(Y/N) watched Zoro sliced down more Fishman Pirates before turning to Brook and watching him do the same. 'Damn, looks like everyone's putting in work.' (Y/N) turned back to look at the tank Chopper was popping out of. 'What are they doing...' (Y/N) stared at the tank as it swung back and forth, trying to aim at the little red Fishman from before. Her eyes widened in shock when she saw the tank shake a bit before falling into the ground. "Franky! The tank!" (Y/N) pointed at large dust cloud, not too far of from the two on the two on the motorbike.
"Huh?" Franky began to drive in the direction (Y/N) pointed in and yelled out to his crew mates in the tank. "Hey! Where'd you go? Usopp! Chopper!"
Franky drove past all of the Fishmen around and straight into the large crater the tank fell into. (Y/N) stared in front of her for a few seconds before screaming. "YOU'RE SUCH A MORON!!"
As the motorbike flew through the sky, realization stuck Franky. "Huh? What the hell?!" Franky screamed out in nervous fear. "Who put a sink hole here?!!"
Both (Y/N) and Franky hugged each other, crying and screaming like children when they descended into the sinkhole. (Y/N) groaned in pain as she crawled out of the motorbike. "Remind me never to ride with you again, Flam."
Franky groaned a bit, crawling out of the motor bike behind (Y/N). "Will do..."
"That hurt..." Nami groaned as she crawled out of the tank. Usopp pushed himself off the ground. "Yeah, you're tellin' me! That was a pretty big drop!"
"You made a super mistake, short stuff!" Franky irritatedly yelled up at the small red Fishman before turning to his crew mates. "Everybody off the tank! Get!" (Y/N) watched Franky throw Nami, Chopper, Pappag and Usopp out of the sink hole before turning to her.
(Y/N) gulped in fear at the frustration radiating off Franky. "Ya know, I can just see myself out—" Franky picked up (Y/N) and threw her out of the sink hole. "OR NOT!" (Y/N) yelled as she was sent flying through the air, not on her own accord.
(Y/N) successfully stuck the landing on the ground as Nami yelled back to their cyborg. "Geez, Franky, why did you throw us out like that?!"
"Have some respect for your commander, pal!" Chopper yelled in frustration, (Y/N) joined in. "Yeah! He's too cute to be treated like that!"
"Yeah, what (Y/N) said— wait..." Chopper turned his frustrating yelled at (Y/N). "Don't call me cute! I'm a deadly killing machine!"
"Sorry, but this next form has only got one seat!" Franky yelled out, taking everyone's attention. "Let's get freaky!"
"Huh?" Chopper and (Y/N) looked back at the sinkhole in confusion. Usopp sassed his cyborg. "You're freaky enough already!"
"Black Rhino FR-U 4!" Franky called out. Smoke blasted out of the bottom of the motorbike causing it to fly into the air. (Y/N) watched in awe as the bike spit in two, revealing bike to be two robotic arms. "Stand by!" Franky yelled out.
"Ooh. Super freakyyyy!" Usopp, (Y/N) and Chopper yelled out in excitement.
"Hold your applause!" Franky shouted out at the three with a huge grin on his face. "Brachio-Tank Five! Head change!" The tank drove out of the sinkhole and it's dino head sank inside the tank before flipping into a robotic head that sort of looked like Franky, but his long spikes hair was now a sharp drill. Robotic legs grew out of the back of the tank, grinding into the ground beneath them. The tank stood up on the legs to reveal a robotic body. "Brachio-Tank Five! Black Rhino FR-U 4! Docking phase!"
"Whoa. So fancy!" Usopp, (Y/N) and Chopper held up their arms in shocked admiration.
The robotic arms connected with its body. "Meet the Iron Pirate!" Franky yelled out through a loud speaker since he was not inside the giant robot. "General Franky!"
"COOL!!" Usopp, (Y/N) and Chopper shouted with stars in their eyes.
"This is crazy!" The new Fishmen Pirates, and a random panda bear man, screamed out in shocked fear.
"No way!" Luffy's shouts could be heard through out the whole plaza. (Y/N) looked over at her captain, but quickly had to shield her eyes from how bright the boy's admiration was.
(Y/N) looked back as Chopper and Usopp screamed about getting a giant fighting robot. 'I was more impressed at Franky's engineering skills. It's rather childish for Franky to put all his skills into stuff like fighting robots, but if it's what the man loves...' (Y/N) turned back and smiled up at the Iron Pirate as she further thought. 'Then who can blame him, right? Ooh, I do like the emblem of our jolly rodger on his chest. Maybe I can ask him to make me a weapons charm of it?' Franky spoke from inside the Iron Pirate, through its loud speakers. "I still haven't met the mad genius Vegapunk. But I finally made his dream come true. Even if it did take a whole two years of trial and error!" The Iron Giant leaped in front of the new Fishman Pirates. "By manipulating the shape-memory alloy known as Wapometal... I built a big-ass robot!"
"Come on, men, it's just a bucket of bolts!" A Fishman yelled out before all of the pirates charged towards the Iron Pirate.
The Iron Pirate lifted its arms and instantly took out the horde of Fishmen charging at it. (YN) watched in awe as the pirates flew through the air. "Now that's quite efficient."
"Woah! Look at him go!" Usopp and Chopper danced with stars in their eyes.
"Oh, I'm just getting started, bro!" Franky yelled out before reaching to the sword on the Iron Pirate's back. "This baby's called the 'Plunderer's Sword'!" The Iron Pirate held the giant sword into the air above him. "Franken!!"
"There's a sword, too?" Usopp and Chopper cried out in sheer admiration.
"General..." The Iron Pirate began rapidly spinning at its waist. The robot swang its sword low to the ground, successfully forcing all of the Fishmen around it to jump over and over again. Franky continued his yelling. "Watch-Your-Step! You wimps can jump up and down all you want, but I'll blast you straight outta the sky!" Franky popped out of the Jolly Rodger on the Iron Pirate's chest with cannons protruding from his shoulder. "Franky Cannon!" Franky began shooting down all of the new Fishman Pirates below him.
"What the hell..." (Y/N) blankly stared at her cyborg.
Usopp's eyes popped from his sockets as he yelled at Franky. "Not that I was expecting! But hey." Usopp gave Franky two finger guns. Chopper joined in, point his hooves up to Franky. "Hey!" The two giggled. "It's still cool though! Super cool!"
(Y/N) facepalmed. "Of course they'd still like it."
"Let them have their moment." Nami lightly sighed in defeat at her boys as they jumped up and down at the, now Franky posing, Iron Pirate.
"Hah! Don't worry, there's plenty more where that came from!" Franky yelled out as the Iron Pirate walked up to the new Fishman Pirates. The pirate screamed for the robot to stay away from them.
"Yeah, show us more!" Usopp and Chopper yelled in excitement.
The Iron Pirate bawled its hands into fist in the air before Franky yelled out. "General... Weight!" The giant robot belly flopped on the ground, forcing the pirate to run away. Fortunately, a group pirates got crushed, including a random panda man. Chopper and Usopp screamed cheers for their cyborg and joyfully danced around.
"Looks lame to me." Nami glared at the Iron Pirate. (Y/N) crossed her arms. "I'm with Nami on this one. What the hell is Franky even doing out there?"
"Hey." A Fishman pirate spoke from behind Nami. "You must be one of the weaker ones, huh?"
(Y/N) quickly turned around to her ginger, but before she even had time to pull out her sickles, the pirate stuck his sword towards Nami. Nami quickly reacted, clashing her Clima-tact with the Fishman's sword before dodging out of the way. "Who says I'm weak?!" Nami shouted up at the Fishman as she broke apart her Clima-tact into three. "I just like it when other people do all the work!"
(Y/N) put her hands on her hips and smirked at Nami. 'She's got this.' The Fishman held up his sword once more, but Nami quickly pointed up a third of her weapon to the man. "Sorcery Clima-Tact! This one is gonna blow you away." A small bubble emerged from the end of her weapon. "Time for the Gust Sword!" (Y/N) stared in awe as the Fishman was sent flying backwards.
"That was amazing, Nami!" (Y/N) happily cheered.
"I learned that back in Weatheria." Nami replied, smiling at her work. "That's hardcore meteorology." The ginger put back her weapon and glared down at the Fishman in disgust. "Now who's weak?"
"You tell 'em, Nami. I'm going to get back to kicking the rest of these guys' asses, take care." (Y/N) waved off her navigator.
"Alright, (Y/N). Stay safe out there, 'mkay?" Nami happily waved off her friend.
(Y/N) took out her left sickle and tossed it into the air. "Pluto, Big Boy." Pluto caw'd as he grew into a large griffin and landed on the group, shaking it lightly. (Y/N) flew up and stood on his back. "Alright, Pluto, it's time we get to work." Pluto caw'd and flew into the air. (Y/N) held her hands into the air and began patting the side of a medium mass of air. Fishmen blow her questioned what the (h/c) haired woman could be doing, but soon found out when (Y/N) peaked over the edge of Pluto and dropped a ball of condensed air upon them. "It's called an Air Cannonball." (Y/N) smirked down at the confused Fishmen before a shockwave exploded knocked them back from where they stood. 'I learned that one from our secret ally, Kuma.' (Y/N) lightly frowned when she remembered what the went though with Zoro that dreadful day at Thriller Bark. The memory of the amount of pain she felt in the body that day made her clutch her stomach, but she shook off the memory and began forming more Air Cannonballs.
After a while of raining hell fire upon the new Fishman Pirate's, (Y/N) paused to look over at Shiraoshi when she cried out in pain. "Please, Surume! Stop it! You're hurting me!"
"Pluto, quickly get to the Princess' side." (Y/N) dropped the last Air Cannonball she had on her hands as Pluto flew towards the kraken.
"Surume!" Luffy shouted out as Pluto flew down besides Jimbei and the kraken.
"Pluto, Small Boy." (Y/N) quietly commanded as she hopped off Pluto. Pluto shifted back to his small form and landed on (Y/N)'s shoulder. He looked up at his mother, but she was staring down their captain. 'What the hell happened here? I thought Luffy tamed his guy.'
"You wanted to save your brother's life, so you did whatever this jerk told you?" Luffy questioned his kraken. (Y/N)'s eyes slightly widened in shock before quickly glaring over at Hordy. 'I can't wait til Luffy pummels this guy.' Surume nodded his head at Luffy making Straw Hat continue. "I know what that's like. So, is he your big brother, or you little brother?" Surume 'huh'ed his words. Luffy smiled back at his kraken. "If you need someone to save him, then count on me!" Surume gasped in shock as Luffy walked towards Hordy. "Just ask next time! After all... we're friends, right?"
Tears began to form in Surume's eyes before the kraken started wailing and released his hold on Shiraoshi. "Nice work, 'Capt." A small smile appeared on (Y/N)'s face as she stared at Luffy. The Princess smiled up at Surume, thanking him of letting her go.
"You sure have a great Captain." Jimbei lightly chuckled.
"You'll have him too, one day." (Y/N) smiled as she spoke. She never broke her gaze on Luffy, but knew Jimbei wore a confused and surprised expression on his face from her words.
Luffy's smile quickly faded, his face burned with frustration and anger at Hordy. The new Fishmen Pirates surrounding their captain, quickly took notice of Straw Hat. "He's coming this way. Let's get him!" A pirate yelled out, holding his sword in the air. His comrades around him cheered, also holding up their weapons.
"You're no match for our leader!" A large blue Fishman, carrying a large hammer, yelled towards Luffy. A squid Fishman, carrying squid spears in each of his six hands, joined in. "Leave this one to me-hii!"
Luffy showed no fear as he continued walked towards his enemies, his icey gaze never breaking from Hordy. The large blue Fishman held his hammer towards Straw Hat as the squid Fishman held up his spears. Both of them attempted to attack Luffy, but were intercepted by Zoro and Sanji. (Y/N) smiled at her boys. "That's the closest they'll ever get to teamwork." (Y/N) turned to Jimbei, casually pointing at the Fishmen pirates in front of them. "Would you like some help with these guys?"
"You'll make a great assistant." Jimbei grinned down at (Y/N).
(Y/N) fully turned to the new Fishman pirates. "Great, because I'm all fired up now. Pluto, retract." (Y/N) pulled out her right sickle and caught her left when Pluto fully retracted. She smirked at the Fishmen and readied herself for combat. The pirates grinned their teeth, but looked rather nervous when they readied themselves to fight. (Y/N) lightly chucked. "C'mon, boys, let's play."
(Y/N) Air Kicked down a few more Fishmen, huffing lightly before backflipping and slicing down a few more. 'It's like they never end.' (Y/N) turned back to look at her captain kicking Hordy's face into the ground. 'I'm glad Luffy's giving that jerk a run for his money. Huh, Luffy's using his Armament Haki on him? Hordy must be pretty tough if 'Capt's going to such extremes.' Luffy landed in front of Hordy, glaring him down. The Fishman Captain slowly rose to his hands and knees and glared back at Luffy. Hordy raised his right hand up as water began to form on his palm. "Shark Arrows!" Hordy threw multiple sharp water drops at Luffy. (Y/N) stared at Luffy in shock as she sliced down another Fishman attempting to sneak up on her. 'He's not even moving an inch...' Hordy quickly took notice of Luffy's fearless behavior and began changing the trajectory of his Shark Arrows. Luffy reacted by using Observation Haki to dodge every droplet with easy. (Y/N) roundhouse kicked another Fishman, but continued to watch her captain. "He's amazing. I'd say his Observation Haki is nearly as great as mine."
Hordy continued to throw his Shark Arrows relentlessly as Luffy spoke to the Fishman. "I think I've done more than enough dancing around for one day." Luffy soared through the sharp water droplets, stretching out his right arm behind him before coating it in Armament Haki. "Gum-Gum Bullet!" Luffy sent his punch straight into Hordy's stomach making the Fishman grunt in sheer pain. Hordy attempted to keep his footing by digging his feet into the ground, but Luffy's punch was too powerful and it sent him flying yards back, straight into one of the plaza's walls.
"Nice one, 'Capt!" (Y/N) happily cheered as the new Fishman Pirates cried for their captain.
Luffy stared down the falling debris before him. (Y/N) walked up to Jimbei, Shiraoshi and Surume as Shiraoshi gasped in awe. "I can't believe it! He's so small, but so strong!"
"Hell yeah he is." (Y/N) spun her sickles back into their sleeves, smiling at Luffy. "That's my captain." (Y/N) looked up at the cheering Fishmen bystanders on the plaza's walls. 'Seems like we're getting some more support down here...' (Y/N) stared up in confusion as large shadow began to cover the plaza, causing the whole battle field to run with silence. "What's that?"
"Something'a wrong." Jimbei quickly looked up, growling in frustration.
"It looks like a... massive ship?" (Y/N) tilted her head in confusion at the large vessel above Fishman Island before punching another Fishman pirate's jaw.
"Wanna fill me in?" Nami yelled back to Jimbei.
Jimbei was chocking another Fishman pirate, but managed to reply. "It's the Noah!"
(Y/N) shot down three more Fishmen with her Air Pistol before looking back up at the Noah. "Its right over our heads, something that massive is sure to crush us to death."
The new Fishman pirates and all of the Fishfolk bystanders began to scream for everyone to flee the island. (Y/N) glared at the Fishmen running past her. 'Abandoning a fight is one thing, but abandoning your captain? Even if he's a no good ass-hole, he's still your captain. How disgraceful.' Shiraoshi spoke up, breaking (Y/N) from her thoughts. "Look up there!"
(Y/N) looked back up at a screaming giant Fishman descending from the Noah. "Oh no... Not this guy again." (Y/N) blankly stared at Wadatsumi when he crash landed on the ground, straight on his head. The new Fishman Pirate screamed as they ran out from under the giant. A few seconds passed before a giant bump grew on Wadatsumi's head, causing the giant Fishman to face plant.
Wadatsumi quickly and surprisingly sat up, rubbing his head in pain. "Why do I gotta be so clumsy?" (Y/N) cringed when the giant began to wail like a child, but his crying quickly stopped after realization stuck the man-child. Wadatsumi stood back up, yelling to the Noah. "Captain Decken, can you hear me up there? I fell off the Noah and I can't get back! You have to stop the ship for me!! I don't wanna die down here!"
'So that Decken guy is behind this.' (Y/N) looked back up at the Noah. 'He must have used his devil fruit to move that giant vessel underwater like that.' Her gaze shifted to the Mermaid Princess. 'Meaning, Shiraoshi's the target.'
A new Fishman pirate's yells were heard throughout the plaza. "Hey, Captain Hordy! Are you okay? Also, I'm curious if this is all part of your plan, maybe? I mean, it could be, because Decken is controlling the ship, but, uh..."
(Y/N) looked over at Hordy as he groaned in pain. The new Fishman Pirates captain pushed the fallen debris off him, yelling back at the man. "Will you shut up?! I'm busy here! ...I'll kill you, Straw Hat!"
"Wow." Luffy tilted his head back to Hordy. "I really didn't think he'd get back up after that one. I guess this guy's no joke after all."
"For some reason, it's like I can sense two power levels from that man." (Y/N) pondered aloud making Jimbei 'hm' her. "They are both strong, but one of them is substantially stronger than the other. It's like it was jacked up by a hundred or something, and that's the one that we're seeing now. It's hard to explain." (Y/N) nervously rubbed the back of her neck, waving off the confused Jimbei.
"Are you telling me your Observation Haki is so strong, you can see someone's exact power level?" Slight shock was present in Jimbei's voice.
"Um, yes? I thought that was something anyone with Observation Haki could do." (Y/N) stared up at Jimbei.
Jimbei shook his head. "It is true that users can sense someone's power, but not determined it on a scale like you can. It's more like an aura admitting off someone, to us. I'll assume you can also listen in on someone's thoughts?"
"Yes, but again, I thought that was all users." (Y/N) wore a confused look on her face as she looked down at the ground beneath her. 'I know Pops said my Observation Haki was strong, but I never thought it was that strong. I wonder what else I can do with it.' (Y/N) placed her hand on her chin in thought.
Laughter was heard of an loud speaker, breaking (Y/N) from her thoughts as Decken spoke. "Why, hello, Shiraoshi! I offer you my love. One last time! Bahohoho! What do you say? Do you want me?! Bahohoho!!"
"It's coming for the Princess?" Jimbei stared up at the Noah. "Don't tell me. Decken must have thrown the Noah like he threw those axes and letters before!"
"I had the same idea." (Y/N) grinned her teeth up at the Noah. "That sick bastard."
"For ten years, I've been pining for you, waiting for the day I could make you mine!" Decken continued his disgusting love attempts. "See? Love's patient, I suspect. That means there isn't another person alive who could care for you like I do! That's why I'm doing this! It's love! Love! L! U! V! Love! Why won't you accept it?! By now you know about my Mark-Mark Fruit powers. The things I throw with this ability don't stop unless they hit their target or crash into something else! So here's Noah! This giant ship embodies my love for you! It's yours for the taking! My feelings will be the last thing you feel as it crushes the entirety of Fishman Island! Bahohohohohaha!" One of the large chains hanging from the Noah crashed into the island, starting the destruction.
"Ugh. It's more like insanity than love." (Y/N) rolled her eyes at the Noah.
"Captain Decken, wait!" Wadatsumi yelled out. "How do I not die?!"
Decken laughed. "Sorry, pal! You shoulda thought about not dying before you fell off! That's the breaks! You're just one more thing I have to sacrifice in my pursuit of Shiraoshi!" Wadatsumi cried out from Decken's words.
(Y/N) stared up at the Noah as it pressed against Fishman Island's bubble. "This really isn't looking good for us."
The new Fishman pirates began to scream and cry about the ship popping the Noah until one of them questioned. "Hey. Where did Princess Shiraoshi go?" (Y/N) whipped her head to where Shiraoshi once stood to see she was no longer there. Another pirate yelled out in sheer shock. "She vanished!"
"Shit! They're right. Damn it, I was too busy looking at the damn Noah to notice she took off." (Y/N) began to frantically look around the battle field.
"This isn't good! Princess! Please, you have to come back!" Jimbei yelled out, joining (Y/N) search.
"What's this? My Shiraoshi has disappeared?" Decken yelled out from his loud speaker.
"No. Not now." Jimbei spoke in disbelief.
(Y/N) rubbed her forehead in frustration. "Why the hell can I still sense her? Where is she?!"
"I'm right here!" Shiraoshi yelled out making everyone look up. (Y/N) gasped in shock when she saw Shiraoshi holding out her arms in front of the Noah.
"God damn it, Princess!" (Y/N) yelled in frustration. 'Should I go get her?'
"Please, don't die!" Brook yelled out next to (Y/N), fully spooking her.
"When the hell did you get here?!" (Y/N) yelled back at her skeleton.
"Huh?" Brook slumped over in defeat. "I've been here the whole time."
"That's not what I... never mind." (Y/N) shook her head and looked back up at Shiraoshi.
"Come back down!" Nami yelled out at the Mermaid Princess. "What do you think you're doing?"
"She's changing the ship's trajectory! By moving herself away from the island!" Jimbei quickly replied.
"What?! But she..." Nami stared up at Shiraoshi in shock.
(Y/N) never removed her gaze from Shiraoshi. "She's going to get herself killed up there..."
"I knew you were awful!" Shiraoshi yelled up at Decken. "But I never believed you would stoop this low! If you want to take my life, then I am powerless to stop you! But no one else should have to suffer! I won't let you harm this kingdom! I will protect it with my life! So come get me, you monster!"
The Fishmen bystanders began to beg and plead with their princess. Shiraoshi's plan started to work and the Noah began to change course towards the princess as she swam higher and higher. 'Damn it. What the hell do I do here? How can I protect her?' (Y/N) stared at the Mermaid Princess, burrowing her eyebrows together in frustration. (Y/N)'s eyes widened in shock when Decken threw a knife at the Mermaid Princess. Shiraoshi screamed in pain before clutching her right shoulder tightly. (Y/N) saw the throwing knife fly through Shiraoshi's hair and towards the island beneath her. 'Thank goodness it just grazed her.' Shiraoshi took off, swimming through the air. (Y/N) looked back at the Noah when the vessel followed after the Mermaid Princess. Her attention was stolen when a new Fishmen pírate yelled about Luffy. "He's trying to get away! Hey, Captain Hordy, he—! What the hell?! Where did the captain run off to?!"
'Great, now both Captains and missing.' Another Fishman pirate yell out about Hordy being on one of the chains connected to Noah. Sure enough, Hordy was climbing up to the Noah. What caught (Y/N)'s eye was Sanji Sky Walking towards Hordy. 'Why the hell is he doing?' Luffy yelled up at his chef. "Sanji, hold It! I'll go! You take care of the plaza!"
"Are you sure? Think about it, Luffy! The ship's in the water!" Sanji yelled back at his captain.
"But the ship's in a bubble, so it should be okay!" Luffy looked towards Jimbei for confirmation.
"That would make sense. Decken is weak to seawater, just like you. Despite being a Fishman, he needs air to move around freely. Better safe than sorry, though." Jimbei pulled out a Bubbly Coral and tossed it to Luffy.
Luffy caught the coral, smirking back at Jimbei. "Good call." Luffy readied himself by pulling his arms behind him, but hesitated when (Y/N) ran up to him.
"Wait, 'Capt. Do you need me with you on this one? You know I can fight underwater." (Y/N) tilted her head slightly.
"No. Not this time, (Y/N). I know your Armament Haki takes a lot out of you and I'm not sure how long I'll be up there." Luffy smiled over at his crew mate. "Would you take care of the plaza in my place?"
(Y/N) nodded. "Of course. Stay safe, 'Capt."
Luffy nodded back before grunting as he sent his arms towards Sanji's leg. Sanji yelled down at Luffy. "I can't believe I'm letting you save the girl! You better not let us down! Don't hold anything back, Luffy!"
Luffy squatted back, preparing to propel himself. "Here I go!"
"Keeps your wits about you, Luffy! Fishmen are far stronger than humans in the water. Do not forget that!" Jimbei sternly spoke to the captain.
"Uh-huh!" Luffy pulled back even further. (Y/N) stared up at Sanji, lightly biting her bottom lip. 'He has to kick him perfectly or Luffy will shoot out of the Noah's air bubble and straight into the sea.' Luffy yelled out. "Now Sanji!"
"Armee de L'air Assult!" Sanji called out as Luffy released himself, flying towards Sanji. "Gum Shoot!" Sanji yelled as he kicked Luffy up. Luffy soared through the air, at high speeds, before slamming into the Noah's air bubble.
Luffy popped through the bubble, but his momentum slowed making the captain spin a bit in the air. "Please make it..." (Y/N) softly spoke and soon sighed in relief when Luffy grasped onto one of the large chains hanging off the vessel.
"He made it." Jimbei smiled up at Luffy. His smile quickly faded when hundreds of
mermen and mermaid bystanders flew up to the large chains and pushed against them.
"What are they doing?" (Y/N) stared up at the merfolk in disbelief.
"It appears they're attempting to slow down the Noah." Jimbei spoke with worry in his voice. "They're going to get themselves hurt."
The merfolk begged their princess to run away and get somewhere safe. (Y/N) spotted Hordy standing above the merfolk. 'Shit. If the Noah doesn't hurt them, he certainly will.' Sadly, her thoughts came true when Hordy sent hundreds of Shark Arrows down at the merfolk. "Damn it!" (Y/N) grinned her teeth up at the falling merfolk. "Pluto, Big Boy!" (Y/N) through out her left sickle and Pluto quickly transformed into his large griffin form. (Y/N) flew up on his back. "Grab as many as you can!" Pluto caw'd and flew up towards the falling merfolk, catching several on his back. The duo repeated this process, taking as many merfolk as they can safety down to the walls of the plaza.
(Y/N) was riding back down on Pluto as a mermaid next to her groaned in pain. "Huh? You're a human. Why are you helping us?"
(Y/N) didn't look down at the mermaid while she replied. "I swore to protect Shiraoshi, that includes her people. You may hate my kind, but we're not all the same. Yes, there's bad humans out there. I can testify to that."
"Are you one of them?" A merman behind (Y/N) spoke up. "A bad human?"
(Y/N) lightly chuckled and looked back at the merman. The merman gasped in slight fear before (Y/N) spoke. "I'll let you decide that." Pluto landed back on the ground and laid down to let his passengers off. (Y/N) stood up, shouting to all the bystanders. "I'll be back with more civilians! Please care for the injured!" Pluto flew off again towards more falling merfolk.
Finally, all of the merfolk were back down on Fishman Island. "Pluto, Small Boy." (Y/N) commanded as the last merman was off Pluto's back. Pluto shifted back into his smaller form and landed on (Y/N) shoulder, curling up and resting. "Good boy, Pluto. Get some rest for now." (Y/N) patted Pluto's head and walked amongst the Fishfolk, making her way to the end of the plaza's wall. She stopped when she heard quiet sniffling throughout all the chaos around her. (Y/N) stared at a small boulder. 'Rocks don't cry...' Using her Observation Haki, she saw the figure of a merboy clutching his right arm and softly crying. (Y/N) walked over to the rock and peaked around it. "Hey there. What's up?"
The merboy gasped in fear and backed up a bit from the (h/c) haired woman. "I'm not going to hurt you, so don't worry, okay? I see you hit your arm there. Is it bleeding?"
"Y-Yes..." The merboy nervously nodded his head.
(Y/N) crouched down in front of the boy, holding her hand out. "Let me see." The boy slowly reached out his arm, showing a deep gash. "He got you pretty good, huh? Did you fight to protect the Mermaid Princess, too?"
"Yes... My papa told me to stay back, even though I told him I was ready to protect the Princess, too." Tears formed in the boy's eyes. "But now I'm bleeding and can't find my papa anywhere."
"I'm sure your dad didn't want you to get hurt, that's why he said not to go with him." (Y/N) softly smiled back at the boy before pulling up the bottom of her red sweater-dress. She bit the cloth and ripped a portion of it off. "Here. I can patch you up for now, but you'll need to ask your dad for some better care. That cut could get an infection if it's not treated right." She tied the tore cloth around the boy's wound and stopped the bleeding. The boy stared up at Pluto as (Y/N) worked on his arm. (Y/N) smiled and turned her head to Pluto. "You want to pet him?"
"Can I? I never seen any dog like him before." The merboy smiled from ear to ear and reached for Pluto.
"That's because he's actually a griffin." (Y/N) giggles as the boy's eyes filled with excitement. "Hey Pluto, wake up, someone wants to see you."
Pluto yawned awake and tilted his head at the merboy. He quickly realized the situation and flew into the boy's arms. (Y/N) smiled as the, now happy, merboy giggled with Pluto. A merman called out. "Joseph! Joseph! Where are you? My son!"
"Papa?" The merboy held Pluto in his hands and turned towards the voice.
(Y/N) took Pluto out of Joseph's hands as he spotted his father. "I think you should go apologize to your father. He's worried sick about you."
Joseph nodded. "Thank you, Ms. I promise I'll tell all my friends how awesome humans really are! Bye!" Joseph flew off to his father, waving (Y/N) off before jumping into a hug with his father.
(Y/N) smiled at the reunion. "C'mon, Pluto. We still have those new Fishman Pirates to deal with." Pluto coo'd and hopped back on (Y/N)'s shoulder. (Y/N) walked back to the edge of the wall, lightly sighing. 'I hope humans and Fishfolk can truly be united one day.' (Y/N) stretched her arms above her head and walked off the wall. She descended down an invisible staircase, eventually making it back to her crew.
"(Y/N)~swan! You're back! Thank goodness you're okay!" Sanji spun around the (h/c) haired woman with hearts in his eyes.
(Y/N) pushed her cook's face away from hers. "Yeah, yeah. I couldn't let those mermen just fall like that."
"Thank you for your help." Jimbei spoke down to (Y/N). Pluto irritatedly caw'd up at him, making him jump back a bit. "You too, little one." Pluto happily landed back down on (Y/N)'s shoulder.
"I don't need any 'thanks', Jimbei. It was really no probl—" (Y/N) was cut off by Nami's blood curling scream. (Y/N) quickly turned to her ginger with worry on her face. "Nami! What's wrong? What happened?!"
"I should be asking you that! Your outfit! It's ruined!" Nami grabbed the back of (Y/N)'s red sweater and held it up with tears in her eyes. "It's ripped off! Who did this to you?!"
"Is she asking me or the clothing." (Y/N) blankly stared back at her ginger before sighing in defeat. "I did it. It was necessary."
Nami lightly gasped before turning her head slowly to (Y/N) with a innocent smile on her face. "You... did this? To this cute fit?"
(Y/N) nervously gulped and quickly turned to Jimbei. "So, Jimbei, any more pirates I need to beat up?"
"Don't ignore me! (Y/N), so help me..." Nami held up to her fist to the (h/c) haired woman.
(Y/N) nervously sweated as she looked up at Jimbei, mouthing 'Please save me'. Jimbei grunted in slight frustration before putting on his best acting skills. "Oh, look! There are some over there you can take care of."
"Thank yo— I mean, on it!" (Y/N) quickly sped off towards the pirates. "Pluto, retract." (Y/N) caught her left sickle and pulled out her right, slicing down the group of pirates she charged at.