A/N: All right! It's time for the drum island Arc... not only will there be three character (no Rookie 9), but also I will begging to give you hints about the next arc, the filler arc that will in between Drum and Alabasta... starting next chapter... no hints this chapter... enjoy the chapter!
Chapter 56: Nami's Sick
Sakura had managed to get Nami into the girl's room bed. About half of the crew were there too… well more than half… really, the only ones missing were Sasuke and Zoro.
"Is she going to die?" cried Sanji.
"I really don't know." Said Sakura with a bit of a forced smile, while she was the doctor to the crew, she was a green horn.
"It's probably the climate. One of the dangers of the grand line is you encounter upon entering the Grand Line is sickness caused by the weather changes. Even the more notorious pirates suddenly get sick and die here." Said Vivi, "Even the smallest cold can turn deadly."
"But this isn't a cold that got worse, I have never seen anything like this." Said Sakura who began to shake a bit.
"Sakura are you all right?" asked Ino genuinely concerned.
"I'm fine." Said Sakura putting on a brave smile.
"Don't worry! All we need is meat, that will cure her! Right Sanji!" said Luffy with a big smile.
That prompted Sakura to hit him in the head, that's when she went to check the thermometer.
"Oh no." said Sakura.
"What is it?" asked Kiba.
"Her temperature is at 104 degrees!" said Sakura, "She's getting worse."
"Okay with our doctor not sure what to do, we can always take her to a doctor in Alabasta, right?" asked Kiba.
"How much farther is it?" asked Usopp.
"It should take us at least a week." Said Vivi with a heavy sigh.
"Hey I have a question, does it hurt to be sick?" asked Naruto with a bit of a laugh.
"I don't know I've never been…" said the other boys.
"How can you even be human!" yelled Vivi, "Of course it hurts!"
"Let's just ignore them." Said Ino with a shrug.
"Right now she has a fever of 104 degrees." Said Sakura, "It could kill her."
"She's going to die!" yelled Luffy.
Sanji cried, while everyone else but Hinata, Ino and Vivi an around like chicken with their heads cut off screaming.
"Shut up!" said Sakura in a clam cool manner while cracking her knuckles, "The noise isn't good for her!"
The boys stared at Sakura and immediately calmed down, after all, Sakura was the scariest person on the crew.
"Right now you need to be strong, like rocks." Said Sakura.
"Like rocks?" asked Naruto and Luffy.
"Like rocks." Said Sakura giving a nod.
"Radda radda!" yelled both Luffy and Naruto pumping their fists into the air.
"Not those kind of rocks!" yelled Sakura whacking the two in the head.
"We need to figure out what's best for Nami right now." Said Hinata, "Right now the yelling isn't good for her."
"It's no good." Said Nami who then got up.
"Hey! She's better!" cheered the two D Brothers.
"Will you two shut up!" yelled Ino.
"Nami please! You need to rest." Said Sakura.
Nami didn't listen, "Vivi, there's a newspaper in my desk." She said.
Meanwhile on deck… Sasuke stared at Zoro with his eye twitching.
"What?" asked Zoro.
Sasuke continued to stare at Zoro with his eye twitching, it was hard not to.
"Just spit it out already!" yelled Zoro.
"Are you in charge of navigation right now?" he finally managed to ask, knowing everyone else was worried about Nami.
"Yeah, so what?" asked Zoro.
Sasuke sighed and walked away… he needed to know who was the idiot.
Back in the girl's room, Vivi shook as she looked at the paper.
"What happened?" asked Ino.
"300,000 solders of the Alabasta Army defected to the rebels!" said Vivi as she shook, "The Royal Army used to have 600,000 and the rebels had 400,000, this changes everything!"
"The now the violence will intensify." Said Nami, "The newspaper is from three days ago. I'm sorry I kept it from you, but I knew it wouldn't make the ship go faster and I didn't want you to worry."
Nami then to turned to Luffy, "You understand Luffy?" she asked.
"Yeah it will get really bad." Said Luffy nodding.
"It is… and I'm glad you're actually taking this seriously." Said Nami.
She was about to get out of bed when Sakura grabbed her arm.
"Sakura…" said Nami weakly.
"Right now you need your rest, you have a sickness that I don't know about." Said Sakura, "I know what you're the navigator, but right now the best thing for you do is to rest… it's the only way!"
"But!" said Nami.
"No "buts", you're my friend… and as both your friend and a doctor I'm not letting you leave this bed." Said Sakura.
"What if there's a problem that only I can fix?" asked Nami.
"Sure… but what are the chances of that happening?" asked Sakura.
That's when Sasuke came into the room.
"Wow Sasuke! I didn't think you'd be worried about Nami!" said Ino happily.
"No, I'm not." Said Sasuke, "I just came down here to ask, who's idea was it to put the ship in the hands of Zoro?"
There was an awkward silence.
"Is that a bad thing?" asked Naruto.
"I should tell you this, Zoro can't find his way out of a paper bag. We'll probably wind up in some place that's not even on the Grand Line." Said Sasuke who began to face palm
This made everyone sweat drop… Sakura let Nami go, she slowly made her way up the stairs.
"Sakura…" said Hinata.
"How was I supposed to know there was a stupid problem that only she could solve." Said Sakura with a sigh she then followed Nami to the deck.
Vivi fell to her knees and began to cry, "I just don't have to get back home alive, but as soon as possible! If a don't, a million people will kill each other in a sense less war!"
"A million!" yelled Naruto.
"We have to get back there." Said Ino.
Up on the deck, Nami and Zoro were arguing about navigation, Zoro wasn't using the Eternal Pose but rather following a big cloud. Yes, Zoro had no sense of direction what so ever.
" I can't take this anymore, my head hurts…" complained Nami.
"You really need to get some rest, I'm sure someone else can handle it." Said Sakura going to over to Nami.
"The air…" said Nami.
"What?" asked Sakura.
"The air is different." Said Nami.
"It's been nice and sunny all day." Said Zoro.
"Go call the others." Said Sakura.
"Why?" asked Zoro.
"Just do it!" yelled Sakura in a ton that held little for argument.
"Fine." Muttered Zoro, "Hey guys! Get up here! Time to work!"
That's when everyone but Vivi came up to the deck.
"What's going on?" asked Naruto.
"We're taking a turn South." Sad Zoro.
"Hey! I don't take orders from you!" yelled Sanji.
"It's a good thing we listen to him now, I'm sure Nami's talked it into him." Said Sasuke.
Sanji looked at Nami, "Nami, what's wrong?" he asked.
"There's a big wind coming… I think." Said Nami.
With her saying "I think" Sakura realized there might be a chance it might be off.
"Nami you have to get to bed!" said Sakura, "I think you might be delirious from the fever!"
"I'm fine!" said Nami.
"We all know you're trying to help Vivi but…" said Usopp.
"I said I'm fine…" said Nami.
Sakura gritted her teeth, "Nami you need to get some rest!" she yelled.
"Everyone!" called out Vivi, "I have a favor to ask everyone."
"What?" asked Naruto.
"Look it's going to be blah, blah blah… save my country…" said Kyubi.
"What made you say that?" thought Naruto.
"I have said anything in a while, I felt like I needed to say something." Said Kyubi.
"I know this selfish for me to say this even with all you have done, but my country is in peril and I need to get back there." Said Vivi, "There's not a moment to spare, so let's go start ahead for Alabasta."
"I know… we made that promise to you, right." Said Nami.
"So what's look for doctor as soon as possible." Said Vivi.
"Okay… that's surprised me." Said Kyubi.
"Now's not the time." Thought Naruto.
"If we want to get there as fast as we need Nami to get well so we can get there faster." Said Vivi.
"Are you sure? What about that million people?" asked Kiba.
"I'm sure, it's the fastest way!" said Vivi.
"Oh my god!" yelled Naruto.
"What's that over there!" yelled Luffy.
Everyone turned to where the two brothers were pointing… it was a huge cyclone, in the direction of where they were sailing, at the same time Nami collapsed into both Sakura and Vivi's arms.
"I should have known Nami was telling the truth." Sighed Sakura, "She's never wrong."
"That direction!" yelled Vivi.
"Wow… dogged another bullet you idiots." Said Kyubi.
"All right!" yelled Sakura, "We need to go look for a doctor right away!"
"Right!" said everyone else pumping their fist into the air.
And so they set sail in search for a doctor, after taking Nami back to bed, Sakura not once left her side, except in emergencies…if you know what I mean. Sanji, Vivi, Ino and Carue were also at her side, but not as much as Sakura. On deck the rest were watching for islands in hope for a doctor… it was snowing on deck when they saw something weird.
"Hey! Guys take a look, I think there a guy standing out there." said Zoro.
"What?" said the others.
"Ask him if he has long hair and a beard." Said Kyubi.
"I'm not asking that!" mentally yelled Naruto.
"I think you're seeing things." said Sasuke from below.
"Hey I know what I'm seeing." Said Zoro.
Luffy, Usopp, Naruto and Hinata all went to the bow when they saw a guy standing on the water, he looked to be dressed like a strange jester with a bow and arrow on his back.
"Okay… that's not normal." Said Naruto.
"What's your definition of normal exactly?" asked Kyubi.
Naruto didn't respond, he just sweat dropped.
That's when something big came out of the water, it was a giant wooden ball.
Down below deck…
"Okay! Something's going on up there!" said Sakura who was holding the bed steady, "Sanji go up there and see what's going on!"
"Okay!" said Sanji running upstairs, "What's going on!" he asked when he got to the deck while lighting a cigarette.
"A ship attacked us." Said Naruto with a shrug like it was nothing, note: everyone was being held at gunpoint the crew of the enemy pirate ship that attacked.
"I thought it was something like that." Said Sanji with a shrug.
"I have a question." Said a voice.
Every turned to a man who appeared to be the captain, he had long purple hair, and was wearing a weird set of white furs that looked to be of a hippo, he was for some reason covered in metal and the most noticeable thing about him was that he was fat… very fat not only that but he was eating a knife.
"Is he eating a knife." Said Luffy trying not to gag.
"Try not to look at him." Said Kiba turn away.
"I have to say this now…" said Kyubi, "God damn that's a big fat ass."
"I have to say it, he's like a hungry, hungry hippo." Said Naruto, which made Hinata giggle even though they were being held captive.
"Do you have a log pose or eternal pose… we need to get to Drum Island." Said the captain.
"No we don't." said Sasuke glaring at the man.
"I you're done, can we go away." Said Luffy.
"If you don't have either of those items then we'll take you're treasure and you're ship instead." Said the captain.
"What!" yelled the entire crew on the deck.
That's when the captain took a bite of the ship… literally
"Oh my god!" yelled Usopp .
"Naruto's right! He is a hungry, hungry hippo!" said Kiba with Akamaru nodding in agreement.
"He's eating the ship!" yelled Luffy.
"Don't move while captain Wapol is eating!" yelled one of the enemy pirates.
That's when Luffy hit the guy in the head.
"Are we going to fight now?" asked Kiba with a smirk.
"Why didn't we just do this earlier?" asked Zoro.
"All right! Time for some fun!" said Naruto with a big smile.
And so a fight spilled out.
Down below deck, the three girls began to get worried when they heard the gunshots.
"What was that?" asked Sakura.
"They're probably just going into another fight." Said Ino with a shrug.
"I'm going up there." Said Vivi leaving for up there.
The two left while Sakura, Ino and Carue stayed behind.
"So forehead, you should take break once the fight is over." Said Ino.
"No, I'm fine." Said Sakura glaring at Ino.
"I bet even if Sasuke asked you out for a date you wouldn't leave her side… would you." Said Ino.
"I don't know… depends on the situation." Said Sakura with a smirk while looking at Ino.
"I'll take that as a maybe." Said Ino with a smirk.
"I'm really worried." Said Sakura changing the subject, "This isn't cold, I know… I don't know how to treat it and…"
"Sakura… you still have a lot to learn, you know that… just relax and hope we find a doctor in time." Said Ino.
Sakura began to cry, "I just don't want to lose another person that's close to me." She cried.
"Sakura…" sighed Ino.
Up on deck the battle was fierce, the Straw Hats were winning though even with the sheer number of opponents which was evened out thanks to Naruto… because of that Luffy challenged the captain, Wapol.
"Why you! Stop eating our ship!" yelled Luffy.
"You challenge captain Wapol!" laughed one of the pirates.
"He'll eat you alive!" laughed another.
"Oh yeah!" yelled Narutos knocking out those with punches.
"Um… Naruto…" said Sasuke pointing the Wapol, eating Luffy… fortunately Luffy's arms weren't in the hippo man's mouth.
"Luffy!" yelled Usopp.
"Don't worry, as long as his arms are out, he's okay." Said the real Naruto with a smirk, "Especially since I think he's going to attack him!"
"What's going on!" yelled Vivi who just arrived.
And Naruto was right, with Luffy's arms outside of the hippo's… uh… man's mouth he perform Gum Gum Bazooka on him sending him flying to another part of the atmosphere (and managing to get out of the mouth as well). Vivi started at the site, "He's strong." She thought.
The enemy crew left quickly after their captain was sent flying, with two members threatening that they would "remember them".
"So should we worried?" asked Usopp.
"They weren't no match for us, Akamaru beat up a lot of them." Said Kiba motioning over to his partner in human form who was nodding.
"But tell the others that I have a feeling we'll be running into the time again soon… and not in the way we will expect." Said Kyubi.
"You just want attention… don't you." Thought Naruto.
"Sometimes." Responded Kyubi.
And so they continued on their way… hopping to meet up with a doctor… not knowing that the island that they will land on will set forth certain events in motion that would have quite a few surprises.
Next time: The crew manages to make it to a island, however there's only one doctor and she's a bit of a recluse... now they have to go find her. Wait? Naruto's heard of her? Why does he want to meet her? Find out next time!