'The moment I left my village, peace and safety became foreign to me.' Usopp thought. 'Those guys push themselves to the limit everyday, living their lives to the fullest. That's why they laugh so much.' He got his slingshot out and aimed at Chew, who was now starting to run. 'If I don't fight as hard as they do, I won't have any right to travel on the same ship as them.' "I WANT THE RIGHT TO LAUGH WITH THEM!" He shouted as he let loose an exploding star. Chew lunged at him, punching through the explosive star and straight into Usopp's face, smacking his head to the ground before flipping and landing a few feet away as Usopp lay on the ground bleeding.
"Moron. You should've just kept playing dead. Guess you're too dumb to even do that. Chu." Chew said.
"Is...it over?" Usopp asked as he lay bleeding on the ground. "Yeah. For you!" Chew said as he kicked Usopp's side.
"Knock it off!" Usopp grunted. "USOPP HAMMER!" he shouted as he smashed his hammer into Chew's shin. Chew garbled in pain as Usopp stood up. USOPP RUBBER BAND OF DOOM!" he shouted, making Chew flinch. Chew opened his eyes after a few moments to see that Usopp had disappeared.
"AHHH! I FELL FOR THAT?! CRAP! WHERE'D HE GO?!" Chew shouted before he turned red with embarrassment. "That little prick!"
"CATCH!" Usopp shouted from the trees as a bottle flew towards Chew, who caught it with ease.
"Liquor?"
"Lead Star!" Usopp shouted as the bottle shattered, splashing Chew with glass and booze. "I've had enough of these tricks! I'll destroy you with my squirt cannon." Chew said as he began sucking up water from the area.
"So what if they're tricks? Doesn't matter." Usopp said. "Usopp the Brave will not run from this fight." He said as Chew, who looked like a bloated whale, aimed his attack at the forest.
"SQUIRT CANNON!" he shouted as he blasted all the water at the forest, destroying all the trees in his path. Usopp looked on in terror while Chew just stared in disbelief that Usopp revealed himself. "Dumbass. TIME TO DIE! SQUIRT MACHINE GUN!"
"CRAP! HOW'D HE FIND ME?!" Usopp shouted as hundreds of little water droplets blasted away at the tree he was hiding behind. "CRAP! THIS IS BAD! I WENT OUT TO SEA TO BE A REAL PIRATE! TO BE A BRAVE WARRIOR OF THE SEA! MY DAYS JUST PLAYING PIRATE ARE OVER!" he shouted as Chew kicked the tree he was hiding behind in half and caught it in mid-air.
"What's over?" Chew asked with a grin.
"This fight!" Usopp said as he rolled away before aiming at Chew with his slingshot. "Booze is flammable! USOPP FLAMING STAR!" he shouted as Chew was soon enveloped in flames.
"AHHHH! HOT! FIRE! HOT! HOT! WATER! I NEED WATER! WATER! WATER! WATER!" Chew shouted as he ran for the nearby wetlands with Usopp right behind him. Usopp jumped into the air right at Chew.
"USOPP! HAMMER!" he shouted before knocking Chew down in the wetlands. He soared over to the other side before he hit the ground and skid to a stop. He got back up to see Chew lying down in the water before he started getting back up. "Bastard!" Chew grunted, sending Usopp into a terror induced frenzy with his hammer and a rubber band. By the time he was done, Chew's head was covered with bumps as he lay there crying and unconscious. Usopp looked to the sky with his hammer in hand breathing heavily before he felt backwards into the water.
'I did it...I beat a fishman!' he thought. "EVEN I CAN DO IT IF I TRY! DON'T UNDERESTIMATE ME, YOU BASTARD!" he shouted. "I AM USOPP, THE PIRATE!"
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'No way.' Nojiko thought as she just stared at the scene. 'They're actually defeating the fishmen. This is...unreal.'
"THAT'S IT!" Arlong yelled as pushed himself off the ground, flinging Luffy off as well. "Hachi...Kuroobi...I've had enough of you vermin hurting my fishman brethren!" "ARLONG!" came a shout from behind the crowd. Everyone looked to see Nami glaring at Arlong.
"Well if it isn't Nami?" Arlong said. "What are you doing here?"
"I've come here to kill you."
"SHAHAHAHAHA! Kill me?!" Arlong laughed. "How many times have have you tried Nami? Poison. Assassination. Each time you've tried, only to fail." Nami and all the villagers flinched at those words. "Face it Nami," Arlong said with a horrible grin that terrified her to the core. "You'll be nothing but my cartographer for the rest of your days."
"Shut it, fishman." Sanji said as he and Zoro stood up. Both were bleeding heavily, but still able to fight. Arlong only grinned at them.
"Pitiful humans. I don't even need to touch you to beat you." Arlong said as he raised his hand, which was full of water." "Shut up!" Sanji roared as he ran up and aimed a kick at Arlong.
"Hold it Sanji!" Luffy yelled, but it was too late. Arlong dodged the kick and threw the water at Sanji, who fell back and was now in a daze.
'What the fuck?! All he did was throw water at me, but it's like I was hit by a shotgun blast!' Sanji thought.