Chapter 1: Another Chance

Luffy smiled bitterly at the sight before him. He had managed to reach the One Piece, and it was everything he had imagined it would be. The entire cavern was filled with gold and other valuable things. There was a red cloak in the center, the same one that Gol D. Rogers wore during his lifetime.

"Nami, look at all this treasure..." he grinned. His grin faded, and he clenched his fists. "If only you were here to see it all... you would have gone crazy. Everything in here must be worth at least a trillion beris!"

Luffy noticed a steel door on the other side of the cavern. He found it to be unlocked, and his eyes widened in shock at the sight before him. It was the biggest poneglyph he had ever seen, the entire cube was made out of gold. He couldn't decipher them, but he had a good idea of what it was.

"Robin, we've found it! The Rio Poneglyph, the one that contains the True History of this world. You would have loved to see it..."

"Hey Luffy," a familiar voice greeted him.

Luffy turned around, eyes widened in shock. "Ace...?" he breathed out, hardly daring to believe his eyes. "How...? I thought...you..."

Ace sighed. "Yeah, I'm dead. You're talking to my spirit. I don't have long, though. You must hate me, for dying on you like that. I made a promise to you, and I broke it. I died, and left you alone,"

"No... it wasn't your fault. I was too weak to take on Akainu. If I had been stronger..." Luffy looked down.

Ace rolled his eyes. "Luffy, he was an Admiral. The only one there who had a chance at the time was Whitebeard, but he was already weakened from his previous battles. You have gotten a lot stronger since then, strong enough to take on Akainu and maybe come out on top,"

"You think so?" Luffy grinned.

Ace nodded. "That's all in the past though. Luffy, do you know what the One Piece truly is?"

Luffy blinked, confused. "You mean it wasn't all of that stuff in the front room?"

Ace laughed. "That's all of Gol D. Roger's treasure, yes, but the One Piece is a powerful artifact that allows the user to go back in time. It can also act as a gateway between dimensions,"

"So I could go back in time," Luffy said slowly. "I could see my nakama again. Zoro, Nami, Usopp... I could see them all again!"

"My time here is up. Once I disappear, you'll see a door marked with a gigantic hourglass. When you walk through it, you'll end up in the body of your younger self, just after you ate the Gomu Gomu no Mi, "

"Okay. This time around, things will be different! I'LL GET TO EAT SANJI'S COOKING AGAIN! YES! MEAATTTT!" Luffy grinned.

Ace sweatdropped. "You and your meat..." he muttered. "There's something else. I mentioned that the One Piece is also a gateway between dimensions. Kami is going to be sending you some help along the way, so don't be surprised if you meet people that weren't there the first time around. My time here is up, so I bid you farewell and wish you good luck!"

Naruto groaned. "Dammit, what happened?" he groused. "I was fighting Madara-teme, alongside Sakura-chan and Sasuke-teme. I remember Madara-teme shouting something about how he had changed his mind, and everything just blew up..."

"I'm afraid the Elemental Nations are no more," a gentle voice said behind him.

Naruto spun around. "Don't say things like that teme!" he growled. "Who are you anyways?"

The man chuckled. "This is one of the people who's going to be assisting my brother, huh? I must say his attitude is a lot like Luffy's..."

"Don't ignore me! I'm not helping anyone until I can figure out how to get out of here!" Naruto snarled.

"This is the afterlife. Before I forget, my name is Portgas D. Ace, and I'm here to make you a deal,"

"What sort of deal?" Naruto questioned.

"Do you want to see your friends again?" Ace asked.

"Of course I do! What kind of question is that?" Naruto rolled his eyes.

"They have all been reborn into a different world, one which Kami has offered you the chance to be reborn into as well. The only condition is that you join the Strawhat Pirates, of which my brother is the captain," Ace explained.

"How do I know you're not lying?" Naruto asked suspiciously.

"You don't," Ace said simply.

Naruto took a deep breath. "I'll take the chance that it's not a lie. You better be right about seeing all of my nakama again,"

"Since you've accepted, I suppose I should tell you one other thing. You'll have to train to regain your powers. You'll still be able to use that chakra stuff or whatever it is you shinobi use, but you'll have to retrain your body. Any other unique abilities which you might have had may also appear in your new life as well,"

"Seems I get to come along for the ride too then," Kurama grinned, materializing behind Naruto.

Ace gaped at the gigantic fox. "What the hell...?" he muttered. "Why didn't Kami tell me about you?" He asked angrily.

"I thought it'd be fun to see your reaction!" A voice laughed.

Ace's right eye twitched. "Whatever," he muttered. "Anyways, once you walk in this door behind me, you'll be born into a different world, as Monkey D. Naruto. One other thing, there is something special about those who carry the name of D. I believe Kami said you knew it as the 'Will of Fire,'. I hope you live up to it. Good luck!" He grinned

The first thing that Luffy noticed when he came too was the horrible taste in his mouth. The second thing he noticed was that he was upside down, being shaken as though someone was trying to dump something out of him. The third thing he noticed was the stranger staring at him standing at the other side of the room.

"Oi Shanks, quit that already!" Luffy grumbled.

"You idiot! Do you realize what you just ate?" Shanks growled, putting Luffy down.

Luffy shrugged. "A nasty tasting weird fruit thing?" he replied innocently.

"THAT WAS THE GOMU GOMU NO MI! IT TURNS YOUR BODY INTO RUBBER AND TAKES AWAY YOUR ABILITY TO SWIM!" Shanks roared.

Luffy blinked. 'He seems angrier than I remember him being last time,' he thought. "So I'm a rubber man," he stated, his eyes sparkling. "THAT'S SO COOL!"

Shanks sighed. "What am I going to do with you?" he muttered.

The stranger got up and walked towards Luffy, grinning from ear to ear.

"What do you want?" Luffy grumbled.

"Who are you?" Shanks asked him.

"Monkey D. Naruto, at your service!" The boy stated.

Luffy blinked. 'He has the same surname as me. Are we related?'

"You related to Luffy here by chance?" Yassop asked.

Naruto grinned. "According to Garp-jiji, We're brothers!" he exclaimed.

Luffy's jaw dropped.

"Garp-san said that?" Makino asked.

"Yep! He also insists that I become a marine..." Naruto trailed off, "But I want to be a pirate! I want to explore the high seas and write the best story ever!" Naruto paused. "If my nakama could see me now.." he muttered under his breath, shivering.

"So you're a journalist," Shanks stated.

"Yeah. If you had known me before, you'd never think it was possible, but here I am! A freelance writer," Naruto said cheerfully.

"You want to become a pirate, Naruto?" Luffy asked.

"Yeah! Garp-jiji went on and on about how great a marine I would become, and how he had high expectations on you doing the same," Naruto grinned..

"I'm going to become King of the Pirates! I'm going to gather nakama and head out to the Grand Line in pursuit of the One Piece!" Luffy exclaimed, punching the air with both of his fists.

A/N. I skipped the first bandit attack because everyone who's seen One Piece knows what happened and I was too lazy to write it out. Also, I'm thinking of maybe giving Luffy the ability to make people recall their 'other' lives. Should I? If so, should I make the entire crew aware of their past lives? Or should I just make a few aware? Naruto's dream will be explained next chapter.