A/N: Well this chapter has both a mini-story and a twist at the end that I barely even hinted... anyways I wrote a twist at the end of the chapter which so surprising and dramatic that I recommend either A. Read the mini-story first or B. Skip the mini-story for later... I hope you like the mini-story... and I know you'll love if you're an anime fan... enjoy!
Chapter 15: Tsunade's Thoughts
The Crew sailed away from Drum Isalnd… watching the pink cherry blossom like snow… well almost everyone… when they got back to ship they found Carue half-frozen in the water. Vivi, Akamaru, Tsunade and Chopper were looking over the poor duck.
"Oh Carue… what happened?" asked Vivi.
"Quack… quack…" said the poor bird (Translation: I followed the green haired guy after he jumped into the water… I thought he was drowning…)
Chopper translated for the duck… Vivi began to glare at Zoro…
"It wasn't my fault…" said Zoro in fear hopping she would resort in that…
"Can someone get me my weapons?" asked Vivi.
"Oh shit…" said Zoro, oh yeah… she resorted to that...
Sanji gave her the giant sack… and Vivi began to chase the poor swords while throwing various weapons… what's worse… she still had Tenten's aim… Zoro tried his best to dodge…
"Isn't anyone to go help me!" yelled Zoro.
"You brought it on yourself…" said Sanji.
"But it was an accident!" yelled Zoro.
"Still you brought on yourself…" said Sanji lighting a cigarette.
Everyone decided to let the Princess cool off while she threw deadly weapons at the swordsman… so they changed the subject…
"That's so awesome you could understand animals!" said Luffy.
"Yeah… but it's not that awesome!" yelled Chopper though his body was happy.
"You sure seem happy…" said Tashigi.
"Let's party!" cheered Luffy, "Celebrating our newest crewmembers!"
And so they began to party… Zoro and Vivi joined the fun … after both cooled down… and removed some things… from Zoro body…
The next day… Tsunade wasn't feeling well...
"Hey are you okay Tsunade…" said Chopper noticing at that Tsunade was puking over the side of the ship's side.
"Yeah… just mixture of seasickness and hangover… mostly just the hangover…" said Tsunade, "I haven't drank that much since the Gold Rogers incident…" she said.
"What did happen with you and Gold Rogers anyways?" asked Chopper hopping that since Dr. Kureha was just an act that she openly talk about the "Gold Rogers incident"
"Never ask…" said Tsunade.
Chopper sweatdroped, "That blows that theory…" he thought.
"I think I'll be fine in an hour…" said Tsunade.
Elsewhere in the Village Hidden in Sound…
"Okay your first meeting with Crocodile…" said Akumi.
"Do we have to do it this way?" asked Orochimaru cocking an eyebrow.
"Yes…" sighed Akumi.
Orochimaru was currently riding on Akumi's back, strapped on like a backpack.
"I'm making an order never speak of this…" said Orochimaru
"How do you think I feel…" said Akumi.
Both disappeared in a puff of smoke… reappearing in a room where Miss All Sunday was waiting for them… she stared at the two.
"Sorry… it's extremely hard for someone to come with me with out being strapped on…" said Akumi, "Can you give me a hand please…"
Akumi nearly jumped into the ceiling had it not been fro Orochimaru strapped to her… seeing hands magically appeared from her back and un-strap Orochimaru was just scary... then again she's been dealing with Orochimaru since she was a little kid.
"Sorry to have scared you… I ate…" said Miss All Sunday.
"The Hana Hana Fruit… I've heard a lot about you… and I know what you did… don't worry… I may have an alliance with the World Government but I won't turn you in…" smiled Orochimaru now fully un-strapped from Akumi's back.
"Thank you…" said Miss All Sunday, "I'll give you sometime to get ready…"
She left the room… the moment she closed the door she shuddered.
"He can't be human…" she said.
Back on the Merry Go Tsunade took a breath… she felt a lot better.
"You feeling better?" asked Luffy.
"Yes I am…" said Tsunade.
"Good because I have something to show you and Chopper…" said Luffy.
"What?" asked Tsunade.
A few minutes later with Chopper…
"You're wanted…" said Chopper and Tsunade at the same time.
Tsunade sweatdroped… mostly as the bounty picture but was also interested at something… his middle initial… D.
"Naruto was reincarnated as someone who's part of the Will of D… interesting…" thought Tsunade.
"What is cool!" said Chopper.
"And you see this?" asked Usopp joining them, he pointed to the bottom left hand corner, "I'm wanted too…"
Tsunade sweatdroped at this…
"Wow that is so cool…" said Chopper.
Tsunade chuckled…
"Usopp has very little in common with Kiba…" she thought, "But I do have to admit… both of them are loud…" she chuckled.
"Okay then I'm going to take a walk…" said Tsunade, "I still need to clear my head…"
She decided to walk along the deck… that's when she the clang of metal… she saw Tashigi and Zoro sparing… after a minute Zoro won.
"I'm going to take a nap…" said Zoro sheathing his swords.
"Get back here! I'm not done with you yet!" said Zoro.
Tsunade laughed… "Zoro… he's lazy… but less lazy than Shikamaru… at least he has something Shikamaru always lacked… motivation… that the one thing that keeps Zoro going… I heard that he's planning on being the world's greatest swordsman… that's great he gained something in the new life… but… he also lost something…" thought Tsunade who remembered when she first met Zoro as Dr. Kureha.
Tsunade looked towards Tashigi, "She's a lot like Temari… both are stubborn… extremely stubborn…" thought Tsunade. Tsunade sweatdroped when Tashigi tripped, "The one difference is that she's clumsy…" she thought.
Before Tsunade left she looked at both of them then laughed to herself, "It's going to start all over again…" she thought as she remembered a certain "relationship" between a Leaf Chunin and Sand Jonin…
As she was walking Kaya walked up to her.
"Tsunade… can I ask you something…" said Kaya.
"What?" asked Tsunade.
"I was wondering… if it's possible if I would become your apprentice… in traditional medicine that is… like Chopper…" said Kaya.
"Of course…" said Tsunade.
"Thank you…" said Kaya running ff to tell Usopp who was nearby the good news.
"She shy… but as shy as Hinata was… she's still kind… though I do have to admit that I'm surfside that she fell for Usopp… it's too obvious that she did… I do have to feel sorry for Luffy…" thought Tsunade. She turned to Luffy crying over the face that he was just kicked out the galley by Sanji, "Then again… I don't think he cares…"
"And stay out!" yelled Sanji.
Tsunade walked past the Galley Door.
"Oh Tsunade… do you need anything to drink?" asked Sanji.
Tsunade sweatdroped, she had the feeling that Sanji had the hots for despite the tremendous age difference… she was the oldest human on the planet (after all she was the oldest of the Sanin because her birthday was before Orochimaru and Jiraiya)… though she didn't look any older than Nami thanks to that jutsus she used years ago…
"No I'm fine…" said Tsunade.
"Are you sure… I know you're still suffering from that hang over…" said Sanji with a pink heart replaced his eye.
"No I'm fine…" said Tsunade with a sweat drop.
She walked off, "Well he's still cool and calm… but I don't know which is worse… Kakashi being late and feeding bad excuses or Sanji hitting on me… right now… for now… it's a draw…" she thought.
She walked away form the Galley.
"Hey Tsunade!" called Nami's voice.
"What?" asked Tsunade.
"I was wondering if sometime later we could play Poker…" said Nami.
Tsunade sweatdroped, "Sure…" said Tsunade.
"That's great…" said Nami with an evil smile as she walked away.
"I always likes Sakura… she reminded myself of a young me… but… how did her soul get warped into that?" thought Tsunade with a sweat drop.
Tsunade continued her walk and saw Vivi looking out towards the ocean…
"I feel sorry for her… for her country to have such problems… I guess… she understands most of what it is to rule over People…" thought Tsunade, "Who would have thought Tenten would also be reincarnated as a Princess too…"
Tsunade continued her walk… that's when she tripped over something… it was a snoozing Ace.
"He must have fallen asleep in mid step…" she thought.
That's when Ace woke up.
"Oh I'm sorry… are you okay?" he asked.
"I'm fine…" said Tsunade.
"That's good…" said Ace with a sigh…
"You thought if I wasn't I was going to punch you… right?" asked Tsunade.
Ace only laughed… which meant "Kind of…"
Tsunade got up, "I can't believe that he was Sasuke… I guess… since they remember their past lives though their dreams… that Ace knew to stay from what Sasuke was… Ace is almost the polar opposite… even if he is an avenger… he's going in a completely direction that Sasuke went to… he learned from Sasuke's mistakes…" thought Tsunade, "He is trustworthy after all…"
As she continued her walk she found herself at the Ram's head… where Luffy was sitting.
"You feeling better?" asked Luffy knowing she didn't feel so well.
"Yeah… I'm a lot better…" said Tsunade.
"That's good to hear…" said Luffy.
"Luffy… he's so much like a childish version of Naruto… and Naruto was already childish to begin with… the Hokage who avoided his duties by running away… and having Anbu chase him thought the streets… Luffy… he's so much like Naruto… the type of person to get you to change and open up… but…" thought Tsunade.
Suddenly a giant bird swooped down near the ship and grabbed Luffy.
"How did that happen!" yelled Tsunade.
Chopper also saw this and began to panic…
"Don't worry…" said Usopp.
"Why!" yelled Tsunade.
"This happens all the time…" said Usopp like it was nothing.
That's when the bird crashed into the ship… possibly dead.
"That taught him…" said Luffy.
"How can you be used to that?" asked Tsunade, "He's a bigger trouble magnet than Naruto ever was… and Naruto played pranks on everyone…" she thought.
"Oh yeah… we should tell them…" said Luffy.
"Tell them about what?" asked Usopp.
"I think I know…" said Vivi walking up to them, "About Baroque Works…"
Both Tsunade and Chopper just blinked in a response.
Meanwhile in Crocodile's um… Office, he waited for his guests with Miss All Sunday.
"Are you want him to be our alley…" said Miss All Sunday.
"I'm sure…" said Crocodile.
"But he has been known to break alliances… in fact the Sound's first alliance which was with the Sand he broke it when he killed the 4th Kazekage, ripped off his face and possessed as him… I don't think he's even human…" said Miss All Sunday.
"How many years ago was that? Orochimaru is still going to be our alley…" said Corrodible.
Then there was a knock on the door.
"Looks like their ready... you may come in…" said Crocodile.
Akumi was the first to enter the room fallowed shortly by Orochimaru… when Crocodile first saw the man, he shivered…
"He can't be human… I thought Miss All Sunday was lying… but…" thought Crocodile.
"Well Crocodile… it's a pleasure to finally meet face to face…" said Orochimaru.
"Oh yes… take a seat…" said Crocodile hiding all fear.
"Of course…" said Orochimaru.
Both sat a nice looking table with their right hand woman standing beside them.
"Now we both agree to alliance… because we share our enemies…" said Orochimaru.
"Yes..." said Crocodile.
"Well first I have a condition… I'm all for the rebellion… but the current leader has to go…" said Orochimaru.
"I see you have heard about his connection to Princess Vivi… but I'm already having agents make sure that they will never meet…" said Crocodile.
"Oh it's not that…" said Orochimaru, "Akumi… perhaps you explain…"
"Yes… I will…" said Akumi, she took out a picture of Vivi, "You this picture…"
"That looks like the same picture that we gave our agents… we gave you one too…" said Crocodile.
"Yes… but this a copy I made… I redeveloped it in a special solution… that reacts to Chakra…" said Akumi.
She placed the picture on the table, she placed one finger on it and put a small amount of Chakra into it… she then slid it down to Crocodile. He looked at it… there in Vivi's place, in including clothes, hair style and accessories and other things stood a girl… instead of blue hair and violet eyes stood a girl with dark brown hair and brown eyes.
"That picture when applied with Chakra reserves if the person is one of the 16 reincarnation…" said Akumi.
"What does this have to with Kohza?" asked Crocodile.
"I'll show you…" said Akumi.
She began to search her pockets… that's when she began to sweat drop.
"Ooops…" said Akumi, "I left the picture back in the Sound Village…"
Orochimaru chuckled, "Oh that's understandable… you had one of you covert missions…" said Orochimaru.
"Yes… I often disguise myself as a Genin… who's complete ditz… many sound ninja often forget it's an act… and sometimes my act escapes me and I sometimes forget things… I'll be back in a few minutes…" said Akumi disappearing in a puff of smoke.
"So… I hear the world's oldest human…" said Crocodile making awkward small talk.
"No… there's one person older… and she's… one of the banes of my existence... but I am the world's oldest human male…" said Orochimaru.
Back on the Merry Go…
"So… you made enemies with one of the 7 Warlords of the sea on your first day here?" asked Tsunade with a sweat drop.
"Yep…" said Luffy with a smile.
Tsunade sighed and hung her head.
"So what are their agents?" asked Chopper.
"He has a good point… if we are fighting them… we should know what their agents are like…" said Tsunade.
"She does a have a point…" said Zoro.
"I guess I should…" said Vivi.
She began to explain the hierarchy of Baroque works, there were Mr. 0 (AKA Crocodile) and his partner Miss All Sunday, there were also the officer agents, Mr. 1 and his partner Miss Double Finger, Mr. 2 who unlike the other agents worked alone, Mr. 3 and his partner Miss Golden Week, Mr. 4 and his partner Miss Merry Christmas and finally Mr. 5 and his partner Miss Valentines…
"But those two… were defeated by Akumi… I think…" said Tashigi.
"Akumi?" asked Tsunade.
"She works for the sound… we think she's very high ranked… because of her family name…" said Zoro.
"Is it Yakushi?" asked Tsunade.
"That's right…" said Ace.
Vivi continued her explanation about the Frontier Agents, Mr. 6 though 12… also about Mr. 13 and his partner a Miss Friday… an otter and vulture who were called the unluckies. Also about the Billions, the Officer Agent's minions and the Millions, the Frontier Agents minions…
"Wow…" said Chopper.
"I can't believe that this is happening…" said Tsunade who appeared to be thinking about something.
"What is it?" asked Vivi.
"What if Orochimaru finds out…" said Tsunade, "He could… if Akumi told him about those two…"
"Should we be worried?" asked Vivi.
"Let's just wait and see…" said Tsunade.
Back at Crocodile's HQ Akumi reappeared…
"I found it…" said Akumi holding up a picture of a young wearing sunglasses with short sandy blonde hair, "The dramatic effect would have been much better but I think I'm about to tell you might realign it… some Jonin took this picture during a recent reconnaissance mission for this alliance…"
Akumi placed the picture on the table and placed her finger on it… when she slid it down the table. Crocodile's eyes were wide.
"He… he's…" stuttered Crocodile.
"Kohza the rebel leader… is the reincarnation of Hyuga Neji…" said Orochimaru with a smirk.
Mini-story: There's a What in Luffy's What?
(Kaya was looking over with the Byakugan like an X-ray for her training with Tsunade… she told her that is all right to use the Byakugan like that… as long as the person knew she had it… Luffy knew he fine and volunteered for it… Kaya was examining his head when she found strange… her eyes wide)
Tsunade: What's wrong.
Kaya (deactivating the Byakugan): Well, (whispers to Tsunade)
Tsunade: O.o There's a what in his what?
Luffy: O.O Is there something wrong with me?
Kaya: We think… but we have to tell the others…
(Later in the galley with everyone in there)
Kaya: During my examination with Luffy… I discovered a problem…
Tashigi: Wasn't this just a test for you?
Kaya: Yes… however… I have discovered… that Luffy… has a crayon… lodged in his brain…
Everyone but Luffy, Tsunade and Kaya: O.o What?
Luffy (pointing to his chest): In my brain?
(Nami grabs Luffy's arm and makes it point to his head)
Ace: You know… I think I know how it happened…
(Flashback to an 11 year old Ace and an 8 year old Luffy)
Luffy (Stuffing crayons up his nose): 14, 15, and 16…
(Luffy is suddenly dizzy)
Luffy: Oh… I don't feel so good.
(Sneezes 15 crayons come out)
Ace: Is that all of them?
Luffy: I think so…
(End of Flashback)
Everyone but Luffy and Ace: O.o
Luffy: What's wrong?
Tsunade: I wonder what you'd be like with out the crayon…
(Everyone nods in agreement)
End of Mini-story…
Next Time: Their almost to Alabasta... along the way they meet a strange weirdo who has the ability to transform... however it turns out he's Mr. 2! What will happen? Find out next time...