Hello everyone and welcome to a new chapter of "Reborn: Return of the King"! I recovered from my recent injury and luckily it went well (My nail still needs to regrow since the nurse had to take it off, but it doesn't hurt). Now I'll probably write this chapter and a new one shot for my other story, which I'll probably complete it after doing a reader suggestion. Nevertheless, I'm excited to write this chapter since this is my favorite part of time travel stories, the Arlong Park (mostly because of the LuNa scene). I've also realized that the female version of Luffy should be a salad maniac according to a SBS. So, I'll change it. Enough chit chat let's get going!
One Piece is owned by Eiichiro Oda
"Welp, this it. Bye shitty bastards." Said Sanji while carrying a bag with some of his belongings. After a few seconds Patty and Carne appeared, trying to surprise attack Sanji. They failed horribly.
After leaving Patty and Carne defeated on the floor Sanji continued to walk towards Lucy's ship, who now also had Yosaku, who was sent to give them directions.
"Aren't you going to say goodbye to them?" Asked Lucy, while crossing her arms.
"It's fine." Said Sanji. Before he could step into the boat he heard a gruff voice behind him.
"Don't catch a cold."
Sanji looked at the ground, as memories of his past were replaying inside of his head letting loose the tears that he was suppressing.
"OWNER ZEEEFFF!" He quickly turned around and got on his knees, bowing.
"I'M ETERNALLY GRATEFUL, FOR TAKING CARE OF ME FOR SO DAMN LONG! I SHALL NEVER FORGET FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE...THE DEBT I OWE YOU!" Sanji declared, while crying. Seeing this the other cooks started to cry, as well as Yosaku and Lucy.
"Damn idiots, men should say their goodbyes silently." Said Zeff, while looking towards Sanji and wiping his eyes on the sleeve of his chef's outfit.
"LET'S MEET AGAIN ONE DAY! YOU GOOD FOR NOTHING BASTARDS!" Those were Sanji's last words towards the staff that he grew up with for the past years, before he embarked to the pirate's life.
Sometime later
"So now all we have to do is bring Nami back and then we'll go to the grand line." Said Lucy while stretching her arms.
"You shouldn't underestimate the seas Lucy-san. Going to the grand line with 5 people is a bit risky." Said Sanji, while smoking.
"Brother said that we will recruit them on Paradise, and then we'll sail further on the grand line." She said
"Wait Paradise? Don't you mean a pirate's graveyard?" Asked Sanji.
"He told me that here are people who call the first half of the grand line Paradise." Said Lucy while grinning, making Sanji go crazy by accident.
"Then your brother must have told you about the Shichibukai right?" Asked Yosaku.
"Yeah, he also told me that we shouldn't worry about them for the time being." Said Lucy "Now let's eat!"
"Hai Hai Lucy-swan!" Said Sanji while twirling towards the kitchen while Yosaku sighed.
"Well I was about to warn you but since we have the one and only Straw Hat Luffy with us then it will be easy." Said Yosaku
"Yeah, I'm actually excited since he said that he will show all of his strength in Nami's island. Can't wait for it!" Said Lucy jumping up and down.
Meanwhile, with team Straw hat
"We're here Big Bro Luffy!" Said an excited Jonny. Normally he would've been scared to the point of pissing himself but he was sailing with Straw Hat Luffy, a previous crewmember of the Yonko Shanks and there were rumors about he being trained to be one of his commanders in the near future. "Now let's go and storm the place!" He said, only for him to get grabbed by Luffy.
"Wait a minute, we won't be entering that place for now, we'll dock at one of the villages nearby then wait for Lucy and the others." He said.
"Aww come one I want to see big bro's powers already." Said Jonny while whining. Luffy turned to him and grinned.
"You wouldn't be happy if you were left out right? Then we have to think of the others too. Don't worry, you'll have first seats for the show." Said Luffy, while his grin started to become devilish.
"I see the Going Merry!" Said Usopp while looking towards their right. Luffy sensed some fishmen on the dock and started to panic "Damn it! I don't want to show my strength yet! C'mon Luffy think!" After thinking a bit Luffy suddenly got an idea. He asked Usopp to shoot a few of his explosive stars towards a remote spot so that they would distract the fishmen up ahead. Usopp complied and the plan worked perfectly. They then quickly docked and left the ship, reaching dry land. After reaching a village they stopped.
"Nice guys! Now we can continue our sneaky approach until Lucy and the others get here. Usopp you can drop Zoro now." Said Luffy.
"Umm I didn't carry Zoro I thought Jonny would be the one to carry him." Said Usopp while Luffy's eyes started to widen.
"Jonny" Asked the captain.
"I didn't carry him I thought Big Bro Luffy would carry him."
Luffy's started to pale.
"AW SHIT!"
In a forest
"What was that?" Asked Random Fishmen Number 7
"I don't know, maybe someone stubbed their toe or they got hurt on their finger by loading something." Said Random Fishman Number 3.
"Who would be retarded enough to hurt their finger while loading?" Said Random Fishman Number 7. He then suddenly felt air in between his legs and when he looked inside of his pants he started to scream about how his tool disappeared while his friend was trying to comfort him and make him focused on carrying the prisoner, while said prisoner was currently thinking "I swear I'll kill them for this!"
Back to Team Straw hat POV
"Whoa, what happened here." Said Usopp while looking at the scenery in front of him. In front of them were the remnants of Gosa Village, but what freaked them out the most was the upside-down houses and the trail in the middle of streets.
"This is the strength of those from the grand line." Said Jonny. He then started to run.
"What's wrong with him." Asked Usopp while turning towards Luffy, who had a pissed off face.
"I've saw you run, you must be partners of that exiled human. Now either you go nicely or-" The fishman said. However, he was soon interrupted by a fist to the face.
"STOP RUINING MY BADASS ENTRANCE GOD DAMN IT!" Said Luffy, punching the fishman towards the ground leaving a crater beneath his unconscious body. He then turned towards Usopp. "You didn't see anything, did you Usopp?"
"N-n-n-no! o-o-of c-c-course not!" Stuttered Usopp.
"Good, now let's go! Get out of there Jonny!" Said Luffy, walking forward. Usopp wanted to marvel at the unconscious fishman and the crater that shook the ground, but he didn't want to piss off Luffy anymore so he started to run after him. Jonny also thought the same as Usopp and quickly joined them. After a bit, they saw a kid on the middle of the street.
"I'm going to avenge my father's death! You two! Get out of there so I can kill him!" Said the boy. Luffy quirked an eyebrow at the kid's statement, but then he saw him receive a karate chop on the head by a purple haired woman.
"Don't harm the fishman! And also, if you look more closely you can see that he's a human. Barely." Said Nojiko.
"Barely?" Asked Usopp, but before anything else could be said Luffy interrupted them.
"Ok enough talk let's go somewhere else. Hey you, you have a house, right? Then let's go." He said. He didn't want them to see the knocked out fishman behind them and fate was constantly getting on his way.
"Normally you ask the girl on a date first, then maybe you're invited to her place. But since I see you're in a hurry then let's go." Said Nojiko while smiling at Luffy in a weird way that remind him of the girls that would talk to him while he was sailing with Shanks. Not wanting to remind himself of that nightmare he decided to just shut up and follow Nojiko to her house. She then started to reprimand the kid.
"You're from Gosa Village, right? Then you should've known better than anyone how foolish it is to fight against the fishmen." She said, while Chabo looked at the table.
"I know it's foolish, but they killed my dad! They also destroyed our village using a gigantic monster that was born on grand line. That's why I've sworn revenge towards them. But some female member of the Arlong Pirates stopped me at the door. That witch! I'm going to kill her too!". Said Chabo, the little kid.
"Then go ahead and die. As long as you know you're going to die, then feel free to fight. That's an excellent way to execute a revenge. But remember that thaks to that lady interfering you've escaped death. Once you're done with that tea leave this house. I hate brats like you." Usopp was now preparing to stand up and protest Nojiko's words. But Luffy interrupted him.
"She's right you know? Obviously, she could've been nicer in the words she said but the message is correct. The best way to get revenge is not by letting rage consume you and killing, but by living a good life and making your loved ones proud. Do you have a mom?" He asked. Chabo Nodded. "Then how do you think she would feel like when they would tell her their son got killed." Chabo's eyes widened at that thought and shamefully lowered his head. "She probably would be devastated and kill herself." Luffy's words awed everyone inside of the house. He then got up and said "Besides, you're like 9. If you want to defeat the fishmen then train hard for 10 years. That should do it." he said. Chabo started to smile and nodded, before adopting a determined glint in his eyes and left the house.
Nojiko frowned at this statement "You shouldn't have given false hopes to that kid. Now introduce yourselves."
"Ah, sorry. My name is Monkey D. Luffy and I'm a pirate captain. The guy with the long nose is Usopp and the guy with the sunglasses is Jonny. We came here looking for a girl named Nami." Luffy said.
"Ah her. She's a member of the Arlong Pirates. She's the witch that the kid was talking about. She's also my foster sister." Said Nojiko while leaning her head on her hand.
"So, this is Nami's home?" Asked Usopp
"That's right... we're orphans. We were adopted and raised in this house by a woman. She died long time ago but we 3 lived happily here." Said the purple-haired woman.
"Then why did Sister Nami join the Arlong Pirates? Dis she betray her own hometown?" Asked Jonny.
"A real witch, right?" Said Nojiko. "So, what's your business with her, Captain Luffy?" Nojiko asked.
"So, she was deceiving us all this time? Even though she helped protecting my village and laughed happily with us...she was always planning on how to steal our money and ditch us! Luffy, what do we do now?" Asked Usopp, who was making the weirdest pissed off face.
"We go get her back. When she was with us her laughter was a real one, so her feeling with us were true." Said Luffy while putting a hand on his chin.
"Luffy she was deceiving us! She's not worth being on the crew. Let's just grab the ship and Zoro and let's get out of here." Said Usopp
"Long nose there is right. If you fight the Arlong Pirates it won't end up with mere injuries. Also, is that your ship?" Nojiko said, while pointing towards the window.
"That's the Going Merry! That means we're close to Arlong Park. Also Big Brother Usopp, don't you want to see it?" Asked Jonny. Usopp looked confused at Jonny's statement until his brain remembered something. "Oh yeah you're right we can't leave."
"What are you guys talking about?" Asked A confused Nojiko.
"It's nothing, now let's just wait until the others come and then we can proceed." Said Luffy, who was already feeling excited to finally having a fight, even if it was against a weakling.
Meanwhile, at Arlong Park
"I've already told you, I came here looking for a woman you half-fish mutant!" Said a pissed off Zoro.
"Oh? Some inferior human dares to insult me? I'll forgive you just this once but don't you ever call us half-fish again! We fishmen are "evolved humans" who gained the ability of breathing in water, which means we're beings of a higher order than you puny humans." Said Arlong "Our strength also far exceeds a human's, which means that a human who defies a fishman, is essentially defying the "divine providence of nature"!"
"I'm sick of hearing that stupid theory of yours, Arlong" Said Nami, who had walked through the door.
"No need to make a face like that Nami! You're a different case, of course! You're the Arlong Pirate's prized Cartographer, you make the most accurate nautical charts."
"Of course, After all my brain's of a much higher order than any of yours." She said
"Why are you being so chummy with them Nami?" Asked Zoro.
"Oh, you guys know each other?" Asked Arlong
"Oh, he's one of my victims. I was able to swindle a huge fortune from this guys during my most recent haul. I knew you guys were chasing after me, but to think you'd actually make it here."
"Is this your true self?" Said the swordsman.
"That's right. Surprised? I'm an officer of the Arlong Pirates, which means Luffy should give up on chasing me." Nami said, making Zoro quirk an eyebrow.
"Why would Luffy have to give up?"
"Why, because the Arlong Pirates are fishmen, and no human can win against them, so he should give up if he doesn't want to die." Said the orange-haired girl, already getting agravated.
Zoro was getting even more confused, until he remembered something "Oh yeah, you weren't there when Krieg appeared, right?"
"No, why?" said a confused Nami.
"No reason."
"SHAHAHAHA! SHE HAD YOU COMPLETELY STRUNGALONG! THIS GIRL WOULD DO ANYTHING FOR MONEY, EVEN FORGETTING THE DEATH OF HER OWN PARENT!" Said Arlong. Zoro noticed how Nami's face turned shameful, like she was holding her tears.
"I see, well I never trusted her anyways, so it doesn't surprise me that she was a devilish cutthroat." Said Zoro. "Right from the very beginning, I had a feeling you were a good-for-nothing woman."
"Well then that makes things easier. If you've realized that I was only tricking you then get out. You're an eyesore." She said. Zoro smirked and jumped backwards.
"Why did he jump backwards?"
"Maybe he's trying to escape?"
"No way! As if a human with his members tied up could swim."
"Just leave him be." Said Arlong. Nami had other plans.
"That idiot!" She said, taking off her shoes and jumping in the water to save Zoro. Few seconds later she resurfaced with him. "What's the big idea?"
"I should ask you the same thing. A smalltime crook like you who can't even let one person die, shouldn't be acting all tough!" Said Zoro, while smirking nd coughing for air. "And be quicker next time slowpoke, almost thought I was a goner..." Nami gritted her teeth at Zoro's declaration and kicked him in the back
"If you get involved with me anymore than this, you're a dead man!" She said, before punching Zoro in the gut.
"Good Nami, now men, let's go to Cocoyashi Village, I have some business to do there."
In Cocoyashi Village
"Arlong's coming!"
"What does he need from us...?"
"He just collected our tribute!"
"It's probably because my weapons were found. Everyone go inside your homes." Said a scarred man with a pinwheel on his hat.
"Are you the one? The one found in possession of weapons, 3 days ago?" Said Arlong, easily towering over Genzo.
"That's right. Can't a person have a hobby?" Said Genzo.
"I'm afraid not. Weapons are the greatest threat to peace." Said Arlong, fully aware how much of a hypocrite he was being.
"Holy shit he's huge!" Thought Usopp, while managing to hide horizontally behind a wall. "It looks like Nami isn't with him."
"She's probably at Arlong Park." Said Nojiko, also hiding.
"I've got over 20 villages at my control and I've already destroyed the rebellious Gosa Village. If someone fails to pay his tribute, then that means he intends to rebel against us!" Said Arlong.
"Tribute? What's he talking about?" Asked Jonny.
"It's money we have to pay month after month. We have to buy our lives from them with money. Adults, kids, everyone." Said Nojiko. "So, if one person fails to pay his tribute, his entire village will get destroyed."
"A whole town destroyed because of a single person? Talk about cruel." Said Usopp.
"That's life under Arlong's rule. They don't even think twice about killing a human." Said Nojiko.
"Hear me well, inferior humans! All you need to do is work hard and pay the tribute. Your tribute will soon become the cornerstone of my Arlong empire that will rule all of the East Blue!" Said Arlong, shocking every single person, except one.
"Idiot."
"What?" Asked Nojiko.
"He probably has the brain of a fish if he thinks that he can conquer the East Blue. Heck if he managed to get to Loguetown he would've been wrecked apart." Said Luffy "Even if he didn't, he would just need to step in Foosha Village, then grandpa, dad or Ace would come after him." He thought.
"I think that you are the idiot by thinking that you can stop a fishman." Nojiko said. They then heard a scream.
"Gen!" Said Nojiko
"Possession of a weapon is a clear sign of rebellion, the cause of any unrest and disturbance in my lands. Which means I most kill you to show the other villagers what happens to rebels!" Said Arlong while preparing his fist.
"That bastard!" Said Nojiko, while running towards Arlong.
"WHAT'S THE MEANING OF THIS ARLONG? ALL OF US HAVE PAYED THE TRIBUTE FOR 8 YEARS, WHY WOULD WE REBEL AGAINST YOU?" She said.
"Sorry, but possessing weapons is a clear sign of rebelling. I have to kill this man." Said the fishman. "Or would you prefer that I destroyed your entire village?"
"Go home now! If we rebel, then our last 8 years were for nothing! If we wanted to fight against them we would've already done it long ago! But we chose the path of endurance in order to live." Said Gen.
"Well said! You understand the futility of resisting us. Not all living things are born equal! SHAHAHAHA!" Said Arlong. The villagers were starting to get mad, but Genzo raised his hand.
"Don't! If we die here, everything will come to an end! You must keep on fighting even if I die!" Said Genzo.
"SHAHAHAHA! What a brave man! Now let me show you humans what happens when you defy us! Let this be a warning to you!"
"GUNPOWDER STAR!"
Gen's execution was stopped when Arlong received an explosion to the face. After looking for who did it, they noticed a boy standing on top of a roof.
"I AM THE BRAVE AND HEROIC WARRIOR OF THE SEAS! CAPTAIN USOPP!"
"Never heard of him." One of the fishmen muttered.
"COMPARED TO THE DEVIL AND FEARED BY THE ENTIRE WORLD, I'M CALLED "USOPP THE WICKED DEVIL KING"! I HAVE 8000 SUBORDINATES AT MY HAND AND I'LL USE THEM IF YOU DON'T FLEE THIS PLACE!" Said Usopp while sweating.
"Fucking idiot." Muttered Luffy while facepalming.
"I don't care if you've got tens of thousands of followers or a million" of them. I'LL KILL ALL OF THEM!" Said Arlong, not having an injury on his body. "LOWLY HUMAN SCUM! YOU DARE ATTACK ME!" He said, while proceeding to lift the house were Usopp was standing on.
"No! Big Bro Luffy! I know you don´t want to reveal your powers but please do something!" Said Jonny, only later realizing that Luffy wasn't next to him.
"WE ARE THE SUPREME BEINGS!" Roared Arlong as he threw the house. After the dust cleared there were no signs of Usopp.
"I hope you are happy by your actions Usopp because I'm certainly not." Said Luffy looking at Usopp who was in his arms, while the latter gulped. "Thank god that I'm way too fast for any of them to notice." Thought Luffy.
"Where is he? WHERE IS HE? CATCH HIM AND KILL HIM!" Said Arlong while being held back by two of his lackeys.
"C'mon Arlong it isn't worth it, let's get back to base." Said one of them. They then proceeded to leave the village.
"Long time no see, everyone."
Looking back, they saw an orange-haired girl carrying a bouquet of roses. Every instinct of them begged to greet her and give her comfort, but they didn't want to burden her even more, so they decided to fake a cold act. Nami frowned sadly at the actions but she still was determined to complete her goal.
"Oh, look it's Nami. Moving on, let's go grab Zoro so that we all get reunited." Said Luffy while looking at Jonny and Usopp "I've got an idea. Usopp you start to run and you get captured by them. You will then try to inform Zoro that it's part of the plan. Me and Jonny will be outside of the wall so don't worry. Once you two get free we'll wait for the others and then, storm Arlong Park. Got it?"
The two guys nodded "Good, so let's go!" Luffy said. Giving a nod to Usopp he started to run and alert the fishmen, while pretending to be caught. While Usopp was being carried by them Luffy and Jonny were following them without making any sounds. As they entered Arlong's base the wannabe ninjas stuck close to the wall and climbed it, without being noticed. Luffy then activated his observation haki but he strangely couldn't sense Zoro anywhere. In fact, he was sensing him in... Cocoyashi...Village.
"Aw shit!" Luffy thought. He sent a look to Usopp to signify to keep up with the plan. He then noticed the unconscious bodies lying on the floor. "Yep he definitely escaped by himself." Thought Luffy with a sweat drop on his head.
"What happened here?" Asked Chu, who was carrying Usopp.
"Apparently that guy earlier was Roronoa Zoro. Maybe Nami brought him to try to kill you Arlong" Said Kuroobi.
"That's enough!" Said Nami, who had entered the base. "For 8 years I've been collecting money to buy my village. Why would I risk it all whenI'm so close to reach my goal?"
"I apologize. It's true that you have been a loyal crewmember for the past 8 years. We were a little too rash but we believe you." Said Arlong "Because the ones we need to get rid of are Roronoa Zoro and his companion." He said, while grabbing Usopp and putting a knife at his throat. Usopp started to panic until he noticed Luffy. He then calmed himself a little, but still tried to resist.
"I do have the highest bounty of East Blue, so it's only natural that a well-known bounty hunter would come for me." Said Arlong "So where is he hiding?"
"I don't know! Now please let me go! Nami say something!" Said Usopp, while crying comical tears.
"What's wrong Nami, you look troubled." Said Kuroobi.
"It seems you're still doubting me." She said "Damn it! Why did this happen of all times!"
"Nami! You witch! Even though Luffy trusted you, you still betrayed him! Even when you ran away he still wanted you as his navigator. AND YOU KNOW WHY?" Usopp dramatically said. The plan was only for creating a distraction, but that didn't mean he couldn't play a little. "BECAUSE HE LOVED YOU!"
Luffy could feel his jaw dropping by the second while his eyes started getting white "That fucking idiot!". Nami had a shocked expression while her cheeks were turning red. After a second Usopp started to snicker "I was just joking about the last bit. But yeah he's coming." He said.
Regaining her composure, Nami then told him "Oh jeez. I thought he was smart but he must've been an idiot all along since he got duped that easily." They suddenly heard water splashing and saw an octopus fishman emerging. Luffy's eyes brighten as he saw his old friend Hachi again "Too bad that he's a bad guy for now."
"Yo! Oh, Arlong you're ba-WHAT'S THIS!" Hachi said.
"This was the work of Roronoa Zoro. You haven't seen him, have you?" Said Arlong.
"I don't know where he could've gone. The only swordsman I remember meeting was a green-haired guy with a sword." Hachi said. He then thought about what he had just said "COULD IT HAVE BEEN HIM?" He said, while the other fishmen screamed at him calling him an idiot.
"So, where did he go?" Asked Arlong
"I gave him a ride to Cocoyashi Village. I only did it because I thought he was a guest, so I gave him a ride to meet you." Said Hachi.
"Then that means there's no need to rush because he's looking for me too! Luckily we also have his companion here." Said Arlong. Nami's eyes narrowed at this and not wanting to cause any more trouble she quickly assembled her staff and hit Usopp in the face.
"OI WHAT THE HELL YOU WANNA FIGHT?" Said Usopp, while cleaning blood from his nose.
"It's your fault for going against Arlong. I can't let you ruin the business I have been running for the past 8 years. That's why I've decided to kill you by myself. You should be thankful, after all if it was Arlong he probably would've killed Luffy and the others." This made Usopp quirk his eyebrow in confusion
"Killing Luffy? How the-" He said, until he remembered something important "Oh yeah you weren't there right?" Hearing this statement again Nami's eyebrow started to twitch.
"What do you mean by that?"
"Nothing, now Certain Kill SMOKE STAR!" Said Usopp, throwing a smoke bomb to the ground. "Nice! Now I'll go underwater and meet Luffy outside."
"How typical" Said a girlish voice. Usopp turned his head and saw a staff hitting him in the face. Falling to the floor he noticed Nami run at him with a dagger and widened his eyes in fear. Quickly looking to the side he saw Luffy giving him a look of reassurance, while gripping Jonny's shoulder in a comforting way. He then heard flesh being stabbed and watched Nami's hand bleeding of stabbing herself.
"For the sake of my business, I must do this." She said. Usopp now could see that Nami was a good person after all, so he decided to play her act.
"How could you...Nami" Seeing this Jonny started to get infuriated towards Luffy, but he saw that Luffy was calm.
"She didn't kill him, I saw it. She stabbed her own hand to simulate it. She really is a caring person." Said Luffy. Jonny thought he had seen something strange in Luffy's eyes when he had said it, but he ignored it. "Now let's wait by the shore for Usopp." Said the straw hat pirate. He then saw Zoro coming his way and started to wave at him, until he sensed something from his right.
Meanwhile, in the sea
"I can see Arlong Park!" Lucy shouted. The boat that she, Sanji and Yosaku were in was now being driven by a sea cow named Mohmoo, who by the bump on his head was forced to do the job.
"Let's go sea cow! Nami-san is waiting for us! Wait YOU'RE GOING THE WRONG WAY YOU USELESS COW!" Said Sanji. He then saw the shore getting closer. "oh no." But it was too late to do anything, because the cow had just rammed against the beach, making the boat fly high into the sky.
"Yahoo! It's like flying!" Said Lucy while laughing.
"Ah flying with Lucy-swan, what a romantic view." Sanji said. He then noticed the boat reaching dry land. "Lucy-san look out!"
"Oh look it's Luffy and Jonny." Said Zoro who was running towards Arlong Park until he saw a ship to his left.
"ZORO LOOK OUT!" Screamed Luffy. But it was too late because the boat had hit Zoro and dragged him towards a wall. Luffy and Jonny started to run towards them, until they saw Zoro getting up "THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING YOU IDIOT!"
"DON'T INSULT LUCY-SWAN YOU BASTARD!" Said Sanji, who had protected Lucy from the impact.
"SHUT UP YOU TWO! Now it's everyone here? Good. Now all we have to do is wait for Usopp to return and Nami to come towards us and we can start to attack." Said Luffy. "However, before we do that Nami has to give us permission."
"What? But why?" Asked Zoro.
"Because she had some sort of business going on for the past 8 years and she wants to do it by herself. I want her to realize she doesn't have to carry all of the burdens by herself and that it isn't wrong to ask for help." Said Luffy, leaving everyone awed at his words.
"Such beautiful words Luffy. Too bad it's all bullshit." Said a voice nearby. Looking at their behind they saw Nami with her staff.
"Oh, hi Nami, how you doing?" Said Lucy. Nami ignored her.
"I seriously don't know why you're here. We just had a little cooperation. Nothing else." She said. "Besides you shouldn't bother in waiting for Usopp since I've already killed him."
"You're lying, as if a witch like you had the guts to kill someone." Said Zoro, while trying to not slice Nami into a million pieces.
"I'm not. It's also useless to avenge him. No matter how monstrously strong you guys are, you're no match for a real monster like Arlong." She said. This caused everybody's head to tilt.
"Are you possibly that dumb?" Said Zoro, while Sanji was insulting him for insulting Nami.
"Oh yeah that's right she wasn't there Big Bro Zoro." Said Yosaku, making all of their faces lit up.
"Oh yeah you're right." Said all of the boys and Lucy. Nami's eyebrows started to twitch uncontrollably.
"OK EXPLAIN TO ME NOW WHAT THE HELL DO YOU MEAN BY ME NOT BEING "THERE"!" She said with shark like teeth. Jonny quickly pulled up a wanted poster.
"We mean this." And then he showed her the poster. Nami was confused by this action until she looked at it. And started to widen her eyes and her mouth.
"Apparently Big Brother Luffy was already a big-time pirate before coming here. He used to sail with one of the Yonko Red-haired Shanks." Said Jonny.
"He's also been doing this for a long time since his first bounty was 80 million berries and that was when he was 12 years old. There also have been reports of him being on the ship before that." Said Yosaku.
"According to Krieg he battled against a fleet of ten marine battleships and destroyed them in mere minutes." Said Sanji.
"He's also rumored to turn the day into night, which sounds really cool." Said Zoro.
"He said that he was going to show his powers at this island, and that's why we're here. Aside of bringing you back." Said Lucy
Nami couldn't stop gaping like a fish as she heard their words and read the 615 million berry bounty under Luffy's name. It was 30.75 times higher than Arlong's, which would make a person assume that he could trash Arlong easily.
"So what do you say Nami? Will you let me help you?" Said Luffy while extending his hand. Nami looked at his hand, the nat the ground with her eyes shadowed by her bangs. She then started to run towards the village. Luffy blinked.
"O-k, let's follow her." He said.
"Hey guys." Said a wet Usopp "What did I miss? I can't wait to see Nami's reaction to the wanted poster." After saying this he noticed everyone looking at him with an apologizing look. "What?"
"Let's just head towards Cocoyashi Village." Said Luffy, leaving a confused Usopp behind. However, they saw Nojiko head towards them.
"Oi stop right there, it's useless to fight against Arlong." She said. However, Luffy continued to walk. "Hey didn't you hear me?" Luffy groaned.
"Just show her the god damn poster Jonny." Said Luffy. Nojiko was confused until she saw a wanted poster on her hands. After reading it she quickly turned towards Luffy "A-are you?"
"Yeah I am. The only thing left is Nami stopping being so stubborn and then we'll head towards Arlong Park." Luffy said.
"Wait! At least let me explain to you why she was acting like that by telling her sad backstory!" Said Nojiko.
"I'm not interested. You guys can listen while I'm going towards the village." Said Luffy.
"I'll go with you Luffy!" Said Lucy while running towards her brother jumping on his back. Luffy, already sensing her with his haki, just prepared his arms and caught her, giving her a piggy-back ride towards Cocoyashi.
"Not going to even listen? What a badass." Said Nojiko. "Now sit down boys and let me tell you the story of Nami."
Scene transition
While Nami was running towards her house, a million thoughts were going through her head, mostly about what the others had said "With a bounty like that he could easily kill Arlong! Not only that but according to Lucy he's stronger than her and she lifted a god damn ship! And if the rumors are true then..." She thought while crying in the end
"There's hope!"
Nami quickly reached her house, looking for her sister to bring her the good news. However, she didn't see her, which was strange. She decided to sit down and wait for her while dreaming of her adventures with her friends. Until she heard a noise outside. Stepping out of her house she saw Genzo and a squad of marines behind him.
"My name is Captain Nezumi of the 16th branch. You must be Nami, the criminal." Nami repressed the urge to punch the man.
"Yes, I'm a pirate. I'm an officer of the Arlong Pirates. And I believe you know how futile it is to go against him." She said.
"Oh, I'm not here because of your piracy, I'm here because I've received reports of your thievery." Said Nezumi "I've heard that you steal from pirates. Now since they're pirates we have no intentions of arresting you, however we will confiscate the money. Men! Search!"
"Like hell!" Said Nami, while hitting the marines with her staff "The Arlong Pirates are going around enslaving villages and killing people, and you aren't doing anything about that?" Said a pissed off Nami.
"Just ignore her and continue with the search." Said Nezumi, like the brat he is.
"I'll never give the money to you! That money is..."
"THAT MONEY IS FOR THE SAKE OF SAVING THE COCOYASHI VILLAGE! DO YOU STILL BELIEVE YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO TAKE IT WAY?" Said Genzo, surprising Nami.
"Gen... how did you know all of that?" Said a shocked Nami.
"We knew all along Nami. We forced Nojiko to tell us the truth. We didn't tell you anything because we feared that our hopes would be too much pressure to you."
"That's right! So, if you aren't here to save the village the get out of here!" Said Nojiko, who suddenly appeared.
"How annoying. You guys haven't found it yet? It's just 100 million berries for god's sake." Nezumi said.
Nami's eyes widened at this information "How did you know the value?"
"Just a guess." Nezumi snickered. "Take them away from here, they're hindering the search." He ordered, making them shoot Nojiko. Seeing this Nami's mind snapped and she started to run towards Arlong Park, not even noticing Luffy. However, she did notice Lucy thanks to her waving.
"Hey Nami, do you need any help?" She asked, only for Nami to look at her painfully and continue to run. "What's the matter with her?"
"Don't know, she looked pretty pissed. Now let's see what happened." Said Luffy while going towards Nojiko. Seeing the bullet wound he remembered the lessons he had in basic medicine and started to treat the wound, startling some of the villagers.
"Don't worry, I'm helping her." He said calming them down "Is there a doctor nearby?" he asked. They pointed towards the health center. Luffy nodded and carefully carried Nojiko in his arms towards it. When he walked through the door he recognized the doctor and dropped her on the bed while trying to explain what happened. The doctor thanked him then threw him out, just in time of seeing the villagers starting to riot.
"That's it! Arm yourselves for it's time to fight!" Said Gen, while raising a sword in the air, getting a roar of approval from the villagers.
"8 years ago, we swore not to throws our lives away. As long as Nami was fine, we would endure anything they threw toward us. BUT THIS IS HOW THEY ANSWERED US!" He said "Not only they killed any hope for this island, they toyed with the kindness of Nami and WE SHALL NEVER FORGIVE THEM FOR THAT!" Another roar was heard.
"Wait, everyone!"
As they looked they saw Nami heading towards them "Please just wait a little more! I'll try my best again! It'll be easier this time since I have the experience, so please wait!" Said Nami while smiling, making Gen drop some tears and hug her.
"That's enough! You know it's futile, you've carried all our hope alone for long enough. You've fought well." He said, making Nami cry. "You can now leave this village."
"What?"
"He's right Nami. Besides, don't you have a crew to join, to fulfill your dream?" Said Nojiko, already bandaged. Nami dropped to her knees while the others rushed towards Arlong Park. She then pictured that despicable freak of nature and couldn't help but stabbing that painful mark on her shoulder, until a hand stopped her. Looking up she saw him, the only hope in her life.
"Luffy...Help me..."
Luffy didn't say anything. He grabbed his hat and put it on her head and screamed to the heavens.
"OF COURSE I WILL!"
Nami was stunned by his action until she remembered something he had said previously "It's my treasure. I'll never let anyone touch it." Remembering this her heart skipped a beat for some weird reason but she ignored it. Well that was until Luffy lifted her bridal style "Wha- "
"You guys go ahead, I have some preparations to take care of." Said Luffy. Sanji was ready to protest but Lucy grabbed him by the arm and dragged him. Seeing them walk Luffy then turned towards the Going Merry.
"Umm Luffy, where are we going?" Asked Nami, with a bit of pink on her cheeks.
"First, I'm going to fix up that nasty wound you have there and second, I have to look cool for what I'm about to do." Said a smirking Luffy. Nami was confused by this statement until they reached the ship. Luffy quickly climbed it and put her in the infirmary. Cleaning the wound, he then disinfected it and bandaged it, making sure that it was nicely tied up. "Now wait here while I get ready." He said, while retreating. Luffy quickly went to the men's quarters and used his powers to make his secret chest appear. When he opened it and saw that everything was in good condition he began to put it on.
After a few minutes Nami heard a knock on the door and when she opened it she couldn't stop gaping. In front of her was Luffy, however instead of the red cardigan and blue shorts he now was wear a black suit with a red dress shirt and a black tie. He still had his sandals, but he also was wearing a cloak (strong world outfit if you guys haven't guessed). He basically became hot.
"Now let's go, milady." He jokingly said, presenting his back towards Nami. She shrugged and climbed on it, letting Luffy carrying them towards Arlong Park. Overtaken plays now. As they reached there everyone was astonished by Luffy's looks. When he reached the gates he carefully dropped off Nami and addressed Usopp "Hold this and only start and stop when I tell you ok?" He said, confusing Usopp with the item on his hand. At a closer look, you could notice it was a stopwatch.
"Now I need you to step away from the gate, ok?" Luffy asked.
"Yes sir~" Said Nojiko, while eyeing Luffy, which made Nami feel angry for some reason.
"So, what's the plan Luffy?" Asked Zoro, who was already grinning at fighting the fishman again.
"Plan? You guys sit there while I demolish them, that's the plan." He said, making the pirates shocked. "I've waited long enough to fight damn it." Luffy said. He then looked at the gates and gripped them, ripping them off of their hinges and throwing them back, making them go high up in the sky.
"Which one of you is Arlong?" Asked Luffy, who was quite pissed off for what Arlong did to Nami. He chose not to hear her story back then, but when they were heading towards Fishman Island she discovered than he hadn't heard it and told him. Thinking about it made him even more pissed.
"Who's the brat?" Asked Arlong.
"My name is Monkey D. Luffy." Luffy said. Arlong's eyes started to widen and they widened even more when he saw the straw hat on Nami's head. Looking back at Luffy, he then showed an expression that the villagers had never seen from him.
Fear.
"Wh-what are you doing here?" Asked Arlong.
"Came to get my navigator back. A girl named Nami." He said cracking his knuckles.
Arlong's eyes widened even more at this information. He then recomposed himself and started to snicker. "So, you think just because you're a bigshot you can handle an entire crew of fishmen alone? MEN KILL HIM!" He ordered.
"Usopp. Start." Luffy said. As he heard the click of the stop watch he saw all of the fishmen starting to rush at him. He then used his Conqueror's Haki to knock them all out, purposely leaving Arlong unaffected. This caused the audience that was watching the fight to be stunned by what happened.
"What happened?" Asked Zoro, whose eyes were widened to the size of plates.
"Did he just knock them all out with a single glance?" Asked Sanji, dropping his cigarette in shock, while Nami couldn't form any words.
"So Big Brother can use it. Maybe he can help me awaken it." Said Lucy, but the others weren't paying attention to her.
"Y-you!" Said a shaken Arlong. Luffy did nothing more than look at Arlong. He then started to lift his right hand up.
"Yami Yami no Absorption" Luffy said. Suddenly a black substance started coming off of Luffy and involved the ground, covering everything inside of Arlong Park except the throne were Arlong was standing on. It then created a hole at the center and started to suck everything. By the end the only thing left was Arlong's throne, Luffy, and the walls.
"WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT!" Screamed Usopp.
"I thought the weird glance thing earlier was his devil fruit power, but now he's creating weird black stuff." Said a shocked Zoro.
"He sucked it in, that room..." Nami said, with her hand covering her mouth to stop the sobs that were reaching her. Seeing that forsaken tower being absorbed felt so good.
Luffy then lifted his hand higher and created a stream of darkness to the sky, making it look like it turned night time. He created a hole of light where he was standing so that he wouldn't get hit and said.
"Yami Yami no Repulsion"
After he said this the debris from the Arlong Park started to fall from the sky, along with the broken bodies of the Arlong Pirates. Hachi had a lighter treatment but he still had some bones snapped.
"Looks like Big Brother Luffy's rumors about turning the day into night were true after all. It, IT'S SO COOL!" Said Jonny, while crying from the awesome scene that he was watching. Nami was crying and smiling as she saw the disheveled papers that once were maps. "Thank you, Luffy!"
The other villagers were also to stunned to even say something about the show of power that they saw. They had never thought that someone so powerful existed, and to see it in first hand was a privilege.
Getting more annoyed Arlong quickly reminded himself oh Mohmoo "Come forth, Mohmoo!" The sea cow appeared, although it looked like it has been crying "ATTACK HIM!" Arlong ordered. As the creature was preparing herself to attack Luffy lifted his finger up.
"Smasher"
As he said this a vortex of darkness appeared at his right, making a Warhammer pop out. Grabbing the Warhammer with both of his hands he then used "Geppou" to reach Mohmoo.
"HE'S WALKING ON AIR!" Yosaku said
"I wonder if I could do that." Thought Sanji
Dodging Mohmoo's headbutt, Luffy gripped his Warhammer and got ready to attack.
"SMASH!"
As he roared Luffy hit Mohmoo right under the chin, making it fly back at a remarkable speed, creating even wind. He then dropped his Warhammer.
"Holy shit." Said Genzo.
Arlong was not pleased.
"YOU DESPICABLE HUMAN! HOW DARE YOU DEFY US? THE MIGHTY FISHMEN! WE'RE SUPERIOR TO YOU IN EVERY POSSIBLE WAY! HOW ABOUT I SHOW THE VAST DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OUR POWERS YOU LOUSY LITTLE- "
Luffy was getting quite annoyed by Arlong's words, and so he did what it was best.
"SHUT THE HELL UP!" Luffy roared, as he punched Arlong right in the face, creating a large crater beneath Arlong's body. As the dust cleared they could see Luffy with blood dripping from his fist while Arlong was laid down with fist imprints on his face and his eyes rolled back.
"He's unconscious, so you can stop Usopp." Said Luffy "Now tell me the time."
Usopp shakenly stopped it, and told the time
"13.37 seconds." Said Usopp. Luffy then looked at Nami and screamed for the world to hear.
"NAMI! YOU'RE MY NAKAMA! GOT IT?!" He said. Nami started to cry, but then she smiled and nodded while saying a shaky "Hai!". Her heart skipped a beat again but she shrugged it.
"Holy hell that was amazing!" Said one of the villagers.
"To think that the group of pirates that ruled this island for 8 years were disposed in 13 seconds. It's unbelievable!"
"This means it's over! He won!"
"HOORAY!"
"That's enough celebrating!" Said a marine captain. "I would've never thought that Straw hat Luffy with a bounty of 615 million berries would be in the East Blue. I'm sure the marine headquarters would probably send an Admiral if I reported this."
"I wouldn't do that if I were you." Said Luffy, walking towards Nezumi.
"Tch, ok then. MEN, AIM FOR HIS HEAD AND FIRE!" He ordered, making the marine squad shoot Luffy.
"LUFFY!"
Luffy just scoffed "Armament" He said, before his right hand was covered in shiny black. He then put his hand across his face and started to wave it back and forth at an impressive speed (Basically imagine John Cena do the "you can't see me"). By the end of the shooting Luffy smirked and turned off his haki, showing the bullets between his fingers, proceeding to crush them. He quickly used "Soru" to reach the squad and kicked Nezumi to the ocean.
"That...that was so badass!" Cried Usopp, Jonny and Yosaku.
Throwing the rest of the marines Luffy noticed their ship was close-by. Grinning he used "Geppou" to get closer and performed a "Rankyaku", slicing the mast in half, which caused it to crash and destroy the ship. Returning to land he then turned towards a gaping Nezumi.
"Go ahead, report me, I don't care." He said, while the ship exploded in the background. Nezumi got mad but he retreated, while saying that he would get his revenge one day. Luffy ignored him and turned to his audience. "So, what do you think?"
"That...was so hot." Said Nojiko. "Nami, you lucky girl."
"THAT WAS SO WORTH THE WAIT!" Said Lucy.
"Well thanks for your support, but now I think we must party." Said Luffy, getting another cheering from the villagers.
Timeskip
"Finally, I've found that god damn raw ham melon." Thought Luffy as he was walking in the night. He then noticed Gen standing near a grave pouring booze over it.
"Why are you pouring booze over it? Isn't it rude?" Asked Luffy.
"It has a deep meaning, let's leave it at that." Said Gen, startled a bit by Luffy.
"Oh, ok. Well he or she has my deepest condolences." Said the pirate captain while bowing his head.
"Thanks. Hey kid, Nami said that she would join your crew. It'll be a dangerous journey, so if you ever do something to steal her smile away, I'll personally come and kill you!" Said Gen.
"Well I'm not planning to..."
"UNDERSTAND!?"
"...Understood" Luffy nodded, while smiling.
Another Timeskip
"You guys sure you don't want to join my crew?" Luffy said, in his casual outfit again.
"While we're flattered by being invited to join your crew Big Brother Luffy, we are bounty hunters at heart. We could never become pirates." Said Jonny and Yosaku.
"Okay, I get it, well then train hard and maybe you'll become strong." Said Luffy. Truth be told he actually didn't mind them on his crew, but apparently fate wasn't in his favor.
"G... Got it." They said, while starting to cry.
"SET SAIL!" everyone heard. Looking up they saw Nami starting to run towards the ship.
"You guys heard her SET SAIL!" Luffy said to his crew. Nami started to run in zigzag until she reached the dock, where she put all of her strength in her legs and jumped to the ship. She then lifted her shirt a little bit and showed all the wallets she stole.
"Take care everyone~" She said while grinning.
"YOU ROTTEN LITTLE THIEF!" The villagers screamed, however you could notice how they actually weren't angry.
"GOODBYE EVERYONE! I'LL BE OFF NOW!" Said the navigator while waving arms and smiling. Luffy smirked at this action.
"Same old Nami, now I think Loguetown's next, right? Then that means I'll meet up with Smokey and my father again. I wonder what he'll say about my strength." Though Luffy while looking at the horizon.
And the chapter is finished! This was by far the largest chapter I've had to write, mainly because of my plan to write an East Blue arc per chapter. I'll probably keep up this pace until we reach Alabasta, in where I'll reduce the number of words. You would think writing would be easy but it took me 3 days to do it (I also had limited time but in conjunction it was about 9 hours.) Hope you enjoyed this chapter and I'll see you next time! Bye!