Chapter 51: The Angry Mob
Luffy's group continued through the sky.
"Such a nice breeze," Wendy said as the wind blew through her hair.
Natsu was snoring. "Zzzz...zzz..."
Happy was doing the same except he was drooling. "Fishy...hey...don't...take my fish..."
"Those two are supposed to be protecting the princess and they're just taking a nap!" Carla huffed unimpressed.
Luffy was gazing at the scene. "Wow, crybaby, you can come out now,"
"I could...but, I can't... someone will recognize me," Shirohoshi whispered trying to hide further into her pet shark's mouth.
"Geez, have some fun," Luffy groaned.
"Don't put pressure on her young man!" Carla scolded.
"Anyway, Shirahoshi, do you know anything about the sea forest?" Wendy asked.
"Did we miss something?" Natsu asked abruptly waking up.
"Yeah, I was dreaming about yummy fish," Happy said rubbing his eyes.
"Well, it's about time you lazy bums woke up," Carla said with an anime vein on her head.
The mermaid princess went silent for a moment as her bottom lip curled up like she was going to cry again. "It's a graveyard."
"Graveyard?" Carla questioned.
"Yes, it was where my mother was buried after she passed...that was about 10 years ago, I wanted to go to her funeral but, Vander Decken's Devil Fruit power made it impossible," Shirahoshi explained in a sad tone. "On top of that, I couldn't even try to visit her grave not even once."
Wendy felt sorry for the mermaid. "That's horrible..."
Carla felt the same, but on the other side, she was very angry. "So, you couldn't visit your mother's grave because of this Vander Decken guy, how terrible."
"Sounds real rough," Natsu commented.
"Aye..." Happy agreed sadly.
Shirahoshi noticed something. "Ah...that cloud looks like a raccoon!"
Luffy was the first to notice the cloud formation. "Yeah...looks like Chopper!"
"Isn't Chopper a reindeer?" Wendy sweatdropped.
"Who is Chopper?" Shirahoshi asked curiously.
"A friend, he's also a member of my crew and doctor too," Luffy replied.
Natsu then heard something in the distance. "What are those?"
Wendy caught this as well. "Are those giant fish?"
Luffy looked in the direction where his two new friends were staring at. "They're too far away to tell."
The Ryugu Kingdom
The Port Town Coral Hill
The entire citizens below saw the strange giant sea creatures.
"Mommy look up there!" A Fishman child pointed up.
"That isn't natural..." A Fishman said who was eating a hamburger.
The Main Entrance
Border Control Headquarters
Some guards were trying to make contact with the Ryugu Kingdom but to no avail and they began to talk about the situation.
"Strange, the royal family isn't responding, on top of that the Fishman Pirates from the Fishman District are more active than ever,"
"That's right, not to mention there was trouble at Mermaid Cove a few hours ago,"
Hordy Jones was riding on the sea giraffe while his officers rode on other beasts.
"Listen up, Neptune and his army shall fall, we tolerated the humans for so long that we didn't get any respect from those primates...Merman, Fishman, and Mermaids, all of us must reunite to conquerer the humans and rule!"
"Pity that the Sun Pirates or Jimbei couldn't join us, but it's not surprising," Dosun pointed out.
Zeo was counting his fingers. "All we need to take down Mamboshi, Fukaboshi, Ryouboshi, King Neptune, and that's it."
"Hee...hee...he shall fall unless they surrender to us," Ikaros added. "Pity that Jula had to turn against us."
"What about Gin captain?" A Fishman Pirate grunt asked.
"We don't need another pervert, regardless that he knows how to fight," Hordy Jones answered with a huff.
"Ca-ca...I was hoping to feast on the royal family's flesh..." Daruma said with a huge grin.
"Tell me what to cut and I shall make it so...hiccup..." Hyouzou said holding his sword.
"What about Aquaius and the others?" Vander Decken questioned.
"She said that she'll catch up later," Hordy Jones replied. "Anyway, right now, we know the plan, invade the Ryugu Palace and take over the kingdom, when that happens, the royal family will fall!"
The other Fishman officers split up while their captain went ahead.
Laxus and his group saw the sea beasts.
"Hey, are those the sea beasts we ran into outside of the island?" Evergreen asked.
"Yes, looks like some of them are splitting up," Freed said narrowing his eyes.
"Ha-ha!" Bickslow laughed. "Looks like the party is going to happen, sounds fun, right babies!"
"FUN FUN!" The dolls chanted.
Gajeel did his trademark laugh. "Looks we get to fight other Fishman pirates, this should be good."
Lily narrowed his eyes. "As a former soldier, I shall protect the citizens."
Levy had a look of determination on her face. "I know we're pirates in this world, but, we're still Fairy Tail Wizards, we'll protect this island after all it's Aquapad's home too."
"Tch...these bastards are going to regret messing with Fairy Tail..." Laxus said gritting his teeth as electrical surges covered parts of his body.
Tigress cracked her knuckles. "I shall show them the power the Mink Tribe..." Her paws released some electricity too.
Chelsea was a little nervous. "I had a feeling we would have to fight, oh well...let's do this."
In another part of town.
Elfman, Mirajane, and Pango saw the flying sea beasts.
"Do you think that Hammond guy and his thugs are back?" Elfman asked.
"No, I sense something eviler..." Mira disagreed.
"Yes, I remember human pirates usually have to pass Fishman Island to get to the New World, however, that mermaid Camie mentioned that there weren't humans on the island in a month," Pango commented. "Either way, these guys might cause some trouble for the citizens."
"Agreed, but, for now, we need to find the others." The Satan Soul user said with a serious look on her face.
Robin goes on her way to the bus stop that goes to the sea forest, however, as she waits for it she is confronted by the Ammo Knights.
"We learned that your friends kidnapped some Mermaids from Mermaid Cove and that Sharley visioned that you pirates are going to destroy the island!"
"So, but, I don't know what you're talking about, also, you claim that some fortunate teller mentioned about some prophecy, to think your people believes in mambo nonsense."
"ENOUGH CAPTURE HER!"
The famous demon child then uses a new powerful move which knocks all the knights out cold and she makes it to the bus.
At the Ryugu Palace.
The human pirates continued to fight despite the injuries they took.
"They're banged and bruised yet they still want to fight?" Erza questioned.
"They're persistent aren't they," Brook commented.
"Yes, but, if they keep this up, they'll die for sure," Leone said feeling sorry for the enemies.
Akame had to agree to a little. "Regardless we have to fight, but, we'll just knock them out."
"It must be that they're desperate to keep going," Makarov thought observing the looks on the pirate's faces.
"Gramps, you noticed too, right?" The former guild master spoke getting the small old man's attention which confirmed his question. "Yes, someone has threatened these men."
"I wish we could get them to pass out a different without hurting them," Lucy said feeling a bit bad for hurting enemies that were barely alive.
Leone smiled sneakily seemingly coming up with an idea. "In that case..." She snatched off Lucy's vest revealing her large breasts to the pirates.
"AAAAHHHH!" Lucy shrieked her face completely red as a tomato.
"Holy crap!" Usopp exclaimed with his eyes popping out.
"Don't stare idiot!" Nami covered the sniper's eyes with her hand.
Makarov was happy to see a sight. "What a dream come true!"
Brook's skull face went red. "Woah I can die happy!"
"Perverts!" She kicked the two comically.
"Pervert of father," Cana thought with shame her father on the ground with a red lump on his head.
Zoro turned his head away completely flustered.
Temukai and Usagi didn't know what to think of this, though they were red.
The enemy pirates were in awe at this for a moment then they all fainted with blood gushing out of their nostrils.
Neptune and his palace guards were in total disbelief. "Oh my..."
"That was unexpected..."
"How daring!"
"I didn't know a human girl like her could make men faint like that!"
The Minister of the Right was displeased by what he saw. "Young lady, have you no decency about what you just did?!"
"That wasn't my fault Leone snatched my vest!" Lucy defended with the assassin blonde laying down with a red lump on her head.
Akame never thought of doing that before.
"Here..." Zoro said handing over the vest to the Celestial Wizard which she did. "Anyway, old man it was better than just standing around and letting these guys come after us!"
"Right...you enjoyed the fight and cutting each one of them down," The Minister of the Right pointed out.
"So what if I did, we prevented them from doing what they were about to do!" The green-haired swordsman argued back. "Did you expect us to serve them tea or something!"
"Good point, I bet that would work at times like these," The Catfish merman mocked.
"Can that old geezer be any more annoying," Cana thought not liking the attitude from the Minister.
Nami and Usopp were sullen on the floor hugging their legs.
"Geez, our crew are so irresponsible,"
"Our captain is still missing too, not use on complaining either way,"
Lucy was on her knees with crocodile tears. "What does this happen to me...why...why?"
Usagi rubbed his head with his hand. "Things are getting awkward."
"I need a drink..." Cana groaned.
Thud
Neptune fell to the ground with crocodile tears. "My daughter is gone...you guys kidnapped her!"
"Stop your crying, I know we tied your guards but we didn't kidnap your daughter," Usopp said trying to calm the king down.
"Liars...your friends Luffy, Natsu, Wendy, and your pet cats kidnapped her!" The God of the sea continued to weep.
"I can be assured that isn't the case," Brook interrupted. "I saw our friends but no sign of your daughter, not to mention Megalo was seen too."
"He's right, I saw our friends riding on Megalo's back..." Kagura agreed.
That still didn't convince Neptune as he sat up. "If you guys knew what she looked you would understand...she takes after me being the same size as my sons too."
Brook began to imagine she was an overweight mermaid which shattered his dream of her beauty. "Oh...man..."
Something occurred to the King. "Wait, why didn't I see it sooner, it's possible that Luffy and the others hid Shirahoshi in Megalo's mouth!"
There was a pause for a moment until the palace guards started to laugh at the theory.
"Hahahaha!"
"Come your majesty, you might be overthinking it!"
"Yeah, I mean I know Luffy has a wild reputation including that Natsu character, but, even they couldn't think of something like that!"
Lucy had to agree about that. "I hate to admit it, but, they might be right...then again..."
Erza was thinking the same thing while putting her finger to her chin. "I know the king's theory sounds impossible, but Brook, Kagura, and the seahorse men saw only Megalo and our friends riding on his back while his daughter was nowhere in sight."
One human pirate snuck up to the switch and activated it.
In the Sea Forest
Franky made to the Sunny and was talking with Tom's brother Den, learning about Fishman and Mermaids and how their children look different.
Den reveals that he got a letter from Kokoro and knows what happened to Tom.
"I even found this unusual ship, it's got strange engine power that I've never seen," Den said looking quite intrigued. "Does the new pirate crew that came with you guys have high tech?"
"Well...it's kind of a long story, but, we'll talk about that later, by the way, who is that sitting over there," Franky turned around and pointed to a large Fisman that was sitting in a cross-leg position.
"He's waiting for someone, that said he's a pirate so he can't go back to Fishman Island," Den answered.
The entrance to the Ryugu Palace.
The corridor opened and with that, Hordy Jones along with some of the Fishman Pirate grunts went inside the pathway.
"Intruder alert!"
"This is a surprise, I was expected to fight as soon as we got in, but the royal family is tied up," Vander Decken said. "Did those pirates I send crashing into the tower do this?"
"It doesn't matter...that makes this easy for us..." Hordy Jones commented.
"What is he doing here?" The Minister of the Left questioned in realization.
"Hordy Jones, why is he here and leading these pirates?" A palace guard asked.
"They know this guy?" Lucy thought.
Erza could tell the Fishman that was approaching was evil, she sensed a dark aura from him.
Akame sensed it too. "His aura is strong...but, not as strong as Esdeath's or the wizards we fought against on Earthland."
Leone agreed. "Yeah, though his aura is evil and strong, his is nothing compared to Esdeath..."
Makarov narrowed his eyes at the Fishman. "This guy doesn't seem friendly."
"On second thought, are you setting a trap for us?" Hordy asked suspiciously.
Zoro sighed. "Quite the party..."
Some of the Fishman pirate grunts noticed the two minks.
"Hey, are those two Minks!?"
Hordy Jones noticed them too. "Oh, Minks here on Fishman Island, quite interesting...I never expect those kinds of creatures to be here...pity that you guys are siding with human scum."
"Snort...snort...you rude Hordy Bones..." Temukai said with a glare.
"That's Hordy Jones to you Buffalo..." The great white shark Fishman corrected annoyingly.
"Hey, you guys working with these guys, aren't you!" The Minister of the Right asked in an accusing tone.
Mest gritted his teeth. "Look old-timer, we don't know these thugs, and if you didn't notice he hates humans too!"
"Geez, you know how to be so annoying, do you old man?" Cana asked upset.
"That's enough you two," Makarov said. "We got bigger things to worry about!"
Neptune then realized something. "Vander Decken, you did this, Straw Hat, Sky Princess, and the Fire Dragon are innocent...give my daughter back, you already made her suffer enough!"
Vander Decken did his victory sign by crossing his arms and putting two fingers up. "Bahohohoho...all fathers-in-law say that but you'll think differently once we're married I suspect!"
"He's delirious..." Cana, Lucy, and Leone thought their eyes were hidden.
"He's even crazier than Esdeath..." Akame said with a disgusted look.
Neptune was getting impatient with the crazy Fishman.
"I'LL NEVER BE YOUR FATHER-IN-LAW! NOW, WHERE IS MY DAUGHTER IF YOU HARMED ONE HAIR ON HER HEAD-"
Vander Decken shook his head in confusion. "Old man, I don't have her if I did, why would I bother coming here?"
"I hate to admit it, but he's got a point," Gildarts thought.
"Don't play dumb with me, Shirahoshi is missing and you're here so the situation is clear!" Neptune barked angrier than ever.
That made Vander Decken realize what the king was saying. "SOMEONE TOOK MY SHIRAHOSHI! OH NO, THIS IS A TRAGEDY! AAAHHHH!"
"Shirahoshi will never be yours and damn right it's a tragedy!" Neptune continued to shout.
Clang
Hordy Jones bangs his trident on the floor getting everyone to quiet down.
"Enough of screaming...it's a bluff, you see here..." He picked up a pirate by his neck. "All of the pirates you threw here which means she must be closer, even the king is telling the truth, she probably hadn't gotten too far."
"Someone help me..." The pirate pleaded as he was tossed aside.
"Also, did you forget about your power, use it to track her down, I mean did your love make you forget that," Hordy Jones added.
"His power..." Usagi wondered.
Vander Decken got the idea. "Oh right, you know for a muscle head you're quite smart," He then took out a bubbly coral and got into the water to break down a large coral tree. "Now coral tree find my Shirahoshi!"
"What was that all about?" Lucy questioned.
"I don't know, but I have a bad feeling," Cana answered looking troubled.
"Don't worry, if Luffy, Natsu, Wendy, Happy, and Carla are with the mermaid princess, then she'll be fine," Erza assured which made the two girls calm a bit.
Luffy, Happy, and Natsu shared their funny experiences.
"I ate dragon fart flames once, it smelled bad but it gave me a boost!"
"I put straws in my nose to my mouth to make a funny face!"
"I ate a piece of fruit once and I tooted,"
"Such immature boys..." Carla thought embarrassed.
"I once lost my clothes leaving me naked," Wendy said despite her was red in face.
"Wendy!" Carla exclaimed.
Shirahoshi was laughing despite how immature their stories were. "That's funny a little immature though!
B
King Neptune began to bawl his eyes out. "Oh my daughter, she'll be an easy target for Vander Decken please pirates, I'll give you anything!"
The group felt a bit bad for tying him up.
"We should release them, they're not our enemies after all," Akame thought.
"Please, if you want my guard's lives then take them!" Neptune continued"
"Huh!?" The guards exclaimed.
"Your majesty!" The Minister of the Right and Left yelled in shock.
"Geez, he's quite desperate," Leone thought.
"Quite the pathetic sight you are..." Hordy Jones said cruelly.
"Hey jerk, show some respect to the king!" Lucy yelled.
Hearing that made the great white shark Fishman narrow his eyes at the celestial wizard. "You're Lucy one of the Celestial sisters,"
"You know me?" The blonde asked in surprise.
The Fishman pirate captain laughed. "Oh, I know a lot about you and your friends, that you Lucy along some of your friends..." He pointed at the wizards. "Kagura, Gildarts, Makarov, and Cana are from another world called: Earthland and you so-called Fairy Tail Pirates are actual Wizards!"
This made the royal family turn their attention to the humans(mostly Fairy Tail).
"What he is talking about?" The Minister of the Right questioned.
"Hey, you young lady, what does he mean by," The Minister of the Left asked referring to Lucy.
"Never mind that, you Neptune and your people will find out, that is if you don't die any sooner," Hordy Jones interrupted. "Also, I was hoping to take out the royal family, however, I never thought that Straw Hats would be part of this."
Nami heard that. "He knows about us?" She then gasped quietly when she saw a familiar tattoo that she once had on her arm when she became a member of Alrong's crew.
The Minister of the Right remembered something. "Wait, I remember that Jimbei told me that something was going on in the Fishman District, how could you be the ring leader of these thugs, shame on you!"
Hordy Jones just laughed. "Hahahaha...You fools, I only joined the Ryugu Kingdom's army to learn combat so therefore I don't fill shame."
"How could you do this?" The Minister of the Left asked.
"As far as I can remember, I watched as Fishmen were captured mercilessly by barbaric humans..."
F
Fishman District
Child Dosun was chased by some pirates that caught him in a net.
"It took a lot of trouble to get to this island, so we'll get some souvenirs..." A pirate captain chuckled greedily along with his men.
"GIVE US BACK OUR FRIEND!" Child Hordy and his other childhood friends jumped toward the human pirates only to be knocked away into a wall.
"You fishmen brats want to play, I'm sure the auction house will reward us..."
"Foolish humans..." Arlong came out of the shadows and killed a few of the others while the pirate captain by his neck.
"You think you're all better than us, but we have to ability to swim, you scumbags don't have any rights to rule over the world, we are superior to you weak humans!" He eventually destroyed the bubble that coated the pirate's head and killed him.
Hody Jones and his friends look at their savior in a dark admiration. "He showed the fierce determination to get out of the arrogant humans...I greatly admired that and we shall continue his dream...WITH THE NEW FISHMAN PIRATES."
B
"Snort...snort...snort...crazy Fishman," Temukai said with a glare.
"Is that what you think?" Usagi spoke getting Hordy's attention. "It sounds like his dream is to cause pain and suffering, even what you're saying is true, there are good humans that show respect to your kind, that being said, have you forgotten that this island was once saved by Whitebeard who protected this island the times when he was still alive?"
Hearing that got the Straw Hat's attention.
"They know Whitebeard?" Nami asked.
"How do they?" Zoro wondered the same.
Hordy Jones just sneered at the swordsman rabbit's words. "Tch...What good did that do, humans continued to take advantage of our kind, however, that'll soon change...but, first I must tell you once I joined the Ryugu Kingdom's army so that I could train to grow my strength and then join Arlong as his right-hand man when he conquered the East Blue."
He walked towards a nearby wall and turned to look at the Straw Hat pirates one more time. "Well...I was going to...until you humans crushed everything he worked for."
"I thought we were done with Arlong?" Usopp questioned.
"Man, this jerk has issues," Cana commented.
"No kidding," Lucy agreed.
Leone could tell this Fishman was eviler. "Yes, he's got in for humans...such evil aura."
Makarov and Erza glanced at each other, seemingly able to know what they were thinking.
"He knows about us, that means Tartaros told him about us and everything. "
"If that's the case, then our friends down below are unaware of the incoming danger."
"Enough chat...let's down to business..." Hordy placed his left hand on the wall and used his fingers to dig into it which started to crack in a matter of seconds. "Shark Grip!"
"Whoa, he's cracking the wall with his fingers!" Usopp exclaimed.
"His strength probably rivals Torafuzor," Lucy thought remembering how strong the shark demon was.
The royal subjects and the guards couldn't believe what they were seeing.
The crack in the wall went through the outside which made a hole and leaked a large amount of water inside.
"Oh no, he's trying to flood the palace!" Usopp exclaimed.
Makarov saw the danger and went over to Mest. "Mest, I have a job for you," The former council member was puzzled though he listened.
After a few seconds, Mest went over to Erza explaining what Master Makarov told him. "I see...understood, be careful, we'll join you as soon as we can."
"Allow us to assist you," Usagi said who seemingly knew their plan.
Temukai stood his rabbit companion. "Snort...snort...I'll kick some butt too."
Mest went over to Nami, Camie, Cana, and Lucy. "Listen you guys, I need you to follow my lead." He focused his magic and teleported himself along with the girls.
"Good luck you guys," Erza whispered.
A pillar that was nearby was destroyed leaking out more water which splashed his left arm.
"He's trying to flood the palace alright!" Zoro stated.
Erza wasn't worried because she was still in her Sea Empress armor. "My armor should help me, however, I mustn't let my guard down."
"What the hell?" Hordy Jones asked in surprise.
Hordy Jones bend down a bit while pulling his right arm out.
Zoro recognized the stance.
"Shark Arrows!" He threw many drops of water which formed into small ones that went hit some of the guards.
Erza's armor was hit but, she wasn't phased. "That attack is something...however my armor helps me withstand water attacks."
"Boss, that human woman isn't hurting!" A pirate grunt pointed out.
"Not bad, that armor is quite something," Hordy Jones said his smirk not leaving his face.
Zoro was blocking other shark arrows using one of his swords.
"Hordy Jones, you monster, my guards are innocent, how dare you hurt them!" Neptune roared in disgust.
The king bends his whole body down shielding his men from the attacks.
"Your majesty!" One of the palace guards panicked.
"Bastard, you attacking defenseless guards is dishonorable," Gildarts said with a glare.
Leone cracked his knuckles with a dark smile. "I'll enjoy breaking every one of your bones..."
Zoro continued to evade the shark arrows with ease.
Erza was amazed at how he was able to see and avoid each attack. "He's more formidable than I thought,"
"One Sword Style: Bird Dance!" Zoro proclaimed swinging one of his swords and sending a crescent moon-like projection.
Kagura was astonished for once. "Wow..."
The crescent moon-like projection was heading towards the Fishman pirates mainly Hordy Jones.
However, he took one of his men and put him in front. "Wait, captain, can you dodge it!?"
He stopped talking as the blade projection made contact with his body.
Erza, Makarov, Gildarts, Akame, and Leone were disgusted at what they saw.
"That creep, he used one of his men as his shield!" Usopp pointed out.
"You guys..." Zoro said getting his crewmate's attention as well as the others. "Our negotiation with the king has collapsed, we gave our word that we would return the hostages unharmed however we couldn't keep that promise."
"Such honesty..." The Minister of the Left said seemingly touched by the swordsman.
Erza then glanced at the two ministers. "Listen you two, I know we got on the wrong foot, however, I can assure you guys we mean no harm, that being said, we'll keep our word to protect you guys."
Makarov engulfed his hand in the fire. "Heh...I shall make you pay for your crimes Hordy Jones!" His voice sounds like a monster.
The Fishman pirate grunts were taken off guard by that. "What is with that small old man!?"
"Don't let that small old timer fool you, he's just a small-sized geezer!" Hordy Jones yelled.
"Nobody insults gramps..." Erza growled.
"My devil fruit power is fading from the water..." Brook said in a low voice. "Help me Nami...huh...where is she?"
"Oh no, she's not the only one, Cana, Camie, and Lucy are-" Erza put her arm out which made the sniper look at her. "Mest took them away, but, don't worry he'll be back."
"How did can Mest-"
"Questions later, right now, we need to protect the king until Mest gets back, also, untie the guards now,"
Usagi cut some guards loose, and Usopp tied the ropes on other guards as well. "Man, our new friends must have really strange magic power, at least, they're good hands."
Brook did the same. "Man, things are getting crazy..." He manage to get another guard loose but he started to feel weak due to the water. "You need to release your companions because I'm losing my energy."
"Don't let them do a damn thing, kill Neptune and those human scumbags!" Hordy Jones demanded.
The Fishman pirate grunts charged with their weapons.
"Special Attack: Green Star Rafflesia!" Usopp fired a pop green that was revealed to be a large Rafflesia flower.
"A flower!" A Fishman Pirate grunt pointed out.
"Breath..." Usopp whispered.
The large flower released a foul order from the center which made the Fishman Pirates hold their noses including Hordy. "Petty move..."
"That was unusual..." Leone said holding her nose too due to her animal sense of smell.
Akame didn't say a word though it was clear she caught a whiff of the foul odor.
Brook was being carried by Temukai on his back.
Usagi looked at the others. "I'll assist the guards!"
"Allow me to help you," Gildarts said running after the white rabbit mink.
"Me too!" Leone said cracking her knuckles.
Akame followed her best friend summoning out a shadow sword. "Shadow Make: Katana Blade!"
Zoro used one of his swords to cut the chains thus freeing Neptune. "Hey, do me a favor and help the others escape from here."
The king was unsure what the swordsman was planning to do. "What about you?"
"We're not going to be able to escape with him chasing us," Zoro replied as he dived underwater.
"He'll need assistance, just in case," Erza used one of the bubble corals and created a bubble to breath in, then she dove into the water too.
"Be careful," Makarov said.
"I shall have her back too," Kagura coated her head in a bubble and followed her scarlet sister.
The two powerful swordmen confronted Hordy Jones.
Zoro put his arm out. "Erza, you stand by, I'll handle this," To his surprise, Erza was smiling.
"You read my mind, I want to see your sword style that I heard so much about," She said still having her smile. "Also, I met Johnny and Yasuke, they told me to tell you that they said "Hi"."
Zoro smirked. "Thanks, I'll not sure how to repay you, but, I think I can do that by showing my skills as a swordsman!" He then turned his attention to Hordy Jones.
"You and your friends are in the way of the revolution, I have a lot of respect for Arlong but I surpassed him!" He quickly attacked swiftly in the water.
Zoro and Hordy Jones began their fight, both clashing their weapons against each other.
Hordy Jones tossed his red trident which Zoro deflected to the wall.
"Shark Arrows!" The great white shark Fishman threw more water drops. "Try dodging these in the water!"
"Three Sword Style: Tatsumaki!" A water tornado was created which deflected each of the shark arrows.
"Wow, he's incredible..." Erza thought in amazement.
Kagura was just as impressed as well. "He's quite the swordsman that his friends claim him to be."
Hordy Jones was impressed for once. "Not bad, I can go all out."
Zoro knew he couldn't hold his breath for long, however, he knew he would just have to knock Hordy out.
At the shore of Coral Hill
Hatchan was patched up and the arrows were out. "Please...get out of here..."
"Don't worry about us, we need to focus on you first," Chopper insisted.
"He's right," Fujika said putting away the medicine. "Anyway, will he be okay?"
"He just needs some rest, however, I suggest he recovers somewhere quiet," Chopper replied.
"Thank you," Jula said bowing her head.
"Yeah, thank you, doctor," Thorn said with tears in his eyes.
"Thanking me won't make me happy you jerk," The small reindeer said hiding his happy face.
Sting and Rogue turned around. "Guys, we got company,"
Lector saw the crowd of Fishman and merfolk. "He's right, look!"
Sanji heard this. "What's with the angry mob?"
"Juvia doesn't like this," Juvia commented nervously.
"Give back the mermaids!" A Fishman citizen demanded holding a broom.
"Yeah, we're nothing but objects to you humans!" Another Fishman citizen shouted.
"Objects?" Frosch questioned.
"Huh...what are you talking about?" Sanji asked the Fishman that spoke second.
"Don't play dumb pirates!" Another Fishman barked.
"Yeah, word has gotten around town that you kidnapped some mermaids from Mermaid Cove!" A Fishman added angrily.
"Where are they, tell us!" A mermaid citizen demanded.
"You got the wrong idea, we have no reason to kidnap the mermaids...however..." Sanji's serious face went to goofy lovestruck. "If it were me I would want to keep the mermaids for myself!"
"That's not helping moron!" Gray, Chopper, and Sting comedically yelled.
Sanji's serious expression returned. "Regardless we didn't kidnap the mermaids..."
"You see he's as good as admits it!" A Fishman shouted.
"Damn it, this isn't getting us out of this mess," Rogue said stressed out.
"Get off our island!"
"Yeah, we don't want you people here!"
"This is getting worse, if they attack we might have to defend ourselves," Miyaka thought.
Luffy's group was getting close. "Hey Sanji, you got your nose under control!"
"Pervy popsicle!" Natsu called out seeing his rival with the others below.
Hearing that made an anime vein appear on Gray's head. "I know only one moron that calls me that."
"What'd you say!?" Natsu comedically snapped with shark teeth.
"You guys!" Wendy called out.
"It's Sting's group!" Carla said looking relieved.
"Looks like Gray and Juvia are down there too!" Happy added. "Oh, Fujika, Millianna, and Miyaka are there as well!"
"Friends of yours?" Shirahoshi asked.
"Hey, shark, let me down closer," Megalo did, however, due to his enlarged body everyone thought he was blowfish.
Luffy, Natsu, and Wendy jumped down.
Carla and Happy flew down.
"Whoa, those cats are flying!" A mermaid citizen exclaimed in surprise.
The five went further to see an injured Hatchan.
"Hatchan, what happened to you?" Luffy asked crouching down closer to his friend.
"Is this Hatchan the guy that Aquapad mentioned about?" Natsu assumed.
"That's correct, but, did you find the others?" Gray asked.
"Yes, Erza, Usagi, Temukai and-" Wendy paused. "Oh no, we left them back at the palace along with Makarov and Gildarts!"
"Oh no, we forgot about Brook, Nami, Usopp, and Zoro too!" Carla groaned feeling embarrassed.
"Anyway, what happened to Hatchling?" Natsu asked referring to Hatchan.
"It's Hatchan, pyro dork!" Gray corrected.
"What'd you call me?" Natsu roared with shark teeth.
"You got a problem?"
"Yeah, I got a problem with your face!"
"Now's not the time for a screaming match!" Carla comedically yelled transforming into her human form surprising some of the citizens.
"That kitty turned into a human girl!"
Chopper was taken by surprise too. "Wow, she can transform into a regular human!"
Wendy crouched down by the Octopus Fishman. "Stand back, I'll try to heal him." She put her hands out and glowing light appeared.
"What is that little girl doing to that Fishman?" A mermaid asked.
After a minute, Hatchan sat up a bit. "I'm feeling better..." He was confused, but a little happy to know he wasn't feeling any pain, he then looked at Wendy. "Who are you?"
"I'm Wendy Marvel, nice to meet you Hatchan," The sky dragon slayer replied with a bright smile.
Chopper was amazed. "Incredible..."
Some other Fishman and merfolk remembered something.
"Didn't the Straw Hat and the Fairy Tail pirates takeover the Ryugu Palace?"
"Yeah, Straw Hat Luffy probably came back here to take more of us mermaids too!"
"I get it, he and his crew want to kidnap Shirahoshi too!"
A Fishman citizen laughed at that last accusation. "Oh don't be ridiculous, that's absurd and you know it..." The Fishman citizen his head away looking at the blowfish. "The princess is the size of an orca plus she's the only daughter of Neptune, some idiot would have to be crazy enough to-
He stopped as he noticed the blowfish (rather Megalo)was acting weird.
Megalo was starting to choke so much that he eventually fell to the ground.
SQUIRM
AAAAHHHH!
The large shark hurled Shirahoshi out of his mouth releasing some saliva too.
Surprising everyone including the wizards.
"HUH!"
"PRINCESS SHIRAHOSHI!"
The mermaid took a few breaths until she realized she was found and smiled awkwardly. "Uhh...you found me."
"Damn, she's so..." Sting began to stammer while blushing red.
"Beautiful..." Lector finished.
"No kidding, she's so cute..." Rogue agreed blushing red too.
"I think so too," Frosch said smiling.
Yukino was impressed. "She's just as pretty as Aquarius."
Millianna was astonished. "Meow...such a big mermaid."
Gray was astonished. "I heard she was tall but this is insane."
"I heard her beauty rivals Boa Hancock, but, this is amazing," Miyaka thought.
Juvia then noticed her crush was making goo-goo eyes at the mermaid princess.
Gray held a huge bouquet of flowers. "Shirahoshi, you're the most beautiful creature in the world!"
Shirahoshi blushed red with a bashful smile. "Oh Gray Fullbuster, you're such a gentleman!"
Juvia was breathing heavily. "GRAY DON'T LEAVE ME FOR THAT MERMAID!"
"G-Gray...no...please don't leave me..." The water mage sobbed as she was on the verge of fainting.
"Juvia?" Yukino asked quietly snapping the water mage out of her fantasy.
Jula and Thorn couldn't believe what they were seeing. "What the..."
"Why is she out here?!"
Luffy was annoyed. "Geez."
Natsu realized that some saliva was on his scarf. "Gross, my scarf is covered in saliva!"
"Uh oh..." Wendy said getting worried.
Chopper grew worried and saw that Sanji still had his back turned away. "Oh no..."
Sanji was hearing this but he didn't turn around yet. "What's going on, something happening behind me?"
The reindeer jumped on his back in crocodile tears. "No, it's nothing, whatever you do please don't turn around!"
The cook was confused at the reindeer's waterworks. "Huh, what's the big deal?"
"Geez, we should've let her stay at the palace," Carla muttered while facepalming.
Vander Decken continued his way to Shirahoshi's location.
"Bahohohoho!" He laughed. "Shirahoshi, you and I have been apart for 10 whole years, but, by the time we'll be married I suspect!"
B
The Fishmen and Merfolk were still in disbelief.
"They did it...they kidnapped the princess!"
"What the hell, why did you get out of the shark you big baby?" Luffy asked.
" Megalo's slobber is all over my scarf," Natsu complained.
This of course frightened Shirahoshi that her lower lip began to tremble as tears formed in her eyes and she broke down. "I...I'm so sorry you guys, please don't get mad at me, I promise it wasn't my fault...uwaaahhhh!"
"You idiots!" Gray yelled comically.
"Not again..." Carla thought facepalming.
The angry mob turned to Natsu and Luffy looking very displeased.
"Those monsters made her cry!"
"They're devils!"
"Poor princess Shirahoshi!"
Sanji was silent for a moment. "Wait...did he say "Princess"?"
Chopper put his hands out. "No Sanji, fight the urge to look!"
The chef took out a cigarette. "I need to know if I turn around..." He then took out his lighter. "Will I see the mermaid princess?"
Chopper couldn't lie to his friend despite how concerned he was for his friend's condition. "I won't lie...she's really behind you and that's exactly why you can't turn around!"
"What is he talking about?" Sting asked hearing the reindeer's words.
"Dunno..." Rogue answered with a shrug.
Chopper's eyes were filling up with tears. "The sight of an average mermaid almost killed you!"
"Sight of a mermaid..." Lector began to say.
"Almost killed him?" Yukino finished the phase with great concern.
"If you turn around and see her..." The reindeer began to wave his arms around in a pleading matter. "ALL THE REST OF YOUR BLOOD WILL GUSH OUT LIKE A GEYSER AND YOU'LL DIE!"
Sanji took out his cigarette and blew smoke. "I could turn down this opportunity but, if I do that, I'll live with regret forever...I choose to take my chances and see what beauty I will witness!" He slowly began to turn around.
Chopper leaped towards him. "SANJI!"
The chef fully turned in the direction of the mermaid princess feeling his heartbeat.
Thump Thump Thump
"I knew her beauty rivals...the pirate empress Boa Hancock...but-"
Thump Thump Thump
"This is...TRUE BEAUTY!"
Heart shapes come out of his eyes, his tongue, and including his own heart but then he turned into a stone.
"He's stone!?" Chopper, Happy, and Yukino exclaimed in surprise.
"Natsu...Luffy...what should I do?!" Shirahoshi sobbed in a wailing tone.
The citizens became panicked at the situation.
"We have to rescue princess Shirahoshi!"
"Are you crazy, these are the people that overpowered the royal family's army!"
Chopper was a bit relieved and confused at Sanji's stone condition. "I was expecting him to die from nose blood spray, but this is new...wait, do his blood donors have something to do with this."
"Chopper, what was that you were going on about this pervert dying?" Lector asked.
The reindeer explained to the other about what happened at Mermaid Cove leaving the others flabbergasted.
"Geez, I knew he was a pervert, but, I never knew someone would have a nose bleed like that," Fujika spoke completely perplexed.
"No kidding, that moron has dirty thoughts going through his head," Gray groaned rubbing his head. "What a pervert..."
"Uhh...darling..." Juvia said bashfully and looked down getting her crush's attention.
He tilt his head for a moment until he realized that his boxers were gone.
"Idiot!" Carla kicked the ice mage on the head.
"Here take your clothes now!" Miyaka said handing over the black-haired boy's clothes with her face turned away and her eyes closed tightly with steam coming from her head.
"Anyway, Natsu, Wendy, Carla, Happy, why is the princess with you guys?" Sting asked changing the subject."
Jula wanted to know that too. "Good question, Straw Hat, why did you bring the-"
Everyone was cut off when the citizens came from behind and tied everyone in ropes expect for Jula and Thorn.
"What's the big idea!?" Carla demanded.
"We did we captured the pirates!"
"Yeah, we did it!"
"Princess Shirahoshi, you're safe!"
The mermaid princess stopped crying and looked at the tied-up pirates.
One Fishman citizen approached Hatchan. "I remember you, you're one of Arlong's lackeys!" Hatchan just hung his head at the accusation.
"Is this a way to treat a former member of the Kuja Pirates!?" Fujika questioned with shark teeth.
"This is gotten awkward..." Rogue said.
"Awkward isn't the word in this situation..." Yukino commented with a sweatdrop.
"There's a misunderstanding, however, I don't the citizens will listen," Sting thought seeing the anger in the people's eyes.
Luffy, Natsu, and Wendy caught sight of something coming from the sky.
"You guys something is flying this way!"
"Very funny, we're not stupid to fall for that old trick!" A Fishman citizen scoffed.
Then another Fishman looked closely up at the sky and saw something. "Hold on, something is coming!"
Everyone including the wizards and their friends looked up at the sky.
"Is that coral?" Sting questioned.
"It is, but, someone is riding on it!" Rogue confirmed seeing a figure on the part of the branches.
A Fishman citizen began to panic as the figure came into view. "Oh no, it's Vander Decken!"
"Bahohohoho!" Vander Decken has arrived. "SHIRAHOSHI MY SWEETIE I SUSPECT!"
"My sweetie!?" Sting, Rogue, Yukino, Lector, and Frosch exclaimed in confusion.
Jula gritted her teeth. "That bastard...he's here..."
Thorn glared at the sight of the stalking Fishman. "Vander Decken, how did he get here?"
"IT'S TIME FOR AN ANSWER, CHOOSE NO AND IT'S DEATH FOR YOU!" Vander Decken proclaimed. "HOWEVER IF YOU CHOOSE YES THEN I'LL LET YOU LIVE AND WE CAN LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER!"
The citizens couldn't believe what they were hearing from the lovestruck Fishman.
"Are you serious, you were trying to kill her for ten whole years and you think she's going to marry you!?"
"Yeah, you're the reason the princess was in this crap because of your sick sense of romance!"
"And now you propose...MONSTER!"
"This guy is sick in the head!" Miyaka commented upon hearing the citizen's words.
"He lacks romance," Rogue gritting his teeth with a disgusted look.
"I think so too," Frosch agreed.
"I thought Esdeath was crazy in the head about romance," Gray thought remembering how the female general of the empire tried to make him hers.
"Juvia doesn't like this creep," Juvia said with a glare.
"He's seriously proposing, this bastard is crazy as Aquapad said," Fujika added.
Millianna glared at the fishman. "Such a pig."
Thorn was angry. "That bastard needs to pay."
"NOW IT'S TIME TO GIVE ME YOUR ANSWER THOUGH I SUSPECT THAT IT'S A "YES" Vander Decken continued while cackling.
Shirahoshi opened her mouth again and again trying to get her words out.
"SAY IT! SAY YES!" Vander Decken cheered.
"You're just not my type!" Shirahoshi answered.
There was a pause for a minute until the entire scene shattered like glass in anime/cartoon style.
"WHAT? NOOOOOOOO!" Vander Decken yelled feeling his heart shatter into pieces.
The entire citizens of Fishman Island along with a few of the wizards of Earthland and Aquapad's friends were total in awe.
"THAT'S YOUR ONLY REASON!"
"Y-y-you...you bitch!" Vander Decken regained his composure looking angry. "WHAT IS IT YOUR TYPE, YOU TRAMPLED MY FEELINGS FOR TEN WHOLE YEARS, IF YOU REFUSE TO LOVE ME THEN I SHALL MAKE YOUR EXISTENCE VANISH!"
Natsu burned his ropes off. "You jerk!" He roared.
"How did you get loose!" A mermaid citizen asked.
"I heard enough of your crap!" The fire dragon slayer yelled angrily. "I'll burn your ass to crisp, Happy, fly me up!" He used his flames to burn the ropes that his partner was tied in.
"Aye, sir!" The blue exceed sprouted his wings and carried his friend up into the air.
Natsu gave the Flying Dutchman Pirate captain a dark smile. "I'll show the power of the Fire Dragon Slayer!"
Vander Decken was taken off guard for a moment. "Huh?"
"Fire Dragon's Roar!" He blew out his fire breath attack.
"He blew fire out of his mouth!" A Fishman citizen pointed out in surprise.
Vander Decken took his axes and shielded himself. "I ain't done!" Natsu continued to breathe out his flames which got hotter and hotter.
Soon the large axes handle started to heat up which burned Vander Decken's hands. "Ow!"He dropped his axes which fell to the ground.
"Princess Shirahoshi run while those pirates fight Vander Decken!" A Fishman citizen yelled.
"Don't move you big baby and don't cry either!" Luffy demanded.
"Hey, she's not safe here you jerk!" A Fishman citizen yelled.
Luffy ignored the citizen. "We promised to protect you, but we can't do that if you run away!"
"He's right, so, don't move!" Wendy agreed.
Shirahoshi remembered their promise and decided to put her life in their hands. "A-alright, I'll stay!"
"Fire Dragon's Iron Fist!" Natsu engulfed his hand in flames and pulled back his arm the delivered a fiery punch right into Vander Decken's chest.
"Arrgh, that burns!" He yelled in pain.
Luffy's body turned pink. "Second Gear..." He leaped swiftly into the air and destroyed the coral tree using his feet.
"He did that with his legs still tied up?!" A Fishman pirate questioned taken off guard.
Vander Decken then realized something. "You pirate bastards are the ones that took Shirahoshi from the tower!"
Wendy then came up with Carla carrying her. "Luffy, let's work together, inflate your belly and I'll kick down Mr. Vander Decken!"
Luffy was surprised but then smiled. "Fine with me!"
"You, how can a little girl like you harm me!?" Vander Decken asked with a laugh.
"Gum-Gum Balloon!" Luffy's stomach grew larger as Wendy jumped on it and leaped high into the air then she dropped down fast.
Wendy's leg was cloaked with a whirlwind of a sky dragon's air. "With that jump, my move shall increase...Sky's Dragon's Leading Sky Arrow!" She thrust her attack right onto Vander Decken's face sending him crashing into the ground with strong force.
The locals were shocked to see that Vander Decken was beaten.
"That little girl was able to hurt that bastard,"
"Yeah, Straw Hat was able to take him down despite he was tied up,"
"That boy with the pink hair used fire abilities and he never flinched at Vander Decken either,"
Sting smiled. "Using that jump from Luffy's stomach was quite impressive."
Rogue agreed. "Yes, she used it to follow up her attack even more and she didn't use her enchantment spell."
Natsu approached the Vander Decken, who had his head first planted in the ground. "You should go...and know that nobody messes with my friends." He walked away.
Bonk
Luffy headbutts Megalo while hopping past him. "Pull it together shark!"
Gray sighed. "I wished I got a piece of the action."
"Same here," Sting agreed.
"Oh well, Natsu does like to beat us to the punch," Rogue said with a shrug.
Yukino walked over to Shirahoshi. "So, you're the mermaid princess."
The mermaid looked at the young girl. "I'm Yukino one of the Celestial Sisters that you probably saw in the wanted posters, I'm pleased to meet you, princess," She bowed in respect.
"Oh no need to be so formal, but, you can call "Shirahoshi"," Shirahoshi said giggling sheepishly.
"Howl!"
"Oh no..." Jula shuddered in a whispering tone.
"Ladies!" Gin came out of nowhere accidentally knocking away some citizens, he looked at the female humans. "More beautiful human girls, oh yeah!" He started to roll over while taking countless snapshots using his camera.
Juvia was taken by surprise and scurried away a few steps away. "Who is this perv!?"
Miyaka was a little stunned. "Weirdo..."
"Meow...creepy pervert!" Millianna comedically yelled.
Gin then briefly stopped as he noticed Fujika and a perverted look formed on his face with drool dripping from his mouth realizing who she was. "A Kuja pirate woman, so hot!"
This caused Fujika to fall on her butt and her skirt to flip up revealing part of her purple panties. "Oh purple panties, not bad!" He swooned still having the perverted smile on his face.
"Hey cut that out, pervert!" The former Kuja pirate yelled completely flustered trying to cover her panties.
"Gin, is that you?" Shirahoshi asked in surprise.
The wolf mink whale shark Fishman hybrid turned around and a perverted look appeared on his face with drool dripping and began taking pictures. "Shirahoshi, it's been a while, you have gotten more beautiful than ever, those knockers are something, let me take a few pictures please!"
"Great, another pervert..." Carla shivered at the canine whale shark fishman's perverted nature.
"How does he know Shirahoshi?" Rogue wondered.
Jula has had enough of this perverted display. "Gin...no more of this...!" She cupped each of her six hands together and whammed the pervert on the head.
"Who the heck is this?" Fujika asked quite surprised to see such a new creature.
"Your guess is as good as mine, Fujika..." Miyaka said also sharing the same reaction.
"That guy is Gin, he's a friend...and a pervert too," Thorn summarized seemingly embarrassed at the scene.
"Anyway, Natsu, release everyone from their ropes using your flame," Gray ordered.
"Hey, I don't take orders from you, icy boy!" Natsu barked annoyingly but he then smiled proudly. "But, since I kicked butt before you, I'll do it."
The fire dragon slayer soon burned the ropes that his friends were tied up in.
Shirahoshi was trying to untie Luffy's rope. "C'mon, untie me quickly!" The Straw Hat pirate said looking impatient.
"Don't yell, I can't focus when you do that..." The mermaid said almost on the verge of crying again.
Luffy saw the citizens giving them hateful expressions. "What is their deal, everyone hates us for some reason."
Fortunately, Luffy's rope was untied. "Good job, let's go!"
"Oh okay..." The mermaid followed the rubber man.
The citizens were baffled at what they had just seen.
"Princess, why did you untie him?"
"Yeah, why are you being friendly with them too?"
"Those pirates must've brainwashed her!"
Shirahoshi glanced at the citizens. "Sorry about this, but, I'll be back in time for dinner!"
That seemed to put the tension at ease.
"This is cool!" Natsu cheered.
"Yeah, since Megalo is our friend we can enjoy the ride!" Sting agreed.
"This shall be an interesting experience," Rogue commented.
"I think so too," Frosch agreed with a smile.
"Wait, what the others, Gajeel, Laxus, and Lisanna's group are still somewhere in the town," Carla reminded.
Jula and Thorn heard this then they nodded at each other. "Straw Hat, Fairy Tail!"
The wizards along with the Straw Hat pirates(except for Sanji)turned their heads.
"We'll find your friends and tell them where you're all going!"
"Though, where did you plan to go?"
Shirahoshi had that answer. "The Sea forest!"
Vander Decken quickly emerged his head from the ground sending other citizens flying away using his both axes. "Like hell, I'm going let you slip from my fingers my darling!" He looked directly at where the group was escaping. "STOP THEM WADATSUMAI!"
The giant sea humanoid monk surfaced from the sea.
"It's that giant dude again!" Lector pointed out.
"He was with Vander Decken too!" Gray added.
The citizens panicked at the sight of the giant.
"It's the giant monk!"
"Wadatsumai smash them all!" Vander Decken commanded.
"Yes, captain!" The giant replied pulling back his left arm.
"Second Gear!" Luffy proclaimed. "Gum-Gum Jet Pistol!" He leaped into the air in a flash and delivered his attack right onto one of the giant's teeth which broke.
"Whoa, he's fast!" Sting and Rogue exclaimed with gaping mouths.
"I'll assist!" Gray stated as he did his stance. "Ice-Make Bazooka!" He shot his ice bazooka which fired a cannon of ice that hit the giant in the forehead with strong force.
"Whoa, Gray's bazooka is made of ice!" Chopper exclaimed with amazement.
"AAAAHHH!" The giant fell back in pain holding his broken tooth using his left hand while using his right hand to hold his forehead that was seriously frozen. "MY TOOTH, MY FOREHEAD, THEY HURT!"
WAAAH WAAAH WAAAAH
Vander Decken gritted his teeth in frustration. "Damn worthless giant..." He turned his attention. "I'll take my failure on your peasants!"
Just then he felt took arms to hold him in a tight grip. "Like hell, you will!" The Japanese bullhead shark turned his eyes. "You...Gin...the Wolf Mink Whaleshark Hybrid...where'd you come from?"
"I'm still part Wolf Mink therefore I have speed," The pervert hybrid replied as he lives over the Fishman over and tossed him over to a nearby building
"AAAAHHHH!"
Vander Decken crashed into the building's wall.
"Hey Gin, go find Aquapad and the rest of Fairy Tail for us!" Jula called out. "Tell them to meet us at the sea forest!"
The hybrid wolf mink Fishman grinned. "Anything for a lady especially Shirahoshi." He clicked his tongue and ran into the town.
Mest teleported Lucy, Camie, Cana, and Nami out of the palace and they all found themselves at the Pappagu's mansion.
Luckily there were only a few citizens and they didn't seem to notice the humans' sudden appearance.
"Looks like we arrived at where we met Nami and the others," Lucy said recognizing the area, especially the large mansion.
Camie was a little worried. "Guys, was it wise to leave the others behind?"
"It's fine, the guys can take care of themselves," Nami answered. "I might not know some of Fairy Tail's wizards that well, but, I can tell they're strong."
The green-haired mermaid did agree but still had some concerns. "That may be, but, Hordy Jones, he seems so cruel and brutal."
"I agree..." Mest said looking up at the palace. "That Hordy guy's power was something I saw before, not to mention his aura was off the charts, but, it wasn't as much as the power I felt against the Spriggan Twelve."
"Spriggan Twelve?" Nami thought in question.
"Anyway, I need to return to the palace and get the others out, you guys go on and find the rest of our friends then we'll meet up later!" Mest suggested as he teleported again.
"Where should we go now?" Lucy asked.
"I think I know, let's go to the sea forest, that's where Jimbei is, he'll probably know how to deal with this situation," Nami answered as she looked at Camie. "Camie, do you know of a boat or taxi that can take us to the Sea forest?'
Back at the Palace's main entrance.
Zoro and Hordy's fight continued.
The new Fishman pirate captain seemed to have the upper hand. "You're running out of air human scum, no matter, once you do I'll tear you limb from limb!"
Usopp was getting worried about the Straw Hat's vice-captain. "Damn it, I know he's gotten stronger but he can't keep holding his breath for long." Then a realization hit him. "Oh no, that's probably what Hordy wants him to do."
He then eyed Erza, she was watching calmly. "How can she stay calm at something like this?"
Kagura had a bubble coat over her head and watched calmly at the duel.
Zoro was on the verge of passing out which Hordy Jones noticed.
Neptune was released from his chains discussing the dire situation. "Listen up men, I'm too weak to give my assistant so we shall surrender the palace for the time being and meet up with Fukaboshi."
The guards couldn't believe what they were hearing.
"Sire, with all due respect we can't let these criminals take our palace away!"
"Until then..." Their king interrupted in a deep yet serious tone. "We shall retreat and then once the time is right, we'll take back the palace."
"I must admit you're more resilient than ever," Hord Jones said with a dark smile.
"That may be captain, but, he's still a human and they can't breathe underwater!"
"Yeah, that idiot is stupid to challenge a Fishman in the water!"
Then they heard a low laugh from Erza. "I must've missed the joke human woman." Hordy Jones said looking slightly annoyed.
"You and your friends are the jokes..." The scarlet mage replied her eyes being hidden.
"What?" The great white shark Fishman asked annoyingly.
"You think humans are weak creatures because we don't have the strength or have the ability to swim underwater,"
Zoro was listening to this.
"Frankly, I think it's laughable that you think that because my friends and I fought enemies that underestimated the power of Fairy Tail, some weren't human, and they lost to us in a battle," Erza continued.
"What's your damn point?" Hordy asked narrowing his eyes.
"My point is that you shouldn't underestimate your enemy human or not that could lead to your downfall and the example of that is Arlong's defeat against the Straw Hat Pirates!" Erza declared with a serious look on her face. "That includes us, so if you think we're going to go down easily then you and your friends are more ignorant than I thought!"
Hordy Jones snarled in anger. "Foolish human, I know what humans are like nothing but lowly scum bastards who only think of themselves and don't care about who they have to hurt!"
"That isn't right, if you guys continue to be violent towards humans, it'll only cause both sides to hate each other even more than before," Lily added who just dove into the water and wore a bubble coating around his head.
Kagura sneered at the Fishman. "Also, if you think we're let you push us around then you have another thing coming...bastard."
"I heard enough of your crap!" Hordy snapped angrily as he look at Lily. "If you black cat and those minks side with humans then that makes you all our enemies!" A ferocious look formed on the great white shark fishman's face. "FIRST OFF I'LL FINISH OFF ZORO AND EVERYONE ELSE IN THIS PALACE!"
The great white shark Fishman dashed downward towards Zoro, who seemingly opened his good eye and placed his hand on one of his swords and took out it as soon as Hordy's trident came in contact.
Usopp swam up due to lack of breath and dove down again. To his shock he saw blood but, it wasn't from Zoro, though he saw his friend close to passing out.
The blood was coming from Hordy Jones, who was severely cut on his stomach and was losing consciousness as his red trident was released from his hands.
"CAPTAIN NOOOOOOOO!" The Fishman pirate grunts yelled in disbelief.
"One Sword Style: Lion Strike!" Zoro muttered as he put the sword that he used back in its sheath.
Erza was surprised at the sword technique that Zoro just used.
Kagura was impressed that see such a sword technique was used in the water.
Another part of the shore.
Aquaius along with Saizou, Taron, and Jester were sneaking through the town. "Seems like Fairy Tail and the Straw Hat pirates have left, no matter, there is sure to be some around still."
Saizou was getting impatient. "C'mon, I want to fight but find some of the hot girls." He said licking his lips.
Taron chuckled evilly. "Yeah, I can't wait to hear the cries of a woman."
Jester snickered. "Yes, what is our next step Aquaius?"
"It's to capture some of the Fairy Tail wizards, but, don't get caught, otherwise, the royal Ammo Knights will interfere," The Demon Siren replied handing over a transponder snail. "Take this, with this we can communicate when something comes up."
The three perverts Fishmen went on their way.
Natsu and Luffy reunite with some of their friends and they all depart from the kingdom to go to Shirahoshi's mother's grave in the sea forest, Zoro seemingly defeats Hordy, however it seems that Tartaros members and the three Fishman perverts are making their way through the town, what will happen next is anyone's guess.
Luffy: in the next chapter: Jimbei the Former Warlord
End of chapter