Shells; Chapter 11

Chapter 11: Sake's Past By: Lvdoomien _________________________________________________________________________________


 * Sake flashes back five years to before the tragedy that caused the Fishman War. Sake is 17 and still in high school like most of the other fishmen and women before the Koko islands were divided. The last class of the day end and all the students walk out of their classes. Sake goes to sit down on a bench and takes out a raw fish to eat. A teenage Benthic, Ocho and Goburi walk up to Sake and start bullying him.*

Benthic: How's the fish, loner?

Goburi: Haha yeah! how's you fishy?

Sake: Back off damnit you three aren't getting to me today.


 * Ocho takes Sake's fish and throws it*

Ocho: You sure about that?

Sake: Hey that was a good fish!

Goburi: Haha you no got no more fish!

Benthic: If it bothers you so much, do something about it.


 * Sake stands up and punches Goburi in the face. Goburi laughs and punches Sake in the gut. Benthic and Ocho join in and start beating up Sake. After Sake is down for the count and bleeding, they all run off laughing.*

Sake: Sons of... gah...


 * Nellie rushes over to the injured Sake and tries to help him up.*

Nellie: Come on we need to get you to the doctor.

Sake: How come your always here when those guys attack me?

Nellie: I just am Sake now come on your bleeding.


 * Sake stands up and puts his arm around Nellie and they walk to the hospital.*


 * In the hospital, a Fishman doctor tends Sake's wounds.*

Doctor: Well you got a tooth knocked out, but thankfully shark fishmens teeth aren't permanent, you have a fractured wrist, a fractured rib, some cuts and bruises, and a deep bite on your arm. You should be fine if you just stay home and rest. I also have some antibiotics you need to take for that bite wound so just take these once when you wake up until Thursday.


 * The doctor hands Sake a bag of pills and shakes his hand.*

Sake: Thanks doc.


 * Sake walks out of the doctor's office were Nellie is sitting in the waiting room. She stands up and walks out of the doctor's office with him.*

Nellie: So how's the body?

Sake: Fractured a wrist and rib, lost a tooth, and I have some antibiotics for my bite. I'm going home to lay down.

Nellie: You can lay down at my house if you want Sake it's better then that lonely old shack of yours.

Sake: How come your nice to me Nellie? I've done nothing to earn your favor.

Nellie: It's because I like you Sake, I feel bad that those guys always pick on you and stuff and you have nobody else to watch over you. Now come on, my house is over here.


 * Sake and Nellie walk into her house and they sit down in the living room. Nellie makes them both some fish and they sit down and eat.*

Sake: Thank you Nellie, really.

Nellie: Don't worry about it, it's my pleasure.

Sake: No really you have no idea how much this means to me, you've been watching over me and helping me since we were 14. The closest family I have now ever since the accident is the grave of my grandfather, and he is one of the most hated fishmen around here.

Nellie: Your grandfather wasn't a great person, didn't we talk about him in history class?

Sake: Yeah, the teacher overexagerrated on some parts though. Bastard.

Nellie: Some parts of Arlong's "history" seemed a little unbelievable if you ask me.

Sake: Damn teachers. Some of the teachers that work at school aren't pretty smart if you ask me.


 * Nellie scoots a little closer to Sake.*

Nellie: I don't think some of the people here are alright in the head.


 * Sake notices and scoots a little closer to her.*

Sake: Maybe if we got a psychologist here on the island.

Nellie: Yeah that would probably help everyone around here.


 * Sake and Nellie look at each other and their faces start getting closer to each other. They are about to kiss until they're interupted by a large explosion from outside. Nellie screams.*

Sake: What the hell?!

Nellie: Oh my God that was loud!


 * Sake stands up and looks outside to see the town on fire. People are screaming and running while human pirates shoot at them with flintlocks and slash them with swords.*

Sake: Good God what's going on?!


 * Nellie runs to Sake's side and screams in horror. One of the human pirates turns and sees them.*

Human: Fish freaks!


 * The human pirate runs towards them with his saber drawn. Sake punches him in the face and grabs his wrist.*

Sake: Ow!

Nellie: We have to find somewhere safe!

Sake: Come on!


 * Sake grabs Nellie's hand and they both run to the graveyard. Everything is in chaos now.*


 * Meanwhile, a teenage Thunnus and Cutler are both fighting the pirates with make shift weaponry on another part of the island. Same thing with Benthic, Goburi, and Ocho.*


 * Sake and Nellie make it to the graveyard and crawl into a mausoleum.*

Sake: Stay here.

Nellie: Sake wait where are you going?

Sake: To my grandfather's grave.


 * Sake leaves the mausoleum and runs to his grandfather's grave. The grave has the Kiribachi made into it so it sticks straight into the air. The grave simply says "Arlong: The Saw".*

Sake: Sorry grandpa. *Sake takes a nearby shovel from the ground and smashes the grave. Sake takes the Kiribachi from the grave and examines it.* Wow, still sharp.

????: Fish freak!


 * Sake turns around to see a russian man with a captain's jacket on and a sword in his hand. Next to him are a russian looking man with to flintlocks at his side and a large russian man with bear claws tied to his fists.*

Sake: Are you the captain of the bastards slaughtering people.

????: Yes, I am. My name is Ivan, captain of the Big Bear Pirates. But people? These freaks aren't people, they are scum. Scum! Me and my crew are hear to rid the vorld of you evolutionary failures! Sven, Heavy, kill him!


 * Heavy yells and charges at Sake with his bear claws. Sake swings the Kiribachi at Heavy and it cuts off both of Heavy's arms.*

Heavy: My arms!

Sven: I got him!


 * Sven shoots at Sake but Sake easily dodges them and punches Sven in the face. Ivan runs at Sake and brings his sword down on Sake's head, but he parries the attack and slices Ivan in half.*

Sake: I need to protect Nellie!


 * Sake runs back to Nellie and the mausoleum were Nellie is already standing outside.*

Nellie: Sake! What happened?!

Sake: I took care of the leader of these guys that are trying to attack us. But-


 * A gun fires. Sake's eyes go wide as he looks down to see his chest bleeding. Sake falls to the ground and goes unconscious.*

Sven: Scum.


 * Nellie screams.*


 * The flashback ends. Nellie is still trembling at the sight of Sake.*

Nellie: How can you not be dead?

Sake: Thunnus found me and the doctor treated my bullet wound. But Nellie, how could you?


 * Nellie breaks down and cries. Sake embraces her as she cries.*

Nellie: I can't believe what I've been doing.... Killing my own people...

Sake: Tell them to stop.


 * Sake lets go of her and Nellie walks to her balcony and uses a Den Den Mushi as a microphone.*

Nellie: SOLDIERS! THE WAR IS OVER! DROP YOUR WEAPONS AND SURRENDER!


 * Everyone stops fighting and looks up in confusion.*

Nellie: LOOK AT WHAT WE ARE DOING! WE ARE KILLING OUR OWN BECAUSE OF A SINGLE CREW OF HUMANS! THE FIGHTING STOPS NOW!


 * Everyone looks at each other and drop their weapons.*

Nellie: THERE WILL NOW BE PEACE!


 * All the fishmen look at each other more then one yells.*

Fishman: Long live Madame Nellie!


 * All the fishman yell the same thing and cheer.*

Sake: You did the right thing.

Nellie: Thank you.


 * That night, after burying the bodies of the dead, everyone has a large party to celebrate peace.*


 * Komota runs into Tomas during the party, along with Sake.*

Tomas: Komota!

Komota: Tomas! Have you met my friend Sake?

Tomas: Yeah, we met at that park place.

Sake: So you two are a crew right?

Komota: For about a week.

Tomas: Yep, I'm the captain and he's the deck hand.

Sake: Well I did learn how to steer a ship once and I am pretty good at it.

Komota: A helmsman?

Tomas: Well if you can steer a ship, you should come with us! Join the Shell Pirates!

Sake: Hmmm, well theres something I gotta take care of. I'll be back so you two keep partying.

Tomas: Alright!


 * Sake runs towards the recently renamed Nellie Park to Nellie's chambers.

Sake: Nellie?

Nellie: Hay Sake, whats up?

Sake: The humans Tomas and Komota asked me if I wanted to join their crew, and I do but I don't feel totally comfortable leaving here.

Nellie: You can join them if you want Sake. I'll be fine, I promise.

Sake: Well I want to stay here, with you. Your the closest thing I have to a family right now.

Nellie: Well pirate crews are like families. Benthic and his crew? They were like a brotherhood. If you join Tomas and Komota's crew you'll be like a family to them.

Sake: Well if you'll be fine with it, they're probably departing tomorrow.

Nellie: Okay.


 * Nellie and Sake hug each other and he starts to walk out of the room.*

Nellie: Sake wait come back, I need to say something.

Sake: *Walks back into the room* Yeah?

Nellie: I'll miss you.


 * Nellie grabs the back of Sake's head and passionatly kisses him.*


 * The next morning, Tomas and Komota are at the dock waiting for Sake. Sake and Nellie along with a lot of other fishmen and women walk up to them.*

Sake: Okay, I'm ready to leave.

Komota: Well one problem though.

Tomas: We don't have a ship!

Sake: I do though, the blue ship over there.


 * Sake points to a medium sized blue ship. The ship has two sails and the side of the ship reads "Blue Skipper".*

Komota: Quite a ship you got there.

Sake: Well lets set sail!

Tomas: Yeah!


 * Tomas and Komota get onto the ship. Komota instantly starts swabbing the deck. Sake kisses Nellie goodbye and Cutler walks up to him holding a flag.*

Cutler: One of the soldiers found this near where those two's ship went down.

Sake: Thanks Cutler. Take care of yourself.

Tomas: Hay! Somebody found my flag!

Sake: Well lets set sail!


 * Sake hands Tomas the flag then runs onto the ship and mans the helm. Komota and Tomas let down the sails and they sail off. Nellie and all of the fishmen and women wave goodbye. While Nellie is waving she is holding her stomach with another hand for some reason.*

THE END (Of the Fishman War Arc.)

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Crossover!