CHAPTER 4

"Oh my god your wedding pictures are so beautiful!,"Nami squealed in delight, as she gasped in amazement at Naruto and Sakura's wedding album. Nami, Luffy, Natsu, Lucy, Naruto and Sakura were huddled together, as Naruto and Sakura showed some of their closest friends of what they would've been up to over the years.

"Oh wow that is beautiful…" Lucy complimented Sakura as she peered closer over Nami's shoulder. In the picture Sakura was dressed in pink kimono with beautiful tiny white flowers running across it. Her short pink hair was pinned up, as her emerald eyes shone with happiness. Naruto who stood next to her in a traditional black kimono was grinning his usual fox like grin, as he puffed out his chest with pride.

"You know Sakura," Lucy suddenly spoke up as her eyes narrowed slyly. "I'm not surprised you two got hitched. I remember when you two first came here, fifteen years ago we were all teenagers back then. You use to deny your feelings for Naruto. I can still remember your face turning red when Naruto got too close for comfort." Lucy teased.

"She still does," Naruto chuckled, as Sakura's face grew red. "Baka," Sakura mumbled folding her arms. At that exact moment the entire guild heard Hanami's piercing screams. Naruto and Sakura bolted to the backroom at the sound of her scream, with their friends on their heels. Naruto kicked the door in to reveal a crying Hanami curled up in a corner like a foetus.

"OH MY GOD MY BABY!," Sakura wailed as she quickly enfolded Hanami in her arms. "Hanami what happened to you?!," Sakura questioned fearing the worst. "The nice lady Pory- Pory." Hanami rasped. "You mean Porylusica?," Sakura stated suddenly realizing that Porylusica wasn't in the room. "She gave me-me that apple." Hanami whimpered as she weakly pointed to the apple on the side of the room.

"I took one- one bite and it tasted so horrible. I've never tasted something so dis- disgusting." Hanami rasped and stammered than began to cry again at the same time. "Oh no,"Nami bleated, as she saw the apple. Luffy slowly approached the apple with a pissed off look on his face. He growled as he snatched the apple up in his hands, and crushed the rest of the apple with his bare hand in anger.

"Naruto… Sakura…" Luffy addressed the two of them gravely, as he turned to face them. "Do you know what kind of apple that was?." Naruto and Sakura exchanged worried glances with one another. "What Hanami was given was no ordinary apple, she was given a devil fruit." "What's a devil fruit?." Sakura questioned in confusion. "Devil fruits are mystical fruits, found throughout the world, and if consumed it can give you a special ability. I know this because I ate one." Luffy explained.

"I'm sorry Sakura, but Hanami isn't going to be the same-" Nami began to say, but paused when she heard Naruto growl menacingly. With no warning Naruto transformed immediately into Nine Tails Chakra Mode, causing Luffy to stare in awe, as Nami backed away in fear. "PORYLUSICA YOU'RE GOING TO PAY FOR THIS!," He snarled disappearing through the open window he knew she escaped from.

"Everything's going to be okay," Sakura comforted Hanami, as she tried to make sense of what was happening. It had been quite awhile, since she had seen Naruto used that transformation. She knew that Naruto was pissed off and so was she. However right now she knew she had to focus on Hanami if they were to ever get over this.

WHY WOULD PORYLUSICA DO THIS," Macarov thought to himself, as his mind raced for a logical explanation. He heard Hanami's scream, and saw a lot of the guild members attempting to follow, however Macarov had stopped them, for the back room was very small. Chances were if Hanami was hurt, he didn't want her to be overcrowded.

"Nathan's what's wrong?," Nami's eyes widened in shock at her son's appearance. Nathan who ran past Macarov who stood by the door, was panting as every inch of him was drenched in sweat. "I'm so sorry mom," Nathan's voice was filled with regret. "I should've listened to you in the first place. We messed with the box, and now I think it's done something to Shinachiku."