I'm going to be making this the second installment of my Naruto series, the first being Naruto ninja of the heart. This one's going to be a cross-fusion of Naruto and One Piece.

I don't own anything and don't slam the grammar, just enjoy the story.

Tales of the Shadow Tail Pirates

A devil fruit and the start of a crew

A young Naruto sat in the Hokage's office looking out the window as rain fell down upon the window. The Hokage himself was sitting at his desk facing off against his most hated and annoying enemy: paperwork.

"Naruto, are you absolutely sure you want to be Hokage? You have to deal with a lot of annoying paperwork." Sarutobi asked.

"Yeah, but still, no one looks down on the Hokage. No one gives the Hokage trouble." Naruto said with a smile. And no one calls the Hokage a demon. He added mentally. For as long as he could remember, whenever he went outside there would always be someone who would yell at him, call him a demon, and on a few occasions throw something at him. Hokage Tower was the only place that Naruto ever felt safe, and loved. The Old Man had always looked after him, just like the Mega-Perv and Granny, even if they weren't around as much.

"Lord Hokage, the Lords Uchiha and Hygua are here." The Hokage's secretary said, poking her head in.

"Thank you." Sarutobi said. "Naruto,"

"Yeah, I'm heading out Old Man." Naruto said with a smile, hopping down from his perch and heading to the door. Before he reached the door, it swung open and the two ninja nobles walked in. Naruto bowed politely, but neither of the ninjas paid him any mind. After Naruto left the room, he saw two young children. With a small smile, he walked forward towards the two of them. "Hi, I'm Naruto."

"I'm Sasuke Uchiha." Said the young boy with dark hair and eyes.

"A-and I-I'm Hinata Hyuga." Said the young girl with lighter hair and white, pupilless eyes. All three of them smiled at one another.

"Well, well, well, looks like out little Naruto has made a few friends." Said a voice. An old man with long, spiky white and a busty woman with short blond hair walked in.

"Mega-Perv! Granny!" Naruto yelled, bounding at the two of them. "Welcome back."

"It's good to be back Squirt." Jiraya said with a smirk. "And who are your little friends?"

"This is Sasuke Uchiha and Hinata Hyuga." Naruto said, pointing to his two new friends.

"An Uchiha and a Hyuga?" Tsunadai said with a smile. "Don't see those two in the same place very often."

"Our fathers have a meeting with the Hokage." Sasuke said while Hinata nodded shyly.

"I see." Tsunadia said. Jiarya meanwhile was dealing with a hyperactive blond boy bouncing up and down chanting, "What'd you bring me? What'd you bring me? What'd you bring me? What'd you bring me?" Jiraya smiled at the child.

"Sorry, I didn't bring you anything Squirt." Jiraya said. "But I will give you a sneak peak at what I've brought the old man." Naruto smiled and nodded. Sasuke and Hinata looked over to see what Jiraya had brought. The old Sage reached into his bag and pulled out a scroll. Unsealing it, three fruits appeared before the children.

"Fruits?" Sasuke asked with a raised eyebrow.

"These are special fruits kid." Tsunade said. "They're called Devil Fruits, fruits that had supposedly been enchanted by Sea-Demons that come from a place called the Grand Line."

"I-I've her-herd of th-that place." Hinata said. "It's said to be f-f-full of m-m-monsters."

"Among other things," Jiraya said. "I've actually got a friend who sails the Grand Line all the time."

"Really?" Naruto said his eyes wide.

"Really Squirt." Jiraya said ruffling his hair with a grin.

"So, what can these fruits do?" Sasuke asked, picking one up.

"Well, that one you're holding there is the Bat-Bat Fruit. Whoever eats it can go from human to bat to something in between." Jiraya explained. "That one is called the Spiral Spiral fruit. I'm not completely sure, but I think that that one allows the eater to produce drills around their body."

"These fruits taste yucky." Naruto said, he sounded like his mouth was full. Slowly, Jiraya and Tsunada turned to see Naruto eating the final fruit.

"And that would be the Ele Ele Fruit." Jiraya said, slowly starting to laugh. "It gives the eater the power to control the elements of earth, water, wind, fire, and lightning."

"Th-These do t-t-taste pr-pretty bad." Hinata agreed. Sasuke spat out the part he bit off of that fruit.

"Nasty." He muttered. Tsunada was starring at the three children while Jiraya was full out laughing. The Hokage's door opened and Sarutobi walked out with Sasuke and Hinata's fathers.

"Jiraya, Tsunada, welcome back." He said, and then he looked over at Naruto. "Naruto!" He yelled as the boy fell over. The last thing he heard was and saw was everyone running towards them.

N/OP

Naruto snapped up. He wasn't in the Hokage's tower anymore, he was in some kind of sewer but it looked like all hell was breaking loose inside it. The ground was shaking, water was crashing around him, winds were blowing like mad, fires were roaring around him, and lightning crashed somewhere above him.

"What in the world is going on in here?" Naruto demanded.

It's the fruit you ate kit. Said a voice that seemed to come from everywhere. Naruto looked behind him and his eyes widened when he saw a cage behind him. But what really made his eyes widen, was that behind the cage as a giant red eye with a slit pupil.

"W-who are you?" Naruto asked.

Kyubi no Yoko at your service kit. The eye said and a smile.

"Th-the Nine Tailed Fox." Naruto asked. "I thought you were dead. Didn't the Forth kill you?"

No, just sealed here inside your body, although I have to say, being imprisoned inside the body of a child has helped to mellow me out in a way. The Fox Demon said. Given the circumstances however, I think we'll do a proper introduction later, preferably when you're not being torn apart from the inside out.

"Torn apart from the inside out!" Naruto cried.

Yeah, like I said, that fruit you ate, the Ele Ele Fruit, it gave you the power to become and control the elements of Earth, Water, Wind, Fire, and Lightning. However, it's not the kind of power that a single person can control. Kyubi explained. However, you've gotten lucky to the point that I'm here to help balance you out.

"So, we're going to work together to control all this?" Naruto asked.

Exactly, I'll provide the chakra, but you're going to need to control it all. Kyubi explained. Just do what I say. First I want you to take control of all of this chaos around us, imagine that you're spinning it all around you. Naruto took a deep breath and focused. Soon, all of the elements began to spin around him. Next, focus on separating it all into 5 spheres, one for each of the elements. Soon, all of the disasters around Naruto did as the Fox instructed and five orbs appeared before Naruto, one green, another blue, and then red, followed by pink, and ending in yellow. Now, take those powers into your arm and let the power wash over and control it. Naruto held out his arm and the spheres began to sink into his arm. Naruto let out a sigh and flexed his arm.

"Is that all it takes?" Naruto asked.

Pretty much. Kyubi replied. We're in all this together you know. If you go, I go. Little something the Forth thought up. Well, time for you to wake up Kit.

N/OP

Naruto's eyes opened to find everyone standing over, with the exceptions of Lords Uchiha and Hyuga, with looks of concern on their face.

"You all right Squirt?" Jiraya asked.

"Yeah, why wouldn't I be?" Naruto asked.

"Well…" Sasuke said.

"You're kind of split up." Tsunade said. Naruto raised an eyebrow and Sarutobi held up a mirror for Naruto. His eyes widened as he saw that his face had been split in half, one side lightning and the other side fire. Looking down at his body, he saw that part of his torso and his left arm were also fire while the rest of his upper body seemed similar to wind. Looking down, he saw that his left leg was made of water and his right leg was earth. Great, people always called me a demon, now I freaking look like one. He thought. Looking up at the people around him, he raised an eyebrow.

"So, why is everyonenot running away in fear of the new Ele Ele me?" Naruto asked.

"Come on Squirt, just because you look a little different, doesn't mean you're still not you." Jiraya said.

"And we wanted to make sure that you were all right." Sasuke said. Hinata nodded. Naruto grunted and looked between his two new friends.

"So, how are you two handling your powers?" Naruto asked.

"I've actually got a pretty good handle on them." Sasuke said, shifting into a half bat form, with wings sprouting from his back, his nose flattening out, growing claws on his hands and his feet, his ears lengthened and grew pointed, and small fangs poked out from his mouth.

"Wow Sasuke, you look better than you did before." Naruto said with a smirk. Sasuke gave a short bark of a laugh and flapped up hovering over Naruto. "Ok, I'll admit it, that's a nice trick." Naruto said. "So, how are you doing Hinata?" The girl in question blushed and looked down.

"W-Well, I'm able to th-this." She said. She pointed her finger and a second later, her entire forearm was a large drill.

"Cool." Naruto said. He turned to look at Sarutobi. "So, what am I going to do Old Man?" Sarutobi stroked his beard as he looked at the small boy, then he turned to his two former students.

"Jiaraya, you said you had a friend in the Grand Line correct?" He asked.

"Yeah, and as a matter of fact, about half of his crew is made up of Devil Fruit Eaters." Jiaraya said, and then a small smile crept across his face. "You want to send him off to train with them don't you?" The old Hokage nodded.

"I think that it would be a good idea." He said.

"Hold on!" Lord Uchiha shouted. "My son has got powers like this brat; I demand that he is trained as well!"

"As do I for my daughter!" Lord Hyuga shouted. Sarubobi sighed and was about to say something when he was cut off.

"That sounds fair." Naruto said, surprising everyone. "I mean if we all have these powers, then we should all have some training in how to control our powers." And it would be nice to finally have a few real friends. As if having read his mind, Sarutobi knew why Naruto had said this because he knew he needed some friends too. With a smile, Sarutobi nodded.

"However, I am going to be sending a couple of our own ninjas so that the kids do not fall back on their ninja training." He said. With a call, two ANBU soldiers appeared by the Hokage. "Komachi, Towa, I have a long term mission for the two of you. The two of you are to watch over and help train these three children along side the," he turned to Jiaraya.

"Straw Hat Pirates." Jiaraya finished for his old sensei.

"Yes Lord Hokage." They said in unison.

"Their ship, the Thousand Sunny, should be in port at the Land of Waves in a few days." Jarayia said. "With any luck we should be able to catch them if we leave tomorrow at dawn."

"You mean I've got to go outside looking like this?" Naruto yelled.

"Calm down Naruto!" Tsunadia barked. "Try to focus on what you normally look like."

"Yes ma'am." Naruto said, more scared of her than of his own appearance in public. Taking a deep breath, Naruto began to focus. Slowly, his appearance began to shift back to normal. Before long, the spiky blond hair and blue eyed boy was standing there with a smile on his face. "Thanks Granny."

"No prob kid." Tsunadia said. "Now you'd better head home and get packed."

"It's not like I've got much to pack." Naruto grumbled. While the Lords showed no emotion at his statement while their children on the other hand looked at each other and then to Naruto. They looked at each other, nodded and turned back to Naruto.

"I-If you n-need any cloths or an-anything, I'll help." Hinata said.

"Hinata!" Lord Hyuga shouted.

"I'll pitch in some cash too if you need it." Sasuke added.

"Sasuke." Lord Uchiha growled.

"Neither of you have to worry." Sarutobi said. "Should Naruto need anything, I will help him pay for it." Naruto smiled and nodded.

"Thanks Old Man." Naruto said. "Well, I guess I'll see you all tomorrow."

"Till tomorrow Element Lad." Sasuke said.

"See you then Bat-Boy." Naruto said with a smile. "I'll see you later too Hinata." Hinata blushed a bit and nodded. "Hey, don't worry about anything, no matter what happens, I'll help you." Hinata blushed and nodded, still not meeting his eyes. "Hey," Naruto took her chin in his hand and made her look at him, "we're going to get through this, I promise."

"We all will." Sasuke said, slinging his arms around both their shoulders. "After all, we're all a bunch of freaks. And we freaks need to stick together." Hinata looked back and forth between the two boys and a small smile finally showed on her face.

"Yeah." She said softly.

N/OP

A few days later in the Land of Waves Jiaraya led the small troop of two ANBU and 3 Devil Fruit Eating Ninja-in-training to the docks.

"So where is this ship?" Towa asked.

"Right here." Jiaraya said. As soon as everyone got sight of the ship several jaws dropped.

"Amazing." Naruto said. The ship was huge and the masthead seemed to be a cross between the sun and a lion's head. Jiaraya smiled at the boy before he called up onto the ship.

"Ahoy there Captain Luffy!" He called up onto the ship.

"Jiaraya!" A voice called and a man jumped down from the ship. He wore a red vest and blue jean shorts, sandals, a straw hat, and had a small scar under his eye. "It's good to see you porcupine head."

"You too Straw Hat." Jiaraya said. "Guys, I'd like to introduce you to Captain Monkey D. 'Straw Hat' Luffy, Captain of the Straw Hat Pirates and the Thousand Sunny. Luffy, this is Naruto, Sasuke, Hinata, Towa, and Komachi. You see, the kids here ate some Devil's Fruit and the other two are going to help them with their ninja training."

"So why bring them to us?" Said a large man with a metal nose, Hawaiian shirt, and bikini.

"Because Franky, with about half of you crew having also eaten Devil's Fruit, I was hoping that maybe you could train them." Jiaraya explained.

"I'd trust them Luffy." Called down a man with green hair and three earrings in his ear. "I've worked with the Konoha Ninjas before; they're about as trustworthy as you can get around here." Luffy nodded and looked over at Jiaraya.

"We'd be happy to bring the kids along with us, except we've got to make a trip to Alabasta here pretty soon for our friend's daughter's coronation." Luffy said.

"Alabasta?" Komachi exclaimed. "That's in the Grand Line!"

"Yep." Luffy said with a smile.

"Sounds like fun." Naruto said, matching the captain's grin.

"I think I'm going to like this kid." Luffy said, ruffling Naruto's head.

"Luffy," a voice called down from a head haired girl, "it's time to head out."

"Well, all aboard." Luffy said, stretching his arm out and shooting back up onto the deck.

"Ok, that's a cool trick." Sasuke said, shifting into his half bat form. "Shall we?" He held his hands out to Naruto and Hinata. Towa and Komachi jumped onto the ship as Sasuke flew down with Naruto and Hinata.

"All right then." Luffy said, looking around at his crew and his guests. The kids were fascinated by the more colorful people of the Straw Hat Crew like Brook and Chopper. "Let's set sail!" The anchor was raise, the sails unfurled and the Thousand Sunny set sail for their next adventures.

And so it begins. The gangs assembled and the ass kicking will soon begin. And just so everyone knows, Towa and Komachi are from one of the Naruto video games, I forget which one at the moment. And as far as the future crew goes, I haven't decided yet if those two are going to be part of it.

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