Chapter 16: It’s Official
A/N: Quite a few pre chapter author notes, first off... yay 100 reviews... first story to ever reach that mark!
Also to clear things about the Kage, okay the Kage will be one of the three new Kages I have created: Namikage, Yukikage or Tsukikage... while the position is new the character is from Naruto... Hint: Jonin from Konoha... nickname will be mentioned in this chapter...
Credit to T.O.B for Naruto's nickname... I liked it a lot...
One more thing, normally I do not respond to reviews sent from anonymous reviewers but I'm but I'm going to make an exception for Kyme, I'm sorry but I don't want a Beta Reader... why? There are many reasons... but the two main ones are that I don't like the idea of a beta reader it just doesn't feel right for someone to correct my work... and two... is that I doubt that you will be able to keep up with my work... seriously I usually write at least one chapter a day of any of my fanfics (unless my boyfriend's over that day... or I'm currently addicted to a video game...) so I'd have to wait up until you are ready for me to update... I have had a few people ask before you so don't feel too bad...
Anyways here's the latest chapter...
Chapter 16: It's Official
Luffy had just finished drawing the flag… it was decided as Luffy was the official captain that it would his design, it was a traditional Jolly Roger but with a straw hat… sadly… well… when he showed the flag… was kind of…
"Uhhh…" said Zoro.
"…" said Sasuke.
"Um…" said Nami.
"It's…" said Sakura.
"Hmm…." said Usopp.
"Well…" said Kiba.
Akamaru just whined while turning it's head to the side.
"Luffy…" said Naruto.
"I'm the only who has the guts to say this aren't I? He draws worse than a 5 year old!" said Kyubi.
It was extremely poorly drawn looked worse than what a 5 year old would do…
"Luffy… you draw worse than a 5 year old…" said Sasuke.
"Thank you!" said Kyubi.
"That's exactly what Kyubi said…" said Naruto.
"Let me draw the flag…" said Usopp… he however drew his own flag with a skull with his long nose and one of the cross bone replaced with a slingshot…
"That's not our emblem!" said Luffy and Naruto hitting Usopp in the head.
After drawing the real flag and also drawing the emblem on the sail most everyone was pooped… except for the D Brothers of course…
There was an an explosion… fallowed by another.
"What are you guys doing over there?" asked Sakura.
"We're testing the cannon but it's not working…" said Luffy.
"We trying to shoot that island but the canon won't shoot right?" said Naruto.
"Maybe you two don't have good aim…" said Kyubi.
"Let me try!" said Usopp getting up.
He adjusted the canon and it shot at the small island… it hit and was destroyed.
"You hit it!" said Luffy,
"I did?" said Usopp slightly surprised, "Then again I'm an ace when it comes to shooting… just call me captain…"
"No… I'll call you our sharpshooter…" said Luffy.
Later there was meeting in the galley.
"Well if anything happens to you Luffy… I will gladly take over as captain…" said Usopp.
"Sorry already taken…" said Naruto.
"What?" asked Usopp.
"You wouldn't think that Luffy already thought of that… Naruto's his younger brother and helped found this crew…" said Kiba.
"Okay… I'm after Naruto then…" said Usopp.
"So captain… what's our crew's name?" asked Sara.
"We are known as the Straw Hat Pirates!" said Luffy.
"Straw Hats for short…" said Naruto, he then cleared his throat, "I have also decided my pirate/Kage nickname… Shadow Fox!" he said doing a cool pose.
Everyone but Luffy and Kiba sweatdroped.
"Oookay…" said Sasuke.
"Why did you give yourself a nick name?" asked Sakura.
"Well I'll explain, many Kages have nicknames like The Yellow Flash or Water Lord…" said Naruto.
"And usually if Kage doesn't want one he's usually given a very stupid one… like The Legendary Sucker or Orange Book…" said Kiba.
"The Legendary Sucker and Orange Book?" asked Zoro.
"Yeah… the current Hokage is a gambling problem and constantly loses while the current Namikage is an addict of Make-out Paradise…" said Naruto.
"Anyways before we head to the grand line we should get one more crew member…" said Nami.
"Yeah… musician…" said Naruto.
"That's what I was thinking…" said Luffy.
"Kit… you're an idiot…" said Kyubi.
Then there was a loud crash…
"Come out here pirate scum!" yelled a voice.
"I'm going to see who it is…" said Luffy.
After about a minute Zoro, Naruto and Sasuke went to check on what was going outside, Luffy had just threw a man with black hair wearing sunglasses with the kanji for "sea" on one of his cheek into a nearby wall… both Zoro and Sasuke recognized him
"Johnny is that you?" asked Zoro.
"Brother Zoro… Brother Sasuke? What are you doing on a pirate ship?" asked the man apparently named Jonny.
"Brother?" asked Naruto.
"It's a habit of his…" said Sasuke.
"Oh…" said Naruto.
"What's going on? Where's Yosaku?" asked Zoro.
"It's terrible… he's dying" said Johnny.
Johnny brought another man on board, he was bleeding and looked very sick.
"He was fine until a week ago then suddenly he got sick, he began to bleed from old scars and his began ot fall out…" cried Johnny, "And then one of you shot a cannon at us when we were taking a rest on the rock…"
Naruto, Usopp and Luffy gasped.
"Sorry…" they said all three bowing.
Sakura cleared her throat… "I know what this might be…" she said.
Nami figures it out as well, "Get limes from the galley and juice them…" said Nami to the three that destroyed the rock.
After doing so they gave the man named Yosaku the juice.
"It's scurvy… caused from a lack of vitamin C…that's all he needs," said Sakura.
"Fruits and vegetable tend to rot on long voyages, a century ago it was the bane for all seafarers…" said Nami.
"Wow that's smart…" said Naruto.
"It's something everyone should know!" yelled Nami.
"She has a point…" said Sakura.
"Idiots!" yelled Inner Sakura.
Both Johnny and Yosaku began to dance around.
"I've been cured… I've been cured!" said Yosaku.
"Don't dance around!" yelled Sakura.
"Introduction time!" said Johnny "I'm Johnny"
"And I'm Yosaku… we are former bounty hunting partners to Brother Zoro and Brother Sasuke…" said Yosaku.
"Their just some guys who hung out with us…" admitted Sasuke.
"Thank you for helping me… I thought I was a goner for sure…" said Yosaku.
"We still can't believe you two are pirates…" said Johnny.
Just then, Yosaku collapsed… wit blood coming from his mouth… he still hadn't completely healed.
"I told you not to dance around…" said Sakura.
"Those guys are weirdoes!" yelled Inner Sakura.
"So did anyone learn anything?" asked Nami.
"That we need to eat healthy… like having 3-5 servings of fruits and vegetables a day?" asked Naruto.
Everyone stared at Naruto.
"Where did you get that?" asked Kyubi.
"I don't know…" replied Naruto.
"Well we need one thing… someone who can cook…" said Sakura.
Naruto raised his hand.
"Other than instant ramen…" said Nami.
Kiba was about to say something.
"Or dog food…" said Usopp.
"At least what Akamaru eats is better than your cooking…" mumbled Kiba.
"Brother!" said Johnny raising his hand.
"What?" asked Sasuke.
"I know of a place where you can find a cook... but it sure whether or not he'll join…" said Johnny.
"Where is it?" asked Naruto.
"You're just hungry…" said Kyubi.
"So what if I am?" thought Naruto.
"It not too far away… should be two or three days sailing but it's said that they have some pretty rough customers and that it's near the Grand Line…" said Johnny.
"All right!" cheered Luffy, Naruto and Usopp.
"Brother Zoro… they say that Mihawk also comes by…" said Johnny.
Zoro was surprised, Sasuke heard this as well.
"At least one of us is close to our goals…" said Sasuke with a smirk.
And so they sailed to the ocean-going restaurant… hopping to find a chef, that will agree to cook for Luffy and Naruto…
Next Time: They make it to the Baratie, the ocean-going restaurant... however after a run-in with some Marines... Luffy accidentally destroys part of it and has to work off the debt... for a whole year. It's a good thing that he found some likely candidates for cook... if one of them are willing to join that is...