Something fishy

You followed Nami to the Conomi Islands. Finding out, where she had brought the Merry was surprisingly easy: Before you could lay anchor you got attacked by what could best be described as a sea-cow. You made the conscious choice not to think about the mechanics of Luffy punching something into the cliffs, that was about ten times bigger than the boat he was on.

On the main island you quickly reunited with Zoro. “So? What's going on?”, Luffy opened up.

“Not sure. She SAYS she's part of these Arlong pirates, but when I threw myself into the water she jumped after me, so I wouldn't drown.”

“As I thought.” You still had Nami's affection on your mind.

“Where are Johnny and Usopp?” And as if called the former showed up.

“Nami murdered him!”

“What?” You tried using your Devil Fruit to test this: Usopp: 51/100... you didn't know of anybody, who had died since you've eaten the fruit.

“He tried to get her out. He used a smoke bomb, but she caught him, stopped him until the smoke cleared, stabbed him right in the guts and dropped him into the sea!”

Speaking of the devil.

Nami: 55/100

“What are you idiots doing here.”

“That's a stupid question, we came to pick you up. We're friends after all, aren't we?”, Luffy answered like it was an absolute matter of course.

Nami: 56/100

“Friends? Please, at best you're useful acquaintances. I just stayed with you, to rob you blind, and now that you're broke we're through. You can have your ship back, for all I care. It's not like I need it.”

“That's how it is? So you want us to believe, you really did **** Usopp?”, you asked.

Nami: 58/100

“Listen: After that stunt Zoro pulled in Arlong Park, Arlong probably wants all of you dead, so you better get going if you know what's good for you.”

Because the four of you shared a single braincell and you were holding onto it for dear life it wasn't until Usopp himself explained them to their face, that Nami was in fact very much on your side. “I'm guessing there is some kind of hostage situation, so she can't just leave and she doesn't think we would defeat Arlong”, you said.

“Wow, that's pretty much exactly what's going on”, a new voice said. We then learned, that it was Nojiko, Nami's adoptive sister, who had spoken and that Nami was working for Arlong to free her home town from him.

Of course Arlong had no intention of ever letting Nami out of his service. He sent marine captain Nezumi to seize Nami's stash.

Luffy left his hat for Nami to watch over and he, Zoro, Sanji, Usopp and you marched to Arlong Park in silence.

After two of Luffy's punches the gate was on the ground. “Which of you pieces of shit is Arlong?”

Two of them made the mistake of getting into his way as he went and decked the sitting Arlong hard enough for him to make a hole into the wall surrounding Arlong Park.

The average fishman was about twice as big as the average human, allowing you to easily go in between their legs, so you quickly made your way to Luffy's side: “My captain isn't really a man of words so let me explain: We would have taken you down for what you've done to Cocoyasi, ...” you looked around and recognized a mark your father had told you about “but you've made Nami cry and so we'll make you wish Fisher Tiger never climbed the Red Line.”

Arlong POV:

Arlong wasn't really surprised, that Nami's friends were no pushovers. It made sense that an exceptional human would befriend exceptional humans. The first strike of the captain had actually hurt. He could claim, that he had caught him unaware or something, but it was fairly obvious that that punch had been merely been this boys way of saying hello. He was still certain, that they could beat them, but only Hatchan wouldn't panic, Kuroobi didn't get to angry and Chuu stayed close to the bay and shot either the long nose or the frail looking girl, who had just successfully made almost his entire crew blindly charge at her. Luckily his commanders were smart enough to see a provocation for what it was, but with his other crewmates getting in each others way like that she had barely any difficulty avoiding their attacks and countering with a dagger. Almost casually she … apologized?: “Ok, so I'm aware that what I said crossed more than one line, but I wanted to make sure you're as pissed as we are.”

Then Hatchan called Momoo. Mistakes were made. The first one was calling Momoo. It didn't surprise Arlong, that his pet wasn't that much of a threat to these particular humans. Luckily the captain was dumb as bricks. He rammed his feet into the ground, grabbed Momoo and swung him around like a gigantic flail before throwing him out into the sea. At first Arlong thought, that Hatchan, Kuroobi and Chuu had been the only ones to get down, but six other crewmen got up as well. Than, instead of staying back, evaluating the situation and shooting at them, Chuu decided the best course of action was to go for the long nose. Long nose was either a coward or a tactician, because he retreated and provoked Chuu to follow him.

The captains Rubber body were a good and a bad thing. Bad, because it would allow him to participate in the fighting even with his feet stuck in the ground. Good, because it allowed Arlong to easily remove him from the equation.

“Let's play a little game.” He picked up the ground with rubber man and dropped him into the harbor.

He liked these odds. A devil fruit user had an incredibly hard time to hold his breath under water. His comrades were now extremely pressed for time and were much more likely to do something stupid. Sadly the blonde stopped Zoro from trying to free their captain right now.

The blonde faced Kuroobi, Zoro Hatchan and the girl circled around with her eyes on the six remaining crewmen.

Arlong surveyed the fights. The biggest threat would normally be Zoro, but he was obviously heavily injured. The fact that he didn't kill himself when escaping their imprisonment was a testament to his skill. The blonde was an adept martial artist, who had specialized in kicks. To the average fishman this human would be a serious threat, but Arlong had confidence in Kuroobi. He was smart. If it got serious Kuroobi could just get into the water, forcing the man to follow or risk him attacking the helpless captain.

That left the girl. Arlong wasn't fooling himself. She had already shown to be able to fight them even though she was obviously weaker and probably wouldn't be able to take a single hit. The good news was, that she was likely to weak to free her captain, but she could keep Kuroobi or Hatchan occupied enough, for her comrades to do it. It got worse: she hit the third to last of her enemies with a flat palm strike at the fore-head. Not any flat palm strike, but the exact same fishman-karate technique Kuroobi had used against the blonde. Since the hit fishman fell over ****, it seemed that this woman had managed to pick up the basics of fishman-karate from merely observing a practitioner while being attacked by multiple other fishmen.

It had been clear to him, that she had to be punished for her insult alone, but a human practicing fishman-karate could not be allowed. Than he saw something, that made him grin: while she dealt with her second to last enemy the other one jumped into the water. Arlong was not surprised, that the girl wouldn't jump into the water instead taunting the fishman into surfacing. What was odd was, that she made no effort to retrieve the dagger she threw at her last enemy, leaving her unarmed.

Arlong got up and walked over to the water, dipping his hands for an Uchimizu and turned to her: “So your captain wasn't the only devil fruit user on your crew.” He had intended to pass his attack of as simply flicking water at her, he assumed, that her devil fruit gave her some kind of premonition, since she easily dodged. He fired three more handfuls at her and instead of jumping away, she deflected the last one. Her palm was red, her skin was not tough enough to handle this technique, but it meant Arlong would not be able to take her out like that. He hoped into the water.

“Shark on darts!”

Of course the girl dodged. Arlong had expected nothing different. But this way she couldn't learn from him and would have to tire herself out jumping out of the way. He turned and aimed as soon as he landed leaping at her over and over. After only three attacks he could see her tiring out. She was sweating and panting.

“Shark on tooth!”

By spinning he increased the size of his profile, forcing her to jump further to avoid contact and it had worked: she had landed in and awkward, almost sitting position. She didn't to see it as dire: “Go ahead. Our fight ends now.”

“Fine. Shark. On. Darts!” Arlong realized the moment he lost contact to the wall he had pushed himself off of, that he made a miscalculation. The girl had no intention of dodging. He had hoped to intercept her but was now going to go over her. Than her legs made contact with his head.

When he got into the water he thought for a second, he had cracked his skull. The girl had pressed her legs just right to redirect the **** of his own attack directly into his head. But he was not injured, only hurt. He got back on land and realized, what had saved his life: She had massively underestimated the strength required to redirect his attack. Only a fraction had made its way into him. The rest had broken her legs, all six bones.

“You were right: The fight did end. Any more insults, before you die?”, he said, as he made his way over her.

She had a hard time speaking through the pain, but she did not disappoint: “I won!”

“What?”

“Why did you think I bothered fighting you?”

Arlong looked up. Zoro was laying on the ground, his wounds forcing him to rest, but his grin suggested he had defeated Hatchan. Kuroobi was embedded into a wall and bleeding profoundly. The blonde martial artist was nowhere to be seen.

“ARLONG!”

Yuri POV:

You woke up in a bed with both legs in a cast. To your surprise the entire crew as well as a few of the locals were standing around you.

“Was I the only one, who got injured?”

Nojiko laughed out loud: “God, no! After Zoro kept getting up and ripping open his freshly stitched stomach hole, Dr. Nako decided to just put you down, until you've recovered enough to not injure yourselves. With broken bones that just takes longer than with bruises and cuts.”

“Please tell me, you still got that corrupt marine captain.”

“Funny story, you don't remember how you lost consciousness?”, Nami grinned, “When Luffy showed up again Arlong threw you after your knife into the water and you sank like a brick. I have to admit, that Zoro was the only one who noticed and pulled you out. When Luffy defeated Arlong Zoro started carrying you back just as Nezumi wanted to rob us and you threw your knife at him without even waking up.”

You noticed something.

“You've changed your tattoo!”

“Wow you noticed quickly.” She showed it to you. What had been the stylized sawtooth shark from Arlong was now a pinwheel.

Dr. Nako made sure, that you could be trusted not to break your legs immediately again and then he and the locals left you with your friends.

“...”

Zoro, Nami, Usopp and Sanji glared at you.

“You want to know about my Devil Fruit.”

“You have a Devil Fruit, too?”

“Yes, Captain. Funny story: I ate it the same day I met you.”

“If you know it's from a Devil Fruit, why did you give me this nonsense about a sixth sense”, Zoro cut in.

“Nothing I told you about my sixth sense was a lie: I've had that since early childhood, but the Devil Fruit has nothing to do with my fighting abilities.”

“Say I believe you. What does it do?”

“I'm not sure. From what I can tell it makes me able to see, how much a person likes me. It's weird. I see it like a number, but it is by no means absolute. I think it is relative to what a person would feel at the most ****.”

“Huh?” That's the most you could expect from Luffy.

“For example, when I lost consciousness I was at -20 for Arlong but he definitely would have killed me, if you'd let him. However before Don Krieg attacked I was at -15 and he still let us eat at his restaurant.”

“So how did you know, that I didn't betray you under threat? If Arlong held Nojiko hostage, do you really think I wouldn't have stabbed you in the back, if he told me to?”

“I guess my Devil Fruit didn't tell me, that you were still on our side, but do you remember when we recruited Usopp?”

“You're talking like it's been ages.”

“You risked your life to protect people, simply because it was the right thing to do.”

“Please, Luffy did most of the fighting.”

“Is that what you thought, when Usopp and you were facing Kuro's pirates alone? No. You might have sticky fingers, but you're a good person and I can't of anybody I'd rather have charting my course.”

You blushed, when she hugged you.

“So... how much do we like you?”, Usopp asked the question, that you had hoped would not come up. After making sure, that they actually wanted you to tell in front of the whole crew.

Luffy: 80/100. Affection moved in large steps with him. Even though out of the entire crew you had interacted easily the least with him, he already considered you almost family.

Zoro: 50/100. He was quite reserved. He had respect for you and your skills as a fighter and would risk his life for you without question, but he'd hardly call you his friend oddly enough.

Usopp: 75/100. He admired that you were doing what he wanted to do: Be a mighty warrior, even if you were physically even weaker than he was. You had on multiple occasions encouraged him to be proud of his skills and use them.

Sanji: 90/100. You asked him again whether he really wanted you to tell in front of everyone, but he either had no idea what you meant, or he was okay with the entire crew having it showed in their face. He had a second number.

Sanji 30/100. He had was sexually attracted to you. You told him that you were flattered and if you were sexually attracted to men, the attraction would surely be mutual.

Nami laughed at that and you thought you could see Sanji's heart breaking, but he was quickly back to normal.

That left the most awkward for last and you decided not to ask her, but simply wait for a private time to tell her.

Nami: 70/100. But also:

Nami: 4/100.