A/N: All right! It's a special celebration today! Last night something big happened! The Biju Biju Fruit has reached 100,000 Hits! All right! Whooo most out of any of my fanfics! I'm so happy... even my parents are impressed, sure there are a ton of fics that reach that point, but most of the time they are Harry Potter crossovers or stuff like that... or they have an incredibly good concept... I blame it's short fall on the fact on 4kids... if they hadn't ruined the anime... hopefully with the new dub (well it's been out for a couple months) it might gain new fans...I hope that more people will read soon... especially with the upcoming filler and Alabasta arcs... (the filler arc will deferentially be popular with who I'm planning to bring in). Well anyways, here's the next chapter! Enjoy!
Chapter 47: A Princess in Need
In an alleyway hidden from most, the 6 Straw Hats and Princess were discussing what happened, well almost, Luffy just laughed it up, he found it funny… he understood why everyone hid it from him (after all he did have the highest bounty), of course he also had to admit it was very funny.
"Stop laughing already it's not funny!" yelled Zoro.
"But they were bounty hunters the whole time!" laughed Luffy, "I just thought you guys beat him up because they didn't have the food you wanted."
Zoro's eye twitched…
"Just ignore him… you know how he is." Said Sasuke.
"About the money… that's impossible, but I am grateful for saving my life." Said Vivi.
"So what's a billion berries?" asked Nami.
"You're evil…" muttered Naruto.
Nami punched Naruto in the head hard… so much so that he now unconscious.
"He'll be fine in a minute. He has a fast healing." Said Nami.
Vivi sweat dropped at Naruto's prone form, then shook it off.
"What do you know about my county of Alabasta?" asked Vivi.
"Never heard of it." Said Nami.
The other (conscious members) shook their heads no as well… including Hinata who had known about the Whiskey Peak.
"Alabasta was the most civilized and peaceful island in the Grand Line… at one time." Said Vivi.
"At one time?" asked Hinata.
"Ow my head." Said Naruto waking up.
"Never call her evil again." Said Kyubi.
Naruto only nodded as he got up.
"Yes…" said Vivi ignoring Naruto, "In recent years the citizens have become rebellious riots and uprisings have thrown the kingdom into turmoil."
"That's horrible." Said Hinata.
"Then one day I learned of a of a secret organization called Baroque Works. Rumor was that they was Agents of Baroque Works had been stirring up the citizens But try as might I couldn't uncover any information that would us fight these criminals." Said Vivi, "So I went to Igaram who took care of me as a child."
"You mean the guy with the big curls, right?" asked Luffy using his hand to imitate Igaram's hair.
"I hoped to find the source of the rumor so I could Baroque Works. Then I could find how was pulling the strings and learn his intentions." Said Vivi.
"That's pretty brave for a Princess." Said Sasuke.
"But isn't Baroque Works just trying to create their own ideal country?" asked Nami.
"That's how the boss is deceiving them." Said Vivi, "Baroque works goal is the conquest of Alabasta. I've got to return to my land and stop the rebellion."
There was a silence… which Naruto broke.
"I guess he was right." Said Naruto.
"Who?" asked Vivi.
"Kyubi… a demon that lives inside of me said "There's seems to be an aura of sadness around her… like she doesn't want to be the bad guy… but instead is a spy doing it for a noble cause."" said Naruto, "I only thought the reason why he saw that was because he's a pervert and needed an excuse to like you."
"Hey I don't need an excuse to like a bad, hot girl… I'm a freakin' demon." Said Kyubi.
"You're also a pervert…" mumbled Naruto.
"Want to say that to my face?" asked Kyubi.
"Sorry… I don't want to a nap…" said Naruto out loud.
"Don't start an argument with Kyubi in front of someone you just met… it makes you look crazy." Said Sasuke.
"So what…" muttered Naruto.
Everyone decided to ignore the Jinchuriki and got back to the topic at hand…
Nami sighed, "So with your country in chaos… there's no reward money." Said Nami.
"That's that what you get for being evil…" muttered Naruto.
Nami didn't hit him this time but, but she gave him an evil glare which made Naruto hide behind Hinata.
"So who is the guy pulling the strings?" asked Luffy.
"Why kind of question is that! Please you don't want to know! If you find they'll hunt you down!" said Vivi.
"You don't need to tell us." Said Hinata.
"He must be one scary guy if he's trying to take over a whole country." Said Nami.
"That he is. After all your no match for Crocodile one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea." Said Vivi.
Vivi shut her mouth and sat there gaping, Hinata sat there with dot eyes, Naruto and Luffy were laughing, Nami was scared out her mind, Sasuke just sat there sighing…
"You just told us." Sighed Zoro.
It became even more silent… that's when they saw the vulture and the otter. The Otter went onto the Vulture and they flew away… that's when Nami began to shake the Princess.
"Damn I would have thought we would have gotten a few islands in before you guys messed up and angered one of them…" said Kyubi.
"This going to be fun." Said Luffy.
"Oh man! One of the 7 Warlords." Said Luffy happily.
"This is going to be interesting." Said Zoro.
Sasuke only smirked while Hinata merely laughed… mostly because she knew the two both could handle it.
"We're lucky we get meet this soon." Said Sasuke with a smirk.
"Will you shut up!" yelled Nami who began to walk away.
"Where are you going Nami?" asked Hinata.
"He has no idea what I look like so I'm out of here." Said Nami.
Nami stopped when she saw that the otter had drawn pictures of the 6 that heard about it and walked back.
"There's nowhere to left to run!" yelled Nami.
"Where was she planning on running to?" asked Zoro with a sweat drop.
"The 6 of us is on Baroque Works hit list…" said Sasuke with a smirk.
"Oh man this is exciting!" yelled Luffy.
Nami on the other hand was in the fetal position in the corner… poor Nami.
"Fear not!" said a voice.
They all turned to see Ingram carrying 6 dummies…
"My eyes!" screamed Kyubi.
Oh and he was dressed like Vivi…
"Igaram why are you dressed like that?" asked Vivi.
"Wow you look really good." Said Luffy.
"You're all insane…" cried Nami who was still in the fetal position.
"Turn away kit… just turn away." Screamed Kyubi.
"Listen up I have a plan, I'm sure that they'll send in someone after you right away especially since you beat Mr. 5 and his partner." Said Igaram.
"When did you do that?" asked Naruto still looking at Igaram with a slightly sadistic smile on his face.
"It was during our fight." Said Luffy laughing.
"Look away Naruto! Look away!" yelled Kyubi.
"There's something else you need to know." Said Igaram, "Even though he doesn't have a bounty on his head for being one of the 7 Warlords of the sea, but at one time he had a bounty of 80 Million."
"What are you talking about?" asked Luffy.
"We're escorting her back to her country." Said Hinata.
"Oh that makes sense." Said Luffy.
"Stop looking at him Naruto! Stop!" yelled Kyubi.
"80 Million that's 4 times as much as Arlong's was worth! Turn it down!" yelled Nami no longer in the fetal position.
"Princess please give me the eternal pose." Said Igaram.
"Eternal Pose?" asked Nami.
"You don't know what that is?" asked Igaram, "Simply it's a permanent log pose, a normal log pose guides you one island to the next while Eternal Pose always points to the same location no matter where you are."
Igaram held up the eternal Pose. And showed it the Straw Hats, "This one memorized Alabasta." Said Igaram.
"Look away from him! I'm going to blind." screamed Kyubi.
"Princess Vivi, I've disguised myself as you. I'm going to set out with these 6 dummies. While I divert their attention, you will go with them on their ship and return to Alabasta by the usual route." Said Igaram, "I've never gone that that way before but Alabasta is only two or three stops. May we meet again in our homeland."
"I don't think this will work." Said Sasuke, "I mean… you don't exactly look like a teenaged girl…"
"Right now it's the only way." Sighed Igaram.
"Yeah… even though I'm enjoying Kyubi screaming at the sight of him." Said Naruto.
"You evil little…" growled Kyubi.
"I would use my clones but even with my power my shadow clones could only last for a few hours before they go poof." Said Naruto, "So he's right, it's the best thing we got."
Igaram merely looked at Naruto and shrugged... sometimes later they were at a part of the island that was fairly hidden.
"Wow that outfit still look great." Said Luffy.
"Look are you idiot!" yelled Kyubi.
"Princess this may be a difficult journey, please be careful." Said Igaram.
"You too…" said Vivi as they shook hands.
And so Igaram set sail with the dummies…
"Thank god he's gone…" cried Kyubi, "I may never rid of that sight for as a long I live."
"That guy was a laugh at the very end." Said Luffy.
"It was fun torturing Kyubi." Laughed Naruto.
"I hate you…" muttered Kyubi.
"He may not look it but he's reliable." Said Vivi.
That's when Naruto got a huge chill, "What was that?" he thought.
"Something bad is going to happen… I sense a devil fruit user nearby…" said Kyubi.
"Naruto what's wrong?" asked Hinata.
"Something is going to happen." Whispered Naruto.
That's when there was a huge explosion… shocking everyone.
"It can…" said Nami.
"They're on to us!" yelled Sasuke.
"I liked that guy!" yelled Luffy.
"Nami, how's the Log Pose?" asked Zoro.
"It's all set!" said Nami.
The guys and Hinata ran, while Nami comforted Vivi who was seemed to be frozen.
"You guys wake up the others." Said Zoro.
"I'm coming with you!" said Sasuke, "Knowing you, you might get lost."
Naruto, Luffy and Hinata went to wake up those back in the house… fortunately for them one of them was already awkward due to a stomachache.
"I knew I shouldn't have eaten all that food…" whined Sakura.
That when Luffy Naruto and Hinata went into the room.
"Hey Sakura!" yelled Luffy, "I take Usopp and Sanji."
"I'll get Kiba and Akamaru." Said Naruto, "Hinata you get Ino!"
That's when Luffy pulled on Sanji's leg and Usopp nose, while Naruto simply gabbed the dog and dragged Kiba by the arm.
The two girls watched as they broke the wall while they dragged them off.
"We they always like that?" asked Sakura.
Hinata only nodded as she woke gently woke up Ino.
"What?" asked Ino, "Is it morning?"
"No, it's not but there's something going on." Said Hinata.
"I know…" said Sakura, "What happened with the bounty hunters?"
"Bounty hunters?" asked Ino shocked.
"Yeah…" said Sakura, "But if it's something urgent, we should go now!"
They followed the two idiot brothers the boat as quickly as they could… which they did managed to catch up to.
"We're all here!" said Naruto.
"Then get on board!" said Zoro.
Luffy and Naruto noticed the one they were dragging were sleep again. Well it was more like unconscious, making Akamaru sigh at his owner's state.
"Why did they go to sleep again?" asked Luffy.
"Idiots!" yelled Sakura.
"Even I know that all that dragging would have been bad." Said Ino shaking her head.
"We don't have time to look for the bird!" yelled Nami.
Everyone turned towards Nami and Vivi who made it too.
"What's wrong?" asked Sasuke.
"Her duck Carue is missing." Said Nami.
"You mean him?" asked Sasuke, "He was already here."
And so everyone got on board and they set sailed.
"How many do you think they'll send after us?" asked Luffy.
"Baroque Woks have about 2,000 members, and I heard there's more towns like Whiskey Peak." Said Vivi.
"We can take them." Said Naruto leaning against the mast, "I mean you're talking to a future Kage. I can make over 1,000 Shadow Clones at once!"
"I'm unsure if your just boasting or trying to give her hope, but there's no way that you can make over 1,000 Shadow Clones." Said Sasuke.
"No it's true!" yelled Naruto.
"Then do it right now!" said Sasuke.
"We're on a small ship… we'll sink…" said Naruto.
"Then I'm sure you can't do it…" said Sasuke.
The two began to glare at each other.
"Just ignore them." Said Nami, "They argue all the time."
"Hey Nami!" said Sakura form the upper deck, "I need your help with something!"
"Don't tell me…" said Nami.
"We need to explain things to the guys." Said Sakura with a smirk knowing what the code was for.
A few minutes later Zoro looked at the two, "So are you sure you explained everything to them?"
Vivi, Luffy, Ino and Hinata stared at the unconscious prone forms of Kiba, Sanji and Usopp.
"They're idiots…" mutter Ino, she turned towards Vivi and shook, "I have any chance to ask her, now that she's going to be with her for a while."
Those that were conscious went to the lower deck to talk to reasonable two. As they were sailing a voice, told them, "Watch out for rocks, and I'm glad you managed to escape."
Everyone looked up and saw a woman in her late twenties with Black Hair, wearing a very skimpy purple outfit and wearing a cowboy hat. Everyone stared at her… especially Vivi who seemed shocked by this woman's appearance… and silently hopping that she wouldn't do anything to them.
Next Time: The straw Hats confront Ms All Sunday, the right hand woman of the boss. How she seems to be planning something, especially since it seems she's trying to help them. Is it a trap or is there soemthing else going? And just what is wrong with the next island? Find out next time!