Well, it's time to find out how did Sun and Rae come under the mermen's control.
This whole chapter is going to be a flashback, so it'll all be italicized.
It was such a quiet day for this village. All of the villagers walked down the streets, all smiling and happy, as if there was nothing that could go wrong. Boy, they didn't know how wrong they were.
"Sun, Rae, come over here. It's time to go home." A group of kids, all the same age, waved good-bye at the two girls as they ran over to their mom.
"Did you two have fun? What do you want for dinner tonight?" Before the two girls could answer their mom, they heard yelling.
"PIRATES, EVERYBODY RUN FOR YOU LIVES!" The three looked at the person who just yelled that, he was a close friend to the family.
"Hold on." The mom grabbed onto the man before he could run any further.
"Katie." He grabbed onto her arms to help support himself. His body was covered in cuts and bruises.
"John, what's going on? Where's my husband? He was with you this morning."
"Where's our Dad?" The two girls looked at John, just waiting for him to answer.
"He and I were at the river, when we suddenly spotted a huge ship. It had the flag of Arlong." The whole crowd was silent. Everybody, and I do mean EVERYBODY, who lived here knew about Arlong's pirates.
"John, that's impossible. No pirate knows where this island is. They couldn't have found us."
"You're wrong. They found us. Well, your husband tried to fight them off. He was no match. Katie, I'm sorry but your husband is dead." Dead. If there was one thing that the villagers didn't want to hear, it was that word. One of the most nicest and generous men in the village was killed.
"Dad, can't die. He just can't." Katie kneeled down to her daughters and hugged them close to her. The sudden shock was just too much.
"Like I said, we need to get out of here. While we still have the chance."
Arlong, Choo, Kuroobi, and Hachi gathered in a circle around the man that was now laying dead in the dirt. Each smirking at the work that each did to the body. First it was Hachi, who sneaked behind him and held him in place. Second was Kuroobi, who sliced this man five times on both of his arms and legs. Third was Choo, who sucked up a good amount of the ocean and shot bullets all over the man's body, leaving the area around the heart alone. And last was Arlong, who pierced right through the poor man's heart with his sharp nose.
"What an idiot. Thinking he could actually take on us." Hachi knelt down to search the man of any valuable information they may need. When he reached into the side pocket of the pants, he felt a small stiff paper.
"Hey, he has something in his pocket." Hachi pulled out the paper and the others got closer to see what it was.
"A picture. Must be of his family." The picture showed the man they had just killed and three girls. The man had his arms wrapped tightly around his wife's waist.
They continued to stare at the picture for quite some time, why…I don't know.
"The girl with red eyes is extremely cute."
The whole village raced towards the side of the island that had all of the boats. John and Katie lead the way while Sun and Rae were in the back, making sure that nobody got left behind.
"We're almost there." Katie yelled back to the crowd.
"Sun, I can't believe that Dad's dead." Rae held onto her sister's hand.
"Well, let's try to keep the others alive." Sun flashed her sister a small smile. The last thing she wanted to do was cry. Her father had told her to always be strong, for her family's sake. And that's just what she was about to do.
Choo kept staring at the picture as he and the other three walked around the island. He just couldn't tear his eyes away from the red eyes girl.
"Choo, maybe I should take the picture now." Kuroobi reached for it, but Choo wouldn't let him touch it.
"No touching. Until I see the real thing, I'm keeping this." It was just at that moment that the four of them saw people running towards the river.
"Must be the villagers. I wonder if they know that our other comrades already destroyed the ships." Arlong smirked to himself. He noticed that the villagers stopped when they saw random pieces of wood floating around.
"Why don't we go say 'hello'?"
"No, we're too late." The girls ran to their mom who nearly broke down crying right in front of everybody. Katie just wanted to die right then and there. Her husband is dead, the villagers have put all their trust in her which is too much pressure, and now all the boats are broken.
"They've thought of everything." Rae shook her head. The mermen have only been on the island for a while and they already knew about where the boats were.
"Yes we have. And if you humans think you're going to escape off this island, think again. From now on, your town and your lives are under my control." Sun looked in the direction of where she heard the voice coming from.
"Now that we have control, you will be forced to pay a tribute tax. 100,000 beli (A.N. I'm not sure how to spell that, so I'll stick with this.) And 50,000 for squirts. And I don't think I need to explain what will happen if you don't pay." Rae cowered behind her mother, while Sun was right in front of the group, showing that she wasn't afraid at all.
"Hey, isn't that the guy that was with the other guy that we just killed?" Hachi pointed to John, who was shielding Katie.
"Arlong, I'm not about to let you take control of my village." Sun marched right up to Arlong, which surprised him greatly. He never thought he would get yelled at by a girl.
"Choo." He turned to face the merman that was STILL staring at the picture. Choo looked up and his jaw dropped. It was her, the red eyes girl from the picture.
"Here she is." Arlong grabbed onto Sun and shoved her in Choo's direction. When Sun crashed into him, he quickly wrapped one arm around her to keep her still. He just needed to stare at her.
"GET YOUR HANDS OFF MY DAUGHTER/SISTER!" Rae and her mother yelled at the same time. No more being scared. Rae had already lost her father, she wasn't about to lose her sister in any way.
Choo just ignored the yelling comments and continued to stare down at this beautiful girl he was holding. He knew he wasn't feeling love, he was feeling lust. It just came out in a weird way. So many ideas ran through his head when he felt her boobs up against him. He wanted to touch them for real.
"Let go of me. Let go." Now Choo was definitely hooked on her. He loved her fiery spirit, and her voice.
"No, I won't let go. I do own you now." He smirked down at her.
"YOU DON'T OWN ME!" Sun wiggled her way out of his arms, jumped a little to reach his face and SLAPPED him as hard as she could.
"Did you just slap me?" Now he was angry. He was going to find a way to make her pay. Obviously, she hated him. 'I'll just make her be with me more. A few dates here and there, that will surely get her blood boiling.'
"You deserve it. Your boss may own my island now, but you don't own me."
"Anyway, you start paying taxes now." Kuroobi forced all of the villagers in a single file line, all the families standing by each other.
"Arlong, Is it all right if we lower that girl's taxes?" Choo asked Arlong.
"And why would we do that?"
"Because, I could use it against her. If she doesn't do a thing I say, I'll threaten to raise it." Truthfully, Arlong didn't want to do that. But you don't mess with a mermen who lusted after girls.
"Sure." When Sun's family came up to present their taxes, Arlong made the proposition.
"What do you say to me lowering your taxes? If…your daughter goes out with Choo?" This caught Sun's attention right away. She was always the type to worry about money.
"I don't think so. My daughter will never…"
"I agree." Sun interrupted her mother. "I don't want to do this, but we may not have enough money. So ok." That's where it all started.
What do you think? It took me a while, but I like the way it came out. Comments and Reviews are highly appreciated.