Chapter 44: Welcome to Whisky Peak

The Going Merry was sailing merrily though… the snow… right it was snowing… of course the more childish members were flocking though the snow. The snow also brought the completive nature of the two sets of brothers.

"Behold Mr. Snowman!" said Luffy.

"Kit! I know both are you aren't that smart and you came up with the name together… but I have to say that's the stupidest name for a snow man ever!" said Kyubi.

"What a boring snowman." Said Usopp who then showed them his and Kiba's snow man, "Behold my beautiful snow queen!"

The snowman… or snow woman resembled more of a stature than anything… this made Kiba sigh.

"I did nothing when it came to building that…" he said.

Both Luffy and Naruto glared at the snow stature… they looked at each other and said nothing.

"Snow man punch!" said Luffy making their snowman punch the snow stature.

"What are you doing?" asked Usopp kicking their snowman.

The sets of brothers were having a good old-fashioned snow fight… this made Hinata who was watching laugh.

Inside the Galley, Nami watched them and sighed.

"How can they flicking like that?" she asked.

"Who knows?" responded Sakura with a shrug while she read a book on medicine that Crocus gave her.

"Nami!" said Sanji outside, "How long so I keep shoveling snow my love?"

"Until the snow stops." responded Nami from the galley.

"Yes my milady." Said Sanji.

"You know Sanji." Said Ino next to him, "Nami's just abusing your feelings…"

"Don't you say that about Nami!" yelled Sanji, "Well Sasuke is annoyed by yours…"

"Don't you say that about Sasuke!" yelled Ino.

There was an awkward silence while Ino pouted.

"So… have you talked to Ms. Wednesday yet?" asked Sanji.

Ino sighed, "No, no I haven't…" she said, "There's that whole secret thing… so I don't think I'll get any answers…"

Sanji only nodded…

Inside the galley… the two "guests" were shivering by the table…

"Does this ship have a decent heater?" asked Mr. 9.

"I'm cold…" whined Ms. Wednesday.

"You should do something and not complain! Stop complaining and do something useful…" said Sakura.

"I don't see you doing anything useful." Said Ms. Wednesday.

Sakura showed them her book, "I'm the ship's doctor… I'm reading up on things and studying… also right now they don't need my strength… I may not look it, but I'm stronger than you two put together…" said Sakura.

"Yeah right…" said Mr. 9, "You look puny… I better I can knock you done with one hit…"

"Oh yeah… remember that flick I gave you?" asked Sakura.

Mr. 9 was speechless… that flick felt like a punch.

"Ha! Left him speechless!" said Inner Sakura.

That's when there was a thunderclap.

"Thunder… it was warm and sunny a minute ago…" said Nami, "Crocus was right… this weather defied logic."

"You've hardly been steering… is that wise?" asked Ms. Wednesday.

"What do you mean I just checked our course." Said Nami.

Nami once again check the log pose… what she found made her scream.

"Nami what is it?" asked Sakura.

Nami left the Galley.

"We need to turn the ship 180 degrees back!" said Nami.

"Why… did you forget something?" asked Naruto.

"No it's not that…" said Nami, "Somehow we turned back the way we came. I took my eyes off it for a second and the sea was smooth."

"The sea is having its way with us." Said Mr. 9.

"You can't trust anything on the Grand Line, the sea, the sky, the waves and even the clouds are treacherous. The only thing you can count is the Log Pose." Said Ms. Wednesday.

Sakura got up and grabbed both of their shirt collars like they were nothing.

'Let us go!" said Ms. Wednesday.

"You want me to let you go?" asked Sakura.

She dragged the two outside and threw them onto the lower deck, "Then help out!" she yelled.

"That's showing them!" yelled Inner Sakura.

The events that followed was so hectic that it was unknown who said what…

"The wind's changing!"

"This is bad!"

"Zoro wake up its emergency! Get up!"

"You can't wake him up, even if you poked him with a giant stick…"

""Hey look there's dolphins!"

"Now's the not the time!"

"There's an iceberg!"

"There's a lot of fog!"

"ZZZZZZ"

"We just hit the iceberg!"

"We're taking on water in the bilge!"

"Someone has to stop the leak!"

"I'll do it!"

"Let someone who can swim take it!"

"We need a lot of clones right now!"

"Let's go Akamaru!"

"Bark Bark!"

"Lower the sail!"

"The wind's too strong!"

"The clouds are moving too fast!"

"Here we need you regain your strength…"

"Yeah!"

"You're eating too much!"

"ZZZZZ"

"No the sail's going to rip!"

"There's another leak in the bilge!"

"The waves are too big!"

"Nami… are we on course?"

"No, we're not!"

"DAMN IT!"

Not too long later everyone was okay again… except for most of them… Zoro woke up from his nap

"What's wrong with all of you… shouldn't you be working?" asked Zoro.

"I'm going to kill you one day…" muttered Sasuke laying the ground while glaring at Zoro.

That's when he noticed the barely conscious Mr. 9 and Ms. Wednesday.

"What are they doing here?" asked Zoro.

"Where have to been?" asked a voice.

He looked up and saw Luffy and Naruto seemingly unaffected by what just happened.

"We're sailing to their town!" said Luffy.

"You're not really taking them home are you?" asked Zoro, "We down owe them anything…"

That's when Hinata managed to recover her strength, "Naruto… can I talk to you?"

"Sure!" said Naruto jumping down.

Naruto and Hinata went to a private place to talk.

"So what's going on?" asked Naruto.

"You… see there's something I need to tell you…" said Hinata.

"Yeah?" said Naruto blushing.

"You see…" said Hinata, "The thing is… I have to tell you something very important about Whiskey Peak…"

Naruto sweat dropped and sighed, "What about it?

With Zoro he bent down to the two agents on the deck.

"What were your names again?" asked Zoro with a grin that said he knew something.

"I'm Mr. 9." Said Mr. 9.

"And I'm Ms. Wednesday…" said Ms. Wednesday.

"Yeah those name's been stuck in my head… I think I've heard them somewhere before…" said Zoro.

"That reminds me…" said Sasuke, We need to talk in private…"

Zoro looked at his former bounty-hunting partner and nodded… but before they could talk… Nami began to pound Zoro repeatedly for napping and not helping out… after taking his pounding Sasuke and Zoro talking a private place.

"So… what are we going to about Whisky Peak?" asked Zoro.

Back with Naruto and Hinata...

"We have to tell everyone right now!" said Naruto.

Hinata only nodded as the two went to go tell anyone.

"Wait!" said Kyubi, "Don't act so rash!"

"What do you mean?" asked Naruto as he stopped.

"Naruto what is it?" asked Hinata.

"What do you think Luffy will do when we land?" asked Kyubi, "You two already have big enough bounties as it is… doing that to an entire town will only make it worse."

Naruto sweat dropped…

"Exactly… right now it's best if we keep quiet about… and about them I have a plan… that will also get you some alone time with Hinata… which you should do…" said Kyubi who began to hum funk music.

"I'm not going to do that!" mentally yelled Naruto.

"Or you can always do your Rasengan training…" said Kyubi.

"So what's you plan…" said Naruto.

Back with Sasuke and Zoro.

"So… it's best we don't tell me…" said Zoro, "After all who knows what Luffy and Naruto would do…"

Sasuke nodded…

"Oh wow it's an island with Giant Cactus!" they heard Luffy yell.

All the ones talking joined Luffy who were marveling at the island which mountains resembled giant cacti.

"Well this is where we take out leave." Said Mr. 9.

"Thanks for the ride darlings." Said Ms. Wednesday.

"Bye Bye Baby…" both said then jumped of board.

"Does anyone else have an ominous feeling about this?" asked Kiba.

"Nope…" said Naruto.

Ino sighed… "I hope we meet them again… maybe then I can finally ask…" she thought.

"Okay! Let's just land!" said Luffy.

"There's a river up ahead…" said Sasuke.

"I hope there aren't monsters!" said Usopp.

"That definitely a possibility…" said Sanji.

"If there are we can just run away!" said Luffy.

"Don't forget we can't leave right away." Said Nami.

"Why?" asked Luffy.

"Don't forget we have to wait for the Log pose to record the island's magnetic pull. The time it takes for each island to "Log" make hours or even days" said Nami.

"So if we run into monster we might be able to leave for days?" asked Usopp.

"Even if we do run into any monsters… I'm sure Naruto will scare them off…" said Sasuke with a smirk.

Naruto glared and Sasuke… then muttered "Not even worth it…"

"So we're going to sail up the river!" said Luffy.

"So what are we going to do?" asked Ino.

"I'm getting my "better not go to this island" fever…" said Usopp shaking.

"Funny… I never heard of such a disease…." Said Sakura.

"Did Kiba put you put to that?" asked Usopp.

"A little…" said Sakura laughing a bit.

"Okay everyone! Get ready to fight or run away…" said Sasuke.

They sailed they heard people… as they heard the people they weren't expecting something very surprising… a party! Yes everyone was celebrating.

"They're welcoming us…" said Sakura a little confused.

"What's going on?" asked Sanji.

As they sailed most of them waved and said their hellos… when they landed their ship and was greeted by the mayor named Igarappoi, a rather large older man with very curly hair.

"Welcome to Whisky Peak! We pride ourselves on our hospitality…" said Igarappoi.

"Yeah right…" muttered Kyubi.

"Shut up…" thought Naruto.

"Just act your part…" said Kyubi.

"I know, I know…" thought Naruto.

"Would you be so kind to join us in a celebration in your honor?" asked Igarappoi.

"You bet we would!" said Luffy, Naruto, Kiba, Usopp and Sanji.

"Men are idiots…" said Nami, with Ino and Sakura nodding in an agreement, they turned to Sasuke.

"But not you Sasuke!" said Ino.

"Of course you're not an idiot!" said Sakura.

Ino looked at Igarappoi… her eyes were wide.

"This feeling again… it feels like I know him…" thought Ino, "But not this whole town… if he's…"

Ino shrugged… she'll figure it out later…

As the sun set, the party was in full swing… Usopp told stories about his great adventures… Kiba decided to not to poke holes in his stories, mostly because he was flirting with some cute girls who thought Akamaru was really cute… Akamaru didn't look too happy as he knew that he was being used in that way… then again the girls really were that cute and they kept giving him attention… so the little dog didn't' know how to feel… Sanji was flirting with girls… about 20 girls at the same time… on the other hand, girls tried to flirt with Sasuke but they were stopped by Ino and Sakura… claiming "he's my man" which also caused the two fight a couple times… one the none flirting part… Sasuke just stayed in the corner and ignored everyone… he noticed Hinata in the corner… laughing at some parts but avoiding everyone else in general… he walked over to her.

So your avoiding the party too?" asked Sasuke.

"Sort of… I'm a little nervous…" said Hinata.

"Is that it… or do you know about this island's reputation too…" said Sasuke.

Hinata's eyes were wide, "I do know of the reputation… I told Naruto, we were planning to tell everyone else… but that's not a good idea… you know how Luffy is… Naruto and Kyubi came up with a plan should they try anything…" said Hinata.

"It's a good thing that we have someone who grew up at a top Marine Base…" said Sasuke with a smirk, "So what's the plan…"

"Well…" said Hinata as she watched Naruto and Luffy their weight in food.

Sometime later after the party, all 11 members were either asleep due to the busy day, of too much food or passed out drunk... all seemed peaceful or so it seemed… There was a small explosion far away from the town… no one in town seemed to hear… which was a good thing… for the one who caused the explosion was Naruto

"Ow…" said Naruto getting up.

"Naruto are you okay?" asked Hinata helping him up.

"I'm fine…" said Naruto then gag full some reason.

"Maybe you shouldn't have eaten all of the food…" said Kyubi.

"Hey I missed lunch!" yelled Naruto who then sighed.

"What's wrong?" asked Hinata.

"I feel bad not telling Luffy about this place…" said Naruto, "I mean this town is a Bounty Hunter haven…"

"I know I do too…" said Hinata.

To those wondering Naruto created a clone for himself and Hinata… they also set up a clone that transformed itself into a tripwire in case something happened… however they weren't the only ones in on this plan.

"But it's better if you leave it to someone who currently doesn't have a bounty on their head…" said Kyubi.

"Yeah but of all people to have found that this is a Bounty hunter haven… it just had to be him… why did it have to him… I'm okay with the other one… but him!" yelled Naruto.

This of course made Sasuke sweat drop.

At that very moment Mr. 9 and Wednesday had met up with Igarappoi (who had the code name Mr. 8) and an extremely manly looking woman whose name was Ms. Monday… Mr. 8/ Igarappoi had just informed them of the bounties of the crew.

"Sorry but we would like it if you let them sleep long…" said a voice.

They look up and saw Zoro and Sasuke in the moonlight… both of them knowing that there would be a fight.

Next Time: Zoro and Sasuke fight off the bounty hunters of Whiskey Peak... with these two it's going to get messy... meanwhile Naruto and Hinata try to perfect the Rasengan... but it's not going to well... what will happen? Find out next time!