Chapter 6: True Strength
It was a quiet day on the Thousand Sunny… that was until there was a loud boom from Usopp's factory… then there were several screams… more screams than usual… but everyone ignored them... or as best they tried.
"The fire extinguisher is out!" screamed Usopp.
Well they couldn't ignore it anymore.
Sometime later after putting out the fire, Usopp was sitting near Luffy's seat.
"I can't be believe Franky and Nami locked door on my work room…" sighed Usopp.
"What were you doing anyways?" asked Luffy.
"Well I…" said Usopp but was interrupted by a time portal appearing and Naruto coming out.
"Ow…" said Naruto who then got up.
"What happened to you?" asked Usopp who noticed that Naruto was covered in scratches and looked disheveled.
"Evil demon cat." Said Naruto, yep… he had that mission again… he swore his dad loved giving them that mission as a way to tease him.
"What as that?" asked Aries joining the scene.
"I was referring to Tora… that cat that keeps escaping." Said Naruto who really didn't want to get mauled again… really…
"Okay then…" said Aries walking away.
"So… she's still angry…" said Naruto with a sweat drop.
"Yeah…" said Luffy with a sweat drop.
The conversation then went back to Usopp.
"What have you been doing Usopp?" asked Luffy.
"I'm making the best weapon I have ever made!" yelled Usopp.
"It's not working is it…" said Naruto with a seat drop.
"He work room keep blowing… Nami and Franky banned him from using it for a while." Said Luffy laughing.
Usopp sighed and hung his head low.
""It that guy who joined the Rainbow Brigade… isn't it?" asked Naruto.
"Of course he's trying to kill me." Said Usopp.
"Oh it's not that bad." Said Naruto.
"I have someone trying to kill me." Said Usopp.
"So…" said Naruto blinking.
"So what… it's not like you have people trying to kill you." Said Usopp.
"I do have people trying to kill me! All the time!" said Naruto, "My entire childhood was full of death threats! I had people hate me… and people try to kill… right now there's a group of nine ninjas that's goal is trying to kill me."
There was a silence…
"I'm sorry…" Said Usopp.
"That's okay…" said Naruto, "You didn't know…"
"So was it because of your father?" asked Usopp.
"In a way…" said Naruto who began to shift his eyes.
"You're still not that close to him… are you kit?" asked Kyubi.
"Nope… not at all…" thought Naruto with a sweat drop.
"What am I going to do." Said Usopp.
"You have to get your mind off it somehow." Said Luffy.
"I don't know what else to do…" sighed Usopp.
"I have an idea." Said Naruto, "I know you like it…"
"Really what?" asked Usopp.
"It's the thing when I need to get my mind off the group of people trying to kill me." Said Naruto who began to ramble on, "Or when I'm bored… or when I'm trying to get back at someone… or I'm I want someone to pay attention to me…"
This made both Luffy and Usopp sweat drop.
"What is it?" asked Usopp.
"It's pranking…." Said Naruto with a big grin.
Usopp looked at Naruto and smirked…
"That might be fun." He said with a smirk.
Meanwhile in the Rainbow Brigade HQ.
"So…" said Princess Prism, "You want to go after Usopp now… don't you."
Kuro nodded…
"However as a rule… you have to go with one of our members." Said Princess Prism.
That's when the 7 Colors appeared.
"You know…" said Violet, "To be fair, Pumpkin and Cerulean hasn't had a chance to show off their skills to the Senshi yet."
"We… would have to go with Kuro right…" said Cerulean who turned a blue shade and collapsed to her knees… she was still scared after she was Kuro did.
"So looks like I'm going!" said Pumpkin giving the V is for Victory.
"Do I have to?" asked Kuro with a slight sigh.
"Sadly yes…" said Princes Prism is a sigh.
"Tough break." Said Rouge who disappeared.
"Good luck with that." Said Goldie who also disappeared.
"Sucks to be you." Said Olive who also disappeared.
"Good luck Pumpkin!" Aoi.
"Come on Cerulean… I'll take you out of here." Said Violet helping out Cerulean.
Kuro said nothing and looked at Princess Prism.
"Just ignore her as much as you can…" said Princess Prism with a sweat drop.
"All right this is going to lot of fun!" said Pumpkin.
Meanwhile in the World of Pirates on the Thousand Sunny.
"What the hell! Who did this!" yelled Ace.
"Stop kicking me you ass hole!" yelled Zoro.
"My Cola!" cried Franky.
"Brook! Why did you kick me!" yelled Zoro.
Naruto, Luffy and Usopp were hiding in under one of Naruto's ninja cloths, trying not to laugh… so far they stuck Ace's hand in warm water while he was sleeping, put a few Mentos in Franky's Cola and stuck a Kick Me sign to Zoro.
"What's going on here?" asked Nami walking to the scene involving Zoro.
"They keep kicking me!" yelled Zoro pointing at Sanji and Brook.
Zoro turned around and saw sign… she didn't know whether to do it or tell him about the sign… she decided to do both… kick him first then inform… after all she needed to do something funny this time too.
"Why the hell did you kick me woman!" yelled Zoro.
"There's a sign on your back." Said Nami laughing a little.
Zoro felt on his back and pulled off the sign.
"Usopp… Naruto…" muttered Zoro.
Zoro began to look for Usopp and Naruto… after 10 minutes and looking in all available room he could find them… on the other hand he did mange to get Franky on his side (Ace had to take a bath for obvious reasons).
"You won't be able to find them." Said Robin with a smirk.
"How do you know!" yelled Zoro.
"Well they have Naruto on their side… and he's a ninja." Said Robin.
"But he wears a bright orange jumpsuit." Said Franky.
"Yes… but I was told that even though that he is able to hide himself very well." Said Robin.
"Oh yeah…." Muttered Zoro gritting his teeth.
"So should we ask Chopper?" asked Franky.
"Maybe…" aid Zoro with a smirk.
Not too long later they had asked Chopper who refused.
"So what are we going to do…" said Zoro.
"I don't know…" said Franky.
"Don't bother them." Said Ace joining, "Luffy and Naruto are just trying to cheer up Usopp."
"Oh yeah did they do anything to you?" asked Zoro.
"They stuck my hand in water! I just came back from taking a bath!" yelled Ace.
"Oh right…" said Franky.
""Right now just let them be…" said Ace.
Elsewhere on the ship.
"I think they're stopped chasing us." Said Naruto under the cloth.
"Are you sure?" asked Usopp.
"I'm sure!" said Naruto.
They removed the cloth and began to laugh.
"Didn't you hear it! I think Name kicked him!" laughed Luffy.
"I know that was great!" laughed Usopp.
"Just as immature as ever I see…" said a voice behind them.
All three of them turned around and saw Pumpkin and Kuro.
"Hey there!" said Pumpkin.
Kuro scooted away slightly from Pumpkin.
"Hey! You don't want to be seen with me! Do you!" yelled Pumpkin.
"I have no idea what you mean…" said Kuro.
"Fine… I'll take the Senshi, you get your revenge against the long nosed guy." Said Pumpkin pouting slightly.
"That's all I needed to hear." Said Kuro disappearing a few seconds and reappearing with his claws on, he missed Usopp, but just barely.
"Before you can do anything!" said Pumpkin who took out an orange crystal, "Come my Crystal Bright!"
That's when an orange monster appeared.
"Attack them now!" yelled Pumpkin.
The orange monster attacked them but Luffy and Naruto dodge.
Luffy took out his communicator and called the other Senshi.
"Hey! The butler and a monster are attacking! We need help now!" yelled Luffy.
"Don't yell…" sighed Sasuke over the communicator.
"I'm guessing he was yelling out enough so that the others on the ship can hear." Said Kakashi over the communicator
"Well either way." Said Ranma over the communicator.
Luffy hung up.
"Mars Cosmic Power!"
"Venus Cosmic Power!"
"Make-up!"
Both of them transformed in their Senshi form.
"This is going to be so much fun!" said Pumpkin cheerfully.
That's when Sailor Neptune and Sailor Juno joined them.
"Thanks for the yell." Said Sailor Neptune.
"So Zoro… you're not angry with us for earlier?" asked Sailor Venus.
"What do you think?" asked Sailor Juno glaring at the two.
"I acutely thought it was pretty funny…" said Sailor Neptune.
"They did that when you first became a pirate… didn't they?" asked Sailor Mars.
"More like when I first ate my devil fruit." Said Sailor Neptune.
Meanwhile elsewhere on the ship, Kuro was chasing Usopp.
"Oh man… what am I going to do! What am I going to do?" thought Usopp.
Unfortunately for Usopp he left his Sogeking costume in his workroom…
Back with the Senshi began to fight the monster.
"Supreme Lighting Canon!"
"Deep Aqua Shinning Wave!"
"Gum Gum Flaming Gattling!"
"Golden Spiraling Shuriken!"
All the attacks aimed for the monster… but the monster dodged all of them. Pumpkin began to laugh at the Senshi's faces.
"You should know something…" laughed Pumpkin, "I may be a bit ditz… but I'm a hell of a monster trainer…" said Pumpkin, "You can't beat me or my monsters."
"You got to be kidding!" yelled Sailor Juno.
That's when the monster unleashed an energy wave at them knocking them into nearby railings.
"We have to think of something…" said Sailor Mars getting up.
"Let's wait for the others." Sighed Sailor Neptune getting up.
"That sounds fine to me." Said Sailor Venus, which made everyone, sweat drop.
"What I can't agree on that plan!" yelled Sailor Venus.
Everyone sweat dropped even more.
Elsewhere Kuro had cornered Usopp… that's when Usopp realized something… Kuro doesn't know how much Usopp had grown…
"Hey Kuro! What do you think my skill level is?" asked Usopp.
"What do you mean?" asked Kuro raising an eyebrow.
"You didn't think that my skill has gone up, have you?" asked Usopp.
"I highly doubt that." Said Kuro.
"Oh really?" asked Usopp taking out the Kabuto.
"What is that?" asked Kuro.
"It's the Kabuto, my own invention. It's…" said Usopp.
"I don't need a full explanation!" yelled Kuro.
That's when Usopp launched 5 bombs in a pentagon pattern at Kuro causing a farley large explosion, quickly knocked him out.
"All right!" yelled Usopp who then ran back to the Senshi battle to probably brag about what he did.
Back at the Senshi fight… the 4 Senshi that were there stared at the monster while Pumpkin just giggled.
"You really need to think of a strategy… don't you?" asked Pumpkin.
That's when was a fog.
"What's this?" asked Pumpkin.
"Icy Wind Shuriken!"
"Silence Glaive Shock Wave!"
"Double Elemental Punch!"
"Flaming Drill Torpedo!"
That's when all four attacks hit the monster who couldn't dodge because of the fog.
"What the!" said Pumpkin.
The fog cleared and the rest of the Senshi were standing there… along with Kasumi who was watching (she and Kousagi were out shopping when she got the call).
"We heard what you said." Said Sailor Uranus, "And so we came up with this plan."
"Darn it!" yelled Pumpkin.
"Okay time to finish this off." Said Sailor Cosmos Moon.
"Cosmos Moon Shinning Star!"
That's when the attack hit the monster…
"That was amazing!" said Kasumi clapping.
"You'll be sorry! I'm sure Mr. Kitty has killed that coward!" said Pumpkin.
That's when Usopp arrived…
"What the! You beat Mr. Kitty!" yelled Pumpkin.
"Is that what she called Kuro…" said Usopp with a sweat drop.
"I guess… so…" said Sailor Jupiter with a sweat drop.
"You didn't you! I told not to underestimate you!" yelled Pumpkin who disappeared and reappeared elsewhere on the ship. She found him laying down, covered in soot, she found a stick and started jabbing him with it.
"What are you doing!" he yelled.
"We have to get going! They beat us both!" yelled Pumpkin as they both disappeared in an orange light.
Back with the Senshi…
"So you really beat the guy?" asked Naruto as he and the others changed back.
"Of course I did!" said Usopp who began to wrap the events of what just happened… making everyone sweat drop… except for Kasumi.
"Come on Kasumi Mama… let's go back to shopping." Said Kousagi.
"Can I come with you?" asked Ryoga.
"Sure." Said Kasumi.
"I'm hungry… I'm going to get something to eat." Said Luffy.
"I'll come with you." Said Naruto.
"Can hang out with you guys, Akane's angry right now." Said Ranma.
"I'm going to take a nap..." sighed Zoro.
"Come on Ash… let's go back." Said Gary.
"Right." Said Ash.
"I'm going back to training." Said Sasuke.
"We should finsh our date." Said Kakashi.
"I know." Said Setsuna.
"I have to get back to work." Said Eido.
"Oh man… I left Zatch alone." Said Kiyo.
Ace merely shrugged and walked away… that's also when Usopp realized that everyone left him alone…
"Guys… anyone… hello…" said Usopp who wasn't paying attention while everyone left, "Where didn't everyone go."
Next Time: Ash and the Gang arrive at Mina's autograph signing where they find out about the lack of attacks from their enemy, which has been causing stress, at the same time the Rainbow Brigade seeks help from the Neo Pokemon Guardians' enemy... what will happen? Find out next time!