My Little Pony: Pirates of the New World!
Chapter 20: The Calm Tension... Before the Storm of the Great Cataclysm...
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"We've finally arrived but... The real problem is from here... First lets try to find where Nami docked the ship..." Ussop exclaimed.
"And then we cut our way in?" Zoro asks with a sheath of his scabbard.
"AS IF!!!" Johnny screamed out.
"Are you an idiot?!! And we don't have the slightest clue of what's going on yet!! Ussop yelled out as well as both him and Johnny were so freaked out that they have eyeballs popped out of their heads from the absurdity of Zoro's idea as the two both knocked out Zoro with a mallet to the head before tying him up.
"There it is!! I found Going Merry!! She docked it over there!!" Ussop exclaimed as he looks through his spyglass.
"Hey!! What's the meaning of this?!! Untie me now!!" Zoro demanded as he struggles through ropes that Usopp and Johnny tied him up in.
"Hmmm.. That certainly is a rather strange place to dock the ship. Its a little off from the Cocoyashi Village marked on this map." Johnny said as he emphasized on the map he was holding unto.
"I said untie me!!!" Zoro screamed out.
"That's enough. Look at yourself. Your about to faint just from yelling! You were an inch away from death remember?" Ussop said with a grin even patting Zoro on the chest who just curses him to no end.
"Just leave it to me!! I'll bring that girl back!!" Ussop proudly declared on the deck of their boat crossing his arms over his chest.
"Aren't you suddenly cheerful now that you know we're not going to Arlong Park..." Johnny answered with a raised eyebrow.
"Starboard to the Going Merry!! Bring me up right next to her!!" Ussop ordered Johnny arround.
"Aye. Aye." Johnny answered with a sigh.
"Alright! The adventure about to unfold as I brave step foot on these virgin lands will hereby be known as The Warrior Ussop's Great Adventure! Fitting title eh Johnny Boy?"
"Aye. Aye." Johnny answered back with a groan as he kept rowing the boat.
"Fishmen...!!!" Johnny and Yosaku cried out as they started sweating buckets and their jaws literally fell to the ground upon sighting three of them.
"Full speed ahead." Usopp quitely ordered.
"Aye. Aye." Johnny quitely responded as he kept rowing the boat gently.
"The hell are you just passing by for?!!" Zoro yelled out as he struggles by the ropes tied around his body.
"SHHHH!!!" Johnny and Usopp kept Zoro's head down as soon as possible.
"Didn't you see them?!! There were fishmen!! The Arlong Pirates for crying out loud!! I'm freakin scared out of my wits you got a problem with that?! Do ya punk?!!" Usopp cried out screaming in Zoro's face.
"The one who should be mad is me." Zoro answered with a sweatdrop.
"Its no good... This entire region seems to be under Arlong's control." Johnny pointed out.
"What should we do Brother Usopp?" Johnny asks.
"Well now that we know we can't bring Nami back..." Ussop said trying to come up with a plan of his own.
"Just hurry up and untie me you idiots!!" Zoro yelled out when a voice has been heard and splashes into the water. "Hmm... That's an unfamiliar ship."
"Gahhh!!" Usopp freaks out as his eyes literally popped out of his head.
"Abandon ship!! Aye Aye!!" Johnny and Yosaku quickly said as the two jumps into the water to try and swim away.
"Hey wait a sec!! At least untie me before you run away!!" Zoro angrily screams out to the two guys escaping.
"Heh heh. Looks like I caught up to ya." One of the fatter fishman exclaimed.
"Stop the ship!! Huh? There's only one guy on board?" The tall and leaner fishman wondered to his companion.
"Well lets take him to Arlong Park for the time being!!" One of the fishman said to his comrade as they sail away.
"Forgive us Zoro. I shall pass along your words of bravery to Luffy." Usopp said as he bows down his head in silence and solemnity of the situation.
"Such an unfortunate person... I'll never forget you Bro!!" Johnny cried out.
"Well that's enough of that. Lets go on shore." Ussop said not even a minute has passed like he didn't care but to save his own skin.
"Sure." Johnny answered as he was forced to follow him.
"Ahh... Wha..." Johnny and Usopp were beyond shocked and terrified as they saw the state of the destroyed civilization in front of them.
"J.. Just... What happened to this town...?!" Usopp cried out.
"T... This is probably Gosa Village that Arlong supposedly destroyed a couple of weeks ago..." Johnny nervously answered.
"This is... The strength of those from the Grand Line...! And what happens to the towns that oppose Arlong!!" Johnny explained before he starts running away.
"Hmm? What's wrong Johnny?" Usopp asks with a sweatdrop seeing that Johnny has ran off into the distance for some reason.
"Almost letcha get away. You must be that exiled human's partner." The fat fishman said from behind the long nosed sniper.
"Gyahhh!!!" Usopp screamed out in fear as he came face to face with the fat fishman and he quickly ran away into the street.
"Wait!!!"
Whew... Talk about a close call..." Ussop breathe a sigh of relief as he wipes off the sweat from his forehead. "May you be safe Brother Usopp. I shall away here for Luffy, Twilight, Yosaku and all of our friends."
"Hahahaha!! You think you can catch up to me?!! I'm a master when it comes to running away!!"
"Ahhh!!" Ussop screams out in fear as he felt his eyeballs popped out his head and flailing around in the air throwing the wet towel on his forehead in the process"T... This place is...?!!"
"Hey look he's waking up.." A unicorn named Lyra Heartstrings spoke up as she kept squeezing the wet towels that have been used on Usopp before putting them away.
"Well that's good. At least this way he's not gonna die.. For now at least.." An earth pony named Sweetie Drops aka Bonbon spoke up before she looks at the head injured young man and sighs as she closes up the medical kit.
"W.. Wait!! I've seen something like you before!! Colorful cute talking ponies!!" Ussop suddenly blurted out.
"Yeah... Yeah... We know.. It seems like me and all of our friends have suddenly been teleported to a place like this." Lyra said with a roll of her eyes and smiles.
"Whoopie freaking do. It looks like Ponynocchio here just figured out the pieces of the puzzle." Bonbon answered with a smirk referring to Usopp.
"Don't go looking down on us though." Lyra said with a confident grin.
"Yeah. These two colorful cute ponies can beat you up within an inch of your life." Nojiko added with a laugh.
"I know mixed martial arts." Bonbon answered with an evil smile as a dark aura surrounds her head. "You want me to show a little demonstration buddy?"
" Waahh!! No!! No!! I'm good!! I'm good!!" Ussop nervously declines as he begins to back up on the floor and into the wall.
"Good thing too. Because lunch is about to be served." An anthropomorphic cat named Capper steps out of the kitchen and into the dining room.
"What's going on here?!! What is happening here?!! A large talking cat?!! Are you serious?!!" Ussop screamed out as he quickly gets up and runs around for the door only to hit the wall instead.
"Awww come on.. What did I do this time..?" Capper asks with a roll of his eyes a bit annoyed.
"Quite prejudiced isn't he?" Lyra said as she drinks her cup of tea.
"More like he's bigoted I'll tell you that." Bonbon replied with a raised eyebrow at the actions of Usopp.
"Your a large and tall talking cat!! Tell me this isn't real!! Ahhh!! Ahhh!! Ahhh!!" Usopp screamed and screamed.
"Yeah and what do you want me to do about it? Turn into a little kitty and play with a ball of yarn?" Capper asks a bit intrigued.
"Yes...?" Usopp fearfully answered as he quickly nods his head up and down.
"Peachy.." Capper rolled his eyes with a laugh as he walks over to Chabo who was drawing pictures and having fun with Lyra and Bonbon "Hey there buddy!! You want some cream soup?"
"Oh yes Mr. Capper!! Thank you!! Thank you!!" Chabo exclaimed as he quickly starts to scarf down the soup much to Lyra and Bonbon's delight. "Hey girls you wanna join me for lunch? This looks divine!!"
"Yes Chabo. Oh we love too!!" Lyra and Bonbon both said with a smile as they join him in the dinner table.
"Hey what about you man? You want some too?" Capper asks offering the delicious hot meal he prepared to Usopp as well.
"Umm no thank you!! Please!! Don't mind me!! Keep it all for yourself!! I don't know what's in there and I don't think I wanna find out quickly!! Besides I'm full!! I'm full!! " Usopp blurted out quickly.
"Well... That's new..." Capper said as he walks back to the dinner table with a sigh. "No one has ever rejected the grub I make before.. That's a shame..."
"By the way.. There's something different about you.." Lyra exclaimed to Usopp as she kept eating her meal before drinking a glass of orange juice.
"Yeah what is it Lyra?" Bonbon added with an amused smile adorned her face while she fixes herself a sandwich.
"Hmm... He's ugly like a merman but otherwise seems to be human.." Lyra said as she takes a look at Usopp one more time.
"But just barely though." Bonbon added much to the amusement of everyone else as they all started laughing.
"JUST BARELY?!! WHAT ARE YOU GETTING AT HERE?!!" Usopp freaks out at the mention of those words his jaw literally dropping to the floor. "How horrible are you two ponies to say something like that to me?!!"
"Good. Now you know how others like Capper feel when your being prejudiced against them." Lyra exclaimed.
"Hahaha!! Woah!! Woah!! Cool down your jets!! Your dropping those bars like its hot baby girl!!" Capper answered with a smirk.
"I admit that the nose would throw me off too." Bonbon exclaimed with a playful grin.
"Ahhh!! That's it!! Tell me what is this place?!!" Usopp demanded.
"This place? Your in my home." Nojiko nonchalantly answered.
"Your that woman from earlier huh?!! Who are you?!! And what about that fishman?!!"
"Don't worry. We lost him. My names Nojiko. I grow oranges here."
"Capper is the name and charming is my game!!"
"Lyra Lyra Heartstrings!! Bonbon aka Sweetie Drops!!"
"Wait a sec your the one who knocked me out?!!"
"Are you the fishmen's lackey?!! Hmph and I was going to save you too!!" Usopp complained.
"The one who did all of the saving was me! This is why outsiders are so much trouble here." Nojiko finally answered with a flip of her hair.
"Hey Nojiko. Where you want me to put this?" A voiced called out and Usopp freaks out upon seeing a massive snapping turtle named Pushkin towering over him pushing a tray cart with a chocolate cake.
"Oh you can just put it in the middle of the table Pushkin. I'm sure there's plenty of space for that."
"Huh?!! Wait!! What happened to talking about outsiders huh?!!" Usopp yelled in Nojiko's face. "And why do you have a massive fishman in the house?!! So I was right!! You are one of the fishman's lackeys!!"
"Well actually I'm a snapping turtle and I'm more accustomed to marshes, creeks, swamps, bogs, pools, lakes, streams, rivers. Pushkin answered as a matter of factly when another massive creature walks in.
"Actually the one who would be called a fishman would be me." Mori answered and Usopp starts freaking out at the sight of his fangs and his razor sharp teeth and the long nose guy screaming once more much to the annoyance of everyone else.
"Ahh come on!! I took a bath this time!!" Mori exclaimed with a groan as walks in from the back door with a basket of oranges on his back. "By the way Nojiko I finished harvesting from the back!! Now what's for lunch? I'm... Huh...?"
"That's it!! Now your all mine you fishman!! Your all going to pay for what you put me through!!" Ussop finally brings out his pachinko slingshot but Nojiko quickly slams a mallet on Usopp's head.
"Gyahhh!! Ahhh!! Ahhh!!" Ussop held unto his head screaming out and crying in pain
"Don't you dare lift a hand against the fishmen. Didn't you forget that the entire town of Gosa was destroyed because a single person was dumb enough to stand up to them?" Nojiko exclaimed. "Besides these fishmen and all the others inside this house are my friends and they aren't even with the Arlong Pirates or the Grand Line where they came from."
"A.. And your also cool with this Chabo...?" Ussop tried to ask the kid.
"Well yeah. I've been heading out here for a while and they've been here for six days now and I'd say they're really nice."
"So all of the villagers accepted them now just like that?!! Are you all crazy?!!" Usopp screamed out as he takes a look at them all, afraid even backing up to the wall once more.
"Hey!! Don't make it sounds so easy!! You don't know what we've been through!!" Pushkin yelled out making Usopp backed in the corner and more afraid than ever.
"Yeah!! We were living our happy descent lives back in our own town when an accident happened that caused us to be teleported to this place!! We don't even wanna get involved here you understand punk?!!" Mori shouted as well glaring in Usopp's face.
"It took a lot of convincing and proving ourselves for that to happen." Lyra exclaimed.
"Yeah. With Mori and Pushkin here, They've been hunted down and almost killed by the villagers over and over again for almost six days that we've spent here." Bonbon added.
"It took a lot of talk and intervention from me who's already weirded enough in their eyes to give them a chance and work things out to even be considered trusted enough by the villagers here. Capper said.
"The humans tried to ran us out of here and even kill us and the pirates fishman didn't even want us to be around them and stay away from their plans just because they hate what we say about going way too far and even being sympathetic to the people. It went too far to the point that both the Arlong Pirates and the villagers here wanted to kill us." Pushkin continued.
"And so we work our butts off and do a lot of them to the point where we are almost considered a decent friend of Nojiko and all of the villagers here." Mori finished telling the story with a sigh remembering how horrible that experience was. "And just by working and laying low in Nojiko's house that we can go out secretly... The villagers trust us... To the point where they also vouch for us so that the neighboring villages are going to be cool with it.."
"Its why... The destruction of Gosa Village hurt us... Upon hearing the news..." Pushkin exclaimed as everyone in the room because silent especially Nojiko and Chabo.
"But your from Gosa Village right? If so then you should understand that attacking the fishmen will only get you killed. All of you people should be more than well aware...." Nojiko exclaimed.
"I know...! But....! But they killed my dad! I won't forgive them even if I die! They brought along that huge monster I've never even seen before... And pillaged and destroyed my entire town....! They killed so many people! That's why I've sworn revenge!" Chabo tensed up as he got even angrier just thinking about it.
"A huge monster...? Then those strange dents on the ground were..." Usopp fearfully tried to comprehend what he saw earlier.
"Those were the tracks left by that thing! Its unimaginably huge! They said they brought it over to the Grand Line."
"There are monsters there too?!!" Usopp screamed out to the point that birds fly out of Nojiko's rooftop, sweat splattering all over Usopp's face and his jaw dropping to the ground to even think about the dread of it all.
"I... I even went to Arlong Park!! But some of the female members of the Arlong Pirates stopped me at the door!! She was like a real witch!! How dare she get in my way!! I wanna kill her too!!" Chabo cried out and screamed even more in anger as Nojiko just sat there and observing him let this all out.
"Then go ahead and die." Nojiko said and Usopp was so shocked that he spit his drink immediately to comprehend what he just heard but Lyra, Bonbon, Capper, Pushkin and Mori didn't even flinch and look at the kid.
"As long as you know your going to end up dead then feel free to fight! Some excellent revenge that is! But let me just say one thing. Thanks to me and that witch lady at Arlong Park interfering you've narrowly escaped death twice!!"
"Get out of my house once your done with that tea. I hate naive little brats like you!!" Nojiko bluntly replied as Chabo looks back at her all teary eyed. "Hey!! He's just a little kid!! Isn't that going a bit too far?!" Usopp yelled out.
Pushkin shakes his head. "There ain’t no other way at this point to make the kid understand. Sugarcoating it will not make him back down."
Capper nodded his head. "One of the first things to learn on the streets is to pick your fights. No really. I'm being candid you him right now. It doesn't matter what your feelings on it are. There's a time and a place for everything. Right now all he will accomplish is digging himself a early grave."
"THEN WHAT!?" The kid suddenly screamed making Usopp jump to the side. "If I can’t avenge my dad... If we can't fight them... Then what's the point!? WHAT DO I DO!?" The kid then fell to the ground with tears freely streaming down from his eyes as he continued to loudly cry out. "What should I do... To stop the pain...?"
"There’s nothing to do." Nojiko bluntly said once again making the kid cry harder.
"OK THAT’S IT" Ussop thought as he was just about done with this conversation only to be stopped by Nojiko's next set of words.
"Nothing will truly take away that pain even if you get better. That’s something you will have to live with. That’s the reality. The only thing that's left is to do is to move on. But you can't move on if you’re dead. That dad of yours.. What do you think he would've wanted? That you'd die a pointless Death trying to 'avenge' him? Or to honor whatever he had to go through to keep you alive? To keep living?"
The kid stops wailing though there were still tears that adorned his cheeks as he lifts his head and looks directly at Nojiko's eyes.
"If you let Arlong kill you he would win because that's what he want. To either keep us as prisoners to his will or break ours to the point that we are willing to throw our lives away. You want to get back at him? Live. Live, strive and never forget that pain without letting it consume you. There's no greater revenge than that." Everyone inside the house were silent. Nothing said or did anything for an entire minute after Nojiko said all of that.
The kid suddenly stood up and for a moment it seems like he would just explode from all of this frustration and scream as he balls his fists so hard that they began to shake and his face was one of pure rage yet as soon as it came he quickly breathes heavily and deflated. And without a word he walks over to a corner and sits down refusing to look at anyone in the room.
"All we have to do hope..." Bonbon muttered.
"Hope...? What do you mean...?" Chabo curiously asks Bonbon.
"She says that all we have to do it wait... Wait and hope..." Lyra answered with a small smile.
"Yeah. Hope and wait that someone out there will arrive to help us." Mori added.
"Do you really think that someone will come guys?" Chabo asks once more.
"Kid we've been in this kind of position before back then at home. We've been attacked and tried to get taken over time and time again. And what was happening was enough to convince us that the world could end anytime." Capper exclaimed.
"If it was that bad then how you guys recovered from it?" He asks.
"The Equestrian training says to hold until relieve and if you didn't hold out until relieve, You do." Bonbon answered the child calmly.
"What Bonbon is trying to say about hold until relieve is you just wait out and hope knowing someone out there is going to save you and you know that person. If not at least you died defending yourself and managed to make a point that you were strong.
"Wow. You guys and girls are pretty strong in having that willpower and fighting on." Chabo said being amazed by them.
"Kid we've been fighting for our home for nine years straight now time and time again from evil beings that could take over the world and even destroy it. And after the last one? At this point its just a picnic for us." Lyra said referring to the attack on Twilight's coronation by Tirek, Chrysalis and Cozy Glow.
As Nojiko sees that the kid at least had calmed down and even gained a new sense of understanding. She decides to break the ice. "What about your mom...?"
"She's still alive." Chabo answered as he cried out once more.
"Then she must be worried. So why don't you go home to your mom?" Nojiko says with a cheerful smile as Chabo just looks at them all one more time before they nodded back and he starts to walk away exiting the door and everyone else just continued eating.
"Wow. All of you creatures are actually really nice. Especially you Nojiko. Your actually a pretty good person. Even though you have a tattoo." Usopp says with a smile while the rest of them just raised their brows at him.
"Well isn't that prejudiced of you?! Though I can't say I know much about you..." Nojiko answered as she drinks her mug of juice.
"Ah that's right. My name is Captain Usopp. I came here looking for Nami but..." Usopp tried to explain but the others inside Nojiko's house weren't buying it.
"I might sound rude to you but... I really do not believe you." Bonbon said with narrowed eyes suspicion in her voice.
"Captain? What is that even supposed to mean huh? Are you seriously trying to lie your way out of this?" Lyra added.
"But I am!!" Usopp exclaimed as he waves his arms back and forth trying to make it seem his words really had meaning.
"Do you seriously think that we'd fall for such a blatant lie?" Capper asks looking like he doesn't even care at this point before lightly rubbing his right paw on his vest before blowing on it and eyeing Usopp once again looking skeptical.
"You a guy with a bmi weaker than a string bean and is utterly terrified of two fishmen? You are a pirate captain?" Pushkin growled a bit as he narrowed his eyes at Usopp making him scared once more.
You must be crazy." Mori the fishman answered with a scoff not buying Usopp's lie about the claim of being a captain.
"You better not lie. Lying only makes it worse." Nojiko says with a laugh as she sees her other friends about to surround Ussop.
"I hate liars!! After what happened to me back in Klugetown with that fake poison bright color paint disease!! I really hate liars!!" Mori snarled. "Why did you have to lie and remind him of it?!! Huh?!! What did you do to my buddy?!! Are you really a captain of a pirate crew?!! What is the truth?!! Tell me!!" Pushkin growled as well as him and Mori stomped closer towards Usopp with a dangerous look in their eyes.
"Busted." Nojiko says with a cheerful smile while Lyra and Bonbon giggled beside the blue haired girl.
"Well changing the subject though... What's the deal with Nami...?" Usopp asks.
"That's right... She and I are orphans. We were adopted and raised in this house. The one who raised us has been long dead now but... The three of us used to live here happily in Cocoyashi Village." Nojiko explained causing the shocked Usopp to have sweat quickly splatter everywhere from his forehead like a sprinkler and his jaw literally dropped to the ground.
"Eww.." Bonbon muttered as she Lyra, Capper, Pushkin and Mori quickly grabs all of the plates and bowls of food on the table in any way they can to save from Usopp's spreading bodily fluids.
"Yeah.. It looks like someone here has no sense of control... And by that I mean hygiene..." Lyra added in a low growl as she narrowed her eyes at Usopp and how he doesn't have restraint now even after denying lunch that Capper prepared.
"This village...? Then why did she join the Arlong Pirates who now ruled this very same village? Did she betray her own hometown?!"
"Well something like that. A real witch right?" Nojiko exclaimed with a smirk. "So what's your business with that witch? Captain Usopp?"
"Not a captain." Lyra and Bonbon both answer with a sweatdrop.
"Well after what you just said I've got more important things to talk about." Usopp tried to explain when...
"Like lying more people that you would meet along the way?" Capper scoffs crossing his arms over his chest.
"So then.. She's been deceiving us all along." Usopp tried to say once more being sweaty, nervous and even his legs shaking from the dirty looks watching him like a hawk inside the house.
"Like what your doing to us right now buddy?" Lyra asks with a side eye against Usopp not really trusting him now.
"That's it!! She must've only been aiming for the treasure right from the beginning!!" Usopp continued only to get more nasty comments around him.
"So your not just a liar but you would steal from innocent people as well?" Bonbon says with suspicion as she starts to walk around and examine Usopp further while the guy was talking and Usopp was growing more afraid now that the clock keeps ticking.
"That's Usopp alright. Takes one to know one." Bonbon exclaimed as she and Lyra gave each other a hoof bump. "He's as every bit corrupted from the first look." Lyra said as she kept her eyes on Usopp making the teenager more and more nervous while Nojiko just nods her head just to make the gesture she's even entertaining him.
"Don't even bother with this guy. Someone with that kind of face would probably have no remorse of even selling his own kind." Capper says with a shrug while Usopp ranted on and on in front of Nojiko.
"When I think that... It pisses me off so damn much! That girl!!" Usopp kept ranting to the point that he slams a clenched fist on the table. "Even though he helped protect my village... And laughed so happily when sailing together with us!! Inside her mind she was always planning on how to steal our money and ditch us!!"
"Laughing happily...?" Nojiko inquired with an intrigued smile.
"You mean their money that your also planning to steal. Not yours. Don't claim something that isn't yours in the first place. I don't believe you for even a second." Capper exclaimed.
"SHUT UP!!" Usopp yelled out before he tries to continue. "WHY THAT EVIL WITCH!!!"
"Look who's talking." Mori says with a bored look on his face.
"Yeah. This guy looks more like a crook than the person he's talking about." Pushkin adds with a gruff tone.
"A person like her deserves an attack of the spiritual order!!! I'll completely ignore her from now on!!" Usopp angrily ranted as his face gets drenched in hot sweat while steam literally bursts out from his ears.
"I told you already. Don't start trouble with the Arlong Pirates." Nojiko sighs and tries to warn Usopp once again.
"I'd like to see him try." Capper exclaimed with a smirk.
"Yeah!! Us too!! Its gonna be so much fun!!" Lyra and Bonbon says as giggled and jumps up high which really unnerved Usopp.
"Well as long as I can get back my ship its all fine. And since..."
"NOT YOUR SHIP!!" Lyra, Bonbon and Capper all yelled out to shut up Usopp.
"Waah!! I'm sorry!! I'm sorry!! But its true!! And since I've found the ship already I guess I should hurry up and... Gyahhh!!" Usopp yelped as he was quickly held down to the floor by Pushkin and Mori with terrifying glares. "Stop lying!!! Now!!!"
"Waah!! But Its true!! Nojiko...!! Please help me!! I think I should...!!!" Usopp pleaded and even begged Nojiko to helped him while Nojiko just sat there with the drink in her hand. "Alright guys. Take it easy. Now now. We don't have to be rough." Nojiko says with a smirk. "At least. Not yet."
It was then that Pushkin and Mori released Usopp from their grasp making Usopp catch his breath again and again.
"Well that would be the wise thing to do. Mess with the Arlong Pirates and it won't end with mere injuries." Nojiko reminded.
"The more smart decision for you to do is you don't mess with us because we don't play around!!" Mori asserts himself and snarls causing Usopp to quickly back off with intense fear. "Uhh... Uhmm... Guys...? Jeez!! What's his problem...?"
"He has trust Issues." Capper exclaimed.
"Yeah... He really hates being deceived and being lied to... He can sense when people are lying as well as fear... Mostly fear... As do I..." Pushkin added with low growl.
"You could say the past has something to do with it." Bonbon exclaimed.
"Yeah. Something to do with poison disease and pony pastel colors." Lyra added.
"Nojiko...!! Please...!! Help me!! I... Can't breath!!"
"Sorry Usopp but I don't really have control of what they do." Nojiko answered nonchalantly. "Besides it looks like you've bought this upon yourself.."
"Nojiko...!! Please...!!"
"By the way is that the ship outside you were talking about?" Nojiko asks as she points out by the window.
"Ahh!! The Going Merry!! What is it doing over there?!!" Usopp freaks out as he saw the huge vessel from outside the window.
"Gyaahhhhhh!!!"
"What's wrong?" Nojiko bluntly asked.
"I think he's loosing it." Bonbon says with a laugh.
"Hey Usopp. How many hooves am I holding up?" Lyra asks with a smile of intrigue making the other creatures laugh.
"I forgot that one of my crewmates...!!! Ahhh!!!" Usopp yelled out as Mori quickly grabs him and pins him up by the wall. "STOP LYING TO US!!!"
"Nojiko...!! Please...!! Help me...!!" Usopp pleaded but Nojiko just shrugged her shoulders.
"HOW MANY TIMES DO WE HAVE TO TEACH YOU THIS LESSON OLD MAN?!!!" Pushkin this time roared in Usopp's face that was so loud that it could be heard all over the island and even to the town all the way to Arlong Park.
"Ahhhh!! Please don't hurt me!!! I wanna live!!! I wanna live!!!" Usopp pleaded out as he saw Mori unleash his chaotic power of having really sharp curved claws pointed to his neck while Pushkin was just about ready to punch him as the knuckles from his fists emerge a set of claws that are sharp and knife like while Nojiko just watches from the table.
"A... And he was already on the verge of death...!! Please...!!" Usopp said talking about Zoro. "I just hope that he didn't provoke them and get himself killed..."
"Well your gonna get killed in this house if you don't start telling the truth about things." Capper exclaimed.
"B... But its true!! I'm really the Captain of this pirate crew!! I... I'm Captain Usopp and...!!" Ussop insisted which only agitated Mori and Pushkin further by the claim of those lies resulting in him getting beaten up now.
"OKAY!! SAY CAPTAIN ONE MORE TIME YOU GODDAMN MOTHERFUCKER!! SAY CAPTAIN!!" Pushkin roared in Usopp's face looking like he was about to murder him causing the long nose guy to just cry out uncontrollably like a child.
"HAHAHAHA!!! HAHAHAHA!!! I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO WITH YOU BITCH ASS MOTHERFUCKER SON OF A FUCKING FUCK!!!" Mori laughs in an insane manner like a serial killer with his long sharp curved claws in the air and the fish man looking like he just wanted to shred Usopp apart now from irritated he was of this liar calling himself a captain.
Later on....
"GET OUT OF HERE YOU FUCKING LIAR!!! GET OUT!!!" Mori roared as he slams a beaten up Usopp on the ground hard. "AND STAY OUT YOU LYING BITCH!!!" Pushkin screamed out before giving Usopp one more knee kick and thrashing him once more.
"Yeah... I think everyone needs to cool off and we're going to go to town for a little while." Nojiko has a cheeky laugh though a bit nervous about the condition of Usopp.
"And make sure that Usopp stays safe!! keep that guy out of trouble alright?" Lyra says with a wave of her hoof.
Mori then scoffs. "A liar like him? I hope that he does die in the most gruesome way possible. He's already ruined his own life.
"Ahh and your not coming with us into town you two?" Nojiko asks even planning to invite them much to Usopp's freakout who starts having another panic attack.
"Nah.. I think it would be better if the two of us stay in the house. That if something does happen we're not going to get involved." Pushkin says with a wave of his claw as Lyra, Bonbon, Capper, Mori and Pushkin went back inside before closing the door.
"Seriously? What's with that jerk?" Mori asks the others with a sigh.
"I don't know Mori. He's basically destroyed his own life at this point. He's just a liar and a bigot. No is going to want to do anything with him in the long run." Pushkin says to his friend with a gruff tone.
"I can't believe it... No one has ever rejected the grub I make before... I know my cooking isn't fancy schmancy but I know my food is a best seller." Capper shakes his head with a sigh.
"Ahh don't worry about it Capper... We all love your food the way it is." Lyra said as the friends went into a group hug that calmed Capper down and comfort him.
"But really. We should go after those two. As much as Usopp is a lying prick. I don't wanna see him die in this circumstances." Bonbon said as she turns back to the door.
"And if you go out there then I'm going to." Lyra exclaimed as she follows Bonbon out the door before giving her a kiss.
"Hehehe thanks Babe. Whatever happens out there I'm sure that we can handle it this time." Bonbon said with a blush.
"Well if two pastel colored ponies are going out there and to a place where you don't know what's going to happen then your going to need a chaperone. Or a bodyguard that is." Capper said as he turns over to Mori and Pushkin who start to clean the house. "Mori. Pushkin. Please take care of the house until Nojiko returns."
"Of course." Mori exclaimed with a nod.
"Yeah. You can count on us." Pushkin added as he closes the door while Lyra, Bonbon and Capper goes after them.
"It sure is nice to be trusted for once.." ~Mori
"It sure is brother... It sure is..." ~Pushkin
"Yeah he is. I'm more surprised that your that afraid of him but not Mori and Pushkin." Lyra exclaimed.
"Lyra?! Bonbon?! What are you two doing here?! Weren't you girls staying back at Nojiko's house?!" Ussop asks as he trembles in fear while clinging sideways to the wall of a house.
"Well we had to make sure that you and Nojiko don't get yourselves in any trouble. But I'm seriously talking about you Usopp." Bonbon replied.
"By the way didn't you see what he looks like?!! He's completely inhuman!!" The long nose teen freaked out.
"He is a fishman." Nojiko bluntly replied as she crossed her arms over her chest while leaning against another house.
"But it looks like Nami didn't go with him." Usopp said.
"She's probably at Arlong Park." Nojiko exclaimed.
Towering over the man named Genzo Arlong asserted his authority once again by explaining the business he's running. "I've got 20 villages under my rule... And rebels are quite a nuisance for us for rulers... I destroyed the rebellious port town of Gosa to teach a lesson to all the other towns! If someone fails to pay his tribute then that means he intends to rebel against us!" Arlong explained with a maniacal grin.
"Tribute? What is he talking about?" A sweaty Usopp asks much to the disgust of the creatures around him.
"Its money that we have to pay month after month. We have to buy our very own lives from them with money! Adults, kids, everyone. So if there's even one person in an entire village who fails to pay his tribute... Even a single person... His entire village will be destroyed just like Gosa Village!"
"A whole town d... destroyed because of a single person?! Talk about cruel!!" ~Usopp
"We've been through this already back home from where we came from." Capper exclaimed. "There was a powerful spellcaster named the Storm King who tried to take over Canterlot the Capital of Equestria and even beyond its borders."
"Yeah... We haven't forgotten about that... Had us all enslaved while he drains all of the magic from our rulers and threatening to kill the rest with the power of his storms..." Lyra said as she looks to the side all serious now.
"He has everyone under his thumb. Established a new currency under him. Force the rest to work or else be imprisoned and enslave. Understand my analogy here? Not much difference huh between forced work and slavery?" Capper added.
"And that's life under Arlong's rule. With their racial doctrine. They don't even think twice about killing a human." Nojiko finished.
"Hear me well you inferior humans! All you need to do is work hard and pay the tribute! There's no need to think about anything else! Your tribute will soon become the cornerstone of my Arlong Empire that will rule all of East Blue!"
Meanwhile....
"Now hurry up and get out of here! Before Arlong comes back!" Nami says as she cuts off Zoro's ropes with a dagger.
"Hmmm...?" Zoro asks with a confused look.
"Arlong Empire?!! He's trying to build his own nation?!" Usopp screams out loud being more afraid than ever with his eyes bulging out of his sockets and his tounge waving around like crazy. It was even a miracle at this point that Arlong didn't hear him nor the other fish men around.
"Well not really." Bonbon explained as a matter of factly. "He wants to build his own toy store!! He mentions building an empire!! What do you think he's gonna do numb nuts?!!" The earth pony mare yelled directly in Usopp's face even to the point of grabbing unto his clothes.
"Just like the Storm King and his armies back in Equestria during that celebration of the Friendship Festival." Capper exclaimed.
"Just like Sombra, Tirek, Chrysalis, Cozy Glow and all of the other world ending villains that we have encountered from back home." Lyra said.
"So he's gonna turn all of East Blue into his fishman empire?! But that would include my hometown too!!" Usopp exclaimed.
"Well whatever happens happens. All we can do is quietly sit still and endure it. For now that is..." Nojiko answered.
"For now...?" Usopp curiously asks.
"Ahhhhh!!!" A horrified painful scream was heard much to the shock of Nojiko and her friends. "What's that?!" Usopp asks now on alert."
"Gen?!!!"
"Possessing a weapon is a clear sign of rebellion. The cause of any unrest and disturbance in my lands. So to make sure that there aren't any more rebels like you. I'll kill you to show the other villagers what happens to rebels!" Arlong grinned as he looks at Genzo once more before punching him in the face and slamming him to the ground with as much force as he can muster causing the man to bleed all over his face.
"What?!! All he did was collect some weapons!! He's seriously going to kill someone over that much?!!" Usopp yelled out.
"That son of a bitch!!" Nojiko yelled out as she ran off to confront Arlong while Lyra, Bonbon and Capper followed after her.
"H... Hey!! Come back here or you'll be killed!!" Usopp calls out.
"This doesn't concern you Usopp!! Go home!!" Bonbon says as she looks back at the long nosed teenager for a second before continuing to run off with the others.
"What is the meaning of this Arlong?! All of us have loyally paid the tribute without any complaints for the past 8 years!! There's no way any of us have even the slightest intention of rebelling against you!! So let go of Gen!!" Nojiko protested.
"Nojiko wait!!" One of the civilians tried to interrupt.
"I've already stated that the mere act of possessing a weapon is a clear intent to rebel. I have no choice but to kill this man for the safety and security of my lands!" Arlong answered with a maniacal grin as he continued. "Any complaints?! You wouldn't rather have me destroy this entire village would you?! Know this humans!! If you lay even a single finger on any of us then your village will be destroyed!! That's final!!"
"Everyone!! Go inside your homes!! If we rebel now then our last 8 years will come to nothing!! If we wanted to reject their rule by fighting to our deaths then we should've done it a long ago!! But we all swore did we not?! We swore to a fight of endurance!! In order to live on!!" Genzo declared.
"Gen!! But..!!!" Nojiko and the other civilians tried to answer back to his statement.
"Well said!!" Arlong exclaimed as he starts to choke Genzo by the neck tighter and tighter until he was also about to be suffocated. "Living is important!! It is because one lives one can enjoy things!!" Arlong declared as he slams Genzo's head to another wall of a house causing him to spit even more blood much to the shock of the villagers around them. "Everyone has their own designated place and position in life!! This man understands the futility of resisting against that fact!!"
"You see not all living things are born equal!! Shahahaha!! Humans are best living like humans!!" Arlong continued with his speech as he slams Genzo's head as hard as he can on the ground much to the protest of men, women and children.
"Why you?!!" One of the men and his friends was just about ready to punch Arlong when Genzo quickly yells out. "Stop it!" Genzo tries to say as he keeps coughing hard.
"But Gen he..."
"Don't you dare lay a hand on them!!" Genzo yells out.
"Yes. What he said." Arlong laughs with a sinister grin as he points a finger at Genzo.
"Alright this stops now!!" Bonbon asserted herself by stepping forward much to the shock of the villagers and even has Arlong's crew looked on with interest.
"Oh really? What does a color horse thing going to do to me?" Arlong asks with a sinister grin.
"I'm not a horse thing... I'm a pony..." Bonbon says with a narrowed glare.
"Whatever..." Arlong shrugs as he looks to the side.
"You already got what you want!! Why continue to terrorize the people like this?!!" Lyra demanded.
"Because I can. Because I want to. Because this is what I do!! BECAUSE I'M A FISHMAN AND WE ARE THE BEINGS ON TOP OF THE PECKING ORDER WHILE ALL OF YOUR ARE NOTHING BUT VERMIN OF THE LOWER WORLD!!" Arlong declared as he even showed his razor sharp teeth up close.
"That's it!! Ahhhh!!" Bonbon tries to charge into Arlong and aims to land a kick on him but Arlong just grabs her hoof and slams her to the ground much to the shock of her wife.
"Bonbon!!" Lyra cried out before looking back at Arlong enraged and charging to attack as well. "Take this you despicable monster!!!" The unicorn uses her magic to levitate a broken piece of lumber to slam at the fishman but Arlong just grabs Lyra by her back and throws her to the ground as hard as she can.
"Lyra!!! Noo!!!" Nojiko cried out as the other civilians watching reel back from watching the pain.
"Hey!! Now I have to step in!! This is going way too far and this is a cat talking to a fish!!" Capper interrupted as he steps forward ready to intervene when Arlong looks down at the cat really enraged. "Oh yeah? Then what are you going to do about it...?"
"Well I..." Capper then steps back but Arlong just punches him hard at the side of the head causing him to stumble. "How weak...!" Capper tried to mutter.
"Stop it Arlong!! We don't want to fight anymore!!" Nojiko cried out.
"But its not as if he used his weapons!! Please don't kill him!!" The people protested as some of them even started to step forward.
"A loud bunch aren't they. I wonder if I should take this as a sign of rebellion..." Arlong grinned when Genzo quickly pulls out his hand as a sign to stop them. "If we die here everything will come to an end!! You must keep on fighting even if I die!!"
"Gen!!!" The other villagers cried out as Nojiko ran over to Lyra, Bonbon and Capper trying to take them to the safety of the crowd and tend to their wounds.
"Let me show you what happens to those who harbor ill thoughts!! Watch closely humans!! Let this be a warning to the rest of you!!" Arlong screamed out as he was about to slam Genzo to the ground one more time hoping to finally cripple him.
"Ughh..." Genzo groaned out as he was dropped to the ground.
"W... What was that?! Arlong?!" The other fish men looks around trying to find the culprit. "Look over there!! There's someone standing on the roof!! Identify yourself!!"
"I am the brave and heroic warrior of the seas!! Captain Usopp!!" The long nosed guy loudly declared to prove his tenacity but sweat was splattering all over his head down to every part of his body to his trembling legs due to his extreme inner fear thinking and weighting out the consequences of this very actions he is doing.
"Grrr...!! That idiot!!" Capper looked up while Lyra and Bonbon had no words to even describe the scene on the rooftops.
"Huh? Usopp?" One of the fishman asked out.
"Never heard of him..." Another one of Arlong's crewmates muttered.
"Its him!!" Nojiko called out.
"Who is that?!!" The other villagers asked among themselves.
"Feared by the entire world as the man from hell they call me Usopp the wicked devil king!! I have 8000 subordinates at my command!! Flee at once and I might consider forgiving you!!" Usopp yells out with all the air in his lungs while his entire head was just drowning in sweat while his entire body trembled horribly in fear.
"Arlong its him!! He's the guy I told you about earlier who escaped from me!!" A fat pudgy fishman yelled out as he pointed to one of the rooftops.
"I don't care if you've got tens of thousands of followers... Just try me!! I'll crush every single one of them!!" Arlong growled in an extremely menacing manner.
"Aghhhh!! He's not scared at all and my gunpowder star didn't work at all!!" Usopp screamed out as his eyes literally popped out of his head with his tongue waving wildly while more sweat splattered out making the long nosed guy all wet and sweaty.
"Even though your just a puny human...! Lowly human scum! You dare attack me?!" Arlong roared much to the other shock of Genzo, Nojiko, Lyra, Bonbon, Capper and all of the other villagers as he musters all of his strength to lift up the house and slams it down to the ground for 5 times much harder and harder every second that passes as Usopp never stopped screaming in utter fear as he himself felt that he might die right here right now from what Arlong is doing.
"A... Arlong wait!! Your not going to destroy another village are you?!"
"Human villages are easy to crush but our goal's to rule over them!!"
"If we turn this town into another Gosa village then our tribute funds will decrease again!!"
"Crap!! He's gonna kill me!! He's gonna kill me!! He's gonna kill me!!" A bloody Usopp cried out in so much fear and tension surrounding his trembling body that there's no denying that he might die of heart attack at the next minute to pass. He grabs unto a rooftop of a house gripping it so hard to the point of almost breaking his fingers while splattering sweat drenched all throughout his fear infected body making it much harder for him to grab unto the destroyed building. Tears overflowing his eyes as well as snot overflowing his nose.
"He's still alive!! After him!! Don't let him escape!!" One of the fishmen pointed out to the long nosed guy that was jumping from roof to roof of a house and trying to run away.
"Catch him and kill him!!" Arlong roared as he trashed around even to the point of trying to destroy other buildings in the process but the other members of the Arlong Pirates tried to stop him and holds him back at the last minute. "Lets return him to Arlong Park for now!! At this rate he's going to annihilate this entire village!!"
"We'll be back. But it looks like you've managed to live another day." Kuroobi a ray fish-man and an officer of the Arlong Pirates grunted. Kuroobi has the typical appearance of a martial artist with a dark blue gi and a black belt. His hair is tied into a straight ponytail. His Sun Pirates tattoo is on the right side of his chest.
"Ahhhh!!" Usopp cried out as he ran off as fast as he can muster as tears splatters out of his eyeballs and snot gushes out from his nose as he gets chased off by a dozen fishmen.
"Aghhh!! That idiot!!" Capper grunted in frustration as he saw the long nosed guy trying to ran for his life.
"Certain Kill Egg Star!!" Usopp yelled out as he splatters a bunch of eggs at one of the fish men with his slingshot hoping to just stop them.
"Ugh!! Guh!! Ugh it reeks!! This egg is rotten!!" One of the purple fishman exclaimed as he starts thrashing around and smelling what's been put on him.
"Did it work...?" Usopp asked out as hope swelled in his heart.
"YOU BASTARD!!!"
"AHHHH!!!" Usopp screamed out as he gets chase down by a dozen fishmen down the road with so much fear that tears were literally gushing out of his eyelids like a waterfall.
"Gen we need to get you treated."
"No I'm fine. I can manage on my own. Sorry for all the trouble I've caused everyone."
"What are you talking about? Your not the one at fault here."
"That's right. As far as anybody could abide all their irrational rules!"
"But who was that guy earlier...?"
"Do you know him Gen?"
"No... I can't say I do..."
"Is he one of your friends?" One of the guys from Cocoyashi Village asks as he turns over to Lyra and Bonbon.
"I can't say that we are either. We would never be friends with a horrible liar like him." Bonbon exclaimed. "Yeah. The second that called himself Captain Usopp I could already see the deceptive information in his eyes." Lyra said.
"Wait is he one of those umm creatures that you said came from your home island or whatever?" One of the women from the village asked.
"Well he... Wait!! Are you blind lady?!! Does he even looked like an animal to you?!!" Bonbon roared in a comedic manner.
"Well if you mean act like an animal who keeps lying all the time and claiming to be someone he's not then your right on that definition!!" Lyra answered with a sweatdrop.
"At first he was weirded out by us and we even helped him out. What we have a problem with is the fact that he calls himself this Captain Usopp not knowing how serious being a pirate is." Capper explained.
"Yeah. We believe that there are other pirates here but he's not the captain that's for sure knorr he has a crew that serves under him." Lyra added as a matter of factly.
"Lying... Feeding false information... He wouldn't last long for even a minute from where we came from..." Capper exclaimed. "Yeah.. I don't think even pirates from Equestria and our borders would take him in..." Lyra exclaimed.
"First there's the Arlong Pirates and then there's fishmen from another island or another world as they say?" A kid exclaimed with with a anime style question mark on her head.
"These days just gets weirder and weirder." One of the senior citizens said.
"Yeah call us weird old man. There are pastel colored ponies around you, Fishmen that are kind and hardworking to help others. Not to mention a talking cat. This is a weird world alright." Lyra says with a laugh as the other villagers began to lighten up.
"Hahaha. Are you sure that you girls aren't from the Grand Line?" One of the ladies in the crowd asked.
"They might as well be right? That's a strange place where you don't know what your going to come across over there." An old lady said.
"Well I don't know how weird or strange the days here are gonna get but at least we have a cat who takes interest on the fish hahaha!!" One of the citizens exclaimed causing everyone to laugh.
"Yeah. A feline who wants to take out all the pests in this place outta be rewarded!!" Another guy from the remaining crowd says.
"I think this calls for a celebratory sandwich!! I've got a recipe here that you guys are gonna really love!! Its a best seller from back home!!" Capper said as he walks away with his friends and the other crowd of villagers.
"After we get treated for our injuries hehehe. We still needed care." Lyra exclaimed.
"And by care she meant being treated like a queen." Bonbon snickered while Lyra just rolled her eyes with a knowing smile at her wife.
"Long time no see everyone." A new voice cuts into the conversation between Genzo and the other villagers with Lyra, Bonbon and Capper when they turned to see Nami with a bouquet of flowers walk in with that familiar smile of hers. The other villagers upon taking sight of her start walking away as if with contempt and the orange haired girl just frowned.
"What is it?" Gen asks with a sigh as he just walks away without even turning to face Nami. On the way to the clinic to be treated along with Lyra, Bonbon and Capper following behind her.
"To think that you of all people would decide to stroll through the middle of town..." Nojiko says with a smirk.
"Oh nothing. Just curious what all the ruckus I've heard was about. Guess it was Arlong..." Nami nonchalantly as she starts to walk away.
Later...
"Only seven million berries left... " Nami says with a smile as she sat down in front of Bellemere's grave where she laid her flowers upon.
"Your as infamous as ever." Nojiko exclaimed with a knowing smirk as she watches her sister while leaning unto a palm tree.
"Well I am a pirate. But Arlong knows what's what right?" Nami says with a hopeful tone to her voice and this at least makes Nojiko smile seeing how happy her sister is now. "He knows money can get anything done. So it will only be a little more until his promise okay?"
"No matter what I'm going to raise 100 million berries so I can buy this village!" Nami answered her sister with a cheerful smile while Nojiko just walks over to her sibling to give her a big hug like old times for love and comfort.
Back at Arlong Park Zoro just sat down on a chair surrounded by a ton of fish men who are either unconscious everywhere after they all try to gang up on Zoro and tried to kill him for escaping. "Even if she tells me to leave I don't have anything to do outside of here.... After all I promised Luffy, Twilight, and the others to bring her back... Jeez... Seems like I've got myself tied up in a complicated mess...."
At the Arlong Park's main entrance...
"Doo! Doo! Dah! Doo!" The octopus fishman Hatchan sings while he was fishing on the waters and roasting a large pig on a campfire. "Looks like its about time! Moomoo time for your meal!!" Hachi yells out as he starts to call the sea cow Moomoo. The sea cow then gets alerted under water and tries to find its way to the food as the tiger sharks swims out his way. Vicious predators afraid of him for their own good.
"Huh? What's that trumpet noise I heard just now...?" Zoro wondered from his position.
"That's strange... What's with him?! Roasted pig is his favorite!! Maybe he already had his meal...? Well I'll just eat this then!!" The octopus fishman declared when he was interrupted by Zoro.
"Was that you who blew that trumpet just now...?"
"Nyu! W... Who are you? I'm Hacchan! But you can call me Hacchi!"
"So your a fishman too?"
"Yup! Yup! I'm a charming octopus fishman! I feel like I've seen you before....! Are you with the marines? Or are you a guest?"
"Well I'm probably more of a guest."
"But you know Arlong's not here right now."
"Yeah he's not. Where'd he go?"
"It seems that this long nosed intruder got away from us. We already have one of his companions tied up here but Arlong went to Cocoyashi Village to catch the other human!"
"Must be Usopp.... Well I guess I'll go save him in the meanwhile..." Zoro thought to himself before he continued. "How can I get to the village?"
"Get on! Your a guest aren't you? I'll give you a lift!" Hacchi said as he grabs a massive pot on the water to transport Zoro on where he needs to go thinking that he's some kind of Arlong Park VIP.
"What's that?" Luffy asks as he keeps chowing down on a meaty bone.
"Its huge..." Sanji exclaimed with utmost curiosity.
"Aghhhhhh!!!" Yosaku cried out in fear. "Its a sea monster!!!"
"Oh my gosh!! That's so fascinating!!" Twilight exclaimed as she pulls out a notepad and starts to sketch the creature as accurately as she can.
"A cow!! Its so big!!" Luffy exclaimed as the sea cow apparently named Momoo sniffs and sniffs having smelled all of the remaining food in their boat and wanting to eat ever since having came out to the wrong place of Arlong Park for its meal.
"Its more like a sea cow!!" Pinkie said with a smile. "Moo!! Moo!!" The pink party mare called out the animal as the sea cow answered back happily about meeting a new friend.
"A cow? And it swims? Isn't that just a hippo...?" Sanji asks as he takes a puff of his cigarette.
"Hippos? I heard that they're surprisingly graceful for their size." Pinkie chirped.
"Hungry?" Scootaloo asks.
"Hungry?" Sweetie Belle adds with a smile.
"Hippos!" Apple Bloom answered with a laugh.
"Hungry!! Hungry!! Hippos!!" The Cutie Mark Crusaders cheered together and laughs as the while Fluttershy starts to pet the enormous creature in getting to know him.
"What's a creature like this doing in the East Blue?! Its inconceivable!!" Yosaku said crying out in fear to the side as he bursts out in tears again.
"Oh brother..." Gilda rolled her eyes with a groan as she sees Yosaku not faring so well right now because of the enormous sight.
"This is a Grand Line Monster!!" Yosaku once again screamed out bursting with tears.
"Yeah I know this one. This guy is one of the regular beasts you come across from the Grand Line. There are even bigger monsters than these in the New World than in the Paradise." Gaimon explained as a matter of factly.
"Woah really? That's interesting!! Tell me more!!" Twilight exclaimed with glee as she and Gaimon began to talk more about the Grand LIne and the New World since he was a pirate.
"It must want the food!! Hurry up and just give the food before he overturns this ship!!" Yosaku yelled out in utter fear.
"I know what to do..." Luffy exclaimed as he turns around with a serious look in his eyes as the others have their attention on the captain. Not knowing what he could do.
Luffy got close to Momoo and rubbed the spot by its mouth. "There, there, buddy. Sorry about that. I promise the mean guys won't treat you like that again. Here, have some of my meat."
The world itself seemed to gasp.
"Who are you and what have you done with Luffy?!" Yosaku asked, appearing from out of nowhere.
Luffy tilted his head as Momoo happily started to gnaw at the offered leg even if his mouth was too big and the meat on the bone was way too small. "What're you talking about, Yosaku? I am Luffy."
"Luffy NEVER shares his meat! We could be starving and tired after a long day and he'd still steal the last pork chop off your plate! There's no way you're Luffy!" Yosaku insisted.
Luffy sighed. "Duh, you guys are my nakama! I trust you guys to get your own meat. If you're too slow, that's your own fault. But this guy," Luffy said, scratching a spot behind Momoo's ears and getting a vibrating purr from the sea cow, "Is a friend. You're responsible for friends. If they go hungry or get hurt, it's up to you to take care of them. He's hungry, so it's my job to feed him, and I already had some meat in my hand, so I gave it to him!"
"Umm that didn't make any sense at all." Rainbow exclaimed with a sweatdrop.
"I think it just means what it means Rainbow. Just roll with it." Gilda sighs as she face clawed.
"Awww Luffy has learned so much already. I'm already so proud of him." Fluttershy says with a motherly smile and Luffy just laughs reminding him of how the bartender Makino used to be with him and his brothers Ace and Sabo back home.
"I'm sure its injured somewhere so it can't find food on its own. Isn't that right...?" Sanji exclaimed with a grin as he was about to give a plate of meat to the massive sea creature. "Here eat up."
"Talk about caring..." Yosaku said with a sneer but he was quick to get quite.
"Shut it bub." Fluttershy says from behind Yosaku with narrowed eyes as the man could even see a glimpse of her fangs.
"Yeah. Your not the one who's going to stop Fluttershy from making a new friend if she wants to." Yosaku was about to protest once again when he saw Gilda's sharp claw gleaming in the sunlight.
"Awww that was nice. Fluttershy made a new friend." Pinkie exclaimed.
"This is soo exciting!! I've never seen a sea cow monster before!! I wonder what else is out there in the world?" Moondancer says with stars and sparkles in her eyes. "I wanna know about it!!"
"Well funny you should ask. Applejack has a lot of cow friends that go moo moo all the time back in Sweet Apple Acres." Pinkie exclaimed much to the delight of Luffy being interested to hear about the notion of real talking cows while Fluttershy being so sweet and lovable to Momoo requests if he can help them by pulling their water transport forward to where they need to go and Momoo says yes for the sake of his new friends.
"Woah really? That's interesting! Me and the other girls here being from Canterlot have never been to a farm before." Minuette exclaimed.
"Yes. Though we know that much of the fresh produce delivered to Canterlot come from Ponyville." Lemon Hearts added.
"Yeah. Its a really nice vacation spot for anyone who wants to get away from all of the hustle and bustle of the big city." Twilightshine says with a grin.
"These people are insane!!" Yosaku exclaimed as he trembles in fear and sweat splattering all over from his forehead.
"Alright!! Now that all's done with!! Lets eat again!!" Luffy yelled out raising his fists into the air in an excited manner.
"No thanks Luffy.. We've had enough..." Twilight and her friends politely refuse with a sweatdrop as even showed that they rubbed their bellies a bit showing that they are full.
"Yosaku gimme some tea!" Sanji ordered. "Me too!" Luffy requested as well.
"Comin right up." Yosaku answered with a sweatdrop.
"We're here!! This is Cocoyashi Village!!" Hachi pointed out. "Arlong should be here somewhere!!"
"Alright thanks." Zoro replied with a nod as he listens to Hachi point directions.
"Don't mention it!! Take care and come visit again!! Bye then!!" Hachi waves goodbye as he quickly swim off into the distance with the enormous clay pot strapped to his back.
"Yeah... He's a strange fishman alright..." Zoro exclaimed with a sweatdrop as he waves him off.
"So that saw nose is in this town too huh...? Well whatever... I'll look for our long nose first..." Zoro sighs before he heads towards Cocoyashi Village trying to find someone to ask if they had seen Usopp.
