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A/N: This is the rewritten version of Naruto: Records of One Piece and I hope that all of you will enjoy this chapter.


"Makino-neechan, have you ever wonder where I come from? Or how I even got here?"

The pretty dark-haired bar owner looked up from the dirty plate she was wiping to look at her young ward, a ten-year-old blond-haired girl. She tilted her head as she stared at the young girl, taking in her appearance and mulled over her question.

The blonde herself simply looked at her hands before glancing down at her light orange skirt and then glanced at the older woman with a hopeful look. Her blue eyes gleamed with so much hope that it could blind the whole bar with just how bright it was.

"I've wonder how you got here," Makino admitted, smiling down at the blonde as she continued to wipe the dirty plate. "Especially how could someone as young as you could be drifting in the sea without any support or how you could have gotten so injured."

"Were there any clues on how I got those injuries? Or where I came from, Makino-neechan?" Naru asked—her eyes still dancing with hope that the older woman would know the truth. "I mean there had to be some kind of clue on what could have happen to me! Please tell me Makino-neechan."

The young woman bit her lips before shaking her head. "Sorry Naru-chan but there wasn't any clues on how you got here when I found you. The only thing that might be considered as a clue is the fact that you said something about a Hokage. I didn't understand what it meant so I asked the villagers but none of them understood what the word meant…it might be a name of a village."

"So I come from a different village?"

"Yup, maybe from a different country that's in war or something because the clothes you wore at that time were in a bad state and covered in blood," Makino took in a shaky breath and clutched her apron while Naru stared down at her dangling feet before looking back at the older girl, waiting for her to continue explaining. "When I found you Naru…you were in a very bad state, it's a miracle that you've no scar from the incident or that the doctor healed you without any problems."

Naru sulked at this. "I do have a problem! I can't remember anything Makino-neechan! I can't even remember my age! How do we even know I'm ten, Makino-neechan! I don't even know if I've parents and how do you know my name is Naru? Nothing I do that the doctor says seems to work for me!"

Makino shook her head at this question and said, "Because before you passed out, you told me that your name is Naru. Uzumaki Naru is what you told me exactly before you passed out from exhaustion and blood lost."

Naru blinked her eyes at this, opening her mouth to ask the young woman more about what she said before she passed out but closed it when she saw the gentle smile in the woman's face. She furrowed her eyebrows at her sister's figure expression and relaxed when Makino squeezed her shoulder before wrapping her arms around her. Like she always did whenever she knew that she needed to comfort her.

For four years now, this was how her sister figure comfort her whenever she felt worked up with the lack of knowledge in her part.

"There's nothing for you to be worried about, Naru-chan," Makino said softly, tilting Naru's chin up for the young girl to look her in the eyes, which mirrored the hope in the blonde's eyes. "I know you'll get your memories back, Naru-chan and when it does, all your questions will be answered."

And that was the problem for Naru; she didn't know whether or not she wanted her questions to be answered. She was happy with the way her life was but she was afraid if that she remembered then her whole life would be ruin, like in those storybooks she read.

"Makino-neechan, is it bad if I say that I don't really want to remember them?" Naru whispered, looking down at her small hands. "I don't want to remember if it means my memories are scary! I don't want to remember anything bad like I really don't have any parents. I don't want to remember anything bad, Makino-neechan!"

Makino smiled sadly at her. "It isn't bad for you to say these things Naru-chan but you have no control on whether or not to remember these things. Just remember that you've the villagers and me to take those scary things away. You've me now to chase away those bad memories and your parents might be alive Naru-chan, and I bet you that they're searching for you at this very moment!"

Naru smiled brightly at this and wrapped her arms around the young woman, hugging her tightly at hearing these words. Hearing those words just chased away her bad thoughts because she did have Makino with her. Makino, who took care of her and played with her and Luffy. The same Makino, who told her bedtime stories and taught her how to cook. The Makino, who stayed with her when she was the infirmary or who always cuddled her after a bad dream?

"I love you, Makino-neechan," Naru whispered into the young woman's ear. The blonde could feel Makino's smile against her hair and before the young girl even realized, the young woman was tickling her by the sides. The whole room jumped as the young girl's laughter filled the room, leaving no inch of the place that didn't echo with Naru's laughter.

"You're right Makino-neechan! My parents might be alive and searching for me!" Naru said brightly, smiling at the young woman when Makino had stopped tickling her. "And that means I've to search for them right? Because they don't know I'm far away from our home! This means I've to search the whole world to find my home and see my parents right?"

"Yes, Naru-chan that's right."

Makino giggled when the blonde rushed again to give her a hug that was even tighter then before. Naru took in a deep breath, feeling her heart calm down when she smelled the comforting scent of Makino. The young woman always smelled like soap and trees, which always reminded her of the village and the mountains that surround their home.

"Makino-neechan, when I get back home, I'll send you millions and millions of letters telling you about my home," Naru babbled. "I'll take pictures of it and tell my family about ya! And I'll visit you all the time 'cuz you're my onee-chan and I can't forget you. I'll tell you about the food there and how they make it there…"

Makino smiled at this. "I can't wait Naru-chan."


Naru took a small sip of her orange juice before giggling as she watched a couple of pirates drink the whole tank of sake Makino had given them. Her giggles soon got louder when she heard their demands for more sake and the other pirates arguments for more meat. She shook her head when she saw that some of the pirates were starting to fight over their belongings. Didn't they write their names on it? Makino always told her to do that so that she and Luffy didn't argue over these things.

Maybe the pirates should do the same thing!

Her giggles soon stopped when she noticed Luffy entering the bar with Shanks in tow and she gestured for Luffy to come sit with her. The younger boy beamed at her and rushed towards her, jumping into the stool next to her while Shanks took a seat beside him, which was closer to where Makino was working.

She stopped smiling when she noticed the bandage under Luffy's cheek. "Hey Luffy, what happen to ya?"

"I stabbed myself with a knife Naru," Luffy said, glancing at her drink and without even thinking tried to seal it from her but only to get a gentle slap by the blonde, who pulled the drink closer to her side.

She frowned as she processed the news that Luffy given her and when she finally realized what the younger boy had done, she slapped him on the head. Luffy yelped out in pain, falling down of the stool. He rubbed his head, frowning at her while the blonde jumped out of her seat and glared at him.

"Why did you hit me, Naru?"

"Because you stab yourself with a knife, Luffy!" Naru cried out. "That was stupid and unsafe! Makino-neechan had told you time in and time out that knives aren't something you can play with! What the hell were you thinking?" she slapped his hand away from his drink and glared at him. "And don't try to steal my orange juice or else, I'll do something even worse then slapping your hand away!"

"Like what?"

"Like punching you in the face until you won't be able to see," Luffy gulped and Naru continued. "Or I could do the same thing I did to the stupid boy across the street! Y'know he still haven't recovered from my kick!"

"Your kick is worse then any knife," Luffy said, looking pale at what she just said. "I promise not to take your orange juice again Naru! Please don't kick me!"

Naru nodded her head at him before smiling and asking Makino for another orange juice for Luffy. The young woman smiled and winked at her, before heading off to the kitchen to get the juice. Naru shook her head and looked at Luffy closely before finally stating. "Now tell me Luffy, why the hell did you stab yourself with a knife? And how painful was it?"

"I was trying to prove to Shanks that I'm good enough to be a pirate," Luffy sulked and Naru furrowed her eyebrows at this. "He says I'm not ready to be a pirate so I just thought I would stab myself to prove it to him."

The blonde tilted her head at this. How was stabbing himself going to prove to Shanks that Luffy was ready to be a pirate? Did all pirates do those things to prove themselves? If they did then it was strange because there were other ways to prove themselves right? Because stabbing yourself is stupid as Makino would tell her.

"And how painful was it, Luffy?" Naru asked, looking wide-eyed at him.

Luffy smiled at her. "It didn't hurt one bit!"

The blonde snorted at his words. She would believe him if it weren't for the fact that the younger boy had tears streaming down his eyes. Honestly, why couldn't Luffy admit to her that it was painful? Because she could see it had to hurt for him to cry like that and her friend never cried about anything.

"Liar! Don't do anything so stupid ever again!" Shanks yelled at him and Naru nodded her head in agreement with the older man. She looked around the room and noticed that Makino had too many drinks in her hand. With a nod, Naru headed towards her sister-figure, who immediately handed her Luffy and Shank's drinks. She wrinkled her nose when she took a whiff of Shank's drink.

Why the hell do people drink those things?

Oh well, she would know when she was older. With that thought, Naru quickly headed back to her seat, handing Shanks his sake and Luffy, his orange juice before jumping back onto her stool. The two of them smiled at her and thanked her for giving them their drinks before continuing on their conversation.

"I'm not afraid of pain at all!" Luffy declared, waving his hands at them. "Next time bring me out to sea! I want to be a pirate too!"

"Well that's not fair! If Shanks takes you then he should take me with him too!" Naru said, crossing her arms at Luffy before shooting a pouting look at the older man. "Please take me with ya, Shanks! I've never been on a boat in sea! Pretty please Shanks!"

"No can do, Luffy, Naru! The both of you won't be able to handle being pirates!" Shanks informed them. "The two of you can't swim and not being able to swim is a pirate's greatest weakness!"

"Then can't you teach us?" Naru cried, looking wide-eyed at him.

"No! I'm too busy to teach you guys!" Shanks informed her.

"We don't need Shanks to teach us, Naru!" Luffy said brightly and this got a raised eyebrow from Naru. "As long as we stay onboard the ship, we'll be fine! Besides, we're good in fighting!"

"Fighting will do us no good if the ship explodes," Naru pointed out. "What will we do if the ship explode Luffy?"

"We'll call for help!"

Naru laughed out loud at this, causing the younger boy to pout at her. She should have expected this answer from the younger boy because that was the type of thing he would say. Of course, he would cry out for help because that was the most common thing to think of when they do get stuck.

"…I've rigorously trained before! My punch is strong as a pistol on fire!" Luffy said, snapping her from her train of thought. She raised her eyebrows at the sight of her friend's pumping his fist at her.

"If Luffy's punch is strong as a pistol on fire then mine is as strong as a bazooka!" Naru declared, slinging her arm around Luffy's shoulder, who beamed at her words.

"Pistol? Bazooka? Wow…really?" Shanks asked, looking at the pair of them in boredom as they drank their juices.

"What kind of tone is that?" Luffy cried.

"He doesn't believe us!" Naru said angrily, handing the younger boy a glass of apple juice. "He thinks we're lying about our words! You, I can understand since you make things up but I don't make things up! My punches are just as strong as a bazooka, you can ask any boy in this village Shanks! And they'll tell you that my punches are painful!"

"Sure it is."

"Yes, it is! You can even ask Makino about my punches! She's the one who has to make me apologize to the boys that cry about my punches!" Naru snapped, looking at Makino. The young woman nodded her head in agreement as she handed Shanks his second jug of sake.

"All the boys in the village complain about Naru and her punches! You've to see the amount of boys that go to the infirmary because Naru gets into a fistfight with them," Makino said fondly. Naru smiled in triumph and opened her mouth to tell Shanks that he should take her with him but before she could say anything, Makino hastily continued. "But Shanks is right, Naru! You and Luffy aren't ready to become pirates!"

"Why not!" Naru asked, crossing her arms at her sister's figure as she pressed her lips into a pout. "Why can't we become a pirate right now, Makino-neechan?"

"The two of you aren't old enough to become pirates," Makino said firmly. "The two of you are too young to become pirates, just wait until you're seventeen before heading off to sea."

"But…"

"No buts, Naru."

The blonde sulked but agreed to her older sister figure's request, knowing that she wouldn't be able to win an argument on this matter. When it came to these things, Makino would always win because Naru couldn't find the right words to argue with her older sister figure. The young woman always seemed to know the right words to convince her that the plan was a bad idea.

She could never ever win a fight against Makino even though she wanted so badly to win for this fight. This might be the only chance she had of being out in sea and searching for the home, she didn't remember.

A home where she might have people searching for her, who believed that she was dead.

"…What a dirty trick!" Luffy yelled, snapping her from her thoughts. The blonde frowned and watched as the younger boy stomped off from them, not explaining to her what the hell happened for him to say that. She knew it had to be something Shanks did because Makino would never do dirty tricks and the other pirates wouldn't dare do those things to Luffy.

Shaking her head, Naru turned the stool around to face Shanks, who was gulping down the jug of sake that Makino had given him. The older man stopped drinking and stared at her, raising his eyebrow as he waited for her to start speaking. She smiled widely at him.

"Hey Shanks, you've been everywhere right? I mean being a pirate means that you travel all over the world right?"

"I've been a lot of places," Shanks agreed, narrowing his eyes at the blonde as he tried to figure out what the girl was trying to get at.

"Did any of these places have a village called Hokage?" Naru asked eagerly, smiling hopefully at the older man, who blinked his eyes at her. For a brief moment, she saw the nervous look on Shanks face but as soon as it was there, it was gone making the young blonde believe that she had just imagined it. She smiled wider when she saw Shanks pursed his lips at her, looking uncertain on whether or not to tell her.

"I've been a place that gave its leader the title Hokage," Shanks said and for a brief moment, there was sadness in Shank's eyes but disappeared before anyone else could notice it. "Those places, no those countries are one of the most bloodthirsty places I've seen. It's so bad that I would never go there again even if my life depended on it."

"Oh," Naru muttered, looking down at her hands. "I see."

"But I can't deny the countries there are beautiful and the sake isn't too bad, not as good as my hometown but it's still pretty good," Shanks said, ruffling her hair.

Naru smiled at this and jumped down from the stool before heading towards Makino. The young woman stared at her in concern, looking torn between questioning her or waiting for her to tell her what happened. She smiled widely at the young woman and jumped on the seat, spinning on the stool before staring at the young woman.

"So? What did Shanks say?" Makino asked, smiling at her.

"My home isn't called Hokage but there's a leader in the village that gives its leader the title Hokage," Naru answered cheerfully and the young woman frowned at her, squeezing her shoulder to reassure her that she shouldn't give up. "He said that he wouldn't even go back to those countries even if his life depended on it. My home is so dangerous that Shanks doesn't even like the idea of it! If it's that dangerous then what hope do I have of surviving there?"

"You're one of the strongest girls I know, Naru-chan," Makino said, staring hard at her. Naru looked up at Makino and widened her eyes at this. "You're the only girl I know who can make the men in our village scream like a little girl and the only girl that will dare to lay a finger on Luffy!"

"But what if I can't survive in those lands?"

"You lived there before you came here, didn't you?" Makino asked, smiling at her. Naru reluctantly nodded her head and the young woman smiled even wider before continuing. "Then what's there to say you can't survive there? You lived and survived there for six years before coming to our village! You can survive another couple of years there! I know you can!"

The blonde smiled at those words. Knowing that Makino believed in her made her feel better and she felt like an idiot for doubting her abilities of surviving there because if Makino believed in her, then that meant she could do it. If she survived the first six years of her life there then she could definitely live there for the rest of her life.

"Wait a second, Naru, you come from those lands?" Shanks called out, drawing everyone's attention towards him. He stared at her closely and for a brief moment, Shanks' face turned pale as a ghost as if he just seen actual ghost. Naru tilted her head at her sister figure, opening her mouth to ask if she should get the doc but decided against it.

Her sister would have done it immediately if he was sick.

Naru frowned at Shanks and nodded her head. "I don't know but I think so! Makino-san found me nearly dead in the beach and apparently the last world I said to her before I passed out was my name and the word Hokage."

"Hokage, huh?" Shanks asked, staring at her thoughtfully. He flickered his eyes at her sun-kissed blond hair before looking at the necklace that clung to her neck. For a brief moment, there was sadness in Shanks eyes but the sadness disappeared as quickly as soon as it was there. He smiled at her and laughed when he saw her glare. He raised his hands at her. "I'm not going to steal that necklace off you, Naru! It just reminded me of something, that's all."

"What did it remind you of?"

Shanks smiled. "Well, that symbol in your necklace reminded me of my family's clan before it got destroyed in the war. Luckily, I was out in sea and my sister was in a different village at the time. Y'know the people from my clan are spread out all over of the place."

"Really?" Naru asked, looking wide-eyed at him. "My necklace belongs to your family's clan? Is it really all right for me to wear this? Oh, does this make us related then Shanks?"

"Of course, it's alright for you to wear it, your parents gave it to ya didn't they?" Naru nodded her head and Shanks ruffled her hair. "And yes, it does make us related. You know you can call me Shanks-ojisan."

Naru wrinkled her nose. "You aren't much older then Makino-neechan! I'm not calling you Shanks-ojisan! I'm going to call you Shanks-niichan!"

The redhead laughed at her question and nodded his head, giving her a smile before gulping down his food. She stared down at her necklace. This necklace told her that she was at least part of a clan, for the longest time she wanted to know where she came from and now she had some answers. She was a part of the same clan as Shanks and was related to that pirate, no matter how distantly it was.

"So Shanks-niichan, what's our clan like?"

"We were one big happy family," Shanks immediately answered. "And all our family members are redheads. That was the only way you know if you were an Uzumaki, if you have the signature red-hair."

"But I don't have red-hair!" Naru pointed out. "How do you know that I'm an Uzumaki? I mean my last name might be Uzumaki but I don't have the signature red hair!"

"When I was in the land with the Hokage, I met my sister and her husband," Shanks said, giving her a sad smile. "And her husband wasn't an Uzumaki so I doubt any kids they were going to have would have ended up with my sister's red-hair. At least one of them would have gotten my brother-in-law hair colour."

"But that doesn't explain about me?"

"Because you got the necklace don't ya? And only an Uzumaki can wear that necklace," Shanks declared to her, pinching her by the cheek. "If you can wear that necklace then there's no doubt you're an Uzumaki."

If that was why Shanks believed she was an Uzumaki in blood then she would believe him, after all family members don't lie to each other right. And Shanks was family, blood related or not.

"Why can't I be related to someone cool?" Luffy complained, drawing their attention back to him. He had a huge pout on his face as he stared at the two of them, making the blonde laugh at his expression. The younger boy was just so cute that it wasn't even funny.

"You're related to Shanks, Luffy!" Naru said to Luffy, smiling at him. "You're my little brother in everything but blood so that makes Shanks your Uncle too!"

"Really?"

"Would I ever lie to you about something like that?"

"No."

"Then there's your answer."

Luffy smiled widely at this and turned around to Shanks, who looked at the two of them in amusement. "Hey Shanks, how long are you going to be here?"

Naru frowned at this. She had forgotten that the older male was still a pirate and therefore couldn't stay here long if not because, the mayor was complaining then it was the fact that the marines would soon find out they were here. She looked wide-eyed at Shanks and watched in fascination as the man twirled his spoon around, mulling over their question.

"Well, it's almost been a year since we used this town as our base," Shanks said thoughtfully. "I plan on setting sail a couple more times then we'll leave this town and head north."

"A couple of more times…" Luffy muttered, looking for once in his life very thoughtful at hearing this news. Naru glanced at Makino, who simply sighed at this knowledge and didn't simply looked all that surprise at what Shanks had just said. Then again, Shanks didn't hide anything from Makino. The two of them were very close even though Makino denied it.

It was like the older woman was afraid of telling her the nature of their relationship because she was afraid that she would spill the beans or something like that.

"I'll learn how to swim by then!" Luffy declared.

Naru snorted. "If you don't get distracted by your own curiosity."

"I don't get distracted!"

"Luffy, I nearly lost you in the middle of town because you got distracted by a pretty butterfly," Naru retorted. "Yes, you get distracted and I've no doubt that you would get distracted from learning how to swim."

"I won't! If it's going to help me become a pirate then I won't get distracted!"

"If you say so but if I ever find out that you've skipped swimming lessons because of a butterfly or another animal then you can bet your skinny ass that I'll whip you into shape, got it?" Luffy paled and nodded his head, causing the blonde to smile and pinched the younger boy's cheek.

"And that's why Luffy can't be a real pirate just yet…he's terrified of a little girl," Shanks said, laughing at the pair of them.

"Like you aren't terrified of Makino-san!" Naru retorted and that immediately got the older man to stop laughing and Luffy to start laughing. "Honestly if you're going to make a comment, at least back up the statement you're making. You along with every other men in this village, except Grap, seemed to be terrified whenever Makino glares at you!"

"Because she doesn't glare and when she does, it means trouble!"

"Excuses, excuses!" Naru said, waving her hand at his words. "You just don't want to admit that you're terrified of her."

Naru would have teased the older man more if the door hadn't been slammed opened by a man, who walked up to Makino with his hands in pockets. There was no doubt in Naru's mind that the man who walked in was a dangerous man, any idiot could see that. After all, the man carried those swords as if it was no problem and looked like the kind of guy, who didn't have any problems hurting innocent people.

Without even thinking, Naru grabbed Luffy, who looked at her in confusion and opened his mouth to say something but closed it when he saw the frightened look on the blond's face. The two of them quickly went behind the counter, where hopefully the men wouldn't take any notice of them.

"We're bandits," The man announced, rubbing his chin as he looked around the bar. His eyes lingered at Makino before finishing his analysis of the crowded room. "We're not here to cause any problems. We just wanna buy ten barrels of sake."

Makino sweated and tightened her grip on the clipboard in her hand before scanning the room for any sign of Naru and Luffy. Her body slightly relaxed when she caught sight of Naru and Luffy inside the bar, where they would hopefully be shielded away from the violence.

"Well?"

"I'm so sorry but we're out of sake," Makino finally answered as she tried to keep her voice in an even tone.

"Oh?" The man said, sneering at Makino. He surveyed the room around, his eyes lingered at Naru and Luffy, both of whom were glaring at him. He scowled at them before continuing on his search in the room. He stopped looking around when he noticed that Shanks had a jug of sake in his hand.

Naru's breath hitched when she saw that the man was now inching closer to Shanks, who looked obvious on what was happening. She tightened her grip on Luffy when she caught sight of the barely disguised anger in the man's eyes. Something was going to happen and Naru wasn't certain whether it was going to be a good thing or not.

"Is it water?" The bandit asked and Naru prayed that Shanks would make the right decision and tell the man that it was water. She didn't want the older man to get hurt by this guy. Especially a guy that looked like he didn't mind killing anyone that stood in his way.

"I'm sorry. It looks like we've finished all the sake here. Sorry about that," Shanks said, smiling at the man before offering the sake bottle and Naru's eyes widened at this. What the hell was Shanks thinking? That was only going to get the man more angry! And that meant the whole bar was in trouble because that man looked like trouble. "Here, if you don't mind take the last bottle."

Really, what the hell was Shanks thinking?

Naru tightened her hold on Luffy, gritting her teeth as the man smashed the bottle of sake against Shank's hat. If she hadn't pulled Luffy out of the way earlier then there would have been no doubt in her mind that the younger boy would have gotten serious injured. But she was worried about Shanks. Sure he was a great pirate and everything but he could have been injured because of this.

She gritted her teeth at this thought.

"Just who do you think I am? Don't take me so lightly!" The man snarled, glaring at the drenching wet Shanks. "One bottle isn't enough!"

"Oh no," Shanks muttered, staring down at the wet floor. "Now the floor is all wet."

Naru smiled at his words before glaring at the man that towered over her. She suddenly had this urge to rip him into sheds and feed him to the wolves, who would no doubt loved to eat a disgusting man like that. She wanted to murder the man for daring to hurt Shanks, for threatening Makino but that would meant letting go of Luffy and the idiot would do worst things then she could imagine.

That was saying something since she had a pretty cruel mind if she dared say so.

"My head is worth eight million beli!" Naru unconsciously loosened her hold on Luffy as she grimaced at this piece of news. She didn't need to be a genius to know that was a lot of money. "I'm one of the prime fugitives here! And I've killed fifty-six people before! You cocky bastard!"

"56 people isn't that much," Naru muttered and this caused Luffy to look at her in curiosity. She frowned and explained to the younger boy in a softer voice, "I bet Shanks killed more people then him."

"Now that you know who I am, don't mess with us again!" The bandit snapped. "After all mountain bandits and sea pirates don't mingle very well!"

Shanks didn't seem to listen to him in Naru's opinion and she was basing this opinion on the fact that he was now cleaning up the stupid bandit's mess. She couldn't understand why he wouldn't force the bandit to do it. It was his mess! And he should be the one cleaning it up. She let go of Luffy and listened as Shanks apologized to Makino and asked for a mop.

Naru's eyes narrowed when she saw that the man was bringing out a sword. Before anyone even realized it, Naru had slammed her fist against the man's abdomen and kicked him in the head. She ignored the surprised, frightened looks from the other bandits, fixing her eyes at the man that was clutching his stomach in pain.

"You're one hell of a coward," Naru snarled, putting her hands onto her pockets as she stomped her foot harder against the man's abdomen. She took the man by the collar and slammed him against the counter, causing him to groan in pain and to stare at her wide-eyed. "Who the hell are you to attack a man that is cleaning the mess you make! If anything you should be grateful because if it had been me, I would have forced you to clean it up!"

"Like you could!"

"I bloody hell can! You just got owned by a ten-year-old girl," Naru sneered. "I think that bounty you have must be some kind of joke if you could be bested by a little girl."

"Why you little…" The man said, glaring at her.

"Brat?" Naru supplied. She threw the man against the table and picked up his fallen sword, before pointing it at his neck. "Now look here, if I see you come here again and threatened my friend ever again then the next time we meet, I'll send you flying to the next town! Now leave!"

With just two words from her, the men scrambled away from the bar and Naru slumped down in her seat, looking at her hands in horror. She had never done something like that. She always had Makino or someone else handling it but when those men came in, and Shanks didn't do anything, well she let her temper got the best of her.

She had been lucky that the man hadn't expected her to attack him.

"THAT WAS DISGRACEFUL!" Luffy yelled to Shanks as soon as the bandits were gone. "WHY DIDN'T YOU FIGHT HIM? WHY DID YOU LET NARU FIGHT HIM! AND WHO LAUGHS AFTER GETTING PICKED ON? YOU'RE NOT A MAN OR A PIRATE!"

"Luffy, calm down!" Naru snapped, slapping the boy on the head.

"But Naru!"

"Don't Naru me, he had his reasons!" The blonde took a deep breath and continued. "If he hadn't laughed and picked a fight like I had then you can bet your ass that he had fallen for his trap."

"What do you mean?"

"I mean that stupid bandit was doing it on purpose," Naru said, gritting her teeth. "He did that because he wanted Shanks to beat him up and to cause an even bigger fight. If Shanks fought him then this whole building would be destroyed and we would be hurt."

"But you fought him!"

"Yeah because he wasn't expecting it and because I let my temper got the better of me," Naru admitted. "No one hurts my friends and gets away with it. He's going to pay for trying to hurt Shanks-niichan but Luffy, we might be in trouble because of me. So don't ever do what I just did."

"But…"

"You shouldn't get furious about it," Naru nodded her head firmly. "It takes a bigger man to ignore a fight, didn't your Gramps tell ya that?"

"Well…"

"You didn't pay attention to him, did you?" Naru frowned. "Then again, I don't know if that will be something your grandfather would say seeing as we don't see him that much and me and him have different ideas on what justice is. Anyways, you should just understand that Shanks did it to save your skinny ass and to protect everyone in the bar!"

Luffy frowned and crossed his arms causing the blonde to twitched her eyebrows at him but made of no attempt to stop the boy from walking away. She glanced at Shanks, who had a smile on his face as he clutched Luffy's hand. Everyone in the room gasped as Luffy continued walking, with his arm stretched from where Shanks was to the door.

"W-What the hell is happening, Makino-san?" Naru asked, rubbing her eyes at the sight in front of her.

"I-I don't know," Makino answered.

"It's gone!" One of Shanks' men yelled, opening the treasure chest to reveal that there was no treasure in it. "The Gomu Gomu no Mi we took from the enemy isn't here!"

All the pirates turned pale at this and stuttered, "W-What!"

"The fruit you stole isn't there anymore!" Naru stated and all the pirates glared at her for reminding them. She smiled apologetically at them and watched as the crewmember practically begged Luffy to tell them whether he ate the fruit that they stole or not.

She snorted at this.

Anyone who knew Luffy would say without a doubt that Luffy would have eaten it without a second thought.

"It tasted pretty bad," was Luffy answer.

"Luffy, what are we going to do with you? Maybe we should start training you not to think with your stomach and to think with your head," Naru mused, pulling a seat beside him while Shanks walked back and forth. He stopped walking, took a deep breath before taking a seat beside the blonde.

"That fruit is one of the fruit of the devil and one of the rarest treasures in the sea!" Shanks finally shouted, tugging the boy's cheeks. "Whoever eats the Gomu Gomu no Mi will turn into rubber and will never be able to swim."

"You're kidding, right?" Luffy asked, his jaw dropping at this.

"Luffy, he wouldn't be panicking about this if he was," Naru answered. "And think about it, that was treasure, so why would he joke about this if you ate his treasure that could have made him rich!"

"You idiot!" Shanks muttered as Luffy gulped.

The funniest thing for Naru was the fact that it was just another typical day in their village, except for the exception of Luffy eating the fruit. Now that had been something no one had expected to happen.

Naru grinned at this. She had a feeling that more and more strange things were going to happen if she stick around Luffy and if there was one thing she couldn't do, it was leaving that boy side. They made a deal. She helped him with his dream; he would help her with hers.

It just made it more fun that trouble was looking for him.


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