Battling the Demon (One piece)

Leaving!?

With the ship having left the backstreet to head of the cove where they were to dock. They found a nice area that was okay for them to drop anchor. "This area should be okay, don't you think?" Usopp asked the rest of the crew.
"In any case, what a dull place this is." Sanji pointed out as it was basically nothing but a piece of land.
"All right, then! Furl the sail!" With that being ordered by Luffy, the crew began getting ready to dock or drop anchor. Zoro was pulling the rope for the sails all the way until it couldn't go any further. Which was why he pulled down harder so that there wouldn't be any lose rope that could cause the sails to unfurl even the slightest. However, the moment he did such a thing the mast had bent a far bit, causing panicked from Luffy to Chopper as they looked up at it.
"What're you doing!?" But of course the most panicked one was Usopp.
"Nothing! I just pulled the rope!" Zoro was telling him as he was trying to push the mast in place. "Holy crap! The Going Merry has gotten this rickety?"
"By the way, why aren't the people on this island scared of pirates?" Nami had moved onto the question that was on almost everyone's mind.
"Probably because pirates are just another customer to their shipyard." Zoro said to her still pushing the mast.
"Stop talking and fix it already!" But he was told off by Usopp.
"What Pirate Hunter said is half right." Luna was coming down from the aft deck. "The other held is that there are people in this city that are strong enough to deal with pirates."
"Makes sense... considering the size of the city." Sanji wasn't all that surprised at that fact.
"Really?! Hey, what're we gonna do? This is bad." Usopp was now freaking out due to that.
"Why would it be bad? We're customers." The blonde hair cooked asked since it wouldn't make sense for them to attack their customers.
"Y-You think so?" Usopp still wasn't completely convinced, but...
"Okay, then! See you later!" Both him and Luffy were off the ship heading back towards the city.
"Wait, Luffy! Usopp!" Until Nami called out to them. "You guys, come with me."
"To where?" Usopp was pouting as he asked the girl that climbed down the rope ladder.
"First, we'll take the reference letter from Kokoro and go find the man name Iceberg. We'll ask him to help us arrange the ship's repair." She explained this to them both not to mention they also had to find a place where they could cash in their gold.
"I see... All right, then! Anyway, let's go! To the city of water!" Luffy turned back around as he was heading for the city again.
"Don't you need the gold?" They all turned to see Luna holding up the sack of gold. "I shall also come." She jumped down onto the cove, without the use of the rope ladder, with the gold, with no problem at all. She really was a beast since  Luffy had to use a trolley to pull it.
"Zoro! Make sure you fix it good!" Usopp shouted as the four of them left.
"Be careful, Nami! Luna!" Sanji was telling both females that didn't respond back to him.
"Why don't we go to the money-changing shop first?" Usopp asked this as it would make more sense to do so.
"Why? Let's go to the shipyard." Luffy didn't seem to think so though.
"But we cant walk around the island with this much gold. I get nervous." He had explained his feelings.
"It wouldn't make a different, since you'll be carrying the same value." Luna pointed that out to him.
"It's true, but it being this big will attract people's attention, right? What if we run into bad thieves?" Usopp was asking her.
"We're the thieves!" Luffy reminded him how they got the gold, which was by taking it from the stomach of a sleeping python.
"He's got a point. If we change it to bills, we can all carry them." Nami then said which had then been decided.
"Hm? Your remark had a sting to it. It sounds like me carrying it is a problem!" Luffy had taken offence to it though.
"Yeah. You might drip it somewhere or lose it." She said.
"Yeah, he would. It's Luffy we're talking about." And Usopp was in agreement to it.
"It's more like he'll show it off and the get robbed blind." Luna stated that fact.
"What!? You guys! Don't trust me!?"
"Nope!" The three of them had said together,
"Ah... Ahh... Ahh... That really hurts!" He tired to look like her was in pain. "I may not be able to recover from thi- hm?" They had come to a stop at a bridge leading to a building.
"Is this the only entrance to the city? A Rental Bull Shop?" Nami asked as it was pretty strange. "What do they rent out?"
"What's 'bull'?" Luffy was asking confused
"Beats me. Bulldogs?" Usopp suggested that
"You guys are ridiculously." While Luna seemed annoyed, like always, before she took off for the shop.
"Wait for me!" Luffy followed after her. "Excuse me! Please let us rent bulls!"
"Ask what they are first!" Leaving the last two to snap at him.
"Welcome!" They had been greeted by a middle age man with black hair and glasses. "You wanna rent bulls, right? How many are you?"
"There's four of us." Luna answer the question,
"What kind of bulls would you like?" The man gotten up asking to then explain that there are three ranks. Yagara, Rabuka, and King. "Well, for the four of you, two Yagara would probably do."
"Make it three." Luna told him instead.
"Three? Alright." He walked off agreeing.
"Okay! Please roast them nice and tasty!" Luffy shouted thinking that they were food.
"Weird! That conversation is weird!" Usopp shouted that at him but then it was explained to the own about where they originally came from and how they travelled here through the log pose.
"Oh? You followed logs to get here?" He was quite impressed about hearing.
"Yep."
"That's quite an achievement, you guys." The owner pulled out three objects that looked like small boats. "Then you had no idea what bulls were, did you?" Other then Luna, the other three nodded. "Well, to make a long story short, those are bulls. They're Yagara bulls. They're used everywhere in town." He had pulled their attention behind him to mythical creatures that were literally s horses with the tails and fines of a fish. They were all in the water with humans rising them. "This is the city of water. There's more canals than walkways. So bulls are a means of transportation necessary to the residents here."p It's the same when you go sightseeing on this island." This had been explained to them.
"That fish is pulling a boat?" Nami asked him
"No, the boat isn't pulled by placed in the back of the Yagara so that your riding them. Think of it as riding a house or having a carriage on land." Luna had been the one to explain in place of the own. Which was why she asked for three instead of two. She clearly knew a lot about the city then one would think.
"Oof." The own had placed one of the boats into the water. "You see the fish pen, there? Well, try and ride in it. It's comfortable." The headed over to the pen where a group of Yagaras were swimming. "It'll be 3000 berries for three two passenger Yagara bulls." As he informed them of the price, a single turquoise Yagara had com up to Luffy.
"Wow, they're cute!" Nami thought so.
"It's a fish that looks like a house." Luffy pointed out the obvious and it was then when the turquoise one licked him. "You jerk! What'd you do that for!?" Which had upset him but all the other Yagaras were laughing along with Nami and Usopp.
"Oh? He must like you. Let's get him for you." The owner said opening up the pen to have three Yagaras come out. One was the turquoise from before, another was a lime green while the last one was black. The three of them had dove under the boats where the own began to attach them.
"Can he carry heavy stuff Okay?" Luffy asked with the sack of gold in hand.
"Their power is incredible! You can even use them for moving." The own answered him, making it okay for them to carry heavy things. "That bag, huh? What's inside?"
"Gold." Hearing Luffy's reply caused him to chuckle,
"You're funny. Whatever it is, it'll be fine." It was because he didn't believe him. That was until Luffy opened it to prove what was inside. "Whoa! Give me some!"
"No way!" Of course Nami wasn't going to allow that.
"What an awfully honest old guy..." Usopp was impressed but it.
"What idiots." While Luna seemed to have become annoyed once again.
"You too! Don't show it to others so lightly!" Nami had began to shout at Luffy,
"Why? It wouldn't hurt, would it?" Who didn't see why it was a problem,
"My, my... What a surprised... well then... it'll be a million berries for three Yagara bulls." The owner had changed the price after finding out about the gold.
"Hey, the price went up, pops." Usopp told him angry.
"Sorry. It'll be five million berries." But it went up five times.
"It went up even more!"
"You noticed?" The owner acted like they wouldn't.
"Geez... we cant be too careful." With that being done Nami handed over 3000 berries of the rental of the bulls. And asked where they could change their gold to money. There was but due to the amount of gold there wouldn't be enough money in them. It was why the own had suggested that they should go downtown where the shipbuilding island was. As they didn't know where it was
"It's that way." Luna pointed off as she clearly knew where it was. "Get them a map will you." The own didn't have any problem with that as he throw Nami the map.
"This'll be helpful! Thanks!" She jumped into the boat that Usopp was already in.
"Luna, is the shipyard there, too?" Luffy was asking  her.
"That's right. It's consisted to be the top shipyard in the world." She told him leaping into the boat placed on the black Yagara.
"That's perfect. Once we get the money, we can go to the shipyard right away." He was getting all excited.
"Yeah. We can finally have the Going Merry repaired!" As was Usopp.
"And we"play find a shipwright, too! I'm getting excited!"
"Well, then..." Nami began saying.
"Shall we...?" As well as Usopp, as they were waiting for their  captain.
"Let's just go." Luna on the other hand wasn't.
"All right! Go! Yagara!" Luffy leaped into the boat, throwing the gold on the back seat before taking the rails and they took off.
"Thanks for your business! Be careful!" The own was waving to them.
"Dash to the ship yard! Yahoo!" Luffy seemed to be having the time of his life. Which wasn't unusual as he took the lead, with Luna right behind him, with both Nami and Usopp behind her. "This is great!" Luffy throw his hands above him. "Hey! I'm counting on you!" His Yagara smiled back at him.
"It's amazing that such a convenient creature exists in this world." Usopp was still stuck on that fact.
"It doesn't rock much, it's comfortable!" Nami seemed to be enjoying the ride as well. They entered a street following Luna that seemed completely used to all this.
"To the right! Right!"
"The ball is headed your way!"
"Here we go!" Children we're playing in the walkways kicking the ball, but it was a peaceful as others were going around on their daily lives.
"This is neato!" Luffy was looking all over the place, even when Luna went down a side street that had clothes hanging about them.
"This area seems to be a residential area." Usopp noticed that fact, as it would explain the clothing.
"This town really is built around canals." Nami didn't believe it at first when Luna explained how the island was formed. But now that she was looking at the map she did.
"Hey, mister!" A man playing chest called out to Luffy upon seeing him
"Hey, pops!"
"Where are you going? Sightseeing?" He asked the group.
"To the shipyard! We!re gonna have our ship repaired!" Luffy informed him not showing the slightest bit of hesitation in answering.
"Then go to the backstreet shopping district first!" The ma had stood from his game pointing while pointing of above the building cross from him.
"Checkmate." And he lost the game while he was at it.
"Thanks!"
"S-Sure..."
"Backstreet shopping district..." Nami had the map opened in front of her, and Usopp looking over her shoulder. "We'll turn right ahead of here." She instructed.
Oh, my beautiful mademoiselles! How about diner with me tonight?" A man suddenly stuck his head out asking when he saw both Nami and Luna.
"Huh?" Usopp and Luna looked at him confused as they were reminded of someone else they knew. While Luna acted like she didn't hear anything, which was mostly what she did with someone else they knew, if he didn't touch her. But then someone had pulled the man inside by the cheek which was followed
"Do t worry about him. The guys around here say that like it's a greeting." By a woman popping her head out the same winder after the group passed.
"O-Okay." Nami was unsure about how to respond to that.
"At any rate, people in this town are generous to outsiders- or should I say they're overly friendly?" Usopp was still quite taken back by this, since other places don't welcome outsides or pirates like that.
"Hey! You with the long nose!" He lifted his head up to someone calling to him. "Nothing. I was just saying hey, that's all."
"Want a fist in your face, pops!?" It wasn't long after that the group had come to a split in the road of some sort. A river leading up up while the other only slightly. "Ah, a hill is coming up. We're gonna go against the flow. Is that okay? Can we go up?" Usopp asked this.
"We're going left." Luna stated pulling the reins to the left, where her Yagara had moved to the higher flow,
"Wait, wha-!?" Which had both the other two following after them. "Wait! Wrong way! Go right! Right!"
"So it doesn't matter even if the water is running down hill, huh?" Luffy didn't seem to mind as he was enjoying himself. "The canals even go above the rooftops!" He found himself completely impressed by that fact.
"Where are you taking us, Luna!?" Usopp was crying as he was trying to hold on for dear life.
"Up." She merely stated as the Yagara bulls were swimming against the current up.
"But we're going the wrong way! We have to go to the shopping district first!" Nami had shouted to reminded the woman, however,
"Oh, don't be so hasty." Luffy didn't see anything wrong with taking their time. He was saying that it was a rare opportunity, so they should stroll through the canals.
"We're here." Luna voice pulled their attention to the front were the water was dropping off the side of the canals ahead.
"H-Hey! L-Look! Look ahead!" Usopp was freaking out of course.
"Oh, That's right! We're at the top of the hill!" They we're heading for a steep canal.
"Which means..." Nami and Usopp were shaking as they knew what was coming. It was when they reached the edge they could see down to the town below, and like a waterslide, they were going down it a incredible speed. With a lot of screaming for enjoy and terror.
"This is fun!" Luffy shouted in delight.
"This is fun but scary!" Usopp was saying but crying
"Nooo!" Nami was also crying and the only one that was quiet had been Luna as she was just sitting straight as the wind blow along with water. They were turning left and then right, then left again then right until they were sent flying off the side.
"Arrrrrgh! We went flying!"
"We're falling. We're falling. We're falling. We're falling. We're falling. We're falling. We're falling... We're falling!" They flew over a few rooftop as they were coming down for a crash landing in the water below. "Don't get full of yourself!" Nami snapped punching the back of her Yagara in the head. "Get over here Luna! So I can hit you!" But it was then when she realised where they were as bells rang.
"Miss! Our stuff is cheap!"
"How about taking a look at our products? We've got lots of superb items that are hard to find!"
"We're starting our 50%-off sale!" There were people ridding Yagaras all around, nit to mention the people walking on the paths on the sides. It was clearly the shopping district that they landed in the middle off.
"Wow! Things have gotten lively!" Luffy pointed it out as he saw all the people while moving down the canal.
"Oh? We ended up in the shopping district!" Nami realised this looking around. "Could it be that you took a shortcut?" She turned to Luna asking her.
"That's right. But the Yagaras would have taken it even if I hadn't." She stated to her, not even looking back.
"I'm sorry. You guys are actually smart, huh?" She was now apologising to her Yagara for hitting him.
"I've never been to such an energetic shopping district!" Usopp looked around all excited.
"Hey, look at that! That's a huge bull!" Luffy was pointing a head of him, where a larger size Yagara, also slightly different, was come from ahead.
"Whoa! Hey, it's coming this way!" Usopp panicked at seeing it come for them. They moved to the side of the large Yagara while it swam. "This guys is scary!"
"It's like he's about to eat us!"
"Considering it's size, I wonder if this is a King." Nami was saying, however
"No, they are Rabuka Bulls. They are a lot larger and seemingly more violent type of yagara bull. It's why the only time you'll see them is when they're carrying a large groups around all at once." They weren't which would make one wonder how big the kings would be. "Kings are a lot larger and you won't really see them in town." Luna gave them a rough idea.
"I see..."
"Hm? What the heck is that?" Usopp moved onto the passenger ridding the back of the Babuka. They were all wearing masks and costumes. "Masks..."
"Wow, they're pretty. They're gorgeous." Nami thought so while watching them go by.
"I wonder if there's a party or something." Usopp suggest that possibility.
"No, it's for a different island." Luna spoke up. "On an island called San Faldo, they hold a costume carnival everyday around this time of year. You can take the Sea Train to arrive on the island."
"How do you know so much about this island?" He had turned around asking her this.
"Yeah, it's been nothing me for a while about how you know so much about this island." Nami express herself, since that's how she felt since meeting Kokoro.
"Have you been here before?" Luffy moved his Yagara to be side by side with her.
"A few times. But that was a long time ago." But Luna didn't go into any details about it and for some reason, the others didn't push the matter. Even Luffy. They felt if they ask something, it might be bad to do so. It was the reason they never asked her things or why she never spoke about herself.
"What? What!s going on?" They all turned Luffy that had asked his Yagara this, which made sense as the thing was shining with a grin on his face. But Luffy's attention had been pulled to
"Here! These are freshly made water-water octopus dumplings!" A man running a food stall but
"Two water-water croquettes?" It moved onto a woman working at another store.
"Both look yummy! Yagara, go over there." Luffy told him but instead it went into a completely different direction. "Hey, where're you going?!"
"Hey, Luffy! Where're you going?!" Usopp called out to him, since they were off.
"Ask the Yagara!" He could only shout back as he had no idea. Leaving the others just to come back with meat in his hand called water-water meat. "They...are... so... soft...! Yummy!" He had shouted after taking a bite and swallowing it.
"What?! Is it that good?" Usopp's eyes popped out of his head hearing Luffy and seeing the boy leaning back in satisfactory just for one bite. "Hey, Luffy! Give me one!"
"No! Buy it yourself!" He told him giving a piece to the Yagara.
"Hey, Nami! Pull the boat over to that shop!" Usopp was shouting at her, while pointing at the shop Luffy was at moments ago. However, she seemed to be occupied watching Luna that was looking to the sky as if she was waiting for something. Something big.