Chapter 3: Christmas War of Love!
Sanji was hammering mistletoe over the door the Galley. Ino saw what he was doing… she sighed.
"You know that might backfire again… like that time with Pat…" said Ino.
"THAT NEVER LEAVES THE BARATIE!" yelled Sanji.
"Okay, okay… all I'm saying is that you might need to think of another place… you might end up having another gay kiss… probably with Usopp or Zoro…" said Ino.
"But the author doesn't like Yaoi…" said Sanji.
"But for some reason… even she doesn't know why… she enjoys torturing you…" said Ino.
Sanji sighed, "You're right…" said Sanji, "But what do I do?"
"Who knows… I'm going Christmas shopping for Sasuke!" said Ino in a loving tone.
"You're going to what!" yelled the pink haired doctor's assistant.
"I'm going shopping for Sasuke, forehead… what is it you don't have any money?" asked Ino.
"No of course I do… I'm one of the few on this ship that doesn't have to pay back Nami… piggy…" said Sakura.
"What?" said Ino.
"Hey Tia what to go Christmas shopping?" asked Sakura.
"Sure!" said Tia running up to Sakura, "I have to get something for Zatch…"
"That…" said Ino.
She turned around and saw Kolulu sitting down with the air around her black.
"What's wrong Kolulu…" said Ino walking up to the little mamodo.
"I can't buy a present for Zatch…" said Kolulu.
"How come?" asked Ino.
"Because I don't want to ask for money from Zoro… he's already in enough debt already…" said Kolulu.
"Oh…" said Ino, "Hey how about I pay for your present?"
"Really?" said Kolulu with the air around her turning normal again, "Wait is Tia and Sakura going shopping together and you volunteered so that together we can get better presents for Zatch and Sasuke?"
"…" said Ino.
"I'm in…" said Kolulu.
"…" said Ino with a sweat drop, "Dark Kolulu must be affecting more of her personality when it comes to their rivalry…" she thought.
Meanwhile in the galley Usopp and Kiba with Akamaru in tow came into the room caring a Christmas tree, only to find Sanji staring at mistletoe.
"Okay…" said Kiba.
"What's wrong Sanji…" said Usopp.
"I'm trying to figure out a way to use this with out having to kiss a guy…" said Sanji.
"Who did you kiss on the Baratie?" asked Usopp.
"No one!" yelled Sanji he decided to change the subject, "That's a very nice looking tree…"
"Yeah it was on discount…" said Kiba.
"Why?" asked Sanji.
(Flashback)
In a Christmas tree lot both Kiba and Usopp were looking tree… then Usopp whispered something to Kiba.
"So that's why you didn't want Yuki or Kaya to come along… and why you brought Akamaru…" said Kiba who then smirked.
He nodded to Akamaru… after finding a good tree Akamaru did an act where it faked peeing on the tree… one of the men who worked there saw him.
"Hey! Hey! Get this mutt out of here!" yelled the man.
Akamaru ran away that's when Kiba and Usopp came around.
"That's a nice tree…" said Kiba.
"Um… well…" said the man, "Hey it's discounted… want to buy it…"
"Sure…" said Kiba.
Kiba whispered to Usopp, "I didn't know you could be underhanded..."
"Nami gave us a budget… you know…" whispered Usopp.
"Good point…" said Kiba.
(End of Flashback)
"No reason…" said Usopp.
"Have you tired Mistletoe hats?" asked Kiba.
"That was already used the author's last year's Christmas Fanfic…" said Sanji.
"Oh yeah…" said Usopp.
In town Tia and Sakura were looking for presents…
"Let's try the book store…" said Sakura.
"Okay…" said Tia.
They looked though out the store… Sakura came across books such as "Revenge" "How to be a an Avenger" "Getting back at your brother" "And Vengeance for Dummies"
"I think Sasuke will like this one" said Sakura getting "How to be an Avenger" after hearing that Sasuke wanted to avenge someone but didn't know who.
"You found something…" said Tia.
"Yeah…" said Sakura.
Elsewhere Kolulu and Ino were walking down the street…
"Come up with any ideas…" said Ino.
"Not yet…" said Kolulu, it was tough since she was on a budget… then she walked passed a store that said "Pocky half priced"
"I got it!" said Kolulu.
Ino saw the sign too… she smiled… a Vulcan army… how cute…
Kolulu bought quite a few boxes of pocky…
Back on the ship Luffy, Zatch and Naruto entered the Galley… Sanji was still trying to figure it out…
"What's going on?" asked Luffy.
"I'm trying to figure a good place to put this without kissing… a man…" said Sanji.
"So you want to kiss Nami, Robin and Kaya but not Zoro or Usopp…" said Luffy.
"Hey kit… I have something to tell him…" said Kyubi.
"What?" asked Naruto.
"Put it on a belt buckle…" said Kyubi.
Naruto blinked, then yelled out "There's no way I'm going to tell him that!"
Everyone else in the room stared at him.
"I'm going to take a nap…" said Naruto, which was code "I have to argue with the fox demon in my head"
Naruto left the room.
"What was that about?" asked Zatch.
"I don't think we should know…" said Sanji.
Back bin town Tia was carrying tow yellow tail…
"I know he'll like but I think it's a little… um… predicable…" said Tia.
"It's okay as long as he likes it…" said Sakura.
Not too fare away…
Ino was carrying an Old Marines Bag, it was filled with a few shirts.
"I hope Sasuke likes the clothes I got him…" said Ino.
That's when the rivals met up with each other.
"Find a Christmas Present?" asked Ino.
"Yeah I did…" said Sakura holing up the bag with the book.
"I see you got Zatch Yellow tail…" said Kolulu.
"I have to admit… I couldn't think of any thing…" said Tia, "Wow you actually got him something…"
"Yeah… just something simple…" said Kolulu.
"Since we have the presents let's just go back to the ship…" said Ino glaring slightly at Sakura.
"Okay…" said Sakura.
They got back to the ship to find a slap mark across Sanji face.
"What happened?" asked Ino.
"I pulled out the Mistletoe Toe above my head when Nami was in the room… she slapped me…" said Sanji.
"Why did I have to ask…" said Ino.
Next Time: Luffy, Naruto and Zatch stay up to see Santa... however Santa had a stomach virus so there was a replacement... crossover with an old SNL sketch, also see what everyone gets... next time.
A/N: Old Marines is a parody of Old Navy... sorry but it had to be done... also the mistletoe hats are from An Anime Christmas Carroll chapter 2... just in incase you were wondering...