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Time on the Sea
Chapter Thirteen
I woke on the small ship, to the some screaming of Yosaku, Looking out on the ocean; Yosaku is swimming away from the boat, a shark chasing him.
"What the hell….what's with him, he's too loud…." My head throbs, the headache is back….
Usopp turn to me, from his spot at the bow of the ship "We've arrived at the island, and Merry is there"
"Cool, where's Zoro and Johnny?"
They're on the other side of the boat, Usopp says while he helps me to my feet. And we head there.
Zoro is leaning against the small cabin, Johnny across from him. The color in Zoro's face is back, but a sweat covers him. His sword lies on his lap.
"So what now?" I ask, and take a seat next to the swordsman.
"We're travelling to the other side of the island to dock and explore" Johnny explains, while pointing to the left side of the lush island.
The Boat sails slowly along the coast when a small dock comes into view, "Oh no! It's Fishmen!" Usopp freaks out. And drags our head out of view, two fish like men stand on the dock, looking over the water, they catch sight of the boat.
"They spotted us!" Johnny whispers "Let's go!"
"We can't bring Zoro with us… he's too injured" Usopp reasons, then with a look at me then Zoro, he smirks "Sorry guys" he attacks.
"So…. What are you two humans doing…?"
The two Fishmen stand above Zoro and I. One is tall and blue with short blond hair, wearing kakis and a blue tank top, the other is a sandy color with long black hair, he wears no shirt showing off huge muscles and dark shorts.
"Our crew cast us off" Zoro smoothly lies, and I inwardly curse Usopp. He tied Zoro and I together, talking about me keeping an eye on him, then he and Johnny swam away when the Fishmen were busy with us. Damn him!
"Yeah" I agree lightly, my headache still pounds, and I feel the color leave my face.
The Fishmen shrug, "Let's bring them to Arlong, He'll know what to do with them" the sandy fish reasons. And before long, they docked the boat and dropped Zoro and I in front of a large blue Fishmen with a long sharp nose, our backs faced the open ocean, tied together, hands and feet.
"So, what are two humans doing, trying to get away from my island?" the blue Fishman asks, an angry grimace on his face.
I sigh, "We're searching for a woman Zoro states nonchalantly.
"Hahaha!" the Fishman laughs "Like that's true! You've got a woman right here, so answer my question!" he leans in my face, his large nose too close to my own.
"I already told you!" Zoro growls, he face becomes dark, Man he must be really wanting to kill Usopp right now… wait I do too! "We're looking for a woman!"
"Huh~!" he gets closer.
I snarl "Get your humongous nose out of my face!"
The man laughs, "Yeah and what are you gonna do, you're only a lowly human!"
I smirk evilly, oh man this is Grandpa and his finger all over again!
And chomp down on his longer than Usopp nose.
"You insolent human!" he roars, and tries to pull back, but I don't let go "Let go of my perfect nose!" he raises his hand and smacks me across the face, making my let go of his nose. Zoro and I fall onto our backs, the force knocking us over. My cheek stinks, and my head swims harder, my headache returns at full force. Zoro grunts in pain when he pulls both of us into a seating position again.
"We Fishmen are "Evolved Humans!" we have gained the ability—" I didn't really listen, lost in trying to contain my headache, and I could already feel a bruise forming on my face as it healed its self-thanks to my speed devil fruit.
"I'm sick of hearing your stupid theory of yours, Arlong" the voice of Nami pulled me out of my thoughts.
"Na…" Zoro gaps. She stood by Arlong, with a sad look in her eyes, but a smug smile on her face.
"YO…. Nami!" I great her through lazy pain and watch as the Fishman, Arlong greets her with open arms as the Fishman's cartographer. "Hey, Nami!" Zoro addresses her "Why the hell are you so chummy with these guys…!" he nearly growls.
"Nami~" I slur a bit "Luffy won't stop till he has you…" Nami seemed a little taken aback by my statement.
"What, you know this two, Nami?" Asks Arlong
"…Don't be silly, they are just my last victims" she shrugs, and walks towards us, she stops in front of Zoro and bends down to his eye height. "I knew you were chasing after me. But I didn't think you'd make it here…"
Zoro is silent, and his face darkens "Is this your true self?"
"That's right, Surprised? I'm an officer of the Arlong Pirates"
I giggle; my headache has started to affect my brain…. "Yeah right, Nami…. You said you hated Pirates~" I tried to but my head between my knees to calm the pounding against my skull, but it fails when Zoro sits up straight, bringing my back along with him.
"Shahaha! She had you completely strung-along!" Arlong burst out laughing from the seat he had taken in front of his Arlong Park building. "This girl here would do anything for money, even forest the death of her own parent. She's a cold-hearted witch!"
Nami stiffened, which caught Zoro's attention, and focused me on her scared/mad expression, other than the headache.
Zoro shrugged through the bandages covering his torso, "I see… well, I didn't really trust her anyways, it wouldn't surprise me even if she turned out to be a devil." He laughed lightly, his three earing clinked together "From the very beginning, I had the feeling you were a good-for-nothing woman."
Nami straightened up; hurt flashed in her expression, but was quickly covered with smugness. "…Well that makes things easier, you're really an eyesore!"
"Hold your breath as long as you can" Zoro whispers in my ear before he launched us both back, before I could utter a scream of surprise, into the sea.
The water surrounded us, I gasped, only taking in the salty liquid, and quickly closed my mouth, saving my air. As we sunk, due to my increased devil fruit weight, I realized my headache disappeared, but it is replaced with a calming sensation, my mind fogged up and threatened to consume me, my body became drowsy, my eye lids blurry, I could barely register someone pulling Zoro and I up and out of the water until we hit the surface. Zoro and I gasped for the much needed air, my eye sight was still blurry, but my vision connected with Arlong's who gasped, his eyes widened in shock, I blinked hard and my sight refocused, to Arlong laughing to himself, Zoro and I were dragged back onto the shore, we land on our stomachs I coughed up a some water that managed to make it to my lungs when I heard Zoro laugh, Nami had jumped in and saved us. "What's the big idea…" she asks
"I could ask you the same thing" Zoro's voice was full of smug achievement :A small crook like you can't even let someone die, shouldn't be actin' all tough!"
"Oi, Zoro," I coughed "Where did I fit in this brilliant plan of yours, huh!"
Nami was taken aback once more, and glared at him.
"be more quicker next time, you slowpoke, almost thought I was a goner…."
"Oi!" I scream getting mad "Count me in there!"
"Don't you get cheeky with me!" Nami screamed, and kicked Zoro on the back, and lifted him up slightly by his neck "If you get involved with me anymore, you're a dead man!"
"Oi~" I wine lightly "What about me~" she lifts us to our feet, Zoro smirks, and Nami punches him in his gut, causing him to bend over, pulling me with him. The movement makes my headache return, I grown. And Zoro seethes in pain, blood stains his bandages, it looks like some of his stiches opened. I ignore the Fishmen talking to one another, as Nami leaves she claims she'll "Take care of us later"
My head pounds harder than ever now as some Fishmen pull us to our feet, and place us in a cell within the Arlong building, pushing us roughly inside, we land on our faces, I groan in pain "…Zoro, I think there's something wrong with me… my head won't stop pounding…." We roll onto our backs, and Zoro uses his strength to sit up against one of the walls. My head rolls lamely onto his shoulder. He placed his forehead on mine, checking my temperature. "You're, boiling!" he exclaims loudly, look dumbly up at him.
Then Nami walks into the cell, and throws Zoro's sword, that was taken before in front of him at his feet and cuts his hand binds. "Hurry up and get out of here, before Arlong comes back!"
Zoro hmm's. Nami leaves as fast she came, leaving the door wide open.
Zoro slashed my binds and carefully placed me against the wall, I breathed heavily, my fever and headache clouding my mind. "I'm fine" I try and argue and get up, only to stumble making Zoro to catch me and place me down again "Luffy would kill me if anything happened to you, you are his wife after all" he smiles "I'll be back" with that he walks out of the cell, 10 minutes later he returns with a blue flowered shirt on. He picked me up silently and carried be out to the space where we met Arlong, fallen Fishmen litter the ground, and I smirked "Had fun?" he placed my in Arlong's seat; he sat in before, my breathing slowed as I try and save energy. "Well we've gotten into a bit of a jam, he took a seat on one of the large arm rests, and then we hears someone yelling "Momoo! Time for your meal!" Zoro shrugs and walks to the other side of the plaza type area, a gate lead the sea water closer inland, surrounded by a wall, he jumped up the wall and looked over it. I watched as he seemed to converse with someone, he nodded and jumped down. "We're going to the village Arlong left to" he said as he picked me up again "Kay" I replayed lazily "But I can walk you know"
Zoro huffed "and you'll fall over again, you need to get checked by a doctor anyways."
He introduces me to Hachi an octopus Fishman, with eight arms, and pink skin, his weird hair stands up like the sun on his head, with match his sun tattoo on his forehead. Zoro placed me into a large jar that sat in the water, and hopped in after me. Hachi jumped into the water, and picked up some rope that is attached to the jar, and started swimming, pulling us along.
Hachi stopped at a small dock, and helped Zoro pull me onto the dock, he pick me up as soon as he was on it was well "This here is Cocoyashi Village, Arlong should be here somewhere as well as a doctor" Hachi explained. Zoro and I thanked him. As he swam away, Zoro sweat dropped "He's a strange Fishman, alright…"
"So… where too?" I ask lightly
"A doctor, then maybe find Usopp…. I want to kill him" he grimed. I laugh lightly, "Same some of his nose for me, he made me have to bite Arlong's nose… it tasted funny… like scales…"
"Well you shouldn't have bitten it then!" he exclaims, sighs roughly "Let's just go" and we enter the village.
Wondering around we find through the mostly empty market, we don't manage to find a doctor, and help from Zoro's sense of direction don't help, we learn that Usopp's been captured by the Fishmen, and we stop at the edge of the town, near some fields to rest and figure out stuff. Then we hear some yelling. Zoro looks up lazily up at the sky where a small figure approaches, the figure gets bigger and bigger as it gets closer and closer to us, soon enough it's as big as a small boat. And Zoro freaks out, as it heads straight for us. He grabs me and darts to the side, just as it lands, crashing to pieces.
Luffy and Sanji appear form the rubble, unharmed, as Yosaku is sprawled out and unconscious, with a swift kick from Sanji and wakes up.
"LUFFY! You nearly killed us!" Zoro screams at our Captain, and dusts himself off. I groan, "Man, Zoro, can't you be a bit gentler" I rub my head slowly, trying to calm the headache.
"Oh, Zoro, Mel! What's up?" Luffy asks happily. I sigh, same ol' Luffy.
"Well, Melody's sick, she's got a high fever, we were trying to find a doctor" Luffy rushes forward to me, and places a hand on my forehead, and griminess at the heat "Hi~" I smile lamely "Damn, has it been a year already…." Luffy whispers harshly, Zoro caught it but left it alone, Luffy will tell him is he wants.
"And Usopp, the idiot got himself caught by Arlong, if we don't hurry he'll be k—" Zoro is cut off by Johnny appears yelling "He's already been killed!" he cries "Usopp-aniki… was murdered by Nami-Neesan!"
Everyone is stunned. Luffy Growls "Sit it one more time, and I swear I'll kick your ass" Luffy attacks Johnny, Sanji and Yosaku try to hold him back "There's no way that Nami would Kill Usopp! We're crew mates!"
"I saw it with my own eyes…" Johnny cries.
From my seat against a tree I look down the small dirt path that leads to the village, and spot Nami walking towards us "Nami…" I exclaim weakly, I think my fever is getting worse….
"Just who did you call crewmates, Luffy?"
Luffy lets Johnny go, "What did you come to this island for?" Asks Nami calmly, leaning against a Bo staff, a glove overs her right hand.
"What are you talking about? Aren't we crewmates? We've come for you!" Luffy claims.
"Well, you're nothing but a hindrance to my plans, and 'crewmates'… don't make me laugh" her face is neutral "It was nothing but acting"
"Nami! Do you remember me? let's set sail to love together!" Sanji waves stupidly from behind Luffy
"Shut up! Can't you see your making things worse!" Zoro picks at him, Sanji growls "What was that! You Marino?"
"I TOLD YOU, SHE'S A WITCH!" Johnny points at her, interrupting the men's fight. "I saw her stabbing Usopp!"
"…So what?" Nami asks "Would you like to avenge him? Let me tell you something, after that stunt Zoro did, Arlong wants you all dead, no matter how monstrously strong you all may be, you're no match for the real monster."
"Nami" I get her attention weakly, still panting. She flashed concern on her face for just a second, witch I smile at "We don't care about things like that!"
"Where's Usopp" asks Zoro
"At the bottom of the ocean"
"That's it I've has enough of you!" Zoro charges, only to be cut off by one of Sanji's kicks "Does a swordsman harm ladies as well, Roronoa Zoro?" Sanji takes a deep breath of his cigarette. "What the hell did you say? Don't butt in when you don't know anything!" Zoro counters
:If it's about the ship… you can have it back, go find another navigator and you go search for your little One Piece, or whatever." Her face darkens "GET OFF THIS ISLAND! YOU'RE AN EYESORE! Farewell"
Then Luffy falls onto his back, beside me, "I'm gonna sleep." He claims.
I chuckle, as Johnny and Yosaku freak out.
"FINEM DO WHAT EVER THE HELL YOU WANT!" Nami explodes "YOU CAN DIE FOR ALL I CARE!" she turns and stomps down the path, back to the village.
"You are all out of her minds!" Johnny exclaims "we're leaving!" Yosaku agrees
"fine" Zoro shrugs
"May we meet again someday!"
"Take care!" they leave down the opposite path.
Zoro and Sanji take a seat on the other side of the path, "Do you really think Nami killed Long-nose?" asks Sanji lightly.
I snort "Nope"
"Who knows" Zoro cuts in, "Maybe after I called her small-time, she got so pissed off she really did kill him.
"Small Time?" Sanji gets pissed, they charge at each other, Sanji kicks while Zoro goes to block with his sword, only to get Usopp stuck in the middle of the attacks; he has been running down the path.
"Ah…" Zoro sweat drops. "He's alive"
I shake my head. "Not anymore…."
"Usopp!" Luffy shoots up, "You're alive!"
"Yeah. Nami saved my life!" he sighed heavily "If you ask me, there's some reason she joined the Arlong pirates."
My eye sight gets foggy, and I start to fall over, when Luffy catches me "Luffy…" I pant. Then Nami\s sister appears, asking everyone to leave the island, in return she will explain Nami's past. Luffy picks me up, in her arms bridal style
"I don't care about Nami's past; I'm going into the village to find a doctor"
As we enter the village, Luffy finds the villagers are gathered in the center square, pitch forks, knifes and swords in their hands, they cheer and run towards Arlong Park. Nami stands where they stood, she falls to the ground, and a knife clatters to the ground at her side. She cries, as we get closer she stops and grips at her left arm, she picks up the knife, and plunges it into her arm screaming and cursing Arlong's name. Luffy is silent as we approach, once close enough, he sets be down at her side, and grabs her arm as she swings to plunge it in her arm again, stopping it. She drops the knife. "You don't know the first thing about anything! What is it!"
Luffy is calm "Nope, I don't know anything."
"This has nothing to do with you…!" Nami grabs at the dirt ground, "Didn't I already tell you, to leave this island!" she cries, sweeping dirt at him.
"Yeah, you did." Nami tries to cover her cries. "Luffy…. Help me…." she looks pitifully up at him, tears stain her face, and snot drips from her nose. Luffy plants his hat on her head, takes a deep breath "OF COURSE I WILL!" he screams at the sky.
I then notice, Sanji, Zoro and Usopp stand ready for action.
I pant, and stagger, standing with them when Luffy turns and grabs me before I fall. And sets me on the ground again. "…Luffy, I want to fight, I'm fine" I try and argue, Luffy silences me "stay with Nami, we'll get you a doctor after we crush Arlong, your strong, this is nothing for you"
I nod, my eyes almost fully glassed over, hanging on to my consciousness from the weariness of the fever and headache.
"let's go" Luffy starts the walk to Arlong Park
"Roger!" Zoro, Usopp and Sanji agree, and follow beside him, leaving a disbelieved Nami behind.
"Luffy, win" I whisper as they get out of sight.
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