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Steve's POV

Luffy had his new squid friend carry our ship so we could move a little faster, plus it would be nice to have some protection from the other sea monsters.

"Well if this thing is gonna carry us let's get going." I told Nami.

As soon as we were about to get moving the water rumbled and the ship quaked.

"Oh no." Nami gasped.

"What now!" Wyper groaned.

"An undersea volcano…is going to erupt." Nami said with a look of fear.

"Well then let's go!" I yelled.

"Luffy tell that Kraken to get us far away from here." Nami instructed.

This Kraken was already running away along with the Flying Dutchman and his boat.

"He was already running!" Wyper snapped "What a coward!"

"What a lifesaver." Nami clapped "Maybe he won't be so bad."

"The way it runs is ridiculous." Robin commented.

"Well an eruption I pretty scary." Lil said.

On command the volcano started spewing lava and it was getting dangerously close to the ship.

"Just a little more." Nami mumbled "NOW! Down into that trench!"

"It's total darkness." Rose warned "Fishman Island can't possibly be down there."

"We're stuck between a rock and a hard place." I said "Or a hot place as it was…whatever we've got to go deeper! Dive!"

Surume jumped down into the darkness but the eruption of the volcano caused rocks to start plummeting towards us.

"Let me out I'll cut them." Zoro said.

"We're 8,000 meters under water." Robin said holding Zoro in "You'd be crushed by the pressure before you even drew your sword."

"What are we gonna do! What are we gonna do!" Chopper ran around screaming.

"Special Attack! Green Star: Sargasso!"

A large collection of kelp appeared and snagged the rocks.

"That was so cool Usopp!" Chopper cheered.

"That will only hold for a moment. Let's get away while we can." Usopp said.

We moved out of the way and the rocks broke free.

"Great job Usopp." Luffy smiled.

One of the boulders came crashing down and knocked the Kraken out cold. He lost his grip on the ship and we plummeted down to the bottom of the trench.

"We…landed?" Franky said "Everything looks to be in one piece."

"Why is it so bright down here?" Lil wondered.

"It's blinding. Even my eyelids are going to fall off…if I had any." Brook laughed.

I looked up and I saw it. An island under the sea…an Atlantis.

"Nami?" Luffy asked "Is that it?"

"Yep." She said "the needle's pointing right at it. No doubt that's Fishman Island!"

The island was enclosed by a large bubble.

"We finally made it." I whispered "After all this time…"

"I wonder what kind of meat they have there?" Luffy drooled.

"Quit slacking and tell your aquatic friend to find the entrance." I told him.

Well Luffy didn't even get to ask cause the Kraken suddenly threw us off.

"What the hell?!" Zoro snapped.

The Kraken sprinted away and now the ship was surrounded by a herd of Sea Monsters.

"Look at them all!" Lil said in awe "There's so many."

"Someone's riding them." Rose pointed out.

"You're the Strawhats." A fishman on the back of one said "The ones who took down Arlong two years ago."

"Who's Arlong?" Lil asked.

"I'll tell you later."

"If that were it your fate would be sealed but you also helped Hachi and took down a Celestial Dragon." The fishman explained "Just like Fisher Tiger, the hero of this island."

That's the man who rescued Hancock and her sisters…

"So tell me." The fish laughed "Friend or foe? Will you join the New Fishman Pirates or refuse? If you refuse, we'll sink you."

So it's not really a choice at all.

I heard the others whispering and planning an escape because we couldn't fight back this deep under the water.

"Franky you steer." Wyper said "Usopp and I will refuel the burst."

It took a few seconds but soon we were ready to make a move.

"We're all set." Franky called out.

"So what's it gonna be Strawhat?"

"HELL NO STUPID!" Luffy while making faces at them.

"Don't provoke them." I groaned "just let it go."

"Then you won't pass!" the man yelled "Sea Lion!"

"This could be bad!" Lil yelled.

"The Sunny is a lion to." Franky chuckled "Maybe we'll settle this someday."

"Coup De Burst!"

The ship shot forward but as a result of too many bursts almost all of the air had been sucked out of our bubble and we were pinned to the floor.

"We're gonna get crushed!" Wyper warned.

"Just hang on a little longer!"

We hit the bubble and managed to pass through but our coating was wiped away.

"The bubble has two layers!" Robin said "We're going to fall!"

"Then we'll use another burst!" Franky yelled pulling the lever.

We hit the next bubble and ended up in a layer of water.

I can't move….crap!

I sat there drowning in water. I knew I couldn't swim anymore but when I was training I made a point to avoid water, I wasn't used to having my strenght sapped like this.

Someone help me dammit!

The current was pulling us down and I blacked out.

Lil's POV

They're all going to down if I don't do something.

"HAAAA!" I gasped for air when I got to the surface.

I had managed to pull myself up onto a rock but I needed to help Mama and Papa.

They can't swim…think Lil think.

I dug around in my purse, I pulled out my commanding baton and a stone.

One of you guys has to be able to help me.

"Tiger Stone: Azwraith the Phantom Lancer!"

A thin blue cat man appeared crouching before me holding a spear in one hand.

"How may we aid you today Young Miss!"

"My parents are drowning do something!" I yelled.

He looked at the water.

"Young Miss you do realize we are a cat and we hate water." He said.

"Well can you spear fish them out or something?" I was starting to panic.

"Our pike is not that long." He said "Perhaps we are not the best for this task."

"Well I don't have the time or the energy to call someone else right now!"

I pointed my baton at him.

"Now get in there kitty."

"Very well." Copies of him appeared out of thin air "We follow your will."

"Then dance!" I said leading the doubles and Lancer into the water with a wave of my baton.

I led him deeper and deeper.

"Anything?" I asked the copy that stayed on the shore with me.

"We see nothing yet Young Miss."

"Please Hurry."

"We are not alone." He said "The others are looking forward to meeting you friends as well…especially the parents you talk so affectionately about."

"Well if you don't fish them out you won't meet them"

"Miss Lil we see something."

"What is it?" I said spinning him.

"It appears to be a large man carrying a man and woman who are drowning…Avoid or Attack?"

"That sounds like Franky…leave him be…I'll bring you back up."

"We rush to your side."

The water broke and Azwraith and his doubles became one again. As predicted Franky pulled himself up with Mama and Papa soon after and as soon as he landed he opened his palm to aim a weapon.

The cat swung his spear around "We will protect the Young Miss…it is our sworn promise."

"It's cool! It's cool!" I said waving my hand "This is Franky he's cool!"

"I'm SUPER~! What are you Cat Bro?"

"Azwraith I'm all done with you for now." I said "You can head home…I'm getting tired."

"Very well Young Miss." He bowed "We look forward to serving you again soon."

My tiger faded away and his stone reformed in my purse. I went over to Mama and Papa. They were still breathing but they were drenched. Not long after that Nami surfaced and pulled herself onto the rock.

"This is it?" she said "Just the five of us?"

"I didn't see anyone else." Franky said.

"I'm sure there okay." I smiled "The current wasn't that strong…"

"Ugh my head." Papa sat up and rubbed the bridge of his nose "What happened."

"You almost drowned." Franky told him "Luckily your bro was here to save you."

"Robin?" he asked.

"Right here." I smiled "She's still a little wet though."

"I can take care of that." He said sitting up and pulling at the bandages on his arm.

When they fell off his arms were covered in a purple fire. Even though I was a dozen feet behind him I could feel the heat behind him. The heat turned the water to steam and dried Mama off lickity split.

"There we go." He said wrapping his arms back up.

"Ow." Mama woke up and stretched "Can we avoid doing that again."

"Seconded." I sighed.

"Well what are we gonna do?" Nami asked.

"I gotta find the Sunny." Franky said "And I've got some personal stuff to take care of, my Master was originally from Fishman Island and I'd like to try and find his family so I can talk to them about how much of an inspiration he was."

"Franky if it's important to you take all the time you need." Papa told him.

"I would enjoy exploring this forest." Mama said.

"Me too! Me too!" I waved "I wanna look in the forest and see what kind of wild animals there are in an undersea forest like this."

"Well I'm going to town." Nami said "I have things to buy."

"I'll go with Nami then." Papa said "Our best chance of finding the others is there."

Wyper's POV

After getting dragged down by the current I managed to surface and pull the bag of bones up with me. The two of us had landed close to town so we made our way inside. We met up with that starfish; apparently, he's some kind of famous designer down here. Pappug took us to the mermaid café. This place was great, beautiful fish woman waiting to serve you. It helps when Brook is as famous as he is because that just made me part of his entourage…so the girls were all over me.

"Maybe the cook has the right idea." I sighed.

The girls were really into petting my wings.

"You're so handsome Wyper." "Your wings are amazing."

"Ladies…please don't tug like that."

Brook and I hung around that café for a few hours, taking in the sights and enjoying the service.

"As enjoyable as this is Brook we should try and find the others."

"I suppose you are correct." Brook said.

We headed out followed by the Mermaids and Pappug. When we got outside we were surprised to see Luffy and Usopp who were wandering around town.

"Please come back again Angel-Kun." The fish women were still hanging from my arms.

We caught a fish taxi and headed deeper into town. Along the way the others talked about someone named Vander Decken, a man who was stalking the Mermaid Princess.

Sounds like a nutjob…

We passed by a factory with a suspicious looking flag on it too.

"Why is there a pirate flag on the factory?" I asked.

"That's because it belongs to the person protecting this island." Pappug said "Big Mom, one of the Four Emperors. She protects this island like Whitebeard did in the past and in exchange we give her candy."

"An Emperor, just like Shanks." Luffy said staring off "I'd sure like to meet her one day."

We looked up when Pappug said we had arrived at his mansion. It was fancy upper-class place.

"Nice Place you got here." I said hopping off the taxi "Talk about high class."

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