Chapter 212: Iceberg
Luffy's group had gotten to a currency exchange in order to get money so they could pay for the repairs. However…
"I don't trust him…" said Kyubi.
"What do you mean?" asked Naruto.
"150 Million Berries." Said the man running the currency exchange.
"Really?" asked Luffy loudly.
The man shushed him.
"Please don't talk too loudly." Said the man, "You see the historical value of most of it, plus the high quality makes it this price… plus…"
That was when Nami slammed her foot on the table.
"Several things." Said Nami, "I forgot to tell you that these three have bounties with a combined total of 245 Million Berry Bounty."
Hinata blushed, while Luffy and Naruto just laughed a little.
"Second I don't agree with this and third if you lie again I'm going to scalp you." Said Nami.
"Man, is it just me or Nami really h-t right now." Said Kyubi.
Naruto sweat dropped.
Of course, the price was much higher without the lies.
"400 million berries!" cheered al five members.
And they left with everyone but Luffy carrying a brief case of money.
"Why can't I hold one?" asked Luffy.
"Knowing you would swing it around." Said Nami.
"Oh…" whined Luffy.
"Don't worry it will be fine!" said Naruto swing his arm a lot.
That was when he brief case he was holding went flying.
"Oops…" said Naruto.
Thankfully Naruto created a water clone that caught and tossed it back to the shore.
However Nami and Usopp ended beating him up and Usopp was put in charge of Naruto's brief case.
They got back onto the bulls and headed out.
"So do we bring these back to the ship?" asked Luffy.
"We have to go to the Dock 1." Said Nami.
"Oh yeah, we need to fix the ship." Said Naruto.
They got to the location where Dock 1 was and there was no longer a crowd, Luffy decided to try to jump the fence,. But got blocked a rather familiar looking man… not that they knew him… he looked like Usopp but had a square nose.
"Sorry authorized personal only." said the Usopp look alike.
"That freaky as hell…" said Kyubi.
"I know." Thought Naruto.
"Usopp?" asked Luffy.
"I'm right here!" yelled Usopp.
"We're here to see Mr. Iceberg." Said Nami.
She handed him the letter from Kokoro.
"Oh I see an introductory letter from Ms. Kokoro at the shift station." Said the man.
"Are you middle aged?" asked Naruto.
"I am but 23." Said the man.
"Wow you talk really old." Said Luffy.
"I get that a lot." He said.
"Then maybe you should talk your age." Said Naruto with a sweat drop.
"Maybe…" answered the man.
"So do you know this Iceberg guy?" asked Luffy.
"Of course, everyone knows him." Said man, "He's the mayor of this city, as well as president of the company Galley-la. Also he is in charge of the Sea Train."
"Oh wow." Said Hinata.
"That's almost super human." Said Naruto.
"Why do I have the feeling I'm going to like him." Said Kyubi.
"I have no idea." Said Naruto.
That was when the man began to do some stretches.
"So where did you dock?" asked the man.
"The rocky cape." Said Nami.
"Oh, okay." He said, "Just stay there and go over there. I'll be back in 10 minutes."
"Wait? 10 minutes?" asked Nami.
"Yes, 10 minutes." Said the man.
That was when he sprinted away, jumping off the building.
"What the hell!" yelled Naruto.
"Don't worry about him. He runs around town like that feely."
They turned to see a well-dressed man, next to him was a rather pretty woman.
The man, who was Kaku, the foreman of all of the shipwrights ran through town like a monkey, eventually landing on the Going Merry.
"What the hell!" yelled Kiba.
"Oh sorry about that." Said Kaku, "I'm the foreman of the Galley-La company, I'm here to see the boat."
"You look exactly like my brother." Said Kiba with a sweat drop.
Kaku began to examine the boat, however Gaara glared at him.
Back at the shipyard, the man explained that that someone building a ship, they couldn't be of average body and mind.
"By the way Kalifa." Said the man.
"I already did a background check." Said the woman named Kalifa, "The Straw Hat Pirates, 5 members have bounties totaling 384 million. They currently have 14 members and originated in the East Blue."
"Oh man how were you able to do that so fast!" yelled Naruto.
"She's a witch! A Hot and sexy witch." Said Kyubi.
"That's sexual harassment!" said Kalifa, "I can tell you're a pervert…"
"I'm not a pervert, the demon inside me is a pervert." Said Naruto.
Kalifa sweat dropped when she said that, "Well I'm sorry then…"
"I see, welcome. I'm Iceberg." Said the man who was indeed Iceberg and also petting a mouse in his pocket, "And this is a pet mouse I just picked up, his name is Tyrannosaurus."
He turned to Kalifa.
"By the way, pick up some mouse food and a rodent cage." He said to her.
"Already done." She said.
"That was a fast, I must commend you." He said.
"Thank you sir." She said, she began to check his appointment book and began to list off all of the things he had to do that day, his response...
"I DON'T WANT TO!" he cried out.
"I'll cancel them all then." Responded Kalifa.
Needless to say, Kyubi was laughing as hard as he could.
"I do like him… but only because he's an example what you and your brother would do if you were a mayor of a town!" laughed Kyubi.
Naruto sweat dropped when he said that.
"I have so much power I could do what I want." Said Iceberg.
"You're a failure of a mayor." Said Usopp with a sweat drop.
"He's pretty spoiled, is this really the guy the old lady told us about?" asked Luffy.
"He is." Said Nami.
That was when suddenly Kalifa attacked Luffy with a barrage of kicks, that he could barely dodged.
"How dare you talk about the world's foremost engineer of this town?" asked Kalifa.
She managed to calm down.
"Sorry, I got carried away." Said Kalifa adjusting her glasses, "He is well loved in this town. Please don't' rude to him."
"Don't provoke Kalifa, she is very skilled." Said Iceberg who as it turns out was beaten badly, "She also has terrible aim."
"I don't know how she was able to do that." Said Kyubi, "Nor do I was want."
Iceberg looked at the letter, "Check out their ship for them." And it also had a kiss mark.
HE proceeded to rip up the letter.
"WHAT! WHY DID YOU DO THAT!" yelled Naruto.
"Please fix our ship." Said Hinata.
"We have the money!" yelled Nami.
"Sure." Said Iceberg.
Everyone sweat dropped when he said.
"If you were just going to say yes, then why did you rip up the letter?" asked Usopp.
"Because the kiss mark was creepy." He answered.
This only made everyone sweat drop even more, even if he had something of a point.
"Old Lady Kokoro and I are old drinking buddies." He explained somewhat, "Besides Kaku already went to your ship to start the process."
There was a strangely awkward silence.
"Today is boring, you want a tour of the factory?" asked Iceberg as he picked his nose.
"You're the one who canceled his appointments." Said Usopp.
"All right let's go to the ship building factory." Said Luffy.
However the men that attacked the ship earlier that day (and had an epic fail while doing it) was stealing the two brief cases that Usopp was looking after.
"What just happened!" yelled Naruto.
"Hey! Give that back!" yelled Nami.
"Give me back my 200 million!" yelled Usopp.
"The Franky Family." Muttered Iceberg.
And so the group known as the Franky Family made their escape with the money and it was unknown if the Straw Hats would get it back…
Next Time: After getting the brief case back, they are delivered bad news... very, very bad news. What is it? Well let's just say it's news that Usopp won't take well...