Back at the village, everyone saw Genzo and Nojiko, both with pure anger across their faces.

"Hey Genzo, what's wrong?" one of the villagers asked. Genzo was trembling with rage as he looked at everyone.

"Those marines from earlier." he hissed.

"Oh no." someone said.

"Did Arlong kill them?"

"No." Nojiko said. "Arlong sent them." Everyone just looked at her confused.

"Those marines were acting on Arlong's orders to steal Nami's money." Genzo said. Everyone just stared as his words sunk in.

"Then...that means..."

"They lied to Nami!"

"Even though they failed to get their hands on her money, I doubt Arlong will give up." Genzo said before he got a determined look in his eyes. "Spread word to the whole village. Tell everyone to meet here and to gather whatever weapon they have."

()()()()

Nami was running back towards her village as fast as she could.

"Genzo...Nojiko...everyone! Please, don't do anything rash!" she said.

()()()()

Everyone gathered in the village with makeshift weapons in hand, each scared but determined.

"Eight years ago," Genzo said. "We made a vow to live our lives, despite what Arlong threw at us. That as long as Nami fought, we would endure until Nami honored her deal with Arlong. BUT IT WAS ALL FOR NOTHING!" he screamed out, getting everyone angry. "Those bastards never intended to keep their promise! They never intend to let this village or Nami free! But now, we're going to make them pay for all the years they tricked a kind little girl! WHO'S WITH ME?!"

"YEEEEAAAAAAAAAHHH!" roared the whole village.

"Let's do this!"

"We'll teach those rotten fishmen!"

"STOP!" someone shouted. Everyone looked to see Nami walking towards them with a smile on her face. "Wait everyone! There's no need to fight them. They didn't get any of my money, so it'll only be one more trip and I'll have enough. Don't worry about it. Calm down everyone." Everyone watched her as she tried to keep them calm, but Genzo walked up to her and held her in a tight hug.

"Enough Nami." he said in a calm voice. Nami just stood there as tears threatened to fall from her eyes. "There's no point. Even though they failed this time, Arlong will try something else to keep you from buying our freedom. There's no doubt about that."

"Genzo." Nami said in a choked up voice.

"Set yourself free Nami." Genzo said, shocking her.

"What?" she said.

"Do it Nami." Nojiko said with a smile.

"Nojiko?!" she said. She looked around to see the whole village agreed. "You're a smart girl, and you have a dream."

"Everyone stop!" she said as she pulled out a knife. "Stay where you are! I won't let you go to the fishmen!" she said as she started trembling. "You'll all die."

"We know." the village doctor said. Genzo walked up to her and grabbed the knife with his bare hands, causing them to bleed.

"OUTTA THE WAY!" he screamed at her. He then looked back at the crowd with his sword drawn. "MOVE OUT!"

"LET'S SHOW THOSE FISHMEN WHAT WE'RE MADE OF!" someone screamed as they all ran off to fight the fishmen. Nami just stood there before the knife fell from her hands as she fell to her knees. All she could hear was Arlong's horrible laughter as her eyes darted towards the tattoo on her left shoulder. She placed her fingers on it, looking ready to rip it right off her shoulder.

'Arlong!' she thought before she grabbed the knife and stabbed her shoulder, screaming out Arlong's name. Over and over she stabbed, each time speaking his name as blood fell from her shoulder. She kept going until she felt another hand grab her wrist. She looked up to see a familiar face under a straw hat. "Luffy?" she said before she dropped the knife. She looked back to the ground with her head down. She was quiet for some time as the tears continued to fall from her eyes. "They left..."

"Yeah. I saw."

"They'll be killed. All of them." she said. "Even though I'm almost there, they still ran off to fight them." She sat there trembling as the thought of everyone she loved dying at the fishmens hands went through her mind. "I was so close..."

"You know, the offer still stands Nami." Luffy said. Nami just sat there for a moment before she raised her head.

"Luffy...help me." she said as she looked at him with tears in her eyes. Luffy had a blank look as he took off his straw hat and placed it on her head. Just like last time, he took a few steps away before taking a deep breath.

"DARN RIGHT I WILL!" he screamed.

'Do NOT touch my hat!' Nami remembered as she stared at Luffy. He was leaving his treasured hat in her care. She couldn't stop the tears as Luffy walked off towards his crew, who were all waiting for his orders.

"Let's go."

"Right." they all said. All five then made their way to Arlong Park.

()()()()

"Whoa!"

"What happened?"

"Did Arlong do this to you guys?" All the villagers were outside the gate to Arlong Park, where they saw a beaten up Johnny and Yosaku leaning against the gate.

"Step aside." Genzo said as Johnny looked up at them. "We've come to see the fishmen."

"After we heard the truth about big sis Nami, there was only one thing we could think to do: Beat Arlong." Johnny said. "With that in mind, we came here to do that."

"But as you can see, he thrashed us easily." Yosaku finished.

"Sorry, but we're not moving for you guys. Especially since you have no chance of victory." Johnny said.

"What?" Genzo said.

"Be patient. We're waiting for those guys to show up." Yosaku said. Everyone just looked at them in confusion.

"Those guys?" Genzo asked.

"I bet my life on it. Those guys will show up soon." Yosaku said. After a moment, both he and Johnny stood up with smiles on their faces.

"There!" they both said. Everyone looked behind them to see five people walking side by side towards them all. Gin, Zoro, Luffy, Sanji, and Usopp."

"Those guys?" Nojiko asked.

"Why would they help us?" Genzo asked.

"If they can't beat Arlong, then not only this island, but the whole East Blue is finished." Yosaku said.

"Etch those five into your minds. They're the men who'll change fate itself." Johnny said. Soon all five were near the crowd.

"Move." Luffy said as they approached. As they did, Arlong's laugh could be heard inside. Luffy's eyes narrowed at that laugh. All the pain he made Nami go through was about to thrown back at him 100 fold. Everyone moved away from the gate as Luffy balled his hands into fists. He then punched the gate a few times before it exploded. All the fishmen inside were staring with disbelief as the smoke cleared, showing one pissed off Luffy.

"What the?!" Arlong said with bloodshot eyes. Luffy stood up with a fist in the air as he glared at them all.

"Which one of you is Arlong?" he asked. Though he knew, he wanted them to know he wasn't messing around.

"Arlong?" Arlong asked as he lay in his chair looking at Luffy with a bored but annoyed expression. "I'm Arlong."

"Good. I'm Luffy." Luffy said as he started walking towards Arlong.

"Luffy? What are you supposed to be?" he asked.

"A pirate."

"Hey wait a minute! You're that guy that likes to go on walks!" Hachi shouted.

"Where do you think you're going?" asked a fishman as he and another fishman blocked Luffy's path.

"You wanna talk to the boss, you gotta talk to us fi-"

Faster than anyone could blink, Luffy punched both fishmen into the air. They both flew so high that they couldn't be seen anymore.

"Whoa..." one of the villagers said as everyone stared in awe.

"What do you want pirate?" Arlong asked, looking quite pissed at seeing his fellow fishmen beaten like that. Luffy stood still for a moment before he appeared next to Arlong, punching him with blinding speed so that he flew through the wall on the other side of the park, leaving a hold looking like Arlong in the wall. All the villagers and other fishmen gapped at that as Luffy had steam coming out of his nose.

"THAT'S FOR MAKING OUR NAVIGATOR CRY!" Luffy shouted. Everyone stared in shock before some fishmen went to attack Luffy.

"Back off! You're not worth the trouble!" Sanji said as he kicked them all away. He then turned to Luffy and started scolding him for running in like that.

"I'm not worried. I can handle them." Luffy said with a grin.

"I don't care about that! You're gonna hog all the action!" he yelled.

"Don't worry about m-me guys." Usopp said. "Take all of them if you like."

"Ready to go as always, eh Usopp?" Zoro said as he rolled his eyes.

"Can you even fight long nose?" Gin asked. All the villagers just stared at the scene in front of them.

"He blasted Arlong through the wall?!" one of them asked in disbelief.

"No way. They're actually beating the fishmen?" Soon all the villagers felt their hope of gaining their freedom rise.

"HEY! I REMEMBER YOU! YOU TRICKED ME RORONOA ZORO!" Hachi yelled while flailing his six arms wildly. He then screamed in fear at the sight of Usopp. "IT'S THAT LONG NOSE GUY! HOW'S HE STILL ALIVE?!"

"Tch. If he's alive, then the only reason is that bitch Nami let him live. I knew she was a traitor." Kuroobi snarled. Everyone went silent as Arlong's laugh could be heard from the other side of the wall before he walked out of the hole of himself.

"A pirate huh?" he laughed. "Now it's starting to make sense. You want her to navigate your ship. Sorry, but she's mine!" he declared. After those words, Hachi laughed.

"You punks aren't worth Arlong's time." he said. "We know how to take care of you." He then began making trumpet like sounds with his mouth. After a few moments, Mohmoo rose up from the water inside Arlong Park. All the villagers screamed as Mohmoo got closer to Hachi, stopping only when he spotted Luffy.

"Oh, it's the sea cow again." Luffy said as he looked at Mohmoo.

"I was wondering what happened to him." Sanji said. Mohmoo just stared at them both before looking a little sad. He remembered them giving him food and didn't want to hurt them, so he turned to leave, confusing the fishmen. Mohmoo stopped when Arlong called out to him, then seemed to get angry when Arlong finished speaking before turning to attack Luffy and his crew. Luffy sighed before holding a hand up and releasing a wave of haki at Mohmoo. Mohmoo stopped again, stunning everyone but Sanji, Gin, and Yosaku.

"He stopped that sea king with just a wave of his hand?!" a lot of the villagers screamed.

'That haki again.' Zoro thought.

"Sorry Mohmoo." Luffy said before he pulled his fist back and slammed it into Mohmoo's head, knocking the sea king out cold.

"MOHMOO!" Hachi screamed before looking at Luffy and his crew with rage in his eyes. "Why you rotten humans! I'll teach you to treat our brethren like this!"

"Alright you inferior human." Arlong said in a low tone. "I've had about all I can tolerate from the likes of you."

"Calm down Arlong." Kuroobi said. "You'll destroy Arlong Park if you go crazy."

"We're more than enough to beat these punks down. Chu!" Chew said as all the fishmen were ready to fight.

"LET US KILL THESE WEAKLINGS!" Hachi yelled. Luffy frowned at hearing Hachi speak like that.

"Alright." Arlong said as he grinned.

"Gin." Luffy said. "Your up." Gin only grinned back as he brought out his tonfa and began to swing it around in circles.

"Heh. One human against all of us?" a fishman said in a cocky tone. "I'll take care of him." He then lunged at Gin, ready to take him out. Right as he swung his fist, Gin ducked to avoid the attack before swinging his tonfa around, smashing his head into the concrete. Everyone stared as he raised a bloody tonfa up with a dissatisfied frown as he looked at the villagers.

"These guys are a threat?" he asked as he slowly swung his tonfa around again before grinning. "Don't make me laugh." They villagers just stared while the fishmen looked ready to kill.

"HUMAN TRASH!" some of them shouted as they all charged at Gin. Gin just smiled as he began to fight them off, all the while grinning at them all. Two lunged at his back, only for Gin to backflip behind them. He then smashed their heads together with his tonfa, but was caught in a death grip by a third fishman.

"Gotcha!" the fishman said as another was charging Gin from the front for the kill. Gin's eyes narrowed before he spun his tonfa in his hand, resting the heavy ball against his elbow before raising it to smash it into his grappler's ribs. The attacked caused the fishman behind him to let go just in time for Gin to dodge, causing the charging fishman to attack his comrade. As he stared at what he did, Gin spun around and smashed his tonfa into his head, sending both fishman flying into the wall.

"He's beating them up like they're nothing." the doctor said as Kuroobi slowly walked towards Gin.

"Seems it'll take more to do away with you." he said. "After I get rid of you, that bitch Nami is next."

"Hold it right there." Sanji said as he walked between Kuroobi and Gin. "I won't stand by and let some fish freak insult a beautiful lady."

"A lady?" Kuroobi asked skeptically. "Ha! You'd die for some stupid girl? That's a laugh." Sanji got pissed as he removed his cigarette and glared at Kuroobi.

"One more insult and your sushi asshole!" he said in a dangerous tone. "You hear me?"

"Your skills are good for a human, but isn't chivalry from a pirate a little fake?" Kuroobi said with a grin.

"I'm dead good at what I do." he said as he put his cigarette back in his mouth. "And there's nothing fake about wanting to help a beautiful lady in need." Soon, both were facing off as Hachi glared at Zoro.

"You tricked me earlier Roronoa Zoro!" he shouted. "How dare you attack my brethren, and then con me into giving you a lift to Cocoyashi?!"

"That's old news octo-freak." Zoro said as he grabbed the hilt of his blade with his hand. "I don't care why you want me dead, but the tables have turned." he said as he slowly unsheated his sword for everyone to see the glint of his blade. "You're not the hunters anymore fish-freak. You're the hunted." As Hachi ran off to get his blades, Gin screamed in pain as he fell to his knees. The villagers looked to see him bleeding from the back of his right shoulder and left leg. While he had his back turned, Chew had fired two water shots from his mouth at Gin to cripple him.

"Bullseye." he said as he wiped his mouth.

"You're finished!" screamed the last two fishmen as they both charged at Gin.

'Shit! My arm's in bad shape, and I can't move!" he thought as they were nearly upon him.

"EXPLODING STAR!" Usopp yelled as he fired two exploding pellets at the fishman, sending them flying back and away from Gin. "Take t-that, you rotten fish!" Usopp yelled as his legs shook in fear.

"You're that long nose human that attacked Arlong before." Chew said as Usopp slowly turned to him with sweat and snot on his face. "This time when we kill you," he said as he ran towards him. "IT'LL BE FOR GOOD!"

"KAAAAAAAAAH!" Usopp shrieked as he ran past the villagers. Chew saw them all before stopping.

"Weapons huh?" Chew asked. "Seems you all intend to rebel against us. Since that's the case, I have no choice but to kill you." He got ready to strike, but stopped when a flaming star hit him.

"Did you think it was that easy?" Usopp yelled from a distance with his slingshot out. "I'M your opponent!" Chew glared at him before declaring he would die, which caused Usopp to turn and run with Chew in pursuit.

"Who is that guy?" Genzo asked.

"Brave one moment, then cowardly the next." the doctor said as they all turned back to see Zoro face off against Hachi and Sanji against Kuroobi. Arlong stood up with a dark look on his face with a frown.

"I've had enough games." he said as he glared at Luffy. Luffy just glared right back as his crew fought against the fishmen. "Do you not understand my anger? My brethren are laid about, broken and bruised! I swear...I'LL KILL EVERY ONE OF YOU INFERIOR HUMANS!"

A/N: Okay, what did you think of Gin's fighting? Too short? Also, were the small changes good enough, or not good at all?