Hello everyone, I hope you like this chapter. I've decided too skip somewhat of the episodes too get too the main parts of this arc.
Chapter 33
"How do I look?" Nami asked the now blushing Naruto who was staring at Namie who wore a red bikini halter top with one side having stars while the other had a stitch design. Seeing his stare, Nami couldn't help but smirk.
"Well isn't someone a pervert." Hearing that, Naruto immediately looks down in embarrassment while Samahada made "Gigigigi" sounds, adding to his own blush of embarrassment. Nami only smiles at him who h Naruto just focuses his gaze somewhere else.
"You have changed a lot since I last let you, you much calmer then usual." Hearing that, Naruto only smiles before turning to Nami who immediately wrapped both of her arms around his neck so she could hug his head between her breasts.
"You seem too want a closer look." Hearing that, his face turns bright red before separating from her and falling on his ass.
"There you are!" Hearing that, the two turns too see Pappug arriving with the other Straw Hat members such as Usopp, Brook, Luffy, and Camie.
"It's been awhile! How are you?!" Nami asked the mermaid while they touched hands.
"Fine!" She said with a nod to her friend.
"Hey, what's going on?" Pappug questioned the one in charge of the shop.
"Oh, Monsieur Pappagu, you cane at the right time! We have a troublesome customer." When Nami heard that, she immediately grabs the owner of the building by his cheek before lifting him in the air.
"Hey, so you own this store, huh? Why is everything so expensive? Are you ripping me off?" She demands the starfish much too the horror of the one in charge.
"Well, that's what they call brand equity because I'm popular designer..." He told the annoyed girl while Naruto just watched, sweat dropping at the scene.
"Give me a discount-" She was cut off by Naruto placing a hand in her shoulder.
"Nami, you don't need too be so rough with him." He told her just as the starfish broke free of her grip with a backwards spin.
"We're friends, aren't we? I owe you guys big time from 2 years ago! It's all free! Take as much as you want!" When he said that, Naruto could already tell that was a very bad idea.
"FREE?! REALLY?! GUYS! LET'S NOT SHOW MERCY!" When she said that, they all agreed with Pappug soon regretting it when it took them gmfuve minutes too pack everything up in four bags.
"MONSIEUR! THEY TOOK EVERYTHING!" The worker told the extremely shocked Pappug.
"YOU'RE SO MERCILESS!" He scoured while Naruto understood something about Nami.
"So, she wasn't called Cat Burglar Nami for nothing." He thought to himself at seeing the happy girl but there attention was drawn outside when they heard excitement.
"Something happening?" Naruto asked Pappug who saw another one of his works run inside in a hurry.
"MONSIEUR! TH-THIS IS SERIOUS! I-I-IT'S HIM!" When he shouted that, they were all clearly confused. Naruto ran outside with the others too find the one coming down what they soon found out was the royal palace.
"Jamon! Jamon! Jamon! Jamon! Jamon!" Came the sound coming from what appears too be a whale in the sky with something on top.
"What is it? A whale?" Luffy asked in wonder but as it approached, Naruto's eyes widen.
The one on top of the whale was a giant-sized and muscular coelacanth merman. He has a red nose, small eyes, and long thick orange curly hair and beard. Both his chest and arms are covered with hair. He is bare-chested and has matching black tattoos on both arms, which looks like a spiral with wavy protrusion designs around it. Atop his head was - gold crown that resembles a tulip with jewels embedded, a golden bracelet on each wrist, and carries a gold trident with an elaborate design.
"Ahhhhhhhhh, why did he come down to the lower world?" Pappug said with utter amazement.
"This is the first time I've seen him in person!" Camie said in also amazement.
"King Neptune..." Naruto thought to himself, knowing exactly who this man is. The King only chuckles while staring down at the group.
"Who is that old man?" Luffy said bluntly which Naruto only sighs knowing Liffey would say something like that.
"Luffy, this is King Neptune...the one in charge of Fish-Man Island." Naruto told Luffy who was looking up at the King who stared down at them.
"That's a big Merman there..." Usopp said with amazement at the size.
"I prefer Mermaids..." Brook commented with Naruto just giving him a glance like he's stupid though he's a skeleton so he most likely has no brain.
"CUT IT OUT, GUYS!" Pappug shouted at the group.
"He's a very hairy old man!" When Luffy said that, Naruto started too sweat drop at the fact Luffy is less then what he expected when it came too common sense.
"The whales cute!" Nami said, looking as the small whale that was staring down at them. The King's gaze was more focused on Naruto mostly.
"Are you Hoshigaki D. Naruto?" Hearing that, he merely blinks in surprise.
"Yes your majesty, why do you ask." Naruto said, wondering why he knew his name while all who live in Fish-men island immediately look at Naruto in complete shock.
"You Straw Hat people. I'm going to...invite you to the Ryugu Palace-Jamon!" When he said that in an easy going tone, there was not even a word being said until all who live on Fish-Men island reacted in nothing but complete and utter shock.
"Ryugu Palace?" Luffy asked in confusion of what that was.
"It's the King's home..." Naruto told Luffy who just stares up at the King.
"That's right-Jamon!" Neptune said, Shining cries of shock from the words he spoke.
"Hmmmm...so, old man...is there a lot of good food at the Ryugu Palace?" Luffy bluntly asked with Naruto no longer giving a shit about his captain not having quite a lot of common sense.
"Of course. We are prepared to have a banquet-Jamon." Hearing that, Luffy simply smiles in eagerness.
"I'd like to see the Ryugu Palace! My heart is filled with expectations. But I don't have a heart to he filled!" Brook said with Naruto now turning to him questionably.
"How do you even speak and see? Actually...what kind of Devil gives a skeleton the power too talk and see?" Naruto questions the walking skeleton who just gave a laugh with his arm extending upwards.
"I wanna go too! Ryugu Palace! I sense treasure-" She was cut off by Naruto placing a hand on her shoulder while shaking his head.
"Nami, don't even think about robbing the King." Naruto told Nami who shakes her head.
"I wasn't gonna steal it." Hearing that, he simply raises an eyebrow.
"Let me rephrase that, you mean borrow but not return." He told the girl who crosses her arms. Seeing this, a small room like shark appears from behind the King.
"Hmmmmm. Alright, Megalo, give the Straw Hat people a ride to the Ryugu Palace-Jamon." Hearing that, Megalo simply nods before moving down to the ground in front of them.
"Ok." Was all Naruto said before he jumps high over the others, landing on the shark with ease before sitting down on its head. Seeing this, the others went too follow but Luffy stopped at seeing Pappug and Camie stayed behind.
"What are you doing? Come with us?" Luffy asked the two with Pappug about too deny it when Naruto spoke.
"Don't bother saying no, Luffy won't stop asking you." Naruto told the two which Nami turns too the King, what she said made Naruto think everyone except Usopp had any common sense.
"Is it okay, Grandpa?" She asked the King who simply nods to her words even after the what she said.
"Your friends can come-Jamon." Hearing that, Pappug starts sweating at the words being said.
"ALRIGHT, LET'S GO TO THE RYUGU PALACE!" Luffy shouted for all too hear, while this was happening Naruto was looking at the sky.
SOME TIME LATER, AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE ROYAL PALACE
Naruto was staring at the bubble barrier above there heads, simply watching the King ring the doorbell to hear the one on the intercom.
"It's me-Jamon." Neptune said, shocking the one who was communicating with him.
"That phrase...y-your majesty! I will lower the path for you immediately!" Hearing that, Naruto could see them bringing down a math water bubble followed by grabbing a tool from the King himself.
"Huh? What's this?" Luffy asked seeing it in Naruto's hand then in Nami's.
"A bubbly coral. It's a tool used to easily create bubbles." Camie told the group followed by the King speaking.
"The castle is largely filled with water. Make sure you put on your bubbles properly-Jamon." With that said, Naruto looks at it before pressing the top, revealing a bubble coming out from the end along with Nami's both combining into a large bubble around them.
"This sure is convenient!" Luffy said just as they entered though the water bubble, traveling quite fast up to the castle.
"THIS SURE IS FAST!" Luffy shouted all the while as they were approaching the castle.
(You've finally come.)
When Nami heard that, her eyes widen a little before looking around yet she saw nothing much to her confusion.
"Here we are-Jamon." The King said after they stopped in what looks like a garden, further ahead was a very large castle.
"The Ryuuguu Kingdom..." Naruto thought to himself while staring at it.
"Bigger then I thought." Naruto said, voicing his thoughts while they were approaching the Castle.
"Amazing! This is so cool!" Luffy shouted with his large half circle smile.
"It makes Pappug's mansion look as small as a flea." Hearing that, the starfish took offense too that.
"What a beautiful castle!" Nami said while staring at the large doors they were approaching soon too open for them.
"WELCOME BACK, YOUR MAJESTY!" All the guards shouted in line so they could pass them. They were not off the shark in a large bubble, staring up ahead where the King floated in the water.
"This castle looks like a lot of fun!" Luffy scouted at seeing the largeness of the room and all sorts of fish floating in the water. They were all standing in the Kingdom with Naruto and Luffy in the back. Naruto noticed Nami was scratching her head before speaking.
"Something wrong?" He asked the girl who looked at Naruto surprised but she shakes her head.
"It's nothing..." Hearing that, Naruto just stares at the orange haired girl before she looks away again.
"It is my place-Jamon! Make yourselves at home!" The King said but next thing they new, he was being scolded by his two ministers, gaining sweat drops and shock at what was transpiring before the group.
"Well, this is new." Naruto thought to himself, never seeing a King being talked down too by his subjects.
"Can't we get started on the feast already?" Hearing that, Naruto glances back at Luffy who was cranky but that all changes when he saw his captain smell something and start too run off. Seeing this, Naruto quickly follows after his idiot captain.
5 MINUTES LATER IN THE PALACE
"Luffy, are you sure you should be doing this. Not one too ruin the fun but I don't think it's wise roaming around the King's home unsupervised." Naruto said to Luffy while he swam next to his captain who was floating in a bubble. The two made there way to a certain part of the castle before hearing Luffy speak with hunger.
"There's no doubt about it! I can smell food mixed in the scent of the water! It shells really delicious!" Hearing that, Naruto just sweat drops at being ignored by his own captain. Naruto just looked around as they headed through a smaller pathway, curious where they're headed before they arrive at a large room where Luffy's bubble was disposed of, falling on his butt in a room where water isn't required.
"There's no water here?" Luffy said just as Naruto exited the water after Luffy, also somewhat surprised at seeing this but his attention was once again directed at his captain who was shelling food, watching a man exit at large room with a cart that had no food on it. The guard closed the door slowly with Naruto wondering who was inside that room. Naruto quickly grabs Luffy before dragging him out in the water of the bubble windows, while outside the air filled room he creates a bubble around them so they would float down to the ground below the windows, being completely missed by the very large worker. The moment he passes the two enter back through the window with Naruto taking the water off of there clothes and skin though Luffy was somewhat tired some being covered in water but even so that didn't stop him from running towards the very large door with Naruto who already noticed the many large weapons on the door.
"Maybe this is where they're holding the feast?" Luffy said yet Naruto had the opposite thoughts.
"Your wrong captain, from the looks...someone tried breaking in the room as well as the worker brought food in this room." He said, wondering what kind of giant lives in the room.
"What kind of delicious food do they have inside?!" Hearing that, he watched with a sigh at his captain grabbing the large door, pulling it was all his might.
"Captain, we should leave now and besides I doubt you could open the door as-" He was stopped by the door slowly opening, gaining a jaw drop from Naruto since they obviously didn't lock the door. Inside was only darkness which Luffy enters in wonder.
"It's pitch black in here...so this isn't where the feast is being held?" Luffy asked in wonder while he entered followed by Naruto who noticed a table binding the different types of food.
"So is this the food storable room, then? Well, whatever! I'll have som-" Luffy was stopped by Naruto grabbing his shoulder.
"Captain..." Hearing that, Luffy was confused until they heard movement in the room followed by the door shutting behind them slowly.
"Is somebody there?!" Came a female voice which Naruto starts too sweat now understanding who is in this room. Suddenly the lights turned on too reveal the one who lives inside the room. The one they met was a mermaid about there size laying in bed with tearful eyes. She has very long, flowing pink hair with a taiyaki-shaped hairgrip. Her breasts are large, and much of her upper body is exposed. Her broadly striped tail ends in a ruffle around her waist. She wears a cleavage baring yellow halter top covered in pearls with a strap that widens and sticks out on the back of her neck. She also wears clam earrings and belly chains with a cloth hanging down in front. She has a very long light red and pink striped tail.
"What are you going in someone else's room?! Who might you two be?!" Seeing her, Luffy tried sneaking but Naruto stopped him cold by blocking his mouth with his hand.
"U-Uh-" Naruto was cut off by the tearful Princess.
"Y-You've come to take my life too, haven't you? B-But I'm not afraid of you! After all, I'm the daughter of Neptune...so I'm not... I'm not..." She said and Naruto already knew she was about too cry, thinking fast he immediately got down on one knee.
"Please forgive us for our intrusion Princess. We have no intention of hurting you, my Captain was looking for food and-" He stopped there when he saw his captain was already digging into the Princess's food. Seeing this, Naruto glares at the now confused Luffy who's mouth was stuffed while making eye contact with Naruto before he quickly turns towards the Princess.
"I am Hoshigaki D. Uzumaki Naruto." When he gave his name, the Princess's eyes only widen knowing all too well about Naruto.
xxxxxCHAPTER ENDxxxxx
NEXT TIME, LEGEND OF THE VOID CENTURY; THE FOUR ORIGINAL GODS AND THE APOCALYPSE KING. I'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOUR NEW STORIES AND FROM THE LOOKS THESE FOUR MAY BE MY LAST BUT WHO KNOWS WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF I WILL DO THEM OR NOT. NOT SURE ABOUT THE ONES THAT I HAVE SAVED SO I'M STILL THINKING BUT THE FOUR ARE STILL BEING WORKED ON.