Yo this is my first attempt at a crossover and honestly not sure how it's going to be recieved. I've got another story going at the moment but will be able to keep up both. Probably. Maybe.
p.s. just like to add that this is an integrated world crossover so the Naruto universe exists within the one piece world (although the Naruto universe will only be mentioned not actually storyline content).
Enjoy!
A Lost island somewhere in east blue
A man in a white haori stood over burning ruins, a solemn expression on his face. His blond hair dirtied and matted with sweat and his blue eyes steeled and hard. Rain fell as he watched as the flames licked at the night sky and the smoke, barely visible rose from the wreckage. A sudden wailing broke him from his stupor.
Clutched in his arms was a baby. If one were to look close enough they'd notice that the boy looked especially alike the man currently carrying him. His large bright blue eyes filled with innocence and the small tuft of blond hair atop his head showed promise that he would look like his father in times to come.
The man sighed as he once again gazed over the ruins of a large proportion of the village he'd called home his entire life.
"Kushina-chans gonna kill me…" he muttered idly to himself. His body had already begun to weaken and he could feel his heart rate slow, "suppose I better get you to safety aye, Naruto-chan?" he smiled down at the child and in response the baby stopped crying and instead adopted a gummy smile. There was a flash of yellow, and the pair were gone.
In a large tower, situated at the back of the village, shadowed by a cliff face with four, ornately carved faces, paced an elderly man. His greying hair spiked back and a small pointed goatee on his chin. His face showed his age and his expression was one of pure worry.
A sudden flash of yellow illuminated the room causing the man to swivel to face the source.
"Minato! You're back!" He greeted hurriedly, taking a step closer to the form, "Are you and Naruto-kun alright?" Minato winced tiredly and took a weary step forward, placing the once again wailing baby into the cot at the side of the room.
"Naruto-kuns fine," he assured, easing the elderly man's worry some.
"And you?"
"I…" Minato lurched forward as a wave of pain overcame him, prompting the old man to catch him, "I'm not going to make it Hiruzen-san; I've lost too much blood." The old man opened his mouth to protest however quickly closed it, deeming it futile. Instead he helped the Minato to the chair behind the desk, resting him down gently.
"Minato-"
"What happened to Kushina-chan? Hiruzen." The blond haired man interrupted, his face suddenly riddled with concern.
Hiruzen lowered his gaze, "she didn't make it Minato-kun. There were unexpected complications with the birth and her body grew too weak. It couldn't take the strain." A heavy silence blanketed the pair as the cries of the baby stopped. Minato rested his head on the back of his chair and closed his eyes, a slow blink. When they reopened, the normally clear blue was wavering with unshed tears, "I'm sorry Minato-kun, there was nothing we could do." He closed his eyes once again as a single tear escaped and made its way down his cheek.
Wearily, he drew his gaze over to the cot, where his newly born son slept, "Hiruzen-san, if you don't mind, could you…" he raised one arm gesturing towards the cot. The old man nodded in response and moved to pick up the baby.
Hoisting him up from his bed, Hiruzen couldn't help but smile down at the young boy, he really did look like his father. Eyes not moving from the baby's form, Hiruzen made his way back over to the Minato, who already was starting look paler, and handed him the baby.
"Minato-kun… I know now's not the time but, what of the fruit?" The man didn't raise his gaze from the baby, but answered nonetheless.
"The fruit… I couldn't let a disaster such as this happen again," he smiled sadly and looked up at the old man, "in the wrong hands… the power of the Kyuubi is too great. The events of tonight bear witness to that."
"Minato what did you do?" Hiruzen questioned, slightly louder.
"I fed him the fruit." He answered, looking back down at the baby in his arms, "so that no one should use the power of the forbidden biju fruit for evil again."
"That's ridiculous! The strain! He's just a baby!" The old man argued, prompting Minato to laugh an empty laugh.
"You forget who his Mother is Hiruzen." He coughed loudly to the side before continuing, "The Uzumaki's have been guardians of this particular fruit for centuries. It is well known that they are of the few who possess a natural life force large enough to withhold such power."
"Still… too feed the most powerful of the forbidden Akuma no Mi to a child…"
"I know Hiruzen. I know." Minato cut off, a slight edge to his voice before his face took on a solemn expression as he looked up at his predecessor, "it wasn't an easy decision. In fact, it was the hardest decision I've ever had to make. But I am the leader of this village, and as such have responsibilities. And unfortunately, those responsibilities transfer to Naruto-kun." The old man nodded his head in concession.
Minato looked down at the baby in his arms and smiled as tears once again threatened to fall.
"I guess this is goodbye Naruto-kun," he managed, his voice frail and quiet, "Your mother and I would've loved to get to know you a little better but I guess you're gonna have to go on without us," the tears brimming in his eyes slowly began to cascade down the man's face, "I'm so sorry Naruto-kun, I'm sorry we won't be able to be there, and I'm sorry to have placed this burden on you," He laughed chokingly, "Your mothers gonna kill me when she finds out what I've done," he took a moment to regain what little breath he had left, "Naruto-kun, life won't be easy. You'll face many hardships and pitfalls but I want you to remain strong, to grow strong and to love those that surround you. And whatever you set your mind to… I know you can do it, 'cause you're the son of the yellow flash and the red hot-blooded habanero," the old man smiled, his own tears forming in his eyes as he watched on, "I love you so much Naruto-kun, and i dare say your mother might just love you more..."
With that, the blond haired man closed his eyes as his head flopped down softly. Silence once again engulfed the room as neither baby nor man made a sound and the faint pitter patter of rain tapping against the window was all to be heard.
18 years later - Loguetown
"Man I'm bored, I thought this place was supposed to be some hotspot for excitement or somethin'" A teen groaned as he strolled down the streets of Loguetown. Said teen was relatively tall for his age. He had spiky blond hair that fell just short of his eyebrows at either side of his forehead and bright cerulean eyes. He wore a white t-shirt with a burnt orange swirl on the back and a trim on the end of the arms and bottom of the base of the same colour along with black trousers than fell short just before his ankles and sandals. A thin orange sash matching the colour of the swirl on his back was tied around his waist with a tanto tucked into the back diagonally. The tanto itself was relatively plain in its appearance. The handle was constructed of simple white strapping with the sheath made of an ornate, undecorated, pale wood. Despite his overall impressive appearance, his most distinctive feature was the three scar like marks etched into his cheeks, giving the appearance of whiskers.
The blond was currently winding his way through the shopping district of the town, with nothing particular to do. He had heard Loguetown was a meet up point for pirates who wanted to venture out onto the grand line so thought he'd give it a once over. After all, you never know what loose lips would bring.
Sighing to himself, he lazily turned a corner at random only to spin on his heel to avoid the figure that came racing by him.
Raising his eyebrow, the teen watched as the form paced into the crowd hold his straw hat to his head with one arm and waving the other above him in a brash attempt of an apology.
"Tsk, most exciting thing that's happened all day." He drawled to himself before continuing on his way only to stop mid-step.
Looking around him, he spotted a vendor at the side of the road selling newspapers.
"Oi ossan, you got any recent bounty posters?" The man behind the stand looked up and squinted.
"Huh? What's a kid like you want with bounty posters?" he said through rotten and missing teeth.
"Look, you got any or not?" the blond repeated, slightly irked at being called a kid.
"Yeah just got a batch in actually," he mumbled turning to reach behind him, not before casting the boy an odd look, "Here, bout ten in total. Some right whipper-snappers in there too! Some lookin' even younger than you!" he laughed heartily to himself and handed the boy the posters.
Flicking through them, the boy took time to look at each one closely, "The Tiny Tantrum… Dan the Cowboy… John Handy… Grog the Seducer? What the fuck?" he held said poster away from at a distance, scrunching his face slightly at the rough hairy form of the man sketched into the poster, "Who the hell is he seducing? Dogs?" The man gave another full bellied laugh.
"Like I said, some real whipper-snappers!" shaking his head, the blond went back to looking through the posters. Drawing to the end of the pile, he thought he'd been mistaken until he turned over the last poster, and a smile etched its way onto his face.
"Monkey D. Luffy, a.k.a. Strawhat Luffy, 30 million beli…" He unconsciously said aloud.
"Aye, that's one of the larger ones. Especially from a rookie from East Blue." He shook his head placing both hands on the counter of the stall, "Mark my words, he'll be a big one day," The boy looked up at the man.
"What makes you say that?" He frowned.
"He bears the name D. Same as old Gol D. Roger. Nothing good ever came from someone with that name I'll tell ya." The boy's eyes narrowed slightly before returning to normal.
"What do you know of the name D. ossan?"
"Not much," he shrugged, "just what they say."
"And what do they say?"
"They say that those who bear the name D. are born free, that they are destined to oppose the law and…" his tone darkened.
"And?"
"And that they are the enemies of God themselves!" he said with a hushed tone, a shadow darkening his face eliciting silence from the boy. Neither spoke a word as the sound of friendly chatter and people going about their day to day business engulfed the pair.
A quiet laugh which soon turned full-blown suddenly erupted from the boy, causing the man to look up in confusion, "Ah ossan! That really cracked me up!" He wiped away small tears that had formed in the corners of his eyes, "I know we're not exactly saints but calling us the enemy of God is a bit far dontcha think?"
"Huh?" He sighed dramatically, still chuckling quietly to himself.
"Ossan," he began amidst chuckles, "you mind if I keep this one?" he held up the poster in question.
"Wh-er, yeah… sure" the boy folded up the poster before placing it in his pocket and handing the man back the others.
"Thanks ossan!" Still chuckling the boy turned and made his way back down the street before stopping and turning to face the old man, "Oh and by the way ossan," he placed one hand on his hip, the other forming a thumbs up directed at the man, a foxy grin adorning his face, "The names Uzumaki D. Naruto, and dontcha forget it!" he then walked off chuckling, repeating the phrase 'Enemies of God' as fuel for his laughter, leaving a very confused vendor in his wake.
A little later in Loguetown
"Hmm blue or green?" a voice questioned itself amongst rows of clothing, "Heh, who am I kidding I look great in blue!" it confirmed, before throwing a side a green bikini top in exchange for a blue stripped one.
Orange tresses bounced as the girl merrily made her way to the counter of the store in order to purchase said item. Exchanging half-hearted pleasantries with the lady at the till she stuffed the top into one of her many shopping bags before exiting the shop.
So far her trip to the last island before the grand line had proven to be fruit full to say the least.
Weaving her way through the crowd, humming to herself quietly, she continued her shopping spree eagerly. Spotting another store which advertised sale signs outside she entered, never one to turn down a bargain.
Stepping through the doors gave the shop a once over, immediately noticing it wasn't just a female store, not that that mattered however. Making her way over to the female section she started browsing the trousers and shorts.
After a few minutes of searching she gave a huff of annoyance as she was yet to find anything worth its salt. Once again looking over the store she spotted a figure in the corner of the men's section, scratching his head looking at the jackets. Grinning to herself, she made her way over to form.
"Need a hand?" She chirped, as the boy turned to face her causing blue to meet brown, as both counterparts inhaled quickly and sharply before regaining composure.
"Huh? Oh um sure I guess" the boy answered, slightly shocked by the girl's confidence.
"Hmm," she rose her hand to her chin in contemplation, "You looking for something with more style or practicality?" the boy looked down at her with a raised eyebrow.
"Well both would be nice," he laughed shortly as the girl rolled her eyes and began her hunt for a suitable item of clothing. Picking out two she held them in front her inspecting them.
"How bout these?" the blond leaned closely to look at the two items. The first was a black zip up jacket with a hood. It had a red trim along the bottom and going up the sides of the arms.
"Good number of pockets," the blond commented, "when open the manoeuvrability should be good," the sudden sound of metal slicing air shocked the girl slightly as she saw a strangely shaped knife appear in the boy's hand.
"What're you doin!?" the boy didn't answer, instead choosing to stab the jacket lightly with the knife as if testing its durability, only to be hit on the head by the girl, "you baka! What do you think you're doing? You can't just go around slashing clothing!" an irate tick mark had forehead.
"I was just testing its durability jeez, it's no use to me if it tears every time it gets nicked slightly." He huffed slightly annoyed at being hit by the girl, "its fine anyway it worked out" the boy then moved his gaze to the next item of clothing. Unlike the last one it was all white with small licks of red flames at the bottom. Again it was long sleeved with a hood, the hood itself had a slight point. The Jacket or hoodie had a main pocket at the bottom with two holes at either side.
"Hmm looks about as durable as the other, and I like the design and the hood. Manoeuvrability seems good also, but it doesn't like it has as many pockets for storage… Ah this is tough!" he grabbed his hair in mock anguish prompting the girl to giggle slightly.
"Why don't you just get both?" the boy down at the girl, before a wide grin bloomed on his face.
"Great idea! Erm… " he looked at the girl expectantly.
"Oh it's Nami" She beamed and held out her hand.
"Nice to meet you Nami, the names Naruto." He took her hand and shook it gently.
"Now, let's get those paid for!"
The two then made their way to the till. Handing the items, the newly acquainted pair made idle small talk as the lady behind the till packed the items.
"Hai, that'll be 500 beli," she said perkily, causing Naruto's face to sour immediately.
"500! I don't have that kinda money!" he cried as he reached into his pocket and brought out a small frog wallet causing Nami to cover her mouth, lest she laugh at the boy's taste in wallets, "I've got 200…" he said bring out a few golden coins. He then looked up at Nami, eyes wide and shining with a slight tilt to his head, "Nami! Can you lend me the rest please! I swear I'll pay you back, I've got the rest on my boat!" He pleaded.
The girl was shocked momentarily. Not only had she just noticed how alluringly cute the boy was, especially with those whisker-like marks, but she found herself actually wanting to lend him the money!
"Er I dunno if-"
"Please Nami-chan!" he pleased both hands in front of him, palms pressed together as if in prayer. Gazing into those wavering blue eyes, a small blush formed on her cheeks and she found herself at breaking point.
"Fine, but you better pay me back!" she sighed, 'it's only cause you're cute too' she added mentally before forking out the extra 300 beli and handing it over to the till lady, "here…" she huffed, clearly not impressed with handing over her precious money.
"Thanks for your patronage!" the lady chirped in response, handing Nami back her change.
Mumbling to herself something about annoying blonds, she went about putting her change back in her pouch head down in concentration, "Alright, you better take me back to you boat Naruto so I can get my money back,"
"Er ma'am?" the cashier perked up, a confused expression on her face.
"Yeah what?" Nami answered, looking up from reattaching her money pouch.
"You're boyfriends gone…" Nami's eyes widened as she frantically looked around the shop, and just like the lady said, the blond was nowhere to be seen.
A dark shadow covered her eyes as an ominous aura engulfed the shop, "You better run far Naruto, cause when I find you, you're dead!"
A small empty street – Loguetown
"Man I hope Nami-chan isn't too angry at me!" A certain blond mused hands once again resting on the back of his head, his new jackets sealed and placed in his pouch, "oh well I'm sure she's fine."
The boy paused momentarily as he noticed the absence of a presence he'd long grown accustom to, "Huh… I wonder where Kuramas gone off too?" he looked around him lazily before shrugging to himself, "Meh I'm sure he's okay, bastard is always getting into trouble."
Naruto continued his leisurely stroll back into the commercial district of the town admiring the sights and smiled inwardly to himself at the sight of kids playing and laughing as they ran back and forth playing their games.
Suddenly the shout of people drew his eyes form the peacefully placing children to see a crowd that had gathered in the middle of the street. Smiling to himself, he approached the gathering and stopped at the back, one hand in his pocket, the other on the handle of his tanto. Not moving, he observed the proceedings.
"Oi you're gonna pay for locking our boys up!" one of the thugs shouted, his appearance overall lacking. Standing lanky and tall, his tongue hung out slightly as he spoke through rotten teeth. He wore a back vest decorated with multi-coloured patterns and an armlet on his bicep. The other goon wore a v-necked vest with blue lines running throughout it and his hair was tied into two braids either side of his head.
"Yeah! Boss is gonna be real happy when we bring you back in pieces." The other goon remarked a nasty grin plastered on his face. For the first time Naruto noticed the girl who was the subject of their abuse. She stood small in comparison to the two thugs and wore a pale yellow Hawaiian shirt with pink flowers on it and plain blue jeans. In her hands she clutched a wrapped long object to her chest.
Naruto immediately clocked the object as a sword and halted his advances to help the girl. Out of the corner of his eye, he also noticed a green haired boy with two swords strapped to his waist wearing a white v neck shirt and dark green trousers. Noticing the man's hand on his sword reassured the blond.
"Please, I don't wish to fight you" the girl said timidly, taking a step back.
"Well that's too bad babe!" the thug with the rotten teeth jeered, "our boss is gonna thank us when we bring him your head!" the girl sighed and relaxed her guard.
"Very well…" without warning, the two men charged the girl, their swords raised above the heads, smirks upon their faces, assured of victory.
In a swift motion, the girl undid the string revealing the handle of the sword. Placing her hand on the sword, she drew the blade as she moved between the two thugs dodging their strikes in the process. A she did so, dirt kicked up concealing the trio's movement.
When it cleared it revealed the girl with her back facing the thugs in a finishing pose. Slowly the two goons who also had their backs facing the girl collapsed to the ground.
Whistling to himself in an impressed manner, Naruto admired the girl's form. He also noticed at the side of clearing the green haired man looked tensed to move and also had a stunned expression on his face.
The crowd broke out into cheers of praise as a wry smile broke out onto Naruto's face. The smile vanished however when the girl stood up from her elegant pose only to lose balance and fall flat on her face causing the blond to sweatdrop. Looking down at the clearing in front of him he realised the girl's glasses had bounced his direction.
Easing through the gap in the crowd he moved to pick the glasses up. As his hand was about to scoop them up them however, the sound of crunching glassreached his ears. Looking up he saw the boot of the green haired man was planted on the pair of glasses as he stared in shock at the face of the girl who stared back in equal shock.
"Eh! Was that my glasses!?" the man snapped out of his stupor and took on a pained expression.
"Oh Urm yeah?" he managed as he straightened his back. Naruto on the other hand leant back, content to watch proceedings.
"Those were expensive you know!" Naruto had to admit the girl looked cute when she was angry, her short raven hair fell down in tresses to her scrunched brow, "Please replace them!" the man stuttered in response before hanging his head in shame.
"Fine." He finally conceded and the girl huffed as she stood up. Naruto considered introducing himself however decided against it and chose instead to watch as the pair conversed and made their way into a nearby weapons shop.
"Hmm I feel like I'll be seeing that guy again…" Naruto mumbled to himself as he watched the green mop of hair vanish amongst the weapons.
The square where Gold D. Roger was executed – Loguetown
A small creature watched curiously as the teen who currently knelt in the stocks on the execution professed that he was to be the next Pirate King before a sword wielded by a rather eccentrically dressed pirate came down on his neck, the wide grin plastered on the teen's face never wavering.
Just before the sword connected however, a colossal bolt of lightning struck the platform, electrocuting the clown dressed pirate, and setting the platform alight destroying it. The crowd watched on in awe as the teen's hat floated safely to ground, only to be picked up again by the boy himself.
The creature considered the scene for a moment, watching as the marines surrounding the clearing tensed in order to make a move on the pirates and the strange teen's crew reunited with their apparent captain and headed for the exit.
"Hmm Narutos probably gonna want to hear about this." It commented aloud in a surprisingly deep voice for its size, before vanishing into the shadows of the ledge it was perched on.
20 minutes later – just of the coast of Loguetown
"Few that was close! I thought that smoker had me!" A teen shouted as he sat on the figurehead of the ship, "I wonder who that guy was though?"
"That doesn't matter now!" Another, more feminine voice butted in, "right now we just need to focus on getting outta here!" the orange haired girl proceeded to focus on the map currently stretched across her lap
"Meh its fine," Another gruff voice commented, belonging to a green-haired member of the crew, "We got a head start. I doubt those marines would be able to catch us now."
"It doesn't matter if they do! With the great captain Usopp on your side they don't stand a chance." Declared a rather long nosed teen. his curly black hair trapped under the bandana on his forehead as he stretched his arm in the air as if giving some grand declaration.
"Heh! You're funny Usopp!" the teen on the figurehead once again commented.
"Luffy! Usopp! This is no time for jokes!" the orange haired girl once again scolded, "And Sanji! Stop lazing about smoking and get to work!"
"Hai! Nami-swann~" The newly named man cooed raising is curled eyebrows and clasping his hands together.
"Oi oi oi oi! This is no joke! I the great Usopp have a whole fleet at my command!" Usopp defending crsssing both arms over his chest.
"Sugoi! How many men do you have?" A new voice interrupted proceedings, hailing from the crow's nest. Immediately, all five crew members were alert as their heads snapped towards the unfamiliar voice. Blinded by the sun they could only just make out the vague outline of a person as the form hopped over the railing of the crow's nest and fell to the ground, landing in a controlled crouch.
"You!" Nami shouted, holding a pointed finger out towards the boy.
"Huh? Nami you know this guy?" said a curious Luffy who had just appeared at the orange-haired girl's side.
"I sure do! I splashed out a whole 300 beli for this guy and he pulled a runner before he paid me back!" both the girl's hands now rested on her waist as she frowned at the blond in front of her. The boy in question merely rubbed the back of his head sheepishly adopting a squinted-eyed grin one could only dub as being 'fox-like'
"I suppose I should introduce myself!" he said loudly, the grin never leaving his face. He pointed a thumb to his chest while his other hand moved to his waist, "the name's Uzumaki D. Naruto, and I'm gonna bring peace to the world!" He gave the five crew members the peace sign, "Believe it!"
Yo thanks for reading. Atm i'm thinking this'll just be a one shot unless it does well cause i just wanted to write the thing and get it out of my head. but review and favourite and follow if you dig it n all that jazz nonetheless.