"I heard Roronoa Zoro was captured trying to come after the boss' bounty" a gray fishman says to another sitting across from him

"The pirate hunter? Just like a puny human to try and fight Arlong after getting the tiniest bit of fame" the green fishman responds

"Can you two repeat that?" a girl with orange hair says while walking up to the table "Who came after Arlong?"

"Roronoa Zoro. He's a pretty well known bounty hunter here in the East Blue, for a human. I'm sure Arlong didn't even break a sweat dealing with him." the green fishman says to her

"Actually I heard another human caught and brought him here before even reaching the island. He was tied up and wrapped in bandages on another persons boat." adds the gray fishman 

'Zoro coming after Arlong? That doesn't make sense. Especially captured on the way here? Did they follow me here?'

"Hmph, I wanna go see the person stupid enough to come after Arlong" the orange haired girl says as she turns around and walks away

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"Shahahaha! Pirate Hunter Roronoa Zoro! What a surprise I'd see you brought here to me. An inferior human daring to come after my head when you can't even beat your own kind!" a giant fishman with a saw like nose says while sitting on a throne

"I'm sick of hearing you call humans inferior Arlong" a girl says walking up behind the shark fishman

"Nami! Of course I don't mean you. Your talents were great enough to be recognized by me after all." 

"Nam... UGH!" Zoro was about to call out to the girl before getting poked in the stomach with a scythe "What was that for!" he whispers angrily

"Shush. We're undercover right now. Or did you already forget with your brain full of swords?" The Reaper replies

"You..."

"I didn't expect to see a human here. May I have the pleasure of knowing your name?" Reaper says while taking just a couple steps forward

*Flinch* 'Who the hell is that? I thought they made some stupid plan. I expected to see Usopp' Nami wonders while taking a step back from the person with a dark appearance

"I'm Nami, the cartographer for the Arlong Pirates"

"An 'inferior human' part of the great Arlong Pirates? Color me impressed. Your skills must be ten times greater than the average human" Zoro adds mockingly from behind

'Why does he feel the need to say the most pointless things!'

"Ignore him. I'm sure he's just upset he was captured"

"No! You dare try to mock me human!" Arlong stands up and steps towards the pirate hunter. He reaches his hand out to grab him by the throat

'Shit! Can't he just be quiet!' Rays thinks as he steps in front of Zoro and grabs Arlongs wrist. "He's no threat at the moment. Don't you think you're taking his words a little too personal?"

The shark fishman glares down at the hooded figure then yanks hit hand out of his grasp. He looks down at his wrist to see a bruise the shape of a hand around it.

"Who are you anyways! You bring him to me but when I try to harm him you retaliate?"

'Ah fuck it this is too much work' Ray aims his scythe towards the tied up Zoro and cuts the rope. He then tosses him his sword and says "We may have to do things you way"

"You see I may have lied a little. We aren't actually here for you, we came for her." say Ray while he points his scythe towards Nami

"Nami! WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS! Are you trying to go against me!" shouts Arlong

"N-no! The green haired man was one of my victims before and I'm guessing he met someone along the way to help him chase me!"

"SHAHAHAHA! I see! She completely had you strung along. Tricking people is her specialty, you were fooled!"

Zoro unsheathes his sword and points it at the shark fishman "Well it isn't like I trusted her anyways"

"Oh~? You think you can fight us with just the two of you?" Arlong says as his crew surround the two ready to fight 

"Who said there was only two of us?" Ray responds as he gets next to Zoro and whispers something in his ear

Zoro nods and gets in a fighting position holding his one sword.

"It doesn't matter how many of you there are! No human can defeat the Arlong pirates!"

"Is that so? Who says I'm human?" 

Even Arlong shivers at the words of the man holding a scythe. "Enough! Attack!"

"USOPP NOW!" Ray yells as he grabs onto Zoro and runs towards the exit

"SMOKE STAR x5!" A shout comes from nowhere as the entire area becomes shrouded in smoke

"See you later Arlong~" The Reaper says as he runs deeper into the smoke.

"AHHHG! Everyone! Chase them!"

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'I knew something bad was going to happen' the sniper grimaces as he sits on top of a tree staring at his two crew members surrounded by fishmen. Then he notices a man wearing a hooded gown look in his direction for a split second before turning back to talk to a giant shark fishman.

'It couldn't be... does he know I'm here? If that's the case' the sniper reaches into his pouch and grabs five pellets. He loads up his slingshot and holds his aim towards the crowded area.

"USOPP NOW!" he hears yelled. Without hesitation he shoots his slingshot. "SMOKE STAR x5!"

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*pant pant pant* "That was crazy! What happened in there?!" Usopp says after he's sure they lost the fishmen chasing them

"Nami was part of the Arlong Pirates. After that we decided we needed to get out. That's when Ray noticed you" Zoro explains as he sits down on a rock.

"Perfect timing by the way. I can see why you're the sniper" Ray compliments Usopp

"Don't try to change the subject! Nami is part of the Arlong Pirates?! Then let's leave!" 

""We can't"" the swordsmen and Reaper say at the same time before looking at each other then back at Usopp

"Luffy is our captain. It's his decision whether we give up on Nami or not" says Zoro

"Exactly. And even if we could decide to leave without her, we still have to wait for Luffy and Sanji to get here before we left." adds Ray

"Anyways, where did you lead us?"

Usopp sighs, realizing they were right "We're near Cocoyasi Village. It was the only place I thought we could hide without them finding us"

"It'll work for now but they saw which way we ran. They'll most likely go into the village looking for us. Who knows what they could do to the civilians?" 

Usopp panics as he didn't think of that "Th-Then what should we do? Should we hide somewhere else?"

""No"" Ray and Zoro respond simultaneously again "We can't put them in danger then leave. If they come here then we fight." Zoro finishes while side glancing at Ray "You can fight right?"

"Yes I can fight. Don't worry about it" Ray scoffs but deep down is a little nervous. 'I took a practice swing at Mihawk but I haven't actually fought anyone here. It seems my power has increased to scale with this world but I'm not sure if I can actually take on Arlong'

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"Arlong we lost them..." one of his underlings report

He rips the arm off his chair and shouts "HOW DID YOU LOSE 3 PUNY HUMANS!"

"B-But they ran in the direction of Cocoyasi Village! They're probably hiding there!" the fishman says as he falls to his knees scared

"Cocoyasi Village? That's perfect. I had plans to go there later anyways. ALRIGHT! Let's go everyone!"

From the side, Nami panics as she hears this statement and runs off. A manta-ray fishman notices her gone and stops Arlong before he leaves.

"Arlong, are you really going to let Nami go when she gets 100 million Beri?"

"Of course not, she's too valuable. I already have it taken care of."

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"So you're telling me your friends angered Arlong and now he's on the way here since you decided to hide in the village?" Nojiko asks

"Y-Yes but I wasn't that one that angered them okay! They didn't know about the situation." Usopp replies nervously

"Well you did shoot them with smoke bombs" points out Ray

"Oh shut it!" 

Nojiko sighs "Well you definitely put us in danger but he won't kill us, we're his source of income. Plus no one in the village has actually seen you right? It'll be fine. You just need to take your ship and leave.

"We can't" says Zoro instantly "We promised our captain we'd bring Nami back"

"Let me say something before you go off on him" Ray cuts in "Arlong has no desire to keep his promise. He's going to find a way to take away Nami's money before she can pay him off. We're better off staying here for her."

Nojiko looks at the man with a scythe on his back to ask "How can you be so sure? Who are you anyways?"

"A suspicious person" "Death incarnate" "A part of her crew" Zoro, Usopp, and Ray answer simultaneously. Ray also doesn't forget to punch slap Usopp in the back of the head for his remark.

"ARLONGS COMING!" the four hear shouted from inside the town

"Nojiko you should stay here. Usopp, wait for Luffy and tell him the situation. Me and Zoro are going into the village to chase off Arlong and his crew before anything bad happens. We'll meet up with all of you later." The Reaper says as he pulls the scythe from his back and leave the house

Zoro follows him and the two start heading towards the village. When they arrive, they see Arlong confronting an old man with a hat that has a pinwheel attached to it.

"I'll take Arlong" Zoro quickly says before unsheathing his sword and heading towards him

"Hold on there hot shot" Ray says as he grabs the swordsman by the collar making him fall backwards.

"You!"

"Just hold on. You're too injured, and we aren't here to beat them now. We just need to get them out of the village. I'll lead Arlong towards his park and you should take the fishmen behind him somewhere else. Do whatever you want after they're out of the village. If you finish before me go try to find Usopp."

"Are you saying you're stronger than me so you should be the on leading Arlong away?"

"If you weren't injured, who knows? But at the moment, yes. So go do your job" he says while walking into the village

"Tsk" Zoro clicks his tongue before falling him.

"HEY ARLONG!" Ray yells "Were you looking for us?"

"YOU TWO!" Arlong shouts as he drops the old man he was holding up by the throat.

'Just in time'

"If you want a fight so bad, let's do it at your wannabe castle! Meet me there unless you're scared of a 'puny human'" Ray taunts before running in the direction of Arlong Park. Zoro then runs in the opposite direction leading the shark fishman to get even angrier.

"YOU GUYS! CHASE THE PIRATE HUNTER! BRING HIM BACK TO ARLONG PARK ALIVE! NOW!" Arlong yells at his crew before storming off angrily in the direction Ray ran

When Arlong arrives, he notices over a dozen of his crew on the ground covered in blood. In the center he see's an ominous figure holding a scythe cutting down a certain manta-ray fishman.

"Kuroobi! How dare you human!" Arlong yells

The Reaper turns around to look at Arlong "You finally arrived? Your crew decided to entertain me while I was waiting" he says as he swings his scythe in the air to get all the blood off the blade.

"You're not getting out of here alive human." the shark fishman says as he slowly approaches the man

"We'll see about that. You'll be my first real battle since coming here, don't disappoint me okay?" The Reaper says while also walking towards the fishman

As this is all happening, a certain bounty hunter is running away from Arlong Park desperately.

'He's a monster! There's no way we can stay here! How did he massacre all those fishman so easily?!'

Bebuu

Hey guys! So I decided to make this chapter longer as I feel the other ones were too short. This will probably be how long I try to keep them from now on (maybe even longer). So if you'd prefer shorter chapter or longer chapters just let me know! :) Thanks for reading