SHOWDOWN: THE STRAW HAT PIRATES VS THE ARLONG PIRATES - PART TWO

East Blue Saga - Arlong Park Arc - Episodes 41 - 43

Dakota's POV:

I look over my shoulder at Nami as she stands with the villagers in shock, but she seems serious about what she's saying, and I smile before turning to look back at Arlong. "Here to… kill me?" He repeats slowly, then barks with laughter but stops looking at Nami. "You still haven't given up. How many times have you tried to kill me these past eight years? Murder, poison, assault. Has it ever worked? You should know better than anyone else, that we can't be killed by you humans so easily. Listen, you can never kill me. And you can never run away from me, Nami. You'll remain as my cartographer. Besides, you know I've been good to you. I really hope that you'll continue the map-making if possible." Arlong asks her, and I narrow my eyes at him, knowing he's messing with Nami's head; he looks at her and points over at her. "So, how does this sound? Because of what's happened, normally, I'd kill all of these people except you. But, if you make a decision now to return to the Arlong Pirates and continue to draw maps for me… I'll spare the people of Cocoyashi." He points down at them, and I can feel them all tense up, along with Nami. "But these guys won't be spared. They were too foolish." Arlong kicks Sanji to the side as he lies at our feet; I glare at the Fishman for his act. "So, it's your choice. If you choose me, the people of your village will be safe. Or you could choose to fight against me with these fools. But these guys you hope to count on are in such bad shape right now… I don't think there's any way to avoid this ending in tragedy. Are you my Nakama, or… are you theirs?" Arlong asks Nami, and I clench my fists, feeling my nails dig into my palm.

"You bastard! No matter what you say, you just want to keep her!" The villagers shout in protest and rage at the large Fishman.

"Everyone, I'm sorry! Will you die with me?" Nami asks them, and I smile at her bravery, and the villagers all shout their agreement.

"So, you wish to be slaughtered," Arlong mutters, and suddenly a fountain of water springs up past the wall, and I know already that it's the goofball; this gains all our attention. "What's that?"

"There he is… all that's left is for me to take care of the block on his feet." Sanji mumbles and I look behind me as I see them moving about to stand.

"What? I get it now." Zoro mutters.

"Big bro Luffy!" Yosaku and Johnny cheer by Nami, and they look over with the rest of us at the wall Luffy is hiding. I smirk and hear the clank of a sword hitting the concrete and look at Zoro along with Sanji.

"Thirty seconds. I can't hold on any longer than that." Zoro warns Sanji and puts his sword handle in his mouth, and I see he's got my swords, and I look over at the Bounty Hunters with a bit of glare.

"That's more than enough!" Sanji shouts before diving into the water, and I look down, helping Zoro to his feet.

"I guess I can let you borrow my swords for a little while." I jest, and he looks at me but seems to be looking at my exposed chest with a slight blush. I love to make him blush. I look over at Arlong as he steps towards the water, but Zoro slices his upper cheek as a warning before I can tag in; someone tugs on my hair, and the same Fishmen surround me. I grin as I look at their smirking faces, and I headbutt the one in front of me; he goes down, and I kick the guy to my side in the head, which knocks him down; I see his pal on my left, and roundhouse kicks him in the side of the head and knock him down. The next one comes at me, and I kick him up the jaw, and he goes back; they don't stay down, looking angrier than before.

"You bitch!" They all shout as they get up; I smirk at them as they glare at me.

"You inferior human!" One of them snaps, and I shrug my shoulders.

"I'm anything but inferior; I'm a successful assassin and bodyguard of this little pirate crew, so back off, fish dicks," I warn them, but they don't listen as they step towards their doom, and I sigh. "Well, I warned you. Akuma-Akuma no Human-Demon Form: Aldinach's Powers." I mutter, feel the mask form around my jaw, and smirk, but they won't see it. "I warned you boys, but you just won't listen. Venom Staff!" I feel the golden staff form in my right hand, spin it around, and point it at the Fishmen. "Feel like dying?" I joke and revolve it around some more.

"We're immune to most toxins." Arlong snaps from his place by Zoro, but he doesn't know what I do, and I slice one of the Fishman's arms, and the venom works fast; he starts shaking as his veins pop out of his skin, glowing a slight green as he starts choking before flopping down on the ground dead.

"Not this one." I snip and look at the remaining three Fishmen. "So, who's next? I'll go easy on you if you like?" I shift back to myself for a second before my eyes turn black. "Akama-Akama no Human-Demon Form: Agramon: Ultimate Fears!" I snap and look at the Fishman in front of me and smirk. I move the surrounding area between the Fishman and me; I feel my body become taller, and the space gets darker. "So much fear for the dark, no, you're afraid to get sold. Well, let's begin the bidding at 1,000,000!" I see sweat begin to trickle down the side of his face as the imaginary bidders keep going up, and it stops. "Sold for 45,000,000!" I shout, and the Fishman faints on the spot, the illusion stops, and I shift my hand into a knife to kill the Fishman. "So being sold is your ultimate fear, but not enough to kill you; well, I'll finish with that. So who's next?" I grin at the remaining two, and they come at me; the first one comes at me with his arm out, but I jump in the air using his arm to propel myself over onto his shoulder, and I sit on his shoulder and wrap my arms around his neck and squeeze. He puts up a fight, but I keep going; he starts choking as I squeeze harder, making it difficult for him to breathe, and he fights to get me loose, but his movements become sloppy and soon stop, and he falls on the ground along with his other buddies, leaving one left. "So you gonna give up." I poke at him, and he doesn't back down; I run towards him, and roundhouse kicks him in the stomach; he grabs hold of my leg before I can pull away, and he swings me around, but I pull myself up a little and grab hold of his fin on the top of his head. I pull myself up over his head, elbow him for good measure, and roll off his back; he quickly turns around as I get back on my feet and gives me a series of punches to the face; I feel the hits and blood trickling down the side of my chin.

He goes for another punch, but I stop it with my own and go around in a circle as we try punching one another; he tries getting in a kick, but I block it with my own again. I throw a punch, and he tries blocking my hit, and I flip onto my hands before propelling myself onto his shoulders and flip him over onto his front, and he was out. I stand up from the ground, spit out some blood still in my mouth from when I bit the inside of my cheek earlier in the fight, wipe the rest off my chin, and smirk down at the last Fishman down. Apart from Arlong, that's Luffy's prey, and speaking of the dummy, he comes here. He floats in the sky, screaming. "I'm BAAACK!"

"Rubber boy!" The Doctor exclaims as I walk over to them slowly. As they all smile and celebrate the goofball's return.

"Big Bro Luffy! Luffy!" They all shout and cheer, and I stand by the wall between Usopp and the villagers. I look over at Arlong as he holds Zoro by the neck, and his chest wound is exposed; I go to get him, but Luffy jumps in.

"Zoro!" Luffy shouts as he stretches his arms, grabs hold of Zoro, and flings him up and down. "SWITCH!" I look up at Zoro as he shouts, flying away, and I look over at the dobe.

"YOU MORON!" We all shout angrily.

"Teleport," I whisper and blink myself out towards Zoro; I blink behind Zoro and jump onto his back, surprising him. "Hello, handsome," I smirk before blinking us down behind the wall of Arlong Park and by the water steps; he seems in shock as he lies on the brick steps.

"I'll… kill him." He gasps as I watch him try to control his breathing.

"Well, it sounds like he's killing Arlong right now, so maybe try killing him later." I joke as I pick Zoro up so he's sitting down on the steps, and I hear the fight behind us before the screams of Johnny and Yosaku. "Seems heated," I mutter and jump on top of the wall to watch Luffy kick Arlong's ass and get a giggle out of it; what I see doesn't surprise me as I see Arlong biting into a stone column with Luffy pinned by his hand. The stone cracks under the pressure of his jaw, crumbling down behind them as Arlong stands there and Luffy scurries away.

"Scary!" Luffy exclaims as he pegs it and stops looking back at Arlong as he turns to face Luffy.

"Behold. This is the true power of Fishmen. The Heavens have made a distinction between us. The Heavens only gave you humans enough strength to exist below us." Arlong blabs on as he walks towards Luffy and stops. "You are inferior animals! From the very moment we were born, everything was different." He gives out a quick chuckle. "I'll show you just how different we really are." Luffy stands up and smiles at the Fishman.

"Sure, show me. But there's no way in hell I'll lose to you fish-people. Because I'm… the man who'll become the Pirate King!" Luffy warns him, and the silence's tense all around us; I look down at Zoro, who seems calm now and listening to the fight.

"Pirate King? Don't make me laugh. You think a mere human like you can become someone like that? Can you bite through that column with your powers?" Arlong asks like it's relevant as he picks up a chunk of stone and continues to catch and throw on the spot as he talks.

"So what?! Don't try showing off… with things that don't matter!" Luffy snaps as he punches the stone next to him, it crumbles, and he looks over at Arlong with his fist raised. "I can break that column without having to bite it."

"Oh! Well said, Big Bro Luffy! You got it! In the end, the results the same!" Yosaku cheers on the sidelines.

"You're so stupid! The whole human race is pathetic! You can't even save yourself in the ocean. You can't do anything!" Arlong shouts and lunges towards Luffy for another bite; Luffy dodges out of the way, stretches his arm to some swords by a fallen Fishman, and picks them up.

"And when I can't do anything, I have others to help me!" Luffy shouts, getting in Arlong's face with the swords in hand and swinging them around.

"Dumbass he's going to cut himself again." I sigh as I watch him continue to swing the swords.

"Take that, and that, and that!" He yells as he swings the swords.

"What the hell are you doing now?" Arlong questions as he dodges the blades. "You're just waving them around." As Luffy swings them around, they move back, and Arlong moves his head to the side, cutting off Luffy's swing; the movement plucks the sword from Luffy's hand and goes flying. "I'm not interested in fooling around with you." Luffy swings the remaining sword as he does, Arlong lunges slightly, and it goes to his mouth; the top of the blade cuts off and goes spinning away before Arlong bites down on the rest of the edge and cracks it with a big smirk of his face. "This is boring."

"Then eat this!" Luffy shouts as he swings at Arlong, hitting him in the lower jaw hard enough to make his move, even his teeth break under pressure.

"Arlong's teeth broke!" The onlookers exclaim in shock as Arlong lies on the ground, shaking, probably in rage.

"Of course I don't know a damn thing about swords, you dumbass!" Luffy shouts, seeming proud almost of that fact; I hear Zoro grunting behind me and look down as he ties his bandana around his upper arm with a struggle.

"You should be careful; you can make yourself worse if you keep moving," I warn him, and he looks up at me as I look down at him from the top of the wall.

"I'm fine." He grunts, and I turn back to the fight.

"I don't know how to navigate either. I can't cook. I can't even lie. I know that I need others to HELP me if I want to keep on living!" Luffy shouts, and Arlong lets out a laugh.

"You sure are useless… how pitiful. And such a pathetic guy is their Captain? They must really resent you. Why should they risk their lives to save someone like you? Someone they can't be proud of, why should you be their Captain? What can you do?" Arlong asks him as he stands up with his webbed hand covering his mouth.

"I can beat the crap out of ya!" Luffy declares, and I narrow my eyes at him, sending waves of encouragement sort of.

"If you get yourself killed, I'll kill you," Zoro vows, and I must agree. As for the audience, they cheer on Luffy.

"SHUT UP! You've got to be joking, weakling!" Arlong shouts and spits its old teeth out, and a new set immediately grows.

"Eh? His teeth grow back!" Luffy exclaims in surprise.

"Because I'm a shark!" Arlong states as they stand facing each other. "My teeth will grow back over and over… with stronger ones every time!" He pulls out his new teeth with his bare hands. "However many times…" And another set grows in their place, and he yanks that one out too. "As many times as I need. This is a trait that the Heavens have given to me."

"COOL!" Luffy exclaims in amazement after staring at the show.

"Are you beginning to understand just how superior I am?" Arlong asks and uses his extra teeth as castanets. "Twist Gum" He lunges with them and goes for Luffy, but he dodges out of the way and keeps dodging as Arlong keeps trying to take a bite out of him.

"Whoa, stop that!" Luffy shouts and grabs Arlong's right arm, trying to stop him. It doesn't work as Arlong goes down, hitting Luffy continuously while the others gasp in horror. Luffy switches himself for a Fishman lying on the ground to shield himself.

"Arlong-san… it hurts…" He cries out, and Arlong pulls away to reveal his bleeding face and looks on in horror at his work.

"M-My Kinsman!" Arlong stutters and Luffy lets him lie back on the ground, sighing. "Why you, rubber bastard… how dare you use one of my kinsmen as a shield!" Arlong becomes angry as Luffy stands there.

"What're you talking about? You're the one who attacked him." Luffy deflects, honestly.

"Stand still, rubber bastard!" Arlong snaps his teeth at Luffy, which makes him smirk.

"Heh, I just thought of a good idea." Luffy states, and I hunch over in defeat and put my hands on my head as I watch Arlong strike at Luffy again, and he dodges in time.

"Twist Gum!" Arlong shouts as he strikes at Luffy, but he keeps missing when Luffy smashes his food down on the concrete, cracking it before kicking Arlong on the side of the head; he goes to the ground, and his teeth fly out as he lands, skidding away.

"They came out!" Luffy cheers to himself, and Arlong rises back up.

"Idiot, I told you that it doesn't matter how many times you break my teeth. Don't you get it yet?!" Arlong shouts at Luffy as his teeth grow back, but Luffy doesn't listen.

"Look! Now I have 'em too!" Luffy announces with Arlong's teeth in his mouth, snapping away as he talks.

"I figured he'd do something stupid like that." Zoro grumbles, and I look down at him, agreeing with his statement; it was just like Luffy to do that, and look at his injured self; I feel guilty that I can't help him much.

"How long do you intend to keep fooling around?" Arlong snaps and lunges at Luffy, cutting him with his teeth castanets on the shoulder.

"Ah! I was bit by a shark!" Luffy screams in pain; I feel myself having to fight not to move and help my baby brother as he wails around in pain for a few seconds and looks over at Johnny and Yosaku as they shout at him, but Arlong interrupts as he goes in for another strike. Arlong continues his assault, and Luffy keeps dodging again, but he can't counterattack just yet, and he moves out of the way of one of Arlong's strikes and looks at the Fishman as he lies on the ground. I grip onto the wall feeling it crumble under the pressure as I grip tighter as Arlong uses his teeth castanets to bite into Luffy's stomach; Luffy sits up as he shouts in pain and bites into Arlong's shoulder, making him let go, and throws Luffy away to hold onto their injured areas. "How's that? Getting bit by your own teeth?" He asks and tries to laugh like Arlong.

"Even if they are mine… you jaw's far too weak! Listen, sharks tear flesh and limbs from the body of its prey. That's what a shark's true power is!" Arlong boasts and strikes again, but with his mouth, Luffy tries to block him, but Arlong bites down on Luffy's elbow.

"No! Big Bro's bones will be broken!" Yosaku shouts out in horror, and I break a piece of the wall off.

"Luffy!" Nami shrieks in horror as we all watch on as Luffy shouts out in pain while Arlong bites further into Luffy's elbow; as he keeps digging further in, Luffy grabs hold of the back of Arlong's head and lifts his leg into the air. He uses the momentum as his leg pulls Arlong down onto the hard concrete ground. The force of the hit makes Arlong let go of Luffy's elbow and rolls away to kneel on the floor near Arlong. Everyone chats when Arlong gets up, rubbing the back of his head. Luffy pries Arlong's teeth from his flesh, and Arlong quietly enters the water before him.

"Huh? Where is he?" Luffy questions as he stands up to look around.

"Luffy! In the water!" Nami yells over to him as a warning.

"The water? Oh! A shark!" Luffy gapes as he sees Arlong's dorsal fin poking up in the water, approaching him and then away.

"That's ARLONG, dummy!" Usopp shouts out to him from his hiding spot, I look over as Arlong swims along the surface, but he dives out of sight, meaning he's readying for an attack.

"Huh, he dove down. Is he running away?" Luffy asks as he tries looking into the water, but it doesn't matter as Arlong darts out of the water with quick speed towards Luffy and torpedoes into the top of the building, and Luffy goes flying and lands on his face.

"Oh? You dodged that well. But dodging is just dodging; the next one will send you to hell!" Arlong says as he stands in the hole he made and goes for another hit. "Shark on Darts!" He lunges down on Luffy's nose first, but again, Luffy dodges the blow as Arlong's pointed nose sticks out and cracks and crumbles the concrete around him. "Shark on Darts!" He shouts from the dust cloud and lunges again for Luffy, he dodges out of the way, but Arlong turns around and goes for him again too quickly, and Luffy goes flying up with a scream, giving Arlong enough time to go back into the water as Luffy falls back down.

"Hey, Luffy! Hide!" Usopp shouts over to him as Luffy gets back up. "He went back into the water!"

"Big Bro, hurry and hide! He's gonna attack again!" Yosaku and Johnny shout in too.

"RUN!" Usopp screams out of fear, but I know Luffy won't listen to them.

"No." Luffy refuses as he grits his teeth, and I smile at his bravery to stand there.

"What are you saying, you moron?! You wanna just stand there and be an easy target? Go and hide!" Sanji shouts back at Luffy, but it won't change his mind.

"No! I'm gonna break that nose of his! Bring it on! Sharky," Luffy shouts as he stands ready for Arlong's next attack.

"What part of 'hiding' do you not understand, Luffy? You just got lucky before and barely dodged it! But if he hits you this time, you're doomed!" Usopp shouts in fear for Luffy, but Luffy tunes him out as he always does with these sorts of things.

"Come on, Luffy, kick his ass!" I whisper-shout, but I know Zoro hears me; I look down as he seems to be struggling and kneel down next to him, letting my hands glow as I slow the bleeding and feel sharp pain across my chest.

"What are you doing?" Zoro asks me as he watches, and I stop, unable to go further.

"You would have bled out if I hadn't." I snap at him from the pain in my chest.

"Thank you." He whispers as he looks me in the eye.

"You're welcome," I whisper back, moving away to continue watching Luffy.

"Gum-Gum... Shield!" Luffy shouts as he stretches his fingers out in front of him.

"What's that stance?" Yosaku asks his partner.

"Does he really think that'll stop him?" Johnny adds his question when Arlong darts out of the water towards Luffy and seems to hit him.

"Stabbed!" The Bounty Hunting duo cries out in shock and horror, but it's short-lived as Luffy seems to have caught Arlong with his stretched fingers and jumps, using the roof to propel him up.

"What? Is he dead?!" Usopp shouts out in worry as we all watch.

"No, he got away in time!" Sanji shouts back as Luffy jumps away and lands on the top wall of the building.

"I stopped your li'l trick, so I guess you can't use it anymore!" Luffy shouts down, but Arlong isn't listening.

"Shark on Darts!" Arlong shouts as he jumps up and through the roof towards Luffy, who jumps away and falls towards the water as Arlong hands on the top roof, looking down.

"You dork, haven't you used enough of that?" Luffy questions as he falls.

"You're finished!" Arlong shouts and dives down towards Luffy's nose-first.

"Take this!" Luffy shouts and moves his hands behind his head. "Gum-Gum... Net!" He loops his fingers together and captures Arlong. "Fishing! Let's fish!" Arlong pings back in front of Luffy as he retracts his arms and fingers and spins in the air moving his feet together as he continues to spin, building momentum. "And now… Spear!" He strikes Arlong to the ground with force and retracts his legs back as debris clouds float around the fallen Fishman.

"He did it! Good job!" The crowd cheer.

"Oh? Is he dead?" Luffy wonders as he falls towards Arlong when he bounces up with wild eyes and swipes at Luffy.

"You inferior human!" Arlong snaps as he grabs hold of Luffy and swings him around above his head. "How did you do this to me, a Fishman?!" He throws Luffy at the wall, which breaks under pressure, the clouds disperse, and Luffy is covered in debris and soon sits upright with pieces of stone falling away.

"Man, that shook me up. I don't think he's hurt, but he sure is angry." Luffy states as Arlong lunges at him, hand out, ready to grab, but Luffy dodges out of the way as Arlong's fist goes through the stone wall, and he moves it up, seeming to grab something from inside. He pulls out a weapon I've had on my wishlist for years but could never get a shark-saw sword or saw-shaped sword. "What's that?" Luffy asks as he looks at the giant sword.

"Kiribachi!" Nami gasps out in horror at the sword.

"With huge teeth!" Johnny exclaims in horror, and Arlong jumps towards Luffy at the roof, who jumps onto the next roof away as Arlong takes up pieces of tile. Arlong goes for another swing jumping up towards Luffy, who dodges out of the way; more clouds float around as Arlong and Luffy dodge and swing at each other, getting towards the top.

"Big Bro Luffy! Run! Watch out!" The Bounty Hunters and the rest of the crowd shout out in a panic.

"He won't stop. there's no way out of this!" The Doctor says, and Arlong jumps in front of Luffy and pushes him through a window, smashing through sight.

"They went inside," Sanji states the obvious.

"That room is…" Nami mumbles, but enough for my sensitive ears to pick up as everyone waits for the outcome. Once the two are inside, it's quiet. All I can pick up is mumbles as Arlong talks and a few choice words, but that's it when I hear something metallic in nature break from inside.

"What's going on in there?" Someone in the crowd asks in worry.

"Dammit! What's happening to you, Big Bro Luffy!?" Yosaku panics as we all wait with silent breaths for anything.

"We have no way of knowing what's going on…" Johnny adds to his partner's worry.

"Luffy…" Nami mumbles as we all watch closes on the top floor of Arlong Park, I zone in a little and hear Arlong laugh when a smash comes from the side, and something breaks through the stone wall; a desk flies out, startling everyone.

"What's that!?" Yosaku shouts out in fear but sees what it is.

"A desk?" Sanji points out along with Usopp.

"It's a desk!"

"Oh, it's just a desk…" Johnny says, and the two let out the breath they were holding.

"That scared me; I was afraid that it was gonna be Big Bro Luffy or something…" Yosaku sighs in relief.

"Hey, partner! Don't you have faith in Big Bro Luffy's strength?!" Johnny asks Yosaku.

"But Johnny, you were surprised too!" Yosaku defends himself.

"Dumbass! I was… sure that it was… Arlong, of course…" Johnny tries defending himself, stuttering all over the place.

"See? You're so full of it!" Yosaku snaps at his partner.

"What did you say? Like I said…" Johnny snaps back but gets cut off as more of the upper room is thrown out along with some of the wall and crashes down, breaking into pieces with more coming out right after; papers scatter in the air as they come out next; one moves past. It's a map. We all wait for the next hit, and it's Luffy's leg as he stretches it up high, breaking through the top of the building.

It crashes down, and the force hits something all the way down to the bottom of the building; dust clouds fly out of every opening as we all watch in awe at the sight, and the flag post comes tumbling down, breaking on impact. The surrounding area begins to shake as the building crumbles from all the hits it's taken in the last hour or so; everyone starts panicking as they watch. "Look! That last attack is causing Arlong Park to…"

"No way! It's collapsing!"

"Everyone, run!" The crowd all shout and run for cover as it breaks and crumbles apart.

"Big Sis Nami, hurry!" Johnny shouts as he grabs hold of Nami to pull her to safety.

"But Luffy's still in there!" Nami protests, trying to fight him.

"BIG SIS!"

"But Luffy… Luffy is!" She protests, but it's too late as the building finally crashes. "LUFFY!" Nami screams out, but I know he'll be okay. I hope he'll be okay. The fall creates a wind that knocks me down next to a snoozing Zoro, and I get up to look around the wall as the dust clouds all settle when a piece of the wall cracks off and falls on Zoro's head, waking him up.

"Ouch! What the hell?! Damned noisy… Luffy?" He snaps and looks over at me as I turn back to see what's happened to the goofball. Everything is quiet as everyone hangs on, mumbling among themselves, waiting to see what the outcome is; the clouds part letting the sun shines down on the destroyed Arlong Park and out springs the winner.

"LUFFY!"

"BIG BRO!" They cheer, and I sigh in relief as I watch him catch his breath and then take a quick inhale.

"NAMI! YOU ARE MY NAKAMA!" Luffy screams, and I look over at Nami to see tears running down her face as she agrees, and I can't help the smile that takes over.

"WE WON!" Johnny and Yosaku cheer, and the villagers join in.

"Arlong Park has fallen!" I pull Zoro by his shirt up into my arms, holding him bridal style, which causes him to protest and try getting out of my arms. I teleport us to the crowd and drop him as I watch the villagers throw Luffy into the air in celebration and walk over to Usopp and Sanji.

"Man, you had me worried there for a bit. Be quicker next time, you bastard." Sanji jests, but I know the feeling.

"Tell me about it; I thought I'd have to step in," I add on with a small laugh as I stand next to him as we watch Luffy get thrown around, I look over to see Nami walk over and stand watch as well when Luffy drops to the ground, but he just laughs it off.

"Awesome!" He chuckles as he sits upright, and Nami gives him his hat back; he looks up at her and jumps to his feet before they high-five, and we can't help but laugh, but it doesn't last long.

"That's enough, scumbags!" A voice shouts, cutting off the celebrations; I look over to see a horde of Marines.

"Not him!" A villager snaps in disgust.

"Well, this must be my lucky day! Nice work. I enjoyed the show, but I never would have thought… that these Fishmen would be defeated by the likes of you silly pirates. But thanks to you, Arlong's bounty, as well as all of Arlong Park's riches, will be mine. Everyone, put down your weapons. I, Captain Nezumi, of the Marine's 16th Battalion, will be taking over from here~!" He lets out a strangled scream as Zoro grabs the back of his neck.

"Zoro!" Usopp cries out.

"Don't spoil the mood when people are trying to celebrate," Zoro warns them, and we get to beat them up quickly and leave them a bruised mess on the ground.

"I-If you dare hit me one more time, I won't let you live…" Captain Nezumi stutters out from the top of the pile.

"You're still talking?" Sanji huffs as we all stand around, looking down at them, and Nami walks over and crouches at Nezumi's level.

"This is for shooting Nojiko… and for messing up Bellemere's tangerine grove." Nami calmly tells him, and she stands up and swings her bo staff at his face; the force of the hit makes him skid across the water.

"Captain!" A Marine shouts out to him.

"Thanks, Nami. That was satisfying." Nojiko winks at her tilting her head to the side.

"And there's a thousand more where that came from, jerk!" Genzo shouts in rage next to Nojiko, and Nami walks over to the water's edge as Captain Nezumi climbs out; she grabs his freaky whiskers and pulls at them painfully.

"Now, you guys will take care of cleaning up after the Fishmen, and help reconstruct Gosa Village. But you will not touch even the slightest bit of the Fishmen's riches! They belong to the people of this island. Understand?" She instructs him as she continues to pull at his whiskers painfully.

"Ow, ow! I'll do as you say…" He agrees reluctantly.

"And one more thing… GIVE ME BACK MY MONEY!" She demands.

"I'll give it back, honestly. I don't want it anymore." Nezumi replies with tears falling in fear, and we send them packing, and they speed off. "This won't be forgotten, you lousy pirates! Straw Hat, guy! The name's Luffy, right? You're the Captain, aren't you? Don't forget this! You're gonna be big, after messing with me! Too late for amends now! I'll make you sorry! Mark my words!" Nezumi shouts as they retreat, and I throw a rock at his head, making him fall into the water again.

"Dumbass," I grumble as I watch him splutter up water.

"He said we're gonna be big," Sanji comments as we wall watch.

"How'd he know I was gonna be the Pirate King?" Luffy questions in confusion.

"He wasn't talking about that, you numbskull!" Zoro snaps at Luffy.

"What do we do now?!" Usopp panics in fear of the unknown. "If we become notorious, what'll happen to us? What do we do? Huh? Huh?!"

"Hey, everyone! We can't just celebrate this by ourselves! Carry the news to the whole island!" The Doctor shouts, and they all cheer in agreement and run off.

"Luffy stop touching Zoro!" I lightly snap and laugh with the others as Zoro glares at the rubber idiot.

"So how'd it go with you Usopp, is he still looking for you?" Sanji asks, looking at the long-nose snipper.

"No, I took him down easy, I got him good, I threw some wine at him then I used my special attack to set him on fire. Then it went 'Kaboom'!" Usopp boasts.

"We did well in the end, right?" Luffy laughs.

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3rd POV:

At his Marine Base, Captain Nezumi rushes into the communications room to report. "Hello? Helloooo?!" He shouts down the line.

"Yes, Marine Headquarters, here." The voice on the other side announces.

"Marine Headquarters, hello? This is the 16th Battalion, Captain Nezumi! Marine code #00733! I have a report to make!" Nezumi keeps shouting down the line.

"No need to yell. We can hear you." The man on the line tells him calmly.

"Listen up! There's a pirate who wears a straw hat, called Luffy! He and his five accomplices are all against the government!" Nezumi shouts.

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On the other side, a Marine sitting at his desk writes down the name "Luffy…" He mumbles as he writes.

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"They were able to crumble Arlong Park and defeat the fearsome Arlong and his Fishmen! We must beware of them! I wish to place a heavy bounty on the head of their Captain, 'Straw Hat Luffy'! I'm sending his picture!" Nezumi announces and then looks behind him as his subordinate gives him two pictures. "And another we found along with him, she seems familiar."

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On the other side, the pictures come through, and the Marine looks shocked at the photographs he's seeing.

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"What's this? Couldn't you find a better picture?" Nezumi demands, degrading his subordinate.

"Not really, this is all we got." He replies with his head down.

"The authenticity of the bounty will be reviewed later. After we send it to the higher-ups." The Marine replies carefully, hoping Nezumi will forget about the other picture.

"You got it?! He is a villainous pirate! I want him DEAD OR ALIVE! I WANT A HIGH BOUNTY ON HIS HEAD!" Nezumi shouts but stops pausing for a second. "What about the girl with the red hair?" He asks as he looks at the picture in front of him.

"We caution you with her; it's the 'Red Devil' Dakota Le Roux daughter of Red-Haired Shanks and notorious assassin." The Marine replies, and this causes Nezumi's eyes to widen, and he lets out a yelp of fear. "We advise caution, we'll let all of the Marines close by know about her whereabouts."