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Chapter 19 - Warm Up

"It's Nami-sempai!" Yosaku exclaimed when he saw her.

"Nami... I am about to crush these worthless pirates to the ground, what are you doing here?" Arlong said as he asked her with a big smirk.

"I've come here to kill you" Nami stated with a serious look.

Arlong laughed out load as he mocked her and threatened her to join his crew again or he will kill every human villagers except for the Straw Hat's pirates.

"So Nami... will you join us or are you going to choose them" Arlong asked with a menacing look as the villagers complained about pressuring her.

"I am sorry everyone... please fight with me!" Nami turned around and apologize as she asked the villagers to fight with her together.

"SURE!" all the villagers exclaimed in agreement.

"You asked for it" Arlong said in a infuriated look.

AAAAHHHHHHHHHH~

Everyone was shocked including Arlong as that voice sounded familiar to all of them.

"He's back, the only thing left is to destroy that rock" Sanji stated as he slowly stood up.

"So, this is what you were talking about" Zoro said as he tried to stand up.

"Hahaha... as expected, Luffy won't die so easily" Kaito stated as he chuckled with a smirk.

As Sanji and Zoro tried standing up, someone dashed towards Arlong as he jumped high above him.

"Special Attack... Jack of Clubs" Kaito stated as he threw down a [100-ton Card] with a drawing of 'jack' carrying a hammer on it.

Arlong sneered at it as he shot out a high-powered water bullet to parry it but failed as it slammed down on his face and created a large crater beneath him due to the force and gravity.

Smack~ Crack~

Everyone was dumbfounded when they saw Arlong actually got hurt as some of his teeth fell to the floor.

"Sanji, I'll hold back this long-nosed fish... you go and save Luffy" Kaito stated as Sanji nodded and dived down.

"I'll help..." Zoro said as he stood up and unsheated his blade.

"No, you still haven't healed from you injury" Kaito refuted him as he can see that Zoro is struggling a bit due to the wound that Mihawk caused.

Spit~

Arlong stood up and he spit some broken teeth as it regenerated back.

"You're a devil fruit user aren't you?" Arlong questioned as he knew it shouldn't be possible for a poker card to have that much weight.

"So, what are you gonna do about it?" Kaito asked with a smug look.

As Arlong was about answered, a flying rotten egg was flying towards him as he blocked it by putting his palm towards it.

"I'VE COME TO RESCUE YOU GUYS!" Usopp shouted in a far away place as Arlong just sneered at him.

Kaito used the chance that Arlong was distracted as he launched an attack.

"Poker Style... Royal Flush" Kaito stated as he threw five [Small Explosive Card] consecutively at him as Arlong parried it all with water bullets and exploded which created smokes that covered his vision.

With the smoke blocking Arlong's vision, Zoro rushed in as Kaito tried to stop him but it was too late as he was too fast and Zoro managed to slash at Arlong's nose.

Clang~

Zoro cursed under his breath as he saw that his nose was fine without a scratch.

"Idiot, my nose cannot be broken... that's why it's really long" Arlong stated with a wide smile.

"If you were in 100% perfect shape, then maybe you can make some scars on my nose" Arlong added as he pushed his nose to his swords which made Zoro pushed back a little.

Suddenly Squidy stood up as he ran towards the ocean and was about to dived down when someone punched him back away at the sea.

"Sorry... well not sorry really but I can't let you pass" Kaito said to him as he kept glancing at Zoro with a worried look.

'That bastard, I told him to stay put now his injuries would start to act up' Kaito inwardly complained as he turned his head back to Squidy.

Clang~

"SEMPAI!" Yosaku and Johnny shouted in worries as they saw Zoro.

Kaito turned to look back at Zoro as he saw Arlong grasped him by the neck, Squidy used the chance that Kaito was distracted as he dashed and dived down the sea.

'Shit...' Kaito cursed as he let Squidy pass him and the fact that he couldn't go after him since he's a devil fruit user.

Kaito turned to look at Arlong and was about to dashed towards Zoro to help as Arlong threatened to kill him if he moves even one step.

"Why are you putting a lot of bandages?" Arlong questioned as he ripped off the bandages on his chest.

Everyone gasped in shock and disbelief as they saw a large scar that runs over his entire chest, they couldn't believe that Zoro is still alive.

As Arlong was about to kill Zoro, he stopped as Zoro laughed and rambled about how the wound would open up if he moved.

Arlong was confused at his rambling as he ignored it and was about to continue at killing him but stopped again as he heard a familiar shout.

"I'M BACK!" Luffy shouted in the air with excitement.

The straw hats and the villagers exclaimed in relief as they saw Luffy safe and sound.

"That rubber man brat!" Arlong said with a menacing look.

"You're late, Idiot!" Zoro remarked as he breath heavily.

"ZORO!" Luffy shouted as he stretched his arms at Zoro's shoulders.

"Eh... hey, don't... are you gonna...?" Zoro said as he started to panic while Luffy had a grin on his face.

"LET'S SWITCH!" Luffy shouted as he pulled back Zoro and switched places with him as Zoro flew off somewhere while cursing Luffy.

"Gomu gomu... bell" Luffy stated as he headbutted Arlong followed by a barrage of attacks at him as Arlong flew backwards.

"What are you doing?" Arlong asked as he looked unscathed.

"IT'S NOT WORKING AT ALL!" Yosaku and Johnny shouted as they remarked in disbelief.

"I have just finished... my warm up" Luffy stated with a blank look as he clenched his knuckles.