P.E.R.C.Y. J.A.C.K.S.O.N.

"What the hell is that?"

"Look! Up in the sky!"

A dark shadow descended over Concorde Plaza.

"Percy, what the Hades is that thing?" Nami shouted.

Percy gulped, "That, uh, that's Noah."

"And why the hell is it coming straight at us?" shouted Franky.

Percy hopped off Shirahoshi's tail and took five large steps to the right, watching in horror as the ship adjusted ever so slightly to the right.

"Well," he tried for a light tone, "I think it's heading for me."

"WHAT?"

"Look! Up in the sky!"

"What now?" grumbled Sanji.

A large, pink, screaming mass fell from Noah, landing on at least twenty fishmen, "Waaah! Vander Decken-sama, I fell off! Don't leave me here to die!"

"PERSEUS JACKSON!"

Percy cringed. If that was who he thought it was…

Sure enough, standing at the prow of the Noah, was Vander Decken.

"You ruined my dream of marrying Shirahoshi!" he cried, "So now you, Shirahoshi and all of Fishman Island get to die, and it's all going to be your fault!"

"Leave him alone, yellow baka!" shouted Usopp.

"Percy, run!" shouted Nami.

"Go! Escape into the sea!" said Robin, crossing her arms, "We can hold it off!"

Percy gulped. Why couldn't his life ever be simple? Even now, he could hear the shouts of the townsfolk all around them, probably blaming him once more for their misfortune.

But still, he couldn't allow one of his father's kingdoms to perish on his account.

He looked up at his sister, "Will you help me?"

Shirahoshi, brave, sweet Shirahoshi, got the message, "Of course I will!"

Shirahoshi scooped up Percy in her arms and shot into the sky, flying away from Noah.

"You don't get it!" Percy heard Chopper shouting at Robin, "Vander Decken ate the Mark Mark Fruit, and Percy traded himself for Shirahoshi! Percy is his new mark; that ship's gonna follow him wherever he goes!"

"The youngest of the Royal Family are sacrificing themselves by changing the trajectory of Noah!" cried Jinbe, "Shirahoshi, Percy, don't!"

"I always knew you were mean, Vander Decken!" cried Shirahoshi, "But killing everyone crosses too many lines!"

"We won't let you destroy this kingdom!" shouted Percy.

"We'll protect it with our lives!" shouted Shirahoshi.

"So come get us, you monster!" they shouted in unison.

All around them, the Strawhats could hear the townsfolk shouting in protest.

"No, Princess!"

"Princess Shriahoshi!"

But now, they were shouting for Percy too.

"Prince Perseus, save yourself!"

"Leave the Prince and Princess alone!"

"He's changing their hearts," Chopper said in amazement.

"What do you mean, Chopper?" asked Usopp.

"Percy is half-human, half god; no one on this island accepted him," said Chopper, never taking his eyes off Percy and Shirahoshi, "But now, with Shirahoshi's help, Percy's proving that he's worthy of their respect and admiration."

"And he isn't even doing it on purpose," Sanji added.

"That idiot," Nami chuckled, "As if we wouldn't beat up anyone who didn't accept him anyway."

"Look! It's changing direction!"

"But it's still heading straight for the Prince and Princess!"

"There has to be something we can do," Sanji said desperately.

"That's what I get for teaming up with a madman," Hody said despondently, "I won't stand for this, Vander Decken."

"This is so unfair!" said Vander Decken, "As I always suspected, you are the perfect woman to become Mrs. Vander Decken IX, but you insist on rejecting me, so you and your brother can both be rejected to history. Die!"

And he threw a sword straight at Shirahoshi, only for Percy to deflect it, "Leave her alone, asshole! I'm your target now!"

"Percy, we have to get farther away," Shirahoshi urged.

"Go!" said Percy, and the Prince and Princess sped off.

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

"Damnit, Weepy-Hoshi," Luffy cursed, "I told you to stay where I could protect you."

Sanji skipped off into the sky, straight at Noah, "Damn you, you'll pay for hurting the Princess!"

"Hold up, Sanji," said Luffy, "Let me get them!"

"Are you sure?" said Sanji, hopping up and down to stay airborne, "That's water."

"It's in a bubble," Luffy insisted, "So I should be ok. You and the others, secure the Plaza."

"Luffy, take this bubbly coral," said Jinbe, tossing the Strawhat Captain a small, pink piece of coral, "It'll help."

"Good thinking!" said Luffy, stretching his arms to hook onto Sanji's leg.

Gum-Gum Rocket!

"I can't believe I'm letting you save the girl!" Sanji complained while falling back to the ground, "Just bring them back safe, Luffy! We're counting on you!"
"I got it!" Luffy shouted, "Be back soon!"

With the help of Sanji's kick, Luffy rocketed himself onto the Noah.

"Luffy!"

"Hiya Percy!" said Luffy, "Keep going! You're doing great!"

"Aye Aye, Captain!" Percy saluted from his spot in Shirahoshi's arms, "You heard the man, Shirahoshi."

"Right!" said Shirahoshi, flicking her tail to swim even faster, "Wait, what's that?"

Luffy watched as dozens of mermen swam up to try and stop the Noah.

"Maybe we can make it go a little slower!"

"The Prince and Princess shouldn't have to die for this!"

"Swim faster, Shirahoshi-hime! Run away!"

"My people!" Shirahoshi cried.

"Hody, leave them alone," shouted Luffy.

"Shirahoshi, the gateway to the palace should still be open," Percy said seriously, "We can escape through there!"

"Right!" said Shirahoshi, and with another flick of her tail, Shirahoshi and Percy disappeared into the water.

"Ah!" Luffy activated his bubbly coral, "How do I steer this thing?"

"Pathetic human."

Luffy snarled at Hody, "Shut up and fight me!"

"If you insist."

Shark Arrows

Luffy knew he was in trouble when his bubble popped. He could vaguely hear Hody saying something, but drowning was really far more important to Luffy than whatever that asshole had to say.

But then, there was air, and he could breathe.

"Are you alright? Breathe, Luffy!"

Luffy saw that he was in the arms of one of Percy's brothers, speeding away from Hody.

"Stop!" Luffy coughed, "I have to fight him!"

"You can't do that here," insisted the Prince, "Let's get to the Noah; you can fight in that bubble."

"Ok," said Luffy, "Lead the way."

…Meanwhile…

"How does freedom feel, Shirahoshi-hime?" cackled Vander Decken.

"What's this idiot going on about," grumbled Percy.

"Now that your brother has so selflessly sacrificed himself for you, I can pierce him like a pin cushion!" Vander Decken howled, holding up six daggers, "This can all be avoided if you say that one little word, though!"

"I'm sorry Sir Decken, but you're still not my type!" Shirahoshi shrieked.

"Fuck yeah! You tell him, sis!" Percy cheered.

"Then die!" Vander Decken wailed, throwing his daggers.

Shirahoshi gasped and curled further around Percy, trying to shield him.

"Shirahoshi no!" said Percy, alarmed, "You'll get hurt!"

"Like you said," said Shirahoshi, "I'm bigger than you; it'll take more to hurt me!"

"That's not how that-,"

Percy was cut off mid-sentence as Ryuboshi and Mamboshi dropped in front of them, accompanied by their father's whale, and deflected all the daggers.

"You came!" said Shirahoshi, relieved.

"You need to learn how to treat a lady properly," said Mamboshi, "Or anyone, for that matter!"

"Percy and Shirahoshi are our baby brother and sister!" Ryuboshi said proudly, "Anyone who lays a finger on them has to answer to us!"

"Brothers!" Shirahoshi cheered.

"I'm not a baby…" Percy pouted, "It's not my fault humans are so small compared to you."

"OH!" said Vander Decken, "Hello, other brothers in law!"

"WE ARE NOT YOUR FAMILY!" snapped Ryuboshi, Mamboshi and Percy.

"You saved me!" Shirahoshi sobbed, "Thank you!"

"Stop crying!" said Mamboshi.

"Please don't get mad at me!" Shirahoshi wailed.

"SHIRAHOSHI!" Percy scolded, "We don't have time for this."

"Baby brother is right Mi-Fa-So," said Ryuboshi, reveling in the annoyed look Percy's new nickname inspired, "Father said no harm can come to the Noah So-Ti-La!"

"Shakey Shakey! Shirahoshi, you're a lot faster than Percy, so we need you to carry him and swim lower so we can lower the Noah to the ground without hitting anything!" shouted Mamboshi.

"But there are so many obstacles," Shirahoshi protested.

"I need your help, Shirahoshi," Percy pleaded, "I can't do it without you. Your people are counting on you; think of the ones who just sacrificed themselves for us! We can't let them down!"

Shirahoshi looked like she wanted to cry, but she nodded, determined, "Let's go up! The path is clearer that way!"

And before Ryuboshi or Mamboshi could protest, she shot towards the surface, the Noah hot on her trail.

…Back to Luffy…

"Thanks for your help!" Luffy grinned, "But you got hurt pretty badly there, are you ok?"

"My people and my sister and brother are working hard to keep this kingdom safe," said Prince Fukaboshi, "I don't have time to sit back and lick my wounds."

Shark Slicer!

"Merfolk are supposed to be the fastest swimmers in the world," said Hody, "But with my new powers, I can swim circles around you!"

"Let's not get hit by that," said Luffy, "He's cutting stuff like Zoro!"

"There's time for admiration later," said Fukaboshi, "Let's go!"

And they rocketed towards the ship.

"So this is the favor you wanted earlier…" said Fukaboshi.

"Yeah," said Luffy, "I'm about ready to kick Hody and the throwy guy's ass. Plus, I promised Percy and Weepy-Hoshi that I'd keep Weepy-Hoshi safe."

"Good," said Fukaboshi, "I made the same promise to our mother. I am glad we are of the same mind."

"Let's head to the deck!" said Luffy.

…meanwhile…

"Bahoho!" said Vander Decken, "If it isn't Hody Jones. I am using the Noah to torture Shirahoshi as we speak! What do you think of that idea?"
"It's not bad," Hody mused, "But I have a better idea."

And he stabbed Vander Decken through the heart, "If you die, what will become of this ship?"

Hody looked up at Shirahoshi, swimming towards the surface with her brothers around her, "I am a kind man; I'll let your true love join you in the Underworld."

And he rocketed up towards Shirahoshi.

Mamboshi and Ryuboshi tried to shield Shirahoshi and Percy, but Hody cut them down easily.

"Run, Shirahoshi!" Ryuboshi shouted.

"Get out of here!" shouted Mamboshi.

Percy slipped out of Shirahoshi's arms and threw his arms out in front of her, shielding her from harm.

Because his girlfriend was missing (she might even be dead) so what did he have to live for? The least he could do was make sure his sister lived to see tomorrow.

"A noble sacrifice," said Hody, aiming his trident.

"Percy!" screamed Ryuboshi and Mamboshi.

"Percy-nii!" screamed Shirahoshi.

Hody running him through with a trident hurt more than any injury Percy had ever experienced in his life. One second he was shielding his sister from harm, the next, he was acutely aware of three, barbed points of steel piercing his ribs and skewering soft, vital organs. His blood tasted hot and of iron in his mouth. Still, Percy gripped onto the trident with all his might.

"What?" Hody looked startled, "Where is this strength coming from?"
"You don't scare me," Percy grunted, and he spat a gob of blood in Hody's face.

"Gah!" Hody wiped Percy's blood from his eyes, "Prepare to die, little Prince."

"HODY!"

Percy looked blearily over Hody's shoulder to the deck of the Noah.

Luffy stood with his arms crossed atop Fukaboshi's back, ready to challenge the Captain of the New Fishman Pirates.

"You don't get to hurt my friends anymore!" he announced, "It's time for me to kick your ass!"

"Luffy," said Percy, sinking back into Shirahoshi's arms, "It's about time."

"Sorry I'm late," said Luffy, "Now let's kick some ass!"

And like a coiled snake, Luffy sprung at the fishman.

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

Meanwhile, back at Concorde Plaza, Robin was squaring up to face her next opponent, the impossibly large fishman, Wadatsumi.

Why was Robin, of all people, dealing with this?

Well, the kraken had been helping, but Wadatsumi took a steroid and knocked her out in one punch.

Mille Fleur! Gigantesco Mano!
Robin's extra giant legs stretched up towards the sky.

"OW! Lookin good, Robin!"

"ROBIN-CHWAN!"

Stomp!
With a powerful kick, Robin knocked the giant fishman over.

"Aaah!" Nami shrieked as the shockwave knocked her over.

"NAMI-SWAN!" cried Sanji, "YOU'LL PAY FOR THAT, ASSHOLE! TAKE ROBIN-CHWAN'S GORGEOUS ATTACK LIKE A MAN!"

Robin knocked on the Iron General's Head, "Franky."

Franky, her wonderful, funny, kind Franky, didn't need telling twice. The Iron General lowered Robin to the ground.

"Giv'em hell, Robin!" Franky cheered, lumbering off to find a new enemy to fight.

Robin planted herself next to Sanji, "So, what are we to do about this one?"

"ROBIN-CHWAN!" Sanji greeted, "IT IS AN HONOR AND PLEASURE TO FIGHT BESIDE YOU!"

"Hang on, Robin-san," called Jinbe, "I need your help over here!"

He gestured at the human slaves around him.

With a small smirk and a wave of her arms, Robin snatched the key ring off the slaver and liberated all the human slaves.

"We're free?"

"Thanks lady!"

"Let's giv'em hell!"

"I'm gonna repay all those beatings tenfold!"

"Yeah!"

"Now then," Robin said calmly, ignoring Sanji's cheering and turning back to Wadatsumi, "You look much more interesting. Sanji-kun!"

Sanji's passion set him ablaze, "You got it, Robin-chwan. Let's fillet this bastard!"

Wadatsumi took a giant breath, inflating like a balloon, "How do you like that?"

"Why is he talking like that, I wonder," Robin mused.

"Because I can't let the air out!" said Wadatsumi, slapping his hands back over his mouth.

"Sanji-kun?"

Sanji grinned evilly, "Let's do it."

Gigantesco Mano!

Sanji perched himself on the heel of Robin's giant foot. Just as she stomped down, he launched himself off.

Stomp!

Diable Jambe!

Like that, Wadatsumi deflated and collapsed, unconscious.

"The sea will definitely run red with his blood," Robin decided.

"ROBIN-CHWAN! YOU'RE HOT EVEN WHEN YOU'RE CREEPY!"

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

"I'm gonna stab you to bits-he!" a squid fishman roared, brandishing six spears above his head.

"If you liked my foot headbutt, you're gonna love what comes next," declared a stripey purple fishman.

Nami and Brook stood back to back, facing one officer each.

"Brook," said Nami, "Are you thinking what I'm thinking?"
"Yohohoho!" said Brook, "You'll let me see your panties?"

This earned Brook a Climatact to the head.

"No, you idiot!" Nami snapped, "What I said before!"
A hauntingly creepy look of delight came over Brook's face, "Yohohoho! Excellent idea, Nami-san."

Putting away his cane sword, Brook pulled out his violin again and began to play.

"What is this?" demanded the stripey one, "I hate music!"

Nami opened her mouth and began to sing. She was nowhere near as accomplished at this as her sister, Piper was, but she'd done nothing but practice for two years.

Mist swirled at their feet as Nami spun a tale of betrayal through her music. The daughter of the love goddess loaded every note with as much charmspeak as she could muster while Brook accompanied her, using his violin to channel the Mist.

Wordlessly, the squid and the stripey one turned on each other, fighting viciously until both were barely alive.

"Any last words?" Nami leaned over the squid's face.

"How do you like the little prince's makeover?" the squid gasped, "I figured he should look more like us, you know?"

Rage flared in Nami's soul. So this was the fishman that did that to Percy's teeth?

Nami stuck her Climatact on the squid's head.

Black Ball, she whispered viciously, Thunder Tempo

and she fried the squid's brains, finally rendering the fishman unconscious.

"That was delightfully violent," Brook clapped.

"Thanks?" Nami said questioningly.

"Can I see your panties now?" Brook asked hopefully.

"NO!"

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

"You done yet, Chopper?" called Usopp.

Chopper sprung out of a hole in the ground, "Yeah! Let'er rip!"

Skull Exploding Grass!
Fire billowed from the tunnels, shooting a tiny, unconscious fishman out of the tunnels in a plume of distruction.

"Yeah!" Usopp and Chopper high-fived.

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

The octopus fishman was kind of creeping Zoro out.

and he LOVED it. He was starting to get bored of those weaklings that he could beat without trying, all with his breathing handicap.

But this swordsman was strong, there was no doubt about that.

"AHAHAHA!" the octo fish giggled drunkenly, "You're a lot stronger than before."

Any swordsman that didn't take his craft seriously enough to practice it sober wasn't worthy of talking to Zoro while they fought. Zoro decided he'd shut him up in one shot.

Santoryu Purgatory Oni Giri!
The swordsman fell in a hail of blood.

Zoro sheathed his swords, "Huh, guess you weren't worth my time after all."

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

Luffy was really tired of fighting in the water.

First Hody had popped his bubble and that sucked. Then Fukaboshi tossed him aside as easily as if he were a beach ball, into Shirahoshi's waiting hands.

"Luffy," said Shirahoshi, "I hope that wasn't too rough, are you ok?"

"I'm fine," Luffy grunted, "What's he doing?"

"My brothers and sister are giving their lives to protect this island," said Fukaboshi, "I would lose my pride as a son of Neptune if I didn't do the same!"

Fukaboshi shot a powerful jet of water at Hody. Luffy had seen Percy do this enough times to know how fast that attack was, but Hody sidestepped it easily.

"How is he so strong?" Luffy bit out, "I thought Zoro took him down in one hit before!"

"Steroids," whispered Percy, breathing hard.

"Percy-nii!" said Shirahoshi, "Don't talk; just focus on healing."

Luffy knelt by Percy, cradled lovingly in Shirahoshi's hands. Blood seeped from a three-pronged stab wound in Percy's chest, sending chills through Luffy's heart. If he wasn't careful, Percy's wound would pull Luffy into another-

A boney hand rose shakily to clutch at Luffy's shirt, grounding Luffy back in the present.
"You're here now," Percy rasped, "Not there; you're here."

Luffy gulped, "Y-yeah. I know."

Percy went back to focusing on breathing.

"Fukaboshi-nii!" Shirahoshi cried.

Luffy cursed. While he'd been focused on Percy, Hody had used his shark fin to stab Fukaboshi and toss him behind a mangrove root.

"Vander Decken is finally dead," Hody said triumphantly, "The Noah will fall and crush Fishman Island!"

"No!" cried Shirahoshi.

"Damn it!" Luffy cursed. Sure enough, the Noah had stopped following Shirahoshi and Percy, and had begun to sink towards Fishman Island.

"Father!" cried Ryuboshi.

"It's father!" said Mamboshi.

Poseidon, easily thrice the size of the Noah, sporting three, massive, brilliantly blue tails, charged from Fishman Island and caught the ship with his bear hands.

"I'll hold it off!" he boomed, "My children, Strawhat Luffy, you must hurry; I don't have the power to hold the Noah for long!"

Prup! Prup!
Luffy pulled a ringing Den Den Mushi out of his pocket.

"Fukaboshi," said Luffy, "You ok?"
"Near death, but that doesn't matter right now," said Fukaboshi, "Percy, can you hear me?"

Percy grunted in reply, squirting blood on Luffy's shorts.

"Do it."

Percy's eyes, scrunched tight in pain, shot open, glowing a bright, eerie blue, and he gasped.

"Look!" said Shirahoshi, pointing at the Noah. Luffy watched as an enormous bubble stretched around the Noah.

"Percy's doing that?" Luffy asked in amazement.

Shirahoshi held Percy tight, looking into his glowing, unseeing blue eyes, "Yes, so you must hurry, Luffy! He can't hold it forever!"

"Got it," said Luffy, "Hold tight Percy; I'm gonna go kick Hody's ass."

Luffy wasn't sure Percy could hear him.

"What are you waiting for, Strawhat?" Hody sneered, "You can try to stop the Noah, but you'll have to get through me first!"

Second Gear Luffy snarled, Gum Gum Snake Shot

"You think I'm dumb enough to fall for that twice?" said Hody, and he sunk his teeth into Luffy's shoulder.

"Gah!" Luffy cried out, but he had no time to spare, so he took his other fist and used it to send Hody flying into Percy's bubble.

"Let's end this, Hody!" Luffy shouted, swimming into the bubble himself, "I'm gonna kick your ass!"

"Strawhat! Erase our past! Set us back to zero!" Fukaboshi's voice echoed across the Noah, "Eradicate the shadows cast by our grudge so that we may see the light!"

"Trust me and let me do it my way," Luffy promised, thinking of Percy and of Shirahoshi, and Shirahoshi's mother. Their wishes couldn't be in vain; Fishman Island would be healed.