A/N: I apologize for the whole "Said/Siad" thing... I must have accidentally clicked "add to dictionary" instead of "change word" I'm sorry. I managed to erase "Siad" from the dictionary on my Microsoft Word... so it's okay again... once again I'm sorry.
Edit Made in 2021: Finally fixed it, so ignore this note...
Chapter 30: Murder Mystery
Zoro managed to get to Cocoyashi Village… after tricking an idiot octopus like fishman named Hatchi to give him a ride… if Hatchi knew he slaughtered (Well… badly injured at least) all of Arlong's crewmembers that were left behind he would have been trouble, now he has to look for Usopp, Kiba, Sasuke, Akamaru and maybe Johnny (he was still missing after all).
"Hey…" said a voice.
Zoro saw that Sasuke, Kiba and Akamaru were fine.
"Good, you stayed out of trouble…" said Zoro, "But where's Usopp.
"Unfortunately for all of us he didn't stay out of trouble…" said Sasuke.
Meanwhile in Arlong's Fortress of Doom… er… Arlong Park. Arlong had found his men several injured and sprawled all over the place thanks to Zoro… where a living fishman told Arlong that their captive was indeed Zoro of the Demonic Duo. That's when a fishman with Usopp captive showed up.
"So does this mean that if the one that was here was Zoro, you must be his partner Sasuke." said Arlong.
Usopp sweat dropped, "No I'm just friend… honestly haven't you heard the stories… I'm older than Sasuke…" said Usopp.
"I see…" said Arlong, "No matter…"
Usopp began to shake a twig… especially when Arlong placed a dagger at his neck… and in the presence of Nami no less…
Meanwhile with the ones that were on the way there, they had managed to make Momoo pull them there like a horse would a carriage.
"I can't believe it…" thought Sakura.
"I know they kicked Momoo's ass good!" yelled Inner Sakura, "I think they can take on Arlong no problem if they took down Momoo without a sweat!"
"I wish Nami understood…" thought Sakura, "Maybe if I run into her then maybe I should tell her this…"
"Whatever…" said Inner Sakura.
Back at Arlong Park they were questioning her loyalty… especially after letting Zoro (who people still think is a bounty hunter) and he's after Arlong's head of course she managed to get them back on her side… but still she felt bad for Usopp…
"The bounty on my head is 20,000,000 Berries, the biggest in the east blue… any bounty hunter would go after my head. Tell me where Zoro is now!" said Arlong as he placed the dagger to Usopp's neck.
"I think he's in Mexico!" cried Usopp.
"He said Zoro, not Zorro." said Kisame.
"I don't know where he is!" yelled Usopp.
"Don't' lie… we know you're after Lord Arlong's head too… you're beyond saving now anyways." said an extremely girly looking fishman named Choo.
That's when Usopp began to panic… and when he panics he does was he does best lie… saying that if they heart him the Demonic Duo would strike because he was friends with both of them. Nami just turned him out as best she could.
"Nami you've gone pale." said Kisame.
"What? Still don't trust me?" said Nami.
"You are a crafty one…" said a ray like fishman named Kuroobi.
"We've known you for too long Nami…" said Kisame.
"If they get any more suspicious their kill me… I can't let that happen… not when I'm almost there." thought Nami.
"You disgust me Nami! You are a witch" yelled Usopp, "Even after you left Luffy still trusts you! He trusts you compete even now!"
"The only thing I believe in is money… Luffy is an idiot, so is his demon of a brother." said Nami.
That's when the (idiot) octopus like fishman Hatchi showed up… when they found that idiot towed him to Cocoyashi Village they realized (well more like an incorrect theory) that Zoro was indeed after Arlong.
That when Nami took out her staff and attacked Usopp.
"So you want to fight?" said Usopp.
"You're in the way. You shouldn't have attacked Arlong. It was my mistake that brought you here and I'm not going to let you guys ruin 8 years of hard work." said Nami, "So I'll be the one that will eliminate you."
"Eliminate me… ha! Don't make me laugh I'm not so weak that I can beaten up by a little girl." said Usopp.
"I'm not the girl you knew and besides I heard from your brother that you've beaten up by a dog many times." said Nami.
"That's different! He transformed into a clone of my brother!" yelled Usopp.
And so the two began to fight, Usopp used a Smoke Star that blinded everyone and decided to escape in the water by Nami found him, hit him with her staff, pulled him up… and stabbed him in the gut…
"Sorry nothing personal in it was just business." said Nami.
Usopp collapsed to the ground…
"Die quietly…" said Nami kicking him into the sea.
What Nami didn't realize was that a certain slightly cowardly bounty hunter watched from the sidelines… he had also heard about the possible treasure that was in Cocoyashi village… and that Nami wanted to buy village…
Meanwhile with those heading towards the village.
"There's Arlong Park!" yelled Naruto.
That's when Momoo began to veer off course.
"It's that way you hippo!" yelled Sanji.
"It's going to crash!" yelled Ino.
Momoo did indeed crash, the boat was sent flying.
"Wow we're flying!" said Luffy.
"No… we're falling!" yelled Yosaku.
They landed on the ground was still going…
"At least we're on the ground…" sighed Ino.
"But we're still going." said Sakura.
Meanwhile Zoro, Sasuke, Kiba and Akamaru was running towards Arlong Park… at the exact moment the boat crashed through the trees.
"Hey Zoro!" yelled Luffy.
"Emo Chicken Boy!" yelled Naruto.
"Don't call Sasuke that!" yelled Sakura.
"What the hell!" yelled Kiba.
CRASH!
The boat crashed into the four and kept going until it hit a rock, the boat was a wreck and the only ones that seemed fazed the least bit were Yosaku and the ones it hit.
"What the hell was that!" yelled Kiba, Zoro and Sasuke.
"Hey are you okay?" said Ino to Yosaku.
There was no answer.
"Hey where's Usopp and Johnny?" asked Naruto.
"Oh man!" yelled Kiba.
"What happened?" asked Sakura who become very concerned.
"Usopp did something extremely stupid and Arlong has him!" yelled Kiba.
"And if we don't him soon he's going to be…" said Zoro.
"Usopp's dead!" yelled a voice.
"Johnny…" said Luffy.
"You're too late Usopp's already dead… and sister Nami was the one that did it to him." said Johnny.
Everyone was shocked, Sakura paled.
"It can't be… she betrayed them to that extent…" thought Sakura.
"Take that back!" yelled Luffy.
He grabbed Johnny by the collar.
"There's no way Nami would do that! She's our shipmate!" yelled Luffy.
Naruto and a clone grabbed Luffy.
"If you don't want to believe but I saw it with my own eyes." said Johnny.
"Who's your ship mate?" said a voice.
Everyone looked where it from…
"Nami…" said Luffy.
"Why did you come here?" said Nami.
"What do you mean?" said Luffy, "You're out ship mate."
Before anything else could be said Kiba yelled out "Did you really kill him… did you really kill my brother?"
"Yes I did… what are you going to do about it?" said Nami, "Kill me?"
"We may not get along… we may fight all the time… and I may make fun of the way he looks!" said Kiba, "And killing you… is exactly what I'll do!"
He touched Akamaru who became his clone…
"All right! Let's do this Akamaru!" yelled Kiba.
Akamaru nodded and the two rang towards Nami… however at the very moment Sakura punched the ground causing a huge fissure which both fell into.
"Ignore her… even if she did kill Usopp…" said Sakura who began to cry, "She's nothing but a traitor who should be ignored… one thing she did right was teaching me a little about navigation… so I might be able to help you with that… but leave Nami here…"
"Listen to my former thieving partner… forget about me…" said Nami, "I only pretended to be your friend to get your loot, now your broke I don't' care anymore. Just go one your boat with Sakura as your navigator and go find your stupid One Piece!"
"You changed… I can't believe you would actual kill someone just to make sure your plan would succeed…" said Sakura glaring at Nami, "I agree with Nami and leave right now! She's not the person I thought she was!"
That's when Luffy collapsed
"Brother Luffy!" yelled Yosaku.
Naruto tried to keep himself from laughing.
"Goodnight!" said Luffy.
"Good night?" yelled everyone but Naruto.
"I'm not leaving this island… those fish heads don't scare me…" said Luffy, "Now I'm a little sleepy so I'm taking a nap."
Everyone but Naruto sweat dropped…
"You have to be kidding me." said Ino.
"That's my brother" said Naruto laughing.
"Suit yourself!" yelled Nami.
She walked past Sakura.
"Sakura… I didn't kill him…" she whispered to Sakura.
"What?" said Sakura who stared at Nami leaving.
"You guys aren't normal." said Johnny.
"You just realized that now?" said Sasuke.
"Well anyways Arlong's looking for us!" said Johnny.
"I'm with Johnny…" said Yosaku, "Should we stay here?"
"We've been mates for a short time but our paths split here. I don't fancy being slaughtered." said Johnny.
"Then see you later." said Sasuke.
"Good luck brothers and sisters!" said both of them.
"Well there goes our two token survivors." said Kyubi.
"What do you mean?" thought Naruto.
"The character who just there to survive with little to no character development…" said Kyubi.
"What?" thought Naruto.
"Just never mind." said Kyubi, "Also I don't think the page exists anymore…"
"They all began to sit around while Luffy took his nap and Naruto and Sasuke helped Kiba and Akamaru (who reverted to being a dog) out of the fissure…
"Do you think that Nami really killed Usopp." said Sanji.
"I told her she wasn't really a witch woman…" said Zoro.
"Witch woman…" said Sanji.
"Honestly…" said Ino, "As long as the girl is beautiful he'll defend her…"
Sakura was silent.
"What's bugging you?" said Ino.
"It's hard to explain." said Sakura.
Sasuke and Naruto finally got the boy and his dog out of the fissure.
"Thanks…" said Kiba, "Now Akamaru… can you find her?"
"Wait…" said Sasuke, "I think if you want revenge find a different path…"
"How would you know anything?" said Kiba.
"I know well…" said Sasuke, "And besides did you even witness his murder… he might be still alive…"
"He's hiding something." said Kyubi.
That's when a very familiar voice shouted "Great you haven't gone to Arlong Park yet!"
Almost everyone turned to see Usopp running towards them… Kiba gave a big grin… as his older brother ran towards them… sadly Zoro and Sanji didn't hear him as the two began to fight… Sanji was about to kick Zoro but Zoro blocked with his sword… because neither saw Usopp and vice versa… the two wound up accidentally attacking Usopp.
"Great… he's definitely dead now…" sighed Kiba.
"At least it was an accident…" said Naruto.
"Yeah…" sighed Kiba.
Not too long later Luffy woke up.
"Usopp who did this to you?" said Luffy.
"It was Sanji and Zoro…" said Kiba, "They were fighting and somehow didn't hear him…."
"Luffy, Naruto, Ino you came!" said Usopp happily.
"Hey I came too." said Sanji.
"I'm going to get you for this!" yelled Usopp.
"But first Nami…" said Usopp, "She saved my life."
"So what happened?" asked Sakura.
Usopp began to explain how Nami stabbed her hand… not his gut…
"She's got some ulterior motive for working for those Fishmen." said Usopp.
"Time to break your silence!" yelled Inner Sakura.
"She does…" said Sakura.
"It's no use." said a voice, "You can't defeat Arlong."
Everyone turned around and saw Nojiko.
"Nojiko." said Sakura.
"Who is she?" said Luffy.
"She's Nami's older sister." said Kiba.
"No wonder she's beautiful… beauty must run in the family." said Sanji.
"I think you're wrong Nojiko… I think they can." Said Sakura, "You haven't seen what they can do."
"Sakura… what are you talking about?" said Nojiko.
Sakura gave a smirk…
"What's going on?" asked Naruto.
"I have no idea." Said Sasuke, "And I met Nojiko."
With most of the crew confused as to what's going, who would really know what would happen in the future.
Next Time: The crew leanrs of Nami's deal with Arlong... and why Sakura helped Nami... But things for wrong and it may seem that ARlong might not keep his end of the bargin. What will happen? Find out next time.
A/N: I just wanted to mention this funny and true fact, I was on Wikipedia recently looking up red shirts (You know... the ones from Star Trek... those guys that you know are going to die) I saw a related article "Wedge-type characters" which are the token survivors with little to no character development. In the list to my surprise the 2nd group of characters on the list (the first of course being Harry Potter) were the One Piece characters, which are Mohji, Cabaji, Johnny and Yosaku... I just had to put that in... Just thought I give people the heads up.