Captain Buggy glared at Luffy as he hold his cheek in pain. He gritted his teeth as he seethed in rage. "Damn you, straw hat!" yelled Buggy. "How dare you! You can't just walk up and treat me like that! I'm Captain Buggy and I won't stand for it!" He shouted. The mayor coughed as he grabbed his throat, trying to catch his breath.
Nami turned to the swordsman. "Remember, all I want is the chart and the treasure, you got it?" said Nami.
"Yeah, I know." said Zoro.
The mayor looked at Zoro, Luffy, Nami, and Aya. He frowned. "You brats! Why'd you follow me ? You outsiders should mind your own business. This is my fight. I'm gonna be the one to protect my people and town. Buggy is my fight!" He shouted angrily. Luffy walked up to him and kicked the mayor on the side of his head, sending him flying into a brick wall. He slumped to the ground as he fell unconscious.
Nami gasped in shock. "WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?! WHY DID YOU DO THAT TO THE MAYOR?!" She yelled.
"Because he was in the way." said Luffy as he looked at her.
Aya nodded her head in agreement. "It's best this way. If he'd fought, he would've been killed or caught in the crossfire." She said. Zoro nodded his head.
Nami frowned in disapproval and sighed. "Still, you didn't need to be so rough with him." said Nami. "There are other ways of handling the situation."
Luffy ignored her and walked over to the building where Captain Buggy and the clown pirates, who were standing on top of the roof. Luffy smirked mischievously as he looked directly at the clown captain. "Here goes." said Luffy as he took in a deep breath. He
"BIG NOSE!" He screamed.
All of Buggy's pirate crew, including himself, gaped shock as their jaws dropped. Nami cringed. Zoro smirked. Aya snickered as she saw the look on their faces.
"That's the worst thing you could have said to him!" shouted Nami. Veins began to appear on Buggy's face as he glared at Luffy furiously.
"The audacity, I won't stand for it. You're really pissing me off. Fire that Buggy ball! Kill him! Kill them all! NOW!" Captain Buggy shouted. The crew aimed a cannon at the four.
"Why did you say that, you idiot!" said Nami as she took off to get away from the cannon's line of fire.
"Come on Luffy, we gotta go!" said Zoro, worried. Luffy didn't move from his spot. He smirked.
"You two go. I'll be fine, just watch." said Luffy. Aya shook her head, not moving as well.
"I want to stay and watch too." said Aya.
Zoro clenched his teeth in frustration. "You're both crazy! We need to move now!" He shouted.
"Fire now!" shouted the clown captain. The cannon went off and headed straight towards Luffy. "That won't work on me." said Luffy as he smirked. "Gum-Gum Balloon!" He shouted. Then Luffy began to blow up as he began to inflate himself. The cannon collided into him as he caught the Buggy ball, completely unharmed from the blast. Zoro and Nami stared completely dumbfounded as well as the rest of the clown pirates.
"W-What is he?!" shouted Buggy's crew members, shocked.
"He caught the Buggy ball?!" shouted Captain Buggy.
Luffy smirked. Then he launched the Buggy ball back towards the pirates as it rebounded back towards them. Their eyes widen in horror as the ball came closer towards them. "He's throwing it back!" shouted the crew members as they tried to scramble away, trying to get out of the line of fire. "Run! Hide! Do something!"
Aya felt someone grab her wrist and she looked to see that it was Zoro. He dragged her away from Luffy as the cannon ball sailed closer towards the building. "Damn it! We need to move, now!" He shouted as he and Aya ran, taking cover. The Buggy ball hit the building, destroying it, scattering the clown pirates. Zoro, Aya, and Nami managed to shield themselves from the blast as they took cover. They saw that the building was destroyed and Buggy's pirates were unconscious.
"Alright! It hit them!" said the straw hat captain.
"What the hell are you?!" shouted Nami.
"A little warning would've been nice." growled Zoro. Luffy giggled. Nami scratched her head in frustration. Suddenly, the rubble began to move and the four looked to see Buggy coming out of the pile, holding two of his men as shields.
"How dare you do that to us!" He growled as he tossed the crew members away. Nami frowned in disgust.
"Unreal, he used his underlings as a shield." She said. Zoro, Aya and Luffy frowned as well.
Lying on the ground, of the destroyed building, Mohji began to wake up. He quickly stood up and wildly looked around, confused. "What's going on here?" He asked. Then his eyes landed on Luffy. Mohji's eyes widen in fear. "I-It's YOU!" He stammered in fear.
Luffy smiled. "HI!" He said as he waved at him.
"Captain, you have to be careful he's got Devil Fruit powers! I saw it myself!" said Mohji in a panicked voice to his captain.
Buggy frowned. "That explains how he survived that Buggy ball." He said as he looked at Luffy. Then he began to smile sadistically, delighted with the thought of fighting with another Devil Fruit user.
"This should be interesting." He said to himself. Mohji tried to protest, but, he heard something from behind him.
"Captain, what's with all the ruckus?" A voice called out. The four saw a man holding Mohji's lion, with his hair tied back partly while one side was shaved. He was wearing a blue and white checkered scarf, a sleeveless purple coat that reached down to his knees, white pants being held up by a light blue sash and white shoes.
" Kabaji, how nice of you to join us. " said Buggy as he smirked sickeningly.
"Kabaji! You put him down, right now!" shouted Mohji, angrily as he saw the man holding his lion. He tossed the giant lion aside and it cowered behind the remains of the brick walls from the building, in fear. Mohji charged at Kabaji getting ready to throw a punch. But, he kicked the tamer away, sending him flying towards Luffy.
"Out of my way!" screamed Mohji.
Luffy smirked. "How about you-" Then he kicked Mohji. "Get out of my way!" shouted Luffy as Mohji's face crashed into a wall. He slid to the ground with a thud.
Kabaji smirked as he and Buggy watched. "Captain Buggy, allow me to pay their disrespect." asked Kabaji.
"Fine, but make it a good show for everyone." said Buggy. Kabaji smirked as he looked at the four.
"Get them!" shouted Buggy. Kabaji brought out a unicycle from out of his coat and charged at Luffy with his sword in hand.
" You may call me Acrobat Kabaji, Captain Buggy's chief of staff! You will pay for your insolence!" He shouted. Just a he brought his sword down on Luffy, it was blocked by another, by Zoro's.
"Since your using a sword, I'll be your opponent." said the swordsman.
"It's an honor, Roronoa Zoro...I'll fight you as a swordsman. I'll relish the chance to slay you." said Kabaji. Then he looked down at Zoro's wound as blood began to stain through the swordsman's clothes as the wound reopened.
"Hey, Zoro. You really should get some rest. Let me handle it!" Luffy protested but Zoro interrupted.
"Just stay back. I need to do this." He said as he looked at Luffy. The straw hat captain stared at him for a moment before nodding his head. Zoro nodded back in appreciation then turned his attention towards Kabaji. The acrobat had a sickening smirk on his face. Aya frowned, concerned. Something wasn't right. What was he up to?
Kabaji smirked. Before Zoro could counter, he blew fire into Zoro's face. Then swordsman managed to deflect some of it away with his swords. But, Kabaji came at him quickly and swinged his leg, hitting Zoro's wound. Luffy, Nami, and Aya gasped as Zoro screamed in pain and fell to the ground. He hissed as he held his side, glaring at the acrobat. Kabaji chuckled darkly.
"I'm guessing you didn't have time to heal." said the acrobat.
"He fights dirty! Going after his injury like that!" said Nami, disgusted.
"What a cheater! I'm going to kick his ass!" shouted Aya. She gritted her teeth in anger. Aya was about to rush in but Luffy held her back as he placed his arm out in front of her. Aya looked and saw that he had a calm look on his face. Then she looked back towards Zoro lying on the ground. As much as she wanted to help her friend, Aya couldn't. Zoro had placed his trust in Luffy that they wouldn't interfere with the fight. The swordsman had to prove that he had to do this on his own.
Then Kabaji stabbed the ground with the tip of his sword. He began to spin around, faster, faster, and faster until a cloud of dust began to form, hiding himself.
"Acrobat, my ass, that's just an ordinary dust cloud." said Zoro. Then in flash, Zoro narrowly deflected Kabaji's sword as it almost stabbed him. Then Kabaji swings his leg and hits Zoro's wound, again. Zoro howled in agony as he felt the burning pain on his left side.
"He did it again!" shouted Nami.
"You were foolish to fight me." Kabaji laughed as he watched Zoro lying at his feet as he howled and rolled around in pain. Luffy clenched his fists tightly while Aya glared at the acrobat.
"He keeps fighting with such a bad injury. He's hurt so bad. I don't understand how he can stand to fight." Said Nami to herself. Then she turned her head sharply looking at Luffy.
"Why are you just standing there watching?! He's going to get himself killed, you know!" She shouted while Luffy gazed at Zoro firmly, ignoring her. Kabaji smirked as he raised his sword.
"He's finished." He said as he charged towards Zoro.
"Come, you bastard." Said Zoro as he got up from the ground. "Having fun picking at my wound, then go ahead!" He glared darkly at Kabaji as the acrobat continued to charge towards the swordsman. Everyone gasped as Kabaji sliced right through Zoro's wound as the swordsman didn't move, not even flinching.
"Why didn't he dodge his attack?" asked Nami.
"Is that enough of a handicap for you?" Zoro lifted his head as he smirked, threateningly. "Then me show you, just how superior my skills are to yours!" Kabaji reeled back as Zoro's cold glare send shivers down his spine.
"Yeah, Zoro! Get him!" cheered Luffy.
"You've made a vast error of judgement. I won't be mocked." growled Kabaji.
"I'm going to be the world's greatest swordsman. I refuse to lose to someone like you, who calls himself a swordsman." said Zoro as he pulled out his katana that had a white sheath.
"Brave words for someone who's about to die." said Kabaji as he pointed his sword at Zoro.
"If I lose to you, then I don't have very bright future ahead of me, do I? " said Zoro as he placed the white sword, clenching it between his teeth.
"Why you little... " Kabaji growled grinding his teeth angrily.
"All right! Yeah!" cheered Luffy.
"Yeah, kick his ass!" cheered Aya. Nami stared at the two twins in disbelief.
"I won't stay and watch this." said Nami as she began to walk away. "You pirates can just kill each other for all I care. And it doesn't even matter to me whether you guys win or lose. I'm going to take this opportunity to swipe their treasure and get out of here. Maybe, we can team up if we see each other, again. Bye!" Luffy watched her as she left.
"Yeah, thanks. See ya!" Shouted Luffy as he turned back towards Zoro's fight.
Kabaji held his hand out and spinning tops shot out towards Zoro. Zoro dodged out of the way while deflecting some with his katanas.
Nami was walking down an alleyway looking for Buggy's treasure hideout. Then she stopped and looked back thinking about Luffy, Zoro, and Aya.
"Those guys are not normal. They're completely crazy. Nothing good will come from it. " She said to herself. Then she ran off. Nami stopped as saw a door that was hidden behind a pile of wood.
She opened it and walked down the stairs until she stopped when the thief saw a guard sleeping in a chair, passed out drunk. Nami sneaked past him until she stopped at a door that was locked. She took out her staff.
"Here we are. Now to steal their treasure and chart and get out of here." Said Nami as she broke the lock off the door.
Zoro sliced the tops that came out at him with ease until he stopped when he saw Kabaji smirked. The acrobat rode straight up the walls. Zoro watched wondering what he was up to. He sees Kabaji leap off the wall high into the air.
"Wow, that's high!" said Luffy as he watched Kabaji flying from above, shielding his eyes from the sun with his hand. He and Aya sees Kabaji coming down with his sword at Zoro. Buggy smirks and holds his right arm out.
"Chop-Chop Cannon!" He yells . His hand detached itself and launched towards the swordsman.
"Kabaji! I'll hold him! Finish him off!" Buggy shouted.
"Aye aye, Captain!" Kabaji shouted as he came down on Zoro. Zoro eyes widened as he saw the hand coming at him. He had no time to dodge both.
However, a foot slammed down hard on Buggy's hand as Aya stepped down on it. Buggy screeched in pain. "You stay out of this, coward!" shouted Aya.
"Aya?!" Shouted Zoro, shocked.
"You bitch!" shouted Buggy as he glared at her angrily. Luffy giggled gleefully. He walked up next to Aya, cracking his knuckles.
"You want to fight someone?" asked Luffy, with a wide grin on his face. "How about us?"
Buggy backed up looking at the two twins nervously. Aya smirked.
"I am so going to enjoy this." She said with a wicked grin on her face.
Nami lit a lamp that she found. She squealed with glee as soon as she saw the gleaming treasure before her. "Look at all of this stuff! And every last bit of it is mine!" She scooped up some of the coins and jewels and they ran down her in between fingers as they fell back into the pile. She smiled as she picked up a crown and placed it on her head. Suddenly, she saw a sword appeared next to her face.
"What do you think you're doing with our treasure?" A slurred voice called out from behind her. Nami turned around dropping the crown. The drunken pirate had woken up.
"Oh crap! He woke up!" Thought Nami to herself, nervously.
"By order of Captain Buggy, anyone who gets near the treasure will-" The drunk pirate paused and looked down at his drink but whined seeing that it was empty.
"Ugh, it's all gone." He grumbled to himself. Nami smirked as he was distracted. She kneeled down holding her chest, groaning in pain.
"Oh, it hurts!" She moaned.
"Hey, you alright?" Asked the pirate, confused.
"My chest starting hurting really bad."
"What your chest?" The pirate down and saw the swell of Nami's breasts as she pulled down her shirt revealing her cleavage. The pirate blushed and began to drool, perversely. Nami smirked as she took out her staff and hit the pirate right in between his legs.
He fell like a sack of potatoes to the floor, knocked out. Nami giggled until she saw a chain of keys around the pirate's neck. She took them and walked over to a chest and opened it, inside was a rolled up piece of paper. She smiled as she took it out.
"Yes! The chart of the Grand Line!" Shouted Nami, happily.
Aya pressed down harder on Buggys' hand, the clown captain gritted his teeth in pain. He glared at her and Luffy as the two stood in front of him. Zoro watched as he kneeled on the ground, panting, and a little faint from the blood loss.
"I assure you I don't need my captain to finish you off." said Kabaji.
"Enough, I'm tired of this." said Zoro as he panted with each breath. Kabaji laughed.
"So you finally given up, have you?" the acrobat stated.
"I think you've misunderstood. I'm tired of watching your boring little sideshow." said Zoro. Kabaji grinded his teeth as he glared at Zoro, angrily.
"So sorry to disappoint you. How about a real sword fight? DIE!" exclaimed Kabaji. He made a mad dash towards the swordsman. Zoro crossed his two swords across his chest while the white one was in his mouth. He slashed horizontally as Kabaji charged straight through him. The two stood back to back from each other until Zoro dropped to his knees, falling to the ground. Suddenly, blood spurted out from Kabaji's chest.
"KABAJI!" shouted Buggy in disbelief.
"I can't believe that I was defeated by petty thieves." said the acrobat as he fell from his unicycle and collapsed onto the ground as he went unconscious.
"We aren't petty thieves. We're pirates." grunted Zoro then he collapsed on the ground as well, completely exhausted. "Luffy, Aya, I'm going to sleep." He said then he closed his eyes and began snoring loudly.
"Ok, I'm looking forward to this!" said Luffy as he turned to Buggy, grinning wildly.
"Oh, so am I!" said Aya as she smirked. Buggy growls as he looks at the two twins.
Nami dragged a large sack of treasure, lugging it behind her as she struggled to pull it. It was incredibly heavy. She stopped and panted, taking a rest. Nami wiped the sweat off from her forehead.
"I scored an impressive treasure from the Buggy pirates, but hauling treasure is tiring. But, I guess it's worth the effort, though." Suddenly, Luffy, Zoro, and Aya appeared in her mind. She was confused. Pirates fighting for other people, risking their lives, instead of for themselves. No ordinary pirates would do that. She brush her thoughts away and stood up.
"Anyway, I need to find a boat so I can high tail it out of here." said Nami. Just as she was about to grab the sack, Luffy appeared in her mind again. Nami shook her head in frustration. "Nothing good will come out of it. He's a dirty no-good pirate. Just like all the rest." thought Nami to herself. Then she looked back to where the fight was with a distant look on her face.
Buggy looked at Luffy then at Aya eyeing them cautiously to see who would make a move first. He felt like a corned animal as he backed up away from them. Then two twins smirked and cracked their knuckles.
"You guys are pirates?" asked Buggy.
"Yeah, we're heading to the Grand Line!" replied Luffy.
"Ha! That's not an easy voyage , you know. I don't think you have what it takes. And what will you do, if you , by some miracle, make it there? Go on a sight-seeing tour or something?" Buggy laughed.
"Be King/Queen of the Pirates!" said the two twins, unfazed. Buggy stopped laughing as he stared at them in shock.
"You can't be serious, you idiots! I'm going to be king of the pirates!" He said, baring his teeth angrily.
"Your annoying. Let's go ahead and settle this." said Luffy, getting into a fighting stance. Aya got into a fighting stance as well.
"Yeah, stop yapping and lets get to fighting." She said. Buggy pulled out eight knives.
"Seeing that straw hat really makes my blood boil. So bring it on you wannabe pirates!" said Buggy, getting redder and redder by the minute. "You remind me of him. That damn sneaky Red-hair pirate!" The two twins eyes widen in shock as they lowered their hands slightly.
"What did you say?" Asked Luffy .
"Red hair?" Questioned Aya.
"Wait, are you saying that you knew Shanks?" demanded Luffy.
"That's right." growled Buggy.
" Do you know where he is now?" asked Aya.
"I don't know. Maybe I do, maybe I don't." said Buggy, looking menacingly. Aya growled in annoyance.
"What are you talking about? Did you forget?" said Luffy. Aya placed her hand on her forehead as she facepalmed herself. "I suppose ignorance is bliss, especially when it comes to Luffy." thought Aya to herself.
"NO, I DIDN'T FORGET, YOU MORON!" shouted Buggy at Luffy. Luffy grinned.
"Fine. I'll make you tell us!" He shouted.
"You can try, but you'll be dead before you get a chance to ask. Rubber can't bounce back knives." said Buggy. Then he looked at Aya. "I will cut you into little ribbons, little girl." Aya laughed.
"You wish." said Aya. Buggy growled. He stomps his shoes, making knives appear out of them. Then he throws his lower half at Aya, cartwheeling on the ground. Aya narrowly dodges out of the way in time. Then Buggy threw daggers straight at her but Luffy catches them between his fingers.
"Did you forget, you fighting me as well?" asked Luffy as he tossed the blades aside.
"Ho, ho, how interesting." said Buggy. Luffy giggled.
"You're not so bad yourself, but it's my turn now! Gum-Gum Pistol!" shouted Luffy as he leaped into the air throwing his fist back.
"I can predict your attack in the air." said Buggy. He moved out of the way just as Luffy crashed down, creating a crater in the ground.
"Shut up, you idiot!" shouted Luffy as he charged at Buggy throwing his fist back but Buggy separated his head from his body, dodging the attack.
"Damn it! Stop breaking into pieces!" growled Luffy. Buggy laughed. Aya frowned and groaned in frustration. "This is going nowhere. How can we beat him?" She thought to herself.
"I can't believe they're still fighting? These three are insane!" said Nami, watching from afar hiding behind the corner of a building. In the middle of the fight, some of the Buggy pirates have woke up.
"Did you see that?!" one of them said.
"Be quiet! Act like you're still unconscious. If we get involved in this, we'll never make it out of here alive." said the other. All of them began sweating nervously as they silently watch pretending to be knocked out.
Buggy shoots his arm, with four daggers at Aya. She catches it, but then she froze when she saw Buggy smirk. "Why is he smirking?" thought Aya to herself.
"Separate!" shouted Buggy as he detached his fist from his wrist. Aya tried to maneuver out of the way but managed to get a scratch on her cheek while Luffy had a scratch on his temple. Buggy laughed hysterically.
"How do you like that, you cocky brats?!" He shouted in a taunting tone. "You ready to give up yet." Then his expression changed into a frown when he didn't receive a reply from the two of them. Blood began to run down the side of Luffy's face. He had a darkened look in his eyes as he hold his hat. On the edge there was a small cut. Aya cringed at his expression. Then she turned towards the clown pirate.
"You donked up. BIG time." said Aya.
"YOU BASTARD!" screamed Luffy. Buggy nearly jumped, startled by Luffy's shout at him.
"You mad that I scratched your face?" Buggy snickered, not realizing what he had just done. Luffy glared at him, clenching the hat tightly in his hand.
"Bastard. How dare you damage this hat. No one damages my lucky hat and gets away with it. THIS HAT IS MY ONLY TREASURE! I WON'T FORGIVE ANYONE WHO SO MUCH AS LAY A FINGER ON IT!" roared Luffy, angrily. Buggy raised an eyebrow in surprise at the boy.
Nami was stunned as she watched. "And here I thought he couldn't take anything seriously. But just look at him, he's getting so upset over a scratch in his hat." She murmured as she continued to watch. Luffy grinded his teeth angrily.
Buggy made a wicked smile. "It seems that hat has a history to it, is it really all that special?" He asked.
Luffy didn't answer him as he continued to glare furiously at him. However, the two twins were unaware that there was a floating hand behind them as it throws two daggers. Luffy saw the attack and quickly jumped out of the way. Aya manages to jump out of the way as well, but, the dagger slices through her necklace as the chain got caught around it, retreating as it reattached itself back onto the clown pirate.
"If it's that important...YOU SHOULD PROTECT IT PROPERLY!" shouted the clown pirate. To Luffy's horror another hand shot out at fast speed and before he could react, it grabbed his hat and it was ripped it away from him.
Luffy hit the ground with a thud as the hand retreated back towards the clown pirate. Buggy grinned wildly at the two twins as he hold their treasures. "How is this tattered hat a treasure? HAHAHA! Treasure is sparkling gold, silver and jewels. Like this necklace!" Buggy smirked as he looked at it closer. Aya gritted her teeth angrily.
"Give it back!" She growled.
As Buggy inspected the necklace further, his eyes widen as they bulged in pure shock. Then he looked back at Aya. He went completely pale. "WHY DO YOU HAVE ONE OF THE NINE PIECES OF EIGHT?!" shouted Buggy. He stared at the girl in disbelief.
"I don't care what it is! You better give it back!" shouted Aya. "Give it back, right now!"
"And you give me back Shank's hat! You bastard!" shouted Luffy.
Buggy looked at the hat in his hand. "You really consider this worthless dirty straw hat a treasure? You need to grow up!" He laughed.
"Shut up!" shouted Luffy. "That's Shank's hat! He gave it to me and I promised to give it back!"
"You better give me back my necklace right now as well." said Aya, darkly.
"What?! You mean to tell me that this used to be Shank's hat?" asked Buggy in disgust. "No wonder it looked so familiar." Then he threw the hat on the ground.
"He always wore it, when I knew him." said Buggy. Luffy gasped. Aya's eyes widen in shock. They were on the same ship together?
"You and Shank's were on the same ship?!"
"Yeah, back when we were pirates-in-training, we were fellow comrades...that damned, detestable, red-haired bastard." Then Buggy crushed the hat underneath his foot as he stomped on it.
"Shanks is a better man than you'll ever be! You have no right to call him comrade and DON'T YOU EVER BAD MOUTH HIM AGAIN!" shouted Luffy as he ran towards the clown pirate.
He threw his fist back to punch Buggy in the face but he saw it coming. Buggy detaches his head from his body but Luffy quickly reacted and swung his leg and kicked the clown pirate right in the gut. Buggy wheezed as he cursed himself for falling for Luffy's trick. He fell to the ground and reattached himself back together.
Buggy coughed and wheezed as he tried to catch his breath. Then Luffy grabbed his shirt and lifted him into the air.
"Don't you ever mention Shanks name again, you bastard!" shouted Luffy.
"I can say what I want about Shanks, you little brat." said Buggy.
"Tell me what happened between you and Shanks! Where is he?!" hissed Luffy. "Damn it! How dare you do that to my hat!"
"Do you really want to know?" asked Buggy as his eyes flashed in fury.
"He is the one person I loathe. I will curse his name for the rest of my life. As long as there is breath in my body, I will never forgive him."
