A/N: This chapter was cursed, first week I got addicted to updating another story then last week I got a cold so I couldn't work on it at all. I finally got to update it... which I meant to do last night, I just wasn't up to it. On the bright side when I was sick I re-watched Strong World, but the order of events are still going to be a bit scrambled. So yeah... Anyways enjoy the chapter...
Chapter 320: That was a Bright Idea
With Sanji's group, he called out for Nami and Robin in an area that seemed to be in spring. How kept calling for them.
And of course it always summoned one of the crazy animal.
They of course ran or flew in Fu's case away from the crazy animals.
Ino had known Sanji fir years and because of that she had a higher tolerance for his flirting than say the others.
But in this case… well…
Ino kicked him in the head.
"What was that for!" yelled Sanji.
"Do you have any idea what you're doing!" yelled Ino, I know you're worried but you're just putting everyone in danger!"
"I'm trying to find Robin and Nami!" yelled Sanji, "They must be worried for their prince to show up!"
"Sanji's gone bye-bye." Sighed Sasuke.
"Yeah." Agreed Usopp.
"Look calm down or I'm going to make you calm down!" yelled Ino.
"What's that supposed to mean?" asked Sanji.
Ino glared at him.
"That's it!" yelled Ino.
She got into position.
"Soul Soul Possess!"
Sanji thankfully didn't move out of the way.
"All right! So let's keep looking." Said the Ino possessed Sanji picking up her body.
Sasuke and Usopp nodded, Fu was just confused.
"Ino ate the Soul Soul Fruit which allows her to posses people." Said Sasuke.
"Thank god she was in this group." Sighed Usopp.
Fu blinked then shrugged.
They countrified on their way. That was when they were attacked by stage little buffalo things that behaved like Cannon Balls.
"Everyone run!" yelled the Ino Possessed Sanji.
Fu grabbed Ino's body as they jumped onto some vines.
They all hung on some vines on the tree.
"All right! We're sage!" said the Ino-Possessed Sanji.
"Um… guys…" said Fu.
They all looked up and saw that the "vines" were really just whiskers to a giant blue tighter that had 6 legs.
"Ooops…" said the Ino Possessed Sanji as Usopp screamed.
Sasuke sighed knowing he would have to handle things.
Sasuke jumped to the braches as he did he unsheathed his swords.
He ran towards the giant 6-legged tiger and attacked it head on. The tiger fell out of the tree and hit the ground hard.
"All right Sasuke!" cheered the Ino Possessed Sanji.
They noticed the ground beneath the tree was cracking.
"Uh-oh…" said Ino Possessed Sanji.
The cliff collapsed sending them toppling off the island.
The Ino Possessed Sanji, Sasuke and Usopp fell through a tree and then landed in water.
Ino woke up her body thanks to being submerged.
"Ow…" she muttered.
"You okay…" said Fu as she flew down.
"I'm fine…" said Ino.
They both looked down and sweat dropped, neither one could rescue them. That was when they noticed the lake they fell in was right by a town and they breathed a sigh of relief.
"We don't have to fish them out." Sighed Fu.
"Yeah." Said Ino.
Meanwhile in a area where it was winter a little girl walked holding a flower. That was when she noticed in the distance a dinosaur with antlers was attacking another monster.
Then it noticed the little girl.
The little girl fainted as the dinosaur charged her.
However someone showed up and gave the dinosaur an uppercut sending it flying.
Turns out the person who did this was Sakura.
A large wooly mammoth like creature approached them, the others in her group were riding on it.
"I said I could have handled it." Said Zoro.
"You're still hurt!" yelled Sakura.
"That was more than a week ago!" yelled Zoro.
"But she's right you haven't recovered." Said Chopper.
"Hey! Is the little kid okay" asked Kiba.
"She's fine!" said Sakura.
She brought her up to the wooly mammoth thing.
"Hey Chopper do you think you can give her your fur?" asked Zoro.
"Sure…" said Chopper, then he realized something "Wait I'm not a coat!"
And so they counted on their way and the girl woke up.
"Huh… what happened?" she asked.
"You all right?" asked Sakura.
"I'm fine." Said the girl.
Zoro noticed the flower she was holding.
"So what are you doing out here?" asked the little girl.
"We've been lost." Said Kiba.
"Really? Because it only takes half a day to cross the winter zone." Said the little girl.
"What?" asked Zoro.
"See, the exit is right over there." Said the little girl.
She pointed to the right way and it was no longer winter.
"Okay why were following Zoro's directions again?" asked Sakura.
Chopper and Kiba both shrugged.
And so they headed to the town that was in the distance.
"Oh I'm Xiao." Said the little girl.
"Zoro." Said Zoro.
"I'm Kiba and this is my dog Akamaru." Said Kiba and Akamaru barked.
"I'm Sakura." Said Sakura.
"And I'm Chopper." Said Chopper.
"A talking gorilla." Said Xiao who then fainted.
"Don't faint!" said Chopper.
Meanwhile at the pool Nami packed up her stuff and dove in the pool, the bird decided to follow.
She looked at the bird and smiled. The bird did seem very nice and would be a big help during her plan.
Shiki was discussing plans with some of his subordinates about something involving "letting the men go."
That was when Doctor Indigo showed up and did his interruptive dance.
"Spit it out already!" yelled Shiki.
"The girl broke out!" said Doctor Indigo.
"What!" yelled Shiki.
"She must have found out that the pool is connected to the outside." Said Doctor Indigo.
With Nami and the bird they swam though the water vent… well it was like the bird swam through the water while Nami cluing on as hard as possible.
They broke out of the flying water and Nami took a deep breath after holding it for so long.
As the bird flew away it flew near a lake that seemed to be in the crater of an exotic volcano.
However even this lake was filled with the smothers. So attack the bird so much that he and Nami crashed into the water.
The bird got scared at the monster while under water he used Thunder Bolt.
It was super effective!
All of the smothers were unconscious thanks to the water conducting the electricity…
But so was Nami.
The bird freaked out, grabbed Nami and flew her to the shore. He paced back and forth panicking, thankfully she stirred.
So he began to peck her.
"Stop it!" yelled Nami punching him in the face.
The bird started crying and wanted to tearfully hug Nami.
"Stop!" said Nami firmly.
The bird sighed, however Nami smiled.
"But I should thank you for saving me." Said Nami with a smile, making the bird very happy.
Meanwhile Usopp, Sanji and Sasuke finally woke up in a boat.
"About time you two woke up." Muttered Ino.
"What happened?" asked Sanji, "Seems like I've been out for hours."
"That's what you get for yelling out to Nami and Robin." Muttered Ino.
Sanji sweat dropped.
"Man that's something you haven't done for a while to me." Said Sanji.
"Yeah." Said Ino.
"So hat happened after we crashed." Said Sasuke.
They noticed all of the town's people had strange feathers on their arms.
Also the all the people were either children or older women.
"You guys seeing this?" asked Sanji.
"Yeah…" said Sasuke.
"There's no young women in the entire village." Said Sanji.
"That's what you got out of it!" yelled Usopp.
"Oh good you're friends are awake." Said a woman approaching them with some drinks.
"Yep they're awake." Said Fu.
"So what's with the feathers on your arms?" asked Sasuke.
"I don't know… everyone has them." Sid the woman.
"Also you're so thin." Said Sanji, "Do you have enoguh food."
"We get by fine…" said the woman, "Wait! Hide!"
"What?" asked Sasuke.
She forced all five into the boat.
They saw that a it was a large snail, that was part of the snail phone family.
"What's that?" asked Usopp.
"It's a esurience snail." Said the woman, "Shiki uses it to keep tabs on us."
"WHAT"! yelled the group.
"Shiki controls are very lives here." Said the woman, "It's better to do what he says and not cause any trouble…"
The group of five looked at the woman, unsure how to react.
But they now knew that Shiki controlled the town and why they were seemingly safe from the animals they were still in danger.
Next Time: Most of the crew begins to reunite in the town on the islands... meanwhile Robin, Franky, Gaara, Isaribi and Brook discover a pirate's meeting going on. Does it have to do with Shiki's grand plan? Find out next time!