A/N: Like I said, I'm breezing though the remaining Alabasta Arc... so yeah... this chapter is pretty fast paced. Enjoy the chapter!
Chapter 115: Clock Tower Finale
Vivi, Kohza and Usopp were at the base of the Clock Tower. They looked up at it. There was much time left… just a few more minutes.
"So what are we going to do?" asked Usopp.
"Vivi! Usopp!" shouted Nami.
They turned to see everyone but Zoro, Ino and Sanji running towards them.
"What's going on?" asked Hinata.
"So it's in the clock tower…" said Shikamaru.
"There's enough room for it inside. And it's high up! It has to be in there!" said Vivi.
"Naruto! Do you think you can make a ton of clones to act as a ladder?" asked Nami.
Naruto tried to created one clone… but he then collapsed.
"Naruto? Are you okay?" asked Hinata.
"Looks like Naruto's still tired from his epic battle of epicness." Said Kiba.
""Epic battle of epicness"?" asked Sakura with a sweat drop.
"If you were there then you would understand." Said Kiba.
"Whatever." Said Sakura rolling her eyes.
"How are we going to get up there?" asked Nami.
"Nami!" yelled a voice.
They looked up to see Sanji about a third of the way there.
"Sanji what are you doing up there!" yelled Vivi.
Sanji was pushed out of the way by Ino.
"We found the message from Usopp and I remember about the clock tower. How big it was in there!" said Ino, "I don't think we'll be able to make it up there in time…"
"What's going on!" yelled Zoro sticking his head out of the window, who much higher than Sanji and Ino.
"What are you doing up there!" yelled Sasuke knowing he was not going to like the answer.
"Someone told me I had to go north! So I climbed!" yelled Zoro.
There was an awkward silence as everyone who heard this sweat dropped.
"Zoro… we've been through this… up does not mean north!" yelled Sasuke.
"This isn't good." Said Vivi, "The access to the tower is in a far corner in the third floor."
"Why didn't you remember that Ino?" asked Sanji.
"My memory is still pretty bad." Muttered Ino glaring at him, "Don't expect me to remember everything."
"We have to go up!" said Vivi, "There's no other way!"
"Wait I have an idea!" said Nami.
"Why do I have a bad feeling about that." Said Sakura.
"I have a bad feeling too." Said Kiba with a sweat drop.
"Same here." Said Usopp.
That was when the clock tower opened revealing a shot man wearing weird fur outfit, and a woman dressed like a frog.
"Who are they?" asked Nami.
"Mr. 7 and Ms. Father's Day!" said Vivi.
Yes indeed it was Mr. 7 and Ms. Father's Day, those were the two in the clock tower… not Mr. 6 and Ms. Mother's Day. Seriously… those were the two in the clock tower… can't stress that enough.
Anyway the clock opened up and there was a giant canon.
"What are we going to do!" yelled Kohza as they lit the cannon.
"Okay! Time for my idea!" yelled Nami.
That's when Vivi stood on Sakura's shoulders, who sat on Chopper's back, who stood on Kiba and Kiba-Clone Akamaru's shoulders, who both stood on Usopp's back.
"Okay… how is a totem pole supposed to stop the canon!" said Naruto.
"Don't worry… Sanji and Zoro have their part." Said Nami.
"So it's a totem pole with Sanji and Zoro involved." Said Naruto.
Nami hit him on the head.
"All right! Here goes!" shouted Nami.
That was when she used the boomerang function of the Clim-a-Tact… to hit Usopp in the no-no area.
The pain of the no-no area combined with the wind made him jump up high.
"All right Kiba! Akamaru! Push them up upwards!" shouted Nami.
The two pushed the group on top of them up wards towards Sanji.
"Now kick them high Sanji!" shouted Nami.
Sanji kicked Chopper (with Sakura and Vivi)… this caused Sanji, Usopp, Kiba, Akamaru to all fall.
"I see her idea." Said Zoro.
That was Zoro jumped out of the window with his extended.
"Your swords?" asked Chopper.
"It' okay it's the backs." Said Zoro.
He launched the three of them in the air. As he too much like the ones before him, fell to the ground.
"All right Sakura! Toss Vivi!" shouted Nami from the ground.
"All right Vivi! You might want to brace yourself!" said Sakura.
Sakura threw Vivi into the clock tower.
Both Sakura and Chopper fell… onto Zoro.
"Couldn't you land somewhere else!" he shouted.
"Sorry…" laughed Sakura.
"Are you okay Sakura?" asked Chopper blushing slightly.
"Yeah, I'm fine." Said Sakura.
Sakura turned to Sasuke, "Did you see me Sasuke?" asked Sakura, "I was great, right?"
Sasuke was looking up, not paying attention to her.
Chopper on the other didn't know why, but he felt jealous about Sasuke.
"You know you should be paying attention to what happened up there." Said Shikamaru.
They looked up and waited for Vivi to say it was all right they could clearly hear that she beat up the two agents… but after that there was a silence.
"What's wrong?" shouted Kohza.
"It's on a timer!" cried Vivi.
Everyone was shocked as Ino (who ran down the stairs as fast as she could) left the clock tower.
"What's wrong?" asked Ino.
"The bombs on a timer." Said Shikamaru.
"What!" yelled Ino.
Ino fell on her butt.
Vivi was at the top of the clock tower, she began to cry, "Even if I could stop the fighting… and I did… I couldn't' stop Crocodile in the end."
That was when Pell approached her.
On the ground, Naruto was thinking about something.
"Where was he this whole time?" he thought.
"He was shot." Said Kyubi.
"How do you know?" asked Naruto.
"I just do." Said Kyubi.
Naruto ignored his inner demon… however they watched as Pell took the bomb and went skyward.
They watched horribly at the bomb detonated in the sky. Causing a big explosion.
"Pell!" shouted Shikamaru.
"I can't believe it." Said Kohza, he fell to his knees, "Too many people sacrificed themselves today."
Yugito on the other end took a breath.
"I don't know how… I don't know where he is. But he's a alive." Said Yugito.
"How can you be certain?" asked Kohza.
"I have the powers of the Nibi no Nekomata." Said Yugito, "I have minor powers over death,… and Pell is somehow alive."
"She's right." Said Kyubi, "I really don't know how… but he's alive."
"Kyubi agrees." Said Naruto.
"Do you know where he is?" asked Choji.
"Sorry..." said Yugito shaking her no, "I can only sense if he's a alive or dead…"
"I see…" said Shikamaru.
"I just realized something." Said Ino, "Why didn't have Choji just grow big and put Vivi up there?"
There was an awkward silence as they realized… that would have been so much easier.
"I got hit down there for nothing…" muttered Usopp.
Vivi was on top of the clock tower crying for Pell (unaware of the news he was alive) when suddenly part of the ground burst up and Crocodile was sent flying.
"What was that!" yelled Naruto.
"It's Crocodile!" shouted Usopp.
"Wait… Crocodile being sent flying?" asked Kiba.
"That means…" said Hinata.
"Luffy won!" they all shouted.
And so they saved Alabasta, Pell got a really big Boo-boo (with no one sure how he survived) and Luffy beat Crocodile… after two unseen fights. All that was left was the clean-up.
Next Time: The Battle is Over, the rebellion averted... What will the Straw Hats do now? And is someone thought long dead really alive? Find out next time!
