Chapter 15

After a good night's rest, Luffy was the first to wake up, around 5:00 am and decided to take a walk in the village. Luffy walked for a bit before stopping at one of the cliffs that surround the south coast of the island.

He saw a shady tree and sat under the tree and looked up at the sky while enjoying the peace and quiet. Luffy's peace and quiet is disturbed by two voices coming from the shore.

Wanting to find out whose voice it was, he stood up and then crawled over to the edge carefully to make sure he wasn't seen or heard by anyone who was there. As Luffy reached the edge he peeked to see who it was, and he saw Klahadore talking to a strangely dressed man.

"Is everything ready Jango?" Klahadore asked the man. Jango sat down on one of the nearby rocks before he answered Klahadore.

"Don't worry, everything will go according to plan...Captain Kuro," Jango said causing Luffy to smile with satisfaction after finally seeing why the Butler looked so familiar.

"So that's why you feel familiar" thought Luffy as he watched the two men. 'Captain Kuro-with-1000-plans... looks like I'll have some entertainment while we wait for the ship to finish,' Luffy thought this to himself in his heart. He snapped out of his reverie when Kuro shouted at Jango.

"Don't call me by that name you idiot!" Kuro shouted "I gave up that name a long time ago" he said while adjusting his glasses. Jango sighed before he stood up and spoke to Kuro.

"Fine, Fine. Quickly give a signal so we can kill this girl named rich and inherit her money," Jango said indifferently. Luffy could have sworn he saw smoke coming out of Kuro's ears when Jango said that.

"You idiot, I can't get his inheritance because I'm not related to him!" Kuro said before he adjusted his glasses once again.

"Miss Kaya needed to perish in an unexpected accident, but before she dies in that unfortunate calamity, 'I want you to hypnotize her and make her create a will leaving all of her wealth to her butler, Klahadore," said Kuro arrogantly. grin on his face. Jango sighed and sat down on one of the nearby rocks before he spoke again.

"Right, right," Jango said with a sigh. "Hurry up and signal, the crew is getting bored," he said with a sadistic grin on his face. Kuro stared at him for a moment before he spoke again.

"Something has come up that might be a hindrance to our plans" Kuro said making Jango look at him with raised eyebrows. "There is a boy currently in the village wearing a straw hat, I need you to avoid him and his men at all costs" Kuro said to Jango's surprise.

"Why?" that's all jango asked. Kuro looked at him with a serious expression on her face before she answered.

"He has a bond with one of the four Yonko" Kuro said making Jango's eyes widen. "I doubt he will get involved with our plan since he is a pirate. However, if he interferes I will deal with him" Kuro said before he turned to leave. Jango stood up and turned to leave as well but spoke one last time before he left.

"Oh yes, I will have the children dock on the North coast at dawn to raid the village" he said before he left. Kuro didn't answer what he said, he just left.

Luffy got up from his position on the ground and started back towards the village to tell the crew about what he had heard. After walking for a few minutes, he arrived at the inn and saw that everyone was awake and Usopp was already there.

Luffy then proceeded to tell them what he heard making Usopp run out of the Hotel to warn Kaya. Luffy looked at him and shook his head before addressing the rest of the crew.

"Well he'll break his own heart," said Luffy before he picked up a glass and poured himself some whiskey. Nami looked confused at Luffy's words.

"What do you mean?" Nami asked with a confused face. Luffy took a sip of whiskey before answering him.

"Usopp is famous around the village for being a liar. He's going to go tell Kaya, that the man his parents entrusted as his caretaker is a pirate," said Luffy before he took another sip of his drink and spoke again.

"Would you believe Usopp if you got Rich?" he asked. Nami seemed to think for a moment before she shook her head saying no. Zoro sat in front of his captain and spoke in a serious voice.

"So what are you going to do Captain" Zoro asked. Luffy downed his drink before he answered in a cold, deathly voice that sent chills down the spine of his two crew members.

"I owe a debt to Shanks and his crew that even I can never repay. So, I'll be damned if I let low-class pirates from East Blue wreak havoc on the island where Yassop's wife is buried," Luffy said causing Zoro to smirk while Nami showed a terrified expression on his face.

The crew had spent the rest of the day making plans with Usopp who had returned as heartbroken as Luffy had predicted. The next day had arrived, and the entire crew awoke about an hour before dawn and headed for the North coast to await the pirates.

The group stood in a row at the top of the slope leading to the beach. Luffy stood there looking bored while Nami and Usopp looked scared and Zoro looked excited.

Eventually, the Black Cat Pirates ship docked on the beach and dozens of pirates got out of the ship and started running towards the village but stopped when they saw Luffy and his crew standing on a slope. One of the pirates turned to a man Luffy knew as Jango and spoke.

"Captain, there are a lot of brats here!" he said causing Jango to look down the slope. He looked at everyone at the top of the slope and when his eyes landed on Luffy's straw hat he immediately turned pale and started sweating. He pointed at Luffy and stuttered.

"T-that brat!" he said making everyone look at Luffy. "Captain Kuro said we should avoid fighting him, but if we don't defeat him, we will have to deal with Captain Kuro himself," she said in a terrified voice before she cleared her throat and shouted an order to her men,

"Everyone! Kill them all, before the Captain gets mad!" he shouted causing all the pirates to attack the group. Luffy looked at Zoro and nodded causing him to draw his sword and attack the group. Zoro started slashing pirates left, right, and center.

Usopp looked at Zoro with stars in his eyes while whispering something about being 'so cool' when he saw Zoro in action. Jango watched his men drop like flies and then he turned to his ship and screamed.

"Sham! Buchi! Get over here now!" he shouted, and two other pirates climbed out of the ship. Jango then orders them to attack Zoro, causing them both to look at Zoro in fear. They both reluctantly attacked Zoro saying how scared they were.

Suddenly their whole demeanor changed to a bolder one which made Zoro realize that they were only pretending. Luffy watched as Zoro's 2 swords were successfully taken from him causing Zoro to continue to defend himself. Luffy then looked at Nami and Usopp and spoke.

"Nami, Usopp," he said getting their attention. "Go and reclaim Zoro's sword, otherwise he won't win" he said making them stare at him in fear. Nami was about to protest but the look she got from Luffy caused her to swallow her words.

Luffy watched as Nami and Usopp ran down the hill towards Zoro's sword lying on the ground. Just as they were about to reach the sword, they were intercepted by Jango who was holding some kind of metal ring attached to a rope.

Jango then tries to hypnotize Nami and Usopp, but Nami manages to use her staff to hit Zoro's sword at him, before she and Usopp start fighting Jango. Luffy then turned his attention from Nami and Usopp to Zoro.

Luffy saw Zoro catch both of his swords before he started attacking again however, he was still struggling against Sham and Buchi's stunning alternating attacks. Luffy then saw Buchi about to attack Zoro from behind when Zoro was too busy fighting Sham.

Luffy turned his body into lightning and teleported behind Buchi to get his attention. Luffy then coated his right palm with electricity and hit it with the back of his hand into Buchi's face, sending him flying down the slope, crashing into their ship's head and into the ship's cabin.

"It's rude to attack a swordsman from behind," said Luffy before he looked back to see a very irritated Kuro standing there, causing Luffy to smile.

"What is going on here!" Kuro shouted causing everyone to stop fighting and look at him.