Hello, again! This BlueRaptor629, coming back with another chapter! Very sorry for the really long unexpected hiatus. Got a bit of a trouble with personal circumstances.
This will conclude the Orange Town Arc, so be sure to read all the way to the end!
Disclaimer: I do not own characters from One Piece or Pokemon. Only the OCs.
Chapter 4: What is a Treasure?
(With Buggy and his crew)
After blasting through the town with a Buggy Ball, Buggy immediately had his men load the cannon with another one.
"The second shot is ready, sir." One of his men stated.
"Alright, then. Fire!" Buggy ordered with a smirk.
But before the cannon was fired once more…
"COME OUT, BUGGY THE CLOWN!"
Buggy and his men looked down and saw someone standing in front of the building that they currently stand on. It was none other than Boodle.
"I'M MAYOR BOODLE! AND THIS TOWN IS MY TREASURE! I WON'T LET YOU TERRORIZE MY PEOPLE ANY LONGER! SO, COME OUT AND FIGHT ME!" Boodle declared.
"You idiot. This town is no treasure!" Buggy retorted as he glared down at the elderly man. "Treasure is gold, silver, and jewelry! So, cut the crap, old man, and get out of here before I kill you!"
"YOU COULD NEVER UNDERSTAND HOW I FEEL!" Despite the warning, the mayor talked back to Captain of the Pirate crew that was attacking the town, which earned him getting choked from the grip of hand being launched by said Pirate Captain.
"Soon, I'm going to conquer the Grand Line and flashily obtain all the world's riches!" Buggy declared as he lifted Boodle up into the air. "And there's nothing you can do to stop me!" All the world will belong to me! Now, if this town means so much to you, then perhaps I'll do you a favor and kill you first! That way, you won't have to see me destroy your precious village."
Shut… up! And… fight me already…!" Boodle retorted before Buggy tightened his grip on the mayor's neck.
"Don't. Get. Cocky!" Buggy taunted.
"I'll never let you destroy this town, even if it cost me my very life…!"
"So be it." Buggy stated before he suddenly gasped in surprise.
Why? A certain straw hat boy swooped in and separated Buggy's hand from the mayor, saving him from being choked.
"That Straw Hat! Not again!" Buggy exclaimed.
Of course, Luffy was not alone as Zoro, Chiaki, Hoopa, and Nami swooped in as well.
"I'm here to kick your ass just like I promised I would, Buggy!" Luffy grinned as Buggy's hand managed to wiggle out from Luffy's hand and went back to Buggy.
"Damn you, Straw Hat!" Buggy cursed. "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 THIS!"
"Listen to me…" Nami began as she looked towards Zoro, Chiaki, and Hoopa. "All I wanted is the chart and the treasure and then I'm out of here. You got it?"
"Yeah, I got it." Zoro replied.
"Sure, sure. Whatever you say." Chiaki said as he approached Boodle. "Hey, Mayor. You okay?"
"Get out of here… Why'd you follow me?" Boodle asked coarsely. "You're outsiders! Leave this to me! This is my fight and I need to be the one to protect my town!" He picked up his spear once more. "BUGGY IS MY FIGHT!"
"You're one stubborn old man, I'll give you that…" Chiaki said as he walked to Boodle's back and proceeded to grab his head. "I'm really sorry about this, but I think you should sit this one out!" He proceeded to slam the mayor's head to a wall of a building, shocking Nami and even Buggy.
Boodle moaned as he fell down to the ground unconscious.
"What the hell do you think you're doing!?" Nami berated Chiaki. "Why'd you knock out the mayor!?"
"I had to." Chiaki simply stated.
"You know, that's not a bad play. If that old man kept trying to fight, he would've died." Zoro stated.
"Good work, Chiaki!" Luffy grinned.
"Sure, no problem."
"But you didn't have to hit him!" Nami screeched. "I'm sure we could've thought of a way to deal with this situation!"
"I dunno, he doesn't look like the type that can be reasoned with." Chiaki replied. "Time is short, so I went for the next best thing: By force."
"I swear, you are driving me crazy…!" Nami muttered.
Luffy came forward as he looked up to face Buggy. "Here goes…" He took a deep breath before he said his piece. "HEY, BIG NOSE!"
Expectedly, Buggy and his crew were shocked. Nami was horrified that Luffy deliberately making things worse for them.
"Oh. You damn, flashy idiot…!" Buggy growled as he glared at Luffy with extreme prejudice. "I won't stand for it. TAKE AIM AND FIRE THE BUGGY BALL!"
And just like that, the cannon was aimed at Luffy and the others.
"Luffy. I think you poked the guy a little too much…" Chiaki muttered as Nami ran to get out of the cannon's way.
"Come on, Luffy! We gotta go!" Zoro told his Captain.
"Don't worry, it's fine." Luffy said. "Just watch."
"TIME TO DIE!" With Buggy's shout, the cannon fired a Buggy Ball at Luffy.
Despite that, Luffy did not panic.
"Gum Gum Balloon!" Luffy shouted as inhaled the air, causing him to inflate his stomach greatly. The Buggy Ball collided with the balloon-like body and it did not go off.
Buggy and his crew were caught off-guard by the sight along with Nami.
"Oh, that's what you mean." Zoro said, now realizing why Luffy did not try to move. "But at least give us a warning."
"It really is like a balloon…" Chiaki muttered as he was in awe. He saw how Luffy caught the bullets back in Shells Town, and now he has seen him managing to stop a cannonball.
'Huh. So, there really is some wit in that rubbery head of his…?' Hoopa thought, feeling equally impressed.
Luffy proceeded to send the Buggy Ball back at Buggy and his Pirate crew. The underlings screamed in fear as the cannonball hit them once more, with this time destroying the pub they were in the process. The building was in ruins as the Pirates lay beneath the rubble.
"Alright! I got 'em!" Luffy smiled.
"WHAT THE HELL KINDA MONSTER ARE YOU!?" Nami exclaimed with shark teeth.
"I think you freaked her out." Zoro pointed out casually.
"That's the most accurate reaction, honestly." Chiaki said.
"I knew something was weird when you survived an attack from that lion!" Nami shouted.
"Hey, I survived that lion too." Chiaki reminded her as he pulled out Rockruff's Poké Ball. "It's all thanks to Rockruff."
"You mean to tell me that your weird puppy that can magically throw rocks and set its fang on fire somehow defeated that strong-looking lion!?" Nami was even more surprised by the information. While she was curious about that, she decided to hold that off and looked towards Luffy. "As for you, no human being can do what you do! Now, explain yourself! What is that 'balloon-inflaty' thing you did just now!"
"That was the Gum Gum Balloon." Luffy replied simply.
"I don't care what you call it! Just tell me how you did it!" The orange haired girl retorted. "What are you? Some kind of freak!?"
It was then that Buggy rose up from the rubble of the pub and approached them, having used two of his men as a shield to protect himself from the explosion.
"How dare you try to flashily do me in…" Buggy muttered as he dropped his unconscious subordinates.
"Unreal. Using his own men as a shield…" Nami commented.
Then, a certain "Beast Tamer" rose from the rubble as well.
"What in the world just happened here!?" Mohji wondered aloud before his eyes laid on Chiaki, startling him as the result. "No! It's you!"
"Yeah, it's me." Chiaki replied. "What? You want the runback? Because I'm more than happy to pound you again!" He continued, causing the guy to run behind his Captain.
"If you're curious about what just happened, Luffy is a rubber person." Hoopa explained. "He can stretch whatever parts of his body whenever he wants."
"A rubber person?" Nami repeated.
"Yeah! See?" Luffy said as he pulled his cheeks to prove it, causing Nami to be freaked out when she saw said cheeks stretching out.
"A Devil Fruit? That explains how he managed to bounce off the Buggy Ball back at us." Buggy said as a third individual rose from the rubble.
It was a man with dark green hair that covered half of his face with three lines on the right side of his head. He wore a sleeveless purple coat reaching down to his knees, a large blue and white checkered scarf that covered the lower portion of his face, light blue sash around the waist, white pants and white shoes.
"How do you plan to respond to this insult, Captain?" The man asked as he was revealed to be holding Mohji's lion, Richie, with one hand.
"Oh, Cabaji." Buggy greeted his subordinate. "I don't know. I'm too angry to even fart."
"Put him down, Cabaji! Just what the hell did you do to my RIchie!?" Mohji shouted, furious to see his pet lion being used as a meatshield.
"This cat? I used it to keep my clothes from being dirty." Cabaji answered as he dropped said lion to the ground.
Richie woke up soon after and immediately made eye contact with Cabaji, causing the lion to hide behind a rubble.
"Damn it! You bastard!" Mohji proceeded to charge towards his fellow crewmate with a punch, only to be kicked and sent flying to Luffy and the others. "OUT OF MY WAY!"
"How about… out of my way!" Luffy then went for a kick against Mohji, causing him to crash into a nearby building.
"Captain Buggy…" The dark green haired man called out to his Captain.
"Yes, Cabaji?" Buggy replied.
"Allow me to repay their disrespect."
"Fine! But make it a good show for everyone." The clown Pirate said, giving the guy the green light.
Cabaji chuckled as he jumped high up into the air before he landed on the ground, revealing to have ridden a unicycle before he landed on the ground. He immediately made his way towards Luffy.
"You may call me 'Acrobat' Cabaji, Captain Buggy's Chief of Staff!" Cabaji announced. "You will pay for your insolence!"
But before he could stab Luffy, Zoro stepped in between them and blocked Cabaji's sword with one of his own.
"I'll clash swords with you!" Zoro stated, volunteering to be Cabaji's opponent.
"It's an honor, Roronoa Zoro." Cabaji replied. "As a swordsman myself, I'll relish this chance to slay you!" He then took notice of the wound that Zoro had earlier.
"Hey, Zoro. You really should get some rest. Let me or Chiaki handle this guy." Luffy advised.
"While I'm still not part of the crew, he had a point." Chiaki said. "The bastard's gonna poke at your wounds, which is not something you want to have him do."
"Just stay back." Zoro insisted.
'That's the stab wound the Captain inflicted on him. The fool.' Cabaji thought. "Arsonist Technique!" He then spewed a stream of fire right into Zoro's face.
"Whoa! He can use Flamethrower!?" Hoopa exclaimed befor he quickly realized it was not the same. "Wait, nevermind. That looks like the cheap version of the move."
The so-called "Acrobat" then followed up with a kick at the stab wound, causing Zoro to scream in pain as he fell down.
"What's wrong? I didn't hit you that hard, did I?" Cabaji taunted.
"He fights dirty! Going after his injury like that!" Nami commented as Buggy simply smiled at the scene he was watching.
"Acrobat Technique: Murder at the Steambath!" Cabaji then proceeded to use his swords to spin around in place, kicking up some dust clouds to block Zoro's vision.
"'Acrobat', my ass! It's just an ordinary dust cloud." Zoro said before he immediately blocked another attack with his two swords, though this allowed Cabaji to kick at the wound once more, causing Zoro screamed once more he tumbled backwards into the ground.
"He did it again!" Nami pointed out as she and the other witnessed Zoro moaning in pain on the ground.
"What's this? It's such a disgrace to see a grown man moaning." Cabaji mocked. "I suppose you can see how foolish it was to make an enemy of the Buggy Pirates."
"To keep fighting with such a bad injury…" Nami muttered. "It's so bad, I don't know how he's managing to stay in the fight." She then proceeded to look at Luffy, Chiaki, and Hoopa. "Why are you three standing there!? He's gonna get himself killed, you know!"
Unfortunately, the three did nothing to respond as they simply continued watching the fight.
"Roronoa Zoro… IS FINISHED!" Cabaji declared as he cycled towards Zoro with his sword ready to stab him.
"You annoying, little bastard. Are you having fun poking at my wound?" Zoro muttered as he glared at his opponent. "Then, go ahead!"
The "Acrobat" proceeded to stab his sword right into the wound that he had been hitting on, feeling surprised that his opponent let him do that without a hint of fear.
"Ouchie!" Luffy grimaced.
"Oh, my… He's definitely gonna feel that one…!" Chiaki commented.
"That's risky, if anything…" Hoopa added.
Cabaji then pulled out the blade as he cycled past Zoro.
"Why didn't dodge his attack?" Nami asked.
"Is that enough of a handicap for ya?" Zoro began as he turned around to face his opponent. "And now, just let me show you just how superior my skills are to yours!"
"Yeah, Zoro! Get him!" Luffy cheered for the only member of his crew.
"Come on, Zoro! Let him know!" Chiaki added, also with the same enthusiasm as Luffy.
"You fool! You've made a vast error in judgment." Cabaji stated. "I won't be mocked!"
"My sword's aim to be the World's Greatest…" The light green haired man said. "I refuse to lose even once to anyone who calls himself a swordsman!"
"I see… A strong resolve keeps you going." The unicycle swordsman said. "But have no fear, wounds as bad as yours will be more than enough of an excuse…" He proceeded to point his sword at his opponent. "For losing to me."
"To hell with that!" Zoro retorted. "If I lose to someone like you, even with these minimal injuries, then I don't have a very bright future ahead of me, do I?"
"Why you…!"
"Alright, yeah!" Luffy continued to cheer his crewmate on.
"I won't stay and watch this!" Nami declared as she prepared to leave. "You Pirates can stand around for the rest of time and kill each other for all I care!"
"Wait, you're leaving already?" Chiaki asked.
"Well, it doesn't really matter to me if you win or not…" Nami began. "I'm gonna take this opportunity to swipe their treasure and get out of here."
"Huh?" That was all Luffy could say.
"Maybe we can team up again if we ever get the chance." The orange haired girl said as ran off. "See ya! And good luck with the fight!"
""Yeah, thanks. See ya!" Luffy bid her farewell.
Chiaki proceeded to glance at Hoopa. "Hoopa."
"I'm on it." Hoopa said as he followed after Nami albeit covertly.
"Here's a taste of my ultimate Acrobat move…!" Cabaji said as he had orange spinning tops on his hand. "Acrobat Techinque: The Dance of the 100 Kamikaze Tops!" He proceeded to fling multiple of them towards Zoro.
(With Nami)
Once she was far enough from the fight, Nami took the time to look back.
"They're not normal! Luffy, Zoro, and Chiaki are completely crazy. Not to mention that ghost-like thing that hangs with Chiaki…" Nami muttered. "If I join up with them, I can tell that nothing good will come of it."
Realizing it was a waste of time anyway, Nami proceeded to go towards the back of the ruins of the pub. Fortunately, Buggy was too preoccupied with the fight to even notice her. Then, she stumbled on what appeared to be a door to the basement and proceeded to break it open, allowing her to get into the basement. A lone Pirate was sleeping near the barrels as Nami walked past him and arrived in front of a door.
'Here we are…' Nami thought as she grabbed a stick. "Now, I'll just have to steal their treasure and the chart, and then I'm out of here!" She said before using said stick to break the lock on the door.
(Meanwhile…)
Zoro proceeded to slice through the spinning tops after the spinning tops. By this point, he was already wielding all three of his swords.
"Acrobat Technique: A Hike in the Mountains!" Cabaji proceeded to cycle towards a nearby building and somehow managed to scale through the walls before jumping high into the air. "Fireworks in the Cool Summer Breeze!"
"Whoa…" Luffy was impressed at the sight.
"How the hell did he manage to do it with only a unicycle?" Chiaki commented.
"Sting of the Unicycle!" Cabaji declared as he pointed his sword downward towards his opponent.
"Ground Hugging Chop Chop Cannon!" Buggy announced as he launched his right hand towards Zoro's feet. "Cabaji, I'll hold him! Then you finish him off!"
"Done!" Cabaji replied as he was plummeting to the ground while still holding his swords down.
"Okay, that's way past dirty!" Chiaki shouted
'Damn it…!" Zoro thought as he realized he was being double teamed.
But before the hand could ever grab Zoro by the feet, Luffy intervened by planting his foot down to said hand.
"GAAAAAAAH!" Buggy screamed in pain as he felt the stomp.
Thanks to his Captain's intervention, Zoro managed to dodge the attack in time.
"Luffy! Zoro called out to him.
"You bastard!" Buggy cursed him.
"If you wanna fight someone, how about me?" Luffy retorted with a grin.
"Phew. That was a close call." Chiaki said as he looked towards the direction Nami went.
(Back with Nami)
Once she made it inside of the room, Nami proceeded to use a couple of rocks to lit the lamp to illuminate the area, where she saw that said room was filled with all sorts of treasures belonging to Buggy and his crew.
"Wow! Look at all this stuff~" Nami said happily as she approached the treasure and knelt down. "And every last bit is mine~" She announced as picked up a gold crown and wore it on her head.
But the moment of bliss was interrupted when a blade was aimed near her.
"What do you think you're doing with our treasure!?" A man asked as Nami stood up and faced towards the one who snuck up on her, dropping the crown in the process.
'Oh crap! He woke up!' Nami thought.
The man was none other than the one Pirate that Nami found sleeping near the barrels. Despite waking up, the Pirate was not completely sober, evidenced by the red blushes in his face.
"By order of Captain Buggy… Anyone who… gets near the treasure will… uh…" The man interrupted his declaration when he looked and realized that the bottle he was holding on his other hand was empty. "There should be… more in there…"
Realizing that the guy was still drunk, Nami grinned as she saw an opportunity.
"Oh, it hurts!" Nami knelt down clutching her chest.
"Hey… you alright?" The Pirate asked her.
"My chest started to hurt really bad!" Nami cried in pain.
"What…? Your chest?" The Pirate said before he was enamored by the cleavage that Nami was showing to him.
Seeing as the goon had taken the bait, Nami pulled out three batons that she combined into a wooden staff before he bashed the guy with it, finally knocking him out. Then, Nami found what appeared to be a set of keys dangling around the guy's neck. Nami wasted no time grabbing the golden key and used it to unlock the matching lock of a treasure chest.
"Huh!?" Nami stopped herself when she saw that the chest was already empty.
"Is this what you're looking for?" The orange haired girl turned around to see someone already swiped the map before her. It was none other than Hoopa.
"You!? That strange ghost thing!" Nami exclaimed.
"The name's Hoopa and I have already stolen the map right from under your nose!" Hoopa declared. "Thanks for leading me the way to the map, by the way."
"But… how!?"
"Isn't it obvious? I tailed you." The Mischief Pokemon stated. "It was very easy and I can't believe you didn't notice me until now. Rookie mistake."
"Rookie!?" Nami exclaimed. "That's rude! I'll have you know that I've stolen from many Pirates, so I'm hardly a rookie!"
"True that, but you clearly haven't met me." Hoopa said. "Looks like Chiaki was right that you were gonna take the chart and the treasure before running off."
"Well, obviously! So, give it back!" Nami dived straight towards Hoopa only for the Pokemon to fly to the side, causing Nami to instead fall to the floor.
"Did you actually think I'm just gonna give it to you once I stole something? Tough luck!" Hoopa said as he quickly opened up a portal with one of his rings before tossing the chart to it.
"The chart!" Nami tried to reach out for it only for said map to have gone through the portal and deactivated. "What did you do!?"
"I've stored it in my Treasure Pit." Hoopa answered. "Don't bother looking for it because you won't find it anywhere around here or in the East Blue. It's completely out of your reach."
Nami growled as she found herself in quite the predicament. She did not think that there was another person who was even sneakier than her. Fortunately for her, an idea flashed in her head.
"Say, Hoopa was it? How about you make a deal with me?" Nami proposed.
"A trade, eh? Got something for me?" Hoopa asked curiously.
"See that pile of treasure?" Nami directed Hoopa's gaze towards Buggy's treasures. "I'll let you have some of it if you give me that chart."
"Oh, that's definitely not a bad idea…" Hoopa put one of his mitten-like hands below his mouth as he was contemplating.
'It can't be helped, but I really need that chart!' Nami thought. 'There's no telling where I can find another one!'
"You know what? You got yourself a deal!" Hoopa said as he used his ring to open up a portal where he pulled out a parchment from it and handed it to Nami. "Here."
"Thank you." Nami said as she saw Hoopa used Psychic to half of Buggy's treasure through his portal. "Wow, you're really something, are you?"
"Yeah, well. I'm just that awesome." The Mischief Pokemon boasted. Once he was done, Hoopa closed up the portal and the ring went back to dangling to one of his horns. "Pleasure of doing business with you so I'll see you later."
"Take care!" Nami said as she saw Hoopa left the room.
Once she knew that he was gone, Nami sighed in relief.
"That was a close one." Nami muttered as she started to put her share of her treasure into a sack.
But what she did not know was that Hoopa never left the room and was hiding and observing Nami as she put the treasure into her sack.
"Stupid human. As if I'm gonna hand it to you that easily." Hoopa said as he pulled out another parchment from his portal that he just activated. He then proceeded to leave the room.
(Back with Luffy and the others)
Buggy continued to growl as his attempt of sabotage was interrupted by Luffy.
I assure you, I don't need the Captain's help to finish you off!" Cabaji stated.
"Enough… I'm tired of this!" Zoro panted.
"Ehehehehe! So, you have finally given up, have you?" Cabaji gloated. "I must say, I'm quite impressed that you lasted that long with such serious injuries…"
"I think you misunderstood…" The light green haired man corrected. "I'm tired… of watching your boring, little sideshow!"
Cabaji gasped as he had never been insulted to this extent.
"So, sorry to have disappointed you. How about…" Cabaji said as he readied his sword. "My real swordsman skills!"
Luffy and Chiaki were surprised while Buggy simply grinned, thinking that his Chief of Staff would win in the fight.
"Die, Zoro!" Cabaji said as he lunged his sword towards Zoro.
In response to that, Zoro quickly got up and began the retaliation.
"Oni Giri!" Zoro shouted as he slashed the Acrobat just with three different slices with his swords, causing his opponent to spurt out blood.
"Cabaji!" Buggy called out to his Chief of Staff while Luffy and Chiaki gave him a smile.
"I can't believe the Buggy Pirates… were defeated by petty thieves…" Cabaji muttered as he fell off from his unicycle and into the ground.
"We aren't petty thieves…" Zoro said before he fell to the ground as well. "We're Pirates…!" He declared. "Luffy… I'm going to sleep."
As Zoro snoozed off, Chiaki approached Luffy and put his hand onto his shoulder.
"I'd fight the clown but I already have my fill of battling for today. So, this one's on you, man." Chiaki told him as he went to lean on a building before sitting down.
"Okay, great!" Luffy replied as he did a fist pump. "I'm looking forward to this!"
"So, you guys are Pirates?" Buggy asked, having heard what Zoro said.
"Yeah, and we're searching for the Grand Line!" Luffy answered.
"For the record, I'm not part of his crew." Chiaki informed Buggy. "But my interest seems to match Luffy, so… you could say me and him formed an alliance for the time being."
"Oh, really? Ha!" Buggy mocked. "That's not an easy voyage, you know! It's not something a couple of halt-wits like yourselves can handle! And what will you, if by some miracle, do when you manage to make it there? Going on a sightseeing tour or something?" He proceeded to let out a fit of laughter at Luffy.
"Be King of the Pirates!" Luffy declared bluntly, causing Buggy to jaw drop in shock.
"You can't be serious, you idiot!" Buggy shouted. "If you were the King of the Pirates, then that would make me God! There's only one who could be King of the Pirates and obtain all this world's treasures and it's gonna be me, you got it!?"
"You're annoying."
"Definitely." Chiaki muttered as he saw Hoopa appear next to him.
"I'm back." Hoopa said.
"So, have you got it?" Chiaki asked.
"Yup." The Mischief Pokemon replied.
"Let's go ahead and settle this!" Luffy said as he got into a fighting stance while Buggy brandished four knives in each of his hands.
"Seeing that straw hat brings back memories of him and that really gets my blood boiling!" Buggy remarked, glaring at the hat Luffy was wearing. "So, bring it on, you wannabe Pirate! You remind me of him. That damn, cheeky red-haired Pirate."
"What did you say? The red hair…" Luffy asked. "Wait. Are you saying you knew my old friend Shanks?"
"Shanks?" Chiaki repeated. 'Hold up. That name… I think I have heard of that name before…'
"Must be a Pirate or something." Hoopa added.
"That's right. I knew Shanks once." The clown-themed Pirate said.
"Do you know where he is now?" Luffy pressed further.
"I don't know. I guess that depends, Straw Hat." Buggy grinned. "Maybe I do and maybe I don't."
"What are you talking about? Did you forget?"
"NO! I DIDN'T FORGET, YOU MORON!" Buggy screamed. "But I'm not going to tell you out of the kindness of my heart!" He held up his knives. "You have to work for that info!"
"Ehahahahaha! You can give it your best shot, but I don't like your chances!" Buggy said as he stamped his foot, causing a blade to come out from the shoe. "I doubt rubber can bounce back from a blade."
"You're right." Luffy said.
And from behind a nearby building was none other than Nami, who instead of running away as she initially planned, she came back while dragging the sack of treasure. Her eyes immediately fixated on Hoopa, who was floating next to Chiaki.
'There he is! That little scammer!' Nami thought as she glared towards Hoopa. As much as she wanted to confront him about the "stunt" he pulled, Nami had no choice but to hide since it would be bad if Buggy saw her with his treasures.
"Chop Chop Rice Cracker!" Buggy shouted as he launched his legs spiraling at Luffy, which he immediately evaded. "Can't move in midair, can you? Too bad!" He proceeded to throw the knives at Luffy.
"No, you're wrong!" Luffy said as he reached out to a wooden support beam to dodge the knives before Buggy's legs then went back to his body.
"Oh ho ho! How interesting!" His opponent commented.
"You're not so bad either!" Luffy retorted. "But here comes Gum Gum Pistol!" He proceeded to launch a punch towards Buggy, but he moved his head to the right.
"They're neat abilities, alright…" Buggy commented. "But they leave you wide open! I'll CARVE YOU UP!"
The arm that Luffy launched ended up holding on to a tree behind Buggy.
"Gum Gum–" Luffy lunged straight towards as he attempted to attack with a clothesline.
"Chop Chop Quick Escape!" Buggy intervened.
"–Sickle!"
But before Luffy's attack could hit, Buggy detached his head, causing his opponent to one of the destroyed buildings.
"Hahahahahaha!" Buggy laughed as his head reattached to his body. "Not good enough, Gum Gum!"
Unsurprisingly, Luffy quickly burst from the rubble and got up. He proceeded to put his hat on once more.
"Damn, you kept breaking into pieces." Luffy commented as Buggy brandished another set of knives into his hands.
"What? They're still going at it? I can't believe these guys!" Nami muttered as she continued to watch the fight.
"It looks like it's an equal fight." Chiaki said.
"Yeah. I'm surprised none of them didn't let up." Hoopa told him.
"Chop Chop Cannon!" Buggy shouted as he launched his right arm at Luffy, which the latter managed to grab before it could reach his face. However, the former anticipated the move. "Separate!"
To Luffy's surprise, the hand separated from the arm as one of the knives cut Luffy across his cheek and even managed to knock Luffy on his feet.
"Ehahahahaha! So, runt! You wanna give up yet?" Buggy taunted.
As Luffy sat up, he noticed that there was a small cut on the brim.
Chiaki and Hoopa immediately could tell that Luffy had begun to visibly shake in anger while glaring at Buggy with hate.
"Oh, that's not right." Chiaki stated, also saw the nick on the hat.
"YOU BASTARD!" Luffy shouted angrily.
"How's that? Was I not supposed to scratch your face or something?" Buggy asked in a mocking tone.
"Bastard…!" Luffy growled. "No one damages my lucky hat and walks away from it alive!"
"Huh?" The clown-themed Pirate was confused by that statement.
"THIS HAT IS MY ONLY TREASURE! AND ANYONE WHO LAYS SO MUCH A FINGER ON IT IS GOING TO PAY!" The usually happy-go-lucky boy snapped.
"Hmm… It seems that hat has a history to it." Buggy remarked.
"That's right!"
"Is it really all that special?" As Buggy asked that, the hand floated up into the air and threw a knife at Luffy, causing him to dodge on instinct. "If that's the case… YOU SHOULD PROTECT IT!"
The hand that was still holding the remaining knives proceeded to stab through the hat. Luffy screamed in surprise as his mind once again flashed to a memory where a red haired man with three scars over his left eye had saved him from a particular incident, which came at the expense of his left arm.
"I'll leave this hat to you. It means more to me than anything in the world. So, you better take good care of it , you hear me? I want you to bring this hat to me someday in good condition. And only once you've become a great Pirate! That's our promise, Luffy."
Buggy's hand then reattached back to his body, with his knives pierced into the straw hat.
"How is this old, tattered hat a treasure?" Buggy asked as he did not understand the context behind Luffy's hat. "Treasure refers to sparkling gold, silver, and jewels. And all those things reflect their owner's grandeur! You really consider this worthless, dirty straw hat a treasure? You need to grow up, boy!"
"Shut up…!" Luffy shouted. "When Shanks gave me that, I made a promise!"
"What!? So, you're telling me that this used to be Shanks's hat!?" Buggy exclaimed as he glanced towards the hat before he threw it on the ground. "No wonder it looks so familiar! He always wore it when I knew him."
"So, you and Shanks were members of the same Pirate crew?" Luffy asked.
"Yeah…!" Buggy confirmed. "Back when we were Pirates-in-training, we were fellow comrades. That damn, detestable red-haired bastard!" He continued before he stomped the hat at the last sentence, angering Luffy.
"Oh, yeah. That's just not right at all." Chiaki muttered as he glanced at his silver bracelet.
"Shanks is a much better man than you'll ever be! You don't have the right to call him your comrade!" Luffy shouted as he charged towards Buggy. "And don't you ever badmouth him again!"
"Time for my Chop Chop Quick Escape!" Buggy proceeded to detach his head once more, expecting that his opponent was going to try hitting him in the face only to be proven wrong when Luffy kicked him in the stomach, causing Buggy to fall to the ground.
"I don't want you to ever mention Shanks's name to me again, you bastard!"
Buggy has his head reattached to his body once more as he coughed a few times.
"I can say whatever the hell I want about Shanks…" He said before coughing a few more times. Then Luffy got to his face and started to pull his face around.
"Tell me, what happened between you and Shanks and where can I find him?" Luffy interrogated him before he shoved him to the ground to look at his damaged hat. "Dammit… How dare you tear up my treasured straw hat!"
"Do you really wanna know?" Buggy asked as he sat up. "He's the one person I loathe. I'll curse his name for the rest of my life!" He continued as he began to seethe in fury. "As long as this breath in my body, Shanks… I will never forgive you!"
"Alright, let's hear it." Chiaki muttered as Buggy began to confide everything regarding his connection between him and Shanks.
And so, Buggy recalled a time when he and Shanks were Pirates Apprentices in a Pirate crew. While in the middle of a scuffle with another Pirate crew, Buggy stumbled upon a map that led to a sunken treasure which he felt giddy about. Having heard from Shanks that the crew found a Devil Fruit and how it could be sold for 100,000,000 Berris, It was then that Buggy decided to stage a performance where he ate the fake one in front of his crewmates.
Later that night, Buggy planned to cast off on a boat in order to search for the sunken treasure following the map he recently acquired as well as selling off the real Devil Fruit. Unfortunately, Shanks' constant sneaking up on him during the attempt has made Buggy swallow the Devil Fruit when he hid it inside his mouth. Not only that, he dropped the map and proceeded to dive after it, only to realize that he had lost the ability to swim as the result of eating the real Devil Fruit.
Despite being saved by Shanks, Buggy has grown to resent the man for that incident from that day forward.
"So, are you telling me that Shanks saved your life?" Luffy asked.
"No! That's not the point I was trying to get across!" Buggy retorted, enraged by his opponent's obliviousness.
"You know, I think you should be more grateful that he saved you from drowning." Chiaki remarked. "Plus, it's kinda your fault anyway since you thought it was a good idea hiding a Devil Fruit inside your mouth and expecting to not swallow it. People's lives aren't as replaceable as you think."
"Shut up!" Buggy shouted. "Because of what he did to me, I was unable to swim and therefore unable to obtain my sunken treasure! Then I had a revelation! If I couldn't go underwater, then I would just obtain all the treasure on dry land! Using my brand new Chop Chop powers!" His torso began to levitate. "And now I won't let anyone who touches my treasure live! DEATH TO THOSE WHO TRIED TO PILFER MY HARD EARNED TREASURE! GET BACK HERE, YOU THIEF!"
In a surprising turn of events, Buggy flew past Luffy and towards Nami, who was trying to walk away with the large sack of treasure. Nami screamed in fear as Buggy closed in on her.
"Dammit! He spotted me!" Nami exclaimed as she quickly tried to flee.
"Nami!" Chiaki said before he noticed the lower half of Buggy was left behind near him and Luffy. "Hmm?"
"You don't stand a chance of escaping from me! I'm going to flashily chop you up!"
But before he could reach Nami, Buggy's face quickly changed into complete pain as he paused midair to the female thief. As it turned out, Chiaki was the one who kicked him between the legs as Buggy fell into the ground near Nami's feet.
"My balls… my balls…" Buggy croaked. "That was a cheap shot…"
"Right, and this is coming from a guy who can detach his body parts just so he can perform a sneak attack?" Chiaki commented before he looked towards Luffy. "Sorry about that, Luffy. I feel like I should get a hit on this ungrateful bastard at least once."
"That's okay, Chiaki." Luffy simply smiled at the Pokemon Trainer before he looked back towards Buggy. "Don't run off yet. We're not done." He proceeded to look towards Nami. "Hey! You better drop that treasure and get outta here, Nami! You don't want him to come after you again."
"No!" Nami retorted. "'Drop the money and go!?' No way! Why should I leave my treasure behind?"
"Did you just call it your treasure…?" Buggy growled from the ground.
"That's right! You heard me. I'm a thief who steals from Pirates and I just stole a lot of treasure from a really annoying one!" Nami declared before holding up her fist. "So, that makes this my treasure now, understand?"
"Oh, that makes sense!" Luffy said while pounding his fist into his palm.
"Well, if you put it like that…" Chiaki added, agreeing with Nami's logic.
"That's pure nonsense!" Buggy retorted with shark teeth. "That's my treasure! And just because you stole it from me it doesn't make it yours, you dirty, sneaky thief!" He continued. "Honestly, what did your parents teach you!?"
"A criminal trying to lecture another criminal? Ridiculous!" Nami scoffed.
"What's that!?"
"Whatever. The day I take a morality lesson from you is the day I stopped being a thief!" The orange haired girl said before sticking her tongue out.
Buggy was seething in so much fury at this point that he decided that he was done playing games.
"I hope you're ready for the consequences! Now, here comes Chop Chop…"Buggy retorted as his lower half stood up. "Festival!" As he shouted, his entire body had been split into many pieces. His lower body parts flew past Luffy, Chiaki, and Hoopa. "I'd like to see you try and save your friend now, Gum Gum!"
"Dammit! He broke up into smaller pieces!" Luffy exclaimed.
"Hey, Luffy! Look over there!" Chiaki called out to him as they, along with Hoopa, saw that Buggy's feet were walking on their own.
"Nami… GIVE ME BACK MY TREASURE!" Buggy said as he began to float towards Nami.
"No way!" Nami replied.
Luffy then reached out to one of Buggy's feet and took off the shoe from the foot. He proceeded to tickle said foot, causing Buggy to burst out in laughter and pull on the skin of the foot which caused the clown-themed Pirate Captain to wince in pain.
"See how you like this?" Luffy shouted before he slammed the foot into the ground, causing the guy to scream in pain.
"Dammit! Knock it off!" Buggy shouted.
"No, you knock it off!" Nami then proceeded to whack Buggy with her sack.
Unfortunately, Buggy managed to grab onto the sack.
"Thanks for giving me my treasure back, Nami~" He gloated.
"Let go!" Nami shouted as she tried to shake Buggy's hands off from the sack.
"You let go!" Buggy retorted. "This is my treasure so get your grubby hands off it! Just give me back my treasure!"
Luffy ran up to Buggy just as the guy readied two of his knives to stab Nami.
"Die!" Buggy shouted as he launched his hands towards Nami.
"I already told you, you haven't finished dealing with me yet!" Luffy shouted as he leaped into the air and planted his foot towards Buggy's face so hard that it collided with the sack and he was sent skidding across the ground. The impact caused the sack to be destroyed as some of the treasure came out from it.
"Consider that finishing move a little gift from the old Mayor guy." Luffy grinned.
"That should take care of him by now." Chiaki commented. "Hey, Luffy! I got the chart of the Grand Line!"
"Wow, really!?" Luffy said.
"Hold it!" Nami approached them. "That was my chart first! Give it back!"
"Now, now. We had a deal so you can't be angry about that." Hoopa chimed in.
"What do you mean by–"
"This isn't over yet, Gum Gum!" Everyone turned around and saw that Buggy had floated into the air once more.
"He's still alive!?" Luffy exclaimed.
"Gonna hand it to the guy, he's very determined." Chiaki added.
"Shut up! How dare you flashily do this to me! You'll pay for this!" Buggy declared. "Assemble! Chop Chop Parts!"
Buggy's body parts came back together, but it was only the head, arms, and feet that came together, which made him tiny because the torso was absent for some reason. And it took him a while for him to realize that something went wrong.
"You're looking for these parts, Buggy?" Everyone, including Buggy, turned around to see Nami who was standing over the parts that she tied up with a rope.
"Gack! My parts…!" Buggy shouted.
"Oh, wow! Looks like you've been cut down to size, huh?" Chiaki laughed, earning a laugh from Luffy, Hoopa, and even Nami.
"Hahahaha! Alright! Way to go, Thief!" Luffy said cheerfully as he stretched his arms backwards.
"STOP IT NOW!" Buggy begged it was all in deaf ears.
"See ya, Buggy! Now Gum Gum…" Luffy said before the arms came rushing back at Buggy, who was screaming in fear. "Bazooka!" And with that, he sent Buggy flying high into the sky with a small twinkle in the sky. "I win!"
"You sure did, Luffy." Chiaki said as he picked up the straw hat and walked towards Luffy. "Here. I think this belongs to you."
"Oh, thanks!" Luffy said as he took the hat from him. The straw hat still has the three knife marks on it.
"Sorry, your hat's all torn up." Nami told him.
"Don't worry." Luffy replied as he put the hat back on his head. "I can still put it on and I got Buggy out of here, so I'm satisfied for now."
It was no exaggeration that Nami saw the angry look in Luffy's face, which caused her to see him in a new light… just a little.
"When I have time… I'll fix it for you, if you like…" Nami offered.
"What's that?" Luffy turned his head back towards Nami as he did not hear the offer clearly.
"Oh, forget it!" Nami said as she looked at Hoopa. "As for you, I'm still pretty angry that you went back on your word and gave me a phony chart!"
"What? You wanted the chart and I happily gave you one." Hoopa argued. "Plus, that's not a fake one as it was a real map that I picked up a long time ago."
"Okay, then. Hand over the treasure that I gave you to you then." Nami demanded.
"Sorry, no take-backs." Hoopa retorted. "Plus, I did you a favor since there's no way you could carry a lot of those treasures all by yourself. So, you should be thanking me."
"Well.. You're not wrong about that…" Nami said, reluctantly seeing the logic in Hoopa's words.
"Plus, you were gonna take the chart and leave us so you deserved to be outsmarted by us." Chiaki said.
"Wow, I didn't think you could be sneaky. And here I thought you're an upstanding guy, aside from being crazy enough to make friends with a Pirate, of course." Nami commented.
"Well… If my opponent is sneaky, then I have to be sneakier. That's what my old man said." Chiaki replied.
"Well, fine… I'll let you off the hook just this once." Nami conceded as she brought two smaller sacks in her hands. "Anyway, even with… Hoopa took some of the treasure away, it was still too big for me to carry. So, do you mind helping me carry these?"
"That sure is a lot." Luffy stated.
"If anything, that clown Buggy knew quality treasure when he saw it and now it's all mine!" Nami remarked. "I bet I can sell this for at least 10,000,000 Berris~"
"So, anyway. Here's the map, Luffy." Chiaki said as he handed Luffy the map.
"Thanks, Chiaki!" Luffy said as he happily took the map. "Alright! Now, I finally have the map of the Grand Line! Hurray!" He cheered before he turned towards Chiaki. "So, that means you're ready to join me and my Pirate crew?"
"Not so fast! I'm still not interested." Chiaki rejected the invitation once more. "But unlike a certain thief here, I'm willing to work with you just for a little while."
"Hey! Don't treat me like I'm a jerk or something!" Nami snapped at Chiaki. "Plus… I thought about it and I decided to work with you too since hanging out with you is profitable enough…"
"Oh? I guess there is a heart underneath all that greed." Chiaki teased.
"Yeah, yeah. Really funny." Nami said. "So, yeah. I guess we'll be working together. As long as it's in my interest, that is."
"Sure!" Luffy grinned as he walked towards Zoro, who was still sleeping. "Hey, Zoro! Wake up!" He knelt down before patting the swordsman in the head. "Zoro! We're leaving!"
"... Do we take care of everything?" Zoro groaned as he slowly got up.
"Yeah! We got a Navigator, an interesting guy and his magical friend, and we got the chart of the Grand Line!"
"Huh?" Zoro looked up to see Nami, Chiaki, and Hoopa. The former one felt unnerved when being looked at by the latter. "I'm not sure about this… I feel lightheaded…"
"Of course you do. It's always with you four. Honestly." Nami stated.
"What did I do?" Luffy asked.
"You're the worst of them all!" The orange haired girl shouted.
"You know, I feel bad for what happened." Chiaki said as he sheepishly rubbed the back of his head. "In my defense, I didn't think Hoopa would actually swindle you."
"Well, I'm not sorry about what happened. So, there! Nyeh!" Hoopa said as he stuck his tongue out to mock Nami.
"The nerve of this little gremlin…!" Nami growled at him.
"I know Hoopa's a bit of a troublemaker, but he's not that bad of a Pokemon. I promise you." Chiaki assured her.
"If you say so…" Nami did not know why, but she felt like she could take his words for it.
Luffy walked up to Boodle, who was still laying down on the ground unconscious.
"Maybe we should wake the old guy up." Luffy suggested.
"Yeah, I think we should." The Pokemon Trainer agreed.
But before they could do so…
"You there!" Everyone turned around to see a crowd of townspeople, all of which were wielding staff and spears. "You're not residents of this town!"
"Nope, and who are you?" Luffy asked.
"I think they are the townspeople of this town." Chiaki stated.
"Oh, good. They're just the citizens." Nami sighed in relief. "I thought they were more Pirates."
"Oh, Mayor!" One of the townspeople exclaimed as he, along with the rest of the crowd, noticed their unconscious Mayor.
"Oh no! Say something!"
"Can you hear me?"
"He's out cold!"
"The Pirates definitely did this!"
"How horrible!"
"No, my friend's the one who kicked that old man's ass." Luffy stated bluntly as he pointed towards Chiaki.
"WHAT!?" Some of the townspeople exclaimed as they turned to glare at them.
"You didn't have to tell them that, did you!?" Nami argued.
"But it's true. You saw what he did, right?" Luffy countered.
"Maybe you should explain to them so they don't get angry!"
"I think it's a little late for that." As Chiaki said that, he and the others were surrounded by the angered townspeople.
"Tell me, why exactly did your friend knock our Mayor out and leave him on the street to die?"
"You better explain yourselves!"
"Who are you!?"
"Are you with the Pirates?"
'They're getting really bloodthirsty!' Nami thought. 'We can't let them know that we're thieves and Pirates…'
"We're Pirates." Luffy stated without thinking of the consequence.
"JUST AS WE THOUGHT!" The townspeople yelled in unison.
Zoro was laughing so hard and Hoopa was snickering at how unhesitant Luffy was when saying that.
"IDIOT!" Nami yelled at Luffy.
"But it's the truth!" Luffy replied.
"PIrates! How dare you ravage our town!"
"We won't show you any mercy for what you've done!"
"What now?" Zoro asked his Captain. "It doesn't like they're up for a discussion."
Luffy replied with a grin before he put an arm around Zoro before running away. "RUN!"
"Wait up, Luffy!" Chiaki shouted as he took a sack of treasure from Nami before running away with Hoopa and Nami.
And to the surprise of no one, the townspeople immediately gave chase towards them.
"How do you always make things worse!?" Nami asked.
"Come on, Nami. You're a thief, right? I'm sure you're used to running away from a lot of people." Hoopa said casually.
"Yeah, but that doesn't mean I enjoyed it!" She snapped at Hoopa.
"This is a good town." Luffy commented. "Everyone is so mad just because of the old Mayor guy."
"And even if we did tell them what really happened, they wouldn't believe us." Chiaki added. "This way, Nami!"
Nami saw Luffy, Chiaki, and Hoopa take a turn through an alleyway and proceeded to turn around to go through the path as well.
"Hold on! You gotta let me know sooner!" Nami said before she and the other saw a certain white dog standing in the middle of the alleyway.
"Chouchou?" Chiaki and Nami said in unison.
"Doggy?" Luffy said as the angry townspeople appeared just behind them, but unable to pursue them as Chouchou barked at the townspeople.
"Move, Chouchou!" A townspeople yelled at the dog. "These five are Pirates!"
But Chouchou refused to move as he kept barking at the townspeople. The dog took the time to look towards Chiaki and Luffy with a grin.
"You're a lifesaver, Chouchou! Respect!" Chiaki grinned back at Chouchou while giving a two finger salute to the dog.
"Later, doggy!" Luffy shouted as he, Chiaki, Hoopa, and Nami ran away.
Thanks to Chouchou's intervention, they managed to get out of the town and reached the docks.
"That went well. All things considered." Chiaki commented.
"That was close. We only made it because of Chouchou." Nami remarked as she and Chiaki put down the bags of treasure to catch their breath. "Why do we have to put up with this?"
"Does it matter now? We're done here anyway." Luffy replied.
"Yeah, maybe so." Nami agreed as the straw hat boy took notice of the second boat.
"Hey, is this your boat?" Luffy asked. "It's great!"
"It's nothing special, but I guess it'll do." The orange haired girl said. "I stole it from some dumb Pirates."
"That's a big mouth you got!"
Then, the three Pirates that sailed with Zoro, Chiaki, and Hoopa jumped out from the boat.
"We've been waitin' for ya, ya little thief!" The leader of the trio said.
"Never thought you'd run into us here did ya, girly?" The second Pirate said.
"Hold up, these are the "dumb Pirates" you mentioned? These three?" Chiaki asked.
"Y-Yeah… sort of…" Nami stuttered.
"Hey, it's not just 'sort of'! We're bound together by fate. And since you're with that thief, we're gonna punish you too! You're all gonna find out what happens when you steal other people's stuff." The leader said as he started patting Zoro's head, clearly not seeing his face. "Hey, you! You hear me? Time to take your medicine!"
"Huh?" Zoro brought his head up to glare at the three Pirates, with the Pirates frightened at him.
"(So, you clearly haven't learned your lesson, have you?)" The three Pirates turned around to see Lapras, who just came out from a portal created by Hoopa.
"What is that!?" Nami exclaimed, surprised with the sudden appearance of Lapras.
"(Don't worry. I know exactly what to do with that. Ice Beam!)" Lapras then formed a light blue energy sphere in front of her mouth before firing similarly-colored beams from it and to the three Pirates, encasing them all in a block of ice.
"Whoa! That Pokemon just used some kinda freeze ray! So cool!" Luffy exclaimed in amazement.
"Wha…?" Nami was speechless as she saw an unfamiliar creature in front of her just used ice attacks.
"(I'm not done yet! Hydro Pump!" Lapras said as she spewed a stream of water from her mouth and into the frozen Pirates, sending them flying right back into the town.
"Unbeliavable…" Nami muttered.
"Yeah, it's a long story. I'll tell you on the way." Chiaki said as he and Hoopa got on Lapras's back.
"Wait, you're riding it?" Nami asked.
"Well, her species is considered the "Transport Pokemon" if you're wondering." Hoopa explained.
"What even is this…?" Nami muttered as she got on her boat while Luffy and Zoro got on theirs before they began sailing away from the island.
"Say, isn't that Buggy's mark on your sail?" Zoro asked.
"Well, those three guys were in Buggy's crew so…" Nami answered.
"I'd recommend that you change them because it'll give other people mixed messages. but I don't think Luffy has the mark of his Pirate crew ready yet." Chiaki stated.
"Yeah, I don't." Luffy simply said with a smile.
"HEY, WAIT!" Everyone except Lapras turned around to face Boodle, who had regained consciousness and was shouting from the docks. He also had taken off his armor. "YOUNG ONES!"
"It's that old Mayor guy…" Luffy pointed out.
As they kept sailing away from the island, they continued to look at Boodle, expecting to hear what the Mayor had to say.
"THANKS! THANK YOU!" Boodle held his head up as he tearfully thanked them for their efforts of saving the town from Buggy and his Pirate crew.
Luffy and the others simply smiled in response to the act of gratitude that the elderly man showed.
"DON"T WORRY ABOUT IT! TAKE IT EASY" Luffy shouted back as he bid his farewell.
'Damn you, young ones…! Damn you, young ones…! Damn you, young ones…!' Boodle repeated in his thoughts. Just as he was about to turn around and return to the town, he noticed a single bag that was left behind on purpose.
"You did WHAT!?" Nami yelled at Chiaki. "Did you really leave that bag of treasure back there!?"
"Well… kinda." Chiaki admitted while sheepishly rubbing the bag of his head.
"THAT BAG WAS WORTH 5,000,000 BERRIS, YOU IDIOT!" She continued to screech at him.
"Oh, really? I think that's enough for the repairs of the town." Chiaki commented. " Call it a donation."
"What did you say!?" Nami snapped as she reached out and grabbed him by the blazer and pulled him into her boat. "A donation? A DONATION!? FOR WHAT!? I WORKED MY ASS OFF TO STEAL THAT TREASURE AND YOU HAPPENED TO LEAVE ONE BEHIND ON PURPOSE! THEY'RE MINE, SO YOU DON"T GET TO DO THAT TO ME, GOT IT!?"
"I know this is pretty obvious, but I don't work for you!" Chiaki retorted in the middle of the strangling. "Everyone needs money, you know! Not just you. But the only question is how much."
"Plus, you should be grateful that you still got the other bag, which I think was around the same amount as that other treasure bag." Hoopa said,
"Why, you little…!" Nami growled as she continued to shake Chiaki once more.
"Wait, Nami! We're gonna–" Surely enough, both him and Nami fell into the water, making some huge splashes in the ocean.
"Whoa… They actually went overboard." Zoro muttered while Luffy was laughing his butt off at the sight.
Chiaki and Nami had both come up from the water.
"In my defense, I tried to warn you." Chiaki said.
"Shut up!" Nami shouted at him as she splashed some water on his face.
"This is so funny!" Luffy said as he continued to laugh at the two as they climbed back up from the water respectively.
For the moment, Chiaki as well as Nami decide to work with Luffy as their mutual interests are aligned with one another after defeating Buggy and his Pirate crew. What happens next, you may ask? Well, what is certain that the adventure still continues…!
Next...
N: There's absolutely no way we'll make it to the Grand Line in this condition!
L/Z/C: Hm?
H: I'd help you, but where's the fun in that?
?: THE PIRATES ARE COMING!
C: If there's a restaurant or something, then that's the first place we need to visit.
?: I am Usopp! Leader of the invincible nation of Pirates that reigned over this town!
?: Now, which one of you people has the nerve to call me 'weird'?
C/H/L: Next time on The Straw Hat's Monster Tamer, Chapter 5: Usopp the Liar!
L: I'm gonna be King of the Pirates!
That's about it for this chapter.
Again, really sorry for the wait. Things sorta happen in my life and one of them included losing one of my cats. She was the youngest and I'm really close to her.
So, up next is the Syrup Village Arc aka a debut arc for a certain sniper that will soon join the crew. And because of this, the Luminous Island Arc from the original story will not be in this one. Because I have something different in mind.
The next chapter is in progress and if all goes well, it will be posted soon. But no promises.
Leave the review as always and I'll see you next time!