Chapter 29: Cuffed
It was breakfast time on the Thousand Sunny, Ranma and Kousagi joined that morning because it was that day again.
"So are we near an island today?" asked Ranma as they ate.
"The weather's stabilized, so yes we are." Said Nami with a nod.
"That's good… because every single time we go home early Aunty Akane beats him to a bloody pulp but the later he comes ht less he gets off with… usually the latest the come all he gets s a whack on the head." Said Kousagi.
Ranma sighed and nodded, and for once Sanji even held back on saying "What did you do to her?" or something like that, for even though he emotionally hurt a woman, he also knew that Ranma was escarping Akane's "cooking" which was not cooking at but a horrible mix of ingredients which would have became a delouse meal but turn into what best can be described as "hell spawn"
"So Ranma, do you think it's possible for me to teach her?" asked Sanji.
"What do you think my mom is doing?" asked Ranma with a sweat drop.
There was an awkward silence in the room as everyone sweat dropped.
Sometime later the crew arrived on the island, which was a populated island with a nice town.
"All right! We're going!" said Luffy as he, Usopp, Chopper, Ranma and Kousagi left the ship.
"I'm going to look for a tavern." Said Zoro.
"Okay… don't get lost!" said Nami.
"What do you take me for woman!" yelled Zoro.
Zoro began to search for a tavern… but couldn't find one… no really, he couldn't find one… which meant of course he got lost again.
"Damn it… where is one?" asked Zoro.
That's when of course he heard a yell of "Roronoa Zoro! Stop in the name of the law!"
Zoro turned around and saw several Marines, "Damn it!" yelled Zoro who began to run away.
Not too far away on the island, Luffy's group was walking along… when there was a shout.
"Monkey D. Luffy! You're under arrest!"
"Oh man!" yelled Luffy who then ran away.
The other 4 managed to dodge the marines who began to chase Luffy and Luffy only, after all it's only Luffy they wanted as Chopper was only worth 50 and they didn't know that Usopp was Sogeking.
"So…" said Ranma, "Show we help?"
"Let's wait a while and see what happens." Said Usopp.
Meanwhile with Zoro he ran down another street… that's when he saw Luffy.
"Luffy!" he yelled run not him, "What's going on and where's the others."
"I don't know… and I'm being chased by Marines!" yelled Luffy.
Zoro sweat dropped at the two marines groups merged into and chased them.
"Damn it!" yelled Zoro.
That's when a Marine who appeared to be a teenaged girl holding a pair of handcuffs yelled out "Super Special Handcuff attack! Chain Together!" She threw that handcuffs at the two, which hit their arms and chained the two together with Luffy's right arm and Zoro's left arm.
"Oh man!" yelled Luffy.
"Not again!" yelled Zoro, it's best not known what he meant involving that séance.
"See I told you I could do it!" said the female marine.
All other marines rolled their eyes and continued the chase.
"Okay! This is bad!" said Luffy.
"Damn it… we can barely fight right now…" muttered Zoro knowing Luffy wouldn't make a good katana… once again, it's best not looked into.
"Don't worry! I'll save you!" said a voice.
That's when an orange blur came down from the roof and yelled out "Shadow Clone Jutsu!"… of course this was Naruto who inexplicitly showed up.
All the Marines were distracted by the Naruto clones, Luffy, Zoro and the real Naruto made their escape.
"Thanks! I owe you one." Said Luffy.
"It's no problem… and besides it's one of the times I'm paying you back for all the times you bought me ramen." Said Naruto.
"Oh yeah…" laughed Luffy.
"What are you doing here?" asked Zoro.
"Had the day off… so I deiced to hang out with you." Said Naruto, "I came to the ship first but Nami told me you went to explore the town so I looked for you."
"That's good!" said Luffy.
Naruto then noticed, "Are you guys handcuffed together?" he asked with a sweat drop.
Zoro sighed heavily… this wasn't his day.
Elsewhere on the island, Ace decided to take a walk to clear his head… that and he saw a Marine Ship and decided to warn his brother and Zoro that they were there.
"Portgas D Ace?" said a voice.
Ace turned around, "Well isn't it Smoker, long time no see." Said Ace with a smirk, "Looking for a fight."
"No… what are you doing here?" he asked.
Ace stared at the marine, realizing that there was more curiosity in his voice and less of a demand, "What do you mean?" asked Ace.
Elsewhere on the island Luffy, Zoro and Naruto were in an alley examining the handcuffs… well more like Naruto crying to cut the cuffs with a kunai but the kunai broke.
"Damn it…" muttered Zoro, "Sea Stone hand cuffs!"
"How can you tell?" asked Naruto.
"It's as hard as diamond…" sighed Zoro.
"Okay… why do I have the feeling that you know this because you've been though this before?" asked Naruto.
Zoro glared at Naruto, which made Naruto hide behind Luffy.
"I found them!" said a voice.
They turned to find it was Kousagi who said this and the others in their group managed to get there.
"You guys are okay!" said Chopper happily.
"Are you… are you two handcuffed together?" asked Ranma with a sweat drop.
Zoro sighed… this was so embarrassing.
"This say couldn't possibly get worse." He thought.
That's when a certain female marine passed the alley… she then doubled back when she saw Zoro… that's right Tashegi.
"Roronoa Zoro!" said Tashegi.
"Damn it!" yelled Zoro
Zoro ran away forcing Luffy to follow him…
"You're not getting away this time!" yelled Tashegi.
"Okay…" said Naruto with a sweat drop.
"So…" said Usopp, "Should we follow them this time?"
The others nodded in agreement.
Back with Ace and Smoker the two stared at each other.
"What are you talking abut, why wouldn't I be here?" asked Ace staring at Smoker.
Smoker stared at Ace, he knew that reports were only recently sent out to the higher ranks marines and not released to the public yet, "Keep an eye out on the news papers then you will see." He said, then the Marine walked away leaving Ace blinking.
"I should go back to the ship." Thought Ace.
Back with Luffy and Zoro the two ran for their lives… well not exactly, Zoro was running and dragging Luffy, who couldn't stretch very well due to the cuffs...
"Come on Luffy!" yelled Zoro.
"I'm trying!" yelled Luffy.
That's when the two tripped…
"Good… now will you fight me?" asked Tashegi.
Zoro sighed, then realized, "Well I'm sorry, but I can't give you a fair" said raising his arm which of course lifted Luffy's… this made Tashegi sweat drop.
"Sorry… I didn't notice that." Said Tashegi with a sigh.
"How can you not notice it!" yelled Zoro.
Tashegi stared at the two, "But I'm sorry… I gong to have to arrest you anywise." She said.
"No way!" yelled Luffy pointing at her.
"You're in no position to fight right now…" said Tashegi glaring at them, "And I'm sure there's no one there to save you."
"No!" cried a voice.
That's when Kousagi showed up and hugged Tashegi leg, "Don't arrest them! They're my play mates!"
"What?" asked Tashegi staring at the little hugging her leg.
"Please don't arrest them!" said Kousagi who began to get teary eyed, "Zoro and Luffy are my playmates! Don't arrest them!"
Tashegi stared at the little girl then at the two Straw Hats.
"Did you kidnap her?" asked Tashegi.
"No we didn't!" yelled Zoro.
"It's true! My uncle is their friend and he saved me from my auntie's cooking… her cooking is really bad and could kill someone… so we're playing with them for a day." cried Kousagi.
Not too far away unseen from Tashegi the others watched this…
"So looks like it's time I'm going to have to get involved…" said Ranma.
Ranma joined the fray… "Kousagi! You found them." Said Ranma, "And who are you?"
Kousagi stopped using her curtness, and ran besides Ranma.
"That doesn't matter, are you part of the Straw Hats?" asked Tashegi.
"No I'm not… I'm just a guy who joins them sometimes for a spar and to get away from my fiancé's cooking…" said Ranma, "But they are good friends of mine."
"I see…" said Tashegi.
"But if you looking for a fight I will fight you in Zoro's place." Said Ranma with a smirk.
Zoro gritted his teeth's, "He's isn't…" he thought.
With the other group.
"Well that's our cue." Said Naruto.
The three grabbed their buckets and climbed up a nearby fire escape.
Back on the ground…
"I have no interest in fight you… but I will leave them alone." Said Tashegi looking at Ranma.
"Okay… that's good…" said Ranma who then sweat dropped, "Great… this wasn't in Kousagi's plan."
That's when Ranma was splashed with cold water.
"Oh no… sorry if that splashed anyone." Said a young blonde girl above them holding a bucket of water, there was snickers from above them.
"That's okay…" said Tashegi who then turned to Ranma and gaped at the sight.
"Look… you saw me change right?" asked Ranma-Chan.
Tashegi nodded not saying anything.
"All I'm going to say is that I have a curse and the best thing to is that you leave right now and pretend you didn't see anything." Said Ranma-Chan with a sweat drop.
Tashegi sighed and waked out the alley and looked back at Ranma-Chan and continue her way out.
"Well that was interesting." Said the blonde girl climb down from fire escapes with Usopp and Chopper by her side, there was a puff of smoke reveling it to be Naruto.
"Hey! You heard that she wasn't going to fight! Why did you splash me anyways?" asked Ranma-Chan.
"h come on it was funny!" said Naruto.
"Right now… we have to figure out how to get them out of it." Said Kousagi before a fight could beak out.
"So what was that?" asked Zoro.
"Oh I came up with a plan to first use my cuteness, then use Ranma to weird her out so she wouldn't arrest you." Said Kousagi.
"It was the only plan any of us could think of." Said Usopp.
And so all of them sat in a circle.
"Do none of you know where the key is?" asked Usopp.
"Nope." Said Luffy.
Zoro just stared at Usopp, a look saying "We don't talk about that!", once again… it's best not looked into.
"I have an idea!" said Naruto.
"No… we aren't going to chop off one of out hands and have it surgically replaced in time." Said Zoro.
"But what if…" said Naruto.
"No!" yelled everyone else.
"That's interesting…" said a voice.
They looked to see Ciel standing above them, "This had to be the strangest thing that has happen yet. Either way… I'll have some fun…"
"You!" yelled all of the Senshi.
Ceil jumped towards them… and grabbed Kousagi.
"Oh by the way… here's a little gift!" said Ciel sending an energy wave at them… it didn't do much… but it did shatter the handcuffs, causing Luffy to suddenly collapse, after which Ciel began to run away.
"Luffy!" yelled Chopper, "We need to get a doctor!"
"He's fine… he's just unconscious because of the sea stone." Said Zoro with a sweat drop.
"Oh… right…" said Chopper who began to laugh.
"You tow get Luffy back to the ship." Said Zoro.
"Okay." Said Chopper going into Heavy point.
"Right!" said Usopp.
"Okay!" yelled Naruto, "Let's go."
The 3 conscious Senshi followed Ciel, Naruto as the highest ranking Senshi among them was the one that took out the communicator.
"Okay! We need everyone's help right now! We're on Vulcan Island." Said Naruto, "Get here as fast you can!"
On the Thousand Sunny a minute earlier, Ace was talking to Vivi about what happened…
"I wonder if it has something to do with Black Beard becoming one of the 7 War Lords of the Sea." Said Vivi.
There was a silence among the two.
"What do you mean Black Beard is one of the 7 War Lords of the Sea!" yelled Ace in shock.
"He became one a while ago." Said Vivi with a nod, "I'm sorry, I thought you knew."
"But why did he become one?" asked Ace.
"I don't know." Said Vivi, "Apparently the government hasn't revealed why yet."
"Maybe it has something with why smoker was acting straggly." Said Ace.
That's when his communicator rang… and he answered it.
"Okay…" said Ace nodding.
"I'm sorry I hadn't gotten a chance to talk to you about it yet." Said Vivi.
"That's okay." Said Ace jumping onto the dock.
Meanwhile Tashegi was walking back to her ship while sighing…
"Out of my way!" yelled a woman running past her.
Tashegi normally wouldn't have done anything had she not noticed Kousagi in her arms crying.
"Did she…" said Tashegi.
"Come back here Ciel!" yelled an all to familiar voice.
That's when Zoro, Ranma-Chan and Naruto ran past her.
"What's going on?" she asked her self, she promise herself that she was just going to go back to the ship and parents she didn't' see anything involving that boy (Ranma) but right now with a kidnapping she had to see what was going on.
With Ciel, the three managed to chase into another alleyway.
"You have no escape!" said Naruto.
"Oh really what my Mangai have to say…" said Ciel but before she could summon her monster, Kousagi hit on the shoulder and managed to get out of her grip and ran toward Ranma.
"Okay… are you guys ready?" asked Naruto.
"Right!" said the other 3.
"Jupiter Cosmic Power!"
"Venus Cosmic Power!"
"Juno Cosmic Power!"
"Cosmos Moon Power!"
"Make up!"
With that all of them transformed into their Senshi forms.
"Fine then! I didn't get my chance but I will now! Come now my Mangai!"
She showed off her bracelet and the monster appeared…
That's when most of the other Senshi showed up, minus Sailor Uranus and Sailor Ceres (and of course Sailor Mars… but they knew she wouldn't be there)…
"Where is everyone else?" asked Sailor Venus.
"Kakashi had a mission." Said Sailor Pallas.
"And I already know the answer for P-Chan…" said Sailor Jupiter with her eye twitching.
"P-Chan was with Aunty Akane this morning…" sighed Kousagi.
This made everyone sweat drop…
"Either way…" muttered Sailor Juno ho began to glow light green while she unsheathed her swords. Her swords began to spark with electricity and she performed the move 108 Pound Canon… but the air current was electrified, "Supreme Lighting Canon!"
The attack hit the monster head on… causing it to scream.
"Ash! Let's attack it together!" said Sailor Cosmos Moon.
"Right!" said Neo Sailor Moon.
"Platinum Light Wave!"
"Moon Light Wave!"
With that the monster was destroyed.
"Double Frick on a Stick." Yelled Ciel who disappeared.
That's when they changed back into their male forms (or in Ranma's case his cursed form)
"Hey Where's Luffy?" asked Ace.
"Hey and Zoro were handcuffed together with a sea stone hand cuff, she managed to break it but Luffy fell unconscious because of the sea stone." Said Kousagi.
"Usopp and Chopper took him back to the ship." Said Ranma-Chan.
"I see…" said Ace.
"'Ace what's wrong?" asked Gary.
"I'll tell you guys later." Said Ace who seemingly disappeared in a fireball.
"He must really not want to talk about it if he disappeared like that." Said Naruto with a sweat drop.
At the opening of the alleyway Tashegi stood there... listening in… she said and walked away.
Sometime later, after Luffy regained consciousness they had a meeting of both the Senshi and the Straw Hats… minus Kakashi and Ryoga.
"So Black Beard is one of the 7 War Lords of the Sea." Said Sasuke.
"Should have figured something like that would happen… I mean that's what I heard his goal was." Said Ash.
"How do you know that." Asked Vivi.
"It's something Ash doesn't like to talk about." Said Luffy with Ash nodding.
"I don't know why… but I have a feeling Orochimaru is somehow involved in this." Said Sasuke.
"I think your paranoid…" said Naruto staring at Sasuke.
"But it might make sense." Said Robin with a smirk.
"She's right… we don't know what Orochimaru or Zeno did after the Black Sun fell…" said Kiyo, "So it's possible… that Orochimaru is connected to this in someway."
"Well whatever… so he's a member of the 7 War Lords of the sea! I'm sure Ace can beat him." Said Luffy with a big grin.
"Hey, I still need to train some more." Said Ace with a sweat drop.
Meanwhile on Smoker's ship… an extremely stressed out Tashegi showed up.
"Tashegi… Commodore Smoker would like a word with you. It apparently has something to do with Portgas D Ace." Said a Marine.
"Sorry… now's not the time…" said Tashegi, "I really need a nap… after what I saw today… all I need is a nap and pretend I didn't see what I saw today."
The marine blinked, "What did you see?"
"Trust me… you don't want to know." Sighed Tashegi.
With that they learned about Black Beard's fate after the fall of the Black Sun… but who knew if him becoming one of the 7 Ward Lords of the Sea was something thought of Orochimaru… only time will tell.
Next Time: It's the misadventures of everyone's favorite lost boy. Watch as Ryoga meets American families, runs into stores that are run by alien cat girls and run away from a girl who wants to hang out with aliens, time travelers and ESPers. And all this happens in one day... wow...
A/N: All I'm going to say about the plot developments won't happen until the next part of the New Lives Saga... won't happen for a while... but all I will say is that Orochimaru and Zeno will make a come back in the next part of the saga.
