A/N: Review issue's been fixed! Also, I feel like I should explain that I don't want to make Luffy or Zoro or Sanji demigods. I chose Nami because she's relatively weak. Luffy, Zoro and Sanji are mortal because the fact that they're so strong, and also mortal, makes them look even stronger.

Percy had his obvious reservations about Sanji asking the Flying Fish Riders for help.

Sure, they called themselves the Rosy Life Riders now, but they'd still been working with the fishman that nearly killed Percy.

Suck it up, Percy scolded himself, Kaimi's in trouble.

Percy knew he was privileged in that he passed for a full mortal; Kaimi and Hachi didn't have that luxury. So whatever lingering fears he had about the human shop, Percy knew he needed to push through to help his friend.

"We found the right shop! She's on Grove 1!"

"You hear that, Sea Lord?" said the Flying Fish Rider with whom Percy was hitching a ride.

"Yeah," said Percy, "First off, stop calling me that. Second, let's go get Kaimi."

They passed Luffy and Zoro on the way there. Both were outraged that Kaimi had been taken, and hopped on two more Flying Fish to follow Percy to the human shop.

The three Strawhats were the last to arrive at the human shop. Sanji and the others were in a circle, trying to get one of the auction house employees to let them in.

"Just let us in already!" Franky shouted, aiming his gun arm at the door, "Or we'll force our way in."

"Franky, you can't," Hachi slapped his hand over Franky's arm, "There are Celestial Dragons in there!"

Percy hopped off his Flying Fish, Luffy and Zoro hot on his tail.

"We don't need to force our way in," Percy announced, "This nice man is going to let us in, isn't he, Nami?"

Recognition dawned on Nami's face, and she smiled wickedly.

Nami talked the Strawhats' way into the auction house just in time for Kaimi to be wheeled out on stage.

"Now what," said Robin, "We don't have much time."

Nami balled her fists, "I can take care of it."
"Are you sure?" Percy asked, concerned, "You're still pretty new at this, and that's a lot of people."

Luffy put a hand on his shoulder, "Let her go," he said calmly, "Nami's got this."

The Strawhats followed Nami past rows of snobby, upper class humans and Eustass Kid and Trafalgar Law's crews.

"Uh," the announcer looked on the verge of a conniption fit, "Are you making a bid?"

"No," Nami said loudly and confidently, "You're going to take off her collar and give us the mermaid for free."

Gasps and cries of outrage rose from the audience like a swarm of angry bees. Zoro's hand drifted to his swords, Luffy cracked his knuckles and Sanji extinguished his cigarette.

"She's got this," Percy insisted to his friends, "I didn't believe it at first, but Nami's charmspeak is miles ahead of what it should be after only a week of practice."

It reminded him a lot of the time Selina Beauregard tamed a bronze dragon with just her voice. Percy liked to think that Selina would be happy to have a sister like Nami; maybe he'd tell Nami about his fallen friend if they ever got out of the auction house alive.

As the auctioneer went to free Kaimi, Nami turned to the audience, "We're going to leave, and you're not going to follow or call the Marines."

The cries of outrage died down. One woman near Percy turned and struck up a conversation with her neighbor. The rest of the auction house followed until no one was even looking at the Strawhats.

"Nuu, nice work, Nami," said Hachi, slinging a shaken Kaimi over his shoulder, "Now, let's get out of here!"

They passed Kid and Law by the door, neither of whom looked very charmed.

The man that Percy now knew to be Trafalgar Law slunk up to Nami.

"Your crew certainly is a surprise," he purred, inspecting Nami in a way that made Percy very uneasy, "Monkey d Luffy, Roronoa Zoro, don't forget what we talked about."

Everyone turned their attention to Luffy and Zoro.

"We'll explain later," Zoro said impatiently, "Now's not the time."

"For once, this idiot is right," said Sanji, earning himself a cry of outrage from Zoro, "We need to get out of here."

Eustass Kid pushed his way to Luffy and Zoro, roughly shoving Percy to the ground.

"Hey!" Percy complained. Everyone ignored him.

"We're gonna meet again real soon, Strawhat Luffy," Kid grinned, thrusting a metallic finger at Luffy's chest, "And when we do, I'm gonna kick your crazy ass."

Zoro moved with a level of speed that Percy had yet to see from his accident-prone friend, only for a man in a white and blue-stripped mask to intercept his sword with his scythe.

"Oi, Eustass, Strawhat," Law said urgently, "Call off your attack dogs and look behind you."

BANG!

Percy looked behind him in horror as Hachi went down, blood pouring from a gunshot wound in his chest.

"Hachin!" Kaimi sobbed as she spilled onto the floor.

"I-I thought it worked," Nami stammered, tears brimming in her shocked eyes.

Percy cursed. He should have known that Nami's charmspeak wouldn't be strong enough to last very long; their little chat with Kid and Law had given the whiniest of the Celestial Dragons the chance to recover, shoot Hachi, and do a little dance.

"I caught a fishman!" he crowed, still doing his terrible little dance, "That means I get the fishman and the mermaid for free! Look at me! I caught a fishman!"

Percy concentrated, "Come on," he muttered. Finally, he succeeded in pulling enough water out of the air to heal Hachi.

"Interesting," Law hummed, "I didn't know you had two doctors, Strawhat Luffy."

Luffy paid Law no attention; he was too busy advancing on the Celestial Dragon.

"Get away from me!" the Celestial Dragon shrieked, firing shot after shot at Luffy with no success.

Percy felt conflicted when Luffy knocked out the Celestial Dragon with one punch. On one hand, this meant that a Navy Admiral would come to Sabaody. On another, the Celestial Dragon was very annoying.

"How dare you do this to Charloss!" shouted the female Celestial Dragon, aiming her flintlock straight at Kaimi, "If this fish is the reason for all this trouble, then I should just kill her now."

Zoro growled and Percy did a double take, or should he say a triple take? Zoro did now have three heads after all.

Demon Mist Asura, said all three of the heads.

"Lookin' scary there, Zoro," said Usopp. Percy, Chopper and Brook nodded emphatically.

"You know, I once met a guy with three bodies," Percy told Chopper as they laid Hachi out to assess and triage the damage.

"Eeeeh! Really?" Chopper gasped, "Where is he now?"

Percy rubbed his neck sheepishly, "Probably in Tartarus."

"That's hell, right?" asked Chopper, then, when he figured it out, "Percy!" he wailed, "Are you a murderer?"

"No! No!" Percy hastily reassured the doctor, "Monsters can't die forever; they reform in Tartarus then come back to the Land of the Living."

"Eto, Percy-san, Chopper-san," said Brook, "I feel I must point out that now isn't the best time for this?"

Percy and Chopper looked up. All of the Celestial Dragons and their guards were unconscious, strewn about the auction house like loose bits of ugly clothing. Luffy, Kid and Law were nowhere to be found. In their place was an old man with glasses.

"Looks like we missed something," said Percy.

"Eeeeh! You're right!" Chopper exclaimed, "Who's that?"

The old guy with the glasses knelt between Percy and Chopper. Percy wrinkled his nose; this guy smelled just like his ex-stepfather Gabe.

"No need to look at me like that, kid," the old guy chuckled, "I'm just sticking around for my friend here, after all."
"Nuu, Rayleigh," Hachi groaned.

"Whaaaa? You're the coating mechanic we were looking for?" asked Chopper.

Rayleigh grinned, "We went over all of this while you and your doctor friend were talking, but yes, that's me."

"I'm not a doctor," Percy told the old man, "I'm just trying to help."

Rayleigh fixed him with a scrutinizing look, "Oh I know just what you are," he said calmly, "It's been decades since I've seen a demigod on the Grand Line," he glanced at Nami, "Let alone two in one crew."

With the hand he wasn't using to staunch Hachi's bleeding, Percy reached for Riptide. Nami brought out her spear.

"Oh, those won't work on me," Rayleigh dismissed them, "I'm as mortal as they come, kids."

"Rayleigh," Hachi grunted, trying and failing to sit up, "C-Can you help them?"

"Rest, my friend," said Rayleigh, "Of course I can."

The sound of shouts and gunfire breached the relatively quiet auction house.

"Looks like our captains are having a party," said Zoro, baring his teeth in a feral grin.

"Let's crash it," Sanji agreed, "Anyone who hurt Kaimi is mine."

"What do you think?" Percy asked Chopper, gesturing at Hachi.

"He should be stable enough to move," said Chopper, growing to his heavy point, "But he'll need further treatment when we get somewhere safe."

"The rest of you can come with us," Zoro called to Kid and Law's crews, "But once we get outside, you're on your own."

The masked guy snorted, "Fine by us; we didn't want your help anyway."

"Yeah," the polar bear in the orange jumpsuit chimed in, "Your captain caused this mess in the first place!"

"How do you talk!?" Percy shouted then, when everyone looked at him, "What? It's not like you weren't thinking it."

"I'm sorry," said the polar bear, dejected.

"We're wasting time here," said Zoro, "Let's go help Luffy and get Hachi somewhere safe."

"Rayleigh?" asked Hachi.

"I'm with you, my friend," Rayleigh promised the octopus.

O.N.E. P.I.E.C.E.

If it weren't for Luffy, Franky and Percy, the Strawhats would've been swiss cheese the moment they stepped outside. The three bulletproof Strawhats jumped in front of the barrage of bullets, shielding their nakama from harm.

"What the hell's wrong with these freaks?" a marine hollered.

"I know, it's like they're all monsters!"

Chopper's ears twitched, "Monster?"

Koku tei Roseo!

"DON'T CALL ME A MONSTER!"

"That's the spirit, Chopper!" Luffy cheered, charing after his own batch of marines, "Come on, guys! Let's get out of here!"

"Luffy," said Sanji, pointing at the Rosy Life Riders on a hill nearby, "Look."

"Young master!" Duval called, "We came to help you escape!"

"I didn't want their help," Sanji grumbled, "But if they're here…"

"It'll be fun!" Luffy laughed, "C'mon let's go!"

"If you say so," Sanji rolled his eyes and jogged after Luffy only to almost lose his head to a marine with dreadlocks.

If it weren't for Percy, Sanji really would have lost his head. In one, swift motion, Percy pushed Sanji to the ground while simultaneously intercepting the attacking marine's sword with another, navy-issued cutlass that he'd scavenged from the ground.

"Hey, thanks," said Sanji, kicking the marine away.

"Don't mention it," Percy said cheerfully, running up to the marine and smacking the butt of his sword into the man's skull. The marine crumpled to the ground, out cold.

"You seem happy," Sanji noticed, knocking out three more marines.

Percy slashed and smacked his way through a path of marines till he was back to back with Sanji, "It's been a while since I've been able to use a sword."

Sanji's eyes widened, "You mean your bat?"

"It's really a sword," Percy confirmed, "But it doesn't work on mortals."

Oni Giri!

"Come on!" Zoro shouted impatiently from the middle of his pile of bloody marines, "We need to go!"

"We're coming!" Sanji shouted, "Geez!"

Luffy, Sanji and Percy ran after the others, Luffy laughing like a madman the whole time.

"After them!"

But sadly for them, the marines didn't get the chance to pursue the Strawhats, for just as the remaining marines had fixed their formation, a devastating blast of electricity cleared the field.

"Nice one, Nami!" Usopp cheered.

Nami grinned. With Shakky's help, she'd figured out that her spear could be used as a conductor for her lightning. This meant that her Thunder Tempo could hit so many more enemies now. Maybe she'd actually have to thank the goddess claiming to be her mother.

"Let's get Hachi to Shakky's," said Rayleigh, "Then I'll answer all the questions I know you're dying to ask me, young doctor."