A/N: I meant to update yesterday but every time I tried but I was having problems every time I tried to upload... and I have a lot of before notes today... first off this is a short chapter compared to the others and sometimes I like to make short chapters to build suspense...

Also as I've said before I normally don't like to respond to anonymous reviews but I'm going to make an exception to NewSon... okay Ino's fruit is a Paramecia, however not all Paramecia alter the body, to quote Wikipedia's entry on Devil Fruits, "Paramecia fruits can be divided into several subcategories, as it is impossible to generalize the powers. For instance, Luffy's Gomu Gomu no Mi is always active, meaning that he's a rubber human at all times. Other users, like Miss Valentine or Miss Doublefinger must mentally activate the changes in their bodies, while again others like Foxy and Mr. 5 can't change their bodies at all." I hope that cleared things up NewSon...

Chapter 23: We're Going to Save Your Life… Whether You like or not…

Everyone stared at Sanji… surprised by this revelation… After all none of them even knew how Zeff lost his leg.

"So Chef Zeff ate his foot to save Sanji and Ino?" asked one of the cooks.

"I can see Ino but Sanji and Zeff fight like cats and dogs…" said another cook.

"Sanji… why did you get up…" said Gin.

Sanji didn't say anything, while Naruto watched this he balled his fists.

"Awe… the little baby remembers that…" cooed Kyubi in a babyish voice.

"Shut up!" thought Naruto.

"Oh I'm only messing with you… I mean… we both owe Shanks our lives… after all if you died I would have died too… I have an idea for Sanji to know this isn't a way to repay a debt…" said Kyubi.

Naruto smirked, he liked the plan…

Pearl ran towards Sanji… but Sanji just stood there… then for some reason Pearl stopped, he blinked and began to rub his eyes.

"Uhhh…" said Pearl.

"What's going on!" yelled Don Krieg.

Sanji just stared at Pearl… "What are you doing?"

"Sanji… you may to look to you left…" said Kakashi.

Sanji did just that… he saw… himself… not only that but the other Sanji had the same wounds. Sanji jumped nearly a foot in air in shock.

"Who are you crap imposter?" asked Sanji.

"You…" said the imposter Sanji.

"What do you mean you're me?" asked Sanji.

"I'm you…" said the imposter Sanji.

Sanji looked around and noticed someone was missing.

"You know… if you wanted to be a decoy… you should have made one for yourself… fox boy…" said Sanji.

"It's Shadow Fox!" yelled the Sanji imposter who turned out to be Naruto.

"Kit you moron… you forgot to make a clone so that it would be more believable…" said Kyubi who face palming in the cage.

"I know…" thought Naruto who would have face palmed too but it wasn't a good time to.

"Why are you doing this… if you help then he'll definitely…" said Sanji.

The Sanji disguised Naruto grabbed Sanji by the shirt collar and yelled "Shut up! He lost a limb so you could live… if you get killed then his sacrifice will be in vain! So you're seriously going to let that that happen!"

Sanji grabbed the shirt collar back, "How else can I save him and this ship!" Sanji yelled back.

"I don't know… but it shouldn't be throwing your life away!" yelled the Sanji disguised Naruto.

Sakura and Ino watched this.

"I wonder why Naruto is doing that…" said Sakura.

"He just wants to help…" said Ino, she got up and began to walk.

"You shouldn't move…" said Sakura.

"I'm just walking over there… I have a plan…" said Ino to the area above the door where Zeff was being held hostage.

Back below the two Sanjis glared at each other.

"Stop now you two!" said Luffy.

"I don't think that will work…" said Kakashi with a sigh, "I'm guessing something happened to him that's similar to what happened to Sanji…"

Luffy just sighed, knowing the exact reason why Naruto was getting involved. After all he went through it too… to be honest he probably would be the one doing this to Sanji if Naruto hadn't beaten him to the punch.

"I'm taking that as a yes and you went through the same thing…" said Kakashi.

However Luffy didn't say anything, which Kakashi took as confirmation.

Just then Gin's body faltered, when he regained balance he took the pistol and threw it into the ocean.

"Gin what are you doing!" yelled Don Krieg.

"Sorry but Gin's no long in control…" said Gin.

"Ino…" said Zeff.

"That's right…" said the Ino possessed Gin, he began to walk away from Zeff, "I can't hold this for long because my injuries so someone should go help him…"

Kakashi, Carne and Patty ran over to the fallen chef to protect in case anything happened again.

"Looks like everything turned out in the end!" said Naruto turning back to himself, "And you should say thanks for saving you at the perfect moment!"

"When did you do that!" yelled Sanji.

"Oh by the way Sanji… next time make sure I can use my powers before you do something stupid…" said the Ino possessed Gin.

"Hey!" yelled Sanji as Gin's body faltered again.

Ino reentered her body, she got up before falling to her knees again.

"Now you really need to rest…" said Sakura.

"No…" said Ino stubbornly.

"Fine… just don't complain to me when you sick tomorrow…" said Sakura.

Back on the deck Gin was confused.

"What just happened?" he asked.

"Sorry to say but you were possessed by Ino and now you lost the hostage!" yelled Naruto.

"Do you have to be so loud?" asked Sanji.

"Yes!" said Naruto who then pointed to Pearl, "You're not invincible and I'll show you why!"

Pearl began to laugh, "Like some little kid will defeat me!"

"Want to make a bet!" said Naruto who summoned 4 shadow clones.

Three of the clones ran towards Pearl but he wasn't sure which one was the real one… and that's when all three of them kicked him into the air while shouting "Sha" "Dow" "Fox". The 4th clone gave Naruto a boost. Midair Naruto changed to his half demon form then began to pound Pearl while shouting "Naruto Combo!"… with the final blow being a kick to the ground. When Pearl landed his armor shattered.

"That's what he gets for underestimating me!" he yelled while giving an awesome post.

"When did he do that!" yelled practically all of Don Krieg's conscious men.

Actually he did but that's beside the point…

"He really wants to get that name out there…" said Kakashi.

"He sure does Orange Book…" said Zeff.

Suddenly Gin ran towards Naruto while taking out what look like batons mixed with maces…

"Kit you might want to…" said Kyubi but it was too late… Gin struck Naruto from behind… Naruto fell unconscious.

"Naruto!" shouted Luffy.

Next Time: Gin and Sanji go at it... Luffy and Don Kreig go at it... what will happen in these fights? What will happen?