Well, folks, here it comes; a new Naruto and One Piece crossover. From here, I hear the cries of 'No, again?! What kind of sh*t did they bring us this time?', but alas, it is back; bigger and nastier. Anyway, here is my first story, named 'Kyuketsuki no Mi' [Vampire Devil Fruit]. I hope that you find some originality in it and that you will enjoy it.
Side note: I'd like to signal that english is not my first language, nor my second, so forgive me for the mistakes I'm sure I did commit [Ah, if Spell Checkers were gods, *sigh*]
Disclaimer: Naruto and One Piece fanfiction authors own only their creations (OC), and the mangas Naruto and One Piece belong only to their respective authors; Masashi Kishimoto and Eichiro Oda. If they say otherwise, they are horrible liars.
Chapter one: And the journey begins… With an evasion…
The Great Geol, Impel Down. It is said that those who penetrate its immense gates cannot escape. The only way to leave this place would be to succumb to the harsh tortures inflicted on the prisoners, and have your corpse be thrown out of the place like garbage, or to be transported to marine's HQ, Marineford, to be publicly executed. This huge prison held most of the souls unfortunate enough to have been captured by the Marine. The prisoners there were ranging from simple unknown bandits, to infamous pirates known for their cruelty and fearlessness. But within those walls, even the most courageous of men could break. Catalina Devon, Busco Shot and San Juan Wolf… you probably don't know them, as their names were erased from all data recordings. Their 'wanted posters' were burned, as were their medical recordings; and that in the utmost secretiveness. The only proof that they even existed were documents hidden in the geol.'s great safe. Few people could access them; in fact, the marine's higher ups and the commander himself were the only ones who could read those documents. Of course, the pirates held there knew of them, as one didn't become pirate without knowledge on the people you should better avoid if you didn't want you and your crew to be decimated. Rumours of other entities, as dangerous as these three, also circulated amongst prisoners. Their powers or their knowledge made them a danger for the world government.
One of these men was going to be punished. Indeed, the vice-commander asked him if he would like to pledge allegiance to the World Nobility and become Noble Charles' guardian, in exchange of what he would be freed. Now, you would wonder why it was not Magellan who would propose this trade. The answer was simple; Magellan was in Mariejoa, for a meeting with Sengoku. Back to the prison; the prisoner spit on the current commander's face, saying that he was nobody's pet and that the Nobility could burn in hell for all he cared. Hannyabal took it calmly; he had long since known how to react to prisoners' provocations. He simply called Zyckr to deal with him.
Zyckr was their number one torturer, Minotaur being the second. However, where Minotaur specialised in physical tortures, Zyckr preferred to break the mental balance of his victims. Hannyabal left, going back to Magellan's office. He simply loved being in command.
Zyckr arrived soon afterwards, in a joyous gait, nearly hopping. He couldn't wait to torture this prisoner, as he had a rough week. It would relax him. Before entering, he put on black-tinted glasses. Even he wouldn't be foolish enough to enter in without protection. He did well, as when he entered, the first thing the prisoner did was trying to hypnotise him. You see, one of this man's powers was to make someone bend to his will by looking at him in the eyes. It didn't work with tinted glasses, as it required direct eye contact with the victim.
Zyckr chuckled "You thought that this little trick would work?"
The prisoner merely smirked "I thought you were dumb enough to come without some kind of protection. Well seems like you're not as idiot as you look," Zyckr couldn't believe this punk's gall. Didn't he know that he was not in any position to insult him?
He advanced toward the bind man and put his hand around his neck, strangling him "You've got a last word before the game begin?" the man tried to say something but the only thing coming out of his mouth was a feeble whisper. The torturer released the pressure on the throat, but kept his hand there, and put his ear next to the man's mouth "Hum, you said something?" Zyckr asked, chuckling.
"I said that I had one word to tell you; you're screwed. Now, I order you to remove your glasses," Zyckr couldn't understand why, but his hand moved seemingly on its own, effectively removing the glasses from his eyes. "Wha- What the hell?!" he shrieked in a high-pitched tone.
The prisoner snickered. Then it turned to outright laugher. "I can't believe you're so stupid, putting your ear next to my mouth…!!! Didn't you know that I can hypnotise with both my eyes, and my voice?" Zyckr's eyes widened.
"Oh, that's true; the marines don't know it yet… My bad… You see, I have the power to make someone bend to my will with both vocal and visual contact. The nearest the person which I make contact with is, the most powerful the spell becomes. My voice simply allows me to control one's movement, and it is quite limited. For example I can't order you to stop breathing, or to make you smash your head against a wall… I can't even make you go too far, I think it is limited to a ten feet radius. Thought I will admit it, you were quite strong-willed," the guy smirked.
"Now I want you to look at me in the eyes," Zyckr did just that, "Close eye contact allows me to make you do absolutely everything I want. I can even control the level of smartness you will possess. Unfortunately, my powers don't work on someone with a really strong will, like Magellan…"
The man sighed "Slave, I want you to untie me. Remove my shackles and handcuffs. Order,"
"I live to serve you," Zyckr bowed, then took some keys from his pant's pocket and proceeded to do as his master ordered him. The master rubbed his aching wrist and sighed in contempt "Ah, it's good to be free again," He then looked at his new slave "Now; I want you to go to the great safe and retrieve the box named 'L6C13PUN'. You will bring it to this level's monitor room. You are to act like you usually do. You can make up excuses if you want… Hum, also bring me the documents concerning Devon, Shot and Juan Wolf. You have one hour, so you better get going,"
Zyckr bowed "I live to serve you,"
Zyckr opened the cell's door with one of the key. The door was made of Kairouseki to annihilate every attack made on it, making escape virtually impossible. It was also quite resilient. Then he headed to the elevator, resuming a jovial gait. It took him ten minutes to get there. The guard who handled the machine was in his early thirties. He was one of the higher officers of Impel Down, having the same rank as Zyckr.
When the elevator guard saw Zyckr, his left eyebrow rose "Why are you so happy, Zyckr, you got promoted or what?" The newly hypnotised slave chuckled "Not at all, Fushin-san, although I'd love to be promoted. It's just that I'm done with the insolent punk held in Cell 13. It's a pity that he didn't last more than ten minutes,"
Fushin whistled "You broke HIM in ten minutes? I'm impressed," then he turned his back and opened the lift by putting his ID card on the Detector Denden Mushi. He pressed his thumb on the device's 'eyes'; the elevator's door opened almost immediately, and both Fushin and Zyckr entered.
"So, where do you want to go?" Zyckr smirked "I must retrieve some documents for the vice-commander. I think he said to bring the documents concerning Catalina Devon, Busco Shot, and San Juan Wolf, and the list of the prisoners. He also asked me to bring him the content of the box L6C13PUN," Fushin smiled "So you're going to Level Four then," He closed the elevator by putting his ID card and pressing his thumb again and pressed the button 'Level 4' on one of the elevator's wall.
While his servant was away, Cell 13's prisoner began to ponder on how he would do to attain the monitor room without being seen. This level's corridor was full of Denden Mushi Relayers which could detect the slightest of motions. Of course, he could have let Zyckr do the job, as he was strong enough to defeat ten untrained soldiers, but where was the fun in that? He wanted to test his abilities. He snapped his fingers and said quietly 'Mist'. A thick white fog engulfed the cell and the man seemingly disappeared from view. Then the mist began to move, as if carried away by an invisible force, and escaped the room's confinement. It continued to move, heading for a specific direction. It stopped, five minute afterwards, in front of the monitor room's 2 inches thick steel door. It infiltrated through the narrow, less than half an inch, slit separating the door and the floor. As the fog completely penetrated in, it began to take a human shape. Soon, the man who disappeared from his cell materialized in front of the ten shocked soldiers.
One of the soldiers looked tentatively at the alarm levier on the opposite wall.
"I advise you not to dare the devil, for I'll not hesitate to kill you if you do," The man chuckled, mirth evident in his eyes as thick beads of sweat began to appear on the soldier's forehead. Not paying any heed to the advice, he ran at full speed, intending to pull the levier to signal the threat. He almost made it, being inches away from informing the prison of the potential threat, when a bone-shattering punch crashed into his temple. A distinctive 'crack' was heard as the man's head hit the wall to his right with tremendous force. There was no doubt that the man was dead.
"I warned you," The man shook his head almost sadly. He then looked at the remaining soldiers, seeing a myriad of emotions flicker in them. Anger, grief, sorrow, insecurity, but mostly fear. They feared the man and what he would do to them if they didn't listen to him.
"Now, now, I didn't want to use such drastic measures... I must admit that I let my bloodlust get the better of me," He went over to the fallen man, kneeled down, and put his hand on the corpse's forehead.
"May your soul ascend to heaven," A white substance came out of corpse's mouth and evaporated upon making contact with the floor. He was ready to get up and to warn the other soldiers, but on a second thought, he bit the man's shoulder.
"And your body continue to serve me in the afterlife," As he said that, the man's body disappeared. He got up and looked at the remaining soldiers. "I think the message got across?" He stated. Receiving fearful nods, he smirked "Good boys" In less than two seconds; the nine remaining soldiers were out cold. He sat in one of the chair of the control room and waited for his servant to return. He looked at one of the screens and chuckled when he saw Hannyabal alone in his office, barking out orders to invisible soldiers.
Zyckr arrived in front of the great geol's safe. Two huge gates, roughly fifty feet high, sixty feet large and ten feet thick guarded the entrance. They were made of pure gold and laced with ten feet wide Kairouseki stones. Nobody guarded it; they didn't need to for it was impossible to break them, as it nullified Devil Fruit's powers. Two enormous locks kept the gates closed. A big Denden Mushi Statue, made of crystal, stood near the imposing gates.
Zyckr took out his ID card and put it in front of the statue's left eye. The snail seemed to 'analyse' the card and made a beeping sound. It glowed bright green, and the gates' first lock opened. Zyckr then put his left hand against the snail's right eye, and his right hand against its left one. The machine beeped again and once more glowed green. This time the second lock opened. The two locks unlocked, and the gates parted ways, revealing the content of the room.
The room was gigantic. Rows upon rows of boxes lined the walls, stacked up. The enslaved man entered, and headed towards the end of the room. On the wall to his right were indications "Level 1", "Level 2"… When he neared the "Level 6" sign he stopped and said loudly "I, Zyckr Skrynk, must retrieve documents for the actual commander. Require authorisation. Code IB564D4. Over,"
There was a beeping sound, and a mechanical voice came "Authorisation granted," Hadn't Zyckr asked for an authorisation, hundreds of poisoned arrows would have rained upon him. It was the last of the security systems made by Vegapunk to protect this place. He walked forward, looked at his left and read the indication on some boxes "'L6C08PKR', 'L6C10PJW', 'L6C12PDC", Ah! Found it; 'L6C13PUK'!" Zyckr took the box. It was not too big, and didn't weight much. There were straps on one side of the box, and he used them to put it on his back. At the end of the room was a mahogany desk. It had many drawers, each with a different label. He opened the one labelled 'Prisoners data'. Stack of documents were in it. He took one of them. The top paper read 'List of prisoners'. He looked through each sheet, and saw it contained information on the men his master was looking for. He opened the box and put the documents in it, then closed it again.
His mission accomplished, he left the great safe, heading to the elevator. Fushin looked at him "So, you're going to the chief warden's office, I take it," He half-asked, half-stated. He was surprised, however, when Zyckr shook his head "No, I received Hannyabal-sama's new order; I am to look over prisoner Roshio Kanzetsu's transport to Marineford," Zyckr saw the man's name when he was looking through the list of prisoners. Fushin accepted the answer "So, to Level 6 then?" Zyckr nodded. No more words were spoken.
When Zyckr arrived at Level 6, he immediately set off to the monitor room. He had only five minutes left before the time-limit was reached. He thankfully made it in time. The man bowed before his master, and put the box he was carrying on the floor.
"Mission accomplished, master," The man nodded and checked the content of the box. Seeing what was inside made him smile. He closed it and asked his servant what happened. Zyckr told him everything that happened when he was away.
"Hum, maybe we can… Look at the list of the prisoners and tell me in which cell Roshio Kanzetsu is held," Zyckr bowed then looked through the name until he found it "He is held in Cell 08"
"Give me the key to that cell" The man ordered. Once Zyckr gave him the keys he said "Now I want you to stay here until I come back. If one of these men wake up," he gestured to the prone forms on the floor "You must knock him out, do you understand?" When Zyckr nodded, the man left the room and went to find prisoner Roshio.
It didn't take long to find him. He opened the cell's iron door and stepped in. He put on the light and looked at the sitting form of Roshio Kanzetsu. It was an old man, maybe in his late sixties. He had messy white hair and short white beard. He was currently sleeping, mumbling something about a sake bottle.
"Hey! Wake up!" The man shouted. Roshio's eyes snapped wide open at the sudden voice. They closed as the bright light assaulted his pupils. He blinked several times and progressively looked up at the form standing in front of him. "You want to torture me again or wha-" His words died in his throat as he looked intently at the man in front of him. The man was young; he couldn't be older than twenty-five, and stood at 6". He had long blond hair and piercing blue eyes. His skin was tanned, but seemed pale, surely because of the time he spent in prison. He recognized this man "You're Uzumaki Naruto, are you not?"
'Naruto' chuckled, "So you know of me... I feel honoured that a man of your stature even knows of me," The man scoffed "Please, everybody know you since the day you destroyed a marine stronghold and a fleet of twenty war ships... Two hundred marines and two vice-admirals defeated in one night, by yourself. They say that your strength equals, maybe exceeds the strength of an admiral..."
Naruto smirked "Well, you're well informed for a rotting old man. You're no small fry either, Roshio Kanzetsu… Or should I say… Minami no Akuma,"
Roshio chuckled "What? That's an old story; it was when I was still young and foolish. Now I am a just rusty old man," He sighed and looked at his cell's ceiling. "So, what do you need me for?"
"I was coming to that... Simply put, I want you to be part of my crew," Roshio was shocked, then smiled sadly "I told you I'm not what I used to be… I'll pass on that offer," Naruto sighed and turned around. He began to walk toward the cell's door, then stopped and shrugged "So, I guess you don't want to see your already grown daughter. What a pity!" As he was about to leave, Roshio called him back "Wait! Your plan to escape… Will it work out?" A sliver of hope wormed its way into his being. Maybe… Maybe he could see his daughter, finally.
Naruto, his back still turned, smirked as he turned his head slightly and looked at him over his shoulder "I am a hundred percent sure it will work. So I'll reiterate my question: do you want to be part of my crew or not?" Roshio smiled warmly "I'm looking forward to it, captain,"
After Naruto freed him, he and Roshio were on their ways to the monitor room. Roshio decided to start a conversation "So, why did you take me in your crew? Don't tell me bullshit like 'Your story moved me deeply' and such,"
Naruto looked at him and chuckled "Actually, the reason is quite simple. You know the sea like the back of your hand, and I suck at navigation. You also have lots of knowledge, and that's always useful. Plus a little company is appreciated," Roshio nodded. He was about to ask another question but realised that they already arrived.
He was surprised to see a higher-class soldier still standing, and was about to inform Naruto, but the blond-haired young man silenced him, "This is Zyckr. He was once a proud soldier, now he is my devoted servant," Roshio nodded but still looked at Zyckr warily. The guy simply didn't seem to care.
"So... how do you plan to escape?" Naruto looked at the guards, and found what he was looking for. One of the men was a young soldier, in his early twenties, and had blond hair and blue eyes, just like him. He stripped him of his clothes, and then began to undress. He put on the soldier garb, adjusting it to make it fit him. He found the man's ID card in his pant's pocket and looked at the name. "Tokuro Shinji, hum? To answer your question, we're going to make it seem like you're our prisoner, and we're escorting you to Marineford, for your execution. Then, when we're far enough from the prison, we'll get rid of the guards and go to wherever the hell we want," He put the man's soldier cap on, and cut his hair with the guy's sword to match the picture. Once it was done, he took out Kairouseki handcuffs from his new pant's back pocket and put it around Roshio's wrists. "Well, folks, should we get going?"
Naruto, Zyckr and their 'prisoner' were nearing the lift when Fushin called out "Halt! Show me your ID cards and state your destination!" Zyckr took out his card and showed him. Naruto did the same. He was hopping it would work; otherwise he would have no choice but knock out the man, and it might compromise the escape. Upon seeing Zyckr ID cart, Fushin relaxed. "Ah, it's you. And who might you be, young man?" He said, looking at Naruto.
"My name is Tokuro Shinji, sir! Nice to meet you, sir!" the blond-haired young man shouted. "Well, well, such a feisty young one. Okay, you can pass," He opened the elevator's gate and entered, motioning for Roshio, Zyckr and 'Shinji' to do the same. Internally Naruto was laughing; it was so easy to dupe him. They had no problem at the entrance and leaving the prison was a piece of cake.
Now Naruto, Zyckr and Roshio were on the bridge connecting the under-water prison and the marine warships' protecting it. It was good to be free again, feel the glare of the sun, the cool wind blowing in your hair.
They chose to go for the ship to their left. "Halt! State your name and your business," One of the two men guarding the gangplank connecting the ship and the pier asked.
Zyckr stepped forward "We, Zyckr Skrynk, head of the Impel Down Torture Department," the man took his ID card and showed it to the man, who nodded "and Tokuro Shinji, officer of the Impel Down Security and Look Out System," At this it was Naruto's turn to show his card "Were given the express order, by Vice-Commander Hannyabal, in charge of the jail since high commander Magellan-sama left the prison to take care of some business, to escort the prisoner to Marineford, place where he will be executed in less than a month,"
One of the men looked at the ID cards, verified their authenticities, while the other looked at his clipboard and indeed, a transport would occur for prisoner Roshio Kanzetsu. The paper, however, indicated that it should occur in three years exactly.
"One minute!" The man handling the transport said "I will have to contact Hannyabal-sama; for there seems to be an error on the date of the transport... I'll be right ba-" "You will contact no one; everything is in order, we will proceed to the escort as agreed upon," The hypnotise did wonders, as when Naruto talked to them, the men seemed looked like they were in a daze. They broke out of it five seconds after.
"Okay, everything is in order; we will proceed to the escort. We will depart immediately, so you'd better get in," As the man verifying the transport conditions talked, the other gave the cards back to the men and a third one removed the gangplank. Naruto chuckled as he followed one of the men.
Once they were a good distance from the prison, Naruto shouted, for all of the soldiers to hear "Now I want you all to jump off the boat. When you do, you will forget everything you saw here... You too Zyckr. After that, you will go to Impel Down directly, and if someone asks what happened, you will say you have no idea... Are we clear?" He looked at the crew, and they nodded. Once they all jumped, he threw them three rafts, enough to fit the ship's entire equipage, thirty men. He wasn't completely heartless after all.
When all was said and done, he and Roshio stopped the ship. "So… Where are we going now?" He asked. Naruto stroked his chin. "Do they have a map of the world somewhere in this ship?" He asked suddenly. Roshio hummed "Most likely, as it is impossible to travel without one. It should be in the captain's cabin," Naruto followed Roshio as he led the way. When they arrived, they found a world map on a desk. Naruto pointed somewhere on the map.
"We're going to… Alabasta. After all, I've still got a visit to pay to a sand crocodile…"
Naruto's actual pirate crew:
Captain: Uzumaki Naruto
Historian and part-time navigator: Roshio Kanzetsu
Characters Information's Corner:
Name:Uzumaki Naruto
Nickname (If any): Ryuuketsu no Naruto
On the ship: Captain
Place of birth: Village of Kireitsuki [Beautiful Moon] (West Blue)
Date of birth: 11/09 14 years Before Pirate Era
Likes: Unknown
Dislikes: Unknown
Devil Fruit (If any): Unknown, thought speculations of the Vampire devil fruit.
General description: Data on this man are scarce. Few things are known, and their accuracies sources are subjected to doubt. It is confirmed that he is born in the village of Kireitsuki, in West Blue. His date of birth also seems not to be false. He is the captain of his own crew, which is still unnamed. The origins of his powers are still darks, as some says he has eaten the Forgotten Fruit: Kyuketsuki no Mi [Vampire Fruit], others say that he established a pact with Dracula himself. The theories were neither infirmed, nor confirmed. It is however evident that he possesses knowledge in the art of vampirism.
Character's known skills:
Mist: Naruto morphs until he becomes a thick fog, which can travel pretty fast. While in this form, he can go through the smaller of holes. He can reform whenever he wants by making the mist compact and shaping it into a human form.
Hypnotism: Naruto can control someone by visual or vocal contact. The visual contact enables to control the movements and thought of the victim while the vocal one simply allows to control one's actions. Weakness of the visual contact; Tinted glasses, visual protection, loss of sight (?)…
Character's known weakness (es): None at the moment.
Name:Kanzetsu Roshio
Nickname (If any): Minami no Akuma (Demon of the South)
On the ship: Historian and Navigator
Place of birth: Town of Frostvald (South Blue)
Date of birth: 25/03 52 years Before Pirate Era
Likes: His daughter, Sylphia, his Wife
Dislikes: Unknown
Devil Fruit (If any): Unknown
General description: (Important note: this story was retold by Kanzetsu Roshio himself, and as such, may prove to be false) During his youth, Kanzetsu Roshio was a cruel and dreadful pirate captain, feared throughout the continent, which earned him the name of the Demon of the South. His crew was one of the most brutal ones, pillaging, massacring whole villages for their own pleasures. He met a woman, in one of the villages which he planned to destroy later that night, who changed his life. He called off the attack, and disbanded his crew, and eventually finished by marrying the woman. Ten years later, his wife discovered his past doings, and fearing her reaction, surrendered to the Marine. He heard from one of the officer that his wife was pregnant. Since then, he always was remorseful and wished to return by his wife's side and see their daughter, who should be in her early twenties by all accounts.
Character's known skills: None at the moment.
Character's known weakness (es): None at the moment.
Ps: You should have noticed that I added some things and changed some other things, namely the great safe and the disposition of Level 6
Ps2: Rectified some mistakes I made...