The Daughter of the King (English)

Chapter 24 - A navigator for the crew

A grin spread across the faces of the malemembers of the gang as the villagers slowly realized what Luffy's appearancefrom the rubble meant. "She won?" "She won!" "We won!" "WE WON!" With that thecheers broke out. "Arlong Park has fallen!" "Isn't thatgreat?!" Sanji shouted and wanted to take Nojiko in his arms. However, shehad already fallen around Genzo's neck and he was reaching into the void."Are we...are we dreaming?" he asked the young woman, "I can'tbelieve that this day has really come." The black-haired woman hadmeanwhile climbed down from the pile of rubble when some of the villagers camerunning towards her. She looked at them in confusion before, unexpectedly, theygrabbed her and threw her into the air. Again and again they caught theirheroine only to throw her back into the air. Although it was strange at first,she started to enjoy it and couldn't suppress the laughter anymore. "You did it,Luffy! You deserve the fame!" Usopp shouted from somewhere in the crowd,"But if you give me something, I'll be very grateful to you.""Man, you really worried me. Next time, hurry up and don't do something socareless again," said Sanji, who had come out of the water and joined theblack-haired man while looking at his captain. Nami also came closer when oneof the throwers didn't catch Luffy properly and she fell to the ground with asurprised yelp. Contrite, they turned to her before she started laughing againas if nothing had happened. She sat up and rubbed the back of her head whensomeone pressed something on her head. The black-haired woman turned around insurprise and saw Nami. That something on her head had been her straw hat. Theorange-haired woman smiled at her, it almost seemed like she was trying not tocry. In an instant the younger one stood up and faced the older one. She didn'tsay a word but just raised her hand. Luffy understood and grinned. Nothingcould ruin this moment, or so they thought.

"That's enough, scum!" came a rathersqueaky voice that Luffy thought she had heard before. All heads turned to thesource of the voice and came face to face with the mouse-eared guy and hismarines, who were grinning and pointing their weapons at them. "Not him!" Hechuckled before saying with a grin, "Well, this must be my lucky day! Good job.I enjoyed the spectacle, but I never thought that these fishman would bedefeated by such silly pirates like you." Luffy had no idea who the guy was,but she couldn't stand him! He had something...ratty about him. "But thanks toyou, I not only get the bounty that is on Arlong, but also all the treasuresthat are in the park. So put down your weapons! I, Captain Nezumi of the 16thMarine Unit, will take over from here!" As he spoke, however, he did not noticea bad-tempered, green-haired swordsman approaching him from behind until hegrabbed him by the collar. The soldiers backed away in shock when they sawZoro's look. "Zoro!" "Don't ruin the mood here when people want to celebrate!"Before someome could react, the soldiers and their captain were lying in aheap. Sanji, Luffy, Zoro and Usopp stood in a semicircle around them with theirarms crossed or on their hips. Some looked worse than others, but Nezumi didn'tseem to fully understand his situation. As a result of his well-deservedbeating, he had two teeth knocked out, a black eye, a large bump over his othereye, his strange mouse hairs were frizzled, he was bleeding from his nose andfrom his forehead and mouth, while tears flowed from his eyes and ran down hisface. Whimpering, he raised his hand and said, "Oooh. Don't you dare touch me!If you hurt me, you will regret it!" The black-haired woman tilted her head tothe side, turned it to her first mate and asked confused: "Haven't we alreadydone that?" "You're still talking?" said Sanji and scratched himself on thehead. Nami approached from the side with her arms crossed, holding her battlestaffin one of her hands. She crouched down, closed her eyes and said in a calmvoice as she placed a hand on Nezumi's swollen cheek, "You have a debt topay. First for shooting Nojiko and secondly for the total devastation ofBellmere's orange orchard." "Huh?" Before Nezumi could react,Nami had gotten up again and punched the navy captain square in the face. Heflew to the side and slid a little over the water before sinking into it."Captain Nezumi!" Nami relaxed again and breathed a sigh of relief. Luffy had ahand over her eyes to block out some of the sun as she watched the marine manleave and said to Nami with a grin, "Nice shot." "Thanks."Nojiko winked at her little sister as she said, "Thanks, Nami. You didgreat." "That rat bastard should really suffer!" shouted Genzo, who wasstanding next to Nojiko and was wearing his hat with the windmill on his headagain. The same one had swum closer again and was holding on to the edge. Theorange-haired woman had already approached, crouched down again and pulled thethree mouse hairs on his left cheek. "Listen! YOU clear away the fishman thatare lying around here and rebuild Goza the way it once was. Also you'll leaveArlong's treasures alone, it belongs to the island! Do you understand, youwater rat, or do I have to explain it to you again?!" "Oh, pleasedon't do that. Let go! I'll do everything you say." "Oh yeah, there'ssomething else." Nami's voice had become a little colder and more bossy,"YOU'LL GIVE ME ALL MY MONEY BACK!!" "Good, I promise! I swear!"I'm not even interested in the money anymore!" whined the whiner, his tearsstreaming down his face into the water.