Brothers Grim
Zoro was lifting giant weights, Nami was relaxing in her tangerine patch, Usopp was building strange devices, Sakazuki was scowling, and Sanji was cooking whilst the ship sailed on the open seas.
Sakazuki grunted, turning to his crew. "Alright, It's about time I taught you lot how to use Haki. I'll teach the new crew members as they come."
Zoro paused in his exercise, turning to his vaguely psychopathic captain with a raised brow. "Haki? What the hell is that?"
Akainu raised a fist in front of him, coating it in Armament Haki with a flash. His crew stared at his shiny black arm in wonder before Nami spoke up, "Hey, that's what you used to break that Klahadore guys claws, right?"
He nodded, "This is Armament Haki. It reinforces whatever you apply it to; increasing its strength greatly and allowing you to hit Logias like myself. There are two other forms of Haki: Observation and Conqueror's. Everyone can use Armament and Observation, but only a select few can ever use Conqueror's Haki. I, and my brothers, can do so. Conqueror's Haki allows you to inflict your will on others; knocking them out or killing them if their will is insufficient to stand against yours. Observation Haki allows you to sense things around you and read people's intentions. In battle this is often displayed as slight future-sight." He proceeded to instruct the crew on how to gain access to their Haki and training to improve it. "When you have mastered basic Haki to a sufficient degree I'll instruct you in the use of the six powers." He turned his head, spotting smoke rising in the distance. "That's either land or a ship."
Nami looked up from where she was practising observation Haki by having Sanji (at Sakazuki's order) throwing kicks at her. Sakazuki had noticed Sanji's weakness for women and decided to kill it before it became a problem in the future; having a crew member who can't hit a beautiful woman was unacceptable in his eyes and must be stopped. Nami checked her logs and smiled grimly, "That's my home… the Conomi Islands."
Sakazuki's head snapped towards her, "And Arlong." he stated grimly. While Usopp comically freaked out about taking on pirate with such a large bounty on his head, Johnny and Yosaku looked through their bounty posters and nearly cried when they saw Arlong's.
"A-are you sure about this Big Brother Sakazuki? This guy seems really strong."
Sakazuki snorted, "Judging by the smoke and the sudden chill in the air, my brothers have already handled him for us." It would seem he was correct; as they walked towards the Arlong park they saw a large number of shattered, frozen fishmen and manny with smoking holes and slashes in them. They arrived at the broken gates to the racist fishman's base and saw two tall men. One was sitting on a pile of corpses and the other was idly blasting holes in the walls. They turned to them, their faces morphing into huge grins at the sight of their little brother.
Borsalino spoke up first, "Ooh, seems you got yourself a cute little crew brother, ne?" He gave the crew a goofy grin before disappearing and reappearing in a flash of light in front of Nami; staring down at her. His orange shades caught the light and hid his eyes; to Nami he was more terrifying then Arlong had ever been. "I like them." he declared after a nerve racking (for the crew) moment.
Kuzan walked over to them slowly, "I hate to interrupt, but we got you a hideous new statue." He jabbed his thumb over his shoulder, pointing out the frozen form of one Arlong the ex-sun pirate.
Nami gasped at the sight, "Is… Is he dead?" she asked quietly.
Kuzan frowned lightly, sensing something was wrong. "Nah, not till I break him anyway." He watched her as she tentatively approached the frozen fishman. "Why? He asked, curious.
"C-can you thaw him out, but leave his legs and arms?" As she asked she snapped his nose off.
He shrugged, "Yeah, I suppose. Why?"
Sakazuki answered for her, "This… creature emotionally and physically tortured her after killing her mother and enslaving the whole island. I promised her he would die screaming in agony; this gives her the ability to exact vengeance upon him personally." He scowled, glaring at the frozen fishman. He directed his fury at the nearby building, destroying it with a barrage of meteor fists. "Nothing should remain of this monster's torment of my crew member." he declared simply. As it burned tears began to flow down Nami's face whilst she tortured the screaming Arlong, stabbing him with his own nose. Her fury grew to the point where long after he died she kept stabbing and cutting, aiming primarily for the groin and head. Before long little was left of her tormenter but a pile of offal. Sakazuki scoped her into an embrace, comforting her as she sobbed in his powerful arms. He sent a look to his brothers over her head from his position on one knee. They nodded and shooed the crew out, going to inform the villagers of their new found freedom.
"He's dead Nami. His little castle is a burning wreck and you and your village are finally free. I will burn this whole island to destroy every last trace of him if you wish."
She gave him a tearful smile, "No… that's not necessary." She suddenly darted forward and planted a chaste kiss on his lips. "Thank you, Sakazuki."
He nodded, standing up and helping her to her feet. "We should rejoin the others. I can hear a party starting from here." She nodded, following him as he walked towards the loud sounds of revelry. They came upon Usopp loudly belting out lies of glorious adventures he had never had, Zoro drinking entire kegs two at a time, Sanji rapidly flitting between flirting with random women and coercing recipes from the chefs who cooked the massive amount of food. Sakazuki's brothers were leaning against a building, a beer in both their hands. Sakazuki walked up to them, a smile on his face.
"So, how's the little tangerine doin'" Kuzan asked, a lazy smirk on his face as he took a swig from his mug. Borsalino vanished, reappearing with another mug in hand. He tossed the frothing mug to his younger yet slightly taller brother. Sakazuki caught it and took a swig before answering.
"Better. That fishy fuck must've made her life a living hell considering what she did to him. I managed to get her stable enough to get here, but I'm not sure about the lasting effects." he scowled deeply, seeing his crying navigator reflected in his booze. He turned to look at her, watching as she pretended to be fine while socializing with both the crew and people she hadn't seen in years. He frowned, turning back to his brothers. "I see you're not introducing yourselves to me crew. Any reason?"
Borsalino grinned, "We were waiting for you to give us a proper introduction, ne." Tossing his arm around Sakazuki's shoulder, he led the three of them into the party. They partied for hours before Sakazuki was dragged into a secluded room by Nami. She decided to "thank" him a little more… enthusiastically for several long, passionate hours. They awoke to the rising sun; both acting like nothing happened as they got dressed and headed for the ship. His brothers chuckled and wolf whistled when they arrived, receiving Haki coated punches to the jaw in response. Sakazuki grumbled as he took his customary place atop the figure head. His coat billowed about behind him as he pointed off into the distance. "Set sail for Logue Town; the land were the pirate king was born and died."
