The Devil's Grin - A One Piece Fanfic (Snail-like Updates)

The Fight for the Navigator. Nami, You Are My Friend.

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As Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji approached Arlong Park Luffy could see the group of villagers standing in front of the entrance. This was good because it meant that Johnny and Yasuka had done their jobs. He watched as the crowd parted and the villagers watched them approach.

"So how are we going to do this?" Sanji asked as he clearly tried not to search the crowd for beautiful girls. "Bust down the door and punch Arlong in the face?"

"Why punch him when I can cut him to pieces?" Zoro grinned as he fingered his hilts.

"You guys got it all wrong." Luffy shook his head. "We want to be as polite as we can. First we knock, then we introduce ourselves." Zoro and Sanji looked at him like he just spoke gibberish. "Just watch I'll show you what I mean." He stopped in front of the door and drew his arm back. "Knock knock." He said coldly as he punched the door as hard as he could. The door's hinges broke and the edges of the walls shattered as the door went flying far into the compound until it hit a wall.

Sanji and Zoro stood there with their mouths hung open in surprise. This was the exact opposite of what Luffy said. Before they could voice their opinion Luffy marched into the compound. He could see that someone was lying underneath the door, possibly multiple somebodies. Sitting in a large chair near where the door had landed was a fishman with a long saw like nose and long black hair. His appearance matched that of the flag on top of the building. But just to make sure he would ask.

"Are you Arlong?" The fishman was taller than Luffy even when sitting, but only barely. He also was looking at Luffy as if a bug had come into view and he was trying to decide if it was worth crushing.

"Yah I'm Arlong." Arlong answered. "Who's asking?"

Luffy punched him square in the jaw and sent him flying through a support beam and into the wall. Clearly Arlong had been surprised and it had most likely rattled his brain a little sending him into shock. "I'm Luffy and I'm going to be King of the Pirates." All of Arlong's men stood frozen in shock. Whispers spread among them with surprise at the fact that Arlong had even been hit. And the fact that some scrawny kid had sent him flying like that was the biggest shock.

Arlong came to his senses and opened his eyes. Luffy was surprised to see that they looked similar to the eyes of a wild animal, more specifically, the eyes of a blood frenzied shark. "Why are you here, Luffy who is going to be the Pirate King?" Arlong asked. The last part had some spite to his voice.

"I'm here to beat you and take back Nami as my navigator." Luffy said as he took a fighting stance.

"You think you can beat me?" Arlong's eyes seemed to shrink. "You, a puny human?" Luffy nodded without hesitating. Arlong growled and began to stand up.

"Wait Arlong." Kuroobi stepped in front of him. "Let us take care of this. If you fight Arlong Park could be destroyed and it would be a pain to have to fix it."

"Fine." Arlong shrugged and made himself comfortable. "I guess it can be fun to watch these worms fight us. It would be over to quickly if I joined in." He chuckled as his three lieutenants stepped forward. The entire crew cheered as they called out to each of them.