Luffyko woke up from her nap on the bow of the ship. She stretched out and grinned, "The weather's wonderful!" She jumped down and ran to the stern of the ship, "So the Grand Line's over in that direction?" Then back to the bow, "or is it over this way?"

Sanji stared at her with hearts in his eyes, "Luffyko! You are so full of energy!"

Luffyko grinned at him, "We finally got a chef on our crew! Now to find Nami, so we can finally head for the Grand Line!"

Sanji gave a sigh remembering the girl, "Nami…Just thinking about her inexplicable beauty makes me jump for joy! I sure would like to see her again soon! Nami and Luffyko charting their way to the Grand Line! All that's left is to get the lovely Nami!"

Luffyko grinned and sat down on the bow again, "Hey Yosaku are we almost there? The island where Nami is at?"

Yosaku slammed his hand down and pointed at the girl, "You're too naïve! Way to naïve! We are getting closer and closer to Arlong's base! At that time, Big Sis Nami's eyes were studying Arlong's picture carefully. Things aren't that simple! Big Sis Nami wants to take that 2 millioN beli that's on Arlong's head! While we're taking it easy here, she could for all we know, have already snuck into Arlong's base!"

Luffyko stretched and yawned, "It's about time for lunch, don't you think?"

"Of course, my lovely Luffyko!" Sanji said with a grin when Yosaku stood up in shock.

"Don't tell me you've never heard of Arlong?!"

"Arlong who's that?" Sanji asked.

"Never heard of him." Luffyko said then looking at Yosaku seriously.

Yosaku blew his whistle then, "Alright hold up. Guess I'll have to explain who Arlong is to you two! Arlong is a merman, who's already been to the grand Line."

"Hmm a merman, never seen one before." Luffyko said as she began to start thinking.

"Merman…come to think of it, I've heard that there's a merman island on the Grand Line and that there are lots of gorgeous mermaids there!"

Luffyko began drawling then, "Those mermen…do they look anything like this?" She asked as she showed a picture of a fish with four legs.

"What a masterpiece, Luffyko!"

"Couldn't you two be more serious here?!" Yosaku asked, upset they were taking this threat so lightly. "Fine, I'll start again from the top! The reason why the grand Line's called the pirate's grave is because there are three superpowers that exist there. One of them are the warlords of the seas, in plain terms, they are seven pirates whom are acknowledged by the government."

"What the hell does that mean?" Sanji asked, "Why would pirates be acknowledged by the government?"

"Because the warlords would give a fixed percentage of the treasure they get to the government. To other pirates, they're just government dogs. But they're powerful! The man who defeated Zoro, Hawk Eyes Mihawk is one of them."

"Wow! That's amazing!" Luffyko said excitedly as she clapped her feet together. "There are seven of them like him? They must really be something!"

Yosaku glared at her and tried to stress the importance of what he was telling her, "Amoung the warlords, there is a merman, Jinbei, who's the captain of a merman crew. And the guy who fight alongside Jinbei in the Grand Line, is a most wicked, devastating pirate…another merman, Arlong!"

Luffyko drew another picture of a merman, a fish hat had arms and legs, "Kinda like this?"

"You are so amazing, Luffyko!" Sanji praised.

"Ever since Arolong came to the East Blue he's already overturned over 20 villages. His power is far beyond Don Krieg!"

"So then, why would Nami run off to someone like that, alone?" Sanji questioned.

"As I said, she's after the bounty on Arlong's head."

Sanji shook his head and invisioned Nami as a mermaid, "No, Nami might just be a mermaid herself! I mean, she's totally cute!"

Luffyko added hair to her most recent picture, "Like this?"

Sanji held back a yell as she destroyed the vision of Nami, "No, not like that." He said as he forced himself to re-imagine the girl of his dreams.

"Don't you guys understand what I'm trying to say here?" Yosaku demanded.

"Yeah, that they're really strong mermen, right?"

Luffyko nodded blankly not really understanding, "I get the picture."

"No, you don't understand! You have no idea how powerful the mermen really are."

"We'll find out once we get there. So don't worry." Luffyko said trying to stop Yosaku from worrying.

"Well it's time to get started on lunch."

"Right on, lunchtime!" Luffyko cheered.

Yosaku rushed forward, "Can't you take this seriously?" He sighed when he remembered who he was talking to and let go, sending the girl back into the sea. "Ah! I forget!"

Sanji pushed him aside and dove in after the rubber girl who was beginning to sink. He pulled her back into the boat and glared at him, "You bastard, she can't swim!"

Yosaku paled as the cook glared him down, "It was an accident."

Luffyko sat up, "I'm alright! No worries! Thanks Sanji now I want food!"

Sanji sighed and began walking to the kitchen, "What would you like Lu-" He had turned around and he wasn't able to finish his sentence as he watched the slim girl unbutton her vest and then saw him looking at her. "Luffyko!"

Luffyko brought a finger to her mouth, "Shh, don't tell Nami." She then began to slip out of her shorts when Sanji grabbed his coat and wrapped it around her. "What's this for?"

"We wouldn't want a certain someone to see your loveliness." He said as he glared at Yosaku who was still wide eyed.

Luffyko shrugged uncaring, "Okay…" She then finished stripping out of her wet clothes and laid them in the sun before lying back on the bow of the ship. "Sanji, I'm still hungry."

"Right away Luffyko!"

Meanwhile….

Zoro sat on the ship with Usopp and Johnny. Ignoring their pointless babble. They had wrapped his injury up and all he could think of was how Luffyko was. He knew she had to of defeated Don Krieg, she was powerful, but had she been injured? That was the question on his mind. He kept seeing her beaten body and he shook with fury, what if that useless cook hadn't helped her? He shouldn't have left her, regardless of his injuries. However, Luffyko would have been angry if he hadn't gone after her navigator. He had to admit though they did need Nami. Without her they wouldn't be able to navigate the Grand Line, and they wouldn't have anyone to help keep Luffyko's streaking in check. Which reminded him who she was with currently, 'If he sees her, I will kill him. That love cook…'

"We're finally here…Arlong Park!" Johnny said loudly interrupting Zoro's thoughts.

"This is it? The base of the merman pirate, Arlong, who survived the Grand Line, is Nami really in there?"

Johnny looked at Usopp as they tried to make a plan, "Firstly, if Big Sis Nami is really here, then we should be able to find the Going Merry. So shall we check if it's really anchored at this island first?"

Usopp nodded in agreement, after all it was better than landing their ship, "Ya we should."

Zoro slammed his sheath down and began to stand up. The longer they took to find the Nami, the longer it would take before he could go back and check on Luffyko, "Prepare to rush in!"

"Why would we do that?" Johnny cried out.

"You moron! We don't know anything about this place!"

"Our opponents are mermen!"

"We should plan everything out!" Usopp said as he watched Zoro turn around and lean over the bow.

"Sorry, but I don't do those cowardly things! Luffyko has asked me to bring that woman back. I don't care who the opponents are, but I'll surely get her back!" He looked forward, Luffyko gave him an order and he would complete it as fast as possible. "Let's go."

"No thanks." Usopp and Johnny said as they hit him in the back of the head with a hammer. They quickly tied him up and then Usopp began to scout the area, "There is is! It's the Going Merry! But why would it be over there?"

Johnny looked at his map, "So Big Sis Nami is definitely here."

Zoro glared at the two, "What's the meaning of this? Untie me!"

The two ignored him and Johnny showed Usopp his map, "This part's to the east of Arlong park, Kokoyashi Village. But this is weird, why would she anchor so far away from the park?"

"Untie me, damnit!" Zoro yelled, he had already failed Luffyko once, he was not going to fail again.

"You got deadly wounds all over you." Usopp said with a grin, showing he would not untie him. He then lightly pressed on his wound and held back a laugh, "So just sit there quietly and rest! I'll handle the rest."

Zoro tried to hold in the pain, 'Why…I'm gonna kill you one of these days!' he screamed in his mind. He watched as Usopp proudly said he would bring Nami back and shot a glare at him. There was no way he would let Usopp look good. He watched as he began to give orders until they saw the mermen and then they hid, "Why don't we dock here?!" He yelled frustrated only to be shushed by the two other boys. Then Usopp began to yell at him which only added to his frustration, "You don't have the right to be mad!" He sighed as Yosaku and Usopp talked over what to do and then heard Usopp say they could just say they couldn't get her back. 'This is not happening, I told her I would get that woman back.' "Hurry up and untie me, idiot!" Then he saw the fishmen coming towards him and then watched as the two abandoned him, tied up and defenseless. "Hey at least untie me!" He yelled after them as they swam away.

"What only one guy?" One of the mermen said as they boarded the ship.

"Maybe he just drifted here from somewhere." The other said ignoring him.

"You could say that." Zoro said trying to keep his anger in control, 'I will kill them when I see them again.'

"I see…I gues the injury came from the crew of this ship torturing you. Anyways let's bring him to Arlong before anything else happens."

Zoro clenched his jaw and looked back over the ocean, 'Luffyko better be okay…I hope she gets here soon…'