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King of the Ocean, Queen of the Sky

Chapter II: Of Straw Hats and Tangerines

Gold Roger, The Pirate King, had it all; Infamy, Wealth and Power. Twelve years ago he was led to the gallows and before they lobbed off his head he gave his final words with a smile.

"My Treasure? Why it's right where I left it. But you'll have to search the Whole World."

Ever since, Men of the sea have set out searching for the One Piece, The treasure that will make the world their own. This is the time known as The Great Pirate Era.

Twelve years later on Dawn Island a certain Pirate Crew has made the windmill village its base.

"Hey, what's Luffy up to this time?"

"No clue let's just humor him."

"I'm tired of you guys treating me like a little kid! I'll show you all how tough I am!" the small boy Luffy declared with such determination.

"Yea, Yea, Just get it over with will you." called out a certain Red-Haired man. With that the boy plunged the dagger he was holding into his cheek just under his left eye.

"WHHHHHHAAAAAAAAATTTTTTT!?" the entire crew screamed

"OOOOOUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCCHHHHHHHH!" Luffy screamed

"YOU IDIOT!" the red-haired man shouted.

About ten minutes later at the Party Bar the Red Haired Pirates were all celebrating, eating, drinking and just being a merry bunch of sea folk.

"A toast to Luffy's Courage!"

"And to our next voyage!"

"Alright lads, Drink up!"

"Hey! Can I get some more beer over here?"

"THAT'S MY MEAT!"

"NOT ANY MORE!"

"Guys, don't fight…"

"See that didn't hurt at all! I'm tough!" Luffy said with a look that clearly told them all he was in pain.

"Lair, that was a really stupid thing to do!" Pirate Captain Red-Haired Shanks said

"Oh come on I'm going to be a pirate someday so what better time than to start now? You saw it yourself, I'm not afraid of getting hurt! Take me with you on your next voyage"

"You!? A Pirate!? You're still too little Luffy!" Shanks pointed at Luffy with a spoon and laughed, like a child. "There's no way you can become a pirate! Maybe in about ten years. As you are right now you'd only make a good anchor since you can't swim."

"Well so what if I can't swim?" Luffy demanded. "if I don't fall over it shouldn't matter! Besides I've been training! If you don't believe me I'll just have to show you!" Luffy declared holding up his arm "My punch is as strong as a pistol!"

"Yep, a pistol" a skeptical Shanks said as he slouched over the bar. "They day your punch is as strong as a pistol is the day I give you my hat."

"ARE YOU DOUBTING ME?" Luffy yelled angrily

"Calm down Luffy!"

"Yeah, Let's just all have a good time." Yasopp said as he slung his arms over two other's pirates necks.

"Having a great time in our number one rule!" Lucky Roo said as he chomped into a piece of meat.

"Yeah, there's a shit ton of Islands to explore!"

"And we've got all the freedom in the world!"

"Stop filling the kid's head with silly fantasies." Shanks bereted his men.

"But it's true Cap'n" Lucky Roo said.

"Come on Captain let's take him with us just this once." One of the crew members said.

"Yeah it'll be fun" another agreed.

"Hell yeah!" Luffy was happy some of the Pirates wanted to take him with them.

"Fine but one of you will have to stay here." Shanks said

"Sorry boy you've just been marooned." A group of Pirates sang as they danced in a formation that resembled the 'Can-Can'

"YOU TRAITOROUS BASTARDS!" Luffy yelled angrily

"Just face it Luffy you're too young Luffy." Shanks said as Luffy sat next to him at the Bar.

"Damn it Shanks! I'm not a kid!"

"Jeez, this isn't something to get worked up over." Shanks grabbed a glass of milk and handed it to Luffy who happily accepted it. "Have some milk."

"Thanks Cap'n." Luffy happily chugged the glass of milk.

"DAHAHAHAHA!" Shanks began to laugh hysterically. "A REAL PIRATE WOULD NEVER DRINK MILK! DAHAHAHAHA!"

"THAT WAS A LOUSY TRICK YA BASTARD!" Luffy yelled before he walked away from the bar grumbling as he did. "Damn it. What do I have to do to get Shanks to take me with him?"

"Luffy" Luffy turned when Ben Beckmann called his name as he lit a new cigarette. "Cap'n's just doin' wha's best for everyone."

"How do you figure Mr. First Mate?"

"Everyone's safety falls on his shoulders and bein' a pirate isn't all fun and games you know." He crushed the match in his bare hands. "We've got a lot o' duties like…Pillagin', Hostage Takin', Heavy Drinkin' and Swimmin'! The Cap'n knows all abou' the dangers o' the Sea too. It can kill ya' in a thousand ways. He doesn't want to crush yer dreams or anythin' he's just lookin' out for ya."

"Bullcrap." Luffy grumbled. "Shanks just wants to make me look stupid." The both turned to Shanks just in time to see him chuckling at Luffy.

"Hey there anchor" He managed to say between chuckles. "Damn I love making fun of this kid."

"See what I mean." Luffy pointed an accusing finger at Shanks.

"Guess you've got a point kid."

"Captain Shanks, I'm glad you and your crew are enjoying yourselves." Makino said as she came out with another empty barrel of grog. "Oh, Luffy would you like something to eat?" She asked nicely.

"Sure! Just put it on my treasure tab!"

"Treasure Tab? Luffy you better not be trying to swindle the poor lady."

"I'm not!" Luffy pounded his fork and knife into the table to drive his point across. "I'm going to be a pirate and find lots of treasure! Then I'll come back and pay her!"

"Well then, We'll celebrate when you return." Makino smiled at the child as she went to get him something to eat, most likely meat.

She returned momentarily with two plates, one had a slab of meat while the other had a plate of rice. She was also carrying a bottle of booze and a glass of orange juice for Luffy.

"Here you boys go." Makino said as she placed both their meals in front of them.

"Hey Shanks"

"Yeah?"

"How much longer are you planning to stay here?" Luffy bit into his lunch and pulled like an uncivilized carnivore.

"Well, let's see." Shanks stroked the scruff growing on his chin. "We've been using this village as a base for about a year now, so I'd say after two or three more voyages we'll be gone for good. Why? Are you eager to get rid of us?"

"Naw, I'm just letting you know I'll learn to swim by the time you leave."

"Good for you kid." Shanks said rather unimpressed. "Do what you want."

Just then the door was kicked off of its hinged by a tall man. "So these are Pirates? I must say you guys look pathetic." He said as he approached the bar where Luffy and Shanks were sitting.

"C-Can I help you?" Makino asked.

He turned to Makino. "Now, don't wet yourselves. We're not here to bust up the place. Just sell us ten barrels of grog, and we'll only injure the bare minimum."

While this was going out of the corner of his eye on Luffy spotted a fruit sitting in a chest at the bar. He was still hungry and that fruit looked like it would make a decent dessert so he took a bite. The instant he did, aside from it tasting like crap, all of his memories flooded into his mind. All his adventures with his friends, Ace, Sabo, how to use his Gomu Gomu powers and the deaths of everyone he cared for and most of all he remembered that Nami was sent back with him.

"Oi Luffy! Luffy!" Shanks called out snapping Luffy out of his daze.

"What?" He asked noticing that the bandits had left and that Shanks was covered in booze and food scraps. "What did I miss?"

"DID YOU EAT THE FRUIT THAT WAS IN THAT CHEST!?" Lucky Roo yelled pointing to a picture of the Gomu Gomu no Mi.

"Uh, yeah I ate it for dessert. It tasted like crap though." Luffy replied nonchalantly.

"THAT WAS THE GOMU GOMU NO MI LUFFY! IF YOU EAT IT YOUR ENTIRE BODY BECOMES RUBBER AND YOU WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO SWIM AGAIN!" Shanks was mad or he was concerned either way he wasn't happy with Luffy. He continued his ranted as he grabbed Luffy by the legs and began to shake him like a sack of potatoes causing the child's legs to stretch and his face to plant on the floor.

"Yeah I know." Luffy said muffled against the flood

"YOU KNOW!?" Shanks yelled as he let go of Luffy's feet allowing the stretchy boy to snap back into proper shape against the floor.

"Hey Luffy try to do something out of this world!" Another Pirate shouted

"Sure!" Luffy grinned as he stretched out his cheeks a good meter each causing everyone to do a spit take.

"YOU'RE VERY NONCHALANT ABOUT THIS LUFFY!"

Soon Shanks and his crew left on their second to last voyage and things returned to normal until one day the Bandits returned to Windmill Village and after causing a ruckus in the Bar they took Luffy outside to settle their squabble.

"Mayor please come quick!"

"What is it Makino? What's wrong?"

"Its Luffy and the Mountain Bandits!"

Now shift scene to the streets

"Damn little brat nothing seems to be working on him" one of the bandits said as they tried beat Luffy but all their punches and kicks didn't affect him. Hell some of them broke their fists and feet when they made contact with his skin.

"Come on you assholes surely this isn't the best you've got?" Luffy asked as he stood in a circle of Mountain Bandits. His fists were raised and he was itching for a fight. Luffy wasn't stupid he knew it would be best for him to avoid a fight at this time, especially since he wasn't that strong physically, but he kind of wanted to show those off to Shanks.

Higuma was sweating as he drew his sword. "What kind of strange creature are you?" He demanded to know.

"I'm a Rubber boy." Luffy said proudly placing his fists on his hips.

"Now you're just making things up!" Higuma roared as he charged Luffy intent on skewering the boy. Luffy moved out of the way effortlessly and slammed his arm and knee together around Higuma's blade, shattering it between two black limbs much to Higuma's shock.

"What the hell?" The mountain bandit questioned.

"If you liked that I've got some more for ya!" Luffy coked his fist back. "Gumo Gomu no…"

"LET THE BOY…go?" The mayor cried as he and Makino arrived "…Please?" he and Makino were dumbfounded to see Luffy completely unharmed and seemingly handing the Mountain Bandits their asses on a silver platter, though the mayor and Makino did end up on the receiving end of an angry glare from Higuma the Bear.

"Oh it's the Mayor." Luffy spoke aloud before lowering his fist. "Don't worry Mr. Mayor I'm Ok!"

"Sorry old man but this kid insulted me and I can't let that go." He said as grabbed a pistol from one of his goons and aimed it at Luffy's head who stood there unwavering in his conviction.

"WAIT!" Makino cried out. "PLEASE DON'T KILL HIM! HE'S JUST A CHILD!"

"Sorry lady but this brat's been trying my patience. Plus he insulted me back at the Bar." He pulled back the hammer but Luffy's defiant grin just unnerved him even more. 'What's with this kid? I have a gun to his head and he's smiling.'

"I didn't insult you." Luffy fired back. "Nor will I forgive you for what you said."

"Damn Brat…" Higuma growled as he pressed the gun into Luffy's forehead.

"I was wondering why nobody was there to greet us at the port." Shanks said as he arrived at the scene.

Everyone turned to see Shanks and his Pirate crew standing behind Makino and the Mayor.

"Luffy what are you doing?" Shanks asked "I though you said your punch was as strong as a pistol?"

Luffy looked at Shanks and remembered something he said.

"The day your punch is as strong as a pistol is the day I give you my hat."

"Shishishishishi!" Luffy smiled widely and began to laugh loudly which went unnoticed by everyone.

"Well if it isn't the pirate trash from a while ago. So you guys are still around here?" Shanks remained silent as he walked forward. "Hey, I don't know what you want but if you come any closer I'll kill this brat." But Shanks kept walking.

"Hey didn't you hear our boss? Answer him!" one thug said as he pulled out a pistol and held it against Shank's head. "One more step and I'll blow a hole in your brains!"

"You know it really isn't safe to point guns at people someone could get hurt." Shanks said. Suddenly a gunshot was heard and all eyes turned toward Lucky Roo who held a smoking pistol as the thug fell to the ground.

Everyone aside from the Pirates and Luffy were shocked.

"Alright listen up. You can spill drinks on me, throw food at me it does not matter. I'll just laugh that shit off but for good reason or not no one hurts a friend of mine!" Shanks said fiercely as he continued forward.

"Men! Kill those Bastards!" The bandit leader screamed as his lackeys charged forward.

"Captain I'll handle them" Ben Beckmann said stepping forward with his gun at the ready. However he never got the chance to sho off his skills as the Mountain Bandit all suddenly collapsed, their eyes rolled into the back of their heads and foam formed at the mouth.

"What the!?" Higuma and most of the Pirates were shocked.

Shanks was beyond stunned. He hadn't done anything so what happened to the bandits. His eyes turned to Luffy who through it all was still smiling. 'That was Haoshoku Haki…don't tell me Luffy's got it.'

"WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED?" Higuma demanded before turning around to the laughing Luffy. "Damn Brat!" He jammed his pistol into Luffy's forhead. "What the hell did you do?"

"Nothing much." Luffy chuckled "It's just these guys are Pirates. If you want to fight them you'd better bring a battle ship with you."

BLAM Higuma pulled the trigger and shot Luffy in the head. Shanks, his crew, Makino and the Mayor all shouted his name thinking the child was dead.

BOING The bullet stretched through Luffy's head before ricocheting back out and skimming Higuma's cheek making him bleed, just a nick though. The bullet flew freely but was stopped when Shanks caught it in his bare hand.

"Wow…" Makino was speechless at the feat she witness by Captain Shanks as well as the composition of Luffy's body.

"Wha…What the hell are you?" Higuma stuttered as he backed away from Luffy.

Luffy cocked back his fist and begun swinging it like a propeller. "I told you. I'm a rubber man." He smirked like a devil. "Gomu Gomu no Pistol!" KAPOW Luffy's fist stretched out and punched Higuma in the face, knocking him to the ground and seemingly out cold. SNAP Luffy's arm retracted and he looked up at the spectators grinning.

Shanks was dumbfounded Luffy said his punch was as strong as a pistol but to knock a man down and out it had to be at least as strong as a pistol.

"Holy Sh-"

"Shishishishishishi!" Shanks was cut off by Luffy's laughter. "See that Shanks? I told ya my punch was as strong as a pistol!"

Shanks was just flabbergasted it was like this Luffy was completely different from the one they left when they went on their last voyage. "What the Hell happened to…Luffy look out behind you!" Shanks suddenly yelled as he and his crew watched Higuma get back up.

"Screw this Shit!" The Mountain Bandit screamed as he threw down a smoke pellet obscuring everyone's view.

When the smoke cleared Luffy and the bandit leader were gone "DAMN IT HE TOOK LUFFY!" Shanks screamed in great concern. "WHERE THE HELL DID THEY GO?"

"Cap'n" Beckmann called Shanks' attention to something he noticed

Out on the water in a little rowboat Higuma was laughing his ass off "HAHAHAHAHA! THE FOOLS WILL NEVER THINK TO LOOK FOR A MOUNTAIN BANDIT ON THE SEA!"

"Shishishishi!" Laughter caught his attention. Turning around he saw Luffy sitting on the stern of his boat. "Yeah, those Pirates will never find you out here! Shishishishi!"

'This Brat? How'd he follow me without me noticing him?' Higuma was actually scared of this freak of a kid. He could do thing no child his age could do.

"Then again, Shanks is pretty smart. This should be the first place he would look! Shishishishi!" Luffy just continued to heckle Higuma's great escape plan.

"Damn Brat." Higuma growled as he pulled out a knife. "You like Pirates so bad kid how about you drown like one!" He charged Luffy with his knife drawn. Now any seafaring man with half a brain knows never to run on a ship especially when it's a tiny rowboat.

Luffy ducked and rolled knocking Higuma off the already unstable boat and into the water.

Luffy watched as the mountain bandit struggled to stay afloat before a large shape rose from the depths. Higuma tuned around to see a large serpentinebarracuda sea monster open its rows of razor sharp teeth. "What the Hell? OH SHI-" but he was cut off as the Lord of the Coast ate him in one bite.

When the sea monster turned its attention to the boy Luffy paled slightly. "Uh Oh." Luffy jumped off the rowboat just and The Lord of the Coast chomped down and reduced it to splinters of flotsam.

"Gomu Gomu no Pistol!" Luffy shot out his fist which collided with the left cheek. Unfortunately, the Lord of The Coast was not thrown back and instead its attention was fixed on Luffy as he splashed into the sea.

Luffy bobbed right on back to the surface and immediately came face to face with his biggest dilemma. He didn't know how to swim. The Lord of the Coast turned to him and raced in his direction with its toothy maw agape.

Before he could react he heard a crunch and he released a scream and in that moment Luffy found himself against Shank's chest.

"Get. Out. Of. Here." Shanks commanded as he glared at the Monster unleashing his Haki. Terrified the beast ran away until there was no monster in sight.

"I almost thought I'd lost you there. You're really something Luffy. Not many people would have the gall to punch a Sea King."

"It was nothing, guess a pistol isn't strong enough to scare off that guy." Luffy retorted.

"Glad to see that sea monster didn't get your sense of humor Luffy." Shanks said as he embraced Luffy tighter and they just floated in the sea. "Makino told me what happened, how you stood up for me and my lads, so I feel personally responsible for all this."

"It's ok Shanks" Luffy sobbed. "There's nothing to forgive."

Skipping ahead a few days…

"Guess you won't be coming back to this village." Luffy said. Shanks nodded, his captain's cloak draped around his left arm.

"That's right. We've been using this harbor as a base of operations for a long time, maybe a little too long. Are you sad we are going?" He turned to Luffy.

"Of course I'm sad! But I've decided to become a pirate on my own!" Shanks smiled.

"It wouldn't do you any good. You're still too little right now!" Shanks pointed and laughed, like a child.

The Pirate captain ran a hand through his red bangs before Ben Beckmann walked by him and whispered in his ear. "…Didn't you say this kid had Haoshoku Haki…?…Maybe it'd be best to take 'im with us…"

"Oh yeah!" Shanks said putting his fist in the palm of his hand making the connection. "Luffy, what do you say to coming with us?"

With a large grin Luffy looked up at Shanks "Nope!" he said shocking everyone at the harbor.

"Why not Luffy? I thought you wanted to be a pirate." Shanks said a little worried that he had changed the kid's mind

"Like I said, I still want to be a pirate, but I'll do it on my own because…" He took a deep breath and yelled so the heavens themselves could hear him "ONE DAY I'LL HAVE A CREW THAT WILL BE BETTER THAN YOURS AND WE ARE GONNA FIND ONE PIECE, THEN I WILL BE THE KING OF THE PIRATES!"

All the Pirates in the Harbor looked to Luffy with supportive smiles. They knew this boy would chase this dream of his.

"Oh so you're going to be better than us? Well in that case…" Shanks said taking his hat off of his head and placing it on Luffy's "I'll leave you this hat. It means a lot to me so keep it safe for me and give it back when you become the king. But then again… I did say I'd give it to you if you could prove your punch was as strong as a pistol, Maybe you should keep it, it suits you."

"Thanks Shanks."

"That kid's gonna make a name for 'imself isn't he." Beckmann told his captain. This wasn't a question, they both knew it to be true.

"He sure is." Shanks replied. "He's acting just like me when I was his age. ALRIGHT LADS! WEIGH ANCHOR! HOIST THE SAILS WE'RE SHOVING OFF!" The Captain started shouting orders to his crew and soon they left Windmill Village for the final time.

By now the tears wouldn't stop flowing down Luffy's face as his hero, friend and father-figure was leaving again but this time Luffy was determined to see him again.

"This time things will be different!" Luffy mumbled to himself as he wiped away his tears. "I will protect everything."

Two Years Later

Cocoyashi Village

"Hey let go you meanie!" one little Nami demanded as Genzo caught her just outside the local book store "It's only a book there are still like a thousand more."

"No Duh young lady! It's a book store for crying out loud. But that does not mean you can just walk out with one!" Genzo scolded as he carried her back to her house. "It ain't a library.

"BELLE-MERE, OPEN THIS DOOR YOUR LITTLE CAT HAS BEEN AT IT AGAIN!" Genzo demanded as he knocked furiously at the door. He was greeted by Nami's foster mother.

"What is it this time Genzo? Hi Nami, you're back already?" She asked with a smile

"Hi Belle-mere." Nami replied with an adorable smile that could light up the sky.

"Belle-mere your little thief stole another book!" Genzo said clearly annoyed that he was ignored by the mother daughter duo.

"Did you pay for it Genzo?"

"Of course I did! I always pay for what she steals."

"Well in that case I'll pay you back." Belle-mere leaned into his ear "with something else." This caused Genzo to turn as red as strawberries as he backed away at a high speed while Mother and Daughter laughed at his antics.

"Sorry Belle-mere I just really wanted this book" Nami said as they entered the house

"Why didn't you tell me then? I could have bought it for you."

"You're clumsy Nami. If it was me I would have gotten away without being caught." Nojiko said.

This resulted in Belle-mere reminding them on her policy of theft "we are not thieves" she said as she gave each girl a "love-tap" on the head

"We are not thieves." She clarified while both girls clutched their heads in pain

About two minutes later. "Nami did you draw this map of the Island?" Belle-mere asked Nami as she studied a hand drawn map

"Yup. That's why I want to study Navigation. Someday I am going to navigate my way around the world and then when I see everything with my eyes I'll draw a map of the world." Nami declared with a grin

"So Nami you're gonna draw a map of the world?" Belle-mere grinned "Then this map is the first step towards your dream."

"Hey Belle-mere you're not eating again. Aren't you going to eat with us?" Nami asked as her foster mother sat across the table sewing a shirt/ dress.

"I'm not hungry right now Nami. I'll eat later."

"If you're not going to eat belle-mere I won't eat either." Nojiko said as she pushed her plate away.

"Now you two eat. Children have to eat to get stronger." Belle-mere replied

"I know it's because we're poor that you can't afford food for yourself."

After dinner Belle-mere finished making Nami's new dress though it wasn't very appreciated causing Nami and Nojiko to get into an argument until Nami said something bad.

"We're not even real sisters! We're not related by blood!" Nami yelled in Nojiko's face. Stunned by what her daughter said Belle-mere struck Nami.

"Just because you're not related by blood doesn't mean we aren't a family!"

"You're not our real mother so why do you care? You'd be better off without us. I- I wish I was found by rich people!" Nami screamed at her foster mother and sister shocking both of them with her outburst.

Turning her back to Nami Belle-mere said "If you don't like it here then get out and don't come back. I won't stop you." Nami ran out of the house. Seeing the mistake Belle-mere made Nojiko diffused the bomb that was Belle-mere with words. Once she had calmed down Belle-mere sent Nojiko to get Nami while she made them Nami's favorite meal.

Nami ran. She ran until she found herself on a cliff overlooking the sea. She sat down on the edge and began to cry her eyes out.

Once she was done she started to head back towards her house and as she walked through the tangerine grove Nami noticed something magical. One of the Tangerines began to shake and morph and grow in size until it was slightly bigger than an orange and was sporting intricate swirls. Nami didn't know why but it felt like this fruit was calling her taking a chance she took off the tree and took a bite. The instant she did all of her memories flooded into her mind. Belle-mere's death and her servitude to Arlong, all her adventures with her friends and their deaths which made her eyes swell with tears and most of all she remembered that Luffy was sent back with her. Remembering everything she realized that today was the day her live became Hell. The day Arlong had arrived. This time she was determined to save Belle-mere.

Knowing that Nojiko would find her at Genzo's place Nami went there. When she got there Nojiko was just walking out.

"Nami where have you been? Belle-mere's been worried." Nojiko said before Nami grabbed her wrist and ran back towards their house.

"Now isn't the time for that Nojiko we have to warn Belle-mere, pirates are coming." Nami said not looking back.

"But shouldn't we tell everyone Nami?" Nojiko asked concerned for everyone's safety

"Don't worry Genzo will take care of everyone." Nami said completely sure of herself, however inside she was planning to save Belle-mere and right now since she couldn't control her powers Nami had two options she was desperate for the first one and was praying to any god that her second option wouldn't come to pass.

Nami and Nojiko quickly arrived at their house and burst through the door.

"Belle-mere! Pirates are coming!" Nami and Nojiko screamed causing Belle-mere to stop what she was doing.

"Are you sure girls?"

"Yep I saw their ship heading this way." Nami said clearly terrified

"I want you two to go out the back door, hide in the woods until I come to get you and no matter what do not look back." Belle-mere ordered as she pulled her rifle out of the closet "Understand?"

"Yes mommy!" both girls cried as they ran out the back door. Hearing what the girls had said had warmed Belle-mere's heart. She would be satisfied to die if it meant her daughters were safe. She was brought out of her thoughts by a knock on her front door.

"It's open!" she called in a friendly voice as she stood in the door's blind spot ready to attack whoever came in.

As the two girls ran through the woods Nami slowly fell behind her sister realizing that if she ran Belle-mere would die again. That was something she could not allow to happen again. Nami turned around and ran back towards the house at top speed. As she ran Nami felt herself getting faster and faster almost as if she was moving as fast as lightning. She stopped herself short at the edge of the forest just out of sight and watched the brutal scene unfold.

It was a horrible scene for her to watch; Belle-mere was beaten into the ground and then Arlong brutally crushed her arm with his foot. Watching Nami felt tears well up in her eyes as Genzo and the other villagers arrived. Without warning Nami felt a presence behind her, terrified she turned around only to be met by the doctor and Nojiko.

"C'mon Nami we have to get you out of here." The doctor said as he wrapped his arm around Nami. "If they see you or Nojiko they'll kill Belle-mere, she does not even have nearly enough money to pay for all three of you" Helpless Nami watched the scene unfold yet again as Belle-mere stood up.

"Here's one hundred thousand belli." Belle-mere said as she gave Arlong the money.

"Well everything seems to be in order" Arlong said as he counted the bills to make sure he wasn't cheated. "Al right Boys lets go. It was a pleasure doing business with you." He said as he began to walk away waving the belli as he did.

"That hundred thousand belli" Belle-mere began, gaining everyone's attention "It's not for me."

'Damn woman' Genzo thought as he realized what Belle-mere was doing

"It's for my two daughters." She finished causing Arlong to turn around. A sadistic smile spread across his face

"You have kids?" he asked walked back towards her.

"BELLE-MERE!" Nami and Nojiko screamed as they rushed into their foster mother's arms. With great pain Belle-mere hugged her two daughters and left them with words of inspiration

"Stay strong girls. Please stay strong for me." She said as tears began to fall down her face "Take care of each other; you're all each other has."

"So these are your daughters." Arlong said as he loomed over them. His imposing figure casting a dark shadow over them striking fear onto Nami and Nojiko's hearts.

"That's right and you promise that you won't hurt them?" She asked standing up

"Of course, I am a fishman of my word." He said with an evil grin. Pulling out a pistol he pointed it at her head "Are you ready to die for your pathetic love?"

"I have no regrets." She said as she smiled.

"Then Die!" he said as he began to squeeze the trigger.

"Nojiko! Nami!" Belle-mere called out. Looking at her daughters with no fear she said three words with a smile "I love you."

The world became deathly quiet and time seemed to slow down as Arlong's bullet left his pistol, but all was broken by a child's scream.

"BELLE-MERE!" Nami cried as she ran forward to her mother. "DON'T KILL HER!" unbeknownst to Nami she instinctively used her new Devil Fruit ability. A small bundle of brilliant liquid gathered in the palm of her hand and rocketed forward and nfused itself into Arlong's gun. The Gun began to shake in the Fishman's hand much to his surprise before it seemingly jumped into the air now sporting a derpy face. "Heh-Heh!" The pistol chuckled as it turned towards Arlong. BANG With Barely any warning it fired at Arlong's face.

'What the hell is that!?' Every one present thought as they stared at Arlong. A small cut was visible on his cheek from where the bullet grazed him and in an instant, he chomped down on the gun biting it in half without a second thought. Nami didn't notice it but the small blob that entered the pistol not too long ago hand returned to her.

'I did that?' She questioned to herself. 'I made his gun into a homie and it tried to kill Arlong…'

"Ptoo!" He spat out the gun fragments as he cracked his neck. Turning his attention once again on Belle-mere he pulled out his fearsome sharksaw, seemingly out of nowhere, fully intent on ending this woman's life. "That does it I'm gonna gut this bitch and feed on her flesh tonight." He growled as he walked towards Belle-mere.

"Stop right there you bastard!" Nami, having regained her composure, called out as she stood protectively in front of Belle-mere "I won't let you lay one filthy webbed hand on Belle-mere!"

"Nami!" Many of the villager's cried out in shock. Belle-mere was too stunned for words. Normally it's the parent's job to protect the child but here her daughter was defending here.

Quickly Nami found her neck between the massive teeth of Arlong's weapon. "Get out of my way brat before I kill you along with this woman. She already paid the tribute for you and I am a Fishman of my word, but she made a fool of me and that is something I cannot allow." Arlong said with a fearsome glare that sent chills down everyone's spines except Nami who stood her ground. 'What is with this girl?' Seeing this girl stand up to him made Arlong think back to his time on the Sun pirate's ship lead by the infamous Fisher Tiger back to when they took in the former slave Kola.

"If you kill Belle-mere then you won't get what you really want Arlong." Nami said with a knowing smirk.

"Oh, and what might that be?" He asked getting annoyed with this child.

"These sea charts." She said as she pulled out her chart. At this Arlong's eyes widened in order to create his empire he needed charts like the one this girl had. In one swift motion Arlong swiped the chart from her hand and looked it over.

"You made this?" he asked skeptically of her talent.

"That's right! I did!" Nami blurted out not really thinking about what she was saying anymore. "If you spare Belle-mere I'll work for you to pay off her tribute!"

"Well in that case I'm gonna borrow you for a little while." He said as he snatched her up by the throat.

"Belle-mere! Genzo! Somebody Help her!" Nojiko screamed not wanting to see her sister taken.

"You bastard let her go!" Belle-mere yelled as she and Genzo rushed Arlong. Genzo was stopped by Kuroobi who slashed him brutally. In one fluid motion Arlong spun around and struck Belle-mere in the head knocking her down. Looking up she found Arlong's sharksaw at her throat.

"I said I wouldn't harm her. You should consider yourself lucky since your daughter has the makings of an excellent cartographer I'll let you off the hook with a warning. This goes for all of you pathetic scumbags as long as you pay your dues nobody dies." Arlong said donning his sadistic evil smirk before he began to laugh "SHAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA! SHAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHA! SAAAAAAHAHAHAHA!" as he walked back to his ship carrying a helpless Nami.

Two days later all the villagers were gathered in the center of town.

"We have got to do something."

"We can't just leave Nami to die"

"Quiet all of you!" Belle-mere cried as she sat next to a mummy…er I mean Genzo. "I know you all want to help rescue Nami but you all saw what they are capable of. Believe me out of all of us here I want to save Nami the most but there is no chance that we would even be able to find her."

"Belle-mere's right. All we can do now pay our dues and pray that Nami is alright." Genzo said acting as the voice of reason.

"Hey is that? Nami! Hey everyone its Nami!" Nojiko cried out she saw her foster sister slowly walking from the dock.

Nami looked like hell; she had bruises and small cuts all over her she was clutching her left shoulder as if in pain.

"Nami!" Belle-mere cried overjoyed that her daughter was back in her arms "what happened? What did they do to you?" she half asked half demanded

"A-Arlong he m-made me join his crew." Nami said with tears in her eyes. Everyone was stunned by her statement.

"Nami what do you mean?" he mother asked.

Nami showed them her left shoulder there were many gasps that escaped the crowd. On the little girl's arm was the Arlong Pirate's Jolly Roger. With tears in her eye's Nami began to explain her situation to the villagers.

She told everyone how Arlong was making her draw sea charts for him, how he told her if she earned one hundred million belli she could buy back Cocoyashi Village so they would never be under his rule again, and finally she mentioned that as long as she was a member of his crew and didn't try anything funny he wouldn't kill anyone.

"C'mon let's see how much money we all have so we can buy back our village."

"No!" Nami cried out silencing everyone.

"Nami let us help you." Belle-mere pleaded

"No this is something I brought on myself. I cannot allow you all to get involved, this is something I have to do on my own. Besides if I were to get one hundred million belli now it would be too conspicuous. It's gonna take some time but I have a plan to get back this village from Arlong." Nami said as she wiped away her tears "Arlong has given me a month long time limit to leave the island to earn money, if I am not back within a month he'll kill someone. So please trust me on this I know what I am doing." She forced a smile

"I may not like your plan but I…I mean we all support you." Belle-mere said as she pulled her daughter into a hug.

At the dock a few days later Nami got into a little sail boat and was ready to leave.

"Are you sure about this Nami?" Nojiko asked

"Yep I'm sure and there is no changing my mind." She said with a smile.

"Alright we all pitched in. You should have enough supplies to last you a month." Belle-mere said as she packed away the rest of Nami's supplies "Please be safe Nami."

"Don't worry Belle-mere I'll be fine." Nami said as she set sail

"You raised one helluva daughter Belle-mere." Genzo said the older woman.

"Yeah I just wish she wasn't so stubborn otherwise she would have a boyfriend by now." Belle-mere laughed as she, Genzo and Nojiko watched Nami said off into the unknown

On the ship with Nami.

"Alright first things first I gotta find Luffy then everything will be better. So my first stop is Dawn Island and Windmill Village."

Here ends the chapter

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