Farewell, or is it?
"It seems we were mistaken," he said calmly, looking over the tired civilian.
"Robin-san, was it?"
Kakashi looked at the direction of the dark haired woman.
"Would you mind letting us go?" he asked.
"We have work to do."
Nico Robin gave Kakashi a small smile, as she acted to his request.
"Return," she uttered the command. All the arms had vanished, and everyone could move again. Zoro reluctantly relaxed his arms, then put each of his three swords into their own scabbard.
"Thank you," obliged Kakashi. She returned his thanks with an appreciative nod.
"Your welcome, Master Ninja," she said with a wave of farewell. Kakashi turned back to his former opponent, smiled and patted his shoulder.
"Sorry for the inconvenience," he said cheerfully. Zoro grunted and pushed his hand off.
"Don't think you're getting off that easy," growled Zoro,.
"This fight is still going to happen later on, whether you like it or not."
Kakashi's eye widened with surprise. This was perhapes the first time a fighter with non-ninja skills, had ever actually challenged him. He smirked behind his mask.
'Such a strong willful young man,' he mused.
"Well then," he said, with the hint of cheeryness still in his voice, which irked Zoro even more.
"I'll hold you on to that."
Then Kakashi turned to his students. They were all lined up and ready for his command.
"Alright," he began to his team.
"Let's go!"
"Yosh!" yelled an ecstatic Naruto. Within seconds, The green, red, orange, and blue blurs vanished instantly.
Zoro's eyes widened in astonishment, for their speed was incredible compared to his own.
"Goodbye, my pretty little pink rose bud!" cried out Sanji, broken-hearted with tears of sadness streaming down his eyes. Nami gave a relieved sigh. She was happy that all that was over with.
"Okay people," she called out, feeling in command again.
"Now let's gather around and decide what to do from here."
"Ay-Ay!" shouted the Straw Hat Crew. Most of the crew was present to listen to Nami's announcements, but she noticed that one member of the crew was missing.
"Hey, where's Luffy?" asked Nami, feeling slightly uneasy. The Straw hat Pirates looked around within their group, and shrugged hopelessly.
"Wait, there he is!" shouted Choppa, pointing at the direction at where Luffy stood. Luffy was standing over the unconcious beaten man, that cried for help earlier. His usual vibrant wide eyes, were darkened by a shadow given off by his very own hat (giving a dramatic effect to his seriousness).
"Oh no," said Zoro with a smirk, knowing what was going to happen next.
"He's doing that look again."
Luffy ignored his crew and started to head North. Nami was unconvinced, she went up to Luffy to stop him in his tracks. She put her hand out in front of him, motioning him to a halt.
"Uh-uh. Where do you think you're going?" she questioned, her voice domineering. Luffy stopped in front of Nami, but didn't look at her. His eyes were still shadowed.
"I'm going to help those people," he said simply, and walked right past her. Nami fumed nobody ignored her like that. She rushed up in front of Luffy again.
"Oh, no you're not," she commanded with a fixed stare at Luffy, but he ignored her again and continued on North.
"It's no use Nami-san," called out Sanji.
"Once the Captain has made his decision, you cannot stop him."
Nami glared at Sanji defiantly, and was about to retort, until she felt a hand on her shoulder. She turned to see that it was Luffy, his eyes still with the same look.
"I'll pay you back double," he said, and continued on his way to North Port. Nami paused as if in thought, then she turned to look at her inactive crew.
"Well?" she asked them, as if it was obvious that they should know what to do next. The straw hat pirates looked at each other confused.
"Well what?" asked Usopp perplexed. Nami became angry again.
"Well what the hell are you waiting for? We have a village to save. You heard the Captain! Move it! Move it! MOVE IT!" she barked in an orderly manner. The men of the crew jumped at Nami's commanding fury, that they all rushed into each other, knocking into one another, tripping over each other's legs until eventually catching up with their Captain. Nami sighed and shook her head in dismay.
"God, they're hopeless," she muttered.
"Master Navigator," called Nico Robin, who was waving at her from the Going Merry Go.
"I will stay here and watch the ship while you're away."
"Hai, Robin-San!" Nami called back, and she ran to catch up with the others.
A/N: I am glad that most of you are enjoying the story, and all your reviews have made me quite a happy camper (which is rare). By the way, I only asked for reviews, not requests. I write from whatever comesout of my head. I will not tolerate any "You should write this . . ." or "Why don't youwrite that . . . " NO! Please don't tell mewhat to write inmy stories, but if you do, I will have to feed you to the wrath of that guy's cursed toilet! (Hysterical evil laughter ensues).
Sorry for the EXTREME shortness.