"Usopp!" Luffy held Usopp shaking him. "Did Nami do this to you?!"
"Sorry. Me and him did that." Sanji pointed to Zoro.
"You did it!" Zoro said.
Maki sighed and walked over to them. "Glad to see you're alive, Usopp."
Usopp glanced at Luffy "L-Luffy... M-Maki... you're here?"
"Yeah. Just got here." Luffy said.
"Oh, I came too! Good to work with you!" Sanji politely said smiling innocently.
Usopp quickly hopped back on his feet in front of Sanji. "Someday I'm gonna kill you!"
Sanji put a hand on his shoulder. "Oh! You're pretty alright after all!"
"Shut up!" Usopp shouted waving his arms around.
"Enough." Maki said growing tired of this. "Usopp. We were told you were killed by Nami. How are you alive?" He asked.
"Eh?" Usopp glanced back at him. Luffy stood up.
"The damn Johnny! He was talking nonsense after all!" Luffy said.
"No... In a way, it's not a lie..." Usopp said. "But it's actually the opposite! Nami saved my life!" He said.
Usopp explained how Nami helped him escape, Maki let out a soft hum.
"The explains the glove. She stabbed herself huh? Maybe she's more gutsy than I thought..."
"It looks to me like there's a reason she's in a fishman pirate group!" Usopp said.
"Obviously." Sanji said closing his eyes.
"So, what do we do? Do we storm Arlong Park?" Zoro asked and Maki looked like he was going to kill him.
Usopp quickly put his hands up going between the two. "H-hold on! We gotta find out what the story with Nami is first!"
"It's no use, either way." A woman said, "No matter what you guys do, Arlong's rule won't come to an end." She had blue hair and a strange tattoo running down her right arm.
"Nojiko!" Usopp said.
"Who's she?" Luffy pointed and asked Usopp.
"Nami's big sister" Usopp said.
Sanji immediately went lovey mode with hearts in his eyes. "N-Nami-san's older sister?! No wonder she's so beautiful!" Maki just rolled his eyes.
"What do you mean it's no use?" Zoro asked.
"Please, don't get any more involved with this village. Leave Nami alone." Maki frowned. "Oh, of course. Because that's definitely what she needs right now." He was getting annoyed.
"I'll explain the circumstances." Nojiko said.
"Circumstances?" Sanji asked.
"You mean why she joined Arlong's group?" Usopp asked.
"Yes. You'll feel like leaving this island once you hear it."
"I seriously doubt that, but whatever." Maki said. Walking back to the grass and sitting down. Nojiko shot a glance at him.
"Alright. Let's hear this reason or whatever, then." Usopp said.
"I'll pass." Luffy said walking forward.
"H-hey!" Usopp looked at him confused
"I don't care about her past." Luffy said.
"Where are you going, Luffy?" Sanji asked.
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Through Time.
AdventureThe Youmu-Youmu no mi. A fruit named after a demon said to be sealed inside of it. A fruit eaten by a child desperate to escape from the shackles of slavery. But how could he ever know? That the fruit was alive. One Piece is not owned by me. All...
