In the midst of the disaster caused by the boat's crash, the first to get up was Zoro.
"WHAT the hell do you think you're doing?!" Zoro shouted angrily.
"We're here to take Nami back. Haven't you found her yet? Where are Usopp and Johnny?" Luffy asked.
"I don't know where Johnny is. I haven't seen him," Oliver said, getting up with a bit of pain in his right arm. "But Usopp has to be around here."
"T-The light… I see the light… I'll tell you about my stories," Usopp said from under the boat's debris.
"Shut up and get out of there," Oliver said, throwing an apple at his head.
"Hey, are you okay?" Sanji asked Yosaku, who was stuck in the wreckage.
"We should look for Johnny, he disappeared, and we haven't seen him. I hope he wasn't kidnapped," Oliver said.
"Guys! We need to run!"
At that moment, Johnny arrived, completely exhausted.
"Johnny? What do you mean?" Zoro asked.
"There's a mess at Arlong Park, and now he's destroying everything. We should leave," Johnny said.
"It might be my fault," Oliver said. "I left a mess with the Fishmen of Arlong Park, so they might be angry because of that."
"But then, where's Nami?" Luffy asked.
"Good question," Oliver said.
Just then, she arrived, coming straight from Arlong Park.
"What are you doing here?" Nami said to them.
"What do you mean? You're our nakama, we came for you!" Luffy said.
"I never told you to do that. Nakama? Don't make me laugh, you're just a bunch of misfits," Nami said, making Luffy stare at her.
"Nami-san! It's me, remember? Let's travel together!" Sanji said, ignoring what was happening.
"Stay out of this, idiot! You're only making things worse!" Zoro yelled, seeing that Sanji didn't seem to care about the situation.
"What did you say?! Love is a hurricane, bastard!" Sanji said, almost starting a fight with Zoro.
"Quiet, both of you," Oliver said, still a bit worried.
"Didn't I tell you?! This woman is a witch! She joined Arlong's crew and has killed people without thinking twice! Just to monopolize the village and keep the hidden treasure for herself! She's always been a damned traitor with a black heart! She's deceived you all this time!" Johnny shouted.
"And what are you going to do now that you know that?" Nami asked.
"What?!" Johnny was confused.
Nami looked at everyone, and when her eyes landed on Oliver—who looked badly injured—she froze for a moment, but continued speaking.
"Just so you know, Arlong is in a murderous rage and wants to kill the one who hurt the rest of the Fishmen. Maybe you all have monstrous strength, but it's still not enough against a real monster," Nami said.
"There's no need to worry about what a fish says. If I did all that by myself, Luffy, Zoro, and the perverted cook can do even more," Oliver said, pointing at Sanji.
"Hey!" Sanji said.
"What? I'm just telling the truth. You came here just for a woman, am I wrong?" Oliver said.
"And what about it? A man must do everything for a woman," Sanji said.
"Could you do that outside the island? Stop sticking your noses into our problems! Don't you get it?! I was only with you for your money! Now that you have nothing, I have no interest in you!" Nami began to shout.
"I'll return the ship, so leave and find another navigator, then you can go search for the One Piece or whatever you want, alright? Maybe if you leave now, Arlong won't find you. So get out of here! I don't want to see you near this place again! Goodbye," she finished.
After listening to her, Luffy fell backward and lay down.
"I'm going to sleep," Luffy said.
"SLEEP?! NOW?! In the middle of the road?!" everyone yelled except Oliver.
"I don't feel like leaving this island, I don't care what's happening here. I just feel sleepy. So I'm going to sleep," Luffy said, lying down to nap.
"FINE! Do whatever you want! Stay here and die if you want!" Nami said before running away.
"What a temper."
Oliver sat down to rest a bit, feeling a little dizzy.
Yosaku and Johnny left after saying they didn't want to be killed by Arlong, leaving them alone.
They sat down to rest, waiting for Luffy to wake up to decide what to do.
"So… what do we do?" Usopp asked. "I never expected to be in this situation."
"Whatever Luffy says, though he's sleeping right now," Oliver said.
"It's still shocking to me that she's part of the Arlong Pirates despite everything that's happening on her island," Usopp said.
"A lady is always a lady, there's no reason to judge her," Sanji said.
"You can judge her if she does bad things, but she's pretty kind," Oliver said, getting up a little.
"Kind? She stole the Going Merry," Usopp said.
"And even so, she came here with us to tell us to leave while we still have time before Arlong finds us. If that's not because she cares about everyone, then I don't know why she would do it," Oliver said.
"So… does that mean we have to fight those Fishmen?" Usopp asked.
"Don't bother. It's useless. No matter what you do, you can't beat Arlong's power," Nojiko said.
"Who's she?" Luffy asked, opening his eyes.
"Nami's older sister, her name is Nojiko," Usopp answered.
"Nami-san's older sister! There's no doubt she's beautiful!" Sanji said, completely lovestruck.
"What do you mean useless?" Zoro asked, ignoring Sanji.
"Please stop getting involved in our problems. I'll tell you how everything began, under the condition that after hearing me, you leave," Nojiko said.
"No, I'm fine. I don't care about her past! It's time to walk," Luffy said, walking away.
"Time to walk?! Don't you want to hear it?!" Usopp asked.
"No, I don't," Luffy replied.
"What's his problem?" Nojiko asked.
"Don't worry about him. That's just how he is," Zoro replied.
"Go ahead. Tell us whatever you want, but it won't change anything. That decision belongs to Luffy, and I don't think he'll change his mind," Oliver said.
"I see. Now I understand why Nami has trouble dealing with you," Nojiko said, smiling.
"Everything started when Arlong arrived…"
She began explaining everything that happened in the past—what Arlong did to the village, what he did to her mother, and what Nami had to do to save the village.
"That's why, since that day 8 years ago, she decided she would never again show her tears to anyone, and she never again asked anyone for help!"
"We don't want to see anyone else die at Arlong's hands. We don't want more victims like our mother! Do you understand how hard it was for Nami to overcome her despair and decide to fight on her own when she was only 10 years old?"
"So she made the only deal that could save the village: joining the crew of the man who killed her own mother," Usopp said, understanding Nami's story.
"I'll kill the man who torments my adorable Nami-san!" Sanji shouted—only to get hit on the head by Nojiko.
"OUCH! Why did you do that, Nami-san's sister?!" Sanji asked.
"I told you this so you WOULDN'T do something stupid! If you make noise here saying you're Nami's friends, the pirates will start suspecting her, and everything she's done for 8 years will be for nothing!" Nojiko said.
"That's why I'm asking you not to do anything that could hurt her," Nojiko said.
"That's not happening," Oliver replied, standing up.
"Why? What are you trying to achieve with this?" Nojiko asked.
"Like I said, everything depends on Luffy. If Luffy says we stay, we stay. If Luffy says we attack, we attack," he replied.
"And if he says to leave?" Nojiko asked.
"I doubt that will happen. That's why for now we just need to prepare to fight those Fishmen when Luffy tells us to, and tear them apart for hurting our nakama," Oliver said.
"You're idiots."
Knowing she couldn't change their minds, Nojiko went back to her house.
"I'm going for a walk. To calm down a bit," Oliver said.
"Calm down?" Usopp asked, but got no answer.
Oliver walked away, feeling a deep rage rising through his body.
'I've read Nami's story many times, but hearing Nojiko almost crying… it makes my blood boil. I'm dying for some bastard to show up so I can tear him apart.'
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