Chapter 8: East Blue Arc: Who is the Victor? Devil Fruit Power Showdown!

"So Shanks saved you." Luffy noted after Buggy recounted what had happened between him and Shanks.

"That's not what I'm trying to say!" Buggy snapped. "Because of him, my plan in life was suddenly delayed 10 years. And then I had a revelation. If underwater's not good, I'll obtain all the treasure on land. Using this Chop-Chop power. That's why I won't let anyone who touches my treasure live. Let go of my treasure!" he detached the upper half of his body and flew towards Nami, knives drawn.

"He spotted me!" Nami made quick her escape.

"Don't think you can escape me, Nami!" Buggy roared. "I'm going to flashily chop you up." he closed in on Nami, only to stop suddenly when Luffy kicked him in his balls.

"My balls..." Buggy teared, dropping to the ground.

"Aniki..." Sasha sweatdropped. "I suppose I should've gotten used to this by now..." she sighed, her adopted sibling never stopped surprising her with his unorthodox fighting style.

"You're still dealing with me." Luffy reminded Buggy. "Leave that treasure over there and get out of here." he told Nami. "He'll come after you again."

"No!" Nami refused vehemently. "Leave the treasure and go? Absolutely not! Why should I leave my own treasure behind?"

"Your treasure?" Buggy echoed.

"Duh!" Nami retorted. "I'm a thief who only steals from pirates, and I just stole from one. Which means this treasure is mine now."

"Ah, I see." Luffy nodded.

"Don't act like you understand!" Sasha snapped.

"Nonsense!" Buggy mocked. "That's my treasure! Do you think stealing it makes it yours? Honestly, what kind of upbringing did you have?"

"A criminal trying to lecture a criminal?" Nami taunted. "Ridiculous! I haven't fallen so low that I need to be corrected by pirates."

"I hope you're really to face the consequences, Nami." Buggy twitched. "Chop=Chop Festival!" he separated his body into more parts and the lower half of his body flew to join with the upper half in the air. "Just try and help your friend, if you can Gum-Gum."

"What the..." Luffy looked at the detached legs that were walking towards the body.

"Nami, give me back my treasure!" the still detached Buggy chased after Nami.

"You wish!" Nami retorted, taking off running.

"Geez, you're stubborn!" Luffy remarked, having pulled out one of Buggy's feet to tickle the sole and pinch the skin to stop him from chasing Nami, before slamming the foot onto the ground.

"Knock it off!" Buggy roared.

"No, you knock it off!" Nami snapped flinging the bag of stolen treasure at Buggy's head.

"Thanks for the treasure back." Buggy grinned, his hands holding onto the bag.

"Let go!" Nami demanded. "That's mine!"

"Let go?" Buggy echoed. "This is my treasure! You let go! Die!" he leveled two knives at Nami.

"I told you... you're dealing with me!" Luffy dashed towards Buggy, sending him off Nami with a kick. "Consider that finishing move a kick from the old mayor guy." he grinned.

"Thanks," Nami stammered. "I owe you one."

"No problem." Luffy nodded. "Oh yeah, the map..."

"This isn't over yet, Gum-Gum." the enraged Buggy growled.

"He's still alive!" Luffy gaped.

"Shut up!" Buggy snapped. "How dare you flashily do this to me? You'll pay for this. Assemble, Chop-Chop parts!" he ordered his body parts to reassemble. "Huh?" he wondered, finding himself unusually short.

"Water Lock!" Sasha trapped the torso body parts Nami had tied up with rope within a water bubble.

"I suppose you're looking for these?" Nami smirked.

"My parts!" Buggy exclaimed.

"Way to go, you two!" Luffy laughed. "Go flying, Buggy!" he extended his arms behind him. "Gum-Gum Bazooka!" he sent Buggy flying into the air. "I win!" he cheered.

"It's all torn up now." Nami stated as Luffy picked up his hat.

"That's okay." Luffy put his hat on. "I can still put it on, plus I sent Buggy flying, so I'm satisfied."

"I'll fix it for you later, aniki." Sasha assured.

"Anyways," Nami interrupted the sibling pair. "I split it into two bags, so carry half of it. It's too heavy for me. If anything, Buggy does know quality treasure when he sees it. All these should go for no less than 10 million Berries! Here you go." she handed Sasha the map. "The chart to the Grand Line. You did save me."

"We finally got a map of the Grand Line." Luffy snatched the map over. "Does that mean you'll join our crew now?"

"I told you I'm never going to join a pirate crew." Nami reminded. "But staying with you guys seems profitable enough. Besides, Sasha will be lonely being the only girl. But I'm only teaming up with you, just so you know. Always remember that."

"Wake up, Zoro." Luffy walked over to smack Zoro awake.

"Did we take care of everything?" Zoro asked.

"Yeah." Luffy beamed. "We also got the map and a navigator."

"No good..." Zoro sighed. "Out of blood... I don't talk I can walk."

"What?" Nami exploded after Luffy informed her he had left a bag of the stolen treasure back at the dock. "You left one of the treasure bags? Just one is worth 5 million Berries, you know!"

"Nami, don't blame aniki for this." Sasha defended, the two girls having boarded the boat Nami had stolen from Buggy's pirate crew previously. "It was my decision; aniki just went along with it on principal. Besides, they need the money to fix the destroyed town, don't they?"