Chapter Ten: The Island Comes to Life! Temet's Ultimate Technique!
On the Thousand Sunny
The waves crashed against the Sunny and the other small ships around it as the island continued to shake. Robin, Usopp, Brook, Franky, Nami, Chopper, and Kakashi all waited for the fights to come to an end.
"Look, its Zoro and Sanji!" Chopper shouted, pointing at the figure emerging from the jungle. The ground shook violently and Zoro almost dropped Sanji, but he got near the edge of the pier before saying anything.
"Aren't you going to send a lifeboat or something?" he shouted, causing Chopper to go into a panic getting one of the smaller ships to go bring Zoro to the Sunny. Zoro quickly handed over Sanji to Chopper, who quickly took him inside the Sunny for medical treatment.
"How are Sasuke, Naruto, and Luffy doing?" Kakashi asked.
"I don't know about Sasuke, but Naruto and Luffy are fighting Temet as we speak." Zoro said, sitting down and resting for the first time the entire day.
"Wait, you mean you didn't see Sasuke at all?" Kakashi said, trying to get to his feet.
"Come to think of it," Nami said, "We didn't see anyone like the boy you described on our way up."
"That means that… Orochimaru got to him!" Kakashi said, jumping to his feet, but quickly falling back down due to the poison in his body.
"I'll go look for him," Franky said, placing his last bottle of cola into his fridge, "I think I took the least amount of damage from the fights inside the base. I'll be back as soon as I can." He made a large jump, barely reaching the edge of the pier.
On one of the shores of the island…
Sasuke's eyes shot open as he gasped for breath. He looked to his left and to his right as the ground continued to shake from the battle against Temet. Sasuke tried to roll over but pain shot through his entire body. He moaned loudly as he slowly sat up. He realized that the pain was coming from his neck, so he quickly grabbed it and realized that the seal Kakashi had put on the curse mark was completely rewritten, to make the curse mark even stronger.
"Come on Sasuke… you need to remember what happened after Orochimaru bit you!" he said to himself as the waves crashed against his sandals. Sasuke once again tried to stand up, but the pain was too much for his body to handle. He sat back down and looked out at the ocean.
"Sasuke… use the power that I've given you and kill Itachi Uchiha!" Orochimaru's voice suddenly echoed in his head. He placed both hands on his head and screamed.
Naruto (and Luffy) vs. Temet
"I didn't think I would be using this against a brat like you, but you've left with me no choice! I am going to use all of the rock on this island and create a giant beast unlike any you've ever seen! The Rock God: Ishimura!" Temet shouted, as he continued to force the ground shake.
"Like I'll let you do that!" Naruto shouted, disappearing in a quick burst towards Temet. Temet laughed as he shot up into the air via a giant rock pillar. Naruto started to run up the pillar, but suddenly a rock made clone of Naruto burst from the pillar and speared him, making them both crash onto the roof of the cave.
"Damn it!" Naruto yelled as he got onto his feet. The rock clone also got to its feet and got into a fighting stance. "It looks like I have to get through myself before I can finish him off!"
Naruto and the rock clone tried to punch each other, but they dodged at the same time and continued to make the same movements, with neither side connecting and gaining an advantage. Naruto stumbled for a brief moment and the rock clone connected a hard punch and sent Naruto flying next to Luffy. Naruto paused for a moment before getting to his feet and his mouth dropped open as Luffy was snoring beside him.
"Luffy, if you can fight you should be awake, not sleeping you idiot!" Naruto shouted, slapping Luffy across the face. Luffy woke up and sat up, picking his nose.
"Is the fight over yet?" Luffy asked his eyes half closed.
"Obviously not, Temet is trying to convert all of the rock onto the island to create some kind of giant monster and he has created a rock clone of me to make sure that I can't stop him!" Naruto explained as the rock clone waited for Naruto to try and climb the pillar again.
"Crap, these two holes are pretty painful." Luffy said, jumping to his feet, "But I'm sure if I had some meat I'd be OK. Oh wait, I forgot I had meat in my pockets!" he said with a smile, pulling out a large piece of meat and quickly eating it. Naruto, who was now back to his original form, stared at Luffy with a blank expression.
"Yosh, let's go destroy this clone and stop Temet!" Luffy said, pounding his two fists together.
"Sounds good to me! But I'll tell you this, he mimics every move I make so there is no way that I'll be able to beat him." Naruto said, staring directly at the clone.
"Then leave him to me!" Luffy shouted and broke out in a run towards the clone. Luffy jumped into the air, glancing up at the top of the pillar, which was now covered by a dome.
"Gomu Gomu No… Stamp!" Luffy shouted, sending his foot flying towards the Naruto clone. The clone quickly avoided the move and charged at Naruto, knowing its target. Luffy landed on the ground and spun around to face the clone. "Gomu Gomu No Pistol!" Luffy shouted, sending his fist flying towards the clone and quickly destroying it. Naruto rushed past Luffy and started to run directly up the pillar.
Naruto almost reached the top when the entire island started to violently shake and Naruto lost his balance. Luffy quickly wrapped his arm around and brought him back down to safety. As the ground continued to shake mountains started to appear all over the island, and the cave they were standing also started to grow in size. Both Luffy and Naruto quickly jumped back down the regular ground, where most of the jungle had already shot up into the sky.
Soon the mountains started to come together to form a large torso, while some of the regular ground started to form arms and legs. Luffy and Naruto both looked on in shock and amazement as a giant being made entirely of rock was slowly formed. The pillar that Temet was on took the shape of the head, with Temet's dome resting on top and the giant figure was motionless.
After another pause the beast suddenly roared, using Temet's voice. The giant looked down at Luffy and Naruto, who were both looking at the figure in amazement.
"Do you see the true power of the Ban Ban Fruit, Straw Hat? This entire island has almost been entirely stripped of land! The only land left is the ground that you stand on!" Temet shouted, using the giant rock figure to speak, "This is my ultimate technique, the island Ishimura in its true form!"
On the Thousand Sunny…
"IT'S A MONSTER!" Usopp shouted, right before he fell backwards and passed out. Nami and Robin both look at the Ishimura in pure amazement while Zoro continues to sleep. Brook quickly passed out beside Usopp.
"So that's the Rock God Ishimura…" Robin said, leaning against the side of the Sunny.
"L-Luffy and Naruto are supposed to fight that thing?" Nami asked, also leaning on the side of the Sunny.
"I hope that Naruto is OK and I also hope that Franky finds Sasuke in time…" Kakashi said the doubt clear in his voice.
On the Beach, with Sasuke…
"What the hell is that?" Sasuke asked himself as he looked at the Ishimura stand tall over the entire island. Franky ran directly past Sasuke, calling out his name. "Franky, I'm over here!" he shouted. Franky quickly turned and ran to Sasuke and lifted him onto his shoulders, causing Sasuke to scream loudly in pain.
"Relax; Chopper should be able to take care of your wounds!" Franky shouted as he started to run towards the port once more. "But I must say that thing is pretty impressive."
Naruto and Luffy vs. Ishimura and Temet
"You have got to be kidding me! How are we supposed to destroy this thing?" Naruto shouted, looking over at Luffy, who was deep in thought. Luffy quickly bit his thumb.
"I think I have an idea… Gear… Third!" Luffy said, blowing on his thumb. Suddenly his entire arm grew at least ten sizes. Naruto's mouth hung open as the air spread through Luffy's entire body, "Hone Fusen!"
Luffy moved all of the air into his fist and stretched his arm onto the shoulder of Ishimura, who just stared at the giant fist. Luffy then sent himself flying towards the Ishimura, pulling back his expanded his fist and smiling.
"Gumo Gumo no… Gigant Pistol!" Luffy shouted, his giant fist slamming into the Ishimura, causing it to stumble. Luffy, while falling quickly moved the air into his right foot, "Gumo Gumo no… Gigant Whip!" he said, slamming his foot into Ishimura, leaving a large hole.
Then Luffy moved the air into both of his arms, the Ishimura quickly moved its arm and slammed Luffy directly in the face, sending him flying back down towards Naruto. Naruto rolled out of the way as Luffy crashed to the ground, now in a midget form, the side effect of using Gear Third.
"Oh crap, he knocked all of the air out of me!" Luffy said, sitting up as Naruto burst out into laughter, "Oi, shut up! I'm only like this the same amount of time that I used Gear Third."
"Well whatever you did it worked pretty well, but now I think it's angry!" Naruto said, as Ishimura glared down at the two of them, its foot was suddenly directly above them, about to slam down. Luffy quickly turned back to his regular size and once again bit his thumb.
"Gear Third: Hone Fusen! Gumo Gumo no Gigant Fusen!" Luffy quickly shouted, moving the air quickly to his chest as he repelled Ishimura's stomp and knocked the giant creature off its balance. Luffy quickly used the giant's shoulder to propel himself into the air, this time Naruto was on Luffy's back. Naruto jumped off of Luffy and landed on the shoulder of the giant creature.
"Enough screwing around Ishimura kill them!" Temet shouted. Ishimura slowly turned to face Luffy, who knew the power of the giant. Luffy quickly moved all of the air into both of his arms and started to rapidly fire punches towards the giant.
"This is the end! Gumo Gumo no Gigant Gatling!" Luffy shouted as all of the punches started to smash into the Ishimura. The giant's body started to fall apart as Naruto quickly made his way to Temet's dome at the top of the head. Naruto quickly created a shadow clone to form a Rasengan. Naruto smashed the Rasengan into the dome and completely destroyed it, Temet's body almost completely fused with the giant's head.
Naruto took a single step forward, as Ishimura slowly toppled over from Luffy's attack, and smashed the Rasengan into Temet's chest, causing him to shout in pain as Naruto jumped out of the dome and landed in Luffy's hand. Luffy and Naruto quickly returned to the ground, with Luffy turning back to his chibi form.
Ishimura landed on the ground and the entire earth started to shake, with giant waves pounding into the ships in the port. Moments later Ishimura started to become the normal island once more, with Temet unconscious in the remains of his dome. A few minutes after Ishimura fell the island returned to its normal shape, minus the village, port, and jungle. The citizens of the island quickly docked in the spot the port used to be and ran up to Luffy and Naruto, who were both lying down near the middle of the island.
The Straw Hats, Kakashi, Sasuke, and Sakura also ran towards the two heroes. Soon both of them were surrounded by people congratulating them on defeating Temet. Luffy and Naruto looked at each other shook hands.
"We did it!" they both yelled.
To Be Continued.
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All of the Straw Hats and Team Seven get onto the Thousand Sunny.
"Why are you guys coming with us, shouldn't you return to your homeland?" Sanji asked, talking to Kakashi.
"I've decided that we'll help all of you get back to the Grand Line after all of the help you gave us." Kakashi said with a smile.
"Oh no!" Nami shrieked, getting everyone's attention, "We have one more day to get back to the Grand Line or the log pose will reset!"
"Actually young lady," an old man said from the port, "There is something you should know about that…"
Next Time: Farewell Ishimura Island! Onwards to the Legendary Shura Island!