his foot onto the barrel and smirked.

"To become the greatest swordsman."

Luffy put his sandaled foot onto the barrel and smiled his strange little smile.

"To become Pirate King!"

Nami put her foot onto the barrel, her small feet contrasting greatly with the rest of the men's large feet.

"To draw a map of the world!"

Finally Usopp placed his foot onto the barrel and smiled proudly, looking at his new friends.

"T-T-To become a brave warrior of the sea!"

Moshi only happily shook his entire body, his teal eyes glistening in happiness. One could tell that he really was growing- he was slightly bigger and his skin was a more silverish color.

"To being with them forever.." The snail thought to himself.

The East Blue Five smiled at each other.

"To the Grand Line we go!"

Gucha!

I wrapped up the East Blue Arc in 20 chapters. I feel proud of myself, because Lougetown wasn't stretched! *Claps*

This is the longest chapter I've written for this story thus far.

Hooray! Finally, we're about to begin our adventure in the Grand Line! Can't wait to get to more important parts of the story!

Really glad you guys are still sticking with me. I probably say it often, but it's true. Please don't ever give up on me, I always try to get the chapters out as quickly as possible but I'm lazy and I hate typing out fight scenes (but at the same time I love it!)

Little surprise in the next chapter. Not really much of a surprise. But ya know.

That's all I really have to say, because wow am I tired. So please review and all that other good stuff yo.