One Piece: Gold And Fire

Ragna don't consider himself a hero or anything but he is a grateful man. Just like a Lannister he also knows how to pay his debts. Hocker helped him when he needed it without anything in return. And now Buggy destroyed the house of the same man.

Ragna was visibly angry seeing this, besides the debt he had towards Hocker he genuinely liked the person, there are not many selfless men like him who he had met.

So internally he decided now, he just not gonna take Buggy's bounty but help out this town as well.

"I just hope that Hocker and Chouchou are fine." For one last time, he turned back to see the destroyed town and then turned back to face Buggy.

Canon's could only fire once before they need refilling. Enough time for Ragna to close the distance between him and Buggy to stop him from launching another one of his Buggy Balls.

"You going down." Ragna roared and rushed at Buggy with all his speed.

Ragna charged at Buggy with his sword drawn even after knowing that maybe the blade would not do much against him however he had to try, the blade gleaming in the sunlight. "Your bounty is mine!" he shouted, slashing down at Buggy with all his might.

And just like he anticipated, Buggy's body split apart, the sword cutting cleanly through—but not leaving a single wound. Buggy's torso floated in the air, his legs still standing on the ground.

He wanted to see how long this power of his could save him, no power is limitless, so what if can't be cut, what if Ragna cut him even more, like into many little pieces, there has to be a limit to this splitting power right…

"Gyahahahahahaha! You're dealing with the great Buggy-sama!" Buggy laughed, his dismembered arm flying at Ragna with a dagger in hand.

Ragna barely dodged the attack, rolling to the side. " If the single cut is not enough then I'll cut you more to the point that your power is rendered useless…" he muttered, his grip on the sword tightening.

Buggy's limbs swirled around him like a whirlwind of chaos, throwing daggers at random. Ragna deflected some with his sword, but one grazed his shoulder, making him wince.

His journey with the sword was just starting, he wasn't that skilled right now in swordsmanship.

"Ahhhh I have to say that you are pretty irritating, especially that laughter of yours!" Ragna growled, lunging forward again. He swung at Buggy's floating head, hoping to at least knock it away, but the head simply popped off, spinning in midair.

"Missed me! You'll never hit me, brat!" Buggy taunted, his head reattached to his body with a snap.

Frustrated, Ragna tried slashing at Buggy's legs, but they hopped away like they had a mind of their own. Then Buggy threw something small and round at him.

"Catch this!" Buggy grinned wickedly.

Ragna dodged it instinctively—only for the object to explode in a puff of smoke and fire. He stumbled back, coughing and covered in soot. Even after dodging there wasn't enough distance between him and the bomb.

"What kind of clown carries exploding marbles?!" Ragna shouted.

Buggy cackled. "Gyahahaha, that Buggy's mini Buggy balls!" He pulled out another contraption—a miniature Buggy Ball—this time rolling it toward Ragna like a bowling ball.

Ragna kicked it away, and it exploded harmlessly in the distance. He took a deep breath, trying to think.

'Okay stop being stubborn, sword aint working so move on and just beat the shit out of the bastard already.' He berated himself.

Indeed he was being immature right now, with his current speed and years of training in punching and kicking things from trees to boulders. He got his.

In a burst of determination, he darted forward and grabbed Buggy's dismembered arm in mid-air. Buggy yelped in surprise.

"I can't cut you, fine but how about this…!" Ragna smirked and then opened his mouth wide open.

"AH" and then with all his force he bit down hard on Buggy's arm.

"Ahaaaaaaaa…." Buggy let out a yell, Ragna's teeth digging right into the point he ended up bleeding.

"Heyyyy, you do bleed." Ragna laugh.

The clown stumbled back, yelling, "Ahaaa, Stop stop stop… that hurts that hurts!"

"Yeah no shit Sherlock, though I bet not as much as this…" Ragna grinned and tossed his Buggy's hand towards where he saw some of the unexploded Buggy Bombs were still lying.

At first, Buggy didn't get what Ragna was after but then he took out his handgun and Buggy's face stiffened.

"Bleeding check, now let's see whether you get burned." A devilish grin from on Ragna's face and he masterfully shot the Buggy Bomb.

*BOOM….

An explosion took place and Buggy Immediately started to vail in pain.

With Buggy distracted, Ragna didn't wait time, he closed the gap and delivered a powerful kick to his stomach, sending him crashing into a pile of crates.

"For your information, I used to crush boulders when I was only half my height with my bare fists," Ragna muttered.

"Captain…"

"Boss Buggy…"

Others started to should at this time, only then Ragna again realised that this was no one-on-one fight. But he didn't care, none was strong enough to stop him at least to his knowledge. He was cautious though regarding people who had guns. They could launch a surprise attack any time which he didn't want.

"Quite, stay out of it, remember only your captain is immune to cutting. Don't let me show you what happens to someone without that pesky devil fruit power when it comes in contact with my blade." Ragna shouted and gave a bloodthirsty grin to the men around him. Making sure they don't do anything behind his back.

By now Buggy has come out of the hole he made in the wall. But his condition wasn't looking very good. Blood trails from his lips and his clothes were disheveled.

But Ragna was just getting started right now. Before even Buggy do anything, Ragna was once again on top of him, ready to bring down the fury of his fist.

The moment Buggy came out he grumbled and boosted like usual to show to his followers that he was completely fine.

"Gyahahaha…Do you think you can take on the great Buggy-sama with your fists? I'm invincible!", However, while boasting he didn't even see that Ragna was already moving towards him right fist charging at him.

Ragna lunged forward and delivered a solid punch to Buggy's floating head. The clown's face twisted comically as his head flew backwards once again, crashing into a wall and making another hole.

"Captain Buggy." His followers who showed a renewed motivation, lost their refound confidence almost immediately.

"You were saying?" Ragna cracked his knuckles.

Buggy's head reattached, but Ragna was already on him. He grabbed Buggy's collar and threw a punch straight into his nose. Buggy's limbs flailed helplessly as his body parts tried to fly apart, but Ragna grabbed his arm midair and used it to smack Buggy across the face.

It was very easy to forget how strong Ragna was just becuase he used a Sword. He had only used a sword for the last few months when it comes to hand to hand combat fighting. He had practised that since he was growing up.

And even though his fighting skills in hand-to-hand combat were atrocious due to no one teaching him. When it comes to raw physical strength, Ragna was better than most.

"Stop shouting, at least take the beating like a man!" Ragna growled, whacking him repeatedly.

"Wait, wait!" Buggy yelped. "Let's talk about this!"

"No talking!" Ragna roared, slamming Buggy into the ground.

The clown scrambled to his feet, only for Ragna to grab his legs and swing him around like a ragdoll. Of course, Buggy tries to escape by simply detaching his limbs but whenever he tries to do that, Ragna shows his overwhelming power and crushes the body part he was holding in his hand still pain stop the joker on his tracks.

Buggy's screams echoed in the empty area as Ragna tossed him into a stack of barrels.

"You know those Marines don't give full reward upon not bringing the private alive even after it's been clearly stated in the pirate bounty that both dead or alive state is accepted," Ragna said, walking toward him. Buggy, now bruised and battered, held up his hands in surrender.

"Guess what, this time when I take your head to them, they won't get a chance to complain about bringing the pirate alive, Wawawawawawa just think when a alive head will be placed in front of them.

Though what should I do with the rest of the body…" Ragna grinned and cracked his joints like getting ready for war.

"Okay, okay! I give up! Spare me! Please, don't hurt me anymore!" Buggy begged, tears streaming down his face.

Ragna raised an eyebrow. "Sorry no can't do, I need your bounty. Not to mention you are bad for this town, you just destroyed the home of a man who helped me. You gotta go bro…"

Buggy sniffled. "I'll go, I'll go… Just don't hit me again! I'll…I'll give you my treasure! It's way more than my bounty. I'll leave quietly! Just don't tell my crew!"

Ragna crossed his arms, looking down at the clown.

"And you think that I should believe a Pirate who is notorious for being ruthless men who kill and plunder?" Ragna raised his eyebrow, wanting to roll his eyes, like asking do you think I'm an idiot ?'

Buggy's followers, oblivious to the beating, cheered in the distance, thinking their captain had things under control.

Ragna didn't believe the man at all, but what Buggy did next made him completely disbelieve.

He flew directly towards him, making Ragna tense only to rightly grasp onto his leg. His snort getting all over his pants while he started veiling.

"Oi, let me go." Ragna tried to shake him off but he was like a leech, not moving an inch.

"No, not before you left me go. I'm not letting go…"

"The hell man, you are Pirate with 15 million bounty. Have some dignity…"

"What good dignity in the afterlife. Promise me you'll let me go and only then I'll leave your leg."

Ragna was dumbfounded. He was still now comparing this guy with Batman's Joker. But… this guy is…sigh.

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