A/N: Hope you enjoy. Also if you're wondering why I stop writing dialogue for Johnny and Yosaku half way through this chapter, it's because it was a pain and I hated it. Sorry I guess, but I make up for it by destroying Arlong.
Disclaimer: I do not own One Piece. Duh.
The Going Merry was quickly approaching Arlong. It couldn't get there fast enough for Luffy's taste however. In fact, this went for everyone on the ship, save for maybe Johnny and Yosaku. They were so pumped at the moment that Luffy, Usopp, Zoro, and Sanji had started warming up already.
"Good speed Zoro!"
Luffy jumped backwards to avoid the strong right handed swipe, then ducked a kick aimed for his neck. Zoro did a forward jab with Wando directed to his captain's temple, which Luffy deflected with the kunai knife in his mouth. Currently the Straw Hat captain was blindfolded, restricted from using gear second or six powers, and had both arms tied behind his back. This was all the more frustrating to Sanji and Zoro, who hadn't been able to wound him yet.
They were playing teams at the moment with Sanji and Zoro on team 1 and Usopp and Luffy on team 2. Sanji went in for Party Table Kick Course but was greeted to an explosive star to the face, causing him to lose balance and kick Zoro in the head. The swordsman was sent flying into the railing.
"Idiot, second rate cook," muttered Zoro as he picked himself up. If he had three swords, this fight would be going a different direction. Sanji, who was pretty pissed, stood up and ran at Usopp, ready to kick the sniper with a full powered move. Halfway there however, Luffy stuck a foot out and tripped the cook, causing him to stumble the rest of the way. Being so off balance left him extremely open and Usopp was able to punch the chief in the face with enough force to send him flying back and landing on his butt.
"Don't let anger cloud your sight on the battlefield Sanji. Tunnel vison equals death for you and your comrades." Sanji looked the other way and rubbed his cheek a bit.
"Will do captain."
Luffy then looked up at Nami, who was in the crow's nest. It was still morning, as the sky had not even reached its peak in the sky. "We close yet?"
"I can see the island, but it is still about an hour off."
"Thanks Nami." Luffy then turned back to his crew, still blindfolded and bound. "Ok, let's continue."
The Going Merry docked at the port closest to Cocoyashi Village, and the crew had started to unload. Luffy, like everyone else, was so ready to turn Arlong into paste he could scream. Sadly, Nami insisted that she check on her village. As they walked towards the village, Nami explains that the inhabitants of the town hates her guts. This shocks a few crew members but really didn't change anything.
"I just have to check on a few things is all."
Sanji, Zoro, and Luffy shrugged, jostling the bags of treasure on their shoulders. "Do whatever you need to do," says Luffy, taking in the surroundings. Nice place. Who would think that it was being ruled by an evil fishman?
As they walk into the town, they begin to draw quite the large amount of attention. Usually the town folk would avoid Nami like the plague, but for her to bring others to the island was unheard of. Something had to be up. Whispers and mutterings started to go up among the crowd. The men with Nami had a certain air around them, unrestrained power and anger. Especially the one with the straw hat. As calm as Luffy thought he was being, his aura was going crazy right now.
They continued the walk until they made it to a house on top of a steep hill. There was a tangerine orchard beside said house as well. The sun was now at full height in the sky, beating down on them with full intensity. Nami opened the door to her house, letting Luffy, Zoro, Sanji, Johnny, and Yosaku in. Pretty simple house, but it felt cozy.
"Ok, just set the bags over there," said the thief, pointing to the corner of the kitchen. Her crew mates complied. Luffy stretched his arms and yawned.
"Can we please go murder Arlong now," said the captain, eyes turning a dark shade of red, spooking some in the room. Had that always happened? Before any reply could be made, an outside party spoke up.
"So that's what all this is about."
Everyone turned around to see a young women with light ice blue hair. She was wearing a plaid, green, sleeveless, button up shirt, which allowed her interact tattoo to be seen. She also had on plain blue jeans and heeled sandals a lot like Nami's.
"Honestly Nami, I never thought you would intentionally bring someone to their death." Nami turned around in surprise.
"Nojiko! What are you doing here?"
"I live here."
"Right."
Then silence. Luffy decided to break the tension. "Um, so you know Nami?"
Weak attempt sure but it something. Nojiko shook her head and walked past the group, sitting down in one of the chairs around the table.
"I don't know what my sister told you, but you should leave before Arlong realizes you're here. I don't care how strong you think you are, no one beats Arlong. A fishman is 10 times stronger than a normal human, and Arlong is 10 times stronger than a normal fishman. He cannot be beaten." Luffy nodded, Zoro yawned, Sanji lit up a cigarette, and Usopp double checked his stars. Johnny and Yosaku were the only ones to look even a little nervous.
"Cool story," sighed Luffy, bored as fuck. So much blood lust and yet he was being forced to wait. Nojiko just looked away in pity. It was Nami's turn to speak up.
"Listen Nojiko, these guys aren't normal. I'm barely sure they are human. Arlong doesn't come close to them," she said, pointing at Luffy, "He might as be some sort of god."
Nojiko couldn't believe what she was hearing. Had Nami finally lost it or something? No one could hope to win against Arlong. Although, Nami was a smart girl and would act rash, especially on something like this. There might be some merit to those outlandish statements.
Luffy then abruptly ran out the door, not even bothering to say anything. He had sensed something that was off and nothing was going to stop him from keeping the ones in this village safe. Not that the Straw Hat actually cared for them personally or anything, just it would keep Nami happy. Moving swiftly with soru, Luffy made it back into town just in time to watch the situation unfold.
"You know the penalty for having a weapon," sneered a fishman, wearing an unbuttoned flora shirt and jean shorts. There were three other similarly dressed fishmen behind this one, each with the same superior smirk. The one being interrogated was a tanned, average built man. His more noticeable features was a bushy mustache, hat with a pinwheel, and multiple stiches. He wore a brown police outfit with matching brown pants.
"I collect them as a hobby. I have no intention of starting an uprising or any nonsense like that."
The fishmen look at each other and laughed. "You're still breaking the law old fool and the penalty is-"
Luffy walked up, eyes being blocked from view by his hat. The fishmen interrogating Genzo turned around and nearly shit themselves. Something deep inside of their heart was shaking. A primal feeling of hunter and hunted was activated. And they were the hunted. The straw hatted…thing was not human. They fell over in fear and could not find their footing no matter what.
"What's wrong," asked Luffy in a soft voice. No response was given. The fishmen had effectively bitten their own tongue.
"Hey, could you guys do me a favor?" The fishmen's eyes widened as Luffy bent down and gave a twisted smile. Genzo was in a similar state of shock, however it was not because of the pirate captain's will power. It was the fact that there was a human being alive that could scare fishmen. The townsfolk who had been gathered around Genzo were also in disbelief. It was at this moment that the Straw Hat crew caught up with Luffy.
"Luffy why did you…" Usopp stopped talking when he saw the scene. Everyone else followed suit. Nojiko's normally indifferent appearance was now in a state of shock.
Luffy slowly reach into his holster and pulled out his blunderbuss, pointing it right between the first fishman's eyes. Despite the urge to move, the fishmen were glued to the ground. A cold blast of air went through the town, giving everyone goose bumps. What should have been a sunny day now had dark clouds evading the sky from all directions.
"Could you tell Arlong that I'm coming?" The fishmen nodded vigorously.
"Good."
And like that they could move again. The very next nanosecond after realizing this, the fishmen disappeared, running as if Satan was behind them. Luffy smirked and turned to his crew.
"Arlong dies now."
Zoro, Sanji, and Usopp nodded and began walking towards Arlong Park with Luffy. But then the captain stopped for a moment.
"I do not want anyone to come near Arlong Park. What I'm about to do shouldn't be seen by anyone. That being said, Nami, come on." The thief left the side of her sister and started following behind her male crewmates. That was until a hand grabbed her arm.
"Nami, what do you think you're doing? Who are these men," asked Genzo, a slight edge in his voice.
"Genzo, these are my crewmates." Nami then motioned her hand towards Luffy, Sanji, Usopp, and Zoro, who were now once again stationary and very impatient. "As for what I'm doing, freeing this village of Arlong forever." Genzo looked shocked for a moment but regained his senses quickly.
"Did you finally raise the 100,000,000 berries?!" It was Nami's turn to be shocked now.
"G-Genzo! You knew this whole time?" The policeman looked away in shame, as did most of the townsfolk. Luffy was now sitting in the middle of the road, looking a bit lost. When was he going to get to rip Arlong apart?
"In case you ever wanted to escape, we didn't want you to feel chained down to this town." Nami started to cry a bit as emotion swelled. It was at this point new voice entered the fray.
"How touching. However, I'm afraid I must be breaking up the moment." The one speaking was a very odd looking man with grayish skin. He wore a hooded marine trench coat, the hood having mouse ears attached on. Blue pants and black boots finished off the look, except for the odd whiskers hanging off his face. Luffy had sensed the man coming, but had thought nothing of it because of how weak the aura was. Behind Nezumi were 30 other marines with rifles.
"I am looking for Nami."
Meanwhile, Arlong sat on his makeshift throne, laughing it up with his fishman brothers. The joke that had them all in pieces was the treatment of Nami. Got to love loop holes.
"Hey Boss, isn't Nami going to be pissed?" The mighty fishman bellowed out a flamboyant laugh at this statement. It was truly funny.
"So what?! I'll simply threaten that pathetic village of hers. Shahahahaha!"
The laughter stopped abruptly when three fishmen jumped over the wall and fell at Arlong's feet. They gasped for air and attempted to sputter out something intelligible. When that failed, they tried pointing. This greatly disturbed Arlong and his fellow brothers.
"A-A-Arl-Arlo! C-C-Cra-Cra person! C-Coming!"
Arlong and the others had managed to piece together that something was coming. Wait, something scary was coming. It was too late to ask what it was because the fishmen had passed out. Damn, what could have done this? Couldn't be human right? Arlong didn't want to take any chances.
"Everyone, gather your weapons! Be ready for anything!" Kuroobi, who was standing at Arlong's right side, leaned in to talk.
"Is this necessary? I would be glad to go exterminate this problem, whatever it may be." Arlong shook his head in the negative. Something was odd about all this.
"So, explain to me again what you're here for?"
All thirty marines were either dead, or almost dead. A few had been hit into trees and on top of houses. The ones that Zoro got a hold of were sliced up to like tomatoes. The only one still conscious was Nezumi, though he probably wished he wasn't. Both arms, his nose, and part of his right knee cap was broken or shattered. The pain was more than imaginable.
"I-I-I waaas s-senn-t-t-by Ar…long! I-I-I'm hhheere to t-tak-e her t-treasure!" As he finished, tears began to pour from his eyes, blood was also coughed up, adding to the already large puddle on the ground. Luffy stood up from his crouched position and turned to the townsfolk.
"You heard that right. Arlong was never going to keep his end of the deal with Nami. The only way to free this village now is to fight." The townsfolk gave a battle cry that was quickly silenced by Luffy.
"No, not you guys. My crew and I. We're the ones who are going to fight. You guys can just stay here and wait for an hour or something. I would rather no one be there when I fight."
Genzo walked up to the Straw Hat captain and gave a hard stare. "You think I'm going to miss the fall of Arlong Park. After everything he did?" Luffy and Genzo stared at each other for a few more seconds before Luffy finally looked away. The man was right. They had be tortured and tormented by Arlong like Nami. These people deserved a chance to see Arlong's dead corpse.
"Okay, but no children by any means."
"Deal."
Then wordlessly, Luffy started to walk towards Arlong Park with his crew following closely. Nami hung back a bit and walked with her village a few steps behind. As they drew closer, it started to drizzle a little. Nojiko walked next to Nami and leaned in to whisper.
"Where on Earth did you find these guys?"
"They more or less found me," she whispered back.
The walk continued until they were right outside the walls of Arlong Park. Luffy lifted his leg and kicked the large stone doors with so much force that the doors exploded in a shower of dust. Arlong turned around just in time for a fist to the face, flinging him off the throne and on the ground. The fight had not even started yet and he was already on the verge of unconsciousness. The rubber man retracted his fist, shocking most in the crowd.
"Nami, is there anyone you don't want dead," asked Luffy, hat shading his eyes.
"The octopus."
"Okay. Everyone else hear that?"
"Yes."
"Mhm."
"Understood."
"Good. I'll join the battle in a few minutes. I want to see how much your training paid off for now."
"Right," the three crew members said in union. Then they ran into the fray. Zoro immediately began cutting down enemies left and right. The fishmen holding swords were absolutely powerless to stop his assault. Three swordsman fishmen tried to attack at once with a downward strike, but were all stopped on Wando blade with ease. Before realization could even take place, a sword went through all their throats with one slash. Even with one sword Zoro was unmatched.
Sanji was similarly having great success in his fighting. The cook was barely even touching the ground as he kicked off the throats of the fishmen, each blow collapsing the windpipe. One fishman ran at him with a sword drawn and tried a horizontal slash to the chest. Sanji jumped high into the air over the attack and summersaulted, then descended with a drop kick to the fishman's head, exploding it on impact. It didn't matter who challenged him, Sanji would send them to a quick death promptly.
Usopp was surprisingly fairing good as well. Most didn't even get near him because of the deadly fire being rained down. The sniper was putting good use to his new shrapnel stars, aiming only for the eyes, mouth, and nose of his opponents. And being the pro he was, Usopp was shooting so that the stars were fired in the fishmen's blind spot, making it impossible to dodge. However, some were able to get in close and throw a few punches at him, though they were easily avoided. Compared to Luffy's punches they might as well be in slow motion. At the end of the last punch combo, Usopp threw his slingshot upward, pulled two explosive stars from the dual pouches on each side, leaned closer, and jammed an explosive star deep into each ear canal before jumping backwards.
Fire erupted from the fishman's ears along with blood and brain matter. His eyes also popped out of socket, but still attached. He fell face forward on the ground, life force gone. Usopp raised his right hand in the air without looking and caught his slingshot as if fell downward. Inside, the sniper was actually quaking with terror, but outside he wore a hardened fake grin. Be brave, be brave. No running, no accidents. Just like Luffy taught. If you looked closely, although no one was, you could see Usopp's knees shaking in fear. Old habits die hard, but one thing was different. There would be no running.
Luffy was currently standing next to Nami watching the show and making sure Arlong wouldn't cause any trouble for his crew. He was going join soon though because he now knew what to work on with his crew in terms of more training. Plus if the captain stayed still any longer, he would probably lose his fucking mind.
As Nami stood next to Luffy, she felt tears coming swelling up for the tenth time this week. Jeez, what was with her and emotion right now? She desperately wanted to help in the fight, but the girl was smart enough to know it would only be a burden to her friends. However, she vowed to get stronger, maybe even ask Luffy to train her. Speaking of which, it looked like he had decided to join in now because Luffy was doing a power march into Arlong Park. It was also at the time that Arlong's three top members joined in.
Zoro had basically taken out everyone around him by the time Hatchan came around with a sword in each tentacle. The octopus looked pissed and had a right to be so.
"You killed my brothers you bastard, time to die!"
"If I didn't kill them they would have killed me," stated Zoro nonchalantly. He was under orders not to kill this joker, but that wouldn't make this fight any harder. Even with one sword it would be a simple matter.
"Well…I guess that is true."
Was this guy an idiot? Whatever, only made the swordsman's job that much easier.
"Right I guess. Anyway let's get this over with," huffed Zoro, gripping Wando tight with his right hand. The Arlong Pirate looked extremely confused however.
"But you only have one sword and I have six. You can't beat me with only one sword."
"Idiot. You may have more swords, but mine carries more weight."
"…But that's impossible. I know it may look like these swords are light, but each one actually weighs 300 pounds. Yep, my sword must have more weight."
"Forget it, I'm done with this shit," muttered Zoro, tying his haramaki around his forehead, preparing to fight seriously. Hatchan also took a serious fighting stance.
"I'm fighting with intention to kill so be prepared." Then with that, Hatchan rushed forward swinging all six swords in what looked like a completely random fashion. However, looking closer Zoro could tell that a pattern did exist in the chaos and pattern meant this would be easy. As the two clashed sword against sword, the octopus was shocked that Zoro was dead yet.
Trying to distract Zoro, Hatchan only attacked with three swords while keeping the others still. Zoro kept parrying each of three swords with ease, making sure to keep a close eye on the other ones as well. So when Hatchan tried to take the green haired swordsman off guard, it failed terribly. As the other three swords joined in, there was a one second delay from his other three that had been currently attacking. This one second delay gave Zoro the time to move forward at incredible speeds and cut Hatchan deeply with a diagonal slash to the torso. This attack stunned the octopus long enough for Zoro to shuffle left and jump so as to do a downward cut, slicing the hand on each right handed tentacle, forcing Hatchan to drop three of his swords. The Arlong pirate fell on his knees and quivered in pain.
"Y-you…bastard," muttered Hatchan weakly before falling face down on the pavement. Well that wasn't too hard. Zoro placed Wando back in his sheath and walked off to see if any of his friends needed help.
While Zoro had been "fighting" (raping) Hatchan, Sanji too was having a completely one-sided fight with another Arlong Pirate top member. After striking down his possibly 25th fishman, he felt an attack come from behind but had no time dodge, so instead the cook jumped forward with the rather strong punch; flying forward at an amazing velocity. Kuroobi grinned as if he had won the fight already.
"One down," muttered the fishman like he was hot shit. As if he could take out Luffy's whole group. Didn't matter really, he would be dead in the next 20 seconds.
Sanji pulled his knees to his chest in midair and flipped so that instead of heading head first into the Arlong Park wall, he was going feet first. Still flying extremely fast, when Sanji's feet touched the surface of the stone wall, he immediately crouched so as to absorb the impact and spread out the force to the wall. The stone surface cracked along the entire length of the wall, taking more force than it could handle.
After taking a quick split-second to regain his composure, Sanji tensed his legs and while still vertical on the wall, lit up a cigarette like a badass. Then after taking a long drag and letting out a satisfied smoke filled breath, Sanji vaulted off the wall nearly three times faster than when he was hit. The entire wall vaporized under the immense pressure put upon it, only dust was left. Kuroobi didn't even have time to blink, much less try to defend himself. Not that he could have.
"Mutton Shot!" Sanji closed the distance between him and the fishman and in less than an instant angled his body upward, stretched his leg out, and kicked Kuroobi just under his chin. The impact was so great that the force broke the sound barrier and launched Kuroobi's head into the next atmospheric layer. Blood erupted out from where a head use to be. The large shark body slumped and fell forward with a wet smack. Sanji landed on the ground casually and took another drag from his cigarette.
"Better go see how Usopp and Zoro are doing."
Speaking of, Usopp, just like everyone else, had to fight an Arlong Park head member. The sniper had taken out every fishman in his area of the park except one. Chew attempted to shoot Usopp from behind but he was able to roll out of harm's way in time. Mid-roll, Usopp pulled out two shrapnel stars and one tobacco star with his left hand, right hand already holding his slingshot.
As soon as he was upright, the sniper put all three stars in his sling and fired quickly. It was such a practiced and fluid moment that Chew didn't even attempt to lift a hand or dodge because he hadn't registered an incoming attack. So when the burning and searing pain exploded in his eyes and through his brain, it was a complete surprise. On instinct, Chow began to rub furiously, falling right into Usopp's trap.
The shrapnel only goes two centimeters deep, but with the tobacco star the victim will naturally rub their eyes, making the shrapnel go even deeper. The fishman continued to rub his eyes until he stopped and started screaming. Blood coated his hands and eyes, literal tears of blood were being squeezed out in agony.
"Aaaaaggg!"
Chew could no longer hear, see, smell, or taste anything. He could only feel the striking pain ripping through his head. It was complete misery. His eyes had a look of crazed terror as blood continued to pour forth from them. Usopp actually felt kinda bad about what he done, but not enough as to show mercy. That would going against a direct order. Usopp walked up to his enemy, removed the karambit from its holding place on his belt, steeled the raging emotion inside, and rammed the curved knife under Chews chin and through his brain. Then quickly removed his 6 inch karambit from the fishman's head, wiped the blood off, and placed it back in his belt.
"Fucking hell dude," muttered Usopp in exasperation, walking off to meet with his friends.
Luffy throughout the endings to the fights had been hanging with Arlong. The fishman captain had been so dazed by the first punch that he had been unable to stand without assistance. Luckily Luffy had been more than happy to help with that. Arlong had been in a somewhat of a peace daze until Straw Hat grabbed him by the hair and lifted him up.
"Oh, don't tell me you're tired," spoke Luffy in voice that conveyed false concern. Arlong felt the coldest, darkest, and evilest aura he could remember behind him. Not one to give up without a fight, the shark man twisted around and preformed a kick that hit air. Before processing that, a fist connected with his face that had twice the force of the first one. It nearly completely crushed his skull completely and forced him into the ground once again.
Arlong couldn't even fathom what was happening. Pain was wracking through his body with increasing intensity. Even as his vison blurred considerably, the blood being coughed out in large quantities was visible in the form of a large puddle. It was unfathomable. What the hell is going!
Luffy lifted Arlong from the ground by his hair once again, reared his left hand, and backhanded the fishman hard. So hard in fact that Arlong's teeth flew out of his mouth, only for a new set to grow back seconds later.
"What's wrong bitch-long? What happened to your fucking fishman are supreme empire bullshit Nami told me about? Where is all that power I heard about?!"
Arlong had an enormous black bruise on his entire left side and his left eye was completely swelled shut. Pain was fucking everywhere and his limp body was only being held up by his hair. The feeling of Arlong's scalp ripping off was driving him insane. Blood was leaking out of his mouth and ears in a slow steady stream.
"Ack, ack! W-w-w-wa-wait." Arlong composed himself to speak again, this time swallowing the fluid pooling in his lungs. "T-t-this is a-about N-N-Nami? Y-you can have her! P-p-pleas-e just leave!"
Luffy lost it
"Have her…Have her! You think she's a fucking object!"
The Straw Hat roughly grabbed Arlong by the back of the neck and lifted him up so that the fishman could see what was happening around him. No, this can't be real. All of Arlong's fishman brothers had been slain in cool blood. In fact he was just in time to see Kuroobi's head go flying into the upper atmosphere. His fishman empire had fallen and apparently it didn't even take long to do so.
"The last thing you will see is your dead brothers. You deserve nothing less bastard," spat Luffy. Then in one fluid motion, he ripped the saw nose off Arlong and plunged it deep into the former Sun Pirates right eye. Pain once again exploded anew, the focus being the fucking hole in the middle of Arlong's face. Blood gushed out of the open orifice like a river and his right eye squeezed blood past his nose and dripped slowly. The sight brought Luffy untold amounts of joy.
And why stop now when the fun was just beginning? The Straw Hat dug his fingers into Arlong's side, located the rib cage, and pulled out the bottom bone with one swift movement. The shark screamed in pure unbridled agony, so loud in fact that all of the townsfolk recoiled in fear. Luffy and Arlong were currently both hidden behind a fallen piece of rubble and the dust cause by Sanji's wall demolition was clouding the area, so no one knew whether that scream came from Luffy or Arlong. Most assumed the worst.
"I knew it was too good to be true," said Genzo gravely, shaking his head. The other townsfolk followed the example, bowing their heads in sadness and respect to the fallen boy. However when they caught sight of Nami, she looked perfectly calm. Cause unlike them, she knew it was impossible for Luffy to lose, not to Arlong anyway. The Hawkeye battle confirmed that much.
Back with Luffy, he was introducing Arlong to yet another new level of torture. The Straw Hat captain had plunged his hand through Arlong's abdomen and after a good bit searching, while pushing organs and sensitive nerves out the way, located the spinal column. Arlong had continued to howl this entire time, in so much pain that he wasn't able to pass out.
"Have you ever played Janga," asked Luffy with an enormous grin. "It's quite simply. All you do is stack up a tower of blocks and pull out blocks one by one, trying to not to let the tower fall. Sadly we can't play because I didn't bring any blocks. Oh wait! I have an idea…"
Luffy positioned his index finger against the T12 vertebrae. "Finger Pistol!"
The T12 ripped out of Arlong's back, soared across Arlong Park and beyond. Then the T11 fell in place where the T12 had been. Blood erupted from Arlong's mouth, his screams dying out altogether. Luffy then posed his finger over the next vertebrae.
"Finger Pistol!" There went another
"Finger Pistol!" Another.
"Finger Pistol!"
"Finger Pistol!"
It was after the seventh vertebrae that Arlong's back, or what was left of it, could no longer support his weight. The fishman's upper body seemed to giggle back and forth before slumping backward in the way only an invertebrate could. Amazingly Arlong was actually still alive and conscious, far beyond the realm of pain. Finally feeling satisfied with himself, Luffy dragged Arlong out in the open for everyone to see. On the way he pasted by Zoro, Usopp, and Sanji, who had been in the process of regrouping and finishing off any stray enemies.
"You guys good," asked the captain in concern. Everyone gave the okay.
"Good." Together they walked towards the gates where the villagers were waiting. Multiple gasp went up when everyone saw the state Arlong was in. A bleeding nine tenths dead fish with his own nose jammed through his eye. Many actually vomited. Usopp really wanted to vomit and probably would later. Luffy threw Arlong in front of everyone, sending them into dead silence.
"Nami."
Nami looked up with a bewildered expression. Actually seeing Arlong very close to death like this was fucking surreal. But when she made eye contact with Luffy, a deep calm set over her. The captain pulled his gun out of its holster and tossed to her. Nami looked at the weapon in confusion.
"I thought you might want to do the honors." Luffy then bent down and lifted Arlong's head and forcibly opened his left swelled shut eye.
Nami then got the hint. He wanted her to shoot Arlong, like Arlong had shoot her mom. To get Revenge. And it was very tempting. Everything Arlong had ever done to her flashed before her eyes. A sudden spike of anger appeared. Turning her gaze back to Arlong's dying form didn't bring Nami any sadness or even disgust. Only happiness. He was getting everything he deserved. It was this thought that lifted Nami's arm and drove her to cock the blunderbuss.
Arlong was in a complete state of shock. He knew this was the end, there was no way it couldn't be at this point and frankly Arlong was ready to greet death with open arms at the moment. Even if he could be saved, the memories of this would haunt him until the end of time. No, death would be better. Then light flooded back into his swollen eye. Everything was only shadows at first until the fuzzy images became clear. What he saw was Nami holding a blunderbuss leveled at his head. Hehe, even he could see the irony in this. Well the Arlong Pirates had a good run. Demon girl.
Nami's eyes cooled and hardened with resolve, putting pressure on the trigger. "This is for Bellemere you arrogant, lying, sadistic, son of a bitch."
And at the same moment Arlong and Nami made eye contact, when owner and former slave met gazes, the mikan haired girl pulled the trigger fully, blowing Arlong's brain out of his head.
A/N: Love it? Hate it? Sorry these fights were a bit one sided but the crew is becoming very strong very fast. Okay, really awkward question time. Can anyone help me write lemons? Some are coming up soon and I'm just clueless. If nobody can help I guess I can try my hand at it, but don't expect amazing scenes.
Also Usopp carries two pouches for stars on each side in this story for more options.
Next Chapter: Doctor, Doctor! Give me the news!
