A/N: Oh man! I forgot to mention this last chapter, Alien-Child (she rules so much! Sorry for forgetting to mention this last time… so sorry) has written The Biju Biju Fruit: The Movie! It's based on the first One Piece movie and uses the cast pre-Baratie arc (that's when the first One Piece movie took place for those that don't know) Got check it out now! I mean after you read (and hopefully review). Enjoy the chapter!
Chapter 78: The 3rd D Brother?
The Straw Hats ran as fast as they can back to the ship so they could re-dock somewhere hidden. Thanks to Ace they managed to make their getaway.
"Get on board!" yelled Usopp.
"Okay!" yelled Naruto.
"Carue, wait!" said Vivi, "I have a special mission for you."
Carue nodded…
"I have this letter for my father, go straight to Alubarna and give it to him. Everything about Crocodile's plot and everything Igaram and I discovered." Said Vivi, "It will let him know I'm alive and that I have strong allies on my side."
That's when Ino walked up next to her with an envelope.
"Carue… I understand that letter is more important… and I'm unsure if he's even still with the guard. But I want you deliver this to my father Inoichi… I really want him to know I'm alive as well." Said Ino.
Carue nodded and saluted.
"Please drink your water sparingly when you walk through the desert." Said Vivi.
As Carue ran away they noticed he was drinking his water.
"What did Vivi just say! Converse water you dolt!" yelled Ino.
And the two Alabasta natives returned to the boat and they set sail to where ever they were going to dock…
"So Luffy, Naruto, Hinata… who was that guy that helped us?" asked Kiba.
"Well…" said Luffy with a big grin.
And so he told him…
"An older brother!" yelled everyone else after Luffy told them.
"I'm not surprised you have another brother." Said Zoro, "But what's he's doing on the Grand Line?"
"He's a pirate too." Said Naruto.
"He's 3 years older than me and 6 years older than Naruto." Said Luffy "He left our home town three years before we did."
"Doesn't that mean that you should have left three years after Luffy did?" asked Sakura.
"I promised Luffy I would join his pirate crew when he formed one… that and I really wanted to leave that village." Said Naruto.
"Imagine that… three brothers, and all of them ate a Devil Fruit." Said Sanji.
"Ace ate it after he left the Village…" said Hinata, "That or the year I was gone before he left."
"No he ate it after he left." Said Naruto.
"I remember whenever we got into fights he would always win." Laughed Luffy which caused everyone but Hinata and Naruto to gape.
"You couldn't beat up a normal person!" yelled Nami.
"Then again he must be more powerful than Naruto and Luffy if he's their older brother." Said Sakura.
"Man… and I thought two were bad enough." Said Kiba.
"You said it." Said Usopp.
"But I'm sure I can beat him up now." Said Luffy.
"What was that?" asked voice behind Luffy causing him to jump.
"Shouldn't have said that…" said Naruto laughing a little.
'Thank you for taking of my little brothers." Said Ace with a bow.
"No problem." Said Usopp while he and rest of the crew bowed back.
"Well Hinata, I can see you kept your promise of joining Luffy's crew." Said Ace looking at her, "And I can see you've… matured…"
"Someone else bought this outfit for me." Said Hinata blushing bright red.
"Oh that reminds me!" said Ino, "Naruto what do you think of Hinata's outfit…"
"Nice right?" asked Sakura.
Even though the two fight over Sasuke all the time, the two had come an agreement on something… setting up Naruto and Hinata was something they had to do, with Hinata confessing to Ino and Naruto confessing to Sakura those two had to be set up.
Naruto began to blush slightly, "It's looks really good on you." Said Naruto.
"Really?" asked Hinata blushing bright red.
That's when Naruto flinched and his nose began to bleed, he quickly turned around to hide the nosebleed.
"Naruto's what's wrong?" asked Hinata.
"Stupid fox demon… he did something…" muttered Naruto holding his nose.
"Heheh… I just got inspired to show you something, that's all…" laughed Kyubi.
"Not funny!" yelled Naruto.
"Those two obviously like each other…" thought Ace with a smirk.
Well there was always a cute between them as kids, but now their older…
Naruto managed to overcome his blood nose and talk to oldest brother.
"So there's something I never told you…" said Naruto.
"You can hear Kyubi… I know, I heard about that part of Jinchuriki who eat their Biju's Devil Fruits." Said Ace.
"Oh okay…" said Naruto.
"So what are you doing in Alabasta, Ace?" asked Luffy.
"You guys didn't get my message?" asked Ace.
"What message?" asked Luffy and Naruto.
"Oh it doesn't matter, never mind." Said Ace, "But I'm glad I got to see you guys. I'm here resolving a minor business matter and I wanted to see you guys."
"Is that so…" said Naruto.
"So how about you guys join the White Beard Pirates. Your friends can come too." Said Ace.
"No thanks." Said Luffy.
"No way… I'm happy here…" said Naruto, "They accept me for who I am…"
"Gave it a shot." Said Ave with a laugh.
"Really! White beard! Is that tattoo on your back his mark?" asked Usopp.
"That's right, he's the greatest pirate I've ever known and I'm going to help make him pirate king It's not going to be you." Said Ace.
""That's fine with me. I guess we gotta fight in the future!" said Luffy with a big smile.
"Sorry Ace! I'm taking Luffy's side on this one…" said Naruto, "And please don't go with the angle that he could make me a Kage! I'm already on my way!"
"Really?" asked Ace.
"I already met three of them! And I made a good impression!" said Naruto holding out his autograph book.
"I wasn't going to say that…" said Ace, "You just wanted to show me their autographs didn't you?"
Naruto only laughed while nodding.
"Why don't you sit down and talk, I'll make some tea." Said Sanji.
"Don't bother, I'm almost done here anyways." Said Ace.
"Wont the Marines come after us?" asked Kiba.
"No, they won't I took care of them with my Flame Flame Powers" said Ace.
Back in Nanohana both Smoker and Neji were talking about what just happened.
"So… he's their brother?" asked Smoker.
"Unlike the other two he's not an idiot. But he always came to their defense." Said Neji.
"I see…" said Smoker.
"Captain Smoker sir! Someone killed Mr. 11!" said Tashigi walking up to them.
"Where have you been?" asked Neji.
"Um… nowhere…" said Tashigi.
"You were on the other side of town again weren't you?" asked Neji.
"Yes…" sighed Tashigi.
"Sergeant, what do you make of this? Princess Vivi with the Straw Hats." Said Smoker.
"What! Princess Vivi!" yelled Tashigi.
"Keep it down…" said Neji, "And what I make of it is that the two idiots got in over their head and got into something they shouldn't have."
"You know there's a bad one on this island…" said Smoker, "You the 7 War Lords of the Sea right?"
"Of course! But they're the allies to the World Government." Said Tashigi.
""He's a sharp one and not someone to take orders from the government." Said Smoker, "Remember one thing you two, once a pirate always a pirate."
Back on the Going Merry, Ace tossed two pieces of paper to both Naruto and Luffy… each got one.
"Hang on to them." Said Ace.
"What's this?" asked Luffy.
"It's just a piece of paper. Said Naruto.
"It might be a piece of paper but it will bring us together again." Said Ace.
"What?" asked both.
"I know what it is kit, I'll teach you and your brother how to use when it's time." Said Kyubi.
"Kyubi said something about knowing what it is and being able to teach us." Said Naruto.
"What is Kyubi like anyways?" asked Ace.
"He's okay… he's taught me this called Rasengan… he's also a really big pervert." Said Naruto.
Ace laughed, "Little brothers like you makes a big brother worry." Said Ace he turned to the crew, "I bet they gave you some grief, take care of them, okay."
Ace jumped down to a small boat that was tied to the ship.
"You're leaving already?" asked Naruto.
"Come on! Stay a little longer!" said Luffy.
"I can't." Said Ace, "I have business, I'm on the trail of an outlaw who's been calling himself Black Beard lately. He was member of White Beard's 2nd Division. He committed the worst possible crime for a pirate, killed a crewmember and jumped ship. As his commander I'm responsible, if it wasn't' for that I wouldn't even be in this backwater port."
That's when Kyubi stirred in its cage.
"What's wrong?" asked Naruto.
"I don't know… just bad feeling about this Black Beard guy… I don't know why… but I pray that your smart brother makes it out alive."
Naruto blinked, "You're joking right?" thought Naruto.
"Of course I am! What do you think!" said Kyubi laughing… though there was hint of nervousness to it.
Naruto shrugged… then paid attention to Ace.
"Luffy next time we meet, it will be on the high seas." Said Ace who then turned to Naruto, "Naruto become a Kage… it was something you were made to do."
The two brothers nodded…
As Ace sailed away, the crew was voicing their thoughts.
"Wow… I can't believe that was their older brother." Said Sakura.
"He's intelligent and polite… how can they be related!" said Nami.
"Your right… and he was definitely someone you would never except to be related to them." Said Ino.
"I was expecting another Luffy or Naruto." Said Usopp.
"Then again with brothers a lot of the time they can be very different." Said Kiba.
"That's true." Said Sasuke.
"An older brother wow…" said Chopper.
"I can't believe he's there brother…" said Zoro
"You never know who'll meet on the ocean." Said Sanji.
"You guys…" said Vivi with a sweat drop.
And so they sailed away, unaware that Ace just sunk a ton of Baroque Works ships helping them big time!
Not too long later Nami was sewing the pieces of paper onto Luffy's hatband and Naruto's headband.
"This is the best way to keep those papers for sure…" said Naruto.
"Great… now it's going to hard for you guys to use them…" sighed Kyubi.
"What?" asked Naruto as he put his headband back on.
"Just never mind…" sighed Kyubi.
"Here… some clothes for you guys." Said Vivi holding an orange cloak and a red clock.
"Hey was are those for?" asked Naruto.
"They look thick." Said Luffy, "Why can't we wear cool clothes?"
"If your skin is exposed it will get burned." Said Vivi.
"But why are you girls wearing cool clothes?" asked Luffy.
"We're going to cover up as well." Said Nami.
"You are!" cried Sanji.
"Just shut up already." Said Ino.
They began to discuss the plan which was for Carue to take the letter to Vivi's father (and Ino's father for a different reason) while they head to the Yuba Oasis to the Rebel Base.
"So we go to kick the leader's ass right!" said Luffy.
"That not what we're going to do!" cried Vivi.
"Then what?" asked Kiba.
"We're going to reason with rebel leader to end the bloodshed." Said Vivi.
"Really with 700,000 rebels you really think you can reason with them?" asked Zoro.
"Once we get to land then you'll see what Baroque Works have done to this kingdom and how much our people have suffered." Said Vivi, "I'll stop them! I'll stop this endless violence! Baroque Works won't get away for what they're doing this country!"
The Straw Hats looked at Vivi who was on the verge of crying and all agreed.
"All right! Let's go to this Yupa!" said Luffy.
"That's Yuba!" yelled Nami.
That's when Naruto got the strangest feeling.
"Naruto… what is it?" asked Hinata.
"I don't know… I just got the weird feeling like something's familiar is close by." Said Naruto.
On shore someone was watching the Going Merry while looking at a letter. The person was covered in a dark blue cloak that cover their face so that no one could see whether the person was male or female.
"I can sense him on the ship… I look forward to meeting him… After all, he will be a great help to me" said the person who then walked away.
Whoever the person is, hopefully it's an ally to the Straw Hats… if not who knew what this was there for… only that the person had an aura of fury, death and flames around them.
Next Time: While the Straw Hats head deeper into the island, the Officer Agents of Baroque Meet, Vivi's fear of Mr. 6 and Ms Mother's Day getting prompted were indeed true but they aren't the real problem, an old friend of Crocodile's is joining the fray and his three children are helping the officer agents. Who are they? And why does it looks like the youngest of three is going to kill someone? Find out next time!