Red Balls

"Are you crazy! Do you know what fishman are?"

Buggy shouted with big eyes.

Wolf looked at him.

Why was Buggy making such a big deal over such a small matter? Wolf did not picture him for the type to be scared. And Buggy seeing Wolf reaction shook his head in disappointment. Did he truly have to explain everything to the lad?

"Fishmen are dangerous. They are strong and fast, if they get you into the water it is basically game over. For you and me both! Since we can't swim in the ocean. We should just leave."

Buggy told Wolf.

"You can stay here if you want to, but i'm not going to. I came here for a reason and I plan on seeing it done."

"Who knows how much treasure they accumulated. We might be able to collect and find something rare that can only be found in the sea."

Kuro commented drawing Buggy's interest.

"But, if you don't want to come along that is fine."

Kuro finished saying as he walked away.

He knew that Buggy liked treasure, and he had this strange fascination with treasure that others did not have or found. It was something he learned after observing the red-nosed man.

Buggy's ears twitched at that.

"I never said I would not join! I was simply explaining the dangers."

Buggy yelled out as he followed right behind Kuro.

Wolf glanced at the men who were scared out of their minds and shook his head.

"Are you going to stay here and forever be afraid, or find the courage to face your fears? They are not monsters, the real monster is what you come up with in here."

Wolf pointed at his head.

"You're a pirate aren't you? Then you can't show weakness, because the moment you do is when you've already lost."

After finishing saying what he had to say, Wolf let the men be. If they joined him that was fine, if not he was not too bothered by it. After all, a person can only do so much. Wolf had no qualms with leaving them here on this island, but he'd rather they overcome this ordeal instead.

It took ten minutes for everyone to meet on top of the deck with their weapons ready. Their numbers were less as a few men already died on the island to the fishman, but they still had a numbers. How many did their enemy have? Wolf had no clue, but he was not afraid.

In fact, he was looking forward to it.

Looking at Buggy, Wolf grinned.

"Buggy, you'll be in charge of five men. Make sure they don't die and come back alive."

Buggy was stunned.

He was still a fresh member of this pirate crew, so how come Wolf was putting him in a position of leadership? Buggy did not think that the two of them were close, nor did they have some sort of bond. So to him, this was very shocking. He must have heard wrong.

"What? You're putting me in charge?"

Wolf nodded.

"Kuro will take care of the rest."

Buggy looked left and right at the crew members. He quickly picked the biggest people out of the bunch, all of whom looked fierce. This left Kuro with the weaker looking members.

"You know bigger does not always mean stronger right?"

Kuro asked as he took a quick glance at Buggy while raising his glasses.

"No idea what you're talking about."

Buggy replied.

"If you are ready, let's go."

Wolf said as he jumped down from the ship.

Kuro was a step behind him along with the group he was in charge of. Behind them was Buggy who was passing along something to the men in his group.

No one knew what it was, but he had a smirk the entire time they travelled together. Whatever it was, he knew everyone would be shocked.

The time it took their large group to find the Arlong pirates was twenty minutes. They were located on the other side of the town held up in a bar. Wolf had a good feeling it was them because there were three strange creatures outside with mugs in their hands.

These creatures were large, a few feet taller than him with blue, orange, and black skin. They were fish with feet to put it simply, and Wolf felt that these beings should not be able to breathe above water. Yet, they were.

Seeing Wolf and his gang, the three fishmen walked forward. One had many scars on his body with a thick mace behind his back.

"I thought we captured all the humans. How'd we miss these folk?"

"Are they here to put up resistance? Great! I've been itching for a fight."

The three fishmen drew their weapons and Wolf stopped walking.

"Buggy."

Wolf called out as Buggy stepped forward. The fishmen started laughing once they saw the clown.

"Didn't know the circus was in town."

Circus? Why was he always the one being picked on? Did he look weak? Was he so strange-looking that everyone had to say something about his appearance?

"Release the Buggy balls!"

Buggy shouted in anger as his face turned red. The five men under his command took out small red orbs and launched them at the three fishmen. Unexpecting this sudden attack, they were caught off guard.

A large explosion occured damaging the building along with them.

All three fishmen were blown away, their bodies charred and sizzling. Wolf walked up next to Buggy and placed a hand on his shoulder. Buggy looked at him, and saw Wolf grin before moving forward.

The explosion was loud and heard clear as day. When their crew walked into the building there were a dozen fishmen wielding weapons and waiting for them. One out of the dozen was sitting down with a bottle of alcohol in his hand.

He was bigger than the rest, wearing a red vest that showed off his muscles and tattoos on his light blue skin. The most noticeable feature was the saw-like nose he had.

"Who the hell are you?"

The saw-like-nosed fishman asked in an unkind voice.

Wolf did not reply to him right away. Instead, he looked around the room and noticed townsfolk lying around the building shackled. Two were hanging from the ceiling.

"I'm the one that is going to kick your ass."