"Now which one of you is Arlong?" Luffy questioned, clenching his fist. I followed Luffy's gaze out to all the fishmen in the area. A good 10 to 20 stood there watching Luffy, some looking over to me and the hole I had made in both the roof and the ground.

"Arlong?" Arlong growled. I turned to see Luffy begin walking towards Along and I. I shuffled a bit, but tried my best to keep quiet. "Well that just happens to be my name." Arlong continued.

"Good, you can call me Luffy." Luffy retorted as he continued to walk towards the, now named, fishman.

"Luffy? What are you supposed to be?" Their conversation just seemed to be them going back and forth using menacing tones as they asked and answered each other's questions.

"A pirate." I quickly turned to see the three men from earlier, the ones from the middle of the road. The one that looked like an octopus had gasped.

"Hey! That guy! Wait a sec! I remember him! He's the guy that likes going on walks!" I looked over and my eyes met with his. He had been pointing at Luffy, but quickly moved his hand to point at me. "She was with him too!" he exclaimed.

"Hold it right there."

"Hahaha! Where do you think you're going?"

"You wanna talk to the boss, well you gotta talk to us first. Got it?" The fishmen that had been standing around were now yelling threats at Luffy as he steadily got closer to Arlong. Suddenly I felt something wet grab my hand. I turned to see one of the more muscled fishmen holding my wrist. He wore a creepy smile and winked at me.

"You're that girl Nami caught, right? We were hoping you'd come back," the fishman snickered. A cold shiver went up my spine.

"Not on your life!" I screamed. I quickly grabbed the hand he had on mine. I changed my bone density so that I would be heavier than him and quickly threw him over my shoulder and into my small crator. I started walking away when my foot caught on a lip of the concrete and I tripped. I quickly rolled over just as Arlong was sent flying off his seat, directly over me, and into a wall.

I let out a low growl as I hopped up and turned to Luffy. He still stood in a ready position. Two fishmen sat on the ground behind him, and the others stood in awe at us…. or at least Luffy. I looked back towards Arlong. He sat in the rubble of the wall, the dust still clearing. He let out a groan as he looked up at Luffy.

"Who the hell are you?" Arlong grunted. Luffy meanwhile let out a breath of hot air through his nose, looking like an angry cow.

"That's for making our navigator cry!" Luffy replied. I watched as more fishmen began jumping out of the water towards Luffy. I jumped over the seat and crossed my arms, ready to summon up a pair of shields from my arms. That's when Sanji jumped in and quickly kicked away the progressing fishmen.

"Back off! You're out of your league!," he yelled. I quickly dropped my guard and looked over to Arlong, like Luffy. "Jeez. You just had to run on ahead by yourself." Sanji continued.

"Get used to it." I commented.

"Don't worry. I can handle these bozos on my own." Luffy seemed to growl, still looking towards Arlong.

"Agh! You fool. I never said anything about being worried." Sanji retorted, glaring past me towards Luffy. He then turned to look at Arlong who hadn't moved at all. "I just don't want you hogging all the action."

"Oh." Luffy replied.

"Jealous much?" I questioned, crossing my arms and looking up at him. He looked down at me and smiled.

"Good to see you're alright." he had a chuckle in his voice as he stated this. Enraged I turned and kicked his shin. I watched as a pained shiver passed through him, yet he still managed to keep his composure. Our attention was quickly drawn to Usopp as he walked up to us.

"Well, I just wanna let you guys know that I don't mind if you hog it all." I could see the sweat streaming down his face. Zoro began walking up beside him after he came to a stop.

"I see you're raring to go as usual." Zoro responded. There was a loud gasp before someone made a noise that sounded like a scream.

"AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHUUUUUUUUU!" I turned to see the octopus man pointing at us again. "It's him. That's the unknown swordsmen I was telling you about." So he had already met Zoro, interesting.

"Roronoa Zoro." The fishman who had what looked like fins coming out his arms added. He stood just to the side of the octopus man.

"I thought so. That bastard tricked me. I can't believe it. I fell for it looks, sine, and hinker…. Wait, hook, line, and sink...er." the octopus man seemed to have confused himself.

"Hey look, long nose is here." one of the fishmen Sanji had stopped pointed out as he sat up. A couple more began to sit up and look towards us too.

"WAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH! But…. he's dead! We saw Nami kill him!" the octopus man yelled. He was getting rather annoying with his screaming.

"Oh, he's alive. Which means…" a fishman with huge lips began. He stood behind the octopus man and the man with the fins on his arms. It took me a moment to realize it, but they had been the fishmen from yesterday.

"Huh, that Nami was a traitor all along. Just as I suspected." the fin armed fishman finished his sentence. We all awaited something, anything, to happen so we all stood in complete silence.

"Hehehehe…. A pirate. Of course." Arlong laughed. "This is all starting to make sense now. You've been after Nami this whole time, but WAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA THE GIRL IS MINE AND I'M NOT GIVING HER UP!" Arlong yelled to us. "You might as well join me while you still can…. Taka" Arlong continued. His eyes were locked on me as a devilish smile played at his lips. He knew that it had been me yesterday, but how! I had been in disguise and he wasn't there either…. My knee!

"HAHAHAHAHAHA! A bunch of idiots like you aren't worth Arlong's time! We know how to deal with you!" I kept my eyes locked on Arlong's as he stared at me. A hand grabbed my shoulder and I flinched before registering that someone had been speaking with me.

"You alright Takara?" I turned and looked up at Zoro.

"Yeah, just worried about Nami is all." I lied before looking out to the bay area where all eyes were aimed. I couldn't stop myself from wondering if, and how, he had managed to make it so that I was the only one to catch what he said there at the end about me.

I watched as the octopus man used his mouth as a trumpet, calling something. The villagers at the gate began mumbling to themselves. What had he called? Then the ground began to shake and a rumbling sound could be heard.

"GAAHH! What is going on here guys?!" Usopp questioned, freaking out. I glanced over at Arlong for a moment. He was no longer smiling, but he kept his gaze on us. When I looked back out, the water had become violent and a huge wave seemed to be coming right towards us.

"WAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" the octopus man began laughing maniacally. "Every single one of you is about to become fish food!" he managed to yell over the rumbling. "Mohmoo rise!" the water swirled into a whirlpool before rising straight up in front of the octopus man.

"IT"S A MONSTER!" Usopp screamed, still freaking out. "That's the beast from the Grand Line that destroyed the town of Gosa!" We all waited as the water continued to fall, slowly revealing the 'MONSTER'.

When we were finally able to see it, I was quite surprised. It looked a lot like a cow, but with scales and a body like a fish. It had a gold ring through its nose and a large bump on the top of its head between two horns. Tears brimmed at the edge of its eyes.

"AWWW! It looks like a little injured puppy!" I squealed. It seemed harmless, and was like an adorable plush toy!

"WWWWWWAAAARRRRRRUUUUUU!" it almost whimpered.

"SOOO CUTE!" I squealed once more as Usopp let a scream of his own out, his being terrified. The villagers had also begun to panic. Mohmoo had begun to lean in towards us, but stopped short.

"Well look who's back." Luffy commented.

"Seems he's a friend of the fishmen." Sanji joined in.

"WHAT DID YOU TWO DO TO THAT POOR CREATURE!?" I shouted, quickly hitting both on the head.

"It found us out in the ocean when we were cooking meat. It then lead us here." Sanji replied, holding his head.

"YOU BEAT IT UP FOR HELPING YOU!?" I scowled up at the blonde.

"Not exactly." Luffy joined in. I quickly spun around and punched him square in the throat. I turned back to Sanji and quickly did the same.

"We'll be fighting soon so I don't want to hurt you too bad so you can deal with an injured throat during battle. Also…. DUMBASSES!" I yelled to the two as they coughed and held their throats. I looked up to the poor creature who was whimpering and had tears streaming down it's face. I watched as it turned and began leaving the bay area within Arlong Park.

"Hey! Stop! Where are you going?! Get back here Mohmoo!" The octopus man yelled at Mohmoo."You can't just leave! MOHMOO!"

"Leaving? Now, now, isn't that a shame." Arlong began. Mohmoo came to a stop. "But, I suppose if you really want to run away then who am I to stop you…. Well then?" That's when I heard it. Normally you can't, but just now you could hear the tick going off in his head. The one telling him fight is better than flight. Mohmoo began growling. It suddenly turned, a very menacing look on its face as it swam back towards us. Was it bad that I still found him incredibly adorable?

"It's coming right for us!" Usopp screamed.

"Luffy, plan?" I asked as Mohmoo got closer.

"Pinwheel." he replied. I looked back at him, confused. Then it clicked. "You're all mine, you dumb cow!" Luffy announced.

"Looks like he's got a plan, for once." Sanji commented.

"We'll see. I have a bad feeling about this." Zoro joined in. Fishmen came running towards Luffy as he began twisting his upper half.

"Zoro, Usopp, Sanji! Get to the edge of the water and duck down!" I yelled. They all gave me a confused look. I looked back to Luffy. He had grabbed on to the horns of Mohmoo. "You idiots!" I yelled. I quickly ran towards Luffy, sliding the last bit so I was just behind his legs. Since I was the only one who understood what I was trying to get through to them I chose the safest place possible. You could call it the "eye of the storm" kinda scenario. From there I laid flat on the ground as he began spinning Mohmoo, yelling something along the lines of 'Gum Gum Pinwheel'. I closed my eyes as poor Mohmoo got bashed into both fishmen and people.

When he finally released Mohmoo, I opened my eyes just in time to see Mohmoo plunge into the water. I then looked at Luffy's legs, planted into the ground…

"That's it Arlong I'm done playing games with you! I didn't come here to beat down all your cronies!" Luffy announced, panting, and using his knees for support. "I came here to teach you a lesson! Step up!" he ordered, pointing to the accused fishmen.

"Luffy…. you have a problem…." How was he supposed to fight Arlong if his feet were trapped in the ground?

"Not now." he growled, keeping his eyes on Arlong.

"Oh, I will don't worry. Actually I was thinking about how painfully I'll end your life." Arlong retorted. His eyes met mine and as Luffy was criticized by our crew mates I saw him mouth two words to me. 'Last chance'. He began to snicker at me as I glared back at him. I then refocused on Luffy's legs.

"Uh oh!" Luffy exclaimed as I pulled up on his left leg. I quickly got into a better position with my knees crossed below me, and my legs wrapped around Luffy's one leg. I began pulling straight up from his ankle. He just seemed to stretch.

"You're just now noticing?" I questioned as I picked at the rock around his ankle. He sheepishly replied with a 'Yeah'. That's when he began trying to pull his legs out on his own, the rocks I was picking at getting moved repeatedly, and shifted into worse positions.

"Dammit Luffy! Stop moving." I growled, punching the back of his knee. He stopped moving and I continued to pick at the rock.

"WHAT ARE YOU TWO DOING!? ARE YOU RUINING SOMETHING ELSE!?" Usopp yelled at us. I stopped and looked up at him as if it weren't obvious.

"Huh, no luck?" he asked as he looked down towards me.

"Nada, it won't even come up at all." I shrugged. "What if we tried cutting them out?" I wondered aloud.

"Worth a shot." he replied. I quickly moved so that I had more space and began trying to measure out Luffy's foot so that I wouldn't cut any of it.

"How dare you hurt our brother." I heard the octopus man complain. Usopp took a couple of steps back from us.

"Very well. It seems that we must now join in the fight." the fin armed man added.

"Now you'll get an education in the inferiority of your species. Chu." the fishman with huge lips commented.

"Oh, really. I'd like to see that." Zoro replied.

"Luffy, what size foot do you have?" I questioned. I looked up to see him shrug. "Well, then if I'm a six and your shoes are three inches big on me compared to the heel then…." I quickly measure the length and stopped at what looked correct. "Right here!" I made my finger into a blade and shot it straight down into the ground at what I thought was a good point. Luffy had no reaction as I pulled my blade out. I looked down into the hole to see nothing but rock. "I missed…." I mumbled to myself.

"PLEASE, JUST LET US KILL THESE WEAKLINGS!" the octopus man yelled.

"Alright, they're yours." Arlong replied. I quickly moved to trying to find his heel.

"Uh… guys? There's something I should tell you" Luffy tried getting Zoro and Sanji's attention.

"Luffy, stop trying to be polite about it." I advised as I tried to decide how much of a lip there was on a heel.

"What the hell's that octopus doing?" Zoro questioned.

"Well, it's an octopus. What do you think it's doing?" I answered, getting closer to Luffy's leg to try and see his heel, or at least foot.

"Let's try here." I shot another blade into the ground. I lifted it out to see…more rock.

"So… uh listen to me guys, I'm kind of in trouble." Luffy tried to get an answer out of them again.

"Luffy I can't find your Goddamn foot!" I yelled standing straight up. I watched as Zoro and Sanji jumped out of the way, but before I could do anything I was attacked by a black liquid or ink.

"You idiots, how come you didn't dodge that!" Zoro yelled at us. I sat there covered with black stuff and seething with anger. My hair looked black and hung down in front of my eyes. My clothes were soaked, and my skin looked stained.

"AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! I CAN'T SEE SQUAT!" Luffy screamed.

"Dammit Luffy! Why are you always dragging me into these things?" I growled as I wiped the ink from my eyes. "ALSO! IF ANY OF YOU HAD EVEN BOTHERED TO LISTEN TO YOUR CAPTAIN WE ALL COULD HAVE AVOIDED THIS AND NOT JUST YOU THREE DUMBASSES!" I yelled, glaring at Zoro. I stepped forward towards Zoro when my foot slipped on the ink on the ground. I let out a scream as I tried to grab onto Luffy, but slipped even more when I noticed that he was also covered. Every attempt to get up led to me slipping on the ink on some part of my body.

"Come on! Get out of there! RUN!" Usopp yelled at us.

"Yeah, that's the problem. I can't run. Can't even walk." Luffy replied.

"If you hadn't noticed by now. His feet are stuck in the ground!" I yelled as I sat up for a third time, but was pulled back by my shirt getting caught in one of the cracks leading to Luffy's legs.

"But he's the one that stuck them into the ground in the first place!" Usopp yelled back. By the time I looked up a giant concrete wall was coming down on us. When it finally came down on us I was surprised to see Sanji standing above us, his leg up kicking against the wall. In seconds it had cracked and the wall pieces fell to the side of us.

"We are such a pain." Sanji mumbled towards us.

"Sanji that was so totally awesomely awesome." Luffy cheered.

"Looks like I ended up picking one hell of an idiot to be my captain.

"We all did." I heard Zoro quietly add.

"And he'll drag us all to hell with him!" I pointed out as I sat up on my elbows.

"Luffy's great! Hey!" Usopp tried to protect Luffy.

"But the truth is that our idiot captain is far better than a gang who'd pray on a lady." Sanji finished.

"A lady huh? Hm! You rushed into certain death for a lousy girl? I think that is the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard." the fin armed guy retorted.

"TAKE THAT BACK!" I yelled, jumping up. The sleeve of my shirt ripped off, exposing my left shoulder. I jumped towards the man, but Luffy quickly grabbed my shoulders and yanked me back. I fell to the ground where his feet were stuck.

"Sanji's got this." Luffy stated. I growled as I watched the fin armed man.

"Lousy girl? If you insult Nami one more time I can promise that you'll go from fishman to fish sticks. Got that?" Sanji threatened.

"Your skills are quite exceptional for a human, but I must admit that chivalry from a pirate seems just a little fake." the fin armed man replied.

"I'm damn good at what I do, and I guarantee that there's nothing fake about my desire to help a beautiful lady in need." Sanji stated, letting out a puff of smoke.

"Looks like I'll be acquainting you with the true superiority of the fishman species!" the fin armed guy told Sanji.

"Yeah?" Sanji challenged. I looked at my bare shoulder then to the fragment caught in the cracks by Luffy's feet. I moved closer to his foot and tried to start working again.

"Luffy we need to get you out of there if you're gonna fight Arlong." I commented turning around and looking at his legs again. That's when I noticed Usopp pulling Luffy away from where his legs were stuck. "Usopp, you're gonna hurt someone." I commented as I pulled the shoulder of my shirt out of one of the cracks.

"Nice work. They're still stuck." Luffy told Usopp.

"Still! They're still stuck!" Usopp seemed to be shocked by the idea that nothing had changed. I watched in silence as Luffy's legs continued to stretch. I looked towards Usopp and Luffy's upper half.

"Maybe no one told you that the penalty for playing around in Arlong park is death!"

"I give it say…. 50 more steps." I commented. The octopus man beside me picked up a part of the wall and held it above my head as I watched Usopp run. "5….. 10…. 15….. 20….. 25….. 30." As I continued to watch Usopp, Zoro confronted the octopus man and they migrated away from me. "40….. 45….. 50…." Usopp stopped moving and watched Zoro. In that instant he let go of Luffy and I quickly hopped out of the way as Luffy went shooting past and hit the huge lip man. He then settled back in front of me.

"Hey I'm back." Luffy stated.

"Have a nice trip?" I asked.

"I didn't go that far." he replied.

"That was sarcasm Luffy." I groaned.

"I know." he told me as I watched the huge lip man run past. I watched as Usopp vanished past the people at the gate.

"You think he's gonna get killed by that guy?" I questioned.

"Nah, he's pretty strong." Luffy answered.

"Any chance we gonna get your feet free anytime soon?"

"Nope."

"You gonna even try?"

"Nope."

"Good job."

"You morons are a pathetic sight to behold and I'm sick of watching this, now get outta my way." Arlong had stood up and was now walking toward us. I quickly jumped up and stood beside Luffy, watching.

"But sir! There's no reason to go on a rampage. Think of Arlong park." the fin armed guy retorted.

"Don't worry, I won't. I just thought of a fun game, that's all." Arlong's tone was chipper and almost happy. I clenched my fists together as Arlong walked closer.

"Game huh?" the octopus man wondered.

"Luffy, I have a bad feeling about this." I mumbled.

"Now you're going down!" Luffy yelled. I watched as he got ready to throw a punch. In that instant I noticed a glint in Arlong's eyes.

"Luffy! NO!" I shouted, trying to catch his fist. I was late as Luffy's arm flew past Arlong's face and he got it.

"Did you honestly think your sad little group can beat us?" Arlong smiled.

"So what if we do?" Sanji questioned.

"Yeah so what if we do, huh? Now let go!" Luffy questioned too, freaking out.

"You got something to say to us?" Zoro asked.

"Here's my answer!" I yelled. I jumped up and over Luffy's arm landing beside Arlong. I quickly bit down on the area near his wrist.

"You think those weak teeth of yours could ever hurt my skin?" Arlong laughed. I looked directly up at him before changing my teeth. He let out a deep scream as I quickly latched onto his arm and he released Luffy's. I could taste blood as he threw his arm up trying to get me off.

"That's it!" he yelled after thrashing around for a bit. I bit harder when suddenly everything stopped. He stopped moving and in seconds I felt a sharp pain slide across my neck and clamp down on my left shoulder.

"Takara!" I heard several people yell. I felt blood pour down my shoulder. Out of complete reflex my teeth became normal and my jaw loosened. I was suddenly torn off his arm and in seconds the thing on my shoulder released and I was thrown at the fin armed man.

"You bit her?" The man now holding me asked. My mind had gone numb and I finally noticed Arlong with a stream of blood coming off his chin.

"She needs to be taught a lesson. Toss her in. We'll retrieve her in a bit after we've taken care of the others. She has no choice in whether she can be in my crew." Arlong responded.

I was suddenly thrown through the air. I then noticed the water directly below me. My mind came back and I looked back at the crowd. Arlong had picked up Luffy by pulling up the rock his feet were stuck to, and looked like he was about to throw it. Zoro and Sanji watched Luffy and I as Luffy was released and I finally hit the water. That's when it took effect.

I felt the water creep through my skin to my bones. The water creeped through my system infecting all my bones, changing them back to when I was younger. My body sank slowly, but surely, with each inch closer to the seafloor a bone would break from the growing pressure. My body hit the seafloor and the rest of my air was sent up in bubbles. The pain from my bones and from my shoulder took over and the world went black.

Hey!

Again, long time no see! Not as long as last time though.

Hope this was a good chapter. Seemed kinda bland in the middle as everyone took on their opponent.

Next chapter should be good!

I'm gonna start doing Author's Notes at the end just to get on with the story.

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