a/n - hi, this chapter i kinda of trying to make a change but i realized that all the bosses should be Luffy fight as that will develop his character like in canon story. maybe where is more bad guys to fight i can make more interesting story without changing Luffy fight as much. anyways enjoys.
SEA COWS, ORANGE FARM AND FALLEN PARK.
Luffy is exited and in a hurry to get Nami and sail to Grandline, Sanji ask if he seriously want to sailed to grandline with only six people, Luffy said in grandline we also can recruit more people if needed. Yosaku started to lecture Luffy on what is Grandline had to offers, the three power that ruled grandline one of them being seven warlord of the seas, they are pirate that approved by the world government by give portions of their treasure every years, in fact Dracule Mihawk is one of warlord is shown how much power they wield. Yosaku added that one of warlord, Captain of fishman pirate is responsible of letting loose a monster to here in East Blue, while he explaining Luffy is started to sketching a what he imagine as fishman, funny looking fish.
Yosaku then explain the place where we headed is where the monster that the Warlord release make his base in East Blue, Arlong Park. Sanji ask how he so sure that Nami is headed to Arlong Park, Yosaku told him that Nami is strangely fixated on Arlong's bounty poster before she run of with their treasure. Luffy is still trying to draw a fishmen and even a mermaid, still a funny picture but the mermaid one make Sanji mad.
Sanji start to prepare food for us, when he asked us on our request Luffy asked for meat on the bone while Yosaku is surprisingly fan of beans sprout, I asked for some sandwich even if I don't know where we can get bread in the middle of the oceans but Sanji gives it a okay somehow.
While waiting for Sanji I started to think about what should i do to increase my strength, when I look back my action at Baratie, my action has little impact on what happens. Even if I help Sanji avoid beatdown from Pearl, but with his fight with Gin he still is overwhelm by Gin, I thought without a beat down from Pearl, Sanji would have no problem in taking Gin on. Should I take more active and risk changing the story? , even with my presence with this crew could has an effect to the story. Whatever I choose, I must get stronger for me to has any worth to this crew, I need to master more of my power.
From what Zeff said, the power can create any armor that its wielder can think of, most of people of this plane most likely can only think of normal iron knight armor for them to use, what if I image something more powerful armor like impact glove that certain old god use. I tried to make my image to reality but the process is more draining than normal gauntlet, as I about to try again Sanji called me to eat, Luffy and Yosaku already eating only me that still at the front of the boat mumbling something.
As we start to eat, something emerges from the water, a cow with a body of fish, Momoo the sea cow. Seeing such creature sure is make you doubt your eyes, Yosaku take note that the sea cow is hungry and aiming at our foods, Luffy who not big fan of sharing punches Momoo but that only make it angry, Sanji try to feed Momoo at first but also kick it saying that the sea cow try to bite him. Then Sanji give Momoo his finishing kick and Momoo is down.
With Luffy brilliant ideas we strapping the boat to Momoo and make it pulled us all the way to Arlong Park. With Momoo pulling us, it only take a couple of minute for us to see the silhouette of Arlong Park, I saw Momoo is looking tired, added to punch and kick that he received, he lost his sense of direction and head directly to the shore. When Momoo finally crash we were send flying to the island with boat and all, we landed at the forest but the momentum is still strong and we sliding forward with the boat. As we sliding out of the forest, Zoro is unfortunately got caught up with us and crashing into the cliff.
" The hell you thinking you're doing!? " Zoro shouting while holdings his bleeding head.
" What do you mean? we've obviously com to get Nami back. Haven't you found her yet? where is Ussop and Johnny? " said Luffy like there is no other answer.
" Ussop! now is not the time to chit chat, Ussop got caught by Arlong's men and we need to hurry.. " Zoro start to remember Ussop .
" He was already killed! " Johnny interrupt Zoro, " Brother Ussop was murdered by sister Nami! " added him.
Luffy is enrage at Johnny statement, he said there is no ways Nami is hurting Ussop because we're all crewmates. As he Said that Nami appear and denying any of relations with us, she said the her staying with us only to stole our treasure. Nami also that she killed Ussop which make Zoro angry and intent to hit Nami which in turn make Sanji angry and stop Zoro, so start the beautiful love/hate relationship between two crewmates.
Nami said she give back Going Merry to us and told us to get out of this island, we cannot hope to beat Arlong and don't concern ourselves to this island problem. Luffy fall to ground and stated that he going to sleep, Nami is fuming with anger and start to storm off.
" You could ask us for help you know? " I said softly as Nami passes me.
" What do you know! " Nami slap me as she said that.
Nami slappin me catch Sanji attentions and start to interrogate me why is Nami slapping me. Zoro then started to pick fight with Sanji as he said something about called something small and Sanji in turn try to kick Zoro, but both Zoro and Sanji attacks hit Ussop who running toward us instead.
Luffy shocked seeing Ussop face bloody and thought Nami is the one that did this, but Sanji immediately take the blame as he and Zoro the one to smack Ussop in the head. Ussop who now awake told us what is realy happen, and how is Nami help him get away. Ussop started to make some reasoning of why is Nami with them but interrupted by a beautiful tattooed women, she said we cannot hope to change Arlong rule. Luffy is asked Ussop who is this lady and Ussop told us that she is Nami sister, Nojiko. Sanji as usual started to fawning to every beautiful women he sees and Zoro asked why she think its hopeless to stop Arlong. Nojiko asked us to not involves ourselves in this village any further and leave quietly, in return she will tell us about all that happens to make this village like is.
" I'm fine, I'm not really interested in her past. I'm talking a walk " Luffy said while walking away.
" Well, I love to hear such a beautiful lady such yourself talk, but I'm gonna watch over the captain so he doesn't get in any trouble. If we're have another time I like to know you better. " I said, even Nami is pretty, I like the older type and Nojiko is just right my strike zone.
My sweet talk get Sanji raging and chased me to Luffy, Luffy said I don't need to follow him and can hear whatever Nojiko will said, but I refute saying I doesn't want to know something that Nami will not says herself. As we walking toward the village I ask Luffy what his thought on Nami, he said Nami is his navigator and if she'll need help she can ask us, that answer is really surprise me as I thought Luffy never pays attentions to his surrounding. Luffy comes to stop when he sees an uncle with a pinwheel on his head, that uncle named Genzo if I'm correct is escorted by Marines officer to an orange farm at the back of the village.
" Luffy, I got something to do, can you wait over her? " I said to Luffy as remembering what is going to happens.
" Okay!, I just lay here waiting that uncle to came out. " said Luffy.
when I get near the farm I heard Genzo shouting about Nami buying this village, Nami seems shocked at the revelations that all the villager knows of her intentions. Marine captain rats there is accusing every one is in league with the thief and should be arrested. Nojiko who appears out of nowhere start to warning the rat about Arlong will sink his ship as any other Marine ships. Captain rat is suspiciously says that he doubt Arlong would do anything to him, which make Nami figure it all, Arlong sends this Marine to confiscate her treasure to make her unable to pays her due. Nami is enrage, so is Genzo and Nojiko, the marine captain order his men to chase out them, and they started to open fire at them, I jump as fast as I could and block a bullet that almost hits Nojiko with my gauntlet, I forcefully take them away from the farm as the longer they stay here the more likely them to get shoot at.
" Why you're here! why you're still here? ! " ask Nami in rage.
" hey Nami, what's up? need any help ? " Luffy come and ask when he saw us tumbling out from the farm.
" This has nothing to do with you! so just get the hell out of this island! " Nami shouting at Luffy, then she proceed to runs toward Arlong Park.
" Geez, what with her? " Luffy said as he sat on the bench.
" You have to forgave her captain, her entire treasure just go rob. " I said to Luffy.
" Do we need to get back her treasure? " Luffy asked me.
" I don't know, let's just wait I think all of this probably connected to Arlong. " I answer.
While Nami confronting Arlong for his actions, Genzo told the villager what is happening. All of villager is angry a mob is about to form, finally Genzo gives the call to arms. I tried to talk Genzo out of their foolish plan but he just tell me to get out of this island as this doesn't concern me.
Nami finally comeback, seeing that Genzo leading the villager to rebel make her afraid for their life and try to persuade them to stop, saying she can save one hundred million belli easily. Genzo having none of Nami excuse and determined to rebel as he pushed Nami aside and walk towards Arlong Park.
Nami is broken, she's having a breakdown, her mental strength is crumbling and started to hurt herself in effort to erase Arlong's mark. Luffy go to stop Nami from hurting herself, I walk to the rest of the crew that just arrived following Nami. Ussop asked me what happen and I just said we go ass to kicked just need to wait for Luffy.
" OF COURSE I WILL! " shout Luffy as Nami asked for his help. Luffy the walk toward us.
" Let's go. " Said Luffy with his most serious face I ever sees.
"""" Roger! """" all of us accept his order.
This is a moment where the epic walking happens, as we're walking to the Arlong Park, I can almost hears the beat that plays in the anime. The distance of Cocoyashi village and Arlong Park is not far, with only ten minutes walking we arrived at the gate, all of the villager is stopped by Johnny and Yosaku who both look just got beat. Luffy then proceed to the very front of the gate and punched it to pieces.
" Who's the one called Arlong ? " Luffy asked after the gate smashed to pieces.
" Who are you brats? , Arlong would be my name! " said the jagged nosed man with blue skin.
" I'm Luffy, a pirate " said Luffy as he started to walking toward Arlong.
" What does a pirate want with me? " ask Arlong furthermore.
Luffy does not answer Arlong immediately, as he punched Arlong flying he said " Don't you dare make my navigator cry! "
Arlong's crew is angry that Luffy dare to punches their captain and start to attacking Luffy. Zoro, Sanji and me started to floor all them, Sanji told them small fries should not bothers us. Arlong realize who we us, and why are we attacking him and that is Nami, the octopus Hachi started to play his trumpet to call Momoo the sea cow, as Momoo saw us he tried to retreat but Arlong threat is scarier to him and start to attacking us. Luffy said he want to try a new technique, he started to spin himself and grabbed Momoo, as I told the others to take a step back, Luffy started to spinning Momoo around and hitting and destroying all of Arlong's grunts and buildings.
Luffy claimed he's only here for Arlong, Arlong also agreed saying he's thinking of killing Luffy himself. Arlong' main force is also ready to fight, Hachi sunddenly spraing his ink and most of us barely escapes but Luffy leg is stuck on the floor from his previous attack, Hachi the took large pieces of concrete to mash Luffy with, as he smashing concrete to Luffy, I immediately make an full arms gauntlet to support my arms as I block and hold the pieces from coming down to Luffy. It's seems the extra function is working perfectly as I easily stopped the large pieces of concrete, then Ussop trying to pulled Luffy out of his trapped legs but all that do is stretching his leg. Hachi tries to throw another concrete at Ussop and Luffy but stooped by Zoro, that lead to Ussop releasing his jold on Luffy and make him fly and smashing with Chew which make effectively Chew his enemies and started to running out of Arlong Park. Sanji also is on heated debate with Kurobi.
Arlong is up and walking headed toward Luffy, he catch Luffy hand that tries to punches him a second time and took out floor pieces where Luffy's leg is trapped and tries to throw Luffy into the water.
" How about we play a game!, devil fruit user said to be unable to swim, so let's see him drowning or you guys save him first! " Said Arlong while laughing annoyingly.
I walk in front of Arlong as he about throw Luffy, " is there no one said to you that your laugh is annoying? " I put one of my hand on Arlong chest and said" Impact!", thus Arlong is send flying once again but this times is little stronger. Impact attack is hurting more than just outer layer but also his inner body as impact is a wave attack, with my other hand I smash floor pieces that Luffy trapped in with an impact also.
Seeing Arlong fly again make both Kurobi and Hachi angry again, but both Sanji and Zoro blocking them and taking them as their opponent. Without having to worry about Luffy, Zoro and Sanji can fight without distraction, Zoro still struggles with his wound from Mihawk but with someone like Hachi is easily beaten once he get two more swords to complete his three swords style. Sanji and Kurobi is evenly match at first but as soon Kurobi started to trash talk about Nami make Sanji power level up as he got angry, with a signature mutton shot Kurobi is down like Hachi.
Arlong seeing both of his officer down is pissed off, he started to swing his arms flinging water so fast that it feels like shotgun shot, Zoro and Sanji whose unable to react got hit by Arlong's water shot is down and spurting blood, I manage to blocked all my important body parts and manage to still standing, looks like my experience in deflecting bullets still useful in this world. Seeing Arlong attacking us Luffy make his move to Arlong and throw his punches, but Arlong easily avoid it as he already anticipated it, Arlong then grab Luffy stretching hand and pulled him over, he bites Luffy shoulder started to throw him toward the seas. Luffy unable to react in times and fall into water.
Seeing Luffy fall into water make me worried for a second, but as I remembered Nojiko and Gen will probably help him, I'm just need to distract Arlong long enough for them to saved him, without a piece of rock that trapped Luffy it will be easy for them to fish Luffy out.
Arlong is eyeing me, he try to sees is I'm gonna jump into the water to save Luffy, he must still not noticed that I'm a devil fruit user. Arlong started to taunt me to jump into the water but I'm just ignored him and take my stand, to fight Arlong is realy suicidal of me, only Luffy can defeats him but I'm gonna try to prove my worth here. Arlong start lunging toward me with his mouth wide open, I took several step back to ready myself when he near me I uppercut his jaws shut. Arlong laugh at how weak my punched is, but my hands still at his jaw so I gave him another impact and send him flying upwards, the impact absorb by his water shot quite powerful as even Arlong started to bleed. As he fall down I use another impact and send Arlong flying into the water, and that is prove to be a mistake as Arlong darting out of the water so fast that his sharp nose pierced my shoulder.
The pain is so bad that I cannot passed out even if I want to, I grab his nose and thus make him angry. He tried to punch me but I blocked with my free hand, this impact glove is really good at absorbing any impact that his punches feels like nothing. With my hand holding his punch, I used impact in effort to at least crush his hand, but his hand proved to be stronger and he punch and kicking me again this time I don't have enough strength to block both and fall down to the floor. He grab my head and started to preach about the superior race that he born into, as I heard that I said something that I shouldn't said.
" the way you talk… you don't deserve wearing the Sun's marks ." as I blurted that, Arlong make an Ugly face.
" You don't know anything about this mark! " he furiously shout, Arlong make his mind in ending my life as he prepared a huge water shot at his hand.
" …Rocket! Hikaru! switch! " as I heard that I felt a tugging and my whole body is jolted to the air, apparently Luffy is saved and decide to switch with me by flinging me far from Arlong, The problem is he sending me directly to my dooms, the oceans.
Well he probably never know that's I eat a devil fruits, even if he's know I don't think Luffy is thinking that far. As I fall, I saw Nojiko at the back wall of Arlong Park, she's must be the one that saved Luffy, I also hope somebody noticed that I cannot swim and come to save me. I felt weak in the water, the weakness is like when you just finish a marathon full speed at all time, all of my body not responding and just weakly flailing along the waves, in just few minutes I passed out.
I felt warmth in mouth, somebody try to blowing air inside of my lungs. I violently wake up and start throwing up water that I swallowed, as my vision clear up I see Genzo and Nojiko at beside me, I don't want to think that Genzo is the one who gave me CPR, so let's not asked and just let me imagine what I want.
" thank you for saving me, I felt too weak to swim myself. " I said to both of them.
" it the least we can do when all of you risking your life for us. " Genzo said.
" Well it's more like we do it for Nami, but you can think whatever you want. I for one will help this island for Nojiko if she's ask for it, but she is a capable woman and don't need any help from an outsider like me or us " I said while to score some affection point from Nojiko.
" Well you look like half dead already, you're lucky that rubber boy pulled you over. how can you help me by yourself? " Najiko said while smiling.
" Touche. how the fight go? " I ask for conformation.
" Arlong and rubber boy is in Arlong Park for a while now, and it's quiet. " Genzo said while looking at Arlong Park.
Then something is thrown out of top floor, first is table then bookshelf then some paper flying all over from the top floor. What I can assume Luffy's leg is stretching from top of Arlong Park all the way to the cloud, as the momentum build his leg stomping Arlong Park all the way smashing it to the ground. everybody seems waiting to sees who is emerges as victory in battle of fate for this island, Luffy comes out from the rubble an proving he's the winner of this battle.
" NAMI! you're my crewmate, got it ! " Luffy shouting for Nami to hears. All the villagers is cheering for the fall of Arlong Parks.
" Well Nojiko, looks like my captain did it, as of today no more Arlong fishman pirate to terrorize this island " I said to Nojiko, but she's busy celebrating the freedom with Genzo.
Then came the Rat marine, tries to claim the riches and fallen Arlong as himself, nut now awaken Zoro is pissed at how his nap time interrupted and easily give all of Rat's crew a beat down he deserve. Nami then start to threating Rat to return all of her treasure and take Arlong to jail, if not he's gonna get what he really deserve for colluding with Arlong all this times.
The marine officer agreed an left in hurry while making threat that we will pay for what happens here. I assume his threat is about Luffy getting a bounty soon, that's not a threat more like a reward to Luffy. With Arlong and his crew taken by marine, this island officially free from Fishman Pirate, Genzo told all the villager to pass this news on all people in this island, for freedom has come.
a/n - for anyone that asking for a ship, right now there is no ship planned but some flirting can be expected. till next time.
