49: The Island of Little Things?

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Naruto leaned over the railing of the ship. The shimmering blue seemed to go on forever. He sighed deeply. "Ocean...ocean...and more ocean." he muttered to himself. He turned away from the railing and glanced at Nami. "Nee-chan!" Naruto called out. "When are we getting to Little Garden? I thought we'd be there by now!"

Nami looked up from her book. "We should be there soon," she said. She reached over to pat his head affectionately. "Just a little more patience, Naruto. We're making good time."

"But I'm so bored!" Naruto protested. He began to pace back and forth. "There's nothing to do out here except look at the ocean. I miss all the action back in Whiskey Peak!"

Just as the words left her lips, a loud, excited voice broke the calm. "Hey, look! A dolphin!" Luffy shouted from the bow of the ship, standing on the railing with his straw hat flapping wildly in the wind.

Naruto's eyes lit up instantly, his earlier boredom evaporating. "Really?!" he asked, spinning around to catch sight of the supposed dolphin. But the second his gaze fell on the creature in the water, his excitement turned to pure shock. His eyes went wide as saucers, and his jaw dropped.

The "dolphin" Luffy had spotted was no ordinary sea creature. It was enormous—bigger than the Going Merry itself, its sleek, monstrous body cutting through the waves with a force that sent ripples across the ocean. Its sheer size was enough to make Naruto's heart skip a beat. "Holy cow... that's a huge fish..." Naruto whispered, awestruck.

The crew barely had time to process what they were seeing before the giant creature let out a deep, resonant sound, its massive mouth wide enough to swallow the ship whole.

Luffy, ever the fearless captain, grinned ear to ear. "Let's run away!" he shouted as if it were all part of some thrilling game.

Without missing a beat, the entire crew leaped into action.

"You just had to say you were bored, didn't you?" Usopp yelled as he scrambled to tie down loose ropes, his voice high with panic. His hands trembled as he moved around the deck, glancing nervously at the approaching behemoth in the water.

Naruto couldn't help but laugh. "How was I supposed to know a giant fish was going to try and eat us?" he shouted as he sprinted toward one of the sails. 

Sanji leaned out from the other end of the ship. "Shut the hell up and get to work, you idiots!" he snapped, his voice sharp as he tried to maintain order in the chaos.

Naruto stuck his tongue out at Sanji but didn't waste any time grabbing hold of the sail's ropes. "Alright, now things are getting interesting!" he declared.

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"How are we even alive?" Usopp groaned, lying flat on the deck of the Going Merry. His arms were stretched out wide, and he stared up at the sky with wide, bewildered eyes, as though the mere fact that he could still breathe was a miracle.

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