One Piece: Legend Unfold

by Pen-Woman

I once heard that all the Devil Fruits are the Sea Devil's incarnations If you eat one you'll gain a special ability but the sea will forever curse you by taking away the ability to swim except one girl who she's a Devil user and ABLE to swim. FemLuffy. Rewritten.

21. The Wicked and the Witch

The Wicked and the Witch

"Talking"

'Thinking'

"YELLING"

'YELLING IN THOUGHT'

*Flashback*

"Animal Translation"

Wicked Heart

You Wicked Heart! Its my resolve that you thwart. You have become a traitor. Going against my mind-my mentor.

Against all odds and ire, you are making me play with fire. Its you that's defining what I like. And putting my conscience on strike

With your help, evil has cast its spell. A spell I am trying hard to quell. Oh, why can't you just be my friend? And stop serving the fiend?

But beware heart! I shall one day escape, and when I do, it is you that will break. You are chosen my destiny. So get ready to bear the brunt of mutiny!...by Bhavani Raghu.

One Piece belongs to Oda Eiichiro.

Disclaimer: This chapter will show a little bit of Lara's Zoan power of what she really is. Remember it's not much just a little bit, please enjoy.

The weather in the East Blue is perhaps is the most serene and relaxing, the shining ray of the sun is basking on glorious blue sea creating glittering stars on the ocean surface, a few dozen Seagulls is gliding and cawing happily clearly showing their enjoyment on the perfect weather, and to add this perfect weather is an army of beautiful silver Flying Fishes are leaping all together with no sign of stopping and Lara is sitting on the head of Sanji's ship as she is relishing with a cheerful attitude, she inhale the sweet air from her nose and let it out with constant sigh. Her love for the ocean has never waver from the day she was born in this world, and it will grow ever fonder to the blue sea.

"The weather is nice the sun is shining, and the ocean is clear, it couldn't get any better than this" she sighed and closed her eyes as the cool wind ruffles her hair and her hat gently.

"Oh, Lara-Sama~ you're so poetic" Sanji cooed as none of them notices Yosaku, who is fidgeting and paling really bad as if he's saw a dreadful monster in his nightmare and he is debating if these two are insane for not realizing the impending doom that inching closer and closer.

"Hey Yosaku, are we almost there? To Nami's Island?" and when Lara asked him the Bounty Hunter couldn't take much more of this because of the fact how calm her question is. He points his finger at her as he shouts in alarming fear.

"You're way too naïve! Don't you realize that every second passes we're getting closer to the infamous Arlong!" and then the next thing happen he got a shoe mark right on the side of his face, burning his skin as Sanji lit his nicotine stick and said.

"Don't shout at my Captain that way" once he lit it he swallow his freshly new smoke as he blows out a puff of gray smoke. Yosaku got up with a nasty bump on his right cheek and retold Lara of what happens when Nami saw Arlong's Wanted poster.

"At that time, Big Sis Nami's eyes were glued at Arlong's picture with such intense eyes as if she's…focused" he sat back as put his hands on clenches on his lap.

"Don't you see? Nami is planning on taking down Arlong, which he's worth twenty million Berri the highest Bounty in the East Blue. For all, we know she has already sneaked in Arlong's base while we sitting here doing nothing" Yosaku exclaimed with extreme seriousness that Sanji and Lara both ignored him from the moment he start speaking.

"You know this is the perfect time to eat lunch" said Lara.

"Yeah" Sanji replied and Yosaku fell over in shock for being ignored.

"Don't tell me you've never heard of Arlong!?" he yelled at them in alarm and shock while he's making his face.

"Uh! Nope, never heard of him" said Sanji so bluntly.

"I never heard of him either" Lara added and to Yosaku shock his jaw dropped as his skin turn sickly white. What in the hell is wrong with those two!? Never heard of Arlong! That just ludicrous, everyone in every island of the East Blue Sea knows about Arlong and what he's capable of, and yet these two never heard of him, either these guys are insane or just fucking senseless. He then pulls out a whistle which I don't know how he got it in the first and blew it to get their attention and he start to talk to them like they're in military school and pacing right and left.

"Pay close attention because I'm about to tell you a tale, a tale is so evil and scary you'll be begging me to stop. Is a tale of an evil Shark-Man name Arlong!" he said which got Lara's eyes.

"Shark-Man?! Are you saying this guy is actually a Fish-Man!" she exclaimed with sparkling excitement as she ignored the surprised look on Yosaku's face.

"Wait! You know about Fish-Man?"

"You mean there's one here in the East Blue! I thought they live in the Grand Line. The Ocean told me so much about them, she said there's people lives under the sea other than Merman and Mermaids. She told me once they look humans, but they're part fish and I've been dreaming of meeting one someday" after she pulls her D grin she was greeted by silent by two men, in their heads their gears are processing slowly after she said that the Ocean talked to her about Fish people…then their gear immediately stopped working.

"Uh! Lil Sis Lara…are you are feeling all right?" Yosaku asked carefully.

"Hm? Um, yeah, I'm okay" she replied with a confused expression.

"Then…why did you say that's the 'uh' Ocean talked you like it's a person?" by the look on Yosaku's face he's about to lose of whatever left of his sanity.

"Because she can! I've been talking to her ever since I ate the Devil Fruit, it tasted awful though but that how she and I can communicate" she grinned again without a care and then Yosaku's sanity just went down the drain. But Sanji didn't react like Yosaku, he just casually sips his smoke stick and blow, he already got use to Lara's surprises so it's no difference because she can talk to the water.

"Stop making that face. Besides you should know by now that Lara has an amazing powers to control over water which mean she manipulate at her, you saw how she talked to that Panda Shark so it's obvious she can talk to any sea creatures even the World's Ocean" Sanji explained to traumatized Yosaku on the ground and gurgling, when he heard what Sanji said he quickly got up and pointing his finger at him.

"HOW CAN YOU BE SO DAMN CALM ABOUT THIS!?" after he got over his shock, he continued explaining about Arlong before he was rudely interrupted.

"Anyway, Arlong is Fish-Man, who is ruthless killing machine he went up and destroys everything in his path, up and down in the Grand Line" before Yosaku could say some more he was interrupted again by Sanji.

"Come to think of it, I've heard that there's a Mermaid Island at the Grand Line and that there are a lot of gorgeous Mermaids there!" he fussed as he scratches his chin using his index finger and his thumb as his one eye turn into a bumping heart, and then he turns his attention at Lara.

"But now I'm with the most enchanting Mermaid to have the honor to sail with and call her my Captain~" he sends out his poetic romance to the blinking Lara, whom she has no idea or gets what Sanji has said, and then Yosaku snapped at Sanji.

"THIS IS SERIOUS MATTER HERE!" Yosaku quickly calmed down as he explained again.

"Fine, I'll start again from the top! The reason why the Grand Line is called the Pirate's Graveyard is because of Arlong and other two powers like him who ruled over it" then his face turn grim as he continues.

"The first one of the power are the Seven Warlords of the Sea!"

"The Seven Warlords? Who are they?" Lara asked.

"In plain terms, they are seven Pirates who are acknowledged by the World Government" Yosaku replied and that's caused Sanji to scowl.

"Now why any Pirate of the Sea would want to work with the World Government?"

"For protection! The Government looks the other to get their cut of their treasure and their allowed to roam around freely. Of course, to other Pirates they see them as Government's dogs but they didn't get the way they are by being weak, these guys are powerful! And Hawk-Eye Mihawk happens to be one of the Seven Warlords" the name of that man made her body tense and her eyes glowed with fury, he'll never forgive that man that hurt her First Mate Zoro, seeing Zoro's blood has made her cold inside and empty is like part of her has been ripped from under her flesh, she was snapped out when Yosaku spoke.

"Among the Warlords is a Fish-Man, Jinbei, who's the former Captain of a Fish-Man Crew and the man who fought alongside Jinbei in the Grand Line is the most wicked, devastating Pirate whose power is close to Jinbei is none other than Arlong!" every word he spoke brings his face from terrifying horror to impure ghastliness on how the dreadful Arlong conquer the East Blue without mercy.

"Ever since Arlong came to the East Blue he's already overturned over twenty Villages. His power can surpasses anyone easily including Don Krieg!" he added with shaky lips telling them that Arlong is dangerous than any Pirates of the East Blue even if let's say Kuro combined his forces with Don Krieg, Arlong will swat them like they're nothing but flies to him.

"So then, why would Nami-San run off to someone like that, alone?" Sanji asked a particular question that's been bothering ever since Yosaku start storytelling, the ever beautiful Nami would go up against a disgusting fish all by herself, if that's monster laid one finger on her pretty hair they will be consequences.

"Like I said, she's after the Bounty on Arlong's head" he said that he believed that's Nami's motivation but Lara highly doubt that, there's something fishy going on here and by what she learn from Yosaku it's clear that Nami is hiding something that she doesn't want her or Zoro or Usopp to know and the question is what's her big secret?

"I wish Nami-Swan was born a Mermaid like Lara-Sama, wouldn't be grand~" he then imagines Nami with beautiful glowing orange fish tail with Lara as a Mermaid waving at him and winked at him, and heart-shaped smoke are forming from Sanji's mood of love, and it made Lara twitch her eyebrow and smacked Sanji's head.

"Shut up!" it wasn't just a simple threat, it was a command.

"As you wish, my love" he said while on the floor and still sprouting heart-shaped smoke.

"Don't you guys understand what I'm trying to say here!?" Yosaku yelled.

"Yeah! Badass Fishman can beat anyone up, we get it" Lara replied and Yosaku sighed.

"No, you don't get it! Because you never face a guy like Arlong" Yosaku said grimly.

"We won't know till we get there so don't worry, okay" she assured him that everything will turn out all right but Yosaku knew deep down inside something very bad will happen once they get to the island. Sanji got tired of the horror story and gets up from the ground so he can prepare their lunch to get rid of the tension in the air.

"All right, let's get ready for lunch!" he exclaimed getting Lara all happy.

"Oh good I'm hungry"

"Lunch!?" Yosaku was so surprised that he forgot he was hungry in the first place; Sanji smirk as he pulls his sleeves to his forearms.

"May I take your order, my lady?" he question smoothly to Lara.

"Can I have nice Grilled Steak and Strawberry for dessert, please" she smiled as she made her order.

"As you wish! And you?" he cooed to Lara before he asked Yosaku with a flat tone.

"I want Fried Beans" he exclaimed ordering his favorite meal and not noticing his change of tune.

"All right, leave it to me! I'll make it in jiffy" he said as he disappears in a small kitchen ready to make the best meal that will make their mouth moan in bliss.

"I'm so glad I recruit Sanji! Having a Cook is the best…even if he's weird most of the times" she commented bluntly with a carefree smile.

"Yeah!" and Yosaku agreed with her while their small ship sail them to their purpose destination not knowing that's the fight up ahead it's so cruel that's will be no escape from it except death.

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Cocoyashi Village, one look at it someone would say a ghost town not a single person is outside to walk around on an empty street, the building look lifeless as the empty road and the howling wind echo through it.

On the coastline, near the ocean, where the pool on the outside was linked to the outer seas it's building, boasting several stories and their Jolly Roger at the top. The Jolly Roger swish rapidly; it's printed of a saw-nosed shark turned to the left with the tail curving inward. Around the shark is a semi-oval with three curves emitting from it. Behind the shark is a cross bone. This flag is tattooed onto all members of the crew.

And speaking of Crew, there's a whole lot of them gathering around the tables and facing a Marine Captain with rat-like face with whiskers and rat ears attached on his Marine cap and goes by the name of Nezumi with two Marines Guards behind him and sitting across from him is a man that Yosaku mention it about him and known as the Wicked Man of the East Blue, Arlong or what his fellow Fish-Men like to call him Saw-Tooth Arlong.

Arlong is large, muscular Fish-Man with light blue color skin, he has a saw-shaped nose, and it's tall like Sword Fish. He has long, spiky black hair. He has a fin on his nape, surrounded by his hair, and the gills are located on both the sides of his neck. And he has a sun tattoo on his left side of his chest. Arlong grinned at the Marine Captain baring his shark-like teeth as he gives him his money to him.

"Here's your month payment, enjoy it" said Arlong and the Marine Captain smile as he eyed his money with greedy eyes.

"Checheche! Arlong you are so much smarter than those normal Pirates" said Nezumi as he accepted the money and tucked it in his suit.

"You know how the world's work" Nezumi added and Arlong laugh powerfully.

"That's makes the both of us" he agreed to the rat Marine along with his Crewmates with a smirk except those two whom each stood on each side where Arlong sat.

On his right is a Smelt-Whiting Fish-Man with much lighter blue skin and has thick lips, his name is Chew. He has his arms crossed, and he look he's a cool-headed kind of…fish. On Arlong's left another Fish-Man with same color skin like Chew, he's a Ray Fish-Man. Kuroobi is his name, and he has the typical appearance of a martial artist, with a dark blue gi and a black belt, his hair is tied into a straight ponytail. He has a sun tattoo is on the right side of his chest. Both of them stay silent except for Kuroobi is munching his apple.

"As long as you're willing to be my comrade here in the East Blue, then you'll be sure to get lots of great fortunes in return" Arlong said and laugh once more till his laughter ceased.

"But I must admit, you're quite a perceptive one for the Captain of the Marines" he commented to him.

"I'm much obliged" Nezumi replied earning him another laugh from Arlong.

"Don't be so modest, you can only live a good life if you've got the dough! Money's the best nothing is more dependable than money, am I right?" that wasn't a question it's an order to give him a good answer.

"O-Of course you are" he stuttered and shivered in cold fear not wanting to put in Arlong's kill list, Arlong is satisfied with his answer.

"Even though I hate humans, but you I can make an exception" he exclaimed and Nezumi took a sign to leave now, so he got up from his seat.

"Well then, I'd like to bid my leave now"

"Why don't you stay and relax a bit, have another drink or two before you go" Arlong afforded him another drink but Nezumi won't stand another minute with that disgusting Fish-Man, he is not fear him but he also loath him and disgusted by him and his Fish-Men, their existence should be eliminated from the world, but since he made a deal with Arlong to get a great amount of money he might as deal with it.

"Uh! A patrolling Marine cruiser stopping at a Pirate Island won't look too good"

"Don't worry about a thing I'll kill anyone who dares to report you" Arlong promised with the evil glint.

"Thank you, Arlong but we must be on our way" he took only two steps when Arlong's booming voice halted him.

"I won't allow my guests to leave in such fashion! Hatchan, give them a ride!" and in the middle of it, a large pool and something burst out from the pool and there stood is another Fish-Man an Octopus Fish-Man, he has pink skin and grey hair styled with five spikes, six arms and each of them have suction cups on them and like the others he also has sun like tattoo on his forehead and the one who Arlong called him as Hatchan.

"Yes sir! Hop on I will take you back to your ship" Hatchan said as one of his hand pointed a large pot floating on the pool. Nezumi shredded in disgust at the disgusting being of a Fish-Man he loathe the most, but he keeps his smile on not wanting to be killed by any of them.

"Oh, how very kind of you" he made sure he doesn't sound distaste around him.

"But you know, every time I look at you, your face looks more and more amusing. Kinda like a rat!" then Hatchan grinned and laugh in his own joke not realizing that his joke is quite offending to the Captain.

"Hey Hachi, watch your tongue! They are our honored guests" he warned Hachi which Hatchan prefer his Captain and his friends to call him that, Hachi realized what he said he apologized quickly and hold the pot so it won't float away.

"It's…quite all right" Nezumi want to spit at that ugly Octopus man but that only make Arlong angry if anyone disgrace his Crewmen, soon Nezumi and his men climb to the pot and Hachi took his cue to dive in the pool, each of his arms held the rope that connect to the pot and begin to pull it as he takes them back to their ship.

'All these Fish-Men look so disgusting' it's what Nezumi assumed in his mind before he smiles and his eyes glint with green hunger.

'But they got the greens though'

While Hachi is taking his guests back to their ship, Arlong is still sitting relaxing after this meeting when Chew starts talking.

"I still don't trust that human, especially a Marine human" he put it so bluntly earning from Arlong a low chuckle.

"You worry too much, Chew! But yes, he is degrading and distrustful but he has been useful to us by not letting any Marine Base come close here so let's be grateful that we're still here" Arlong replied and then he add with smirk that look like a murderer.

"But if he does anything fishy I'll leave the both of you to take him out" Kuroobi, who he had been silent for long finished his apple and spoke.

"Understood!"

"We will do it with pleasure, Captain Arlong" said Chew with voice filled with respect to his Captain.

"Me too!" suddenly Hachi leaped from the pool back from sending the rat-man back to his ship and he jouncing his six arms displaying his muscle power to everyone to see.

"Anything you say will follow you!" he said so loud willing to follow Arlong to the death. All of Arlong's Crew are devoted their lives to him, and they all shared one dream. Unlike any Pirate in the East Blue, these hold high respect to Saw-Tooth Arlong for he is the strongest Fish-Man in whole East Blue both feared by enemies and admired by Fish-Men alike, all look up to him like he's the best and honored to be call themselves as part of the Arlong Crew.

Then the main door entrance has opened signing someone has entered in Arlong Park, and Arlong smirk even wider when he saw the person he hadn't seen for long has returned.

"Welcome home…Nami!" that's right, Nami is here in Arlong Park with Arlong and you all wondered what is she doing here or why is she here in the first place?

"You sure took you trip long! How was it?" Arlong asked.

"Quite productive, I managed tons! I can't believe there are so many suckers out there falling the simplest of tricks" Nami replied to him without fear as she walks up to him with a calm face and hold out a heavy bag filled with goods and Arlong laugh.

"You girl are cold-hearted and backstabber to others" he complimented to her and Nami smirk in return but deep down inside she was hurt by those words and the guilt in her heart increases.

"True" she replied motionlessly and Arlong laughed again.

"My Crew! Nami has returned it is time to celebrate for her return" and within seconds every Fish-Man burst out of hiding either from the pool or from behind door and all cheered for Nami's return like she's one of them and Nami just look like she wanted to shut them up and go to her room in the safety, but her legs glued to the spot and so she muster all her will power not to scream and put on her blank face as everyone cheers for her with a grieving heart.

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A small boat is sailing closely near to Arlong Park and in the small boat only has three men with bold attention to bust in Arlong Park…well, technically one of them wanted to bust in while the other two don't want to get themselves involve in this predicament.

Zoro looking calmly relax beside the frown on his face; he sat crossed legged, and his arms crossed resting on bandaged chest that tended by his friends as he placed his precious Wadō close to him because for him not only it's because it's his only weapon he had, it is also a treasure valued more than his own life.

Then all of a sudden a picture of his Captain appears in his mind, his mind it showing him her smiling face to him and how her eyes seem to sparkle like diamond when she smile as the wind playing with her hair causing it to wave like the ocean blue and it shines by the brightest sun creating a black halo glow and her complexion are as beautiful and flawless tempted to be touched by another bringing her small frame against his strong body fit together like puzzle, and heat inviting from within him, and a desire to kiss her unsullied lips.

Zoro choked and demolishes those impure thoughts; he could not believe he just did that! What kind man he is to think such…such corrupt notions he sounds like that pervy love Cook back in Baratie.

'What in the seven hell is wrong with me!? I can't think like that in time like this! I will not I repeat not to sink so low to think this way to my Captain; she's a Captain, and I'm her First Mate we are just friends nothing more nothing less' he said that to himself to scold himself and yet he can't deny it his resolution and his thought for Lara, it feels so right and so wrong at the same time; he groan as he wants to bash his head using his Wadō when his old ex-partner Johnny stutter next to him which he silently thankful for the distraction.

"W-We're finally here…Arlong Park!" Johnny look so scared that he almost shits himself and Usopp is no better than he is, he is terrified, scared, horrified, petrified, panicking, and anxious all at once. You can practically smell the fear all over him.

"This is it! The base that filled with bloodcurdling Fish-Man Pirate, Captain Arlong, conqueror of the East Blue" Usopp gulped as he eye at the towering building where Arlong resident inside probably in his own opinion doesn't want to be disturbed by anyone or otherwise you'll be killed.

"I heard he's ten times worse than that Krieg guy and undeniably powerful too! Is Nami really in there?" Usopp whined not really want to face that crazy Fish-Man dude and to get himself eaten.

"Firstly, if Big Sis Nami is really in there, then we should be able to spot the Going Merry. So we shall look for the ship first at the island before going after Big Sis Nami" Johnny suggest a logical solution.

"Y-Yes we should!" Usopp immediately agreed all keen up to Johnny's idea when Zoro has slammed the hilt of his covered blade for he had a better idea as stood up all his energy has returned and flick his white blade slightly open as the steel blade gleam by the sun.

"We bust in!" he commanded with no fear in his words which caused his two companions to go berserkers and look at him like he's a complete lunatic.

"WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU!?" Johnny screamed at him with his eyes popped out from his sunglasses and shows sign of extreme panic attack.

"YOU MORON! WE CAN'T CHARGE IN SO RECKLESSLY WE'LL BE KILLED BEFORE WE CAN EVEN GO IN THERE!" it was Usopp turn to get a panic attack.

"OUR OPPONENTS ARE SUPER POWERFUL FISH-MEN" Johnny exclaimed.

"AND BESIDES WE NEED TO PLAN OUT FIRST BEFORE WE DO ANYTHING WE REGRET" Usopp try to reason his heavily bandaged friend but Zoro didn't hear any of his friend's warnings as he turn his back on his with scowl.

"While the two of you are busy babbling and wimping out, I'm facing my thought on the battlefield we're about to face! Lara, told me to bring her back and I'll do just that!"

"THIS IS NOT TIME OR PLACE TO SMITTEN OVER LARA WHEN WE HAVE BIGGER ISSUE HERE!" Usopp screamed right through Zoro's right ear; he flinch and then blush in deep red as he in turn shouts back at him.

"YOU NIMROD! THIS ISN'T WHAT I'M AIMING FOR AND SHE'S MY CAPTIAN AND AS HER FIRST MATE I ATTEND TO FOLLOW HER ORDERS TILL THE EARTH STOP SPINNING AND MOREOVER THERE'S NOTHING GOING ON BETWEEN US, YOU GOT THAT LONG-NOSE?" Usopp flinch away like frighten cat like far away from a very scary Tiger.

Zoro quickly fight off the growing flush on his tan cheeks; he cursed at Usopp in his mind for coming up such conclusion, first he thought about how heavenly he thought he and Lara made his stomach had butterflies fluttering inside and thanks to Usopp it made it worse.

'Damn you, Usopp!'

"Right! Now enough whimpering and it's time to head to the battlefield" Zoro exclaimed, Johnny and Usopp look at Zoro like crazy man before they look at each other mumbling not good under their breath, so they decided to use drastic measure, they each of them draw out their hammer from out of nowhere as they sneak behind the unexpected Swordsman.

"All right, let's go!" after three words have spoken he was knocked out by two metal hammer and Zoro went to La-La land.

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Johnny and Usopp navigate their temp boat to sail to the other side of the Island to look for the stolen ship, Usopp used his binoculars to find his ship, and he whooped when he found her at last.

"I found her! It's the Going Merry right over there" Usopp pointed his finding while Johnny studying the map of this island.

"So Big Sis Nami is around here somewhere on this island" Johnny mumbled; meanwhile Zoro happened to wake up, and he is looking very livid, he would've love to strangle them right now if he wasn't tied up around the mast.

"What's the meaning of this!? Untie me, dammit!" but Johnny and Usopp didn't pay any attention to him they are focused on getting the Going Merry without getting into Fish-Men's wrath. Johnny showed his map to Usopp showing where the Arlong Park is, and Village called Cocoyashi Village right next to it.

"This part's to the East of Arlong Park is Cocoyashi Village, but what's weird about it is that Big Sis Nami anchored so far away from Arlong Park, I wonder why?" Johnny pondered over this as Zoro growls like an out-of-control animal.

"Untie me, dammit!" if he wasn't tied up right now he would seriously hurt those till every bone in their bodies is broken to piece, Usopp approached with grin he plastered on his face.

"Zoro, you have a deadly wound all over you" and then he indocility put his hand on his wounded chest making Zoro cringe with pain.

"So relax and let us do the rest for ya!" Usopp had added before he stood up with confident posture resulting Zoro scorn with increasing fury.

'One of these days I'm gonna skew him like a piece of meat!' while Zoro plan for revenge Usopp began to declare so bravely.

"Fear not, my friends! I will bring that woman back" and then he start to laugh boldly as he is sure to himself that he, Usopp the Brave Warrior of the Sea will rescue Nami like damsel in distress and Johnny didn't take him seriously it just made him look at the long-nosed man weirdly.

"You took everything in stride all because we're not in Arlong Park" he mumbled.

"Prepare anchor! Head toward to the Going Merry" Usopp ignored him as he took charge to save his precious ship.

"Aye!" Johnny replied as he is steering the ship.

"Now it's time for me to name my adventure to this uncharted island! The title will be…The Great Adventures of Captain Usopp" he said so courageously as the ship sail closer to Merry and then like snap of a finger his courage died out when he saw three Fish-Men on the port next to his ship guarding it, and he begin to cower like frighten cat as he quickly ducked on the floor, Johnny, who saw Usopp change of character he ducked and crawl to him till he's face to face.

"What's wrong? Everything okay" he asked; Usopp answer him by pointing him to the reason why he is scared shirtless, and Johnny looked to where Usopp pointing at and his jaw slack open as a cold shiver went to his spine.

"Fish-Man!" they are pale as ghosts and quickly getting rid of the idea of getting to their ship and getting Nami and change their course to escape route.

"Full speed ahead" Usopp whispered to Johnny telling to let's hightail out of here.

"Aye, Captain" and Johnny couldn't agree more as they steer their ship fast to get away before any of the Fish-Men spotted them, but Zoro decided to yell at this perfect time to file his protest.

"What the hell are you two doing? Why can't we dock here?" Usopp and Johnny shushed him before Usopp shoved his face at Zoro's and start yelling at his face in whisper tune.

"Are you fucking insane!? There are Fish-Men over there! We'll be dead meat if we get any closer to them so shut up or else they'll spot us" and Usopp got his nose smacked by Zoro's boots.

"Do not yell at me!" Zoro snarled.

"If Fish-Men are here then that's mean this entire island is under Arlong's control! So what now?" Johnny assumed right as he asked his question to Usopp since he's the most rational guy; Usopp sigh dramatically and spoke.

"We could say we couldn't get Nami back"

"UNTIE ME, YOU FOOLS!" after Zoro heard this that was his last nerve he need to get out of this so he can whack those guys and go save that witch like what Lara ordered them to do. Too bad Zoro's furious yell has caught the attention from three Fish-Men who were guarding the Going Merry are now looking at the escaping ship.

"Never seen this ship before!" the first Fish-Man with a huge jaw said.

"Kinda suspicious" the second one who resemble like an eel added while the third one stayed quiet, then the huge-jawed Fish-Man and the Eel-Man dived into the ocean to chase after the ship, Usopp and Johnny quickly notice them and they started to panic.

"Abandon ship!" said Usopp.

"Agreed" Johnny answered, but before they make their escape dive Zoro stopped them made them froze and pale as they forgot all about tied-up Zoro.

"Hold it right there! Untie me first, idiots!" but none of them move an inch as their eyes glued to at the upcoming Fish-Men are gaining their speeds, coming at them fast. Their bodies are frozen in fear as their crazy mind telling them to save Zoro…and then there's their cowardice side shouting at them to leave Zoro behind and save themselves from impending doom…so with hard thought they voted their cowardice side.

"Farewell" they abandon Zoro as the Swordsman gawk at his coward friends as he could not believe they dished him just like that.

"HEY! GET BACK HERE OR YOU'LL DIE!" he threaten them and the Fish-Men just leap out of the waters and look at Zoro like an idiot.

"There just this one guy!?"

"Maybe he just drifted here maybe far out or something" Zoro twitch at their words wishing he wasn't tied up right now.

"Yeah…right" Zoro growl.

'I'm gonna kill them I swear I'm gonna kill them' he's gonna make those two pay dearly for this.

"Or maybe his Crewmates left him on this ship to die" the Eel-Man guessed it right which made Zoro twitch worse.

"Either way, we need to take him to Arlong he'll know what to do with him" the huge jaw Fish-Man said as they begin to sail this ship to Arlong Park and once the ship is far enough Johnny and Usopp emerge from the waters.

"Forgive me, Zoro. I'll inform Lara that you were courageous to the bitter end" he starts to act dramatically as if Zoro sacrificed himself to save him, and Johnny and the sunglasses Swordsman shed animated tears to his Big Bro.

"You unfortunate soul! I'll never forget you, Big Bro" (I look at them with a scowl "are you guys for real" -.-;).

"Okay, now let's find us a land" he soon changes to cheerfulness to Johnny.

"Sure!" and they swim to dry land (I look at them as I sweat dropped, and I say "I rest my case").

"We made it! This place is called Gosa Village" Johnny said after he and Usopp made it to dry land but as soon as they climbed up to meet the Village in their eyes but choked and see in pure horror at the Gose Village.

How they wished that what they see right now is unreal and a nightmare…a one big fucked up nightmare, however, their eyes have never deceived them at the sight before them. All the houses in Gosa Village were literally flipped over by unknown force and giant steak hole is strewed across the earth like a scar and their big question is…who and what in the name of the East Blue could've done this?

"W-What happened to this place?" the trembling long-nosed Sniper asked and Johnny answered with dread.

"I heard that Arlong wrecked this place couple of weeks ago, but I never would've thought this…" Johnny has no words to say to such complete destruction.

"A-All the buildings are up upside-d-down! How can one Fish-Man" tremble and shudder in unexplainable terror.

"The strength of the Fish-man is ten times stronger than a normal man! I guess this is the kind of strength you will see from the Grand Line" Johnny exclaim with dreaded fear of Arlong and the terrifying Grand Line; Usopp paled and choked from hearing Johnny's tale of Arlong's crazy powers and his mind raced of escaping and never come back.

"Maybe but still how did the road turn out this way?" Usopp asked as he put on his thinking pose to figure it out; Johnny was about to answer when he a big scary Fish-man coming this way that the sun-glasses Bounty Hunter got spooked out and run away abandoning Usopp in process and the Fish-Man appeared behind Usopp is the same Fish-Man who got Zoro the one with a big jaw and he answer it to him.

"The one who caused this destruction is a Monster name Mohmoo"

"A Monster!?" Usopp sweated in a cold sweat when he listen to Johnny's answers.

"They brought a Monster here too?"

"That's right! We got him from the Grand Line"

"Grand Line, huh…wait a minute!?" now Usopp realized that something is amiss Johnny's voice wasn't that deep and whoever that guy answered him he said the word "we", he's afraid to look back, but his damn curiosity got the better of him.

"Did you just say, "we"…AHHHHHHH!" when Usopp turned around and right before is the same Fish-Man who captured Zoro.

"You must be a friend from the guy who drifted here!" the Fish-Man brought his strong arms down to grab the skinny human, but only the said human escaped and made a run for it with speed of light.

"HEY! COME BACK HERE!"

"GO AWAY"

From behind an upside-down building Johnny had hid himself before the Fish-Man can capture him too, he let out a sigh of relief when he saw him gone chasing after Usopp, and he didn't feel any slight regret of leaving him instead he said with encouragement.

"Do your best, Big Bro Usopp! I'll wait here for Lil Sis Lara and Yosaku to come" (I look at him blankly "such devotion" -.-;).

Anyway, back to the cat and mouse chase Usopp may not have a super strength like the Fish-Man but he got the speed of cowardliness that surpass the cheetah.

"HAHA! You can catch me on dry land, Merman! I'm way faster than you! You can't catch me" he keeps mocking the Fish-Man that he didn't see a foot come out of nowhere and Usopp tripped and landed roughly on the ground with his face to cushion his fall.

"What the!? Who did that?" when Usopp turns around he found a sword edging too closely to his nose, he twitch by the sharp looking object and look up at the owner of this sword, and he was surprised when he saw a bruised boy who looks about the same age as Onion, Carrot, and Pepper, with brown hair, and round eyes. He wears a green beanie, and an orange jacket.

"I have you now, Fish-Man! I'll kill you now to avenge my Father's death" then the boy jumped up high and dive down with the sword pointed to Usopp's heart as the Sniper screamed as his life flashes before his eyes and tears streaming down on his face but thankfully he was saved by a woman with short-length light blue hair by hitting the boy on the head pretty hard that made Usopp wince and feeling sorry for the kid, and then the woman kneel down next to the weeping boy, putting her arms around in a protective manner as she's glaring down at Usopp with heated disgust.

"How many times do I have to tell you, Chabo? If one person decided to stand up and fight those Fish-Men, they will obliterate in seconds without a second thought" the beautiful woman with light blue hair and her right arm and chest are heavily tattooed. Then the woman look at Usopp up-close and notices that he doesn't have gills or fins and he look human…well, more or less.

"Huh? Wait a minute, you're not a Fish-Man you're a human…well, mostly" she commented because of abnormal long nose and skinny body and Usopp responded to her by yelling at her for her rudeness.

"HEY!? WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY MOSTLY!?" after his little rage fiasco that he forgotten all about that Fish-Man that is chasing him, and he's getting closer.

"Wait till I get my hands on you, you bastard!"

"Oh no! He's coming" Usopp panicked with Chabo and the blue-haired woman tensed at the Fish-Man.

"It's the Fish-Man!" the boy wearing beanie exclaimed in fright.

"This time is the real thing" said woman, the Fish-Man look every narrow lane to find the long-nosed human and pound him to the ground. Usopp embrace sudden bravery pull out his trusty slingshot and aim at the unexpected Fish-Man with heavy determination.

""Stay back! I'll handle this!" he said as he stepped forward as he acted his body as a shield to protect the citizen, once the Fish-Man is on shooting-range he pulls out the string from the slingshot ready to fire.

"I, Captain Usopp, will protect you! If it's just one foe, I can do something about it. Here's my special attack! Lead Star!" before Usopp can release it or why did it happen when very hard metal whacked him delivering him to blackout, he fell down on a heap of hard soil with a funny look on his face with nasty-looking bump on his head. The tattooed woman was the one responsible of giving Usopp a good blow using her hammer while the boy stayed quiet and shocked at the scene.

"Everyone's are such idiots! I told him not to mess with them, and now he suddenly wants to be a hero" she mumbled at the stupid unconscious man.

"C'mon, Chabo" she told the boy as she gives him her hammer and drags Usopp by the legs, once she hid him she started to scream getting the Fish-Man's attention.

"What's wrong?"

"There's a creepy man with long nose"

"Which way did he go?"

"This way" she pointed the direction and the Fish-Man went off running, once she saw him gone she went to Usopp's side with Chabo.

"Hurry! We have to take him to my place before other Fish-Men find him"

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Meanwhile, at the gate of Arlong Park, a small boat where it used to be sailed with Usopp and Johnny is now in hand of Arlong's Crews with Zoro as their hostage. They stand before the giant gate before one of them spoke.

"Open the gate! We have a prisoner!" with those magic words, the gate to Arlong Park has open in loud clang and the boat sail right through to the pool that's linked to the outer ocean and Zoro took the time to glance around him, he counted several Fish-Men who are all staring at him with evil glee and grinning gleefully too, his hard steel eyes landed on the Fish-Man who sit on the chair whom he guessed is the leader, and he look and appear strong just by the looks of it, his skin look rough, his teeth look sharp enough to tear a rock apart, and his nose that looks like a saw can act like small dagger that could kill anyone, if they don't dodge it in the right time.

The stolen boat halted as the two Fish-Men lift Zoro from sitting position and put him right before Arlong, who looks down on him with man grin on his face but Zoro is not afraid in the slightest.

Several minutes has pass since Zoro has brought in, integrating him, make him spill the beans is to why is he here in the first place and Zoro has answered to him the same answer and Arlong is losing his patience.

"I'll ask you once more…what's your purpose here?" he asked showing his irritation on both of his tone and face with glare of the dead to add.

"Like I said before, I'm looking for a woman, you half-wit bastard!" Zoro answered with irritation that the match with Arlong and glare too, Arlong snorted and said.

"Oh, for someone I consider a good meal. Either you really stupid, or you have a lot of guts in there!" and then he start telling about him and his Crew with great pride.

"We Fish-Men are simply the next run-up evolutionary ladder from your pathetic humans. We are incredibly resilient; we can both breathe on land and under water, and the inability which clearly establish our physical superiority over you" Arlong show to Zoro that no matter whom he up against nothing could beat the Fish-Men.

"I don't know if this makes any sense to that puny brain rolling down in your head, but Fish-Men are the lords of all creatures who ever defies against us is to defy nature" thus he ends his lecture which Zoro is grateful for that if he hears another round of theory about Fish-Men he'll slice his ears off using his Wadō , then another voice he heard that doesn't belong to a Fish-Man or a man at all, in fact, it sounded feminine and very familiar.

"You know; your little theory is getting really boring" Zoro looked up to see who it was, and he choked as his eyes widen in utter disbelief of what he saw.

"Why are you always so serious, Nami? You know as well as I do that I wasn't talking about you. You are very special human, a greatest Navigator, and value member of this Crew you always have been" Arlong sweet talk to his special Navigator showing her that she is truly valuable, and irreplaceable member of his Crew, but Nami isn't flattered.

"Our brain compositions are different so I'm a lot smarter than any of you that's for sure" her reply were cold and before Arlong can say anything Zoro spoke.

"Why did he call you his Navigator, Nami? You can't obviously expect me to believe that you work for him, do you?" he didn't want to believe what he's seeing that Nami…that she-devil is with him. Arlong who notices what's going on asked.

"Hold on! Is he a friend of yours, Nami?"

"Don't be ridicules, he is just another fool who thought I wasn't going to steal all of his treasure right out from under his nose" Nami replied with mocking tone as she walked toward him and bend down on her knees till she reaches his eye-level.

"To think he actually followed me here without knowing that…it shows how stupid he is" she mocked him with the little devil smirk on her face and it causes Zoro to give her his coldest glare he can muster.

"So this is what you've been after all this time and here I thought that you hate Pirates"

"You thought wrong! It was all in the act, and you bought the whole show!" her face is twisted, and her smirk is still on her pretty face and then she showed Zoro something on her shoulder and he cringed of what he saw, a Pirate mark…Arlong's Pirate mark just like the one on the flag.

"No! That's…"

"That's right, I'm a Pirate plain and simple and a Navigator for Arlong" the way she said has made Zoro wished he wasn't tied up right now he would've choked her right here and now, not she betrayed him, she betrayed Lara her Captain the person who saved her life from Buggy the Pirate, and this is her idea of showing gratitude to her.

Betrayal, treachery, disloyalty is an unforgivable sin in this era, and that's witch has topped it all.

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Back to Lara, Yosaku, and Sanji they are dining peacefully, and they are in heavenly bliss, Sanji's food are like nothing they have ever eaten, those Restaurants they dined in couldn't compare the exquisite taste, the flavors are to die for, and once the food is in plates and place one look at it, and you could say it's a work of art done by Sanji the Cook.

As they eat the best meal and the finest of wines before they reach their destination, however, the peace is broken to Lara when she hear the distant sound coming from below that, not of her two men hear. But she can hear it so clearly, and it's coming from under water and it keep repeating the same exact word.

"Good~" the one word sound husky and hungry then she looks down at the plate filled with wondrous food and it all clicked together.

"Hey! Did you hear that?" Lara looks up quickly when Sanji spoke and alerting Yosaku's feeding time; he walk over to the edge and look over the water surface with a blank look.

"There's something down there, and it looks big!" he mumbled but loud enough for them to hear, and then there's this booming sound, and it clearly made Yosaku jump and look around franticly and Lara she wait patiently for it to come out as she remains calm.

A shadow had formed from under the water surface as Sanji tries to make out on what form of a Monster they will face and he soon got his answer as the Monster from beneath the surface has emerged and revealing to them. Yosaku screamed in utter terror, and Lara looks up with wide eyes of curiosity and Sanji look up in surprise. The Monster who made the mooing sound had turn out to be whom they are not expecting to see in the East Blue but here it is the monstrous carnivore of the sea is…a Giant Sea Cow.

"AHHHHH! A SEA KING!" he yelled as he cries in fear that they'll the beast's next lunch while Sanji look at him confusedly.

"Wait, is that a Cow or a Hippo?" Sanji asked as he try to make out this Monster.

"Who cares what species it is? What's it doing here in the East Blue!?" his eyes filled with panic at the Monster of Hell, he knows for sure where this creature live but why is here?

"This kind of Monster should be in the Grand Line not here!" no one answered him because Sanji is too busy to figure out if this one a Cow but Cow don't swim but if it's a Hippo, Hippo can swim but this one have horns and nose ring, so he's in a puddle. As for Lara she looks at him like she got the best present she could ever wish for, her eyes filled with bubble of happiness and grin to surpass every grin they've know.

The Monster look at the boat with big round eyes itching closer and moo so loud and happily like he found a hidden treasure. Yosaku look at what the Monster is looking at and his horror increase when he sees the food then at the Monster then at the food, and it clicked he must've swam all the way here because he smells the food.

"He's eyeing the food!" Yosaku point at the food.

"Let's give it to him before it sinks the ship" he quickly proposed the idea before it sink them to a watery grave and Yosaku got a nasty roundhouse kick from the Straw-Hat's new Cook Sanji whom he delivered Yosaku a bloody pulp, the Swordsman skid across the deck till his head smacked at the wall; he groan in excoriating pain; his face has foot print right on the side of his face and number of teeth has lost from fatal kick which it was unexpected.

"Don't you ever dare suggest that again, understand?" Yosaku cringed at the devil-like glare almost made him shit himself.

"This food…I put my heart and soul into this and turned into work of art…this fine cuisine are meant for those who deserve to eat such delicacy" and then he put his cigarette between his lips, lightening it with his lighter as he inhale the sweet smoke and pose so epically.

"And the one who truly deserve my food of art is…Lara-Sama~" if Yosaku wasn't in his pitiful state he would've fell on the floor, and sweat dropped at the Cook's senseless idiocy.

"And you!" and then Sanji turn himself around and face the Sea King as he glares.

"Will not take my Angel's luxurious food from her that I personally made for her~" and then he jumped off the boat and give the Sea Cow a kick on the side of his face, the Cow Monster moo as his eyes went glossy after the hit, he fell so slowly and hit back to the waters where he emerged. Sanji landed back on the boat gracefully and muttered weak at the beast but what he doesn't know that Lara still has the same grin from before but the look on her eyes they are as dead as stale oysters.

However, the Sea Cow came back again, and he went berserk as it snarl at the blond Cook for hurting him.

"Heh! You want some more, punk! Well, there's more where that came fro…" Sanji was cut off when he was collided by powerful fist from Lara hurling him to where Yosaku lay; he crashed landed and fell right next to the panicked Yosaku. Lara is clearly seething with raw fury as she looked down on them and said with venom in her words.

"Don't you dare hurt this poor baby!" after that Yosaku could say he had the shock of his life. Why in seven heavens names did she say to the Sea King of the Grand Line who could devour them in one swallow a poor baby!?

"Poor baby!? Lil Sis? But it"

"He!"

"Huh?"

"Not it! HE!" and with that she turn around and walk toward the creature and cupped his snout as she caresses him with one hand.

"Aw! You poor baby~ did that mean ol' Sanji hurt you?" the crying Cow mooed as a yes.

"Lara~Sama~" he mumbled and regretted when the pain return.

"Be quiet! Mean Sanji, for hurting this poor baby all because he just wanted food he was really hungry, and you go and beat him up, you're awful" after she said Sanji is reduced into tears.

"Serves you right, bastard" Yosaku mumbled under his breath making sure no one can hear him what he said while attend the Sea Cow.

"You must be starved after swimming all this way, hm?" she smiled sweetly to him and the Cow mooed at the mention of food. Without a minute to spare she sprinted to the dining table and grabbed a plate with a chunk of meat on it and the Sea Cow start to clap his front fins in happy delight for him about to get his meal and from a pretty girl too.

"Say 'ahh'!" and then she flung the meat to the Cow's open jaw and clapped it shut and moo as he savor the juicy meat and after he gulped and mooed again for more and Lara is happy to give, in the background Yosaku and Sanji watch in amazement as the Grand Lane's most fear Monster is acting like an overgrown puppy.

"Uh! Where did the love come from?" Yosaku asked out of the blue as he watches.

"Lara is so compassionate~" Sanji slurred even though he's in pain he still emits floating hearts as he gazes at Lara lovingly while the red lass is smiling happily as she feeds the Sea King.

"By the way, what's your name?"

"MOO!"

"Mohmoo, huh! That's a cute name"

A peaceful afternoon sun glaze over the beautiful Tangerine garden, all looking healthy and delicious just by gazing at them with bird twittering to add a relaxing atmosphere.

And right next to the Tangerine garden is house simple but cozy, inside of this small house a familiar girl with blue hair is making tea for her and the unconscious long-nosed man lying on the floor sleeping after she whacked him. Then the long-nosed man woke up in surprise and looked around in unfamiliarly surrounding as he tries to figure out where he is while she pours her tea and her guest.

"Where where am I?" Usopp asked.

"You're in my house!" Usopp startled and quickly turn around to see it was the same girl from before who hit his head.

"Sleep well?" The girl smirked haughtily.

"You're…who are you?"

"I'm Nojiko, I plant Tangerines here in my backyard. You want one?" she earned an angry growl from Usopp.

"What's the big idea!? Hitting me on my head while I was trying to save you!" the nerve of that girl. Nojiko snorted and push the cup of tea to Usopp.

"I'm the one who saved you!" when she said that it made Usopp raise his eyebrow in question.

"If you went there and stood up to that Fish-Man you would be killed in instant, stupid outsider!" she added clearly annoyed that the man was stupid enough to go a Fish-Man whose a hundred time stronger than him. I mean look at him he would've squeezed him like a grape. Usopp stood and listens as he ignores her insult; it's clearly there's something going on here in this Village and this girl, Nojiko might provide the answer it needs that might concern about Nami and report to Lara and the others, as well. He took his seat next to her as he waits for her to talk; Nojiko rested her face on the palm of her hand as she proceeds.

"Outsiders don't know anything about what's going on around here" as she said she didn't look at Usopp but something across the table, Usopp look where she's staring at and again surprise to see with beanie hat is the same kid he was trying to save too, he's sitting with a cup of tea still untouched and on the verge of tears while his eyes glued to the ground beneath him, not to dare to stare at anyone of them. Nojiko looking board at Chabo and spoke.

"You're kid from Gosa Village, the neighbor Town, aren't you? You should know well enough that you'd get killed if you fought one of them. More than well enough" she softly scolded at the fidgeting boy as she waits for him to explain himself why he recklessly risked his life like that till Chabo spoke.

"I know, I know, but…they were the one who killed my Dad" then his eyes flashed with hatred at the Fish-Man who took everything from him.

"They robbed everything, destroyed the Village, and killed many people I hold dear to me! I'll never forgive them! No matter what happen, I will never forgive them for what they done!" he spat at his last words of vile hatred at those heartless Fish-Men but one Fish-Man who wish him die by his own hands is Arlong, the wicked Arlong, who took his Dad, his friends, and his life to satisfy his greed, but no matter how much he steal from them he still hunger for more and more. And he will avenge for his loved one for what that monster has done.

"So, I headed to Arlong Park but…some woman of the gang blocked me off" He remembered that ginger-haired woman smacked him with her stick and left him there never exact his revenge, and when he remembered his fail attempt to avenge for his Dad and loved one he let his tears fall from his eyes, sobbing and sniffing never stopping as more tears run down on his face. Usopp listens to the boy's sad tale, feeling sorry for the poor boy to lose his family at such young age; it just terrible as he quietly sip his tea. As of Nojiko, no one notice her when she twitch when Chabo mention of a woman and quickly hide it before anyone notice it.

"She's an evil witch! It was mortifying! I'll have my revenge for my Dad and everyone, even if it meant die trying" he ended showing that he truly means it what he said to kill Arlong and everyone for his Dad and his friends and make them pay. Usopp is impressed by the boy's resolve as he slowly sip his tea and before he can swallow the warm liquid when Nojiko said.

"Then go drop dead then!" it was unexpected that Usopp spit his tea upward making look like a fountain and he look at the woman in disbelief. He couldn't believe what he's hearing, does this woman usually this cold-hearted especially to a kid who's been through so much and she go and say "drop dead" what the fuck kind moral support is this?! Chabo is as shocked as Usopp when she said it, but Nojiko wasn't done with him yet.

"If you truly meant to die then go and do so…but you had better understand, boy. I stopped you! And this witch you hate kept you from carrying out your revenge" her cold words had made a revelation on Chabo that made him tremble.

"So far you cheated death twice! Do you think by avenging your Father's death will bring him back? Do you believe your friends will rest in peace? No, you're Father and your friends would've want you to live your life not wasting away after they risked their life for you. And once more there are still people who care about you…so if you die your revenge will be worthless" thus ending this conversation that she don't want to repeat again and Chabo tremble even more after her words, all his effort and throwing his life away wasn't worth it, as there were people who cared for him are still alive and probably worried where he had gone. How stupid of him to think that. Usopp looks at Nojiko then Chabo and then Nojiko as he repeats her words of cruel wisdom had made him aware that revenge is not worth anything but still; she doesn't have to say those harsh things to a kid. Nojiko watch the boy for some time before she stood up to go pour more tea for herself.

"Drink your tea and leave"

Hey, don't you think that's too harsh for the kid?" she stopped and twirl around to glare at the stupid outsider.

"Kid or not, if he really wants to die, why not let him? He doesn't have enough will to live in these harsh times!" she shouts.

"What are you try to say?" Usopp didn't understand why her saying those thing; then Nojiko turned her face away and spoke in a gentler tone.

"I always look to the future…I know of a child who chose to live who lives a lifestyle that is more painful than death. That's why I hate people who simply want to go off and die like this kid here! It is nothing but a coward's plan" every word she broke out is too much for Chabo to take because there all true. He should be ashamed of himself as tears of hot guilt burn his flesh.

"What…what should I do now?" Usopp and Nojiko turned around when the boy asked.

"I can't this feeling anymore! What should I do?" he sniffed and wept and not knowing what will he do after this whole revenge thing moved out. Nojiko's cold face turning softer and said.

"Your Mother?" its direct question.

"She's alive!" Nojiko smiled to hear.

"She probably worried sick now, go home!"

"…Yeah" after drinking his tea and left to return home he felt his body weightless and at peace as walk back home where his Mother is waiting.

Nojiko stare the boy through the window with frown of worry, after hearing the boy's story about the Witch she immediately knew whom he was referring to and she repressed her emotion under control she doesn't want to risk losing it all after getting this far. She feels shudder under her skin. Behind her Usopp still hold his smile on his tan face as he is gazing at the girl, he almost going to judge this girl as cold-hearted for talking harshly to the boy but soon after she turn out to be quite sweet.

"You're real nice gal…even though you got tattoos." He complimented…("I think?" I said).

Once he said resulting Nojiko to snap his thought and look over at Usopp with narrow eyed.

"Piss off!" then she turns around fully to Usopp.

"Speaking of which, I still don't know who you are." She shadily asked.

"O-Oh Right! Sorry" Usopp quickly apologized for not introducing himself before he compose himself with a look of seriousness.

"My name's Captain Usopp" once again he chose to lie.

"And I'm looking for a girl called Nami." Once he said Nami's name Nojiko look at him with surprise.

"Nami?" and then Usopp notice it right away from Nojiko finally getting somewhere and probably help find Nami fast.

"You know her?" Nojiko study this Usopp character with a steady gaze; she guessed that he's one of her suckers. So she'll settle with cold hard truth that he needed to hear.

"Yes, I know her. As matter of the fact everyone in, whole Village knows of her." She said.

"Wait a minute! What do, you mean?" Usopp asked not quite grasp the whole thing, why is Nami is known in this Village? Nojiko looks at Usopp blankly and said.

"It's because Nami…is part of Arlong Pirate!" that when Usopp's mind went overload.

"WHAT!? NAMI IS PART OF ARLONG'S CREW!?"

"Of course" she said as the most logical thing as Usopp's lips hang open.

"She is the Witch of Cocoyashi Village that the kid was talking about." She said as she put down her empty cup and watch in silent amusement at the shocked man seeing his tan skin turns pale.

"And yes, there's another surprise. This, is a place where the Witch was raised." She said and walk up to the small table and on it a table lamp and small picture frame. Usopp twists his neck at her direction as her back facing Usopp. Nojiko picked up the picture frame, and she places a small smile on her pretty face while Usopp is not looking.

"And moreover, me and Nami are foster sisters" Usopp choked his own saliva at the new information he got from Nojiko, he then notices the house he was nursed in is not just Nojiko's house it's Nami and Nojiko's house, he's in Nami and his foster sister's house, what are the odds. But that doesn't make sense if Nami was raised here, has a sister, then why is she away from her home, stealing treasures from Pirates? And why did she join Lara's crew if she's already crewed with Arlong Pirates?

"Both Nami and I were orphans." Usopp look at Nojiko didn't move from her spot as she keep staring at the picture. In that picture away from Usopp's eyesight is a picture of younger Nami and Nojiko looking happy and carefree and in the middle between two girls is a tall woman with red-violet hair, style uniquely Mohawk style.

Nojiko's eyes looking longingly at the picture with her heart tug painfully inside her.

"We grew up here" she spoke again.

"Though our foster Mother who raised us has died, the three of us used to live happily, here in a Cocoyashi Village." She ended.

Usopp could not believe it. Did Nami go so far to betray her own Mother, her sister, and her people for what? For the treasures jewels, gold. Is that what this woman care about rather than what people had felt? Nojiko must've been hurt by that then she feels scrape on the table, he look down to see from under his palm of his hand, he removed his hand and look to see a small boat well drawn and compass carved on the wooden table done by a child and he already know it was Nami who draws this. Just thinking about Nami made his blood boil.

"So you're saying that Nami betrayed and abandoned you, your Mother, and her Village just to join Arlong's Crew" after Usopp exclaimed Nojiko flinch at his statement before she relaxes and put down the picture frame.

"Yup, that's about right. Isn't she a Witch?" Usopp didn't pay attention to how her voice like she's choking up. Usopp sat down and gritted his teeth.

"Damn! Nami is a total Witch, she had us completely fooled by the entire time! To think she was after the treasure all for herself! Even after she risked her life to save my Village." he recalled how Nami fought with Usopp side by side to hold off the invading Pirates from getting in his Village and for Lara and Zoro to come and fight them. To think Nami is one of them, one of the Straw-Hat Pirates, she laughed with them like good pals enjoying the thrill of the adventure together and had amazing girl time with Lara too.

How will he explain to Lara after she gets here? Will she be heartbroken once she hear the news and he know she won't like it and after she hears what Nami what will she do then? The only option is to find a better Navigator a loyal Navigator to boot. But Lara doesn't want anyone else but Nami as her Navigator. He cursed in his head at the terrible predicament and generally confused.

"I still don't understand…I remembered she look so happy as if she was enjoying herself on the ship with us!" said Usopp getting Nojiko to glance at him with a smirk.

"Enjoying herself? Her?" and again Usopp didn't notice how relieved she sounded when he spoke about Nami.

"Now we came here to get her back with us, but now it's pointless." Then Usopp became rigid and gasp in realization getting Nojiko confuse.

Usopp can hear in his head a ringing alarm when he mention the word 'we'. And he was stupid that he totally forgot about Zoro. He left Zoro there with Arlong and Nami all by himself. He slowly turn and face Nojiko and said.

"I just remembered that shipmate of mine is taken prisoner by the Fish-Men before we got here!" a high red alert ringing in his head as his body recoil into agonizing dread that he left Zoro all alone and with the story from Nojiko he has heard he is in worse trouble than before.

"Oh man, I'm in trouble. I hope he's okay I hope he's a least not dead." He weep and pray that Zoro is okay, Zoro is strong he can take care of himself but if he's not then he'll probably going to haunt him as a ghost for abandoning him with the Fish-Men… he hopes not.

Back in Arlong Park, Zoro tied up and glaring deadly daggers at Nami the traitor while she has the nerve to laugh to his dismay.

"Now you're getting it. From the beginning, I've only been using you. You guys aren't too shabby at fighting. But the boy, you guys are a bunch of suckers" Nami exclaimed and Arlong laugh loud.

"She sure got you guys blindly deceived." He ceases his laughter as he throws mocking grin.

"She can even forget her Mother's death for the sake of money. This woman's a cold-blooded Witch." At the mention of her Mother, her entire smug demeanor turn into pale horror as if she's reminiscing her horrifying past, her eyes went glossy, and all she sees is the blood.

No one notices her except Zoro, he looked at her and saw her froze could only mean that maybe there's hope in Nami after all but he need to be sure if he's right.

"If I were you I would admit defeat and forget all about her." Arlong's voice rings through before Zoro smirk shrewdly.

"Heh, I don't need to." Nami snap out of her inner turmoil and look down at the smirking Swordsman in surprise with equal surprise from the Fish-Men.

"I never trusted her in the first place. I wouldn't be surprised if she was a murderer even." Zoro said getting Nami fired up with fury.

"Then why did you come after me? No, don't answer that why don't you just leave. I'm getting sick just by looking at your face." She spat angrily, but Zoro can tell underneath those words she used are a lie.

Then to Nami's surprise Zoro smirked at her, and she immediately knows that smirk after spending time with him, this smirk that he'll do something stupid and dangerous and life-threatening.

Nami, Arlong, and the Fish-Men gasped when the smirking green-haired Swordsman pushed himself backward and fell into the pool behind him, with his hands tied behind his back he drown like a rock. The Fish-Men were confused at the strange algae-head of a human till one of them broke the silence.

"Uh, could someone tell me, why that guy jumped in the water?" he dumbly asked.

"Maybe he's trying to escape" then another Fish-Man answered rather stupidly.

"What are you? An idiot. His hands and legs are tied; it's more to me like attempt of suicide."

As they whisper among each other Nami look at the pool where Zoro dived in with a look of fear and shock on her pretty face. She cannot figure out why this stupid Swordsman would do something so reckless that would kill him in the end and with a fearless face. He's crazy that all she thinks but now she's in the moral dilemma here, if he stands there any longer Zoro will die in suffocation along with his dream but if she saved him she be in trouble with Arlong.

"Tsk, leave him. He's nothing but a pest," said Arlong looking unamused.

Nami feels everything around her is spinning and spinning as her heart hammered in her chest painfully, if she doesn't save Zoro he'll die but if she saved him it'll rise up a demolition from Arlong and his Crew and destroy everything she worked with every sweat she spent; she sacrificed her blood to achieve her goal, she paid her soul to Arlong just to get what she wanted the most. But she'll be no better than those blood-thirsty Pirates like Arlong. She bit her lower lip and cursed before she took off her sandals and quick like the wind she dive in to save this idiot.

Then silence overwhelmed them again as they shudder their breath as Arlong growl lowly while the two Arlong's strongest Fish-Men stood on each side look at each other questioning on why Nami dive in after the green-haired human. Not a minute later, Nami emerge from the water and lift the heavy man up on the edge of the pool as they both try to catch their breath.

Mummers were heard all pointing at Nami and questioning why did she risked her life for him and Nami is thankful Arlong's men are dumb as a rock. Then she turns to glare at Zoro and spoke.

"What do you think you're doing?" she whispered loud enough for only Zoro to hear. Zoro coughed before he answers.

"I think the better question is…what you think you're doing?" he said before he turns to face her with a smirk that he was right.

"You're just a nice girl who can't stand to see one guy die. Why don't you quit pretending already?" Nami flinched for not only Zoro had looked right through her act but he will endanger her plan that she almost on the verge of getting it.

"And you might want to jump in much quicker next time I thought I was a goner." He said before Nami shove her foot on his back and yelled in pain.

"You bastard!" she cursed and lift him up to make him face her.

"Do that again, and I'll make sure you die!" she exclaimed earn a chuckle from Zoro.

"I wonder about that." he messes with her earning him an angry hiss from Nami. Nami finally noticed the heavy bandages around his torso.

"Wonderful bandage you got there."

"I can't afford new clothes. I grab one of these so you won't get distracted." He joked earning a punch in the gut before he fell.

She looks down on him as he stifles to yell from agonizing pain before she walked away from him to Arlong, who he still sat on his chair.

"What are you going to do with him, Nami?"

"Lock him up, I'll take care of him later." Before Arlong could further question her when one of his Fish-Man whom we all know, it's the same Fish-Man who was chasing Usopp.

"Arlong! Arlong!"

"What is it?"

"Forgive me," then he jabbed his thumb at Zoro.

"This guy didn't come here alone, there was another long-nosed weird looking guy with him but he got away." When he mentions the long-nosed Nami tense, and now she has two idiots on this island, things have gone from better to perfect. And when Zoro heard about Usopp he growled.

'That idiot! First you abandoned me, and now you got yourself into trouble.' Zoro thought angrily.

"I think he fled into Cocoyashi Village, but…" that he said and know.

"Cocoyashi Village?" Arlong said and snicker darkly.

"Perfect, now I have two reason to go." While Arlong doesn't realize that Nami is giving him a hateful glare, and her hands clenched into fists, burying her nails to her palms.

Come men, let's pay them a visit." The crowd cheer, Arlong, chooses huge number of his men to take him while he leaves the rest to guard the Swordsman.

Nami the Witch shroud with mystery and secret goal to accomplish, her loyalty to Arlong is confusing when she saved the life of Zoro. So whose side is she on? What she try to achieve from Arlong and his gang? For all, we know that Zoro is right about one thing…Nami is worse than trouble, she's pure-blooded witch

In the ghost like town of Cocoyashi Village, the solitude of Village's street is grim than a graveyard, no person can happily walk out and enjoy their day while Arlong and his goons are still ruling their island with bloodshed and endless cry of grief.

They miss the good old days, where they are free and enjoying their lives peacefully with no care and trouble. Since Arlong came to Cocoyashi he stole more than their money, he stole their freedom, peace, and their lives they once knew

Yes, they fear Arlong because of his strength and his cruelty, but no one give up their hope because Arlong's rules will come to an end. The citizens are waiting, waiting for one moment a moment where they can fight back and take everything he stole, but for now they wait long-sufferingly, just as they wait ten years.

In the middle of the Village, single man sat on round wooden chair with umbrella in the middle, shielding him from the sun, he has various slash scars going from head to toe, and he has a pinwheel stuck in his hat, spinning by the wind. He sat there silent and in forlorn, when a man come running to him with dreaded look on his face.

"Hey! Arlong's coming." That made the scarred man flinch and look up, and few of men who were inside their houses came out when they hear the man's siren.

"What?!" the scarred man exclaimed.

"I don't understand? We paid the tribute so why are they coming?" one citizen spoke. Then pinwheel stop spinning as sign of something bad about to happen, then the scarred man spoke up.

"Maybe he's coming to punish me for hiding the weapons." That could be one reason; then he look up to his people.

"Everyone, hurry into your homes and protect what most important." He said.

"Genzo…"

"Look, here's they are!" the dashingly did what Genzo told them and then they barricade the doors and windows just in case, then they watch from the window to see what's going to happen.

They watch in anxiety and intensity as the Fish-Men walk toward Genzo the pinwheel man; they are all confused is to why is he here after they paid their tribute to Arlong an hour ago. Whatever his reason he come here it won't be any good.

Arlong look down at Genzo like bug ready to be crushed into a puddle with his foot, but, for now he matter to deal with.

"Well well, if isn't the fool that had a horde of weapon. Do you actually believe you can hide weapons on my island?" Arlong smirked.

"Yep, that's me. I'm a collector, is there a new law that forbid us from having hobbies now as well?" Genzo sigh before he glare at Arlong under his hat.

"What's next? Ban us from reading books and can't play with our children?" he said with bitter mockery.

"You know very well enough that weapons are not allowed on my island, it'll only draw evil and violence. It's main factor of disturbing the peace." Genzo scoffed at Arlong's word of peace as his glare intensifies wishing he could burn him, turning him into fried fish. While Arlong and Genzo are chatting heatedly they didn't know they were been watched and listened by Nojiko and Usopp, each of them hiding behind a building and Usopp looking ready to pass out when he saw Arlong for the first time.

"That's Arlong! He's huge! He nowhere near human." Usopp panicked.

"Nope, he's a Fish-Man." Nojiko replied as they listen.

"I've got twenty Villages and Towns under my control, Rebels are the pain in the butt. As respectful ruler, I destroyed Gosa Village as a warning. The fact they failed to pay their tributes was an indication of rebellion." Usopp sink those information in his brain like sponge as he listens but one question came to him is a tribute. Nojiko is only person is with him asked her a question.

"Say, what's a tribute?"

"It's just like he said; its money offered to them. Every month, we have to pay our money to buy our own lives…whether it be adults or children. If anyone can't afford to pay the tribute, even if there's only one, the price is their Village will be wrecked like Gosa's." she ended causing Usopp to choke his own tongue when he remembered he saw the destroyed Village when he and Johnny first arrived here.

"That…Town was turned over just because of one person couldn't pay the tribute?"

"That's how Arlong does things." Suddenly, Nojiko become woeful at the state of what's happening and how they live their life.

"They are racists who don't give a damn about killing and toying with human lives." It pains her so much, the devastation they live in. They silence when they hear Arlong spoke again.

"You low-life humans should just think of nothing but ways of offering the money to me. I need lots of funds. The tribute that you offer will be the very foundation of the Arlong Empire which will dominate all East Blue!" Arlong cried out of his plan.

Now Usopp really choked his tongue, after hearing Arlong's master plan. This is far worse than he imagined to be, if this his reason for the tribute then the East Blue is doomed if Arlong rule the sea.

"They're planning to take over the entire East Blue! If that's happen then they'll be no one to stop him!" Usopp quiver as he imagines Arlong enslaving humans, ripping their freedom and devoting their entire being to the Arlong Empire. If Lara doesn't get here soon, who knows what will happen.

Back with Zoro, still being tied up and in jail held by the Fish-Men and not worried at all. He just looks calm as the sea; nothing to freak out and remain waiting for his Captain and the rest to come and crash the party like Lara usually do.

Then the calm interrupted when the jail door open causing him to open his eyes and stare to see Nami with a dull look on her face. She walked up and stopped, facing down her ex-crewmate with a knife in her hand. She held her knife tightly before she slashes down on Zoro.

However, she wasn't killing Zoro but freeing him by cutting those robes, and he is free from bound. Zoro wasn't bit surprise and look up to see Nami leaving but not before she says a few word.

"Leave quickly. Before Arlong comes back" then she throws Zoro's white sword till it landed with a thud and she left to God knows where.

This woman is shrouded with mystery; she acts like she's on Arlong's side and then the next minute she changes side, from what he had learned that Nami seem to use Arlong to gain something she desperately want from him and if that's the case what could she want from Arlong? What's her history with Arlong?

It sure gives Zoro a headache, but he guesses it can't be helped, the only thing he can do right now is wait for Yosaku to get Lara here so they can get the she-devil and be on our merry way.

But first, he need to get rid some few nasty pests that lingering outside of his prison cell for the treatment he inflicts upon him.

Back at Cocoyashi Village, the Villagers are stoned shocked before their eyes; Arlong has struck at Genzo by grabbing him by his neck and smack his head to the umbrella wooden pole, causing it to break and fell, and Genzo is bleeding from his head.

All Villagers are now more than worried; their Genzo is about to receive a punishment which they have no idea why, they paid their tribute what more does the monster want from them.

Nojiko watched in horror as Genzo is brutally damaged by that wicked monster as Usopp feel the settlement as Nojiko as he watch with growing fear for the old man.

"Collecting weapon is a true sign of a rebellious act. You'll be a fine example to all your human rebel friends by killing you right here, right now so no one will ever dare defy me again." That made everyone in the Village outraged to Arlong's unending rain of cruelty.

Usopp choked when he heard Arlong's announcement kill the old man was simply crazy, and the cold shiver run down his spine.

"What!? How could he say that? He's going to kill the old man because he has weapons. It's insane|!" Usopp exclaimed while Nojiko is shaking with ire; she will not stand for this any longer.

"I'm not going to let him." Then Nojiko run toward Arlong to save Genzo and ignored Usopp's warnings, Nojiko stopped and stood right in front of Arlong's back and yelled at the top of her lungs as she spit venom at the Fish-Man.

"You have absolutely have no right to do this, Arlong" Arlong turned his head to see it was Nojiko, the feisty girl who can't keep her mouth shut, the scared Villagers are now looking at Nojiko with great worry for her safety while she's at the presence of Arlong. But Nojiko isn't bit afraid of the blue-skinned Fish-Freak, all she cares about is getting Genzo out of harm's way.

"We've been offering your tribute for eight years now, without fail! There's no way that we'd even think about rebelling now!?" she argued with him with reason to stay alive and now here he is accusing them of rebellious after eight years of servitude and what's worse he's going kill Genzo for accusing wrongly of him.

"Now, let Genzo go!" she shouted at him to put him down and like magic all doors opened and all the Villagers stepped outside with equal outraged expression on their faces as they stepped in to save their Genzo from the death grip.

"She's right."

"He never used his weapon."

"Let him go."

"Genzo is innocent." All of them are shouting of objection to stop him from murdering Genzo. However, Arlong doesn't heed their meaningless words from those pathetic human scums, no matter what they say he only sees them as guilty criminals.

"You can patter all you want, as I said before hoarding weapons is also a form of rebellion. Or do you thought otherwise?" then his face twisted with malice and love to stained blood on the wall.

"Do you want to flip your Village like I did with Gosa Village?" it made him shiver in delight to see them flinch with look of fear in their eyes it made him feel powerful upon those weakling humans.

"If anyone dares to go against us, then don't expect less than the demise of this Village. I don't mind whatever you choose." He gruffly said as he looks down on them with ready to kill, and the people may be scared but they will fight back, but Genzo cannot allow it; he must stop them before it's too late.

"Everyone stops what you are doing!" Genzo yelled, and everyone all looked up shocked to hear him say that.

"It'll be futile to fight them now. If we fight them with our fists, we would have done so eight years ago" Genzo added, reminding everyone why they had to tolerate the Fish-Men for over eight years.

"But, we swore to each other, "let's fight with patience. For our survival!" that our oath we committed." Genzo is right, but it frustrated them that the thought of waiting is unbearably agonizing, the more they wait, the more distress and agony keep inflicting on this poor Village. But, the waiting will be worth their while after eight years and at the end of their patience, they'll be rewarded…a reward is far purer than gold. They must wait for the sake of their lives.

Arlong start to chuckle at the pitiful Genzo try to lift their spirits and give them hope, it's laughable and pathetic.

"Yes, Genzo is right" he said with a hint of mockery and continue.

"Being alive is enjoyable! Even for the disgusting insects like you all! So ENJOY BEING ALIVE!" he screamed before he throws Genzo to the solid ground hardly.

Genzo's back made an impact on the ground causing him to spit out his blood that been surfacing in his throat. Nojiko and the Villagers winced at the horrible scene as they watch helplessly while Genzo let out a painful choke.

"So never forget this! You will never be close to perfection to us Fish-Men." Then he laughs ever so cruelly as he enjoys watching them like weakling as they should be.

"You bastard! I'll make you pay!" One of the Villagers stepped forward to defend Genzo, however, said person stopped him from getting himself killed.

"No, don't!" the guy halted in his track.

"But, Genzo…"

"Don't you see? He wants you to attack!" Genzo speaks as he struggles to stand up while his back is twisting painfully.

"But Genzo we can't just stand this." The Villager exclaimed and Genzo turn to face his people and hold out his open hand and a begging look. All of them are shocked to see their courageous friend on his knees, quivering in pain, and pleading them not to engage an attack…not yet anyway.

"Your death will mean nothing. You must continue to be patient." With each gasp, his intakes to feed his hungry lungs as his hearts beats fast in fear for his friend's lives. Eight years they endure this torture as they wait; they wait for one particular day and the right time where raise their hands and fight back at the Fish-Men and take back from what they stole and most importantly to take back an irreplaceable treasure that has been stolen from eight years before.

"Even if I die…" Genzo added seriously.

"That's not a bad idea." Genzo gasp when Arlong's large shadow loom over him before he was picked up off the ground and up in the air.

Everyone brings out their terrifying faces when they figured what Arlong is going to do next. He raised his arm up in the air as Genzo is up high, and Arlong is planning on finishing him for good.

"Take one good look, mere humans. This person you all respect him for that has the notion to defy me of his rebellion will suffer his fate." Arlong exclaimed before he brings down Genzo to crush his skull into oblivion.

"Now accept your punishment." Arlong roared as he ready to crush this little man's head when suddenly.

"Exploding Star!" Arlong was hit by something explosive made him dropped of Genzo by surprise.

The Villager, Nojiko, and the Arlong's Crewmates are stone shocked to see that someone manages to hit Arlong dead on in such amazing correctness.

"What!? What happened?" one Fish-Man spoke first and quickly all Fish-Man scan the area to see who was the fool that did this to Arlong till one of them found him and pointing on one of the house's rooftop.

"There! Up there. He's on the roof." And on the top roof of the house, Usopp made his epic appearance, holding his head up high as his long nose is pointing up, showing he is fearless that stand before the powerful Fish-Men. Well, his bravery was brief after he shot Arlong to save the guy, and now he is sweating like crazy as he faces these highly evolved species of both strength and stamina of 100 men. He was so sure he's going to die in agonizing style.

"Who the hell are you?" one fish-Man demand him to talk dangerously for hurting his boss. Usopp held his composure and his legs from rattling and then he spoke coolly.

"I'm the Brave Warrior of the Sea, C-Captain Usopp." His composure is completely broken, and his legs begin to shake and he is making a sound like a rattle.

Everyone looked up at the stranger who saved Genzo's life with happy gratitude, but they have a worry that grasp the Villagers worrying about the teen boy with death wish that goes against Arlong by hurting him. Nojiko is no better when she sees him; she warned the idiot not to fight any of the Fish-Men and now he is even bigger idiot when he fires at Arlong.

"You fool!" she whispers harshly but deep inside she is grateful for saving him and terribly worried about him. Usopp get rid of his cowardliness and concentrated on one thing he does best…lie to save himself.

"I'm also known as the Demon Usopp from Hell feared and hated by almost half the world! I commanded thousands of men, vicious and loyal men." As Usopp continues on lying when one of the Fish-Man with large jaw-line recognized the long-nosed boy anywhere, and he gasped.

"Hey, Arlong. That's the guy I told you about, the one with long nose that got away from me." Usopp cringed for being identified.

"Bring out you thousands of men," Arlong is the one who spoke once the smoke from Usopp's shot start to fade and Arlong still stand with his two feet unscratched as if the attack didn't hurt him at all.

"I will clobber every last one of them to death." His voice contained with an unmistakable fury that made Usopp squeal but what really frighten him the most was that his attack didn't do a thing on Arlong, not a single burn mark anywhere.

'No way! My Exploding Star didn't work, and now he's pissed.' Usopp is really shaking badly, and Arlong is shaking with blind rage and eyes demand his blood as tribute.

"You repulsive human; WHAT KIND OF CREATURE WOULD DO TO ME!?" then like raging mad bull, charged where Usopp stood on the roof, but he didn't jump over instead he did the unimaginable. He digs his hands under the house, and he lifts it up like he's lifting a paper. Usopp is panicking as he witnesses the strength of Arlong with his own eyes, and now he will be flatten.

The Villagers backed away as they watches Arlong readily to kill the stranger by throwing him along with a house and massacre him, but the Fish-Men aren't too pleased and they need to stop Arlong before it's too late.

"Arlong, stop!"

"With Gosa Village is gone, we can't afford any tribute money is we destroy this town."

"It's easy to destroy this Village, but ruling over will make more money." They all try to reason the angry Arlong, but he didn't hear them.

"If we lose we can always get more." Then he lift the house higher and throws it with Usopp on it.

"We Fish-Men are regaining supreme rulers of the world." As he said it, the house has made contact to the solid ground and destroyed and crumbled by Arlong's power and all the Villagers are gaping like fishes at the monstrosity.

"USOPP!" Nojiko screamed with panic fearing for the long-nosed friend that he could not survive this collision. But lo and behold, Usopp did survive as he crawled out of the wreckage.

"Am I dead yet?" he gasped.

"Look, he's not dead yet."

"Oh crap!" Usopp cursed and made a run for it like good coward chicken he is.

Number of Fish-Man volunteered to capture Usopp while the rest remain here to stop their raging Captain from destroying this town and everyone in it.

"Bring this guy to me and I will crush him like bug he really is." Arlong snarled.

"Please, calm down, Arlong."

"Yes, if you destroy this town then everything we worked for will be for nothing." The two Fish-Man struggled to hold Arlong and to push him back to Arlong Park where he can be calmed there.

As the Fish-Men are walking away with Arlong in tow, Kuroobi the Ray Fish-Man stop and look back at the Villager with a smug smirk has been placed on his thing lips.

"Enjoy being alive because will be back." Then he left to join with the others and the Cocoyashi citizens all helped Genzo off the ground and put him down on the bench while the doctor of this Village name Dr. Nako checks him.

Dr. Nako is an elderly man wears striped light green and dark green shirt, under a doctor's coat with a Red Cross on the side on the right arm. He wears sunglasses and a bandanna with Red Cross on it too. He had a wrinkled face, grey hair, and a grey mustache and goatee, along with grey eyebrows. He's a good friend of Genzo, and he is tending his wounds and thankfully is not too extreme.

"Sorry for troubling all of you." Said Genzo suddenly but it didn't Kano healing his wounds.

"What are you babbling about? It's not your fault." Said Kano.

"Yes, he's right"

"But, who was that lad just now?" one asked about Usopp, the boy who saved Genzo from his demise. Just when everyone about to open their mouths to answer when a voice interrupted them.

"Hello everyone, is good to be back home." They all looked at where the direction of the voice and they intake their breath on unexpected guest.

Nami is walking on the main road greeting everyone she sees with smile and bouquet of flowers in her hand.

"It's Nami." And just like that everyone retreat back to their home, turning away from Nami and closed their doors, apparently she is not welcomed since she's one of them. Nojiko, Nako, and Genzo stayed behind as Nojiko speaks.

"What's wrong? You never used this road to Cocoyashi Village in long time." She said haughtily; Nami's face frowned with sadness as she said.

"I heard a big commotion; Arlong was here, wasn't it?" No one answer because she already knew.

Cocoyashi Village and its Village are living in misery and pain from Arlong's rule for too long and as time went by the taste of freedom seem like long lost memory. Genzo as he lets Kano clean his wounds and glance at Nami with sorrow eyes watching her without her notice as she stare sadly at the state of her once she called home.

At the side of Cocoyashi Village facing the endless blue of the ocean and standing at the edge of the cliff, a wooden grave with flowers had been placed on it with Nami is sitting and facing the grave of her precious person she long missed and loved.

"Only seven million Berri to go." Said Nami and her sister not too far from her is lazily standing against the palm tree as she watches her young sister.

"You're bad reputation are getting worse, aren't worried?" said Nojiko.

"That's fine, I am a Pirate after all. But Arlong can be very reasonable guy when he wants to, and I just need a little more money to finish our agreement." Then she turns to look at the Village with loving stare and gentle smile and the feeling of hope of finally getting what she always wanted, she is gaining so close that she could taste it. Then she looks at the wooden grave and smiles.

"No matter what, I just have to get one hundred million Berri, and I can buy back our Village."

Nami's true motive has been been disclosed.

Back at Arlong Park. Fish-Men are all beaten, and they are down and out cold from a tough battle and they are littering all over the place.

"She told me to escape, but the only thing I have to do is wait here" said Zoro, who is sitting on Arlong's favorite chair.

"I did promise Lara that I'd get her back, didn't I? But what should I do now? Things got really complicated."

He has no idea how he is right on the mark.

Back with Lara, Sanji, and Yosaku along with Mohmoo they befriend with are on their way to Arlong Park in fast speed motion thanks to Mohmoo.

Mohmoo who happily glad to help them especially Lara because he liked her the most, and she's nice and pretty.

"Look, little sis Lara. Arlong Park dead ahead." Yosaku exclaimed as he sighted Arlong Park.

"Yes, keep swimming, Mohmoo." Said Lara and Mohmoo mooed and burst his speed to get her to her destination.

Now Lara and her men will be facing their toughest challenge ever as they get closer and closer, but their only objective is to get Nami back to the straw-Hat Crew where she really belong, and Lara will stop at nothing to get her Navigator back.

TO BE CONTINUED…

There are no words I can describe how sorry I'm right now, but I do have a reason and you all probably noticed it. You see I was rewriting my stories the entire time with a new program I installed called Grammarly. This incredible program not only helped me to fix my errors, but I learned many things by reading info from my errors and improved my writing ability.

Usopp: You did pretty well, Pen-chan.

Me: Thank you, Usopp-kun ^/^

Sanji: Kawai~ Pen-chwan, looks so cute when she blushes~

Nami: I have to say that you progressing really well, keep that up, and you'll be the best.

Lara: Yeah, go for it!

Zoro: Hm. (Zoro nodded with a hint of smile on his tanned face showing he is proud of Pen-Woman).

Me: 'Sniff' aw, you guys~ thank you so much and thank you my fellow readers and friends for giving me such sweet review and been so patient with me and stay tune for more chapter of One Piece: Legend Unfold.