*Disclaimer! I do not own anything One Piece related, that belongs to Oda.*
Law was uneasy as the silence continued on, he wanted the viewing to start, so the tension could melt away, but even though the lights dimmed, nothing showed up on the screen. Maybe something wasn't working, or they were finished. However, Law remembered that the note said that they would be watching 'viewings' as in plural, so they couldn't be done yet.
Just as the silence was becoming unbearable, a light showed up on the screen. Law was expecting to see Straw Hat-ya or some of his crew, but instead what he saw were words, which read,
"Y'all will be watching something a little different from the last viewing. Y'all will be watching a fight that Straw Hat Luffy fought in in the East Blue. There will also be some information about Luffy's crewmate. This fight is also what gave Luffy his first bounty, 30 million berries. So, I hope you enjoy it."
Law was curious how they would be able to see a whole fight, but he guessed that's just this person's power.
"At least this will be more entertaining." grumbled the Beast Pirate. Law had to agree, he was interested to see how Straw Hat-ya got his first bounty. He also wanted to know how Luffy-ya fought, it would help Law know how to work with him if he decided he wanted to make an alliance with him.
"Well, I'm interested to see how Anchor uses his devil fruit powers," Shanks-ya said with his head tilted to the side, "and see the different types of people he's gathered for his crew."
"Me too, I want to see this kid in action!" Roger-ya said with a grin. Others seemed to agree, and they all turned their eyes to the screen. Suddenly more words showed up on the screen.
"Before we start the viewing, I will give you some backstory and information, so you won't be totally confused. First, the man who Luffy will be fighting is a fishman named Arlong. He came to the East Blue to conquer it, and took over a village as his base. This village is actually the home to one of Luffy's crew mates, Nami."
Law gritted his teeth, he knew where this was going.
"When Arlong took over she was 10. For complicated reasons, Arlong killed Nami's mom, and kidnapped Nami. Arlong made a deal with Nami saying that if she could steal 100 million berries, then she could ensure her village's freedom. Nami agreed and became one of the Arlong Pirates, and has been for 8 years. At first Nami's village thought she betrayed them, but soon found out that Nami joined Arlong to free them. Nami was close to getting all the berries, and Arlong didn't like that, so he broke their deal, and used a marine to consfacte all her stolen berries. Nami found out and tried to handle it herself by talking to Arlong, but he threatened to kill all the villagers. So, Nami could do nothing but agree, and start over to get 100 million berries. She went back to the village to tell them that everything was fine, and that they didn't need to worry. Instead the villagers were angry and were planning to fight back. The villagers agreed that Nami did everything that she could to help them, but it was their turn to help. Nami tried to stop them, but they all ran past her to Arlong Park, and that is where this next viewing will pick up."
Every word that Law kept reading, he could feel himself getting angrier. He had no idea that the navigator had to go through all that. She must have felt useless, and Law could relate to that feeling.
"That poor girl had to go through all of that, and her village will probably be slaughtered by the fishmen, too." Roger-ya said with a remorseful look.
"Hopefully, Luffy will be able to help her, and defeat Arlong." Shanks-ya said with the same tone. Roger-ya nodded in agreement. Law looked at them in confusion. Didn't they know that Luffy beat Arlong, the person showing them the screen said that at the beginning. Also Nami is a part of Luffy-ya crew, so she's fine.
"Well, we do know that Luffy defeats him, since that's how he got his first bounty." Marco-ya said with a thoughtful look, "I'm interested to see how that goes."
Roger-ya and Shanks-ya looked over at Marco-ya with a look of disbelief. Rayleigh-ya facepalmed and shook his head at their stupidity. Law had no idea how the first mate could put up with their antics, he doesn't think he could. Good thing that his crew didn't act that unintelligent– they do have their moments, but not often.
The words finally disappeared, and everyone turned their eyes to the screen.
The screen showed Nami, with a look of fear in her eyes, and she was breathing heavily. She had a bloody knife in her hands, which she soon dropped, and made a clanking noise. Nami fell to her knees, with her head bowed so her hair shadowed her eyes. Nami had a distraught look in her eye, as the other was covered by her hair.
"Nami doesn't look so good." said a worried Marco-ya.
"Of course she's not dumbass, she just found out that her goal that was for nothing, and her whole village is about to be potentially slaughtered by fishmen." Law cringed when he heard that voice. He tried to scooch as far as possible from the person sitting next to him.
There was silence as everyone's eyes focused on the person next to Law. For the first time since he introduced himself– at least out loud to the rest of them– Eustass-ya decided to speak up. Law agreed with what he said, but he didn't have to insult the first mate of the Whitebeard Pirates. Marco-ya looked over, slightly startled by the new voice, but soon his face morphed into a look of confusion.
"Uhh, what's your name again?" Eustass-ya's face grew into an agitated one, as he replied to Marco-ya's question, "It's Eustass Kid."
"Oh." simply said the Phoenix. Eustass-ys rolled his eyes, and turned back to the screen. Law didn't know what his problem was, but he knew that he didn't want to get dragged into it.
Everyone seemed to get that the conversation was over, and turned their heads away from their couch.
The screen slowly zoomed out to show Arlong's mark tattooed on Nami's shoulder. Suddenly a laugh is heard, and Arlong is shown behind Nami. As Arlong fades away, Nami looks at her shoulder, and clenches it with her hand. Nami heavily breaths in and cries,
"Arlong!"
Nami clenches the tattoo on her shoulder. She is trembling, and she sounds like she is about to cry. Then it shows Nami picking up the blade she dropped-
"Arlong!"
Nami's tattoo on her shoulder is suddenly being stabbed by the blade, and she immediately starts to bleed.
There were some intakes of breaths, and hisses before–
A wider view, shows Nami on the ground stabbing herself, and she screams,
"Arlong! Arlong!"
She keeps stabbing herself, her face is in agony, while she crys.
Law is horrified by what he is seeing. He had no idea that the happy– and slightly temperamental– navigator of the Straw Hats, could be capable of something like this. Law really does feel for the girl, she was trapped, and when she was almost done with her goal, it got taken away from her, and now her village was possibly going to be annihilated. Law could understand what she's feeling, but as a doctor, he did not like seeing what Nami was doing to herself.
"That poor child." Whitebeard-ya said with a sad look in his eyes.
"Damn that Arlong," Shanks-ya gritted his teeth, "I hope Luffy kicked his ass all the way to the West Blue!" Shanks-ya couch mates nodded in agreement with grim expressions on their faces.
The scene continues to show Nami crying, stabbing herself, as she shouts Arlongs name. Nami's hand– the one with the blade– is about to swing down–
"Arl–"
–but a hand stops her from doing so. It shows Nami startled from being stopped with tears running down her face, with a person standing behind her. Nami breathes heavily, before slowly turning around to see who it is, and it shows Monkey D. Luffy, with a blank expression on his face.
There were some sighs in relief.
Law was relieved when Luffy-ya stopped her, he did not want to see the navigator hurt herself anymore.
"Good job Luffy." Shanks-ya softly with a proud smile.
"Luffy…"
The blade drops to the ground by both of their feet. It is silent as Nami sits in front of Luffy. Then finally,
"What do you want?! You don't even know anything!"
Luffy responds in a monotone voice saying, "Yeah. I don't know."
Nami's hand clenches the dirt, while she says,
"This has nothing to do with you!"
Nami starts throwing dirt behind her to hit Luffy, and says with a tremble in her voice,
"I told you, leave the damn island already!"
She keeps throwing dirt, and Luffy doesn't move. Luffy responds again in a monotone voice,
"Yeah. You told me."
Law doesn't know why Straw Hat-ya is so nonchalant about this. There is a girl on the ground, crying, who also stabbed herself, and is losing a lot of blood. At least, give her some first aid. Law's doctor side is screaming right now.
Nami fully breaks down, crying. Luffy just stares at her with a blank look. Nami takes her hand and covers her mouth, to try to muffle her cries.
"Luffy…"
Nami drops her hand, and slowly turns her head towards the screen/Luffy. You can see the hopelessness and hopefulness in her eyes, and tears streaming down her face.
"Help me…"
Luffy eyes are shadowed. Suddenly, he walks by her, and puts his straw hat on her head. Nami has a confused look on her face as Luffy keeps walking. Luffy stops a few paces in front of her. You can hear Luffy inhale, gritting his teeth-
"Of course I will!"
Luffy-ya scream seemed to echo off the walls in the room, and no one said a thing. You could hear the conviction in his voice.
Nami looked shocked, but then it soon turned into relief, and tears started to stream down her face. Luffy walked back the way he came and past Nami, and she looked on in confusion. The screen zoomed out to show the rest of the crew; Zoro, Sanji, and Usopp, and all of their eyes were shadowed. Then Luffy said with a hard stare,
"Let's go."
The screen showed the other 3 men, with also hard looks in their eyes, obeying their captains orders,
"Yeah!"
The final shot showed Nami crying then the screen faded to black.
Law was slightly in awe of the loyalty and friendship between the straw hats. It looked like they had just started out as a pirate group, and you could already see the bond between them. He knew that they were a different type of pirate crew, but it was definitely interesting to see. Though Law was a little upset that they left her on the ground, still bleeding.
"Shanks, you found one of a kind." Roger-ya said with a proud smile. Shanks-ya also smiled in pride in himself, and his 'chosen one'.
"He does remind me of you, Roger." Rayleigh-ya said with a contemplative look. The Pirate King titled his head to the side and closed his eyes in thought. He nodded to himself,
"Yeah you're right Rayleigh, he does remind me of me." Law thought he sounded too proud of that fact.
"I can't wait to see Luffy beat up that Arlong bastard!" Marco-ya said with a glint in his eyes. The rest of the past pirates, and Shanks-ya, nodded in agreement. Law had to agree, he wanted to see some action too.
"Then shut up so we can continue. I want to see my grandson kick ass." Well it seemed Garp-ya was over the conversation from earlier. Marco-ya looked offended and was about to retort, before Whitebeard-ya put a hand on his shoulder. Marco-ya huffed and settled into his cushion, he seemed to get the idea, if a bit reluctantly, and faced his head towards the screen.
Arlong is sitting on his throne at Arlong Park, when suddenly there is a loud band coming from the gate. Arlong looks over in confusion. Another bang, and the doors start cracking, finally one last bang and the doors shatter.
"Well, he certainly knows how to make an entrance." Whitebeard-ya said with a small grin.
"What?" Arlong asks in confusion.
Luffy is seen walking through, and he asks,
"Which one of you is Arlong?"
Shanks-ya whistles, "Dang, I haven't seen Luffy this seriously mad before." He sounds impressed, Law thought dryly.
Arlong looks pissed, as he confirms that he is Arlong. Luffy starts walking towards him while he says,
"That so? I'm Luffy."
"And, Luffy… who are you?"
"A pirate." Luffy answers as he still walks towards Arlong.
"He also gets down to business." Marco-ya smirked, clearly anticipating the fight that is about to happen.
"What business does a pirate have with me?"
Suddenly Luffy is gone and is right in front of Arlong, and punches him into the wall and the wall crumbles.
There were some whistles. Law was impressed by Luffy-ya speed, he looked pretty strong even though he just started his journey as a pirate.
Arlong is angry while he asks,
"What do you think you're doing?" Now it's Luffy's turn to look angry as he replies,
"Don't make our navigator cry!"
And the screen fades to black.
"Doing all this just because some girl cried." Kadiou-ya seemed to be annoyed by the thought, "What a foolish reason."
The other side of the room definitely disagreed with that statement if their glares were anything to go by, Law thought. The past pirates– plus Shanks-ya– had irritated looks on their faces, but didn't think it was worth their time to retort, so they turned back to the screen. The screen lit up, and showed a new scene.
There is a loud crash, and Luffy is seen crashing through a window and rolls into a room.
Some people jumped at the loud noise, but soon they were more concerned for the person who crashed through the window.
Arlong is seen, and looks a little bloody, smirks, and says,
"Just curl up and sit, rubber bastard."
Luffy is seen sitting in the middle of a room of maps. He has a lot of blood and bite marks on him, and he looks around and asks,
"What's with this room?"
"What the hell happened to Luffy?" Marco-ya asked with a worried look, "He is all bloody." he hesitated, squinting at the screen, before saying, "Are those bite marks?!"
"We probably skipped some of the fighting." Shanks-ya stated, fidgeting in his seat, clearly worried for Luffy-ya too.
"This is the room where she draws her maps! These are all the sea charts Nami has drawn in the past eight years. You can search the whole world, but almost nobody's maps are as accurate as hers!" Arlong smirks, "She's a genius."
"Really." Luffy looks over as a pen drops to the ground.
Law saw that the pen was stained with blood, and he hoped he didn't think what he thought it was.
"There'd be nothing more foolish and pitiful than wasting her innate talents!-"
Luffy picks up the pen with his hair covering his eyes as he states, "This pen… is stained with blood."
Damn. Law grits his teeth in anger.
"-For Nami, continuing to draw maps here is the ultimate happiness! It's to fuel my ambitions!"
Arlong takes his weapon and moves it towards Luffy. The blades are on either side of Luffy's head, as he stares at the pen.
"He seems very unbothered that there is a weapon in front of his face." Shanks-ya said with a deadpan stare, "Reminds me of someone I know." He said as he turned his head to one of his couch mates. Said couch mate didn't even seem to hear the others' statement, as he was still looking at the screen. A few moments passed, as almost everyone stared at the man. Roger-ya shivered, turning his head to everyone's eyes. He had a confused look on his face,
"What?"
Some people huffed at him– some in annoyance and others in amusement– and turned their heads back to the screen.
Arlong continues his speech,
"Once she's revealed the entire world with her maps, we fishermen will have no more enemies, and the whole world will become my empire!"
There were some scoffs of amusement at the fishman's statement.
Luffy's eyes are shadowed, "Really."
"Can you think of a better way…" Arlong smirks down at Luffy, "to use her?!"
There were some huffs of anger at Arlongs statement, and Law wouldn't deny that he was one of them.
"Excuse me…" Roger-ya had a hard look in his eyes. Law could feel his aura from where he was sitting. It was like the pressure was surrounding him from all sides, and it was suffocating. Law was never the one to be claustrophobic, but he was starting to think he was, he certainly did not like this feeling of being trapped, not being able to move. Law thought this man was bipolar from the way his attitude completely did a 180. It seemed Eustass-ya was also having the same experience, because Law could see sweat starting to form on his brow.
"Did he say use her?" Rayleigh-ya put a hand on the Pirate Kings shoulder, and the suffocating aura immediately vanished. The first mate whispered something in his ear, with a reassuring smile, and Roger-ya nodded and seemed to calm down. Law let out a sigh of relief, as did his couch partner.
Luffy drops the pen, and grabs the blade in front of his head, as Arlong grunts in amusement. Arlong suddenly has a look of confusion on his face as he thinks, 'What? It's not moving an inch!' Arlong is seen trying to move his weapon, but is unable to do so. Luffy grits his teeth in anger, and crushes the blade with his hand.
Arlong is shook, "What?!"
Luffy looks up in anger, "Use?!"
"Yes Shrimp! Beat up that bastard!" Roger-ya had an insane look in his eyes. Law was questioning this man's sanity.
"'Shrimp'?" asked an amused Red Hair pirate. Roger-ya calmed down from his small burst of adrenaline, and looked over at his apprentice. He nodded with a blank look,
"Yeah, Shrimp… Luffy." Roger-ya clarified when he received blank looks from his couch mates, "He's shrimpy!" The Pirate King defended.
They seemed to think it over, shared a look, then nodded in agreement, "Approved," They said together.
Roger-ya looked relieved, and they turned back to the screen. Law wasn't even going to question what he just witnessed.
Arlong is still shook as he says, "You broke the Kiribachi?!"
"What is she to you?!" Luffy furiously asked.
"A first-rate cartographer. I will make Nami draw maps in this room forever! I'll feed her, and give her all the clothes she wants! Her life will be perfect, as long as she keeps drawing maps for me! We are nakamas!"
"That isn't what it means to be nakamas!" Shouted an angry Phoenix, "You don't use your nakama, especially for your own benefits!"
Whitebeard-ya gently put a hand on Marco-ya's shoulder and said softly, "We know Marco, and don't worry, Luffy will save Nami." he smiled in full confidence, and Marco-ya looked reassured by his words.
Luffy suddenly kicks a desk. It flies through the wall and crashes to the ground outside. Luffy is now kicking and punching everything in the room to destroy it. Arlong is pissed off and tries to stop Luffy with his weapon, but Luffy keeps dodging and destroys more of the room.
Law was slightly touched by Straw Hat-ya actions. He was freeing Nami of her imprisonment, and his actions helped her move on from her past. Law is seeing Luffy-ya in a new light, and he was starting to think that he was understanding just what type of guy Straw Hat-ya is.
Nami is seen watching the maps and desks fall from her room to the ground. She covers her mouth as she cries with gratitude in her eyes,
"Thank you!"
Law looked to the left side of the room, towards the past pirates, and he saw looks of pride, joy, and smugness. He was a little concerned about that last one– since it was coming from the Pirate King– but decided he could worry about that later. Law then looked over at the other side of the room, and saw the looks of boredom, disinterest, and hunger. Law was also worried about that last one too, because it was Big Mom, but he just decided that he would pretend he didn't see anything, and look back at the screen.
Arlong finally stopped Luffy by biting his neck.
There were some hisses.
There is blood pouring out of the wound, and Luffy grabs Arlong's nose and snaps it sideways. Arlong falls to the ground screaming in pain.
"What a baby." Eustass-ya quietly commented. Law rolled his eyes.
Luffy is shown with a vicious look in his eyes,
"This room can't be here anymore! I'll destroy every place that she doesn't want to be kept in!" Luffy all but screams out at the end.
"Yeah! You tell 'em' Shrimp!" Rayleigh-ya rolled his eyes at his captain, but also seemed to agree, with the way his foot was tapping repeatedly on the ground.
Arlong is starting to get back up, and Luffy makes his move.
"Gomu Gomu no," Luffy stretches his leg so that it breaks through the ceiling, and shoots to the sky.
"Enough of your insolence!" Arlong says as he fixes his nose. Arlong then attacks Luffy with his teeth.
"Axe!" Luffy's leg starts to descend, and Arlong bites into his side.
There were some more hisses, and Law cringed at all the blood.
Before Arlong can do to much damage Luffy's foot slams on the back of Arlong's back, and Arlong smashes to the floor, and it cracks from the force.
"Holy shi-" Marco-ya shouted with wide eyes.
"UGGGHHH!" Luffy's screams and pushes harder on Arlong's back, and he is sent through all the floors. Arlong park starts to form cracks and shakes, then suddenly comes crashing down.
"I'm impressed, the kid is strong enough to send a fishman through multiple levels of concrete." Rayleigh-ya smirked in interest.
"He also just destroyed a whole building with one blow!" Marco-ya stated excitedly.
"Luffy!" Nami cries worried that Luffy got buried by rubble. When the noise stops, light starts shining through the clouds, and Luffy pops up from the rubble.
"Nami!" Luffy suddenly yells, "You are our nakama!"
Nami looks happy, and has teary eyes, "Yeah!"
The screen fades to black, and the lights turned back on.
Law was stuck in a trance at what he just witnessed. Law had to admit that it was very satisfying watching the fishman get his ass beat, but he was more in awe of Luffy-ya and his words, or the lack thereof. Even though Straw Hat-ya shouted only five words, they seemed to hold a lot more to them and mean more to him than what other pirates say when they say nakama. The words were enough to understand the meaning and conviction of what Luffy-ya was trying to get across, when he shouted them at his new navigator.
"Bwahahahaha!" Garp laughed with his head tilted back, "That's my grandson for ya!" He seemed very proud of his grandson.
"That was very enjoyable to watch." Roger-ya commented with a satisfied grin. The red-haired man next to him nodded, with a proud smile,
"I am happy that Anchor saved Nami," all the past pirates nodded in agreement, "I am also excited to see their journey, and other people he will defeat!" The man glowed at the thought.
"Me too, I am curious how Luffy will fight stronger opponents." Rayleigh-ya chimed in.
There was a loud rumbling sound, and everyone immediately silenced. Law felt a drop of sweat drip down his back. Everyone slowly looked to where the noise came from.
"I'm hungry!" Complained Big Mom.
Everyone held their breath. They didn't want to say the wrong thing, and become the emperor's snack. Suddenly there was a bang from above their heads, and packages fell down towards Big Mom. She swiftly caught them, and started to tear away at the packaging, and started to shove the contents in her mouth. Apparently it was sweets, because Big Mom hummed in happiness, and everyone breathed out a sigh of relief. Law heard about Big Mom's infamous hunger pains, and he certainly didn't want to witness one.
Everyone started to calm down, before the lights dimmed. Law guessed that the next viewing was about to start. So, he turned his eyes towards the screen, and hoped that this was almost over.