Chapter 87: Vivi's Tough Decision
Vivi sat at the trap door… staring down at the key. That's when Crocodile brought up something.
"You know there's time to prevent the royal army and the rebels from slaughtering each other. You have 8 hours before the slaughter begins. I don't think you'd be able to get there in time. It would take longer for you reach that from here." Said Crocodile, "You can save your people but you'll have to leave right now. Or you can save your friends unfortunately I dropped the key."
"That's the Bananagator pen isn't it?" asked Vivi.
"Well those are your choices." Said Crocodile.
"Bananagators?" asked Luffy.
That's when Kyubi yelled out, "Damn it! He's going to sick them on us?"
That's when Luffy saw some out of a nearby window.
"Hey that Banana has an alligator growing out of it." Said Luffy.
"They're enormous!" yelled Usopp.
"This entire room is an underwater chamber!" yelled Sakura.
"Um… Luffy look again…" said Ino face palming.
"Yeah… it's the other way around, the bananas are going out of the alligators." Said Nami.
"So you're afraid of the Bananagators?" asked Naruto trying not to laugh.
"If I wasn't trapped in your pitiful man body then I could take them on." Said Kyubi.
"Pitiful man body?" asked Naruto.
"Just something I've been meaning to say to you." Said Kyubi, "It's the same with "cures and drat.""
"You have too much time your hands." Thought Naruto.
"That I do." Said Kyubi.
Vivi gasped at she saw one of them ate the key… which she told them!
"Go make it spit it out!" yelled Luffy.
"I can't! They're so ferocious that they even prey on Sea Kings! If I go near them they're eat me!" cried Vivi.
"Oh sorry about that! Everything I drop in they think is food. And how would you figure which is one the key?" Said Crocodile.
"Why you!" yell Nami.
"If I could only open this cage I could those lizards a lesion." Muttered Zoro.
"But we can't because it ate the key." Said Luffy.
"That's the point." Said Sasuke.
"Well then, we'll be off." Aid Crocodile, "Oh yes, in one hour this room will be a fish tank. I used this room as president of Baroque Works but I won't be needing it any more. Soon this room will be flooding"
"Death trap my ass… slowly flooding this room is a death trap…" muttered Kiba with Akamaru nodding in agreement.
"A multitude of citizens or 9 no account pirates, it's your choice princess!" said Crocodile
Crocodile and Ms. All Sunday began to leave.
"In this situation, even a Princess is powerless. Like the young rebels and the old man digging in the desert." Said Crocodile.
"What about the old man?" asked Luffy.
"Oh, you know him?" asked Crocodile.
"All right, looks like your brother's going to get even more inspired to kick his ass." Said Kyubi.
Naruto sweat dropped… "Oh you know of him. That oasis died a long time ago, but that old man keeps digging. Don't that make you laugh?"
"Why you…" growled Luffy.
"Now let me ask you something Straw Hat, do you really think it's natural that sand storms would strike the same town over and over again?" asked Crocodile.
Everyone' eyes widened when he said that.
"What do you mean?" asked Vivi.
"Did he…" said Nami.
That's when Crocodile made a small sand storm in hand.
"That was your doing!" yelled Luffy.
"Wow… I'm one of the worst demons in history, and even I'm disgusted by what he's doing!" said Kyubi.
"I'll kill you…" cried Vivi.
Crocodile walked out the room laughing, just when a trap door opened up letting water in.
"The water's coming in!" yelled Usopp.
"Vivi! Do something!" yelled Luffy.
"Everyone quiet!" yelled Yugito, "This yelling won't do anything... if you calm down then maybe Vivi will be able to think straight."
Everyone looked out the cage and saw that Vivi was contemplating killing Crocodile right there… But in the end didn't do anything.
"Vivi do something!" yelled Luffy.
"Luffy…" said Usopp.
This yell made Crocodile laugh, "Begging for your life Straw Hat, But of course even you fear death."
"If we die here! Who's going to kick his ass!" yelled Luffy.
This one sentence gave silence to the room... until Crocodile began to laugh.
"Don't' be so full of yourself fish bait." Said Crocodile.
"You're the one that's a minnow!" yelled Luffy.
"He just said that to one of the 7 War Lords of the Sea…" muttered Nami.
That's when a Bananagator came out of yet another (adept giant) trap door.
"Now would be a good time to abandon your friends." Said Crocodile with an evil smirk.
"Take him Vivi!" yelled Naruto.
"That's thing's gigantic! It's impossible!" yelled Usopp, "Run away Vivi! But still save us!"
"You're the one asking her to do the impossible." Said Kiba with a sweat drop.
"Hey… look outside." Said Ino.
They saw a line of Bananagators waiting to come inside.
"Oh great, they're waiting in line as if we're lunch." Said Sakura.
Crocodile smirked, "Looks like you made your choice, very well. You just save to kill them all in order to find the key." Said Crocodile with a laugh.
Vivi gritted her teeth and was about to attack one of the Bananagators but it then bit the stair she was standing on… shattering them and seeding Vivi flying.
"The just bit that stair case like it was nothing!" yelled Usopp.
"Everyone calm down!" yelled Yugito once again she sat on the nearby bench, "Like I said before if we're upset then it might upset Vivi."
"But!" said Usopp.
"Right now we need to say calm… if you were trying to save someone would their yelling distract or you encourage you?" asked Yugito, "So unless you think what you have to say will encourage her or she up and able to avoid things then maybe it will be a good time."
Everyone remained silent, as they watched Vivi struggle to get up.
"Get up! Vivi! You have to save us." yelled Luffy.
"You can do it!" yelled Naruto with some sort of accent.
"Heheh… Movie references." Said Kyubi.
That's when everyone heard some sort of ringing, they turned to Crocodile and Ms. All Sunday who were leaving. Ms. All Sunday picked up a baby snail phone. After some sort awkward thing where the person on the other end was having trouble, they really get to talking… After some conversation the person on the other end used the term "Restaurant Le Crap"…
"Looks like we'll have some help…" said Ino with a slight sweat drop.
Okay… let's back up, back a few arcs, when they were little Garden, when Sanji picked up the snail phone meant for Mr. 3 with that humorous phrase…
"Did you hear that?" asked Usopp.
"Yeah… it's him…" said Ino who then whispered, "When we were kids on the off chance someone would try to call the restaurant, he would answer like that… until Zeff banned him from using the snail phone until he was old enough to use it properly."
"San!" yelled Luffy but was cut off by Usopp.
"Wait Luffy! They don't' know about him yet…" whispered Usopp.
"That's right…" thought Vivi, "Sanji, Chopper and Hinata are still out… And he only knows about Hinata."
"Who are you?" asked Crocodile.
"Me? I'm Mr. Prince." Said Sanji… um… "Mr. Prince" on the other end of the line.
"Figures he'd use a code name like that…" said Ino with a big sweat drop.
"I'm guessing that girl is with you too." Said Crocodile.
"Yes, I am…" came a different voice on the other end… that was definitely Hinata.
"So where are you?" asked Crocodile.
"Mr. Prince" refused to tell them… for certain reasons.
"Mr. Prince! Help us! We've been captured!" yelled all the Straw Hats at once.
"I know, Hinata found out earlier… I already knew you were there with them." Said "Mr. Prince", "Well I think…"
That's when "Mr. Prince" was cut off by gunfire and what sounded like a fight.
"That will teach you!" yelled a new voice.
"What!" yelled Luffy.
"Hello! Mr. 0! I extinguished their flames of youth!" came the new voice.
"No… Sanji…" cried Vivi.
"Where are you?" asked Crocodile.
"Why the front gates." Said the person on the snail phone.
"That idiot got himself killed!" yelled Zoro.
"No!" yelled Luffy.
"There goes our last hope…" cried Nami.
"That voice sounded vaguely familiar…" muttered Sasuke.
"When he leaves tell him Kitten." Nibi.
Yugito nodded, it was best Crocodile didn't know that it was probably a trick.
"Kit! Kit Clam down!" yelled Kyubi.
"Why we're going to die…" thought Naruto, "Hinata's gone…"
"They're alive… and does the phrase "flames of youth" men anything to you?" asked Kyubi.
Naruto calmed down and chuckled… "So then…"
"That guy who answered the phone is on our side…" said Kyubi with a laugh.
That's when the snail phone hung up.
"Excellent! Front gates" laughed Crocodile.
"Are you sure you want to go out there?" asked Ms. All Sunday.
They watched as the tow leave… and Crocodile commenting on the fact that him going to investigate would be suspicious what so ever.
That's when Vivi got up… but she was attacked by a Bananagator… wait strike that! It missed and she was now dangling from the partially destroyed stairs.
"There's still time before water floods this room. I'm going to find help!" yelled Vivi.
"Go! I have a gut feeling that Sanji and Hinata might still alive." Said Naruto.
"Naruto's right! Go look for them!" yelled Yugito.
"They're alive… aren't they?" asked Luffy with a sweat drop.
That's when they noticed that Crocodile was extending his hook hand using his devil fruit powers to pull her down.
"Where do you think you're going?" asked Crocodile.
Vivi was thrown into the ground and Crocodile and Ms. All Sunday managed to get to the broken stairs.
"If you care about them so much, I'll let you drown with them. I'll even bring along Mr. Prince and that girl… if you don't mind corpses." Said Crocodile.
And so he and his right hand woman left the room.
Vivi laid there unconscious while her friends tried to wake her up.
Yugito watched all this… that's when she got an idea… an idea to both aid Vivi and test Naruto's skills in clone making, after all, he might be a beginner, but he was still a Kage in the making.
"Naruto. Kakashi told me you know warder clones. I have an idea." Said Yugito.
"What?" asked Naruto.
"Use the water that's flooding the room to make water clones. I need you do this until your limits or help arrives." Said Yugito.
Naruto nodded, "Okay… but I don't know what my limits are I should tell you."
"I know…" said Yugito with a smirk, she knew that Naruto's abilities at making clone might just about be limitless with the power of Kyubi inside of him.
That's when the some of the water, mostly right outside the cage began to take the form of Naruto and it as a full transformation…
The water clones ran towards the Bananagator that was about to Vivi and began to attack it best they could.
"Yugito… can't you help?" asked Nami.
"I never could get water clones right… That's the problem with being the holder of the Nibi no Nekomata." Said Yugito with a laugh.
"But Naruto on the other hand, whatever element he can get his hands on he'll master it. He might one day be the jack of all trades Kage when he fulfils his dream." Said Nibi.
Yugito smiled and nodded…
That's when some of the windows broke and more water poured in.
"Naruto!" yelled Nami.
Naruto made ever more water clones… it wasn't enough to stop the water, but it did slow the flooding.
Vivi finally woke up to find Naruto's clones swarming the Bananagator.
"What the…" said Vivi.
"Water clones!" said one of Naruto's clones giving the thumbs up.
Vivi smiled and nodded.
"Use this chance to escape and fine someone!" yelled Nami.
"We don't want to drown in Narutos! That would be the world's most annoying death!" yelled Sasuke.
"All right!" said Vivi who used the distracted Bananagator as a stepping stone and got to the top of the stairs, "Just wait a little longer! I won't abandon you!"
Vivi was about leave when the real Naruto stopped her…
"Vivi! Go look for two guys dressed in green spandex, orange leg warmers that have bowl cuts and big fuzzy eyebrows. They should be shouting things about "youth". I'm sure they can help you!" yelled Naruto.
"What?" asked Vivi.
Must look for them! Trust me! They're real!" yelled Naruto.
Vivi nodded, even if it did sound extremely far-fetched.
"Naruto! Why would you tell Vivi to look for people like that! It sounds insane!" yelled Sakura, she would have whacked his head… but he was working on making clones.
"But they are real people…" said Naruto.
"I believe him…" said Sasuke.
Naruto looked at Sasuke… "I'll ask you later." He said, right now he should be focusing on making clones.
Vivi got to the main floor… when she heard a rumble… she heard everyone yelling about the Bridge Collapse…
"Oh no…" she thought, "I can't get out."
"We might not be able to get out. But that also mean they can't get in." said a voice.
"It's all right…." Said another voice.
Vivi turned around and saw Sanji and Hinata standing behind here… more like Hinata standing there, while Sanji was playing some slots in the meantime… and for some reason Sanji wore a pair of yellow tinted glasses as a disguise.
"Sanji! Hinata!" said Vivi happily.
"Chopper leading Crocodile on a wild goose chase." Said Hinata.
"Show us the way Princess!" said Sanji with a smirk.
And so help arrived on time… and hopefully that would be enough to save her friends.
Next Time: Sanji fights the Bananagators while trying to rescue the others from the cage... will he have tot fight the giant monsters alone? Will help arrive form the weirdest pair of people the Straw Hats will ever lay eyes on? Find out next time!