Chapter 158: Judgment
No one could believe what Nami just did. Naruto had to agree with Kyubi, Nami was among the least likely to do such a thing. They were in so much trouble.
"Nami! What did you just do? I can't believe you just ran him over!" yelled Sakura.
"Great way to get out of that ticket though…" said Anko.
"Quiet you!" yelled Sakura.
"What's that supposed to mean!" yelled Anko.
"Um… Anko." Said Naruto appearing next to Anko, "Sakura has the same condition as Tsunade…"
"Oh…" said Anko who was unsure what to say next, after all Tsunade's muscle condition was infamous among the Kages.
Nami thanked Pagaya then ran to the ship as fast as she can. She grabbed Luffy and told Naruto. Anko and Isaribi to follow.
However Captain McKinley was helped up by his men, "That's it you are now Class One Criminals." He said.
"Class one… but that means you're going to be exiled to the clouds." Said Conis.
"That sounds nice." Said Luffy.
"No it's not." Said Conis, "You're dropped onto the an island cloud with no escape, not until your nothing but bones."
"What if you got giant demons to help out?" asked Naruto.
"What?" asked Conis.
"Just don't mind him." Said Nami.
That was when they noticed the White Berets getting ready to fight, they all readied arrows.
Luffy got ready to fight, but Anko pushed him aside.
"This is my fight." Said Anko, "After all they wouldn't bargain with me."
"What is she talking about?" asked Nami.
"She took off her jacket." Said Naruto.
Nami sweat dropped when Naruto said that.
They shot their arrows into the air and began to unleash a stream of clouds. Which the white berets somehow skated on.
Before Anko can fight, Kakashi came in grabbed Anko by the wrist, "Let's try to have a military that doesn't consider you a sexual deviant." Said Kakashi, "Luffy you handle it."
Luffy laughed when he did that. Then turned his attention to the White Berets who were getting ready for the attack.
Luffy grabbed onto a nearby tree in order to get away from the attacks shock their enemies.
Captain McKinley realized it was a Devil Fruit. Just as Luffy used Gum Gum Fireworks on the crew. The rest were taken down by Naruto, Zoro, Sasuke and Sanji.
"Wow Sasuke it must feel good to finally win something." Said Naruto.
"Just shut up." Muttered Sasuke.
That was when Captain McKinley got up, "You should have surrendered peacefully, we are the kinder law enforcement here in Godland."
"You know you could say that about us." Said Naruto, "Anko's can be vicious when she's angry."
"What would she killed us?" asked Captain McKinley mocking them.
"No… but you wouldn't be men anymore." Said Naruto.
Captain McKinley stuttered for a bit then found his voice, "The Priests won't be merciful, you are now Class 2 Criminals."
They left leaving the crew in silence.
"That old lady…" muttered Nami, "She said we could pass then declared us trespassers."
"We probably would have broken in anyways." Said Sakura.
"Now's not the time." Growled Nami.
"Sorry we can't be of any help." Said Pagaya several feet away with Conis and Suu.
"Thanks for standing with us…" said Isaribi extremely sarcastically.
As Luffy and Nami began to argue over what to do, (with Luffy pointing out that good chunk of them were already wanted), Nami came to a decision to find a way back. Conis told them the way back even if it was dangerous.
"Hey wait I have a question." Said Luffy, "Can we have the rest of the food from your house?"
"Sure of course." Said Pagaya.
"All right Sanji! Ino! Let's get the Bento." Said Luffy.
"I'm coming with!" said Naruto.
"Me too." Said Hinata.
"Hey, can I come?" asked Anko, "I really don't want to be around Kakashi at the moment."
"Wait… can I ask for some supplies from you." Said Usopp.
"Sure, I don't see a problem." Said Pagaya.
"Hey! Kiba you and Akamaru are coming with." Said Usopp.
"Great… he just wants us to carry stuff for him." Muttered Kiba while Akamaru whined.
And so that group headed to the house.
"Where do you think you're going!" yelled Nami.
"To get food. We're going to have an adventure!" yelled Luffy.
"Doesn't he know that place is dangerous." Said Nami.
"He doesn't care." Said Zoro.
"Quiet you!" yelled Nami.
Captain McKinley watched, knowing that they would receive their punishment.
At the house, Sanji and Ino prepared food, Usopp got tools from Pagaya (who gladly gave it to him) Akamaru played with Suu, while the others in the group just talked.
As this was going on Usopp heard some noise. He looked to see what was going on. They saw that something strange was going on with the ship… it was strange.
"Let me see!" yelled Sanji, he saw something horrible… Nami (who had been wearing a bikini top since they got there) was now wearing a t-shirt.
"Nami's wearing a t-shirt…" cried Sanji.
"That's not important." Said Ino who then realized something, "Damn it!" she yelled, "Sakura's alone with Sasuke on the ship…"
"Hypocrite." Said Kiba.
That was when they saw it was one of those giant lobsters dragging away the ship.
On board the ship, Isaribi stopped anyone from going overboard. Why, because there monsters (some sort of weird sky shark) chasing after them.
"I don't think I can handle more than one… so we're stuck." Said Isaribi.
"Gaara…" said Nami.
"My sand can't handle water." Explained Gaara.
"We're going to that island." Said Sasuke.
"Looks like it." Said Kakashi.
With those at the house they watched as the ship was dragged away.
"Why couldn't I tell Sasuke to come with me to help me…" cried Ino.
"Why was she wearing a shirt." Said Sanji.
"Where is that thing taking them?" asked Anko being the oldest one (but not the most mature) in the group taking charge.
Pagaya began to explain, that they were being taken to sacrificial alter.
"Sacrificial alter!" they all yelled.
He continued his explanations, although they going to the alter, they were akin to hostages. There was another part of the punishment, where others would undergo some sort of challenge. The real being punished were…
"You eight." he said, "If only I had a map I could explain."
Fortunately it was Usopp who had the map. Although the map was old it was pretty much the same and he explained how they had to go.
"So we have to get here." Said Usopp pointing to the location on the map.
As it turned out they needed a Dial boat to get there. As there were now rivers going through the island.
Fortunately they had a boat they could use.
They had to go through the shopping district Lovely street to get there to the docks.
IT wasn't a very pleasant experience however. Everyone just stared at them whispering.
"Why are they doing that?" asked Naruto.
"If I were to guess they probably already know." Said Sanji.
"Wow you seem pretty calm about this…" said Ino, "You're the type to freak out if something like this happened."
"It's because Kakashi's with them… I'd trust Kakashi with my life." Said Sanji.
That was when they saw something incased in glass containers.
"What is it?" asked Naruto.
"It's some sort of Pagan Idol… duh…" said Kyubi.
"It's called Vearth." Said Conis.
"Vearth?" asked Hinata.
"It's an object of eternal admiration." Said Conis.
"Let me guess it's something us blue sea people wouldn't understand." Said Kiba.
Conis laughed at that, "That's probably how I put it." She said.
Luffy wanted to site see some more but Usopp and Ino knew they couldn't so they dragged him to the Warf.
Anko sighed… "What an idiot." She said, but it wasn't about Luffy.
"What's wrong?" said Hinata.
"It's nothing." Said Anko.
Captain McKinley who was watching them, felt someone stepping on his back. He looked up and saw Anko, but saw that Anko was with the group.
"What… what how can you be in two places as one?" he asked.
"I'm a clone sent here to tell you stop following us." Said Anko… well Anko's clone.
Captain McKinley then remember hearing stories of people from the Blue Sea having the ability to clone themselves.
"So you're one of those Clone Users I heard about." Said Captain McKinney.
"I'm a Kage… one of the 10 Greatest." Said Anko's clone, "So was the man in the mask… But that's beyond my point."
"You didn't come here to castrate me?" asked Captain McKinley.
"Not this time." Said Anko's clone, "Like I said, I'm here to tell you to stop following us. We don't need to be followed to make sure we do this. Me, Luffy and Naruto were planning on finding a way to the Upper Yard anyways."
"Why?" asked Captain McKinley, "Why would you want to go there?"
"Because it's fun!" said Anko's clone.
"You're crazy!" yelled Captain McKinley.
"Thank you." Said Anko's clone.
"That wasn't a complement." Said Captain McKinley a sweat drop.
"Look… I don't care what sort of people you've seen from the ground. But you've never seen a group like us. So stop following us, it's pointless. " Said Anko's clone, who then melted into snakes that slithered away.
Captain McKinley scoffed at the idea and continued on the way.
They got to the docks and looked at the boats.
"So… which one will we be using?" asked Ino.
"The Crow…" said Conis, showing them the boat.
Everyone sweat dropped at the size of it.
"Can it handle eight people and one dog?" asked Ino.
"Ino, Naruto and Luffy can't swim…" said Hinata, "What if it sinks."
"I'm sorry… but I don't have any money so you can rent a bigger boat." Said Conis
"Why can't we take that one?" asked Luffy pointing to a bigger boat.
Sanji began to kick him in order to except something a girl.
"Thank you for letting us use your boat." Said Luffy.
"Sanji… now's not the time for that." Said Ino.
"Let's just get in the boat and see if it will float, okay." Said Anko.
"Wait there's one more thing before we leave." Said Luffy, "Conis… you've been shaking since we left."
Conis froze when he said that.
"Oh you must worried about us." Said Sanji with love in his voice.
"Now's not the time." Said Ino.
"If there's something wrong you can tell us." Said Hinata.
"If you're scared we understand." Said Ino.
"She's right, if you're scared just tell us…" said Luffy.
"Don't… don't you find it weird that I'm the one to tell you about the challenge and I'm lending you my boat… doesn't it seem like I'm leading you to your doom."
Naruto sensed something in the air.
"You can sense it too… can't you kit?" asked Kyubi.
The people around them looked scared out of their minds. And the crew noticed it.
"Please run away!" she cried out, "I'm sorry! I was the one that called the lobster!"
People nearby yelled for her to stop.
"The thing… was summoned by you?" asked Naruto.
"There's more going on isn't there?" asked Anko.
Conis began to cry, "If a citizen knows there is a criminal then they must report them and lead them to the punishment site or they die!" she cried, "It's the duty of every citizen"
Needless to say the crew was in shock.
"So you had no choice." Said Luffy.
"Why did you tell us!" the crew yelled.
That was when there was a flash of light in the sky. Luffy knew it was for Conis and grabbed her. The light destroyed everything in the area where Conis was standing.
"Luffy!" Shouted Naruto.
"They're alive… for now…" said Kyubi.
That was when Gan Fall riding his ugly Pegasus Pierre appeared with both Luffy and Conis. Naruto breathed a sigh of relief.
"I cracked this god's powers." Said Kyubi.
"What do you mean?" asked Naruto.
"Kit… what is rubber strong against. An element that would be forever weak against it…" said Kyubi.
Naruto realized what it meant.
"Should I tell him?" asked Naruto.
"No… not yet... I'm protecting you, so god doesn't find out… Don't tell him until the time he finally gets the idea to punch his lights out… After all I think whoever this god is he deserves it." Explained Kyubi, "However you must no matter what anyone else says to convince Luffy to beat the living crap out of him…"
"Why do you care?" asked Naruto.
"Because…" said Kyubi.
"Because…?" asked Naruto.
"Conis is hot!" said Kyubi.
"I should have known." Thought Naruto.
Luffy jumped off, the Pegasus.
"Thanks old guy!" yelled Luffy.
"Please call me sky knight." Said Gan Fall with a sweat drop.
"You got lucky Luffy." Said Ino.
"I know…" laughed Luffy.
"Entrust the girl to me, I will protect her from Eneru." Said Gan Fall, "Now that you know what this kingdom is like pay heed."
"I don't care about that." Said Luffy, "Our friends is on his island."
"I see… may luck be with you." Said Gan Fall.
They all got onto the Crow, which fortunately didn't sink, but went extremely slow.
"All right! Let's go to Upper Yard!" yelled Luffy.
And so the adventure to save their friends from being sacrifices began!
Next Time: The eight (plus one dog) is headed towards the island, to get their crew back, but in order to get there they must face a Challenge. They must choose a challenge, which one will they choose. Meanwhile the rest of the crew is stuck on the later trying to figure just what to do... what will happen? Find out next time!