Aura [One Piece Fanfiction]

chap. 17 (long lost members of buggy's fleet)

chap. 17 - long lost members of buggy's fleet

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"What's going to come out now?" Zoro asked.

"Come down Nyaban brothers!!" Jango shouted out as two people jumped down the ship.

"What are they? Jumping from so high! They're like cats!" Usopp said.

Weirdly enough, they were people who resembled cats. "They must be long lost members of Buggy's fleet. These guys are also freaks."

"Says the devil fruit user," Zoro retorted. I rolled my eyes and grumbled under my breath.

"What's going on? Aren't they good?" Usopp asked.

"They both seem scared,"Nami said.

The newly arrived pirates kept on making excuses as to why they don't want to fight.

"We're just the ship's watchmen!"

"Yeah! We don't want to participate in these kinds of battles!"

Pissed, Jango shouted at one of them, "Sham! Go! Now!

"Okay! I'm going!" the skinnier of the two said. "Prepare to die! My claws are really sharp!"

I muttered to Zoro, "Don't let your guard down. It might just be a facade."

"If you don't stop now, I'll attack you!" Zoro shouted at the man.

Suddenly, the pirate's whole demeanor changed. His eyes became sharper and his smirk made him look more sinister.

This startled Zoro as he blocked the attack at the last second.

"You..." Zoro hissed at the man.

"You must be thinking that I'm just a coward? I was just pretending to be one! If I didn't, then you wouldn't have let your guard down!"

I knew it! Wait, what happened to Zoro's katanas? "Zoro! Your katanas!"

"Eh? Where did they go?" Zoro said in surprise. The katanas that Zoro wasn't holding were resting on the back of the man, who had this smug look on his face.

"You look like you might have a few skills! But you underestimated me, Sham of the Nyaban brothers." Smirking, he continued, "What? Are you missing something? I don't know where they went!"

Zoro had this pissed off looked in his face. Looks like he'll chop that cat up into a million pieces so his nine lives won't matter. "That guy is so dead," I said as the others agreed with me. "Someone's got to get his katanas."

"Give me back my katanas!"

"Give them back? Isn't your katana already in your hand?" Sham then took the katanas off his back and said, "Oh right, before the battle starts, I should get this junk out of the way," before throwing it away.

Zoro's more pissed now as he charged. "Don't treat others' katanas with disrespect!" he then sliced the man and ran towards his katanas. "Damn it! How could he treat my katanas like this!"

"Zoro, behind you!"

"Do you think you actually cut me just now? Too bad! I have a very thin waist!" He then pinned Zoro down on the ground as he shouted, "Go, Buchi! It's your turn!"

"Okay! Got it, Sham!" the fatter one said as he charged and jumped up high.

Two against one? That's hardly unfair. "Oh no, you don't," I mumbled as I charged and pushed Zoro out of the way as Buchi slammed his foot on the floor, creating a crack on the ground.