3 Part 3 - LEEEEERRRRROOOOOYYYYY!

Jimmy barely dodged out of the way of Leroy's rampaging charge. Suddenly, a bullet flew past Jimmy's face, narrowly missing him. Another bullet fired towards Nargo, who just flicked the bullet away.

Jenkins, who had just fired the bullets, instantly switched to another pair of flintlock pistols. The inside of Jenkins coat was littered with weapons dangling inside. As he went to fire a bullet towards Tim Tim, Ronin bit into his leg. He winced in pain, but continued to aim.

A bullet flew towards Whatz D Face, who was keeping the lackeys at bay with Belsari, hitting his shoulder. He looked down confused and a sudden realization of being shot finally hit him. He gripped his shoulder in pain but otherwise, it was merely a flesh wound, so he continued to fend off the rest of the pirates.

Tim Tim fired his short bow. It struck Jenkins leg as he tried to wiggle free from Ronin's clutches. Nargo sent a sword flying in the air which also hit Jenkins, now bloodied greatly and desperately limping towards the forest.

"Ronin, after him!" Tim Tim shouted.

Meanwhile, Jimmy and Leroy were facing off. Leroy, screaming like usual, flung a powerful punch straight towards Jimmy's jaw. Jimmy ducked underneath it and pierced Leroy through the chest with his harpoon. Before Leroy could grab the harpoon, Jimmy tore it out of him. Bits of skin and blood splattered across Jimmy's face. But Leroy simply grinned.

He backhanded Jimmy and sent him flying near the ship materials. Jimmy, clearly shocked, wiped some blood from his forehead and grabbed his harpoon off the floor. Leroy charged once again, this time aiming to grapple Jimmy.

Jimmy evaded and stabbed Leroy once more, but this time in the back. Jimmy grabbed his harpoon and tore it out again. There was now a pretty large hole in Leroy's chest, but he turned, oozing blood, and readied for a final attack. Leroy took a step forwards and collapsed to floor, blood soaking the sands slowly.

"WHAT IS YOUR NAME BRAVE WARRIOR?!" Leroy shouted, laid bare on the sand.

"Jimmy the fisherman."

"AH A MIGHTY NAME!"

"Before you die, could you call your lackeys off?"

"SURE THING GLORIOUS JIMMY! LADS, PACK IT IN AND RETREAT BEFORE YOU ARE KILLED BY THESE POWERFUL FOES!"

The pirates looked at each other confused and shrugged. They immediately disengaged and fled the beach. Ronin dragged Jenkins towards the rest of the party. As they decided on what to do with their hostages, Vaeg who had been wandering about the forest, returned and had to be bribed with a quarter of all gold acquired in the next day, to heal Leroy to a conscious state.

After healing Leroy reluctantly, Vaeg scanned the beach and found another survivor. He announced to the crew that he was going to give his 'Special' treatment to his newly found patient. Vaeg dragged the poor lackey into a bush where a stifled scream sounded momentarily, but was instantly cut off. Weirdly, Vaeg returned without his patient and wiping his mouth which was stained red.

"What happened to Bobby?" Jenkins asked fearfully.

"Don't you worry about that. He's just sleeping at the moment." Vaeg answered.

Jimmy investigated the bush that the patient had been taken to. The leaves and soil were covered heavily in blood and some bones were scattered around. Jimmy returned, pale as a ghost, and said to the crew, "Don't worry he's uhh... definitely sleeping," then he whispered, "Eternally," and shivered at the thought of Vaeg actually engulfing human flesh.

"That good to hear! You must be a wonderful doctor Mister Vaeg!" Tim Tim said.

Vaeg grinned evilly, "Don't worry little one, if you ever need my special treatment, I'm always here to help. Especially for those that don't call me Doctor Vaeg."

Those of the crew who had pieced together the gist of Vaeg's treatment, simultaneously shouted, "NO!"

Whilst this was going on, Belsari and Nargo continued building the ship which was now half complete due to the expertise knowledge of Belsari and metal moving ability of Nargo's devil fruit.

"Anyways," Jimmy said trying to divert the conversation, "Who ordered you to kill us Leroy and Jenkins?"

"We'll never tell you!" Jenkins shouted.

However, Leroy was not on the same wavelength and spilled the beans.

"GOLDEN TOOTH EZEKIEL, MIGHTY FISHERMAN!"

Jenkins kicked Leroy.

"Next question! Why did he want to kill us?"

"WE DON'T KNOW! WE WERE JUST TOLD TO ELIMINATE YOU AND THEN I COULD FINALLY BUY SOME OCTOPUS DUMPLINGS, MIGHTY FISHERMAN!"

"Where is Ezekiel right now?"

"Don't you dare Ler-"

"HE SAID HE WAS GOING TO DEFEND AGAINST THE MARINES IMPENDING RAID SO HE'LL BE AT HIS BASE, MIGHTY FISHERMAN!"

"Goddamn it Leroy!"

"Well done Leroy! If you answer this one, I'll buy you some octopus dumplings or even better I'll make them!" Jimmy continued, ignoring the string of cursing from Jenkins. "Now where is the pirate base?"

"I'M HONOURED BY YOUR PROMISE, MIGHTY FISHERMAN! WE WEREN'T ACTUALLY TOLD WHERE IT WAS! WE WERE ONLY TOLD IT WAS NORTH ON THIS ISLAND!"

"Thank you, honourable warrior Leroy." Jimmy turned to his crew, "So what do you all want to do?"

A unanimous decision was passed to attack the pirate base and not only get rid of their enemies but also claim the bounty of Golden Tooth Ezekiel. The only problem was that Whatz D Face, their navigator, was drunk, so they would have to wander aimlessly. Before setting off, they also decided to offer Leroy and his grumbling comrade Jenkins, an invitation to their crew.

"If you do beat Ezekiel, which you won't, we will consider your offer as long as you intend on going to the Grand Line soon." Jenkins said.

And so the party stepped into the forest and wandered around for an hour in the forest, completely lost. An argument broke out between them about which way north was. Tim Tim and Jimmy sat out of the argument to observe their surroundings. A slight breeze passed through and the leaves glittered beautifully in the moonlight.

Although, everything was a bit too silent and still. Jimmy and Tim Tim dismissed their suspicions as they just placed the reasoning on the crew arguing and disturbing the wildlife. All of a sudden, a lot of people in tribal clothing ambushed the group and pointed their spears at the party.

In an extremely heavy African accent, the chief slammed his staff into the floor and shouted, "WHA ARE YOU DOING IN MY FOREST!"

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