Chapter 214: No, It Can't

Luffy couldn't believe it. The news that the Going Merry will never sail again.

"What!" yelled Luffy.

Meanwhile elsewhere in town, on a Yagara bull, Sanji, Chopper and Sakura looked for Robin (Chopper sat on Sakura's lap while in his normal Chibi mode). Sanji had saw Robin in town with someone wearing a mask. He ended up meet up with Sakura and Chopper and discovered Robin was missing.

"This is bad." Said Sanji.

"Sorry…" said Chopper.

"What do you think happened?" asked Sakura.

"I don't know but I can't seem to shake off this bad feeling." Said Sanji.

"You're worried about what Aokiji said… aren't you?" asked Sakura.

"You weren't there." Said Sanji.

"But I heard about it." Said Sakura.

"What did he saw?" asked Chopper.

"Something about her past." Said Sanji, "And we'd live to regret it one day."

"Maybe we should go back to the ship…" said Sakura, "I'm sure she'll be back there."

"IF everything okay that is." Muttered Sanji.

Back in the shipyard, Luffy was still upset.

"We have the money! Why can't you fix it?" asked Luffy.

"That's not the problem." Said Kaku, "The problem is no amount of fixing even from us will be able to fix your ship."

"What do you mean?" asked Hinata trying to calm everyone in a way.

Kaku sighed, "I'm surprised you even made it here with your ship." He said

Paulie sighed, "You know what the keel is?"

"It's on the bottom of the ship." Answered Nami.

"That's right." Said Paulie.

They began to explain that the keel was the most important part of the ship, it was the foundation, not only that but it can't be replaced. And if they were to rebuild it, it wouldn't even be the same ship.

"So then it's true, the Going Merry will never sail again." Sighed Nami.

"That's true, it's the end of the ship's life span." Sighed Iceberg, "This is a good opportunity, you can buy another ship."

"No." said Luffy, "I refuse to change ships!"

"Luffy." Whispered Nami.

"Our ship is the Going Merry!" yelled Luffy, "If we're able to make the repairs then she'll be sailing for a long time. She sailed smoothly today and now you're telling us she's not seaworthy. Shows what you know! You don't know what kind of a stubborn ship she is!"

"You're willing to sail with her even when she sinks?" asked Iceberg, "I'm amazed and you call yourself the ship's captain."

There was an awkward silence.

"This conversation is over." Said Iceberg, Come back when you decide, I'll help you out, if you dish the 300 million we can even build you a new ship."

He turned towards his secretary, she tuned handed them a catalog of ships.

"There are new and second hand ships, you can study the prices." Said Kalifa.

However before any of them could respond, another of the foreman named Lulu showed up and told them that some men from the World Government were there.

The four members of the pirate crew hid.

"Luffy? What's wrong?" asked Nami.

"I don't know why but this brief case is light." Said Luffy.

"It should have money in it, it shouldn't' be light." Said Nami.

Hinata felt that they were light too and opened it.

They all screamed when they saw the empty brief cases, not only that but they were pretty shoddy.

"Quiet you!" yelled Paulie.

"Someone stole our money!" yelled Naruto.

"IT wasn't me!" yelled Paulie.

Lulu and Kaku got into a conversation about the Franky Family, and Lulu mentioned that they were dragging away a guy who looked like Kaku.

"Wait! That's Usopp!" said Luffy.

"You think?" asked Naruto.

"Yeah… probably kidnapped." Said Kyubi.

"Luffy! Naruto! We have to find him!" yelled Nami.

Naruto and Luffy ran off to look for Usopp.

"Where's the Hideout?" asked Hinata.

"Well it's not really a hideout, more like a place where they do their ship dismasting, it's by the rocky cove where you are." Said Paulie.

"We should go back to the ship." Said Nami.

Hinata nodded.

They both got back to the bulls and Nami instructed them to go to the quickest possible route to get back to the rental shop.

Along the way they saw a crowd. Both of them got a really bad feeling.

They saw Usopp laying on the ground, he was beaten badly and was bleeding very badly.

"Usopp. Are you okay?" asked Hinata.

"I'm sorry." Whimpered Usopp who was trembling, "I can't face the guys… I tried to get the money back we need to fix Merry."

"Don't worry Usopp it will be fine." Whispered Hinata.

"Don't worry about the money." Said Nami.

The two gently propped Usopp against the wall.

"This isn't a freak show!" yelled Nami.

Both turned to Usopp.

"Hinata can you stay with Usopp?" asked Nami, "I don't think we should move him right now."

Hinata nodded…

"I'll be right back, I'll get Sakura or Chopper to come here." said Nami, "Their hide out is just up ahead, so we'll be able to bash them quickly."

"Okay." Whispered Hinata.

Hinata gave Nami the brief case she was holding onto.

Nami ran off to go back to the ship.

"Excuse me miss."

Hinata tuned to a kindly looking man.

"Yes?" asked Hinata.

"There's a drug store around the corner, I'm sure you can get some bandages for your friend there." Said the man.

"Thank you." Said Hinata.

She looked at Usopp.

"I'll be right back Usopp… please stay put." Said Hinata.

Hinata got up and head to where the drug store was. Unaware that Usopp got up to go fight the Franky Family again.

Back at the Going Merry, Sanji, Chopper and Sakura had gotten back.

"Is it true?" asked Sakura.

"I saw the damage myself." Said Isaribi, "It's very badly damaged."

"It really depends on what Luffy and the rest say when they get back." Said Sasuke.

"I'm not looking forward to Usopp's reaction." Sighed Kiba.

"Yeah… it's not going to be pretty." Sighed Sakura.

"What's more with Robin gone…" sighed Sanji.

"We're not having a good day." Sighed Ino.

That was when Gaara suddenly shifted, he saw Nami coming towards them.

"Something's wrong." Said Gaara.

"Why is Nami coming back alone." Said Sakura.

"I have a bad feeling about this…" said Kiba.

And so with half their money stolen, only bad things could come from this… and things were only going to get worse from there.

Next Time: The crew fights off the Franky Family. What's worse is that Usopp tried to fight them again before they arrived. What will happen? Find out next time!