Nojiko stuck up for his little brother, no matter what. In order to keep protecting him, Nojiko made a deal with those four girls 'Mizou had befriended: if Nojiko told them why he was acting strange, they would have to leave the island and forget about Namizou.

So Nojiko explained, about Bellemere and her tragic death, about Arlong and his Arlong Pirates.

The black-haired girl listened in horror. The blonde looked infuriated. The long-nosed girl gasped often, and the green-haired girl remained stoic.

At the end of the tale, the black-haired girl frowned. She then ran off, with the blonde and the long-nose right after her, screaming something along the lines of "We'll help you, Mizu!"

"I told you to leave," Nojiko said coldly to the green-haired girl, who had remained behind. The girl grinned.

"Luka doesn't let people leave the crew that easily," the girl said. She strode off, with a swagger to her step, in the opposite direction of the others.

Nojiko stared. They couldn't be that thick... could they?


A/N: I hope you noticed the chapter titles, because I'm only doing this lyric once. Six times is too much! c;