Fisher Tiger sat down next to Kasumi on the deck of his ship, "Are you alright?"

Kasumi gave no answer.

"That Celestial Dragon…was he going to…?", Tiger paused, unwilling to speak of it.

When he planned out his attack on the Holy Land, he was not anticipating taking the life of a Celestial Dragon (and now, the Marine response was going to be even more fiece), but he knew he had already crossed the Rubicon, so to speak.

"Before you go…", Tiger hesitatingly held his branding iron over the fire.

The sight sprung a scared Kasumi into speaking"What are you doing?"

"Your mark…," Tiger pointed at the 'Hoof of the Flying Dragon' branded on Kasumi's back, "it still identifies you as a slave. With this brand, I can cover it up."

Kasumi asked, "Will it hurt the baby?"

Tiger answered reassuringly, "It won't, I promise."

At this, Kasumi turned around, "Do it, then."

She let out a cry of pain when she felt the brand pressed against her.

"THIS IS BAD!"

In the Fishman District, one civilian was running through the streets yelling this when he ran straight into what felt like, to him, a brick wall, knocking him to the ground.

"What's the problem?"

"Boss Jinbei!", the man blew a sigh of relief when he looked up to see the Neptune Army captain standing over him, "It's Fisher Tiger, h-he attacked the Celestial Dragons!"

"No…" Jinbei's eyes grew wide in surprise, "that can't be true…"

"It is Boss, they say that he freed all the slaves in the Holy Land, then torched it to the ground!"

"My God…", was all Jinbei could mutter.

Arlong and his crew were sitting around the Fishman District when they heard cries of "Arlong! Arlong!"

He turned to see Hody and his friends running towards him, "What is it, kids?"

"Did ya guys hear about Fisher Tiger?", Hody spoke up excitedly, "He went up against the Celestial Dragons-and won!"

"What?", the Arlong Pirates spoke.

"That's how you represent the Fishman District!", Zeo boasted, "Good on him for sticking it to those disgusting humans!"

"Like you used to say," Daruma was leaping up and down, "'only good human is a dead one'!"

Arlong gave out a proud chuckle, the new generation was learning fast, "That's right…"

The Guards of the Holy Land were digging through the ashes and remains of the estates that were burned in the attack. They were still in shock that one Fishman could have done all this.

May Heaven smite him for this act of blasphemy, they prayed.

However, the biggest shock came when they inspected the estate of St. Cygnus-and were horrified to find his charred corpse. Even striking a Celestial Dragon was unthinkable, but killing one?

Continuing on, one of the guards heard a faint, "Help me…" behind a bunch of rubble.

The guard dug through the rubble only to almost faint in horror at the sight waiting for him-it was a small child, burnt beyond recognition, on his hands and knees.

The child strained to speak, "H-Help me…"

"Consider this my resignation."

Jinbei had tossed his helmet and trident on the floor and was walking away.

"Jinbei, come back here!" the Minister of the Right called out, "You're walking away from your sworn duty!"

"Y'know, much to my surprise, I've enjoyed my role as this island's protector," Jinbei stopped walking, "However, my obligation to this kingdom does not outweigh my debt of honor to my brother."

Jinbei turned his head to look back at the Minister, "Tell Their Majesties I'm sorry," then continued on his way.

"Alright, Arlong Pirates, from here on, we work for Fisher Tiger!", Arlong bellowed to his fellows, "Let's go, men!"

"YEAH!" was the crews' battle cry as they raised their weapons up.

"Keiji! Keiji!"

The Arlong Pirates turned to see a Fishwoman rushing towards them. A Fishwoman none of them expected to ever see again.

"Kasumi?", Keiji gasped as he was enveloped in a hug, "I can't believe it…you're here?"

Arlong gave out a smile, "Well, if it isn't Big Sis Kasumi."

As she grew up in the Fishman District, Kasumi knew all the Arlong Pirates since they were kids. Troublemakers all of them, but with good hearts.

"Welcome back, Kasumi!", Hachi seized Kasumi from behind with his tentacles and began giving her a tight squeeze.

Huffed, Kasumi spoke, "Careful, Hachi, you might hurt the baby."

At this, the octopus man put her down with an apologetic look on his face, "Sorry."

"Wait, baby-," everyone's eyes grew wide in surprise, "You're pregnant?"

"Yes."

It didn't take long for Keiji's eyes to go from surprised to murderous rage, "It was one of those humans, wasn't it?"

"Name the bastard who did this to you-chew-and I'll kill them myself-chew," Chew spoke up, "I swear, Big Sis-chew."

"It was a human…", Kasumi thought fast to think up a lie, "but not one of the pirates, a slave in the Holy Land."

Hachi asked, "One of the slaves Tiger freed?"

"No…," Kasumi knew that, for all their love of her, it was too risky to let the Arlong Pirates to know that she was bearing the child of one of the hated Celestial Dragons, "he was shot dead by a Celestial Dragon a month ago…"

One of the crew spat on the ground, "Cold-blooded bastards."

"What matters now is that I'm back home…," Kasumi spoke up, "With all of you."

"Kasumi…", Keiji reluctantly responded, "we were about to head out with Fisher Tiger."

"What?"

"We're off to help Big Brother Ti."

"But, Keiji, what about me? And my baby?"

Keiji paused before coming up with the only solution he could think of, "You could appeal to Queen Otohime for aid."

"That human lover?", Kuroobi scoffed, "She would just as soon sell Kasumi back to the Celestial Dragons as help her."

"Don't you ever talk about Her Majesty like that!", Arlong turned furiously on his 1st mate, "For all her misguided talk about the humans, she is still your Queen and would never do anything like that!"

Kuroobi wilted under the glare of his captain, "Yes, Arlong. I apologize."

"Good," Arlong turned to Kasumi with a sympathetic look, "Now then, Big Sis, your best bet would be to go to the Queen for aid."

"Yes, I know," Kasumi nodded, tears in her eyes, "Thank you."

"We're off, men."

Keiji watched the crew run off before giving his sister a hug, "Goodbye, sis."

"Goodbye," Kasumi's tone became a whisper as she watched her brother follow the Arlong Pirates to what she feared was certain death, "And be careful…"