Hey Guys! Crescent Rider here and I am back with another chapter. But before you all begin, you should all know that while I worked on this chapter, I've gone and done the work to put this into Dryad's AO3 Account (Again, My A03 Account).

As a reminder, I will answer any questions you might have and provide interesting outcomes for What-If Scenarios.

That is all and enjoy the chapter!

Drinker's Pub

After the Mayor faces Buggy and his crew, Luffy arrives to save him by separating the Mayor from Buggy's detached hand and the others stand alongside him, "I'm here to kick your ass, just like I promised I would, Buggy!"

Buggy was grunting while trying to pull his hand away from Luffy but had a firm hold on his hand until he deliberately let go of it and returned to Buggy's wrist. This was something Marie would take note of.

"Damn you, Straw-hat!" Buggy cursed, and growled "How dare you! You can't just waltz up to me and treat me like this! I'm Captain Buggy and I won't stand for it!"

They ignore him for a while as Nami turns to Zoro and Marie, "Listen to me, all I want is the chart and treasure, and then I'm outta here, you got it?"

"Yeah, I got it," Zoro understood,

"Clear as glass," Marie followed,

"Get out of here... Why'd you follow me? You're outsiders, leave this to me" The Mayor groaned, "This is my fight I need to be the one to protect my town,"

The Mayor then grabbed his spear and stood tall, "Buggy is my fight!"

Before he could do anything, Luffy grabbed the back of the Mayor's head and slammed him against a wall. Nami was dumbfounded, Zoro just stared, and Marie just opened her mouth before closing it again.

The Mayor rasps for a moment, then falls to the ground while Luffy dusts his hands.

"What the hell do you think you're doing!?" Nami yelled, "Why'd you knock out the mayor!"

Luffy turns and replies, "Because,"

"It's not a bad idea," Zoro said, "If the old man continued to fight, he would've died. It's for the best,"

"Certainly, given how stubborn he is," Marie added,

"You didn't have to hit him! I'm sure we could have thought of a more humane way to deal with the situation!" Nami yelled,

But Luffy ignored her as he took several steps forward and took a deep breath before yelling loud and proud, "BIG NOSE!"

Buggy and his crew are dumbstruck by Luffy's cry and Nami becomes frantic by the result, "That's the worst thing you could have said to him!"

"Oh, you damn flashy idiot! I won't stand for this" Buggy growled with veins popping from his forehead, "TAKE AIM AND FIRE THE BUGGY BALL!"

The cannon was soon aimed at them, and Nami would run from the line of fire while Zoro declared, "Come on, Luffy! We've gotta go!"

"You go ahead," Luffy insisted, "I'm fine, just watch,"

"Well, this might be fun," Marie remarked with a smile,

"TIME TO DIE!" Buggy yelled and the cannon was fired at them,

"Gomu Gomu no...!" Luffy takes a deep breath which inflates his body into a balloon and takes on the Buggy Ball, "Fusen!"

Nami, Buggy, and his crew dropped their jaws at the irregular shape Luffy took, then he returned the Buggy Ball to the sender and the same explosion occurred again. Only this time, it destroyed the building they were on.

"Alright, I got 'em!" Luffy cheered,

"And it always feels nice to return things, don't you think?" Marie added,

"What the hell kind of monster, are you!?" Nami yelled, "The girl making clones is one thing! But you are another!"

"I think you two freaked her out," Zoro commented,

"Guess we hadn't explained to her what we are," Marie noted,

As the smoke cleared, all that remains of the building was a pile of rubble and Buggy's crew were all down for the count. All the while, Nami frantically expresses, "I knew something was weird after you've survived that fight with the lion! No human being could do what you do! Now explain yourself! What the hell was that balloon-inflatey thing you did just now!"

"The Gomu Gomu no Fusen," Luffy stated,

"I don't care what you call it! Just tell me how you did! What are you, some kind of freak!" Nami loudly questioned,

Before she could be answered, Buggy had emerged from the rubble, and before him were two of his men who acted as his shield, "How dare you try to flashily do me in,"

"Unreal, using his men as a shield," Nami reprimanded,

"And to think they call him 'Captain'?" Marie rebuked,

Moments later, they soon find Mohji popping up from the rubble, standing straight, and glancing around his surroundings. Then he spots Luffy and Marie, "No! It's you two!"

"Hi!" Luffy greeted,

"Nice to meet you again!" Marie followed,

Mohji frantically screamed as he recognized the two, then came to inform his Captain, "Captain Buggy! We have to be careful, that Straw Hat guy has Devil Fruit Powers like that girl, He's a rubber person. I saw it myself!"

"What?" Buggy registered,

"Rubber person?" Nami inquired,

"Yeah," Luffy replied, pulling onto his rubber-like cheeks,

Nami yelps then she turns to Marie, "Then what about you!? What kind of person are you!"

"The girl with many forms," Marie replied and Ecstatic's arm popped and waved at her, which made Nami squeak even more, 'This is insane'

"A Devil Fruit, that explains how he bounced that Buggy Ball at us," Buggy presumed,

"How do you plan on responding to this insult," A man asked as he held Richie in the same manner as Buggy, "Captain?"

"Oh, Cabaji! I don't know too angry to even thought!" Buggy responded,

"Put him down, Cabaji! What the hell did you do to my Richie?!" Mohji yelled,

"This cat? I used it as a shield to keep my clothes from getting dirty," Cabaji responded,

"It was a good plan, considering how I would've been dirty myself," Another man remarked as he appeared behind Cabaji,

The man in question had a top hat, an extravagant suit, a purple cape, and leather tap shoes. He also wears a white half mask that partially covers the right side of his face and the left side has an eye mascara. Presumably, he's like a magician.

Cabaji dropped Richie to the ground and Mohji went to his lion in concern for its well-being. When the lion regained consciousness, it saw Cabaji and the magician and proceeded to hide behind the rubble in fright.

"Damn you, you bastard!" Mohji yelled and tried to punch Cabaji,

But the latter avoided and kicked the former towards the group's way, "Out of my way!"

"How about!" Luffy raised his leg, and proceeded to kick Mohji in the face, "Out of my way!"

With Mohji out, all that remained was Buggy, Cabaji, and the Magician.

"Captain Buggy," Cabaji called,

"Yes, Cabaji?" Buggy inquired,

"Allow us to repay their disrespect," Cabaji declared,

"We'll show these fools what we're truly made of," The Magician followed,

"Fine, but! Make it a good show, for everyone!" Buggy declared,

Cabaji and the Magician smirked before jumping over Buggy and charging towards the group. The latter was on foot while the former rode on a unicycle,

"You may call me Acrobat Cabaji!, Captain Buggy's Chief of Staff," Cabaji introduced himself,

"And I am Foley, Second Mate of the Buggy Pirates!" The Magician followed, "And all of you will pay for your insolence

As they closed in on Luffy, Zoro and Marie got in between them and their captain with the former catching a punch from Foley and the latter drawing his sword on Cabaji.

"I'll clash swords with you," Zoro declared directly to Cabaji while Marie stated to Foley, "And you're mine, Magician,"

"It's an honor, Roronoa Zoro," Cabaji agreed to Zoro, and briefly eyed his injury, "As a swordsman myself, I will relish this chance to slay you,"

"And you, little girl, will certainly be worth killing considering the trouble you have caused," Foley added,

"Glad to have your attention, now why don't we take this fight," Marie sprouts arms from her back, grabs Foley's arms, and throws him over the group a few meters, "Somewhere else!"

Foley shows off some of his acrobat techniques and stands while tipping his hat back in place.

Marie then readied her fighting stance while Foley performed a little sleight of hand and pulled out a dagger from both hands, "Neat, but you aren't the only one who can do that, Jiga Fomu!"

From the palm of Marie's hands, what emerged were two extra hands and they somehow morphed those hands into daggers of carbon and iron, "Dakusu!"

The two dashed towards each other and clashed blades and whenever her blade slid against Foley's, it caused a metal ringing sound that caused Nami to cover her ears. Then the two locked blades, and Marie holds her ground against Foley.

"Not bad, little girl. With tricks like this, it's no wonder why you're worth all the trouble," Foley remarked,

Marie said nothing as she focused on the battle in front of her, but she soon lost that concentration when Zoro grunted out in pain and she turned to him as she heard her brother's voice, "Zoro!"

Foley smirked then he slipped out what appeared to be small blades from his mouth, as soon as Marie turned back to him, she was a little late in her reaction as Foley spat the blades her way.

She pushed him back and jumped away, but not unscathed as Foley had struck a blade into her arm, "You shouldn't have paid more attention to yourself over others, little girl,"

"You okay, Marie?" Luffy asked,

"I'm fine, it's just a scratch," Marie replied, and pulled the blade off of her arm,

"How is a blade in the arm a scratch!" Nami expressed,

Foley smirked while whirling his daggers around his hands, "Such bravado would only get you so far, now try these on size!"

Foley throws what appears to be small balls toward Marie's feet and explodes in a crackling flash of light, blinding her in the process. But while she's dazed, Foley closes the distance and kicks her right in the stomach.

She briefly rolls over to the ground but manages to recover. As for her sight, she was still recovering from those flash bombs at a slightly faster pace than regular people.

"First that swordsman keeps going after Zoro's injury, now that magician's hitting her when she's blind! These guys seriously fight dirty!" Nami exclaimed,

"What's this? It's such a disgrace for a sight to see a grown man moaning," Cabaji mocked, directly at Zoro, "I suppose now you can see how foolish it was to make an enemy of the Buggy Pirates,"

"It is to be expected," Foley agreed while tossing and catching his daggers, "Coming from a pack of filthy thieves,"

Nami then remarked in disbelief on how these two are still fighting despite their disadvantages, then she questioned Luffy on why he isn't doing anything to help them. But in Luffy's eyes, he had a lot of faith in these two and he's quite honorable regarding duels, no matter how unfair they are.

"Cabaji, I think it's time we end this little riff-raff," Foley suggested and readied his blades,

"Of course, Roronoa Zoro is finished!" Cabaji yelled as he and Foley charged head-on,

"So that's how you want to win, huh?" Marie remarked as she stood straight, and the same goes for Zoro, "If you planned on giving us handicaps to a duel..."

"Die!" Foley yelled as he jumped, and attempted to strike her down with his blade,

"Then, you're gladly mistaken!" Marie yelled as she managed to block Foley's attack with her dagger and Zoro willingly allowed Cabaji's sword to gaze right across his bandaged wound,

"Why didn't he dodge..." Nami muttered,

"Is that enough of a handicap for you two?" Zoro questioned then turned to Cabaji, who had joined Foley's side, "And now we'll show you, just how superior our skills are to yours,"

Marie smirked as well and readied her daggers, while Luffy cheered, "Hey, Zoro, Marie! Get 'em!"

"You fool, you've made a vast error in judgment," Cabaji retorted, "We won't be mocked,"

"Then let's not beat around the bush and get this over it, before you talk us all to death," Marie reprimanded,

"Such insolence, for that I will have your tongue," Foley declared and readied several throwing blades while Cabaji prepared various spinning tops as well,

"Acrobat Technique/Magician Technique!" Cabaji and Foley simultaneously started, then threw their respective projectiles at the two, "The Dance of a 100 Kamikaze Tops!/Spades of Death!"

Zoro would cut down the spinning tops and repel every blade, then Marie buckles her knees, "Jiga Fomu: Ushigaeru,"

The muscles of her shin and thighs began to expand, then release as she dashes towards Foley at high speed. But the latter was quick as she pulled out a smoke ball and threw it into the ground,

Marie goes through the smoke, shifts her body to face forward, and grinds her feet against the ground while well aware that Foley slipped past her attack. Then she suddenly heard the sound of a gun clicking and jumped hig h as Foley tried to shoot her with a gun he'd hidden.

"Guns? How original," Marie remarked and daggers submerged into her hands,

"That may be true!" Foley said, and aimed his guns at her, "But this is the end for you!"

Marie was open to his attacks in the air, but she had a solution for that as a pair of arms emerged from her stomach, and grappled the sides of her abdomen, "Solemn!"

This was Marie's newest clone and possessed the ability to turn her arms into blades in the shape of a Mantis. Somehow, Solemn Marie repelled the bullets due to her sharp eyes and quick reaction.

After those bullets are cut, she goes in for the finishing blow. But Foley threw another smoke bomb at Solemn Marie and got out of harm's way. He was cocky as she failed to catch him and aimed his guns at Solemn Marie, but what he didn't expect was for Marie to hit the ground, and dash towards his way with 'Ushigaeru Fomu'.

Normally, this wouldn't work as she'd be fired upon by Foley's pistols before she could reach him. What made it impossible was that Marie also expanded the muscles in her arms and propelled herself with greater speed and force upon impact.

Foley loudly grunts in pain as Marie lands a solid hit against his stomach like a missile, and what followed was the two crashing through a wall and Zoro defeating Cabaji with his signature move 'Onigiri'

"Cabaji! Foley!" Buggy cried out in concern, while Luffy smiled upon their victories,

"I can't believe... The Buggy Pirates... were defeated by petty thieves," Cabaji weakly said before falling to the ground defeated,

"We aren't petty thieves..." Zoro corrected, then fell to the ground due to overexerting himself with his open wound, "We're pirates... Luffy, I'm going to sleep,"

"That goes double for me..." Marie said as she emerged from the hole, hand on her head, and lying against a wall, "Because I've got a splitting headache after that trick,"

"Sure, I'm looking forward to this," Luffy expected as he prepared himself to face Buggy, who grits his teeth upon seeing his men fall by Zoro and Marie.

After he's done fuming about the fall of his men, he goes on to question Luffy, "You guys, are pirates?"

"Yeah, and we're searching for the Grand Line," Luffy said,

"Ha! That's not an easy voyage, you know and I don't think three halfwits the likes of you can handle it!" Buggy reprimanded, "And what will you do if by some miracle you make it there? Go on a sightseeing tour or something?"

Buggy then began to laugh hysterically until Luffy firmly revealed his goal, "Be King of the Pirates!"

Buggy gags while comically tilting his head before yelling, "You can't be serious, you idiot! If you were King of the Pirates, then that would make me God! There's only one who can obtain be King of the Pirates and obtain all this world's treasure and that's gonna be me, got it!"

"You're annoying," Luffy remarked, buckled his knees, and readied himself for a fight, "Let's go ahead and settle this!"

Buggy would pull four daggers on each hand, and stated, "Seeing that Straw Hat brings back memories of him and it really gets my blood boiling so bring it on you wannabe pirate! You remind me of him, that Damned Cheeky Red-Haired Pirate!"

Luffy and Marie were soon struck with curiosity as Buggy is they assumed that he was referring to one pirate in particular.

'Does Buggy know something about Red-Haired Shanks?' Marie assumed, 'If so, I want to know the story behind these two,'

"What did you say?" Luffy exclaimed in surprise, "The Red Hair, wait are you saying you knew my old friend, Shanks?"

"That's right, I knew Shanks once," Buggy replied,

"Do you know where he is now?" Luffy asked,

"I don't know, I guess that depends, Straw Hat," Buggy sarcastically denied, "maybe I do or maybe I don't"

"What are you talking about, did you forget?" Luffy blissfully asked,

"No, I didn't forget you moron!" Buggy yelled, while Marie corrected Luffy in his stead, "He didn't forget, Luffy. He just doesn't want to tell you,"

"See! Even that little brat knows what I mean!" Buggy pointed, "But I'm not going to tell you out of the kindness of my heart. You're going to have to work for that info,"

"Fine, I'll make you talk!" Luffy declared,

Buggy chuckled, then clicked his shoe to unveil a blade, "You can give it your best shot, I don't like your chances. I doubt rubber can bounce back from a blade,"

Luffy bluntly admitted, and Buggy was the first to make his move by launching lower half at him, "Bara Bara Senbei!"

Luffy avoids this by jumping in mid-air and Buggy took advantage of that, "Can't move in mid-air, can you? Too bad!"

Buggy threw all his daggers at Luffy, but he proved him wrong by stretching his hand towards a wooden post and pulling himself out of harm's way. Meanwhile, Buggy's lower half returned to him and the two briefly complimented each other,

"Gomu Gomu no Pistoru!" Luffy yelled as he tried to punch Buggy, but he avoided it and remarked that his abilities were quite neat but left him open,

However, Luffy wouldn't let him attack his undefended arm as he grabbed the tree and launched himself towards Buggy to clothesline him, "Gomu Gomu no!"

"Bara Bara Kinkyu Dasshutsu!" Buggy yelled and quickly popped his head off of his neck

"Kama!" Luffy yelled but Buggy had gotten himself out of harm's way and crashed into a tree,

Buggy mockingly laughed at him before reattaching his head again, "Not good enough, Gomu-Gomu!"

Luffy emerges from the rubble unharmed, and placed his straw hat back onto his head, "Damn, you keep breaking into pieces!"

"What... They're still going at it, I can't believe these guys," Nami muttered,

"What'd you expect, they're Devil Fruit Users and Captains of their own crew," Marie said as she suddenly came up behind her, and unintentionally startled her,

"Don't sneak up on me like that!" Nami yelled,

"I'm sorry," Marie apologized while bowing her head a few times, then turned to the bag she was hauling, "What's in the bag?"

"Oh, this is Buggy's treasure that I stole," Nami answered, "And don't even think about stealing it for yourself, because it's mine,"

"I don't plan to, Because money is what I consider a common need of the people, myself included," Marie noted, "As for treasure, it's a whole other meaning to me,"

"What do you mean by that?" Nami questioned,

Before Marie could say, they suddenly heard her brother yell at Buggy, "You bastard!"

"How's that? Was I not supposed to scratch your face or something?" Buggy sarcastically questioned,

Luffy did not respond as he was fuming at the damage of his Straw Hat and Buggy became confused before he heard him yell, "This hat is my only treasure! And anyone who so much as lay a finger on it is gonna pay!"

Nami and Marie just stared, though the latter was the only one who understood the meaning of this straw hat while the former remarked, "And I didn't think there was anything that fazed him,"

"There are Nami-san," Marie admitted, "And you would not believe them unless you've seen them yourself,"

"Oh, I believe you. I mean look at him, he's getting so upset about a hat," Nami believed,

"Hm... It seems that hat has a history to you," Buggy remarked,

"That's right!" Luffy confirmed,

"Is it really all that special?" Buggy questioned, and from the corner of Marie's eyes, she saw Buggy's detached hand floating from behind. He then threw a dagger at Luffy, and this made the latter dodge before going after his true target, "If that's the case, you should protect it!"

Buggy would control his daggers towards Luffy's hat, but before he could. Marie manages to use her Ushigaeru Form once more and launches herself in between Buggy's daggers and Luffy's hand.

Though Marie lessened the damage on Luffy's hat, it did not stop them from going through her right arm and she stifled herself from screaming in pain. What she did next was slide her feet against the ground, grab Buggy's detached arm with her left, and smash it hard into the ground.

Buggy responds as she expected as he clutched onto his right forearm and screamed loudly.

"Marie!" Luffy yelled out in concern,

"I'm fine, Luffy. This is nothing, Although I must apologize for intervening with your duel," Marie apologized, then her gaze is fixed towards Buggy, "That aside, it would seem I have your Devil Fruit all figured out, Buggy,"

Buggy grits his teeth while caressing his injured arm as Marie explains, "Even though your Devil Fruit powers allow you to detach your body into several pieces, they're still connected regardless of the distance between you and said parts. The same goes for whatever damage you sustain from them,"

Marie then tossed the detached hand back at Buggy, and started pulling the daggers off of her bleeding arm, "A flaw I've kept myself aware of in our encounters,"

After the last blade was pulled, Marie went to a tree and sat down, "This'll be the only time I'll intervene, Luffy! He's all yours from here on out,"

"Sure," Luffy replied rather seriously, and threw his Straw hat to Marie, "First you damaged my hat, and now you've hurt Marie. You've gone too far on going after my treasures, Buggy!"

Buggy, not taking Luffy's rage into account, had a say in the matter, "How is the world would some old tattered hat and a puny girl treasures? Treasure refers to sparking gold, silver, and jewels! And all those things reflect their owner's grandeur! Do you really consider those worthless things treasures? You need to grow up, boy!"

With every word spoken filled Luffy's mind with anger and Marie expected this from him, "Shut up! When Shanks gave me this hat, I made a promise!"

"What?!" Buggy growled, "You're telling me that that used to be Shanks' Hat! No wonder it looked so familiar. He always wore it when I knew it,"

This briefly causes Luffy to snap out of his anger as he expresses a baffled look on his face, "So you and Shanks were members of the same pirate crew?!"

"Yeah, back when we were pirates in training. We were fellow comrades," Buggy revealed, then freely expressed his disdain towards Luffy's face, "That damned detestable red-haired bastard!"

This reached Luffy's breaking point and charged Buggy head-on, "Shanks is a much better man than you'll ever be! You don't have the right to call him a comrade! And don't you ever badmouth him again!"

Buggy attempted to use Bara Bara Kinkyu Dasshutsu to escape Luffy's oncoming attack. But he did not anticipate him to go after his body inside of his face, as he fell Luffy continued, "I don't want you ever mentioning Shanks' name to me again, you bastard!"

Buggy coughed and tells him that he can say whatever the hell he wants about Shanks. Luffy then asked Buggy what happened between him and Shanks and where he could find him now.

As he lets go of Buggy's face, the latter asked if he really wanted to know and states that Shanks is the one person he loathes and that he'll never forgive him because he caused him a countless treasure in the past.

What followed is Buggy explaining the summarized details of his time with Shanks, or rather the reason why he hates him so much. It goes back to when Buggy found a treasure map from an enemy ship and planned on selling a Devil Fruit after he learned of its price from Shanks.

Then his plan went south after Shanks snuck up behind him and caused him to inadventarily swallow the Devil Fruit, after stuffing it inside his mouth, and lose the treasure map in the process. The tale ends with Shanks saving him from drowning and Buggy fuming over the thought.

For Luffy, he had other thoughts on the matter, "So, are you telling me Shanks saved your life?"

"No, that's not the point I'm trying to get across!" Buggy yelled, "Because of what he did to me, I was unable swim and therefore unable to obtain my sunken treasure!"

"But... You were the one who stuffed the Devil Fruit into your own mouth and Shanks saved you from drowning in sea," Marie pointed, "Shouldn't you be thanking him instead of loathing him?"

"Like hell I'd thank him for costing me so much treasure!" Buggy yelled,

'Forget it, girl. he's too stubborn to admit his own fault' Solemn Maria remarked,

"But then I've had a revelation, if I couldn't underwater, then I'd guess have to obtain all the treasure on dry land, Using this Bara Bara Power," Buggy would detach his upper body and floats in the air, "And now I won't let anyone touches my treasure live. Death to those who'll go after my hard-earned treasure!"

Without a second thought, Buggy goes after Nami instead of Luffy as he spots her with a large bag full of his treasure. But this would leave his lower body vulnerable and Luffy kicks him in between the legs.

Buggy's upper body froze as he gagged in pain, then falls on the ground in tears. For his lower body, it fell on the ground and wriggles in pain.

"Hey!" Luffy called out to Nami, "You better drop that treasure and get out of here, Nami. You don't want him coming after him again,"

Nami sternly denied his suggestion and question on why should she leave her treasure behind. Buggy recovers and angrily growled, "Did you just call it your treasure?"

"That's right, you heard me! I'm a thief who steals from pirates and I just a lot of treasure from a really annoying one!" Nami remarked, "So that makes this my treasure now, understand!"

Luffy seem to understand while Marie giggled to such a logic, though Buggy wasn't too pleased by it, "That's pure nonsense! That's my treasure, and just because you stole it from me doesn't you make it yours, you dirty sneaky thief! Honestly, what did your parents teach you!?"

"A criminal lecturing another criminal? Ridiculous," Nami criticized, "Well, whatever, The day I take a moral lesson from you is the day I stop being a thief,"

She'd mocking stick her tongue out while Buggy was still fuming in anger, "I hope you're ready for the consequences, now... Bara Bara!"

Buggy's lower half stands straight and both parts split into various parts, "Fesutibaru!"

Afterward, Buggy pulled all his pieces from Luffy and mockingly contested, "I'd like to see and save your friend now, Gomu-Gomu!"

"Damn it, he broke into smaller pieces!" Luffy complained, but then he noticed Buggy's feet just walking instead of floating, "What the...?"

While Buggy is preoccupied in chasing after Nami for his treasure, Luffy removes one of Buggy's feet from his shoe and starts tickling, pinching, and smashing his fist against Buggy's foot.

This caused Buggy to laugh, cringe, and scream in pain before yelling at Luffy to knock it off. Nami then reprimanded him with the same words and tried to hit him with her large bag of treasure. But this did nothing as Buggy caught it with his detached hands, "Thanks for giving back my treasure, Nami!"

What followed is Nami and Buggy hurling words at each other to let go until the latter tries to end her with his daggers. However, Luffy rushed in and kicked his head against the sack so hard that it burst out the treasure Nami stole.

While Buggy is temporarily knocked out, Nami thanked Luffy for the save and were soon reminded of what they needed: The Chart of the Grand Line and the Treasure.

However, Buggy recovered and only his head was floating from the ground, "This isn't over yet, Gomu-Gomu!"

"Ugh, he's still alive!" Luffy expressed in surprise,

"Shut up! How dare you flashily do this to me!" Buggy yelled, "You'll pay for this! Assemble! Bara-Bara Patsu!"

As soon as Buggy 'reassembled', he brought only his hands and feet together, making him smaller than he was supposed to be. Then it revealed that Nami tied up the rest of his parts with some rope, "Looking for these Buggy?"

"Gah, My Parts!" Buggy exclaimed

"Alright! Way to go, thief!" Luffy praised as he stretched his arms back, and ignored Buggy's plea, "See ya, Buggy! Gomu-Gomu no..."

Luffy pulls his arms forward and sends Buggy flying, "Bazuka!"

With him gone, The town was finally rid of Buggy and his crew and the Mayor's treasured village secured at last.

That is it for this chapter, and before you go. I realized that while working on the OC for Marie to fight, it turned out that that character was the same character from my first One Piece Story.

It wasn't intentional, but it works out in the end.

Next, I originally wanted to include the crew's departure to Orange Town here, but I've decided to save it for the next chapter that put it all here.

Lastly, you all may wonder how Marie managed to make weapons out of Clones. I'll give you two words for reference: Soul Eater.

That is all, and I'll see you all in the next chapter!

Marie's Jiga Fomu (Ego Forms):

Supaida (Spider)

Ushigaeru (Bullfrog)

Dakusu (Daggers) - New

Unnamed Mantis Fomu - New

Marie's Jiga Kuron (Ego Clones):

Ecstatic Marie

Purist Marie

Fury Marie

Solemn Marie - New

One unspecified Marie