Arlong Park part 6
*Arlong’s men carry him back to their base while he is still angry.*
Arlong: Let go!
*He gets out of their grip.*
Arlong: Fine him! I want that long nosed freak, now! To think that some lowly human scum would defy us fishmen!
*He begins to calm down.*
Arlong: Come on. We’re going back to Arlong Park.
*Usopp runs through the woods while being pursued by 3 of Arlong’s men.*
Usopp: Oh, man! I can’t shake these guys!
*He hides in a bush.*
Fishman Pirate 1: Hey, where’d he go?
Usopp: All those I’m favorite with leaving Captain Usopp alone, say “Aye”!
*He pops in and out of the bushes saying “Aye”.*
Fishman Pirate 1: You fool. You’re dumber than I thought.
Usopp: Oh, you agree with me, too. That’s great!
*They jump at Usopp, but quickly realize they grabbed a log.*
Usopp: Special attack! Egg star!
*He shoots some rotten eggs at the fishmen, blinding them and allowing Usopp to escape.*
Usopp: I guess fishmen aren’t all that cracked up to be. Not one of those scaly morons can catch Captain Usopp! Hehehehe!
*But he nearly falls off a ledge near the shore with a skinny tree on it.*
Usopp: That’s odd, I’m back at the shore. How’d I get here?
Fishman Pirate 1: I think I heard him up here.
*They arrive at the ledge but don’t see him.*
Fishman Pirate 1: That’s odd. He’s not here.
Fishman Pirate 2: Must have been hearing things.
Fishman Pirate 3: That guy sure can run.
Fishman Pirate 1: Alright guys, let’s move on.
*As they leave, they don’t notice that Usopp is hiding behind the tree. At the bottom of the shore, Another one of Arlong’s officers integrates one of the villagers.*
Villager: I don’t know…
Chew: Right. I hope for your sake that you’re not lying.
*But Usopp loses his grip and falls down, catching the eyes of Chew.*
Usopp: Ow…
*The villager tries to warn Usopp from a distance.*
Usopp: Huh? Oh, I’m fine! I made it dish safe and sound as you can see-
*Chew emerges from the water.*
Usopp: Eeehhh…
Chew: I can’t tell you how pleased I am that you’re here.
Usopp: Yeah…
*At Arlong Park*
Zoro: What’s taking so long? Luffy, where are you? 5 more minutes of this and I’ll die of boredom.
*Zoro hears someone from the other side of the gate.*
Hatchan: Momoo! Food’s ready! Huh, he must have eaten already. Oh, that’s weird.
Zoro: Sure is.
*He sees Zoro sitting on the wall.*
Hatchan: Hey, who are you?! Speak now! Oh, me? I’m Hatchan, but friends call me Hachi.
Zoro: You a fishman, too?
Hatchan: Of course, of course! I’m an amazing octopus fishman! Looks to me that you’re just a human.
Zoro: Yeah.
Hatchan: A marine. Or possibly a guest.
Zoro: A guest… I guess you could say that.
Hatchan: Arlong’s not here, is he?
Zoro: No. I thought you might know where he is.
Hatchan: Apparently there’s some long nosed guy running around and causing trouble. So Arlong locked up the long nose’s friend here and went to Cocoyashi Village to hunt down that pesky trouble maker.
Zoro: Damn it, Usopp. Well, I better save him. So this Cocoyashi Village, how do I get there?
Hatchan: Get in.
*He points to the large pot floating in the water.*
Hatchan: You are a guest. Hop in, I’ll take you, swordsman.
*Arlong arrives at his base. But he finds all his men that were stationed there have been rendered unconscious.*
Arlong: Ggrrr… What the hell happened here?! Who did this to you?! Who did this to you, brothers?!
Fishman Pirate: Roronoa…
Arlong: What are you saying?
Fishman Pirate: Roronoa… Zoro…
Arlong: The pirate hunter?! Has he come to collect my head?!
Fishman Pirate: We had him… that man we caught. It was him. He was Zoro.
Arlong: That’s him?!
Fishman Pirate: The swordsman is… Zoro…
*Chew arrives dragging Usopp by his nose.*
Chew: Arlong, found him.
*He sees the damage that has been done.*
Chew: What is this?!
Arlong: Took ya long enough, Chew.
*Just near Cocoyashi Village, Hatchan drops Zoro off at a dock.*
Hatchan: Well, here we are. Cocoyashi Village. Arlong should be around here somewhere.
Zoro: Oh, great. Thanks.
Hatchan: No problem. Bye now.
*He leaves.*
Zoro: That was strange. Arlong should be around here somewhere. So I’d better find Usopp.
*Chew drops Usopp in front of Arlong.*
Arlong: Catching this scum is more than enough to satisfy my hunger.
Usopp: Oh, then let me go. I’m sorry about earlier. I was just saying hello. That’s just how we do it in my village.
*Arlong stabs a sword into the ground and in front of Usopp’s face.*
Arlong: Long nose, you’re one of Zoro’s men right? It’s only natural for well known bounty hunters to come after me.
Usopp: Please don’t kill me! I didn’t have anything to do with Zoro! I promise! Please don’t kill me!
Chew: Chew. Enough of your cowardly lies. Even if you don’t know Zoro, you still stood against Arlong. You die either way.
*Kuurobi inspects the rope that held Zoro.*
Usopp: Ok, I lied! Zoro and I are like brothers! And if you don’t get your creepy webbed fingers off me, he’ll show up and kill you all!
Arlong: Is that right? So if I kill you, Zoro show up?
Usopp: No, that’s not what I’m trying to say! I was trying to say the exact opposite! Killing me is bad! If you keep me alive, Zoro will show up, see?!
Kuurobi: What I want to know is how. How did he escape?
Arlong: What do you mean?
Kuurobi: What I mean is someone let him escape. I think it was Nami who let him in. So that bastard could take your head.
Fishman Pirate 1: Now that you mention it, she has been acting strange lately.
Fishman Pirate 2: Yeah, she even knew and jumped into the water for him.
Fishman Pirate 3: Don’t tell me she was with Zoro from the start and tricked us all.
Kuurobi: Don’t forget, her chief skill is deception.
*Nami enters.*
Nami: Enough of this! You should be ashamed! This is just pure conjecture!
Usopp: Nami?
Nami: How dare you? You would call me a traitor? I swore I was a member of this group 8 years ago. My loyalty is shown with this tattoo.
Arlong: I’m sorry, Nami. It’s natural for you to be upset. But you should know I don’t suspect you of anything treacherous, Nami, I trust you. After all, we’ve known each other for 8 years. We’re just a little on edge is all. Surely you can understand that? We need to focus on Zoro and his gang of bounty hunters.
Usopp: Nami, say something! Please, Nami!
*She looks at all the pirates that Zoro had knocked out.*
Nami: He just had to go and do that…
Kuurobi: What’s wrong, Nami? You’re pale. Are you feeling ok?
Nami:…
Kuurobi: As for long nose here, not even you can save him now. Not that he defied Arlong.
Nami: How long? How long will I be suspected of betrayal?
Kuurobi: You're too clever for your own good.
Nami: I’ll have the amount Arlong and I agreed to soon. It doesn’t make any sense you betray you now.
Usopp: The amount they agreed to?
Kuurobi: I know. 8 years ago, you agreed to purchase Cocoyashi Village for $100 million. But I just can’t figure it out. You love nothing except money. You betrayed your family and friends for it. So why do you care for this village now? This puny little heep of houses. I thought long and hard about it. But I found this in your room.
*He holds up a map.*
Nami: It can’t be. That my…
*In Cocoyashi Village.*
Zoro: What do you mean?! He was captured?!
Townsfolk 1: Yeah! They took him back to Arlong Park!
Townsfolk 2: That courageous young man stood up to Arlong and those fishmen. But he’s probably dead by now.
Zoro: This is bad. They won’t be forgiving me after I got caught from my last visit.
Hold on, Usopp!
*He starts running to find Arlong Park.*