7 Chapter 06 (2/2)

I honestly did not expect to hear her to actually scream at me”I don't need the help of a filthy pirate, I was just about to knock them out myself.” I tried to defuse the situation a little bit by saying ”Ahh, I was just trying to act like a prince in shining armor, you don't have to be so mean”.

I have to admit her response actually hurt me a bit, especially the look she was giving me.”With your looks and clothes, you are anything but a prince in shining armor. What are you even doing here?”. I replied, ”Well, I am looking for crew members and seeing this town, I figured I would go and beat the hell out of Buggy until he leaves.”

That certainly got her attention and she was quick to even give me an offer ”Well if you are here to duke it out with Buggy, I will be to cooperate with you if you can promise that I will receive 80% of his treasures.” Damn, she is a greedy one, thankfully I don't care about money.

I didn't miss my chance and immediately asked ”So you will join my crew then? Shishishi, I am Luffy, what is your name. what are your skills, what are you good at?”. I was given the same hateful look ”I said cooperate not join your crew!. My name is Nami and my skills are stealing from pirates and navigation.”

She gave me another opportunity to tease her ”Yaay, my second crewmember joined and it's a navigator, shishishi.” She was livid at this point and started punching, that didn't stop me from laughing, after all, I am a rubber man.

Moments later Zoro found us and we were about to go to one of the nearby houses so she can tell us where Buggy is located and where his treasury is.

Before we can do so, I felt something and I heard a huge explosion right behind us. I wasn't sure what happened, but I immediately pulled Nami in a hug and positioned myself between her and the explosion.

We were thrown a dozen meters from it. While in the air I was able to turn around, in order to cushion the blow for her.

She was trembling in my hands and trying to process what happened. It took her maybe a minute or so to calm down and when she did, she started punching, while screaming how she easily could have avoided that without my help.

I have to admit I had no idea how to respond to that, so I simply apologized. That didn't help at all, in fact, she was trying to beat me even harder. I learned my lesson the first time, so I simply stayed quiet.

Once she was done beating me, I barely heard her say whisper ”Thank you.” If my sense of hearing didn't improve from the Zoan fruit, I was probably going to miss that.

I guess I didn't actually learn my lesson, as I immediately teased her again ”You are welcome, I already told you I am your prince in shining armor, shishishi.”. This time she pulled out a staff from underneath her skirt and started beating me again.

I had honestly forgotten about Zoro for a bit, until his remark ”Could you two please stop flirting and help me out. The explosion slightly injured me.” Looking at him, he doesn't have a spot on his body that is not bleeding. I didn't see any major injuries but with the amount of blood he is loosing, I won't be surprised if he dies of blood loss.

Thankfully someone else arrived shortly and he introduced himself as the mayor of this town. He was kind enough to let us bring Zoro to his house, in order for us to patch up his wounds.

Once we reached his house, I immediately noticed the dog that is guarding the pet shop right next to the mayors' house.

He told us the story about the dog and the owner. How the dog was instructed to guard the place while the owner was gone, due to being hospitalized. Unfortunately, the owner did not make it and the dog, who he introduced as Chouchou, has been guarding the place since then.

The mayor has been trying to get the dog to leave the town and go to the shelter where everyone is, however, Chouchou refused to leave this place no matter what.

The mayor believes the dog is very smart and knows that his owner has already passed away. Despite that Chouchou refuses to leave the pet store as this is his treasures. Listening to his story almost made me cry. I wanted to go a pet Chouchou and shower him with love, but we have to patch Zoro up first.