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Chapter 15 - Nami's Plead

"Usopp! Nami did this to you!?" Luffy gasped in shock and disbelief as he looked at the bloodied face of Usopp.

"No... it's his fault" Sanji said as he blamed Zoro.

"Only your fault" Zoro refuted as he blamed Sanji back.

"Actually it's the both of you that is in fault" Kaito remarked as he chuckled at their antics.

"Luffy! you are here, too?" Usopp asked as he woke up.

"I also came ah... as well as this guy" Sanji greeted Usopp as he pointed at Kaito which waved his hands at Usopp as a greeting.

"I will kill you one day!" Usopp threatened Sanji as he bowed his head at Kaito in response.

"I thought Nami killed you?" Zoro questioned.

"It's the opposite, she is the one who saved me" Usopp stated as he explained to them how she saved him.

"I think there must be a reason why she joined those fishmen pirates" Usopp added with a thoughtful look.

As they were discussing what's the connection between Nami to the fishmen and how they can beat Arlong, someone suddenly came up to them.

"It's hopeless" a young woman with blue hair stated to them.

"Nojiko" Usopp said as he turned around and saw her.

"Who's that?" Luffy questioned as he looked at Usopp for an answer.

"That's Nami's sister" Usopp answered to them as Sanji started rambling how beautiful she is while Kaito just looked at the sky with a thoughtful look.

"What do you mean by that?" Zoro questioned at her.

"I will tell you everything if you leave this island" Nojiko suggested at them with both of her hands at her hips.

"I don't want to listen to that because I don't care about her past" Luffy stated with no hesitation as he looked at her.

"I am going to take a walk" Luffy added as he turned around and walked away as Usopp questioned him in disbelief as to why he didn't want to listen.

"He...?" Nojiko was dumbfounded at Luffy as she watched him walked away.

"That's just the way he is" Zoro commented with a smirk on his face.

"Tell us, we'll listen however... nothing is gonna change" Zoro added as he started to fall asleep.

"Then why are you sleeping?" Nojiko questioned in disbelief as you can faintly hear Kaito laughing.

"You told her that you'd listen, but you fell asleep before she can even begin" Usopp remarked as he popped a vein in his head.

"I will listen to you" Usopp added with a serious look.

"Me too" Sanji stated with a big smile.

"I might as well" Kaito said nonchalantly.

"...zZzZz..." Zoro snored as he leaned on the tree while sleeping peacefully.

"That's why these people give Nami such a headache" Nojiko muttered as she sighed and looked at them.

Nojiko started narrating the story about their past at how Arlong killed their mother and Nami joining their crew in order to buy off the village.

"Since 8 years ago... she have never cried again and never asked anyone for help" Nojiko stated with a sad look on her eyes.

"...Because she doesn't want to die like our mother" Nojiko added in a sad tone.

"Tch..." Kaito clicked his tongue in disgust at Arlong's action as his hand started to itch for a fight with these fishmen.

"Because it was the only way to save the village... she decided to join the people that killed her mother..." Usopp stated with a frown on his face.

"ANY PERSON WHO HURT NAMI-SAN'S FEELING... I WON'T LET THEM LIVE PEACEFULLY!" Sanji shouted in anger as fumes come out of his nose.

Bonk~

"Why did you do that miss?" Sanji questioned in disbelief.

"I came here to tell you to not do anything stupid" Nojiko answered as he looked at him.

"...If you get involved with her then all Nami's plan for the past 8 years would come to waste" Nojiko added with thoughtful look.

As the three of them were discussing about Nami's past and Arlong's action, they saw Nojiko walked away.

"Where are you going beautiful lady?" Sanji asked as he looked at her back.

"I'm going back... I've already finished what I came here to do" Nojiko answered without looking back as she walk away.

"What do we do now?" Usopp asked as he didn't know what to do next.

"How about we look for Luffy first" Kaito suggested.

"...and wake up Zoro" Kaito added as Sanji smiled evily and kicked Zoro's face which woke him up in anger.

"There they go again..." Kaito said as the two of them watched Sanji and Zoro brawled again.

...

In Cocoyashi Village

"I-If you go, Genzo... you will be killed!" Nami stated with her hands holding a dagger.

"We know" Genzo replied as he grasped the blade of the dagger with his bare hands as blood flowed out of it.

"Nothing will help... we've decided" a villager stated with determination.

"Let's go everyone... even though we can't win, we have to show our pride!" Genzo shouted as all the villagers stampede towards Arlong's base.

Sob~ Sob~

"...ARLONG...ARLONG!!" Nami shouted as she dropped at the ground on her knees when she took the dagger to stab at the tattoo on the back of her shoulder.

Out of nowhere, Luffy appeared behind her as he grasped her hands to stop her constant stabbing of her shoulder.

"Luffy... what is it now? you don't know anything!" Nami yelled at him as tears trickled down her cheeks.

"No, I don't know anything" Luffy answered.

Sob~ Sob~

"I told you to get off of this island!" Nami stated as she cover her face with her hands.

"Yes... you've already told me" Luffy answered.

They stood silent for minute before Nami turned to look at him with red and watery eyes.

"L-Luffy... help me..." Nami asked for his help as he looked at him with tears falling from her eyes.

Luffy stayed silent as he walked past her and placed his straw hat on her head.

"SURELY, I WILL HELP YOU!" Luffy shouted with anger on his face as he walked towards Arlong's Park.

When he started walking forward, he saw four people at his front who seems to be waiting for him.

"Let's go!" Luffy ordered them with a serious look.

"Yeah!" all four of them nodded as they followed Luffy.

Nami covered her mouth as she cried when she looked at the back of the five people that are currently walking towards Arlong's Park.

( N/A: btw Kaito already changed his clothes to the iconic phantom kid outfit in this scene so yeah... )

...

In the Arlong Park

Smash~

The front door of the Arlong Park suddenly broke as five men walked in.

"Which one of you is Arlong?" Luffy asked as he clenched his arms at them with a serious look.