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Deadly Drinking Pirate

Shark Tyrant Arlong and His Downfall

Previously on Deadly Drunken Pirate,

"What's that for?" Zoro said in growing frustration, that Mihawk not only wasn't afraid of him like all the previous prey but thought that a blade that small will be all Mihawk needed to fight him.

"That's Mihawk's kogatana." Luffy said, not caring if anyone heard or not. Sensing that he at least got some attention for that statement, he continued. "Mihawk uses it to determine if his next opponent is really all they say. It took me an entire year fighting that thing to even get Mihawk to realize how old it was getting."

"What do you mean Luffy?" Usopp asked and Luffy smiled, "You trained with Mihawk!?" A smirk was all anyone needed for an answer. That and this,

"Sure but the rest is a story for another time." Luffy said and faced the conflict which could only be a one-sided battle. Zoro was now fighting like a madman, enraged at the silent insult Mihawk was showing. That was because Mihawk is so good with blades that he was able to match and overwhelm Zoro will only a 'pocket knife'. When Zoro tried to get serious, he unwilling let his guard down and was stabbed in the chest with the Kogatana.

"Brother! DAMMM YOUUUU!" Jonny and Yosaku were outraged at the sight but suddenly found themselves dizzy and unable to even lift themselves over the railings. Usopp was a little surprised at the sight but only looked at Luffy with the expression on his face, saying everything running through his mind. Meanwhile, Zoro was not even trying to escape and it was because he treasured his honor over his life; in one twisted way, that is a good way to go.

Mihawk was impressed that Zoro realized that the former had missed the latter's heart on purpose. Taking out his biggest blade from his back, that Mihawk called Black Sword Yoru, he charged for Zoro who was preparing to use his strongest move. However, it was not enough and Zoro was left with two broken swords in his hands and even more damage to his body. But he refused to back down now.

"Scars on a swordsman's back is his greatest shame!"

"Excellent." That was to be the last word heard until the sound of flesh ripping apart and settled in everyone's ears. And after only a few seconds that felt like an eternality, this cut the silence in half;

"ZORO!"

XXXXX

"I am Don Krieg! I will not be seen as a coward by fleeing from who dares try to follow me!"

"Krieg, there is a thin line between bravery and foolishness. But no one will notice the character of 'coward' on your list of bad features, it is just under 'dishonest', 'cruel', 'vile' and finally 'pathetic'."

"Pathetic!? Why you…!" Krieg tried to charge for Luffy but was intercepted by a slash that had left a mark on the piece of wood both they were standing. "Hey that's my ship!"

"Was you ship Krieg and if you are the cunning, backstabbing and scheming cheater you are, you will know not to cross that line." Luffy said before making his way with his Saber in hand while his Katana back in its scabbard.

"Like a little boy with a straw hat is going to scare me! Now diiii~!?" Krieg, of course, never listened more out of pride and indeed foolish bravery and crossed the line anyway. But once he set his first foot on the other side, he kneed down in unknown pain that caused him to choke in blood. Krieg tried to speak but the blood clogging up his throat and mouth made it nigh impossible.

The strength throughout his entire body had left in an instant, like when Krieg was on the brink of starvation. 'W-what the hell is this? I never felt so much pain in my bones and my skin feels like it is trying to keep in lava.' Krieg thought until he heard the very last voice he ever wanted to.

"Do you remember that bottle of wine I gave you when you first arrived at the Baratie?" Luffy said. "I wasn't lying. I made that wine and that bottle myself. And I never give it except to those I wish to kill in the next twenty four hours. And that is because I can easily use my powers to poison you Krieg."

Everyone gasped in disbelief, shock and horror. This kid actually tricked Krieg into digesting poison!? Just what is wrong with this boy!? All they can do is ask themselves that once they saw that Krieg couldn't even stand on his knees anymore and fell to the deck with his face contorted in pain and something he claimed to lack, fear. And if that wasn't ugly enough, the eyes and mouth were leaking tears of foam that caused something of an acidic reaction with the deck wood.

And then, nothing happened. No one moved. No one spoke. It was like no one was able to breath. That is until coughing was heard and water leaving one's mouth had followed. It was Zoro and he finally came too after that near death experience that sent Luffy over the edge for only a few minutes.

"Zoro!"

"Big Brother!"

*Cough cough*

"I didn't kill your first mate Luffy. I merely tested him and since he proved to be better than the insects that come and go, I spared him." Mihawk said and faced the direction of Zoro after placing his Yoru back into its holder on the former's back. He then announced to Zoro that he will waiting for the latter to come and take his title. "And you should look out for Zoro Luffy. Because if he dies before taking my throne then I will hunt you down and kill you. Understand?"

"Yes Master." Luffy but Mihawk just chuckled, something as rare as a blue moon for the all serious and stern Mihawk.

"You have no reason left to call me that Luffy. I really have nothing left to teach you about. And I know you will not abuse my teachings so see the world, make more friends and do what only Roger was able to do." That was to be the last of Hawk-Eye Mihawk for the remainder of the day and pretty much the whole year; unless Luffy has anything to say about it.

XXXXX

"You said that you need a cook on your crew right?" Luffy and Yosaku turned to Sanji who was leaning on one of the walls, taking another smoke like usual and yet they both knew that those words came from his mouth.

"I do but I can't afford to have an indecisive person in my crew and working in my ship. What made you change your mind?" Luffy was excited to hear the one he chose finally wanting to join but if he just said yes, it will only make him sound desperate. Desperate was a word that Luffy will rather die than to hear someone call him that.

"Because I have a dream." Sanji said and got Luffy's attention. "My dream is to find the All Blue where all four of the Blue Seas meet. Where every single ingredient in the world are in one place; paradise for a sea cook like myself." Sanji finally admitted and expected to hear at least some laughter; silence was all he heard instead. But Sanji just couldn't wait for a response either, "And I have learned everything there is to cooking and the old man's fighting style. I am sure to be able to handle whatever will happen if I join you. Is that good enough…Captain?"

Luffy was silent, trying to spot any deception in that tone. There was none. That is when Luffy smiled and patted Sanji on the shoulder. "Then you are in Sanji. And I promise you that once we are done sailing the Grand Line, that dream will just be around the corner. Because by then, you will a chef worthy to cook up anything that can be found in the All Blue."

"Thank you…Captain." Sanji said before he started to show tears down his cheeks. "Thank you." Sanji then left saying that he needed to pack up but it was also to hide his tears while within his room. Tears that he was finally leaving the restaurant and that he was given a chance to try at his dream.

Dreams, that is what truly Pirates are for. To seek adventure and see the world as they can before their untimely ends. Whatever dreams were completed or not, pirates don't die screaming or crying but laughing at all the fun they had before they die.

"Luffy…" That is all Nami could say while on the King's Gourd, someone sailing it with only her two hands despite it being big enough to house twenty men the least and required as much to maintain the course with. "I hope this plan works. Not that I don't like you but Luffy, you are the biggest, reckless idiot I know." She was only able to say after settling her heavy beating heart. "That is why I want to sail with you, you can make anything happen, my real captain."

Elsewhere on the sea,

"This doesn't make any sense." Yosaku said for what seemed to be the uncounted time given how everyone looked sick and tired of those words already. "Why would Nami steal the main ship while Mihawk was here but left this smaller one, the Going Merry for us? There is nothing but sails and flags on this ship."

"That is because all the money we have collected is on the King's Gourd and Nami needs that money for her village." Luffy said in a casual tone but Sanji,

"Of course she needs that money. She needs it to buy all the stuff to bring our dating relationship~!" Sanji was still the shameless, perverted daydreamer when she isn't flirting with Nami or any other women that he sees with his supposedly single eye.

"But isn't Nami also dating Luffy Sanji?" Johnny said and Sanji flinched and stirred rather violently; almost like an invisible man had come and pierced him in the heart section of his chest.

"Why? Why would the most beautiful woman in the sea want with the stupid captain!? I cooked until my hands fell asleep but she still chose the captain over someone like me!" Sanji was now on the floor, pounding weakly in deep depression.

"And I am glad that the witch actually has someone that still trusts her even after she had the nerve to throw my bothers like fish bait in order to steal our ship. Leaving the Going Merry was just adding salt to the wounds, adding insult to injury." Zoro grumbled angrily but was hit on the head twice and by two different blows. "WHAT!?"

"Don't you dare insult the beautiful and pure Nami!"

"And don't you dare try and agitate your wounds Mr. Zoro!" While everyone ignored Sanji's voice, Kaya's words can't be denied as she is still the working ship doctor; but Kaya had been involved only as long and she still had a lot to learn in order to treat everything disease and injury related with sailing.

"Right, right. Hold your horses girly." Zoro is still the gruff type and that was his way of apologizing. If only everyone other than Luffy could get used to it.

"What did you say to Kaya!?"

"SHUT UP! ALL OF YOU!" And before Usopp could start another argument, the old peace bringer himself aka the captain stepped in. "It is getting quite difficult to concrete on making sure we get to where Nami is heading. You should be lucky that my girlfriend had given me a map to her home island. You all should be ashamed of yourself for distrusting Nami." Luffy said all in one breath and everyone said 'sorry' in their own way. "And don't you even think of it Sanji, now get to cooking. It is lunch time."

The cook signed and droopy walked like a beaten puppy to the kitchen of the Going Merry that actually was fully stocked on tools and ingredients; Yosaku should stop stretching the truth. Sanji would have more guts to defend himself but after seeing the captain take on the 'Greatest Swordsman in the World' evenly and killed Krieg without even physically touching him, Sanji is now afraid of Luffy's power.

In fact, everyone on the Going Merry is afraid of the captain. But what got them to be a little distant of him and remarkably obedient to a fault is what Yosaku and Johnny said about Mihawk; that the 'Greatest Swordsman in the World' is also a government dog, a member of the Shichibukai.

The Shichibukai or 'Seven Military Seas' aka the Seven Warlords of the Sea are basically seven powerful and influencing pirate captains that have been asked by the government to help the Marines handle any outbreak of pirate crews, anywhere in the world. And each of these Seven Warlords were once pirates that had a reputation for being unstoppable and unbeatable. In fact, any pirate crew that tries to take on a Shichibukai member will be suicidal.

The other than being recruited by the government to handle other pirates, another reason the Shichibukai are often called 'government dogs' is that once a pirate captain becomes a member of the Shichibukai, their bounties are frozen and their actions are overlooked by the government officials and marines officers. Pirates all around the world think that the Shichibukai had lost their will to be free and also lost any pride to follow orders around by the government.

According to the brothers, not only was Mihawk part of the Shichibukai but there was another member who was connected to another pirate entirely that 'set up shop' here in the East Blue. Jimbei, the 'Knight of the Sea', had supposedly unleashed a 'holy terror' into the East Blue as quoted from Yosaku. And this 'holy terror' was named Arlong, a member of a race known as 'Fishmen'; that are like anthropomorphic creatures that have the characteristics of fish.

What the case, they were headed to the Conomi Islands and more specially Cocoyasi Village; that was where Nami lives and it is also where another landsite known as Arlong Park is located. Even an idiot will be able to tell that is where Arlong's headquarters is.

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Meanwhile,

"I am home everyone."

"Hey it's Nami!"

"You are back Nami!"

The girl with hair of tangerine orange walked past the residents of the area known as 'Arlong Park'. She ignored how surprising they looked. It was like humans had suddenly taken on the features of various breeds of fish while wearing festival, summer clothes and sandals; they are the fishmen that made up the entire pirate crew. Nami was more interested in the one that sat on the throne while surrounded by all of them; 'Saw-Tooth' Arlong himself.

"You big girl, what brought you back after only two months?"

Arlong is a large, muscular, light blue saw-shark Fishman whose most distinctive trait is his saw-shaped nose. He has long, black hair with a widow's peak reaching down to his shoulders, under a brown ushanka. He has a fin on his nape, surrounded by his hair, and the gills are located on both the sides of his neck. There is a tattoo of a sun on the left side of his chest, while a Jolly Roger similar to his face is on his lower left arm. Other notable features include thin, fierce light-blue eyes and a long, angular jaw.

Arlong's attire is composed of fashionable, light clothes, reflecting his rich status as well as his background as a thug. He wears a short-sleeved, unbuttoned yellow shirt decorated by many black lightning-like spots, Bermuda shorts which are brown in the manga and green in the anime, a purple sash around the waist and simple sandals. He also sports a lot of jewels: he has a golden chain bracelet around his left wrist and two golden bracelets around each ankle, with straw-like decorations hanging from them. On his hands are what appear to be rings, decorated by colorful gems.

"I just got this empty feeling in my heart so I came back to see what did you do to me." Nami said uncouthly while wearing a sleeveless shirt compared to the one that covered half of the upper part of her arm; it revealed that she had a tattoo just like the ones that Arlong had on his flag as well as everyone on his crew. But regardless, Arlong just laughed it up. Then he announced Nami's arrival to the rest of the crew who had been taking a dip in the pools that made up Arlong Park, saying that they will have a banquet for the occasion but Nami didn't feel happy about it. She was still worried about what Luffy had asked of her to do sometime between Orange Town and the Baratie; and it was during the time they became an unofficial couple.

Flashback Begins!

"Nami…" The navigator turned to see her new captain in the doorframe of her room on board the King's Gourd. "Can I come in?" Nami was just wondering why a boy like Luffy just appeared from the sky but she could have sworn that it was a gift from the heavens; kind, polite, caring, thoughtful and clever enough to pull schemes off without a fault and come up with plans on the fly. Not to mention that Nami noticed that Luffy couldn't be any more handsome and wild looking which had got her fancy for sure; and his aura just screamed dominance, so much that she found herself stuttering and losing her concertation easily at times.

"S-sure…" Nami said with a slight uneasiness in her tone since the sun of the departing daylight had almost caused Luffy's wild looks to overload Nami's processors. Luffy relaxed on the bed that Nami was also sitting on, "S-so w-what's u-u-up…?"

"Don't be frightened too much but I know." Luffy started and actually got Nami more curious than scared but that will be inversed once she got clearer on this. "I know about Saw-Tooth Arlong and his crew that you are part of."

"B-but…h-how…!?" Nami screamed but found her hand being clutched by Luffy's, never even trying to let go. That necessary when Luffy silently took the sleeve covering Nami's left arm, to reveal Arlong's mark of members of his crew.

"I have ways and that is what I want to talk to you about." Luffy said and Nami was worried, once anyone learned about this, Nami can say goodbye to them and never hear from them again. But, "I want to help you Nami. I want you to be free."

"B-but Luffy…I am member of another crew. I am cheating on you!" Nami tried to get this over with and see just what lengths will Luffy really go for her.

"You wanted to come because of your own personal reasons but every time I see you look at your left arm, it is pain, guilt and sadness I always see in your eyes. Arlong forced you to be part of his crew. I will never do such at thing to you Nami." Luffy said without a hitch or crack in his voice. "I want you to be where you want to and in order for you to do so is to be free of your bounds. And I will help you Nami, to be free and complete your dream."

"…" Nami didn't say a word, despite how much she wanted to internally. Luffy ignored this and hugged her gently and warmly, to help with her shivering and tears. And it worked, Nami had ceased her shaking and dried her eyes while in Luffy's chest, not caring if the shirt will get wet. "Thank you Luffy…thank you…"

"You're welcome Nami. Now please get some sleep, we have a long way to go." Luffy answered and tried to stand up from the bed but Nami pulled him back so all of a sudden that he fell on it instead. "Nami?"

"Luffy…I love you." Before Luffy could retort, Nami silenced him when she had their lips met with a kiss! Luffy saw that Nami wanted this and even noticed it when she wanted to explore his own mouth with her tongue. And what better way for them both to enjoy it than to get in with the action?

When Luffy allowed her to taste his mouth and kissed her back, Nami felt like the happiest girl in the world. After a good ten minutes, heavens knows how they did it, they both had to break for some air back into their lungs. "Nami…you really…?" Luffy left it trailing off and Nami nodded.

Luffy then said nothing until he started to disrobe right in front of Nami, causing her to blush but sighed in relief when the raven haired pirate stopped with his pants still on and only his above clothes taken off. She then wanted to get in with this chance by taking off all but her underwear, hoping to get a reaction out of Luffy. "Beauty, in all its natural form. Can't even dream of anything better."

"Thank you. I hoped that I grow gracefully for my age." Nami said in a nervous tone while finding no strength when Luffy then gently clutched her in his arms. He then tucked both himself and Nami into the covers with the same gentleness.

"Call it whatever you like Princess, it is all the same beauty." Nami found herself giggling and even more engrossed in Luffy's warmth now that she was slightly naked. "But I wish that I feel like you do." Nami then felt like she was a fool and stripped for a boy who didn't appreciate her feelings until, "So tell me more about yourself Nami. I will gladly learn how to give you all the love and pleasure you can ever ask for. Please teach me, you are the only one who can. Please do it, for both of us."

That was it, Nami didn't care anymore. She seared it all in another passionate kiss while trying to get Luffy to feel more of her body, even the usually private sections. "Thank you Luffy…I love you…I will always do. And I will teach you how to love, captain." Luffy smiled and started a kiss on his own this time and then nodded away. Now Nami felt the same, feeling just the right amount of warmth, hearing something that is soft and beating at a steady pattern like a lullaby, all of it right around her and in her bed. Nami will have a good night's sleep for sure.

Flashback Ends!

'Luffy' Nami resorted to speaking to herself via her thoughts rather than her voice because even a whisper will put her into danger, 'you are the boy I have been dreaming off at night after doing dirty work for these jerks.' And since it was late in the evening and in the party once Nami had finished walking down memory lane, she then silently excused herself to her room within Arlong Park to hide her tears as she ignored the shelfs of books on map writing and navigation to sit at a table that was designed to aid a map maker at their worker. But Nami wasn't going to write even a single line that evening, she just broke down as her tears had finally got out of control. "Luffy, please…save me. Save me from myself, Captain." That was to be unanswered for that same night.

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The next day, once the Going Merry had reached the island that is supposed to be where both Cocoyasi Village and Arlong Park is stationed. "So Luffy," The captain was in the part of the ship where the helm was placed; and a rather unique one considering that it is not in the shape of the usual steering wheel but with a 'steering pole' with a sheep's head like the one used for the ship's figurehead. By tilting the pole left or right, the rudder at the stern will move in that direction. "Where are we going to dock at Cocoyasi Village?" Kaya asked as she entered via the door in front of the helm.

"Kaya, we are not going to sail to Cocoyasi Village…"

"But isn't that where we are going and that is where Nami is found?" Kaya interrupted Luffy and before the captain could clarify,

"Are you saying that we are not going to save Nami for the Fishman pirates? You selfish, idiotic…" Voices of protests followed Sanji's but it didn't even last part one minute.

"SHUT UP!"

Everyone did as so and saw that Luffy was iterated with them again, just like when the first left the Baratie on the Going Merry. "What I wanted to say is that Cocoyasi Village is very dangerous to ships as the village is well in eyesight of Arlong Park and the pirates could easily sink us. That is why we are only getting on foot and from another village that is close to Cocoyasi but is out of range of Arlong Park. The Going Merry will be more safe there than the alterative. Unless you want to convince Usopp and Kaya to risk it."

"NO!" That was the immediate response and the whole crew plus Jonny and Yosaku had to get the blunt of the sheer volume of both Usopp and Kaya that answered all at once.

"Good, then we are going to take the Going Merry to Gosa Village like I said so we can keep the ship out of danger." Luffy explained and everyone nodded. After an hour making sure that no one from Arlong Park saw or heard the coming, Luffy and his crew had boarded the shore. "Alright, we got a lot of priorities which include finding our main ship so we will need to scatter so that any pirates stationed here wouldn't be able to connect any of us together. Once they do then it is all over, understand?"

Seeing everyone nod, Luffy smiled; this could work out easier than he had prepared for after all. "Alright then. Kaya, Johnny, Yosaku take Zoro to Cocoyasi Village in search of a doctor since they didn't have such a thing on the Baratie."

"But Luffy…" Zoro whined but was silenced.

"You need help that Kaya still needs to learn and we are in a hurry. And no island in any sea can't be without a certified doctor." Luffy briefed them the best he could. "Now then, Usopp and Sanji, you will check out Gosa Village and find out anything you can about 'Arlong'. If they won't talk then find your info out your own way but make sure not to get caught."

"Okay Luffy and thanks for the present. I am sure to use it right." Usopp said in an encrypted tone to which Luffy shook his hand in an effort to say, 'whatever'.

"And you Captain, what are you going to do? Isn't lovely Ms. Alvida coming with a knight like me along with a page like Long Nose?"

"I built the King's Gourd while still on the ocean surface and Alvida knows it when she sees it. So she will be coming with me and nice try by the way Sanji." Luffy said in a stoic tone that got Sanji depressed all over again and the rest of the crew feeling like smirking at the sight. "Let's move."

When the two groups left in their own directions, Luffy and Alvida stayed put. "Will he help us? I haven't even seen his scales since you made me eat the Sube-Sube no Mi." Alvida asked and Luffy just placed his fingers into the water.

"I'm sure, it is very difficult to move such a beast like him around without causing any unwanted panic and that is why I asked of him to disappear until I need him again." Alvida couldn't ask her captain more since Luffy knew exactly what he was doing regardless of what needed to be done; and it never let her down before.

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Meanwhile,

"What the hell is this!?" Both Usopp and Sanji just stood in one place while looking at the crazy destruction that greeted them as soon as they both got to Gosa Village. It was like something had teared up the earth and the houses, like someone had flipped them all on their roofs as if they were cars tossed around by a toddler throwing a fit. "What could have caused this?"

Sanji said but noticed that Usopp was shaking like a leaf on a branch in the wind and his skin was pale and drenched nervous sweet. "Usopp…?" Sanji did know their names and didn't want to make himself look 'soft' in front of women, something about making himself look 'macho'.

"Fishmen." Usopp finally spoke but in a broken tone that was either new found fear or immense shock. "Luffy once told us about a race that resemble fish but walk and talk like us and even use weapons. But another thing that gives them the advantage in water is that they can naturally breathe water and survive even intense water pressure but this is something else."

"Then what is it!?" Sanji was getting impatient with his own shock,

"Both in and out of water, all fishmen are also naturally ten times stronger than the average human being." Sanji was just about to faint due this new info and had to grab Usopp by the collar,

"If they are that strong then how is our stupid captain thinking that we can take them on!?" Usopp then grabbed Sanji's hands and managed to wrench them off easily.

"Because we are nothing like the average human. We all are more like fifteen times stronger in any aspect which includes physical strength." Usopp said which seemed a little farfetched to any civilian's ears but Sanji decided that since he personally could see seriousness instead of fear and lying in Usopp's eyes and tone, he will just go with it. "And since I am a sniper, we prefer the high ground so you will check on the surface while I check things from atop this toppled houses."

Before Sanji could response, Usopp surprised him by bouncing on top the flipped houses, a lot like a kangaroo. And so, Sanji was left on the trail that led past all the toppled houses in Gosa Village. Hopefully, he will some luck of his own to find someone that can shed some more info, or at least anything useful.

Meanwhile, Usopp was still bouncing on the new roof of the houses until he decided on one that had a tree cover. Underneath, he took out the bag that he brought along as mere spare ammo to Sanji and the bounty hunters but the rest of the crew, they knew better. It was actually various pieces of a rifle! Pieces such as the flint, the handle, the striker and the tube where the bullets will move in order to get any distance of force.

"I sure am glad that I took Luffy's words and teachings good enough to get this as a present. A slingshot is just dandy but I am going against fishmen and I need something will more range, force, and fire power." Usopp said to himself and once he had completed his rifle, he revealed that there was spare ammo in that bag, with the purpose of hiding the pieces of the rifle so only Usopp can assemble it. Then he got on a lookout on top of the same tree that covered his works on his hidden rifle, in order to see if there were any trouble to break up.

Instead, "Psst!" Usopp had picked up someone trying to get his attention and tried to find the source. "Down here!" Usopp got that hint and looked earthward, "Come on!" Usopp disappeared as soon as he appeared on the top of the tree while following a shadow that called out to him.

After struggling to keep up, Usopp found himself among some kind of farm with a large array of bushes that obviously grow something to be harvested. Despite that peeking his curiosity, Usopp still followed the shadow into a house nearby. Inside was the same voice that got his attention in Gosa Village,

"My name is Nojiko."

Nojiko is an average-sized young woman with light blue hair and tanned skin. Her right arm and chest are heavily tattooed. She is usually seen wearing a beige sleeveless shirt, blue trousers and purple sandals. Furthermore, she appears to wear pink lip gloss.

"Usopp, just Usopp." The sniper could have tried to do more than this and try to make him look golden as a man. But Luffy never tolerated such behavior and displayed that during Haki training; and Usopp never wanted to remember those days.

"So why were you in Gosa Usopp, it was deserted a couple of days ago when everyone left the village dry." Nojiko said,

"I saw and I can guess that fishmen had caused it. What got them so angry?" Usopp said, internally wondering why he isn't stuttering like he used to back home in Syrup Town.

"Because Gosa just couldn't keep paying their dues as they kept getting bigger and bigger until the whole town once admitted that they couldn't pay. And the fishmen decided to 'punish' them and 'teach them a lesson' by flipping the houses and running them out of Gosa." Nojiko said in a sadden tone. "And we had to live like this for eight years!"

Usopp soften his expression seeing that Nojiko was troubled and did the only thing he could think off. Usopp hugged her gently which got her surprised, "W-what the hell a-are you d-doing…?"

"You needed a hug, I can tell." Usopp said in a whisper and soon, Nojiko said nothing and hugged him back, crying out her bottled up feelings.

"…thank you, idiot." Nojiko said after gently breaking up the hug, "Next time, don't just hug a girl unless she is also about to break down. We hate it when it's otherwise."

"Just like what Luffy told me." Usopp said, "And speaking of which, I need to find him and…"

"And what Usopp?" The sniper stopped in his tracks while Nojiko was wondering why. "Going to tell me that you just hugged a girl besides Kaya? Please tell me that my little brother is becoming a womanizer like our cook?"

"Luffy!" Usopp turned to see the captain in question who was leaning in the open door frame with an amused Alvida besides him. "No! I…I…She needed some comfort! That's all!"

"You are too soft and too easy little brother. Kaya is not going to like how I am going to tell this story to her." Luffy retorted and Usopp then became down casted and depressed.

"Just who are you!?" Nojiko was tired of being kept in the dark. But before she could get an answer, Luffy, Alvida and Usopp all cringed and looked in the same direction.

"Someone is in trouble and it is coming from the direction of Cocoyasi Village!" Luffy said and then Nojiko started to panic and hurried towards the villager herself. The crew just raced after her to see what was going on for themselves; what they picked up on their Haki was something of aggression and pain coming from two different signatures that are in close proximity. As they got closer to the village and then to where the negative feelings were coming from, the scene in their minds became more and more clear; to be a large human like being with an actual human in his the grasp of his hand, dangling over the dirt road!

"That's Mr. Genzo!" Nojiko said and the crew got a good look at who the fishman had in the palm of his hand. It was Arlong, outside of Arlong Park!

And as for Genzo, there was one thing to notice about him; the pinwheel in the brim of his hat that rotated periodically in the wind. Another thing was the various scars on his face that made look like someone had sliced and diced him rather baldy including the new and recent cuts in other places on his body. Other than that, Genzo was wearing something of a police uniform.

"Alvida." Luffy said and the woman with a large club didn't need any words for orders. She just did what no man can possibility do; gag Nojiko with her hand and holding her back with an arm on her chest. "Usopp, go." The sniper took in a huge gulp and a deep breathe in before jumping to the top of a nearby house with rifle in hand and aimed to fire.

Meanwhile Luffy was going to watch and signal Usopp when it is time for the sniper to strike. "A gun? I don't remember allowing civilians to bear arms. Are you trying to revolt against me Genzo!?" Arlong interrogated the man who was struggling to even growl with a large, webbed hand, clamped on his neck and airway.

"There are boars deep within the woods that we get our pork and meat. The skin of the boars are very think that spears and knifes are suicidal. That is why we use guns and rifles to hunt for them." That was what anyone could get out of Genzo's mouth minus the gagging and coughing in irregular patterns. And it was a valid reason to bear arms for sure but Arlong just wasn't taking that, even for an excuse.

"Then we will take care of these 'boars' if you pay us extra Berry. And that is if there were any boars in the woods, not that we hadn't searched the whole are and every tree in case you were storing anything from or against us." Arlong mocked with sadist intent Genzo for trying to come up with a story to explain the possession of fire arms among the residents of Cocoyasi Village. "Now you will tell us if there is any more weapons so we will take them for ourselves, now!"

Genzo managed to smirk at Arlong's words as if another way to mock the fishman in return. "And even if I said 'yes', will you believe me? I told you a lie so how can I stop?" Arlong snarled and tried to hold himself back because if he killed Genzo then he will never know if there are any more weapons or any other threat to his rule.

But all those thoughts were dashed when something hit Arlong in the face and exploded! Genzo was released and backed off so none of the sparks or embers will spread to himself and meanwhile, will try to bring back the shocked townspeople who feared that they will be neck if there are a sniper at work. But instead, everyone saw that the nearby Fishmen were also shot on the head with every shot exploding on them. Unfortunately for any sniper trying to kill any of them, the fishmen were much tougher and got out with only smoke on their skin.

"Who did the hell did that!?" Arlong was nothing worse but his temper was raging red on his face for sure. And even though he looked, no sniper or anyone with a smoking rifle was in eyesight. "Well I will just…ARRGH!" Arlong screamed when something hit his back and caused another explosion on the sight. This caused Arlong to forget about the witnessing crowd because they were on the wrong side to cause that attack.

That was the chance they all were looking for and everyone, even Genzo, fled Cocoyasi Village to the north while the fishmen were trying to find the mysterious and bold sniper that seemed to be nowhere but still hit his target anyways. But for the rest of the afternoon, they found no one.

But the trouble today still wasn't over and especially at Nojiko's farm with groves that revealed to grow tangerines. There were marines raiding the groves of tangerines! "What the hell are you doing!? Those are my tangerine groves! I spent my whole life on them!" Alvida somehow had lost her hold on Nojiko but before she could try to pursue her.

"Think Alvida…" Luffy said while he and Usopp were trying not to get involved by staying on the side of the house that the marines can't see. "We are pirates. The Marines will try to arrest Nojiko for even associating with us for less. Let's try to make this less troublesome as it can be before we all agree that we need to walk in. Genzo is coming anyways." Alvida saw that the same police man with the scarred face did indeed come and try to diffuse this situation.

But, "Chi-chi-chi-chi, I'm sorry but we are only doing our job. We got a tip that a certain thief lives here and somewhere among these disgusting orange fields is where she had been stashing her loot over eight years. Now keep looking!"
"Yes Captain Nezumi!" The marines addressed the arrogant and indifferent excuse for a person tear up a product of hard work as Nezumi, a Marine Captain. Nezumi has the appearance of a rat. He has whiskers, and rat ears attached to his marine cap. He also has brown hair. Unlike most Marine captains that Luffy personally had ran into, he has a greyish-blue button up coat that goes down to his feet, with a black belt and blue shoulder pads. All in all, he practically screams both greedy, ignorant and arrogant.

"Captain! We have found a hoard of berries buried to the north-east!" One of the marine subordinates reported which got Nojiko to gasp and Genzo to curse while the crew stayed out of sight.

"That is my treasure! Stay away from it!" That got the direct attention of all present and left for the direction of the voice north and east of the house and entrance to the tangerine groves. They all got at the same time and saw the same ugly sight,

"Nami!" Nojiko cried out for the same girl that is slightly younger than she trying to use her Bo staff to fight he marines from a chest of bills and coins that was buried directly at the base of the sixth vine from the left and the thirteenth one from the right of the last intersection. The pirate crew now knew just why was Nami desperate for money and when she said that she hated pirates and wanted to buy a certain village, it all made sense. The Arlong Pirates had captured her home town, forced her to be one of them and now she has to run and steal in order to buy the village back; and it took eight years to do it.

"So you are the petty thief, I ought to arrest you on serious accounts of it for a eight year span if I didn't need to confiscate every single berry there is. After all, it is stolen goods and we marines must recover it." Nezumi said and was meant with protests from all three local inhabitants.

"Then who told you where to find it!?" Nami shouted and everyone could feel that the answer is going to make things a lot more interesting.

"I told you, it was a tip and you all know who gives us all the money we need to keep going. We Marines don't work for free when it comes to protecting this island." Nezumi smirked and everyone now figured it out.

"It was Arlong! He knew all about this and now he sent you to steal all my money!?" Nami shouted but Nezumi still chuckled arrogantly,

"Steal? You should talk young thief, and if we didn't get the tip then we will have to bare the fact that we allowed a thief do what she wants under our noses. You can say all you want but all this is yours and you tried to keep this a secret from everyone. All this was just for yourself." Nezumi mocked Nami and she tried to deck him but instead a gunshot filled the groves.

The crew, still in hiding, Nami and Genzo all saw that one of the marine subordinates had fired his rifle but at Nojiko! The older girl pushed Nami out of the way and got glazed in the shoulder. "Nojiko, SISTER!" Now that was something that Nami never said to even Luffy but that was all put aside when the marines had taken the chance to retrieve the chest out of the dirt and proceed to take it to their ship. "I told you that is my treasure! I was going to buy this village with it! Give it back!"

"Sorry thief but this is what happens when you break the law. Chi-chi-chi!" Nezumi chuckled in a mocking way and left with his subordinates. All the while, the crew remained undiscovered while Nami broke into tears and ran from the groves too, leaving Genzo with the injured Nojiko.

"Let us help." Genzo then turned to see Luffy and his crew, no longer hiding and staying out of the drama.

"You." Genzo growled but before he could say another word or continue to growl, Luffy and Usopp picked Nojiko up gently with Alvida looking after the wound, something that she personally couldn't help but doing which was ironic as she caused wounds rather than fix them for her own crew. Genzo just showed the pirates where the island doctor has his infirmary.

"Seriously, I am pretty popular today with patients it seems!" Dr. Nako, the doctor of the island in question, is an elderly man, with a wrinkled face, grey hair, and a grey mustache and goatee, along with grey eyebrows. He wears a bandanna with a red cross, a common symbol for medical personnel and sunglasses. He wears a striped light green and dark green shirt, under a doctor's coat with a red cross on the side on the right arm. "First it was a huge slash that hasn't been tended to, then there was the poor work done by the girl on herself and now this!"

Everyone just ignored how grumbly Nako may seemed as the good doctor does his work as Kaya nervously watched as she knew that she was the second case listed by Nako in his rant of a fit. They just tried to keep Usopp from interrupting Nako's work; he is still the overprotective boyfriend type that still denies being in a relationship with Kaya, no matter how clear it is that they are attracted to each other. Elsewhere, Zoro was taking a little nap despite the soreness from his large cut on his chest given the sewing on the edge of the wound that are swollen greatly.

"Any ways, why don't you got and find a real doctor for your crew!?"

"Will you be able to survive the Grand Line if we take you Doctor?" Luffy answered and that got everyone's interest. "I mean it, that is where everyone on my crew is going and I don't need just about any doctor, I need one that can survive the Grand Line like we are training to do."

"I guess you have a point but even with this young lady, how are you going to battle life threatening wounds or fatal illnesses. There are some that can only be found and contracted in the Grand line. That is all I know about the Pirate's Graveyard."

"Pirate's Graveyard huh?" Luffy smirked, "I have a friend that sails in the Grand Line and he told me about an idea in Paradise that I can try and recruit a doctor from."

"Paradise? Where's that?" Usopp asked and Luffy just sighed.

"I will tell you all only once so you better answer anyone else that asks that question." Luffy said before taking out the map that he had kept from his encounters in Orange Town. It showed two large lines that make longitude, another for latitude and finally four sections in each corner of the map. "See that the North and South Blue are separated by the Grand Line?" Everyone nodded. "But this line," Luffy pointed to the one that was the latitudinal on the map, "Is the Red Line. Made entirely out of indestructible rock that separates the West and East Blue. But it also separates the Grand Line into two starting here at Reverse Mountain." Luffy then pointed at the Red Line near the East Blue, with the name Loguetown. "And the part of the Grand Line that starts on the other side of Reverse Mountain from the East Blue is called Paradise while the final part of the Grand Line is called the New World."

"Then why is it called Paradise if it is also called the Pirate's Graveyard!?" Alvida demanded and Luffy just smirked.

"Paradise is just a name for those who sail in the New World who also sailed Paradise, calling it because that part of the Grand Line is like that in comparison to the dangers in the New World."

"The New World is that dangerous, to make the Pirate's Graveyard look like paradise!?" Usopp shouted and Luffy nodded.

"That is all we need to worry about here in the East Blue Usopp, everyone. We still need a navigator and Nami is going to be it. I don't care what you have say but if you object, you will then become my enemy. And trust me, my enemies never last past the first day if they tried to harm my crew." Luffy threatened and silenced anyone from trying to get Luffy to see why he could just give up on Nami.

XXXXX

And speaking of whom, when Genzo left the infirmary and got everyone more than willing to die to fight the fishmen pirates, they encountered Nami again but she was running away from Arlong Park in tears, saying that she is going to do better and steal another hundred million berries to buy the village. But Genzo just won't take any more of this and ignored her attempts to stop them with a knife.

It turned out that when Nami ran from the tangerine groves, she confronted Arlong. She accused him of tipping the marines and breaking his promise not to harm the village and give it to Nami for one hundred million berries. But Arlong laughed at it all and cruelly said that he had kept his part of the deal but Nami never counted on Arlong freely stealing her money, all her efforts to the save the village. Nami then fled Arlong Park to try and stop the townspeople because she had a grave feeling that they will take Nojiko getting shot very badly. And she was right.

Now, with no money left and all the townspeople being sent to their defeats by Arlong, Nami couldn't even find the energy to move from her spot. Then she saw the one thing that caused it all; her brand of Arlong's flag mark. It was like it mocked her and reminded Nami of Arlong's sick and sadist laugh. And it was enough to cause her to go mad and stab herself on the arm, right where the mark was; as if she tried to erase all the bad memories that the mark had caused her. All the while, ranting and yelling of Arlong's name nonstop while she caused a large wound on her whole arm.

But then, Nami felt someone on her arm. Gently stopping her from hurting herself since she froze at the touch. The touch of warm, smooth and yet calloused skin that seemed to be an impossible sensation but Nami knew who it was. Looking up, Nami saw the love of her life, looking down on her. "Luffy…"

After that same knife was tossed aside, Nami didn't even get up. Not even the sight of the boy that she wanted to be with could bring her spirits up. Nami's heart was clouded and hurt too much. "What the hell are you doing here Luffy!? You don't know anything about this."

"No, I don't." That was a lie but it was better than telling the truth and wound Nami's feelings even more.

"Then go! Scram! Get off this island! Leave! LEAVE! GO AWAY!" Nami tried to get her point by reaching for the closest thing to her, the sand among the dirt road she was standing on her knees. But after a few swipes that only got Luffy's pants dirty too, no one cared about that, Nami stopped as that too hurt pretty badly. "Luffy…" Nami said with her voice so broken that it was just about to shatter. "Help…me…" Nami was no longer the feisty and confident girl with a knack for thievery and treasure anymore; just a poor, scared and broken girl who needs rescuing more than any other time in her life.

Luffy said nothing, just took his hat, his most prized treasure that toppled even his own life, and placed it on Nami's head. Then he walked past her, without even worrying about his hand before taking in a huge breathe. "HE WILL PAY!" Hearing that and remembering how Luffy had always threatened and even beaten anyone foolish enough to even touch his hat, Nami realized that even after everything that had happened to him by Nami hadn't even changed his loyalty and concern or her; this was nothing but a dream to Nami and now, it has actually happened.

And as all this was stirring around in Nami's mind, giving her the hope that she thought she had given up on, Luffy was approaching his crew who were sitting in various positions ahead of him; and all of them had shadows covering their eyes, showing that they heard everything and they were not going to back down. "Time to go wild everyone." Luffy simply said,

"Right." They all said in prefect unison that got Nami to cover her mouth at it all. They were still going to fight the Arlong Pirates, not for the fame or glory that it give them but for how those pirates had hurt Nami; both physically and emotionally.

Meanwhile,

"Good work on that last ship, Chew, Kuroobi and Hatchan." Arlong said looking at the top ranking officers of his crew under himself. They intercepted a marine ship from outside the border of Conomi Village with the promise of saving the townspeople but instead tried to defeat Arlong and gain more fame with their positon as marines. They failed in their overconfidence and paid the ultimate price at the hands of only three fishmen. "That will teach them to try anything against us and our empire. But what about those last two pathetic humans that came by recently?"

Chew was a fishman that closely looked like that of a smelt-whiting with his skin color and the shape of his mouth. Chew is muscular, blue skinned, and has thick lips. His Arlong Pirates tattoo is seen on his right shoulder. He wears a necklace, a striped blue vest, dark-brown leather pants, and sandals.

Kuroobi was based off of a ray with large fins that were located at the skin of his arms. Kuroobi 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.

And Hatchan was definitely based off an octopus with six arms with two legs that made the eight tentacles of a normal octopus. He has pink skin and grey hair styled with five spikes He has a muscular build and has suction cups on his six arms, which he can use to cling on to walls. Hatchan has a tattoo in the shape of a sun on his forehead. While most fishmen have webbed hands, octopus fishmen and women do not, as neither Hatchan nor Octopako have webbed hands.

"Oh those two, they claimed to be friends of Pirate Hunter Zoro but they were really weak, so much that pushovers are stronger than those two." Kuroobi said while everyone laughed at the mere idea of being threatened by those two. Then something happened and they all lost their voice when the sealed gates to their headquarters had shattered from the force equal to that of an explosion.

"I see that you are still here Arlong." Luffy said with his stance barely even twitching out of place. "I am actually glad you are."

"Who the hell are you!?"

XXXXX

"The name is Luffy. Monkey D. Luffy, a pirate." Luffy said as he simply walked over to Arlong who was till in his throne, looking angrier than interested or even uninterested.

"Hey!" One of the Arlong Pirates didn't take this better than his captain and tried to stop Luffy by standing in front of him. "You better go home or you will get it! You don't know what you are dealing with! We are the…ARRGH!" That same, foolish and hardheaded pirate found out how it hurts to be hit by a cannonball but he didn't move an inch before fainting and he don't even hear the sound of someone being knocked into a stone wall.

"I know who you are, you are the stuff that made Nami hate almost everyone that sails the sea. The very seas that she wanted to sail all her life." Luffy said in a low tone while kicking away the destroyed remains of Arlong's throne while the Fishman in question was getting out of the hole made with his impression. "And as for you Arlong, that and a thousand more is for what you did to my navigator and my girl!"

Arlong then growled before smirking while his crew laughed. "Your girl!? You mean that you are doing this because that naïve bitch Nami had snagged a boy who is the same so she could get back at us!? She is sure pathetic!" The Arlong Pirates could have said more if the same pirate and a couple beside him didn't get hit and knocked out by an unseen force.

"No one asked for your opinion, fishmen who hate us for your own indifference to us." Luffy retorted and never moved his frown, not even when the Arlong Pirates tried to charge at him. Instead, they were intercepted by Alvida, Zoro and Sanji with close combat while some were blasted by Usopp at a sniper's distance. "You all deal with the small fry, take your pick, but keep them out of my way." Luffy could count on Johnny and Yosaku at the gates, keeping the townspeople out for their own safety.

"Got it captain, we love to have fun too." Zoro said while the others agreed in their own way.

"So you think that you and your pathetic human crew can stand up to your superiors eh? Well I will just kill you all, one by one and then force that bitch to conquer this ocean!" Arlong tried to intimidate Luffy and his crew despite his own crew mates getting gunned down easily and away from both captains.

"Then you should have seen more of the world, other than wasting time with the East Blue. The world's weakest ocean, you coward and bully." Luffy said and Arlong growled at that remark. "What in the world would your old captain say if he saw you now?" Luffy smirked to see Arlong snarling, too angry to even mock anymore.

"Mohmoo! Come to me!" Arlong shouted to the vast ocean by the opposite set of gates to the landside entrance. And from the waters came something that shouldn't be outside the Grand Line; a Sea King, like the one named Mohmoo. Mohmoo is a giant sea cow. It has a big round nose with a gold nose ring, cow-esque face and horns, green spots throughout its body. "Now get them!" Arlong shouted but,

"Umi…" Luffy whispered and everyone was shocked to see that the Lord of the Coast, which is supposed to be more around Dawn Island, is here at Arlong Park instead. And what is more, the Lord of the Coast is a much smaller and thus weaker form of a Sea King. And yet Mohmoo is more scared of Umi than vice versa. Luffy couldn't have trained Umi that much and under such a short time, couldn't he? "Feast to your heart's content."

Umi started at the 'feast' that his master had addressed the Arlong Pirates, including Mohmoo, as and then bore a hungry look with his tongue out for extra effect. The Arlong Pirates then started to panic but this had only made it easier for Umi to ignore Mohmoo and devour up to three fishmen in his mouth. And Umi did it like a bird trying to peck at a worm or a chicken nibbling on feed spread their feet.

"Brothers!" Arlong shouted in horror at the sight. "Stop that beast Mohmoo!" Arlong got into action and with a stare, Mohmoo actually got aggressive and charged at Umi. But to get a hit is easier said than done since Umi maybe be smaller and less physically stronger but because of that, Umi was faster and able to avoid Mohmoo's advances and land plenty of hits considering what a big target Mohmoo was.

"Like fighting a giant Arlong, it doesn't matter if ignore our hits, they all are easier targets and enough strikes can break through and bring him down with the help of his arrogance." Luffy said in a honest and experienced tone with wise words that were just mocking Arlong for the Fishman's tactics that the latter had sent out early in the game in an effort to try and change the tide in his favor for the rest of the battle; the one that has just got started. And that is always a mistake to make.

"Shut up! I don't take words from a naked ape who still doesn't know who he is going against!" Arlong shouted at Luffy who didn't even more from his spot until the sound of flesh severely cut then bones shattering, a loud gunshot paired with a loud splash and finally, a deafening roar as Mohmoo laid defeated right in front of his eyes.

"And I don't take words from a child such as yourself who thought that you could ascend to greatness by dragging your weight with those who can't fight back and can't help it." Luffy smirked as Arlong realized that his crew had been destroyed within minutes while trying to intimidate Luffy into surrendering.

"Shut up and die!" Arlong charged with and punch and Luffy only smiled at that and sent another to match it out. And they went at it pretty fiercely, with both captains getting lucky hits when their guard was done in the midst of the action but soon, it was clear who had the upper hand. "Dammit, you are really annoying!"

"That is all you say to a 'naked ape' that is proving you wrong that all humans are weak. You just never tell us what you mean by weak." Luffy said and dodged a clumsy right hook that he saw a few minutes ahead. "I mean, are we physically weak? Mentally weak? Emotionally weak? Weak in spirit? Weak in soul?" Luffy fired away while dodging strikes in order to get Arlong even angrier.

"Shut up! Now you will really die once I am done with you!" Arlong then dove into the waters around the Arlong Park tower, leaving Luffy literally hanging high and dry with only his senses at hand to survive any attack. "Shāku Dātsu (Shark Darts)!" Arlong had emerged out of the water with the speed and force of a torpedo and everyone saw that Arlong had struck Luffy head on and didn't get to see Luffy try to block it.

But instead of yells of pain, there was still that same chuckle that both frighten and relieved everyone present. When the smoke cleared, they saw that Luffy had managed to protect himself from the Shāku Dātsu attack by clutching Arlong by the very same saw tooth that he was proud of; the one that is supposed to be sharper than any spear and stronger than any sword, unbreakable. But not today, "ARRGH!" Arlong screamed as Luffy not only held him by the tooth but also sent him into a corner of the tower's base and foundation with the help of his stretching powers; and all this had helped Luffy's physical strength to break off the saw tooth of Arlong's!

But Luffy wasn't fooled as Arlong stayed in the walls that the former had tossed and dragged around like a ragdoll so Luffy just stood there with Arlong's saw tooth nose in hand, not even drawing any blood from the sharp points. And just like that, Arlong appeared but not without a weapon and something off about his heavy breathing and shaking; once he locked eyes with Luffy, everyone saw something that they only witnessed in enraged Sea Kings.

"That's the Kiribachi!" Nami shouted, now among the crowds. She had spent the whole time at home with Luffy's hat on her head and wrapping up her own wound using basic first aid. The reason she was at Arlong Park was so she won't be counted out of the action; she refused to be called too weak to fight for herself. "Arlong only uses it when he is really angry!"

The Kiribachi is a giant black pole with six saw-toothed patterned black blades, resembling a shark's saw-like teeth. Its handle is that of a katana's, but has no guard. And Arlong had held it very tightly in his grasp, he is going to be serious this time.

"Blades instead of fists? I am fine with that." Luffy said, taking out his own sword, his katana. "Let's begin." Luffy then charged in which Arlong also did with his own weapon. After one clash had left with something to be desired, they went at it again and Luffy once again had gained the advantage by dealing with blows more powerful than anyone could have guessed.

"Just what are you, puny human scum!?" Arlong was now without any holding back or remorse with blows for the kill instead of honor.

"I told you who I am and that person is going to be the Drunken King of Pirates." Luffy said and then Arlong started to laugh at the seemingly stupid name.

"So you are expecting me to blow down to a drunken king!? You are crazy and weak after all! Now die!" Arlong tried to get an edge but instead, Luffy forced him back with his eyes blacked out.

"Then take the power of a drunken king!" Luffy's body then budged with muscle and his grasp was now stronger than iron-like on the handle of the katana. "Meitei Waruyoikiri (Intoxication Drunken Frenzy Cut)!" Arlong suddenly felt like his balance had gotten soft and unstable and he could even see where the tip of Luffy's katana was until he felt the cut on both his front and back.

'W-what…is…dsis…?' Arlong even talked drunk in his thoughts and it was worrying him for once. And it was that same worry that lowered his guard for this,

"Chuu Bai Kiwoyurusukire (Let One's Guard Lower By Sake Slice)!" As if Luffy was taking this an opportunity, Arlong's felt like his body was sliced up with all the pain. But then,

"Enough!" Arlong shouted, not feeling the drunk-like effects anymore. And then realized that Luffy was still there like before and with nothing that proved Luffy had been cutting him. "You dared to meddle with my thief and navigator! You dared set foot on my island! You dared to make a fool of me in Cocoyasi Village and here, in my headquarters and in the face of the humans that I rightfully rule over! I had it all and you dared take it away!"

"Because none of it was ever yours Arlong. You didn't buy this island. You stole it. Nami was never one of you, you forced her to become such. And the townspeople that you treated like dirt were never yours, you bullied and abused them into serving over you." Luffy said. "I am not a thief as good as Nami but I stole nothing from you. You had nothing that is even worth stealing to begin with, not even your pride."

"Dammit!" Arlong just couldn't take any of this for one more minute. "I will kill you with this!" Arlong positioned himself with his teeth bearing. "Shāku Tūsu (Shark Tooth Drill)!" Arlong charged with his body spinning like a drill, with teeth ready to bite down and tear up what gets in their clutches.

But Luffy still wasn't worried, in fact there were a few of the unlimited dangers of the world that do worry this boy. He just braced for an attack of his own, "Gomu-Gomu no Springshot!" Luffy then coiled his right fist and shot it right into the head of the spinning drill made of shark teeth. When that happened, Arlong couldn't bit down on Luffy's fist and was sent right into the tower in Arlong Park!

Seeing that he had caused some internal damage as well as sending Arlong to a place that the only person that knew was Nami. And she started to realize what Luffy was going to do and braced herself since the young captain was still unpredictable. Meanwhile, inside the tower, Luffy followed his own trail of destruction until he found Arlong trying to recover from that mean and unseen punch to the face that would leave a mark to remember for a lifetime. "So this is the room from where Nami felt the most distress." Luffy muttered as she waited for Arlong to get up along with his Kiribachi that somehow stayed in his hand even when Arlong tried to use Shāku Tūsu on him.

"I see that you have found the room. The room where Nami spent eight long years making all the maps needed to conquer this ocean and the others as well!" Arlong laughed as if to boast on how he had Nami as his navigator for years compared to how Luffy had Nami for days. Luffy ignored him and followed the trail of something faint but painfully familiar to Luffy's nose. It was at a desk with an unfinished map on it with all the tools needed but Luffy wasn't interested in all but one; the pen that had a feather at the end and a tip on the other.

"This pen…it has blood on it." Luffy said with his anger clearly building. And Luffy had a good idea whose blood was it; Nami's! It must be the blood that Nami had to bear with on her hands as she was forced to make maps day and night, endlessly as part of her life of abuse, being the reluctant navigator to the Arlong Pirates.

"That's right!" Luffy really didn't want to hear Arlong's voice right now but said nothing as Arlong placed the Kiribachi at Luffy's neck. "That is Nami's pen, the very one that she had used to make me maps for eight years! She is nothing like the rest of the fifthly humans that bow to our holy power! She is a bright girl with promise to be the best navigator in the world and she is will be mine as well! Can you use here as well as I can!?"
That was it, now Luffy has snapped himself. He didn't say anything still but instead, placed the pen with dry blood on the floor and grasped one of the shark teeth-like blades on the weapon with a fierce grip. Arlong then noticed that he couldn't, not even with his fishman strength, budge his weapon at all. That was when Luffy finally spoke while shattering any nearby blade.

"USE!?" Luffy shouted which actually got Arlong to back off as Luffy effortlessly shattered the Kiribachi into pieces while standing up. "You claim to treat Nami like a part of your crew like you treat your own kind! You lied. You just want her for what she does best by claiming to give her what she wants! That's a lie!" Arlong wondered why he was allowing Luffy to talk him down or couldn't move to strike while Luffy wasn't.

"You were the one that imprisoned here in this cell of a room! And when you took her village, her homeland and enslaved the townspeople! What is worse is that you killed her mother!" Arlong flinched. "You ruined her life and forced her to do what she loves, what she dreamed of, what she wants to do with her life! You forced her to do all that under her mother's killer! You made her hate her dreams, what her mother gave for her! And you dare say that you are using her like a tool! I will never forgive you Arlong!" Luffy then kicked one of the walls open from the inside out, knocking down one of the piles of maps. "NEVER!"

Then Luffy took out both his katana and rapier and proceed to tear the room apart, right in front of Arlong's eyes. Desks, bookshelves, and the maps were all getting destroyed and the fishman tyrant was getting angry by the second. "Damm you boy!"

Outside, everyone was almost panicking to see that from inside the tower were various debris to all but Nami who recognized every single piece that fell to the ground. She then cried again but of joy to see what had bonded her, had caused her unbearable pain and worse of all, forced her to do what she thought she will throw away her life for. It was all getting destroyed, by the boy she asked to do it with all she had left; her tears of pain and sadness.

Back in the room,

Luffy was interrupted from his seemingly mindless destruction by Arlong who couldn't be any angrier. "Damm you human, you are destroying all the work that Nami had spent eight years making! You are ruining my resources to rule all the seas! I will never let you walk out alive!" Arlong yelled like a madman until Luffy head-butted him in a face in order to get free and continue wrecking at anything in the room, all the way to the foundation itself.

"You can save your breath Arlong! Nami will never come back to this room! She hates it! She wants it destroyed and I will make that happen, with or without your help!" Luffy shouted as Arlong was losing his sanity and trying to hack at the room he was trying to 'save' in order to get at Luffy. "And Nami doesn't just want this gone, she wants the entire Arlong Park gone! It is nothing but pain! Pain and bad memories and growing hate! It deserves to vanish!"

And then, Luffy sent his left leg up through the ceiling and even higher with several extra meters. "Gomu-Gomu no… (Gum-Gum...)" But as Luffy was preparing his attack, Arlong got back up while degrading his Kiribachi weapon.

"Arlong Park will never fall to a puny naked ape like you! I will take back Nami and rebuild and no one will stop me! Don't you ever look down on all fishmen!" Arlong then braced to use his Shāku Tūsu again as a last resort. But couldn't even feel the pain as his teeth broke once he clamped onto Luffy's body. Only to hear,

"ONO (Axe)!" Arlong felt like some kind of heavy mast or something had landed on his back and forced him down floor after floor until he hit the base floor with enough force left over to cause something of an earthquake. And once that was to be felt by all, the flag from atop finally fell and shattered on the ground. Back in the room, Luffy smiled. "And don't you ever look down on the power of a rubber band, like me." Then Luffy kept smiling and looking up to see that the duel had finally taken its toll on the tower, the only thing left standing of Arlong Park and the empire built around it. 'Nami…' Luffy could only think to himself as rocks and other debris continued to fall around himself, 'It's all over. You are free now. And forever.' And just like that, in one go, the entire tower collapsed on its own, leaving nothing left to be considered intact.

End of Chapter 6.

It sure took a lot of hours to get this chapter done but I am glad that I did because I wanted to get this done and move further along the canon story. I did try to do what every series tries to do, keep the personality of the main characters in check and incorporate them in the story arc. And I can't believe that I did an entire canon arc in one single chapter but I am sure that I am not the only one.

And I found out that the second weapon I gave Luffy, the one that I keep calling a sabre, was actually called a rapier. So I will calling Luffy's weapons a katana and a rapier for now on. And I will try to find where I messed up and try to fix it. Hope this doesn't harm the story much and have a nice day of the snow!*