ArlongxBellemere

Arlong was sitting quietly in his private quarters, deep within his ship. His new navigator, Nami, had left the ship about half an hour ago, after the two of them had reached an understanding of what Arlong wanted. Finally, the sharkman had time to think about the recent occurrences thoroughly.

What was bothering him was one little thing, one event, a certain person. Her name was Bellemere.

What Arlong had collected from what had happened was that Bellemere was Nami's adoptive mother. She had a violent and rude personality, but also a strong heart full of love. A love stronger than what most of those pitiful creatures called humans had.

Arlong was happy that he had the chance to get rid of her. He was cynically amused that love was the reason she had died, because that was precisely the strongest weakness of humans.

But...

Arlong just couldn't forget her vine red hair and eyes that sparkled from anger. He couldn't get rid of the feeling he got from the way she had held her head high and looked her death in the eyes with pride. He couldn't shake off her last words.