Luffyko stared at Johnny as he began to badmouth Nami about her only caring about money and even killing Usopp for it. She clenched her teeth then stormed over to Johnny and grabbed his shirt and shook him, "Bastard! Say that again and I will kill you!"
Zoro stood up and walked over to her, "Stop if Luffyko, this has nothing to do with Johnny."
"I don't care if you don't believe me, but I saw it with my own eyes. Nami killed Big Bro Usopp!" Johnny said as the slim girl shook him again.
"You are making up crap!" Luffyko shook him again. She didn't believe him, she never would. Nami was just like an older sister, she had always taken care of her and everyone else. "There is no way Nami would have killed Usopp! We're friends!"
"Who's friends, Luffyko?"
"Nami!" Luffyko said surprised dropping Johnny and turning towards the older girl.
"Why did you come here?"
"What are you talking about? You're my friend, and my navigator. I came to get you." Luffyko said as she bent down to pick up her hat that had fallen earlier.
"How annoying. Friends? Don't make me laugh. You're more like a pathetic group of cooperators, don't you think?"
Johnny glared at Nami as she pushed away the small girl's feelings and trust, "You! I saw you with my own eyes! How dare you kill Big Bro Usopp!"
"And your point is? You wanna try killing me to avenge him? I'll tell you what. Right now Arlong wants to kill Roronoa Zoro and his posse. All because Zoro went and did something stupid. You guys may have these monster-like powers, but you're no match for real monsters. Hang around this island long enough, and you guys will be killed for sure. Well it doesn't concern me." Nami said with a smirk.
Zoro looked over and saw Sanji lovestruck trying to convince Nami to go on a cruise with him, "Shut up, you will only make it worse. Nami where is Usopp?" He demanded, he wasn't going to be nice if she continued to hurt Luffyko and her dreams.
"At the bottom of the sea."
"Why you, quit your bullshit!" Zoro yelled as he charged at her only to be stopped by Sanji.
"So swordsmen attack women too? Roronoa Zoro?" Sanji asked as he took a hit of his cigarette.
"What did you say?"
Nami watched as the two began arguing, "If you're going to fight, do it off the island. You outsiders quit sticking your nose into this island's business. You still don't get it? The only reason I got close to you guys was for the money, nothing else. Now that you guys have nothing, you're no use to me. I'll return the ship, so why don't you go find a navigator and head to the Grand Line. Go find the One Piece or whatever. Just get the hell out of here! You're a bother!" Nami looked over them seeing if her message had gone through, "Goodbye."
"Nami…" Luffyko said then slowly closed her eyes and fell to her back. When Johnny went to check on her she said, "I'm going to sleep."
"Sleep!?" Johnny asked the small girl as she laid in the road getting comfortable. Yosaku agreed, "In the middle of the road?"
"I don't feel like leaving the island, I don't care what's happening here. I'm a bit sleepy, so I'm sleeping."
Nami clenched her hand, "THEN DO WHATEVER YOU WANT! GO AHEAD AND DIE!" She yelled as she turned and took off running away from them.
Zoro sighed and sat down by his captain. He looked at her slim figure and sighed, she wasn't going to budge. "Alright, relax here."
"really?! You're the target of Arlong and his gang, you know! Why don't you run away?" Yosaku asked.
Johnny nodded, "Ya, now that we know Nami is that kind of low life, there is no reason for you to stay on this island!"
"Reason to stay on this island? There is the reason." He said as he looked at his slim captain, sprawled out in the road. "She is still staying here."
"Are you saying that even you're thinking of getting Nami back as a partner?" Johnny asked, shocked that they even thought of taking her back.
"I don't care about that. She decides who becomes our navigator."
Johnny looked at Zoro who was watching his slim delicate captain sleep and sighed, "Fine, then our job is done. Even though it's been short it was nice seeing you."
Yosaku nodded, "I don't want to die in vain."
"Okay take care." Zoro said with a shrug, there was no way they would convince him to leave his sleeping captain.
Johnny stopped and looked at him then Luffyko, "Don't die because of a pirate girl." He saw Zoro glare at him then waived, "Well then, until we meet again."
Sanji watched as they walked away before he turned to Zoro, "You can go catch up with them. I can watch over Luffyko."
Zoro glared at him, "There is no way I would let a defenseless girl anywhere near you."
Silence came back and Sanji took another hit, "Hey, why was Nami crying?"
"That woman…crying?"
"She was crying in her heart."
"What? Crying tears of guilt for killing Usopp?"
"You're serious?" Sanji smirked then as he realized that Zoro wasn't able to see the truth, "You seriously think Nami killed that long-nose?"
"Nami didn't kill him, is that what you said?" Zoro asked as he held his sword ready to attack. They began to argue and when Sanji lunged both Sanji and Zoro's attack hit Usopp. "He's still alive?"
Sanji cringed slowly removing his foot, "Nope. I think he's dead now."
The noise woke up the sleeping captain who cried out when she saw him, "Usopp! Did Nami do this to you!"
Sanji smiled sheepishly, "No, actually that was him and me."
"Luffyko?"
Luffyko grinned as Usopp slowly looked around then as he began to argue with the other two guys. When they brought up Nami. "Damn him, Johnny was lying after all!" She listened to Usopp's story nodding, she knew Nami could never kill one of them.
"I think there is a reason she is with Arlong and his pirates." Usopp said as he thought back.
"Of course."
"So what do we do now? Rush Arlong Park?" Zoro wondered.
Usopp quickly put up his hands, "Hold on! Before that we should ask Nami for a better explanation!"
"Either way it's useless. No matter what you guys do, Along's reign won't end."
Luffyko looked at the girl in front of her with her tattoo's, "Who is that?"
"Nami's big sis." Usopp explained as Sanji began to make heart eyes at her.
Zoro was the only one who kept focus, "What do you mean it's useless."
"Do us a favor, don't meddle with this village's business anymore. Leave Nami alone. I'll tell you the reason why. Once you hear the reason, you must leave this place."
"Then tell us the reason or whatever." Usopp said.
Luffyko just began to walk forward, "I'll pass. I don't care about her past."
"Where are you going, my lovely captain!" Sanji called after her, watching the small sway of her hips.
"A walk."
"What do you mean a walk?! Aren't you going to listen to the story?!"
"Ya, I'll pass."
Nojiko watched the small girl walk away, "What's with her?"
Zoro sighed and went under a tree, he wasn't going to bother his captain. He knew she didn't want anyone with her. "Don't mind her, she's like that. Go on tell your story."
Luffyko heard Nojiko begin her story and she continued to walk away. She was glad Zoro had left her alone. She wanted Arlong, she wanted him to suffer for taking Nami from her. Nami was a sister to her, and one of the few people who had tried to take care of her. She knew all she needed, Nami was their friend, and Arlong was their enemy. She just needed to wait for the others, and for Nami. As she was walking she noticed shadows before her. She looked up and saw three mermen standing on the road. "What? So those are mermen?" She thought back to her drawings and sighed, such a let down. She continued walking straight ahead going in between them.
Hatchi watched her go past him her head barely reaching her hip, "Hey! Wait! You!"
"Huh you were calling me?"
"You, who are you? What are you doing on this island?"
Luffyko stared at the merman talking to her, he looked like an octopus, "What does it matter to you?"
Hatchi stared at her surprised, "Well, you got a point there…Just like you said…"
"I'm Luffyko, I'm taking a walk." She said as she began her walk again. "Mermen are weird." She said after the octopus man shouted at her to have a nice day.
"Smartass where are you headed?"
"How should I know." She responded to the new voice, continuing her walk. She didn't know the island, obviously she didn't know where she was going. Hadn't she already told them she was just taking a walk? She sighed and continued till she made it to a village. Walking towards her was a man with a pinwheel hat and a group of marines, including a mouse like one. She listened as the man leading asked about Nami only to have the marine to tell him to be quiet. "Why does he have a pinwheel on his hat?" She wondered aloud as she watched them walk off. "That's too cool!" She awed thinking of her own hat with a pinwheel on it. She walked around and found a nice place to relax, "A nap sounds good…Zoro and the others will find me…eventually." She said with a lawn as she closed her eyes in the shade. However, the pinwheel kept in her mind, when she woke up she grinned, "I think I just thought of a new move!"
"Doctor! Doctor!" A voice yelled out pulling Luffyko's attention.
She looked up and saw the man with the pinwheel carrying Nami's sister. She also saw Nami, she got up ignoring what everyone was talking about, "Oi Nami! What's up? Can I help with something?"
Nami turned towards the younger girl and glared, "You're STILL here?!" She grabbed the girls vest and yelled in her face, "THIS IS NONE OF YOUR BUISNESSS! GET OFF THIS ISLAND!"
Luffyko hit the dirt and watched Nami run off, "What's her problem?"
Meanwhile….
"Okay, Let's meet with Luffyko as soon as possible!" Hey, Sanji. What are you doing?" Usopp asked as he stood up. Luffyko hadn't returned so it was time to search for her, after all, she got lost easily.
"I'm cherishing this happiness."
"What are you talking about?"
"Nami has suffered a lot. Much more than anybody, and I'm going to take away that suffering. Is there anything better than that?"
Usopp snorted, he knew where Sanji's thoughts lied, "Your motives are obvious. Love cook."
"What's wrong with fighting for somebody beautiful?" Sanji said as he thought of the lovely navigator and captain.
"It's not like that. We're doing this for everybody else in the village too."
"Shut up."
Zoro sighed and grabbed his sword, he had to agree a bit with Sanji. Fighting for a beautiful captain was nice, even if Luffyko was a little dimwitted. However, it was time for him to gather her men to help, "Quit bickering. Let's go."
Back to Luffyko….
Luffyko sat afar watching the villagers prepare to fight Arlong, she watched as Nami tried in vain to stop them and then watched as she fell to the ground. Luffyko began to walk over to her as she saw Nami stab her arm, where the Arlong tattoo lay. Every time she brought it to her arm she felt the pain in her heart, Arlong would suffer. Nami needed help now, and she knew it. She walked over and grabed her wrist stopping her from hurting herself any longer. She looked down at Nami and watched her drop the blade.
"Luffyko…" Nami said as she saw the younger girl looking down at her. She couldn't look at the younger girl who she had tried so hard to protect, "What do you want? You don't know anything. You don't know what's been happening for the past eight years on this island."
"Yeah, I don't."
Nami felt the tears falling down her face she refused to bring the young girl into her world, "This is none of your business. I told you to get off this island, didn't I?!"
"Yeah, you told me."
Nami gripped at the dirt, why woudn't she leave her alone? Didn't she know that being with her would only hurt her, "Go away! You! Go away!" She repeated over and over throwing dirt behind her at the girl. The longer she went on the more she knew Luffyko wasn't leaving. Why would she care about a girl like her? Hadn't she betrayed them? Hadn't she told them to leave? Why did she stay? Did this younger girl feel the same way about her, did she feel like they were family? She didn't know who else to turn to, the only person who had a chance to save them was Luffyko, but how could she ask that? "Luffyko…Help me." She looked at the girl and watched as she took her hat off and placed it on her head and then walk away.
"Damn right!" She screamed once she was able to release her rage. Nami understood, now she could defeat the man that had trapped her.
Nami remembered the importance of the hat and looked at the slim girl, "Luffyko…"
Luffyko continued walking, in front of her Zoro, Sanji, and Usopp were waiting. "Let's go."
"Right." The three responded. Zoro stood up and took up her right side, he knew this was going to be harder than the last people they fought. He had seen her covered in cuts over and over, this time he had to protect her. He looked over and saw Sanji on her left side and for a minute felt jealous. However, he realized he would rather have Sanji beside her then Usopp. They needed to protect their captain, no one else had the right to fight Arlong. Nami had given that right to her. "Luffyko, are you ready?"
The girl nodded sternly as she walked up to see the villagers blocked, "Yes, it's time to get our navigator back." As they got closer she saw the villagers not moving, "Move. I'm going to knock."
Zoro looked at the girl and then made sure to keep the villagers away from the slim girl, "Go ahead, Luffyko."
Luffyko pulled back her arm and punched the gate three times, the first two destroying each door, and the last punch destroying the gate altogether. When the dust cleared she stood up and held up her fist, "Which one's Arlong?"
