A/N: The Grand Line Saga begins with this chapter... it' short but it has an appearance of a Naruto character... enjoy!
Chapter 41: Monsters Ahoy!
The sea was still storming and everyone but Nami and Luffy were inside the Galley…
"I can't believe she said…" said Sasuke in a low voice so that no one could hear him.
"I couldn't believe it either…" said Zoro, "She sounded just like her…"
That's when Nami and Luffy came into the Galley.
"There's something you need to know…" said Nami, she showed everyone the map they stole from Buggy a long time ago, "It says here that the entrance to the Grand Line is up a mountain!"
Everyone stared at Nami like she had just said something crazy.
"You're kidding… right?" asked Kiba.
"No, when I looked at the maps I couldn't believe either but…" said Nami showing them all the map, "The Guiding Light was pointing to Reverse Mountain on the Red Line…"
"So what we have to run up a mountain?" asked Luffy.
"There's a canal" said Nami showing them the map.
Hinata nodded in agreement, "That's what I heard too. That the Canal goes up the mountain." Said Hinata, "It might be just a rumor though… but that's what I heard."
"But that's still impossible to sail up a mountain!" said Usopp.
"And besides that's Buggy's map… we can't trust it along with some rumor…" said Zoro.
"Well… we do have an eye witness!" said Naruto.
"I'm not telling…" said Kyubi.
"What!" yelled Naruto.
"What did Kyubi say?" asked Ino.
"He's not telling!" yelled Naruto.
"How come?" asked Kiba.
"I just don't want to…" said Kyubi.
"You bastard Fox! Tell us right now!" yelled Naruto.
"No!" said Kyubi.
"Okay… let's just ignore Naruto… for now…" said Kiba.
"Why can't we sail south from here anyways… it's not like it's going to kill us." said Sasuke.
"Sasuke has a point Nami." Said Sakura.
Nami sweat dropped at Sakura.
"No way!" yelled Luffy.
"He's right! There's a reason for that!" said Nami.
"For the last time I'm not going to do that to Hinata!" yelled Naruto.
"I think their just fighting over petty stuff now…" said Usopp with a sweat drop paying more attention to Naruto arguing with Kyubi then to the discussion about the entrance.
"It would feel wrong if we didn't use the entrance!" yelled Luffy.
"That' not it!" yelled Nami punching Luffy.
"Nami's right… we can't sail though it…" said Hinata.
"Hey the storm's gone!" said Ino.
"Yeah it's calm." Said Sanji.
"That's imposoble…" said Nami, "We were supposed to ride the storm to the entrance…"
They all went outside to find that the weather was beautiful and clam.
"Oh no…" said Nami, "We're in the Calm Belt."
"This is really bad." Said Hinata.
"All right everyone! Lower the sails. We need to row out of here!" yelled Nami, "Sakura get the oars!"
"Right!" said Sakura.
"Why do we have to row?" asked Naruto.
"Because right now this ship is in grave danger… can you feel it…" said Kyubi.
"Feel what?" asked Naruto.
"Close your eyes and feel it." Said Kyubi.
Naruto closed his eyes and felt a presence... it was hard to describe… it like his own… yet different.
"An unsealed Biju…" whispered Naruto.
"And that's not all…" said Kyubi.
Nami was in an argument with Zoro about the clam belt and was about to explain it… but… that's when something happened… the ship began to shake and that's when the crew saw something that would scare all of them… Sea Kings… giant ones… they on the nose of an especially big one.
"The calm belt is a Sea King nest." Said Hinata.
"Why didn't anyone say anything earlier?" asked Ino.
"Look that's the least of our problems…" said Naruto, "When they go under row like there's no tomorrow…"
"Naruto… what do you mean the least of the least of our problems?" asked Luffy.
"There's a…" said Naruto.
All the Sea King look scared and went under water, including the one they were on, when the ship landed it made a small crash.
"It's here!" said Naruto.
"What's here?" asked Zoro.
That's when something surfaced from the water… it was huge and resembled a very ugly turtle, not only that but it had more than 1 tail.
"So it's just a turtle like Sea King…" said Sasuke.
"Are you bad at math? Look how many tails that thing has!" yelled Kiba.
"It has three tails…" said Nami.
"It's an unsealed Biju…" said Naruto, "We're in grave danger!"
"Oh… it's not as bad I thought…" said Kyubi.
Naruto sweat dropped… "What are you saying…" said Kyubi, "Remember what I said about the Sanbi awhile back?"
"Wait…" thought Naruto who began to twitch slightly, "False alarm!" yelled Naruto.
"What do you mean false alarm! That's an unsealed Biju!" yelled Nami grabbing him, "Do you know how dangerous that it is!"
"Yes… about the same as a Sea King…" said Naruto, "According to Kyubi, the Sanbi is nothing more than an over exaggerated sea king… he's extremely stupid… in fact the other Biju call him Sanbi no Idiot."
"Sanbi no Idiot?" asked everyone else with sweat drops.
"So we're not in that much danger… we'd be in more danger if we saw Shukaku or Nibi…" said Naruto, "They knew how to use their powers… unlike this guy… doesn't even know he has demonic super powers… like I said it's nothing but an over exaggerated Sea King…"
"You better be telling the truth!" yelled Nami.
"It's staring at us!" yelled Usopp.
Sanbi was staring at the ship… it began to sweat, it felt small traces of a certain power… a power it feared greatly… it began to sweat.
"What's wrong with it?" asked Sakura.
"It looks scared." Said Luffy.
"My guess it's Naruto…" said Sanji.
The Sanbi picked up the ship using one of its tails and threw it back into the storm, all of them laid on the deck.
"It's over..." said Hinata.
"Thank god all we have is this typhoon." Said Luffy.
"I figured it out! We do have to sail up a mountain!" said Nami.
"Are you still going on about that?" asked Sasuke.
Nami began to explain about the sea currents… about how they would rush up the mountain and converges and if it misses the ship would crash into the Red Line.
"So I get it! It's mystery mountain!" said Luffy.
"I say it's more magical than mystery…" said Naruto.
"I knew you wouldn't get it…" said Nami with a sigh.
That's when they saw it, the giant mountain.
"That's the red line" said Hinata.
"It's huge!" yelled Naruto.
"Wow the summit is lost in the clouds!" said Luffy.
They headed towards the mountain with the current pulling them in…
"Were being sucked so steer carefully!" said Luffy.
"I'll do it!" said Sakura going to whip staff.
"No way!" said Kiba.
"I don't believe it." said Zoro looking though a binoculars, "The canal really is going up the mountain."
It was indeed true… the canal was going up the mountain, the entrance to the canal had many gates, before going up the mountain.
"There's the entrance!" said Naruto.
"We're off a little. Go a little to the right! The right!" said Luffy.
"I think you mean starboard…" said Sakura with a sweat drop.
She turned the whip staff in that direction… but then it broke! Causing everyone to sweat drop.
"Way to go forehead!" yelled Ino.
"It wasn't my fault!" yelled Sakura.
"I bet if Usopp and Sanji did it, that would have happened!" yelled Ino.
"We're going to crash!" said Usopp.
Luffy tossed Naruto his hat, then shouted "Gum Gum Balloon!", Luffy managed to prevent them from crashing to the gate by acting a cushion… which everyone was surprised that it worked…
"We didn't crash!" said Hinata.
"Luffy grab hold!" said Naruto.
Luffy grabbed Naruto hand and managed to stretch himself aboard.
"We're in!" cheered everyone else.
Everyone celebrated… they finally made it to the grand line! The ship climed the mountain then when it reach the peak, it went up into the air then crashed right back down to the water.
""I can see it! The Grand line!" said Luffy.
As they headed down the slide so to speak they heard an odd sound.
"What was that?" asked Zoro.
"Sounded like an injured whale to me…" said Naruto.
"How do you know what an injured whale sounds like?" asked Kyubi.
Naruto shrugged… it was his only guess…
"What's that?" asked Usopp.
"Nami do you see a mountain?" asked Sanji.
"Mountain… that's impossible… it's supposed to be open sea until we reach the twin capes." Said Nami.
They saw up ahead… was a huge whale blocking their path.
"That no moon… I mean mountain!" said Naruto, "It's a whale!"
"Well you were half right…" said Kyubi.
"Should we fight?" asked Kiba.
"It's a whale!" said Ino, "Why would we fight a whale!"
"There's an opening to the left!" said Hinata.
"Hard to port!" said Zoro.
"The whip staff is broken! Remember!" said Sakura.
I have an idea… we'll need as much help as we can!" said Sasuke.
"Right!" said most of the guys.
"Oh Sasuke! Your so cool!" said Sakura and Ino.
"Sakura we're need your help too…" said Sasuke with a sweat drop.
"Right!" said Sakura.
All the guys minus Luffy and Naruto, as well as Akamaru as Kiba's clone and Sakura went to what was left of the Whip Staff what it wasn't working.
"Where's Luffy and Naruto?" asked Ino.
That's when there was a loud boom from the front canon… the D Brother have indeed fired it… everyone stood went into the shock.
"The canon!" they yelled.
"Has the ship stopped?" asked Luffy from the weapons room.
"I said it before, and I'll say it again… you and your brother are idiots…" yelled the Kyubi.
It's safe to that Luffy and Naruto shooting a canon at a whale is a preview of things to come with their adventures on the Grand Line…
Next Time: Thanks to a certain someone's stupidly, the crew gets eaten by the whale... what's going to happen... and will Kiba make a certain comparison to his brother to something else that was eaten by a whale? Find out next time!