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Time on the Sea
Chapter Fourteen
I pant, I'm almost at the end of my rope, and Nami is still crying on my left, Luffy's hat sits carefully on her orange haired head. Slowly I rip some of my t-shirt and pass it to Nami to wrap her wound.
"Nami… I... n-need you to help me to get to the fight."
"Melody… are you sick?"
I nod slowly "Yeah, but that doesn't matter I want to be at the fight, not on the sidelines!"
"Ok, I've had enough crying, we need to help them!" she wraps her shoulder, and helps me to my feet. With a deep breath we start on to Arlong Park.
It's not long when we arrive, all the villagers stand with Johnny and Yosaku outside the walls, weapons at the ready. I separate from Nami, wobbling slightly, but stand standing on my own. "ARLONG!" Nami calls, catching the Fishman's attention from Sanji who is kneeling on the ground at his feet, Zoro is collapsed on his back; his black bandana shadows his eyes.
"Nami… great timing, I was about to kill these pirates, so what brings you here?" Arlong asks.
"I came here… to kill you…!" Nami whips out her Bo staff, ready to attack. Arlong laughs loudly "Kill me? In the past 8 years how many times have you tried to kill me…? You never succeeded! You should know by now that it is impossible for inferior Humans to kill me!" his voice darkens "Listen well… I'm not going to kill you… but you won't escape either… I'll have you be my cartographer forever!" Nami stiffens in fear.
"You'll never have her!" I yell in my loudest voice I could, as harsh as I could.
"I'm planning on killing everyone other than you two ladies right now!" he smiles evilly "If you both agree to join the Arlong pirates, I'll allow the Cocoyashi Villages to be spared…!" but he then Kicks Sanji down "But these guys… they have pissed me off too much, they will die. So will you join me and save your villagers, or side with the pirates?"
I growled in shock "Why do you want me?" he didn't answer my question. And Nami gasped, she turned to the people around us "I'm sorry guys, but will you die with me?"
"ALRIGHT!" they agree without hesitation.
"What?" Arlong is shocked.
Then Sanji and Zoro get up generality, Zoro places thumbs down "Melody can you last 30 seconds? Cause Cook, that's all I'm gonna last."
"No problem" I shake my body loose, adrenaline coursing through my veins, blocking out my pain and weariness. Zoro places his sword in his mouth. And I sprint to his side, fist raised. "Let's get this party started" Zoro smirks
"That's all the time I need" Sanji smiles, and dives into the water.
"EGG STAR!" an egg is lodged at Arlong; he stops it with a wave of his hand. "I'll back you up, Zoro, Melody!" Usopp's cowardly voice screams from a hole in the wall, many feet away. We ignore him.
"I'm gonna break that nose of yours!" Zoro cries and slashes one of his three swords at Arlong's long nose, but it sticks, not breaking off
"Fool… it's because my nose won't break, that I'm proud of it!" he pushed forward, making Zoro raise his other sword, to keep him at bay.
With this opening I charge in-between them, and punch Arlong in the stomach, at full speed. He falls back, spitting up blood.
"Damn you…" but before he can recover, Zoro slashes at his chest, Arlong catches him, and lift's his tired body into the air, his blood stained bandages fall to the ground along with his swords, reveling my bad skin sewing skills.
My vision swims, the colors mix together, Zoro's wound has reopened all the way. Arlong raises a hand, ready to finish him off, I jump at his free hand, and wrap around it, weighing him down. Then a scream sounds from the air. Luffy! I recognize his voice, so with the last of my strength, I place my feet on the back of Arlong's head and kick it, pulling his arm and body onto his back, the loss of balance makes him let go of Zoro who falls in a heap on the ground as Luffy scream from the air "I'm back!"
My strength leaves me in relief, Luffy is here. I let go of Arlong's arm, and suddenly he slaps it at me, sending me crashing into the villagers. Just before my mind becomes black I watch as Zoro rises to his feet, and Luffy's stretched limbs grab onto his shoulders, he slings him into the air, placing him where Zoro was, right in front of Arlong. I giggle, beat him Luffy… and let the darkness take over in bodily relief.
3rd Person
As Luffy's fight with Arlong grows to its peak, (Arlong long ago brought out a large jagged sword) he knocks Luffy into his building, they are both covered in wounds, Luffy has bite marks all over his arms and legs, a deep mark dripped blood from his side. Arlong slowly made his way to the building, when papers and books and shelves flew out of the hole Luffy made when he landed Nami gasps from beside Melody's unconscious figure, holding her in her lap, when a small desk flies to the pavement, breaking into a million tiny pieces. Arlong swears under his breath, and charges into the building.
"I will free Nami from your binds! I'll tear this place" Luffy claims boldly, standing across from the large Fishman. "You will never have her, she is mine" Arlong growls "And I'll have your other human female as well!" he laughs. Luffy stops, his face full of rage. "I know of her blessed state, all Fishmen are familiar with the legend, of a girl blessed by the sea, and protector of the sea's treasure. I saw her eyes, has it been a full year?" Luffy gasps, wide eyed at his knowledge, and growls "Melody is mine, you will never have her!" he attacks, he can't let anyone, let-alone an enemy know of her. Shocked Arlong blocks with his sword, Luffy grabs it, his face dark "forget it!" a power was released from his body, unknowingly striking Arlong. He staggered, and Luffy shattered his sword with one hand. As Arlong tried to pull himself together Luffy grabbed his prized nose, and snapped it, it's sharp edges breaking the skin on his hands. "You… Scum!" Arlong growled through clenched teeth. But he was ignored when Luffy sent his foot flying into the air, breaking the ceiling in the process. "Gomu Gomu no BATTLE AX!" He calls and brought his foot down on the unsuspecting Arlong, smashing him into the floor, and crushing the bottom of the building along with him.
From outside, everyone watched as Arlong Park fell and ran from the falling debris. Johnny and Yosaku grab Melody from Nami's lap and pulls them both out of harm's way. Arlong Park is now only a pile of rubble, and there standing on top of it all is Luffy, covered in blood and panting "Nami!" he yells, gathering the attention of everyone "You're my crewmate got it?"
Nami sniffles and wipes some tears from her eyes "…Got it!"
Then everyone screams out, and cries "ARLONG PARK HAS FALLEN!" they celebrate.
"Shiheeheehe" Luffy laughs, and jumps down from the rubble to Melody's side, smiling at her fondly.
Then, a man, a marine appears, "Well…" he greats them, in an obnoxious, high squeaky voice "Thank you for showing me a most exciting battle, I would never had guessed a Fishman would be defeated by a bunch of no-name pirates…" he wears a mouse like hat with ears, Marine is written on it, he has beady eyes like a mouse and whiskers to match. "Now give me all the money! I will have the credit for defeating the Fishmen!" he demands, a bunch of soldiers behind him raise their guns. He screams in shock, when Zoro appears from behind him, holding his head in a tight grip. "It ain't nice to be such a party pooper when people are celebrating" he glares threateningly.
5 seconds later the marines were beaten to a pulp, by Sanji, Zoro and Luffy. The mouse captain was still sprouting nonsense when Nami placed Luffy's hat on his head, where it belongs and bent down to the captain's eye level, her Bo staff held in her hands, ready to beat him. "This is for shooting my sister and defiling Bellemere's orange fields…" she smacked him in the face with her staff, sending him flying to the ocean.
When he resurfaces Nami pulls at his whiskers, ordering him to rebuild the Island with the money in Arlong Park. And she threatened him, to giving back money that they stole from her.
The Marines retreated into the water, the captain swearing vengeance on the crew, only to squeak when Usopp shot him with one of his pellets and swam away.
Everyone left; most of the villagers ran off, to tell the entire island about Arlong's defeat. Luffy, despite his injures picked Melody up, from Johnny and Yosaku and the crew headed to Nami's village to get the doctor's treatment.
Zoro nearly passed out when the doctor had to re-stitch his sword wound. Luffy sat in-between Melody and his first-mate. Bandaged up, and watching over Melody carefully. The doctor ordered lots of rest to get rid of her fever and he has already bandaged up her minimal injures. Luffy knew what was wrong, and was worried if it was tonight or the next. Shanks had explained most of it before he left, and he learned more over the years he lived with Mel.
As night fell the entire village and Island erupts in a huge party, music and food were everywhere, and everyone enjoys themselves. Usopp was telling his lies, Luffy was eating, Zoro was drinking and Sanji kept going after every pretty woman that passed him by.
By midnight the entire town have fallen asleep where they partied, even Usopp has passed out on a table. The only ones awake where Zoro, and Sanji, Luffy was sleeping on his swordsmen's shoulder, a meat bone clutched in his hand. They sit in silence, not fighting for once, just enjoying the silence, the clear starry-sky and the cool breeze the nearby ocean gave off.
Then the silence was interrupted by the creek of a door opening. Sanji and Zoro eyed each other and looked towards the sound, it came from the clinic. Through the darkness they could make out a person standing in the moon light, their back to the two men. The person stood there for a few seconds and turned. Sanji and Zoro gasped to see Melody, her eyes completely sea blue, shining brightly in the night. Another second and she started to walk, down the path towards the water. Carefully, so not to wake Luffy, Zoro set him on the ground and stood, and started slowly towards their crew member curious as where she is going, Sanji followed.
"Where is she going?" Asked Sanji in a whisper,
Zoro shrugged, they hid behind trees a good distance from the girl as she continued her walk, which led them to the docks, beside where Merry was parked; she stopped at the edge, and looked over the ocean sparkling in the moon light. "Melody!" Zoro called out, and stepped onto the beginning of the dock, they became worried when she didn't answer. A minute passed, Sanji and Zoro watched, waiting for her to turn around with a smile on her face, and claim she was just playing with them, but it never happened, instead she leaned forward, arms open and started to fall towards the water.
"Shit!" Zoro swore and rushed towards the falling girl. But he didn't make it in time, instead, Luffy appeared from almost nowhere and grabbed her hand, and pulled her onto the dock into his arms. Her eyes still shone a bright blue, and she fought weakly against Luffy's hard but gentle grip, and without a word Luffy pulled out some rope from somewhere on his body and tied her wrists to her waist, leaving a good length to hold onto.
Sanji and Zoro were dumbstruck, "L-luffy…?" Sanji managed to spit out "What….?"
"I'm sorry" Luffy looked grave at Melody's blue eyes, unfazed by their lack of whites, or pupil. "I can't tell you now, I'll tell you all when we leave the island tomorrow, but for now do not speak about it to anyone." Luffy's tone of voice left no room for questions. Luffy lifted her onto his shoulder. And jumped up onto their ship, and disappeared into the girl's room, he appeared a minute later, and locked the door behind him.
He then settled himself on the Ram's head, lying on his back, looking up at the stars. Zoro jumped onto the ship without a word, trusting his captain fully, and settled in against the mast. Sanji took a drag of his cigarette he lit when he started following Melody and squished the rest under his foot, and followed his captain onto the ship; he pulled out a lawn chair, and fell asleep in it.
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