LW: Well here we go, last chapter before Luffy and the gang start kicking people's ass and we get a very special reveal.

Rubber King and Mirror Master – Operation Rescue Nami (part 3)

'Attacking Arlong park is suicide. That fishman can't be defeated' the bluenette continues

'Nojiko!' Usopp gasps

'Do you know her Usopp?' Kaya asks in confusion

'She's Nami's sister' was his answer, and Sanji reacted accordingly

'Nami's sister, no wonder she's such a specimen of divine beauty' he swoons

'Don't get involved in this issue, it won't end well for you. I think it's best I explain the situation'

Kaya looks worrued 'Situation? You mean why Nami joined Arlong, you can tell us?'

Nojiko nods 'Sure, and if that doesn't send you running I don't know what will

'Sorry I'll pass, maybe Kaos was right and a walk will do me good' Luffy mutters as he stands

'Luffy, you don't want to know Nami's backstory?' Usopp asks, surprised when his captain shrugs

'Hey Nojiko, will listening to you tell me this story change my plans in any way?' her response was silence 'That's what I thought, I don't care about Nami's past or how she got here, I can't do anything about it, what I do care about is Nami now and how I'm going to kick Arlong's ass for everything he's done to her' with that he walks away

'Weird kid' Nojiko thinks 'Stubborn too'

'Don't worry about it; it's just the way the Captain is. You can tell us but I guarantee it won't change our resolve or make us run like you want us to' Zoro says before sitting against a tree.

With Luffy gone Nojiko begins her tale: telling them about Bele-mere, the former marine who found them in a war zone and took them under her wing, who was stubborn as karioseki and flirty just for the fact it unnerved people, mostly Genzo. About how her family was poor but got by (for the most part)… until the fishmen arrived. Usopp already knew about the tribute money but Nojiko went on to explain that there hadn't been enough money for their little family, so Bele-mere sacrificed herself, using the money to pay to keep the 2 of them alive, though not before giving her best shot against Arlong, not that it did anything. How Arlong took Nami as part of his crew and the deal Nami made to buy the village from him for 100,000,000 beri. When she finished her story Kaya and Usopp were crying, Sanji was so angry he was practically steaming and while it didn't show on his face, Zoro's knuckles were white on Wado's hilt, in the bushes nearby Yosaku and Johnny cried silently.

'They're not going to care' Zoro says after Nojiko once more tells them to stay out of Nami's business 'Luffy's claimed her as his navigator and I think Kaos has managed to find a way to banter with the witch, not that either would admit it. You can say anything you want to us, the captain has the final say and he's already decided to retrieve her' despite his anger he smiles, knowing if one thing is for certain, it's that Luffy will NEVER give up on a crewmate, and Kaos will gladly tear through as many of those fishmen as he can along the way (and Zoro doesn't even know about the 2 he's already killed since getting here O_O)

Nami & Nojiko's grove/orchard/thing (the anime isn't sure what it is either so how the Hell should I know?)

'Are you the one known as the pirate thief Nami?' Marine Captain Nezumi asks with a slimy tone that made Nami feel unclean 'We have reason to believe you've hidden quite a sizable amount of plunder in this tangerine grove' he smiles as Nami pales and Genzo's jaw drops 'Now you've stolen from pirates so we have no reason nor intention of arresting you, but theft is still a crime. So we'll be taking all your ill gotten gains on behalf of the World Government, give it to us right now!' he orders.

Nami smirks 'Nice to see where you're priorities are, won't deal with a gang of ruthless pirates, but will bring a platoon to steal from a girl just trying to get by' she turns to them, showing her tattoo 'With that in mind I really doubt you want to mess with the Arlong pirates, which is exactly what will happen if you continue with this course of action'

'Chichichi, you really think I'm that stupid girilie, men find the money now!' he yells and the marines follow suit, heading for the tangerines

Nami grits her teeth and reach for her staff 'Hold it right there!' she yells, a tic forming when they just walk past 'I said STOP!' this time punctuated with her bo staff being slammed into their face 'Is this really what you should be doing right now? Arlong has over 20 islands in a strangle hold, and you ignore it all just to rob me' she growls at Nezumi, who just smiles

'Sir this orchard looks kind of suspicious, what do we do?' one of the marines call over

'Dig it up, the whole place if you have to' the rat faced man answers dismissively… as Nami looses her shit

'STAY THE FUCK AWAY FROM BELE-MERE'S TANGERINES!' she screams as she rushes over, attacking any marine unlucky enough to find himself in her path 'I WON'T LET YOU RUIN THIS PLACE, I WON'T LET YOU TAKE MY MONEY EITHER, THAT MONEY IS FOR… is for…'

'That money is the only chance this village has at a future' Genzo yells angrily 'You come here and have the gall to try take it away from us when you won't even raise a finger to fix the problem. Belle-mere is the only good marine to ever set foot in Cocoyashi'

Nami gasps 'Genzo, you knew?'

The man sighs, his age showing in his face 'I've always know. I couldn't believe you'd join Arlong's crew of your own free will, not after what he did to your mother. I managed to get the answers out of Nojiko, was easier than I thought, girl didn't want to keep something like this a secret it was just too big. Everyone in the village knows, about how you're part of Arlong's crew to save us from his scaly clutches. But we swore we'd never say anything, we didn't want you to know we were placing our hopes on your shoulders, it wasn't right to burden you like that'

Nami just stares 'Genzo, that can't be true' she barely mutters

'So you mean to tell me this whole village is a den of thieves, and that I should take them all in to cut this blight from the island?' rat face asks with a smug smirk

'He's saying the village is doing what it must to survive, especially when it has no other option as we can't trust you government morons to tell us when it's raining never mind deal with the pirates like your supposed to' the marine turns to the source of the answer, seeing Nojiko walk into the tangerine field, every muscle tense 'So if you're not here to help us deal with the problem, get the fuck off our property before I kick you out. And you might want to sail away before Arlong notices you and sinks your ship like the last 12'

'Arlong will, chichichi' Nezumi chuckles

A weight settles in Nami's stomach as she hopes the thought running through her mind was just paranoia

'Seriously how hard is it to find? It's 100,000,000 beri not a lost ball!' Nezumi yells, his words striking a cord with both Nami and Genzo

'How'd you know how much was there?' he asks to which the marine just smirks

'I don't, just making a guess chichichi' he replies and Nami's blood runs cold

'He sold me out, Arlong betrayed me' she thought angrily, even though the grip on her bo staff loosened

'He sent you didn't he? That fishman bastard Arlong?' Genzo asks in a grave tone, causing Nezumi to gasp in offence

'I would never do a pirates dirty work' he smirks 'I'm just a public servent dealing with crimes as is expected of me'

'The marines have sunk pretty low if you're the errand boy to a pirate' Nojiko hisses

Before anything else can happen a voice calls from deep in the orchard 'Sir we found it'

Nezumi's mousy face is nearly split by his grin as he kneels by Nami's hoard 'My my I'm impressed you actually managed to obtain this much treasure. And 30% of this is all mine'

'Don't touch that. Don't Touch That. DON'T TOUCH THAT. DON'T TOUCH THAT!' Nami repeats over and over as she runs at the corrupt marine, Nojiko and Genzo trying to stop her before things can get worse (if that's even possible)

'This is what you get for interfering' Mouseface shouts, pulling out his gun and firing

Prism

Bang Splat

They all stood frozen in shock as the marine to the right of mouseface's head exploded due to the redirected bullet, Kaos stands to his full height, sidesteps Nojiko who Genzo pulls beside him and back to the village, and slowly walks up to the still fidgeting marine, a chrome coloured coating beginning to coat his right leg. Meanwhile Nami has already left, wanting to hear it straight from the shark's mouth.

'This is Nami's money and her family's tangerines. Get out!' he growls, a shining kick sending the idiot far enough he wouldn't be a problem for a while and his sub…grunts were all either dead, unconscious (due to Nami, Kaos and even a couple by Nojiko's hand) or scared too badly to cause trouble, meaning Nami's money was safe for the moment.

It was the main square before Nojiko was thinking coherently enough she could slap Genzo's had away 'Damn it Genzo I'm fine, nothing even happened!' she practically screams at the man

'I know but you were nearly shot and I wasn't going to give that rat bastard another chance at a cheap shot' Genzo replied tensely

'Then why not grab Nami?'

He laughs humourlessly 'Because unlike you Nami had a weapon, plus she managed to inherit ALL of Belle-mere's stubbornness. It took both of us just to hold her in place and even that was a stretch, there was no way I was getting you both down here on my own'

'Genzo, what's going on?' one of the villagers

'The marines, they're working with Arlong, they were here to take Nami's money. He never planned to let her have the village, just stringing her along so she'll work for him' Genzo explains, the villagers gasp and swear

'That bastard!'

'Hurting our Nami like that'

'Quiet!' Nojiko yells 'The time for standing around and letting someone else deal with our problem is over. We need to end this today'

'She's right. We've lay on our backs for too long, it's time to take up arms and fight for our freedom!' Genzo joins in, together they were rallying the village into a frenzy

'Hey' the crowd turned and saw Nami in front of them, panting heavily as if she'd run a marathon, tears still staining her cheeks 'Everything will be fine, this is just a slight set back. I'll just have to steal another 100 million, I've done it once already so it should be much easier this time around, quicker too' she smiled widely, but even Luffy would see it was tight and forced

SLAM

'Ow, is this how it feels for the guys? Guess Nojiko got Bele-mere's smackdowns' Nami clutches her head in pain from the strike, before Nojiko and Genzo pull her into an embrace

'You've done enough idiot, now it's up to us' she whispers

'I'm sorry you've had to bear the weight of our future on your back Nami. That ends right now, we're going to do what should have been done 8 years ago' Genzo adds, and Nami's eyes start to water

Nami watches frozen as the entire village rushes of to fight Arlong, off to their deaths. It's this moment when pain anguish and rage finally reach their boiling point inside the navigator, pulling her knife from her belt.

'ARLONG! Arlong! Arlong!' she yells each time she stabs the dagger into her tattoo, uncaring as to the damage she did to what lay underneath as long as his brand was mutilated beyond recognition. It was on her 4th swing that someone stopped her, removing the blade from her shock numbed fingers while another bandaged her arm, even if it wasn't done well. Opening her eyes her tear filled eyes she gasps 'Luffy? Kaos?'

'Hey Nami' the purplette greets as he tightens the bandage, what unnerved her was the blankness on their faces, they looked nothing almost nothing like the jovial idiots/dumbasses she'd known until now

'Luffy' his eyes meet hers, from under his hat 'Help me' she sniffles pathetically (in her mind at least)

Luffy's smile returns for a second, even if it was much smaller than usual 'That's all I was looking for' he says before Nami feels a weight on her head and he walks off

Bringing her hand up she freezes as her suspicions were confirmed 'Luffy's straw hat, but he values this thing almost more than his own life, he's beaten people to a pulp for simply touching it' she wonders why he left it with her as the brothers grab their team

'Everyone ready?' Luffy asks as he walks up to Zoro, Sanji, Usopp and Kaya

'As I'll ever be'

'Glad we finally get to the fighting'

'Time to make sushi out of these fishman bastards'

'Good. Kaya, try help Nami with her injury, the rest of us are going to go kick Arlong's ass. Nobody makes our navigator cry and gets away with it'

The mob, consisting of the entirety of Cocoyashi village lead by Genzo and Nojiko made it all the way to the gates of Arlong Park before being stopped by unlikely sources: Johnny and Yosaku. Looking severely worse for wear, both were sitting in front of the entrance, their swords crossed in an X between them

'Let us through!' one of the villagers yell

'No way, you wouldn't stand a chance' Yosaku replies

'We already tried; we heard what Arlong did to Big Sis Nami and wanted to make him pay. We al… we got the absolute shit beat out of us for trying. You may have the numbers but Arlong could beat you all single-handedly' Johnny adds

'Then why are you here? Trying to scare people off?' Nojiko asks

'No we're waiting'

'There are probably a handful of people in the entire East Blue who can stand up to fishmen and lucky for you these guys are on the island for the same reason as we are. And here they come now'

The villagers part by the sheer prescience of these 5 people, none more so than the Little and Large of the group [Until Chopper joins Luffy was the youngest of the Straw Hats and he's shorter than Usopp, by about an inch or so. Already mentioned Kaos is 8ft and 19, same age as Zoro and Sanji]

'So how do you want to deal with this?' Luffy asks, referring to the door

'We should probably knock, right Sanji?' Kaos asks with a smirk

'It's only polite; we're not savages after all' the chef replies around his cigarette

The 2 nod before kicking the door, sending it flying across Arlong Park, even wrecking the wall on the other side and knocking out a couple of fishmen in it's path

'Hey! Which one of you is Arlong?' Luffy yells from the now totalled entranceway, the fishman in question surprised but also curious

'That would be me!' He announces from his throne wondering what laughable actions this weak looking human was going to do

He did not expect a punch strong enough to both hurt him and knock him off his chair

'That's for making our navigator cry!'

'Who are you? And more importantly what are you? No human should be able to punch that hard' he thinks as he stands up

'Monkey D. Luffy, the guy who's going to be kicking your ass this morning'

TBC

LW: Do the guys know how to make an entrance or what? They also know how to destroy one too. (Poor attempt at humour is poor)

Also did anyone, while watching the flashback wish Bele-mere had just shot Arlong in the face instead of talked to him? I sure do. Don't know how much damage it would have done but better than nothing.

When Nami mentions Luffy beating the crap out of people for so much as touching his hat, she's referring to Orange Town when they 1st met. I didn't mention it because it wasn't important; it was basically Luffy oneshots 3 nobodies and moving swiftly on.

New powers/techniques

Prism: By activating his powers in 2 separate, unconnected parts of his body, usually the palms of his hands, it can bridge the gap and form something akin to a gateway, moving objects from one patch to the other. What this means in the case of this chapter is the bullet hit one patch and was shot out of the other. This technique is basically me running with my brain asking; If they can dodge things with Haki later, why not be able to move into the line of fire? Also seeing as I mentioned it like a second ago, yes it's a bit of a luck based ability at the moment as to whether he can get it to work or not, but as the series progresses (and like everyone else he learns at least some haki) he'll get better on those occasions in which this skill is actually used. Probably won't be using it too often.