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Bold is for attacks.

Steve's POV

When a swarm of Pirates came charging into the main room of the palace Zoro, Wyper, Rose and I had to take them out. One of the ministers berated us for cutting them down in cold blood but it wasn't like we could just let them kill us.

"They attacked us first." Zoro told him "I wasn't gonna stop to serve them tea."

We were now the prime suspects in the kidnapping of the Mermaid Princess, Shirahoshi. Just as we finished taking down the pirates a group of Sea Monsters carrying a group of Fishmen arrived.

"That's…Vander Decken." Someone said gesturing to the man with a large amount of legs.

"And…Hody Jones." Pointing to a shark fishman.

"The party just keeps getting bigger." Rose whined.

When King Neptune told Vander Decken that Shirahoshi wasn't here it caused an uproar.

"Relax Decken." Hody told him looking around "These are the humans you threw here…so she was here when you launched them."

The fishman snapped a tree and threw it. Despite the obvious gravity he was still able to fly with it.

How'd he do that…Devil Fruit maybe?

Neptune started begging us to release him or go after Decken ourselves so we could save Shirahoshi.

"To think my enemies the Strawhat pirates would aid me in my conquering of Ryuuguu Palace." Hody grinned.

"Jinbei told me there was something wrong in the Fishman District." The seahorse minister said "But to think you, a former member of the King's Army, would be the one to lead them. Shame on you Hody Jones!"

"You say that like I ever had pride in my place in that damn army. The only reason I ever served was to hone my skills in battle."

"Fiend!"

"And it worked." Hody said "Growing up all I ever saw were Fishmen being mistreated by humans. My heroes were the Arlong Pirates for having the strength to stand up and squash the humans, and that's why we the New Fishman pirates are here! To revive that broken will!"

Arlong…not this again…

Nami wasn't looking good, I needed to do something.

"Rose, take Nami someplace safe." I looked at my sister.

"Got it…" she nodded.

"So these guys sympathize with Arlong?" Usopp asked.

"Seems that way." I mumbled "I'll take care of it."

We were snapped out of our conversation when Hody crushed a wall with one grip.

Such strength!

The wall shattered and a rush of water poured in.

"Oh Crap!"

"Shark Arrows!" Hody threw water droplets at us and when they got close, they turned sharp like arrow heads.

Arlong did this attack once…

Neptune laid down to shield his own men.

"One Sword Style: Bird Dance!"

Zoro shot a wave at Hody to knock him back but the Fishman used his own ally as a shield.

"You guys untie the soldiers." I told Usopp and Wyper "Zoro and I will handle this."

"Why do you guys get to have all the fun?" Wyper grumbled.

"Nami seems to have run off." Brook said "Miss Rose as well."

"Pitch Black Wings!" I summoned my wings and flew into the air to avoid the water below me.

"Don't let them try anything!" Hody told his men "Crush Neptune and the humans!"

Usopp summoned some smelly plant to distract the fishmen while Zoro freed Neptune and told him to take the others with him.

"What about you two?" Usopp asked.

"Someone's gotta hold them off." I told him kicking toward the water "Tempest Kick!"

I stayed in the air and tried to provide support for Zoro who was battling Hody under the water but I was running out of room quickly.

"Tempest Kick: Submersible Torpedo!"

I sent a barrage of kicks under the water but the waves were so rough I had trouble getting a clean shot. I saw some blood in the water and I was just hoping that it wasn't Zoro's.

"Usopp dive and figure out what's happening!" I instructed hovering over the water.

Usopp went down and came up screaming about how Zoro was destroying Hody under the water. By this point that water had risen so high I was floating horizontally to avoid drowning. Neptune used Fishman Karate to blast back the other fishmen. Zoro surfaced and pulled me under the water. I felt every nerve in my body go numb and saw Zoro grab on to Neptune and his Whale and we tried to escape.

I don't know how but somehow Hody had stopped Neptune with one hand.

Can't breathe…can't move!

I blacked out after that.

Rose's POV

When Nami tried to run away I went after her like Steve said. She said that she needed to find Jinbei and ask him some questions. Nami got Camie to give us a ride to the Sea Forest where Jinbei was supposed to be waiting for Luffy.

"Luffy!"

When we arrived at the forest, we found the Sunny and a huge crowd there as well, Sanji, Chopper, Franky, Luffy, an injured Hachi and another Fishman Luffy introduced as Jinbei along with Franky's teacher's brother. Nami explained to Luffy what had happened at the palace and how the boys had stayed behind.

Jinbei apologized for dragging us into Fishman affairs; he also said that he owed us another apology as he was the one who let Arlong into the East Blue.

That's the fishman that did those things to Nami…

Of course, Sanji was already on top of things telling Jinbei what happened to Nami. I wasn't there when they saved Nami so I thought it best to keep my mouth shut.

"Depending on what you say next." Sanji told him "Will dictate whether or not I forgive you."

Nami told Sanji to be quiet. She explained that while she won't forgive Arlong she doesn't hate all Fishmen. She even pointed out that back on Sabaody she had seen the resemblance between the amusement park there and the tower Arlong had built near her village.

It takes a brave person to be able to say something like that…

Hachi and Jinbei explained that when the Great Pirate Era began their island was flooded with human pirates and slavers. They were only rescued when Whitebeard claimed the island as his own and forced other pirates out.

Jinbei told us the story of the two heroes of Fishman Island. Fisher tiger, the man who freed the slaves, and Queen Otohime, who tried to get Fishman Island recognized as a formal country until she was assassinated.

When Jinbei finished his story, a snail crawled out of the woods and started projecting an image of that shark from the palace. Hody explained that he planned to destroy the country and rebuild it in his image, one of Fishman superiority over all other species.

The picture cut to shot of King Neptune chained up in the palace. He announced that in three hours he was going to execute the king. He even planned to kill anyone who had signed the petition to move the island.

"And finally, to address the Strawhats."

"Hey that's us." Chopper said.

"Sshhh."

The image cut again and this time it was of the five that had been left in the castle locked in a cramped cage.

"By the time the execution is complete that room will flood and they will drown. 'Strawhat' Luffy your bounty is 400,000,000 and your Red-Haired friend in the cage is 350,000,000. Your sacrifices will usher in a new age for Fishman Island!"

After that the picture went black. Luffy was all excited that his bounty had gone up, Steve's too. Luffy wanted to go fight Hody but Jinbei stopped him, he didn't want us to fight Hody because it would only reinforce the idea of humans mistreating fishmen.

"Hody hurt my friends I'm going to stop him." Luffy told his friend "If you don't want me to, you'll have to stop me yourself."

"I suppose I should've expected this." Jinbei grumbled "You are that man's brother."

"Luffy don't." I said giving him a look but he ignored me.

"Shark let's go!"

"Fishman Karate: Shark Brick Fist!"

The blast knocked Luffy down but he only got right back up.

"Jet Stamp!"

Luffy kicked Jinbei but the Fish kept battling.

"That's enough." Robin suddenly appeared between them.

"Move Robin!"

Sanji tried to help Robin but she only disappeared when he touched her, causing him to get nailed by Luffy and Jinbei.

"Wow that was so cool!" Lil yelled as her and Robin walked out of the forest.

"I might not understand everything but friends shouldn't fight." Robin told the two.

Sanji told Jinbei that it was our responsibility to our friends to help this island…after all friendship with us is what got Hachi hurt again.

At that time, we made a plan…to go and fight, to save Fishman Island.

Steve's POV

Zoro, Usopp, Wyper, Brook and I were all locked in a very cramped cage.

"Can't you melt the bars or something?" Usopp asked.

"I could." I told him "But we'd be feeding grilled Usopp to the sharks tonight. I'm immune to my owe fire but you guys aren't. We'll have to wait for someone to save us. Hopefully Rose managed to help Nami get out."

Usopp put on a dumb face "Robin Impression- What if Nami was eaten by a shark…"

"Are you trying to get me to cook you?!" I snapped.

Brook told us that he could command his soul to leave his body and go tell Pappug to bring Zoro his swords so we could escape. Sure, enough the Starfish came though like he always does and got us a sword. Zoro cut the cage…and the entire palace clean in half.

"You fricken idiot!" Wyper yelled.

"Way overboard!"

Brook and I passed out again as the water rushed in.

Devil fruits…suck!

AN

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