Chapter 18: Arlong End 2/2

"Nami-chan " Raito announced proudly. "Your lovely prince is at your service!"

"Arigato, Raito-kun!" Nami thanked in a sweet voice.

"Hey, Nami, can I gema mandarine?" Alexander asked. Nami's eye twitched.

"Why should I give it to you? And how do I know you won't take more than one?" she asked. Alexander shrugged.

"Well, you can give me one because I'd like to see what it tastes like." he answered.

"You've never eaten a mandarine before?" she asked. Alexander shook his head.

"Not that I'd remember.I didn't have parents and I grew up with a arrongant marine" he replied. She stared at him dumbfounded.

"How do I know you won't steal them all?" she then finally asked with half-lidded eyes.

"Well, then I wouldn't even ask you. I'd beat the crap out of you and take them." Alexander answered in a whiny tone.

"HEY!" yelled Nami.

Then he put his finger on his chin and gained a thoughtful expression.

"Or maybe I'd use my speed and steal them without anyone noticing!" he announced. "Or I could steal them at night!" Nami abruptly stood up.

"What?" asked Alexander confused.

"Y-Y-You're actually making sense!" she yelled. Alexander tilted his head.

"Shouldn't I?" he asked.

"But you're a pirate! All pirates are morons!" she told him.

"I'M NOT A MORON!" he yelled In outrage!

Everyone sweat-dropped.

"Can I get a mandarine now?" Alexander asked while smiling after a moment. Nami wordlessly walked towards the plant, plucked a good, ripe one and handed it to him. Alexander smiled and peeled the fruit and then ate the fruit slowly, which freaked the girl out.

"What?" he asked again.

"Why are you eating so slowly?" she asked him. He sighed.

"To enjoy the taste?What did you think I would do with it you weird girl?" he asked back. She stared. He ate the last slice, then he laid down.

"It's good." he announced. A news bird then arrived and Nami stood up, took a newspaper and payed, complaining about the price. She sat down again and opened the newspaper and a paper flew out. Alexander ran after it and picked it up. He grinned as he looked at it.

At Marineford:

"These were all high bounty pirate captains and he took them all out." a man said and pointed at three wanted posters.

"Easily at that. From what I hear, he wasn't even wounded. Not even once." he continued. "And the pirates were formed less than three months ago."

"Do we have any information on him?" a marine vice-Admiral asked.

"None, sir." answered a marine. "Given his unknown origin, we can't really know how strong he really is yet, but the government has decided on a price."

He put a wanted poster with Alexander's bored face on the wall with the other three.

"This bounty is a true record for the rookies. Nobody has ever been given such a high first bounty in East Blue yet and there are only a few people in other seas who surpass it, most notably perhaps Boa Hancock, Royal Shichibukai and the Demon child. The government however believes that the figure is reasonable, given how easily he dealt with his enemies."

At Marineford, Fleet Admiral's office:

Garp walked through a wall into the office.

"Hey look at this, Sengoku!" Garp yelled and put a wanted poster on his desk.

"Yes, I already saw this." the head of the marines said in an irritated expression. "Now if you'll excuse me, I have work to do!"

"BWAHAHAHAHA, That's your grandson!" Garp proclaimed .

"Garp, " Sengoku said. "I'll never get it how you think I can be proud of such of a failure!"

The marine hero sighed.

"He's still your grandson !" Garp muttered and turned to leave.

"USE THE DOOR NEXT TIME!" Sengoku yelled after him. Garp turned around and huffed.

"Nope, not cool enough." and then proceeded to close the door of the office and walk through it, leaving another man-shaped hole.

"GAAAARP!"

Back on the Cocoyasi Village …

"Check this out guys!" Alexander called and turned his wanted poster around so that everyone could see. The crewmembers and villagers, including Raito who was flirting only moments ago, all walked towards him and looked at the poster. It read:

Alexander Red Mountain Black

WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE

120.000.000 Berry

NOTE: EXTREMELY DANGEROUS,DO NOT ENGAGED ALONE