Chapter 9 – Fall of Arlong and Arlong Park

Zoro

"Ah, Zoro. I thought you'd know it was a bad idea to stand in my way by now." Arlong said, as he smirked down at me.

"In the sea, one with Devil Fruit powers is supposed to loose even the energy to struggle. Not to mention his powers. He will die. Yet if he's somehow still alive, then it wouldn't be fair to our little game, now would it..." He said, raising his arms up for a second.

"This game hasn't been fair from the damn start." I retorted, while still panting for breath, and watching to see what his next move will be.

"Really. Then if there is a hindrance, then I should be aware of it... Correct?" He mocked, as he continued to look down his proud nose at me, as he moved to take a step.

However, before anyone could do anything, the sound of something flying drew our attention.

"Egg Star!" Someone shouted as Arlong held up his hand to block an egg from smashing into his face.

Looking in the direction it came from, I spotted Ussop holding his sling shot , while half way hanging out of the hole the love sick cook had made earlier.

"I've got your back Zoro! Go on! Give it to 'em!" He shouted with a thumbs up, to which I could only sweat drop at. He had my back alright, when danger didn't directly involve him...

"He's alright!" I heard Nami exclaim with relief.

"Hey Nami, I beat one of their leaders!" Ussop then shouted before pulling his mouth out like that Chu fish freak that had chased him out of here earlier.

"No... You beat Chu..." Arlong said with disbelief.

"That's right... It's time we finish this once and for all Arlong!" Ussop shouted back.

Turning my attention back to Arlong, I watched for his next move. In doing so, I spotted something moving out of the corner of my eye. Glancing over, I spotted that damn octopus guy getting back to his feet.

Damn it! I'm too banged up to handle keeping them both out of the water long enough for Sanji to get to Luffy...I thought as I tried to think of some way to stop them. Glancing back over towards Nami's feet, I could still see that Asuna was unconcious.

"Ussop rubber band of doom!" I heard Ussop say, as the octopus guy froze. Which was good, seeing as he was really dense, and it gave me more time to handle only one of them.

"You seem to keep getting in my way... It seems that you wish to die first... I can take care of that..." Arlong said then, as I turned my full attention on him.

"Well then... Here's my chance to slice off a piece of that proud nose!" I shouted, as I swung my sword at his face, only to have my sword blocked by the very thing I was trying to cut off.

"You fool... It's a proud nose because it's unbreakable..." He said, flashing his evil shark tooth smirk before countering my attack with an attack of his own; all the while using his nose like a dagger or something.

Crossing two of the swords I held over each other, I defended against it the best I could, but as the pain of my wounds increased, so did the rate of which my strength was fading. As I was being pushed back towards the water, I tried to hold my ground.

Then, just as I thought that my bad luck couldn't get any worse, the Octo man snapped out of his scared trance.

"What! Seriously, I thought that the rubber band was gonna fly at me." He said.

At that moment, if I weren't busy, I would have face palmed.

"You haven't finished me yet Roronoa Zoro! I'm still alive, and now I'm gonna finish your friend!" He shouted as he turned to jump into the water, only to be stopped by a hit to the back of his head by the hilt of Asuna's sword, knocking him out cold once again.

Glancing over to where Asuna was laying, I saw her sitting on her knees, panting for breath. A small trail of blood running from the corner of her mouth to her chin.

"ZORO WATCH OUT!" She shouted, as she surged to her feet.

Turning my attention back to Arlong, who had just knocked my swords away from me, I watched as he moved his head forward to stab me in the chest...

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Asuna

I felt my heart skip a beat as I watch Arlong take advantage of the fact that Zoro had been distracted for a second, as I shouted at him to watch out. Apparently, in his situation, it wouldn't do any good. For Arlong had first grabbed him by the throat, and held him mid air before stabbing him in the chest.

"ZORO!" I shouted, as blood spurted from the fresh wound Arlong had created. If my suspicions were correct, then he had hit Zoro on the wound my father had given him a few days ago at the most.

"This is too easy..." I heard Arlong mutter, as he then took note of Zoro's bandaged torso.

"What's with all of these bandages? Did you have a good fall or something?" He mockingly asked him, as Arlong then ripped them completely off of him.

The sight that met everyone's eyes were gruesome. It was honestly amazing that you couldn't see any of Zoro's organs, because it was so bad. The sight of it was so bad, that even Arlong was shocked to see it.

"What the hell did my father do to him?" I asked no one in particular. I didn't even realize I had said anything out loud until Johnny and Yosaku gasped in shock.

"What do you mean what did your father do to him!? You don't mean to tell me that the man who gave that wound to Big Bro, Hawk Eye's Mihawk, is your father!?" Johnny screeched at me.

Taking a deep breath, I glanced over my shoulder at them. Only to find everyone staring at me strangely except for Nami.

"So... That explains why I felt as though I've seen your eyes before... Hell, now that I think about it, you face looks just like one I've seen on a wanted poster before... Only it wasn't you, but your mother... Yes I remember... The hunt for one woman said to be carrying the unborn child of Hawk Eyes Mihawk... She was known as Annabelle, Blood Rose of the Sea." Arlong said, as he continued to glare at me. "Had I known this, then I would have put you to good use to gain further favor with the marines ages ago. They might even reward me as much bounty as your mother was worth before her death if I hand you over to them now..."

Turning his attention back to Zoro, Arlong tossed the ripped bandages aside.

"Either way, I can worry about that later. For now, it's time for this human to die." he said, as he raised his hand.

However, before he could plunge it through Zoro, something went air born from where the fountain of water had been seen earlier.

"Ya Hoo! I'M BACK!" It shouted, letting us know that it was Luffy. Sighing with relief, I then glanced back to where Arlong was still holding Zoro. Now that Luffy was back, I had to think of some way to get him to put Zoro down. With wounds like his, Zoro wont be coming back to this fight at least.

In the end though, I didn't have to worry about getting him back from Arlong, but weather or not Luffy may have just killed his first mate; all because Luffy shouted something about switching before grabbing the back of Zoro's shirt, and throwing him in the direction Luffy had just came from.

"Luffy's back!" Nami nearly shouted from behind me as I smiled. I couldn't tell you how happy I was to see that Luffy was alright.

"And he's back just in time too."

As he was falling towards the ground, Luffy started throwing all sorts of attacks at Arlong, forcing him to loose ground with ease. Something not even I had been able to do. Luffy didn't let up until Arlong went flying back, and crashed into another small section of the wall surrounding the entire park.

"YES!" Luffy shouted in triumph, before freezing in place. Turning his head to look the other way, we all followed his vision to see Hachi getting back up again.

"Roronoa Zoro... I'm gonna kill you!" He shouted, as he got to his feet, his eyes on the direction that Zoro had been thrown.

"Asuna, take care of the octopus guy, then check to see if Zoro's still alive." Luffy shouted over his shoulder at me, before turning his gaze back to Arlong. "I'll take care of Arlong."

Nodding, I got to my feet, and rushed to where my sword had landed earlier. I knew that if Hachi got into the water, then he'd more than likely figure out where Zoro is before I would. If that happens, then there won't be much I could do to stop him from killing Zoro.

Reaching my sword, I picked it up off of the ground, then took up a position between Hachi and the water. It wasn't much space to work with, but it would have to do...

"Get out of the way Asuna... I don't want to kill you if I don't have to." Hachi said, dropping the stupid front he usually held.

"I can't Hachi, and I'm sorry that I sided with them... But I can't just stand around and let Arlong destroy all humans over the actions of a few stupid pirates. You and I both know that not all humans are monsters... Damn it, there's even a race that preys on us humans, as some of my kind prey on yours." I said, trying to reason Hachi out of fighting anymore.

"Not to mention, that you're the only one I've forgiven of killing my loved ones." I said, narrowing my eyes at him. If nothing else I said was going to work, then I was hoping that that would at least pierce his better nature.

Hachi could only blink at me as those words left my mouth. Had I gotten to him?

"Hachi... You and I both know that humans are devious. She's trying to talk you into betraying your brothers... Your very race... Are you willing to cross such a traitorous line?" Arlong then asked him. Ruining everything I had hoped I had gained with Hachi.

"Damn you Arlong ! You dare speak of betraying people when you've betrayed me and my sister, this whole damn island for the passed eight years! You never intended to let me or Nami go!" I shouted back at Arlong, who looked to be unfazed by all that he's done to us.

"Get rid of her Hachi... She's served her usefulness to the building of the Arlong Empire." Arlong said, ordering Hachi to do what I had feared he'd one day order one of his men to do. However, thanks to a group of pirates, I was ready for it.

Picking up the only sword that Zoro had cut to piece earlier in their fight, Hachi charged at me...

The fight between the two of us didn't last long, as I bathed my elemental sword in ice cold blue flames, and launched one attack at Hachi. When it hit him, Hachi immediately lost consciousness from the force of the icy blast. Sending one more, I dispersed my first attack. There would be no more fighting in this battle for Hachi. The blow he took should keep him under for days.

When Hachi was no longer moving, I walked up to him, and reclaimed something that belonged to me. Putting my sword back in its sheath on my back, I fixed the tangerine necklace I had made for Bellemere around my neck.

Turning an icy glare towards Arlong, I relayed a silent message...

If you survive this Arlong, and you come back to this island... I WONT hesitate to kill you...

With that done, I looked off in the direction Zoro had flown in. Diving into the water, I swam through the opened gate. Resurfacing, I looked at the outer part of the gates to see if he had landed close by. The one on my right was bare, but the one on my left had Zoro on it. He was laying on his back, staring up at the sky with a murderous glare. Muttering something about killing Luffy later...

Swimming over, I pulled myself up on the gate.

"Zoro, you still alive?" I asked as I hoisted myself up.

"I think so..." He replied, as I crawled over to take a look at him.

"You better sit still for a while..." I said, taking a good look at the wound on his chest. "Damn... That's gonna have to be restitched." I said, screwing my face up, as if I too were in pain from it.

"What's going on back there?" Zoro asked me, as he turned his gaze back to the sky.

"Well... Arlong's been pushed around by Luffy a bit. Hachi got back up, but I put him back down and reclaimed this." I said, clutching my necklace in my hand. I was happy to have it back. I felt... whole in some way.

At the sound of a big blast, I found myself peeking around a wall to see what was going on. A few feet away, I spotted Nojiko, Genzo, and Sanji sitting there. Sanji and Nojiko were both wet from saving Luffy from the water, and Genzo was half dry. I was glad to see that they too, were alright.

Turning my attention to Luffy and Arlong, I watched the fight.

"Do you know what the biggest difference between you and me is?" Arlong asked Luffy, who was doing what looked like warm up stretches.

"Nose... Jaw... Webbing..." Luffy said, listing obvious things off that he could see, before Arlong got feed up with it.

"SPECIES!" He shouted before trying to bit Luffy in half, only for him to dodge it. This continued for a few minutes before Arlong grabbed Luffy like he had Zoro up against a stone pillar. When he went to bit Luffy's head off, Luffy grabbed his head and pulled it out of the way. His rubber abilities allowing him to bend his neck at the deadly angle.

To anyone who doesn't have to deal with a shark man on a regular basis, one would think that Arlong would have just messed up his teeth. But that thought would have been washed away when he applied pressure to the pillar with his jaw along, crumbling it to pieces.

If Arlong were to bite you, it wouldn't leave marks; it'd go straight through your bones. If he bit, it was leaving your flesh...

When Arlong was biting the stone pillar, Luffy was able to free himself and put some distance between the too.

"You see.. This is the inherit power of the fish men. I feel sorry for you pathetic humans, who are born with such limited power. We've been on a different level than you from the beginning of time. Being such pathetic creatures, it only makes sense that you bow before me..." Arlong said, laughing his ass off once again. "I'll show you the difference between you and I."

His laughter however, was brought short...

"Okay, but there's no way I'm gonna loose to a big fish. Since I am gonna be King of the Pirates." Luffy said, a smirk running across his face.

"King of the Pirates... Don't be foolish." Arlong said, picking up a rock. "A puny human like you doesn't have a chance on conquering the Grand Line... You can't crush a pillar with your jaws..."

Arlong might be right about the pillar thing, but a human did conquer the Grand Line. Gol D. Roger was a human, and look what he did. A man known world wide, as a man who did what was once and still is thought to be impossible...

However, Arlong's parade didn't last long.

"Yeah so what?... Quit your bragging... You're not that awesome." Luffy said, as he crushed a part of a stone pillar next to him with his bare fist. "Besides, smashing stone with your teeth aren't that smart."

I had to say I was impressed. So Luffy did have a brain cell or two in there...

"THATS NOT THE POINT!"Arlong shouted, before gesturing with his hands. "The point is that the entire human race is ignorant and weak. What good are you if you can't even pull yourself out of the water?" Arlong questioned as he chomped at Luffy again, only to miss him.

"As a matter of fact... I'm worthless without my friends." Luffy said, grabbing a couple of swords, and began to throw them around randomly. At least, until Arlong bit straight through them both.

"You're just flailing about like a child playing pirates...That's enough... It's time to die." Arlong said, spitting the chunks of metal out.

"Shut your face!" Luffy shouted, before turning in a circle to deliver a powerful punch tot he left side of Arlong's jaw, sending him flying once again.

However, that's not the shocking part about it.

The shocking part was that Luffy's punch had also shattered Arlong's teeth...

"So what if I don't know how to use a sword... I definitely can't cook... I'm a terrible sailor... And I can't even lie... And without my friends to help me, I would have died back when I was seven!" Luffy shouted down at Arlong...

"So you fully admit how pathetic you are... You may be a fool, but you certainly are honest. How must your crew feel? Tolerating this idiocy day in, and day out. I bet they're sick of it... But that makes me wonder why they tried so desperately to save their half wit leader... Someone like you doesn't deserve a ship, or a crew. What good is a rubber brain captain like you to them? What can you possibly do?" Arlong asked, as he stood to his feet, his hand over his broken teeth.

"I can kick your ass." Luffy said simply, a monkey smirk on his face. I couldn't help but smile at Luffy. Here Arlong was asking him what he was good for, and all Luffy had to do was tell what he was here to do...

"Well get on with it you numbskull." I heard Sanji mutter under his breath from where he rested.

"If he dies, I'm gonna kill him." Zoro said from beside me.

"You're not the only one." I agreed, as I kept my eyes trained on Luffy's fight with Arlong. If Luffy looses, and is killed, then the whole East Blue is in trouble. What's been going on here on this island for the past eight years has been enough on taken lives.

It was time for Arlong to disappear...

"KICK HIS ASS OUT OF THE EAST BLUE LUFFY!" I shouted at him. Arlong had overstayed his welcome, now it was his turn to leave.

"I've got your back Luffy!" Ussop shouted from the hole in the far wall, as everyone from Cocoyashi started cheering him on.

The cheering was short lived though, when Arlong stood to his full height, and showed us as his teeth grew back. "Cheer all you want, but it changes nothing!" He shouted as he bared his teeth at everyone.

"He has new teeth!" Luffy shouted, as Arlong pulled out two more sets, allowing another to grow back in.

That was one thing I had forgotten about sharks. Once their teeth falls out, or are broken, then a newer, more stronger set grows in its place. I had found that out the hard way during one of my attempts to rid the world of Arlong.

I attacked with enough force to knock his teeth out, only to experience the horror of a new set to grow back, and tear into my flesh as punishment. Thankfully, Arlong didn't bite a chunk out of me, but he did allow his teeth to tear my skin. It was so bad that I needed stitches, but Arlong wouldn't allow me to leave to get the help I needed. So I had ended up stealing a needle, alcohol, and thread from some medical supplies I happened to find lying around the park. That night, I had to stitch myself back up...

I still had the five scars from where the wound was the worst on my right side.

I was then pulled from my thoughts when Arlong used the two sets of teeth he had pulled from his mouth as a weapon to tear into Luffy's flesh. Thankfully though, Luffy was able to dodge it. At least, until he tripped, and Arlong used the opportunity to use the teeth on Luffy. Leaving quarter moon shaped wounds on his side, and limbs.

Bullets, and stuff like that might not affect rubber, but cutting it would damage it...

Thankfully, Luffy was able to escape with a couple of wounds, before he kicked Arlong in the face, and managed to knock the set of teeth in his mouth out in a single piece. However, anything good about that ended when Luffy picked up Arlong's teeth, and stuck them in his mouth...

"Um... Big Bro Luffy, are you sure that's sanitary?" Yosaku asked him, a wierded out look on his face.

"So wat... I ave ark teth..." Luffy said, pointing to them, as he experimentally opened and closed his mouth in a biting motion.

"Meh..." was all I could say. I had to admit it was shocking.

"Really... What where they expecting? It's Luffy..." Zoro said from beside me.

"Yeah, but you people have known him longer than us." I said, glancing over at him before turning my attention back to the fight.

Clearly ticked off, Arlong began using his teeth to attack Luffy, and managed to stick one set in Luffy's side. The only draw back of that attack was that Luffy was able to get Arlong back with the set he had stolen in the first place.

"Ha ha ha... Now we're even!" Luffy shouted, an evil smirk on his face. Clearly he was having fun, which was mind boggling.

"So you were able to use my teeth..." Arlong said, as he pulled his own teeth from his shoulder. "But your puny human jaws are too weak to do the damage mine would."

Charging forward, Arlong managed to latch on to Luffy's arm when he used it to block out of instinct. For a moment, we were all worried that Luffy was about to have his arm ripped off, before he used his strength to slam Arlong into the ground, before falling over from an adrenaline rush.

They both laid there about a minute, before Arlong got to his feet, and jumped into the water. When Luffy got up, and noticed Arlong was gone, he began looking everywhere but the water.

"WATCH OUT LUFFY! HE'S IN THE WATER!" I shouted, hoping that whatever Arlong was about to do, that Luffy would be able to dodge it.

My warning hadn't left my mouth for five seconds before Arlong launches his entire body out of the water like a torpedo. His nose pointed out, ready to pierce the first thing it touched. Luffy was knocked over, but fortunately ended up not being hurt.

"Wow... I'm impressed you could dodge that... Good job, but the longer you evade your death, the more painful it will be." Arlong said, before launching himself at Luffy again.

"SHARK DART!" Arlong shouted, as he flew at Luffy, only to have his attack dodged again as Luffy rolled away from him.

Doing it again, Luffy was still able to dodge the most of it. Again and again, Arlong would launch himself at Luffy, only to be dodged time and time again. Seeing that it wasn't working on land, Arlong jumped back into the water.

Right away, everyone was shouting at Luffy to run and take cover.

"Don't be stupid, take cover before he sets you as a target!" I heard Sanji shout at him.

"I won't run... I'm gonna catch him, and break his nose... SO COME ON YA DAMN SHARK!" Luffy shouted into the water, getting ready for the moment Arlong would fly at him again.

"Luffy, you barely survived his last attack! Listen to us, you have to run and hide!" Ussop shouted at him, only for Luffy to stand in plain sight by the water, as he grabbed his own fingers.

"Gum Gum Shield!" Luffy shouted, as he stretched his fingers out across his body.

No sooner had Luffy stretched out his fingers, did Arlong launch his attack. Arlong's nose went through his fingers, aimed for his heart. For a moment, we all thought that Luffy had been hit. Until we all heard a sickening crack, and watched as Arlong jumped back, howling in pain.

When Arlong opened his eyes next, I felt my blood run cold...

"Do you see the intensity of his eyes..." I heard Genzo say in a shaky voice.

"It's the same expression a Sea King has before they snap..." I heard Sanji reply in shock...

"I've never seen his eyes like that before..." Nami said, a hand over her mouth in shock.

"I had hoped that I'd never have to see those eyes again." I muttered, as I remembered them. That night, it had been the closest Arlong had ever come to killing me as a child. The same night in fact, that I had knocked Arlong's teeth out...

Cracking his nose back into place, Arlong started attacking Luffy furiously. Trying to dodge the best he could, Luffy ended up on the building of Arlong park. After a few dodges, Arlong punched a hole through the wall, and ripped something out of a room.

"Not the saw blade!" I shouted in shock. Arlong had forced me to make that thing years ago. "LUFFY! HIT IT NEAR THE BLADE'S SPINE!" I shouted at Luffy, seconds before he jumped into a room on the top floor to avoid the huge weapon.

"Why did you tell him that?" Sanji asked me over his shoulder.

Looking at the ground beneath me, I took a deep breath before answering him.

"I told Luffy to hit it there because Arlong forced me to make it years ago. And when I made it, or any other blade for Arlong, I left one point in a weak state to break it should I ever have to go up against it." I explained, as I looked up to where the room Luffy had jumped into was. "Think of it as insurance should he have had put my life in jeopardy."

After that, we all waited as the room Arlong and Luffy were in was as quiet as death. At this moment, I couldn't help but wonder what was going on in there, until we saw something crash through a wall.

When it got closer to the ground, I could tell that it was a desk. All around it, papers and pens fell around it. I felt my eyes widen as I realized where it had come from.

"That's the map room..." I heard Nami mutter, as she stared at the window they had broken through.

Then after a few more minutes of silence, we heard shouting...

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING!... STOP IT NOW!... DAMN YOU, THAT'S EIGHT YEAR S OF WORK, PLANNING, AND AMBITION!" - Arlong

After a more paper flew out of the room with more stone, metal things began flying out of Arlong park. Tool I had used to make the awful weapons, and Arlong Park itself. At this, I felt tears well up in my eyes. Tears I had been denying myself to shed for the past eight years. Tears I had bottled up inside, so that Arlong wouldn't see me as any weaker...

Tears I couldn't shed after Bellemere's death...

"YOU KEEP JABBERING ON ABOUT HOW BETTER FISH MEN ARE, AND HOW MUCH YOU NEED THOSE SEA CHARTS. BUT I'VE FINALLY FIGURED OUT HOW TO SAVE THEM! AND THATS TO TEAR THIS WHOLE DAMN PLACE DOWN!" I heard Luffy shout, as I couldn't hold the tears in anymore.

"Luffy... I can never... Say thanks enough..." I said, as my sobs shook my entire body, even cracking my voice at the end. It was like the end of a nightmare I had been living for so long.

"Asuna..." I heard Nami say, as she ran over to me, and hugged me close. When she did I could see the tears running down her face too. Crying on each other, we turned our attention back to the top floor of the park in time to see a foot stretch high above Arlong park.

"GUM GUM BATTLE AXE!" We heard Luffy shout, before bringing his foot down, and then Arlong park all together. Grabbing Nami by the arm, I dragged her out side of the gate to where Zoro was as the place crumbled to the ground.

We didn't leave our spot until the dust cleared, and the ground stopped shaking. Moving back to where we had been, we could see that Arlong park was nothing more than a pile of rubble; but the one question remained.

What had happened to Luffy?

That question was then answered when Luffy popped out of the top of the rubble all cut and bruised up.

"NAMI!... ASUNA!... YOU'LL ALWAYS BE MY FRIENDS!" he shouted at the top of his lungs, making Nami cry again, as tears filled my eyes again.

A second passed before the roar of cheers filled the entire park, as the crowd scooped Luffy up, and began throwing him up over and over into the air as Nami walked forward.

Biting my lip, I turned to wake Zoro up from where he had fallen asleep. However, before I could get to him, a huge block fell off of the gate, and split over his head, waking him up instantly.

"AH! DAMN IT!" He swore, as he placed a hand over his head.

When he turned to look at me, I found myself spinning around so that he wouldn't see any of my tears.

"Are you alright, Zoro?" I asked him.

"Nothing a nap can't cure." he said, as I heard him getting to his feet.

"Should you even be standing up? What about your re opened wounds?" I asked, as I glanced over my shoulder, my eyes hidden beneath my bangs.

Instead of answering, I felt him wipe away a stray tear that had run down father back than normal. I was so shocked that he had done such a thing, that I jumped, and looked up at him. I was speechless as he then walked away without saying another word.

When I didn't follow at first, Zoro looked over his shoulder as he tied his black bandanna around his left bicep.

"You coming, or are you gonna stand there a few more minutes?" He asked.

Smiling at him, I wipped away my tears and followed him. And just in time to see that rat faced bastard marine terrorizing the entire village, and threatening to have Nami and me arrested, and taking all of the money behind.

"Captain Nezumi gets all of the credit!" He shouted, as I clenched my fist. When I moved to go beat his ass up, I was beaten to the punch by Zoro. When Zoro grabbed him by the back of his coat, the marine started screaming in fear, causing me to giggle...

"I see that your reigning on their parade... Now that's just plain rude... And who did you just threaten to arrest?" Zoro snarled at him, before he beat the rat faced freak into a bloody pulp, along with his men. When he was done, he tied them up, and tossed them by the edge of the water.

"Hey Nami, can I borrow the staff I made you?" I asked my youngest sister, as she walked over to see what the commotion was all about.

Seeing who I meant, she joined the three parts of it together, and tossed it to me. Catching it in one hand, I walked over to the rat, and crouched down beside him. Upon seeing me, I saw the panic enter his rat like eyes.

"This is for shooting Nojiko and me..." I said, as I hit him over the head once. "Stealing money from Nami and me..." A second time over the shoulders. "And destroying Bellemere's tangerine orchard!" I shouted, as it hit him in his crotch with Nami's staff as hard as I could in retaliation for all of the things he had wronged me by.

"Oh, and if you think about taking the berries or treasure, then I'll hunt you down, and wish you hadn't been born a man." I warned, as my voice lowered to a dangerous tone, while I narrowed my eyes on him.

Clearly scared, and freaked out, he agreed.

After that, someone brought Hachi's pot thing over, and we all loaded the marines into it, and shoved it off. I had hoped that the marine would go quietly, but he didn't do that...

"I'll get you pirates! Luffy is your captain right! Mark my freaking words, I'll have the government after you! I swear you'll regret this!" He shouted, as one of his men took a picture of Luffy. "And I'll make sure they come after you, Mihawk Asuna! Major things are gonna happen!" He shouted, as his guy then turned to take a picture of me, only to be thwarted by a rock to the camera.

Scared out of their minds as I picked up another rock, they began paddling away in the pot, clearly eager to get as far away from me as possible. Laughing my ass off, I held my hand up in the air towards Luffy, who gladly gave me a high five.

"Major things are gonna happen?" Sanji repeated, as he took a puff of his cigaret.

"Yeah... How did he know I'm gonna be king of the pirates?" Luffy asked, as he scratched his head.

"That's now what he meant you dope!" Zoro snapped, annoyed at Luffy's idiocy.

"Hold on! Are we in super big trouble now... Hey! What are we gonna do now?" Ussop shouted, freaking out.

"Calm down Ussop. The most he'll probably do is put a request in to have a couple of wanted posters issued. And besides... I think I'll keep my last name too..." I said with a smile. Liking how my name sounded together. After all, Mihawk Asuna was the name I was born with...

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Next Chapter – Chapter 10 – Nightmare's End

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Alright! Arlong is out of the picture, and now we can say good bye to Cocoyashi village. However, don't think that this fan fic is over just yet. There's so much more that's gonna happen in this story, so I'm gonna be off to write some more on it!

Thanks for reviews, and for reading it!

Thanks,

Bugg18.