章節 11: Chapter 11 - Farewell to Orange town

Buggy was still on the ground rolling over in pain as he held his family jewels as he said, "So that's the detestable Shanks' strawhat? No wonder it looked both infuriating and familiar!"

Luffy's expression changed to that of extreme anger to extreme curiosity, "WHAT??! YOU AND SHANKS WERE ONCE ON THE SAME SHIP?!!"

Buggy still wincing on the ground answered, "Yeah.... We were comrades when we were pirates in training, that damned destestable and hateful red-haired bastard."

Hearing Buggy talk trash about the man he looks up to and respects the most, once again filled Luffy with extreme anger as launched a kick towards Buggy on the floor.

Buggy immediately stood back up and separated his head from his body as he thought Luffy was going to attack him on the head once again but his predictions and intuition failed him again when he was once again, hit on the balls by Luffy's knee. "Fu... uuuck... There are other places to hit.... Why does it have to be my ballsack...?"

Luffy stood in front Buggy as he grabbed his face and said, "TELL ME! WHAT HAPPENED BETWEEN YOU AND SHANKS?!" in the middle of it, Luffy remembered his torn up strawhat and cursed, "Damn it! How dare you tear up my treasure!"

Buggy managed to take the ball shot better this time as he managed to sit back up after just a minute of pain and said, "Do you really wanna know that badly? He's the one person that I absolutely can't and won't forgive! THAT BASTARD TOOK STOLE ENORMOUS TREASURES FROM ME! SO I CAN SAY WHATEVER I WANT TO SAY ABOUT HIM, AND I DON'T CARE HOW YOU ARE CONNECTED TO HIM!"

Luffy went silent as he listened to Buggy's reasoning and explanation. "I didn't want my devil fruit powers. In our old crew, we obtained a devil fruit coincidentally. I wanted to sell it so I stored and kept it hidden from shanks and my crew so I can secretly sell it behind their backs."

Before Buggy could continue, Luffy said, "Ah, So you were a traitor even in your old pirate crew. What a scum, disgusting."

Buggy couldn't help but shout at Luffy, "DO YOU WANT TO HEAR THE ENTIRE STORY OR NOT?!" Once Luffy went quiet, he coughed and continued, "One day, at night. I was busy preparing a raft to get away from the crew, I was already preparing to store the devil fruit when all of a sudden, Shanks appeared and came up behind. Because of his sudden appearance, I got spooked and immediately panicked on where to hide to Devil fruit so Shanks won't see it and my mind subconsciously decided to shove it in my mouth, and because of how large the devil fruit was, I choked and accidentally swallowed it. That's why I'll never forgive Shanks... FOR RUINING MY PLAN AND SINGLEHANDEDLY DELAYING MY PLAN BY 10 YEARS!"

While Buggy was explaining and recalling his past to Luffy. Zoro and Cabaji woke up and just sat on the side while listening to Buggy ramble, Nami had a headache from listening to Buggy's reasoning and Luffy being him, he decided to speak out his, and everyone's thoughts on the matter.

Luffy picked his nose, "Isn't that just you being stupid and refusing to admit your fault?"

Buggy felt like the entire world is against him all of a sudden as he tried very hard to defend his case, "WHAT DO YOU MEAN IT'S MY FAULT?! IF SHANKS DIDN'T SCARE ME, THIS WOULDN'T HAPPEN!"

This time, Nami came out from her hiding and spoke out, "First off, that's an incredibly stupid logic. Second, if you hadn't decided to steal the devil fruit from your crew and back stab them, then this also wouldn't happen, let that sink in. In addition to being scums, I didn't think that pirates could also be this stupid and idiotic." Nami shook his head because of Buggy's stupidity.

Because of Nami's second opinion, Buggy finally snapped. "SHUT UP STRAWHAT, SHUT UP WOMAN THIEF! I DON'T WANT TO HEAR ANYTHING ANYMORE, WHY AM I EVEN EXPLAINING TO YOU GUYS?! CHOP CHOP CANNON!"

Buggy decided to attack Nami since she was nearer which prompted Ame to step back in and protect Nami once more.

Using the potted plants from the house just next to him to spring up and bind Buggy's hands as he swung his staff just below Buggy's weapons to break some of them and dropping some to the ground, disarming and rendering Buggy's left hand useless and unusable.

"Keh- So you had a devil fruit too, fox brat?! Don't expect this fragile plant bind to restrict my hands thought because I can just quickly... What? Why can't I escape?" Buggy squinted his eyes to take a closer look at his left hand near Nami and Ame, only to realize his left hand was not only tied up by plants, but also with a real bundle of ropes.

Realizing the he has now one less hand to work with which puts him in an absolute advantage, he decided to separate his entire body into individual pieces, making to incredibly hard to even hit him. "NOW LET'S SEE YOU HIT ME THIS TIME, YOU BRATS!"

Luffy grinned, "I don't think I need to hit you at all! GOMU-GOMU BIND!!" Both of Luffy's hands stretched towards Buggy, although Buggy attempted to dodge by moving all of his separated body parts away but just moving 4 separate body parts already took him too long, leaving the rest of his torso and lower hald complete entangled by Luffy's hands that stretched all the way around his restrained body parts, forming a tight rope like bind.

"Keh- Don't think you won just yet! Just because you binded my body, doesn't mean im powerless! CHOP CHOP CAN-" Just as when Buggy was going to attack, he realized that both of his hands were tied up, his entire torso and lower half tied up. Leaving only his head, neck, and his two feets free, making him look like a broken toy for kids. "Wait... W-wait Strawhat boy, we can talk about it! You want information about shanks right?! I'll tell you, just don't h-"

Luffy smiled, he began stretching his right hand, ready to deliver the finishing blow. "Hehe, no thank you! I think I've already heard enough, I'll find more about it myself later! See you, Red nose!!"

His stretched hands swiftly launched towards Buggy, sending him flying towards the skies, leaving behind only a momentary shine in the sky, "DON'T CALL ME RED NOSE, YOU BRAAAATTT!!!"

Just like that, the battle has ended with Luffy as the victor. Ame, Zoro, and Nami started celebrating after all, who wouldn't be happy upon winning a battle?

Luffy fell down on his butt to the ground as he looked at Nami near Ame and smiled, "Hehe, well? I completed your conditions, now you'll become our navigator right, Nami?"

Nami smiled back at Luffy as she shook his head, "I'm not going to join a pirate crew or become a pirate y'know?"

Luffy was dumbfound as he quickly tried to reason with Nami, "B-but, you told me you'd become our Navigator earlier right?! Nami, you're a liar!"

Nami laughed out loud as she smacked Luffy on the head once again, before saying. "I'm a thief, Of course I have to be a liar! But I'm not planning on going back on my words this time, I'll join you! Not as a Pirate, but as as an ally with aligned interest!"

Upon hearing Nami's words, Luffy and Ame celebrated and screamed several words loudly, while Zoro just watched over them but he was still happy that everyone was happy.

Unfortunately, their celebration was short lived. After Buggy's defeat, the sound of civilians marching could be heard nearing their position as they eventually arrived at the battlefield. "WE ARE HERE MAYOR! GET READY BUGGY, TODAY IS THE DAY YOUR REIGN OVER THE ORANGE TOWN WILL END!"

Much to the former residents surprise, what greeted them was the scene of Buggy and crew all beaten and defeated by someone.

They could see Ame, Luffy, Zoro, and Nami who remained standing among the piles of unconscious Buggy pirates and concluded that these teenagers were the ome who defeated them.

However, they also saw their Mayor unconscious and due to their anger already blinding and clouding their judgement, they hastily and foolishly also concluded that the teenagers were the culprit for what happened to the Mayor too which caused them to transfer their anger over to Luffy and his crew and began chasing them. "YOU YOUNG KIDS ARE ALSO PIRATES TOO AREN'T YOU GUYS?! YOU'LL PAY FOR DOING THIS TO THE MAYOR, YOU PIRATES SCUMS!!"

Zoro's faced twitched profusely, Nami shook her heard, Luffy started panicking, and Ame felt a headache and wanted to explain before he was dragged away by Nami as they began running away, "Heeeyyy, what are you doing?! I was going to explain what happened to those civilians!"

Nami shot Ame an incredulous gaze as she said, "YOU REALLY BELIEVE THOSE PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO HEAR YOU OUT WHILE THEY ARE RUNNING AT US AT FULL SPEED WIELDING PITCHFORKS AND TORCHES AME?! THEY ARE GUNNING AT US LIKE THEY ARE AT A WITCH HUNT AND WE ARE THE HUNTED!!"

Ame carefully thought about Nami's words as he is being dragged around by her, and eventually concluded that Nami was right which made him feel, down... Although he understood that it was because of the fear and anger of the civilians to Buggy that when someone stronger came up and beat them up while their Mayor was also unconscious, they couldn't help but instinctively shift their anger and fear towards them so he didn't hold it against them.

The Mayor eventually woke by the loud commotions made by the residents and stood up, the residents asked the Mayor about his condition but they couldn't get to ask him since he rushed away from them to chase Luffy, Ame, Zoro, and Nami, wanting to thank them before its too late, and to apologize for his and the resident's mistake.

The crew are still getting chased by the angry residents when they turned to an alley, they met Chouchou. The dog whom Ame protected from Richie.

Luffy, Zoro, Ame, and Nami went through Chouchou, wondering why it was there but when the residents were trying to chase them into the alley, Chouchou blocked the alley as it barked loudly to keep the residents away from Ame and the others.

The crew realized Chouchou's intention and bid their goodbye to it, not forgetting to express their gratitude for helping them.

The crew reached the town's dock and immediately went around it as they tried to find their own ship. Eventually, they managed to find the S.S. Ame R. Ica.

Everyone boarded the ship but Ame stood outside the ship for a while, taking a closer look on his ship and grabbing the opportunity to properly look and admire his own ship.

His ship was pretty eye-catching since it's the only Ketch with 2 decks on top on each other, essentially creating a 2 story cabin.

Ame's ship was about 50 feet in horizontal length while the main mast on the ship reaches for about 60 feet in vertical length and the mizzen mast reaching about 50 feet. In terms of the width, the ship was about 16 feet wide, leaving enough room for staircases and a pathway behind the ship.

The 2 story cabin was only 12 feet tall which just makes it tall enough for people to enter and exit it. The Captain cabin's exterior is about 8x8 feet wide, leaving enough space to go around, while the Bedroom Cabin is a bit smaller with its 6x6 feet width. The Storage Cabin which is just attached to the Captain's cabin, was also smaller than the Bedroom Cabin in terms of width with its 4x4 space.

"The hull seems pretty fine outside, I can still notice a few discoloration but other than that, it's totally fine! Now if I could just fix th-" Ame's thoughts were interrupted as he was snapped back to reality by Nami's reminder. "AME! SNAP BACK TO REALITY ALREADY, THEY ARE CATCHING UP!"

With everyone boarding the ship, the ship started moving away as Nami manned the rudder with Ame and the others opening the Sails and controlling it at the Masts.

With the ship moving properly, everyone was able to finally catch their breathe and rest as they all dropped to the deck floor and sat while catching their breath.

The Mayor finally reached the dock in time just as the Strawhat Pirates were leaving and wasted no time to express his gratitude, "STRAWHAT PIRATES, THANK YOU FOR FREEING AND LIBERATING OUR TOWN FROM THE TYRANNY OF THE BUGGY PIRATES!! ON BEHALF OF MY CITIZENS, I EXPRESS MY UTMOST GRATITUDE AND HOPE TO WELCOME YOU ALL AGAIN!!"

This time, the misunderstanding were cleared up by the Mayor's gratitude as the residents stopped their riot and dropped their weapons as they said their goodbyes and gratitude towards Luffy, Zoro, Ame, and Nami.

Everyone from the ship saw the town's sincere gratitude and smiled brightly, they waved back at them to in response to their gratitude, with Luffy saying, "DON'T MIND IT EVERYONE!! TAKE CAREEE!!" and bid their farewell to the town and residents of Orange town.

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{Chapter 11 - Fin}