"Ah! You're back! Long trip!" Arlong greeted her.
Nami's sandals Klak-ed on the conceit as she continued to walk towards Arlong, Choo, and Kuroobi. "The mansion's unguarded, as usual." Nami told Arlong and I was the only one who understood what she was saying; it was bout the boy.
"Hmph…" Arlong snorted, "Who'd dare to attack me!" And without waiting for an answer asked another question, "How was your harvest!"
"Excellent!" She replyed. "But I feel a strange emptiness in my heart." She added holding one arm out to the side and grentilly placeing her right hand at the top of green stopped spagitti strap shirt.
Har har har har har! Arlong belted. And teased "Been reading poetry? Betrayal is your specialty!"
"You think so?" Nami joked back.
Then Arlong roze from his chair spreading is arms out wide over his head shouted "Comrades! One of our own has returned! Prepare a feast!" And added, in his fishy why of giving his words importance besides yelling them, "Tuuuuuuna tonight!"
And like a plague all the merman sprang from the ocean's depths in celibration as cheers and the splashing of water over coming the sides of the 3 pools filled the air around and in Arlong Park. I was now sitting near the center of the padio roof and was looking down on the rabuncous fish-men as the paraded and ran bout preparing the dinner. Soon my gaze fell on Nami her back was turned to me so that I could clearly see the tattoo she wore as a officer of Arlongs crew. Poor Nami I thought thinking back to one of the talks we had on the afternoon before she left. I had asked her to explain to me why she was going to leave for a while but I had already known the answer. I guess I just wanted her to tell me. I shock my head as a loud crash came from the deck below. Some one must have dropped some thing again I thought to my self crossing my legs placing my arms behind me. I fond that gazing out across the oceans help me to escape from places I didn't really want to be. I closed my eye enjoying the wind blew softly in to my face making the ends of my black bandana ripple in it. Slowly I open my eyes again to pear out over the once again tranque waves of the ocean. "Wow… wait a minute. What's that! A boat? Yes a boat but a pretty small one. I haven't seen that one before. I wonder who's it is." I whispered to my self quitly leaning forward sitting up like I was in the dojo again hands on knees legs folded under me. "I hope they don't notice it." Said softly. I straned my self to hear what was being said on the little dingy over the roar on noise below me…
…"ththt's the place!" Johnny told Usopp and Zolo, clenching his teeth as he spoke kneeling at the front of the boat beside Zolo who was leaning against the 'stern' holding his remaining sword. Zolo was sitting so that his body was facing the way they had come and was pearing over his right shoulder to see Arlong Park
"Nami's in THERE!" Usopp asked kneeling in the same way as Johnny but to the left of Zolo shaking like a teariffyied little baby rabbit.
"That's the place." Johnny conferemed again but this time he added, "Now our troubles begin. First of all, where did sister Nami dock the ship?"
Zolo who didn't really care and wasn't really listening asked in a cool calm collected voice, and pashally removing his sword from it's shied making a fwash sound as he did so, "So we hack our way in?"
And without hesitation Johnny and Usopp jumped to their feet stared down at Zolo and began to freak out.
Johnny who thought Zolo had lost his mind asked "Wgat are you thinking!"
"Are you crazy! We don't know anything about this place!" Usopp chimed his eyes nearly falling out of his hand.
After a few moments of the hastaria Johnny and Usopp mutinied and tied the poor bandaged swordsman to the boats 'bunker'. And began to sail away from Arlong Park along the shore to 'look' for the Merry-Go.
"There it is!" Usopp shouted with relief. Then held up his binoculars for a better look. And continued shouting, "I fond it! The Merry-Go! It's anchored in a weird spot!"
Zolo who had lost his cool again was also shouting, "Hey, you guys! C'mon! Untie me!"
But Johnny payed no mind to the hot headed swordsman's cries for freedom and continued talking to Usopp, "She sure left it in a strange place alright. It's near Coco Village." Johnny held out a map of the island and pointed to the place where he thought the Merry-Go was docked showing it to Usopp. Usopp lowered the binoculars and leaned over to look at Johnny's map.
"Untie me!" Zolo barked at them again.
And since Usopp didn't want him drawing attention to them he turned around and walked over to Zolo and knelt down beside him. "Settle down! You'll open your wounds!" Usopp advised while striking Zolo's wounds a few times before standing again and walking to the front of the boat saying, "You're still recuperating, you know! Just leave this to me! I'll bring that woman back!" He then folded his arms against his chest and began to laugh.
"You sure got brave when you found out it's not at Arlong Park." Johnny commented.
But Usopp wasn't listening again. "Hard to starboard!" Usopp ordered. "Bring us alongside the Merry-Go!"
"Aye-aye," replied Johnny tugging on some ropes.
And of-cause Usopp was beginning to get cocky. "I'm an intrepid adventurer, about to set foot on an unexplored land… I shall call this, 'The Great Adventure of Usopp the Man'! Like that, Johnny!"
"Aye-aye," said Johnny weakly.
But as they got closer to the Merry-Go they saw 3 'big' fish-men standing guard on the dock. 1 chubby, middle sized one with a bad over-bite, 1 fat, short one with the buddhist symbol for good luck on his stumick and 1 skinny tallish one with a long neck that nearly made Usopp and Johnny jump right out of them selves at seeing them standing there. Usopp and Johnny were both wide eyed and mouths a gape.
"Full speed ahead!" Was all Usopp could muster enough courage to say.
And Johnny gave a quick "Aye-aye."
But Zolo didn't really care bout the fish-men and yelled, "You're sailing past it!" While Usopp and Johnny tried to silence him with an abrupt "Shhhhhhhhhh!"
Usopp was quick to express how he felt but the whole thing by turning and yelling in Zolo's face, "Are you blind! Those were fish-men! Arlong's pirates. Didn't you see! I don't want to croak! Is that so bad!"
"Get a hold of yourself." Zolo replied.
"It's no use…" Johnny said quickly losing hope, "these water's are Arlong's lake." But suddenaly the panic ceased and Johnny calmly turned to Usopp and asked, "What should we do, brother Usopp?"
And to this Usopp replied, "We just won't be able to bring Nami back."
"Untie me, you idiot!" Zolo snapped at the idea of fleeing because Usopp and Johnny were scared.
But they suddenally over heard one of mermen dive in to the water behind them saying, "Hey, I don't recall seeing that ship before!"
"Abandon ship!" The frantic Usopp yelled at Zolo and Johnny jumping over board and was instantly followed by Johnny and his, "Aye-aye!"
While Zolo was screeching, in a manly way, "Wait, you guys! Hey! Don't leave me like this!" and thrusting bout trying to free him self as Usopp and Johnny swam way.
But it was to late the fish-men had already started to board the little boat, Zolo was on his own.
Heh heh heh. We caught 'em." The one with the massive over-bite said.
"Wait!" Zolo cried after his 'friends' one last time.
"What? Just this one?" the tall skinny one questioned.
"Set adrift, eh? Banished, eh?" guessed the over-bite fish-guy.
"Um, sort of…" Zolo twitched and his thoughts were clear from the look on his face, 'I'll kill those guys…'
"Looks like they tortured you some." Tall and skinny remarked and suggested, "All right, let's take him to Arlong!"
"Forgive us, Zolo. I'll tell Luffy you died bravely." Usopp plagued placing his hand over his heart closing his eyes but still treading water.
"What terrible luck! I'll never forget you, brother Zolo!" Johnny whimpered with his left arm shielding his eyes and his head thrown back.
"Let's get to dry land!" Usopp suggested.
And Johnny give yet another obeydeant, "Aye-aye." As they began to swim towards shore.
But as they climbed on land…
"Huh?" Usopp gasped.
"What?" Johnny gaped.
