Chapter 54: Instinct
Luffy, Kyubi, Hinata, Usopp, Sakura and the Ino possessed Ms. Valentines stared at Mr. 3.
"If he starts another monologue that will be the times to strike…" whispered Kyubi, "Nothing says I'm a big target than a villain Monologuing."
"Hey!" yelled Mr. 3, "I can hear you! And Ms. Golden Week paint this masterpiece."
Ms. Golden Week sighed as she put the book down, "Oh man but Kelly was about to accept Damien's offer to become his first Guardian of Darkness." sighed Ms. Golden Week.
She began to pain the Wax Mecha.
"Okay! Let's go get that thing!" said Luffy.
"I'm with you!" said Kyubi, "You Long Nose! You should be the one that will save them."
"Why me!" yelled Usopp.
"Because I know for a fact that you can set it on fire in some way… unlike those two useless girls…" said Kyubi.
That comment made the two loomed over the possessed Naruto.
"Useless!" said the Ino possessed Ms. Valentines, "I took out one of the agents single handedly…"
"And both of us took him out!" said Sakura.
"And both of you are pretty useless when you just beat him up just get your frustration of not coming up with any plan to save them." Said Kyubi.
That's when both of went into the fetal position with the air black around them.
"How am I supposed to burn something so big!" yelled Usopp.
"It's all ready!" said Mr. 3 who's Wax Mecha got a pain job.
Kyubi summoned many clones… "Aim for his face!" yelled the real Kyubi.
"That's what I was thinking!" said Luffy.
The two began to aim attack for his face, as it was the part of him sticking form outside the Mecha, however he kept blocking the attacks and dodging.
Meanwhile Usopp was trying to think of something before they died… that's when he came up with a great ides but he needed the girls help… but Sakura and the Ino possessed Ms. Valentines were still in their depressed little world, fortunately Hinata was trying to get them to cheer up.
"Come on… you know that Kyubi is a demon that killed many people over the years, so of course he'd call you useless!"
"…" responded the two in their little world.
"Hey! I have an idea how to save them!" yelled Usopp to the three, he then took out a rope, "This rope has been coated in oil… if we wrap it around them then we'll be able to burn it down…" said Usopp.
"Really!" said both Sakura and the Ino possessed Ms. Valentines.
"We can save them!" said Hinata happily.
"It will be a tie." Sighed the Ino possessed Ms. Valentines.
"But that will be okay… I mean we should have bet on their lives…" said Sakura, "We'll figure out another bet."
"That's fine with me!" said the Ino possessed Ms. Valentines.
The 4 began to spread the rope around the candelabra as well as the wax covered Giant… bet you forgot he was there.
Meanwhile with Luffy and Kyubi… the two continued to fight, Luffy tried to use Gum Gum Stamp, but it was useless. Kyubi tried some punch him in the face but he blocked at once again.
"Will you give up! They are my artwork… just leave it be!" yelled Mr. 3.
"I can sense the life of all living things! I am the most powerful Biju! Sure I'm stuck in the body of an idiot!" yelled Kyubi.
That's when Mr. 3 smashed him using the Mecha's arms.
"Who's monologuing now?" asked Mr. 3.
"Can't say you didn't deserve it." Said Naruto.
"This is your body!" mentally yelled Kyubi.
"Yes… but you were still Monologuing." Said Naruto.
"There's no way am I going to let my friends die!" yelled Luffy, "There's no way I'm letting that happen!"
At the same time the rope was all set…
"Okay, so who's got a light?" asked the Ino Possessed Ms. Valentines.
"I have an idea!" said Sakura with a smirk, she turned to Luffy "Hey! Luffy! You think you can light rope this up for us?"
Luffy looked at the rope and then at Mr. 3, who's hair was still on fire "Sure! Of course!" said Luffy with a big smile.
Luffy stretched his arm and grabbed Mr. 3 by the hair and lead him to the rope.
"Ow! Ow! Hey! Watch the hair!" yelled Mr. 3.
Kyubi got up and smirked, "Well that's an interesting idea…" he said with a smirk.
Luffy managed to slam the burning hair into the oil soaked rope on fire, setting a huge blaze, it also melted the wax Mecha.
"That's a lot of fire! Are they okay!" yelled Luffy.
"They're still alive…" said Kyubi, "I'm pretty sure their all right... even with the fire."
"Oh man! I'm on fire! It burns!" yelled Mr. 3 who managed to get out of the Mecha and then ran away, "You ruined my masterpiece."
"Oh no! You're not getting away!" yelled Luffy.
"I'm coming too." Said Kyubi following him.
"Can I have my body back yet?" asked Naruto.
"Not until we beat this guy up!" thought Kyubi.
Meanwhile the other four looked at the fire.
"Do you think they're all right?" asked Hinata.
The Ino possessed Ms. Valentines saw figures though the fire.
"Kiba! I need my body right now!" said the Ino possessed Ms. Valentines.
"Okay!" said Kiba coming out the bushes holding Ino's body.
"Release!" shouted Ino, a light came from the possessed body and entered Ino's empty shell, Ms. Valentines was now in control.
"What happened?" she said in a daze.
That's when she was hit by two separate attacks… one by a staff and other by a peacock Slasher… it was Nami and Vivi and they were okay.
"What terrible heat… wasn't there any other way…" said Nami.
"Well sorry we couldn't get to you sooner." Said Ino sarcastically.
That's when Mr. 5 was conscious again, "Flying pancakes are going to kill us all!" he yelled… hey it says he was conscious, it didn't say he was right in the mind.
"Flaming Oni Giri!" yelled Zoro who was on fire along with swords, he used his attack on the brain damaged Mr. 5 who was quickly disposed of.
"Wasn't that going a little over board?" asked Hinata.
"I mean he was talking about pancakes trying to kill us." Said Kiba with a sweat drop.
"Don't try to talk sense to him…" said a fairly burnt Sasuke.
"Sasuke! You're okay!" cheered Ino and Sakura who ran up to him.
Sasuke sighed and tried his best ignore them.
That's when Broggy got up…
"Good everyone is all right." Said Hinata happily.
"Well not quite there's two left to fight." Said Zoro.
Meanwhile in the forest, Luffy and Kyubi were joined by Carue, where he was the whole time is unknown.
"I'm going to get that guy!" yelled Luffy as they ran.
"What's your top reason?" asked Kyubi.
"Because he ruined their battle!" yelled Luffy, "Anyone who ruins a battle of honor is no man!"
"Oh… okay…" said Kyubi with a sweat drop.
That's when they come upon an area in the forest with many statures of Mr. 3.
"What the hell…" muttered Kyubi, "Either he's really shallow or a failed clone user…"
"Welcome to my wax mansion… which is the real me…" said Mr. 3.
"Okay… okay… will you shut up! You really don't have that much experience with clone users do you?" said Kyubi.
""Even a clone user is easily fooled by this trap…" said Mr. 3, "The minute you turn you back on me I'll stab you in the heart."
That's when Luffy managed to use Gum Gum Stamp on the real Mr. 3.
"How did you know?" asked Mr. 3.
"Instinct!" said Luffy, which was true, having a younger brother that was a clone user Luffy devolved such an instinct to tell which one was real out of a crowd.
That's when they heard a scream and some quacks… Kyubi and Luffy looked at each other and shrugged, they went back and joined by Carue who was one that took care of Ms. Golden Week.
"I don't want to know what he did to her…" said Kyubi.
"Maybe he ate her." Said Luffy.
"He didn't eat her!" yelled Kyubi.
The two got back to find Broggy had begun to cry… a lot. So much was his tears were like water falls... and his wails were really loud.
"My ears!" yelled Kiba.
"Why does he have to be so loud!" yelled Ino.
"Okay! I'm give you back your body!" said Kyubi who sat down and quickly fell back to sleep.
"Hey! That's a cheat!" yelled almost everyone else.
"Hey look a rainbow!" yelled Luffy.
"I think I know how they feel!" cried Usopp.
That's when Dorry got up, shocking everyone who was currently awake.
"What happened? I must have passed out." Said Dorry.
"Mr. Giant!" yelled Luffy happily.
"But how…" said Vivi.
That's when Naruto woke up and saw Dorry and yelled out "Zombie!", which earned him a whack on the head from Sakura.
"Idiot…" muttered Kyubi who was back inside his cage.
"It must have the weapons." Said Dorry.
"Oh I get it…" said Usopp.
"The weapons must be worn out after 100 years of battling…" said Ino.
"This is incredible… it's a miracle." Said Usopp.
The two giants joyously hugged and cried and laughed and picked a fight with fight with each other… wait… uh…
"Don't get started again!" yelled Nami while the D brothers laughed very hard.
"Hey, I just realized we have no idea where Sanji is." Said Ino who realized that during the entire fight Sanji was missing.
While Sanji did miss the action… again… he was perfectly fine after destroying a dinosaur that similar to a T-Rex, it is unknown whether it was a T-Rex or not due to the current debate whether or not the T-Rex is a scavenger or not… then again Sanji didn't see it feed so it really doesn't matter.
Anyways, Sanji decided to look for the girls… and the others two when he came across Mr. 3's wax house… after drinking some tea and relaxing he remembered what he should be doing… and that's when he received a call from Mr. 0 that was meant for Mr. 3… he posed as Mr. 3 to tell him that the Straw Hats were dead and at the same time deliver an Eternal Pose from the Unluckies… when the otter and vulture arrived he got into a fight with them, and saying it was the Straw Hats that he was fighting with (giving a false report which earned Mr. 3 a death sentence)… And that is how Sanji indirectly saved the day… and ruined it…
Elsewhere on the Grand Line, on a certain Marine Vessel, a Marine had just played Captain Smoker a message that he received.
"Play it again!" ordered Smoker, "Tashigi! Neji! Get over here and listen to this.
Neji who was practicing his moves against a dummy quickly stopped and ran over to Smoker… however Tashigi was still a little busy admiring a sword… she heard him and ran as fast she could… and tripped.
"How did a klutz make it to your rank is something I'll never…" muttered Neji.
"This is a message we intercepted… listen to closely to the two men talking." Said Smoker.
They listened to message they received though the Black Snail Phone (a listening device)… while the transmission was grabbled they could clearly hear the phases "Straw Hats", "Princess Vivi", "Mr. 0" and "Orders directly".
Neji's eyes went wide when he heard Straw Hats.
"Straw Hats! Really!" yelled Tashigi.
"Mr. 11… I wonder if it has something to do with that pathos swordsman we met earlier…" said Neji motioning over to a man, tied to mast with 11 writing on his face.
After tricking some information out of him about a Criminal Organization the three officers talked about the turn of events.
"So Princess Vivi." Said Neji.
"She's' the missing Princess of Alabasta, a country that's in grip of rebellion." Said Smoker.
"Do you think that this criminal organization and the Straw Hats are somehow involved?" asked Tashigi.
"If I know the two idiots then they probably gotten their crew head first into whatever is going on…" said Neji.
This made Tashigi sweat drop, "I know you grew up with them… and that you didn't get along with them… but you really have to call them idiots?" she asked.
Neji didn't answer… but just scoffed.
"Either way… we have some info to where they are headed… call the Head Quarters and called for an Eternal Pose…"
"Yes sir…" said a lesser Marine.
"Set a course for Alabasta!" order Smoker.
And so with the Agents of Baroque Works out of commission and with Sanji getting his hands on the Eternal Pose, the Straw Hats are okay… but with the Marines still on their tail as well as Baroque Works who knows what will happen in the future.
Next Time: Thanks to Sanji's help the crew finally leaves the island... but wait! There's a giant goldfish! Will they managed to survive begin eaten by a giant gold fish? What will happen? Why does that feel familiar to Usopp and Kiba? What's wrong with Nami? Find out all this next time!
A/N: Oh the book Ms. Golden Week is reading is actually the novel I'm working on... I couldn't' help it... I had to put in a reference...