Two Dreams, One Adventure

Blackout

The octopus fishman was still injured and had trouble talking, but was treated as well as he could for the time being. "If his plan is going how he wanted it to, the country should be in chaos right now. But I don't know what his ultimate plan is. He never said it in front of me. He hates humans more than Arlong. And the big difference between him and Arlong is that Arlong never killed fishmen, only humans. He hated them only.

"Hordy will brutally kill anyone that takes their side or doesn't hate them, even fellow fishmen. He has no problem with that! The reverie is every four years, and it's this year. Neptune was going to try and make peace, go up to the surface to join it!" Jinbei demanded to know if Hordy was trying to stop something so important like that.

Luffy was bored. Hordy was bad, why not just beat his ass and make him not do this stuff anymore? It was that simple. Who cares what he wanted, he was the enemy. That's all that mattered. He voiced that opinion.

"The reasons he's done this are very important," Jinbei replied.

Then they all turned and saw a huge visual den den slowly make its way to in front of the pirates and the two mermaids. Luffy watched in interest as a big screen popped up. He'd not seen one this big before. He'd only seen one once before, when there was something playing in Goa on one. He didn't remember what it was, but remembered that he thought it was really cool.

"That's him!" Nami exclaimed. Luffy would definitely guess he was a shark fishman. Chewing with teeth like that must be hard. Did he only eat meat with those? But Arlong was able to regrow his teeth, this guy probably could, too. Luffy wondered if it could end up how it did with Arlong. Well, he was much, much stronger now. He would win.

"Ah, inhabitants of Fishman Island. Can you hear me? I am the captain of the New Fishman Pirate gang from the Fishman District, Hordy Jones!" Luffy tipped his hat up and watched with mild interest. No matter what he said, he was a bad guy. And Zoro didn't kill him since he was alive. He hoped his crew was okay. Especially Usopp and Brook. He didn't know how strong they'd gotten but for Usopp's awesome plant stuff he'd used in the water.

He couldn't wait to see how they'd improved! And Usopp looked more muscular than Luffy now, which was slightly annoying. Even after so long of training, Luffy hadn't buffed up like Ace did. How Zoro did, his hot and highly toned boyfriend. He wanted to have some fun with him already.

"I have something to tell you." The fishman got his attention back from the out of place thoughts. "The Ryuugu Kingdom will fall today, and be reborn with me as your new king!"

"Heh, he doesn't look like king material at all," Luffy commented.

"This is serious!" Nami scolded. Hordy continued, saying anybody who was friends with humans would be kicked out of the country if they didn't leave voluntarily now. "Soon, citizens of the Fishman District will come. They share the views of hatred of humans. If they see you siding with them at all, things will not go well for you. They wish to bring change to the island, and with human sympathizers here, it won't go as easy as we want." His voice was annoying, and Luffy crossed his arms.

One ear was still ringing.

"I know that many of you saw the death of beloved Queen Otohime. If we believe in the humans and try to reach out to them with open arms, they will betray us as they betrayed her! How can you fools not see that?!"

Luffy turned to Jinbei and said, "That guy seems like a liar." Jinbei asked how he knew. "I don't. He just looks like a liar." Sanji agreed. He couldn't explain it either. So it wasn't Luffy's super hearing that showed it. "How was that queen killed?"

"By a human pirate."

"Who found him?" Sanji asked with side eyes.

"Hordy found him..." Jinbei said. Luffy turned back. It was just a hunch. It sure was convenient for him, having her die so he could pull this off, no matter how long ago the queen's death had been. Suspicious. The shark fishman bashed Neptune's family now, calling them liars. Luffy pressed his lips together.