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"HEY! WHO TURNED OFF THE BRIGHTS?!"

Isn't this a great way to begin a rescue on a crewmate? Getting hogtied and carried off by people? Well Gian certainly thinks not. He can hear a group of people clamouring around him, whispering furiously. The voices were laced with suspicion and anger, he can tell, but can't make out what they were saying. The bag is still over his head, so all he could do is yell out profanities until somebody paid attention.

Finally the bag was ripped from his head. Gian's head snapped around looking at everything. He finally realized that he was in dimly lit room, with what appears to be a storage for sake as he could make out the bottles of said booze around him. That alone is a task in itself, because as of right now, he was completely surrounded by people. He also noted his arms and legs were bound to the floor.

Each person in the room looked like they could've seen better days. They were wearing the most torn up and tattered clothing he'd ever seen; it was even worse than the little overalls he wore back when he was still an experiment on Punk Hazard! Every one present (there were about 10) had dirty matted hair and sunken, sullen eyes. They're at the point where their bodies had very little mass to it; nothing more than skin and bones. All together there were 5 men (one of them being an old man), 4 women, and one child. Gian had to do a double take; just what the heck is going on here?!

His musings were broken out of by one man, a middle aged man with a grizzled look wearing a faded yellow shirt, as he grabbed him by the collar and met his eyes.

"So you people have come at last?!" The man demanded "Trying to capture us after all we've been through?" the man angrily demanded. One of the women was trying to calm him down.

"I don't know what the hell you're talking about! Where am I even?" Gian was still confused. "All I was doing was minding my own business! Then you and your gang threw themselves at me and got me here! Speaking of which, WHY THE HELL DID YOU DO THAT?!"

"Look at where you are now, you're in no position to ask any questions! Now answer me, why are you here?! Are you here to report us to Arlong? Are you one of Arlong's?" the man demanded again.

"Look, you're still not making any sense here. I'm not involved with Arlong in any way! What is this-?"

"LIAR! Don't think we don't know! Tutter here saw you with that monster of his!" The man pointed to a younger man with matted long hair and wearing nothing but a single bed sheet.

"Deimo, please. I think he's telling the truth…" a woman tried to coax him. She had black hair and the same worn out shirt, except this was a faded red color.

"What, you mean the cow? Yeah he kinda got me separated from my crew but I was about to head back to find them!" Gian protested. "Arlong and our navigator has some past with each other and she's kinda wrapped up in that. We're here to help her out and get her back."

"Narsha, stay out of this." The man ordered. "This man works for Arlong I'm sure of it!"

"Are you crazy?! Why would a bunch of fishmen want me to be in their crew?! I have my own, not to mention I'm a human!"

"So what if you're a human? If you're useful to him then he keeps you anyway! Just look at that orange haired witch! She's making maps for him as we speak!" Deimo growled.

"What does- wait, orange hair? You mean Nami?"

"And you still say you aren't one of Arlong's? You even know her name!" Deimo scoffed.

"She's the reason why my crew came here to begin with… Arlong seems to be causing her a lot of pain internally. I'm not with Arlong, I'm a member of the newly formed Strawhat Pirates, and Nami is supposed to be our navigator." Gian tried to explain.

"Is that so? Then you're still a pirate then! Even if you aren't one of Arlong's you're still a criminal. I should kill you right away! One less pirate in the-"

"Deimo, don't be rash!"

"This conversation has gone on LONG enough!" Gian snapped with exasperation as he gathered his strength and easily broke out of the ropes, shocking everyone with the sudden show of stength. "Look old man, I've had a pretty horrible day thus far. A dumb sea cow just took me on a cruise and separated me from my captain and cook. I'm supposed to have met up with them by now but instead I'm wandering around in a desecrated village and being locked in a dark room with a bunch of hoboes! So instead of wasting any more of my time, how about you show me the way out so I can get to Arlong Park and get our navigator back? Now get out of my back!" Gian was kinda pissed off by this point; there was just too many things getting in his way at this point. He found a sort of door above him, led by stairs, and went on ahead, but before he can get anywhere Deimo roughly grabbed his arm.

"You are not leaving this room!"

"That's not for you to decide, Let go of me."

Deimo was not letting up and struggled to prevent the man from leaving. Gian growled and tried to wrestle himself free, but despite his weakened appearance, the man had a grip of iron. The two struggled back and forth for a bit, until Gian suddenly pounced on the man, bringing him down to the ground. The rest of the people all gasped in fear and tried to reach for whatever weapon they could reach, but Gian soon got off him.

"I don't like making threats, but as you can see I outclass you in terms of strength. Don't get in my way again." With that Gian opened the opening door and was just about to step out, but quickly slammed it shut. Before the confused group could ask why, they were greeted with a finger to lips signal: to keep quiet.

"Fishmen, 2 of them coming this way. Don't let them hear you." Gian motioned. This got everyone's attention and they all huddled together fearfully.

Soon the group could hear footsteps and conversation coming from the outside.

"I still couldn't believe that Nami actually killed that long-nose." Gian's eyes widened when he heard this. Nami killed Usopp? That was borderline impossible… and yet…

"Hey, it was either that or Kuroobi-san brands her as a traitor. Naturally we have to know if she's trustworthy or not."

"Yeah, I know. I just never thought she had it in her."

"So she was forced into it…" Gian mentally growled.

"Don't beat yourself over it that much. As much as we need her to draw maps for us we can't have defectors either. Useful or not she's either fully loyal to Arlong-san or she dies like the rest of those inferior humans who resist him."

"I don't think that'll be a problem, after all Arlong-san did promise to kill her entire village if she has even the slightest thought of betrayal."

"Haha, that's true… oh, we walked this far."

"Letchi Village huh, it was unfortunate for us that this source of funding was lost."

"I still can't believe that beast followed us here. I mean I guess it was sort of our fault for throwing people overboard, but who knew it would've thought we'd give it a constant source of food?"

"Man, that day was like etched into my mind. When we finally got to the place it was completely destroyed… all we could see was it walking back to the ocean after it sated its hunger."

"On that subject… aren't you one of the people that's got to make sure it doesn't go off destroying other villages as well as our special guest this time?"

"Don't remind me, please. I'm sweating just thinking about getting near that monster."

The two voices continued for a bit as they grew more distant, until no more sound could be heard signifying their departure.

"I don't believe this, Nami doesn't kill people! She steals, sure but straight up murder? That can't be right! Just how much control does Arlong have over her?" Gian protested. This was seriously getting to the next level by this point.

"Like they mentioned, if she doesn't comply with their demands, then her entire village dies." Deimo muttered while sitting on the floor looking rather sullen. "If you ask me, she has it easy."

"What the fuck is that supposed to mean?!" Gian whirled back angrily. Did he hear that right? This person was downplaying this whole thing?!

"She doesn't have to worry about living with nothing. She has all the things she needs to live. What else matters?"

"She's pretty much a slave! I heard it clearly, she either draws those maps or Arlong destroys her village! How is that living when she doesn't even have a choice?" Gian demanded.

"She's breathin' isn't she?" Deimo scoffed.

"Hey now, listen here that's not-" Gian angrily was about to remark when he was suddenly dragged off to the side by the woman who spoke earlier. The lady had the 10 year old kid with her, both were looking rather down.

"He has been like this since the incident. We've all tried to talk to him, but once a man loses his spirit it is hard to get him back…" The woman mumbled.

"Well he better shut it or there's going to be problems! I'll tell ya I-" Gian raged until he saw the sullen looks of not just the two, but everyone around them as well. "I'm sorry, he was probably an important person. It must be hard to see him become like this."

"We don't like it, but we understand" The woman sighed "As the village's former mayor he holds himself responsible for everything that has happened here."

"By the way, I haven't introduced myself yet. I am Narsha, Deimo's wife. This is Bota, our son." The woman gestured to herself and the kid.

"Gian, it's nice to meet the first lady I suppose."

"Well, Gian-san we would really like to welcome you more formally but we lack the resources for that, as you can see."

"Don't push yourself for it, I had lunch before I got here. Besides, if I didn't know better I'd think getting a bag thrown over my head and thrown in a basement storage was the custom around here."

"Yeah… I'm really sorry about that…" Narsha grinned sheepishly.

"Nah, I'm just messin' with y'all. I can understand the need for it."

For the next little bit, Gian received multiple apologies from the remaining villagers. During this time Deimo sat far away from the others.

"We don't have much here, maybe a bit of bread and some sake, are you sure you don't want anything?" the man that Gian remembers as Tutter asked once again.

"Keep it, you probably need it more than I do right now, so don't waste it." Gian assured him.

"Well we have to make it up to you somehow, we also have about 125 million beri that we have no need of right now. If you're short on money you can take that."

"Look, I really don't- wait, 125 million?" Gian gawked "how and why did only about 10 people get that much money?!"

Tutter's face turned solemn at that. "Our village used to have much more people in it, almost 60 and we used to be the richest village in the area. After that day… we're the only ones that are left. That was 7 years ago."

"…No way, I remembered the fishmen saying something about a monster attacking this village, but to the point of almost exterminating it?" Gian was shocked beyond belief.

"This village is well hidden within the jungle, even Arlong didn't find it initially. When he finally got word of our whereabouts, Deimo-san decided to make a stand and fight to the death for our home." The young man let out a bitter sigh. "As much as I dislike the state he's in right now, I can agree with one thing: it would've been better if we either died that day, or found by Arlong."

"Why didn't you just call the Marines? Even if Marine HQ is far from here I'm sure they can spare a few people." Gian brought up.

"Peh, the Marines? We'll be lucky if anything'll be left when they get here!" Tutter scoffed, then looked even more frustrated. "Arlong managed to bribe a Marine to keep quiet about everything that's happened here, we don't know how but he did. And even if someone managed to get word out, they'll never be able to even come close to the island. Not with that… creature lurking below the waves…!"

Meanwhile:

A few miles from shore sailed a ship with the signature emblem of the Marines. They had managed to receive a signal from the former Gosa village about the Arlong Pirates. Commodore Pudding Pudding, a simple marine officer with purple hair tied into 3 ponytails, headed the mission to rescue any survivors of Gosa village.

Soon, the ship can spot Arlong Park on the horizon. Seeing this, a sudden idea came to the commodore's mind.

"Men, as we know our mission is to assist the survivors of Gosa Village, but as the envoys of justice we cannot simply let pirates do as they please! Right now, this fortress that is Arlong Park stands before us, we will eliminate them! Men, fire the cannons!"

"Yes Sir!" the marines on the ship loaded up the cannon and fired a single shot at the building.

None of them at that moment knew that this would be their last mission ever.

Deep beneath the sea, just a set distance away, the sound of the explosion awoke a slumbering beast.

At this depth, sunlight is rather limited, which is hard for normal people to see clearly. But the creature's simple yet compound eyes could make out the rippling of a ship, a large one. It growled hungrily, before shifting is massive body and pushed off the sea floor.

Nearby 3 fishmen took note of this. They could only feel the slightest of pity for the poor souls about to become the latest victims of the monster.

"Go inform Arlong-san, Ebirah is on the move again."

Meanwhile:

Arlong was informed of the arrival ages ago, and had his crew prepare 2 million beri to try and diffuse the situation. As much as he loves money, he knows that the marines interfering in his business could spell trouble for his growing empire. So far, Captain Nezumi of the 44th branch has been very cooperative, and Arlong hoped this one would be too. That is until the cannonball struck.

The projectile smashed into Arlong's open mouth, and was chewed up into pieces instantly.

"So, about the negotiations?" Kuroobi asked.

"Forget it, kill them all." Arlong snarled as he spat the remaining pieces out. The fishmen all cheered as they were about to embark on the destruction of the marines, until a single fishman hopped out of the water and whispered something into Arlong's ear.

"Never mind, they're on a timer right now." Arlong smirked. The fishmen were silent at that; they knew exactly what that meant.

"Chu, I think I'll go warn them. It'll be fun to watch them try to run." Chew mentioned.

"Go ahead, we all know they won't get too far. Shahahaha!" Arlong laughed.

Back with the Marines:

"The cannonball seemed to have failed… fire another one!" Pudding Pudding commanded.

Suddenly Chew jumped out of the water and spat a ball of water at the commodore, knocking him off his feet. The marines around them drew their weapons fearfully as Hatchi and Kuroobi joined him.

"So, you humans have come uninvited it seems. Do you even know what you're getting into, chu?" Chew scoffed.

"We are the ones that bring about justice! We aren't scared of a few pirates like you." The commodore snapped.

"Believe me you should be. Regrettably, we won't be the ones engaging you today. We're here to leave a word. Leave this area lest you want your ship to sink to the bottom of the ocean." Kuroobi sneered.

"Don't think a few threats can deter us!" the marines yelled.

"Chu, don't say we didn't warn you. Then again we really couldn't care less if you listen or not. You won't make it out of these seas anyway." With that the 3 fishmen dove back into the sea before the marines could question them about what they meant.

"Who do those pirate think they are to be making such-" Pudding Pudding demanded before a call alerted him.

"Commodore! There's something approaching from our left!"

The commodore turned around and his eyes instantly widened. Indeed there was a ripple of water that was quickly approaching the ship. Before it made impact, the ripple quickly disappeared.

Before they could even question what is going on, a massive red claw suddenly shot out of the water. The commodore barely let out a scream before the mammoth appendage slammed down hard on the ship, pulverizing it instantly. The last thing the hapless marines saw was a massive red beast closing in on them.

Within seconds, the sea returned to eerie peacefulness. If one didn't know better, they would think that nothing happened here. There was no trace of the marine ship left save for a few pieces of drift wood. It was then that the three fishmen popped their heads out of the water, a few meters away.

"Nyu… Ebirah's ferocity always gives me the shivers…" Hatchi shuddered.

"Chu, nonetheless that beast has kept the marines away from us. It has its uses." Chew noted.

"Well, we can agree on one thing: as long as Ebirah lurks beneath the waves, no large ship can make land here. With it around the Marines can never trouble us." Kuroobi smirked.

The entire duration of the attack was witnessed by the villagers of Cocoyasi Village. The look of horror and despair were clear on their faces.

"This is our reality… We can't escape Arlong's rule…" Nojiko gritted.

Later:

"Shahahaha! Those marines didn't stand a chance!" Arlong laughed after the 3 fishmen told him about the entire event.

"Yup! Ebriah crushed the ship like a bunch of matchsticks! With it alongside our power, we have nothing to fear on these seas!" Hatchi hooted.

"Indeed, with all that along with Nami's maps we will rule all of East Blue!" Kuroobi confirmed.

"Ah, right. Nami's maps. She really is valuable isn't she?" Arlong sighed. "It's a shame I'll have to let her go once she met the 100 million beri mark and buys back her village."

"Nyu? Arlong-san we're really going to let her go that way?" Hatchi asked.

"I have to, the deal was made 8 years ago and she promised 100 million beri." Arlong grinned, something was clearly hidden here "And you all know me, I never break a promise involving money!"

Meanwhile:

"That was honestly one of the most messed up stories I've ever heard… and I've seen and experienced some shit…"

That was the thought going through Gian's head as he walked towards the direction of where Cocoyasi village is supposed to be located. The survivors of Letchi Village have told him the entirety of their history as well as the encounter with the horrifying beast that shattered their entire life. The whole ordeal shook him to his core; to have your entire livelihood ripped away from you in an instant… he just couldn't imagine it!

And he thought being used as a test subject was horrible!

"This island is getting more dangerous by the minute. No doubt by now Arlong knows we're here and are probably sending people out to find us. There's also this giant sea monster lurking off the coast. Wasn't this originally about getting our navigator back or something? How did we get involved in all this?!"

With this in mind he continued to look for his crew; it wasn't before long when he heard a loud voice shouting angrily at another.

"YOU'RE LYING! THERE'S NO WAY NAMI WOULD KILL USOPP! WE'RE NAKAMA!" the voice is no doubt Luffy's, and as Gian raced towards the source, he could see that the strawhat teen was now gripping Johnny's collar with a tight fist. Zoro, Sanji and Yosaku are also present.

"B-but t-that's what I saw!" the sunglasses wearing bounty hunter tried to explain.

"Hold on, all of you don't make any rash decisions right now." Gian intercepted before Luffy got anymore pissed off.

"Gian-aniki, you're alive!" Yosaku breathed out in relief.

"Where were you wandering off at?" Sanji asked.

"I got… carried away, hehehe." Can you blame him? Sanji walked right into that! Gian then turned more serious. "However, Nami really did apparently kill Usopp, at least that's what I got wind of."

"Eh? And just where did you hear about that?" Sanji demanded.

"I overheard 2 fishmen talking while I was hi… on my way here." Gian swiftly corrected. Before departing the ruined village, Narsha had told him that he must not tell anyone that the village still has survivors. No matter what Gian said about how his nakama could be trusted could sway the village headwoman. In the end the Kaiju-zoan user has to relent.

"You have to have misheard Gian! Nami couldn't have done something like that!" Luffy shouted.

"You're placing too much trust on the woman" Zoro scoffed "The way I see it she's played us all for fools."

"Luffy… sometimes there's things that you can't make mistakes with." Gian sighed. "But I have my doubts about the whole thing, to tell you the truth, however. Nami just doesn't look like the person who can just kill someone in cold blood. In fact I-" Before he could reveal the next part of his eavesdropping, a voice called them all to attention.

"What are you still doubting over? I killed him and that's all there is to it."

Nami walked up the small path towards her former associates, her face not revealing anything.

"Hey, Nami! We came to get you, let's go!" Luffy greeted.

"Go? I already made it clear that our cooperation with each other is over already." Nami sneered "In fact, Because of Zoro's little stunt back there, Arlong now wants to kill all of you guys."

"Zoro… what did you do…?" Gian groaned.

"What? All I did was knock around a few underlings. They weren't anything special."

"What you did made Arlong turn his attention to you! You guys may be strong but you've never seen any real monsters before! You aren't a match for him!"

"Um… I'm like standing right here… Free monster petting zoo?" Gian pointed at himself, to which Luffy, Zoro and Sanji smirked at that.

"Do not go there. You might have that devil fruit of yours, but a monster like Arlong has done things you can't even dream of." Nami brushed him off.

"Alright, enough with that. I already explained before that we're all here to help."

"Ah, Nami-san is so beautiful when she's serious! Hey, do you remember me?" A lovestruck Sanji interrupted.

"…like I said, we're in this together. All you have to do is-" Gian was swiftly shot down however…

"Do you still not get it?! We were never nakama!" Nami snarled. "I only got close to you guys so I can get more money. Now that you played your part I have no more reason to be travelling with you! I'll give you back your ship, then you guys leave and find a new navigator! Go find One Piece or whatever you want to do! Just get off this island. I don't want to see any of you ever again!"

Luffy suddenly fell flat on the ground.

"I'm going to take a nap." He stated.

"Eh? Why are you taking a nap in the middle of the road? Now of all times?!" Johnny and Yosaku deadpanned.

"I don't feel like leaving the island, and I don't know anything else about what's going on so I'll sleep"

"At least get a blanket… you'll catch a cold…" Gian mumbled.

"FINE THEN! IF YOU ALL WANT TO DIE SO BADLY THEN STAY!" Nami gave a frustrated scream before running off. The rest of the crew stared after her. Gian sighed and sat down on the road.

"When did this get so complicated…"

"Nami-san was crying back there." Sanji suddenly said.

"Really? I didn't see anything." Zoro muttered.

"On the inside. She was crying in her heart."

"Wow… that is deep." Gian snickered. "But actually it has some truth to it. Like I was saying before I was interrupted… it appears Nami's killing of Usopp wasn't intentional. I overhead the two fishmen saying that if she doesn't do it, her village would be slaughtered. From what it sounds like it seems that Nami was pretty much forced into it."

"Really? That brutal?" Johnny and Yosaku mumbled.

"Tch, doesn't matter now that Usopp is dead. She can cry all she wants." Zoro huffed.

"Really? We still don't know if it's true or not." Sanji pointed out.

At this point, the crew was suddenly alerted to someone running up to them.

"Everyone! I found you at last! I'm here!"

"Usopp?" "He's alive?" Zoro and Sanji's eyes were both raised at that.

"I have to tell you something! It's about Nami she's- WAAAAAGH!" Usopp suddenly cried out when Gian slammed a log into him, that he somehow acquired for some reason…

"DIE ZOMBIE! Oh… wait… Usopp is alive!"

"Yeah… about that... I think you just killed him…." Everyone else sweat dropped at the twitching sniper.

Later:

"I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU WOULD DO THAT!" Usopp yelled as Gian nervously shuffled.

"I'm sorry… I and my mind have been through too much bullshit today…" Gian hung his head again.

"But seriously? Everyone said you were dead? How are you still here?"

"AH?! Usopp's alive?" Luffy woke up at this point.

"Yeah! And I have something to say!"

"Then Johnny lied! Nami didn't kill you!"

"Exactly! Nami actually helped me escape!" the Liar explained to them. "One of Arlong's officers watched her kill me, but instead of stabbing me she stabbed her hand! She pretty much used that as a cover up! With that in mind, I think there's something going on between them!"

"I knew it… what those two fishmen said just sounded like there was more than meets the eyes." Gian slammed his fist into the road.

"So then, what should we do? Attack Arlong Park to save her?" Zoro asked.

"Wh-wha? I didn't mean go that far yet-"

"Yeah I don't see why not? I'll just do a full transformation. I'll destroy the place with a single Atom Ray!" Gian declared.

"Oh yeah… you always said you can do something like that but we've never seen it before." Zoro pointed out.

"Well now's as good time as any. So let's go and-"

"Don't bother, it's useless no matter what you do."

The crew gave a start and turned around to see Nojiko approach them. The woman was now eyeing each one of her younger sister's crew, and they were… interesting… to say the least.

"Oh, that's Nami's sister! She found me when we first got to the island." Usopp informed them.

"Nami-san's older sister is just as beautiful as she is!" Sanji swooned.

"And she has ink too… uh I mean, hey it's nice to meet you. The name's Gian…" The kaiju-zoan user blundered for a bit. Just because this was a serious moment doesn't mean that he can't appreciate other things!

Nojiko ignored them and continued "Please, you don't understand what's going on here. It's better if you don't get yourselves involved and leave Nami to do this alone."

"What do you mean by that?" Sanji asked.

"I'll tell you why she's doing all this and what role she plays, but after this please leave."

"Yeah, it's best if we hear this out. We can learn something." Gian nodded.

"Yeah, I'm all ears!" Usopp chimed.

"Well you guys listen to it, I'm going for a walk." Luffy stated, ignoring Usopp's protests. In his mind, Nami is already his nakama, and no past is going to change that. Nojiko rose an eyebrow at that.

"Don't mind him, he does things his own way. We'll listen to the story." Gian assured her.

"Right, well to tell you the whole thing I'll have to bring the story back to 8 years ago. Back then there was a woman in this village, and she was the most important person to Nami and me. Her name… was Bell-mere."

A/N: And Cut!

G: What is this? A movie all of a sudden?

You can say that.

G: Sweet! I always wanted to be an actor!

Well this chapter is done, and I've dropped the name of our mystery monster! Those who watch Godzilla movies know exactly who it is, and if the name is unfamiliar to you, then google it and you'll see why I decided to use it here.

With that this chapter is over and since the next chapter is the 20th one, I'm going to be doing a Q&A of sorts. If you have any questions on anything I'll add in the future, leave a review or a PM! I won't give any spoilers (not major ones anyway) but some things to spice up your tastes, and hope that can leave you expecting more!

With that I hope you enjoy this one! I hope I tied in this well enough.

Leave a review and Gian will go free Orcas at SeaWorld!

G: SAVE THEM!