Hello all! I'm back, and I've noticed that a lot of the reviews I received were about Luffy's arm and deets about it. All I'm saying is that it might be explained in the chapter, so sit down and be patient.

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SubZeroDragonSlayer

(Aboard the Going Merry)

Luffy, Zoro, and Nojiko were sitting on the deck with Luffy in front of them both. They had just set sail from the Twin Capes and Luffy had the two on deck with him so that he can train them as promised.

"First of all, I want to explain to you two how I want you guys to train with your weapons." Luffy said before training his gaze on Zoro. "Zoro, I want you to meditate with that cursed blade you got for at least an hour, daily. It will help with you being able to control it, and you could also improve your Kenbunshoku Haki as well." Luffy explained.

Zoro nodded in acceptance, casting a glance at Kitetsu.

turning to Nojiko. "Nojiko, for your training, you and I will have a one hour sparring session with some tips everyday so that you can get used to your rapier." he said, noticing the shock on Nojiko's face. "What?" he asked, bewildered at Nojiko's expression.

"I'm supposed to fight you?" she asked with a hint of fear in her voice.

"Of course, the best way to learn is with first-hand experience." Luffy explained simply. "Plus, it's best to fight someone who knows how to use a rapier, don't you think?" Luffy asked with a small grin.

"I-I guess, but go easy on me, okay?" Nojiko asked warily.

"I was going to anyway." Luffy said, letting Nojiko visibly relax. "Alright, let's get started, Zoro, we're going to need this deck, alright?" he asked, gaining a nod from Zoro, who stood and climbed up to the crow's nest.

Looking to Nojiko with a small smirk, Luffy asked. "You ready?"

"As ready as I'll ever be." Nojiko said with a feeling of foreboding as she stood from her spot and walked and stood in front of Luffy, her rapier drawn.

"Alright, Nojiko, are you ready?" Luffy asked, freezing his own rapier into his hands.

"Yes, but before we start, I have a serious question." Nojiko said, lowering her weapon, Luffy doing the same in curiosity.

"What is it?" he asked back.

"How does your arm work?" Nojiko asked, motioning to his frozen arm. "Like, what if your powers are somehow restricted? Then what happens to it?" she asked.

"Well, if that ever happens, then my arm just won't move anymore, because it's still ice even though I move it with my ability." he answered. "So if my powers are restricted then this arm will only be a nuisance until it thaws out and melts." Luffy said, nodding his head down at his frozen arm.

"Oh, that's kind of interesting." Nojiko said, happy with the answer.

"I guess, now then, let's get started." Luffy said, dropping into a stance and aiming his sword at Nojiko with a hand behind his back.

"Alright then." Nojiko said with nervousness. as she held her sword in front of her with both hands.

"En garde!" Luffy exclaimed, rushing forward at blinding speeds and thrusting his blade forward, only for Nojiko to duck below the strike from fearful instinct of getting pierced through the face.

Still shocked, Nojiko stood back up and backed away from Luffy, still holding her weapon with both hands.

"Alright, first tip." Luffy said, standing from his stance. "Never ever hold your rapier with both hands, it's only meant to be held in one hand, like I am." he instructed, Nojiko following his advice and releasing her left hand from the hilt. "Now, let's keep going." Luffy said, dropping back into a stance and started lightly, for him anyway, sparring with Nojiko.

And during that sparring session, Nojiko learned that trying to parry one of Luffy's thrusts would earn her a sore arm for a while, she also learned that jumping too far back could earn her a few quick strikes to her hamstrings, deadening her leg for a minute or two, and finally, she learned that she believed she would rather be struck with a sharp rapier than a blunt ice rapier anyday.

After the training, or torture as Nojiko would call it, the crew was sitting at the table, waiting for their food, while their two 'guests' were off in the corner. Nojiko was laying her upper body on the table while some of the crew looked on worriedly.

"Look at it this way, Nojiko," Luffy said, bringing the lavender-haired woman's attention to him, "pain is just a way of showing you're still alive. Plus, with me as your teacher, you'll learn a lot faster than some third-rate instructor." he said, lightly patting Nojiko on the shoulder, making her wince and grunt in pain.

"I know but it still hurts." Nojiko complained, her face still in the table.

"Oi, Luffy, I know you wanna make sure Nojiko can be strong and fight with us, but go easy on her." Usopp said with a concerned glance at the lavender haired woman.

"Yeah, Luffy, Nojiko-chwan shouldn't even need to fight, for I will be her knight in shining armor and protect to my last breath!" Sanji said with a fist on his chest.

"Just shut up and keep cooking, curly-brow, you're so annoying." Zoro said with annoyance.

"What did you just call me?" Sanji asked with anger in his voice, glaring at Zoro.

"Sanji-kun~," Nami called out sweetly bringing the blonde chef's attention to her, "could you please hurry with the food, I'm feeling quite famished." she said with a small pout.

"Yes! Very well, my beautiful angel~!" Sanji said with a pink pulsing heart replacing his eye, switching his attention back onto cooking the food, all the while singing in a lovesick tone to himself.

"Hey, Nami?" Luffy called out with a miniscule tone of mocking in his tone.

"Yes?" Nami asked back, for some reason getting a feeling of foreboding in her gut.

"Would you please check the log pose really quick?" he requested, motioning to the pose on her wrist with a slight mischievous glint in his eye, only noticed by Zoro.

'What's so funny to him right now?' he thought before looking at Nami, whose eyes were wide with shock and surprise.

Looking back at Luffy, Zoro noticed that he put his fingers in his ears, this only peaked Zoro's curiosity more, but he soon got his answer.

"AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

Nami's high-pitched, horrified scream pierced the eardrums of all but Luffy, who had plugged his ears beforehand.

"N-Nami, what the hell was that about?" Usopp asked, confused, scared and a bit dazed.

"WE NEED TO TURN THE SHIP AROUND!" Nami shouted as she shot up from her seat.

"What? Why are we going back?" Johnny asked curiously.

"We aren't going back." Luffy said, deeming it safe for him to unplug his ears. "The ship was turned around."

"How does that happen?" Kaya asked with a tilt to her head.

"I don't fucking know, it's just how Paradise works." Luffy said with a shrug.

"It's exactly as your captain said, stupid girl, the Grand Line doesn't follow normal rules." Miss Wednesday said with a smirk, enraging Nami.

"You two aren't guests here, so start helping in turning the ship!" she shouted, grabbing the two 'guests' by their collars and throwing them outside with the rest of the crew, except for Nojiko and Luffy, getting into gear. "And what about you, Luffy?" Nami asked, still slightly annoyed, turning to her captain who shrugged.

"It seems like you have everything under control here, just get us back on course and heading to Whiskey Peak." Luffy said, standing from his seat and going to the rudder. "But just in case we need it, I'll just watch the rudder and turn when needed." he said, placing his hand on the rudder.

"Alright, but seriously, next time you train Nojiko, please go a little easier on her." Nami asked with a pleading tone as she walked out to the deck to instruct the crew on what to do.

"Why did you really want to stay back?" Nojiko asked with her chin on the table after a few moments of silence.

"You'll see in a bit." Luffy answered with a smirk on his face, slightly confusing Nojiko.

After a few minutes, the ship was back on track which was accomplished by much confusion, shock, and frustration. Soon after, the whole crew filed back into the kitchen, looking exhausted or frustrated.

"So, how was the first few minutes of Paradise?" Luffy asked smugly, sitting back down at the table.

"Shut up, Luffy. Please." Usopp groaned out in complete exhaustion.

Barely holding back laughter, Luffy looked and saw that Nami was shooting an annoyed glare at him.

"What?" he asked, sounding offended and innocent with his hand on his chest, though feeling the complete opposite.

"You knew what was happening, didn't you?" Nami asked with a scowl on her face.

"Maybe I did, maybe I didn't." Luffy said indifferently with a shrug, only further increasing the navigator's annoyance. "Hey, I know you're annoyed with me, but I already told you that this place doesn't follow common sense, so you should've expected something crazy to happen."

"It doesn't mean I have to like it though." Nami said with a downtrodden tone, knowing that Luffy was right.

'I guess I should try to find out who those two work for now. I hope I don't end up being too rough on them.' Luffy thought, glancing at the two mysterious people before his gaze hardened. 'They may be possible threats to me and my crew.'

"You two," Luffy said, pointing his now serious look at their two guests making them jump in surprise and slight fear. "I have a few questions to ask you both, come with me to my cabin." he said, standing from the table, the two following him in fear of being killed or forced to go with him.

"I have a bad feeling about this." Usopp said with a few others agreeing and a collective shiver running up most of their backs.

(In Luffy's cabin)

Luffy was sitting in his office chair with Miss Wednesday and Mr. 9 on his bed in front of him. The two were shaking in fear not only because Luffy looked intimidating as all hell right now, but also because he had frozen the door shut with a foot thick sheet of ice enclosing them in cold temperatures.

"Now, I'm only going to ask you a few simple questions, alright? Alright." Luffy asked, not waiting for a response.

Mr. 9 and Miss Wednesday were both noticeably tense, which Luffy seemed to notice.

"First question." Luffy said, startling the two out of their silence. "Who do you work for?" he asked simply, being answered by Mr. 9.

"We already told you! Our organization-" the fake royalty was stopped by an intense look and a firm stomp on the wooden floor from Luffy.

A short moment of silence passed before Luffy sighed and closed his eyes.

"If you recall my question, I asked who you worked for, not what organization." Luffy said with a serious tone. "I'll ask again: Who do you work for?" he asked opening his eyes and leveling a glare at the two.

"H-His name is Mr. 0!" Mr. 9 exclaimed in fear at the cold glare from the man before him.

"Good." Luffy said with a small, satisfactory nod. "Next: Does this 'Mr. 0' have a partner-in-crime?" when all he got in return was silence and looks directed at the floor, making him lower his head the slightest bit in a nod. "So he does. What is this person's name?" he asked.

A few tense moments of silence passed before Miss Wednesday broke and spoke. "Her name is Miss All Sunday!"

"OK, I feel like we're getting somewhere." Luffy said with a slight satisfactory tone. "This next part, however, depends wholly on your cooperation with me, understood?" he got two terse nods in response. "Good, now what is your boss's name?" he asked bluntly.

"W-we told you, his name is Mr. 0-" Miss Wednesday was cut off by a small but substantial force, forcing some of her breath out of her.

"I mean his real name, Baroque Works." he said with a quiet but serious tone, shocking the two at his knowledge of their organization name.

"W-we can't tell you." Mr. 9 stuttered out before he felt more of breath forced out of him by a slightly greater force.

"What is Mr. 0's real name?" Luffy asked with a more forceful pushing more of his Haoshoku Haki out in a small and weak, but constant wave.

"Wh-why do you w-w-want t-to kn-kn-know?" Miss Wednesday managed to stutter out.

"Because he may be a potential danger to me or my crew if he's leading a criminal organization such as yours." Luffy explained, still pushing out his Haoshoku Haki. "Now, tell me, who is Mr. 0?" he asked, exerting a bit more haki against the two, making them sweat pellets and start gasping for air.

"W-w-w-w-w-" Mr. 9 tried to stutter out a denial, but was cut off by Luffy.

"The only things I want to hear from either of you is either a confession, a submission, or nothing." Luffy said sternly, slowly pushing more and more haki out at a gradually increasing pace, forcing the two to the ground on their hands and knees before forcing them completely on their sides with sweat pouring from their bodies.

This slow increase of haki continued for a few more moments before Miss Wednesday broke with tears slowly trickling down her face.

"I-I-I'll talk, I'll t-t-talk, just please stop!" she exclaimed in desperation and in almost an instant, the immense pressure disappeared, allowing her to take deep gulps of oxygen with her partner, both thankful that they were still alive and sane.

"Good, now tell me who Mr. 0 is." Luffy said with a small exhale as the two agents pushed themselves on their knees.

"He's one of the Seven Warlords, Sir Crocodile!" Miss Wednesday exclaimed, shocking Mr. 9.

'A warlord, huh? Interesting.' Luffy thought, before noticing Mr. 9's expression.

"Why does your partner look so shocked that you know this?" Luffy asked curiously, glancing at Mr. 9 then back at Miss Wednesday.

Miss Wednesday looked conflicted about whether to tell the sub-zero pirate or not about her infiltration of Baroque Works before she sighed. "Because I'm not really a member of Baroque Works," she said, shocking Mr. 9 even more, "I infiltrated Baroque Works to find out who was behind the civil wars in Alabasta." she said with a determined glint in her eyes.

Noticing the look in her eyes, Luffy let a small smile grace his face. "I see, I think I know your true identity, 'Miss Wednesday'." he said, leaning forward onto his knees.

"W-what do you mean?" she stuttered in shock and surprise.

"I mean that I think that you are the Princess of Alabasta, Nefertari Vivi." Luffy said, making her eyes widen in absolute shock. "If you're wondering how I know, I'm not so ignorant as to not read the newspaper to stay up to date on Grand Line events, especially the fact that the Princess of the Desert Kingdom, Alabasta, had gone missing." he said with a 'duh' tone.

"So, uh…" Mr. 9 said, still feeling confused.

"Oh right, you're still here, I honestly forgot about you." Luffy said with a lazy tone.

"Are you gonna kill me now that I know?" Mr. 9 asked with a nervous tone and sweat dripping down his face.

Placing a hand on his chin, Luffy let out a thoughtful hum, narrowing his eyes at Mr. 9, making Vivi's eyes go wide in shock and Mr. 9 start sweating in fear.

After a moment of what seemed like thought, Luffy lost his composure at Vivi's face and started laughing. "Oh my god! Your face! HAHAHAHA!" Luffy managed to say through gasps of breath and loud laughter. "I'm not actually going to kill him, so both of you can relax." he said with a smile, standing from his seat. "Now let's go, we're pretty close to Whiskey Peak, I'd warrant." Luffy said, walking towards the still frozen door with the two following after him.

(Skip to Whiskey Peak)

"Those two were an odd couple." Nojiko said after Mr. 9 and Miss Wednesday dived off the boat and swam to the island.

"Holy crap! Look at those giant cacti!" Usopp exclaimed, noticing what did indeed look like giant cacti on the island.

"Doesn't matter, right now we need to focus on docking at the island." Nami said with some impatience in her tone.

"Oh hey, there's a river, we can dock inland through there." Usopp said from the front of the ship, using one of his sniper eyepieces to zoom in on the river. "But it seems really foggy so I can't see much else than that." he said, sliding his eyepiece back up.

"H-hey, do you think that monsters could be on this island?" Johnny asked with a timid voice, making Yosaku and Usopp jump in fear and they both, including Johnny, looked at Luffy.

"Don't look at me for answers, I took a different path last time, so this is new to me." Luffy said defensively. "But I can assure that there are no monsters on the island." Luffy said, relieving some of the crew. "Either way, let's just head in through the river, we have a welcoming party."

"Welcoming party?" Nami said nervously, expecting to be greeted with cannons and rifles.

But to say that she was confused would be an understatement when they were greeted, not with violence, but with cheers, confetti, banners and music as if they were heroes in a parade.

"Hello, brave pirates!"

"Congrats on making it to the Grand Line!"

"Welcome to our town!"

"W-what is this?" Gin stuttered in shock and confusion at the spectacle before him.

"Who cares!? We're being greeted like heroes!" Usopp shouted, waving and blowing kisses to the crowd.

"Oh! Look at all the beautiful ladies~3!" Sanji shouted with a pink, pulsing heart replacing his eye.

"We're being greeted like heroes!" Johnny and Yosaku shouted with large grins on their faces as they waved to the crowds.

"This is suspicious." Nojiko muttered to Nami, who nodded in agreement, looking over the crowd of people.

"This must be tied to Baroque Works somehow." Luffy said to Zoro, studying all of the villagers with a critical eye.

"Yeah, these people are too happy to see pirates." Zoro agreed, looking at the people suspiciously.

After a few more moments of slow sailing to an acceptable docking spot, they set out the gangplank and walked down to solid ground and got greeted by man who was holding a saxophone and had blonde hair that had thick, tubular curls that looked like an old-fashioned powdered wig.

Walking up to Luffy, the man greeted the pirate captain. "Welco-," the man stopped and coughed, "mah, mah, mahh~! Welcome to our wonderful town of Whiskey Peak!" he said before slightly bowing in greeting and holding his hand out for a handshake. "I am the town's mayor, Igarappoi, it's a pleasure to meet you."

Gripping the mayor's hand in his own, Luffy gave the man a firm handshake. "I'm Luffy, captain of the Sub-Zero Pirates, it's nice to meet you as well." he said, releasing Igarappoi's hand and placing his hand in his hand pocket. "May I know how long it takes for the log pose to set on this island?" he asked curiously.

"Now now, let's not worry about stuff like that," Igarappoi nonchalantly said with a wide smile, "for now, let's celebrate your arrival to Whiskey Peak with a grand party!" he shouted with his arms widespread.

"Gladly!" Usopp, Johnny, Yosaku and Sanji shouted with their arms over each others' shoulders with wide grins on their faces.

"Everyone! Prepare the banquets and let us sing to our heart's content for the brave adventurers of the sea!" Igarappoi exclaimed.

(night time)

The night was dark with the waning gibbous (A/N: That's a moon phase.) in the starlit, night sky and a loud, rambunctious party happening in the town of Whiskey Peak where a small band of pirates docked to let their log pose set onto the next island.

Inside the town bar, where the party was in full motion, a long-nosed man with a mug of ale in his hand stood tall with his face slightly flushed from the alcohol and a blonde girl under his arm.

"...And so I said cooly to him, 'Don't you lay a hand on my friends, ya sea king bastards!'." Usopp said with slightly tipsy look on his face, earning a small chuckle from Kaya.

"That's sooo cooool, Captain Usopp~!" a group of girls gushed with hearts in their eyes.

"Well, to be perfectly honest, even I was trembling when we were in the Calm Belt," he said with a smirk on his face, "trembling from excitement of course." Usopp said, earning many cheers of respect from some men.

"Woah! These people are insane!"

"Amazing! These guys drank 10 people under the table, each!" someone shouted as Johnny, Yosaku and Gin all held up empty mugs, asking for more.

"This guy just drank out 12 people!" a bar patron shouted as Zoro slammed down a mug of ale and the man next to him collapsed.

"Y-You win." he muttered quietly.

"These two ladies drank out 13 people!" someone else shouted in shock and amazement, looking at Nami and Nojiko who had their arms around each other with large smiles on their faces.

"HAHAHA!~" they laughed cheerfully.

"This guy just drank 15 people under the table!" a man shouted as someone else collapsed, drunk.

"This is nothing for me." Luffy blandly stated, looking disinterestedly at his now unconscious drinking challenger.

"And look at this lady killer!" another man shouted, looking at Sanji, who had 20 women around him.

"But don't forget this one, she's so beautiful!" he shouted, looking dreamily at Alvida with many men swooning at her feet.

"HAHAHAHA!~" Igarappoi joyfully laughed. "Truly, what a festi- *ahem*, MAH, MAHH, MAHH~! Truly, what a festive night this is!" he exclaimed before his tone grew a small bit sinister, "Truly."

(scene skip)

"We can't drink anymore." Johnny, Gin and Yosaku mumbled, all drunk and collapsed on the floor.

"They collapsed on their 12th!"

"I'm done." Zoro said, slamming his mug down.

"He just finished off his 14th person!"

"We're done for." Nami and Nojiko mumbled in unison after drinking their 15th person under the table.

"This guy's at his 17th person! It's the sister!" someone shouted, motioning to the dark-skinned nun that was currently challenging Luffy.

"Already done? I expected more from you guys." Luffy said with a smirk as he finished his mug before the nun. "You done yet, sister? I can still go on." he said, barely feeling the effects of the alcohol.

"I think it'd be best for you to stop while you're ahead." she said, finishing her mug as well with a heavy blush on her face before her head fell forward and hit the table, signalling her being unconscious.

"The sister finally fell!"

"This guy's insane!"

"Anyone else?" Luffy asked, when he was seeing no one else walk up, he leaned back and fell asleep. "Guess I'll just sleep, then." he said as he began to softly snore.

"Ah, what a great town this is!" Usopp exclaimed, falling asleep with a smile on his face and his head on Kaya's lap, who had also fallen asleep.

"This is surely heaven." Sanji dreamily said, resting on a girl's thighs and gently falling asleep.

"Aah~, so nice." Alvida said with a dreamy smile on her face.

"Looks as if they've finally fallen asleep after all that partying." Igarappoi said, looking up at the moon. "O' how beautifully the cactus rocks are, as they dance below the moonlight." he said.

"Quite the poet, aren't you?" a female voice asked from a rooftop near him.

"Mr.8…" a male voice said, as if accompanying the woman's sentence.

"Oh, it's you." Igarappoi said without turning around.

"And the others?" Mr. 9 asked, wondering about the pirates.

"They've fallen deeply," Mr. 8 said before his expression darkened as well as his tone, "to Hell that is."

"Oh, dear lord *hic*, they sure know how to drink and eat." the sister said as she was stumbling out of the bar with a hand to her head. "And I was only drinking sparkling barley tea." she groaned as she took off her hood.

"Miss Monday." Mr. 8 said, greeting the nun.

"Is there really a need to stage this huge welcoming party? I mean, they're only a bunch of weak-looking brats!" she said in frustration. "We should've just crushed them at the harbor, and since we can't count on that whale meat, we can't waste that much food anymore." Ms. Monday said with a click of annoyance.

"Don't you talk that way about us!" Ms. Monday exclaimed.

"Yeah! At least we tried our best!" Mr. 9 agreed.

"Now, all of you calm down and take a look at this. I've done some homework of my own about this crew." Igarappoi said, holding out Luffy's bounty poster with the others.

The three were slack-jawed in shock and awe at the four bounties.

"Th-that adds up to over 100,000,000!" Mr. 9 shouted in surprise.

"And that's not even the whole crew!" Ms. Wednesday shouted.

"But be careful, the captain isn't captain for no reason, he's by far the strongest of the crew and has a devil fruit power." Mr. 8 said with a warning tone, pointing at Luffy's poster.

His statement triggered the memory of Mr. 9 and Ms. Wednesday when they were being interrogated by the sub-zero captain and unconsciously shivered at the memory.

"But don't misjudge the other's so easily, appearance isn't everything in a pirate." Mr. 8 said, before gaining an authoritative tone. "Now go and confiscate all of their treasure and tie them up, we lose 30% from the bounty if they're killed, the Navy likes to do their public executions of criminals, after all." he explained.

"Hate to interrupt you guys, but could you let them sleep a bit longer?" a voice from the bar rooftop asked.

"Yeah, they're probably going to have nasty headaches in the morning." a second voice said.

"M-Mr. 8! Ms. Monday!" a bounty hunter shouted, bursting out of the bar door with a frantic expression. "Two of their crew escaped!"

"What the-!? Weren't you two out cold earlier!?" Mr. 8 exclaimed in confusion and shock.

"True swordsmen…" the first voice started as his silhouette had raised his blade, which glinted in the moonlight with the second figure's blade.

"...never allow alcohol to control themselves."

"It seems you were right all along, Luffy. A bunch of bounty hunters under the guise of a very welcoming village that takes advantage of overconfident rookie pirates." Zoro (A/N: You all knew who it was anyway) said with a smirk with Wadō in his left hand.

"Of course I was right, Zoro, in all my life, I've never seen pirates greeted with a party from villagers." Luffy said with Reizō in his hand. "Now, Zoro, how many bounty hunters do you think there are right now?" he asked.

"I'd say about 200, that's a lot." Zoro commented offhandedly, looking down at the large crowd of bounty hunters.

"Heh, I'll say." Luffy said with a chuckle. "Either way, this many Baroque Works agents make fine enemies, don't they, Zoro?" he asked with a smirk.

"Yeah, 100 for me and 100 for you." Zoro agreed with a slight bloodthirsty glint in his eyes.

"How do you know the name of our organization!?" Ms. Monday exclaimed in shock.

"Well when I was still a bounty hunter, I was scouted out by your organization, but of course I rejected." Zoro said with his wolf-grin.

"And I was scouted out by Baroque Works back when I was still with my mentor, and I would've accepted, but they didn't agree to my terms, so I had to refuse as well." Luffy said with a smirk.

"This is quite shocking, but if they know our secret, then we'll have to kill them." Mr. 8 said with a dark tone. "Two more tombstones must be added to the cactus rock tonight!" he shouted before pointing up at Luffy and Zoro. "HURRY AND KILL THEM!" he shouted before stopping in confusion at the now empty space.

"THEY'RE GONE!" Mr. 9 shouted in shock, looking around frantically with the other bounty hunters.

"WHERE ARE THEY!?" Mr. 8 shouted, feeling a small bit panicked as he searched for the two pirates before he and all of the hunters stopped and looked to the center of the crowd, only to see Luffy and Zoro looking towards the top of the bar with false curiosity before they noticed that they were spotted.

"Oh, looks like they finally found us." Luffy said with a chuckle.

"Yeah, now let's get things started." Zoro said with a grin.

"You bastards!" a bounty hunter shouted aiming at the two pirates, along with a numerous amount of others. "Shoot them!" he exclaimed as they all pulled the trigger, only to have Luffy and Zoro vanish and the bullets to hit the bounty hunters opposite of each other.

"You fools!" Mr. 8 shouted, sweating bullets.

"They disappeared again! They're too fast!"

"Just hurry and kill them, there's only two of them!" Mr. 8 shouted before he stopped as he felt cold steel press against his face and saw a steel blade glinting in the moonlight and slicing through his hair.

"Are you sure that you only want to add one tombstone to that rock tonight?" Zoro asked menacingly with a wide smirk on his face, standing right behind Mr. 8.

"There he is!" one of the hunters shouted as he and about a dozen others aimed their rifles at Zoro, forgetting about Luffy.

"S-Stop, you fools! Are you planning to shoot me as well!?" he shouted in panic, only to be ignored as they all almost pulled their triggers. "I said stop!" he exclaimed as he pulled out a saxophone and spun around with a shout. "IGARAPPA!" he blew air into the sax, shooting out dozens of shotgun pellets, wounding and killing the aiming hunters.

"Is that thing a fucking shotgun?" Luffy asked Zoro, both of them hiding around a corner.

"Yeah, it is. Talk about dangerous, huh?" Zoro asked rhetorically.

"It looks like we'll have to deal with them ourselves." Mr. 9 said with a dangerous tone.

Hey guys! How'd you enjoy that chapter? I hope you loved it! The second part will be out soon enough, plus I'm out of school for the summer, so I'll be getting more work on these done, thankfully.

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