In the Middle of Nowhere:
"Hey Zoro, when we get to the next island I want to show you something you could possibly do with your strength," Luffy said and Zoro nodded and went to sleep. "Just think of it as training," he said and Zoro perked up.
"Training what kind of training?" Zoro said and Luffy shrugged. "I guess I could show you now. Hey Nami, how long until we get to your island?" Luffy said and Nami walked to the side of the boat and checked the wind and water. "About two days. Why?"
"That's perfect! I'm gonna show Zoro some of the things I've already shown you. The rest I'll show him either during or after I Arlongs ass kicking." Luffy said and Nami nodded but Zoro raised an Eyebrow and stood up. "Okay Zoro, what I'm about to show you is the Seven Powers. First is Moonwalk." Luffy said jumping off the boat. Zoro panicked but then saw what he thought was Luffy walking in the air.
"This is Moonwalk, usually you can mix them with other techniques. Like this," Luffy said mixing Shave with Moonwalk and appearing behind Zoro and getting back on to the boat. Zoro's eyes widened, he didn't know what to expect but he definitely didn't expect this.
"Woah, what else can you do?" Zoro asked and Luffy smirked. "A lot more than just that, and when we get to Nami's isla-" Luffy tried to say but fell asleep in the middle of the sentence. Nami already knowing what happened reacted fast catching Luffy and putting him down on the bottom of the boat gently.
"What just happened?" Zoro asked curiously as to why his new captain just fell asleep in the middle of his sentence.
"He has something called Narcolepsy. I don't know much about it but it seems like it just makes him fall asleep." Nami said and Zoro nodded.
"Wake me up if something happens then," Zoro said yawning and falling asleep instantly against the small mast in their little ship. 'I wonder if they'll be okay. Fighting Arlong head on and all of his top crewmates.' Nami thought to check the course. 'No he'll be fine I've seen how strong he is.'
2 Days Later:
"Land, I see land! Nami look is that your island!?" Luffy asked excited to get back on to land. "Yeah, welcome to Cocoyashi village guys! We'll have to go around the back of the island because you guys aren't exactly here on good terms, so I'll sneak you now." Nami said changing the direction of the boat to go around the island.
"Hey, Luffy, why do you love that straw-hat so much?" Nami asked and Luffy soft look on his face. "I got it from a great friend of mine, you guys might know him, Red-haired Shanks. He gave it to me and told me to return it after I've become the Pirate King!" Luffy said and Zoro and Nami's jaws dropped.
"You know one of the yonko!?" Nami yelled she sighed when Luffy shook his head. "No I know two!" he said shocking them again. "Wait so you're telling me you know not one but two of the Yonko's! There's Shanks but who's the other one?" Zoro asked and Luffy brightened up remembering his brothers.
"Oh, you mean Pops! Or you probably know him as Whitebeard." Luffy said and Nami pretty much fainted at the mention of Whitebeard.
"Never mind that we're here. And who's that Nami?" Zoro said as they were about to run into a cliff. Nami snapped fully to attention and started to stop the boat from running into a cliff while Luffy looked like he was vibrating in his seat.
"Ok we're here, Luffy please don't run off." Nami pleaded and then for the first time in a while saw a girl with short blue hair and tattoos all over her body. "Nojiko I'm back and I brought guests!" she said waving with a big smile on her face which shocked the other girl. 'She's smiling! These people must be something else to make her smile like that.' Nojiko thought while waving back.
After Nami glomped her in a hug much to Zoro's confusion they went to Nami and Nojiko's house. "So who are these people Nami?" Nojiko asked skeptically of Luffy who was very fidgety.
"Oh don't mind him he probably just wants to explore the island. I just told him he can't yet." Nami said shrugging, "Anyway he's my captain. Luffy, Zoro this is my sister Nojiko." Nami said pointing to the fidgeting Luffy which snapped him into awareness.
"Huh? Oh yeah, that's me. Nami's my navigator!" Luffy said with a big grin and Nojiko glared at him. "It's okay Nojiko he's different than him," Nami said with some distaste.
"Weren't we supposed to kick some fishes ass?" Zoro asked with a smirk on his face. "Oh yeah! Can we go now Nami?" Luffy asked excited to fight someone from the grand line who was possibly stronger than the people in the east blue now. "No, I don't want you to. I think you should just leave me here and go. I'm almost to my goal so I'll probably be okay." Nami said and Luffy shook his head.
"I'm taking that as a yes! Let's go Zoro! Oh take this make sure it doesn't get damaged, it's my precious hat." Luffy said running off at blinding speeds towards the place where he sensed the strongest person on the island. "He's so fast!" Nojiko said shocked and Zoro and Nami nodded getting over a little bit of shock. "We know." they said simply, "It's easier to just accept it."
While Luffy was running he saw a large building that said Arlong park, "That must be it." Luffy said preparing himself to fight Arlong. When he got to the gate he stopped for a moment to build up his strength. "Water Water Launcher!" Luffy yelled throwing a Haki covered fist with water infused in as well at the wall which crumbled at impact.
"Nyu! What was that!?" an octopus Fishman named Hachan yelled running around with his tentacles in the air. As soon as Luffy walked into the 'park' he released a powerful wave of his Conqueror's Haki knocking out all the lower Fishmen and some of the main crew leaving Arlong himself, a Fishman named Chew, Kuroobi, and Hatchan.
"Which one of you is Arlong?" Luffy asked seriously and Arlong got furious that a 'lowly human' hurt his crew. "How dare you do that to my Brethren!" Arlong screamed as Zoro, Nami and practically the whole village arrived.
"Ahh, so your Arlong then well I'm here to kick your ass," Luffy stated only making Arlong even angrier. Luffy then used Shave to appear in front of Arlong and punching him square in the face sending him flying into the wall behind him.
"You bastard!" Arlong said getting up and trying to punch Luffy. Instead, he punched the ground where Luffy used to be, he actually jumped into the air using Moonwalk. "Water Water Pistol!" Luffy yelled shooting water bullets at Arlong only for him to dodge. When Luffy landed Arlong launched several punches and kicks putting Luffy on the defensive momentarily.
Over with the Village:
"Wow he's actually on par with Arlong!" a villager exclaimed and the rest nodded. "No he's holding back I can practically see him wanting to unleash on Arlong," Zoro said watching his new captain with respect.
"Zoro!" Luffy yelled from his fight with Arlong. "You take the octopus and long face, I'll get the other two," Luffy said matching Arlongs strength so he could watch his first mate fight. Zoro nodded and walked up to the long face Fishman. "What's your name?" Zoro asked and the long face was already angry.
"Chew you bastard. I'll kill him for going after Arlong!" Chew said trying to go after Luffy but was stopped by Zoro. "You ain't getting to him. You don't deserve to fight him. I'm your opponent." Zoro said getting two of his swords out.
"You Bastard I've mastered all of my techniques and they're more than enough to beat you!" Chew said running to the nearest water source which was the pool in front of the park that goes to the sea. "You'll certainly die with this technique!" Chew said sucking as much water into his mouth as it would let him. "Hundred-shot Water Gun!" Chew yelled spitting out the water as bullets towards Zoro.
Zoro saw this coming and he pulled out his third sword and cut the water bullets rendering it normal water again. "Two Sword Style Re-sheath: Thin Life Gate!" Zoro called out. He drew two of his swords and in the blink of an eye, he resheathed the swords. For a second nothing happened but then Chew cried out in pain as a cut formed down his middle. Zoro walked towards Hachan and said "Your turn,"
Zoro charged at Hatchan but he ducked and the only thing Zoro cut was his hair. "Nyuu, you bastard! You and your three swords can't possibly beat my six swords!" Hatchan yelled pulling out six swords. "How dare you insult me like that!" Hatchan said swinging all of his swords while running towards Zoro.
"Blade Wolf Stream!" Zoro yelled blocking all the swords with two of his swords and subtly moving closer to Hatchan. He blocked the last wave of swords from Hatchan and cut him with the last sword he had. Zoro then jumped into the air for another attack. As he was falling Hatchan started spinning his blades wanting to grind Zoro to pieces. Zoro expertly blocked and dodged every strike while cutting Hatchans hands.
"My hands! Take this!" Hatchan yelled readying his stance and charging at Zoro. "Oni Giri!" Zoro yelled Charging Hatchan at the same time. They clashed and Zoro came out with barely any injuries and Hatchan collapsing to the ground unconscious with three slashes on his torso.
'He's stronger than I thought. At least I know that he can learn Haki.' Luffy thought while still matching Arlongs strength, he was struggling to keep his strength in check. Luffy then sensed the last Fishman other than Arlong that was conscious going after the village. Kuroobi was to kill the villagers on the order of Arlong, Arlong ordered him to do so while Luffy was focusing on the other fights. Luffy blocked Kuroobi giving Arlong an opening to attack.
"Tooth Gum!" Arlong yelled biting Luffy on the shoulder. Luffy ground his teeth together and was in more pain every time Alongs teeth went deeper but he still didn't move. "Everyone get away from him. Nami lead them away!" Luffy yelled pushing both Kuroobi and Arlong back and into Arlong Park. "You'll never beat the both of us you filthy human scum!" Arlong said getting into a stance to attack.
"Yeah, I'm a level forty Fishman karate master! You have no chance!" Kuroobi said getting into stance as well. They both charged straight at Luffy who was already prepared. "Waterfall!" Luffy yelled bringing down a large amount of water on top of the two Fishmen. Arlong and Kuroobi were swept into the ocean and Luffy went after them. Kuroobi got angry and charged recklessly towards Luffy his speed amplified because of the water. "Water Water Riptide!" Luffy yelled surprising the two fishmen. Luffy shot a massive amount of water towards Kuroobi and hit him square in the abdomen making him cough up blood. Luffy then covered his gills making Arlong furious.
When Kuroobi passed out Arlong attacked at a fast rate throwing punches everywhere. 'Okay, he's stronger underwater so I should go above not that it matters anyway.' Luffy then swam to the surface with Arlong hot on his tails. He popped out of the water and the villagers all sighed. "Hey look one of them is gone!" one villager said and the rest cheered.
"Shark on Darts!" Arlong screamed shooting himself out of the water towards Luffy at speeds that the villagers couldn't see. Luffy sensed him coming with his Haki and caught him by the nose and threw him into the wall. Arlong got up and acted as if nothing happened, "you know what makes us Fishmen superior?" Arlong asked chest puffed out with pride even though he was just thrown into a wall by a human.
"The nose?" Luffy said stretching his legs and everyone sweatdropped. "No, you idiot he means species!" Nami yelled and Arlong raised an eyebrow. "I didn't know you were back Nami," Arlong said and suddenly Nami turned pale. "What's wrong? Don't want to come back? I can help motivate you if you want." Arlong said and Nami's eyes widened. Arlong started moving towards the group of villagers but Luffy stepped in front of him.
"I can't let you hurt them. Water-Water Launcher!" Luffy said hitting Arlong with his attack making him fly into Arlong Park "Nami cares about them.
Arlong came out of the dust with a sword that had what looked like teeth on one side of it. Nami gasped, "Kiribachi! Luffy watch out that sword is dangerous!" Nami yelled and Luffy nodded while dodging the first strike from Kiribachi.
"Zoro, pass me one of the octopus's swords!" Luffy said dodging another strike. "Do you even know how to use a sword?" Zoro said but still tossed it to him. Luffy responded by jumping into the air to where Zoro threw the sword grabbing it and blocking Arlongs sword from slashing him in half. Arlong attempted cut Luffy but Luffy used Shave and cut him instead. They went at each other over and over again neither getting and progress. Finally, Luffy ditched the sword and launched himself into Arlong Park, he landed in a room with paper everywhere.
Arlong jumped in the room after him and accidentally knocking a desk down. Arlong recovered fast and put his sword next to Luffy's neck. "This pen." Luffy said with shaded eyes, "This pen has blood on it." Luffy said giving a death glare to Arlong.
"Shahahaha! Do you like this room? This is the room where I made Nami make all the maps I wanted! Shahaha!" Arlong said and Luffy's eyes were shaded again. Luffy put his hand on the sword that was near his neck and broke it with one hand. He then started destroying the room ripping papers, breaking the desk, and breaking the walls.
"What are you doing you bastard!?" Arlong yelled and Luffy smirked. "If I'm going to save Nami this whole park has to come down!" Luffy yelled seeping water into the ground through his feet. "Water Water Geyser!" Luffy yelled and then erupted the water from the ground making the entire Park collapse to the ground with Luffy and Arlong in it.
Outside with the group, all everybody could see was a cloud of dust where Arlong Park used to be. There was a deafening silence until a man with a pinwheel on his hat spotted a figure walking out of the dust. "Look someone's there!" He yelled and everyone's eyes fell on the figure.
"Nami! You'll always be my Nakama!" Luffy yelled as the dust cleared all the way. Zoro had a smirk on his face and Nami started crying, "Right!" The villagers cheered and hoisted their savior into the air.
Later that Night:
The villagers have spread the word around the whole island and now everyone is partying the night away. Zoro is having a drinking contest with Nojiko and some other people from the village. Luffy was gorging himself with everything in sight when suddenly he felt something coming from within his body.
"Everyone!" He yelled and everyone looked at him including Zoro and Nami. "Get away from me! Hurry up get out of here!" he yelled and when nobody moved he started running to the forest trying to get away knowing that it was gonna be destructive.
"We should go after him," Zoro said and Nami nodded. After they started after Luffy some of the villagers started following them. "No don't follow us we can handle this. He's our captain." Nami said and they villagers nodded trusting Nami. Zoro and Nami got to the forest and didn't need to go too far because they could hear the screams of Luffy. As they got closer to their captain the air got thicker and thicker.
Luffy was on the ground trying to contain the power that was seeping out of him he learned how to stop it but was having trouble and was only able to contain half so far. He sensed his two nakama coming his way and didn't want to hurt them with any of his strength so he was able to cut back some more power.
As Nami and Zoro got to the clearing they saw streaks engraved on the ground around Luffy. "What is this feeling!?" Nami asked with wide eyes. Zoro was watching closely and saw a look of pain and he immediately went closer.
"Luffy! What's happening to you!" he yelled but it was for naught. Luffy gave out a cry and a Wave Conqueror's Haki came rolling off of him and spread to the whole island. Nami dropped to the ground gasping for breath but Zoro stood tall persevering through the pressure of Luffy's Haki.
When the wave of Haki left Zoro was out of breath but still managed to move to catch the collapsing Luffy. 'I wonder what that was. Well Captain, why did you lose control?' he looked at the now asleep Luffy and sighed. He put Luffy on his back with the help of Nami and they headed back to the village.
When they got back Zoro almost dropped Luffy because everyone in the village was unconscious. "Did he do that!?" Nami said in shock at the power that Luffy displayed. "Where can he rest the sooner he wakes up the sooner we get answers," Zoro said shifting Luffy. "Yeah, we can put him in Doc's house. Doc is the village doctor so if something's wrong he can treat him." Nami said And Zoro nodded. After they put him in a bed it took thirty minutes for most of the villagers to wake up.
"What happened?" the pinwheel man said with a hand on his face. "Oh, Genzo your up! And Luffy happened." Nami said and a few more villagers woke up. "Where is he?" Nojiko asked walking towards them. "He's resting at Doc's. We don't know when he'll wake up." Nami responded and sat back down.
Every once in awhile they would go and check on Luffy but other than that the party continued well into the night. "Huh? Wait how did I end up here? The last thing I remember is... Oh, now I remember what happened." Luffy said waking up suddenly. Luckily no one was in the room but Zoro soon came in intending to check on him.
"Oh, your up. I was sure you would be out until tomorrow. I'll go tell the others," Zoro said starting to walk out again until Luffy stopped him. "Wait don't! You can't tell them," Luffy said getting out of bed and shutting the door. "I'm gonna trust you with this and you only," Luffy said and Zoro raised an eyebrow.
"You wanna tell me what it is?" Zoro asked sitting in a nearby chair and Luffy did the same. "Do you remember when I was holding back so much power during the fight?" Luffy asked and Zoro nodded, "Well I don't exactly know what happened but that power came back and exploded from my body. I don't know if this will happen again but if it does I need to control it somehow. And that means I need to train it full force." Luffy said and Zoro put a hand on his chin. "You remember when you told me you were gonna train me? Well, you could train me and then you could get your practice out of that." Zoro suggested and Luffy nodded.
After the talk with Zoro, Luffy wandered to a place that he sensed with his Haki during the incident. He came across a cliff with a cross-shaped gravestone and Genzo pouring sake on the grave.
"Whose grave is this?" Luffy asked and Genzo sighed. "This is Nami's mother, Bellemere," Genzo said tossing the sake bottle aside and sitting in front of the grave to pray. " I'm sorry you have my condolences," Luffy said sitting down next to Genzo. After some time Genzo started talking first, "She's going with you, isn't she?" he asked and Luffy nodded. "We'll probably set out tomorrow morning so if you guys want to say goodbye to her then or now," Luffy said and got up and left Genzo alone on the cliff.
Morning:
"Where's Nami?" Zoro asked throwing a bag of food in the small boat they were using to leave the island. "She should be coming soon. She asked that Doc guy to do something for her," Luffy said with a hand on his chin. As soon as he said that Nami appeared running through the crowd towards the boat where Luffy and Zoro were with a bandage where the Arlong tattoo used to be.
"Wait, Nami! We just want to say goodbye!" Genzo yelled and the villagers all started yelling and trying to stop her from entering the boat. Luffy got the boat ready and they were sailing off, as Nami jumped onto the boat evading the last person that was trying to stop her from leaving.
"You guys can keep the money! You need it more than I do! And plus I'm set!" Nami said sticking her tongue out as wallets fell from her shirt much to their shock. "So Captain where are we off to now?"