CH 39

She can tell me to leave all she likes." Zoro said as he sat in Arlong's seat. "I'm not leaving until Luffy says otherwise." He stared around at the unconcious fishmen who tried to take him out a moment ago until the sound of a trumpet got his attention. He walked over and hung off the wall to see an octopus Fishman holding up a roasted pig. "You blowing a trumpet or something?" he asked.

"Whoa! Who are you? My name's Hachi. Are you a guest?" Hachi said quickly.

"A guest? Something like that." Zoro said.

"Oh, well Arlong's not here right now. If you want, I can give you a lift to Cocoyashi Village, where he is now." Hachi said as he pointed at a pot.

"Sure, why not?" Zoro said as he jumped into the pot. Hachi then jumped into the sea and took the pot to Cocoyashi Village.

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"WHAT HAPPENED?!" Arlong screamed as he saw his fellow fishmen scattered about in Arlong Park. "My Brethren!" Arlong yelled. "Was it Zoro who did this?!"

"No." gasped the fishman that was lying in front of Arlong. "That green haired man...that was Zoro."

"What?!" Arlong said before another fishman named Chu came in dragging Usopp by his nose.

"I caught him Arlong, Chu, but I let him live so you could kill him." Chew said as he dropped Usopp to the ground

"GAH!" Usopp screamed before he tried to say that what he did was how his people say hello. Arlong then dediced to use him as bait to get Zoro to come back. While Usopp tried to get out of it by talking, Hachi came back to see the damage.

"What happened?!" he screamed

"Hachi." Arlong said. "Where were you?"

"I was giving a guest of yours a lift to Cocoyashi Village. That's where you said you were. But what's with all this?" he said as his six arms pointed at all the damage.

"The Pirate Hunter Zoro, that's what." Arlong said. "Curse that Zoro!" Hachi said. "If I had seen him, none of this would've happened."

"What guest were you talking about?" a fishman named Kuroobi asked.

"A lone swordsman with green hair." Hachi said before his eyes shot open wide. "Was that him?!"

"WHO ELSE DUMBASS?!" the other fishmen shouted.

"This could be Nami's doing." Kuroobi said. "She could've brought him here to come after you. She is a decietful woman after all." Other fishmen were starting to agree until Nami spoke up.

"Enough!" Nami shouted. "I swore on this tattoo to serve under you until I got enough money. I almost have enough, so why would I do something stupid now?"

"Heh. You're right." Arlong said. "Sorry for doubting you. But now, all we need to do is wait for Zoro to arrive to pick up his little friend." he said as he had a dagger placed into the ground almost cutting Usopp's nose.

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"He got caught?" Zoro said.

"Yeah, and they took him to Arlong Park." one of the citizens in Cocoyashi Village said.

'Usopp you dumbass!' Zoro thought before he took off towards Arlong Park.

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Back with the four in the boat, they were enjoying their food before Mohmoo, a giant sea cow that listens to Arlong, rose up next to their boat. Yosaku freaked out at seeing it, Sanji and Luffy stared at it, and Gin froze with a fork halfway between his plate and his mouth. "SEA MONSTER!" Yosaku yelled as Mohmoo sniffed the air around them, clearly smelling their food. "What does it want?!"

"It's probably just hungry." Sanji said.

"Then give it the food already!" Yosaku yelled. Before they could do anything, Luffy stepped up to the side of the ship as Mohmoo lowered himself towards their boat. Luffy placed a hand up before looking Mohmoo in the eye and activated his Conqueror's Haki. Mohmoo looked frightened as he lowered himself under Luffy. As this happened, the others in the boat only stared in shock.

"Hey...Luffy." Sanji said.

"What did you do?" Gin asked in a queit voice as Yosaku just stared with wide eyes. Luffy then gave a small explanation before picking up some food.

"I'm in a good mood cow, so I'll give you some food." Luffy said before he glared at Mohmoo. "But you try to take my arm off, and I'll rip that nose ring off your face. Got it?" Mohmoo slowly nodded, causing Luffy to smile and throw some food at him. Mohmoo ate the food and mooed happily as Luffy took some rope and tied it around Mohmoo's horns. "Okay cow, take us to Arlong Park." As Mohmoo took off, the other three stared at him.

'He just tamed that sea king like it was a puppy!' Yosaku thought.

'Who is this guy?!' all three of them thought as Luffy laughed.

()()()()

Back at Arlong Park, with all the fishmen distracted, Usopp tried to take his slingshot out, but was stopped when Nami smacked him with her staff. He flew away a bit before skidding to a stop.

"It's not a good idea to attack the fishmen." she said as she picked up a knife. Usopp looked up at her before spitting some blood away. "So this is the real you, huh Nami?" he asked as he got up. "Just a witch that gets close to pirates and then robs them blind?"

"That's right. And since you're interferring with my business, I realize it was a mistake to let you guys follow me." Nami said as she held up the knife with a dead look in her eyes. "Time to die Usopp."

'Oh man. She's not kidding around!' Usopp thought. 'Only got one chance to run.' He then pulled out his slingshot and shot a smoke star at the ground, covering the whole area. 'Good. I'm out of here.'

"Sorry Usopp." came Nami's voice from the smoke before a stabbing sound was heard.

"Na...mi...Why?" Usopp squeeked as blood fell on the ground. As the smoke cleared everyone saw what looked like Nami stabbing Usopp. She pulled the knife out as Usopp slowly fell into the water. All the fishman cheered as Johnny cried a safe distance away, thinking the worst had happened.

"This can't be!" he whispered before he ran off.

"Heh. Guess I was wrong about you. You are one of us." Kuroobi said.

"Whatever." Nami said as she walked out of Arlong Park.

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