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I forgot to put this in before, but starting from chapter 19 until the end of Arlong Park, this arc now has an opening! Enjoy!
G: Wait? Really? What are you, trying to make an anime out of this or something?
No, I just thought it'll be fun thing to do.
G: well… might as well give it a shot.
(Song name: Uso by SID, You'll know it better as Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood's first ending theme)
Ano hi mita sora, akaneiro no sora no
Nee ~ kimi wa oboeteimasuka
(The shot shows a young Gian curled up in his prison back on Punk Hazard, shivering all the while, and slightly looking up fearfully.)
Yakusoku chigiri shoka ne kaze ga tsutsumu, futari yorisotta
(Scene shifts to Gian grown up looking out to sea from Solgell Island, when he turns around and grins at the Ibuki-Jinkawa team waving towards him as the title appears.)
Muri na, egao no ura, nobita kage wo kakumaru
(Gian is now on the Going Merry, he looks down as he saw Luffy and Usopp chasing each other while Zoro, Sanji and Nami gave a more annoyed look. He laughs and leans back towards the mast as screen flashes of Triton and the Red Hair Pirates along with his adopted family is seen.)
Dakara kizukanu furi, saisei wo erabu.
(The focus suddenly shifts to Nami, as her face develops a horrified expression as a silhouette of Arlong appears behind her. The scene ends with two red pincers coming down in an X formation, leaving a trail of bubbles that obscures the screen)
Te-Buru no ue no furuenai shirase, machitsuzukete…
(The scene then shifts to the villagers of Cocoyasi Village standing in front of a makeshift grave in what appears to be a vigil, which then cuts to Deimo looking up while holding his sword, and an image of his smiling captain is seen)
Kuuhaku no yoru mo, kuru hazu no nai asa mo, zenbu wakattetanda
(Nami is then seen reaching out a hand with a tear trailing down her face. Johnny, Yosaku along with the villagers from before are seen surprised as the rest of the crew jumps into battle together.)
Ano hi mita sora, akaneiro no sora no Nee ~ itsuka omoidasu deshou. Hatasenakatta, yakusoku wo idaite, futari arukidasu…
(Luffy is seen battling Arlong, with the former swinging Kiribachi around with force while the latter has an angry expression and throwing punches. The next pair to be shown is Zoro and Hatchi clashing swords together, followed by Sanji and Kuroobi trading blows as well, before the scene flashes to Usopp running and dodging water bullets from Chew. Then the scene shows Gian in his partial transformation launching himself at Ebirah, only to be slammed back and hitting the ground hard. However, this is not enough to deter him as he gave a defiant roar and an aura of blue light envelopes him, ending with an explosion and the siloutte of a giant carnivorous dinosaur shaped monster can be seen.)
Welp… that took a while. Let's actually begin the story now.
"Gen-san! Where is he now?!" Nojiko cried out. Chabo told her that the mayor of Cocoyasi was still at the village with Dr. Nako checking him over. The two immediately raced towards their village, hoping their mayor was alright.
"It seems something is up. I will go and check it out as well. I hope you consider our conversation. Farewell, Gian-san." Deimo muttered before picking up an old sword sheath; this held his rapier, a weapon that has seen many of his battles.
"It's good to see you again, old pal." He mumbled before following after the two. The rest of the villagers followed after him, having a slight idea of what might happen.
Gian was rather surprised as well, and was about to go after them. When he stepped out the door, he was greeted by the sight of a certain Strawhat captain.
"Oh, hi Gian! Were those your friends?" Luffy greeted "They seemed worried about something."
"Yeah, they had something to take care of. How did you walk this far?" Gian asked.
"I took my time, what happened to this place? Did Arlong get here as well?" Luffy asked.
"Something like that… it's a long story. We should get back to the others and get ready." Gian proposed Luffy nodded and the duo began trekking back towards their crewmates.
Meanwhile:
"GEN-SAN! IS HE ALRIGHT?!" Nojiko screamed as he ran towards a crowd of people. The group parted to show Dr. Nako bandaging up the scarred man. Fortunately for him, the bullet only managed to graze his side and leave a small flesh wound. However, what was hurt was not his body; it went far deeper than that.
"He's fine… nothing was fatal and the wound isn't severe." Dr. Nako assured her.
"Arlong… he's completely unforgivable! How could he do such a thing?!" Genzo gritted his teeth in rage.
"What happened?"
"Deimo-san was right… pirates like him can't be trusted… not at all…" the man growled again "he sent a marine captain and stole all of Nami's stashed money… he never intended for Nami to buy the village back, because he's never going to let her go!"
"W-what?!"
"IS THAT TRUE?! IS WHAT YOU SAID REAL?!" the villagers of Cocoyasi turned to see Deimo leading his small band of villagers walking towards them, rage evident on their faces.
"I had a feeling that was what happened. I can never trust anything that bastard proposed…" Deimo snarled, before drawing his sword "Well then, survivors of Letchi Village! You all know what this will lead to!" the remaining villagers, even Narsha yelled in agreement "It's time to honor our promise!"
Narsha then led her son to Nojiko, it pains her to do what she was about to do, but it needs to be done.
"Nojiko, I have to leave now… so will you please take our son in? It's the only way that he will have anything close to a family member." She mumbled sadly.
"Narsha-san…" Nojiko stammered, before shutting her eyes "I'm sorry Narsha-san… but I can't do that."
"Nojiko…"
The blue haired woman's eyes then shot open, and there was billowing flame of rage "Because I'm going after that bastard as well!"
"That goes for me too!"
"Same here!"
"We won't let Nami's hard work get tarnished like this!"
All the villagers of Cocoyasi had the same sentiment.
"You guys…" Deimo uttered.
"You know… I used to think we could've settled this peacefully" Genzo growled "As long as we don't burden Nami with anything and pretended we didn't know her plan… that would be fine as long as she succeeds… BUT NOW I SEE HOW FOOLISH THAT BELIEF WAS! I'M COMING WITH YOU DEIMO! AND DON'T YOU DARE SAY THIS IS YOUR IDEA ALONE!"
Deimo then clasped the other man's shoulders "Your belief wasn't foolish… you did what you thought was right and that's all that matters. But now, there's only one thing left to do."
"Aye…" Genzo snarled before rising up to address his village.
"Villagers of Cocoyasi! For 8 years we've endured Arlong's rule simply because of our bond with Nami! As long as she was fine, nothing that the pirates did to us mattered! But after all she's done, this is the answer they gave us! Now we have nothing to lose, and there's no way in hell I'm going to forgive what they've done! Does anyone have anything to say?!" the mayor shouted.
"NOTHING, GEN-SAN! WE'LL FIGHT ALONGSIDE THE TWO OF YOU!" all the villagers coursed.
"Then let us go to Arlong Park, we'll show those fishmen that you can't just put us down like this!" Deimo roared and everyone was about to leave when:
"EVERYONE, STOP!"
Nami had shown up, she had clearly ran here with her labored breathing and light sheen of sweat. In just the past few moments, her entire world was crumbling. That corrupted marine Nezumi had taken all of her 93 million beri, an amount that took her almost 8 years to gather. When she tried to stop him by force, the rat-like bastard remorselessly tried to shoot her, only for Genzo to block it with his body.
It was because of this that she finally suspected that Arlong was behind this, and the truth couldn't be harsher when she tried to confront him…
"All of your money was taken away? That isn't my problem. The deal was 100 million beri, if I don't see it then don't even hope for the freedom of your village! Shahahaha! But that's not a problem for you now is it? After all, you can just steal it again! Or you can run away. But if you do, then you know what happens! Shahahaha!"
What made this all worse was the fact that the entire village knew all along. But she can't abandon the very people she's doing this for.
"Please guys! Don't do this, I can get the money back again! I just need to find more pirates to steal from!" She tried to reason "Don't worry about me! I will be fine!" But by this point the villagers have had enough.
"Nami… you don't have to say anything else" Genzo mumbled "We know the pain you've suffered under the hands of that monster, and we're not going to sit by and just watch it happen. Please, now it's the chance for you to leave."
"W-what?"
"Everybody let's go!"
"No! Please trust me here! I can- Deimo-san!" She called out to the former lieutenant "You said you have 125 million beri left right? C-Can I just lend 100 million of it! I-I promise I'll pay you back as soon as-"
"I would love nothing more than to give you all of our remaining money" Deimo sighed "But I'm sure at this point… you know that it would do no good just as well as everybody else." Nami's eyes widened; it was true, there was simply no way that Arlong would relinquish control over his territories; he has grown way too fond of power to do that.
"So, leave this village, go and follow your dream. Live for all of us." Deimo stated. The rest of the villagers all chorused in agreement.
"You can't! I-I won't let you!" Nami screamed as she drew a knife and shakily raised it up in a desperate attempt to not let the very people she loved run to their deaths. "P-please… I just don't want anyone to die anymore…" tears were actively flowing down her face at this point; she's never felt so useless before in her life…
Suddenly Deimo grabbed her arm… and plunged the knife into his own shoulder. Nami's eyes widened at the display, but he can see the man was crying as well.
"A knife wound like this… normally would be very painful… isn't it?" he hoarsely whispered "How strange it is then, that I can't feel a single thing. I'm so sorry Nami… I, as Bell-mere-taisa's subordinate, can't even protect her own children from suffering under her oppressor. I've failed back then, I will not fail to see her child live a life separate from all this pain and hardship!" he shouted these last words out.
"Step out of the way Nami!" Nojiko stated "We're going."
"Villagers! Show those fishmen our pride!" Genzo shouted before everyone marched past the stunned girl.
Nami can only watch helplessly as the knife clattered to the ground and the people growing further away.
"Shahahaha!"
The mocking cackle of Arlong filled her heard, her face contorted into one of fury as she glared at the Arlong Pirates insignia on her shoulder. It tainted her entire body; how she wishes she can just tear it away!
"Shahahaha!"
Wordlessly she picked up the knife and pointed it towards the tattoo. Then with all her might, she rammed the tip into it.
"SHAHAHAHA!"
"Arlong… Arlong…! Her voice grew louder, angrier with every stab; the knife getting more bloody with every strike, "Arlong! Arlong! ARLONG! ARLONG! ARLONG! AR-!"
Her attempts at self-mutilation was brought to an abrupt stop when a hand grasped her hand gently, yet forcefully. She turned back to see none other than Monkey D. Luffy stopping her, a blank expression on her face. Further away, she can see Gian, Zoro, Sanji and Usopp waiting for the cue on what to do next.
"Luffy…" she mumbled, before her expression hardened "What are you still doing here?! Do you even have a clue about what is happening?!"
"No, I don't." The boy stated matter-of-factly
"Then why are you still here?! Didn't I tell you to get lost?! GO AWAY! GO AWAY! GO AWAY!" she screamed each word out, her hand clawing at the dirt below her as her voice cracked with every rejection. Her entire body was shaking at this point. It got to the point where she completely stopped and poured all her pain out, all her burdens out with her tears.
Then… it came out. The lightest of pleas, very simple and yearning, but one that the entire crew will take most seriously to heart.
"Luffy… Help me…"
The stillness was so compacted that one can hear a pin drop, but then Nami felt something plant itself onto her head. It was Luffy's strawhat.
"YOU BET I WILL!" the boy shouted to the heavens.
Nami's eyes widened as she remembered what Luffy said about the strawhat, how much importance it meant to him.
"Luffy…"
"Now isn't this all better? Letting out all your pain to those that are close to you?" Nami's gaze turned to Gian as he stood up, his eyes are the familiar color of amber that takes over whenever he's about to fight. However, her eyes widened further and she stifled a gasp when she caught a glimpse of a sixth figure among the crew, except this one was not human; it was the gigantic translucent visage of a giant dinosaur shaped creature appearing behind Gian. She only caught a glimpse of it for a moment before it disappears from sight, but from the Kaiju-zoan user she felt a wave of energy that made the wind billow and made her heart pound rapidly. If she didn't know who he was, she could've sworn she felt visibly intimidated.
Clearly she was not the only one who felt it as Zoro and Sanji turned towards the man with their eyebrows raised slightly, while Usopp couldn't help but yelp out. A few distances away, the villagers of Cocoyasi and Letchi also turned back their heads; it was as if something fearsome had appeared on their island and they can feel it even here.
Even further, the Arlong Pirates sitting within their base also noted something was wrong with the air, Arlong frowned at this; he didn't know what, but something big was going to happen.
Miles away, far below the waves, the giant crustacean Ebirah was jolted awake by a mysterious disturbance within his atmosphere. Ebirah is a simple-minded creature; it's only concern is to kill and feed. But just then, it felt like something had challenged it.
And believe it or not, for the first time, Ebirah actually felt afraid as it let out a startled screech.
Back with the crew, Luffy felt the intimidating aura as well, but thought nothing of it. It seems like his nakama had some other secret abilities!
"Don't worry Nami, by the end of the day, Arlong Park will be torn to the ground." Gian assured her; he could feel the foreign energy resonating from him as well, and it felt great, making him feel more confident. He feels as if he can tear entire islands apart.
Luffy's normally smiling face is now dead serious as he began to walk out the village.
"Let's go!"
"Right!"
Nami watched as the 5 grew smaller and smaller into the distance. Those 5 who have only one goal in mind: to save their friend.
Meanwhile:
"Get out of our way! We're here for Arlong!" Genzo snapped to two people sitting in front of the door to the fishman's base of operations. Both men were beaten up with bruises covering their bodies; it was none other than Johnny and Yosaku, and they had just clashed with Arlong moments before.
"Do you know what happened to us? Well, after we found out the truth the two of us decided to fight Arlong in order to regain Nami-aneki's honor." Johnny stated.
"However, as you can see, we lost." Yosaku added.
"So forgive us for being blunt, but we aren't moving for you guys. The two of us are bounty hunters and even we were defeated. There's not a chance that you can win." Johnny scoffed.
"That's isn't going to stop us! This is-" Deimo growled before Yosaku interrupted again.
"Yeah, you guys just sit tight. We're going to hold the door open for those guys to come."
"Those guys?" Deimo questioned.
"Indeed, those guys will definitely show up, in fact there they are!" both swordsmen announced gladly.
All the people turned around to see 5 people walking closer to Arlong Park. Luffy's face was blank as he strode forward, while Zoro gripped Wado Ichimonji tightly. Sanji walked along briskly with his hands in his pockets while Gian was beside him, eyes still the shade of amber color. Even Usopp no longer looked fearful as he walked alongside his 4 nakama.
The 5 pirates gave off one of the most dominating auras one could ever imagine. If the devil himself was here, even he would be intimidated beyond belief.
"Them…" Nojiko mumbled.
"So, Gian-san was serious…" Narsha whispered.
"Remember the faces of the 5 that appear before you, because they're the ones that will change the future!" the two swordsmen grinned confidently.
"And how do you know that?" Genzo asked.
"We don't, we're just betting our lives on it. If those guys fail, then not just this island, but all of East Blue will fall."
"Move." Luffy stated once he got to the gate the villagers were around. The two swordsmen gladly sidestepped out of the way.
Inside, Arlong was too busy gloating when suddenly…
*BANG! *BANG! *CRACCCK!"
The entire door was shattered to pieces, Arlong's eyes widened as the dust cleared and he could make out a young human boy with his fists cocked back. For a human to have such strength? Is it even possible?
Then the boy raised his head and his eyes were glaring daggers at everybody inside.
"Which one's Arlong?" he asked.
"I am Arlong, who are you supposed to be?" The fishman addressed this daring stranger.
"I'm Luffy, I'm a pirate."
"A pirate? What business does a pirate have with me?" Arlong growled. He didn't get a reply, instead Luffy dashed forwards and landed a powerful punch on his face. The force was so powerful the massive fishman was sent flying into the wall on the other side of the Park.
"What the hell do you think you're doing?!" Arlong shouted as he recovered.
"YOU MADE MY NAVIGATOR CRY!" Luffy yelled, fury in his eyes as he remembered the tears that were shed by the orange haired girl.
"How dare you attack Arlong-san?!" A group of fishmen launched themselves at Luffy, however they never got the chance to land any hits as an azure ray of heat and light tore up the ground where they stood, knocking them up into the air. Luffy simply stared forwards as the resulting explosions made his hair whip around furiously.
"That, my friends is the rule of nature. Don't go interrupting people while they're having discussions or you'll end up being flame-broiled!" Gian scoffed as he stepped forwards as well, with Sanji and Zoro following him. Usopp was trailing a bit more behind.
"You're awful, Gian! You could've at least saved some for us!" Zoro complained.
"From the looks of it, there should be plenty more." The kaiju-zoan user replied.
"There better be."
"Um… you guys can take em' all!" Usopp requested.
"But then it wouldn't be even now would it?" Gian asked back.
"Ahhh… I don't mind that!"
"NYUUU?! That's him! The swordsman that tricked me!" Hatchi suddenly recognized some of the people "And this kid is the one that was taking walks!" he pointed at Luffy.
"Zoro… what did you do this time?" Gian sighed.
"Nothing, I just told him to give me a ride and he did."
"…Well, they always say that public transportation has been failing in the service field these days…"
"Hey! That's the long-nosed guy! Didn't Nami kill him?" another fishman noticed Usopp, the sniper gave a panicked yelp when he saw that he's been recognized.
"So he's alive then, then it was as I suspected! That woman is nothing but a traitor!" Kuroobi growled.
Arlong gave a toothy sneer after he got back up "So… you guys are her crewmates you say? Well, color me surprised I figured you were just some people she stole from. But it doesn't matter; you are just a bunch of inferior humans who don't know the difference between our species" The large fishman cracked his knuckles "You'll know the strength of fishmen soon enough."
"Nyu, You fools really think you can stand up to Arlong-san?" Hatchi scoffed "He won't even need to fight this time around! Come on out Mohmoo!"
Suddenly the sea began to churn. The villagers of Cocoyasi were beginning to panic; Mohmoo singlehandedly overturned Gosa Village in just 10 minutes. A large monster like that is gonna spell trouble for the 5 pirates. The Letchi villagers were also slightly worried. Even though Mohmoo is nowhere near as monstrous as the giant crustacean that crushed Letchi Village, it's still a large creature with above average strength.
And as expected, the large sea cow rose out of the waves and swam through the gate.
"All right, Mohmoo! Go straight ahead and have yourself a banquet!" the octopus fishman pointed towards the five pirates.
"Hey, look who it is! It's the cow!" Gian noted.
"So it was under the control of the fishmen. Wonder if it remembers us." Sanji mumbled.
"Hi, cow! Remember me?" Luffy called out.
"Waaah?! Nojiko told me about it! That thing uprooted houses in a nearby village!" Usopp screamed.
"Is that right?! Now why would you do that?!" Gian scolded the large animal, who by now had bigger eyes due to recognizing 3 specific individuals that made it tow their boat "People live in those houses, you know that?!"
The sea cow dipped his head slightly; it had a feeling that this confrontation would happen eventually… but the man currently berating it had been the first to treat it as anything other than a slave, well with the exception of Hatchi but that octopus was always the odd one out compare to the rest of his crew. Still, actually having to fight him?
"Nyu? Oi Mohmoo! Why are you not attacking?" the octopus questioned. "Don't act like this? You're going to make me look bad!" but the large animal still was rather hesitant.
"Don't bother with him Hatchi if he isn't going to fight, then there's nothing we can do now… is there?" Arlong's comment was a thinly-veiled threat and even something as simple minded as the large sea bovine can interpret. Because of this, Mohmoo decided that Arlong was the one that he'd much rather not piss off and might as well endure some pain.
The cow's face turned from one of meekness to that of an ocean predator, it opened its toothed mouth and let out a loud bellow, then charged at the 5 people.
"IT'S COMING! IT'S GOING TO EAT US!" Usopp wept.
"To have to fight something that big…" Zoro gritted as he and Sanji were prepared to face the attack.
"Alright… that's it! I don't care if it's mad cow disease that you got or whatever but you need to calm down, NOW!"
When Gian's voice fell, the wind suddenly began whipping up again, enough to make the sea cow snap out of its rage-induced fit and made it blink dumbly.
Then it's eyes widened, this time in fear and shock, because standing behind the Kaiju-zoan user was the veiled image of a large monster.
It only appeared for a millisecond, but that was enough for cold fear to enter its heart. This is someone that can be gentle, but make him mad and you'll face the consequence.
Whatever the case, Mohmoo was no longer in the mood for any attacking. It meekly dipped its head and whimpered slightly.
"W-what did you do?!" Hatchi yelled.
"What? All I did was be a little assertive. It's how you tame animals." Gian shrugged.
"…you mean you don't even know what you did?" Zoro questioned. Everybody within Arlong Park had experienced the spectacle. The underlings of Arlong felt an uneasy feeling, along with some of the officers. Even Arlong was visibly shocked at what he'd just witnesses. As for the crew, Usopp was borderline almost passed out while Zoro and Sanji and Luffy were wide-eyed at the scene; they didn't get a good look back then, but now they sort of understand what was going on.
Gian could possibly unleash the monster inside him.
"Of course I do… I just rose my voice and it felt the need to stop its tantrum." Gian tipped his head to the side, what is everyone getting so worked up about?
"Speaking of which, the big guy looks a lot cuter now that he isn't roaring in our face." Gian gave the sea cow a much gentler smile, and held out his hand. "Remember, I told you I'm not going to hurt you, right?"
The cow let out a groan.
"Thought so! Now have a little faith in us. I know you despise working under these fishmen as much as our navigator does, or at least I think you do. So maybe have a little choice in your life, am I right?"
Mohmoo tilted its head; for a long time it followed Arlong blindly, doing his bidding whenever the fishman told it to do something. But in reality, a sea cow is not a very hostile creature, and forcibly harming anything without being provoked first is something that Mohmoo rather hates. If it can get out of such a life…
It needed no more thinking, Mohmoo lowered its head and allowed the man to stroke it comfortably behind the horns.
"There you go, aren't we just a gentle giant?" Gian crooned while petting the giant animal, to the shock of many onlookers.
"Incredible… the sea cow isn't showing any more hostility!" Genzo mumbled.
"Gian-aniki can tame animals!" Johnny grinned.
"Who would've guessed…?" Deimo was as surprised as they were.
"Well, we might be able to get it to pull our ship more!" Sanji joked.
"Hey cow! Do you remember me?" Luffy asked while waving at the large animal. Mohmoo's eyes widened and scooted away when it recognized the boy who punched him, making Luffy pout.
"Yeah… that'll take some time to adapt." Gian sighed.
"MOHMOO! HOW COULD YOU DO THIS?!" Hatchi whined.
"Grr… I have no use for an animal that doesn't even listen to my command. Do I have to end you as well as these humans?!" Arlong snarled at the display, while a number of fishmen began advancing towards them.
"Oh yeah… you're still here…" Gian snarled, then an idea popped up in his head "Hey big fella, do you mind getting rid of some of those small-fry for us? We grownups got other things to discuss with each other!"
Mohmoo gave one look at the advancing fishmen before giving off a bellow and slamming its head down towards them. The surprised fishmen were knocked around, dazed in an instant. Those who weren't unconscious immediately fled the scene whilst screaming their heads off, Mohmoo chasing them all the way.
"Great, no more interruptions!" Gian grinned.
"I'll punish that animal later! Right now, the 5 of you die!" Arlong snarled and moved to advance, but was blocked by his 3 officers.
"Arlong-san… there's no need for you to step in." Kuroobi declared.
"We wouldn't want Arlong Park to be turned to rubble from your rage now, would we, chu?" Chew affirmed.
"Nyahahaha! We'll finish this in no time!" Hatchi rubbed his 6 arms together.
"Heh, alright. Do whatever you want to them." Arlong nodded.
"Hey!" Luffy shouted "I didn't come here to fight a bunch of underlings, I came to beat you up!" but the large fishman ignored him, however hard it was.
"Don't worry Luffy, we'll be facing these 3." Sanji retorted "I've been dying to teach these lowlifes a thing or two about hurting ladies."
"Is that what this is all about? You came here for her?" Kuroobi sneered "How pathetic."
"You better watch your mouth, fish" Sanji glared "Or I'll cook you in a pan and fry you into fish and chips!"
"Look at this pirate defending his lady. I will admit you are stronger than others of your kind, but putting such chivalry on the line means your strength is still low. It appears I will have to teach you just how far apart the fishmen are from you!"
"Bring it, I'll show you just how 'low' my chivalry is."
"In that case, I'll be taking the octopus." Zoro unsheathed Wado Ichomonji, which Hatchi readily complied.
"Nyu! I still haven't paid you back for tricking me earlier!"
"Y-yeah! Everyone has an opponent! We're all happy!" Usopp breathed a sigh of relief; he doesn't have to fight anyone! How fortunate!
"Chu, what are you so happy about?!" that voice made Usopp snap out of his relief instantly.
"Guess I'll take out my rage on you, long nose! Think of it as retribution for escaping us earlier!" Chew sneered at the sniper.
"WHAAAA?! Why not pick Gian?! He's ready to fight!" Usopp panicked.
"Why him, when you're already here?" Chew snickered before taking another step closer.
"GOODBYE!" Usopp screamed before bolting away. Chew immediately followed, shouting profanity on how he should stand still. Momentarily the trumpetfish fishman noticed the villagers massing in front of Arlong Park and was about to question them before getting hit by a flaming projectile from a bravado influenced Usopp. This resulted in another chase.
"Hmmm… he does bring up a good point… there's no one left for me to fight…" Gian sighed "What to do? Hey Luffy? How about we double team Arlong for a bit?"
Arlong was about to brace himself when a panting fishman shot out of the water and dashed up to him out of breath.
"A-Arlong-san! Something big is happening! E-Ebirah… is swimming towards Arlong Park!"
"WHAT DID YOU SAY?!" Arlong roared, Ebirah's appearance could be very problematic for his base. If the large crustacean goes berserk then Arlong Park would no longer be standing! Why on earth is it suddenly coming here? "Aren't you supposed to be watching it?!"
"We-We were! But it completely ignored us and just kept swimming towards here!"
The panic was not only limited to Arlong, his two present officers also felt cold sweat emerging on their backs when hearing the news. At the entrance, the villagers of Cocoyasi were nervously whispering to each other. They've witnessed many times that Ebirah has smashed boats that sailed too close to the island like wet sticks, and know just how dangerous it is.
But most effected was the 10 people from Letchi, who were almost hyperventilating at seeing the giant beast that destroyed their livelihood.
"We need to leave… now!" Deimo snapped
"What? Why are we leaving?" Johnny and Yosaku wondered.
"Trust me, you don't want to be in its path when it comes, we have to-"
"IT'S HERE!" Tutter's frantic shout alerted him.
From their angle, the villagers could see a large bow wave steadily making its way towards the stronghold. Then the wave broke, revealing a massive red tail as the creature appeared to dive deep into the water.
"So that's Ebirah…" Gian frowned. Hearing about it in the story and actually seeing it in person are two completely different things "This could be bad… we don't-!"
Whatever thought that was about to pop up never got the chance to be revealed as a massive claw shot out of the water in front of them and slammed down, sending a large cloud of dust up and obscuring everything.
"What the hell just happened?" Luffy's dazed shout sounded through the dusty veil.
"Everyone accounted for?" Zoro groaned. By now the dust is beginning to settle and some visibility can be experienced again.
"Yeah, I'm just- wait, Where is-?" Sanji suddenly noticed something was missing.
"Oh no! Gian-san!" Narsha shouted as she pointed forward, when everybody else's eyes followed, they were shocked to see a massive lobster clenching its left claw hard around the legs of said kaiju-zoan eater. The area that the claw previously gouged into was now nothing more than a heap of rubble.
"AAAAARGGGGH!" Gian screamed in pain as he could feel the bones in his legs cracking under the force. He was brought face to face with the mammoth lobster as he tried to dislodge himself. "Let me go you piece of sea-"
Whatever he was about to say was drowned out when Ebirah violently threw him backwards towards the open sea. Gian landed about 1000 yards out with a rough splash as he felt his strength instantly disappear and he helplessly sank.
With a howl the massive shrimp turned and made a beeline towards the downed Kaiju-zoan user. Everybody was wide-eyed and beyond shocked by the sudden display.
"Gian-san! No!" Deimo shouted.
"D-did Ebirah target him specifically?" Genzo whispered in horror "Why?!"
"Gian-aniki!" Johnny and Yosaku shouted in horror
"Crap… he can't swim!" Zoro gritted.
"Shahahaha!" Arlong cackled as he and his officers regained their composure first; he was worried about the reason that Ebirah had turned up to Arlong Park for, but it seems that is resolved now. "That's one less pest to worry about!"
"Nyu… Ebirah almost killed us too…" Hatchi whimpered.
"Dammit… how is he going to-" Sanji watched helplessly, before suddenly noticing a certain ray fishman barreling towards him.
"Don't bother, he's dead." Kuroobi sneered "And soon, you will be as well!" before Sanji can do anything, Kuroobi tackled into him, the force sending both of them into the water.
"Sanji!" Luffy cried out; two of his nakama were now in the water, their lives uncertain.
"Do you still think you can defeat me?!" Arlong shouted and raised his arms "that blond will soon know the true strength of the fishmen now that he's underwater. And as for the other, I give about 3 minutes before Ebirah devours him!" Luffy can only give an angry glare at this.
"So now do you understand?! Just how far apart we are?! Because this is the true power of fishmen! SHAHAHAHA!"
A/N: And done! We're going back to canon material for a bit now, really couldn't make this play out any more differently considering this scene is like the turning point for One Piece all together. But as you can see, Luffy doesn't get thrown into the water this time around. Also I revealed a new power that is specific to Kaiju-zoans, which we'll go into more detail in the coming chapters. Gian right now is not aware of what it is, but come closer to around Marineford he'll have more of an idea of it. And no, it is not haoshoku haki.
G: Why are you always putting me in the worst situations?!
Because it strengthens your inner strength
G: That made no sense!
Live with it.
Responses to reviews!
To Kakusei:
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it!
G: we aim to please in many ways!
Please don't be a sex joke…
G: Like giving h-
NO!
To Matt:
G: Who the fuck is Ace?
Someone really important
G: And I should care because?
You'll know when you see him, but that's not until wayyyy later.
G: Why are you so slow?!
Because I'm not a made up character and I have other things to attend to, now shut up.
But there will be a Kaiju-zoan user in Whitebeard's crew, that you can be certain of.
To Zaralann:
Again completely understandable, still doesn't change anything I've said before though. This story is supposed to be Gian focused, but in the case that he has his own encounters and experiences alongside all of the crew, not how he's supposed to change the One Piece universe. Eventually they're gonna be dragged into a plot about Kaiju-zoan altogether.
G: RESPEC! PUT SOME RESPEC ON MY NAME!
Can we just drop the Birdman meme?
To Vergil Leonidas:
G: OOOOHHH WE GOT SHOOTERS!
I'm not even gonna respond to that…
But I'm glad you enjoyed this! I often see to that the OCs I create, and those coming later, will be more integrated into the plot as seamlessly as I possibly can. Also no need to worry, I'm gonna keep all that in mind.
And there we go! Also thank you all for giving this story over 100 favorites! We'll see you next time!
G: TRIPLE THREAT BITCHES!
Leave a review or Gian will never taste fried chicken again!
G: NO! I'VE FAILED YOU COLONEL!