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Chapter 21 - Celebration

"Hoh~ he can escape?" Arlong questioned as he sneered and mocked at him.

"Shark on Darts" Arlong stated as he speed off and striked towards him with his nose.

Luffy immediately jumped sideways as he barely managed to dodge it while breathing heavily.

Whish~ Whoosh~

Arlong kept striking him with the same attack as Luffy would barely dodged all of them when Arlong dived down back on the sea.

The villagers and the others shouted as they advised at him to get out of there which Luffy refused at them in response.

"I will catch him... and break his nose" Luffy stated as he got ready for the next attack with full concentration.

"Why don't you try again, little shark" Luffy added and taunted as fumes come out of his nose.

Usopp and the others still kept shouting at Luffy to get out of there.

"Rubber Shield" Luffy stated as he stretched his fingers in front of him like a shield.

Arlong emerged out of the sea as he shoot off directly at him while Luffy jumped backwards the moment Arlong was about collide as they flew backwards and crashed at the building.

Crash~ Thud~

"Hehe... I can defeat your technique now" Luffy stated as he chuckled but had to stopped as Arlong hit him below the ground.

"You can't escape from me" Arlong stated as he ready another attack.

"That was just a lucky shot" Luffy said as he gritted his teeth.

"DIE!" Arlong shouted as he flew towards Luffy.

"Gomu gomu... rubber net" Luffy stated as his fingers turned into a net and threw it at Arlong as he got stuck on it.

"The fisherman cast by a net, followed by... staff" Luffy added as he kicked Arlong's chest and slammed down as it created a crater on the ground.

"Eh... is he dead?" Luffy questioned as he saw him not moving at all.

Arlong woke up when his iris changed as he stood up while he grabbed Luffy and threw him at a wall.

Crash~

"That was so scary!" Luffy said in a shocked tone.

Arlong punched him and he jumped as the fist passed through the walls when Arlong grabbed a sword inside as he unsheathed it.

"What's that?" Luffy asked as he saw a gigantic sword.

Arlong spinned around with the sword as he rushed towards Luffy while he climbed higher and higher above the building.

Crash~

Luffy crashed inside the building as Arlong followed behind him.

...

"He went inside" Sanji stated as he stared at the top of the building.

"Ah... now I can't see their battle" Kaito commented disappointedly.

"The left window of the highest floor..." Nami stated as she stared at the hole at the top of the building.

"...The navigation room" Nami added in a worried look.

The villagers started to looked worried as it's been a few minutes of silence inside the building.

"Damn it! I don't know what will happen to Luffy-sempai" Yosaku stated as he cursed with a worried look.

Smash~

Suddenly, everyone looked above as they saw a table flew out of the room that Luffy and Arlong are currently inside.

"A table" Sanji stated as he smoked his cigarette.

"Hah... just a table" Johnny stated as he sighed in relief.

"That was scary... I thought that it was Luffy-sempai!" Yosaku exclaimed in a worried tone.

"Hey buddy! you don't trust Luffy-sempai?" Johnny questioned him as the both of them started arguing.

Nami looked in silence at the table that flew out of the building as she recognized it.

Smash~

Another furniture flew out as this time it was a cabinet and another one as furniture kept flying out.

"Luffy?" Nami asked as she recognized all the furnitures that flew out.

"Why are furniture kept flying out?" Usopp questioned as he wondered what Luffy and Arlong are doing inside.

Kaito just glanced at Nami as he saw her looking at the furnitures that flew out with a thoughtful look.

Kaito saw as Nami covered her mouth while tears trickled down her cheeks as he faintly heard a whisper from her.

"Thank you..." Nami whispered with red and watery eyes.

Kaito stood up and walked towards Sanji as he patted his shoulder.

"Hm... what?" Sanji turned around to look at him as he saw Kaito pointing at Nami.

Sanji saw that Nami had tears trickling down on her cheeks as he immediately stood up.

"You should be good at talking to ladies, right?" Kaito asked as he glanced at Nami.

"...Then go and comfort her" Kaito added as he suggested to him.

Sanji nodded as he instantly arrived at Nami's side and started to talking to her.

"She should be fine..." Kaito said as he leaned on a wall and sat down.

Out of nowhere, a long stretched leg emerged out of the building's roof as it slammed down and destroyed the whole building.

Boom~ Crash~

Everyone gasped in shock and disbelief as the building started to crumble into pieces.

"Arlong Park has collapsed" a villager stated in disbelief.

"This is dangerous! let's take shelter!" a villager suggested as they all ran away of the building.

"Let's go Nami-sempai!" Johnny suggested as she hold her back from going inside the crumbling building.

"But Luffy is still in there!" Nami exclaimed with a worried look.

Boom~ Crash~ Thud~

...

After a few minutes

Everyone stopped running as they were dumbfounded when they looked at the crumbled building.

"Arlong Park is destroyed" a villager commented.

"Sempai!" Johnny exclaimed in a worried tone.

"What happened inside there?" Yosaku questioned as he looked at the crumbled building.

"Damn..." Kaito exclaimed in shock as he knew that Luffy was the one who destroyed the building.

"Who won?" Sanji asked as he was floating in the sea with Nojiko and Genzo.

"Arlong Park has collapsed, isn't that..." Genzo commented in shock when he suddenly saw a silhouette at the top of the crumbled building.

"LUFFY" Usopp shouted as he recognized the silhouette.

Everyone shouted his name in relief as they saw Luffy safe and sound.

"Is he hurt?" Usopp asked as he saw Luffy not moving at all.

"NAMI... YOU ARE MY FRIEND!!" Luffy suddenly shouted with all his strength at her.

Sob~ Sob~

"...Yes" Nami replied as her eyes started to turn red and watery again.

Everyone shouted in joy as they started to cheer and dance while Luffy smiled and laughed with a joyful look.

As everyone was celebrating, they were suddenly interrupted by a shout.

"STOP RIGHT THERE!" a mouse looking face marine shouted at them with a smirk.

"That man..." the villagers exclaimed as they recognized his face.

The marine commander started rambling about how thanks to them, he will be able to get every berry of Arlong possessed as he ordered them to drop their weapons.

Before the commander could give the order to raid them, Zoro appeared behind him and grabbed his collar.

"ZORO!" Usopp gasped in surprise when he saw him.

"Everyone is happy... so, you'd be better not disturb them!" Zoro threatened him in a menacing tone.

The Straw Hat's Pirates started beating the hell out of them as they all got knocked down with bruises all over their bodies.

"You think that you can get away with this?" the marine commander stated as he threatened them.

"Still talking like this?" Sanji asked with a bit of surprise.

Nami walked passed Luffy as she gave him back his straw hat and walked towards the commander.

She beat the hell out of him as she threatened him and gave out multiple terms for him to follows.

The marines started running away as the commander gave one last shout to them as he talked about Luffy being punished soon.

The Straw Hat's pirates started discussing and wondered what his threat was about.

"We can't keep this joyful story to ourselves!" a villager shouted in excitement.

"Let's tell everyone on the island that Arlong has become part of history!" a villager exclaimed in joy as all the villagers ran back towards their village.