HAHHAHAHA you fell for it don't ya?thought that I'am on hiatus?
Just want to troll around.enjoy ur new chapter.
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There was a long, awkward silence.
"…Huh?"
"You're looking for this?" Nami said confidently.
Buggy looked like a miniature version of himself—his body shrunken down thanks to Nami having tightly bound his disassembled parts with rope. With only a portion of him remaining free, he looked absolutely ridiculous. His expression was a mix of shock and indignation, which only added to the absurdity.
"HEH!?" Buggy blurted out in disbelief.
Luffy immediately burst into uncontrollable laughter. He couldn't handle the sight of the tiny Buggy—it was just too ridiculous.
"I'll admit… that thing's kinda cute," Nexús said casually, though inside he was dying from laughter.
Why can't he just laugh normally you asked?
He'd tried once in front of a mirror, but his stiff, forced laugh made him look like he was about to commit a mass murder.
Hearing that, Luffy laughed even harder—tears now rolling from the corners of his eyes.
"Way to go, thief!" Luffy grinned, pulling his arms back as far as he could.
Buggy, sensing what was coming, immediately regretted every life decision that led to this moment.
"S-stop—!" he stuttered.
"Go flying, Buggy!! GUM-GUM NO… BAZOOKA!!"
"AAAAAAAAA—!!"
Buggy, who had never dreamed of becoming a fairy, was now flying higher than one—launched into the sky with a force that could probably break the sound barrier. The longer you stared, the more he vanished into the heavens like a ridiculous, screaming star.
"I win!" Luffy declared triumphantly.
Then, the energy faded from his voice as he walked over to the straw hat lying on the ground—innocently, almost sadly. Buggy had stabbed it earlier, leaving a large hole in the crown.
He picked it up gently and tapped away some of the dust.
Nexús watched him closely. Luffy didn't say a word, but his eyes… they looked just a bit downcast. It was subtle, but enough to notice.
Nexús felt the urge to help. Maybe he could sew it? But he didn't know how. He'd probably just make it worse like [1]a mouse trying to fix a pumpkin.
*[1] a mouse trying to fix pumpkin = try to make/fix something but only make it even worse than before.*
Should I… hug him? Like those cheesy scenes where a dad hugs his son or something?
The truth was—he sucked at comforting people. He didn't even know what it felt like to be comforted.He will only just stand there and freeze like a statue.
Watching your favorite character look sad like that with your eyes—it hit different.They're real after all.
Without even realizing it, Nexús had already reached out and placed a hand on Luffy's head, gently ruffling his hair.
Shuff shuff shuff
By the time he noticed what he was doing, it was already too late. His hand froze in place.
Luffy's eyes widened in surprise, as did Nami's.
Nexús awkwardly pulled his hand back.
It's… actually soft.
"Ahem… It'll… be fixed," he muttered, trying to play it cool.
Luffy let out a light laugh. "Well, let's fix it later. Even if it can't be, it's fine. I can still wear it. Plus, I'm satisfied—I beat Buggy."
"It's alright. I'll fix it for you later," Nami said quietly.
"Eh? What was that?"
"Nothing!—Anyway," she said, quickly changing the subject, "I already split the treasure into two bags. You guys are carrying it all! It's too heavy for me. I did my part—your turn!"
Nexús, hearing that, immediately avoided eye contact. His eyes darted elsewhere, pretending he didn't hear a thing.
Suddenly, the sky became very interesting…
"There sure is a lot ,"
"If nothing else, Buggy does know good quality when he sees it!" Nami grinned. "This should be worth at least 10 million berries!"
"Ten… million…" Nexús whispered, eyes wide as he mentally tried to calculate how much that even was. He had never touched, let alone held, a 10 000 or a million.
Now they had ten!?
"Here you go," Nami said, holding something out to him.
"Eh?"
"It's the Grand Line chart. Didn't you say you wanted it?"
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While they were busy talking, you might wonder—where did Zoro go?
Did he get lost again?
No. But somehow, they ended up in a fight. Then, one of the pawns hit him with some kind of sleep powder. Unfortunately, he inhaled it and passed out. The fight couldn't be avoided.
And where was he(Nexús) during all this?
He was on the other side—fighting some 'pawns'.
Of course, he won heh.
Slap slap slap
"Zoro! Zoro, wake up! Zoro! We're going!"
Luffy said while slapping the unconscious man on the floor like he was swatting flies.
"Ne Nexús~ Zoro doesn't wanna wake up..."
"Slap harder," answered Nexús.
Wait... that sounded kinda weird...
SLAP
"OIii!"
SLAP
"We're going!"
SLAP
Zoro finally opened his eyes and slowly sat up, visibly dizzy. You could see red marks on the areas Luffy had slapped.
"Did we take care of everything?" Zoro asked, trying to recall what had happened.
"Yeah," Luffy answered with a grin. "We also got a map and a navigator!"
Zoro stared at Nami for a few seconds and snorted.
"Not good… I'm still dizzy... I don't think I can walk," he confessed.What the heck? Why does my whole body hurt?
A sleep powder could do this?
"What kind of insanely powerful sleep powder was that…?" Zoro muttered while massaging his temple.
"Of course you can't! You wouldn't be human if the three of you could walk!" Nami scolded.
"Why am I included?" asked Luffy innocently.
"That should be my line," Nexús interrupted, feeling like he'd just heard the most ridiculous thing ever.
"YOU GUYS ARE THE MOST SUSPICIOUS ONES HERE! We have to help the mayor!" Nami exclaimed with a long sigh.
"Oh yeah! We gotta wake up the old mayor guy…"
A curly, grey-haired elderly man was shown lying unconscious on the ground, covered in wounds—thankfully, not too severe. He looked like he might be on the verge of heading to heaven.
Suddenly, a stranger's voice interrupted.
"You there!"
"Are you outsiders?" asked one of the townspeople—it was the same guy from before.
They all paused for a second, briefly mesmerized by Nexús's inhuman beauty.Insane...
"Yeah. Who are you?" Luffy responded directly, breaking their awe.
"We're citizens of this town! Did the pirates retreat or something? If you know anything, please tell us!"
"Oh, they're just the citizens? I thought there were more pirates…" Nami sighed in relief.
"Oh, Mayor!" cried one of the citizens, a bald man who seemed to know the mayor well, judging by the concern in his voice.
"Oh no! Say something!"
"Oh Mayor!!"
Everyone began panicking and gathered around the unconscious man.
"He's out cold!"
"The pirates definitely did this!"
"How horrible!"
"Sorry! I kicked the old man's ass," Luffy apologized casually.
Nexús immediately closed his eyes, wanting to bury himself in the deepest hole imaginable.
He didn't want to be part of this, so he sang Twinkle Twinkle Little Star silently in his head like it might magically fast-forward time.
"WHAT!?" Everyone turned to Luffy at once.
"Hold on! You didn't have to tell them that!" Nami panicked.
"You saw it!"
"But you had an actual reason…!?"
But it was too late. The townspeople were already on their feet, weapons in hand.
"Why did you do this to our mayor!?"
"Don't give us excuses!"
"Who are you!? Are you with those pirates!?"
"We're pirates," Luffy said bluntly.
"JUST AS WE THOUGHT!!?!"
Despite his dizziness, Zoro burst into crazy laughter.
"You idiot!" Nami scolded.
"But it's the truth."
"We actually beat the other pirates—you know, the bad ones? They were really evil, so we beat them up!" Nexús added, drenched in nervous sweat.
"Oh, so you guys want to take over this town instead!? We're not falling for your charming face!"
Hearing that, Nexús was speechless. Zoro just laughed even harder.
"YOU IDIOTS JUST MADE IT WORSE!!" Nami screamed, on the verge of losing her mind.
"You pirates! How dare you ravage our town?!"
"We won't show mercy just because you're kids!"
Luffy squatted down in front of Zoro with a relaxed expression, as if nothing was wrong.
"What now? Doesn't look like they're going to listen…" Zoro said, smiling wryly.
"Run!!" shouted Luffy, scooping Zoro up onto his back.