Eiichiro Oda and Toei Animation Studios own One Piece Manga/Anime respectively. I'm honestly glad I don't own them. I am no match for Oda's greatness.

The Dark King's Apprentice

"Zoro! Get back here and get bandaged up! Nami, I want to show you right now that you can trust me to protect you! You Mihawk, how about you and me have a little spar!? Luffy shouted, leaking Conquering Haki across the battlefield. Knocking out many of the weaker pirates and chefs.

"What the hell is with this guy!?" Sanji asked feeling light headed from the excess haki Luffy was leaking out in anticipation of his fight.

"This man is a real pirate, Someone who's seen hell and lived to tell the tale." Zeff said, barely effected by the level of haki he was feeling. But he did have to wipe a few beads of sweat from his brow.

Nami glued her eyes onto Luffy, this is the man that said he can beat Arlong the Saw and she wants to see proof. 'please don't be a mistake girl! Cocoyashi Village can't afford a mistake!' she thought desperately.

Zoro sat up as they wrapped his chest, eyes glued on the men about to battle. 'You better not kill him Luffy! He's mine to defeat!' Zoro shouted in his head. Johnny and Yosaku were torn between treating Zoro and watching the battle.

'I'm being ignored... I'm being ignored!' Krieg chanted in his mind like a mantra.

Gin was just glad that he or his captain haven't been killed by Mihawk or this insane Straw-Hat kid yet.

Luffy pulled out his scimitar from his waist sash. Luffy whispered "Busoshoku: Koka" channeling armament Haki down the length of the blade he grinned at Mihawk.

"This blade was given to me by your rival, Shanks! Besides Shanks, you'll be the first real challenge I've tested this word on yet!" Luffy said. Swinging the sword back and forth a few times, limbering up.

"It looks like a fine sword, Red Hair wouldn't give you an inferior blade." Mihawk said as he readied Yoru.

Luffy swung his sword arm out causing his rubbery flesh to ripple, this in turn caused his skin to start smoking, and turn a violent pink. Looking like he was suffering a mean sun burn.

"This is my Gear Second. It enhances all my combat skills, power, speed, reaction time, all of it. Ready yourself!" Luffy vanished in a blisteringly fast Soru. Appearing beside Mihawk mid swing. Mihawk quickly brought Yoru up to block the blade. Their swords locked in a battle of strength.

"I don't really have any fancy moves like Zoro, you see I'm not a swordsman, but I can still do a few things that would make Zoro jealous!" Luffy jumped back and swung his sword several times at Mihawk firing off blades of wind from the edge, similar to a Rankyaku.

Mihawk was forced to dodge and parry the wind blades, a few coming within inches of his clothes. Mihawk Soru'ed behind Luffy used a horizontal slash at Luffy's waist. Luffy jumped, while in the air Mihawk tried to catch him where he should be unable to evade but Luffy used Geppou to move to the opposite end of the wreckage.

"You fight well for someone who claims not to be a swordsman Monkey D. Luffy." Mihawk said, Luffy laughed.

"Shishishi, well I did learn a few tricks from the best right?" Luffy flung his sword wielding hand at Mihawk surprising him slightly, forcing him to jump to the side. He was preparing to cut Straw-Hat's hand off at the wrist, when Luffy stabbed his sword into the ground, using it as an anchor pulled himself forward to strike at Mihawk with his fist. The tactic was so out of left field that Mihawk actually had to block the fist with the flat side of his sword, still the force was enough to send Mihawk sliding back several yards. Mihawk sighed and turned to face Luffy who was standing shaking his fist in apparent pain after having punched a Haki coated slab of steel.

Mihawk raised his sword and brought it down in a heavy swing, sending a heavy blade of wind at Luffy, Luffy pumped more armament haki into his blade and swung it in front of the blade of wind fighting it with all his strength. Moments later he won but not without earning a moderately painful slash to his shoulder. Grunting in pain.

"You gotta be so rough Hawkeye? I thought we were just friendly spar here?" Luffy asked, grinning at the swordsman. Luffy put his sword away and started pumping more haki to his arms and legs.

"Gomu Gomu no Pistol!" Luffy shouted, sending his blackened fist flying at near supersonic speeds towards the shichibukai, Hawkeye raised his sword to block as he did there was a large booming sound and the air seemed to crack with the pressure as two conquerors of the sea clashed in glorious combat.

As the battle progressed the onlookers went through various stages of disbelief and or panic. The people watching could feel the battle more than anything, when the clashes would happen there would be large shocks that would shake the ships and seas.

'I think I can trust this man to defeat Arlong for me! Who would have thought I would meet a regular person, a human that could kill that monster?' Nami thought as she held onto the railing of the Baratie for dear life.

'This is the power of the Grand Line? Who would have thought I was really this far out of my league, he never even had to try with me... I'd feel bad if I didn't actually feel so damned excited' Zoro thought as he gained a vicious grin.

'…' Usopp was just drawing a blank. He had gone into mental overload a while back.

Zeff looked over at the young chef, soon to be pirate. "You could do this too, little eggplant, some day. If your ambition and drive is great enough... This it what a man who is willing to give his all for his dream fights like" Zeff said as he put a reassuring hand on Sanji's shoulder. Sanji nodded hesitantly.

'What kind of monsters are these? They can't really be human can they? I can barely see them moving.' Sanji thought as he rubbed his eyes.

When the Gomu Gomu no Pistol clashed with Mihawks Yoru The wave of Conquerors Haki that was was exuded from the fighters clash washed over the Krieg Pirates, including Don Krieg himself. This caused the rest of the enemy pirates Krieg included to pass out and lapse into a temporary coma. No one seemed to care.

The clash of willpower dragged on for a moment longer as the wood they stood on buckled and cried under the strain. Shortly though it stopped and the two men jumped back giving each other some space. Mihawk slowly put his sword back it its place on his back.

"Impressive control over your willpower boy. You will go far. I've had enough fun for one day. Shall I give your greetings to Red Hair?" Mihawk asked. The young man deserved that much at least. Luffy allowed his Gear second to fade as well as his Bosushoku Haki.

"Yeah, tell him I'll be entering Paradise soon and my promise still stands! I'll beat his crew and get to One Piece first!" Luffy shouted with a face splitting grin.

Mihawk nodded and turned to Zoro and said "No matter how long it will take, I will await you at my strongest. When you master your true self, when you find your true blades, when you surpass this sword! Come find me in the New World! We will have a real fight and see who is truly the strongest swordsman in the world!" Mihawk had his say and left.

"For Mihawk to say such words to a lowly swordsman of East Blue... These people are going to go far. You chose well Eggplant." Zeff said, more to himself than anyone else. Sanji nodded but then gained a tick mark.

"You chose for me old man!" Sanji shouted, growing his sharp teeth and flaming eyes.

Luffy and company were eating a feast on the Baratie's tab. Luffy had been bandaged up and Nami was doting over him possibly ripping his sutured wounds open again. Luffy had eaten so much he was like a giant balloon.

"Don't worry about it Nami, I have cool technique for just these kinds of minor wounds. He said as he stood up and concentrated on the food he had gorged on. Causing his body to return to its normal slim look, smoke rose from his deep cut on his shoulder. Luffy reached up and yanked the bandage off showing a minor scar where the wound used to be.

"What the hell was that Captain?" Zoro asked. While the rest had equally curious looks on their faces.

"That was a technique I learned called Life Return. It allows me to use stored energy in my body to gain energy or force my body to heal minor wounds quickly. Comes in real handy after a hard days training let me tell you! Shishishishi" Luffy laughed. Until he was sent crashing to the ground courtesy of a Nami punch to the head.

"Why didn't you tell us sooner moron!? And here I was worried about you!" Nami shouted, her fist smoking from the impact.

Later that day the crew was getting ready to depart after the ship had been stocked and Sanji had loaded his belongings on board. Sanji was making his way to the boat when he turned around and fell to his knees.

"Thank you! Thank you for everything old man Zeff! I promise I will make you proud! I'll become the best cook on all the seven seas! People will come flocking here to hear all about me and the man who taught me!" Sanji shouted, tears rolling down his face splashing on the deck of the Baratie. Zeff nodded, wiping a tear or two from his eyes himself.

Luffy shouted "LET"S GO! TO CONAMI ISLANDS!" causing everyone to cheer, Nami cracked a huge grin as she steered the boat out and towards her home island.

Hours later everyone was relaxing on the deck of the Going Merry, everyone except Johnny and Yosaku that is. They were pacing back and forth. Obviously tense and nervous. Luffy was growing impatient with their antics.

"What are you two clowns doing? You're gonna wear a trench in the deck!" Luffy shouted. They turned to him.

"But Luffy-aniki! We are headed right into Arlong 'The Saw's territory going to Conami Islands!" Johnny shouted. Yosaku agreed with a panicked nod.

"Yeah Luffy-aniki, Arlong is an ex-member of a Shichibukai's crew! We heard he was kicked out of Jinbei's crew for being too dangerous!" Yosaku shouted. Luffy scoffed.

"If he were as strong as you are saying, then there's no way in hell he would have stuck around in East Blue of all places. My money's on him being a weak coward too afraid of the grand line to go there." Luffy stated as he put his feet up on the table. Only to get kicked in the head for his trouble by Sanji.

"No feet on the table! Don't make me teach you table manners!" Sanji glared at his captain. Luffy rubbed his head.

"Aww man, I'm rubber how do you guys hurt me so bad without Haki!?" Luffy asked. Sanji gained an intrigued look.

"Ahh that's right, I heard you talking about this Haki stuff but I never got a full explanation... So spill it Luffy!" Sanji asked/demanded.

Several long minutes and a relatively thorough explanation of Haki and it's effects later and Sanji found himself being Zoro's training dummy. The deck was filled with sounds of the blond mans pained groans. Much to the swordsman's great pleasure.

Nami and Usopp were training themselves as well, Usopp would shoot at her with weak lead shots while she was blind folded.

Luffy was training himself, using Geppou to fly high above the ship and fire Rankyaku blades into the distance, hoping to improve his stamina and strength.

The rest of the day was spent in hard training...

Around noon the next day, the Straw-Hat's were eating lunch in preparation for landing at Conami Island when a large disturbance in the water appeared off the side of the boat. Luffy could sense a large but weak seaking surfacing next to the boat. The beast (a spotted sea cow king) raised itself till it towered over the Going Merry like a man towers over a puppy. It leered at the food spread out on the table, drooling at the tasty looking morsels. The humans probably didn't look so bad either.

"What are we gonna do!? It's gonna eat us!" Johnny and Yosaku were shouting in full panic mode.

Zoro and Sanji were preparing to attack the beast before it could sink the ship. When Luffy walked between them forcing them to make way. Both men stood down and watched.

Luffy stood in front of the glaring cow. He raised his hand in the direction of the animal. It prepared to counter attack until it felt a wave of fear like nothing it had ever felt when facing the wrath of its current fishman overlord. The beast felt a need to submit to this man like never before, it lowered its head until it was eye level with the small human.

"You are so far from home seaking, are you under Arlongs control?" Luffy asked. The crew plus the bounty hunting friends were shocked when the Sea King nodded it's head heatedly. Luffy placed his hand on the scared beasts head and patted it comfortingly.

"You are free Sea Cow, go back home to the Grand Line, this place isn't for you. Your old master won't be able to hurt you when I'm done with him!" Luffy shouted. The cow king shed tears of joy and actually licked Luffy before it fled East Blue. Luffy turned and seen everyone staring at him.

"Luffy! That was Momo! Arlongs terrible monster! How did you do that?!" Nami asked, genuinely shocked, more so then all the time since Luffy fought Mihawk.

"That's just another part of Conquerors Haki, the ability to overpower the will of others. With people it usually just leads to them passing out, but with animals it can be used to force them to submit to your superior will. That was literally nothing Nami!" Luffy said smiling at her, causing her to blush slightly.

A short time later the crew had hidden the Going Merry in a small hidden cove near a small village that Arlong had already destroyed for someone not being able to pay his ransom. Luffy was... Not pleased to say the least when he seen the village. The crew found themselves in front of a small house with a tangerine groove. Nami kicked the door open and walked in, followed by Luffy and the crew.

Nojiko! I'm home! Oh hello Genzo-san." Nami half shouted half stated calmly. Nojiko a pretty young woman who had blue hair, black eyes, and a... Distracting tattoo across her chest, that continued down her right arm. She was wearing a tight white shirt and blue pants.

Genzo was a older man who wore an old policeman's uniform, his face though was littered with scars from what looked to be torture aimed intentionally to maim and disfigure.

"Hello Nami-san. No treasure this time? Who are those people behind you?" Genzo asked, with Nojiko nodding showing her similar interests. Nami allowed a beautiful happy smile spread across her face. Raising her thumb and pointing at the scrawny guy in the straw hat.

"This guy, he's gonna crush Arlong for me!" She said nearly dancing in joy at the mere thought of Arlongs coming defeat. Genzo and Nojiko seemed to panic at the statement.

"What are you thinking Nami! What about the plan!? How can you possibly risk it all on this kid?" Genzo asked. Nojiko nodding in agreement with Genzo's statement. "Nami, we can't afford to risk everything like this! I mean that guy doesn't look any stronger than Genzo-san here!" Nojiko said. Grabbing her sister by the shoulders and shaking her. Nami lightly slapped her hands off her and gave her a lighthearted glare.

"I've seen this man fight on nearly even grounds with Hawkeyes Mihawk, and knock people out simply by glaring at them! He's not weak!" Nami said, annoyed that her sister and friend would question her new captains strength.

"Awww your gonna make me blush Nami!" Luffy said smiling with his closed. The two Cocoyashi residents looked at him closer but just couldn't see it.

Arlong Park is a small compound that is on the edge of the island complete with a pool that connects to the ocean and a large Japanese style pagoda house.

Arlong is a large, muscular, light blue saw-shark Fishman whose most distinctive trait is his saw-shaped nose. He has long, black hair with a widow's peak reaching down to his shoulders, under a brown ushanka. He has a fin on his nape, surrounded by his hair, and the gills are located on both the sides of his neck. He also has a unique tattoo on his left pectoral shaped like a blazing sun.

A marine captain named Nezumi, who looked like the love child of a woman and a rat... He actually has whiskers... Approached Arlong to negotiate the monthly bribe that Arlong would pay him for not reporting his activities to his superiors.

"Nezumi, I've been informed that Nami-san has come home from another thieving adventure. She is too close now to her goal of One Hundred Million beri's I want you to go to her house at the Tangerine farm and take her money. I don't care the excuse you use but make sure you get it. I get 80% of it, you get the rest. Kill anyone who tries to stop you, except little Nami of course. If you harm a hair on her head I'll kill you myself. Got it?" Arlong said, as he reclined on his beach chair. Nezumi nodded quickly and ordered his men to follow him.

Back at Nojiko's house the crew and associates were eating some tangerines and telling stories when Luffy felt a large group approaching the house. Zoro noticed the captains sudden alertness.

"What's going on captain? You sensed something?" Zoro asked. Luffy nodded in the affirmative.

"There is a group of twenty men approaching the house right now. They are weak though." Luffy said. Everyone was listening and looking out the windows.

"It's the marines! What the hell do they want? Shouldn't they be dealing with Arlong?" Sanji asked. Nojiko shook her head.

"No that's Nezumi, Arlongs personal Marine, he is totally in Arlong's pocket!" Nojiko shouted in rage. Luffy raised his hand in a calming gesture.

"I'll deal with this Nojiko, besides you want to see what they were talking about earlier right?" Luffy stated as he walked to the door opening it and seeing a group of Marines walking up to the house.

"What can we do for you marines?" Luffy asked, keeping his tone even. Nezumi walked forward and cleared his throat.

"Yes, I have heard that the "Cat Bugler" Nami lives in this residence. We have reason to believe she has stolen a sizable amount of treasure that belongs to citizens of the world government. It's my duty to make sure it all gets returned." Nezumi said with palpable arrogance. Nami and Nojiko growled with rage. Genzo was angry at the hypocrisy of it all. Luffy glared at the man.

"Why aren't you dealing with Arlong and not wasting your time on a small time thief that only steals from pirates Marine?" Luffy asked. Attempting to keep himself under control. One of the things he hated most in this world was corruption. At least Pirates are honest with themselves and those around them. Real Pirates at least.

"What we do and how we do it is of no concern of a civilian. Step aside and let us search the premises for contraband! Men tear this place apart!" Nezumi shouted. Luffy had heard enough and sent a moderately powerful blast of Conquerors Haki at the marines behind Nezumi but avoiding Nezumi completely. Earning shocked gasps from both Nojiko and Genzo. When Nezumi heard no shouts in the affirmative he turned and his complexion became ghost white.

"W-W-What h-happened t-to my Men!?" Nezumi shouted in panic. Luffy grabbed the gun from Nezumi's holster as he told the man what he did. Then he threw the man to the ground in front of Nami, Nojiko, and Genzo.

"Why don't you guys let this marine know how you feel about his performance as a marine?" Luffy suggested.

Nezumi turned and looked at the three and whimpered in fear as they all cracked their knuckles and prepared their personal weapons. Several minutes later and a severely beaten Nezumi later...

"That was simply amazing Luffy-san!" Nojiko said as she walked up to Luffy. Luffy smiled at the compliment.

"Thanks Nojiko, but it's nothing at all really." Luffy said. Nami walked up to them and patted her sister on her shoulder.

"He's right sis! I've seen him do a lot more and you will to soon!" Nami said ecstatically.

"Well I guess it's time to get this show on the road then, you guys ready?" Luffy asked everyone as he grabbed Nezumi and started dragging him off to Arlong Park.

At Arlong Park.

"Where the hell is that rat! It's been plenty of time, he should have found the gold and get back here. If I find out he stole it all for himself I'll kill him slowly!" Shouted and aggravated and impatient Arlong. One of Arlong's elites, Kurobi. A ray fishman approached Arlong.

"Arlong-san perhaps Nami has betrayed us and attacked Nezumi-san? It was reported that she had several people with her, was it not?" Kurobi suggested. Arlong scoffed.

"Why would she betray us when she is apparently so close? She can't need more than one or two more trips to have all the money..." Arlong reasoned. Kurobi shrugged. He never trusted Nami from the start anyways.

Moments later there was a large explosion as the gate of Arlong Park was destroyed. When the smoke cleared they seen a group if teens with Nami leading them. They were also followed by what seemed to be every villager from Cocoyashi village. Arlong sighed, and glared at Kurobi, who simply smirked at him.

"Guess you were right Kurobi... I will have to show Nami-san the error of her ways now." Arlong said. Luffy stepped forward.

"Which one of you fish bastards is Arlong?!" Luffy shouted. Arlong glared at the young man.

"I'm Arlong, what do you want human?" Arlong answered and asked. Luffy threw Nezumi at Arlongs feet.

"I want you to keep your trash out of Nami and Nojiko's garden!" Luffy said angrily. Arlong looked at the bloody and black and blue human laying at his feet.

"Am I supposed to be scared by the site of my useless subordinate marine being beaten up? I could have done this without even getting up from my chair..." Arlong said. Luffy answered with a solid punch to Arlongs cheek launching him across Arlong Park into the brick retainer wall then straight through it where he proceeded to cut a swath through the hills outside Arlong Park. All the fishmen were shocked and angered by the unprovoked attack. Luffy blasted all the fodder fishmen into blissful unconsciousness so that his men could fight the fishmen without interference.

Chew, Kurobi, and Hachan were all speechless at the unfortunate turn of events. Arlong as not returned yet and all the backup was gone. Kurobi turned to Hachan.

"Hachi call Momo! We need to take care of these guys quickly!" He shouted. Hachi nodded and ran to the pool and blew into a trumpet. Luffy snickered at what he heard. The villagers were curious as to the reason but did not ask. Some time passed as Arlong returned to the battlefield. 'What the hell did that kid do!? I feel like he gave me a concussion...' Arlong thought as he gently shook his head.

"Hachi, what are you doing? Where is Momo?" Chew asked. Arlong shook his head in the negative.

"I don't know Chew, he seems to not be around?" Hachan asked. Luffy stepped forward.

"I can answer that question. He tried to attack us before we landed on this Island. So I tamed him and then sent him back to the Grand Line where he belongs. It was really easy!" Luffy said.

"Zoro, why don't you take the octopus guy, Sanji you take the guy in the gi, and Usopp you take the thin lipped guy." Luffy commanded. Everyone nodded in acceptance, even Usopp. Asked Johnny and Yosaku to borrow their swords, they willingly handed them to him, then he jumped into the fray to attack Hachi. Sanji flew at Kurobi with an extended foot. Usopp shot Chew in the face then bolted out of the park.

Zoro and Hachi were facing off against each other when Hachi suddenly attempted to spit black ink on Zoro "Zero Visibility: Octopus Hachi Black" Zoro dodged it completely.

"Why are you trying to spit on me?! Can't I get a real swordsman once in a while? Not one that cheats and uses tricks?" Zoro asked. Hachan looked surprised.

"You want a fair fight, then let me get my swords!" Hachi said. Zoro nodded.

"Get your weapons, I will not attack an unarmed man... er Octopus." Zoro said. Hachi jumped up the side of the building and climbed into a window, coming out shortly with six swords.

"You ready to do this Octopus?" Zoro asked. Hachan nodded.

"You'll never beat me human. Each of my six swords weighs more than 650 pounds! How can you possibly fight that kind of power?" Hachan asked, hoping to intimidate the human. Hachan did not harbor the same deep seeded hatred for Humans that the others in his crew did, so he would avoid having to kill a human if he could.

"The weight on my sword is far heavier than all of those swords combined. You would never understand what rests on this blade." Zoro said as he placed his hand on the handle of Wado Ichimonji. Hachan shook his head and charged at Zoro.

"It doesn't matter! I can't just let you guys get away with attacking us!" Hachan shouted as he swung all six blades at Zoro. Zoro however blocked the blades easily. "Santoryu: Sword Wolf Floating!" Zoro shouted as he forced his body to spin at high speeds causing a localized whirlwind and throwing Hachan back several yards and some minor lacerations across his chest and arms.

"Nice attack human! What's your name?" Hachan asked, it has been a while since he had a good fight.

"Roronoa Zoro is my name, remember it Octopus." Zoro answered. Hachan growled.

"If I am to call you Zoro then you should at least call me by my name Hachan!" Shouted. "Octopus Foot Miracle Swords" Hachan lunged at Zoro swinging his swords wildly as Zoro weaved in and out of them with apparent ease.

"You're gonna have to do better than this, Hachan. If you can't you won't even be able to kill my boredom." Zoro said. Hachan charged at Zoro and readied another attack "Octopus Pot Stance" Hachan pointed all his blades directly at Zoro thrusting them forward again Zoro was able to block the attack and return his own in kind. "Santoyu: Demon Slash!" Zoro shot forwards scoring a large cut on Hachi's body throwing him into the pool. Zoro sheathed his blades and returned the unnamed ones to Johnny and Yosaku while taking a position against the wall to watch the rest of the fights play out.

Sanji and Kurobi were glaring at each other.

"Why are you humans helping that witch? Nami lives on betrayal! She plans on betraying you as we fight here I bet." Kurobi said. But that was the wrong thing to say as Sanji was livid at his disrespect towards the woman of his dreams.

"How dare you insult Nami-swan like that!" Sanji shouted as he blitzed towards Kurobi at speeds that surprised the fishman. "Shoulder Shot!" Sanji attempted a overhead kick to the fishmans shoulder and was blocked.

"I'm a level 40 master of Fishman Karate! There is NO way a lowly human like yourself could beat me!" Kurobi shouted, looking down on the human as he does most of the human species.

"You know, I wonder how you guys would taste if I sauteed you with a fine wine for flavor?" Sanji asked, genuinely curious. Kurobi did not like the idea of being sauteed. "Hundred Tile True Punch" Launching a hard straight punch at Sanji hitting straight in the chest sending him flying into the wall cracking it.

"Hahaha... That just goes to show you how weak humans really are. One hit and you are down like that." But something seemed off to Kurobi. The blond human was actually lighting a cigarette seemingly unconcerned about his current predicament.

"You're a level 40 master? Then my teacher must have been a level 400 master! That punch was weak!" Sanji shouted then quickly launched into a handstand and performed a spinning kick "Côtelette" The kick was far too quick and close for Kurobi to dodge and he took it point black and at full strength to the ribs. Sending him flying across the park.

"Uhhh... That hurt" Kurobi mumbled to himself as he climbed hack to his feet spitting some blood. 'I better take this human seriously. He seems strong enough to be a threat, I wonder how strong that one in the straw-hat is if he isn't enve fighting after punching Arlong-san yet.' Kurobi thought.

"I'm gonna give you a strong attack right now Human, see how you like it." Kurobi seemed to take a wide stance and seemed to be concentrating on his fists as he prepared his attack. Sanji seeing the type of attack it will be before Kurobi even launches it charges forward. Kurobi grins as he readies the attack. "Thousand Tile True Punch" Sanji anticipated the attack because of the preparation he witnessed and he jumped into the extended arm then flew into the air higher, spinning adding momentum to his next attack. "Sheep Shot!" Sanji came down and laid a heavy boot into Kurobi's back muscle causing the fishman to cry out in agony as he flew into the retaining wall just like his captain earlier.

Usopp w as running for his life from an angry half blind fishman. He had gotten a few lucky shots with his "Tabasco Star". Getting the hot sauce into the eyes of Chew. Chew was firing random balls of water at Usopp as he kept a wide gap between himself and Chew.

'Just how far can this human run!?' Chew thought as he fired a few more blasts of water. 'I have to keep track of my water usage or I will run out!' Chew thought. "Come here little human, let me end this for you nice and quick!" Chew shouted at Usopp.

"No thanks! I like living just fine." Usopp returned as he turned off the main road into the woods.

Chew continued to fire balls of water into the woods ripping pieces of the trees off as he did so, but never hitting his intended target. Usopp showing his superior sniping skills would pop out from time to time, a new hiding spot each time and fire a different attack. "Kayaku Boshi" shouted and fired a small explosive projectile at Chew hitting him square in the face. The fishman cursed his bad luck. Usopp ran back towards the road making sure to make noise as he laid out some cal-traps behind him. When he heard the Fishman cry out in pain he quickly shot another "Tabasco Star!" directly into his eyes, further ruining Chew's vision followed by two "Gunpowder Star".

Chew moaned in pain and impotent anger. He could barely see at this point. Usopp Hammer! Was the last thing he heard before he fell to blissful unconsciousness as Usopp began to smack him in the head repeatedly with a small hammer he had kept for ship repairs.

Usopp panted and looked down at his defeated foe. Feeling a sense of accomplishment he had never felt before. He rand back to Arlong Park cheering the name of Captain Usopp to anyone that could hear.

Luffy stepped towards Arlong, Arlong glared at him.

"Well Arlong, it looks like it's finally your turn. ALL of your generals are done. Some worse than others shishishi" Luffy chucked at the fishman's misfortune.

"You think you can beat me human? That punch earlier wasn't bad. I'll give you that but you aren't in my league Human. You know why Fishmen are superior don't you?" Arlong asked and waited for a response.

"Honestly I don't care what makes you think you are superior to me... The facts are this. You are going to get your ass kicked and there isn't a thing you can do about it. So what you need to do is put up or shut up" Luffy said, throwing Arlong off his normal game. Arlong recovered quickly and came at Luffy with a strong right punch which Luffy deftly dodged. He grabbed hold of Arlong's arm and then send a strong punch into Arlongs abdomen causing the man to suck wind. Luffy let go of his head and waited for the man to get his breath back.

"How the hell is he doing this I mean he's seriously toying with Arlong!" One of the villagers asked. This was quickly seconded and third-ed and so on by the other villagers.

"The Captain is too strong for Arlong, that's how. This fight is going to be boring..." Zoro said as he sat down to take a nap. The villagers were shocked at his apathy and lack of concern for his apparent captain.

"You guys need to relax! This is Monkey D. Luffy! The future Pirate King we are watching fight, enjoy the show, watch him humiliate Arlong! LUFFY! " Nami cheered Luffy on loudly. The villagers started following suit with Nami. Usopp got back and was shocked to see the villagers all chanting Luffy's name.

"What's this about Zoro?" waiting for a response he looks down and finds Zoro sleeping. 'Lazy bastard!' Usopp raged in his head. He turned to see Luffy schooling Arlong.

Luffy was weaving in and out of Arlongs teeth fist attacks. Then Arlong throw an attack and Luffy grabbed his arm laughing a heavy knee blow to Arlongs core.

"I don't even have to use my devil fruit on you at this point Arlong. It would be over kill." Luffy said, antagonizing the man further. Arlong was NOT a man that liked to be toyed with. Arlong flung water from his hand in the form of bullets at Luffy but again Luffy simply dodged every projectile.

"What kind of human are you?! I've never seen anyone in the Blues nearly as strong as you! It almost feels like I'm fighting Jinbei or something!" Arlong shouted. He was getting frustrated. He turned and ran into the main building of Arlong Park grabbing his sword Kiribachi "Now what are you going to do human!? Think that weak little sword on your waist can stand up against Kiribachi? No way it will!" Arlong shouted.

"Why should I draw my sword for someone like you? My sword wasn't given to me to swat flies..." Luffy said, keeping a stoic attitude hoping to enrage the fishman further. Arlong roared and swung the Kiribachi at Luffy who simply whispered "Bosushoku Haki" coating his arm in back armor and blocked the sword with his forearm. Causing it to shatter against Luffy's willpower. Arlong stared at the handle of his ex-sword for a moment before something in his mind snapped. His eyes became red and dilated Arlong charged at Luffy with new speed and ferocity.

"This isn't going to cut it! Just getting mad won't be enough Arlong!" Luffy shouted as he bent and weaved through attacks like a piece of paper swaying in the breeze. When the moment felt right he reached out and grabbed Arlongs arm and slammed him into the pavement hard enough to bury his head in the concrete. When Luffy let go Arlong Kicked him in the chest sending him flying back a few yards but otherwise causing no harm. Arlong then jumped into the pool.

'Ahh he wanted to get to the water and try something else? Well that's ok, there is nothing he has to penetrate my 'Bosushoku: Haki.' Luffy watches as Arlong swam under the water getting distance to gain speed. Arlong and started speeding towards Luffy who was standing near the edge of the water. "Shark on Darts" Luffy heard as Arlongs nose breached the surface of the ocean and came flying at Luffy with great speed. Stepped aside as Arlong was about to pass by him and smashed his fist into the back of Arlongs head sinking all of Arlong into a crater in the concrete. When Arlong did not get back up Luffy turned his attention to Arlong Park's main building.

Luffy put his thumb into his mouth, bit down and blew air into his bones. His arm quickly increased in size to the point that it looked like the limb of a giant. Gear Third! Luffy then jumped high into the air, maintaining the height with Geppou He threw his fist backwards and called out the attack "Gomu Gomu no Gigant Pistol!" Sending the attack down and through the main structure of Arlong Park turning it into nothing more then a pile of rubble. Luffy allowed the air to deflate from his body.

"So Nami! Are we Nakama now? You going to map the world with us!?" Luffy asked, giving her a huge smile that split his face from ear to ear. Nami ran to him and engulfed him in a huge hug.

"I knew you would do it! I just knew it! She shouted as she pressed her face into his neck and shed tears of joy to the sound of cheering villagers behind them.