Chapter 322: Rumble With Shiki

Nami looked into the sky, and Shiki was floating there, ready for a fight. Fu, Hinata and Sakura all knew they had to join as well.

"Are you ready to come back baby doll?" asked Shiki.

"She isn't yours!" yelled Luffy.

"Remember Zoro, take it easy." Said Sakura.

"Don't tell me what do to." Muttered Zoro.

Sakura and Chopper both rolled their eyes.

That was when the fight began, with Luffy tossing a stretchy punch.

However Shiki was able to dodge it.

"Hey! You're not the only one who can fly!" called out Fu in half demon form.

She flew towards him ready to strike.

"I'm impressed." He said with a smirk.

He tried to kick her, however she easily dodged.

That was when Sanji join in her midair. He had managed to jump up high.

He tired to kick Shiki, but Shiki caught the kick.

However Sakura managed to toss a very large rock at Shiki causing him to drop Sanji, getting Fu to catch him.

"Well you tried." Said Fu.

Naruto turned into his half demon form and jumped high into the air. And swiped at him.

However Shiki just dodged.

Then Luffy attacked him again.

"Why are we attacking him one at a time?" asked Kiba turning Akamaru into his clone.

"Attack him all at once!" called out Usopp.

"Like you're going to do anything." Said Kiba.

"Oh so you're going to get serious!" said Shiki with a laugh.

That was when Naruto created many clones.

Shiki began to fight them off.

However a couple of the Naruto clones put Hinata on his back.

"All right you ready?" asked Naruto's clone.

Hinata nodded.

She struck Shiki in the back.

Shiki flinched in pain.

"A gentle fist user, haven't experienced you in years." Said Shiki.

He managed to turn around and grab her, and toss her into the clones.

Sasuke and Zoro both unsheathed their swords and jumped towards Shiki. Shiki managed to flyaway.

However he saw a boulder fly towards him.

However he stopped it mid air.

"Oh crap…" said Sakura who was the one how threw it.

Sakura, Kiba and Usopp all ran away from the boulder.

"I'm going to take a shot in the dark and say all of the ground on the island is under his control." Said Kiba.

"You got that right." Laughed Shiki.

That was when suddenly the ground itself took the shape of lion heads.

"Welp… we're screwed." Said Kyubi.

"Hey… don't say that yet." Thought Naruto.

"Seriously we're on an island he literally has control over…" said Kyubi, "Who would have through you could make things fly like that."

The lion heads began to attack them all.

Nami and Ino both watched and gritted their teeth.

"You guys better pull through…" muttered Ino.

Luffy decided to punch one of the lions in the face, it hit.

Shiki laughed however it reformed.

The lions all attack the fighters engulfing them all.

Nami and Ino watched in horror as it did, and soon the lion's reformed into an large twisty pillar, with the crew remembered in it, and all seemed to be unconscious.

They all ran towards the pillar.

"You didn't have to do that!" yelled Nami.

"Oh really?" asked Shiki, "Are you sure you don't want to change your mind about joining my crew."

"Why would I…" said Nami.

"I think you misunderstand the threat their in." said Shiki.

A large rock floated above the pillar.

Nami began to shake as she saw the large rock.

"All right! I'll do it!" cried Nami.

"Nami…" whispered Ino.

"I'll join you! Just don't hurt them!" yelled Nami.

"Are you sure about that?" asked Shiki.

Nami's eyes winded realizing what he wanted.

She got on her hands on knees.

"Please… please just let me join your crew." Said Nami.

Shiki smiled when she said that.

"Again?" asked a voice.

Nami looked up ant saw that Sakura was still conscious in the pillar.

"You're going put yourself through this again?" asked Sakura, "After all that happened…"

"You heard what he's doing…" said Nami.

"Don't do this! You can't do this all over again!" cried Sakura, "Sacrificing yourself for everyone back home..."

"Look I can handle it…" said Nami.

"Don't do this!" cried Sakura, "I remember what it did to you the first time…"

"Sakura… this isn't like before…" cried Nami, "I can handle it."

Sakura looked at Nami's eyes and she knew what meant.

"Fine, be that way…" muttered Sakura, "I'm not helping you this time…"

"I knew you wouldn't…" said Nami, "You belong with Luffy's crew now…"

Shiki considered throwing a rock to knock her out but noticed there was something to bickering so he didn't.

"You two seem to be close." Said Shiki.

"We're from the same town." Said Nami as she fiddled with a bracelet her sister game her thinking back to her home island.

"I see…" said Shiki.

"You promise to leave the East Blue alone?" asked Nami.

"Of course, I always give a favor to one of my crew members." Said Shiki with a smile.

That was when a Tone Dial floated to Nami.

"I'm not completely heartless, I'll let you leave a farewell message to your friends… well the one who are not conscious and here." Said Shiki.

Nami nodded and left a message. Ino and Sakura closed their eyes listening to what she had to say.

When she done, Shiki laughed .

"That was a good message to leave them." Said Shiki.

Nami just placed the Tone Dial on the ground.

Shiki laughed as he looked at the Surveillance Snail.

Once the two were gone, Ino sighed.

"I couldn't do anything." Sighed Ino, "It feels like this Devil Fruit has been getting more and more useless lately…"

"Well you could always dig us out." Said Usopp.

"You're conscious!" yelled both Sakura and Ino.

"Yeah…" said Usopp, "By the way I was going to yell at Nami, but Sakura beat me to it…"

"Seriously…" said Sakura.

"What I know how you and Nami are." Said Usopp, "Besides I don't know why but I almost forgot about the thing with Arlong."

"Seriously?" asked Sakura, she would face palm but remember, stuck in a pillar of earth.

Ino sighed as she began to climb up to dig everyone out.

As she did she heard explosions.

"What was that?" asked Ino.

"Oh no…" said Sakura.

"Oh no what?" asked Usopp.

"I think… I think Shiki just blew up the Daft Green." Said Sakura's eyes widened.

"WHAT!" yelled Ino and Usopp remembering that those kept the animals away.

"This is going to get bad and fast." said Sakura.

And so Nami joined Shiki…

But once Luffy's conscious do you honestly think he's going to just let that happen? After all this wasn't the first time this happened to Nami.

Next Time: After Nami leaves, the crew manages to reunite and Luffy doesn't take Nami's goodbye message well... What will happen? Find out next time!