Okay! so this gives some answered questions, however, i think it gives more questions than answers, but we'll see. thanks to everyone who reads and/or reviews, you guys are awesome!

Disclaimer; i own nothing of One Piece, only Ryuu and this 'Yumeko' character lol

Recap;

They both nodded and did as he had asked, Ryuu sat on top of the small cabin, crossing his arms and legs, 'Mihawk… why didn't you expose me? You know damn well who I am, yet you refused to say it? Don't tell me you're starting to care about me..' He closed his eyes, dozing off a bit, until his eyes opened seeing Joni and Ussop trembling a bit, while Zoro was sitting at the front of the ship, holding onto a paper.

Zoro looked at the wanted poster, there was a girl, back facing the person taking the picture, her back was exposed enough to show the tattoo she carried. A hawk claw engulfed within a flame and hawk wings on it. On one side were the letters M, I, H, and on the other side the letters A, W, K, were on the other side. The wanted poster claimed that it was Yumeko, although her face wasn't able to be seen, it being cut off from the photo and light black almost silver hair reaching her shoulder blades. "Yumeko Mihawk…" He muttered.

Joni nodded, "Who knew Mihawk had a sister! Let alone her being the greatest assassin."

"That's an old post." Ryuu spoke, "Yumeko died 3 years ago."

"Then why did Mih-"

"Mihawk's a bastard." Ryuu spoke, raising his voice, "He knows damn well his sister is dead, he's just mocking anyone who tries to take her title." He sat against the railing, "Arlong park?" He spoke, looking at the coast line.

Ussop shook a bit, "Wah! We're here!"

Ryuu looked around, "Where's the ship? I don't see it! I need my swords!" He muttered.

Zoro looked over, smiling, "Good, we're here. Now we can find Nami, find the ship, and slice her." He said darkly.

"WHY DO WE NEED TO DO THAT?" Joni and Ussop yelled, "ARE YOU CRAZY? WE DON'T HAVE A CLUE ABOUT ANYTHING AND YOU WANT TO KILL HER?"

Ryuu shrugged, "She did push Joni and Yusaku off the ship, back stabbed you all, and take my swords, I say Zoro has good reasoning."

Within a few seconds, Ussop and Joni had tied Zoro up, they had spotted the Going Merry.

"Hey! Let go of me! What the hell do you think you're doing?" Zoro yelled.

"Oh don't worry! Just leave everything to me!" Ussop spoke, heading for the Going Merry, and then Joni, Ussop and Ryuu both saw Mermen on the docks. Of course, Ussop and Joni freaked.

"I say we go back!"

"Aye!"

"Coward." Zoro yelled.

"Did you see those mermen?" Ussop yelled.

Joni noticed that the mermen were coming after them, and without hesitation, the two jumped over board.

Ryuu blinked, and Zoro growled, "Morons!" He looked at Ryuu, "Untie me!"

Ryuu stood and went to go over, when he saw a shadow and turned, seeing an ugly, large mermen. He smiled, "Ryuu Ansatsu! What a lucky catch."

Ryuu took a few steps back, defenseless wasn't the best feeling Ryuu had. The mermen laughed, "Look! He even tied up Roronoa Zoro for us! He's an easy prey!"

Ryuu stood between the two mermen and the wounded teen. "Back off. He's mine to kill, not yours." Ryuu spoke, gritting his teeth.

"Shut the hell up!" The mermen spoke, before ramming his fist into the assassin.

Ryuu fell to the floor, coughing, and struggled to his hands and knees, before his face had been kicked, slamming him against the wall.

Zoro was the one gritting his teeth, "Hey! Leave the kid alone!" He growled.

The mermen seemed to ignore Zoro, and one picked Ryuu up by the throat and slammed him into the ship deck, "Arlong's been waitin' to see you, you filthy human." He looked to the other one, "I'll keep an eye on these two, get the ship to the park."

Ryuu grabbed the merman's arm, struggling to keep breath, but he smiled as the bangs covered his frighten eyes, "A-Arlong still mad that… I tried to swipe at him…"

Zoro was taken back, 'Is this why there's such a tension with this kid? But the kid wasn't able to kill Arlong… looks like Ryuu isn't the best after all..'

The grip on his throat tighten, "I'd be careful on what you say."

Ryuu only smirked, but kept quiet. 'Damn, if I had my sword, this would be over..' He thought as they entered the park, and both he and Zoro were tied up and were shoved off the boat and into the park grounds. When they were thrown down, Ryuu saw the merman known as Arlong sitting in a chair, his long saw nose and tinted blue skin gave him as the monster.

Arlong smiled, "So, why are you here?"

"Looking. We're looking for some one." Ryuu spoke, knowing that Zoro was going to have a high temper.

Arlong chuckled, "here for another swipe at someone? Who hired you this time? One of the villagers?"

"No!" Ryuu spoke, "No one hired me to kill anyone-"

"He told you already!" Zoro spoke, darkly, "We're looking for one woman, you bastard fish freaks."

Arlong looked over and laughed at the green haired teen, "Ho! An inferior human dares to speak to me as such. I will let it slide once, but I will kill you if you say it again. We mermen are humans who have gained 'special' ability to breath underwater, and this special skill makes us better and evolved than the 'normal humans'. Our greater strength is proof of that. Remember this, mermen are both creator and god. When humans dare to go against mermen, they dare to go against god." Arlong finished, pointing to himself.

"I'm getting sick and tired of hearing that speech, Arlong."

Both Ryuu and Zoro were taken back to see Nami appear. Arlong didn't seem fazed and looked at her, "Don't get upset, of course you're an exception, Nami. Because you the skilled navigator of Arlong, you'd better chart good maps for us!"

Nami didn't form a frown or smile, "My ability is better than the all of you, don't worry."

" 'Navigator.'.." Ryuu spoke, a bit confused, 'Why would she do this..'

"Hey Nami! Why are you so friendly with these guys." Zoro demanded.

Arlong looked at Nami, "What? You know each other?"

"Don't be silly, they're just a few of my victims." Nami spoke, walking over to them. "This time I made off with a lot of treasure from them." She then knelt in front of them. "I knew you two were following me, I just never expected for you to actually make it here."

"So this is the real you?" Zoro spoke, slightly agitated.

Nami smirked, "Yes. Surprised? I'm part of Arlong's crew, I'm a pirate from the start."

Arlong laughed, "Your victims? Let me tell you something! This woman will do anything for money! Even forget the death of her own mother, she's a cold hearted witch." At that comment, Ryuu could see the pain in Nami's face… "she has deceived others and stole their treasures with us as her back up."

"Is that so?" Zoro spoke, "Actually, I never trusted her from the start, even though she is a cut throat, I wouldn't feel a thing for her."

Ryuu was slightly taken back, 'Is he serious? Nami's been with them since Buggy…'

Zoro chuckled, "I knew all along that you were never cut out to be a good person."

"That's good, so you know you've been tricked." Nami said, standing up and exhaling. "Then, there is nothing left between us now. You'd better get out of my sight, you're starting to irritate me."

Ryuu was taken back as he watched the swordsman leap into the water, "That idiot!" Ryuu spoke, looking at the pool, 'His legs and arms are tied! He can't think he can swim!' But thoughts were interrupted when he watched Nami jump in and pull him out near the side of the pool, and it clicked. 'He was testing her…'

He only winced as he saw Nami hit Zoro in his wound, 'There goes the stitches…'

"What are we going to do with him?" Someone asked Nami.

"Just leave him there, I'll take care of him." Nami spoke walking away.

Arlong stood, "Good, then Ryuu is mine."

Ryuu looked up, although trembling a bit, there was no fear in his eyes. "Well, well. Long time no see-" Ryuu was kicked, and slammed into the ground.

Arlong clutched the teens throat, cutting his air way off. "You filthy little human, did you honestly think you could have killed me? HA! You're even more pathetic than the villagers! Now die right here and now!"

Ryuu's body flooded with pain, 'Damn it! Damn it! This isn't how I'm suppose to die! Not like this!'

"Arlong! The guy with the long nose has been found!" A mermen spoke, rushing in.

Arlong looked up, and picked Ryuu up, smirking, "Thank your lucky stars." He spoke before Ryuu was once again slammed into the concrete ground. "Let's go, I haven't been out for a while." He spoke, taking a few men and Ryuu and Zoro were taken to a holding cell.

Zoro could hear Ryuu's gasp for air, "Hey, you okay?" He said, not being able to help.

"Besides a broken rib or two? I'm fine." He spoke, laying on his back, gritting his teeth. In all his life, Ryuu hadn't been hurt this badly before. He shut his eyes, just trying to ignore the pain that his ribs and throat produced, 'damn, I'm pretty much useless…'

The door opened, and Zoro looked over, seeing Nami, holding his sword, and even Ryuu's two swords. She dropped them to the ground, and cut their ropes, taking the two teens back. "Get out of here before Arlong get's back." She spoke, leaving them.

Ryuu took a deep breath before getting up and strapping his swords onto his belt, as Zoro picked his sword up. Ryuu leaned against the wall, "Why would she do that?" He spoke, looking at the door, his breathing coming hard.

Before he knew it, Ryuu's body was slung over the swordsman's shoulder. Ryuu was taken back, "what are you doing?"

"Calm down, you're light so it's not bothering my wounds. No wonder you were sent flying so easily, do you even have any muscles?" Zoro spoke, easily carrying the boy out.

Again, Ryuu clenched his teeth, "I'm an assassin, I need to be quick and agile, not buff and hulky like you!"

"Better watch it or I'll 'accidentally' drop you." Zoro hissed, glaring at the red eyed teen.

Ryuu only glared back, then eye's widen, seeing the mermen out front, "Uh oh."

Zoro only smirked, and dropped Ryuu, "Finally." He spoke, rushing out and fighting them.

Ryuu blinked, 'What the hell is wrong with that man? Doesn't he know that he's injured? Or does he not care?' He thought, watching Zoro defeat them and then sat in the chair Arlong claimed his.

"Damn. Nami told us to leave, but Luffy told me to get Nami back, what the hell am I suppose to do?" Zoro muttered to himself.

Ryuu stood up, wincing a bit from the ribs, but sat on the arm of the chair, "Well, Luffy's the captain isn't he? You follow the captain. Besides, it didn't seem like Nami wanted you dead when you tried to drown yourself." Ryuu could hear the man growl and only smirked.

The horrible noise of a horn reached their ears, "What the hell?" Zoro spoke, getting up and walking to the wall. Ryuu followed, out of curiosity and as they reached the top of the wall, they both saw a merman, his main trait was the six arms of an octopus.

"Hey, did you blow that horn?" Zoro asked. Ryuu tensed, was this man really that thick headed?

"Huh?" The merman responded and look back, "OH! Yes I did! I'm Ha-chan, but you guys can call me Hachi!"

"Where's Arlong?"

"Oh, he's in Kokoyashi Village." He paused, "Are you a guest or a marine?"

"A guest." Ryuu spoke.

Hachi nodded, and pointed to a large pot, "Hop in! I can take you two to Kokoyashi Village in a second!"

The two looked at each other, before shrugging their shoulders and carefully hoped over the wall and into the pot. Although it seemed like the two boys were calm, they were both tense, although they didn't understand how thick headed this merman Hachi was. How stupid was he? He should have at least recognized Ryuu…

He dropped them off at the port, "There you two go!" He spoke, waving.

"Thanks Hachi." Ryuu spoke as the merman swam off. Ryuu then shook his head, "And merman think we humans have the small brain."