A/N: As you may or not know I've been suffering a burn out lately. If you did know I will still update this one until it's over. Why this one? Because it's the only story immune to this burn out I'm going though. Yeah... weird... right? Then again this is my most popular so it makes sense... Anyways enjoy the chapter!

Chapter 149: The Lying Ancestor

After reaching the plywood palace. Kyubi noticed something off about the real house.

"There's only half a house." Said Kyubi.

"Okay… who would build half a house?" asked Naruto.

"If I were to guess something happened to the other side." Said Kyubi, "After all it's this close to the shore."

"So…" said Nami, "What kind of dreams was he dreaming?"

"I don't know the whole details, but they say he was searching for a huge hoard of gold." Sad Robin.

Nami began to order to Chopper to dig in order to look for the gold.

"I only got a gauge on Naruto, Luffy, Sasuke and Zoro's personalities… but is that normal?" asked Anko.

"I'm new here… and I can say… yes, it is." Said Isaribi.

"You know… you look familiar… have we met somewhere before?" asked Anko.

Isaribi shrugged, "Probably a six degrees thing… I know that for sure." Said Isaribi.

"How?" asked Anko.

"Let's just say that man you hate with a passion funded the man I hate with a passion." Said Isaribi.

"Amachi?" asked Anko.

Isaribi nodded…

Everyone went to explore the area while Kakashi and Robin stayed on the ship to talk a bit.

As they looked around, Nami found an old picture book on a stump outside. It was called Noland the Liar.

"I like the theme of the book." Said Usopp.

"Of course you would." Said Kiba with a sweat drop.

"Noland the Liar?" asked Sanji, "That brings back memories."

"You've read this Sanji?" asked Nami, "But this said it was published in the north blue."

"I'm from the north blue." Sad Sanji.

"Really, I assumed you were from the East Blue." Said Usopp.

"It's something that was never brought up in conversation." Said Ino with a shrug.

"Well I was raised in the east blue." Said Sanji, "But never mind that, it's a pretty famous story up in the north, it's just a children's tale but I heard he did exist a really long time ago."

Nami began to read it, it was about a sailor who claimed he found the city of gold to a king and on the way there they were attacked my many hardships, however when they got there was nothing, so Noland was sentenced to death for lying, before he was executed he said that he believed the it sunk into the sea.

"And he died without ever becoming a brave warrior of the sea." Said Nami.

"Hey! Why are you looking at me." Said Usopp.

"That was a real story?" asked Anko, "I don't know… it reeks of a forced fable."

"What do you mean?" asked Sanji.

"It's moral is lie and you'll be put to death." Said Anko, "It reminds me the moral of the little mermaid "Be a good little child otherwise the mermaid won't go to heaven.""

"Hey…" said Sasuke, "Luffy just fell into the water."

Before they could rescue their idiot captain, a man came out of the water… who had a chestnut for hair.

"Who are you!" he yelled, "You've got a lot of nerve helping yourselves to other people's properties, the water's around here belong to me."

"All right Isaribi you know what to do!" said Naruto, "We'll take him."

Isaribi nodded and took off her new clothes revealing a bathing suit underneath.

"Why did Ino make me buy this?" thought Isaribi with a sweat drop then went to recues Luffy.

Naruto, Zoro, Sasuke and Sanji all prepared for battle.

"Oh no you're not." Said Anko grabbing his collar, "You're not going to fight right now."

"But…" said Sasuke.

"You had a bad day…" said Anko holding the cabob skewers, "Now be a good and let other people fight or I'll do something you won't like."

Sasuke nodded, he didn't need to know what she did what she did with those… only that it was best if he complied.

Naruto turned to half demon and lunged at him with his tails ready to hit him. The man was surprised about the tails and one of them whacked him in the head.

Naruto then moved out of the way so that Sanji could do his attack. The man was about to kick but Sanji blocked using his leg… however the man took out his gun and tried to shoot Sanji who managed to dodge.

Zoro was about to take over when the man suddenly collapsed.

Meanwhile with Isaribi she found her captain and had brought him to shore.

"What were you thinking?" she said.

"I saw a chestnut in the water…" said Luffy.

"You know… I'm going to stop you right there." Said Isaribi with a sweat drop.

Chopper and Sakura began to give him treatment.

"So what's wrong?" asked Hinata.

"It's probably the bends." Said Isaribi.

Everyone looked at her.

"What? I was a deep sea diver, even before the experiments." Said Isaribi.

Chopper nodded, "It is a condition that divers sometimes get." He said.

He began to explain it but Luffy and Naruto didn't get it.

"If I had a berry every time there was a complex explanation you didn't get I'd be one rich bastard." Said Kyubi.

That was when the strange monkey men showed up… both them Masira and Shoujou.

"Boss! Are you alright!" yelled both of them.

Then they noticed that the Straw Hats were in

"What are you doing!" yelled Shoujou.

"We're giving him medical treatment, so go away." Said Gaara.

"They won't listen to reason!" yelled Usopp, "They're savages!"

"That's so nice of you." The two cried.

Nearby at the ship the two heard the yelling, the two sweat dropped then went back to their conversation.

"There's something I need to ask you, and I'm sure you're one of the only one that answer." Said Robin.

"It's about Naruto and Minato." Said Kakashi, "The answer is yes."

"I see." Said Robin.

"You're not surprised, are you." Said Kakashi.

Robin shook her heard no.

"Don't tell him." Said Kakashi.

"I wasn't planning on to." Said Robin.

"Good… he should find out on his own." Said Kakashi.

There was an awkward silence.

"So… are you Naruto's mysterious god father?" asked Robin with a smile.

"No!" said Kakashi with a sweat drop, "If I had that book I'd keep for myself."

Robin just giggled when he said that.

Back inside the house, the man (who was indeed Cricket), had woken up.

"Sorry about attacking you guys, I thought you were after my gold." Said Cricket.

"Wait you have gold?" asked Nami.

"Don't even think about it." Said Sakura.

"We want to ask you if Sky Island." Said Luffy, "Do you know how to get there?"

Of course Cricket began to laugh at him.

"Just ask me! I knew the answer!" yelled Kyubi.

"I don't think Nami will listen to you." Thought Naruto.

"Why?" asked Kyubi, "Because I'm a demon?"

"And you're a perverted asshole." Pointed out Naruto.

"Okay… I'll give you that one." Said Kyubi.

"You mean it doesn't exist?" asked Luffy.

"There is one man who claimed it existed, but he's a notorious liar and his decedents have been objects of ridicule." Said Cricket.

Luffy and Naruto looked at Usopp.

"Hey! Don't look at me." Said Usopp.

Kiba however couldn't help but to laugh at that one.

"His name is Noland." Said Cricket.

"Wait… then that must mean…" said Nami.

"He's my great, great, great, great…. You get the idea. I probably only have one drop of his blood inside me." Said Cricket.

He began to explain about how despite the story, Noland died with tears streaming down his eyes and that island in the story called Jaya.

"So you want to clear the Montblanc name?" asked Usopp.

He pointed at gun at Usopp.

"No." said Cricket, "I used to be a pirate."

He told the story about how unlike most of his relatives who wanted to clear his ancestors name, he hated him for ruining his life, and that he escaped his area.

"You know… you could have just changed your name and move elsewhere. Probably would have been easier." Said Anko.

Cricket pointed at gun at her.

"That might not be a good idea." Said Naruto.

"Really?" asked Cricket, "Why?"

Naruto began to whisper things into his ear.

Cricket put away the gun and fear and decided to just continue to tell the story.

He didn't want any of those things done to him.

Anyways as the story goes his crew landed there and he had to stay. Being the only family member to ever make it. And his goal was a personal battle against the person who made his life miserable.

Needless to say those that had had the causality to do so felt touched.

"Wow! Let me guess there's some sort of heartwarming story of how to those monkey men joined you." Said Naruto.

"No… they're just fans of the story and decided to help me." Said Cricket.

This of course made them sweat drop.

"Wow… it's true… a lot of pirates don't have lives." Said Anko.

"Aren't you a member of their crew?" asked Cricket.

"Just a tag along… making sure this one doesn't go insane or die." Said Anko jabbing her thumb at Sasuke, "Long story…"

"Thanks for putting it bluntly." Said Sasuke sarcastically.

"Whatever." Said Anko rolling her eyes.

"Let me guess." Said Gaara, "Those two saved you from a lonely existence and now you owe them your lives for it."

"Okay… how did you know I was going to say that?" asked Cricket.

"Because I could see in your eyes." Said Gaara.

Cricket sighed… "Yeah, that's pretty much it." He said.

"Hey!" yelled Luffy, "How do we get to Sky Island?"

Cricket laughed and took out the Logbook… and it contained hints that sky island really existed.

Next Time: Cricket knows a few things about Sky Island... in fact he does know how to get there... in fact their only chance for the next day? Would they be able to make it? Let wait and see!