Chapter 237: At Least They Are Progressing…
The crew continued on their way, now with the Franky Family… They maneuvered Gomorrah so that he wouldn't be shot like Sodom was.
That was when the baby snail phone began to ring. Nami grabbed it and picked it up.
"Hello? Who is it?" she said.
"It's us." Came Kokoro's voice on the other end.
"What do you want?" asked Nami.
Kokoro began to explained something about the building… due to the fact there's no path to get to one tower to the other. The only way was to pull two levers, one on the top floor of each tower in order to lower a drawbridge.
Also Chimney told them where she saw Naruto and Luffy, though she lost track of Naruto.
"Do you think Naruto's all right?" asked Hinata.
"He's fine." Said Sasuke.
With Naruto he turned back to his half demon form…
Causing the Marines to become confused.
"He was winning before why did he switch?" asked one.
That was when Naruto summoned many clones.
"Attack!" ordered Naruto to his clones.
His clones began to attack the Marines, however this was just a ploy.
What kind of ploy? Well Naruto needed a break. He found a place to hide while his clones did the work.
"What are you doing?" asked Kyubi.
"It's getting boring, it's just the same thing over and over again." Said Naruto.
"If you turned in naked girls then it wouldn't be so boring." Said Kyubi.
"Whatever…" thought Naruto rolling his eyes.
"What are you going to do when they find you?" asked Kyubi.
"Fight them… I just need a break." Muttered Naruto.
"I was thinking you turn into something and mess with their heads." Said Kyubi.
"What do you mean?" asked Naruto.
"You know like turn into a really cute girl… claiming you were ship wrecked weeks ago and have been hiding or something…" said Kyubi.
Naruto smirked… he liked it, but he suspected Kyubi was really bored and knew he had to change the plan slightly.
Back with the crew the headed in the direction Luffy was…
However that was when many members of the world government (not known who) used heavy metal balls to hit Gomorrah stopping the King Bull.
That was when there was an announcement about what just happened.
Of course Naruto heard this…
"So…" thought Naruto.
"Use the plan later, pretend to be a Marine and join them." said Kyubi.
Naruto transformed into a Marine and started following many other Marines headed that way.
With the CP9, they had decided to give Kalifa and Kaku devil fruits, what Devil Fruits… no one knew… they were unknown Devil Fruits…
Meanwhile Luffy was in the middle of his fight with Blueno…
And Blueno just turned Luffy's face into a revolving door making him very dizzy…
And yes, it was pretty gross…
With the crew, more and more Marine started showing up.
"This is really bad…" said Isaribi.
"We need to fight them off, it's the only way…" said Gaara.
But before they could do anything one Marine yelled out.
"Should we let them go!"
A lot of the other marines stared at the guy.
"What?" asked a government agent.
"I mean come on, they're only trying to protect a friend, what's wrong with that?" asked the marine.
"Why is that Marine trying to help us?" asked Nami.
"I don't get it…" muttered Kiba.
However Gaara had no reaction, Zoro and Sasuke both rolled their eyes and Hinata giggled.
A higher up Marine looked at the Marine trying to help them.
"What's your name?" asked the higher ranked Marine.
"My name…" said the marine suddenly becoming nervous.
"He's an imposter!" yelled one Marine.
That was when the real Marines fired on the fake, however the fake burst into flames burning several members.
"Well that didn't work." Said the fake marine who on the roof of a nearby building.
"Who are you!" yelled a government agent.
That was when there was a puff of smoke revealing Naruto in half demon form.
"I should have known…" muttered Nami messaging a headache.
Naruto jumped down next to Hinata.
"So what did I miss?" he asked.
Sakura punched him in the head.
"Did you have to do that?" asked Sakura.
"What? I got really bored." Said Naruto, "I've been fighting a ton of Marines and it just got repetitive… I thought saving you like that would work…"
"Or make you less bored." Said Kyubi.
"So you got separated?" asked Zoro.
"Yeah, he's fighting cow guy…" said Naruto.
"You brought up what Kyubi said to him, didn't you?" asked Sanji.
"Yeah…" answered Naruto.
That was when Gomorrah began to get up.
"What's going on?" asked Isaribi.
"He said "Hold on tight"" translated Chopper.
Gomorrah continued on his way, or would have he not crashed into a building.
"He was hit in the eye." Said Chopper, "He can't see."
The King Bull was in pain but continued on through the pain.
"I'm so lost right now…" said Naruto.
"Maybe if you didn't run off with your brother!" yelled Sakura.
Gomorrah continued on, remembering happier time, it pulled through the pain, however there was a building in the way.
"Stop please! If it crashed into that dead end he'll die." Said Chopper.
That was when Gaara stood in front, his sand flew towards the building, that was when the building dissolved into sand.
"How were you able to do that!" yelled Zambai.
"The building was made of stone and cement, I was able to turn into sand." Said Gaara.
The made it to the building that was their goal, which was the courthouse… Gomorrah collapsed with Chopper congratulations him.
"Wait… wasn't this the spot you were fighting earlier." Said Kyubi.
"Yeah…" said Naruto.
Kyubi sighed…
"I was bored!" yelled Naruto.
"You said that out loud…" said Kyubi.
"Naruto." Sighed Nami.
Sakura of course punched him in the head.
They looked up at the court house, which was the building Luffy was fighting on top of… it was many stories tall so even with any of their skills they couldn't get up easily.
"So what do we do?" asked Kiba.
"Isn't is obvious, go in!" said Naruto taking charge.
With Naruto with the rest of the crew, and with all of them at the courthouse they were closer to their goal than ever before. Now all they had to do was get into the courthouse and find where to lower the drawbridge…
Next Time: The Straw Hats storm the courthouse, will they be able to get to the right level or not? Find out next time!