'A dog and his treasure. Fear the beast tamer, Mohji!'
"BARA BARA ASSEMBLE!" Buggy's voice came and with that the clown parts began to spin in the air next to each other until they reassembled and depicted Buggy in his normal form again.
"Built it back like a house?! W-What the heck kind of fruit is that?" Shana said weakly.
"I'm glad you asked..." Buggy said. Then with that he caused the upper part of his body to be sliced and floated in the air. "I ate the Bara Bara no mi, the fruit of slice. I'm a chop man! Cut me to pieces, and I still live! HAHAHAHAHAHA!!"
"It went as I feared..." Alastor glowed.
"Grrrr...! Damn! I let my guard down and fell for that cheap trick." Shana fumed.
"Huh? Chop man? What is this guy, a monster?" Luffy said hypocritically.
"Look who's talking. We're not the least bit different from him, airhead." Shana responded to the Straw Hat as she tried to get up.
"Hmm... Interesting... Even after taking my attack you still manage to get up? You're a tough girl I'll admit that!"
"Go to hell!" Shana fumed.
"Attacking her from behind is a dirty blow, big nose!!" Luffy yelled. This angered the pirate clown.
'Idiot, don't act without the thought of being stuck.' Shana thought.
"Who here has the big nose!?" Buggy asked rhetorically. "Die freshly!" He then threw one of his arms with a knife in front towards Luffy.
Shana's eyes widened.
Buggy changed expression after seeing that Luffy had taken the knife in his mouth.
"What!?"
"Hey Buggy... I'm going to kick your ass!" Luffy said full of determination. Buggy's knife and hand then backed out and re-atached his arm.
Buggy then simply laughed out loud. "Kick my Ass, huh? You're a real riot. You know damn well you're both going to die here!"
"Are you sure about that!" A voice said behind buggy. He then turned around confused only to see Shana heading towards him. She jumped and performed a flying kick. "If i can't harm you with blades. I will hit yours instead!"
"BARA BARA EMERGENCY SWITCH!" Buggy's upper body jumped up and Shana ended up going straight through the clown and fell to the ground.
"Trying to take me by surprise, huh?" Buggy said.
Shana got up and tried again.
"Shana, wait!" Alastor warned.
Shana jumped up and tried to mock Buggy. But he dodged again and she fell once more.
Buggy laughed at this. "You stubborn fool! How many times do I have to repeat it to you!?"
"Shut up! Shut up! Shut up!" Shana countered before getting up and running towards him again. More before she could. She felt something grab her around the neck. She then began to float in the air. Shana grabbed her own neck to break free. But it didn't seem to work.
"Shana!" Alastor glowed.
"Shana!" Luffy yells.
"...Ngh." She breathed out, and closed her eyes. Everything started to go blurry.
"Grrr! GOMU GOMU NO-AHH!!" Luffy tried to stretch his head back but ended up making the cage fall to the ground, making him see the ground.
"Ngh...Damn it!"
"More luck in your next life! Hahahaha!!" Buggy laughed. But at that moment a silhouette appeared behind him. This silhouette took out some kind of baton and hit Buggy in the head with great force.
...
A large bump grew on top of Buggy's head. Along with that, he also had a rather painful and funny expression. At that very moment he also fell face down on the ground supposedly unconscious.
In addition. Shana landed on the floor apparently free of the stranglehold.
Shana spent a long time trying to catch her breath on the ground.
On the other side. After a lot of willpower, Luffy manages to pull the cage back into place. Because of that he was able to see again. Luffy seemed to be happy with who he was seeing in front of him. Because the silhouette was actually...
"Nami!"
"Are you okay?" Nami ducked and went to help the flaming tsundere.
"Haah...Haah...Haah...Hah...Why did you come...? Why did you saved me...?"
"It doesn't matter now! You're hurt! You need medicine as soon as possible!" Nami said.
"Shana. Give her my thanks later." Alastor awning.
"This here is nothing. I'm fine!" Shana said before forcefully getting to her feet.
"Huh?" Before Shana could react, Nami caught her and placed her behind her back. "W-Wait! Let me go!" Shana begin's to swing her arms around like a spoiled brat.
"As if." Nami told her.
"Hey Nami. I went to see Buggy myself and it turned out he was a bad guy." Luffy said to her innocently.
The thief then turned her face towards where Luffy was and changed her expression to a more surly one.
"Now about your case... I won't say anything. You're just lucky to be stuck there." Nami sighs. "Well anyway. What matters now is you guys getting out of here."
"But, why are you-" Shana was going to ask but was interrupted by a chorus of knives that came flying at Nami's back. One of them grazed her.
"Agh!" She groans in pain. She then fails back a bit.
Luffy gasped. "Nami!"
Shana turned and saw the same figure as before. Buggy. With a bump on the head.
" You freshly damned...! You dare attack the great captain Buggy from behind?!" But then Buggy stopped. "Wait a second... your appearance is matching the information I had received from my men. You are the thief who stole my grand line chart!"
"Stole what?" Luffy wonders.
"Agh...!...!" Nami held the sacral part of her arm in pain. She can't say anything.
"For the trouble you caused me before you will die first!" Buggy then literally threw his own legs at Nami and Shana. Nami closed her eyes as Shana was about to jump. But when the legs got closer...
clutch*
They never hit them. Nami was confused. Shana, Luffy and Buggy were the only ones they saw at that moment. Nami had turned around to see what had happened.
A muscular man with green hair had seized the attack with two swords.
Zoro had arrived.
"Oi. What the hell kinda weird power is that? Seriously, who needs to do that to kill two girls?"
"Zoro!" Luffy yelled happily.
Nami then looked at the figure of Zoro who looked at her after pushing Buggy.
"Are you guys okay?"
"Y-Yes...Thanks..." Nami replies awkwardly.
"Who is this man? He seems to be one of Luffy's. I thought I was the first..." Shana said
"His power of existence is astronomical. It is on the same level as the Straw Hat. He seems fully capable of taking care of this fiend. Still, not counting the demonic energy that Luffy had. What kind of power is it? I wonder what exactly he's going to do now."
"Phew, that's good." Luffy spoke. "Hey, Zoro can you get me out of here now."
"What's up with that joke of yours? First that bird, and now the cage? You're always looking for excitement, right?" Zoro turned around and said.
"I know, don't you tell me! Today I've been really crazy until now."
'Did he say Zoro as in, the pirate hunter, Roronoa Zoro? But...How? What is happening?' Nami thought.
Zoro then started heading straight for Luffy's cage until...
"So, you and Roronoa Zoro, am I right?" Buggy started. He looked intrigued. "What do you want here? Did you come after my head?"
"No. You can keep it. I don't care about your bounty. I left the pirate hunter' business." Zoro responds.
"Oh yeah? But I'm interested. You know, if I kill you, my name's popularity will rise all over East Blue even more."
Zoro looked back. "If I did, you would have given more value to my own life and not dared to try. You would die."
"Oh? Is that so? Consider my curiosity fulfilled." Buggy twirled one of his knives.
Zoro just signed. "If words won't convince you..." He then looked at Nami and Shana. "You can jump back if you don't want to get hit by accident."
"What? Do you intend to fight him? You saw what he had done! He has an akuma mo mi, which nullifies sword attacks. Anything you use won't do anything!" Nami argued but just walked forward without looking back.
...
...
"Do you know a swordsman... Who cowers away from a fight?" Zoro asked.
"Huh?" Nami seemed confused. Zoro decided to face the clown. 'I can't understand pirates...'
Zoro then put one of his swords in his mouth while holding two. Shana was perplexed.
"What. He took two swords to hold them and put another one in his mouth. Never in my life have I seen anyone go into battle like that? what type of fighting style is that?" Shana asked.
Zoro and Buggy had started fighting in the background.
"Hey Shana! Light the fire!" Luffy called.
"Huh? Light the what? Who says that!?"
"Understood." Shana said before jumping off Nami's back and heading for the cannon.
"What? Wait, where are you going?" Nami followed.
Shana, despite the cut, still had energy and ran to the cannon. After getting there Shana ducked and slid under the cannon and started to crawl under it with her hands on her. Nami couldn't believe what she was seeing. Shana was trying to change the cannon's position. And slowly was getting there.
'No way! His mate is still fighting! And does she know how much it weighs?' Nami thought.
"GNGN...GHN...ngh...Ghn..." Shana slowly started to stand up. Her sounds getting louder. "AHHHHH!!!"
With a scream, Shana manages to change the cannon's direction. This is all, before kneeling down.
Nami was taken back a lot by this.
Also, it didn't take long for Zoro to realize what was going on behind him as he fought.
"AHHHHH!!! THEY TURNED THE CANNON!!" Buggy had noticed too. "WAIT A MINUTE, THERE'S STILL A BUGGY BALL INSIDE!!"
'They synced all of that?' Nami thought.
Shana then made a gesture with her hands which lit the cannon's stove.
"AHHH!! SHE LIGHTED THE CANNON!!"
Zoro then just ran towards where the group was while Buggy has a panic attack.
Luffy made an excited face.
Everyone except Luffy started covering their ears.
"WAIT, LET'S OVERLOOK THIS, LET'S BE FRIENDS DON'T DO IT! NO!! STOP! STOP! NO! NO! NAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!"
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM*
[Insert Shana eyecatcher here]
Another flag burns...
Afterwards, the small explosion in Buggy's hiding place (Pun not intended). The fate of our protagonists had changed. Zoro was seen carrying Luffy's cage. He was needing to make a little effort to achieve this but he had no problem with it. "You don't have to, you know. I can walk." The fiery hair girl said. She had returned to Nami's shoulders.
"No way. You're injured, you can't walk in that condition."
"Looks like I'm back to square one..." She sighs mentally.
"Luffy, who are they?" Zoro remembered to ask.
"They're our navigator and swordsman."
"The saying is swordwoman for female. Not one for just anyone, idiot." He corrected. "Even so. That's interesting." Zoro then started down the stairs.
"Hey. Take me to them." Shana asked.
"Huh?"
"I made that very clear when I discussed it with you." Shana said. "Oh, you know what, I don't have the patience for that."
Shana jumped off Nami's back and went down the stairs, somehow even with two wounds she managed to get down without any problems. Still, it went very slowly.
"What a thick head..." Nami frowned.
???.
Passing through the streets looking for something, he was an ominous figure. She had huge hair that definitely belonged on a woman. but this figure also strangely... had a huge beard under his chin. His presence brought a question to the air. And a woman or a man?
???.
Anyway... We go back to where the main pirates, Luffy and Zoro are. Zoro decided to leave Luffy halfway.
"Great. Where's the damn boat? And this place is a labyrinth." Zoro complained.
"Huh? The boat is in the water, right?"
"That I know. Only... you can't see anything from here... the view is blocked with those houses around. I'm going to have to climb into one to find the boat."
"You don't know where the boat is... Zoro, stop being stupid." Luffy answered honestly.
"Screw you! Look who's talking!" Zoro snapped.
"Huh?" Luffy looked confused. "Anyway, we can't leave yet. We have to wait for our mates."
"...Luffy, I'll be very frank with you. I don't know about that girl with the red head, plus the redhead... She doesn't seem to want to have any involvement with us."
Luffy paused. "Well, she said she didn't like pirates anymore... She said that if I went to see the buggy tied up she would change her mind. So it's not a problem..."
Luffy said innocently. Zoro simply she looked at him with a disappointing but not surprised look.
"The guy who just called me an idiot, and then released a sentence like that? What did I do to deserve this?" He sweatdropped.
Then, dune footsteps were heard. The two turn to the source of the sound. It was Shana who was walking towards.
"That girl again." Zoro said.
"Shana!" Luffy yelled happily.
"Wh...h." Before she could say anything, she realized that she was about to collapse on her face but before that happens, she decided to hide it and sit on the floor next to them instead.
Zoro had noticed the bloody mark on her body parts. She had come to them without any help.
"Before you ask anything to me. I'm fine." Shana said suddenly.
"No one's being bothered to ask that." Zoro replied. "Even when I got to that house I realized there was a lot of pirates on the floor. That red-haired girl didn't look like much of a fighter so I'm assuming that's you."
"Yes, I did. Pretty obvious answer, no."
"I meant it. I'll admit I wasn't quite sure how to react when my steak-head captain's told me to have a child join us. But I can see now that you have potential."
"Thanks. But I got there already. By the way, I'm not a kid. Shut up."
Shana then looked at Luffy. "You didn't tell me you already had a member. Is there a reason?"
"No and nothing. I just really forgot." Luffy replied and smiled.
"Great. On top of that I have to deal with this too?" Shana facepalmed.
"Sailing besides these two will be an unrepeated experience if i say so myself." Alastor spoke.
"Hey, Zoro this one and Shana. Our new companion!" Luffy announced.
"Hi." The two sword users said at the same time.
"Where are you going now?"
"Well, we were looking for the boat while Nami didn't come here, but Zoro is stupid and didn't find the sea."
"I already told you it's not my fault." Zoro frowned.
"Oh, okay. Wait are you telling me that you failed to find the sea in a place such as this." Shana asked. "You really ARE an idiot."
"Shishishi, I didn't say."
"SHUT UP, YOU TWO!!" Zoro barked.
Luffy simply laughed.
Shana chuckled. One of the few times she smiled. "Anyway. There are a few other things I'd like to talk about or ask. But now the biggest thing right now is... What is that."
Shana pointed to something behind the two. They looked back and found something strange. A stoic white dog sitting seriously. He didn't move a muscle.
"A dog like that and we didn't realize that." Zoro commented.
Shana glared at him. "What is his deal?"
"Let's pet him." Luffy started moving his cage on his own to the wooden floor where the canine was. Even after getting this close, the dog refused to budge.
"It looks dead." Shana said.
"It would do no good to pet the animal." Alastor adviced.
"Why?" Shana asked.
"I have seen a position such as this before with similar creatures in the crimson world. My mind may deceive me but this is most likely a guardian."
"A guardian? What else would a dog want to protect?" Shana was confused. But not for long as the confusion turned to surprise when a loud sound was heard along with a little... despair.
CHOMP*
"AHHHHHH!! OW! OW! OW! FUCKIN' GRUMPY DOG!! GET OUT OF MY FACE YOU IDIOT !! OW! SOMEONE HELP ME HERE!"
Zoro was perplexed by the scene. The dog was having a 'fight' with the animal.
"YOU MORON! YOU DON'T HAVE THE TAMING SKILLS TO PET ANY ANIMAL YOU SEE!!" Shana and Zoro snapped.
"Does he even realize the situation we are currently in!?" Alastor glowed.
"Huh? What's going on here." A female voice said. All of a sudden, Nami appeared on the scene and witnessed what happened.
"WHERE DID YOU COME FROM!?!?" Shana and Zoro screamed.
"Jezz, can you minimize it? Can't you see your partner is being attacked by a dog?" Nami pulled Zoro back. (Because Shana is very small lol)
'How is that girl so full of energy after taking two stab wounds?' Nami thought. 'Anyway...'
"Heya, navigator." Luffy stopped the 'fight'.
"Anyway. While you guys were playing pirates in Buggy's hideout, I managed to steal a few things from him. And one of them was something quite uninteresting to me but will probably help you. Since you helped me that much I can repay." Nami then threw a key on the ground.
"A key! Did you bring it for me?" Luffy asked.
"But don't get me wrong. I just didn't mean to wind up owing you." Nami made it clear.
Zoro simply smirked at this.
Shana however didn't look very convinced. "Why did you put it on the floor instead of handing it to him."
"Does it matter? It's close enough to him, so no problem." Nami replied.
"...If you say." Shana rolled her eyes back to Luffy.
"Thanks! I'm saved!" Luffy said before he yanked his right arm to catch the key. However, just in time the dog eats the key so he can't get out and then swallows it.
...
Everyone made faces shocked at what had happened. (Except for Luffy)
"Stupid dog! Stupid dog!" In the next frame, Luffy is immediately seen choking the life out of the dog. "That's not food! Give it back, give it back, give it back!"
"What a waste of precious time..." Alastor glowed.
"Its close enough to him…? Got it. I'll think about it the next time I want to feed a support object to a beast." Shana turned to Nami and spoke sarcastically.
"Well, maybe part of this is my fault, but do I have any guilt for the dog having a bandana against him?" Nami defended himself.
"Hey you! What do you think you hope to gain from bullying Chouchou, young people!?" a new voice called.
A new person appeared on the scene. It was a middle-aged man with glasses, dressed quite unusually.
"Chouchou?" Luffy and the dog stopped.
"Who is he?" Shana wondered. "Why does he dress himself as a warrior?"
"Beats me." Zoro commented.
"I am the mayor of this town! Who are you?!" The man announces. Until he notices something. "Huh? My goodness, what a horrible wound! Who could have done something like that? This is very clearly Buggy's doing!" The man referred to Shana's wound.
"Who? Me?" She turned.
"Yes, young lady yourself. You need medicine, immediately!"
Shana then simply stood still for a while. Before she closes her eyes and says. "Thank you for your concern sir. But as you can see I'm in full capacity."
2 minutes later.
"LET ME GO, LET ME GO! STOP! I ALREADY SAID I'M FINE, OLD MAN!" Shana waving her arms all over the place was now seen being carried by the mayor on the back and being guided somewhere.
"That won't do. What kind of mayor would I be if I allowed a little girl to stay hurt in public? I insist!"
"I DON'T CARE ABOUT ANY OF THAT, NOW LET ME GO!" The huntress continues to hyperinteract like a spoiled child.
"Stubbornness has its limits. And even I know that." Nami sweatdropped.
1 minute later.
The mayor was seen leaving a house and heading towards where the Straw Hats were.
"How is she?" Luffy asked.
"It's really nothing serious. A cast was enough. But I had to use something inside to make her fall asleep, because the girl wouldn't stay still." the man said.
At the house then, Shana was seen unconscious on the floor and without the alastor pendant around her neck.
Outside.
Chouchou listened to himself. Still unmoved. Nami then came over and stroked his head.
"So, this dog's name is Chouchou?" She asks.
"Oh, old man. Why is that dog always standing still?" Luffy asks.
"He's protecting this establishment." The man responds bluntly.
"Protecting?" Nami wonders until she looks back. "True! It's a pet shop!"
"Yes. This place belonged to an old friend of mine." The man says before entering the store. After a few minutes he returns with a plate full of dog treats. "Here it is." He places it in front of Chouchou who eats it without complaint. "So I'm here to take care of him for you."
"Taking care of him?" Nami asks in intrigue.
"That."
"But where's the boy then?"
"He died three months ago of an illness." The mayor said before closing the pet shop doors.
"He died? Wait don't tell me he's been here all this time waiting for his master."
"That's not what it looks like." Zoro commented before looking at Chouchou. "I can see it in his eyes."
"And you would be right young man." The mayor agreed. "Chouchou is a one-of-a-kind boy. He is very smart, and he knows very well that his master won't come back."
"Then why does he continue to protect the place?" Nami asks.
"I believe that's why this is a holy place in Chouchou's eyes. A treasure if you will." The mayor says before smoking a cigar. "And a memento from his dog-loving master."
"I've tried coaxing him away, but even if I push him or punch him he refuses to leave."
Chouchou simply heard again for himself. Luffy seemed to be very quiet. His eyes and face are black as his straw hat blocks out the light. Zoro also seemed quiet more in a different way than Luffy.
Chouchou then went to where the pet shop was and placed the plate that was in his mouth on the floors.
.
...
..
Then, all of a sudden from ground begin's to shake following up with the roar of a lion.
"What is that noise?" Nami asks. She gets confused when she sees the scared mayor.
"Its him! Beast tamer Mohji!" He said as he ran in circles.
"Wait, what do you mean beast tamer?" Nami asked. Unfortunately this was not the right time as the man ran out of it. "W-Wait! Come back here." She followed. Leaving only Luffy, Zoro and Chouchou.
"C'mon, there's someone coming here, give me back my key." Luffy asked. But the dog did not react.
But before Zoro could do anything, a huge shadow appeared above Luffy and Zoro. They looked up.
"Well, Well, looks to me like your friends left you to rot here, don't they?" a very ugly man said in the back of a lion.
"Who are you?" Luffy asks as Zoro gets up.
"I am Beast tamer Mohji! One of the crew members of the Buggy Pirates!" Mohji announced before noticing Zoro's weird look. A curious and comical look.
"You're kidding me." He simply said.
"Huh?" the beast tamer looked confused.
"Hey Zoro. Are you talking about his weird wig and animal pijama?" Luffy asked referring to Mohji's questionable hair that looked like the hair of an animal.
"W-How rude! This one is my little hair!" He fumed and pointed to his head.
"But its weird." Luffy said.
"I'm not surprised you're one of Buggy's anymore. Anyway, what do you want? You've come to kill us." Zoro asked bluntly.
"You took the words right out of my mouth." Mohji said trying to regain his posture. "Captain Buggy affiliated me exclusively to kill you, Roronoa. But I bet Richie wouldn't mind having another prey."
"You are with big nose? Then I'm going to kick your ass!" Luffy announced.
"Hey, genius how are you going to do that inside a cage?" Zoro asks.
"...Oh, right." Luffy remembered.
"That's why I say to think before I speak, imbecile."
"Well, this conversation is great but I'm afraid my time is short. Richie, strike!" He commanded what made the lion go to the two of them.
The lion's claws end up hitting Luffy's cage without hitting him, which causes its destruction.
"Yes! The cage's open!" Luffy said. But he ends up getting distracted and the lion hits his chest and launches him directly into a random house. Lots of smoke engulfs that place.
"Luffy!" Zoro yelled worriedly.
"An Instant death." Mohji said without a smirk. "Good boy, Richie!" "Now with that nameless thug out, it's time we get what we came for in the first place."
"Get ready, Roronoa! You're facing both of us." He announced.
Zoro had a strong conviction that Luffy was fine. He simply decided to take his place. He then took his stance now with three swords.
"You can come. Send that dog of yours over here!" Zoro called.
"Very well, go ahead Richie!" Mohji commanded and the lion went after Zoro to start the fight.
Richie jumped up and thrust his paws towards Zoro who blocked them with his three swords. The grip between the two was too big. And Zoro was on the receiving end of that.
'What the hell, did this non-sense gave this animal to eat...?' Zoro asked.
Mohji laughed. "I know very well what you're thinking right now! But yes. Richie has the body and strength of 100 men. His claws and teeth are so sharp that they can tear an individual easily! Not even Roronoa Zoro himself can contain his strength." Mohji said before Richie pushes Zoro away. Zoro went flying towards a house but to stop it he used one of his swords to stab the roof of one of the houses nearby and the momentum stopped.
He landed on the other side, and got up. "Let's try a direct hit, shall we? Richie..."
As soon as Richie saw Zoro approaching him, he jumps away from him and starts charging.
"ONI GIRI!"
The swordsman passes through the lion in high speed. swinging his sword and manages to slice Richie's leg causing blood to fly.
"Nyaaaaah!" Richie cried.
"Richie!" Mohji looked worried and confused by the fact that his pet managed to get hit. "You wretched bastard, how dare you!"
"You're still standing." Zoro said as he turned around.
"Ugh. It doesn't matter. That was just an unforeseen event. When we get back we'll do something about it. But now, Richie keep fighting!"
The Lion then once again charges straight at Zoro, who looked ready... or almost.
at that moment, then Chouchou was running towards the Lion, confusing his tamer. "What is that? A house dog?" Mohji was confused. "Never mind. Throw him away, Richie. We don't have time to play!" When the dog jumped Richie simply backhanded him away (don't ask), which hit him very hard and once he went flying until he landed in the street.
However, the dog got up again afterwards.
'That simplified-minded dog will end up dying for nothing if he stays here.' Zoro thought.
"Still alive?" Mohji asked.
Richie was then aggressively running towards Zoro again.
"Hey, Get out of here! Can't you see you are nothing near him!?" Zoro shouted at the dog behind who just ignored it and ran to where the lion was again.
"My goodness, what a irritating animal. Richie, just devour him." Mohji asked. Richie then opened his mouth as he ran.
Seeing this. Zoro then decided to act.. he started to charge, his sword raised, to cut it down.
The dog Chochou, jumped without fear. He didn't seem to care who these two were or how strong they were. It would protect the last memory of when its owner lived in this world.
Both Richie and Chouchou were about to bite each other, until Zoro jumps in front of Chouchou and blocks Richie's bite with his three swords.
Both swords hit the blade of Richie. But the force of his bite wasn't enough to actually break the blades, then he pushes Zoro away again. This time, it wasn't as strong. Zoro fell to the ground this time.
Chouchou ran to where Zoro was and started barking incessantly as if he was mad at him. Zoro didn't say anything for a long time. Chouchou continued to bark at him. Until...
"SHUT UP, DO YOU WANT TO DIE!?" Zoro roared at him which made Chouchou stop.
Meanwhile a huge shadow covered the two. "You know I'm getting mad? Okay, Richie time to use your most powerful technique." The lion then jumped back and started carrying something.
"SHISHI NO...UROBORE YURO!!" Richie made a loud roar that turned into a huge sound wave that was heading towards the two of them. Chouchou looked agitated. Zoro looked back only to see that the pet shop was behind him. Regardless, he gives Chouchou a kick which knocks him away from the Lion, and he crashes into a wall.
"What violence! Attacking your animal friend like that. As expected for Roronoa Zoro!" Mohji said.
Zoro saw that the sound wave was heading towards him. Zoro holds two of his swords at an angle against each other and rotates them rapidly.
"Hmmm...? What do you intend to do by swinging your swords like that, Roronoa?" Mohji pedi smugly. But this all turned to despair because when the sound wave got close to Zoro Richie's attack started to bounce back with the force of Zoro's rotation. "What!?"
"WHAT!?!? I DON'T GET IT!! OUR BEAUTIFUL ATTACK IS COMING OUR DIRECTION." Mohji and Richie despaired. "RICHIE DO SOMETHING BEFORE WE ARE GONE, ROAR AGAIN, RUN, HOLD YOUR HEAD IN YOUR ARMS, SOMETHING, SOMETHING!!!!!" Mohji yells before the attack reaches the duo and starts to take effect on them.
VROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM*
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!"
"GRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!"
The blue tone attack engulfed the two and completely deteriorated their eardrums. They scream in pain as their bodies rapidly contort. Zoro just stopped what he was doing and watched the two. The attack looked so massive that 3 of the houses behind Richie and Mohji were completely obliterated.
INTERMISSION.
NO ANIMAL WAS HARMED IN THE PRODUCTION OF THIS FANFIC. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ASKING.
The Zone where Zoro was was a zone. The whole place was just smoke everywhere for a long time. So much so that it could very likely be seen from afar. What could not be seen, however.
Was Mohji and Richie who fell to the ground unconscious with very funny faces. . The biggest loss they took wasn't the fight...It was their ears.
Well from afar. Chouchou was seen returning to where the pet shop was. It was a mess. But he didn't seem to care about that. What mattered to him were two things. The animal tamer, Mohji and his kascote were defeated and Zoro was in front of the pet shop that Chouchou loved so much.
"You missed it the moment you tried to pass by here..." Zoro said.
He put his swords away and left where he was. He saw the guard dog running towards him.
"Wh...what happened here?" a female voice came. It was Nami along with the mayor.
"This place is a mess!" Nami said. "It looks like a lion or something passed by."
"That is most likely the work of that fellow." The mayor said referring to Mohji. "But anyway. What matters is that you're okay."
"What?" The mayor ran to where Zoro was and saw the unconscious bodies of one of Buggy's members. "That's Beast tamer, Mohji! He's completely out."
"I-Is that a Lion!? How can it be so big!?" Nami fell in surprise.
Mayor then looked around and saw Chouchou all dirty. "My goodness, Chouchou! How soaked you are! You need a doctor right away!"
"Don't tell me he fought this Mohji guy..." Nami said with a worried look.
"If that's what you call getting in the way, then yes." Zoro said bluntly. "I did more than him. But I'll admit, he's a tough fighter."
"So he did manage to beat him..." Nami said in surprise.
'Chouchou... You intended to die if necessary to protect the pet shop...' The mayor thought and stopped.
"Wait for me." A familiar male voice said. Luffy then entered the scene.
"About time." Zoro smirked. "What took you so long."
"huh? This place is really big, and I didn't remember where you were." Luffy replied.
"Wait a minute! Your captain was just thrown straight into a house that collapsed on top of him. Aren't you going to ask if he's okay? Or ask how he survived." Nami asks incredulously.
"I already knew he was going to be fine." Zoro responds.
"Hey, Zoro where's that guy in the weird animal costume-" Luffy stopped mid-sentence when he saw Mohji and Richie unconscious.
"Wow, the guys are so scruffy. Did you take care of them, Zoro?" Luffy asks normally.
"Yes. But not alone." Zoro turned to Chouchou who had gone back to sitting where he always sat at the pet shop.
Luffy then went towards the dog. "You're all dirty too. You helped Zoro defeat that weird guy." Luffy asks and Dog barks happily. Luffy then tries to pet him on the head and this time it works. "Shishishi, Congratulations! You managed to protect your treasure!"
"Huh?" Nami turned.
"What a persistent little dog this one." Zoro smirked at where Luffy was.
About that. Nami was having a crisis of thoughts watching this.
'Were they really concerned... about the well-being of the dog...?' Nami thought. She continued to watch the trio.
A memory flashed on her head.
"should you have been able to go out into several worlds and meet 20, 40, even a thousand people of a certain class, and it still makes no sense to deduce that they all have the same character. Are you really childish enough to ignore such a law as common sense?! No, don't answer that. The truth is that there are a big bunch of self absorbed fools with a lot of money. but I'm telling you. There's a limit to everything. People are always diferent."
Nami remembered what Shana had told her.
'My whole life I've been surrounded by all kinds of nasty and demanted pirates... Plus what that girl told me... And the very behavior of these two is making me rethink my beliefs... Is that really ...could there really be...' Nami thought deeply with a serious expression.
Luffy and Zoro then left Chouchou. The Dog stood with two paws barked at them.
"Yeah! Take care you too!" Luffy answered back. The dog continues to bark before to sit down again.
Nami can't help it but smile.
"Pathetic! Pathetic! I'm pathetic!" The moment is broken by an enraged mayor.
"This young man risked his own life against one of the most dangerous members of Buggy. Even Chouchou risked his life to protect what was of value to him, while I, the mayor, stand by and watch as my town is completely destroyed bit by bit." The mayor complained to himself.
"Huh?" Nami turned around.
"Wait a minute, calm down Mr. Mayor." Nami protested with concern.
"40 years ago this land was nothing but mud and dirt until we got here. We spent all our time and energy bringing back fields, shops and houses. Our fingers and hands hurt from mowing the grass so many times!" He goes on. "This town is a treasure both to me and the citizens. It is a result of our hard teamwork. I can't let them dominate us like that again with their cannons!"
"Mr. Mayor, it's okay to be angry about this, but Buggy has already been defeated." Nami said.
"No offence, but that guy in the animal costume was a member of Buggy. He even said he came after me, on the captain's orders. So Buggy, it's still here somewhere." Zoro said
"Hey, is Big Nose still alive?" Luffy asked
"I'm not entirely sure, that clown could be in over his head, but that's what I think." Zoro replied.
"Why are you saying something like that here? If you keep adding fuel to the fire, who knows what he could do!" Nami repressed.
"Thanks a lot for the information, young people. Now that I know Buggy is still here I can finally reach my point of redemption!" The mayor said in a fighting stance as if he's about to go.
"I can't stand this any longer... To let an unknown scumbag destroy our town from 40 years ago would be blasphemous to me. I will protect this town! As its mayor would!"
The mayor tried to run but Nami held him.
"Stop, stop, stop, Mr. Mayor!"
"The old man has gone mad for good." Zoro commented.
"There are times when a man needs to step out of his leisure comfort and fight, don't you think young people?" he asked.
"That's right, old man!" Luffy smiled wide and said.
"What's your problem?! This is crazy! He's about to do something reckless and you don't even seem to care!"
"I'm fully aware that its reckless, young woman!" The mayor turned around and said what time Nami let go of him.
"Buggy the clown, here I come!!!" The prefect war cried as he ran to a random direction and his shadow disappears slowly.
"The mayor...was crying..." Nami said slowly with a concerning look.
"Was he? I didn't see." Luffy admits.
"Looks like the party's about to start!" smirked Zoro.
"Sure does!"
"This is no time to be laughing, you two." Nami says worried.
"It's okay. I like that old man, I'm not going to let him die." Luffy turned around and answered. His optimism reflected as always.
"In that case... There's only one thing we have to do." Zoro said as him and Luffy head to the opposite way where the Mayor went.
"Huh? Where are you going?" Nami asked.
"Shana must have woken up by now. Let's escort her!" Luffy replied.
"What!?" Nami's face shifted in disapproval. "He's coming after you?! But she's hurt!"
"From the way she feels, I bet she was after us anyway." Zoro responds.
"Well...Right, that's true." Nami ended up half-convinced.
Somewhere else.
After the beating he had taken, Mohji and his pet Richie were still on their way back to Buggy's location to deliver the bad news. And yes, his ears still weren't the best.
"In a state like this I'd rather be dead." Mohji growled with a miserable face. Richie then roared which somehow the beast tamer understood. "Yes,yes, i already know what you're going to say! I should have brought the Buggy absorbers! Yes, I made a mistake Richie me sorry but cut me some slack for pete's sake. By chance you, in my position would've guessed that wind repels sound?" Mohji asks and Richie doesn't roar like he doesn't know how to answer
"That's what I thought. The fact that we can still hear each other, or better. That we survived that turmoil and our greatest victory, don't you think?"
Richie just roared low. "WHAT DID YOU SAY ABOUT MY MOTHER!?" Mohji got annoyed for some reason.
Richie just laughed out loud as he continued to walk.
TO BE CONTINUED.
NEXT TIME ON OPM.!
The mayor lost his mind and ran to redeem himself. Fortunately, our pirates are on their way to stop their reckless attitude. Nothing is easy anymore, when the self-centered Clown comes back with everything. Hold out a little longer, because another fight will start now. Who will be the winner this time? Find out on the next chapter of OPM!!
Alright, i'm finally done with this one. Yeah, i know jackass takes almost one month to finish this? What does he do too make himself so busy?
and the answear is nothing. But i think waking up earlier is giving me more writing time (I'm back to school if you're unaware.)
I'm positive that we are one chapter away from being done with this arc.
Then, we'll be heading to my least favorite east blue arc. And also Seryu's first appearance. And honestly i'm not very confident but enough of that. Here's a few things i wanted to adress.
if you see a word in the author's notes that looks like this especific word that means its a hint for something to come in the future.
2. The pet shop was originally going to be destroyed here. diferent from IBS. But i quickly went against this upon the realization that Zoro was going to be in the scene as well, with Shana getting stabbed in his place. And while he is in equal strenght with Luffy, it wouldn't feel right if he got taken out easily like Luffy.
3. Yes, the sonic wave is something of my creation if you're wondering.
4. I completelly forgot to mention this. But some lines from last episodes were taken from other fanfic stories. Specifically from DragonKingDragneel25's Straw hat RWBY's. Please check his stuff out!
5. No, that final bit with Mohji is just there for fun and doesn't add anything to the story. I only put it there cuz i didn't how to end the chapter.
If you have any question regarding the story. PM me.
Before i leave now. I think i should also adress this elephant. (its gonna start but trust me its related to this.) So, it looks like persona 3 is getting a remaster releasing on early 2024. So as a way of celebrating I've decided that I'm going to add a character from P3 to join Luffy. And i know who i think should make the cut.
I'm not saying who. But its probably gonna be in...Alabasta. So its gonna take a while.
So now the list looks like this.
CHARACTERS FROM OTHER WORLDS TO BE SENT BACK HOME: (OR NOT)
1. Shana (Shakugan no Shana)-Afilliation: Luffy's crew.
2. Seryu Ubiquitious (Akame ga kiru)-Afilliation: Luffy's crew.
3. Po (Kung fu panda)-Afilliation: Luffy's crew.
4. Benjamin Kirby Tennyson (Ben 10 2006)-Afilliation: Luffy's crew
5. ??? (Persona 3)- Afilliation: Luffy's crew.
Alright see ya.