Chapter 3 - A Clown?

Zoro and Viper were rowing the boat and Viper said "Seriously what kind of idiot shoots off after a bird like that?" Zoro sighed and said "Our captain." Viper chuckled and said "Well at least he's a fun guy, i'd rather not have some serious guy ya know?" Zoro chuckled and said "Yeah at least it makes things interesting." they rowed after the bird, and some people were in the water asking for help, Zoro said "Hop in while we're movin!" the three people were shocked and the boat sped through them, they hopped on and said "We're stealing this boat!" Zoro growled and beat them, making them row the boat.

Viper sat back and said "You tried to steal a boat from a guy with three swords and grass for hair? Not a smart move." Zoro said "What's that supposed to mean?" Viper chuckled and said "What it means is, that your grass covered head is menacing" Zoro snapped "And your rainbow hair is extremely inviting!" Viper gasped and said "I know for a fact you did not say anything about my hair." Zoro sneered and said "You look like a damn circus clown." the three men snapped and said "You're part of Captain Buggy's crew?!" Viper seethed and beat the shit out of the three guys rowing and said "I'm not a clown!" the three men continued rowing, fearing for their lives as Viper glared at Zoro, who was laughing his ass off.

They reached an Island and the three men said "This is where Buggy is." Viper nodded and transformed before picking Zoro up and slithering off to the center of town. Viper changed back and he and Zoro saw Luffy in a cage, Viper rubbed his forehead and said "Why are you in a cage?" Luffy pointed at an orange haired lady and said "She told me to get inside." Viper walked up to the cage and said "And you listened to her?" before shaking his head and turning to the orange haired lady "Sorry miss..." he waited and she said "Nami." he nodded and said "Sorry miss Nami, but i'm going to have to ask you why you put our captain in a cage." Nami said "Because I joined Buggy's crew and he stole a map from him." Viper laughed in her face and said "You're trying to tell me, that our captain stole a map, and that YOU hunted him down and put him in a cage." Zoro chuckled at that and Nami said "Yes." Viper and Zoro fell to the ground laughing, while holding their stomachs.

Nami was embarrassed and snapped "What?! What did I say?" Viper slowly got up and said "Nothing, you just do-AHHHH" Viper almost had a heart attack, he jumped and said "A CLOWN!" He hid behind Zoro and said "I hate clowns!" everyone was dead silent and Zoro started laughing as he said "You have rainbow hair and you hate clowns?! HAHAHAHAH" Viper snapped and said "I swear to god, I will eat you if you keep laughing" Zoro shut his mouth and tried to keep in his laughter, Viper said "Go! Kill it quickly! Shoo! Bad clown! Go away!" Buggy snapped "DO I LOOK LIKE A DOG TO YOU?!" Viper screeched "AHH IT TALKS!" Nami literally face planted and said "What kind of clown doesn't talk!" Viper said seriously "The less scary ones." Nami rubbed her forehead and Viper continued "Anyway pumpkin head are you part of his crew or not?" Nami said "I'm no-WAIT DID YOU JUST CALL ME PUMPKIN HEAD?!" Viper let out a breath and said "Perfect let's go." he transformed and scooped up Nami and Zoro before biting on to the cage Luffy was in and slithering away, leaving Buggy and his crew stunned.

Viper chomped down on the cage and let Luffy free before reverting to his human form and saying "Phew, that clown almost got us!" Nami was in shock at Viper's transformation and said "You're a monster!" Viper frowned and said "That was pretty rude. I just saved you from a man eating clown. Jeez some people." Luffy stretched and said "Hey can you fly?" Viper though about it and said "I always feel like I didn't fully activate my power yet so maybe?" Viper transformed again but turned into a hybrid form, he had his normal upper body with his kimono and big feathers on the back of his head, and his lower half was full of feathers and had his fan shaped tail, he said "Ouuu look at that, I can be a gorgon." Luffy said "COOOL!" Viper slithered around Zoro and went around Nami wrapping her body with his tail and fanning her face and said with his elbow on her shoulder "I still feel like there's something else though" Viper frowned and pointed his fan tail towards a pile of rubble and slammed the tail down, a powerful wind blast blew the rubble away.

Viper blinked and gulped "I think I can control wind too." Viper started sending wind blasts at everything, Nami said "Can you let me go now, as soft as you are, this is getting a bit uncomfortable." Viper reddened and said "Sorry" as he unwrapped her, slowly letting her to the ground, She straightened out her clothes and touched his tail, causing him to hiss happily. Nami and Viper froze, she said "What was that?" Viper coughed and said "I don't know, please continue." Nami snapped and punched him in the head, sending him into the ground, he got up and fully transformed before flipping her on top of his head and saying "Can you scratch behind my head feathers?" She lied down and scratched and he curled up on the ground and hissed, while closing his eyes.

Viper woke up and noticed Zoro, Luffy, and Nami were sleeping on his back, he sighed to himself "I'm a giant matress." he heard a voice "Hey you kids get away from that giant monster!" The group woke up and rubbed their eyes, before they turned their heads to the man who was shouting at them to get off, Nami said "Who are you?" The man said "I'm the mayor of this town, the people call me Boodle!" Viper said "Well, Boodle calling people monsters is quite rude ya know." Boodle was shocked and said "The monster talked!" Viper sighed and Nami rubbed his head, causing him to writhe happily, before she jumped off and said "He's actually not a monster, he's human... I think" Viper nodded and turned back into his human form and waved "Yo." Boodle was shocked and said "You're a human?" Viper nodded and said "Yeah, well I guess not entirely? I was originally, but now I can transform into a giant Quetzalcoatl." he pointed at Luffy and said "He's a Rubber Human" he pointed at Zoro and said "And he's half grass." Zoro snapped and said "I'M NOT!" Viper just chuckled and ignored him.

Boodle was a bit shocked still and sighed before saying "I don't even know what that is." Viper blinked and said "A Quetzalcoatl is a mythical creature that can control wind, in it's myths it is the god of wind and intelligence/knowledge, it is also believed to be one of the god of creation and funnily enou-" Nami cut him off and said to Boodle "You get the point right?" Boodle nodded and Viper frowned "But I wasn't finished..." Nami said "I had a feeling you never would be." Viper opened his mouth but closed it and mumbled "Last time I let you sleep on me.."

Boodle started talking about a dog and a pet store, while Viper was scratching the dog behind the ears and on the dog's stomach, before a giant lion, with a man riding on it, showed up. Viper said "Oi! Bear-guy! Who are you?" the man said "My name is Mohji, i'm part of Buggy's crew." Viper said "But you're not a clown" Mohji said "Why would I be a clown?" Viper looked at Zoro and said "Shouldn't clowns be with clowns?" Zoro shrugged and said "I thought so too." Mohji snapped and said "That's not how it works!" Viper wved his hands and said "Alright state your business." Mohji said "Buggy wants you captured." Viper turned into a huge Quetzalcoatl and said "He wants you and that cat to capture me?" as he looked down on them both and hissed, while blowing wind around him, causing Mohji to almost faint out of fear, Viper laughed and slammed his tail into Mohji and his lion sending them flying in Buggy's general direction.

Viper reverted and said "I could really just a better nap, can't we just go beat this clown's ass and call it a day?" Zoro said "I thought you were scared of clowns" Viper shivered and said "Seems like an irrational fear to me, plus if I'm going to be a pirate, I can't be scared of clowns!" he clenched his fist, Nami pointed at his legs and said "Your legs are shaking." Viper looked down and said "Ah, so they are. How about Zoro and Luffy go take care of them and me and Nami watch, sound good? Perfect. Let's go." Before he walked off in the opposite direction, Nami giggled and chased after him.

Luffy, Zoro, and Nami, who was dragging Viper arrived in front of Buggy and Luffy said "I'm gonna beat you up Big Nose!" Viper chuckled and stood behind Nami while whispering "Who the fuck dresses like a clown nowadays!" Nami giggled and whispered back "Why don't you ask him?" Viper shivered and said "I'd really rather not, Thank you." Nami smirked and screamed "Hey Buggy! My friend wants to know why you dress like a clown!" Buggy looked at Viper, who was actually terrified, and said "Well, I was made fun of because my nose is real so I cam up with the idea to dress like a clown so that they would think it was costume and not make fun of me for my nose." Viper was shocked and said "Well now I just feel like an asshole." Buggy snapped and said to Luffy "DID YOU JUST CALL ME BIG NOSE!? Men shoot a buggy ball." they shot a buggy ball and Luffy blew up like a balloon and shot the Buggy ball back, blew up Buggy and his crew. Nami slipped away and Viper followed her.

Viper said "Where ya goin?" Nami shushed him and said "We're going to steal his treasure!" Viper nodded "That's very pirate of you. Did Luffy ask you to join the crew?" Nami said "How did you know?" Viper pointed at his hair and said "So far he asked a green haired guy and me haired guy to join, your hair is orange so I just figured, probably." Nami giggled and said "Yeah he did." Before she became serious and said "But I hate pirates!" Viper was confused and said "But you have that tattoo on your shoulder, kinda looks like a pirate symbol to me." Nami grabbed her shoulder and said "How did you know about that?!" Viper said "I saw it when I wrapped around you, I won't tell anyone though, I was thinking of getting one myself actually, could be cool." Nami let out a breath of relief and said "Let's just get the treasure, and get out of here." Viper nodded and they started stealing.

Viper and Nami returned to see Buggy split into pieces flying around all over the place. Viper was carrying a sack and said "Oh cool, he can fly." Buggy turned to them and flew at them saying "GIVE ME BACK MY TREASURE!" Nami snapped "It's MY treasure!" and smashed the sack at Buggy, who caught it and said "Thanks!" Viper sighed and said "Not the smartest move, I gotta be honest." Nami said "Shut up and help me!" Viper sighed and punched Buggy in the face, sending him flying back. Nami was holding the bag and blinked "Well that was easy." Viper said "I know right?" Nami noticed the parts scattered around and started tying them up with a rope.

Buggy said "You'll pay for that, parts return!" the parts came back and formed a new buggy with only a head, two hands, and two feet. Luffy chuckled and stretched both his arms back before snapping them back at Buggy, sending him flying away, causing a twinkle in the sky. Viper looked and said "Eh, 3.6/5" Nami and Viper walked over to Luffy with the bags and they all returned to the boats. Luffy left a bag of treasure to the villagers, much to Nami's frustration and the group left.

Viper was on Nami's boat with Nami, sleeping and Luffy and Zoro were on the regular boat form shells town and they were slowly making their way to another island. Luffy said "Maybe we can get a ship on the next island!" Zoro said "What are the chances of that?" Viper woke up and said "Hey grass-man can you keep quiet i'm dreaming of beautiful women over here." Zoro snapped "Stop calling me that!" Viper yawned and fell back asleep saying "In your dreams." Nami shook her head at the terrible joke and kept navigating.