It's been about just under an hour since Nojiko told Nami's story to Ussop, Sanji, and Lambo, Zoro having slept through it. And she had left practically the moment she finished telling it.

Lambo didn't blame her. He'd do the same thing in her shoes. Actually, Lambo doesn't think he'd have the guts to tell something so personal and painful to, basically, total strangers.

On the other hand, he kinda did the first time he set sail with Luffy, Zoro, and Nami after the battle against Buggy and his crew.

With all that, the trio decided to let Zoro sleep some more, and they all needed time to digest the whole thing. In a way, Bellemere reminds Lambo of them.

"Al~right.", Ussop suddenly pipes up, getting back on his feet, "Let's go meet up with Luffy as soon as possible."

With a sigh, Lambo nodded, getting back to his feet, dusting himself off as he did so. But Sanji mad no move to get up.

"Hey Sanji, what're you doing?", Ussop asks while Lambo tilts his head curiously.

"I'm appreciating happiness.", Sanji answered simply, looking absolutely relaxed.

Ussop raised a brow, looking down at the chef, confused, "Wait, what are you talking about?"

"Nami's had to live with way more suffering than any normal person.", Sanji explained as he lit a new cigarette he placed in his lips, "Right now, I'm making a lot of good vibes so I can send them her way. Isn't everything great?"

"Yeah...", Lambo said slowly, eyes slowly trailing over to the peacefully sleeping Zoro, "I think Zoro beat you to that one."

The only indication to Sanji's irritation towards the comment was a large tic mark appearing on his forehead. Ussop spoke up before Sanji retort anything.

"Hmph, bet that's not all your thinking about.", Ussop thoughtfully said, voice dripping in skepticism, "Love Cook."

Sanji got up on his feet, staring Ussop down.

"I'm trying to fight for a beautiful person.", he told them calmly, "Is something wrong with that."

Lambo shrugged, almost off handedly, not meeting the cook's eyes, "Bit fairy tale I suppose."

Sanji smirked in triumph at the small victory. Ussop, on the other hand, was more appalled.

"That's not right at all!", Ussop protested, "You're supposed to be fighting for Nami and all of the villagers."

Sanji just looked away uncaringly, "Yeah yeah."

Zoro grabbed his sword, stood up, and walked back to the road, where Ussop stood, with a sigh.

"Quick bickering.", he ordered the three.

They all turned to Zoro, who then in turned towards the direction of Cocoyashi village.

"Let's go."

...

It took every ounce of Lambo's entire being to not cry as he listened to everything from where he laid. The villager's cry for battle, revenge, and restitution. Nami trying to stop them, pretending everything is okay. And then Nami being left behind, broken hearted, as the villagers left for their doom, without a single care in the world.

It broke his heart to hear his crewmate haunted broken screams and cries. Cursing out Arlong with her every breathe.

It tore his insides to stay where he was as Nami began to mutilate her own arm, stabbing her Arlong tattoo with her dagger, over and over again as she continuously screams out Arlong's name in her rage. But he kept a blank face, hair shadowing over his eyes, and did nothing, listening to Nami drown in her own despair.

Until Luffy came. Grabbing her wrist, stopping her from doing any more damage than she had already done to her own shoulder.

"Luffy...", she breathed, voice trembling from her storming emotions.

Lambo heard a clatter, and knew she had dropped her dagger.

"What do you want?", Nami asked weakly, "You don't know anything about this. You don't know what's been happening on this island for the past eight years."

"Nope. I don't"

"This has nothing to do with you.", Nami told him forcibly, body trembling, "I told you to leave this place."

"Yep. You sure did."

"So leave!", Nami shouts, voice breaking, as she throws sand behind her at him, "I told you to leave! Get out of here! Get out of here now! Go! Go Away! GO! G-go..."

She choked on a sob at the last word, curling in on herself as she continued to cry. Nami covered her mouth to try to hold the sobs in, but it was no use. All the pain and suffer she has gone through over these eight long years have finally spilled over the dam.

"Luffy...", she whimpered, slowly turning her head to reveal the tears rolling down her cheeks, "Help me..."

Luffy said nothing, his hat casting a dark shadow over his eyes. Suddenly, the next thing Nami knew, Luffy took off his Straw Hat and placed it firmly on her head. She looked up at him in shock.

"Of course.", he turned around and walked away, "That's what friends do."

He stopped.

Luffy crouches low, inhaling a deep deep breath, before standing right back up and raising his face to the sky, his shout ringing all across the empty village.

"HE'S GONNA PAAAAAAAAYYYYYYY!"

"Luffy...", Nami calls to him quietly.

Lambo laid on the dirt in front of Zoro, face staring expressionlessly up to the sky. Ussop sat on the ground off to the far side, arms crossed, head down, Zoro sat at a bench under a straw umbrella, and Sanji stood just up ahead, smoking his cigarette.

"Let's go.", Luffy ordered the group of four.

"Right."

They all stood up, standing together, and would begin to walk once Luffy passed them one by one. First Ussop, then Zoro, then Lambo, and finally Sanji. All of their faces set in stone as they quietly marched towards their desired destination.

Every single one of their eyes set on Arlong park, located just up ahead.

Their pace never faltered, their determination, fixed. Nothing was getting in their way.

It wasn't long before they saw the villagers just in front of the gates to Arlong Park, the only thing stopping them from entering, or rather the only people, were none other than Johnny and Yosaku. Both looking worse for wear, but there none the less.

"There!", they called in sync, both smiling wide at the side of the Straw Hat pirates.

The villagers turned in surprise and stared at the small group in disbelief.

But the pirates hardly cared, they were staring past every single one of them, their eyes set on that gate.

"Step aside.", Luffy ordered the villagers, who all automatically obliged, none of them protesting what so ever.

Lambo's jaw clenched as heard laughter from beyond the gate. He had no doubt that it belonged to none other than Arlong himself.

It's jarring to his ears.

Lambo's eyes narrowed even further once they reached the front of the villagers. They stopped, but Luffy continued, drawing his fist back, teeth gritted, eyes blazing and swung.

The gate violently shook, cracks already forming, but Luffy didn't wait for it stop, already swinging another hit with his other hand. Then once more and the entire gate shattered, crumbling before his fists easily, as if it were styrofoam.

"What the-?", exclaimed a purple shark-like fishman, wearing an open yellow Hawaiian shirt, shorts, a fur cap, and sandals, he sat on a stone throne-like chair and stared at Luffy and the gate in shock.

It had to be Arlong.

Luffy straightened, raising his fist at the ready and glared down every Fishmen in the vicinity.

"Now which one of you is Arlong?", he growled.

"Arlong?", said Fishman repeated.

Luffy said nothing, striding determinedly forward.

"Well, that just so happens to be my name.", Arlong told Luffy casually.

"Good, you can call me Luffy.", Luffy told him, face dead serious.

"Luffy...", Arlong repeated, staring down him, only for Luffy to stare back unflinchingly, still walking calmly towards the Fishman, "What are you supposed to be?"

"A pirate."

"Huh!?", cries out an octopus Fishman in shock, "Hey, that guy! Wait a sec! I remember him! He's the guy that likes going on walks!"

"Hold it right there.", commanded another Fishman, standing in front of Arlong.

The other standing next to him laughed mockingly, "Where do you think your going?"

"You want to talk to the boss, you gotta talk to us first.", the first fishman finished, "Get it?"

"So let's talk."

"That's far enough."

Unbothered, eyes never once looking in their direction, Luffy grabbed the two and slammed their heads together. His eyes never left Arlong's as he did so.

"Move it.", he ordered.

They both collapsed, clearing Luffy's path. All the Fishman gaping at him in shock.

"So what does a pirate want with me?", Arlong asks, never once losing his cool.

Luffy finally stops in front of Arlong, grabbing his own wrist and drew it back with a growl, glaring down at Arlong.

Then his arm swung up and he punched Arlong right in the jaw, sending him flying out of his chair, spinning in the air, tumbling across the ground, before crashing into the wall on the opposite side of the gate. Causing the entire section that he crashed into, to crumble into rubble.

Everyone, Fishman and villagers alike, gaped at Luffy in total shock.

Arlong slowly sat up, staring Luffy down in mix of shock and anger.

"Who the hell are you?", he demanded.

Luffy's nostrils flared as he exhaled deeply, remaining silent. Then his expression immediately soured and he glared heatedly at Arlong, his eyes blazing with fury as his lips pulled up into a snarl.

"That's for making out Navigator cry!", Luffy shouts angrily.

Fishmen leapt from the water, lunging towards Luffy, but with mutiple swift kicks, courtesy of Sanji, they were all quickly dealt with.

"Back off! You're out of your league!", Sanji shouts at the airborne Fishmen.

Sanji walked up, standing next to Luffy casually.

"Geez...", he sighed, staring at Luffy who didn't look his way, "Just had to run ahead by yourself."

"Don't worry.", Luffy snarled, "I can handle these bozos on my own."

"Ah, you fool. I never said anything being worried.", Sanji told the pirate Captain, "I just don't want you hogging all the action."

"Oh.", Luffy replied thoughtfully.

"Well, I just want to let you guys know that I don't mind if you hog it all.", Ussop said with fake bravado, stepping up besides Sanji.

"I see you're rearing to go, as usual.", Zoro says sarcastically, stepping up beside the sniper.

"Did we miss much?", Lambo asked curiously, standing next to Zoro, surveying the damage, "looks like you took out most of the underdogs then."

There was a loud dramatic gasp from the same Fishman octopus from before as he pointed at Zoro with wide eyes.

"It's him!", he exclaims once again, "That's the unknown swordsman I was telling you about!"

"Roronoa Zoro.", a big stingray Fishman growled hatefully.

"I thought so!", the Octopus exclaimed, "The bastard tricked me! I can't believe I fell for it. Looks, sine, and hinker... wait, hook line and sink-ker."

Lambo sweat dropped. Looks like it's not that big of an accomplishment really.

"Who's he?", Lambo asked in a whisper as he leaned over to Zoro.

"His name is Hachi.", Zoro shrugged, "Not all that bright."

No kidding.

"Hey look, long nose is here.", a Fishman pointed out.

"Huh?"

"WHAAA!?", Hachi shouted again, "But-! He's dead! We saw Nami kill him!"

"Oh he's alive.", a blue Fishman stated coolly, he'd look like a model if it weren't for the... well, for the weird large pursed lips, "Which means..."

"Huh, that Nami was a traitor along.", the stingray fishman finished.

"Not going to lie, didn't see that one something.", an eel Fishman hissed, his neck has to be about a foot long, and it bended at an exact right angle so he could 'tilt' his head.

It was creepy.

"Just as I suspected.", he growled, the four having star off with the five human pirates.

Lambo is sure that it is safe to assume that those four Fishman are actually highly ranked among the others.

Arlong looked as if he was about lunge forward, fists swinging, his hat casting a shadow over his eyes. Then he chuckled, looking up at the group of five in amusement, yet his eyes hid his rage.

"A pirate? Of course.", Arlong chuckled, "This is all starting to make sense now. You've been after Nami this whole time! But-!"

He cut himself as he laughed loudly, it was very annoying for Lambo as he clicked his tongue irritably at the laughing Fishmen pirate Captain.

"The girl is mine and I'm not giving her up!", Arlong declared.

Hachi laughed loudly, trying to sound like Arlong, but it was just silly coming from him.

"A bunch of idiots like you are not worth Arlong's time!", Hachi declared casually, "We know how to deal with you!"

He turns to the water behind him and mad a trumpet sound, firing off several notes, with his mouth.

The water began to rumble violently, so much so that even the ground beneath Lambo's feet was quaking. He stumbled a little to keep his balance.

"Gah! What Is Going On Here Guys!?", Ussop cried out frantically.

A large wave was heading their way but, despite Ussop's screams, the group stood their ground.

Hachi laughed confidently, "Every single one of you is about to become fish food! Momoo, RISE!"

Slowly the water rose and opened to reveal a familiar sight.

"Oh no.", Lambo dead panned, eyeing a certain captain and cook exasperatly.

"IT'S A MONSTER!", Ussop screams, "That's The Beast From The Grand Line That Destroyed The Town Of Gosa!"

A sad beaten-up sea-cow with a large bump on its head, and tears still streaming down his face looked pitiful to everyone. He moaned sadly, and Lambo wasn't sure if he wanted to laugh or cry at the sight.

Hachi looked confused, and the villagers panicked shouts could be heard where Lambo is currently standing. Momoo leaned forward, studying the group of pirates carefully, then his eyes landed on Sanji and Luffy.

"Well, looks who's back.", Luffy said uncaringly.

"Seems he's a friend of the Fishmen.", Sanji commented.

Both staring deep into the poor sea-cows eyes.

"What happened there?", Zoro whispered to Lambo curiously.

"You see that bump and those bruises?", Lambo asked.

"Yeah..."

"We caused that."

For a moment Zoro said nothing, then he just sighed, shoulders shaking in order to hide his laughter.

"Of course you did."

"Hey, it was all those two.", Lambo protested defensively.

Zoro just hummed unconvincingly, causing Lambo to look away with a pout.

Slowly, the sea-cow, Momoo, just turned around and slowly swam away.

"Hey! Stop!", Hachi shouts after him angrily, "Where are you going!? Get back here Momoo! You can't just leave! Momoo!"

"Leaving? Now now, isn't that a shame.", Arlong said casually, but he casted a frigid glare over Momoo.

The sea-cow immediately froze.

"But, I suppose if you really want to run away, then who am I to stop you?", Arlong continued a large sharp-toothed smirk appeared on his face, "Well then?"

Apparently Momoo feared Arlong more than Luffy and Sanji. Good to know.

The sea-cow growled and lunged forward; mouth open wide to show case his sharp teeth.

"It's coming right for us!", Ussop shouts, waving his arms in a panic.

What's worse is that the other Fishmen are now back on their feet and rushing forward as well.

Ussop kept screaming nonsense, while Zoro unsheathed a sliver of his sword, ready to draw it out, Sanji smirked, Lambo unhooked the bull-whip he had hooked to his belt, horns already in place on his head.

"You're all mine!", Luffy growls at the sea-monster, "You dumb cow!"

Lambo will take care to ignore that last part. Otherwise, Luffy will find the next day with a fish down his shirt.

Luffy raised one foot high in the air, and slammed it down, burying it in the concrete, he did the same with the other one, then Luffy crouched forward, at the ready.

"Looks like he's got a plan.", Sanji pointed out, "For once."

Meanwhile, both Zoro and Lambo stared at Luffy nervously.

"We'll see...", Zoro replied, unsure, "I've got a bad feeling about this."

"Yeah, but doesn't that usually turn out to be dangerous for us.", Lambo weakly commented.

All three shared looks of equal terror and horror.

Luffy spun his waist over and over, like a corkscrew just as the Fishmen drew closer and Momoo lunged forward. But paused when Luffy stretch his arms out, grabbing him by the horns. The sea-cow began to cry once again, knowing he was in for a world of pain.

"His arms stretched!", Hachi gasped in shock.

"Ooo~!", the eel Fishman popped his head up above the others, interested.

"Hey let's get out of here!", Zoro suddenly exclaims.

"Woah wait, what's he gonna do?", Sanji cried out, now worried.

"I'm not sure I wanna fins out!", Zoro answered.

"Run now! Find out later!", Lambo shouts as he grabbed the two by their shirts and dragged them away, "Hop to it Ussop!"

The sniper didn't need to be told twice as the group of four retreated to where the villagers, standing just in front of them. A, hopefully, safe distance away from Luffy and his attack.

"Time for something new!", Luffy shouts, "Gum gum...!"

He pulled Momoo out of the Water and began to spin the entire cow!

"...PINWHEEL!"

Luffy spun faster and faster, slamming the cow into every Fishman that was brave enough to step within reach. The two kept spinning faster and faster, creating strong gusts of wind in their wake, until Luffy finally released the sea-cow and he was flung far away into the distance, landing in the water with a huge splash.

Leaving practically every Fishman scattered across the Park, out for the count.

"Alright. That's it Arlong, I'm done playing games with you!", Luffy declares as he panted from the attack, "I didn't come here to beat all your cronies."

You're doing a marvelous job of that anyway.

"I came here to teach you a lesson!", Luffy turns to the Fishman Captain, pointing at him violently, "So step up!"

"Oh, I will.", Arlong promised, voice dangerously low, "Actually, I was just thinking how painfully I'll end your life."

But Luffy was too busy to hear that. Instead, he was being yelled at and scolded by his crewmates.

"That was the worst plan ever!", Sanji shouts with sharp teeth as he continuously bonks Luffy in the head with his foot.

"Yeah! Were you trying to kill all of us too!", Ussop shouts with sharp teeth as well.

Zoro and Lambo just remained in the back, both already used to this kind of thing already.

"Uh oh.", Luffy said, not answering either of them.

"'Uh oh'? What do you mean 'uh oh'!?", Lambo exclaimed incredulously.

Luffy didn't answer him, just rocking side to side, his face revealing nothing.

"What Are You Doing!?", Ussop shouts with sharp teeth, annoyed and dumbfounded by the weird rocking Luffy is doing, "Are You Ruining Something ELSE!?"

"Huh.", Luffy just said simply.

Lambo was going to ask again about Luffy's 'uh oh', but he didn't get a chance when Hachi started speaking.

"How dare you hurt our brother!", he cried.

"Very well.", Stingray said seriously, "It seems that we must join in the fight."

"Who should I fry in compensation for our brother's grievous injuries?", Eel hissed dangerously, his neck waving side to side, like a snake, as if to showcase his anger.

"Now you'll get an education of the inferiority of your species, chu.", big lips said as if in warning.

"Oh, really?", Zoro taunted with a smirk, "I'd like to see that."

"Relax sir, let us handle this.", Stingray insisted to Arlong respectfully.

"If you go on one of your rampages to squash these insects you could destroy all of Arlong Park. Chu.", big lips added on.

"Grrrrr...", Hachi got back up to his feet, all eight of his hands in shaking fists, "Please! Just let us kill these weaklings!"

"Alright, they're yours.", Arlong agreed easily.

Lambo felt his gut twist, and began to get a little nervous fighting one man, even a large group of them, is one thing. But is he seriously ready to take on a Fishman so soon?

"Uh, guys?", Luffy finally spoke up, "There's something I think I should tell you..."

But he didn't get the chance.

Hachi inhaled deeply, his chest rapidly expanding as he did so. It was a weird sight to see.

"What the hell is that octopus doing?", Zoro questioned, also weirded out by the action.

"Octopus is best when it's cut thin and salted. Add some olive oil and paprika and it makes the perfect snack while drinking.", Sanji states with a smirk.

Lambo looked up at Sanji with narrowed eyes and a small grimace, "Sometimes, you honestly terrify me."

"So, listen to me guys, I'm kinda in trouble.", Luffy tried again.

"What?", Lambo looked over, then looked down, eyes widening when he realized why Luffy was rocking side to side earlier.

"Uh oh."

But Lambo didn't have any time to try and help.

"Take this! Zero Vision!", Hachi shouts, "Hachi Ink Jet!"

Hachi spewed a large wave of ink right at the group. Lambo had no choice but to scramble away, dodging the attack along with Sanji and Zoro. But Luffy got hit dead on, not able to move from his spot at all.

"Idiot! How come you didn't dodge that!?", shots Zoro at the ink covered Luffy.

"Aaahh! I can't see squuaaatt!", Luffy shrieks hands over his eyes.

"Now to finish you off.", Hachi declared, lifting up a large piece of rubble.

"Come on! Get out of there Luffy! RUN!", Lambo heard Ussop shout from behind.

"Yeah that's the problem.", Luffy grunts, "I can't run! I can't even walk."

"The morons stuck!", Lambo cried out in exasperation as he picked himself back up to his feet.

"Huh?", Sanji questioned in disbelief.

"My feet are kinda stuuck...", Luffy confirms with a groan.

"BUT YOUR THE ONE THAT STUCK THEM IN THE FIRST PLACE!", Ussop shrieks.

Zoro face palmed as he muttered sarcastically, "Always thinking ahead."

"One Haci Ink Jet, served on the rocks.", Hachi quipped before slamming the large piece of flat rock down on top of the prate Captain.

But the slap was suddenly cracked in two. It crumbled apart showing Sanji with his leg outstretched from the attack he used to save Luffy.

"You're such a pain.", Sanji groaned.

"Sanji that was so totally awesomly awesome.", Luffy told the chef in awe.

The cook smirked, staring at the Fishmen challengingly.

"Looks like I picked one hell of a idiot to be my Captain.", Sanji spoke lightly, hardly seeming bothered by it at all.

"We all did.", Zoro groaned.

"You can say that again.", Lambo tiredly sighed in agreement.

"Luffy's Great! Hey!", Ussop shouts from the back.

"But the truth, is that our idiot Captain is a far better than a gang who prey on a lady.", Sanji said, eyes narrowing at the Fishmen in front of him.

"A lady huh?", the Stingray stepped forward, his voice dripping with sarcasm and disdain, "Hmph. You rushed into certain death for one lousy girl?"

Oh boy, now he's done it.

"I think that's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard!", he spat.

"Lousy girl?", Sanji snarled, "If you insult Nami one more time, I can promise you will go from Fishman to fish sticks. Got that?"

"Your skills are quite exceptional for a human.", Stingray begrudgingly praised, "But I must admit that chivalry from a pirate seems just a little fake."

"I'm damn good at what I do, and I guarantee that there's nothing fake about my desire to help a beautiful lady in need.", Sanji assured the Fishman with a smirk.

Stingray cracked his knuckles threateningly, "Looks like I'll be acquainting you with the true superiority of the Fishman species."

Sanji glared, smirk falling," Yeah?"

Lambo then turned to see Ussop holding Luffy under the shoulders, desperately trying to pull him out of the mess he got himself into. But the problem was, Luffy's legs just kept stretching.

"Nice work, but their still stuck.", Luffy informed the sniper blandly.

"Still!?", Ussop cried in shock, "Their still stuck!?"

"We could pull all day, but I bet my legs would still be stuck in there.", Luffy said as he casually picked his nose, gross.

"Hey, are you trying at all!?", Ussop shouts with sharp teeth, "Or do want to stay stuck here!?"

Lambo sweat dropped at the scene.

"Maybe nobody told you that penalty for playing around in Arlong's Park!", Hachi shouts at the two before picking up another large piece of rubble, thankfully not as large as the last one though.

Ussop renewed his efforts, trying to run while still pulling Luffy, while frantically pleading for Luffy and his legs to get unstuck.

"Come here!", Hachi shouts at them.

"Hey Octopus.", Zoro called pointing his sheathed sword at Hachi, "They're a little bit busy at the moment. Why don't you take me on?"

Lambo quietly sighed in relief, mentally thanking Zoro for his interferance. That would not had ended well at all.

"Oooo... You're Zoro!", exclaims Hachi, "I've forgot. You can't get away with tricking me!"

Zoro easily dodged the rubble Hachi threw at him, while Lambo stumbled back from the quaking the ground did because of it.

"And how dare you mercilessly slaughter many of my brothers!", Hachi snarled in rage.

"That stuff is old new Octopus man.", Zoro said uncaringly, "I personally don't care what reason you have for wanting to kill me. This situation has changed. You see, the tables have turned. You're not the hunters anymore, understand? Now it's you fish freaks that are being hunted."

Zoro partly drew his sword in preparation while Hachi growled at the green haired swords man.

"Yeah, you tell him Zoro, that Octopus guy is yours.", Ussop said confidently, accidently releasing Luffy as he gave Zoro a thumbs up, causing the boy to speed out of his grip.

"LUUFFFFYYYYYY!"

"Idiota!", Lambo shouts at Ussop with sharp teeth.

He quickly turned, just in time to see Luffy fly back and slam into big lips, sending him flying on to his back while Luffy flew back in place.

As if nothing happened.

"Hey I'm back.", Luffy commented in slight surprise.

Big lips sat back up and glared right at Ussop.

"Oh you're dead.", he glared.

Ussop already looked dead, staring at the Fishman in complete dread.

"Oh, crap...", he whimpered.

"I get it now.", big lips said lowly," You must actually want me to kill you."

Ussop slowly turned away, then screamed as he sprinted right out of Arlong Park, big lips sprinting behind him. The villagers pulling back so the two can run past with no trouble at all.

But once Big lips reached the gates he looked at all of them curiously.

"Hey wait. You're the people from Cocoyashi.", big lips noticed, "Judging from the fact that you all have weapons I can only assume that this is a rebellion. Then you'll all have to-!"

"Exploding star!", Ussop shouts.

Flames engulfing the Fishman's as he was thrown back by the sniper's attack.

"Big Bro Ussop!", Johnny cheered happily.

"Did you think it would be easy!", Ussop gloated, too soon in Lambo's opinion, "You're dealing with me now!"

The Fishman flipped back on to his feet, "Enough! I'm going to get rid of you right now!"

Ussop screamed and starting running once again, with a pissed off Fishman right behind him.

"Oh great.", Lambo deadpanned before freezing, a shiver running down his spine as he heard a haunting chuckle behind him.

He slowly turned to see Eel only a couple feet behind him, grinning as if he won some sort of prize.

"Guess that just leaves you and me little one.", he chuckled darkly.

"Perché prendo quello inquietante?", Lambo whimpered in dread. (Why do I get the creepy one?)

Eel just tilted his head, in that weird creepy right-angle way, but didn't comment on the different language.

"I can't wait.", he grinned toothily.

Lambo really wants the ground to swallow him whole right now.

"You morons are a pathetic sight to behold.", Arlong spoke condescendingly as he stood up, I'm sick of watching this, now get out of my way!"

"But sir, there's no reason to go on a rampage.", Stingray protested, "Think of Arlong Park."

"Don't worry, I won't.", Arlong assured him, stalking towards Luffy, "I just thought of a fun game, that's all."

"Game huh?", Hachi repeated curiously.

"Oh, I love games.", Eeel hissed excitedly.

"Now you're going down!", Luffy shouts aiming a punch for Arlong's jaw again.

But Arlong just move his head aside, cleanly dodging the blow, and caught Luffy's wrist.

"Do honestly think that your sad little group can defeat us?", Arlong asked mockingly.

"So what if we do?", Sanji retorted confidently.

"Yeah, so what if we do, huh?", Luffy repeated, not sounding as confident because of his current predicament, "Now let go!"

"You got something to say to us?", Zoro asked challengingly.

"I'd rather not beat around the bush.", Lambo chimed in, setting himself up, hand gripping his whip at the ready.

Arlong kneeled down, still holding Luffy's arm in a tight grip, a smashed his hand into the concrete. He lifted, and Lambo's jaw dropped as he looked up at Luffy worriedly, who is now being held high above Arlong's head.

"Waaahhh! No way! No Way! No Way!", Luffy cried.

"Did you know that those with Devil Fruit powers can't swim?", Arlong asked rhetorically, "But honestly, anybody in this situation would sink right to the bottom!"

Arlong laughed as he reared back his arms, much to Zoro's, Lambo's, and Sanji's horror.

"The sea, no!", Zoro muttered, absolutely horrified.

"Gum Gum Pistol!", Luffy shouts, punching with his free hand.

Arlong caught it in his jaws.

"Ouchie!"

That is more than an ouchie! He's almost biting his freaking hand off!

"You fool.", Arlong spoke up to the rubber man.

Luffy, not giving up, deciding to take a page from Arlong's book and bit Arlong, hard, in the arm. The Fishman screamed in pain and anger. With growl, Arlong threw Luffy far away, right to the sea.

"Luffy!", Zoro shouts.

"No!", Lambo cries, lunging forward, but the Eel stepped in his way with snicker and a haunting smirk.

"Damn you!", Sanji growled, looking pissed off.

There was a splash and they could no longer hear Luffy's screams, only Arlong's laughter.

Which is really getting on Lambo's nerves now!

Sanji goes to running towards the water, about to dive in, but Zoro quickly steps in his way.

"Wait! Don't be stupid!", Zoro shouts warningly, "Those Fishmen can't wait for us to jump in the water after him. They have an obvious advantage in an underwater fight."

Sanji growled in frustration.

"So what do we do?", Lambo asked, stepping up next to Zoro and Sanji, eyeing the Fishmen warily.

"There's only one way to save Luffy.", Zoro told them darkly, "We've got to take these guys down at the same time, then go into the water."

Zoro drew out his sword and Lambo unfurled his whip.

"There's no time, come on! Let's do it.", Zoro encouraged his two other cremates.

"Yeah.", Sanji agreed while Lambo nodded along.

"So how long can he hold out, huh?", Arlong taunted, sitting on some rubble as if it were his throne, "Time is ticking."

"Oh, so that's the game.", Hachi said in understanding.

"I get it.", Stingray adds on.

"And I love it.", Eel hissed joyfully.

Arlong just laughed.

"You two can take the fish and serpent.", Zoro raised his sword.

"You can slice and dice the octopus while Lambo fires the eel.", Sanji stated.

"Here we go.", Lambo muttered, as ready as he'll ever be in this kind of fight.

The clock is ticking, and there is only so much time that they have. Lambo watched the bubbles that indicated Luffy's location out of the corner of his eye anxiously.

When they stopped Arlong laughed mockingly, "They can't even breath under water. Humans are such pitiful creatures, aren't they?"

He fell into laughter, it echoed loudly throughout Arlong Park.

"Hey, calamari, let's go!", Zoro shouts to Hachi.

The Octupus just laughed hysterically, the Eel following not to far behind. Although his laughter sounded a lot more like wheezes. Is there nothing that isn't creepy about this guy?

"Game! Game!"

Zoro, Sanji, and Lambo all ran determinedly forward.

"I'll kick your ass in less than five seconds flat!", Zoro angrily exclaims.

"We don't have more than three!", Sanji warned.

"Better go fast!", Lambo chimes in.

"Hey! What's the rush?", Stingray demanded, "You three are all running head long into death."

"I don't mind~!", Eel pipes up, neck wiggling cheerfully.

"None of you will leave this place alive!"

Stingray blocked a harsh kick from Sanji, the two remained in a stand still.

Lambo lunged forward, with a flick of his wrist, the whip came forward with a crack, but the Eel caught it with his stupid creepy wheezing laughter. The two pulling the whip taught between them.

"Hachi Ink Jet!", Hachi shout spitting out ink once again.

Zoro dove to the side then leaped up into the air, lunging forward.

"Hang on, Luffy!"

Author's Note:

How did I do with the march to Arlong Park? It was a lot harder than I expected it to be, but I feel like, at the very least, it was decent enough. What do you guys think of my Eel Fishman so far? At first I was going to making very egotistic and vain, but then I felt like that was too much like Big lips and Stingray (Lol I only like Hachi and his name is the only one that pops up more often than the others). So I basically based him off of the Ursula's creepy eels with a little bit of Joker/Harley Quinn craziness going on. He creeped me out when I was writing him.

Anyway, I hope you enjoyed the chapter! Be Your Best You! Bye!