05 ───── CAPTURES, QUARRELS, AND COOPERATION

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"I'M RORONOA ZORO

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"I'M RORONOA ZORO." Zoro looked around. "Drop your weapons now and I may let you live." He stepped up in front of Buggy.

At Zoro's attempt at trying to intimidate him, Buggy laughed before throwing his arms up, "Ladies and gentlemen, we have a celebrity in our midst. Too bad I hate sharing the spotlight." The spotlight moved back to Buggy.

"Now, maybe we should skip to right to the finale." He held up four knives, "My freaks put quite a bit of rehearsal time into this little abduction. And if I can't reward them with that map..." Another man growled at them, "I suppose I'll have to offer them a pound of flesh instead." He smiled sinisterly.

"Wait. Wait." Nami took a walk and stood in front of the clown, "What if I have something else to offer you? Something more valuable than the map? What if I give you a new freak for your crew?"

Ari sneakily glazed her eyes over the crowd once again. She tried to look around to see if one of Buggy's "freaks" were distracted so she could knock them out, take their weapon, and try to make something happen.

"A rare talent. The most spectacular act in all of the East Blue. Besides you, of course." Nami chuckled as she began walking around Luffy.

"Go on."

Nami took a deep breath.

Akari furrowed her brows.

Then, Nami snatched Luffy's hat off his head and threw it up making everyone look up and watch it.

"Hey!" Luffy shouted.

Akari felt hands grip her wrists and pull her away. Not wanting to eat shit, Ari's legs began running and Akari looked to see Nami was pulling her out of the circus.

"Wait, Nami." Ari mumbled as they ran. "Nami, we have to go back—"

Nami didn't answer they just kept running until they were out and now looked at what seemed to be a town that was now destroyed. Everything was destroyed and Akari felt her heart sink at the sight and she looked to Nami who looked horrified.

"Oh my God." Nami was heartbroken.

It wasn't long until the two girls were tackled into the ground by some men and Akari struggled to get out of the man's grip. At the sight of seeing Nami being taken, Ari gave up.

They were forcibly brought back into the circus thrown.

Nami was quick to question the clown, "What did you do? What did you do to their town? You destroyed everything!" She angrily and shakily said.

Buggy leaned on a barrel. "Not everything. I let 'em keep their hands." He said in a 'duh' tone.

The crowd clapped.

At Nami's bravery, Akari also decided to step in, "No. They have no control over— you— you're controlling them and they—! You—" She could feel her past crawling up on her and she grew frustrated with herself as she couldn't form how angry she was into words.

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