SBS Time!
Zeta Rubii Naruto:
Will there be more evil organizations based on existing sites?
Game2002: Let's leave it to the future to answer that.

Chapter 2
Adventuring Through the Jungle and a Fated Meeting!



Previously, the kids had arrived on Gillax Island and entered into the tropical jungle and they are still in the jungle.

With Young Link in lead, the kids walked across the soil and piles of dead leaves and YL used his sword to clear away the bushes and vines that kept on getting in their way. "This place sure is fertile with plants…" YL thought.

"It's a jungle," Ness reminded him. "What do you expect?"

Nana stood close to Popo and said in fear, "This place gives me creeps… I keep on hearing strange sounds and there are bugs all over the place…"

"There are lots of animals living in the jungle after all, so there are bound to be lots of sounds," Popo said. "By the way, where are Toon Link and Diddy anyway?"

The group stopped and looked around and saw that those two indeed weren't with them. "Yeah, they're not here," Ness said. "Funny… They were with us a few moments ago. In fact, Toon Link was the one leading us and not Young Link to begin with."

Suddenly, they heard Tarzan-like cries coming from the air and they looked up to see TL and Diddy swinging over them using vines. "Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!"

"There they are…" YL pointed out.

The duo landed onto a high branch and TL said to them, "Hey guys! Want to try this out? It's fun!"

"Yeah! I do this a lot with DK back in Congo Bongo," Diddy said. "You should try it too!"

"No thanks," YL said. "We prefer moving on ground."

-

The Straw Hat crew which consisted of Luffy, Chopper, Zoro, Sanji, and Robin were traveling together somewhere else on the island. "Everyone! Where are you guys?" Luffy shouted as loud as he could. "Answer me if you hear me!"

Chopper sniffed the air and said, "It's impossible to track down their scent any longer because there are several animals here that override their scents."

"Great… How are we going to find them at this rate…?" Zoro grumbled. "In a large jungle like this, there is no way we can find them just by looking around like this!"

Luffy then turned to a bush and peeped into it, and he suddenly said out loud, "OH MY GOD!!! I DISCOVERED SOMETHING!!!"

Sanji immediately ran up to him and said, "What is it? Did you find something that may lead us to Nami-san and the others?" He ran over to his captain and saw him holding up a beetle in his hand.

"I found an Atlas beetle! Wow! These beetles are rare! I can't believe I found one!" Luffy said excitedly, but got a shoe to his face.

"Idiot! Don't bring up false alarm!" Sanji yelled.

-

The kids ran into a steep cliff that had a bridge which crossed to the other side. YL looked down the cliff and said, "It's quite a long way down and the only method of crossing to the other side is the bridge…"

Ness observed the bridge and commented, "This bridge doesn't look like it will last long…" Indeed, the ropes suspending the bridge looked worn out and the wooden boards had several cracks them.

"But there is no other method to cross to the other side…" Popo said.

Diddy suddenly raised his hand saying, "I'll go first!" And he courageously (or perhaps stupidly?) jumped onto the bridge and rushed to the other side as fast as he could.

"Hey! It's dangerous!" Ness said to him. "Don't be so reckless."

However, Diddy reached the other side with no problem at all. He jumped up and down clapping his hands saying, "Yay! I made it here with no problem!"

"Looks like the bridge is safe to cross after all," YL thought.

"Yeah, we were worrying too much," Ness said. "If Diddy can cross it with no problem, then we can do it too." So the remaining kids walked onto the bridge and slowly proceeded to the other side. "See? There's nothing to be afraid of! Haha!"

As they were still trying to reach the other side, Diddy noticed a sign next to the bridge. The sign was very worn out so the letters were somewhat unclear, and combined with the fact that Diddy wasn't very educated…

"Dan… old… refra… from… using…" He tried to figure out what was said, but since he couldn't comprehend what he saw, he spun the sign around to face the others and asked, "What does it say here?"

"Don't you know how to read?" TL asked. "It says: Danger! Old bridge; please refrain from using."

Suddenly, they all froze in their tracks after TL read out loud the words on the sign, and they all screamed and rushed across the bridge as fast they could and luckily made it to the other side in time. "AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!"

"Running on bridges is dangerous, you know," Diddy told them.

-

The Straw Hat Pirates were still walking through the depths of the jungle with Robin in lead this time. "We have been traveling for a while," she commented. "I hope they are still alive and not get killed in horrible manners."

"Please… You're scaring me, Robin…" Chopper whimpered

Suddenly, they all heard someone screaming and turned to see Luffy walking in the back. His eyes were glowing in strange colors and he was screaming like a madman. "What's with him…?" Zoro asked.

"He ate one of those mushrooms…" Chopper said, looking at some mushrooms that were underneath a tree. "Those mushrooms have drug effects that make you see hallucinations and mess with your mind. Fortunately, it doesn't have any harmful effects on the body and you return to normal after a while."

"Geez… Does that guy have to eat everything that he sees…?" Sanji grumbled.

Luffy walked around in an awkward method and shouted out loud, "RAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!! WHO IS IT THAT TOOK AWAY MY COMRADES???!!! COME OUT AT ONCE!!!" He then looked at Zoro from behind and shouted, "SO IT WAS YOU!!!! GIVE THEM BACK AT ONCE!!!!" And he threw his fist forward to punch him in the back of the head, but Zoro noticed this and quickly ducked down and turned to him.

"Damn! Are you insane?!" he shouted. Luffy ran towards him like raging beast and they started beating the lights out of each other and this resulted in a large comical cloud of smoke. "If you want a fight, then I'll beat your senses back into you!!!

Sanji approached them and said, "If you guys are done fighting, then let's get…" Luffy's arm suddenly came out and pulled him into the smoke by the necktie to. "HEY!"

POW SMASH WHAM CRASH BANG!!!

"They'll return to normal after a while," Robin said while continuing on her way while Chopper watched them with an odd expression.

-

About an hour has passed since the kids entered the jungle and they were starting to show signs of tiredness. Nana fell down next to a tree and cried, "I'm starting to feel hungry and thirsty…"

"If you're thirsty," Diddy said while taking off a backpack that he was carrying, "I snatched some cola from the kitchen. We can drink it!"

"Good going, Diddy!" Popo said.

Diddy took out the bottle of cola and handed it to the Smashers, but when Ness saw the label on the bottle, he said, "Hey! This is soy sauce, not cola!"

YL looked at everyone's bottle and said, "All of these are soy sauce!"

"How are we going to drink soy sauce?!" TL said.

"They are?" Diddy said with a question mark over his head. "I thought they are cola because they have the same color. I can't read very well, you know."

"Don't worry," Popo said. "Nana and I actually prepared edible stuffs. Here!" He showed them the sack that he was carrying and opened it to reveal… raw foods.

"I appreciate your thoughtfulness," Ness said. "But… how are we going to eat these raw foods…?"

"And that is why I bought these along!" Nana said. She opened her sack and showed them the rice cooker, stove, and oven that she snatched from the kitchen. "We can cook the foods using these!"

Ness, YL, and TL looked at the cooking equipments with an odd expression and then YL said, "How about the electricity…?"

And there was a moment of awkward silence…

"Aw man! We forgot!" the Ice Climbers cried all of a sudden.

Since they couldn't eat or drink anything, they had no choice but to continue moving with an empty stomach. After a bit more traveling, Popo said, "I think I need to take a leak..."

"Yeah, I feel the same too," Ness said.

"Let's do it together then," YL suggested.

"Peeing in the nature sounds like a fun idea! Why don't we try it?" TL said.

Diddy turned to Nana and asked, "Want to do it with us?"

But she replied with a red face, "No way!"

So the four boys went over to one side and faced a bush and took a leak while Nana looked away with a red face.

Suddenly, a bee showed up from nowhere and landed onto Young Link's leg. "Eeks! There's a bee on my leg!"

Diddy, who was yet to be done with his business, turned over to him all of a sudden and sprayed onto his leg in an attempt to get rid of the bee. "Get off his leg!" But the bee flew away.

"HEY!!! DISGUSTING!!!" YL screamed. The bee came back again and landed onto his face.

"It's on your face this time!" Popo pointed out.

"Want me to do it?" Diddy asked while 'getting ready'.

"NO!!!!" YL yelled.

-

"So… Why do you guys look so beaten up again?" Luffy asked a badly bruised Zoro and Sanji. He didn't seem to realize that he was equally beaten up like them.

They both shot an evil glare at him and replied in a scary voice, "What do you think?"

-

After the issue with the pee and the bee, the kids continued on their way and eventually made it to a clearing where to their surprise, they discovered a lake. "A lake!" Ness exclaimed. "Now we can have water to drink!"

"And I can wash my leg at last!" YL added.

"Yay!" They all dashed excitedly towards the lake, but the moment their feet touched the edge of the water, several crocodiles poked their heads out of the water and glared at them. This caused the kids to take a huge gulp before moving back into the jungle as fast as they came.

"Um… How are we going to go near the lake…?" Nana asked.

"I say we slay them!" TL said, holding up his sword.

"That's not a bad idea if you ask me," Ness nodded. "But even so, I think we're playing the bad guys here by beating up innocent animals…"

"Yeah, that wouldn't be nice…" Nana agreed. "The crocodiles are living here peacefully and we just entered their territory to beat them up and steal their water…"

"If that is the case, I have another plan," Diddy said.

"Tell us then," Ness told him.

-

The crocodiles were drifting around aimlessly in the water when they heard some monkey chanting and they turned to look at the side of the lake and saw Diddy dancing and making loud noises. "Hey ya stupid crocs! Come and get me if you can!" he taunted as he jumped up and down like a fool and even spanked his butt to mock them. Immediately, all the crocodiles swam over to him.

While this was happening, the kids who were on the other side of the lake quickly ran up to the water and started refreshing themselves as fast as they could. After they were done, Ness called out loud to Diddy, "All right! We're done! Get back here ASAP!"

"What's asap?" Nana asked.

Diddy continued to taunt the crocodiles and even threw rocks at them. Pissed, one of the crocodiles got onto land and leaned forward to bite him, but the monkey leaped into the air and landed onto his head before running across his body and started jumping from crocodile to crocodile. "Nya nya! You cannot catch me!" However, he reached the last crocodile but didn't notice it until he splashed into the water.

He poked his head out of the water and turned around in horror to see the crocodiles swimming towards him, and he screamed and swam as fast as he could to reach the other side. "HELP!!!!"

A crocodile pounced at him but he jumped out of the water to avoid getting hit and because he was in such a great panic, he basically ran across the surface of the water with another crocodile behind him. How did this happen? This is a fictional story, so you're better off not caring.

Suddenly, a bomb flew through the air and landed behind Diddy and in front of the crocodile. It exploded with a bang and sent all the crocodiles flying back while Diddy was rocketed forward and landed face first onto the ground. "Oof!"

"Are you all right?" Popo asked him.

"Good thing I bombed them in time!" TL said.

Diddy sat up and said, "Do I get any water…?"

"Didn't you drink any when you took a dip?" YL asked him.

"No…"

"Okay, open your mouth and I'll give you some," Popo told him. He blew cold air onto his hand and created an ice cube which he stuffed forcefully into Diddy's mouth. "Now let the ice melt and you'll have water!"

"Wait a minute… Why couldn't you done something like this earlier so that we didn't have to go to the trouble of looking for water?" TL asked.

"I can't do this when I'm feeling thirsty…"

-

After this was settled with, the group continued on their way but after several minutes of traveling, they started to feel tired again. "We may have quenched our thirst… But we haven't filled out stomachs yet…" Popo cried. "I feel like eating something…"

"You know," Ness said. "I think we may be able to cook up the foods that you brought using PK Fire."

"Why didn't you bring that up earlier…?"

"Want me to go and find some firewood?" TL asked.

"Wouldn't be a bad idea," Ness nodded. "We can set up a campfire here and rest for a while."

They agreed on this and TL and YL went off by themselves. Popo then took a seat on a large piece of vine that was coiled from the ground to the top of a tree to take a rest. The moment he sat on the vine however, it wriggled and pushed him off. "Whoa!" And the vine suddenly moved and wrapped itself around his body and lifted him into the air. "What the?!" He looked up and to his horror saw the face of a large snake staring back at him from the leaves. "YIKES!!!"

"AAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!! A GIANT SNAKE GOT MY BROTHER!!!" Nana screamed.

-

"Huh? I heard someone screaming," Luffy said when he heard a loud scream.

Chopper sniffed the air and said, "I think I smell someone in front! The scream just now implies that they must be in danger!"

"If that is the case, we better go and rescue them!" Luffy said. "C'mon, guys!"

The group quickly rushed through the jungle and headed in the direction of the scream. Luffy suddenly came to a stop and shouted out loud, "OH MY GOD!!! I CAN'T BELIEVE IT!!!"

"What happened?!" Zoro asked.

Luffy turned around with a beetle in his hand saying, "I found a Hercules Beetle on this tree!"

"WE DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THAT!!!" Sanji shouted.

-

TL and YL immediately rushed back to the scene when they heard Nana screaming and watched in horror at the giant snake that had Popo wrapped up in its tail. "What a large snake!" TL exclaimed.

"Don't just stand there! Do something!" Popo cried.

"Don't worry! I'll save you!" Ness said. "PK Rocking!" He shot out several colored energy balls at the snake and blasted it all over the body. The snake cried in pain upon getting blasted and loosened its grip on Popo and the Ice Climber fell down. "Are you all right?"

Popo looked at him with a charred face saying, "Watch where you aim next time…"

The snake, however, was angry about this and it lowered its body from the tree and hissed loudly at them while showing its fangs. TL and YL both got out their swords to get ready to take on it, and when the snake opened its mouth wide to lunge forward, an extended foot suddenly shot in from the side and kicked the snake's head so hard that the rest of its body fell down and flew away.

CRASH!

"What was that?!" YL said. They turned to the side and saw Luffy and the others approaching.

"Did I make it in time?" Luffy asked, and he saw the kids. "Oh hi! Are you guys all right?"

The kids stared in silence at the pirate crew that just showed up until Young Link said, "Hey, I know you people!"


TO BE CONTINUED

Not too sure how this chapter turned out, but perhaps the next chapter, which will reveal several things, will be much better. Hope you like what you read for now!