Here's the next chapter! Hope you all enjoy! Please let me know what you think!
I do not own One Piece as that belongs to Toei and Eiichiro Oda
"I want meat!" "I'll take some coffee, Cook-san."
Sanji took their orders and moved to the kitchen. It was the afternoon of the day after they left the Baratie.
Miss All Sunday sat on her chair atop Banchi as she gave her order to Sanji.
Luffy was excited! They were heading over to where Nami was to get the Going Merry back and they could go to the Grand Line!
Sanji twirled while he started brewing the coffee with hearts in his eyes.
He was traveling on the high seas with a black haired beauty! His dreams were already coming true!
He frowned a bit when he heard Luffy's laughter. It was almost perfect aside from the rubberman.
Luffy grinned widely as he watched the turtle named Banchi swim. It was a really cool turtle!
He just realized he didn't know where they were headed off to.
"Hey, lady!" he called out as he turned to face her, "Why do you know where Nami is?"
She met his expectant gaze.
"I've been watching you and your friends for a while. I saw her pick up a poster of a certain man named Arlong who frequents the Conomi Islands. It seems he's starting to stir up trouble again."
Arlong had been a potential recruit. He had enough strength and intelligence to be single digit agent.
Reports indicated that he hated humans with a passion, as their messenger barely survived the encounter with him, relaying Arlong's refusal to the Baroque Works.
"Oh?! Really?!" his face changed to a thoughtful expression, "But I never saw you around. How'd you know she said that or what poster she looked at?"
Luffy was being much more inquisitive than she had expected.
Maybe it was because he relied on her to lead him to Nami?
"I can't give away my secrets." she gave him a small smile, "Or else I wouldn't be able to do it anymore."
"Oh well." Luffy knew the importance of secrets. If she didn't want to tell him, she wouldn't.
"What's the deal with this Arbong guy? Why'd Nami get scared of him?"
"Miss All Beautiful Sunday!"
Sanji burst forth from the kitchen, jumping on top of Banchi as he handed her the coffee.
"Here is your coffee, madamoiselle."
"Thank you."
"Hey! Sanji! Where's my meat!?" Luffy called out while he watched the display.
Sanji was so energetic!
"Just wait for it, Luffy!" Sanji yelled back, "It's almost ready!"
He had made the mistake of letting Luffy into the kitchen earlier in the morning.
Sanji was devastated as Luffy had eaten most of their food.
Luffy pouted. He missed being able to eat raw meat.
"Don't worry, Cook-san. The Conomi Islands are not far."
"Oh! Such a talented young lady!" Sanji began to praise Miss All Sunday, "You're able to navigate the seas all by yourself?"
"It was one of many skills I had to learn over the years." Sanji was kind, though she didn't like the look in his eye.
And it disturbed her on how close he tried to get.
She turned back to Luffy, "Arlong was said to have been put here by one of the Shikibukai, Jinbei."
Luffy had a confused look. The word was a bit too long for him, "Shikibukai?"
Miss All Sunday widened her eyes just a bit.
"You don't know?" she asked, wondering how much Luffy knew about the Grand Line.
"They're the seven warlords of the sea. They're employed by the government to be "legal pirates"." she also told them of what a Shikibukai's duties were.
She thought of Crocodile and his current scheme. If only the World Government knew...
"Oh?! Really?! That sounds pretty interesting!" Luffy laughed, and she couldn't help but let loose a small giggle.
His cheerfulness was infectious. It seemed that Luffy was excited by the smallest things.
"Oh! Such a melodious tune!" Sanji swooned. Being a pirate was great!
"The Shikibukai in question, Jinbei, is a merman and so is Arlong." she continued.
"Fishman?" Luffy began to imagine what one would look like.
Sanji did as well, but he began to shake with excitement! He heard that mermaids were on the Grand Line.
Sanji couldn't believe how much fun he was already having! He couldn't wait to meet a mermaid!
"Does this look like a fishman?" a drawing of a weird fish with arms was presented to Miss All Sunday and Sanji via Luffy's stretched arm.
She couldn't help but giggle a little more. This was too much for her as she viewed Luffy's horrifying drawing.
Sanji laughed. The picture was more fish than mermaid! Luffy really couldn't draw.
"I believe the reason why your navigator left has something to do with Arlong." she mentioned as she sipped her coffee,
Cook-san might have been a bit lecherous, but he made great coffee.
Luffy's arm returned to him. He turned the paper to the side, scribbled on it, and presented it once more.
"Is this better?" He had just turned the paper to the side, drew legs on the fish he had showed them.
"A little." Miss All Sunday said. It could very well be some sort of fishman. It wasn't impossible.
"Hey, you think Nami herself might be a mermaid?" Sanji ignored Luffy's picture as he began to imagine Nami's beautiful figure with a fish tail. He certainly hoped it was true!
"Um, like this?" Luffy had drawn Nami's hair on his ugly fishman.
"You bastard! Don't show me that!" Sanji kicked the disgusting thing away from him. Luffy was ruining his fantasy!
Sanji's internal clocked sounded an alarm.
He got up and headed for the kitchen. Luffy's meat was ready.
Banchi suddenly stopped and looked around.
Miss All Sunday began to frown as she wondered what was wrong.
"Woah! Look at that cow!"
She turned to see what Luffy was talking about.
After pausing to examine the creature she added, "Indeed. It's quite big."
An enormous sea cow was towering over their ship and turtle. Drool fell from its mouth.
It had caught them by surprise, though Miss All Sunday wondered why she didn't notice it before.
'Maybe it was the coffee?' she wondered. It wouldn't be the first time someone had tried to drug her.
But the chef wouldn't do that, he appeared to love women far too much and was too honorable to drug her drink.
Looking over at Luffy, she saw him attempt to draw the sea cow.
She stared blankly at him for a moment as she realized she was too occupied with being amused by his terrible drawings to have noticed.
Miss All Sunday felt like she was getting soft. She was being influenced too much by Luffy.
"Woah, look at the size of that thing." Sanji said as he came out of the kitchen, Luffy's meat in hand.
He held another plate with some meat on it as well. Sanji decided to join Luffy.
Apparently, the cow desired some of it as well. It put its head up to Sanji with its mouth open.
"Oh? You're hungry?"
"It's cute." He heard Miss All Sunday comment as she observed the creature.
He began to smile with a heart in his eye as he imagined her swooning over him as he fed the animal.
"Here you go, cow." Sanji said as he held out his plate. He hoped she would be impressed!
The cow bit down on his hand as it tried to consume the meat.
"Fufufufu. He's pretty scared." Miss All Sunday giggled. The cow had been beaten up by Sanji and Luffy.
Sanji hit the cow because it tried to eat his arm. Luffy hit it because it was eating his meat.
"It looks like we don't have to worry about speed anymore." Sanji said as he watched Banchi get pulled along by the sea cow.
The turtle maintained his lazy looking eyes. His expression unchanged even when the sea cow had arrived.
Its strange cigarette still in his mouth.
Even now, it seemed to not notice being pulled by the much bigger cow.
After some time had passed, the group could see land in the distance.
"What a strange looking place." Miss All Sunday said as Arlong Park came into view.
"Do you think Nami is there?" Luffy asked her.
She crossed her arms.
"Let me check." She silently formed an eye when she could to see what was ahead.
She was interrupted as Banchi and their ship flew through the air.
Sanji did as much as he could to ensure Miss All Sunday's safe landing.
He saw Luffy fall underneath the boat and the turtle.
Sanji wondered if it was a skill of his to get in the most trouble possible.
"Hey, what the he-?!" he heard a stupid shitty voice scream out as they landed.
Zoro had just been trying to find Arlong Park when all of a sudden, a turtle and a ship landed on him.
He tried to breathe, but he was being crushed by the weight.
Oddly enough, he didn't feel anything hard. Instead, it felt...rubbery?
He turned his head as much as he could.
Zoro was greeted the smashed looking face of Luffy.
Luffy sputtered as he tried to say hello to Zoro.
The ship and the turtle suddenly shifted to the side, as if a massive force had shoved them away.
There was no way in hell Zoro would go through that ever again if he could help it.
"Are you alright, Miss?" Sanji asked Miss All Sunday as he held her bridal style in his arms.
She stayed quiet and just stared at him.
Sanji felt something grab his head and arms as she put her feet to the ground.
"I am fine, Cook-san."
The mysterious force disappeared as she walked away.
He couldn't help but feel that she had gotten embarrassed, and began to fantasize.
Miss All Sunday looked to see that Banchi had righted himself and waited for direction.
She told him to go to wait in the water while she began to look around.
Roronoa Zoro was picking Luffy off of the ground.
His face was stretched comically when he had become wedged between the boat and Zoro.
Cook-san had a weird look on his face as he writhed around.
One of the bounty hunters was starting to run up to them. Miss All Sunday decided that it would be a good time to leave as she boarded Banchi and set off.
"It's a bad idea! She's a murderer!" Johnny had found the Straw Hat Pirates and told them of what he saw.
He told them that Nami had killed Ussop in cold blood. That they were nothing but tools for her to use to get even more money.
Luffy closed his eyes. He didn't want to believe his words.
From what he had seen, there was more to Nami than just money.
"Let's just get out of here before Arlong finds us!" Johnny pleaded. They couldn't stand up to the mermen!
He had seen the devastation they had wrought and they never even had to use their gigantic monster!
Zoro looked over at Luffy, who for once, had a contemplative look across his face while his eyes were closed.
He had already told him that Nami had saved him from drowning when he first encountered the Arlong Pirates.
Whatever his captain decided to do, he would follow. Even if it was to save a witch from the sea freaks.
Before Luffy could decide on anything Nami showed up, her hands stained with blood.
"Nami! Do you remember me?!" Sanji had picked himself off the ground where he had been writhing in his fantasies, "It's me! Sanji! Let's travel the seas together!"
"Shut up, Dartbrow! Don't make the situation worse!" Zoro shouted at Sanji.
Zoro could hear Johnny shout insults at Nami, but he didn't pay too much attention as he got into an argument with Sanji.
"Oh? It's you. Ever since you lost that fight so shamefully on the Baratie, you've become high strung."
"What did you say?!"
Nami told Luffy that since Zoro had killed a bunch of the mermen, Arlong was out for his blood.
"You heard me, Moss Head!"
She said that their little gang might have been a bit demonic, but Arlong and his crew were the real demons.
"Do you want to die?!"
She told him how they should just leave and never come back. That they had only used her because of her navigational abilities.
"Stop fighting you two!" Johnny shouted at them. They weren't paying any attention at all!
Nami told Luffy they were never friends and she only used them to get money.
Nami looked to see if her words had any impact on Luffy, who just continued to stand there looking at her.
"I'm tired." He yawned, "I think I'll take a nap."
He fell onto his back and laid there.
Her eyes widened.
"Stop playing around!" She screamed at Luffy, "You will get killed!"
He didn't care as he fell asleep.
Zoro and Sanji were just sitting around near Luffy as he slept.
Nami had left in a furious state. She didn't want to have anything to do with them anymore.
Sanji had cried a bit, but couldn't help but think Nami looked cute when she was angry.
He looked around for Miss All Sunday. She was long gone.
Sanji hung his head. All the beautiful women had left and the only one around w-
"Nami might be small." Zoro mused aloud, "But she's really strong. Maybe she really did kill Ussop?"
"Nami-chan's breasts are not small!" Sanji yelled as he flung his foot towards Zoro's head.
How dare he insult her beautiful body!
"What the hell are you talking about?!" Zoro moved to block the kick with sheath, "Do you only think of dirty things?!"
The kick connected, while the sheath had blocked the attack.
Ussop's face had been caught in the middle of the two warriors.
They started to sweat as Ussop's face contorted into a painful shape.
"I'm alive..." Ussop began, his voice strained as pain overwhelmed him, "...But I think I'll really die now..."
"Ussop! Nami did this to you?!"
Sanji and Zoro continued to sweat in the background as Luffy held Ussop's broken form.
He hadn't woken up from the assault yet.
"Luffy?" Ussop managed to open one eyelid, his voice weak, "You're here too...?"
"I'm also here. Hi!" Sanji waved at him.
"You bastards!" Ussop screamed as life returned to him, "I'll kill you one day!"
After Ussop had finished cursing Zoro and Sanji, he began to tell them about how Nami had protected him by stabbing her own hand instead of him.
He told them the Arlong Pirates had tossed his body into the sea and he swam away.
"So, Nami didn't betray us?" Luffy asked, hope evident in his voice. He knew Nami was good!
"No, if anything, she wants to protect us!"
"That's great! Let's go get her now!"
"I'm afraid that's not possible." a womanly voice was heard as someone approached.
Nojiko, Nami's sister, had come to tell them about Nami's past so they could understand what the situation was.
Sanji swooned. He loved being a pirate! He got to meet so many wonderful ladies!
"I don't want to hear about that." Luffy said as he walked away.
"What-? Why not?" Nojiko thought these people were Nami's friends?
"Don't worry about him. You can tell us." Zoro told her as he smiled at his captain.
He understood why Luffy didn't want to hear it.
"What the hell?!" Sanji started to yell, "You say that but why did you fall asleep?!"
Zoro had passed out after he told Nojiko to tell them.
His reasons were the same as Luffy's. Nothing would change if they were to hear her past.
Luffy continued to walk towards the village when he heard noises.
"We will fight!"
People were beginning to congregate. Seemed like something exciting was going to happen.
They were all yelling about rebellion against some Ardong guy. He didn't care too much.
This didn't involve him. He didn't even know who Ardong was, but it seemed he was going to get his ass kicked.
The crowd rushed by him as he continued on.
He noticed that some of them were crying.
This one scarred man had passed him who's hand bled from a wound. He was trying to hold back his tears as he moved onwards.
Luffy heard Nami screaming. He walked towards the noise and saw her stabbing herself.
Nami couldn't hold back her tears as she continued to tear away at her arm.
'This mark! This horrible mark!' She thought as memories of Arlong tormenting her blinded her to reason.
All of the villagers...her family...they were going to Arlong to fight a losing battle.
They were going to go fight for her life.
Just like Bellemere...
Nami felt like she was going to snap, she just couldn't take it anymore.
Her hand was forced to stay in place as she tried to bring it down into her arm again.
Something had stopped her. She stopped screaming and turned to see who had dared interrupt the removal of the tainted tatoo on her arm.
Luffy stood with the knife in his grip. He removed the knife from her hand as he stared down at her.
"What is it?! What do you want, Luffy?!" she cried.
She couldn't help but remember how he had showed kindness to people during her short journey with her. He was different from the other pirates.
He stood there in silence, his eyes watching her every move.
"You don't know anything about his place, Luffy! This doesn't involve you!"
"You're right. I don't know anything."
He had ignored the second comment.
"This isn't any of your business!" she tossed dirt at him in a feeble attempt to drive him away.
"I told you to leave the island!"
"Yeah, you did tell me that." Luffy said his voice emotionless as he listed facts.
"Luffy..." she turned towards him. She wore a pained look on her face as tears ran down her cheeks.
Her tears hurt him.
"Help me..." her voice was no louder than a whisper as she pleaded with him.
He took his hat off and placed it on her head.
He wanted to stop whatever was hurting his navigator. His friend.
Luffy took a few steps forward before taking a deep breath.
"OF COURSE I'll HELP YOU!" his warped voice strongly resounded throughout the town.
The area vibrated from the power of his voice.
Nami remembered how he had told her his hat was his most sacred treasure.
How only his friends could touch it.
A different kind of tears began to fall from her eyes.
Luffy walked towards Arlong Park. His crew was already a few feet away, waiting for Luffy.
"Let's go." Luffy was going to destroy whatever had made Nami cry.
"Alright!" Zoro, Sanji, and Ussop exclaimed. Their mood one with their captain's.
Nami put a hand to her mouth to try to stifle her cries.
She hadn't felt so happy in such a long time, she didn't believe she would ever feel this way again.
Miss All Sunday was in shock.
The emotion Luffy had showed her was too much to bear.
She knew how strong he was. Sensing how much power someone had was part of the ability granted to her by Luffy's devil.
That meant she knew how strong Arlong was as well.
Even a monster like Luffy would have a bit of trouble dealing with him, but he continued onwards unflinchingly.
She held a hand to her chest pain crept into her heart.
Luffy's attitude, his selflessness, his sacrifice.
And his friends that would follow him into hell, just because they knew he would do the same.
She wanted to belong, but she couldn't. She had debts to repay and it wasn't safe for her to be with them.
'The World Government would destroy them', she thought. A single tear fell down her cheek.
Her darkness would consume their light, and she just couldn't let that happen.
Robin turned away, but couldn't bear to leave.
She wanted to stay until the end.
Johnny and Yosaku felt horrible.
And it wasn't from the many injuries they had sustained from challenging the Arlong Pirates.
When they had arrived, they immediately suspected Nami to be a traitor.
They had called her a vicious witch.
Yosaku had wanted to go get Luffy to beat up Arlong, but had no way of crossing the ocean.
Ussop had joked that he should try riding a shark, but that was suicide.
Didn't mean he didn't try it. He had a whole new set of scars already forming from the shark's teeth.
Johnny had tried to convince the other Straw Hats that Nami was evil, but they didn't listen.
They were right not to. Johnny and Yosaku learned about Nami's tragic past and how she tried to protect the Straw Hats from Arlong.
Sitting in front of the gate leading to Arlong Park, they awaited the arrival of the Straw Hats.
They tried to atone for accusing Nami of being a traitor by stopping the villagers. These guys were too weak.
They looked into the distance, seeing four figures walking towards them. They grinned.
If anyone could beat Arlong, it was them.
Arlong sat in his lawn chair, wondering how he should kill Zoro.
He had hurt his men, and so he would pay dearly.
At least he had some fun beating up the two idiots that had challenged him. He briefly wondered if he should kill them.
Arlong grinned, it was far better to play with your prey before devouring it. He would go after them the next day.
He heard a commotion outside. It sounded like the villagers had come to ask him for something?
Maybe it was time for another tribute.
The gate flew across the area, smashing into a few Arlong Pirates and crushing them between the wall it had flung to.
All eyes focused on a white skinned man as he walked into Arlong Park.
"Which one of you is Arlong?"
"That's me." a stupid looking blue man with a nose weirder than Ussop's replied.
Luffy began to walk towards him.
"My name is Luffy."
"Oh, you're Luffy? Nami told me so much about you." she had screamed his name when he had held her down during the night she returned, "Who're you supposed to be anyway?"
She had called for him to help her.
He grinned. It was only fitting he had Nezumi take her treasure away. She belonged only to him.
"I'm a pirate." Luffy said as he got closer. Arlong noticed his voice sounded weird. Like he was almost talking underwater.
"Hey, what do you think you're doing?" "You're not supposed to be here."
Two Arlong Pirates moved in Luffy's way. They were going to stop this asshole. He couldn't just do as he pleased in Arlong Park.
Humans were supposed to follow the mermen's commands.
"Get out of my way." Luffy's eyes glowed dark as he looked at the two.
They dropped to the ground, their mouth's foaming as they did so.
The Arlong Pirates looked on in surprise. They didn't even see the guy move!
"What does a pirate need from me?" Arlong asked. He didn't really care. This trash was going to pay.
Luffy didn't answer him as his fist connected with Arlong's face.
Arlong went flying into the wall, next to where the gate had flown. Smoke obscured the area he had landed in.
The rest of the Arlong Pirates looked on in rage. This guy wished for death, it seemed.
Luffy's eyes began to glow. He wasn't even getting started.
"Don't you dare make my navigator cry!" Luffy's sneered at Arlong, who had cleared the dust away.
A fist mark was imprinted on his face.
The Arlong Pirates began to charge the red-vested man, but they were stopped as a flurry of kicks and three swords cut the group down.
"Why'd you run off by yourself?" Sanji felt a little jealous. He thought Luffy looked really cool when he made Nami cheer up.
"I always win." Luffy moved the fingers on one hand into a fist, knuckles cracking as he did so.
"Never fear, Ussop is here!" Ussop called out. He wanted to look cool too!
"Oh? That was really good." Zoro mocked Ussop as he drew his swords.
It was about time his captain decided to do something. Zoro was getting bored.
The water began to rise as Hatchan called his pet monster to destroy the Straw Hats.
"Oh, so you were a fishman?"
Mohmoo began to sweat. The voice was too familiar.
He moved his eyes to look at Sanji and Luffy.
Luffy gave it a award winning smile, not knowing his teeth had turned into daggers.
Mohmoo swam towards the exit as fast as he could. He didn't want to face these two again!
"Mohmoo!" Mohmoo stopped as Arlong called out to him.
"You can run away, but know that I'll find you."
Mohmoo panicked. He couldn't see a way out! The world began to spin!
Mohmoo snapped, his mind broke into little pieces as he attacked the Straw Hats.
"Hey guys." Luffy began to wind his body up, "I think you should duck."
The other Straw Hats obliged as Luffy grabbed Mohmoo's horns and began to swing him around.
"Gum Gum Windmill!"
The attack devastated the weaker members of the Arlong Pirates, the only ones that had remained were Chew, Hatchan, Kurobi, and Arlong.
"Hey, Luffy?! Were you trying to kill us?!" "Oh? That worked pretty well." "Where'd you learn that, Luffy?!"
Luffy only acknowledged the last question. "I don't know" he said as he continued to stare at Arlong.
He remembered the scarred man and how his eyes were filled with determination, his pinwheel spinning proudly atop his hat.
Luffy wondered who he was, but he looked pretty cool. His scars were pretty massive.
"Jet Ink!"
The Straw Hats dodged the black liquid that Hatchan had sprayed over the ground.
Arlong rushed towards Luffy, fist ready to launch him into the water.
Humans were already weak in the water, Devil Fruit eaters were even weaker.
Luffy dodged Arlong's attack and jumped some distance away.
As Luffy prepared to attack, he slipped on the ink as he landed and fell into the water.
Zoro frowned as he saw this. Luffy was too focused on killing Arlong that he didn't notice his surroundings.
Hatchan rushed at him with six swords, one in each of the octopus merman's hands.
He grinned, he hoped mermen were as strong as people say. He blocked his swords and prepared to attack.
"Egg Star!" Chew had been caught off guard as a rotten egg flew into his face.
'Oh gods! What is this?!' he thought as he clutched his eyes in pain. He didn't expect this!
"Jeez, I have to follow the craziest captain in the world!" Sanji said aloud as drop kicked Kurobi in the face.
The guy had just slipped and fell into the one thing he was weak against!
Kurobi took a few steps back as he tried to compose himself. The blonde guy in black was strong!
Arlong was pissed. This "Luffy"'s punch was still hurting. He would pay for that.
He looked in the water and grinned. He would pay dearly.
"Shark ON Darts!" He charged towards the water.
Zoro, Sanji, and Ussop looked on in varying degrees of fear as they remembered mermen were stronger in the water.
"Gum Gum...!" Luffy leaped out of the water, surprising Arlong.
He was supposed to be a hammer! How could he jump out?!
None of the Straw Hats had noticed Sanji flying into the water after being hit by Kurobi's Hyakumaigawara Seiken.
"...Net!" Luffy's fingers trapped Arlong in his grasp. He tightened his fingers, compacting Arlong within.
Luffy did a few somersaults and flung Arlong into his house.
White skin had covered his body, his eyes were black, and his teeth were daggers. He maintained his face though as he stared at the hole Arlong had made when he threw him.
He didn't want to end this quickly. Arlong needed to suffer.
"Tatsumaki!"
Hatchan went flying through the air as he was cut repeatedly. One of his arms seemed to fall off.
Zoro panted as his bandana fell off. He sheathed his swords.
Hatchan wasn't particularly a great swordsman, but Zoro's wounds had hindered him enough that he was on par with Hatchan.
He looked over at Curly Brow to see how he was doing.
"Collier!" Sanji's foot slammed into Kurobi's neck, making him hit the ground with enough force to make him bounce a few inches.
"Épaule!" His foot was forced into Kurobi's shoulder, making him bounce even further into the air.
"Côtelette! Selle!"Sanji dropped to a handstand. He swung his leg so it would not only land in Kurobi's upper spine as he used the momentum to kick him the lower back as well with his other leg.
"Poitrine!" Kurobi's body had begun to indent the ground as Sanji kicked him further into it.
Kurobi's legs and arms hung in the air as he laid on the ground.
"Gigot!" Sanji kicked his legs causing him to backflip from the ground into a kneeling postion.
He tried moving, but he could not as his spine was broken.
"You said I couldn't protect anything, huh ?!" Sanji appeared to have been damaged quite a bit. He had been forced into the water when he underestimated the strength of a fishman under the sea.
The merman had mocked him for trying to protect Nami.
Kurobi attempted to say something, but was unable to as a foot mark was imprinted on his throat.
Sanji recalled how Nami had cried for them to help her.
"Mouton..." Sanji jumped towards Kurobi who had his hands held to his throat.
"...Shot!"
Kurobi went flying through the Arlong house, coming out of the other side.
His eyes were rolled into the back of his head. He lay there unmoving.
Zoro smirked. Maybe the chef had some bite after all.
He turned to Ussop.
"Ussop Hammer!"
Zoro couldn't stop the sweat drop roll down his cheek as he watched a hammer land on the big-lipped merman's toes.
Chew was beyond mad. This kid had shot him in the eyes with the foulest smelling gunk.
He heard the kid yell and felt his toes scream in pain.
Chew jumped on his other foot for a second, but opened his eyes. He was going to ma-
"Ussop Rubberband!"
He had to quickly close his eyes! He couldn't let the kid blind him!
After waiting a few seconds, he realized that nothing had happened.
A glass bottle smacked Chew's head.
He opened his eyes to see the kid holding a glass bottle of rum. The kid seemed to be scared.
The kid threw the bottle at his face, but he caught it.
"Ussop's Exploding Star!"
Chew was engulfed by flames as the rum helped ignite him.
Water! He needed water! Chew thought as he ran towards the pool in front of the Arlong house.
"Ussop...!" He briefly turned to see a hammer about to collide with his face.
"...Hammer!" Chew's vision went dark as he hit the ground.
He reached for the pool. If only he could make it...
"Hammer! Hammer! Hammer!" Ussop repeatedly bashed Chew with the hammer.
Chew managed to get some blood in his mouth. He opened his eyes as he prepared to fire at the kid that dared do this to him!
"Ussop Rubberband!" Chew couldn't help but close his eyes due to reflex.
"Hammer, Hammer, Hammer!"
The kid...was stronger than he looked...
Ussop stood victorious over the merman he had defeated.
"I am the great Ussop! I am a brave warrior of the sea!" he panted as he shouted.
He had felt much fear during the ordeal, but now it was over! He had beaten his first opponent!
The fear came back as he heard Arlong roar in pain.
The Cocoyashi villagers couldn't believe what they were seeing.
Arlong Park's top fighters were being brought down by Nami's friends.
Years of abuse and terror were being brought down in less than a hour.
Genzo held from shouting in happiness. Even if the Straw Hat's failed, they had done much more than he would have been able to do.
Gratitude filled him as he thought that Nami had finally found good friends to help her.
After Luffy had sent Arlong flying into his house, it didn't take long for him to come out.
With great speed, a massive mouth seemed to fly towards Luffy, grazing him as he moved to the side.
Luffy had been hit by Arlong's "Shark ON Tooth" and now had a massive hole in his side.
Arlong grinned at him, his eyes already bloodshot.
He had entered his feeding frenzy when he tasted Luffy's blood.
"Shark ON Darts!" he announced as he shot towards the bleeding Luffy.
Luffy was on his knees as Arlong approached. He fell to his side to dodge Arlong and grabbed his leg.
He waited for Arlong to fly a few feet before he pulled, sending Arlong headed for the ground in an arc.
The ground now had a crater, but Arlong was already up.
He stood before Luffy's kneeling form and lifted him up.
That changed as Luffy bit deeply into his arm.
Arlong roared in pain and dropped Luffy who brought his hands back a few feet.
With a monstrous growl, Luffy Bazooka'ed Arlong back into his house.
Luffy dropped to one knee. The blood loss was beginning to affect him.
His face was replaced by the demon's. Teeth being the only feature he had.
Luffy waited for any movement. A moment passed by.
Arlong threw his Kiribachi, a sword that looked like it had teeth on one side, outside.
It barely missed Luffy as he struggled to get up.
Those teeth were really sharp, he mused quietly.
His anger was being replaced by numbness as his vision began to blur.
He saw Arlong appear before him, the Kiribachi in hand.
It was weird, he could hear Nami as well.
He heard Arlong say something about her being his forever. To work for him. To be his "partner".
Slits formed on his face as they continued to talk.
He could hear Nami's voice as it quivered when she asked everyone to fight with her.
Arlong huffed and grabbed him by the throat and brought him closer to his teeth.
Luffy felt the bite and began to thrash. He didn't want to be eaten! He did the eating!
One of his hands brushed by Arlong's nose and he grabbed it. His enhanced strength crushing and breaking it.
Arlong screamed as he let Luffy go. His unbreakable nose had been broken!
He felt Luffy uppercut him into his house, Luffy's arm stretching with him.
Luffy's arm grabbed his shoulder and began to squeeze.
Immense pain coursed through the area as Luffy broke his shoulder. The Kiribachi had been dropped to the ground.
He didn't have much time to think as Luffy rocketed into his gut, sending him to the floor.
Arlong was expecting further attacks, so he leaped to the side, grabbing the Kiribachi as he did so.
"What's this room?" Luffy asked as he looked around. He saw maps upon maps stored everywhere.
The smell of pain and sorrow lingered in the room. It unsettled Luffy.
There was a bed in the corner. It had shackles attached to it.
"This room?" Arlong began to smile.
He noticed Luffy had become distracted. He held the kiribachi to Luffy's neck.
"This is Nami's room. This is where she makes me maps! Look around and see everything she has made for me these past eight years!"
Arlong continued to tell him about how Nami had served him well in this room.
Luffy noticed a bloodied pen on a desk where she drew maps until her hands had bled.
He noticed blood on the shackles as she tried her best to resist.
"Nami is my navigator! She's wasted on someone like you! Only I can use-"
Arlong was interrupted when Luffy had began to shriek. The noise had disoriented him and he lost his balance for a secoond.
That second was all Luffy needed to grab his face and force it into the floor.
"Use?!" Luffy roared into Arlong's face, "She's my friend! I won't let you hurt her anymore!"
The rest of the Straw Hats had sat near the villagers while they waited for the captain to finish his fight.
"What the-? Why is there furniture flying out of that room?" Ussop asked as a desks and tables came flying out of the room.
Piles of paper spewed forth from the room.
Nami looked up and gasped.
That was her room. The one that Arlong had forced her to stay in to make him maps.
And the room where she had been forced to share with Arlong at times.
She remembered all the things she had to do for the survival of her family. The torture she submitted herself to. All to prevent Arlong from killing everyone she loved.
Tears formed as she silently thanked Luffy.
He had helped her far more than she thought she deserved.
Arlong attempted to slash Luffy with the Kiribachi, who merely grabbed it and broke it in half.
Luffy's hand came down into Arlong's face making the floor crack.
Arlong forced the enraged Luffy and threw him to the other side of the room.
He attempted to form an attack, but Luffy had grabbed the back of his head and rocketed him in the chest.
Arlong growled as he tried to push Luffy away as he had wrapped his arms and legs around his torso.
He only then noticed that Luffy's head hadn't followed his body.
"Gum Gum Bell!" Luffy's headbutted Arlong's face.
His bent nose was forced into one of his eyes.
Luffy's head had been cut a little from the nose, but his eyes were filled with hate and madness.
He didn't care what happened to him as long as Arlong had been punished.
Arlong grabbed his head as he attempted to pull his nose out, not noticing Luffy standing next to him.
Luffy stretched his leg through the ceiling.
Arlong finally noticed Luffy's movements, but was unable to act as he was too wounded.
"Don't you understand what you're doing?! You're destroying everything Nami worked on for eight years! My ambitions lie within her!"
"I don't care! This place, I can't allow it to exist!" Luffy's eyes opened completely as he struggled to keep his balance.
"I'll destroy it! I'll destroy it all!" Luffy's foot had turned black as he focused all his strength into his leg.
He needed this place to be demolished. He looked at Arlong.
He needed to erase this man's existence so he couldn't hurt Nami ever again!
"SHARK-"
"AXE!"
Luffy's foot came down with the full force of Luffy's hate. His foot crashed through the roof and into Arlong upper back as Luffy roared.
Arlong was forced to lay prostrate as he crashed through several floors of his house into the foundation by Luffy.
Luffy continued his thundering roar as he wanted his foot to take down the entire Arlong Park.
He felt a surge of power from within as willed himself to push harder.
Everyone who was outside cried in panic as Arlong Park began to fall to the ground.
Fissures formed beneath the building, as if something in the earth had detonated.
The building collapsed in a heap.
Arlong Park was no more. The villagers began to cheer.
Nami looked up at the wreckage, looking for any sign of Luffy.
He couldn't be dead! Not after all he had done!
She promised herself not to cry. She couldn't! She needed to find Luffy!
The rest of the Straw Hats approached her, looking for any sign of him as well.
A figure rose up from the remains. Blood spilled from a gaping wound in his side. Bite marks on his neck.
"NAMI!" Luffy yelled as loud as he could with his warped voice, "YOU ARE MY FRIEND!"
Nami promised herself she wouldn't cry.
But she couldn't keep it.
A few sobs escaped from her mouth.
"Yes..." she answered weakly with a small smile.
Miss All Sunday looked on with a smile of her own.
He had actually done it. He defeated Arlong.
She was watching from afar using her Hana-Hana Fruit.
Luffy was amazing.
It seemed he could go up against impossible odds and come out on top.
She started to wonder if he was abl-
No.
She didn't dare dream he could help her as she was now.
Miss All Sunday walked away.
If she stayed any longer, she would get too hopeful.
Later that day, the Cocoyashi villagers celebrated Arlong's defeat with a party.
They had some trouble with the marines, but it had been settled by Nami.
The marines would take the mermen away and rebuild Gosa Village, a village that Arlong had destroyed.
Genzo smiled.
Nami really was Bellemere's daughter.
He had thought this when he had seen her deal with the marines. She was very persuasive.
"I really should have taken you up on your offers, Bellemere." he thought sadly.
The thing he regretted most was not telling her how he had felt about her.
He poured his sake over her grave. She loved the stuff he used to bring her.
"Hm? There's no food here." Genzo turned to see who was speaking.
It was that pirate captain, Luffy he recalled.
"Oh? Did someone die?" he asked as he saw the grave.
"Yes, someone died a long time ago." Genzo answered him as he closed his eyes.
"Ah, I offer my greatest gratitude. Or was it respect?"
"Regret. I offer my deepest regret."
"Yeah, that."
"Boy?"
"Hm? What?"
"If you hurt Nami.." Genzo turned to face Luffy, "I'll find you and kill you!" Genzo shouted, "Do you understand?!"
Luffy stood with a serious expression on his face with meat sticking out of it.
"I understand."
"Well, see ya, old man! Don't worry! I won't hurt her!" Luffy shouted at Genzo as he ran back to the village.
Genzo sighed and stood at Bellemere's grave.
He only hoped the future held only good things for Nami.
"Raise the sail!"
The villagers began to protest as Nami ran past them.
She jumped onto the Going Merry.
"Why don't you want to say goodbye?" Luffy asked. He wondered why she told them to set sail.
Wallets dropped from Nami's shirt as she loosened it.
"What?! She stole our wallets?!" the villagers shouted.
"I wish you luck!" Nami laughed as she watched them begin to demand her wallets back.
There was no way she was going to have a sappy goodbye!
Hope you all enjoyed! As always, I might go back to this and try to fix it up if I think it needs retouching!