So my babies… I am sorry for the practically month long hiatus! I had a lot of crap go down… so I am feeling like shit, I hate doing this to y'all and I really feel bad. :'( I do want to say that I will be better about posting but I know I have trouble so I am not going to give false hope. That's just mean. I sure hope that you enjoy part one of the Arlong Pirates! I am going to get set working on part two really soon! Pinky swear! I hope you all don't hate me cause I love ya all! Lets also hope that my creative streak doesn't vanish! I always lurve your reviews! I want more! So I shall post more! I hope your Pi-Day was good and all that jazz! Spirits with all of ya! Aurane Eternal

Arlong Pirates! Part One

"Oh? We're heading out?" I yawned as I woke to feel the ship sailing off. "Hang on… it is way too quiet right now… something's up." I got up out of my hammock and headed up onto the main deck as quietly as I could, only to see Nami and no one else. "Nami? Are you ok? Where is everyone?"

She had been leaning over the railing holding the same bounty poster as before, when she heard my voice she went stiff. "Eek! Korinn! Why… what are you doing here?" she asked me obviously not expecting anyone on board the Going Merry.

"Well, I was taking a nap… but I have a question for you." I told her with a concerned look. "Why are we the only ones on the ship? I thought we weren't leaving until Luffy was off the cooks hook…"

Her eyes widened slightly and then her expression changed to one I had never seen on her. "I didn't want to have to tell you this, but I have no other choice I suppose. I was just using you, everyone. I never wanted to be part of this pathetic crew. I am taking the treasure and the ship, I am leaving and I will never see you again. Sorry if you were stupid enough to believe me, but that's your own problem. See you never."

"Nami, I am not an idiot. So I can easily tell that you are lying through you teeth." She just laughed at me. "I know you are lying because I have been in your position many times. I don't know why you are lying now, because I can tell you love everyone here. Its in your eyes." I told her calmly.

"There is no lie in this, and even if there were, you could never know how I feel!" She yelled back to me.

"You are wrong! I am the last person in my family! I saw my mother and father killed right in front of my eyes. I couldn't do anything to save them… I was forced to run for my own life from the goddamn marines. They took everything from me! And I am betting that Arlong did the same to you. I was in the same spot you are in right now just one year ago… I don't want you to fall into the spiral of revenge. So, if you are still willing to come back to the crew then I swear of my fathers grave to never tell a soul."

She stared at me stunned for a few moments. "You are such an idiot. You don't know anything, really. You are the same as Luffy, and everyone. I have to do this! I have to finish what I started! I have to save my home…" she blurted full of anger and hate.

Well, shit… this Arlong dude is in for a crazy ass ride. She has a fucking vendetta! I thought. "Look, Nami, I don't want to see you do anything stupid. I may be naïve in your view, but this ain't my first rodeo. I know when someone has their eyes set on revenge; there isn't anything in the world that can prevent them from achieving their goal other that death. I won't stop you because it won't help. Just, don't you fucking think of dying. I want to help you, I don't want you to go through this alone." I told her placing my hand over hers. "I have already seen someone spiral and destroy themselves set on vengeance."

"You can help by leaving. I don't ever want to see your face again! Leave!" She snatched her hand away and shoved me into the railing.

"Ok, fine. I will do thing your way. I am gone. I wont promise not to look for you, cause my captain doesn't want anyone else to be the navigator. See ya," I said as I jumped into the water instantly regretting it. "Well, this ain't good… what in the spirits name was I thinkin'? I decide to go hoppin' in to do what? Become and damn sea king snack?" I grumbled to myself and scolded my lack of planning.

"Is that…? No… it can't be!" I heard a familiar rough voice call out in fear. After I heard that I began to swim to them.

"Thank the spirits! USOPP! Over here!" I called out seeing a small boat with Yosaku and Usopp in it.

"It is Korinn! What happened? Why are you in the water? How did you get all the way out he—"

"Don't go all interrogator on me just yet, help me in." I fussed at the two. Yosaku looked over and then back to the center of the boat. "What are you lookin' at Yosaku? I think Usopp may need help gettin' me up here."

"Sorry!" he quickly apologized and helped me in. That was when I noticed the Zoro was in to boat too, bleeding horribly.

"What happened?! Why is he bleeding so much?" I asked Yosaku who looked at me and explained that Zoro had fought Mihawk and lost, he had been cut by the black sword that Mihawk carries. I was in shock by the size of his gash on his chest. "No…" I whispered as I looked him over. "Yosaku, Usopp, you two paddle like your lives depend on it, I am going to try and fix this idiot up as best I can. That is the direction we need to go." I pointed in the direction I had come from. Zoro! How could you go and do something so stupid?! You are the biggest idiot I could ever know… NO! HE WOULD"VE BEEN YOUR FIRST REAL MAN! Can it you whore! I ain't gonna let him do this easy. Since he was fully unconscious I was able to work on stitching him and cleaning him much more easily than with the Buggy incident.

I worked as quickly as I could so that the loss of blood wouldn't be as much. When I finished the final stitch on his chest he roused. "Ngh… Korinn… why did you… Korinn?" he groaned with pain lacing his deep voice, eyes fluttering open.

"Thank the Moon and Stars! They watched over you and brought you back! You are ok!" I cried out with tears of joy and anger pricking my eyes as I threw my arms around his neck. "Zoro, don't you ever pull something so stupid as that. Got it?" I asked pulling back and poking his forehead to emphasize my point. I let him go and backed away a little. "Can you sit up?" I asked him with worry.

"I am not that weak. I just lost some blood that's all." He sat up with a loud groan.

"But, at the moment you are, you alm—"

"BIG BRO!" Yosaku knocked me over as he tried to get to Zoro. He was crying and smiling.

"Yosaku! You nitwit! You need to keep rowing and Zoro cant have such intense hugs, I swear to the fucking underworld and back if you tore his stitches you will think that the deepest hell is paradise!" I threatened and Yosaku looked as though he would die right then and there to escape my wrath.

"Korinn, he didn't mean anything by it," Zoro said calmly detaching from Yosaku.

"I know. I didn't mean that either," I said with a wink. "Now, Yosaku, you need to wake that little brain of yours and get your ass into gear. He ain't gonna die, so get to rowin'!" I said sternly.

"Yes, Ma'am!" he replied joining Usopp back on the oars.

"Wow… Korinn, you can get really scary! I thought Nami was the only scary one…" Usopp whimpered while rowing earning a glare.

"Keep rowing we need to catch up with Nami." I told them pointing at the oars. "Zoro, put yours arms out, I need to wrap this up."

"Sure, but when did you get on the boat? You weren't at the Baratie when Don Krieg and his men showed up, and then Mihawk came. What happened? I thought you had left with Nami…" he said trailing off at the last sentence.

"Well, after our chat, you went back into the restaurant and I went back into the cabin to take a nap. Next thing I know I am out here with Nami being all pissy and vengeful and what not. She nearly pushes me off the ship so I save her the pleasure and then bam here I am." I explained to him shortly, and he looked like he wanted to murder someone. "Uh… Zoro, are you ok? Am I hurting you?"

"No, I am not ok but you're not the reason. Luffy may want Nami back, but she is now on my bad side after doing that to you."

"Zoro you are a moron. She didn't do anything. I jumped, so don't get your feathers all ruffled and then do something stupid. I know that not doing something stupid will be difficult for you, but I swear I will not let you go against Luffy. Understood?" Sometimes I can barely believe that this guy is the First Mate.

"Sure… whatever you say." He looked away from me as I was finishing the wrapping. To make sure it got through his thick skull I tugged on the wrap a little more forcefully then necessary. "OW! Yeah, I get it, Korinn!"

"Good, now you need to rest a bit, okay?" I grinned victoriously at him and heard Yosaku stifle a laugh.

"What is it?" Zoro fiercely questioned him.

"Oh, its nothing~!" he sang clearly proving that it was the opposite.

"HIEEK!" screeched Usopp.

"What is it! You nearly killed my hearing!" I asked angrily.

"F-f-fishmen!" he barely got out as he pointed to the harbor.

"Oh! Perfect, we got here quickly! Good job you two!" I clapped Usopp and Yosaku on the back the looked to the cliffs close by and saw the Going Merry. "And there is the ship!"

"What do we do?" Yosaku asked as he and Usopp dove down below the side of the boat.

"I don't know! Hide!" Usopp replied tugging Zoro and I down.

"Oh get up you pansy ass! Quit being such a fucking whimpering mess!" I yelled at him. "If you are that terrified then just go!" I finished and he looked to Yosaku and they nodded grabbing Zoro and tying him to the center mast.

"What the hell! How is this going to help you!" Zoro yelled furious at them.

"This way you cant get us into trouble too!" they said in tandem and began to reach for me.

"What the hell!" I yelled as they tied my straddling Zoro's lap. I was so mad and embarrassed by what they did. "When I get my hands on you two, you better have kissed life goodbye! Cause you ain't gonna be livin' till mornin'!" I screamed at them as they wove goodbye and jumped into the water.

"Well, this is interesting…" Zoro said as simply as anything.

"I will first remove their fucking manhood. Then I will feed it to them. Then they will die…" I mumbled with malice. Just as I began to squirm to try and get out the ropes they had tied I noticed the position and went still. The two had tied me straddling the green haired swordsman. "Oh, holy fucking spirit hells! What have I done to offend thy great power? I beg forgiveness!" I screamed to the sky with not the slightest thought of the fishman on the docks.

"Hey, look Korinn. I am not happy in this position either. They tied us to a ship and left. What we need to be thinking about is how to get out. So any ideas?" he growled as he assessed the predicament.

"Start thinking, you moron! I don't want to be caught dead like this! And we are just getting closer and closer to those damned fishmen and I am gettin' antsy."

"Hey, did you hear something?" the fishman whose fin looked like a mohawk on top of his elongated face asked the one who looked like a dumpling.

"Not really, but what is a boat doing drifting here? There seem to be two people but they aren't doing anything to move the boat…" he replied pointing in our direction.

"Shit… I really hate you right now." I said scowling at Zoro thinking of Yosaku and Usopp, who had vanished to only the sea knew where.

"Deal with it. Maybe we can get them to untie us. Then we can find those two and I won't hold you back, promise." Zoro told me waving his head to the three fishmen standing on the pier that we had now bumped against.

"What have we here?" a round fishman asked looking down on us.

"Did you two do something naughty?" he was eyeing our position as he asked.

"No, you fucking dickweed. Some people thought it would be the joke of the century to tie us like this. Get your slimy head out the gutter," I said rolling my eyes.

"So, then why did they think it would be funny? Did you fuck the captain? Or were you the ships whore?" he continued.

"Neither you sl—"

"We were tied and set to drift and die." Zoro quickly interrupted before I could offend the fishman. He smirked at me and then I knew I had to play nice until they untied us.

"Yeah… and we would be exceptionally grateful if you would untie us and let my dignity stay intact. I just pray my father isn't rolling in his grave right now… I can't think of how my mother would look if she saw this, bless her soul." I let out some crocodile tears and a small sob to sweeten the deal.

The fishman looked at me and smiled disgustingly. "Well, I will untie you for a fee." He eyed me up and down. There aren't any mermaids around here and I get lonely like my brothers. So we will untie you if you help us out."

This mother fucking fish wants a piece of my ass? What is that fish thinking? I will not let you fuck a fish. Only swordsmen like the one you are sitting on! MM! He is delicious! I don't need your input now on Zoro. Help me get out of this situation, you whore! Very well, I can be a big slut for us… and Zoro under us! I let my other self takeover for a little bit. "Well, big boy. You first have to untie me" slut said with a wink. His face was filled with lust then and he untied me and was about to leave Zoro there. "No him too, I can't be without my bodyguard," she giggled and then retreated back into my head. Thank you, skank! Of course! It's my specialty taking over the male side with our lovely assets!

"Okay, now he is untied you can come with us." The dumpling fishman said with a husky voice.

"Ha! You fuckers fell for the classic trick! Like hell I'd leave with you slime balls!" I laughed as I took out my knives and Zoro drew his swords. "You can say toodle-loo to that hope of getting some of me!" I threw three blades and hit each of them square in the gut.

"You bitch!" the one who untied me said as I began kicking him.

"No! I ain't a fuckin' bitch! I ain't no whore! And I sure as hell ain't gonna fuck the likes of you! I am a proud brewer and smith! So y'all can use yer mother fuckin' hands in the afterlife! I won't be seein' ya there!" I yelled as I smashed his face with my boot.

"Korinn… I think we should leave. You may want to take a quick swim first though…" Zoro said as he looked at my bloody boots. He walked towards me and then he pushed me into the water.

"Zoro! What the hell! I was just givin' 'em what they deserved! You'd 'f done the same thing!" I yelled as the water began to calm me down.

"Not quite. He was down and you kept at him like a fucking psycho… I don't like it when you're like that. Okay?" he said with concern as I swam over to him to ask for help getting back up.

"Ok, ok… you're right… I did go a little nuts. But I don't like it when men do that shit…" I said reaching a hand up to him. He pulled me out of the water with ease and then we began to walk over to the giant building called Arlong Park.