A/N: So you know, I'm going to be skipping to the Buggy vs. Luffy part now. Let's assume that Luffy still beat Richie and Mohji in one hit, and that Zoro won his fight against Cabaji, etc, etc. Why am I doing this? Well, it would be similar to that last chapter - just a boring rewrite of Luffy without Gomu Gomu powers. Not very fun to write or read, in my opinion. Enough rambling, so here is Chapter 3!

"Soooo.. Shanks saved your life?"

"That's not the point!" Buggy yells, pointing at the pirate in front of him. "It's all because of him I ate the fruit and now I can't swim and get the treasure! Anyway," he continued, "since I couldn't get underwater treasure, why not get all the treasure on dry land by using my Devil's Fruit powers?!" He detaches his torso from waist, beginning to float up. "I'll kill anyone who tries to take my treasure!"

Buggy begins to charge, but goes straight past Luffy. "Get back here you thief!" He yells as Nami tries to sneakily run with his treasure. She gasps in surprise, and begins to scream as his knife-bearing hands begin to close in.

"He saw me~!" She cries out as she runs, weighed down from the gold.

"You'll never escape the flashy m-" The clown yells, before stopping mid-flight, something clearly bothering him. As the thief looks on, she notices Luffy who ki- KICKED BUGGY RIGHT IN THE FAMILY JEWELS? Luffy has his leg, firmly planted in Buggy's natural treasures, and an awkward silence takes the air. Buggy falls to the ground, still in shock from the clear pain.

"M-my flashy.. my two other noses.. what a flashy bastard.." He mutters, as Luffy turns to him.

'Shishishi! Don't run off yet, we're not done! Oi, Nami, drop the treasure! It wouldn't be fun if Buggy came after you again."

"What?! Drop it all and leave? Are you out of your mind?"

"Your treasures?!" Buggy says, lifting his head up ever so slightly.

"Of course! I'm a thief who steal from pirates! It's mine now!"

"I get it!" Luffy says in the background.

"Those are mine! My treasure!" Buggy screams, "Not yours, mine! I stole them first, flashy bastard!"

"A criminal lecturing a criminal is ridiculous."

"Then ready yourself, Nami! Bara-Bara… FESTIVAL!" At the uttering of these words, Buggy's body turns into disks and then flies towards his torso as he looks back at Straw-Hat. 'If you want to your nakama now, you better do it quick, you flashy rubber man!"

"Damn it! He split into even more pieces!" Luffy says. He looks down, seeing Buggy's feet inconspicuously walking. "What the..?"

"Give me back my treasure!" Buggy screams as he flies towards Nami, his body parts floating around him like a solar system.

"Noooooooooooo~!"

As these events take place, Luffy grabs one of Buggy's feet, and pulls them out of his shoe. Too late to react, Buggy can only watch as he begins to tickle his feet, employing the most painful and excruciating of all torture. He pinches his feet, stretching the skin, as Buggy can't even chase after Nami. She runs away, the precious loot still clutched in her arms. "How much more can you take, huh?" Luffy rhetorically asks, smashing his foot against the ground.

"Stop it, Straw-Hat~!" Buggy pleads in pain.

"The only person who should stop…" Nami begins to heave the bag towards Buggy, and he only sees his treasure bag. "...is you!"

"I don't think so, flashy young lady! You've returned my treasure." His hands grab the treasure bag, refusing to let go.

"Give it back!" Nami says, as she begins to wave it around, to no avail.

"No you! It was mine in the first place, get your hands off!" He says in reply, as they continue to bicker.

As Buggy raises a knife, Luffy's footsteps can be heard. "You forgot about me!" He yells, kicking Buggy in the face. He collides with the bag of gold, which tears open and Buggy takes the full force of Luffy's kick. "And that's from the Mayor!" Luffy says, walking towards the disoriented Buggy. He places his palm on Buggy's forehead, and says,"And now, this is mine!" He then applies pressure, and nothing seems to happen.. until Buggy's body parts instantly reform. Luffy then walks back to Nami, who looks at him oddly.

Disoriented, Buggy looks at Luffy. Realizing how open he is, he begins to put knives back into his hand, and then launched his hand at Luffy. But, something doesn't feel right.. "WHAT HAPPENED TO MY DEVIL FRUIT POWERS?!"

"Oh, I have them. See?" Luffy aims his arm and fires his fist at Buggy using his own Bara-Bara powers against him.

"Oh, I see. You just stole my po-HOW DID YOU STEAL MY POWERS, FLASHY BASTARD?!" Buggy accusingly points at Luffy.

"I ate the Akuma-Akuma no Mi. That makes me a Devil-Human. Shanks told me that the people who have this fruit are also called The Devil Fruit Emperors. I can sense and absorb Devil Fruits. Shishishi!" Luffy explains, leaving everyone around him in shock. "Anyway Buggy, I'm going to send you off now. See ya! Bara-Bara..."

"Wait, Straw-Hat! Give my powers back!"

"..Bazooka!" With that, both of Luffy's palms shot forward, catapulting Buggy into the sky, his crew left staring. They then begin to run back to the ship, in fear of what would happen if they lingered.

"Oi, Zoro! You okay?" Luffy's hands hover over to Zoro, and pick him up. The swordsman is then carried to the ship that the trio were swimming in as Nami happily drags along her haul of loot. They continue to travel towards the coast, the sunset illuminating their path as the villagers arrive and watch them in awe.

A/N: Phew! So Luffy finally has a Devil Fruit! This is gonma get interesting! I'll try to keep his moveset the same though, so stay tuned!