A Wild Card in the Big Blue

East Blue

No Ones P.O.V

Gin's eyes fluttered open as he groaned in pain, his insides hurting.

"Welcome back to the land of the living."

Gin opened his eyes and looked to the side to see a smirking Six, Stripe on his shoulder. He quickly saw he was in a small room of sorts, laying on the bed.

"What... what happened?" Gin asked in a weak voice.

Six sat down next to Gin on a small stool. "After you were poisoned you were quickly knocked out. Luckily the medication I and the chefs had were able to save you, but I think you should find a real doctor soon." Six said with a sigh.

"...What happened to Don Krieg?" Gin asked, his band shading his eyes.

Six let out a long sigh before he looked to Gin. "Luffy beat him. It was touch and go for both sides, but in the end Straw-Hat won."

That seemed to shake Gin as a look of shock crossed his face. "H-how could Don Krieg lose?" He asked with a voice of disbelief.

Six looked at Gin for a long moment before rubbing his face. "What is it with shitty men like Krieg getting such loyal men behind them."

That seemed to get a pissed off look from Gin. "Don't call Krieg th-"

Before Gin could finish Six grabbed him by the shirt before yanking him forward, looking him right in the eyes. "Listen, I understand you looked up to the man, and I admire your loyalty, but you placed it in the wrong hands." Six said in a low voice as he glared right into Gin's eyes. "Let me tell you a story Gin." He said as he let go of the pirate.

Now Gin looked confused. "A story?"

"A true story, something that really happened." Six said before he leaned back in his chair, making Stripe shift. "Back home there was a tyrant trying to concur a place called the Mojave with an army, my home. He would burn down towns, kill all the men and elderly before taking the woman and children. The woman to be offered as slaves to the man in the army and the kids would grow up serving the army, or die trying." Six said in a hard voice that it even got a sick look from Gin. "The tyrant had a right hand known as the Legate, who won countless battles despite only using spears, swords, and attack dogs. But during a big battle with a group called the NCR, who used guns an long range weapons, the tyrant lost that fight big time." Six then let out a long breath. "Instead of learning from his mistakes the tyrant decided to have his right hand executed." Six then looked right into Gin's eyes with a grave look it unnerved the man a little. "But it was far from a normal execution."

Gin gulped. "What... did he do?"

Six let out a dark chuckle. "The tyrant had pitch thrown on the Legate before being lit on fire then thrown into a canyon." Six said making Gin go wide eyes. "But by some miracle the Legate survived the tyrant tried killed the man who always stood by him, in order to not look weak." Six said before looking right into Gin's eyes. "I can understand that you admire Krieg, but don't let your admiration blind you from the man's flaws. You were willing to throw your life away for a man who could care less, who just wanted to use you just so he could win."

Gin was quiet for a long moment as he looked down with a lost look on his face. Six looked to Gin for a moment before letting out a breath.

"Look, all I can tell you to do is fallow your gut, do what you want to do." Six said before he got up and started to make his way out of the room. "Get some rest, you'll need a lot of it after getting poisoned like that." Six said just as he was about to leave.

"...What happened to the man?" Six stopped and turned to Gin, who's band was covering his eyes. "... The Legate, what happened to him?"

Six let a smile crossed his face. "Went back home, became a change man. Led a tribe called the Dead Horse, became there protector, there leader." Six said before looking to Gin. "Just because the Legate lost his leader did not stop him from finding his place again, and it shouldn't stop you." Six said before walking out the room, leaving a thoughtful Gin behind.

As Six walked along the restaurant's deck he saw Sanji run past him with a pissed off look on his face. The chef then jumped off the railing while doing a flip in the air.

"I'm no li'l eggplant no more!" Sanji said while kicking the air.

"...Ok, what the fuck did I miss?" Six asked in complete confusion before making his way to the restaurant. Once inside Six saw all the chefs in the room along with Luffy. "So I just saw Sanji run past while kicking the air looking pissed, so what's up?"

Luffy walked over to the soup pot with a bowl in hand. "The chefs said Sanji's cooking tasted bad."

"...What the fuck is wrong with you guy?" Six said in complete bewilderment as he looked at the chefs. "Sanji's cooking is the best I've ever tasted." He said, even making Stripe nod.

"I know." Zeff said without any hesitation. "Sanji's cooking is revered by everyone here." The owner said in a firm voice.

"It didn't taste bad at all."

"It was well made."

Zeff nodded to all the comments being made. "But, if we didn't pull this off, he'd never leave, that stupid brat."

Six was starting to bet the bigger picture of things as he took some of the brown soup and started to eat it.

The head chef then turned to Luffy, who was currently eating on the floor. "Hey kid! You mentioned you need a cook for your ship, right?" Zeff said while sitting down on a chair. "I'm not trying to force you or anything, but that little eggplant of ours, care to take him with you?" He said, grabbing Luffy's attention. "To the Grand Line. The Grand Line has always been he's dreamed going to." Zeff said with a smile on his face that it made Six smile as he ate the good soup while Stripe ate some meat.

The rest of the chefs started to joke around and throw playful insults, but they were all supporting Sanji and his dream.

"No."

Luffy said the word so suddenly that it made Six spit out his food along with Stripe.

"What!" Everyone yelled at once while looking at Luffy in shock, including Six and Stripe.

"Didn't you say you need a cook for your ship?" Zeff asked in confusion. "Or do you not like the guy?"

Luffy continued to eat his food as Six wiped his mouth. "It's not like that. I want to take him with me," He said before taking a bite of his food. "But he said he wanted to stay here as a cook. I can't take him along even if you insist."

Six wiped his mouth while giving Luffy a thoughtful look. "So you'll only take him if he wants to go?" Six asked getting a nod from Luffy.

Zeff sighed while rubbing his long mustache. "That'll be difficult, that son of a gun is stubborn."

Six just rolled his eyes. "Maybe if you just tell him instead of beating around the bush that'll speed things up."

Everyone had a thoughtful look on there face as they tried to think of some why to get Sanji to go with Luffy. Then without warning there was a crash and a hole appeared in the side of the restaurant. Six wiped out Lucky and pointed it to the hole with sharp eyes, but what he saw made his eyes widen.

There at the hole was a man half way inside a sharks mouth, and it wasn't just any man, it was one of Zoro's friends that left with him.

"Eh, Yosaku?" Luffy said in confusion.

Six didn't waist any time running over to the man and pulling the sharks mouth open. "Someone pull him out!" Six yelled and the chefs quickly did so.

"Yosaku, what happened to Nami, where are the others?" Luffy asked once the man was out and given a blanket.

Yosaku looked down with a sigh. "We didn't catch up to her. But from the direction she was heading we roughly knew her destination."

Luffy tilted his head. "Why didn't you bring her back then?"

Yosaku suddenly gained a scared look on his face. "Well, about that... if her destination is really where we calculated, it'd be a dangerous place." He said getting a blank look from Luffy. "Anyway, we need your help. Please come with me!" He said with slight desperation.

Luffy nodded his head. "I don't fully get it, but I get it."

"Well which is it?" Six said with a smirk before he put his hands in his pockets. "You mind if I tag along, my boat got fucked up in the fight so I have no way to leave here. Plus if Red's in trouble I want to help."

"Shishishi! So will you join my crew?" Luffy asked with a grin.

Six had a thoughtful look on his face. "I still don't know, how about first we help Red then I'll give you my answer."

"Then let's go." Luffy said before getting up and walking out through the hole.

As the group walked out they passed by Sanji, who quickly stopped them.

"Wait." Sanji said, grabbing Luffy's attention. "All of us hold foolish dreams." Sanji said before looking up. "I'm going to do this for my own dream, for All Blue."

Luffy looked at the cook with a surprised look on his face. "Sanji?"

Sanji the turned to Luffy. "As you wanted, I'll go with you. On the road to become the Pirate King." He said shocking everyone around. "Allow me to take up the position of cook aboard your ship. You got a problem with that?"

Luffy's expression turned from shock to pure excitement. "YESS! Great!" Luffy shouted while throwing his hands in the air as he celebrated with Yosaku.

Six sent Sanji a grin as he folded his arms. "Well things got a little more interesting.

Sanji turned to the chefs with a neutral expression on his face. "So that's it then. I gave you a lot of trouble, didn't I?" He said but there was no heat in his words.

Patty just scoffed and folded his arms. "I wanted to throw you out myself, but things just turned out easier."

Sanji kept a straight face. "Well sorry, but that's what you get for putting on such an appalling performance."

Patty's jaw dropped. "Wha- you figured us out?!"

"You couldn't be more transparent, your all morons."

Six put a hand over his mouth to stop himself from laughing. Sanji and the chefs argued but no actual words of hatred were said between them, just banter. The Courier couldn't help but smile as he remember his own banter he and his own companions had back in New Vegas.

"So you'll be leaving soon?" Gin asked as he sat up from the bed.

"Yeah, apparently Luffy's navigator ran off with his ship and he wants to get it and her back." Six said as he leaned against the wall. "He has complete faith in her." That brought a quiet look on Gin's face as he looked down. "That's how a captain should be Gin, supporting his men and bringing them together, having faith in them. Not killing them whenever they ask a question or something along the lines."

That just seemed to make Gin even more quiet. Six looked away with a quiet look before a small stack of Beli appeared in his hand, shocking Gin.

"This is to cover the cost of the doctor you need to look over you." Six said as he throw the money at Gin, who caught it in shock. "I don't want all the effort I put into keeping you alive to go to waist." He said before pushing off the wall and heading out.

"...Thank you." Gin said in a quiet voice as tears ran down his face.

Six just gave a small smile before walking out of the small room. Once out Six made his way to the docks to see Luffy and Yosaku standing on Sanji's boat, only without the blond chef as all of the other chefs stood on the fin.

"Where's blondy?" Six asked as he got on the boat.

As soon as Six said those words Sanji slowly walked out of the restaurant entrance. There was a silence in the air as Sanji slowly walked out.

"This is the fury I've accumulated over the years!"

"Prepare yourself Sanji!"

But then out of nowhere two chefs came up from behind Sanji with giant pans. Sanji back flipped and dogged the attack before hitting the two chefs in the face, beating them instantly. Sanji then just picked up his bag before he continued to walk towards the boat like nothing happened.

"Where were those moves during the last time they smacked you upside the head?" Six asked out loud getting a growl from Sanji.

Sanji walked to the end of the fin in silence before stopping right in front of Luffy. "Let's go."

Luffy tilted his head. "You sure? No goodbyes?"

Sanji gave a small smile. "Nah." Was all he said as he was about to get on the boat.

"Sanji." Sanji's foot froze just as he was about to enter the boat. "Don't catch a cold now..." The owner said on top of the platform above the restaurant, with Gin next to him.

The blond cooks face scrunched up for a moment before tears ran down his face.

"OWNER ZEFF!" Sanji shouted as loud as he could before spinning around and bowing to the floor. "All this time, I owe you a hell of a lot! What you've done for me, I shall never forget it!"

All the chefs started to get emotional as tears started to form in there eyes, even Zeff, Patty, and Carne. Gin looked around at the chefs with slight surprise and amazement.

"You morons!" Zeff said while wiping the tears from his eyes, but had a smile on his face. "Men should just leave without saying a word!"

That made Six give a small snort. "Where's the fun in that?"

Once Sanji got on the ship Luffy throw his hands in the air. "Let's go!" He shouted and it wasn't long before they were moving.

"Til' we meet again, you bastards!" Sanji yelled back while waving his arms.

"Until then!" Looking up both Six and Sanji saw Gin waving at them, tears running down his face as well. "I expect you two to get huge bounties with the amount of trouble you cause!"

Six smiled before pushing off the Fin and riding the waves forward. It wasn't long before the restaurant became a small dot in the distance.

"Alright, next stop Red's home." Six said before turning the small ship.

Back at the restaurant Gin kept his eyes on the small boat as it disappeared into the distance. Soon all the chefs left the Fin dock and got to work on repairing the restaurant, but Gin continued to look at the ocean.

"So what will you do now?" Zeff asked as he looked out at the ocean with Gin.

Gin looked to the side, surprised by the sudden question. "I... don't know..." Gin trailed off with a lost look on his face.

Zeff hummed in thought before turning around and walking back to the restaurant. "My restaurant will except anyone who is willing to cook."

"...Eh?" Gin looked to Zeff with a look of disbelief.

Zeff glanced back at Gin with a hard look, making the man gulp. "You know what it's like to nearly starve to death at sea," He said making Gin flinch at the memory. "You know the importance of food and what it means at sea, how it can mean life and death for someone." Zeff said before glaring at Gin. "But don't think being a cook here will be easy. I expect you to not waist any food needlessly here, and not to serve any crappy food."

Gin could only stare at Zeff for a long moment, not knowing what to say. Suddenly tears started pouring out of the mans eyes as he sniffed. "Thank you!" Gin said as he covered his eyes with his right hand. "Thank you Zeff!"

Zeff just scoffed before heading back to his restaurant. "Don't thank me, thank that little eggplant and the Courier, there the ones who have faith in you." Zeff said making Gin cry a little harder. Giving one last look to the ocean Zeff walked away with a slight smile. "Good luck... Sanji."

With Luffy and the rest of his companions Six was steering the small boat while Yosaku gave him directions. Luffy was being a hyper kid and jumping all around while shouting about the Grand Line, the whole thing made Six laugh.

"Shut up... Can't you pipe down?" Sanji said as he sat on the floor.

Six just gave Sanji a snort. "This is what you sighed up for." Six said with a cheeky grin making Sanji glare at him.

"Sorry, my bad." Luffy said in a care free voice. "We finally have a chef on our crew. Now to find Nami, so we can finally head to the Grand Line!" Luffy said in an exited voice.

Six turned to Luffy with raised brow. "Are you really heading to the Grand Line with just 5-"

"6." Luffy said with a straight face while looking at Six.

Six paused for a moment before snorting. "Funny." He said before letting out a breath of air. "Hey Yosaku, are we on the right track?"

Yosaku suddenly slapped his knee while looking at Luffy. "Your too naïve!" Yosaku shouted while pointing a finger at Luffy, a scared look on his face. "Don't you get it? We are getting closer and closer to Arlong's base!"

That name instantly caught Six's attention. "Wait, Arlong, as in Fishman Arlong?" Six asked getting a nod from Yosaku.

The bounty hunter then went on to explain how Nami was looking at Arlong's bounty of 20,000,000 before taking Luffy's ship. Saying that she wanted to take the bounty on the Fishman's head.

That idea made Six scoff. Even knowing the redhead for less then a couple day he could tell she was not the assassination type, or a fighter. So that meant there was more to this then meets the eye. When Six heard Luffy and Sanji give zero fucks the Courier laughed.

Yosaku just cried before truing to Six with tears in his eyes. "Six bro, you've heard of Arlong right?!" Yosaku asked in a desperate voice.

Six's face turned serious. "Yeah, I have, and none of it was good." He said grabbing Luffy's and Sanji's attention. "From what I heard Arlong is a merman that came from the Grand Line, was once part of a bigger crew before coming here. Has a know reputation for being racist to humans and killing anyone who gets in his way. Heard he destroyed 20 villages just coming here."

When Luffy and Sanji didn't understand the danger of Arlong Yosaku started to explain one for the thee powers in the Grand Line. Such as the Shichibukai, or Seven Warlords, were Arlong was once part of the crew of one. Luffy just drew some fish on a piece of paper while Sanji dreamed about mermaids.

When they still didn't see the danger Six just sighed. "Basically Luffy, when you fight Arlong, don't hold back at all."

"Yeah." Luffy said with a nod.

"What do you mean when, don't you mean if?!" Yosaku yelled at Six.

The Courier just rolled his eyes at the bounty hunter. "Yosaku, do you really think Luffy can be quiet enough to not to attract Arlong's attention?"

Yosaku opened his mouth ready to argue before his word got caught in his mouth. He then fell to the floor with tears in his eyes. "No." He cried.

The ship continued to stay on cores and there was not much waves, so Six left the helm and sat down at the small where everyone was eating. But Six didn't eat, instead Stripe jumped off his should and started to chow down while the Courier looked out his Pit-Boy. A moment later he held out his hand and a weapon appeared in front of him, but it was not just any weapon.

When Sanji noticed the weapon in Six's hands his eyes widen a bit. "Oi, isn't that..." He trailed of with a shocked look.

"The Great Battle Spear." Six said in a mocking voice as he looked at the broken weapon. "Such a dull name for a pretty cool weapon. I grabbed this after patching Gin and you guys up, luckily it didn't sink into the water."

Luffy stuffed his mouth full of food while looking at the weapon. "But it's broken."

Six just snorted as a weapon repair kit appeared in his free hand. "No matter how damaged I can always repair any weapon." Six said with a grin as he got to work on the spear. "By the time I'm done with this it'll be better then before, with a much better name."

"But I thought you only use guns, fists, and hammers to fight." Sanji said as he pored himself a glass of wine. "You seem to be using as many weapons as Don Krieg."

Six snorted as Sanji as he took the broken blade out of the weapon. "Well there are two differences between me and Krieg. One is I don't use bullshits tricks in fights, when I fight I come in hard and fast. Also I have way more weapons then Krieg." Six said with a proud grin.

"Eh, really!" Luffy said with an exited voice. "How many weapons do you have?!"

That made Six pause from his work as he looked up in thought. "Not counting my grenades, landmines, and throwing knives,"

"Oi, oi, what the hall." Sanji muttered as he gave Six a peeved look at the small list of names.

Six ignored the cook and started to mutter names under his breath. "I should have about... 32 different weapons, this spear makes 33." The courier said with a straight face.

"That's too many weapons you walking armory!" Sanji yelled while slamming his foot on the ground.

Six just shrugged as he got back to work on the spear's repairs. "You might say that, but for me it's fine. Having so many weapons keeps things interesting for me. Isn't that right Stripe?"

Said mini-Deathclaw just let out a burp as he finished his food and was now sleeping on the table.

"Hey Six, what the hell is this think?" Luffy asked while poking it's sides, which caused the Deathclaw to swipe his claws at his hand. "Ow!" Luffy screamed as Stripe cut his finger.

"That's Stripe, his known as a Deathclaw back home." Six said as he brought out a small hammer from the repair kit. "There known for there sharp claws, feral behavior, and vicious attacks."

"What, this little guy?" Sanji said with an amused look, only to get a glare from Stripe.

"Well Stripe is different from normal Deathclaws. For one he is about 1/15 of there size, but is way smarter." Six then went into the weapon kit and brought out some pliers.

"15 times bigger then him, they must be huge!" Yosaku said with a shocked look.

"Didn't stop me from punching/Shooting/And Stabbing the one that got in my way to death." Six said before grabbing the screwdriver.

Everyone was suddenly cut off when they heard a rumbling coming from the water. Sanji walked over to the edge of the boat before looking down.

"It's huge..." Was all he said, getting a worried look from Yosaku.

A second later something big jumped out of the water. It took a few seconds but when the water cleared it was revealed to be... a giant cow.

Six nearly dropped his tools as he stared at the large green and white Brahmin before him that seem to have a giant gold ring in it's nose. "Now that is not something you see everyday!" Six said as he tried to hold back his laughter.

"This kind of creature should only be found in the Grand Line!" Yosaku yelled in fear, and was the only one.

Six notice that the cow's eyes seemed to be eyeing the food that was on the table in front of Six. "Looks like he want's our food."

"What?!" Luffy said before throwing his arm back.

"Gomu Gomu no Pistol!"

Luffy shot his fist right into the cows face with enough force to throw it back into the water.

"Don't touch my food!" Luffy said while pointing it to the fallen monster.

Six just snorted at Luffy while Yosaku cheered. A moment later the cow shot out of the water looking pissed as hell.

"What, want another?" Luffy said as he pulled his arm back, ready to throw another punch.

He was stopped short when Sanji kicked him in the back of the head. "Idiot!" The cook said with a pissed off look. "Don't beat up hungry mortals."

Six just raised a brow as he got back to work on the weapon. "I don't think this applies when we might be on the menu Sanji."

The cook ignored the Courier and brought the giant cow a plate of food. The cow looked at the food for a with some hesitation before opening it's mouth. At the last second Sanji kicked the cow in the face, sending it flying.

"...Ha." Six snorted a while shaking his head. "Where's the love Sanji?"

Sanji took a long drag of his cigarette. "That thing was going to eat me as well, just as you said."

Six shrugged and got back to work on the spear until the cow came back a third time looking even more pissed.

The Courier sighed and put the spear down on the floor. "That's it, let me handle this." He said making Luffy and Sanji step aside.

As the cow came charging at the ship Six crouched low before flying up into the air with Geppo.

"Oh, Baby!"

As soon as the super Sledgehammer appeared in his hands Six slammed it right into the cow's throat, sending it flying back into the water. Six landed on the deck with out a problem and throw his weapon over his shoulder.

"Now maybe I can get some work done and we can get moving again." Six said before heading back to the weapon he was working on. Suddenly an idea hit the Courier and he glanced back at the cow with an evil look in his eye and a big grin, making the cow start to sweat. "Actually Mr. Cow, you can actually be very useful to use." He said getting a look of fear in the animal.

After a minute of threats, a good kick from Sanji, and some rope Six was able to get the giant cow to pull them to there destination. The cow seemed to have an idea the group was heading and was going as fast as it could. With how fast the cow was going it would take half the time it would of taken then without the cow to reach Nami.

Six was standing next to the helm and was keeping the ship straight as the cow pulled them along. With the cows speed it constantly sent the ship flying up into the air whenever there was a problem

"Go! To Arlong Park!" Luffy yelled as he stood at the very edge of the ship. "Wait for me! Nami!"

Those last words Luffy spoke made Six look at a moment before his eyes widen. "Oh...Oh~" Was all Six said before he gave a small laugh. "Well that explains his determination."

After around 15 minutes the group finally reached there destination, Arlong Park. The place looked like a giant palace protected by a large red wall, with an opening right into the park. As they got close to Arlong Park the cow suddenly got off corers and was veering right.

"Hey! What's wrong, move to the left!" Luffy yelled but the cow wasn't listening.

Six instantly saw where they were heading and his eyes widen. The Courier put the spear weapon away and grabbed Stripe in his arms.

"Grab on, we're going to go-"

The giant cow crashed right into the red wall, casing the ship to slide up it's back and go,

"FLYING!" Six screamed as he held onto the helm and Stripe with all he had.

Everyone held onto the ship as it flew over the large forest. Slowly the ship started to lose it's high and fall to the forest, but didn't lose it's speed and blasted throw the forest. Despite all the trees it was a miracle that the ship didn't smash into any solid tree.

Luffy was laughing the whole time before he saw something in front of him. "Yo, Zoro!" Luffy said just as the ship crashed into said swordsman.

"I just patched him up a few hours ago damn it!" Six yelled as he held on tight before he blinked. "Wait, I can fly damn it!"

"Geppo!"

As soon as those words were said Six kicked off the air with Stripe in hand.

"You bastard!" Sanji and Yosaku called after the Courier as he flew into the air.

Six sighed as he saw the boat crash into the side of a mountain. "That was close." He said before he flew after them.

As the Courier landed near the wreaked ship he was everyone was fine, but also with distress looks on there face. That's when Six noticed Zoro's other friend, Johnny, was on the floor crying as everyone looked at him with a shocked look.

Six looked to everyone with a confused expression as he walked up to the wreaked boat. "What the hell did I miss?" Six asked in confusion.

"Nami bro killed Usopp!" Johnny cried as tear ran down his face.

"...Shit." Six said with a bitter look on his face.

After Johnny's shocking reveal of the death of Usopp Johnny started going on about how Nami was working with Arlong so she could get the treasure from the village. All that pissed Luffy off.

The Straw-Hat kid grabbed Johnny by the shirt and lifted him up. "Bastard! Say that one more time and I'll kill you!" Luffy said with anger that surprised Six.

"Stop it Luffy, this has nothing to do with Johnny." Zoro said in a calm voice.

Johnny looked away as tears ran down his face. "You don't have to believe me, but I saw it with my own eyes."

"Enough of that!" Luffy said while looking Johnny right in the eyes. "There's no way Nami would kill Usopp!"

Six had a thoughtful look on his face before looking to Johnny. "How was Usopp killed?" Six asked, grabbing Johnny's attention.

"Wi-with a knife," Johnny said a he gulped. "He was stabbed in the side by Nami."

"Where exactly was he stabbed?" Six asked instantly as he patted his own side. "In the ribs, near the stomach, I need details."

"Why are you asking that?" Zoro asked Six with a confused expression.

The Courier folded his arms with a thoughtful look on his face. "People have been know to survive very fatal wounds before, myself included. If Usopp was stabbed in the side and the knife didn't hit any organs then there might be a slim chance he's alive."

"Really?!" Johnny asked with some hope.

Six just shrugged with a sigh. "I don't know, it all depends on how Nami stabbed Usopp."

Luffy whipped his head and glared at the Courier. "Nami would never do that, we're friends!"

Six opened his mouth to say something but was quickly cut off.

"Who's your friend, Luffy?" A cold voice said making everyone turn around.

There standing not too far away was Nami herself, a cold expression on her face and her staff in hand. Six narrowed his eyes at the red head before noticing her gloved hand was limp and shaking as she walked towards them.

"Why did you come here?" She asked with a blank look on her face.

"What are you talking about? Your my companion." Luffy said without hesitation that it actually made Six pause.

The Courier remembered his own companions back home, they were the only family he had, or could remember. There were times while in this new world that Six missed his friends. Veronica teaching him boxing, Boone trying to teach Six how to shoot a sniper-rifle, Cass having a drinking contest with Six and the Courier always loosing, Arcade always going on about stuff from the past and trying to teach Six, Rex barking and going off before bringing Six back something useful, Raul always being his deadpan self that always seemed to make things light, Lilly being sweat all the time and trying to lift everyone's spirits, and ED-E with his build in music he played to make fighting interesting. All of Six's companions were important to him, his family, and the Courier missed them all dearly.

Six was knocked out of his thoughts when he saw Zoro run at Nami, but was cut of when Sanji tried to kick him in the face.

"Do swordsman attack woman too? Roronoa Zoro?" Sanji said while giving Zoro a light glare.

Zoro glared back while bringing up his one Katana. "What was that? You don't even know what's going on, so don't interfere!"

Sanji just gave a small laugh. "After an emotional loss, of course your irritable."

Now that got a pissed off look from Zoro. "Oi."

Before the two could escalate Six got between the two and separated them. "Stop both of you, have this fight after we find out if Usopp is really dead or not." He said while holding them apart with his arms.

"If your going to fight, do it off the island." Nami said with an annoyed look on her face. "Stop sticking your nose in this islands business."

The redhead young woman started to go onto a rant about only using Luffy to get more money for herself. That everything they did together was just an act for money and money alone.

Six knew it was complete bullshit. The Courier has seen and met psychopaths who could mimic feeling and act like your friend before stabbing you in the back. A psychopath could mimic feelings, but always in back of a persons mind they could tell something was wrong. When Six saw Nami laugh and joke with Luffy and his crew, he saw it was genuine, not fake. Not only that, but it seemed Nami was saying all the right things to make Luffy and his crew piss, not coming up with some lie to try and save herself. This told the Courier that there was more going on just as he thought.

Luffy stared at Nami for a long moment before closing his eyes and falling to the floor with a soft thud. "I'm going to sleep." Luffy said with zero fucks as he put his hands behind his head.

Six gave a small laugh as he put his hands in his pockets. "Do whatever your gut tells you." Six muttered under his breath before he sat on the ground. "Look's like we're going to see how things play out Red." Six said to Nami who looked pissed.

"Then... Do what ever you want! Go ahead and die!" Nami shouted at the top of her lungs before running away.

Six raised an eyebrow at the girl as she ran way. That kind of comment was said if you tried to save someone but they didn't want to be saved. It wasn't long before Zoro and Sanji also sat on the ground, fallowing Luffy's example as well.

Johnny and Yosaku expressed there concerns for Zoro and everyone else who just sat on the ground, but Zoro wasn't moving. The two understood his decision but decided not to stay, so the two bounty hunter went off on there own. Six couldn't blame then and understood where they were coming from, they had no connection to Nami and seeing her betray Usopp they felt like staying would be pointless.

"Hey." Sanji suddenly said grabbing Zoro and Six's attention. "Why was Nami crying back then?"

Zoro gained a confused look on his face. "That woman... crying?"

"She was crying in her heart." Sanji said without hesitation.

That made Zoro scoff. "What? Crying tears of guild for killing Usopp?"

Six shook his head and turned to Zoro. "Sometimes the most simplest things are the most complicated." Six said getting an even more confused look from the swordsman and cook. "Zoro, if Nami really did kill Usopp to get him out of the way for money, they why confess." He said while putting a hand under his chin. "Why seek out the people connected to the person she killed just to tell them she killed him, and say all the right words to piss us off into attacking her."

"Guilt." Zoro said with a shrug.

Six grinned while snapping his fingers. "But from the way she was acting and what she said, Nami felt no regret for killing Usopp. So that leaves the question, why tell us at all."

Now Zoro looked annoyed at the Courier. "Will you just tell us already."

Six rolled his eyes at the swordsman. "She wanted us to leave. She wanted to say all the right words that would get us to give up on her and leave this island. Hell, she was even willing to give us the ship she stole, people who just killed someone's friend don't just do that."

"So she was just lying about her guilt." Zoro said with a small scoff.

Six shrugged at that. "It could be, maybe she was forced by Arlong to kill Usopp or the village would be attacked, or she herself would be killed... or maybe there is more going on." Six said, with an even more thoughtful look on his face.

Zoro gave a long sigh. "Now what?"

"...Did you get a good look at her hand?" Six asked getting a confused look from both Zoro and Sanji. "Her left hand had a glove on it, only her left hand. Not only that it seemed to be limp and shaking whenever she held her staff."

"So?" Zoro asked.

"So her hand was injured. Now ask how the hell did her hand get injured from killing Usopp to now?" Six said while folding his arms.

Zoro rubbed his head with an annoyed look on his face. "Why are you asking all these questions?"

"Back home I was a lot of thing, a Courier, mercenary, bodyguard, spy, bounty hunter, and a big gambler. But one thing I was always good at was an investigator." Six said with a proud look on his face.

"An investigator?" Sanji asked while taking a drag from his cigarette.

Six nodded. "Yup, people would hire me to look into something and find the truth, things, even find people." Six said before looking down the road Nami ran down. "I notice Red was not acting the way a normal person would after killing someone close, so there's more going on."

"So do you know if Nami really did kill Usopp?" Zoro asked.

Six shook his head. "I honestly have no solid idea, not without looking at where it happened or finding Usopp's body. I'm getting all this just from what she said and how she said it."

Now Zoro let out a big scoff. "And here I thought you might have an answer."

Six just gave him the finger, along with Stripe who was still on his shoulder. "Fuck you man, I got all this just from hearing her talk. It's not like a piece of evidence is going to fall out the sky-"

"Hey guys!" A familiar voice yelled making all they guys turn down the road to see a familiar face, even Luffy shot up from his sleep. "Luffy!" Usopp yelled.

"...Or it can run down the road." Six said with a smirk on his face as he stood up.

"Usopp, your alive!" Luffy yelled with happiness and relief. "I knew Nami didn't kill you!"

The long nose teen was panting for air as he looked at everyone. "Well, in a way she did kill be, but it what saved me."

Six rubbed the back of his head. "Listen man, I know you feel very ominous right now, but we need a solid answer here." Six said making Usopp blush before his eyes widen.

"Wait, what are you two doing here?" Usopp asked while pointing to Six and Sanji.

Sanji gave a small smile and waved. "Hi, I joined your crew as the cook."

Six just shrugged. "My boat got fucked up and I wanted to see how this turned out." He said before pointing to Usopp. "So you mind telling us how exactly you survived?"

Usopp nodded and started to explain how Nami faked his death by stabbing her own hand. With that opportunity Usopp fell 'dead' in the water and quickly swam away.

By the end of the story Six was nodding at Usopp. "So it was like we thought, there's another reason for Nami working with Arlong."

"Of course." Sanji said without hesitation.

"So what should we do? Rush Arlong Park?" Zoro asked while putting a hand on his blade.

Six instantly waved his hand and glared at the swords men. "That's a bad idea. Obviously the Fishman are holding something over Nami, and rushing in without any information will only lead to trouble."

"Either way it's useless." Everyone turned around see a young woman standing not far from them. "No matter what you do, Arlong's reign won't end." She said with a calm look on her face.

"Nojiko!" Usopp said with a surprised look on his face.

"Who's that?" Luffy asked while pointing at the young woman.

"That's Nami's big sister."

Six raised an eyebrow at that. The two looked nothing alike what's so ever. Then again they could be half sisters, or even adopted.

"What do you mean it's useless?" Zoro asked while folding his arms.

Nojiko put a hand on her hip while looking at everyone. "Do us a favor. Don't meddle with this villages business anymore. Leave Nami alone. I'll tell you the reason why."

"The reason?" Zoro asked with a raised brow.

"You mean on why she's staying with the Fishman?" Usopp asked.

Nojiko nodded. "Yes. Once you hear that reason you must leave this place."

Usopp had a thoughtful look on his face. "All right, then tell us the reason or whatever."

"I'll pass." Luffy said before he started to walk away. "I don't care about her past."

"Where are you going Luffy?" Sanji asked what everyone was thinking.

"A walk." He said simply and didn't look back.

Six felt a grin on his face as everyone looked at Luffy in confusion, even Nojiko. "Looks like he's not held down my your promise Ms." Six said before sat down on the ground. "But to be honest, I doubt any of us are giving up on Red that easily." He said getting a nod from all the guys.

Nami's sister sighed but a smile graced her face. "So this is the group Nami was talking about." She said before sighing. "Alright, let me tell you the history if this island and how Arlong and Nami all play into this." She said with a sigh.

Nojiko then went on to tell the tail of how her and Nami's adoptive mother Bellemere was once a Marine but retired after finding baby Nami and Nojiko in a storm. She raised them on the island for years and they were a happy family, until Arlong came. On that day Arlong killed Bellemere right in front of Nami and Nojiko and took over the town, forcing it to live under Arlong's rule or be killed. No one could run away because Arlong destroyed all the ships the island had and any that would come near, including the Marines. If that wasn't bad enough Arlong took Nami and forced the girl to work under him drawing maps. There was a small hope in all this, if Nami was able to gather 100,000,000 Beli Nami could buy back the village from Arlong. In order to stop the village to come after her Nami pretended to join Arlong's crew to stop them. Meaning for eight years Nami was all alone fighting Arlong.

By the end of the story there was a stun silence among the group, even Stripe seemed sad and was giving a low whimper. Six had shaded his eyes along with his Lucky Shades, but if you saw his face you would see pure rage. The Courier had a soft spot for kids, never laying a hand on them and helping them whenever he could. To hear a young girl go through all that for years... well...

There's a reason you don't piss off the Courier, or you might as well be pissing off an angry Deathclaw.

Six was knocked out of his thoughts when he saw Nojiko punch Sanji in the face after he declared he was going to save Nami.

"Don't make it any harder then it already is." She said with a sad look on her face. "She's fighting on her own."

Out of the corner of Six's eye he saw Johnny and Yosaku in the bushes, looking at them with tears in there eyes.

Six looked back to Nojiko with a hard look on his face. "Do you really believe Arlong will keep his end of the deal?" He asked, getting the girl to look at him.

Nojiko sighed at Six. "Nami believes Arlong will keep his deal. He hates humans but he will keep his deal if money's involved."

That seemed to make Six give a dark laugh, making Nojiko glare at him. "Let me tell you something, men like Arlong are nothing special. In fact back home I've seen what he's doing before, taking a town under his control, taking there money, there lives." Six said while shaking his head. "He'll find some way to get you of the deal, and keep Nami under his control."

"Then what do you expect us to do?!" Nojiko yelled and Six didn't even flinch at the girl. "Do we just give up and accept our fate, or all die here for nothing." She said while squeezing her fist.

Six hat shades his eyes before he stood up and walked right up to Nojiko. The girl didn't flinch in fear when Six stood in front of her, showing he was a few inches talker then her.

"...How much?" Was all Six said.

That made Nojiko blink before taking a step back. "What?"

"How much is left until Nami makes the deal?" Six asked again while folding his arms.

Nojiko blinked before she spoke. "I think she said she only needs about 7 million, maybe 8."

"Ok, everyone empty your pockets and pile your money!" Sanji yelled as he started to pull his pockets out, but they were empty.

Six rolled his eyes before looking to his Pit-Boy. After fiddling with the controls for a bit The Courier held out his hand and a moment later a large stack of money appeared.

"This is 10 million exactly." Six said before throwing the money at the shocked Nojiko.

Nojiko just stared at the money with her mouth hung open. "Where... how?"

"I'm a part time Bounty Hunter." Six said with a shrug as he put his arms in his pockets. "Say I'm taking a chance. If Arlong really will leave for me just giving some money away then, then so be it." He said before putting a hand on her shoulder. "But if things get dicey, call us ok."

Nojiko face looked stun before she smiled. "You really are good people, I can see why Nami likes you all." She said before walking away. "Just stay out of trouble you lot."

After she was gone Six let a grim look cross his face. "I really hope things don't escalate." He said before looking back to the bushes for Johnny and Yosaku, only to find the two gone.

After Nojiko let the four men let time pass them by. Suddenly Usopp stood up with a determined look on his face.

"Okay, lets meet up with Luffy." He said before looking to Sanji, who didn't moved. "Sanji?"

Sanji took a big drag from his cigarette. "I'm cherishing this happiness."

Six looked to the cook with a WTF look. "What are you talking about?"

Sanji got up with a happy look on his face. "Nami has suffered a lot, more then anyone." He said before looking at Six and Usopp. "I'm going to take all that suffering away."

"...Alright we need to get you lade because you are a thirsty mother fucker." Six said while rubbing his face.

"Love Cook." Usopp said while pointing to Sanji.

Sanji looked pissed and got up before walking to Six. "What was that you bastard! Is there something wrong with fighting for someone beautiful?"

Six rolled his eyes and was about to say something, but was cut off by Zoro.

"Quit bickering." The swordsman said as he walked to the center of the road.

Everyone looked at each other before nodding and they started to move.

Six was currently leaning against a house with a hard look on his face. The Courier just saw the whole village grab there weapons and charged at Arlong's park. From what he heard the Marines came and took all of Nami's money but would do nothing about Arlong. Six was about ready to go to Arlong Park himself before Luffy came and told him to wait, his hat shading his eyes.

This whole situation gave Six another reason to not like the Marines. He could understand if there was a corrupt person or two in any government, but an entire division that was corrupt and working with scum like Arlong, that was just pushing it.

Not far down the road Six saw Nami stab her tattoo on her shoulder with a knife. As soon as Luffy was close he stopped Nami by grabbing her hand. The two talked a bit with Nami facing away from Luffy, but Six didn't bother listening what he had to say. This was there moment.

Suddenly Luffy put his hat on Nami's head before turning around. "DAMN RIGHT!" Luffy yelled to the top of his lungs before he started to walk down the road.

Once Luffy reached his friends he only said one thing. "Let's go."

"Right."

With that said the five men started to make there way to Arlong Park.

Six walked at the far right next to Zoro as he looked at the bullets in Lucky. "So who should we play this Luffy?" Six said as he slammed the magazine closed.

"Kick there asses." Was all Luffy said with a blank look on his face.

Six gave a Courier grin while letting out a low chuckle. "With pleasure."

It wasn't long before the five made it to Arlong Park. There all the villagers stood in front of the main doors but where blocked by a bloody and beaten Johnny and Yosaku, stopping the villagers. Once the group were in front of the villagers Luffy said only one thing.

"Move." And they did.

Luffy walked up to the main door and pulled his fist back before punching the stone door, creating a large creator. The pirate throw two more solid punches before complete destroying the door. Inside Six finally got a good look at what a Fishman was. They all look nothing alike and had different parts of fishes, such as fins, teeth, and gills.

"Which one's Arlong?" Luffy asked while bringing up his fist before walking into Arlong Park by himself.

"Arlong would be my name." The shark Fishman said from his chair.

"I'm Luffy."

"Luffy? And who are you?"

"A pirate."

Some of the Fishman looked shocked while two other Fishman stood in front of Luffy. Without hesitation Straw-Hat grabbed the two and bashed there heads together, knocking them out. That brought the rest of the Fishman on guard as Luffy continued to walk.

Arlong glared at Luffy as the pirate stopped at him "And what do you want Pirate?"

Without hesitation Luffy grabbed his wrist in his hand before punching Arlong in the face with enough force to send the Fishman flying. Everyone looked stun as they stared at Luffy, who was glaring at Arlong.

"Don't you dare make my Navigator cry bastard!"

Six, Zoro, and Sanji all stepped into Arlong Park as Usopp stayed behind giving backup.

Six grinned as he held Lucky up in his hand. "Looks like things are getting interesting!" He said just before the biggest fight he had yet in this world started.