Chapter 17: IT Hits the Fan
"Can someone tell me why we're doing this again?" yelled Zoro.
They had finally arrived in Nanohana, a port city in Alabasta… however they noticed a few Baroque Works ships in the harbor and since they knew was Luffy, Ace, Vivi, Zoro, Tashigi and Sanji looked liked it was simply a matter of time until they found them… Usopp gave them the idea of covering them with a blanket and walked around town… Tsunade thought it was a good idea to use a simple Genjutsu, but it was agreed upon that since this had nothing to do with Orochimaru (or so they thought) with it, they had to lay low with the Ninja stuff.
"Are we at place to hide yet?" asked Tashigi.
"Almost… I see scenting…" said Nami.
They found the ruins of an old house they could hide in…
"I'm going to look for food!" said Luffy.
"Oh no you're not!" said Nami grabbing his shirt so he would run off.
"We need to stick tighter…" said Zoro.
"Oh… but I'm hungry…" said Luffy.
Vivi sighed…
"What is it?" asked Nami.
"It's just what's going on in your century… is it?" asked Tsunade.
"No… it's a long story… but I'm positive I know who Neji's reincarnation is…" said Vivi.
Everyone was surprised.
"Why didn't you tell us eelier?" asked Luffy.
"Well…" said Vivi.
Elsewhere in the desert nearby five figures jumped though the sand dunes… until they reach their destination… just outside of Katorea, the 5 figures were Sound Ninja… and one of them were Akumi.
"So Akumi… why being us here?" asked a man with pale purple hair with green eyes and a extremely large sword on his back.
"He's right… it seems like using us would be too big of a job…" said a younger man with spiky red hair wearing glasses.
"Well first if he figures it out… we can awaken the Byakugan…" said Akumi.
"That makes a lot of sense…" said a young woman with dark green hair pulled into a long braid.
"And also let's not forget the rebels…" said the final member who was an emotionless little black haired girl in pig tails.
"All right Sound 4! Move out!" said Akumi.
"Right!" said the 4 ninjas who was the current Sound 4…
Back in Nanohana Vivi has just finished her story… she just gave them the basics about her childhood friend having many of the same dreams which had since been found to memories of their past lives and he was Neji in these dreams… and also the childhood friend was now the leader of the rebels.
"I see…" said Tashigi.
"Only more of a reason to stop these rebels!" said Luffy.
"If he is Neji then we will need him…" said Tsunade.
"So we have to convince them to stop and tell this Kohza guy what's going on…" said Luffy.
"So then we're headed to Yuba… that's where the Rebel base is located…" said Vivi.
"Oh yeah… I just remembered…" said Nami, "Is there a reward for helping you?"
Everyone sweatdroped.
"Nami…" said Vivi with a sweat drop.
"After all… this has little to do with defeating Orochimaru…" said Nami.
"But…" said Vivi.
"And I'm sure that that Tsunade and Zoro will agree with me…" said Nami.
Tsunade began to cry anime tears… she knew what Nami was referring too… ever since she joined Nami's been challenging her to poker games… and she lost every single one of them… in other words… Tsunade owed Nami big time.
"I agree there has to be a reward…" cried Tsunade.
"Why me?" asked Zoro.
"Can we speak in private?" asked Nami with a an evil smile.
After going to the other side of the wall they heard a loud "What?!" and after minute the two came back.
"I think there should be a reward too…" growled a very unhappy Zoro.
"See those two agreed…" said Nami with an evil.
"I'll… try…" said Vivi with a sweat drop.
"Good…" said Nami.
Tsunade leaned towards Zoro, "What she got on you?" she asked.
"I barrowed money a while back… and I paid her back the same day… she's saying things about interest" said Zoro.
"Man she's greedy…" said Tsunade.
"Oh yeah…" agreed Zoro.
"We're going to need some clothes to blend in and supplies…" said Kaya.
"So who's going to go?" asked Zoro.
"We'll draw straws…" said Ace.
"Do you have straws?" asked Tashigi.
"Any one have a pen and paper?" asked Sanji.
Fortunately Usopp did and after tearing up the paper into 10 pieces, writing names (expect for Vivi), putting them into Ace's hat and pulling out two… which came out Sanji and Chopper.
"Good luck you two!" said Luffy.
"Great… they just had to put in my name…" mumbled Sanji.
"At least you don't have to carry the things…" said Chopper who was in his speed point.
Meanwhile at Katorea Akumi and the sound 4 arrived at the rebel's base, which had changed locations from where Vivi last heard.
"Excuse me…" said Akumi as sweetly s possible to a man who was a rebel.
"Yeah?" asked the man.
"Can you tell me where Kohza is?" said Akumi.
"Why do you want to join?" asked the man.
"No…" said Akumi taking out a Kunai.
"We're here to kill him…" said the member with the big sword drawing it.
Akumi teleported to behind the man… wit her kunai drawn to his neck.
"Show me where he is now…" said Akumi.
"Hey!" he scearemd.
Many of the rebels dropped what they were doing when they saw what Akumi was doing.
"I'll handle them…" said the little girl, she bit her thumb and did the hand signs needed for the summoning jutsu, "Summoning Jutsu!" she said a she placed her hands on the ground and a giant teddy appeared in a puff of smoke. Said giant teddy bear began to rampage in the rebel base.
"Wasn't that a little excessive…" said the young man with the glasses.
"It was necessary to gain their attention that we are not mess with…" said the little girl.
"I seriously need to get a summoning contract…" said the girl with the green braid.
Kohza whop was resting in a nearby tent heard the chaos…
"What was that?" said Kohza.
He left this tent and saw the other rebels… fighting a giant teddy bear that was on a rampage.
"What… the… hell…" said Kohza.
He saw Akumi holding her hostage and the other members of the Sound 4 just standing there watching the chaos. That's when Akumi saw him.
"You go lucky…" she said to her hostage.
She teleported to behind Kohza.
"What…" he said now knowing how to react.
Akumi began to create hand signs… "Wind Style! Binding Straps!" said Akumi making the hand signs. That's when Kohza felt him being bound to Akumi by invisible straps.
"What do you want with me!" yelled Kohza.
"To kill you… and the reason has nothing to with you being the rebel leader…" said Akumi.
With the sound 4, the man with the sword saw Akumi strap herself to Kohza.
"Looks like she got him…" said the man with the big sword.
"Let's get out of here then…" said the girl with the green braid.
"Mr. Fuzzykins needs some exercise so I'm going to let him be…" said the little girl.
And that's when Sound 4 used the Body Flicker to escape the base.
"Well since they saw me… they know that I'm ready…" said Akumi as she teleported away with Kohza still strapped to her.
They repapered in the desert somewhere in between Katorea and Nanohana in a area with a few small rock formations. The wind straps were no longer there and Kohza fell when they arrived.
He looked around the other members of the sound 4… were there already too. That is when he finally got a good look at the headbands they all wore.
"Those are from… my dreams…" thought Kohza.
"You're thinking about how head band… aren't you…" said the young man with the glasses while adjusting them.
"You are wondering who we are… we are the current Sound 4… my name is Sayuri… of the Western Gate…" said the little girl named Sayuri.
"I'm Minako of the Northern Gate…" said the girl with the girl with the long braid.
"The names Satoshi of the Southern Gate…" said the young man with the glasses.
"Kenta is the name and I represent the Eastern Gate…" said the man with the giant sword.
"And I'm Yakushi Akumi… and I'm Lord Orochimaru Right hand woman…" said Akumi.
"That's nice… but why did you kidnap me…" said Kohza.
"To kill you… but enlighten you first…" said Akumi, "Remember part of this mission is to see with Uchiha's reincarnation can sense when someone uses the Curse Seal… so who's going to volunteer?"
"I will…" said Sayuri.
Marks that looked like crescents began to spread though out her face.
"Try not to go over board this time… we don't want you going Level 2 again…" said Minako.
"Well first… let me tell you little about this rebellion… Crocodile told me it's okay tell you this… after all even if they do rescue you… The Rebels will think you're dead…" said Akumi, "Before you say a thing about the body… you should know about my family's tradition of a altering dead body's to look like someone… I already have a dead body that looks like you incase that will ever happen…"
"What are you talking about…" said Kohza.
"Crocodile… the so called Hero… framed the King…" said Akumi.
Kohza's eyes were wide…
Meanwhile the others were waiting for Sanji and Chopper to get Ace felt an extremely sharp pain in the back of his neck.
"What's wrong?" asked Luffy.
"It's something involving the Curse Seal… I'm sure of it…" said Tsunade she began to look at the back of his neck, "There's nothing there…"
"But then what's wrong?" asked Tashigi.
"I have a theory…" said Tsunade, "It might be that someone is nearby using the first level of the Cursed Seal…"
"You think they might be after Sanji…" said Usopp.
"No… it's coming from the desert…" said Ace getting up.
"Curse seal couldn't come with him though reincarnation… after all Sasuke didn't want or need it after he betrayed Orochimaru… but there are remnants of it's effect…" said Tsunade.
"I think I can pin point the location of who's using it…" said Ace.
"That's what I was thinking…" said Tsunade, "All right I think me, Ace and Luffy will go fight who's ever using it…"
"But what if it's a trap…" said Usopp.
"Orochimaru still doesn't know that I'm with you guys so it should be okay…" said Tsunade.
"All right let's go!" yelled Luffy.
Luffy began to walk… in the wrong direction…
"It's this way Luffy!" yelled Tsunade.
"Oh right…" said Luffy.
Back in the desert…
"So you see… you were just manipulated into this rebellion…" said Akumi.
"If what she's saying is true…" thought Kohza.
"What she's saying is true…" said Satoshi.
"You know Satoshi that's gets annoying…" said Minako.
Akumi rolled her eyes… "Any ways the reason why we kidnapped you and is about to kill you… is because of your past life…"
"What do you mean?" asked Kohza.
"You're not a normal human… there are 15 others like you… you are the reincarnation of a ninja from nearly 100 years ago… you're an enemy to Orochimaru and the Sound Village… and that's why you have to die…" said Akumi.
"How can you prove of my past life?" said Kohza who was extremity confused.
"Hmmm… I know everytime I mentioned Sound Village and Orochimaru you flinch is… that because of the dreams you have of Orochimaru killing you?" said Akumi.
"H… how did you know…" said Kohza.
"All 16 reincarnations have those dreams of their past lives…" said Akumi.
"Dreams of their past lives?" asked Kohza.
"Oh yes I did hear that you knew Princes Vivi did she tell you about her dreams as well when you were children…" said Akumi.
"Don't tell me you…" said Kohza.
"It's up to your imagination…" said Akumi.
"Why you…" said Kohza who found himself unable to move, he was tied by a green rope he saw where it was coming from and it was the hair of Minako.
"Hair Rope Jutsu… my own invention…" said Minako.
"It will end now…" said Akumi taking out senbon needles.
"Wait..." said Satoshi.
"What?" said Akumi.
"I'm getting the brain waves of three people nearby… and one of them has hints of a second… it's the Nine-tailed brat…" said Satoshi.
"Interesting… then again… who know he might of gotten separated and lost…" said Akumi.
Meanwhile Luffy, Ace and Tsunade were not too far away.
"It's coming from that rock formation…" said Ace.
Luffy had an idea…
"Okay…" Luffy running back a bit.
"Oh great…" sighed Ace.
"What?" asked Tsunade.
"You'll see…" said Ace.
Luffy stretch his arms toward the rocks… once he grabbed on… he trust himself forward and collided with Ace and Tsunade.
Back at the formation… Satoshi's eyes were wide.
"Oh shit…" said Stash.
"What?" asked Kenta.
"Everyone… duck… now…" said Satoshi who ducked.
The only one who listened was Sayuri.
"Why?" asked Minako.
That's when Luffy with Ace and Tsunade crash though a nearby rock… and crashed into Akumi and Minako.
"Wow… can you explain…" said Kenta.
"It's nearly impossible to guess the inner works of his mind… I mat be able to read it doesn't mean I can understand it…" said Satoshi.
"That was fun…" said Luffy.
"You idiot!" yelled Tsunade punching him to the ground.
Ace just sighed…
"Hey I know we enemies and all… but can you please get off me!" yelled Akumi.
Ace saw that he was sitting on top of Akumi…
"No…" said Ace.
"So it appears that the reincarnated Uchiha was able to find…" said Sayuri getting up and receding her Cursed seal.
Tsunade saw her, "A cursed Seal on a little girl… what was that monster thinking…" said Tsunade.
"I can able to move again…" said Kohza as the rope of hair no longer bound him.
"Hey you okay?" asked Luffy.
"Yeah… who are you?" asked Kohza.
"Monkey D. Luffy…" grinned Luffy.
Back in town Sanji and Chopper had just arrived back at the house ruins.
"So everything went well?" asked Nami.
"Yeah no one Baroque Works or Sound Ninja…" said Chopper.
"Well that's good for you guys…" said Zoro.
"What's that supposed to mean?" asked Sanji.
"Notice anyone missing?" asked Zoro.
"Yeah Tsunade, Luffy and Ace are gone…" said Chopper.
"What happened?" asked Sanji.
"Ace felt pain in the back of his neck… in that place… and well… Ace is apparently a curse seal detector…" said Tashigi.
"And Luffy and Tsunade went with him… it's a bad thing that Sound Ninjas with that are around…" said Zoro.
"Don't worry… I'm sure their fine… Tsunade's with them…" said Nami.
"And rammer I bought clothes…" said Sanji, "You should try them on…"
A few minutes later, the girls were dressed in dancer garb.
"You have a dirty, dirty mind…" said Tashigi glaring at Sanji.
"I told him not to get that…" said Chopper.
Nami, Vivi and Tashigi looked less than comfortable… Kaya was blushing bright red…
"You look amazing…" said Sanji in full on love cook mode.
"Later let's shop for real clothes…" whispered Tashigi.
The other three nodded in agreement.
"We should explore the town…" said Zoro, "It might take a while for the others to return…"
Everyone nodded in agreement…
Back at the Rock Formation…
"Monkey D. Luffy…" said Satoshi, "The reincarnation of Uzumaki Naruto. You're as dreamer just like your past life wanting to be King of the Pirates like Naruto wanted to be Hokage…"
"That's right… so what of it?" said Luffy.
"Portgas D. Ace…" said Satoshi ignoring Luffy, "You're the reincarnation of Sasuke Uchiha. You're the second in command of White Beard's crew… and you temporally joined your little brother's crew to find your reincarnated brethren so to speak and kill Lord Orochimaru once and for all…"
Ace glared at the sound ninja.
"And you're Tsunade…" said Satoshi with a sweat drop, "You were apart of Lord Orochimaru's team when you were both Genin and that makes you one of the Sanin… and I gots to get out here…" the ninja slowly began to get away.
"This again?" said Kenta.
Sayuri bit her thumb and performed another summoning jutsu. This time a pink stuffed rabbit appeared.
"You know what to so Bunny Buns…" said Sayuri.
Pink stuffed rabbit named Bunny Buns took out a kunai from nowhere, jumped to Satoshi's shoulder and placed a kun at his throat.
"Remember Satoshi… I love you… and I believe in tough love…" said Bunny Buns.
"Don't run away again…" said Sayuri.
Akumi let out a small growl and teleported from out under Ace to front of Tsunade. It made him
"So you're Tsunade… came out of hiding I see…" said Akumi.
"Yes I did… I had to… I think you should know why…" said Tsunade.
"Okay… Sound 4… retreat right now!" said Akumi.
"What!" yelled Kenta.
"Really?" said Satoshi happily then stared at Bunny Buns on his shoulder "I mean… what!"
"Dealing with Reincarnated ninja are in your level… after all you have only been the Sound 4 for the last 2 months… you still need experience with your cursed Seals…" said Akumi.
Bunny Buns…" said Sayuri.
"You got lucky this time!" said Bunny Buns to Satoshi.
Bunny Buns disappeared and both Sayuri and Satoshi used the Body Flicker to leave.
"But…" said Kenta.
"You may be my senior but I still out rank you… I said leave…" said Akumi.
"Fine…" said Kenta who used the Body Flicker to leave.
"Get off me!" yelled Minako.
"Fine…" said Ace getting off the sound ninja who used the body flicker to escape.
"Hmm… well I should stay to Kohza what I said about Crocodile framing the king is true… but Princess Vivi is alive and well and in fact safe for now… she's traveling with these three…" said Akumi to Kohza, "And also you three should know that Crocodile and Orochimaru have alliance together and the Sound Village is working with Baroque Works…" said Akumi.
"What?" yelled Luffy.
"By the way Kohza…" said Akumi nicking her thumb with a kunai while taking out a scroll, the swiped the scroll with some of her blood and out popped out a dead body… that looked just like Kohza, clothes and all, "Don't think of coming back to the Rebel base… those that know you're alive will try to kill you anyways…"
That's when Akumi teleported away while holding onto the dead body.
"So that's Akumi… yep definitely descended from Kabuto…" said Tsunade she turned towards Kohza who still in some shock after what happened "So you're Kohza…"
Kohza only nodded.
Back in town Tashigi walked with Zoro.
"Tell me why we're walking together…" growled Tashigi.
"Both of us are on Baroque Works hit list…" said Zoro.
"Why with you… I would have went along with Sanji or Vivi but you…" said Tashigi.
"Well I don't like it either…" said Zoro.
Tashigi went pale, like she saw a ghost.
"Oh no! Hide!" said Tashigi as she pulled Zoro into a nearby alley.
"What is it…" said Zoro.
Then she saw Tashigi stared at man with silver hair and a huge weapon strapped to his back and smoking two cigars.
"Who is that?" asked Zoro.
"That's my superior officer Captain Smoker…" said Tashigi.
"What is he doing here?" asked Zoro.
"My guess is that he heard I was kidnapped and followed my trail…" said Tashigi, "Hide until I say so…"
"Why should I?" said Zoro.
"You want to be arrested?" said Tashigi.
"No…" said Zoro.
"Then stay there… who knows what is going to happen…" said Tashigi.
At the rebel base… the Rebels were still dealing with the giant teddy bear, Mr. Fuzzykins. That's when Akumi whistled…
"Hey!" yelled Akumi.
Everyone including Mr. Fuzzykins stopped what they were doing… they saw Akumi holding the "dead body of Kohza"
"Sorry to say that you're rebel leader passed on, he has ceased to be…" said Akumi.
"Yeah, yeah we all know the bit…" said a rebel.
"Oh well…" said Akumi throwing "Kohza's body" to the ground.
One of them rebels placed his finger on his throat, "He's dead…" said the rebel, "And I can see Akumi couldn't kill him either but had to use a body…" he thought who was really a sound spy.
"Who sent you…" said one of the rebels.
"It's up to your imagination…" said Akumi.
She teleported away as Mr. Fuzzykins disappeared as his charka was now gone.
Back in the desert they headed back towards Nanohana with Kohza who was extremely quiet. Luffy knew why and decided to cheer him up.
"Oh come it's not that bad…" said Luffy.
"It's worse than you think…" said Kohza.
"He's right it can't be that bad… so what you were tricked… but this is the chance to make things right… especially with the people that you did wrong…" said Ace.
Tsunade smirked, "You know… there's something I've been wanting to ask you guys… have your dreams getting clearer?"
"Not that I think about it…" said Luffy, "They have…"
"My guess is that now you know their not ordinary dreams… but something more… and you're ready to fully remember you're past lives…" said Tsunade.
"I see…" said Luffy.
"Makes sense…" said Ace quietly.
"And I think I know where Ace is coming from when he said that… there's people who's done a lot worse and make up for it… I can think of two people…" said Tsunade looking right at Kohza.
Back in Nanohana… Tashigi walked up to her superior officer.
"Captain Smoker sir?" asked Tashigi.
"Tashigi!" said Captain Smoker who looked at her… then at the outfit she was wearing, he began to blush heavily and look away somewhat.
"The guy who bought this was a pervert…" sighed Tashigi.
"Who honestly understands pirates…" said Smoker, "So I se you're in good health and are you ready to come back to base after arresting the pirate scum?"
Tashigi was quiet, "I… can't…" said Tashigi.
"Don't tell… you became one of them…" said Smoker's with his eyes wide.
"Well… sort of…" said Tashigi, "I can't explain it…"
Too bad… you were feisty to the end… but that couldn't save your brother or yourself… you better hope that Gaara doesn't join you…
Damn you Orochimaru…
"How come…" said Smoker.
"It involves reincarnated Ninja and that's all I'm saying…" said Tashigi.
Smoker stared at Tashigi.
Zoro watched was the alley, he couldn't hear what they were saying but judging by the reactions, Smoker looked like she was crazy, Tashigi looking a little sad, Smoker glaring at Tashigi, Tashigi looking even more sad almost on the verge of crying, Smoker looking angry and betrayed and the two turning away from each other. Tashigi walked towards him angrily.
"So what happened?" asked Zoro.
"All I'm saying that the Marines now consider me a traitor, a pirate and I can never return…" said Tashigi.
"Is that so…" said Zoro.
"And it's all you're fault…" said Tashigi.
"My fault? How can it be mine?" said Zoro.
"If I didn't decide to stay back at Reverse Mountain…" said Tashigi.
"You'd be dead…" said Zoro.
Tashigi sighed and turned away from the swords man…
"The next few she's going to be a major pain…" said Zoro who sighed.
Elsewhere in town they found Luffy, Ace, Tsunade and Kohza found the hiding spot to find nowhere one was there.
"Oh no…" said Luffy.
"Don't worry… I'm sure their just exploring the town…" said Tsunade.
"Oh yeah…" said Luffy that's when his stomach growled "I'm going to look for a restaurant"
Luffy ran off at the speed of light or would have had Nami not grabbed him after a few feet.
"Oh no you don't…" said Nami.
"Hi Nami!" said Luffy like nothing happened.
Vivi was also with her, "So what happened?" asked Vivi not noticing the other three.
"Vivi?" said Kohza.
"Kohza?" said Vivi surprised.
He looked away with a slight blush, "What are you wearing?"
Vivi sighed, "The guy who bought this was a pervert…" she said.
"I see…" said Kohza.
"So… what happened?" asked Vivi again wondering why Kohza was with them.
"We have good news and bad news…" said Tsunade.
"What's the bad news…" said Vivi.
"Well, the bad news is that Sound is working with Baroque Works and Akumi used a fake body to trick the rebels in thinking Kohza's dead…" said Ace.
"What's the good news?" asked Nami.
"Well as you can see Kohza joined us…" said Tsunade.
"And I found a berry!" said Luffy holding up the coin he found.
"We should find the others…" said Vivi.
The others expect for Kohza nodded in agreement… little did they know they were being watched by someone… or something… a floating eye… far away the person who this eye belonged to sighed in the shadow of a sand dune.
"Hmm… interesting… can't wait to see how this plays out…" he said.
Next Time: With Kohza now with the group they have to go fight Crocodile as they might be able to stop the Rebels directly. but they have to cross a huge a dessert... not only that but just getting to the starting point is tough... especially when some Baroque Works ship mystery get destroyed...what's going not happen?
A/N: Yes the person watching is Gaara's reincarnation but he won't appear fully until a few more chapters... and one more thing about him... he won't be what you'll except him to be... you will never guess his personality...