Chapter 45: Mermaid Cove Battle

Hammond along with Kasagoba, Hyouzou, Saizou, Taron, and Jester was riding on a dog-like fish beast through

"Do you think the Straw Hats and Fairy Tail pirates are alive, if they're dead then we'll be trouble," Hyouzou spoke.

"Perhaps, but, they can't hide forever, anyway, let's hurry up and find them," Hammond answered. "The sooner we get our hands on those filthy humans the better."

"You forget, we have our eyes on the female humans, so, you better lay off while we handle'em," Saizou reminded.

"That's right, we want to have some fun with them, remember?" Taron asked with a creepy smirk.

"Heh...heh...heh...yeah, it's been so long since we were able to get our hands on some female humans," Jester said with a perverted smirk.

Hammond sighed in annoyance. "Alright, but, may I remind that Aquaus also wants to the Fairy Tail wizards too."

"Man, you're no fun you don't know what you're missing," Saizou grumbled.

"Whatever...let's just keep on searching," Hammond said.

Sanji got into his swimming suit and enjoyed a day of swimming with the mermaids.

Lisanna was in her mermaid form still and swimming with the other mermaids.

"I never saw a human girl turn into a mermaid before," A mermaid spoke.

"Her looks will no doubt attract a man," Another teased.

Natsu was relaxing on shore with Happy.

"Snore...snore...snore...

Luffy was splashing the water with his feet. "Geez, I want to swim too."

Temukai was swimming around in a swimming trunk. "Snort...snort... nice day for a swim!" He pumped up his arms.

Aquapad was enjoying the swim too. "It's so long since I enjoyed a swim!" He swam around at a fast pace, so fast, that he didn't realize he and Lisanna were about to crash into each other.

Crash

"So, sorry about that!" Aquapad went to see if he accidentally knocked her out, however, one of his hands mistakingly grab her boob. "Eek!" Lisanna shrieked in embarrassment.

"Sorry!" He panicked comically.

Lisanna continued to swim with the other mermaids and was having fun, leaping out the way that mermaids do. "This is fun!" She laughed excitedly.

Aquapad went back up to the surface and swam where Luffy and the others were. "Hey, Luffy, I assume, you came here to meet Jimbei?"

"That's right, he helped me out back then," The Straw Hat captain replied.

"Wait, first the pirate empress Hancock and Jimbei the first warlord of the sea, man, you made a lot of crazy friends!" Usopp exclaimed.

"I wouldn't be here if it weren't for Jimbei, after Ace was gone, I was in a tough jam, however, he got me back on my feet," Luffy informed.

"What's gone may be gone, but, you still have something you can treasure, don't you?" Jimbei's words echoed.

"See you on Fishman Island in two years, also, bring your entire crew with you, I look forward to meeting everyone."

Natsu smiled and that also reminded him of how he felt when Igneel died.

"Dad... I learned to write properly and read even bigger words, I wanted to show you how much I have grown..." He sobbed deeply.

"Cut out the with damn waterworks... get back on your feet and keep the fire within you fired up!" His father's words echoed into his mind.

"I'll get even stronger and I'll take down Acnologia!"

Happy noticed his friend was in thought, but, after hearing what Luffy said, he must be thinking about what happened with Igneel.

"Anyway, Natsu, Happy, I would like to introduce you guys to Jimbei, that includes everyone else," Aquapad said with a smile.

"Sounds good, I hope I get the chance to fight him too," Natsu replied with a grin.

"Should've seen that coming," Lisanna laughed.

"Aye, sir!" Happy added.

"Camie, the three princes are approaching here!"

"The three princes are coming here?"

"Are they coming here?"

"They might be coming here,"

"Who cares if they are,"

Medaka Mermaid Quintuplets were floating in the air due the bubbles that their lower bodies were covered in.

Camie put her hand to her chin in thought. "That's unusual, they don't come around often."

"They must've come here to arrest the Straw Hats and Fairy Tail pirates,"

Meanwhile

In a coral forest.

Zoro along with Kagura, Erza, Usagi, Makarov, and Mest were walking through.

"Damn, we're lost," Zoro cursed.

"Yeah, and who's fault is that?" Mest questioned.

Zoro turned around offensively. "What was that teleport boy!?"

"I think you heard me, moss head!" The former council member barked with shark teeth.

"Enough!" Erza demanded in a demonic tone.

"Yes ma'am!" The two men whimpered.

"I suppose we can climb these corals and try to see if anything from the top," Usagi suggested seeing the height of the corals.

Erza agreed to that. "Good idea,"

Kagura heard some footsteps. "Hold on!"

Usagi's ears slightly moved. "Footsteps..."

Makarov sensed the approach of some figures.

Several Ammon Fishman elite knights surrounded the pirates. "You green-haired man, are you Roronora Zoro?"

The green-haired man placed his hand on one of his swords."So what if I am?"

"Also, you guys, I assume that you all of your are these people?" One of the Mambo knights was holding different wanted posters of Erza, Kagura, Mest, and Usagi.

The four nodded.

"What am I, chop liver?" Makarov thought-feeling left out. "I wonder if the others are doing well?"

Luffy, Natsu, and the others hide behind some coral.

"Hey, Neptune brothers!" A mermaid called out.

"Neptune Brothers?" Lisanna thought.

"They seem pretty strong," Natsu grinned.

Temukai was surprised. "They're giant Merman..."

Ryugu Kingdom

The Three Neptune Brothers.

"I received a report that somebody entered the doors illegally,"

First Son: Fukaboshi

Shark Merman

"If you have seen them, then you should tell fealties!"

Second Son: Ryuboshi

Oarfish Merman

"Mambo...mambo... let's dance ladies!"

Second Son: Mamboshi

Moonfish Merman

"We haven't seen the Straw Hat or their new friends the Fair Tail Pirates," One mermaid spoke.

"What about Aquapad, I heard that he's returned home," Fukaboshi asked.

"He was here, but, he left to find his friends," A mermaid answered.

Further away.

Hammond and his gang were watching from afar.

"Uh oh, it's Neptune Brothers," Saizou cursed.

"Geez, this is a pain in the ass," Hyouzou added.

"What business do they have here?" Taron growled quietly.

"Let's wait and see how things turn out," Hammond suggested.

Sanji was being held to one of Camie's friends Ishilly, his head between her breasts. "Be quiet..." She whispered.

"This is...is...is HEAVEN!" Sanji's nose gushed out blood like a geyser.

"Oh no, what did I do?" Ishilly panicked.

"That idiot!" Usopp exclaimed.

"Man, talk about being perverted," Happy commented.

"Snort...snort... he's in a really bad situation..." Temukai said with widened eyes.

"What now?" Lisanna asked looking scared.

"He needs blood dotation now!" Aquapad spoke. "But..."

The Neptune Brothers saw the bloody geyser.

Fukuboshi looked at wanted posters of Luffy and Natsu. "It's them, first one is Monkey D. Luffy and the other Natsu the Fire Dragon..."

They turned around their eel ship.

"Ammo Knights go!" He commanded.

"Yes sir!" A bunch of Fishman guards confronted the humans and their friends.

"Well, look at that..." Hammond said noticing Sanji's situation.

"Yeah, but the guards are going to get them first," Kasagoba added a little nervous.

"Our orders are clear, but, we don't want to start crap with Neptune's army," Hyouzou reminded.

"Damn it, those Brothers had to be here," Saizou cursed then he noticed Lisanna. "Pity, only one human girl is here, no matter, we'll have fun with her."

"Yeah, but, I want a turn with that lowly human," Taron added.

"Then I want a turn after you two," Jester requested.

"Quiet you three pervs," Hammond hushed.

The Ammo Guards were getting closer.

"You guys want to fight?" Natsu said cracking his knuckles.

Temukai got into battle position while snorting out some air out of his nostrils. "It's probably time for doing some butt-kicking."

"Hold you guys!" Chopper said getting between them and looking towards the Ammon Guards. "We don't want to fight, we can sort out our crimes later, but our friend needs a blood donation, his type is SRH Negative, I know it's rare, but, does someone have it, if anyone does, we need your help!"

Luffy got his knees. "Please, help our friend, he'll die!"

Aquapad clenched his hands. "I'm sorry you guys, I should've mentioned this sooner."

"What do you mean?" Chopper asked.

Camie decided to answer that. "He means, it's true our blood is the same, however... there is a-"

"Hamo-hamo-hamo!" A laugh was heard from the other side.

"Looks like your friend has gotten himself in a pathetic situation!" There was Hammond and the other Fishmen.

"It's that stupid jerk again!" Natsu pointed out.

"Geez, he's still full of crap too," Happy added looking annoyed.

Hammond ignored the insults. "You don't realize how bad the situation is, it's true we have the same blood, but, honestly, I would just love to see that guy die right here and now."

"What are you talking about you jerk?" Lisanna questioned getting mad.

"I'm talking about our blood types, it's like Camie said, we have the same blood, however, there's a law about that, which is that neither side can donate our blood to each other no matter what," Hammond replied.

"That law sucks!" Usopp said shocked.

Natsu couldn't believe what he heard. "Yeah, what kind of crappy rule is that?"

"Don't blame me for it, you humans are the ones that made that rule, even someone would help you, that person would be punished..." Hammond replied. "In fact Fishertiger was in the same situation before!"

"Fishertiger, Aquapad mentioned him before too," Lisanna thought.

"Fishertiger rescued a lot slaves a long time ago, among them were humans, one day he got gravely injured and was on the verge of death, however, no human would donate their blood to him," Hammond continued even angrier. "It's because of you humans not donating your blood to him... HE DIED!"

"Shut up!" Everyone looked at Aquapad who was just angry. "You are crossing the line Hammond, my friends have nothing to do with Fishertiger's death and you know it!"

"Aquapad..." Lisanna said quietly.

"Are you so stupid that you forgot that was because of Luffy and his friends that Hatchie and Camie were saved from the Celestial Dragons, not to mention that Lisanna and her siblings saved me from another pirate group that had me!"

Hammond gritted his teeth as Aquapad continued.

"Also, Natsu and a friend of his stood against the same Celestial Dragon that Luffy punched!"

Luffy heard this and looked at the pinkette boy. "He punched the same Celestial Dragon that I hit?"

"Fact is, if you think I'm going to let you insult my friends, then you're even more of a thick-headed jerk than I thought you were!" Aquapad finished.

Hammond growled. "How dare you speak me to that way, your human friends are nothing but scum!"

"You take that back, you stupid sea snake!" Aquapad spat angrily.

The Conger Eel was about to speak again until... "Excuse me, Hammond, we came to get the Straw Hats and the Fairy Pirates, not to listen to you have another petty argument with Aquapad," Hyouzou reminded.

"Fine!" Hammond said recollecting himself. "Listen up, Straw hat Luffy, Hordy Jones wants to meet with you, as for you Natsu, you and your pet cat along with your girlfriend will come with us too, some enemies want to meet you again!"

"Is he talking about Tartaros?" Lisanna thought.

Hammond took out his harpoon and looked at Buffalo Mink. "You, the Buffalo Mink, since you're siding with the humans, it's obvious that you're our enemy, so you will be coming with us too!"

Saizou then appeared with his two perverted companions. "Hold on, let us capture the girl!"

"Hey, it's Saizou, Taron, and Jester!" Fukaboshi exclaimed.

"Wait, I thought they were dead," Aquapad wondered, but he put that thought aside.

Some of the mermaids fled away in fright.

"You guys were banished from Fishman Island about 5 years ago, not to mention we thought you guys died at sea!" One of the Ammon knights stated.

"Great, it's those pervert Fishmen," Lisanna said quietly narrowing her eyes.

Aquapad charged towards Hammond. "I won't you lay a finger on my friends you bastard!"

Hammond growled. "I'll just have to fight my way through!" He fired a net.

The Marlin Fishman dodged the net and got in close-range. "Fishman Karate: Aqua Cross Chop!" He put his hands in a cross position then both his hands were covered in small water that was twirling around. "You keep away from my friends you bastard!"

"Second Gear: Gum-Gum Jet Pistol!" Luffy proclaimed as his body turned pink then he delivered a fast punch on Hyouzou sending him flying away.

"Fire Dragon's Wing Attack!" Natsu rushed towards Kasagoba and grabbed him, then setting his hands ablaze and sending the Marbled Rockfish Fishman into the air.

Taron, Saizou, and Jester used this chance to grab Lisanna. "Got ya little cutie!"

"Dang it!" The white-haired girl yelled knowing she didn't have time to transform especially since three opponents were close to her.

"Howl!" Then a silhouette came out of the water and delivered some slashing moves to the three perverted Fishmen.

"It seems Saizou and his friends have returned, this is quite the pain in the ass,"

There stood a strange wolf-like creature, he had a whale shark fin on his back, his body was covered in grey fur with white spots in some places, but the sides of his neck didn't have fur instead there were fish-gills, and he even had a wolf like tail.

He wore brown jeans with a black jacket and was tall as Aquapad.

Gin

Wolf Mink/Whale Shark Fishman Hybrid

A reporter for the Fishman Island Newspaper

"It's Gin!" Ishilly exclaimed.

Saizou, Taron, and Jester stood up looking banged up. "Talk about bad timing." The Spotted Ray Fishman spoke.

"Hiccup...let's retreat for now," Hyouzou said as he carried away the unconscious Hammond and Kasagoba.

Gin approached Lisanna. "You okay beautiful?"

The white-haired girl nodded awkwardly, then the Wolf Mink/whale shark Hybrid took out a camera and began to take snapshots. "You got quite the body, can you tell me what color panties you're wearing?"

Lisanna was flustered at the strange creature's antics. "Another pervert?"

"Great, another Brook," Usopp thought in annoyance.

The Wolf Mink/Whale Shark Fishman Hybrid noticed some mermaids that were still nearby and he began to roll around as a canine does with a perverted look on his face. "You ladies look very nice today, all of your bikinis are hot as usual!"

"Snort...snort... is that Wolf Mink?" Temukai guessed, but that thought was put aside. "No, he's got a fin on his back and there are gills on both sides of his neck too."

Aquapad was surprised. "Gin, what are you doing here?"

Luffy was amazed at the creature. "Whoa, he's so cool!"

"Never mind him, we need to get Sanji some help!" Chopper reminded.

Just then the Dogfish opened its mouth ready to take a bite of Straw Hat Luffy.

"Look out!" Usopp shouted.

The rubber boy turned around and unleashed his Conquerer's Haki against the sea dog beast which made it whimper and cower before him.

"My word, he made quick work of the dog sea king," Fukaboshi said quite impressed.

"That Natsu guy created wings of fire was crazy," Ishilly said in awe.

"Up here!" Camie was on Neptune's brother's ship.

Luffy and the others looked up.

Camie was waving her arm. "Get Sanji-chan up here and we can leave for town, there might be some humans there!"

"Let's go!" Luffy proclaimed stretching out his arm grabbing Sanji, Usopp, Chopper, and Temukai

"Animal Soul: Harpy!" Lisanna proclaimed as she transformed into a harpy-winged beast turning her arms into wings along with bird-like legs and feet.

Luffy, Usopp, and Chopper had stars in their eyes. "So cool!"

She flew over Aquapad. "Grab my legs!" Which the Marlin Fishman did and flew him up on the Ryouga.

"Let's go Happy!" Natsu jumped up as Happy sprouted his wings and carried his friend up. "Aye, sir!"

"Did that cat just sprout wings?" Mamboshi exclaimed with a gaping mouth.

After everyone got on, Camie ordered toe Ryouga to give them a ride to the town, which the eel agreed to.

"Hey, they're taking the ship!" Another Ammon knight yelled.

"Give that back!" Another demanded.

"Sorry, I'll bring it back as soon as I can!" Camie apologized.

They eventually were safe for the time being.

"I'm sorry, I would do anything to help Sanji if I had the right blood type," Camie said feeling bad.

"No, it's nothing for you to feel bad about," Usopp said as he looked down at the dying chef. "This moron wasn't such a perv, this wouldn't have happened?"

Sanji was still making perverted grins. "So bouncy...so soft..."

"Please stop, if you continue thinking about dirty stuff, you'll lose whatever left blood you have!" Chopper begged.

"I'm sorry too," Aquapad said. "I should've remembered this blood donation law, if I did, my friends could've found out what their blood type is."

"Who was that strange wolf guy?" Lisanna asked.

"Oh, that guy was Gin..." The Marlin Fishman replied. "He's a Wolf Mink Whaleshark Fishman Hybrid."

"Seriously, how can that be?" Chopper asked surely wasn't expecting that answer.

"I heard one of his parents was a Whaleshark Fishman while the other was a Wolf Mink, he's also perverted, but, he's okay, but, he has a bad habit of taking pictures of Mermaids undressing themselves or anything else," Aquapad explained.

"What about that Saizou and his friends, what is their story?" Natsu asked.

"Hold on, do you think we'll find some humans in the town?" Lisanna interrupted.

Camie had a face that showed concern. "I'm not sure, the citizen might not help so I can't make any promises, also, I haven't seen any humans come here in the past month."

"Seriously?" Aquapad questioned. "If that's the case, Hammond and his gang must be behind this, no, Hordy Jones may be mostly behind this crap."

"Hordy Jones?" Temukai wondered.

"He's another Fishman I knew back when I was a boy, he wasn't very nice, and he grew up hating humans too," The Marlin Fishman continued.

Lisanna had other thoughts. "If that's the case, is Tartaros somehow involved in this too, what is their role this mess is the main question."

M

At Coral Hills

Aquapad's childhood friends were running through the town.

"Aquapad has returned!"

Angel

Saltwater Angel Fish-Woman

"I hope we can brawl again like in the days!"

Thorn

Thorn Sea-Horse-Merman

"Tee-hee... we can make some octopus fritters too,"

Jula

Squid Fish-woman

"Yes, I'm sure he is, considering that Megalo mentioned that he's with humans and that they're friends too,"
Rena

Mermaid Human Hybrid

Wendy along with Carla, Pango, and Lucy was walking through the coral hills.

"Do you think our friends are in the town?" Wendy questioned.

Carla was thinking about that. "Perhaps, some of them might be in other areas too."

"Yes, though, I wonder what those new Fishman Pirates are up to by now," Pango said.

"We can't worry about that now, we'll just have to be ready for them if we run into them again," Lucy answered. "Anyway, let's get to the town."

During a little relaxing at Mermaid Cove, Sanji has a nasal spray accident, Hammond and his comrades cause some trouble, however Natsu and his friends fight back and make them flee, now, they are on their way into the town hopefully get a blood donation for Sanji, will they be able to, find out next time.

Luffy: in the next chapter: Shirley the Fortune Teller

Also, Gin is the first Wolf Mink/Whale Shark Fishman that I created, plus he's based on the Werewolf Gin from Rosario Vampire, anyway, don't judge my choice I made, this guy has been in my mind for the past months.

End of chapter.