One Piece Chapter 13, page 8: Chapter 13: TREASURE

Luffy continues to watch Chouchou bark helplessly at the burning shop, thinking, 'AND I THINK THAT CHOUCHOU STILL GUARDS THE STORE......BECAUSE IT'S ALL THAT'S LEFT OF HIS BELOVED MASTER.' With a dark, intensely serious expression, Luffy turns and walks away. He confronts Mohji and Richie in the middle of the street, standing tall as the giant lion approaches.