Nami watched as the blonde former marine hopped off the glittering orange cloud he was riding on and then stared gobsmacked as he pointed up…and the cloud rose high up into the sky out of sight.

"You said turning into a dragon and controlling elements," she noted, even if she didn't believe him, "What's with the clouds?"

"They're just part of being a dragon," he gave her a cheeky grin, "Dragons don't fly. They run through the air on clouds." he said as he began walking towards Arlong Park

"That explains absolutely nothing," Nami rolled her eyes drily, he was trying to be smart she assumed. Though it at least gave her an idea of how they worked she supposed, "If you can turn into a giant dragon like you said you could and blow away an entire mountain, which I really don't believe by the way. Then why not just do it from here and blow away all of Arlong Park and all the fishmen at once?" she asked as her legs automatically began following him.

"I thought about that," he shrugged and turned to look over his shoulder at her with a grin, "But Arlong Park is a pretty awesome looking place admittedly, he might be an utter weakling and failure as a pirate but he's got some serious skill as an architect. I'll make this place into a holiday home or something. Besides, if I did that, I'd destroy all the treasure Arlong probably has hiding there."

Nami paused.

That was very sound logic, she couldn't deny. Very smart of him. He went up a few notches in her book from thinking that far ahead alone.

It did bring her curiosity back about what he said earlier, about the devil fruits he had on hand and how casually he'd said it.

"…Just out of curiosity, how much cash are you sitting on, besides those crazy devil fruits?" she asked.

He stopped and raised an eyebrow at her, and for a moment, Nami thought she'd overstepped, before he shrugged, "A bit over three hundred million beri, and like thirty million in bounties I've picked up over the last few days in the East Blue," Kaden shrugged, "A decent amount I suppose for now, but I've got plans for way more."

….Three hundred million raw cash? That was seriously bullshit! That was different from the devil fruits, she only had his word to go on and she obviously didn't know much at all about things like that. But raw cash was a completely different matter.

It made the casual way he talked about the prices of those devil fruits, way more believable in a way to her.

He continued on, walking towards Arlong Park and Nami could only just stare after him.

Ah.

She could feel jealousy stirring in her. Not just because of the money, even though that was a crazy amazing amount. In any other situation, she'd try her best to seduce it out of the kid, flash a little skin and dip before he realised what was going on.

But she felt…small wasn't the word. Lacking perhaps? Maybe. Lacking in comparison to the way he casually talked about such vast amounts of money, about the way he casually derided Arlong's strength.

The difference between him and her was obvious.

It was strength. It was power.

What he claimed to have in spades, she had not a lick of.

"Hey," she called after the blonde teenager, "Why do you want to be a Warlord?"

If she knew why he wanted to achieve his goal, could she maybe understand him more?

Kaden stopped once more, before shrugging, "A lot of reasons. I've got so much knowledge, I've got so many options open to me, but I'm also due for a lot powerful enemies as well. Becoming a warlord is just a stepping stone for me to get some breathing room to rise up enough where I can stand shoulder to shoulder with the very strongest in the world," he mused, before turning to look over his shoulder at her, "Beyond that, I'm a dumb idiot teenager that wants everything this world has to offer really. Money, power, gorgeous and amazing women like you and more, the finest things this world has within it."

The same position that the guy he claimed casually tossed Arlong out of his crew and sent him packing, and it was just a stepping stone to him huh? "Gorgeous, huh?" Nami laughed despite herself, she did like to think so, "But amazing? You've known me for all of ten minutes kid, you know nothing about me."

"I suppose, though I'd probably surprise you on that part," he grinned, "Eight years you said you'd been dealing with Arlong and his cronies right? And considering you were coming from his park and the guy is a massive racist towards humans, it means you must have some crazy talent that makes him overlook how much he hates humans. He enslaved you just like the rest of the people here, but I could feel your emotions remember? Hatred, longing, sadness for sure. But a fierce determination, and a will power that overshadows Arlong's own and his entire crews put together. You seem pretty damn amazing already. Considering that's only a small part of the package, you're probably a one in ten million kind of girl easily."

Despite herself, Nami felt her cheeks warm up a bit, "You're a bit of a sweet talker huh?" she snorted, "Sure you aren't just trying to get into my pants?"

"I mean, I do, but I wouldn't have the first clue in how to seduce an amazing babe like you," Kaden just laughed, "I'd probably just end up offering to buy my way into bed with you, cuz I've got no chance normally."

…Well considering how much money he had, and how desperate she was for money to free her village from Arlong, Nami was woman enough to admit for the right price, she would have done it.

"Well it wouldn't be cheap," Nami couldn't help but smirk, "I'm apparently pretty amazing, one in ten million and all that."
It was weird, but she felt herself getting totally caught up in the kids pace.

"Ten million an hour?" he offered her with a grin.

Eh?

She practically felt beri signs pop up in her eyes from the offer. This kid was seriously something else, just offering that crazy amount for an hour with her! If he offered to sleep with her before he dropped everything on her, they'd be having a completely different discussion right now.

God this kid really was an idiot, wasn't he?

"Arlong tormented me and my village for eight years, killed my mother in front of me and hundreds of others after forcing me to join his crew and branding me with his mark to make maps of the sea for him," she found her mouth moving on instinct, "If you really deal with him and his crew right here and now and free me and everyone else from his tyranny, and forget the money, I'll be your women if you want kid."

She was being utterly truthful. She would be forever grateful, and at the same time, he'd opened her eyes to what seemed to be a whole new world far beyond what she was accustomed to.

With this kid…she could be free from Arlong, and she may even be able to accomplish that long forgotten dream of hers. To map out the entire world.

Kaden was silent for a moment, before shaking his head, "Amazing as that sounds, no," he denied bluntly, "A night is one thing. But, being my woman? I'd prefer you to do it willingly and want to do it. A relationship built on me doing this to make you my woman would never be genuine. You wouldn't be free at all, and that pisses me off. I already decided on my way here, that even if the cons outweigh the pro's for me, I couldn't stand the innocent people here suffering and not being free like me."

Nami blinked, stunned silent by his denial of literally what he just said he wanted handed to him on a silver platter, willing to please him anyway he wanted.

Because her being free and wanting to do it, mattered? Because it wouldn't be genuine?

…Was the kid who seriously said he wanted money, power and gorgeous women a literal romantic at heart? That was so weird.

Smirking at her gaping at him, the boy turned on his heel and proceeded in his walk towards Arlong park, reaching the massive multiple ton and heavily decorated gate that lead into it-

Before swinging out his fist.

And Nami's eyes almost bugged out of her head as with a thunderous boom the gate was torn straight off the hinges and multiple tons of metal was sent flying inwards of Arlong Park.

…He wasn't lying about his physical strength at all.

She caught sight of Arlong sitting at his 'throne' which was really little more than a white reclining beach chair, Chew and Kuroobi were standing on either side of them and she heard a multitude of voices shouting.

"So you're Arlong, right?" Kaden grinned at the massive fishman clad in a yellow tropical shirt.

Arlong, didn't seem all that bothered at all, "Indeed I am," he smirked back at Kaden, "And who might you be filthy little hu-"

That was as far as Arlong got in his words before Kaden outright disappeared from Nami's vision and then a split moment later, appeared in front of him, his fist smashing into Arlong's jaw with so much force he was bodily lifted up and sent flying over thirty feet, slamming into the thick marble white wall on the other side of Arlong Park….and then going right through it as if it were made of paper mache with a thunderous boom, tons of debris raining into the air from the force his body smashed through it with.

"Arlong!" Chew's eyes widened in shock, and Nami's were not far behind him as she gaped at the boy.

…Had he just moved so fast he'd disappeared?!

"You little bastard of a hu-" Kuroobi roared and lunged towards the boy, but never got to finish.

In a flash that Nami couldn't even see, one of the twin swords disappeared from the blonde teenagers back, and was suddenly in his hand.

And Kuroobi's head toppled from his neck in a shower of blood.

And then Kaden moved again, so fast Nami couldn't see anything of him, only as Chew's body suddenly backflipped through the air and then was slammed with incredible force into the ground with concrete shattering force.

Only then did she notice a moment later, Kaden had his forearm wrapped around the tall fishman's neck, and had…clotheslined him with it and smashed him into the ground?

Either way, Chew went limp and unmoving.

…Nami thought he might have been dead. Did Kaden just break his neck!?

Swallowing heavily, Nami couldn't tear her eyes away and found herself creeping towards the entrance to get a closer look and peer around it, just out of the way.

"You filthy little human bastard how dare you….." Arlong came stomping back through the hole he made in the wall around Arlong Park, only to trail off and stare wide eyed at the bodies of Chew and Kuroobi, "Chew!? Kuroobi! No, what have you done to my brethren human!?"

"Nothing more than they deserve," Kaden shrugged as he flicked his sword, Kuroobi's blood flicking off it and splattering against the ground, "And the same thing I'm about to do to you, weakling. You're an absolute disgrace to Fisher Tiger's name and he's been rolling in his grave for eight long years for the actions you've pulled. I'm here now to free the poor people you've been tormenting, take your filthy head and let Fisher Tiger get the proper rest he deserves."

Arlong stilled at Kaden's words, his muscles tensing and his eyes bulging with a fury Nami had never seen in him before, "You disgusting inferior low breed human trash! How dare you use that mans NAME!" the giant fishman roared, baring his mouth full of razor sharp shark-like teeth in a horrific growl, "The name of the great man who saved my life is too good to come from your disgusting filthy inferior mouth!"

With a roar Arlong threw himself towards Kaden and launched out with a punch so powerful a shock wave of force erupted from his fist and the wind generated by it buffeted Nami who was over twenty feet away and shielded mostly behind a wall.

Only for his incredibly powerful punch to be stopped completely in its tracks by Kaden lifting one finger and blocking it.

Nami gaped.

As did Arlong, the rage suffusing him being completely blown out momentarily, such was his shock at being stopped by a teenage human half his size, with one finger.

"…Huh," Kaden mused aloud himself, "I'm kind of disappointed. You're way weaker than I thought you'd be, which is interesting because I already thought you were pretty weak. Thinking on it, isn't even that piece of trash Don Krieg physically stronger than you?"

"What kind of trick are you pulling human!?" Arlong snarled, mouth opening wide as he thrust his neck down to bite at Kaden's skull, only to gag as Kaden's other hand came up and palmed him across the face and casually lifted him into the air.

"And you're so god damn slow as well on top of that," Kaden clicked his tongue, "It's pathetic honestly. I'd be hard pressed even using all my strength to take on Jimbei at all I'm sure right now, and considering what Fisher Tiger accomplished, he had to have had the strength to back it up. You though? It's no wonder you came here to the weakest sea to bully non combatants, you're a piece of trash."

Nami honestly could not believe what she was seeing. Sure, Kaden had managed to instill confidence in her about his capabilities with what he said before and just seemed to just…know.

But seeing it in person was a whole other ball game. The difference between him and Arlong looked to be even larger than the gap between the people of her village and Arlong himself.

It was incredible.

And absolutely crazy.

"Arlong!" a familiar voice shouted in worry and Nami watched as Hachi burst out of the water, followed by the massive form of Moomoo the monstrously large sea king, "Who are you? What are you doing?! Let go of Arlong!" the octopus fishman demanded.

"Okay." Kaden nodded with a smile.

Before stepping forward and swinging his arm outwards. And promptly driving Arlong into the ground with so much force he cratered it inwards and Nami felt the tremors shake the entirety of Arlong Park.

Arlong was buried in the ground when Kaden pulled his hand back, staring up at the sky wide eyed and gaping mouthed, sputtering struggling breaths escaping his mouth, only to gag as Kaden brutally stomped his foot down atop Arlong's stomach and rested it upon the large saw nosed fishman.

"The name is Kaden D. Freeman," he casually introduced himself to Hachi, a smile on his face as if he weren't using Arlong as a stepping stone, and wasn't surrounded still by a huge crowd of fishmen pirates with a giant sea king looming not far away, "You're Hatchan right? Well I'm here to save the people you and your buddies have been terrorizing while trying to emulate the Celestial Dragons for the past eight years. You can go though, but I'm only letting you go because I don't feel like getting on the bad side of the Dark King."

Emulate the Celestial Dragons? The World Nobles? That was what Arlong was trying to do? And the Dark King, where had she heard that from before Nami thought?

"W-what…?" Hachi blinked stupidly at the boy, before shaking his head, "Thank you? No wait! you're letting me go because of Rayleigh? And what do you mean we're emulating the Celestial Dragons? No we're not!"

'Rayleigh!?' Nami's eyes widened in absolute shock. That was why 'Dark King' was familiar. Dark King Silvers Rayleigh, the right hand of the Pirate King Gold Roger!?

Hachi knew a guy like that?

Today was crazy. She was having so much incredible things just dropped on her out of nowhere because of this kid that just appeared out of nowhere!

"You sure, that's funny cuz Arlong Park sure seems a lot like Sabaody Park, and you've enslaved full communities of defenceless humans and treat them the same way the Celestial Dragons treat all their slaves," Kaden mused, a grin on his face directed at Hachi that had no mirth or friendliness in it at all, "I guess you guys didn't give a shit about Fisher Tiger at all, considering you spat on everything he stood for the minute he died and ended up getting Queen Otohime killed on top of that because of some pieces of trash trying to emulate you guys here."

Hachi staggered back as if struck by the boys words, trembling, "No…it can't be, that's not what happened!" he denied.

"Liar!"

"It was humans who killed our queen! Even after she tried to make peace with you disgusting bastards!"

A cacophony of angry denials flew from the gathered fishman of the Arlong Pirates, but none more so than the one below Kaden's boot.

"LIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSS!" Arlong absolutely howled, his tone bordering on maddened, both of his arms wrapping around Kaden's foot and pushing it up with all his might, "WE'RE NOT LIKE YOU FILTHY HUMANS, WE'D NEVER TURN ON OUR OWN-

Arlong managed to push Kaden's foot up a few inches off of his chest, before Kaden pushed back down and smashed his foot back into Arlong's stomach, cutting him off and driving the air from his lungs, "Your opinion and what you believe doesn't matter Arlong, I'm only giving Hachi here a chance to live because I don't want to get into a fight with someone like the Dark King as I am right now, but I'll kill him regardless if he doesn't take my generous offer you filthy slaver trash," the boy spat, "And for your information, it's mostly your fault Queen Otohime's dead Arlong. It was one of your little fanboys that did it. Goes by the name Hody Jones, and he absolutely detests we humans, but on top of that he absolutely hates any of your race of fishmen who side with humans at all. He hated Fisher Tiger for freeing human slaves as well, and he murdered Queen Otohime and blamed it on humans to stir up a race war he thought you'd be the head of. Hell, I hear Hody Jones even plans to kill that sister of yours because she has human clients."

Kaden's grin faded away as he stared down at Arlong, disgust in his eyes, "If you were half the man Fisher Tiger thought you were, you would have returned to Fishman Island and did all in your power to protect the people there," he continued, "Instead, you inspired a hateful murderer into ruining everything Fisher Tiger stood for, who murdered Queen Otohime, the one who was trying to save your race. Right now, you'd be hunting down the likes of Vander Decken who wants to murder the royal family and rape Princess Shirahoshi. And putting a stop to that little fucker Hody Jones before he gives the world government a reason to wage war on the fishmen, like the Celestial Dragons have been wanting for generations and wiping you all out. If not for Jimbei becoming a Warlord and getting the protection of Whitebeard, your home would have long since been destroyed."

There was utter silence in reply to his words, and Nami was stunned even more than the utter manhandling Arlong had went through, went the man who had murdered her mother and tormented her for the last eight years, shook under the teenage pirates foot.

"….W-what?" Arlong stared up at the boy in absolute horror, "No…it can't be. That doesn't make any sense. How….how do you know all of this?"

In response, Kaden looked away from Arlong, and his gaze narrowed. Nami blinked as crackling bolts of black and red flickered over his body, before a wave of something erupted from his body, quickly flashing over the gathered fishmen.

She felt something slam into her as well.

She staggered back, her mind going foggy and for a moment as she felt a pressure press down upon her body and her head flared for a moment as if a migraine was coming on, she thought she was about to pass out, before she managed to catch herself, shaking her head and it passed.

"…What the hell was that?" Nami gasped, leaning against the wall of Arlong Park for support and then stared flabbergasted as she caught sight of all the fishmen pirates dropping like flies one by one, literally foaming at the mouth.

Even Moomoo passed out, its huge body flopping backwards and slamming into the water, disappearing beneath its surface and kicking up a large wave that splashed upon onto the surface.

Holy crap! What the hell was that!?

Hachi dropped to his knees, panting deeply and staring at the boy wide eyed in both awe and horror.

"The will…of the supreme king?" Arlong muttered aloud looking up at the boy in even more disbelief, "Conquerors Haki! But….only one in several million are born with that power! How….!?"

The will of the supreme king? Another type of that Haki stuff Kaden told her about before? And a special one at that?

"None of your business, I just have it and I just know," Kaden snorted, shaking his head, "Honestly, I shouldn't have even bothered going off like this. You just piss me off so much I couldn't help but stick it to you and rub in your face how much of a colossal waste of space you are. You deserve to die in despair knowing how much of a disappointment you are to Fisher Tiger and the fishmen race as a whole."

As he finished speaking and deriding Arlong, Kaden unsheathed his sword once more and lowered it down towards Arlong's throat, point poised at his jugular and ready to pierce it.

Nami's breath hitched in her own throat, this was it!

"Wait, please!" Hachi cried out, tears flowing from his eyes, "Please don't kill Arlong, I'm begging you!" he bowed his head down to the ground and pleaded with Kaden.

Kaden ignored him and stared down into Arlong's eyes. The huge man had absolutely given up trying to wrestle Kaden's foot off of his chest, and stared back up, eyes distraught and tears in the corner of his eyes, "Any last words?" the boy asked.

Arlong's lips trembled, "….Who are you really?" the fishman asked, "What are you planning to do? Why do you care? Why does a human like you who never met him respect Fisher Tiger at all?"

"Not begging for your life huh? I can respect that at least," Kaden nodded, "My reasons are my own, but I'll give you a little taste. I am half of one of those disgusting bubble headed freaks Fisher Tiger stuck it too. More than anyone else in the world, they consider me an abomination that should never have been born and when they find out I'm alive, they'll do all in their power to kill me. I'm directly opposed to them in every single way. I'm going to become a Warlord like Jimbei, and then rise as a king with enough power to challenge them. I'm going to take the head of that bastard Hody Jones and I'm going to rip the life from Vander Decken. You can die knowing that I, a human will carry fishmen island on my back if it ever needs it."

"…I see," Arlong grinned widely, tears streaming from his eyes, "Then go for it human, take my head, wear my teeth around your neck and display your win over me in every way proudly!"

"Arlong!" Hachi lifted his head and cried in dismay.

Kaden lifted his sword and Arlong stared up at it teary eyed, "Hey," he spoke as the sword reached its apex, "Do you know what happened to that girl? The one we took to her home. Koala."

Kaden paused, "She was horrified to learn what happened after you guys took her home. She ran away and joined the revolutionary army to fight against the government that took Fisher Tiger's life and learned Fishman Karate to honour him." he said.

"Ah, so I was wrong there as well," Arlong grinned, "Chahahahahahahaha!"

The blade swung down, and Arlong's laughter abruptly ended.

Alright, here we are back with the chaptero one plus one equals a window and eleven? Well whatever, we're still a few chapters ahead on the Pa-atreon if you wanna read ahead, like chapter 15 I think?

Well anyway moving on, shit happened and Arlong got retribution. He got his head chopped off. Yet he went out laughing regardless, probably not how a lot of people thought it would go and probably too good an end for him in many eyes. But honestly, Arlong getting smushed to paste and humiliated, has been done hundreds, if not thousands of times, I wanted to add a little spin to things. Not only did Kaden humiliate him and rub all his own actions in his face, he enlightened Arlong... I guess? If there was one saving grace about Arlong, it was that he did actually care for his people. He's still a piece of shit, just not as big a piece of shit as Hody Jones.

Anyway, again, shameless Pa-atreon plug. I've got one, go by the same username on there, easy to find and all that jazz. Support me if you want, it'd be swell, but don't feel pressured lads and ladies, I'll be uploading my stuff outside it regardless and not keeping it all behind a paywall or anything like that.