Arlong Park part 4
*The sea beast stares at them.*
Luffy: It’s a cow!
Sanji: Not a cow. They don’t swim. A hippo?
Morbius: It’s probably a manatee.
Yosaku: Whatever it is, you can tell it’s from the sea! What’s it doing all the way out here?!
Luffy: Why’s he staring at us?
Morbius: Maybe it's pondering on life?
*Yosaku sees that it’s staring at the food.*
Yosaku: It wants the food!
Luffy: What?!
Yosaku: Quick, give it to him before he sinks the ship!
Luffy: Gum gum pistol!
*Luffy punches it in the face.*
Luffy: Bad sea cow! You stay away from our food!
Yosaku: Ah, yes! You knocked it out!
*But it’s now angry.*
Yosaku: Oh, crap! You made him mad!
Luffy: You want more?!
Morbius: Kick it’s ass!
*But Sanji kicks both of them.*
Sanji: Dumbasses! There’s no reason to punch this poor hungry hippo. It’s probably just a baby and can’t catch food for itself yet. That must be it.
Yosaku: You’re insane.
*Sanji grabs one of the plates of food.*
Sanji: Here, eat up. Don’t be scared. I won’t hit you.
*The sea beast opens its mouth wide, but Sanji kicks it.*
Yosaku: What the hell are you doing?! You damn jerk!
Sanji: It was gonna eat me along with the plate. What was I gonna do?
*The sea beast is even more angry and charges towards the boat.*
Yosaku: It’s gonna sink us!
Morbius: Luffy, punch that manatee again!
Luffy: Right!
Sanji: Stand back. This is my show.
*Sanji jumps high into the air.*
Sanji: Collier shoot!
*Sanji delivers a powerful kick to the opponent's neck.*
Luffy: Woah!
Sanji: Stupid hippo.
Morbius: I still say it’s a manatee.
*It lies unconscious in the water.*
Luffy: Back to the food!
Sanji: I worked up an appetite.
Yosaku: You guys are insane. Seriously.
Morbius: It’s best not to think about it.
*Meanwhile, Usopp wakes up in a house on the floor.*
Usopp: Where am I?
Woman: My house. Sleep well?
Usopp: Who are you?
Woman: I’m Nojiko. I grow tangerines here. Want one?
Usopp: Wait a minute! You’re the one who hit me on the head! Just when I was about to save you!
Nojiko: I was the one who saved you. If you had followed through in attacking that fishman you would have been killed for certain. Stupid outsider. You’d think a kid from here would know better. What would make a child do something so reckless? That’s something I’d like an answer for.
Chabo: I know, but they killed my dad! They took everything from me! Those fishmen destroyed our town! They sicced these huge monsters on us! Killed my friends! I had to make them pay for what they did! No matter what! Don’t you get that?!
Usopp: Monsters? So that’s what made those strange grooves in the ground?
Choba: The monsters made them. They’re gigantic!
Usopp: There’s monsters here, too?!
Choba: So I went to Arlong Park by myself. But this girl stopped me from going in! She’s like an evil witch! I can’t stand this! I have to avenge my father, even if I die!
Nojiko: Then die.
*Usopp spits out some tea he was drinking.*
Nojiko: If you're truly prepared to die, then go. But you’d better understand, boy. I stopped you. And this “witch” you hate stopped you from carrying out your revenge. So far, you’ve cheated death twice. Just finish your tea and go.
Usopp: Hey, you’re being a little rough on him, don’t ya think?
Nojiko: I don’t care who he is. If he wants to kill himself, then so be it. But you don’t have what it takes to suffer for revenge.
Usopp: What?
Nojiko: It takes time. I suffer from it as well. Revenge is not an easy path for one to carve out. And to die because you’re too foolish with patience is nothing but a coward’s plan.
*Choba starts to cry.*
Choba: What do you want from me?! I can’t stand the way I feel! But I don’t know what else to do!
Nojiko: Who’s your mom?
Choba: She’s alive.
Nojiko: Then go back home. She’s worried about you.
Choba: Ok…
*Choba leaves and walks back home.*
Usopp: You know, for a chick with tattoos you’re actually really sweet.
Nojiko: Piss off. It’s time you told me you came here to our village.
Usopp: Oh, right. My name is Captain Usopp. I’m looking for a girl named Nami.
Nojiko: Nami?
Usopp: No way! She’s part of the Arlong Pirates?!
Nojiko: It certainly looks that way. Everybody here knows that. Even the little boy knows. And it gets better. That girl is my sister and we grew up here. Well, technically she’s my adopted sister since we're orphans. But a sister’s a sister. Know what I mean?
Usopp: I don’t believe it. Nami’s house?
Nojiko: It’s mine too. We were raised together in this house together. She’s the closest thing I have to family since our foster mother died. The 3 of us used to be so happy in Cocoyashi Village.
Usopp: So you’re telling me Nami betrayed her mother, her sister and her whole village just to be a part of Arlong’s crew?
Nojiko: Yeah. Pretty much. A real witch huh?
Usopp: She's a total witch! She had us all completely fooled the time! To think she was only after the treasure for herself! Even when she risked herself to save my whole village! I don’t understand. She seemed so happy with us.
Nojiko: Yeah? She was happy? My sister…
Usopp: We came here to try and convince her to come back with us. But now I see it’s pointless. Now all I care about is getting our ship back. I’ll find the Going Merry and get out of here.
Nojiko: Is it that one?
*She points to a window and Usopp sees the Going Merry outside by the shore.*
Usopp: The Going Merry?! In a place like this?!
*But Usopp realizes something.*
Usopp: I just realized, a crewmate of mine was taken captive by the fishmen before we got here. I sure hope he’s ok. I just hope he’s not dead!
*At Arlong Park*
Nami: I see you finally get it. I just used you guys to get what I wanted. You were skilled enough to serve my needs. But boy, were all a bunch of suckers.
Arlong: Shashashasha! She got you good! You guys were completely fooled! It’s no use. She betrayed her own family for money. So you really shouldn’t feel too bad.
*But Nami has an angry look on her face, which Zoro sees.*
Arlong: If I were you, I’d try to forget the day you met her.
Zoro: I don’t need to. Cause I never saw anything in her to be trusted in the first place. She turned out to be a serial killer, I wouldn’t be surprised.
Nami: Fine, then why don’t you get the hell out of here? I’m tired of your face.
*Zoro jumps into the water, still tied with his hands tied behind his back.*
Fishmen Pirate 1: Can someone tell me why he jumped into the water?
Fishman Pirate 2: Looks to me that he was trying to get away from Nami.
Fishman Pirate 3: I don’t blame him. She can be real mean sometimes.
Fishman Pirate 4: He’s probably trying to escape.
Fishman Pirate 1: With his arms and legs tied up? No way.
Arlong: Leave him be.
Nami: That idiot!
*Nami jumps into the water after him and brings Zoro back to the surface.*
Nami: What do you think you’re doing?
Zoro: No, what do you think you’re doing? You’re really just a nice girl who can’t watch a man drown. Why don’t you quit pretending? And you might want to jump in a little quicker next time, I thought I was dead.
Nami: You bastard!
*She steps on Zoro’s wound.*
Nami: Try that again and I’ll make sure you die!
Zoro: Really?
Nami: That’s a lot of bandages. You must have been hurt real bad.
Zoro: Actually, I forgot my shirt. Grabbed these so you wouldn’t get distracted.
*She then punches him.*
Arlong: Tell me, what should we do with him?
Nami: Lock him up. I’ll take care of him when I have the time.
*The fishman who was chasing Usopp arrives.*
Fishman Pirate 5: Arlong!
Arlong: Yeah, spit it out. What is it?
Fishman Pirate 5: Well, sir. This guy didn’t come here alone. There was another long nosed guy with him but he got away.
Zoro: What the hell Usopp? You left me for dead and got spotted anyway?
Fishman Pirate 5: I think he escaped into Cocoyoshi village.
Arlong: Cocoyoshi village, huh? That’s perfect. Now I have 2 reasons to go. It’s time to have some fun.