Wings of the King

Luffy glared daggers at the Fishman, not remembering being this angry in his entire life.

He was angry at Shanks when he told him he left Uta behind, but he knew in the back of his mind that Shanks would never hurt Uta, so he wasn't completely enraged.

He was mad when Sabo's dad tried to make him come back home, but that worked out, so it's okay.

Right now though? He finally experienced what it was like to want to kill someone.

The feelings he felt coming from Nami when she asked for his help back at 'The Baratie' was something he never wanted any of his friends to go through.

The fear, despair, helplessness, rage, hatred, and countless others, all wound up into a constant state of suffering, made him swear to himself that he would make sure none of his friends would ever go through something like this again.

He closed his eyes and took a deep breath, calming down so his 'Observation Haki' wasn't affected by his emotions.

He opened them and charged at his opponent while covering his cutlass in 'Armament Haki', Arlong doing the same with his fists.

"Divine One-Sword Style…"

"Fishman Karate…"

Luffy abruptly swung his blade down when Arlong, who had his left arm stretched out at him and his right wound up by his side with his fist clenched, was about three meters away from him.

"DIVINE RED WAVE!!!"

Arlong widened his eyes as a massive red compressed air slash was on upon him immediately, catching him off guard while he was readying his attack. He hastily countered.

"Arabesque Tile True Punch!!!"

Arlong's haki-covered fist snapped forward and stopped just a couple of inches away from the compressed air slash aimed at him.

A second later, a massive force was transmitted through the water vapor in the air, releasing a shockwave.

*BOOOOM!!!*

The two attacks canceled each other out, resulting in a shockwave that sent the two flying in opposite directions.

"Gomu-Gomu no…"

Or at least, that's what Arlong thought. He was proven wrong however when a fist shot through the dust cloud the shockwave had kicked up.

Arlong hadn't noticed Luffy had already prepared for the backlash of their collision by extending his arm as soon as he sensed Arlong's attention on his flying slash.

As soon as Luffy sensed Arlong lower his guard,

"PISTOL!!!!"

He shot his haki-covered fist right at him. Arlong tried to protect himself, but he barely had time to get any 'Haki' on his stomach.

Luffy was taught how to punch by the man who can punch an island off of the map.

The outcome was obvious.

*CRACK*

"AHHH!!!"

Arlong screamed out as he felt and heard a few of his ribs crack while being sent back through the hole he made earlier.

He got back to 'Arlong Park' just in time to see Luffy clearing the dust cloud with a swipe of his cutlass before sheathing it, grinning at him the whole time.

"Come on, fishy!! You gotta be quicker than that!!" Arlong snarled in response as he swore to kill this human today no matter what.

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Sanj was standing in front of a pile of unconscious Fishmen, smoking a cigarette as he looked out at the water. He heard growling behind him which made him smirk.

He turned around to see the Fishman with weird pointy elbows he had pissed off.

The Fishman was pretty tough with his 'Armament Haki' being a bit stronger than his and his physical strength was a bit more than his, but he had the edge in speed and 'Observation Haki'.

He sensed that his crewmates had forgotten about all of the weaklings of the 'Arlong Pirates', so he took it upon himself to deal with them before starting his fight with the stronger one.

He had used 'Razor', a combination of 'Shave' and 'Moon-Walk' that Luffy had shown him, to clean up all the weaklings with soon-to-be-sushi chasing him around screaming bloody murder.

Said Fishman was panting and growling at him, which made him snort.

"You coward!!! Stop running away!!" Pointy-Elbow shouted at him, making him snort again.

"Running away? Someone had to take out the trash." He said simply as he turned towards him. He smirked at him, threw his cigarette on the ground, stomped on it, and disappeared.

He reappeared right behind his opponent, who had already taken a stance with his left hand out and right arm folded in at his side, fist clenched. He whipped around faster than Sanji thought he could do and snapped his right fist out as soon as he swiped his foot at his neck.

"HUNDRED TILE TRUE PUNCH!!!"

"CONCASSÉ!!!"

*BOOOOM!!*

The attacks enhanced by 'Armament Haki' collided, sending Sanji flying into the woods and Kuroobi about thirty meters behind him, standing firm.

'His 'Armament Haki' is stronger than mine, so I just need something to even the playing field.' Sanji thought to himself as he raised the heat of his right foot.

'Diable Jambe'

Kuroobi used 'Shave' to appear in the clearing Sanji had gotten knocked into to see something that confused him. He saw how the human's right leg started smoking like when they first showed up before bursting into bright orange flames. His shoe was practically white with how hot it was. He narrowed his eyes as he felt the heat even though he was still over ten meters away from him.

"I see. You're not a regular human, are you?" The Fishman asked getting a cold glare in return. He smirked when he saw that.

"Those tricks won't save-" 

He was cut off by a white-hot foot heading for his face. He scowled and blocked the attack while applying 'Armament Haki' to the area, but flinched when still he felt the searing heat.

*BOOOOOOM*

Kuroobi was launched back in the direction he came from at the speed of a bullet. Sanji took the opportunity to light up another cigarette. He smirked when his opponent appeared back in the clearing with a massive burn mark across his face.

"Luffy did say he wanted to kick some dickhead Fishman's ass, but I think I'd prefer to grill you." He said after taking a massive puff of his cigarette and throwing it on the ground. He stomped it out and disappeared, just like his first attack.

That was what Kuroobi was thinking when he saw this, so he immediately turned around and tried to catch his opponent off guard.

*BOOM!!*

But received a kick to his ribs from his right accompanied by another searing burn for it. He tried to swipe his fist at the chef, but Sanji was always faster, and now that Kuroobi was angry, his intentions were much easier to read. 

"DIABLE JAMBE: TEMPERATURE RARE STRIKE!!!"

*BOOOOM!!*

Sanji dropkicked the angry Fishman in the back with both legs now covered in 'Armament Haki' and white-hot flames, sending him to the ground. Sanji jumped back and let him get him. He smirked at the glare he got in return after the Fishman spit out blood.

"I bet you're wondering 'Why doesn't he follow through with the openings he makes?' right?" He asked, getting momentarily widened eyes. His smirk got wider.

"You're right, I probably could beat you pretty quickly with how I am right now." He said getting a harsher glare, but no words in response. This made his smirk turn into a full-blown smile.

"I can't let some idiot like you be better than me in any way, so we'll fight until my 'Armament Haki' is stronger than yours, and then I'll end the fight," Sanji explained, getting a rage-induced scream in response.

'Well, at least this way he probably won't be able to protect himself as well as before.' Sanji thought as he jumped away from his opponent's blind rush toward him. 

"Fishman Karate..."

Sanji was surprised when Kuroobi immediately snapped out of his anger-filler daze. As soon as Sanji dropped his guard, he was forced to try to block his opponent's attack.

"ARABESQUE TILE TRUE PUNCH!!!"

Kuroobi's fist stopped a few inches in front of Sanji's crossed arms, confusing him. That confusion turned into immense pain as the force of the blow through the water vapor in the air released a shock wave that sent him flying.

What Sanji didn't realize was that Kuroobi was never out of control. Angry? Yes, he was very angry. But, he was in control. His eyes had turned to a red slit, similar to a sea king.

*BOOM!!* *BOOOOM!!*

Sanji slammed through a tree before landing roughly on the ground. As he pushed himself back up, he blinked when he only felt a little sting in his arms.

'I'm sure his 'Armament Haki' is still stronger than mine, even if I've been closing the gap.' He thought to himself as he got on his feet and immediately jumped to dodge the charging Fishman. He swung his haki-coated foot at Kuroobi's ribs and got it to land, but got a haki-coated uppercut to the chin, sending him into the air and his opponent bouncing on the ground.

He kept himself in the air with 'Moon-Walk' and watched as his opponent stopped and looked up at him.

'So, he isn't completely berserk.' Sanji thought to himself. He then sweat-dropped when his opponent ripped a tree out of the ground and threw it at him.

'Or maybe not.' He dodged by going higher up, making Kuroobi growl and shout up at him.

"Come down here, you coward!!" The Fishman yelled out while looking enraged. His thoughts, however, were completely different.

'I can't stay in this state for more than a couple more minutes before I lose my ability to think. If I can't kill him by then, I'll just go berserk to kill him and hope Captain comes to stop me.' Kuroobi thought to himself. Sanji smirked at him.

"You're lucky I don't want to win by running out the clock, Grilled Fish." He said as he jumped up higher. He kept going till he could see the entire 'Conomi Islands' before flipping upside down and launching himself towards the ground.

'I don't know what the hell is happening, but the last two punches he hit me with barely hurt at all. I've closed the gap in 'Armament Haki' in this short amount of time, but it's not enough for me to be almost not affected.' He shook his head. That's future-Sanji's problem.

All Sanji knows right now is that his feet are stronger than before and so is his 'Armament Haki', which means he can turn up the heat. The flames on his feet changed to completely white, leaving a trail of white sparks following him in his descent.

"Diable Jamble Secret Technique: Satan's Foot"

He flipped around in the air to have his foot facing Kuroobi, who was preparing his strongest move to counter what he could sense was the strongest attack of the fight so far.

"Fishman Karate Secret Technique..."

He had his left hand out and his right hand tucked into his side, a familiar stance by now, but Sanji could tell it was stronger than before, making him push his fire and 'Armament Haki' to their limits. 

"SATAN'S FOOT: JUMEAU À BIFTECK!!!"

"FIVE THOUSAND TILE TRUE PUNCH!!!"

*BOOOOM!!!* 

The attacks collided and created a massive shockwave that sent both of them flying in opposite directions.

"TENDRON!!!"

Or at least, that's what Kuroobi thought happened. He was mistaken as his opponent appeared in front of him, landing a hard blow to his upper chest, making him cough up blood.

"FLANCHET!!!"

*HISS*

The three-hit combination was finished off with a hard blow to the stomach. The white-hot foot, covered in 'Armament Haki', dug deep into the Fishman's stomach, letting out a hissing noise as it burned into the tough skin.

*BOOM* *BOOM* *BOOM*

Kuroobi's eyes went white as he was launched through multiple trees and dug a massive trench in the ground with his body. 

Sanji slowly walked in that direction, wincing as he realized the attacks he got hit with had built up, even with his new durability. 

He ran towards where he kicked Kuroobi as he mentally prepared for another round, only to find his opponent unconscious at the end of the trench in the ground. He scoffed.

"I can't believe it took that much to beat someone like you. I even had to get hotter flames to beat him as easily as I did." Sanji said to himself.

Thinking about the new abilities used in this fight both made him happy that it'll be easier to protect his friends and gave him a headache when he thought about what it could mean, so he did what he normally did, he locked it away in the back of his brain until he was forced to confront it again.

He shook off the grim thoughts as he grabbed his unconscious enemy by their hair and dragged him back toward what was left of 'Arlong Park'.

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Usopp was high in the sky, using 'Moon-Walk' to keep him up and out of his opponent's range. He was pretty sure this guy could use that 'Armament Haki' stuff, so he couldn't get close.

Good thing he's a sniper.

Chew was very angry. He watched his Captain get launched threw a wall and how even Kuroobi and Hatchan were forced to defend. He tried to at least get some damage on the kid who punched his Captain, but his 'Water Shot' was evaporated by a flaming bird and he got something like a bullet crossed with a grenade to the face for it.

He charged at the fleeing sniper, knowing full well that if he could get in close, he would win. Just as that thought appeared in his mind, he heard the slingshot get fired, reloaded and fired again within a second.

"GRENADE STAR!!!" Chew heard the kid yell out and quickly sensed two objects flying at him at high speeds, but was confused when they both whizzed over his shoulders. He scoffed, thinking it was a missed shot.

*TING*

His eyes widened when he heard metal colliding with metal behind him. Chew knew he couldn't dodge in time so he was going to cover his whole body in 'Armament Haki' just to be safe.

*BOOM!!!*

The Fishman was sent flying into the ground but got up quickly as he was able to protect himself from the attack. He glared up at the still-airborne sniper who smirked at him.

"Sorry, did I say "Grenade Star"? I meant "Bouncing Grenade Star"." Usopp said smugly, getting a growl in return. Usopp saw as the Fishman took a large inhale while applying 'Armament Haki' to his long mouth and seemed to spit at him. He would've been annoyed if he couldn't sense how what the Fishman just spit out was going as fast as bullets.

"WATER SHOT!!!

*BOOMBOOMBOOMBOOMBOOMBOOM*

Usopp was frantically dodging attacks as they destroyed the trees behind him. A cold drop of sweat appeared on his forehead.

'I can't get hit by that at all.' He thought to himself, trying to think of something to buy him time. The thought made him smirk. He reached into the pouch he kept his ammo in and threw three of them at the ground as hard as he could.

"TRIPLE SMOKE STAR!!!"

The forest was immediately covered in a thick blanket of smoke. Chew scoffed at what he thought was Usopp trying to run away. He immediately jumped into the smoke and opened fire, where he sensed the sniper.

"WATER SHOT!!!'

*BOOMBOOMBOOMBOOM*

Chew could hear the bombardment destroying everything in its way, but he never sensed his attacks hit the sniper, making him confused. His confusion turned to anger when he sensed that Usopp was still alive. He whipped his head up to see Usopp only 5 meters above him, his 'Kabuto' loaded and stretched back.

Chew tried to cover his body in 'Armament Haki' like before, only for his eyes to widen.

'Shit! I used too much 'Haki'!!' Chew thought to himself as he could only try and block the blow with his arms.

"SECRET STAR: HEAVEN DRAGON STAR!!!" 

*BOOOOOM!!!*

That thought was wiped away as Chew could only briefly see a flash of lightning before he was unconscious. Usopp fell to his knees panting as he watched his opponent slowly fall backwards.

*BOOM*

'Thank god that one got him, I don't think I can use 'Moon-Walk' or 'Shave' at all.' Usopp thought to himself. He slowly stood back up as fast as his hurt legs would let him and he slowly walked over to his fallen adversary. He saw him completely charred, smoke coming out of his mouth, and the occasional twitching of his muscles that told him Chew was still alive. 

Usopp tried to pick Chew up onto his shoulder to bring him back where the fight started, but before he could even get half of the Fishman's body up, Usopp collapsed to the ground. Usopp just sighed to himself as he stared at the clouds.

'They should be able to sense me, I'll just leave it to them.' He thought to himself as he roughly pushed Chew off of his body and closed his eyes with a smile, happy he won his first true pirate fight.

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Zoro stared at his opponent as he scratched his head. The six-armed octopus Fishman had pretty strong 'Armament Haki', it was even a bit stronger than his if he didn't go into his 'Asura' form.

Despite that though, after they had traded a few blows while moving towards the back corner of the island, the Fishman stopped attacking him.

If what he was sensing was right, this guy WANTED his Captain and crew to lose. But, that can't be right, otherwise why would he fight or even be with them at all?

It was safe to say Zoro was confused.

Hatchan, on the other hand, was extremely happy that someone had finally come to stop Arlong and everyone else. He was even happier that it wasn't Jimbe or else he'd probably get his teeth kicked in.

Hatchan never wanted to join the 'Arlong Pirates', he wanted to stay with the 'Sun Pirates'. But after the death of their captain, Fisher Tiger, Arlong became even more disillusioned with humans and blamed them for their Captain's death.

Arlong threatened Hatchan by saying he knew where the former slave named 'Koala', a girl they had helped reach her home island after discovering she used to be a slave, had ended up and that he would kill her if he didn't follow him. So, against his will, he joined the 'Arlong Pirates'.

Hatchan could see that Arlong had failed to understand Tiger's reason for letting humans that they attacked live and in turn, had become just like the monsters on the top of the 'Red Line'.

Now that some people were strong enough to maybe beat them, he was going to take this chance.

Zoro watched as the Octopus Fishman sheathed his six swords and looked at him with a thankful look.

"Thank you for coming to stop Arlong. He's forced me to work for him so he doesn't kill someone I care about." Hatchan explained to the swordsman, hoping he would listen. Zoro's eyes hardened when he heard that.

'This is how Arlong treats someone who seems to be one of his top officers. What the hell did he put you through, Nami?' He thought to himself as he unconsciously gripped the hilt of his sword in a vice grip, which made Hatchan think he was going to attack again.

When Zoro saw the Fishman go back on guard, he realized what he was doing. He sighed as he let go of his katana. He nodded at the Fishman to tell him to keep going and got a nod in return after he relaxed.

"I've been waiting for a chance like this for a while. My idea was to try and kill Arlong after a long fight with someone else, but he's been my friend since we were kids. There's no way I could do that. That's where you and your friends come in." Hatchan explained, getting a raised eyebrow before he continued.

"If you guys deal with Arlong, doesn't matter how, I'll guide you to 'Fishman Island' when you reach there." The Fishman explained his terms, getting another raised eyebrow in return.

"'Fishman Island', also known as 'The Kingdom Under The Sea', is pretty much the halfway point of the 'Grand Line' but since it's 10,000 meters deep, most people don't make it. I'm saying I'll guarantee you and your friends making it there when the time comes in return for dealing with Arlong." Hatchan finished explaining and saw as Zoro leaned his head one way to the other before he shrugged and looked back at him.

"That's all good and well, but I have no idea if you're lying or not, so it's hard to trust your words. Even if I did trust them, it's not my choice, it's the Captain's." Zoro said to Hatchan before gaining a devilish smirk on his face.

"Plus, I'd be pretty upset if I was the only one who didn't get a good fight." The Fishman sighed upon hearing those words, realizing he had to fight. He unsheathed his six swords again and covered them in 'Armament Haki' as Zoro did the same with his katanas.

"Octopus Pot Stance"

"Three-Sword Style…"

Hatchan positioned all of his swords together in front of him and arranged them in a circular array over his chest. Zoro launched himself at him as he put his katanas over his blade in his mouth and swung them.

"New Spring - Open the Octopus - Break It Apart!!!"

"Rengoku Oni Giri!!!"

Zoro unleashed one of his most powerful attacks in his base form at the Fishman, but surprisingly, it was blocked.

Even more surprising was when Zoro's defense was blown wide open when the six swords splayed apart, sending their swords out to his sides and leaving him open for a haki-clad headbutt to the gut.

*BOOOM!!!*

Zoro was sent flailing into the air before he used 'Moon-Walk' to stabilize himself. He scowled at himself for letting that happen and for underestimating his opponent.

"Three-Sword Style…"

Zoro puts his katanas in his hands over his mouth blade. The aura of a tiger covered his body for a split second.

"EXTREME TIGER HUNTING!!!"

He swung his swords downwards as he was about to hit his opponent, who had pointed his swords together again in front of him in his 'Octopus Pot Stance'.

*BOOOM!!*

Hatchan tried to deflect Zoro's katanas as he did before to get an opening, but Zoro completely overpowered him with his move.

Zoro's blade went through the six swords in his way and continued towards his opponent's chest.

*SHNK*

There were three massive cuts on the Fishman's chest, all right next to each other and trailing from his right shoulder to his left hip.

*pant* *pant*

Hatchan was starting to feel the effects of both constantly using 'Armament Haki' throughout the fight and the injuries he's stacked up over the fight, that last one being the worst by far.

*BOOM*

The Octopus Fishman slowly fell back onto his back, looking up at the sky, thinking about his life.

He remembered growing up in the 'Fishman District' back on 'Fishman Island'. He remembered his time on the 'Sun Pirates' and how much fun that was. He remembered all the horrible things he watched his so-called 'friends' do in this innocent village.

That made him scowl. He turned his head when he heard a snort from the swordsman who just bested him. He saw Zoro looking at him with a small smirk as he walked over to him.

"You can regret the past all you want. But, if you only worry about the past, you'll miss the gift of the present." The swordsman said to him, the words making him smile and go to push himself off his back.

He was stopped, however, when he was lifted onto Zoro's shoulder.

"I've had my fun. Now, I gotta bring you to the Captain for that thing you talked about before, right?" Hatchan heard the swordsman ask him.

He just snorted in response as he drifted off to sleep, happy the despair the people of the island would finally end.

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Zoro, carrying Hatchan on his shoulder, got back to the outside of what was left of 'Arlong Park' just as Sanji, dragging Kuroobi by the hair, got there too.

The two stared at each other for a second before they scoffed and looked away. They both saw how the walls were almost destroyed, flames were flickering everywhere, and the tall main building of 'Arlong Park' was nowhere to be seen.

They saw Luffy jump up and slowly pull his right fist back. That was when they sensed it.

It was the strongest attack any of them had experienced.

Before they could process what they were sensing, they heard Luffy scream.

"GALAXY IMPACT!!!"