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3 vs 3

All the fishmen looked with shock evident in their eyes as they saw a random kid come out of nowhere, and punch their captain. They all looked at him with anger as two walked up to the boy trying to punch him in the face. Luffy merely dodged them grabbing their heads and smashing them together as he said, "You have to be faster than that."

Another one jumped behind him raising a sword, "You were saying something, you small punk." He tried to strike the boy, but he suddenly felt all of his joints restricted. He looked to notice that he was held by disembodied hands. "What the heck is this? What is happening to me? Where did this come from?" he then heard someone say, "That would be my work." He looked only to see a dark-haired girl with her arms crossed, "Twist". Once the word left the girl's mouth, the fishman felt his entire body break as he was twisted around. Finally, he fell to the ground groaning in pain.

One of the fishmen looked at her, and yelled, "You damn monster, you'll pay for hurting our brother." He went for the punch only to be sent flying courtesy of Luffy who kicked him right in the face. The boy cracked his fists looking at everyone waiting for them to attack. A couple of fishmen then charged toward the boy.

They were swiftly taken care of by both Sanji and Zoro both who kicked them and sliced them away. Zoro looked at Luffy, "You can't stop yourself from causing trouble, can you?"

Sanji rolled his eyes, "If you're afraid of fighting just say moss-head, I'm more than enough to take of these morons. I fried bigger fish inside my kitchen." Sanji then looked at Luffy, "And you, besides moss-head's lack of bravery why did you charge head in first? Are you stupid or something? Next time wait for just. We're a team after all."

The boy smiled as he waved at him saying with a straight face, "Don't worry too much. I was just doing fine. I was about to kick his ass before you guys came along." Sanji shook his head as he said, "Whoever said that we're worried about you?" he then added, "What I meant is that you shouldn't hog all the glory for yourself."

Robin shook her head softly at the crew's antics as she saw Usopp muttering about how he didn't mind Luffy taking all the glory with Zoro lifting his eyebrow at him.

One of the fishmen noticed Usopp, "Hey guys, look" he said pointing at the long-nosed boy who froze in place, "Isn't that the human that we saw Nami kill? How is he still alive?"

Kuroobi then looked at the green-haired man saying, "Is that Rorona Zoro?" every fishman then shivered at the mention of the swordsman. He then eyed Usopp, "So Nami, didn't kill you huh?" he scoffed looking away, "I always knew that she wasn't to be trusted, but no one would believe me."

Arlong then lifted himself from the rubble, "So I take you came here for Nami, and you know that she's a pirate, so that must mean one of two things either you're delusional or you're a pirate yourself." Luffy nodded at the last statement making Arlong laugh, "Tell me, what can a human like you do against us superior fishmen?" he looked at Hachi nodding his head to which the octopus fishmen understood the message.

He then stood at the edge of Arlong park, he yelled, "You foolish humans, as if I will allow you to fight Arlong, you'll be dead now before you even know it" he then began to play a sound from his mouth as he said, "Come out now, beast."

Suddenly, the water began to shift violently with the surface rippling. A huge sea creature then emerged from the water as it looked at the park. But the thing about the creature was that it looked beaten up sporting a couple of bumps on its head. It looked down at the people in the park causing immense fear inside Usopp's heart. But three stood there not caring about the entire situation. Luffy looked at it, "Oh, so it's you again."

Sanji quirked an eyebrow looking at the beast before it dawned on him, "Right, I remember him from this morning." Zoro only revealed his sword wanting to test it against the huge sea creature.

Momoo then saw the two individuals who brutalized him so much in this one day. He then turned around with tears in his eyes as he tried to flee the area to be as far away from them as possible. He stopped in his tracks as he heard Arlong call out to him, "Momoo, what do you think you're going?" the beast turned fearfully looking at him as the fishman added, "You can go if you really want but know that I can find if I want to." Hearing this, the huge creature swallowed and attacked the crew.

Luffy looked at it and his surroundings saying, "Guys, duck." Wisely, Robin, Zoro, and Usopp did as told. Only Sanji kept standing, and he soon came to regret his decision. Luffy then stumped his feet into the concrete of the park. He sent his arms to Momoo's horns grabbing them as he began to spin around with his rubber body causing Sanji to say, "This doesn't seem good."

Luffy then let himself free, and he began to spin in the opposite direction to when he was rotating as he yelled, "Gum-Gum Pinwheel". This alone caused many fishmen to be taken out with Sanji getting hit in the process. In the end, the boy sent the beast flying into the distance as it splashed into the ocean moaning in pain.

Luffy laughed as he looked around him saying, "That was fun. I wish I can do it again." Sanji jumped up yelling with shark-like teeth, "What the hell is wrong with you? You almost took me out with you and the others."

Luffy only laughed at him apologizing to him with Robin standing beside him laughing along with Usopp basking about what just happened. Zoro stood up and said, "Don't celebrate just yet. There's still a couple of them standing." He pointed his sheathed sword toward Hachi, Chew, Kuroobi, and some random cannon fodder that took Luffy's warning. "Let's end them first."

Outside the park, people were astounded that they were strong enough to defeat the fishmen. Murmurs began to raise as people wondered if this was going to be the end of the menace that terrorized them for so long. Genzo stood there, "I think this might be around only chance to see the end of Arlong park." He looked at Johnny and Yosaku who were preventing anyone from entering and yelled, "Everyone stop, let's see what happens." The people who were trying to go inside the park stopped at Genzo's orders.

Back inside the park, Hachi looked at Arlong, "Rest brother, we'll take care of this. We don't want you to tire yourself fighting them." He was then reprimanded by Kurrobi who said, "You mean that you don't want him to embarrass himself. Brother Arlong is too strong to be tired by a bunch of low humans." Chew nodded his head as Hachi apologized. The big-lipped fishman added, "Right, so let's go finish these fools and go find Nami to see why the long nose over there is still alive and kicking. Plus, if we let Arlong loose, nothing will remain of this park."

Hachi stood in front of the trio of Sanji, Luffy, and Zoro. He took a deep breath as Zoro pointed out that he was about to pull something while Sanji talked about the proper way to cook an octopus. Luffy looked at his feet, "Guys, I think we have a problem here." Robin noticed this and was about to talk but then Hachi yelled, "Tacko-Hachi Black" he then released some kind of a black liquid causing Zoro and Sanji to jump away while Luffy was hit, "Octopus Ink."

Both men looked at the now black-colored Luffy who was yelling in pain, and yelled, "Why didn't you move?" Robin answered them, "His legs are stuck in the ground." Usopp, Zoro, and Sanji facepalmed immediately. They then saw Hachi lifting a huge piece of rubble and was about to hit Luffy.

The octopus fishman slammed the rubble down only for it to break into many pieces as Sanji stood there with a smirk on his face, "What a fool of a captain I chose to follow, but still better than you freaks who dare to harm a lady."

Kuroobi looked at him, "I have to admit that you're impressive for a human, but you're a pirate that's talking about chivalry. Now that's a new one."

Sanji didn't talk too kindly to this as he said, "How about I show you what chivalry can do to you because I'm still not done yet returning the favor of hurting Nami?"

Meanwhile, Usopp was trying to take Luffy away from the fight, but he only managed to stretch his legs. He was almost stopped by a random goon only for his back to break when Robin dealt with him. she looked at his feet and said, "This is a problem. Luffy, can't you punch your way out of them?" the boy shook his head, but Usopp screamed as he saw Hachi lifting a piece of stone to crush them.

The fishman was then intercepted by Zoro who said, "Kinda rude to stop him, why don't you test your skills against me?" the swordsman then unsheathed his Wado looking at Hachi who threw the rubble he had at Zoro, but the swordsman dodged.

Usopp wiped the sweat from his forehead saying, "Good job, Zoro." He then noticed that he let go of Luffy who slammed into Chew. The fishman looked in anger at Usopp who ran away in fright with Chew giving chase, "Come back here and die, you coward."

The long-lipped fishman stood outside the park seeing the two clowns that got their asses handed to them earlier with armed Cocoyashi villagers. He smirked, but suddenly got hit by a flaming projectile in the face. Usopp laughed as he said, "Don't you forget that you're facing captain Usopp." The boy then ran away with Chew giving chase telling him that he was going to end him.

In the park, Luffy tried to free himself but to avail. He saw Arlong stand up and talk with Kuroobi and Hachi. He then yelled, "I'm going to kick your ass." Luffy sent a fist toward the fishman who grabbed it saying, "Do you seriously believe that you're going to beat me?"

The fishman calmly walked up to the boy and said, "I want to test something…" he then put his hands into the ground and dug a huge chunk of concrete where Luffy's legs were still stuck, "I want to see if it's true that devil fruit users sink in the sea." The boy panicked as he sent a fist to Arlong, but the saw shark man bit it causing Luffy to bite him back.

Zoro and Sanji panicked when Arlong threw the boy into the water. "Cinco Fleur: Net" a hundred disembodied hands began to form above the sea water preventing Luffy from falling in it. Robin looked at him sweating from her brow, "Luffy, find a way to break yourself free; I don't how much longer I can hold it."

The boy looked around, but couldn't find anything. Suddenly an idea hit him; he then sent his hands toward Arlong's shoulders causing the fishman to blink in surprise. He then began to rotate his hands around them. The fishman then knew what he was going to do, but was too late to stop him. Luffy then yelled, "Gum-Gum" the boy using all his strength sent himself flying toward the fishman with the concrete part aimed at him, "Concrete Smasher" the concrete smashed at Arlong's tough skin. The concrete smashed into pieces freeing Luffy, but the sudden freedom caused an increase in his speed sending him flying into the sky. The boy thinking quickly wrapped his hand around Arlong and took him with him.

Both Hachi and Kuroobi both gaped with hanging jaws at what happened. A cough from Sanji brought them back, "Since that's over, how about I go back to cooking your butts?"

He then launched a kick against Kuroobi who blocked it with his fin saying, "You may be strong, but you're still no match to a master in Fishman karate." The two of them then began to exchange blows.

With Zoro, he looked at Hachi before lifting his sword and dashing toward him.

Robin was left standing alone with the fodder cannon. They looked at her and started smiling. She tilted her head before uttering words that they didn't here. Suddenly disembodied hands appeared all over their bodies and began to twist them around. They all fell to the ground moaning in pain as she said, "All of them got the good fight while I was stuck with cannon fodder." She walked toward the villagers as she wondered if Usopp needed her help. She then ran to aid him, and quite possibly have a good fight.

With Usopp, the boy was running for his life as the fishman. The long-lipped fishman was shooting water blasts at him, and he was terrified for his own life. He knew that if he didn't find a way to gain a break or distract him, he'll be dead. The boy opened his pack, and saw something that might just save him. he looked at Chew who shoot another blast at him, before falling to the ground and letting custom-made fake blood splatter on the ground giving the illusion that he was actually dead.

The fishman stood over the apparently dead body and frowned, "Wow, now that was a waste of my precious time. I thought that I would at least have some fun, but turns out that he just dies from one hit; now that's disappointing." He began to rub his head, "Though I have it give it to him, he sure can run, but that didn't save him in the end.

The fishman began to walk toward Arlong park as he said, "Well, I suppose that the others must have taken care of the other trash, so there's no need for me to interfere." He stroked his chin, "Perhaps I'll deal with this silly rebellion of Cocoyashi villagers. Make them an example to others."

The fishman began to grow smaller in the distance as Usopp raised from his apparent death and smirked to himself saying, "Well, that worked just fine."

He smiled at his brilliance to use a ketchup star to pretend that he was dead, and rick the fishman. The boy shivered remembering him. he knew that he was no match for the strong fishman.

He looked around him saying, "I should use some dirt to cover myself with it to pretend that I was in a real battle." He took some dirt and began to smear it on himself, but then he began to try to get up with an excuse to his friends, "What will I say? 'Sorry, guys, but this guy was too strong for me, and I almost died fighting him'," he shook his head, "No, how about 'Hey guys, sorry, but I really fought this guy, but he managed to slip away from me'. yeah, that sounds right."

He sat there as memories began to bombard him from the moment he joined the crew, to all the convictions they had, from Luffy to Zoro to Nami to Sanji to Nojiko. He felt like an absolute failure trying to run away from a fight. What will his dad think of him, if he saw him now?

He shook his head as he stood up and looked at the fishman's retreating form. He knew that what he was about to do would be labeled as absolute craziness, but he didn't want to be a failure and a coward. He yelled at the top of his voice, "Hey freak show, the fight's not over yet, where do you think you're going?"

Suddenly, Usopp not only remembered that he lost the element of surprise that he could have capitalized on to beat Chew, but also remembered that he didn't have any type of plan to fight him, but he stood in front of him bravely saying, "I'm still alive and kicking. What are you going to do about it?" Usopp knew that antagonizing the fishman was a bad idea, but now he was beyond safe, so he might as well go all out.

Chew turned around with an annoyed expression on his face, "What? Are you still alive? What the heck are you; some kind of cat with nine lives?" the fishman then gave him his full attention. the boy shivered, but he knew from the moment he left his island, he left a safe environment to enter a more dangerous one, because they were going to put their life on the line by taking many risks.

Usopp smirked, "As if a puny shoot like that would be able to kill me, now come at me with everything that you got?" was annoying a bad idea? yes, it was. Did he care? No, he didn't. he knew that his crew was now facing their own set of monsters, and they will laugh about it later. He knew that if he ran away, he wouldn't have the right to call himself a pirate or even laugh with them.

The boy grabbed his slingshot and put a shot in it as he yelled, "Certain Kill" suddenly Chew managed to cover the distance between them, "Flame Star."

Chew dodged the attack as he punched Usopp in the face sending him to the ground. The boy's slammed hard on the ground as he felt his nose break into pieces. Chew looked at him, "Well, I have to say you're either pretty brave or pretty stupid. You could've kept playing dead and survived, but you didn't."

Usopp wheezed out saying, "It's over, you damned freak. You won't hurt Nami anymore."

Chew came to him saying, "Well, you got one thing right. It's going to be over for you in a couple of moments." He stood in front of him, and was about to stomp him when arms sprouted on his back and clutched him as he heard a voice say, "Deus Fleur: Clutch" Chew then felt a horrible pain shoot through his back only for it to be followed by a pain in his knee as Usopp yelled, "Usopp Hammer"

The boy stood up and retreated toward Robin. The boy then said, "Good thing, you came here Robin. I don't think that I could've managed to keep him down for long."

Robin smiled at him, "Usopp, I'm sure that you could've managed to do something anyway, so have you managed to land some hits on him."

The boy blinked, "Not much, but I think I have a plan to beat, but I'm gonna need your help for it to pass." The girl nodded as Usopp ushered for her to follow his lead.

Chew looked at them talking, "Dude, you forget about me, you morons? I swear I'm going to get you both." He then saw Usopp fling something at him.

He remembered what happened back at the park with the flaming bullet. He raised his hand to protect his face but suddenly felt something on his back moving and catching the flying object. He opened his eyes and saw that the object was nothing, but a bottle of rum that was held by a hand. The hand then smashed the bottle on his head covering him in rum and causing several injuries to him as blood flew down.

He then noticed that the pair was absent, "Damn it, they managed to flee away," he looked at the forest behind him, and said, "They must be hiding in their woods." He looked at the water pond behind him saying, "No matter, I'll just have to flush them out of the woods." He walked to the water and put his mouth on it and began to suck it up till his torso bloated.

He looked at the forest, "Get ready to be turned into cheese when I'm done with you."

In the forest, Usopp looked at Robin who was holding two hammers he gave her, and said, "We'll only have one shot at this. It doesn't matter if I do it cowardly or not. The important thing is that I finish the job, and end him." Robin nodded at him.

Chew yelled, "Water Cannon." He released a huge wave of water bullets that destroyed the clearing near Usopp causing the boy to look in shock from behind the tree he was hiding. Chew sweat-dropped wondering what he did to deserve this. He looked at Usopp and riddled the tree he was hiding behind with water bullets.

Usopp merely hugged his head as he saw Robin move to her position, "I will prove to everyone that I know that I'm a brave warrior of the sea. You just watch me finish this fight because there's no more playing around…" he then played his slingshot back, "…today I'm a pirate. This fight is over."

Chew then kicked the tree he was hiding behind and looked at him, "What is over?"

Usopp smirked as he jumped away, "Do you know that rum is flammable?" Chew's eyes widened as he was dosed with rum. Usopp then threw a capsule, "Certain Kill Flaming Star."

Chew was quickly covered in flames as he tried to run away to the nearest water source to turn off the flames that were covering him. he ran toward the pound and threw himself in it turning off the flames. He let out a sigh of relief and looked up only to see four disembodied hands holding hammers, and Robin holding two in her hands, "Game over" was the last thing he heard before the beating began.

Once Robin finished beating him up, she walked toward Usopp who asked, "Was that really necessary?" he looked back at Chew who looked like a bunch of wallops.

The girl nodded her head saying, "Yes, I did."

He walked with her back to the park as they left an unconscious Chew behind being both the victor of their fight.

With Sanji, the man looked at his captain and Arlong fly into the sky only to both come down in an area near the park with a huge thud. From the side of his eye, he saw Kuroobi attacking him with a side chop, but Sanji blocked the attack, "I heard that martial artists fight with honor, and don't use blind attacks. tell me, where's the honor in what you did right now?"

Kuroobi smirked at the statement, "To fight someone with honor, you must be of an equal footing, but the thing is that you're nothing but a lowly human, so stay alert because if you lose focus you might end up dying."

Sanji frowned at the statement, "Dying? The only thing that's dying here is you, and I'll make sure that you become a lovely dish to serve. You'll be a superior dish if that's what you're worried about." Sanji then aimed a kick toward the fishman who blocked it with his left fin.

As he was fighting Kuroobi, he noticed that Zoro fell on the ground with blood coming out of his wound, "Zoro" Sanji called out to him knowing that the swordsman must have aggravated his wounds from his fight with Mihawk, however, this distraction caused him very much as he felt a huge pressure hit his chest sending him flying backward on the ground with a thud.

Kuroobi stood in front of him saying, "What did I just tell you about letting your guard down, you damned human? I'm a 40-level master of Fishman Karate, so I can't be taken easily after all."

Sanji was down on the ground as he coughed a little with Johnny and Yosaku calling out to him, "Cook brother."

Kuroobi scoffed, "What a bunch of weaklings? They couldn't even keep up with a couple of minutes." He looked at Hachi who was brandishing his six swords and said, "Come on, let's go help Arlong and Chew get rid of their humans, and then we can throw them in the ocean"

Kuroobi then saw Zoro raise challenging Hachi to a sword fight, before he heard, "If those were level 40 hits," he turned around to see Sanji fixing his tie while having a cigarette in his mouth, "the geezer's kicks must be a level 400 hundred."

Sanji then ran, and kicked Kuroobi in the fin causing him to slide back a little saying, "So are you ready to be served with some delicious vegetables? To be honest, I never cooked manta ray before, but I'm sure that you'll be a good test subject."

The fishman attacked him and punched the air beside Sanji who dodged the blow. The cook was shocked when he saw ripples appearing in the air as Kuroobi smirked, "You see this is the difference between us. We're both playing on different levels…"

The fishman was cut off from his speech as Sanji kicked him hard in his face causing him to gasp from pain. The cook looked at him unimpressed and said, "If you have time to gloat then you have time to fight."

the manta ray stood up taking a fighting position, "You'll regret this."

Sanji cracked his neck, as he sailed toward him saying, "Sure, but be warned that this will end badly for you. I fought harder opponents at a restaurant in the east blue." Sanji then sent a kick but Kuroobi blocked it with his fin. The fishman then sent another punch that caused Sanji to fly back, but he came up again making Kuroobi surprised that he survived two hits.

The fishman then said, "I must admit that this is the first time that a human survived my punches." Sanji laughed a little as he said, "Believe there's more of me and even stronger in that restaurant I told you about." Kuroobi frowned, "I think that I'm being underestimated here."

Kuroobi looked at Sanji and tried to think of a way to fight him given that they seemed to be equally matched much to the fishman's ire. He looked behind him, and saw the ocean causing him to smirk, "It seems that we're both equally matched here, but what will happen when we're inside my playground." The fishman then charged at Sanji grabbing and throwing himself and Sanji inside the water.

Inside the water, Sanji managed to free himself from the fishman's grasp, but suddenly he felt something hit his back as Kuroobi said, "Fishman Karate: Arm Blade Slash."

Sanji gasped as he let the air out of his lungs, and Kuroobi began to taunt him, "Look at you, and how you were reduced into nothing, but a squirming midget when I took inside the water. Killing you will be easier here."

Sanji frowned at him and launched himself trying to kick him, but Kuroobi managed to avoid him and kicked him in the gut, "Tell me, how does it feel when the shoe is on the other foot." Sanji looked at him struggling to breathe.

Sanji then tried to send another kick, but Kuroobi grabbed his leg shoving him away, "I have to admit even for a lowly human, you impressed me. you're still fighting even though you're inside water, so if you truly want to fight" his hair then sprung to life, "So be it."

"Manta Ray Thread Gripple" Kuroobi's hair then wrapped itself around Sanji who freed himself using a kick, but given that his speed was decreased inside the water, Kuroobi managed to avoid him. the fishman smirked, "It's kinda sad that your kicks were weakened due to being in the water, however, my hits don't, in fact, some may double," the fishman then bent his leg and said, "Sea-Speed Stomach Drop Kick" this managed to hit the hit him in the stomach launching him backward.

Sanji gasped as he tried to hold his breath, but noticed that the fishman was now rotating before he can even know what was he doing or avoiding the fishman launched a kick at his back, "Fire Flower Heel Drop Kick"

The fishman man then twisted his body and twirled around as he said, "Rising Thrust Kick" this time the hit targeted his chin causing his head to snap upwards.

Finally, the fishman pulled his arm back, and hit the cook in the face causing blood to drop out of it, "High-Level Exploding Palm"

Sanji at this moment knew that he needs to return to the surface to have a breath of air, but as he tried to swim away, Kuroobi managed to block his path. He laughed at the cook's suffering, "Where do you think you're going? We haven't finished our fight yet." Sanji silently cursed him as he tried to find a way to escape.

Kuroobi looked at him, and smirked, "I have to say I never met a guy who can handle my hits, so that's something, but this little game of ours must end. And after this ends, I'll handle the villagers who dared to rebel against us, and punish Nami for her treason." Sanji's eyes widened as he continued on, "For all that talk about chivalry, and in the end, it didn't save you prepare to die." Kuroobi then grabbed him and began to speed toward the bottom of the park as he said, "Fatal Pressure Plunge"

Sanji's head slammed against the rock at the bottom of the sea. Kuroobi then looked at him smirking but saw that he was still alive. He wondered, "How is he still alive after all this?" he grabbed him and then went to prepare another one of his attacks, but Sanji had other plans.

The cook knew that fishmen breathed with their lungs on the surface, and gills in water so when they were near the surface of the water the cook latched onto the fishman's gills preventing him from breathing. This caused the fishman to run quickly out of air, so he went to the surface to breathe with Sanji surfacing with him.

Once both of them were on the ground, Sanji took a deep breath, and said, "this ends here you overgrown seafood special."

The fishman looked at him and stood up, "I will kill you right now. The previous time I used '100 tiles smashing true punch, now I'll use..." he was cut off as Sanji kicked his neck, "Collier Shot" this made the fishman to fall backward, but Sanji followed this attack by, "Epaule" hitting him in the shoulder making him hit the ground.

The cook never let up as he delivered another kick, "Cotelettle Selle" this time hitting him in the legs when he tried to stand up.

Sanji then said, "Be quiet"

He then attacked with, "Poitrine" hitting him in the chest area.

Kuroobi stood up in a rage and tried to send an attack toward Sanji, but the cook never allowed him to deliver as he kicked him in the chest, "Mutton Shot"

The fishman was then sent flying and fell on his back knocked out as Sanji said, "Where's all that strength that you talked about? Must be nothing, but a myth." He looked to his side and saw that Zoro have also defeated his opponent.

With Zoro, the man facepalmed as he saw his captain going flying away with Arlong probably trying to fight him. well, at least this solved one of their problems. He then looked at the octopus fishman as he said, "Come on, let's start this already. I'm a little tired, and don't want to waste time with a clown like you."

The octopus fishman ignored him as he ran to where Luffy and Arlong fell, "Arlong, don't worry. I'm coming to help. You don't need to fight this human." The fishman was stopped midway when Zoro put his sword in front of him. the octopus fishman frowned, "You dare block me."

Zoro smirked as he said, "You won't pass until I drop dead." The fishman tried to punch him, but Zoro dodged his attack as he swerved around him, and swung his sword. At first glance, it seems that Zoro wasn't able to hit him, but upon closer inspection, everyone can see that Zoro gave Hachi a new haircut. Zoro then saw from the side Kuroobi fighting Sanji.

Hachi touched his hair as he bent backward looking at Zoro, "Why you… do you know how many hours it takes me to make my hair?" He crossed his arms frowning, "But you know what I'll forgive you given that it's only my hair, and I'm still alive."

Zoro growled as Hachi stood in front of him declaring, "Do you know that I'm the strongest member of Arlong's pirates who uses swords? Do you know what that means for your chances of defeating me?"

Zoro raised his sword, and attacked Hachi, "Does it look like I care? I'm going to defeat you, and that's it?" he then brought his sword down on the octopus who opened his arms trying to grab the sword, but Zoro managed to slice him in the face as he clapped his hands together causing him to be shocked that he was actually hit on his head.

Zoro then yelled at him angrily, "Fight me already you freak." The octopus flailed its hands around causing veins to throb on Zoro's head. The man then ran as the octopus jumped avoiding his hit, and kicked him in the back causing him to spit blood from his mouth.

Zoro collapsed to the ground as he held his injuries. The man then hit the ground and blood appeared under him. Johnny and Yosaku began to panic from seeing Zoro's wounds from his fight with Mihawk were aggravated. The two swordsmen then saw Hachi appear holding a sword in each of his hands as he said, "Come on Rorona, let's fight. Let's see if you can stand against my six-sword style."

Kuroobi then talked with Hachi who seemed to have finished his fight, but then Zoro against all odds stood up, and said, "Who said that you can leave yet? I haven't had my fun yet."

Hachi growled trying to look intimidating, "You're still alive? Do you actually think that you can beat me the master of the six-sword style?"

Zoro tilted his head, "Who knows? Maybe I will" he then shook his head, "No, your defeat is final."

Zoro looked at Johnny and Yosaku, "Lend me your swords. I'm going to need them to end this let skirmish of mine."

Both Johnny and Yosaku were now worried for one reason; Zoro's condition. Johnny looked at Yosaku, "Brother doesn't look too good. I guess his wounds are either infected or that he managed to grab some kind of fever." Yosaku nodded his head knowing that if Zoro's wounds reopened, he will be out of commission. The two men then threw their swords toward the three-styled swordsman knowing that worrying about this now will cause more trouble down the road.

The swordsman then took his bandana and wrapped it around his head as Hachi taunted him about his condition, but Zoro replied, "That's none of your concern given that you're about to be a dead man walking, or in your case, a dead fishman walking."

Zoro frowned as he knew that he had one chance at this. He had somehow contracted a disease or a fever; either way, he was in a tough situation. He heard both Johnny and Yosaku telling him to catch their swords, but Zoro merely took a deep breath as he readied himself for the fight.

Zoro looked at Hachi raising his sword, "Come at me with everything that you got, octopus boy."

Hachi insulted, charged at Zoro, "Do you think that you can stand up to my six-sword style? I'll show you the difference between our skills! I'll show you the difference between a fishman and a human." Zoro lowered his head as he heard Johnny and Yosaku warning him to avoid their swords.

Hachi began to swing his swords as he bent his back and began twirling his swords, "Takoashi Kiken."

Zoro suddenly grabbed the swords as he dodged the attack from Hachi shocking the fishman. Hachi then said, "Let's see if you can dodge my continuous attack with 3 swords." Unknown to Hachi, Zoro began to prepare an attack, "Three Sword Style…" the man then jumped dodging Hachi's three blades bringing down his only blade. He disappeared for a moment only to appear behind Hachi, "Tourou Nagashi."

At first, it seemed that nothing happened, but blood erupted from Hachi's chest as the fishman fell to his knees grabbing his chest from pain.

On the side, everyone was shocked that Zoro managed to land a hit on Hachi after dodging all of his attacks.

The fishman stood up and looked at Zoro saying, "Now you made me truly angry." He then tightened his grip on his swords, "I swear that this is the end of the line for you. You're 3 sword style can't stand to my 6 sword style; it's just not possible."

Zoro then remembered his fight with Mihawk and scoffed, "Possible, huh… it seems that you made some mistake. I may only have 3 swords, but their weight combined is heavier than yours."

Hachi was confused as to what the swordsman was talking about. He knew that the weight of his swords each was heavier than that of Zoro's three combined together. Maybe, the human was delirious from his injuries.

Zoro raised his swords as Hachi put all of his swords together, and yelled, "Six Sword Style Octopus Stance…" he then charged toward Zoro who blocked the attack as Hachi said, "New Year's Octopus Opener." He then used his sword to open Zoro's defense much to the latter's shock.

Zoro wasn't able to do anything before Hachi slammed his head into Zoro's body much to Yosaku's and Johnny's fear, "Body Slam" the fishman then threw Zoro's in the air.

The swordsman looked at Hachi as he became to descend toward the ground. The fishman yelled up to the swordsman, "Look this is the end of the line for you, Zoro. Have a safe landing." The octopus then put his blades together as he said, "Six Swords Style Ultimate Technique…" he then began to twirl his blades around as he said, "Six Swords Waltz" he smiled at Zoro, "Now you'll become mincemeat."

The moment Zoro hit the blades, Hachi yelled in pain as Zoro landed safely on the ground with no wounds as Hachi looked at his wounded hands. Everyone was shocked at how the 3 style swordsman managed to do this, but Hachi knew how. He knew that Zoro once he reached the blades, he began to spin himself on top of them. This enraged the fishman even more looking at the green-haired man, "I'll end you know. I'm no circus clown for you to make fun of."

Hachi then went for the same attack he made earlier. Zoro looked and frowned; he felt that his wounds were weighing down on him, but he couldn't afford to pass out from his wounds.

Hachi charged at him seeing that no one can avoid this technique, but the moment he attacked Zoro, the swordsman managed to slash the blades, and much to the fishman's shock the blades shattered into bits and pieces.

Zoro glared at the octopus, "Now do you say the difference between the weight of our swords?" Zoro then opened his body as he took a position, and behind appeared to be a dragon, "Tatsu…" the fishman attacked him trying to punch him, "Maki"

Suddenly, a twister of pressurized air lifted Hachi into the air as cuts began to appear all over his body the longer he was in the air. Finally, the twister stopped and Hachi's body fell to the ground. Zoro then heard him mumble before unconsciousness claimed him, "Who did I lose to only 3 swords?"

Zoro replied, "Do I look like I care, but sorry, my mission ended when I defeated you." The man then leaned against a piece of rubble. He looked to the side and saw Sanji kick his opponent into oblivion.

Zoro then asked him, "Did he cause you any trouble?"

Sanji answered him, "Not as much as the moron you were fighting." Sanji then layed down beside him. Sanji pointed in the distance, "Look, I think Robin and Usopp are back."

Usopp yelled, "Hey guys, we're back. We managed to kick big lips' ass." Robin laughed alongside him. Usopp looked behind him and noticed Nami coming up. The girl was astonished at the destruction the park has faced. She was shell-shocked when she saw the bloodied bodies of both Kuroobi and Hachi. She looked at a bloodied Usopp and knew that he finished off Chew.

Suddenly, the building of Arlong park had something crash in it. Sanji grabbed Zoro and ran away as he knew that the main fight came toward them. From the rubble, Arlong stood, and he seemed to have been battered to a large extent. The fishman looked around, and saw his friends' broken forms on the ground, "What did you do to my brothers?"

Zoro smirked, "What we promised you? Defeat them."

The fishman was enraged as he tried to attack the wounded man, but a punch connected with his face sending him to the ground.

Everyone then saw Luffy come from the wreckage holding a tree trunk, "Your fight is still with me."

Author's notes:

Welcome guys back to a new chapter of my fanfic. In this chapter, we saw the fights between Strawhat Pirates and the Arlong Pirates, and the next chapter will focus on the fight between Luffy and Arlong, and also the end of the Cocoyashi village adventure.

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