บท 4: Fight and continuing journey
"Bwaahahaha! You idiot, I am going to blast you with my special Buggy Ball." A certain clown named Buggy aimed a cannon at Luffy from the top of the house and lit it up.
"Ahhh! You idiot, why did you have to call him that? Let's run away!" Nami screamed as she covered her ears with her hands and ran away from Luffy.
"Heh! Why would I run away from this?"
"Gomu-Gomu- Ballon"
Whoosh!
The cannonball struck his body and flew back toward Buggy.
"No, no, no.."
Bang!
Buggy immediately caught the pirate next to him and used him to shield himself.
"Has it already come to this? Captain, you forgot to invite us." Zack walked toward Luffy with Zoro from far away as he spoke.
"Oh, you two here! No need, I can take care of the red nose." Luffy raised his hand and responded.
"Red Nose? You bastard, who are you calling Red Nose? Everyone attack!" Buggy raised his hand and shouted with anger flashing out of his eyes as he looked at the straw hat image of Roger, shanks and laughing figure over laping Luffy. He narrowed his eyes as if someone looked into his eyes they wouldn't be able to figure his intensions. Buggy pirates rushed down the roof and a man in a unicycle landed just in front of Zoro.
"Roronoa Zoro, I challenge you for a duel." Cabaji raised his hand and shouted at Zoro while holding two swords in his hands.
Zoro looked at him and frowned. Usually, he doesn't mind accepting the challenge for a duel but his opponent was too weak. He was hesitating since this was supposed to be a duel.
At this moment, Zack touched his shoulder and he looked back. He saw two knives in Zack's hands.
"You knew this?"
He looked at Zack with confusion.
Zack shook his head and said "I knew there was a swordsman in Buggy's pirate crew and I also know what kind of person you are. So, when we were coming here, I took these from that house. It is a hundred times better than injuring yourself. After all, you can't hunt a rat with a cannon, right?"
Hearing his words, a big smile appeared on Zoro's face. He took the knives and a deadly smile appeared on his face.
"I accept your challenge."
"Hey, why are you here? I thought you were injured." Nami rushed next to Zack and shouted.
"But, there was meat in the house and I also took the medicine, remember. By the way, where is the mayor?" Zack answered and looked around.
"Nobody recovers this quick! And, he is there." Nami shouted at him and pointed her finger at the mayor knocked out off the ground.
Pat!
"Idiot Captain did this, didn't he?" Zack slapped his forehead and responded.
"You know your captain really well." Nami nodded her head and asked, "But, why would you join such an idiot Captain?"
Zack smiled and said, "He might be an idiot but he will never turn his back on his friends."
At this moment, Nami froze for a moment. She didn't know how to react until she heard some noise.
"Bastard, keep your hands off my treasure?" Luffy screamed as he punched Buggy but Buggy easily dodged his punch by separating his body.
"Why is he calling a hat treasure?" Nami looked at Zack and asked.
"Because that hat is given by someone who sacrificed something for him." At this moment, a big smile appeared on his face as he continued "Our captain is something else, isn't he? For most people, gold and money are treasures but for our captain, that hat and meat are treasures."
Slap!
"Punk, get that smile off your face!" Suddenly, Mohji whipped his back from behind and Zack fell to the ground in front of Nami. Her eyes widened for a moment when she saw Mohji standing in front of her.
"Attack him! Kill him!" Suddenly, four pirates rushed toward them with swords in their hands. When they slashed their swords, Nami rushed in front of him and blocked those swords with the metal pipe she found on the ground.
Slap! Slap!
Mohji didn't stop as he continued to whip the hell out of Zack while he was on the ground simply taking the beating.
"Idiot, escape from there!" Nami turned around and shouted. But when she saw a continuous barrage of whips, she understood that it was almost impossible to escape.
She raised her head at Zoro and shouted "Zoro, help him!"
Zoro also saw that but didn't even turn his eye for the second time. Nami froze when she saw Zoro not responding to her call. She didn't understand why he wasn't helping Zack.
She knows just how weak Zack is. He even screamed out loud when she hit him with the stick. Suddenly, she realized something.
Zack screamed out loud even though he was smacked by a normal stick one time. So, why wasn't he screaming when he was suffering from a continuous barrage of whips.
"Crafty girl, how dare you take your eyes off us?" One of the pirates shouted and raised his foot. Nami immediately dodged the attack and three of them fell to the ground when she removed the pipe.
Bang!
She slammed their heads with the pipe but one of them didn't fall since he wasn't pushing her with his full strength. Nami didn't hesitate to run away. First, she didn't want to face this pirate. Second, she found Zack was up to something.
'This angle, this speed, this timing.'
'I caught it.'
Zack was trying to find the perfect timing to catch the whip. When he did catch it, he immediately pulled the whip with both of his hands. His timing was so perfect that he managed to swing the entire whip.
Bang!
While he swung the whip, Mohki was still holding it. He got smashed into the ground.
A few meters away from him, Zoro suddenly let out a smile. He knew Zack was weak and he was trying to help but Zack signaled him to stay out of it. Zack wanted to do this on his own.
Zack knew his strength hasn't grown by a lot so he had to wait a perfect moment to catch the whip. He didn't let the whip go after a single smash. After all, Mohji managed to fight for almost fifteen hours against Cabaji.
He gathered all of his strength and tried spinning around. He would like to smash him sideways but he still doesn't have much strength to lift Mohji. But, spinning it caught different. It requires strength but a lot less than lifting him.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Zack put all of his strength and spun Mohji. He almost hit Zoro and Cabaji but they quickly dodged it. After spinning him with a lot of force, he finally let go of Mohji.
Bang!
Mohji went crashing next to Buggy. His head was spinning and he had lost his consciousness. Buggy looked at Mohji's condition and his eyes blazed with fury.
"You bastard, how dare you do such a thing to Mohji?"
"Die!"
Buggy released his hand toward Zack at an extremely fast speed but with no killer intent. This hand was holding the knife when Zack saw it coming, he knew he couldn't dodge it.
But suddenly, Luffy caught the hand just when it reached in front of Zack. He looked at Buggy and spoke, "This fight is between you and me."
Buggy turned mad hearing Luffy and shouted "Buggy Pirates, kill that man!"
"But Captain, he took down Mohji. How can we fight someone like him?" One of the pirates crawled next to Buggy and asked.
"Use numbers! He is alone. Everyone attack him!" Buggy looked at him with red eyes and shouted. The small pirate nodded his head and dashed toward Zack with nearly dozens of other small pirates.
"Alright, Zack, I will leave them to you." Luffy gave him a 'Bye-Bye' signal and left.
"Aye-Aye, Captain!" Zack took a deep breath as he saw dozens of pirates rushing toward him. Although they weren't that strong, they weren't weak either.
He wasn't sure how to face them but suddenly, his eyes fell on a small boulder that had an iron rod connected to it.
Bang!
'Is this destiny?' A lightning bolt struck his mind when he saw that. He closed his eyes for a moment and dashed toward that boulder that was also in the middle between him and those pirates.
With all of his strength, he held the iron rod and lifted the boulder. This boulder was really small, weighing almost only ten kilos. He raised his hand with his full strength and threw the boulder toward them.
"Mjolnir, GO!"
Bang!
The boulders struck those pirates and made a few of them crash to the ground but some of them only lost their balance and rushed toward him. They were all holding swords.
Zack rushed sideways and suddenly jumped. The pirates all slashed their swords but he folded his body as he landed behind a rock.
"Captain's Shield!"
Crash! Crash! Crash!
Their swords hit the rock and slide off. At this moment, Zoro slapped the air and shouted.
"That's just a rock!"
"Anyway, I got to finish this battle quick." Zoro turned his eyes at Cabaji as he gripped two knives in his hands. Using knives to fight Cabaji was good but he wasn't defeating him.
That means he must use another knife. Unfortunately, he couldn't find another knife at all.
"Roronoa Zoro, with my new attack, I am going to defeat you and show the true might of Buggy Pirates."
"Carnival Tricks!" Cabaji threw a bunch of hundreds of tops toward Zoro and rushed toward him in his unicycle.
"Dance of 100 Kamikaze Tops!"
At this moment, Zoro took a strange stance. The next moment, he dashed toward and stabs his knives.
"Two Swords Style"
"Hawk Wave"
Bang!
A powerful gust of wind blows out of his knives and knocks Cabaji away while forcefully sending those tops flying. But, Zoro doesn't stop there. He takes out one of his swords and puts it in his mouth.
While Cabaji flew out, Zoro dashed in front of him and slashes with his three swords.
"Three Swords Style"
"Onigiri!"
Splash! Thud!
Cabaji fell to the ground with wounds on his chest. Zoro puts back his sword and looks at Cabaji.
"Sorry for using the sword but I have got a crewmate to save."
Zoro dashed away while holding two knives in his hands.
"Hawk Arrows!"
Suddenly, dozens of stones flew toward pirates and struck them, Zoro fell on his head and shouted "Those are stones."
Splash! Splash!
While shouting was one thing, he didn't finish a few of the pirates in just one swing. He walked up to Zack and extended his arm.
"Are you alright?"
Zack was on the ground. He held Zoro's arm and slowly stood up.
"Somehow, I am standing even though my whole body is screaming with pain."
"That's good!" Zoro smiled and supported me with his shoulder.
"How's that good?" Zack turned his head and shouted.
"Well, you didn't die and you fought so many pirates despite starting your training just a day ago." Zoro covered his ear hole and walked away while speaking.
"Straw Hat, I will show you the true power of my devil fruit. Chop! Chop! Chop! Assemble!"
Whoosh!
The white gas covered Buggy for a moment but when it disappeared, Buggy was standing with his half-sized body.
"What?" Buggy screamed.
"Looking for these?" Nami shouted while wrapping his body parts with a rope.
"Nice work, thief!"
"Gomu-Gomu- Bazooka!"
Bang!
Luffy extended both of his hands and slapped Buggy into the sky with his powers.
Zoro tried to go toward but Zack stopped and they watched as Nami took his hat and sewed it while letting him take one of the treasure bags. Zoro looked at Zack and said, "You are weird, you know that."
"At least, not as weird as you." Zack rolled his eyes and smiled. Although he interfered a lot, he was happy that things went as they should go. He doesn't mind changing things but when it comes to recruiting the straw hat.
He wouldn't mind changing things in Alabaster, Skypiea, or even Sabody but not in Arlong Park, Whiskey Peak, and Water Seven.
Because he knows Straw Hats are just perfect as they are. Zack raised his head and looked at Zoro.
'I guess I will be stealing his role. But, I also need to get stronger to do.'
If you change too much, it wouldn't be straw hats anymore. But, if you change nothing, it would be the same old adventures. This is no longer just the adventures of Straw Hats. It is also Zack's adventure. And, he wants to have adventures in his own way.
After a few minutes, the people of this town arrived. They all pointed their weapons at Luffy and others.
"Who did this to the Mayor?"
The man at the front shouted while looking at Zack and others.
"Don't look at me! My captain did that."
Thud! Thud!
Nami almost fell to the ground when she saw Zack pointing his finger at Luffy.
"Are you also the pirates?" The man continued to ask.
To which, all three of them nodded their heads except for Nami.
"Damn you!" The man shouted as he picked his weapon.
Seeing this, Luffy simply laughed and said "Zoro, get Zack!"
He turned around and ran away. Nami also ran while Zoro supported me and we ran.
Four of them ran to the boats where they saw three buggy pirates waiting. Seeing Zoro, they trembled and ran away.
"Let's go!" Luffy raised his hands and shouted as they finally set sail on their tiny boats. Zack went to Nami's boat since it was much open for training.
"Young ones, Thank you for everything!"
Suddenly, The Mayor rushed to the harbor and shouted at them.
Zack and others gestured goodbye to the mayor and Nami found out that Luffy had left one of the treasure bags in the harbor. It turned into rough bullying for a minute and things finally calm down.
Next Day,
"Haaa!" "Haaa!" "Haaa!" "Haaa!"
Early in the morning, Nami turned her head at Zack and shouted. "Can't you do your training without making any sound?"
"Come on! It adds to the mood. Anyway, it's not like you are doing something important." Zack rolled his eyes and continued to train with the sword. He was basically training to maintain the posture while using that weight.
"Come guys, I have something important to talk about. We can't go to the grand line like this." Nami slapped her forehead and shouted.
"She is right, captain. We need to find a bigger boat and a few more crewmates before we leave for the Grandline." Zack immediately nodded and spoke.
"At least, you are a bit smart. We need a boat and a cook at the very least." Nami sighed and spoke.
"We also need another person." Zack spoke with a serious expression.
"Who?" Zoro asked
Zack rolled his eyes as Luffy replied "A musician!"
"A Musician? Hahaha!" Zoro laughed while Nami roared at them.
"Captain, the musician comes after the shipwright. Of course, we can't just ask anyone to be our shipwright. We need someone qualified enough so until then, you should probably wait." Zack replied as he continued with his training.
"Whatttttt!" Zack didn't even need to look at Luffy's face to understand his mood. He sighed and continued swinging his sword.
The training in One Piece world is really effective. Of course, training in his world should be effective but here, it is more effective than the earth. The day before yesterday, he couldn't even properly stand with those weights but now, he could swing his sword twenty to fifty times.
But, after that, his body started to give up. He hadn't eaten any protein properly for two days. He was very hungry right now.
"Zack, you can stop training. We will reach the new island soon." Nami shouted while at the same time, he stopped because of tiredness. He passed the sword to Zoro and sat on the boat, panting.
"Are you going to train every single day?" Nami looked at Zack and asked.
Zack nodded his head and said "I have to train. I don't think I can catch up to them without proper training unless I find a unique devil fruit."
"Now that you mention it, what exactly are devil fruits? How can you find them?" Nami curiously asked. Zoro also looked at him with a curious gaze. Luffy wasn't that interested but he also listened attentively as Zack began to explain.
"Devil Fruits are the incarnation of the devil. Well, at least, most people believe it. Devil Fruits have weird energy inside them that merges with people and transform them into superhuman that's what you currently need to know ."
"Currently, there are three kinds of Devil Fruits. Paramecia Devil Fruit, Logia Devil Fruit, and Zoan Devil Fruit. Luffy's devil fruit is...… a Paramecia Devil. At least, that's how it seems since it has changed his body into rubber and given him the power of rubber."
"Logia Devil fruits turn your body into elements or anything natural such as Lightning, Sand, Fire, and even mud. They are most difficult to deal with because if you attack them, your attack will just phase through their bodies, without hurting them."
"Wait, then, how can someone defeat those people?" Suddenly, Zoro interrupted Zack.
Zack sighed "There are two ways to defeat such enemies. First, you need to find the weakness. For example, if you use water against a Sand Devil Fruit user, then you can hit him. And, it doesn't have to be seawater. Any water can work."
"Then, there is Lightning Devil Fruit user whose nemesis is Luffy since Luffy is basically rubber. Of course, they can also attack you. For example, Lightning Devil Fruit users can move like lightning bolts so it would be really difficult to attack them if they want to leave and if you come in contact with Sand Devil Fruit users, that person can suck water from your body."
"What about the second type?" Zoro asked immediately when he found that this method didn't suit him. He mostly uses swords so it would be hard to win without them.
Zack closed his eyes for a moment and dramatically opened them.
"Use Haki!"
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