A/N: I didn't expect to update this so soon... but I'm sure that everyone heard the news right... One Piece is getting the Naruto treatment! All right! And when I meant Naruto treatment I mean their going to release 30 manga volumes over the course of 6 months! I'm in a good mood! All right! I'm so happy! I had just had to update my most popular One Piece story (and most popular of all my story).
Oh course at the moment this won't affect The Biju Biju Fruit's lease schedule... it will in the future... but not now.
Also remember: The next update will be August 12th... if you don't know why... check my profile.
Chapter 96: Fans of Wind
Vivi ran to an area of the capital that was being protected by royal guards.
"What are you doing here don't you know that now one's allowed?" asked one of the Guards.
"Leave now woman! This isn't a playground." Said another.
"I know that." Said Vivi with her head down, taking a breath, she looked up.
"Princess Vivi." Said the Guards.
"She wants to see Chaka." Came a voice.
That's when Inoichi showed up.
"Inoichi." Said Vivi happily for many reasons.
"Let's go see him." Said Inoichi leading Vivi to Chaka.
Vivi nodded following Ino's long last father.
Meanwhile… Sanji and Mr. 2 were fighting each other in martial arts… okay nothing going on with that… they seem evenly match.
So Meanwhile in the desert with the send generation Ino-Shika-Cho Trio.
"So I guess you must be the children of the legendary trio of Royal Guards." Said Temari who then looked at Ino, "Didn't you die?"
"People thought I was dead… and I had amnesia." Said Ino.
"You know how rare amnesia is… right?" asked Temari not believing it.
"Please don't question it…" muttered Ino with a sweat drop.
Temari laughed and shook her head, "If what I heard is that all three of you have Devil Fruits, I have Devil Fruit Power as well. The Power of the Fan Fan Fruit. With it I'm able to create large gusts of winds using winds."
"That doesn't sound very useful." Said Choji with a sweat drop.
"Oh but it is… if you have the right equipment." Said Temari opening her fan.
She then waved her fan creating a huge gust of wind that none of them could bare. The mange dot hide behind a sand dune.
"Ino… how well can you use your powers?" asked Shikamaru.
"I know just about everything when it comes to my powers." Said Ino.
"Do you know how fight other than using your powers?" asked Shikamaru.
"Of course I did… what made you think I didn't?" asked Ino.
"You seem like to me you lived a pretty sheltered life." Said Shikamaru.
"Sheltered? I hardly lived a sheltered life… unlike you." Muttered Ino.
"I didn't live a sheltered life either." Muttered Shikamaru.
"Oh really… I'm sure you spent most of your life just sleeping in the palace." Said Ino glaring at Shikamaru.
"I've spent most of my life training to protect the royal family." Muttered Shikamaru.
"That's still a sheltered life in my opinion." Muttered Ino.
"Oh yeah… how did you grow up?" asked Shikamaru.
"That's none of your business… maybe I shouldn't have worked with you." Said Ino waiting for the winds to let up.
Shikamaru said nothing just as Temari's winds let up.
"I'm going to fight her on my own." Said Ino.
"You're not going to use your powers, are you?" asked Shikamaru.
"Of course not." Muttered Ino.
When the winds dissipated Ino looked at Temari knowing it was better to use a sneak attack rather than going head on. She ran stealthily to another nearby sand dune.
"Are you really going to let her fight on her own." Said Choji.
"Well everyone else is one on one…" said Shikamaru with a yawn, "And we'll help her if she needs it."
"You just don't want to get in the middle of fight between two women." Mumbled Choji with a sweat drop.
Shikamaru yawned, "Troublesome…"
"But that's not the reason is it?" asked Choji.
"Well… I do need to see how Ino fights without her powers." Said Shikamaru.
Ino managed to run towards Temari and kicked her in the back.
"What was that?" asked Temari getting up.
"I knew attacking you from the front wouldn't work." Said Ino.
"Is that so?" asked Temari, "You do realize now that I know where you are I can just attack you."
"Well… I didn't." replied Ino with dot eyes.
"What a shame." Said Temari, she created a giant whirlwind that trapped Ino inside.
"I can't breathe." Thought Ino as the wind also cut her.
Temari smirked… until she realized something.
"I can't move my body." She thought… and that's when something strange began to happen. Her body began to move on its own, he struggled against it but her body wouldn't let her. That's when she closed her fan causing Ino to fall to the ground.
Choji came out of hiding, shouted "Partial Expansion!" he hand to grew to gigantic proportions where he managed to catch Ino with only his hand.
"What's going on?" asked Temari.
"I'll let you look." Said Shikamaru who was behind her.
Her body forced her to look behind her where she saw a black line extend from Shikamaru and attached itself to Temari shadow.
"It's the power of the Shind Shind Fruit." Said Shikamaru with a smirk.
He then moved his hand in a way as if he was holding Temari's fan he made it as if he was using it to himself in the head. And since Temari was actually holding the fan… she really did hit herself.
Shikamaru rubbed his neck due to the recoil and found where Ino and Choji were hiding. Ino had a few cuts but otherwise looked fine.
"You're okay… right?" asked Shikamaru.
"Yeah… I am… thanks." Said Ino.
"So is she down for the count?" asked Choji.
"Doubt, women like that are hard headed." Mumbled Shikamaru, which earned a glare from Ino.
Shikamaru sat down, and began asking Ino some questions.
"So that fighting style you used, what is it called?" asked Shikamaru.
"Red Leg, I only know the basics." Said Ino.
"I think I heard stories about it." Said Choji, "It was developed by a pirate chef named Zeff so he would have to injure his hands in battle."
"How do you know about that?" asked Ino with a sweat drop.
"I just heard interesting things about it." Said Choji with a laugh (translation: If has something to do with food, I know about).
"Okay... I think I know the basics." Said Shikamaru, she closed his eyes and placed his hands in a strange square position.
"So he's getting serious." Said Choji.
"What?" asked Ino who was confused by this part of the fight.
Meanwhile with Sanji, the fight turned into something else… Mr. 2 had decided to use a move that would incapacitate Sanji with laughter by making a face comprised of the world's funniest features, the world's weirdest head, eyes, nose and mouth… however… It wasn't what he was expecting.
"…"
The silence was defining as Sanji wasn't laughing… causing Mr. 2 to sweat drop.
"90 percent is your face." Said Sanji with a sweat drop.
Indeed all but the nose was his face (the nose was Usopp's however). So of course he wouldn't help but to cry while looking into the mirror... he maybe the enemy right now but one would have to agree… that's just sad.
Next Time: Shikamaru comes up with a strategy that will be able to fight Temari... but what he didn't know was that Temari was a great stagiest herself... Who will prove the better stagiest? Meanwhile Mr. 2 find out Sanji Weakness... that he can't bare to hurt Nami... oh boy...