Missing Memories (One Piece) part 25: Alive?! Ussop explains and Marines arrive!
Just to let you guys know, this chapter is pretty gory so you can skip the bloody part if you want. All rights to One Piece are to Eiichiro Oda, Shonen Jump, FUNImation, and Toei Animation.
"Are you serious?!" Yosaku shock to hear such a thing.
"Yeah it's true! She really is a witch! She's winning Arlong's favor so she could have all of the treasure in Cocoyashi village to herself!" angry and frustrated with tears pouring down his face "She kill anyone for money! She's rotten to the core!! She-" but was soon cut off by Luffy rushing over and grabbing him by the collar.
"You shut up!! Say anything again and I'll kick your ass!!" Luffy yelled at the frightened Johnny, furious at him saying bad things about Nami.
"Stop it. It has nothing to do with him" Zoro tried to calm him down.
"You don't have to believe me if you don't want to! But I saw what I saw!! She killed Big Bro-" Johnny trying to get Luffy to believe what he was saying.
"Shut up!! Nami would never kill Ussop!! We're friends!!" he was furious
"B-But…" he wanted to explain.
You put your right hand to your chin as you tried to think things through "Nami killed Ussop?! No…No, she wouldn't do that. Even though I haven't known her for a long time, I can tell that she would never do that. But what happened…?" you were pulled from your thoughts to see that the person that you were talking about was behind you guys.
"We're friends, Luffy?" She asked coldly.
"Nami" Luffy surprised to see her.
"Why are you here?"
"What are you talking about? We're here to get you. You're our friend!"
"You're a nuisance" she put it bluntly for him.
"What?"
"Friends? Don't make me laugh. You're just a pathetic group cooperating with each other" this confused Luffy.
"Damn you!! You killed Big Bro Ussop! I saw it all!!" Johnny yelled accusingly at the woman.
"So? Want to kill me in revenge?"
"What was that?!"
"I'll tell you all this. Arlong want to kill Roronoa Zoro and his men because Zoro did something stupid. No matter how ridiculously strong you guys are, you're no match against those monsters. If you stay here, you will die. Not that it matters to me though" she coldly told you guys.
This seemed to piss Zoro off but had the opposite effect on Sanji "Her cool looks are so gorgeous! Hello Nami! Do you remember me?! Let's go!" hearts appearing in his visible eye.
"Shut up! You're just complicating things!!" Zoro yelled at the love struck idiot.
"What was that?! Love is like a hurricane!" Sanji protested but Zoro ignored him and directed his attention to Nami "Hey listen to me when I'm talking to you!!"
"Where is Ussop?" he asked the navigator.
"At the bottom of the ocean" plainly stating it.
"Dammit! Enough with this!!" he yelled as he pulled out his sword and rushed to slash her but Sanji stepped in between them and kicked him back which Zoro ducked under the kick to avoid it.
"So even a swordsman would harm a lady, Roronoa Zoro?" the cook took a long drag of smoke and blew it out with anger in his eyes.
"What?! You don't even know what's going on! So step aside!"
"I guess I'd be irritated after that poor excuse of a defeat" Sanji mocked him.
"What was that?!" Zoro now pissed "Watch what you say!"
"You mind your own business asshole!" it looked like the two of them would break out in a fight any second but thankfully Yosaku intervened.
"Hey wait Bros! This isn't the time for this!"
"That's right! If you're going to fight, do it off the island!" Nami interjected "Outsiders don't need to butt into this island's affairs!" she then sighed "Do you still not get it? The only reason I stayed with you was because of your money! Now that you've got nothing, I want nothing to do with you! I'll give you your ship back so go find a navigator and go to the Grand Line! Go find One Piece or whatever you want! Just get the hell out of here!! You're all eyesores!!" This seemed to piss off Yosaku and Johnny "Goodbye"
You, Zoro and Sanji said nothing as Luffy was surprised at what she had said "Nami…"
You just sighed and walked to a tree, laid down and yawned as you rested against the tree. Luffy took a different course of action as he closed his eyes and fell on his back. Everyone was surprised at both of your actions.
"Big Bro Luffy! Big Bro Steven!" Johnny worried at both of your actions.
"I'm gonna sleep" Luffy declared.
"Sleep?!" he couldn't believe what he had just heard.
"I think I'll take a rest here too" you answered him.
"Your both just going to sleep right here?!"
"Yep!" you both said plainly
"I don't plan on leaving this island, and I'm not interested in what's happening in this island" Luffy yawned "And I'm sleepy" he then fell asleep.
"I don't care either" you sighed "If any of those fishmen guys come here and start trouble with me, I'll just kick their asses. Also if Luffy's not going anywhere then neither am I. He is the captain"
"Huh?!! Big Bros…" both Yosaku and Johnny shocked at both of your reactions.
Zoro just held his head in annoyance, knowing what you said was true. Nami turned her head to hide her rage but she couldn't take it anymore "Fine…DO WHATEVER YOU WANT!! DIE FOR ALL I CARE!!" she then raced off. You smiled softly knowing that your suspicions were true about Nami.
"Hurry! Hurry!" the small boy from Gosa yelled as he pulled Nojiko to where he was going.
"What's the rush!" she didn't get why he was so excited.
"It's the marines! The marines are here!!" he cheered "Some survivors from Gosa managed to contact the government!! The marines are here to help us!!" He pushed through the crowed and made it to the shore where a lot of people were also watching the steadily approaching ship "See! We're saved!! We can finally escape from here!!" Nojiko thought that this was too good to be true.
On the ship
"So that is the infamous Arlong Park…the world really is near the end if pirates can remain this peaceful" the marine captain then turned to his men "Listen men! Our mission is to extract the island's survivors of Gosa which was destroyed by Arlong! But I wonder if our justice would allow us to overlook this fortress of disgusting pirates?!"
The crew already knew the answer "No sir!!"
"That's right!! So our unit will destroy Arlong and his men!! Prepare for battle!!"
"Yes sir!!" they then all got to their stations.
"Marine's from the 77 branch?" Arlong informed of who these marines were.
"That's what they said" Choo stated.
"So he's a newcomer…Someone go over there and negotiate with the commander. If 2 million doesn't keep them quiet, destroy them"
They then heard a cannonball and looked to see that the marines had fired a cannonball and was heading straight for Arlong "They've opened fire!! Look out Arlong!!" the fishmen cried but the saw tooth fishman just opened his mouth up. The cannonball landed in his mouth and he chomped it into bits with his razor sharp teeth "H-He crunched the cannonball! What amazing teeth and jaws!"
"Arlong, the negotiations?" Kuroobi asked.
Arlong spit out the pieces of the cannonball angrily "Cancelled" This was met by cheers from the fishmen.
"Hold it guys! Let me go!" the group turned to see a puffer fishman. He had big bulging muscles and small spikes sticking out of his skin, he wore a sleeveless white shirt with black pants and brown sandals which all had holes in them because of the spikes.
"Oh" this seemed to cheer Arlong up "If it isn't Kreng! I thought you were watching over the other villages?"
"I was but I heard that some trouble was brewing around here so I thought I'd take a look"
"Good timing" he then pointed to the marines "Those guys won't take no for an answer so you take them out"
"No problem" he grinned. If there was one thing he loved and that was being able to kill humans. He had always loved doing so ever since he joined Arlong's crew. He then jumped into the water and towards the marine ship.
"With Kreng going, there's no way those guys stand a chance. I doubt they'd last 5 minutes!" the crew laughed.
To the marine ship
"That's weird…" the commander found it odd that nothing was happening.
"Looks like the cannonball was a dud sir!" the marine stated.
"Alright! Fire another one off! This is a sign of our hostility!! We're dealing with fishmen men; don't let your guards down!!"
"Yes sir!!" but no sooner had they prepared to fire, did Kreng out of the ocean and slashed the cannon to pieces "It's one of Arlong's men!! Get him!! Attack!!"
"Wait!! Stay calm!!" the commander ordered them which confused them and Kreng. He directed his attention to Kreng "I see you are one of Arlong's men. I am Commodore Purinpurin of Marine Branch #77. We are a well known elite marine unit. If you don't wish to die, the please surrender-" but before he could finish, Kreng shot one of his spikes which hit the commodore.
"Bastard!! How dare you hurt the commodore!! Kill him!!" the marines then charged while Kreng had an evil smile creep up his face. He extended his spikes on his arms and legs and went to town on them. He was laughing the whole time as his spikes dug into their flesh and spurt out their red liquid. The screams of agony and fright were like music to his ears. Oh how he loved the site of the liquid flying over the place. He laughed maniacally as he killed every single one of them. He saved the commodore for last as he raised a spiked hand above the marines face and drove it down into his skull, killing him instantly. As the blood splattered on his face, he licked the blood on his face as he watched with such glee as the life drained out of the commodore. The scene on the ship looked like something from a horror show with blood splattered everywhere, body parts ripped from their sockets and bodies all over the place. Kreng sighed as he realized that he had had too much fun "Well looks like I'll have to clean up" he jumped back into water and removed the rudder from the ship. He then dove down into the ocean and moved a large reef which caused a whirlpool to appear near the ship which it got sucked into and got dragged to the bottom of the ocean "Well that takes care of that" he smirked.
The villagers watched in horror as the smoke billowed from where the ship was, signifying that the marines were dead "N-No way!" the boy cried in despair but Nojiko wasn't surprised at all of this outcome.
"This is reality. We can't escape Arlong's rule"
"Man! You are one sadistic guy, Kreng!" Arlong laughed
"What can I say? I love my job!" the puffer fish still remembering the fun he had on that ship. He then pulled out the Nami's sea chart out of his pocket "With Nami's sea chart, it was easy to get rid of the ship"
"Those are some great charts alright!" Kuroobi looking at the map "If we have Nami draw up the charts of all the oceans, then no one could stop us!"
Arlong just sighed acting depressed "Nami is definitely vital to the Arlong Empire. It's a real shame"
"A shame?" Hachi not getting why he was depressed.
"He promised to let Nami and Cocoyashi go if Nami gets 100 million Berries" Choo explained.
"What?! Are you really going to let her go Arlong?! That's such a waste!!"
"What can I do? I promised her 8 years ago. I'm a man who'd die to keep promises about money" the evil grin returning to his face.
To your group
"Big Bro Zoro! What are you thinking?!" Yosaku and Johnny protested as Zoro sat in the middle of the road with Luffy while Sanji sat up against the tree with you "Arlong is trying to kill us so why aren't you doing anything?! Now that we know what Nami is really like, there's no reason we should stay on this island!"
"It's because I know what Nami is really like that I'm staying here" you exclaimed which caught the two's attention "I'm staying here because of two things, one: because I know how she really feels about us and 2:" you pointed to Luffy.
"He's right" Zoro said simply
"D-Don't tell me you're gonna stay here to get her back too Big Bro Zoro?!" Yosaku and Johnny worried about his answer.
"It's not what I decide. It's what he decides" He looked at Luffy "He is the one who decides who is our navigator"
"Big Bro…A-All right then! It was only for a short while but our roles as guides end here! We don't want to wind up deliberately killed"
"Okay. Take care"
"See ya Big Bros! Till we meet again!!" they called out to you guys as they left.
A long period of silence took hold of your area as a gust of wind blew over you guys. You smiled as the sun shined down on you and the nice gentle breeze blowing against you "Nice breeze…" you said a loud but didn't get a reply which you didn't expect to. Another long silence enveloped you guys until someone spoke.
It was Sanji who spoke first "Hey" indicating Zoro "Why do you suppose Nami was crying?"
You were surprised that he had caught onto that "She was crying?"
"Inside her heart she was" you smiled at the sentiment. That seemed to fit what you think was going through Nami when you saw her.
"You sure it wasn't tears of grief for killing Ussop?"
"You seriously believe that?"
You grinned "You seriously believe Nami would kill Ussop?"
"Exactly!" Sanji smiled, knowing that at least someone understood what he was saying.
The ghostly figure from before was now racing down the path looking for something. The cloth was unwrapped to reveal a very much alive Ussop! As he was running, he mulled over what had just happened "When she tried to stab me, she stabbed he hand to make it look like she stabbed me! If she hadn't done that, I would've been dead for sure! What do I do now?! The manly Ussop can't run away after being saved! For now, I have to go find Zoro!" he then looked in front of him, noticing the person he was looking for "Is that Zoro?! Yes! It is! Alright!!" He then ran faster which caused his cloth to fall off.
"You're both saying that Nami didn't kill him?" Zoro still not believing what either of you were saying.
"Are we wrong?" Sanji asking
"I wonder. I thought of her as a small time person who can't even watch a guy die. She might have done it out of frustration"
"Did you just say she was small time? THERE IS NOTHING SMALL TIME ABOUT HER!!" Sanji roared in anger as he prepared to kick Zoro and Zoro prepared to block.
"Is that all you can think about?!"
"Would you both stop-" but you cut off when you saw their attacks had slammed into the person who was previously marked dead.
Ussop's eyes turned white as both Sanji and Zoro had realized they had done something bad "Ussop! He's alive" Sanji exclaimed guiltily.
"Um…I think he's dead now…" Zoro added.
"NICE GOING DUMASSES!!" you roared you then proceeded to wake up Luffy to tell him that Ussop was alive, well was, and that he was here.
"Ussop!!!" Luffy concerned for his beat up friend "Did Nami do this to you?!!"
"A-Actually it was me and Zoro" Sanji admitted.
"It was you!" Zoro protested.
"IT WAS BOTH OF YOU ASSHOLES!!" you screamed.
"L-Luffy! You're here?!" Ussop weakly
"Yep. Steven and me got here not too long ago"
"I'm here too! Hope to work well with you" Sanji trying to sound sincere.
But this failed "I'll kill you someday!!"
"So you're alright after all!"
"Shut up!!!" he screeched.
"Hey we heard you were killed by Nami" Zoro trying to get him to explain.
"Eh?"
"Damn that Johnny! He was talking nonsense after all!" Luffy angry that he was told wrong.
"Well…in a way it's not-"
"I FOUND YOU!!!" you heard a scream come from behind Ussop as Cristal jumped and smacked Ussop in the face and proceeded to claw him repeatedly till you managed to pry her off him.
"W-What the hell was that about?!!"
"YOU DAMN WELL KNOW WHAT THAT WAS ABOUT!!!" She was still furious.
"What'd you do to her?" wondering what Ussop could have done to piss her off that much.
"That asshole!! Locked me up in the boat cabin and I didn't let me out!!! I had to wait for 5 HOURS before it was safe to get out!! And then I looked practically all over the island for you!!"
"Sorry" Ussop bowed in apology.
"THAT WON'T CUT IT BASTARD!!!" now she was seriously pissed so you decided to steer the conversation back to what Ussop was about to say.
"What were you trying to say Ussop? What do you mean in a way it's not false?"
"W-Well actually the opposite happened. Nami saved me" this seemed to dissipate Cristal's anger as she now was getting interested in the conversation as Ussop explained everything that happened to you guys.
As Nojiko was walking through the tangerines, she sighed. The next thing she knew, she heard the sound of glass breaking. This caused her to be surprised for a second but then realized who it was. When she entered the house, she saw Nami sitting at the table with her head on it and looking upset. The whole house was trashed, probably because of her releasing her anguish out on something "Man! You really know how to trash the place! So, what's wrong, Nami?"
"Nothing. Just need to rest here for a while"
"Breaking the furniture and glasses to get some rest is a bit much" she picked up a chair, set it at the table where Nami was and sat in it "You have that treasure map open even though nothing's wrong?" she indicated to the map in front of her.
"Something happened that made me mad, all right?!!" the orange haired girl growing frustrated again.
"Those guys? Who are they?" Nojiko indicating your group.
This surprised Nami as she lifted her head in shock "You met them?!"
"Yeah. Captain Something or Other. He seemed like a liar though" this caused the orange haired girl to be sad again. Nojiko just grinned "I heard that you smiled while traveling with them. Even though I haven't seen you like that in years. Tell me! Who are those guys?! Nami looked unsure if she should tell and the light blue hair picked up on that "We agreed that you can tell me anything, right?"
Nami was filled with conflicting emotions before settling on something "I wanted to forget about them...I thought that I erased them from my mind.
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Flashback (One of the few ones that I'll probably do)
Nami, you, Ussop and Luffy were playing cards while Zoro and Cristal were sleeping.
"I did it! I'm out!" Nami proclaimed in victor from getting rid of two pairs before Ussop and Luffy.
"Darn it! You won all by yourself again?!" Ussop wined.
She grinned but you intervened "Nope. This time I won!" you grinned. This got her a little upset.
"Hey I won the most of the other games!" she pouted.
"I still say you guys are too good" which you both grinned and did the peace sign. He then turned his attention to Luffy "And Luffy, why do you have so many cards?!"
"Well I think that having more is better" the rubber man said plainly.
"You idiot!! Learn the rules already!!" this caused both of you to laugh.
"Alright! Then let's play a game where the most wins!!"
"But the more I tried to forget, the more I remembered"
The Merry go was now caught in a terrible storm and leeks started popping up on the ship "Oh crap!! A leak!!"
"Plug it up!!" Nami told you guys as you, Ussop and Zoro pushed against the water that was flooding out.
"Alright! Leave this to me!!" Luffy proclaimed as he put his mouth against the hole but it started filling him with water.
"QUIT THRASHING ABOUT!!" Cristal screamed but it was too late as Luffy spit out the water in him which filled the room and shot you all onto the deck. You luckily were able to get all the water out and patch up the hole.
The truth is that I forgot about my fate when I was with them. She then remembered all that you had went through. I honestly wished to be with them if it were possible.
Nami was so tired from her tantrum that she had fallen asleep; she had taken her glove off to reveal her bandaged hand. "I see now. Yeah, I'm sure that it'd hit you hard. To think that someone really showed up for her…" she then stared at the sleeping form of her sister "friends…huh?" "Those are probably the most painful words for her"
To your group
"So that's how Nami pretended to kill me and let me escape. It looks like there's a reason she's with those fishmen" Ussop finished explaining everything.
"Obviously" Sanji stated.
"I can't believe all this happened while I was away from you guys" finding it hard to believe.
"I know, right?" you nodded
"So what do we do? Do we storm Arlong Park?" Zoro trying to put a plan together.
"W-Wait! Let's hear the story about Nami first!" Ussop opting for the safer part first.
"It's no use either way" you heard behind you to see Nojiko "No matter what you guys do, Arlong's rule won't end"
"Nojiko!" Ussop surprised to see her here.
"Who's that?" Luffy asked.
"Nami's older sister"
"Nami's older sister?! No wonder she's such a beauty!!" hearts coming from Sanji.
"He'd fawn over any pretty girl" you sweat drop
"What do you mean it's no use?" Zoro curious to why she said that
"Please don't get involved with this village" Nami's sister asked you guys "Leave Nami alone. I'll explain the circumstances"
"Circumstances?" Cristal curious to what they were.
"You mean why she joined Arlong's group?" Ussop asked
"Yeah. You'll feel like leaving once you hear it" Nojiko stated.
"Alright let's hear it then"
"I'll pass on that" Luffy stated.
"Huh?! W-Wait!" Ussop tried to call him back but no use.
"Where are you going Luffy?" Sanji asked the rubber man.
"For a walk" he said simply
"A-A walk?! You're not going to listen?!" Ussop finding it weird that he wouldn't want to know the reason.
"No. I'll pass"
"Who is that guy?" Nojiko wondered
"Don't mind him. That's how he is" you sighed as you sat down to hear the story while Zoro laid against a tree "We'll hear you out but it's not like its gonna change anything"
"I'll listen" Zoro said simply
"I want to too. I want to know what's going on with this island" Ussop wanting an explanation to why everyone is acting the way they are.
"Same here" Cristal stated.
"Me too! I want to learn more about Nami!" that stupid grin on Sanji's face which made you angry from what he had said which was not left unnoticed by Nojiko who grinned a little. Zoro had already fallen asleep but you had expected this already.
"And now he's asleep" Nojiko pointing to the sleeping man.
"DON'T SAY YOU'RE GOING TO LISTEN IF YOU'RE GOING TO FALL ASLEEP!!" Cristal screamed at the swordsman.
Nojiko just sighed as she realized what Nami was talking about "I see. Now I see why Nami had such a hard time"
At Cocoyashi Village
"It's a marine ship" the villagers shouted "It's Branch 16's ship! Maybe the marines are taking action after what happened to #77!"
The mouse man who had met with Arlong before stepped down from his ship "I am Colonel Nezumi of Marine Branch #16! Bring Genzo, the representative of this village"
Genzo stepped forward "I am Genzo, Colonel"
"Good. Then I would like you to lead me to the house of a girl named Nami"
"Nami? By why on earth?"
An evil grin showed up on his face "All you need to do is simply lead the way"
To you guys
She started to explain Nami's origins "It all started 8 years ago. Back then, we were still little kids and she was in this village. Me and Nami will never forget her as long as we live…Her name was Bellemere.
U: We're finally hearing Nami's past C: Now we can figure out why she is doing something like this Sa: I can't wait to hear how cute she was when she was little! St: Would you shut up already!! Anyways we can't go anywhere without Luffy C: Where is he anyway? Next time on One Piece Missing Memories: Nami's past! Marine Commander Nezumi's cruel actions and the march on Arlong Park! I'm gonna be King of the Pirates!