#is this au an excuse for more sassy decapitated buggy?

[i-used-to-wear-the-fedora]

An AU where Garp isn't as understanding and they still couldn't find Buggy's body

-Garp is pretty determined to get his grandson back in the show and while I love it, him suddenly coming to terms with Luffy being a pirate mid fight is probably the weakest aspect of the show. So I have an idea for how it could've gone.

-Garp is determined to "save" his grandson from being a pirate and easily beats him in a fight and brings him back to the marine base with him.

-After everything they've been through together, the Strawhats find themselves on a mission to save their captain. With a small hitch.

"Hey morons! You forget I'm still here?"

-Buggy's body wasn't with Arlong. Well, the hands and feet were. Everything else was scattered across the seas with the surviving members of Arlong's crew who managed to escape and he is *not* happy about this.

-Given the fact he's tiny and can actually move on his own, he'd be very helpful on this kind of mission and they promise to help get him the rest of the body back if he helps them save Luffy.

-Zoro feels guilty for not being able to protect his captain and blames himself for allowing himself to get injured. The usually stoic swordsman accidentally reveals this to the literally talking head that is Buggy, who has a few things to add.

"Gay."

"What?"

"You're so obviously gay for rubber band boy and yet still so oblivious about it to a degree it almost hurts."

-Even if the clown was right, Zoro vehemently denies he isn't, that's besides the point as the strawhats + Buggy focus on getting Luffy back and then maybe dealing with their feelings later.