A/N: The bounties are reviled in this chapter... I hope you'll like Naruto's.
Chapter 37: Celebrations and Bounties
Everyone cheered, celebrated… Arlong was defeated… in the water Sanji attempted to hug Nojiko (who in turned decided to hug Genzo), Ino and Sakura decided to look for Sasuke to hug him.. or tried they learned of the other intentions and were currently glaring at each other. But it was a celebration… however things were quickly cut short… when Marines showed up.
"Hold it right there!" said the rat like Marine.
"Him!" yelled Nami.
"It's my lucky day. I saw the whole thing. Well done, though it must have been a fluke that two-bit pirates... defeated the Fishmen." said the rat like Marine.
Everyone stared at the marine.
"Now thanks to you, the gold I had to give to Arlong and all the treasure of Arlong Park is now all mine! Throw down your weapons. Your valiant deeds will go on record of Colonel Nezumi of Marine Unit 16!" said the Marine named Nezumi.
"Hey…" said a voice behind Nezumi .
He turned around and saw a very wet angry Sasuke… "Everyone's celebrating… don't ruin the moment…"
"Oh what are you going to do?" asked the Marine.
5 Minutes later…
All the Marines laid in a pile… all of them bloody and injured while all the guys of the Straw Hats stood above them.
"You better not mess with me… you'll regret it…" said Nezumi.
"Where have you been?" asked Naruto.
"I don't want to talk about it." said Sasuke.
Nami walked over to Luffy and placed his hat back on… then she quietly walked over to Nezumi, "This is shooting Nojiko and wrecking Belle Mere's tangerine grove!"
She then whacked the Colonel hard with her staff… so hard that he flew into the water. Nami was about to strike him again Sakura stopped her and walked over Nezumi was taking a breather.
"And this is for taking bribes…" said Sakura.
Sakura simply flicked then on the forehead which sent him flying… he managed to swim back to shore where Nami was waiting for him, she grabbed his whisker like mustache and began to lay down her conditions/ demands: clean up the fishman mess, help rebuild Gosa, don't take the money as it belongs to the people of the island and give back her money…
"Okay, okay…" said Nezumi.
Let go of him and then he made his escape… with his Marines, he turned towards the Straw Hats.
"You Straw Hat! And Fox Boy!" yelled Nezumi.
"It's Shadow Fox!" yelled Naruto.
"Right Shadow Fox! You said your names were Luffy and Naruto right?" said Nezumi.
There was a silence... as the brothers stared at him.
"I don't which one of you are the Captain but you're both going to get it!" said Nezumi, "Remember this! Both of you have incurred my wrath! Something terrible is going to happen to the two of you! And both are you getting it back in spades!"
Then the Marines swam away…
"He said something terrible is going to happen…" said Sanji.
"I wonder what he can do…" said Sasuke.
"He's a marine… he might know something." said Kiba.
"Does it have to do with me becoming king of the pirates?" asked Luffy.
"Or me becoming Kage…" said Naruto.
"It's not like that idiots!" yelled Zoro.
"But what if something terrible does happen!" yelled Usopp.
But no one paid attention to Usopp.
Sometime later while the islanders were getting ready for the party, at the village's clinic, the Doctor was stitching Zoro's wound while Sasuke, Sanji, Usopp, Ino, Kiba and Akamaru waited outside.
"Still at it…" sighed Sanji.
"Even if the doctor tells him to heal up for a year he won't listen…" said Sasuke.
"So how long have you known Zoro?" asked Kiba.
"For 11 years…" said Sasuke, "He was a student at my father's Dojo…"
"Your father owns a Dojo? What kind?" asked Ino.
"Sword…" said Sasuke, "Two years ago my dad left me in Zoro's care."
"Why?" asked Ino.
Sasuke said nothing, but his mind were in other places "Was Mihawk telling the truth… is Itachi in the Grand Line… and Itachi must know I'm looking for him…" he thought.
Inside the clinic the doctor continued to stitch up Zoro, while Luffy and Naruto watched (and Johnny and Yosaku slept).
"You numskull, trying to fix such a serious injury… didn't you even think of asking my granddaughter?" asked the doctor.
"I hate to say this but why would I ask some girl I don't even know…" said Zoro.
"Maybe you should double check…" said a voice.
Sakura walked into the room with bandages, "This is my grandfather…" said Sakura.
"I see…" said Zoro with a sweat drop.
"Check your facts first idiot!" yelled Inner Sakura.
"I know a quite a bit about medicine… but it will be quite a while before I'm a full-fledged doctor." said Sakura.
"Wow I didn't know that Sakura!" said Naruto.
"I never really got a chance to tell you guys…" said Sakura.
"Now all we need it a musician!" said Luffy.
"A musician?" asked the doctor with a sweat drop.
"Don't ask me…" said Sakura with a shrug.
"Kit…" said Kyubi, "There's a disturbance in the force… in the few days watch your back!"
"Why?" asked Naruto.
"Just a feeling…" said Kyubi.
And with that night fell… and the town of Cocoyashi became one Giant party… people, sang danced ate… Many of the island's children ran over to Naruto (who was currently in his half demon form) tugged on his tails and scratched behind his ears.
"Stop that!" said Naruto jeeringly.
Elsewhere in the party, Sanji, Zoro and Sasuke were just sitting and eating together… while for some odd reason Sasuke wore a hooded cloak.
"Why are you wearing that?" asked Sanji.
At that moment Sakura and Ino ran into each other "Hey forehead… have you seen Sasuke?"
"I was going to ask you the same thing you pig!" said Sakura.
The two glared at each other before running off to search for the boy.
"Never mind… that answered it…" said Sanji.
Meanwhile Usopp was the entertainment… he was signing a song while telling "How he beat the Fishmen"
Kiba stared at him and sighed, "He did more than me…. But he didn't take them all down…" muttered Kiba.
Nami didn't party down however… he was busy having her tattoo removed… and asked the doctor/ Sakura's Grandfather to give her a new one.
And so the next morning… the Straw Hats were leaving… they were waiting for Nami and for Sakura to say her final good byes... at the same time Johnny and Yosaku their good byes.
"This is good bye, we're going back to being Bounty Hunters. Thanks for everything Luffy." said Yosaku.
"We hope that our paths will cross again." said Johnny.
"Okay you guys take care!" said Luffy.
"Don't worry… don't worry… I'll be back one day." said Sakura.
Sakura climbed aboard and joined everyone who was waiting for Nami.
"Hey you Emo Ostrich Boy…" said the Doctor/ Sakura's Grandfather.
Sasuke sweat dropped.
"If you do choose my granddaughter… take good care of her…" said the doctor/ Sakura's grandfather.
"Oh great…" muttered Sasuke.
"I wonder where she is?" asked Sakura, "It should take her this long…"
"Maybe she's not coming…" said Zoro.
"So… what about the money?" asked Ino.
"Nami wants the people here too have the money…" said Sakura, "Grandpa and everyone else isn't too happy about that and think she should keep it… but I agree…"
"Why?" asked Kiba.
"Hey!" yelled Nami from the middle of the village, "Set sail!"
Nami began to run through the crowd.
"I wonder what's going on…" said Naruto, "Why is she running?"
"I don't know... but she told us to set sail!" said Luffy.
That they did… Nami ran towards the boat that was sailing away… not before zipping through the crowd.
"Wait Nami!" said a random town's person.
Nami managed to jump on to the ship.
"Nami… why didn't you…" said Sakura.
Almost as if to answer Sakura and everyone's questions, Nami lifted her shirt and revealed… she stole everyone's wallets.
"Take care everybody!" said Nami.
"She tricked us!" yelled everyone else.
"She hadn't changed a bit…" said Usopp.
"I can't believe she just did that…" sighed Kiba.
"She could double cross us again…" said Zoro.
"We better hope not." said Sasuke.
"Way to go Nami!" said Sanji.
"Um… okay…" said Ino with a sweat drop.
Luffy and Naruto just laughed.
"Nami…" sighed Sakura.
Everyone yelled at Nami, but after everyone angry they all waved good-bye just as she did…
The next day things had calmed down and were back to normal.
"If you raise it again, I'm not going to buy it from you!" said Nami.
"Wow Nami… I didn't think you were… well naturally greedy…" said Sakura looking at her former thieving partner.
"Hey… just because I'm not getting money for Arlong doesn't mean I haven't stopped collecting!" said Nami, "Now it's just for me…"
Sakura sighed…
"So…" said Kiba, "How long do you think…"
Kick!
"Never mind…" said Kiba.
Nojiko had given the crew three potted tangerine trees… of course the D Brothers had pit for stomachs and would of try to eat them… that's why Sanji was keeping guard of them and he just kicked the two away… unfortunately for Usopp who was working on a new ammo that involved Tabasco souse, Luffy landed on him resulting in him getting the sauce in his eyes.
"Don't worry Nami! I'll protect your trees with all my heart!" said Sanji.
"Thank you!" said Nami.
"My eyes!" screamed Usopp.
"I'm not going to help this time…" sighed Kiba.
"Oh come on Sasuke… my past is just as a tragic as Sakura's!" said Ino who was following Sasuke around.
"Telling him about your childhood amnesia?" asked Sanji with a sweat drop.
"Yeah…" said Ino.
"I don't care…" said Sasuke.
Nami was reading the newspaper when two sheets of paper came out of it.
Everyone looked at them was surprised at what they saw…
Elsewhere at the Marine's Head Quarters, the highest ranking Marines were discussing tow new bounties… the first was Luffy… the reason was for defeating Buggy, Don Krieg and Arlong... Luffy's new bounty was 30 Million… despite the high bounty Luffy's picture didn't say "evil man" as it was his giving a big grin.
"Now it should be noted that Luffy did not take Arlong alone… he had the help of someone else… Had this person not been… special… we wouldn't have even considered the bounty… however this person… this boy is no ordinary boy… this boy is not only hate The Biju Biju Fruit: Model Kyubi… but it believed that he is also the Jinchuriki of the Kyubi no Yoko… the 9 Tailed Demon Fox… and since it's believed to be a part of the crew. It's because he is a pirate and defeated Arlong we must be give him quite a bounty as well… though for now due to his age he will be lower than Luffy…" said a Marine commander showing them Naruto's wanted poster… And with that Naruto too got a bounty for 27 million! (and his picture was even more childish with him giving a big grin while giving the V is for victory symbol).
Back on the Going Merry… Luffy and Naruto were happy.
"30 and 27 million!" yelled Naruto.
"We're wanted dead or alive!" cheered Luffy.
"Do you know how serous this is…" said Sakura.
No one listened... expect for the other two girls and Sasuke… the others were in their own little world, Luffy and Naruto were of course celebrating, Sanji was depressed slightly, Usopp was bragging that he was on Luffy's wanted poster (but it was from behind and it was far away) and Kiba was sighing because his brother was taking some else's credit.
"They're probably going to send the toughest ones to go after you two…" said Sasuke.
Still no one listened…
"Hey there's an island!" said Zoro.
This grabbed everyone's attention.
"Oh there it is…" said Nami, "If we that island… we're nearing the Grand Line…"
"Oh right!" cheered Luffy.
"That's where Loguetown is…" said Naruto.
"Oh yeah…" said Luffy, "The place where Gold Rogers died…"
"Wow I didn't know you knew that…" said Nami, "How…"
"Well you see…" said Luffy.
"It's nothing…" said Naruto interrupting his brother, "Really… it's nothing…"
"But I really want to go!" said Luffy.
Naruto sighed…
"Oh the little baby misses his little girlfriend…" said Kyubi, "Are you going to looking for her…"
"No… I don't think she plans to keep her promise…" thought Naruto, "I'm sure he… made her change her mind…"
And with that the crew headed towards Loguetown not knowing what to expect…
Next Time: The crew goes to Rouge Town. There Naruto and Luffy run into a childhood friend, while Zoro and Sasuke go sword shopping and run into a woman that looks like Kuina! What will happen? Find out next time!