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Bold is for attacks

Steve's POV

"I think we should split up" Zoro said "we could cover more ground that way."

"Absolutely not" I answered "there are too many pirates infesting this place we'd be easy targets if we split up."

Zoro gave me a disapproving look.

"Listen it's not that I don't think you're capable of defending yourself. It's just that this Captain Buggy sound really familiar. I don't want to get caught out alone. Besides we know this guy has devil fruit powers what if he has abilities that make him impossible to fight"

Zoro hummed and gave an understanding nod so we kept walking.

"So exactly how did you meet my sister and what kind of relationship do you two have?" I asked Zoro giving him a questioning look.

Zoro visibly stiffed at the mention of my sister and struggled to answer "We both went after the same bounty one time and worked together for a few weeks. Then she disappeared and I haven't seen her since. It was the weirdest thing I turned around and she was just gone. I was glad to hear she wasn't dead though."

I raised my eyebrow and asked "So it was just a working relationship?"

Once again Zoro got a look of discomfort on his face and replied "Y-yes."

"Good big sis shouldn't hang around with men like you."

"What the Hell! You saying I'm some kind of creep?"

"No nothing of the sort. But let's get back to the task at hand we need to find Luffy." I said.

"Any ideas where we should look" Zoro asked. Suddenly there was a huge explosion on the other side of town.

I pointed to a large tent on the roof of a nearby bar were the explosion originated from and said "How about there."

LATER

It didn't take us long to make our way to the roof but what we saw wasn't a very reassuring site. Luffy was tied up and locked inside a large iron cage that had a cannon pointed at it.

THAT IDIOT!

There was an orange haired girl standing next to the fuse with a matchbook in her hand but it didn't look like she had any intention of lighting the cannon. Guess the other pirates got sick of waiting because a man walked up to the girl and took the matches and light one. Don't know why but this pissed her off big time and she pulled out a large staff and struck the man.

The girl made a valiant effort but somehow the fuse got lit anyway.

"We need to hurry." Zoro said

"No Duh," I responded "He's gonna get himself killed."

We made a break for Luffy's cage.

"You deal with the Pirates I'll try and free Luffy." I said barking out orders.

"We're not gonna make it the fuse is too low." Zoro pointed out.

Just then the girl turned around and grabbed the fuse in order to snuff out the flame with her bare hands. She cried out in agony but held steady until it went out

Just who is the chick, and why is she helping Luffy?

There was still the problem of the pirates charging at the girl. Zoro quickly moved into position and blocked their attack and proceeded to taunt them for ganging up on one lone girl.

I ran up to Luffy's cage and began fiddling with the lock in an attempt to free Luffy.

"Get me outta this thing." Luffy begged.

"What does it look like I'm doing idiot. You know you got caught by a bird and now by pirates. You need to get it together Luffy." I said scolding my friend.

"I'm just glad you and Zoro found me." Luffy laughed.

Suddenly the opposing pirates were speaking in hushed whispers things like "Zoro?" and "Does he mean the Pirate Hunter?" I took it that they were quite surprised by mine and Luffy's crew-member.

"Dammit why won't this cage open." I mumbled to myself.

I looked up and saw the orange haired girl and said "Hey you, got any ideas about freeing my friend?" she looked at me but didn't answer.

I looked behind me and saw that Zoro was having an exchange with the enemy.

"Who's that?" I asked Luffy's new friend.

This time she responded "Buggy."

So, this is the Buggy I've been hearing so much about.

Luffy gasped and pointed out that Zoro was fighting Buggy. Zoro cut the man into pieces. Luffy and the girl were stunned, but the man's own crew looked calm.

Why are they so calm when their captain just got cut down right in front of them? That was too easy… wait, He has devil fruit powers!

Zoro began walking towards Luffy and I when I tried to warn him "LOOK OUT! IT'S A TRAP!"

But I was too late and Zoro got stabbed in the side. I looked closer and saw that Buggy's hand was floating in midair holding the knife that was in Zoro.

Every member of these 'Buggy Pirates' was laughing hysterically as Zoro fell to the ground with a thud. Zoro stood a pulled the knife from his side and got ready to fight again.

"What the Hell was that!?" Zoro asked.

"I ate the Chop-Chop fruit. I can't be sliced because I'm a section man!" Buggy yelled as he reassembled his body.

His crew began to cheer for him to finish Zoro off. I saw the look on Zoro's face.

He's ashamed that he got careless.

I turned back to continue trying to free Luffy so we would have a fighting chance against this guy.

That was when I felt like there was a pair of eyes boring through the back of my head.

"You with the red hair," said a voice I recognized as Buggy's "Turn around."

I looked over my shoulder and saw the questioning look on Buggy's face.

He looked to be mumbling something as her rubbed his chin when he suddenly spoke "Nah. Couldn't be."

But before he was able to say what was on his mind Luffy interrupted and began screaming about how stabbing Zoro in the back was dirty. When Luffy called him big nose it really ticked Buggy off. I could tell by the look on his crews' faces that his nose was a touchy subject.

Zoro and the girl began screaming that a knife was headed right for me. So, I quickly rolled to the side to dodge it but then I realized I had been right in front of the cage Luffy was being held in.

"Luffy!" I yelled when I saw the knife enter the cage.

I cringed assuming that Luffy had just been mutilated cause I moved, but somehow he managed to catch the blade in his teeth. Then he looked up at Buggy shocked me and said "I'm taking you down."

I only groaned at Luffy's threat.

See this is why I wanted to find him quickly so he would get us into a situation like this.

Of course, Buggy and his crew didn't take Luffy very seriously at all they just laughed his statement off. "Steve, Zoro run away." Luffy instructed.

"Your friends came to save you why are you telling them to leave?" the girl asked.

"Alright." we both answered.

I see what you doing.

Zoro and I made a break for it. Buggy launched his hands at us. Zoro blocked them with his swords giving me an opening to get to the cannon.

God that thing was heavy but I managed to flip it despite the struggle. Upon realizing what we were doing Buggy's crew freaked out.

Guess they figured out this thing still loaded.

I heard Zoro yell at the girl to light the cannon and she complied. The entire crew was blown away by the cannon as we prepared to make our escape.

"Now's our chance, let's go" I demanded "I doubt that killed all of them!"

"Yeah," Zoro agreed "exactly who are you?" he said addressing the girl who had helped us.

"I'm a thief." she said to which Luffy added "This girl is our navigator."

"You actually managed to recruit a navigator. Good job Luffy." I said.

I just hope she knows what she's doing. And the kind of people she's gotten herself tied up with.

"I told you I won't be your navigator. If you have time to say useless things like that you have time to find your way out of that cage." She said rather angrily.

"No, it's fine stay in the cage." Zoro said.

At that Zoro walked up to the cage and picked it up.

"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING" I yelled.

"Stop Zoro your gonna bleed out if you do that." Luffy added.

"Both of you shut up I'm doing this my way."

Is he trying to make up for the fact that he lost that fight to Buggy?

I opened my mouth to scold him and offer him a hand but he interrupted the second he saw my mouth open.

"DON'T butt in or say anything I can do this myself" he said. After that I kept my mouth shut.

LATER

We moved as quickly as you can when you have an injured man trying to carry an iron and cement cage but it seemed like we weren't being chased so we rested on a roof away from the bar that we had come from.

"What the hell were you doing? Are you trying to die!?" I yelled at Zoro.

I was beyond angry. Who was he to order me around? It's my job to order him.

"We're in for a fight now. We need to finish what Luffy started." Zoro said ignoring my complaints.

I decided to let our dispute go for now since we had more important tasks to focus on.

"Yep. You really got us in a mess this time Luffy." I said.

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