"Arlong? Well, that just happens to be my name," Arlong smirked, as he narrowed his eyes at the two twins, nearly turning into slits as he saw Aya.
"Good, you can call me, Luffy." Luffy said.
"And you can call me, Aya. But, we've already met," she smirked. "How did you like that boulder to the face?"
"Whoa! You threw a boulder at him!? I wished that I could've seen it!" Luffy exclaimed in awe.
"Sure, did." Aya nodded. Arlong growled.
"What are you two supposed to be?" he questioned them.
"We're pirates." Luffy told him.
"Hey, that guy. Wait a second, I remember him! He's the guy who likes going on walks!" Hatchi shouted, as he recognized Luffy. The two started to head over to Arlong but two fishmen got in their way, stopping them from getting to the fishman captain.
"Hold it right there." One fishman said as he placed his hands on Aya's shoulders.
"Where do you think you're going?" Another one said as well to Luffy. "You want to the boss, well you gotta talk to us first, get it?"
"Move it!" Luffy slammed the fishman into the wall.
"I want to talk to the big fish, not you." Aya said as she slammed the other fishman into the ground. Arlong's eyes widen in surprise at their strength.
"So what does a pirate want with me?" he asked the two. "Who the hell are you?"
A fist was slammed on on Arlong as Luffy punched him, knocking the fishman right off his throne, crashing into the wall on the other side of the compound. Everyone watched in shock as the the fishmen crew.
"That's for making my navigator cry!" Luffy shouted. One of the fishman was about to lunge out at the two, but Sanji kicked him back.
"You're out of your league." He landed right next to Aya, looking at Luffy. "Geez, you just had to run out ahead by yourself."
"Don't worry, I can handle those bozos on my own." Luffy told him.
"So can I." Aya said as well. "But, thanks."
"You fool, I never said anything about being worried," Sanji told them. "I just don't want you hogging all the action."
"Well, I just want to let you guys know, that I don't mind if you hog it all." Usopp said as he walked over to them, hiding behind the pillar. Zoro walked over as well.
"I see you're raring and go as usual." the swordsman replied.
"It's him! That's the unknown swordsman that I was telling you about!" Hatchi shouted, pointing at Zoro.
"Roronoa Zoro." one of Arlong's commanders said.
"I thought so. That bastard tricked me. I can't believe it! I fell for it hook line and anchor. Wait, hook line and sinker." Hatchi corrected himself, embarrassed.
"Hey, look, long nose is here." one of Arlong's commanders said, seeing Usopp. Usopp cringed.
"But, but, he's dead! We saw Nami kill him!" Hatchi shouted, shocked.
"So he's alive. Which means..."one of the fishman murmured.
"That Nami was a traitor all along." One of Arlong's commanders frowned.
"W-Who are those guys?!" Genso stammered in shock.
"That guy just decked Arlong!" one of the villagers shouted shocked as well.
"No human should be able to do that." Another one shouted.
"Didn't we tell you. Just stay back here." Johnny said to them.
"Now do you understand why we're keeping you away from that fight? You guys will just get in their way." Yosaku said.
"But why? That's what I don't understand." Genso questioned. "What reason could they possibly have to fight?"
"Reason, big sis Nami was crying." Johnny replied.
"Can there be any more reason than that to put their lives on the line?" Yosaku said.
"A pirate, or course." Arlong growled as he looked up at Luffy and Aya, who were standing in front of him. "This is all starting to make sense now. You've been after Nami this whole time. The girl is mine and I'm not giving her up!"
"A bunch of idiots like you aren't worth Arlong's time! We know how to deal with you!" Hatchi shouted, turning towards the ocean. He made a trumpet noise as if he was calling out to something. Suddenly, the ground started to shake as the the whole island.
"Oh no, it's here!" one of the villagers cried out.
"What is going on here, guys?!" Usopp shouted.
"Every single one of you is about to become fish food!" Hatchi smirked, looking at the straw hat crew before turning back towards the water. "Mamoo, rise!"
The giant sea cow rose out from out of the water, towering over everyone.
"It's the monster! That's the beast from the Grand Line that destroyed the town of Gosa!" Usopp screamed, shaking a little.
"It's actually here! Oh no!" one of the villagers cried out.
"Well, look who's back." Sanji replied, narrowing his eyes at the sea cow.
"Seems he's friends with the fishmen." Zoro replied.
"It's adorable!" Aya exclaimed in awe. "Can we keep it as a pet!?"
"No way!" Luffy shouted. "That dumb cow tried to eat my food!"
"Seriously!?" Zoro shouted in disbelief.
"You won't find it adorable once it goes on a rampage!" Usopp added.
The sea cow stared down at the group, mainly focused on Luffy and Sanji with a fearful look. Then it turned around and started to swim away.
"Mamoo, where are you going?! You can't just leave! Mamoo!" Hatchi called out to it, trying to get the sea cow to stop. But, it was no longer listening to him. However, the sea cow froze in it's tracks, as it heard Arlong spoke.
"Now, now isn't that a shame. But, I suppose if you really want to run away, then who am I to stop you. Well, then?" Arlong narrowed his eyes at it, smirking. The sea cow's eyes widen fearfully. Then it roared and lunged right at Aya and the rest of the group.
"No! It's coming right toward us!" Usopp screamed.
"You're all mine, you dumb cow!" Luffy stepped in front of Aya, pushing her away, sending her back to the crew.
"Luffy! Don't hurt it!" Aya shouted at him.
"Looks like he's got a plan, for once." Sanji replied.
"We'll see, I've got a bad feeling about this." Zoro said, unsure. Luffy slammed his feet down onto the ground, burying them into it and stretched out his arms, grabbing the sea cow's horns. The villagers and the fishman watched in shock surprised to see that he had devil fruit powers.
"His arms stretch!" one of the villagers shouted.
"So he must have devil fruit powers." Arlong said narrowing his eyes at Luffy. Zoro pushed Sanji back and grabbed Aya by her wrist.
"Hey, let's get out of here!" he shouted.
"Whoa, wait. What's he gonna do?" Sanji asked, worried.
"I'm not sure, but I don't want to find out!" Zoro shouted as he ran, pulling Aya with him. Sanji followed after him.
"Time for something new!" Luffy began to spin around, taking the cow with him, slamming it into the building, most of the fishman, taking them out. "Gum Gum PINWHEEL!" He tossed the sea cow sending it flailing into the sea. Luffy turned back to the fishman leader.
"That's it Arlong! I am done planning games with you! I didn't come here to beat down all of your cronies!" he shouted at him. "I came here to teach you a lesson! So step up!"
"Oh I will, don't worry. Actually, I was just thinking about how painfully I'll end your life." Arlong smirked. Aya's eyes widen, not liking what he meant by that. Something was up, but what was it?
"THAT WAS THE WORST PLAN EVER!" Aya shouted angrily at Luffy.
"YEAH, WE'RE YOU TRYING TO KILL ALL OF US TOO!?" Sanji shouted as well.
Luffy's eyes widen. "Uh-oh..."
The villagers watched completely stunned and amazed, seeing all of Arlong's crew wiped out.
"That boy is incredible." Genso replied.
"I just believe it that a human can throw that giant monster!" one of the villagers shouted.
"It's as if the gods themselves are fighting." Johnny replied.
"How dare you hurt our brothers!" Hatchi shouted, holding one of his fallen crewmates. Two of Arlong's commanders were standing with him, as they glared at Luffy and the others.
"Very well, it seems that we must now join the fight." one of them said.
"Now, you will get an education with the inferiority of your species." Another one said as well.
"Huh, really? I'd like to see that." Aya smirked.
"Relax, sir. Let us handle this." One of Arlong's commanders said to him.
"If go on another one of your rampages and squash these insects, you'll destroy all of Arlong Park." the other one said as well.
"Please, just let us kill these weaklings!" Hatchi shouted.
"Alright, they're yours." Arlong nodded to them.
"Uh, guys, there's something that I should tell you." Luffy said to the group.
"Don't tell me you're stuck." Aya sighed.
"Yep. I'm stuck." Luffy nodded.
"What the hell is that octopus doing?" Zoro asked, seeing Hatchi was getting ready for an attack.
"An octopus is best when its cut thin and salted. Add some olive oil and paprika and it makes a perfect snack while drinking." Sanji smirked.
"Listen to me you guys I'm kind of in trouble." Luffy tried to tell Zoro and Sanji.
"Take this!" Hatchi shouted as he shot out ink to the crew. They quickly jumped out of they, besides Luffy, and it splashed onto him.
"Idiot! How come you didn't dodge that!?" Zoro shouted at him.
"I can't see squat!" Luffy cried out as he felt the ink starting to burn his eyes.
"Now to finish you off!" Hatchi picked up a piece of the damaged building and lifted it over his head, getting ready to bring it right down on top of Luffy.
"Come on, get out of there, Luffy! Run!" Usopp shouted at him.
"That's the problem, I can't run! I can't even walk!" Luffy called out as he struggled to pull his feet out. "My feet are kind of stuck!"
"But, you're the one who stuck them into the ground in the first place!" Usopp shouted in disbelief.
"Always thinking ahead." Zoro sighed.
Hatchi brought the wall down on Luffy but Sanji kicked it, shattering it to pieces.
"You're such a pain."
"Sanji, that was so totally awesome!" Luffy grinned.
"Looks like I ended up picking one hell of a idiot to be my captain." Sanji smirked.
"We all did." Zoro added.
"Luffy's great!" Usopp added as well.
"But the truth, is that our idiot captain is far better than a gang who prey on a lady." Sanji said, narrowing his eyes at the fishmen.
"A lady, huh?" one of Arlong's commanders snorted. "You asking for certain death for one lousy girl? I think that's the most ridiculous thing that I've ever heard!"
"Lousy girl?" Sanji growled, narrowing his eyes at the fishman. "If you insult Nami one more time, I promise that you'll go from fishman to fish sticks. Got that?"
"Your skills are quite exceptional for a human." the fishman replied. "But, I must admit that chivalry from a pirate seems just a little fake."
"I'm damn good at what I do. I guarantee there's nothing fake about my desire to help a beautiful lady in need." the cook smirked.
"Looks like I'll be acquainting you with the true superiority of the fishmen species!" the fishman said as he got into a fighting stance.
"Yeah?" Sanji replied, getting ready as well.
Usopp and Aya were trying to free Luffy by pulling him, but the straw hat captain stretched along as they did.
"Nice work, but I'm still stuck." Luffy replied.
"You're still stuck?!" Usopp exclaimed.
"You can pull all day, I bet my legs will be still be stuck in there." Luffy answered.
"Are you even trying at all or do you want to stay stuck?!" Aya growled, irritated, trying to pry his feet from out of the ground.
"Maybe, no one told you that the penalty for playing in Arlong Park...is death!" Hatchi shouted as he began to advance over to the two.
"Come on! Get unstuck already! Get unstuck, please! Luffy, come on!" the sniper cried out, getting more and more nervous as he saw the octopus coming closer towards him and Aya.
"Come here!" Hatchi shouted, as he was about to launch an attack at the two. However, Zoro stepped in front of them, preventing the fishman from getting to Usopp and Aya.
"Hey octopus," the swordsman said as he glared dangerously at the fishman, drawing out his swords. "they're a little bit busy at the moment. Why don't you take me on?"
"You're Zoro! I forgot, you think that you can get away with tricking me!" Hatchi shouted angrily at the swordsman. "And how dare you mercilessly slaughter so many of my brothers!"
"That's just old news, octopus man. I personally don't care what reason you have for wanting to kill me." Zoro smirked. "The situation has changed. You see, the tables have turned. You're not the hunters anymore, understand? Now it's you fish-freaks who are being hunted."
"Yeah, you tell him Zoro! That octopus guy is yours-" Usopp cheered him on. But, he accidentally released Luffy as well. His face went pale as he saw Luffy slingshot forward. "Luffy!"
The straw hat captain was sent flying back and smacked right into Aya's back, knocking her down, then he slammed right into one of Arlong's commanders, a fishman named Chuu, that had a long mouth, before coming back, his feet still rooted in the ground. "Back here again."
"Usopp!" Aya growled as she rubbed her head. "What the hell?!"
"It was an accident!" the sniper meekly, replied, smiling sheepishly. However, it dropped when he saw the fishman get up. Usopp cringed and squeaked as he saw the pirate glare daggers at him. "Oh, your dead."
"Oh crap." Usopp murmured, nervously.
"I get it now, you must actually want me to kill you." the Chuu said, coldly.
"Hold on, wasn't that the guy who saved Genso's life earlier?" one of the villagers asked.
"Exploding Star!" Usopp launched a pellet at the fishman as he ran away, leaving the compound, passing the villagers. "Did you think that it would be easy? You're dealing with me, now!"
"Enough! I'm going to get rid of you, right now!" Chuu shouted as he chased after the sniper.
"You got this, Usopp!" Aya called out, cheering for him. Usopp screamed as the fishman lunged at him. He dodged it and continued to run faster.
"Who is that man?" Genso questioned as he watched the two run off.
"Brave one minute then cowardly the next." Johnny replied, shaking his head.
"Get back here, long nose!" Chuu shouted enraged.
"Oh, you're the one to talk, BIG mouth!" Usopp shouted back as he continued to run.
"How are these people pirates?" Genso said in disbelief. Arlong stood up, looking over at Luffy and Aya and started walking over towards them.
"You morons are a pathetic sight to behold," he growled, annoyed. "I'm sick of watching this, now get out of my way!"
"But, sir, there's no reason to go on a rampage. Think of Arlong Park!" one of his commanders called out.
"Don't worry, I just thought of a fun game that's all." Arlong smirked. Aya frowned, seeing it.
"Game, huh?" Luffy asked, wondering what it was. "Now, you're going down!"
Luffy tried to throw a punch at Arlong, but he caught it. He smirked as he looked down at Luffy who glared up at him.
"Do you honestly think that your sad little group can defeat us?"
"Well, half of your crew is defeated, there's your answer." Aya retorted. Arlong turned his head, narrowing his eyes at her.
"So, what if we do." Sanji replied.
"You're mine!" Aya tried to throw a punch at the fishman, but Arlong grabbed her wrist as well.
"Yeah, so what if do, huh?! Now, let go!" Luffy shouted as he struggled to free his wrist. Arlong kneed Aya right in the face and punched her, sending Aya crashing into the pillar nearby. Zoro, Sanji and Luffy's eyes widened.
"Aya!" the three of them called out to her.
"You bastard," Aya spatted out some blood, glaring back at Arlong. She stood up, wiping her mouth. "If you think that you're going to win, then you've got another thing coming. I've taken a lot of hits harder than yours. We are going to take you down!"
Arlong smirked and dug his hands deep into the ground near Luffy then lifted it up, along with the straw hat captain, who was still trapped. "No way, no way, now way!"
"Did you know that those with devil fruit powers can't swim? But, honestly anybody in this situation would sink right to the bottom!" Arlong laughed, evilly. The three straw hat crew members eyes widen.
"Is he...no!" Zoro shouted.
"Luffy, you got to stop playing around, right now!" Aya shouted as well.
"Gum Gum Pistol!" Luffy tried to punch Arlong again but the shark bit into his hand. Luffy gritted his teeth as his eyes widened. "Ouchie!" Then he bit Arlong on his arm.
"You fool!" Arlong growled and threw his arms back and tossed Luffy, right into the pool, sinking straight down, like a stone. "How pointless."
"Luffy!" Aya cried out, worried.
"Damn you!" Sanji shouted. He and Aya were about to jump into the water but, Zoro stopped them.
"Wait, don't be stupid. Those fishmen can't wait for us to jump in the water after us!" He warned them. "They have an obvious advantage in an underwater fight!"
"There's only one way to save Luffy. We got to take these guys out at the same time them to in the water." Aya said. "There's no time, come on, let's do it!"
"Yeah," Sanji agreed.
"So how long can he hold out though? Time is ticking." Arlong smirked, looking at them. Zoro gritted his teeth. "So that's the game." Arlong's two commanders stepped towards the group, ready to attack.
"You can take the fish." the swordsman told Sanji.
"You slice and trim the octopus." Sanji said to Zoro.
"I'll take on the big fish." Aya said as she turned to Arlong.
"You better be careful. We don't know what else that freak's got up his sleeve." Zoro warned. He was extremely worried about her facing against the fishman. Luffy's out for the moment, but if she gets taken out as well...then they're all doomed. "If you get into trouble-"
"I don't plan on dying," Aya assured him. "Not just yet."
"That's very reassuring." Zoro retorted, sarcastically.
Luffy was struggling underwater as he felt his body growing heavier and heavier and weaker, sinker deeper down. He covered his mouth, trying to save some air from escaping. This is bad! I'm almost about of air!
The villagers and the two bounty hunters watched helplessly, seeing what had happened.
"What now?! He can't help himself! What do we do?!" Johnny shouted.
"Big bro Luffy is going to die!" Yosaku cried out.
"They can't even breathe underwater. Humans are such pitiful creatures, aren't they?" Arlong smirked and laughed.
"I wouldn't be laughing, you're my next victim." Aya glared at him. She charged at him.
"Hey, calamari, let's go!" Zoro shouted and charged at the octopus fishman. "I'll kick your ass, in five seconds flat!"
"We don't have more than three!" Sanji shouted as he ran towards the other commander to fight him.
"What's the rush? You're running into head long into death. None of you will leave this place alive!" the fishman shouted as he started to fight against Sanji. Zoro looked back into the water before turning to face off against, Hatchi.
"Hang on, Luffy!"
Further away from the park, Usopp was still running at top speed, heading towards the fields. The long mouthed fishman was still chasing after him. Usopp's eyes widened as he saw the fishman, almost catching up to him. He screamed and quickly began to pick up speed, running faster.
"Oh crap! I'm going to be killed!"
