Chapter 14: East Blue Arc: Luffy in Big Trouble! Fishmen vs. the Luffy Pirates!

"Hey, do you think those two idiots were part of Zoro's group?" Arlong asked.

"Zoro's?" Kuroobi echoed. "They seemed too weak for that. They're not even worth killing."

"That's for sure." Arlong burst out laughing.

"Well, so much for my plan." Sasha muttered, Luffy having broken down the door of Arlong Park with his fists.

"Which one of you is Arlong?" Luffy demanded.

"My name happens to be Arlong." Arlong replied.

"I'm Luffy." Luffy walked forward.

"So, what are you?" Arlong gave the rubber teen a side-glance.

"A pirate." Luffy declared. "Move!" he knocked out two of the fishmen underlings who were blocking his path.

"What does a pirate want from me?" Arlong asked.

"Baka." Sasha sighed, seeing Luffy sent Arlong into a wall with a punch to the cheek.

"Who the hell are you?" Arlong demanded.

"Don't make our navigator cry!" Luffy growled.

"Why you!" the other fishmen leapt up from the lagoon. "How are you insult Arlong?"

"Butt out, small fries!" Sanji kicked the group away. "You just had to run on ahead by yourself."

"It's not like I'd lose on my own." Luffy retorted.

"I knew it." Kuroobi frowned, seeing Usopp was still alive. "The girl was a traitor, just as I suspected."

"A pirate, huh?" Arlong chuckled. "I see. So that's what you guys' deal is. You were after Nami right from the very start. But what can you four inferior creatures possibly do?"

"Fool!" Hatchan mocked. "You're not worth Arlong's time. He'll be more than enough." turning to the lagoon, he summoned Mohmoo. "The whole lot of you will be food for him. Come on out, Mohmoo."

Emerging from the water, Mohmoo peered closer before noticing Luffy's group.

"Oh, it's him?" Luffy recognized the sea cow.

"He's a friend of the fishmen?" Sanji wondered.

Tearing when he remembered Sasha using her Haki to tame him and not wanting to go against the Dragon Goddess, the sea cow turned back.

"Wait, Mohmoo!" Hatchan shouted. "Where are you going? Get back here, Mohmoo!"

"Mohmoo, what are you doing?" Arlong demanded. "Though, if you want to run away, I won't stop you. Understand, Mohmoo?"

With Arlong's threat looming over his head, Mohmoo turned to attack the intruders.

"I'll do it." Luffy declared as Zoro and Sanji readied to fight. "This is a waste of time." and anchored both his feet into the concrete floor.

"What's he planning now?" Sanji wondered.

"I don't get a good feeling about this." Zoro noted.

Twisting his body, Luffy grabbed onto Mohmoo's horns.

"He has a Devil Fruit's power?" Arlong recognized the ability.

"What's he doing?" Sanji gaped.

"I dunno, but it doesn't look good." Zoro stated and prompting the others to retreat.

"Gum-Gum Pinwheel!" Luffy unwound himself, using Mohmoo as a weapon to knock the charging fishmen away before flinging the sea ow away. "I didn't come here to take on these guys. The one I wanna beat up is you!" he pointed to Arlong.

"That's perfect, then." Arlong grinned. "I was just thinking of killing you now."

"That was dangerous, you!" Sanji fumed.

"Are you really sure you're the adopted one?" Zoro looked at the sweatdropping female.

"Huh?" Luffy blinked, trying to shake himself free.

"It would seem we need to fight, too." Kuroobi noted.

"Looks like we need to teach them the differences between us species." Chew agreed.

"The main forces finally show up, huh?" Zoro grinned.

"Arlong-san, please stay there quietly." Kuroobi requested.

"If you go on a mad rampage, you'll tear all Arlong Park into pieces." Chew agreed.

"We'll take care of these guys." Hatchan declared.

"Yeah, do as you wish." Arlong gave the go-ahead.

"That octopus is up to something." Zoro noted, as Hatchan took in a deep breath.

"Octopus is best with a little salt and sliced up." Sanji grinned. "Add some olive oil and paprika and it's a perfect snack while drinking."

"I'm kind of in trouble." Luffy gestured. "Hear me out."

"Take this!" Hatchan declared. "Zero Vision! Hachi Ink Jet!" he spat out a spray of black ink.

"You idiot!" Zoro snapped, the others having jumped out of the way when Luffy was caught in the jet of octopus ink. "Why didn't you dodge?"

"I can't see!" Luffy cried out, his entire body covered in ink.

"Now to finish you off." Hatchan then lifted one of the fallen stone debris.

"I can't seem to move." Luffy looked down at his anchored feet. "My feet are stuck."

"Why does he have to be so..." Zoro sighed.

"Hachi Ink Jet on the Rocks." Hatchan brought the debris down on the trapped Luffy.

Sanji countered by giving the quarter roof a kick and splitting it into half. "What a pain." the cook muttered. "Seems I've wound up following one hell of an idiot of a captain."

"Agreed." Zoro concurred.

"Hey, I never said he's a strategist in the first place." Sasha stated flatly.

"But he's 100 times better than a damn gang that'd hurt a lady." Sanji added.

"Lady?" Kuroobi echoed. "To think you'd bust in here just for that one lousy girl. You really know how to make us laugh."

"Lousy girl?" Sanji twitched. "Just try and insult Nami-san one more time, I'll use a buttered frying pan to turn you into meuniere, Fish Man."

"You seem somewhat skilled for a human." Kuroobi remarked. "Any sort of chivalry from a pirate is obviously half-hearted."

"Go ahead and see if my chivalry is half-hearted or not." Sanji challenged. " I was raised by an unbeatable pirate for half my life."

"It appears you don't know the true level of the fishman species." Kuroobi cracked his knuckles.

"What're they playing in Arlong Park for?" Hatchan wondered as Usopp pulled Luffy off in an attempt to free him. "Get back here."

"Hey octopus." Zoro stepped in. "They're busy right now. I'll take you on."

"Usopp, don't release him, idiot!" Sasha shouted, Luffy's rubber body shooting back to its original position once Usopp accidentally released him. "And... we're back to square one." she shook her head, the impact sending Chew flying backwards.

"Seems you really want me to kill you." Chew glared at Usopp and took off after the frightened sniper.

"Yup, definitely Yasopp-jii's kid." Sasha mumbled. "Aniki, what do I do with you?" she looked at her trapped sibling.

"You're all pathetic." Arlong scoffed. "Move. I'm sick of watching this."

"Arlong-san, we asked you not to rampage." Kuroobi argued.

"I won't," Arlong replied. "I just thought up a fun game. Do you really think you can beat us?" he mocked, dodging Luffy's punch and grabbing the stretched-out arm.

"We do, stupid-head!" Luffy glared. "Let go!"

Arlong simply knelt down and buried a hand underneath the concrete. "People with Devil Fruit powers can't swim." he dug Luffy out, the rubber teen still anchored in a slab of stone. "Though, even people without powers sink in this situation."

"Gum-Gum Pistol!" Luffy retaliated by slamming a fist into Arlong's face, only to have the fishman bite the arm. "Damn you!" he countered by biting onto Arlong's upper arm.

Unfazed, Arlong just tossed Luffy into the ocean.

"Zoro, Sanji, I'm leaving the fight to the two of you!" Sasha shouted and dived into the water to save her sinking sibling.

"Let's do it!" Zoro drew his blade. "There's no time."

"Just how many seconds will Rubber Man hold out?" Arlong mused.

"You can have the fish." Zoro stated.

"You can cut and trim the octopus." Sanji agreed.