Chapter 5

You are alive. Mayor Boodle

Both Zoro and Luffy were unharmed, while Mohji and Richie were both on the ground, unconcious. Nami stared as well. If she hadn't of seen Luffy survive that Buggy ball, she'd thought they'd be dead as well.

"If I died at the hands of these weaklings, my reputation would never recover." Zoro said as he looked down at them both.

"That's good and all," Nami said before screaming "But why did you bring them along.

"If they were left alone, they might've attacked that pet store of Chou Chou's." Luffy said. All three of them looked at him as he went on. "You said so yourself that the pet store was all he had left of his master. Right old man?"

"That's right." Boodle replied as he seemed to have calmed down a bit. "It's his treasure."

"And that's why I won't let anyone destroy it."

"What makes you think they were gonna bother the pet store?" Nami asked.

"That lion was eyeing the store while his master was flapping his gums." Zoro said in a bored tone. "I'm betting he was hungry."

Nami just stared at them both again. All her life, she thought pirates were nothing but scum, yet here were two pirates who fought to save the lives and treasures of people they didn't know. She couldn't wrap her head around the idea, nor could she try as the Mayor had started talking.

"I'm pathetic. You young kids are fighting for this town, while I just sit on my ass and do nothing!" he said before he began to explain the origins of the town to them. He told them about how they lost their last town to pirates. How they turned this empty field into the small town that they were standing in, and how it, and all the citizens, were his treasure. "And now, all that we've worked for is getting destroyed once again. I won't stand for it!" He then raised his spear into the air. "I am the Mayor of this town! I won't run while my treasure is being destroyed!" he said. Luffy, Zoro, and Nami smiled at the old man before he declared he would fight. Nami tried to stop him, knowing it was reckless. She let go when she saw him crying and he told her he knew it was reckless. He got a good thirty feet away before he up and collapsed onto the ground.

"W-what happened?" Nami asked before she felt a presesure. She looked around and saw Luffy looking at the Mayor. "Did you do that?"

"How? Why?"

"He's a good man. He'll die if he fights Buggy, so I'll fight for him." Luffy said with a smile. Nami just looked at him before she sighed.

"Fine, but don't forget. I get Buggy's treasure." she said. "But how did you knock him out from here?"

"I'll tell you later. Come on Zoro." Luffy said as he cracked his knuckles.

"That pressure again. Just how powerful is he." Zoro thought

"Right." he said with a smirk as he tied his bandanna onto his head. "I've been dying for a fight." Zoro

Later

Those bastards!" Buggy said in a low threatening tone. He had long since recovered being slammed by his cannon, but he was still seething with rage. His crew were standing around petrified, afraid he would kill them if they so much as made a sound. They watched as Buggy could barely control himself. "They'll all die by my hands. I don't know who that guy with the green hair was, but those other two will pay. How dare Nami run off with them after joining my crew! 'Fight with my boss' my ass! She didn't laugh after she lit the cannon." His eyes shot open as he screamed at the top of his lungs. "AND WHO WAS THAT SILVER HAIRED BASTARD CALLING BIG NOSE?!"

"Calm down Captain." one of his crew pleaded. "First mate Mohji went to kill them, so they'll be dead in no time anyway."

"HEY BIG NOSE!" Luffy

Everyone froze in terror as sweat poured down their faces, while Buggy looked ready to kill as he looked in the direction that shout came from. He looked to see Luffy smiling up at him, with Nami yelling at him that it was suicide to call him that.

"WHO HAS A BIG NOSE YOU BASTARD?!" he screamed with bloodshot eyes. He then noticed Mohji and Richie, both unconcious and beaten, being dragged by a green haired man. "What?! Mohji lost to this trash?!"

"C-captain. That man has three swords!" one of the pirates said in fear. "T-that's the pirate hunter. Roronoa Zoro!" he screamed, causing the rest of the crew to panic.

"Roronoa Zoro huh?" Buggy said as he glared at the three of them. Zoro looked up at them all with a bored expression.

"I think these belong to you." he said before throwing them both up at Buggy and his men, where they landed with a thud right behind them. Buggy looked back at the three of them.

"You dare to humiliate us like this? MEN, FIRE THE BUGGY BALL!" he screamed. His men obeyed as they shot the cannonball at the three. Zoro and Nami ran, while Luffy stayed put with a smile as it got closer.

Luffy imbues spirit energy in his leg. He kicks the cannon back to Buggy it explodes

"How is that possible?!" Nami screamed.

That is a secret''

OKAY, BUT HOW DID YOU DO IT?!" she screamed again as Zoro yelled at Luffy to warn them next time.

"You must have a devil fruit?" came a voice from the rubble. They all looked up to see that Buggy and another man were holding up two random pirates and Richie to protect themselves from the blast before dropping them. Luffy just looked at Buggy in disgust for using his men as shields while Nami looked back at Luffy.

"Did he say Devil fruit?" she asked. Luffy looked at her smiling before he said no

"Captain, allow me to kill these worms." said the man who was next to Buggy.

"Very well then Cabaji." Buggy said as Cabaji pulled a sword from his mouth and hopped onto a unicycle. He then sped off towards Luffy to skewer him with his sword, only for Zoro to appear in front of him and block it with his blade.

"If you're a swordsman, your fight is with me." he said as he glared at Cabaji.

"Roronoa Zoro." Cabaji said with a smug grin. "Defeating you will boost our reputation." He then pulled down his scarf before breathing fire into his face, causing Zoro to back off. And then their clash started. Cabaji fought with circus tricks and spinning tops, while Zoro just deflected it all, looking bored as the fight went on.

"Are you gonna fight, or just do tricks all day?" Zoro asked as he got fed up with Cabaji's attacks. While they were fighting, Nami had snuck off to steal Buggy's treasure.

"Don't worry. I'll finish you off with my greatest attack." he said. He then sped off towards a building, riding up the side, and launching himself high into the air. While he was aiming for Zoro, Buggy then sent his hand flying off towards Zoro, hoping to keep him in place for Cabaji. He screamed in agony though, for Luffy had slammed his foot down onto it, breaking his fingers as he smirked at Buggy.

Hands off Zoro's fight Big Nose." Luffy said as Buggy's crushed hand went back to it's enraged owner.

"WHO HAS A BIG NOSE?!" he screamed as Zoro stepped out of the way, dogding Cabaji's attack easily before he broke his unicycle out from under him.

"Enough games!" Zoro said as he got ready to attack.

"Fine! I'll finish you off with my swordsmanship!" Cabaji yelled as he ran towards Zoro.

"Oni...GIRI!" Zoro called, slashing Cabaji and ending the fight.

"The Buggy pirates lost to this trash?" Cabaji managed to say before he fell to the ground and passed out.

"We're not trash. We're pirates!" Zoro said as he took off his bandana and retied it to his arm.

"Enough!" Buggy screamed as he pulled out some daggers with his good hand. "I don't care what you are! You're all going to die by my hands!"

"This is my fight Zoro." Luffy said, making sure Zoro knew not to interfere. Zoro nodded as he sat down on the side of the road to watch as Buggy pointed his hand and Luffy.

"Chop Chop Cannon!" he screamed as his hand flew out towards Luffy, ready to slice him with the daggers.

What the?!" Zoro said as his eyes widened, clearly not seeing his hand do that before. Just before it struck, Luffy moved out of the way before the hand came back to Buggy.

"The Chop Chop fruit." Buggy said. "It's the Devil fruit I ate, and now I can never be killed by a sword." he said before laughing. His top half then charged at Luffy, ready to cut him up. Luffy mearly smirked as he disappeared. Both Zoro and Buggy just stared before looking around for Luffy.

"Up here." Luffy called from a rooftop behind Buggy. Zoro looked up at him, wondering how he moved that fast. Buggy looked too before getting pissed.

"Hold still you bastard!" he bellowed as he flew towards him again, only to have Luffy disappear again and appear back where Buggy was. Buggy looked around again while Luffy laughed, gaining his attention.

"For a former crew mate of Shanks you are quite weak." Luffy

"You know that bastard!" Buggy shouted before going into a rant, explaining how he and Shanks used to be crewmates, Buggy getting his powers and losing the treasure map and his ability to swim because of Shanks before Shanks dove in to save him.

"Doesn't that mean Shanks saved your ass?" Zoro said as he listened in."

"NOT MY POINT!" Buggy screamed. "The point is, because of Shanks, I'll never get the treasure in the sea, so I'll get all the treasure on the land!" Buggy then looked ready to attack again, but noticed someone out of the corner of his eye. His eyes widen in rage when he saw Nami with his treasure over her shoulder. "You dare steal from me Nami?!" he screamed as he charged at her.

Crap! He saw me!" she yelled as she started running away. While she did, Buggy was quickly catching up to her, unaware that Luffy was slowly walking towards Buggy's lower half. Buggy was a foot away from Nami before he stopped in mid air, his face twisted in pain. Nami slowly opened her eyes to see Buggy had stopped, then looked behind him to see that Luffy had kicked Buggy in the nuts before Buggy fell in pain. Luffy smirked as he turned to Buggy.

"Your fight is with me Buggy." he said with a smile. He made sure not to use all his strength in that kick. They may be enemies, but no man deserved to kicked in the balls.

"Ouch." Zoro winced from the sidelines, not feeling sorry for Buggy. Buggy floated into the air again, having lost his patience before splitting his body into different pieces.

"Time to finish you all off! CHOP CHOP...FESTIVAL!" he screamed as he chased after Nami again to get his treasure back. Luffy looked around on the ground, smiling as he saw Buggy's feet. He picked them both up before squeezing both in a death grip, causing Buggy to scream in pain and turn around. "PUT MY FEET DO-" was all he said before Luffy flung his feet at him, getting one stuck in his mouth before the other foot smashed against his face, sending it flying over into the treasure bag Nami had, spilling the contents everywhere. All of Buggy's pieces went limp as Buggy was knocked out as Luffy started laughing. Nami saw all his pieces around and got an idea.

Looks like this fight's almost over." Zoro said with a smirk when he saw what Nami was doing. Luffy laughed again as Buggy woke up and pried his foot out of his mouth.

"BLEH! I think I stepped in something." he said before he glared at Luffy. "You bastard! Chop Chop Reassemble." Buggy said, calling his body parts back, only to end up with only his head, hands, and feet. "AHHHHH! WHAT HAPPENED TO ME?!"

"Hey Buggy." Nami called. Everyone looked to see her with her foot keeping Buggy's tied up parts in place. "Missing something?"

"MY PARTS! GIVE THEM BACK YOU WITCH!"

"Alright. Say goodbye Buggy. Shoot to kill Shinsō" Luffy said. He hits Buggy with the blunt side of his blade Buggy was sent flying off into the distance.

"Finally. That guy was giving me a headache with all that talking." Zoro said as he walked over to Luffy. Luffy stared off at where Buggy flew while Nami gathered the treasure in two smaller bags before joining them both before pulling out the Grand Line chart.

"Alright. I've got Buggy's treasure and the chart, so we're ready to leave whenever you two." she said as she hugged her treasure close to her. They were about to leave, but were stopped when they heard footsteps behind them. They all turned to see the townspeople had come back, bearing weapons to fight off Buggy and his crew. A few of them had an unconcious Boodle in their arms, holding him up. All of them looked around at the damage before they spotted Luffy's group

Hey, who are you three?" one of them shouted. "Were you the ones who knocked out Mayor Boodle?" At that question, all the villagers glared at the trio. Nami started to say something, but Luffy answered for her.

"Yeah, I knocked him out." he said without hesitation, causing Nami to smack him in the back of his head. All the villagers got angry as one of them asked who they were again, to which Luffy answered. "We're pirates." That caused the villagers to go into a frenzy, leaving the trio no choice but to run. They ducked into an alleyway hoping to escape. They all spotted Chou Chou on the path in the alley and jumped over him before running for the harbor. Chou Chou then started barking at the villagers, keeping them busy while the trio escaped.

"Why'd you tell them we were pirates Luffy?!" Nami shouted, angry that Luffy would blurt that out. Luffy just smiled before telling her that they were good people, stating that they loved the mayor and this town and what they were willing to do to defend them. As they neared their boat, they spotted the three pirates Zoro 'rescued' earlier. They saw Nami, but decided to let bygones be bygones when they spotted Zoro and ran for their lives. The three then cast off from the village, ready for their next adventure. They didn't get too far before they heard someone shouting at them, and turned to see it was the mayor.

"WAIT! YOUNG ONES!" he shouted before smiling at them with tears in his eyes. "THANK YOU!" he shouted. Luffy smiled.Nami screamed at him.

"YOU LEFT HALF OF BUGGY'S TREASURE BACK THERE! SEE?!" she shouted, pointing back at the pier at the treasure bag next to Boodle.

How else are they gonna repair their village?" Luffy asked. Nami lost it and tried to drown Luffy. She was stopped by Luffy by Luffy who grabbed her hand.

Luffy opened his eyes and started releasing his pressure.

"Nami try that again and you will die. Do you understand" Luffy said with a glare

"Yes" Nami said scared

''One moment he is childish. The next he gets serious." Zoro thought puzzled by his Captain

"Haha relax Nami I was just joking." Luffy said while slapping her on the back

"Was he really joking or was he serious"

Nami

To be continued