So, first thing first: This story didn't ever see a beta-reader so I apologize for every mistake you may find and believe me, you will find some.
The next thing; the reader that already know me and wait for an update of my other stories... I'm sorry, but that may take some time. I need to get my muse back for all of them but right now I'm in an One Piece-fever, or better yet: Law-fever! He's just so dreamy! *drool* But okay, don't mind me. I'll try and finish this fic in one go, even if I don't really know where it will take me and what will happen. But you see, there is just a shortage of Crossovers that have Sakura as main character and I want to change it. So, here is one of my brainfarts. I hope you enjoy this piece of my imagination and the beginning of something big.
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto nor One Piece, just the idea behind this story.
The first thing she remembered was the dark.
It was so consuming that she didn't even knew if her eyes were open or not, she couldn't feel herself breathing or moving. It took over her mind, making apathy fill her up.
It didn't matter if she was dying or if something else happened to her, the only thing filling her was the darkness.
She couldn't form a thought, her brain refusing to turn to something different than the blackness surrounding her, settling in her weightless body. The feeling had left her limbs, no sound reached her ear, not even her breathing and it didn't matter to her. She only cared for the now, the apathy.
Suddenly shocks started to race from her fingertips and toes, up her arms and legs until they reached her head.
Bright light filled her sight, chased away the calming darkness and returned the feeling into her limbs, bringing with it unimaginable pain.
Now she could feel the burning in her lungs, signaling the need for a breath, her heart racing in her chest and also the spasms of her muscles. But now there was also the feeling of falling, the dropping of her stomach as she cut through the air, unable to do anything while her body moved in uncontrollable ways.
The speed she was falling with made it difficult to draw a breath, as well as the pain, rendering her control over her body useless. When she finally got the air into her lungs the expanded, sending a large wave of agony through her and now she could let out the scream that had clocked up her throat.
It was high-pitched, inhuman in its intensity and it freed her from the worst of her torture. It was as if she had been able to let out her pain in the long, loud and vocal cords ripping roar. Now there only was the burning in her eyes from the bright light and the rushing winds, as well as the fire that burned now in her throat.
Gaining the control over her body back, she turned in her fall, trying to force her lids open to see her death coming at her. She would die while looking the grim reaper directly into his eyes, that was her promise to herself that she wanted to fulfill.
The females eyes finally opened to slits but widened when all she saw was blue.
She had ripped through the clouds and now there only was water under her. The bright sun reflected off the surface, sparkling harmlessly and beautifully up at her, almost welcoming her with a golden and blue shine.
It wouldn't take much longer until the impact with the water and now that her mind worked again she let her brain run through every possible scenario to increase her chance of survival. She knew that an fall from some hundred feet into water would kill her, the density of water would make her look like a melon thrown from a roof down onto a street. She would have to reduce the impact area greatly but even then it could break every bone in her body.
Steeling her mind she got into an upright position, her feet pointing to the water and her arms raised above her head, her body creating a perfect line. But that wasn't everything she did.
Gripping her chakra with her mind she let it rush through the pathways and settled it directly under her skin, creating a barrier made out of her green energy. It wouldn't protect her from everything but hopefully enough to survive the forceful entry into the water.
And suddenly she breached the surface, shooting deep into the sea, cutting through the masses of water like a hot knife through butter. But it hadn't been as smooth as her entry had made one think. She had felt the crushing of the bones in her feet, pulverizing the smallest and most fragile ones as well as pushing the joints of her femurs out of their sockets. Luckily the pressure of the water hadn't forced the cool liquid down her nose into her lungs, her chakra had blocked her nostrils.
The shock of the impact and the searing pain in her legs had ripped her eyes open and ignoring the burn of saltwater in her sensitive retinas she took a look.
Precious air escaped her mouth in a silent gasp as she saw glowing points pinning her, making her forget the pain for a second but filling her up with adrenaline.
Narrowing her eyes she let chakra flow into her fists, illuminating the space around her with green light.
As if just waiting for this sign the beat shot forward, striking like a snake with its giant maw opened to swallow her whole. How she even got the interest of this sea monster was a riddle to her but she wouldn't get eaten by this sea snake after surviving a fall that no normal human would have!
Before she could disappear in the giant mouth she used her chakra-infused hands to catapult her upwards and out of the immediate reach of the beast. It would have been more effective if she had been able to use her legs but they were numb, useless to her. She was kinda thankful for the fact that she couldn't feel them because the top of the beasts fin struck her leg and made her twirl in the water, making her dizzy and letting her loose the orientation.
The monster didn't give her time to collect herself because it used it snakelike body to turn around so fast that she couldn't even try to get out of its way. So it left her with only one option.
She gathered her chakra faster in her hands then she ever had and readied herself for the impact that would follow.
It shot from slightly under her upwards, trying to get her into its maw but it hadn't counted on her counterattack.
Her fist connected with the top of its upper jaw, sending tremors through her bones but she could ignore this easily as she felt the energy propelling her upwards and the beast down.
The water rushed around her water and she shot out of the water in a high arc, her lungs filling greedily with precious air. The wind was cold on her skin and her soaked clothes but she never had been happier to taste the fresh air. But her relief didn't hold long when she saw the sea snake breaching the surface, following her flying body with the intent to kill.
Now that she could really see the predator that wanted to eat her, her eyes almost popped out of her head.
The body was long and thick, the end she was not able to see and the whole body was covered with blood red scales, the head reminded her of a giant moray eel with long whiskers and stumps on the back of its head.
All in all, it was terrifying and almost let her freeze with its pure size alone. It was bigger than Katsuyu and Manda combined! And they were massive on their own!
Determination filled her and narrowing her eyes she unsealed her Yin Seal, letting it work its magic on her battered legs. But even with the power boost she couldn't do much for the shattered bones in her feet. She would need time and many healing sessions to reverse the damage. But for the time it had to be enough.
She flicked in the air and landed on the water, the chakra in her feet holding her on top of the liquid and giving her the needed stability. The sea snake finally reached her and descended on her, its red eyes glaring greedily at her, waiting to devour her finally.
The female braced herself, stabilizing her stand on top of the sea and let all her power flow into her arms.
When the maw was only a few paces over her she flung herself backwards and let the thing crash through the surface but she didn't give it time to fully sink back into the depths. She raced forward and got one of the whiskers into her hands, gripping it as tightly as possible and pulled at the long, thick appendage.
For a few milliseconds nothing happened but then she felt the pull of the giant beast, trying to rip her arms out of the sockets as well as pulling her under. But she pushed all her strength into her limbs and pulled. Abruptly the descend came to a stop and reversed. She pulled the massive head out of the ocean and when she felt no resistance she let go and readied her elbow for a finishing hit. She would need to get the right place to finally get rid of it but she was sure that she would get it.
As the skull breached the water she jumped upwards and then dropped down, her elbow ahead of the rest of her body.
With a deafening crack she connected with the top of the head, splitting the thick bone under the scales and pushing splitters into the soft tissue of the brain, damaging the beast enough to make it at least unconscious.
She landed heavily on top of the water and almost sunk down, her chakra almost used up by the last attack and now she was able to feel the pain in her legs, sending tremors through her body and tears into her eyes.
A moan tried to escape her throat but no sound came and she remembered the burn. Right, she had damaged her vocal cords.
The female felt the strength leaving her battered body and she climbed on top of the unmoving body of the sea snake, collapsing on the top of its head. But she was able to turn so that she could see the clear sky and the blazing sun.
Where in the world was she?
But before she could even try to think about her question the exhaustion and pain caught up to her and robbed her of her consciousness.
The young marine let out a deep, bored sigh and let his upper body hang over the railing of the crows nest. Today was such a boring day... No pirates to be seen and that for almost the whole two weeks they had been on sea. Okay, it was calming that they hadn't run into one of the big fishes but some action would have been nice to relieve some of the boredom he felt.
Sluggishly he pulled the binoculars up to his eyes and let his gaze wander over the calm sea, looking out for something unusual but without any hope. So he had to blink and pull the binoculars away to rub his eyes and look again when he saw a tiny shadow some sea miles away from them.
Sharpening the focus his body moved to attention and he fixed his stare onto the object that seemed to float on top of the water.
"Unidentifiable objected sighted! Eleven o'clock!", he shouted and narrowed his eyes, trying to see more.
Dow on the deck things got livelier.
The marines that hat scrubbed the floor all had left their posts and now moved to the left of the ship, trying to see what their lookout had caught.
All of them snapped their heads up to the man over them as he let out a startled, high yelp.
"Holy shit! Get the captain, it looks like a dead Sea King!"
One of the young marines had enough presence of mind to jump into action and race to the captains quarters, his legs carrying him as fast as possible. It was almost unheard of to find a dead Sea King just floating in the water. Something wasn't right and their captain needed to give them instructions.
It didn't even take him five minutes to reach the room of their captain, even on their large vessel and he knocked urgently on the door, trying to get the Vice Admirals attention.
He knocked again but instead of calmly opening the door it flew open and hit the young marine directly into the face, sending him crashing into the wall behind him.
The tall, muscled man in the doorway put a doughnut in his mouth and chewed it without a care in the world. He looked around and after he found nothing he shrugged and turned around to get back into his quarters, but a pained groan stopped him in his tracks.
"V... Vice... Admiral... Dead... dead Sea... Sea King... sighted..."
The gray eyebrows rose up the wrinkled forehead before a large grin brightened his face.
"Bwahahaha! That's finally something interesting! Don't just lie there and get to the bridge! We're taking course to the Sea King! Bwahaha!"
With these words the special captain of the marine vessel made his way to the bridge, the bag with his doughnuts held in his arms.
The felled marine groaned in agony and tried to get his bearings but the strength with which the vice admiral had thrown open the door had been to much for his body. Slowly he sunk back down to the ground and before his head even hit the ground he had lost his consciousness.
A few spaces away from the floating cadaver the ship let its anchor into the water and a small boat down. In it was the vice admiral himself together with five other marines, two of them rowing them to the massive body.
The head was a few meters above the surface so they could only see the vacant eyes, covered by a milky film and the blood that flowed out of the nostrils. But there was no obvious wound that could explain the death of the monster.
Thoughtfully he rubbed his bearded chin and looked at the dead beast, trying to decide something. And before the marines could react a bright grin covered his face.
"Well, let's take a closer look! Bwahahaha!", and he jumped out of the boat and on top of the cadaver, ignoring the shocked shouts of "Vice Admiral!" of the men below him.
Without bother he continued climbing the Sea King until he reached the top of its head and the reasons for its death got glaringly obvious.
The roof of its skull was dented, obviously cracked down by something blunt. There was no open wound, just the sacking scales in the middle of its head.
But his attention was pulled to something near the neck of the beast. It was shaped like a human but no he could not make out any movements.
Frowning he continued on to the female that laid on the Sea King, looking like a corpse if it weren't for the shallow movement of her chest.
As soon as the marine had reached the girl, he had grouched down and turned her face into his direction, taking in the features of her.
She was small and build slenderly, no great curves to be seen. Her hair was a bright pink and was crusted over with salt from the dried sea water; it seemingly reached only her shoulders in a pixie cut. Her skin was red from the sun but he could imagine that it normally was a healthy, pale shade, showing him that she wasn't living on the sea. Her face was still rounded, so she couldn't have finished her growth, meaning she still was a teenager and too young to be on the sea alone. But the hidden lean muscles in her arms showed him, that she wasn't entirely defenseless.
But what really got his attention were her clothes. Even as far as he had traveled the seas he never had seen clothes like hers.
The top was a blue turtleneck with long sleeves and her trousers were identical. On top of the pullover she wore a green vest with various pockets and spaces to keep something in. Around her thigh a pouch was fastened with white gauze but he immediately saw that it was empty, the contents without a doubt lost to the unforgivable sea. And on her feet were black, high sandals.
All in all, the girl looked really unusual.
Cautiously and careful he took her into his arms, letting her head rest on his chest and made his way back to the boat with the other marines.
"Well, girly, it seems like the day just got interesting. Bwahahaha!"
Without any care in the world he jumped from the top of the Sea Kings head and landed between the young marines, making them scurry back from him, not expecting the vice admiral to appear out of nowhere.
"Now, men! Let's get back to the ship! I have found something interesting! Bwahahaha!"
The men saluted him and went to work, rowing their boat to their ship where most of the crew hung over the reeling, trying to catch a glimpse of their extroverted captain.
As soon as the boat had been pulled upwards again, the highest ranking marine stepped off the vessel and moved into the direction of their infirmary.
"Get the doc, he has work to do!"
The crew saluted him and some rushed away to find the aforementioned doctor of their ship while the rest got back to work, murmuring about the events of the day.
Slowly consciousness filled her again and she tried to open her eyes, failing at her first try but able to lift her lids on her second one.
At first she couldn't take in anything, her brain working to remember what had happened but then slowly the information filled her head, making her able to look at her surroundings.
She noticed the white roof over her head and the sterile room she was in, also that she was in a bed instead of on top of the scaly head of the sea monster.
Rubbing her eyes she sat up, looking at the white blanket that had fallen into her lap. Carefully she threw it away from her legs and looked at them, seeing the white bandages around her feet and now feeling also the pressure they put around her toes. She also recognized the braces for they also existed in the field sickbay in their base.
Frustrated with the unanswered questions ghosting around her head she let her hand glide through her pink locks, getting caught in numerous snarls making her 'tsk' in annoyance. That meant she would need a long soak in a bathtub with plenty of conditioner or a cut. She lent more to option number four. Surely she wouldn't get a bath.
Pulling her fingers out of the mess she called hair she rubbed her face in mental exhaustion.
Where had she landed? And what was going on right now? She could feel it in her very bones that she wasn't near Konoha anymore, as well as Suna, because both countries didn't have such a large body of water. Not even near this size.
So, where the fuck was she?!
Suddenly the wall next to the door exploded and made wood splinters rain on the floor.
She had jumped from the bed, her body falling into the trained defense pose her mistress had pounded into her. Too bad she hadn't any kunai with her but her bare fists had to do.
Out of the dust cloud stepped a massive man, clad in a suit with a flowing white coat around his shoulders, a big grin on his weathered face.
Her eye twitched in irritation and her fists clenched harder. She could feel his strength practically flowing out of his body, saturating the air with a denseness that made it hard to breath. Also the hair in her neck stood up straight, something that only had happened, when she had faced an enemy she knew she had had no chance of defeating.
"Ah, finally you're awake! Bwahahahaha, it was time!", his voice was booming but bright and had a relaxing quality to it but she didn't let it lull her into false safety. She had seen what happened to shinobi that had let down their defenses carelessly.
The man crossed his massive arms in front of his broad chest and watched her steadily out of his blue eyes.
"So, did you kill the Sea King that we saw floating in the water?"
Ah, straight to the point? That she could appreciate.
"If you mean the massive sea snake then yes.", even if she had healed her throat in her sleep unconsciously her voice still was scratchy and hoarse. Every note hurt but it wasn't something that bothered her immensely. It was annoying but bearable.
The man let out another of his loud and bewildering laughs, throwing his head back and closing his eyes in mirth. She could still see the readiness in his body but she also understood that he didn't see her as a threat. Good for her, that made escaping a hundred times easier.
"So, the kitten has claws! I knew it, bwahahaha! Say, how did you kill it? And where is your ship?"
She narrowed her eyes at him and let an unwanted growl out, goading her into a coughing fit. Her throat was dry and burned from not being used in a long time. Her body lost its tenseness and her muscles collapsed in themselves, leaving her crouched and bended over, trying desperately to stop the coughing, knowing that she made everything worse with it.
Out of one eye she continued with watching the man in white and saw not one ounce of pity, just the smirk and a twinkling that made her for some reason nervous. She had seen it before, but she couldn't remember where. But it send shivers of foreboding down her spine.
After she finally had calmed down her coughing she stood up again and swallowed thickly, wetting her throat. She got into her defense position again, not trusting the imposing male. He made her immensely uncomfortable and he knew it. She could see it in his eyes and he enjoyed himself, that bastard!
"So, you want to answer the questions or what?"
The young female glared at him.
"No, not really", she answered him in an aggressive tone, ignoring her instincts that told her to be respectful to him and not let her inner Naruto out. But now it was too late anyway. And she had other problems then make friends with the man!
The grin of him took on a sharp edge and it got a noticeable shiver from her body. He punched his fist into his palm and stood straighter, towering over her frame and making her look up.
"So, so, the little girl has a mouth on her! Bwahaha! Let's see if you can back up your attitude with actions!", and without further warning he launched himself at her, his fist ready to pound her into the ground.
Only because of her strict training she could get out of the way just in time and her eyes widened momentarily as she saw the bed, she had rested in earlier, had been pulverized by his fist. That could have been her!
Steeling herself for the fight she let her chakra flow into her feet and legs and catapulted herself at the man, swinging her fist at him, hoping to get him good. But she didn't even come near his face, when he grabbed her around her wrist and swung her around, shooting her across the room. Luckily she found her bearings quickly and got her feet on the wall, absorbing the impact with her bended knees, before using the energy to propel her forward at him again.
This time he took a step to the side and got out of her way and she collided with the wall, breaking right through it and landed in a different room, this one much bigger and spacious then the sickbay.
She fell to the ground and bounced of it until she came to a stop, groaning from the burn she got while sliding over the floor.
Quickly she got up, shaking off the collision with the hard wood and quickly took in her surroundings. Now she seemed to stand in the mess hall, with a few people in it, which stared at her in shock. But before she could do more, the big man jumped through the created hole and right at her.
Her eyes hardened and the chakra gathered in her fist. Without losing a moment she let her fist sail into the ground, ripping a large hole into the floor and unearthing planks which sharp, broken ends now protruded from the ground. But without flinching the guy just plowed through the hardened wood and got her good in the stomach.
The force of the hit send her sailing into one of the long benches in the middle of the room and ripped it out the bolts that had fastened it to the ground.
Dazed she sat on the bench and tried to get her bearings with shaking her head. This guy could pack a punch! It was almost as bad as the ones of her mistress, but only almost. She had lived through worse and she would show this old man that he couldn't just use her as a punching bag!
Standing up she let the anger well up in her and let it flow through her body, as well as the chakra from her core. With a glower she grabbed the long bench and pulled the other end out of the ground, ignoring the gasps from the bystanders.
She held the bench like a massive baseball bat and without losing one more thought she swung it with a cry, hitting the old man in his surprised pause and let the piece of furniture sail after him, creating a new, bigger hole in another wall.
"Vice admiral!"
She twirled around to the cry and lost her concentration for a second but it was enough time to let him attack her again.
His big fist caught her in the face, making it fly to the side and giving her a spin while she again sailed through the air. The next time she landed, she continued with rolling until she stopped at the other end of the mess hall.
"Oh? Giving up already? I'm disappointed, bwahahaha!"
She gritted her teeth, fire burning in her eyes and she used the time she needed in getting upright to set her rib and heal the crack superficially. She would have to do better when she had time for it. Now she had to show the old man a new trick or two.
Activating her Yin Seal she ignored the gasps and the interested raising of a brow from the man that had attacked her. She felt the chakra from her forehead entering the pathways in her body, rushing through her and giving her new energy. Instantly her stance got stronger again and green fire surrounded her fists, materializing into scalpels. Round Two could now begin.
Without warning she launched herself at him, anticipating the block that he threw up, exactly what she had wanted. Her chakra went through his skin without problems and when it reached the nerves it cut through the connections, rendering his left arm useless. With a curse and widened eyes he threw a punch with his right but she was fast enough to get out of reach with dropping to the floor and using a leg sweep. As anticipated he jumped over it but what she hadn't thought about was the fast that he let his whole body fall down instead of a controlled punch.
Just in time she rolled to the side and heard the wooden floor splintering. Hastily she scrambled to her feet and almost lost her footing when a sharp pain shot up her legs. The man had seen this on little hesitation and used it to his advantage. He tackled her to the ground and without giving her even a chance to resist he had her on her stomach and her arms behind her back in his grip. His knee ducked painfully in her back and pushed her to the ground, rendering her immobile.
"Bwahahahahaha! What a nice outwork! Good job, kitten, that really alleviated the boredom!", the man laughed loudly and pulled her up with him, petting her head like one would do with an actual pet.
Flabbergasted she stared at the man with an open mouth and her lower lid twitched, signaling her feelings clearly to the world. That expression got the man to laugh again, this time more boisterously then before.
"Well then kitten, I think you would make a good marine! What do you say, join us?"
Losing the last bit of her patience she glared at the man and struggled in his grip, scratching at his hand, that held her shoulder strongly without any intention to let her go.
"What the fuck are you talking about?! I don't know where I am, who you are! I don't know what the fucking marine is and I just survived almost being eaten by the overgrown sea snake! What do you want from me?!"
The man laughed again and shook her by the shoulder, rattling her brain through and making her dizzy, almost sending her to the floor in his mirth.
"You've got a temper! But we will get this out of you! Don't you worry. But to answer your question, we are on a marine ship in the East Blue just a few days away from the next island. And I'm Vice Admiral Monkey D. Garp. You have potential and I think you will make it big in the marine! Bwahahahaha! Now, kitten, what's you name and where do you come from?"
The girl stared at him with wide eyes, only registering the words after a moment of silence before her eyes almost bugged out. What the heck was the East Blue? Or better yet, where was it? And why did this... Garp try to get her into his organization?
Without even meaning to she opened her mouth and answered him.
"My name is Haruno Sakura and I think I'm a long way away from home..."