章 27: The Real Enemy
Thirteen walked around the island for a bit before coming to a field road. He looked in the distance and saw a Fishman laying on the ground, he walked over and saw Usopp laying on his back a few feet away.
Thirteen walked up to him and crouched down, holding a finger under his nose before finding out he was still breathing. The fishman was too. He straightened up and grabbed Usopp, as well as the fishman's, ankles before dragging them back the way he came.
A bit later~
Thirteen arrived back at Arlong Park to see the villagers cheering, he saw Luffy grinning and sitting down, getting treated by a doctor, while Zoro was passed out, Sanji was flirting with Nojiko, and Nami was crying while laughing.
He walked over in front of Luffy and tapped Usopp on the face with his tail, waking him up. Usopp opened his eyes and saw Thirteen before shouting "AH DON'T EAT ME!" Thirteen blinked and replied "You probably don't taste good." Usopp shrieked before passing out again.
Thirteen looked at Luffy, while Nami laughed and Sanji smirked. He then dropped Usopp and dragged the Fishman into Arlong Park, Luffy said "Where you going?" Thirteen said "Putting him with the rest." Luffy looked at him and Thirteen looked back before Luffy nodded and Thirteen walked off.
Nami watched Thirteen go before following after him.
Thirteen rounded up the Fishmen before letting the one he was dragging down and slapping Arlong.
Arlong woke up and saw Thirteen, he opened his mouth, but Thirteen held his hand over it. He made a quiet gesture and grabbed Arlong's broken nose, snapping it back to its original shape.
Arlong's eyes bulged for a second before he calmed down.
Thirteen took his hand off and Arlong said normally "What do you want." Thirteen looked at him and said "You know what's going to happen to you if you get caught again, right?" Arlong kept silent and Thirteen looked at the rest of the Fishmen, adding "Hell is Hell. They won't let another slave escape and embarrass them."
Arlong stayed silent and looked at the Fishmen, Thirteen sat down and put a bag in front of Arlong saying "Take this." Arlong opened the bag and noticed it was food, clothes, and money. He closed the bag and looked at Thirteen before saying "What are you going to do?"
Thirteen put his feet in the water and looked out to the sea as he said "I don't know." Arlong got up and stood next to him, looking out to the sea, holding the bag in his hand as he said "I'm probably going to go home."
Thirteen looked up at him and Arlong continued "I live on Fishman Island." He turned his head and looked at Thirteen, adding "If you need me, I'll be there." The duo stared at each other as the other Fishmen woke up, confused.
Thirteen slowly nodded and Arlong looked back to the sea before finishing "I owe you one, brother." as he jumped into the sea and shouted "Let's go! We're going home!" The other Fishmen looked at Thirteen and nodded before jumping into the sea and swimming after Arlong.
The Fishman that Thirteen brought to Arlong Park, stopped and said "My name's Chu, thank you, Mink friend." before jumping in the water and finally the last one was Hatchi, who scratched his head and laughed "That was fun!" He patted Thirteen's shoulder and gave him a thumbs up, adding "You were super cool! See ya, Thirteen!" before diving into the water and swimming after the rest.
Thirteen stared out to the sea and his ear twitched. He closed his eyes and a voice rang out behind him "Why?" Thirteen opened his eyes and responded "Why?" Nami approached him from behind, nibbling her lips with a face full of betrayal as she sobbed "Why! Why let them go!?"
Thirteen looked at her and said "Why not?" Nami clenched her fists and shouted "Why not?! Do you know what he did to me!? To our village?!" Thirteen turned back and replied "No." Nami looked at him and turned away, saying "He killed my mom. He's been torturing the villagers for years. He made us all his slaves."
Thirteen looked up at the sky and stayed silent, she turned around, roaring "Do you know how much pain he's caused me?! And you let him go!?" Thirteen replied softly "I don't. He's a slave just like me." Nami cried "So?! Will you let the person who enslaved you go?!"
Thirteen closed his eyes and said "I did." Nami choked on her words and stared at Thirteen, saying "You…" Thirteen looked back at the sea and started "I was abused in every way by her, I was a slave for 9 years. The number of times she whipped me, I remember every single one, the time she branded me, the number of times she made me fight and kill, every time she forced me to have sex with her, I remember everything."
Nami looked at Thirteen in shock and said "But then why?" Thirteen replied "Why? Because, normally when you lose a slave fight you die. I didn't always win, especially when I was small. Whether she knew it or not, she saved my life over and over dozens of times." he grabbed a handful of sand and watched it slip through his fingers.
Nami said in horror "But she did all those things to you! How cou-" Thirteen cut her off "When my mom was alive, she would always tell me to never be ungrateful no matter the person. My 'Master's' life is worth more than mine so all the times she saved me, put together, saved her life once."
He turned his hand over and dropped all the sand, continuing "We're all the same, you, me, Arlong, and those Fishmen. No matter how much you deny it, we're all shackled by slavery. Even now." he glanced at Nami before turning back to the water and adding "If you want to curse me, curse me. I saved a slave from returning to hell."
He stood up and continued with his back to Nami "That place is worse than you could possibly imagine. What you experienced, while painful, was nowhere near what me and Arlong experienced. I kill people as second nature, Arlong mimics the Demons, and you steal excessively. All different flaws from the same source."
He turned around and looked at her, declaring "Arlong is only a proxy, the Demons in White Hell did this to you…" before walking away, passing her as he said "And I'm going to kill them all." leaving Nami speechless, looking at his back as he walked away.
Every single scar on his body seemed to still be raw to her as he grew taller in her eyes.
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This chap is a bit of a tough one because Thirteen is normally quiet having him speak so much is kinda OOC but without it, the interaction and bonding between him and Nami doesn't grow and doesn't have much of an impact. I will say this I don't think Nami is going to the Love interest. Unless I change my mind, its going to be someone else and that's what I originally had planned, not every interaction has to be romantic. It can be trust and bonding like familial. Sorry! Also Thirteen will prolly not talk as much for a LONG time.
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Monkey_Godking This chap is a bit of a tough one because Thirteen is normally quiet having him speak so much is kinda ooc but without it, the interaction and bonding between him and Nami doesn't grow and doesn't have much of an impact. I will say this I don't think Nami is going to the Love interest. Unless I change my mind, its going to be someone else and that's what I originally had planned, not every interaction has to be romantic. It can be trust and bonding like familial. Sorry! Also Thirteen will prolly not talk as much for a LONG time.
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