Fallen Prince
Chapter One
Prologue
It was strange.
That was the only way Naruto could define the object in front of him. He could easily say it was the strangest thing he has ever seen in his entire life.
It was a fruit.
That much he could confirm. It was oval in shape and was ice white, not a splash of color besides white. Pure, innocent white. There were no curves or bumps on it, it was as smooth and glossy as an emerald. Naruto would've left it at that, with a simple thought of it being 'just a fruit' if it wasn't for one thing.
"Ah, it's happening."
The fruit changed form. It wasn't in a figurative sense like he saw it in a different way, it literally changed form. It lost the shape of a fruit in all dimensions, height, width, volume, mass, and became pure...energy? It swirled in the air, hovering above where the fruit was originally situated. It danced, covering the sky itself and then it grew stormy in both a figurative and literal sense. The white became a mash of mist, storms, clouds, lightning, rain, before eventually resting in its normal sky white blue before descending and becoming a fruit once more.
He watched it repeat over and over again, his intrigue growing with every second that passed. His mind couldn't wrap around the object he was seeing. Fruits don't do things like this. They don't hover, they don't change shape, and, most importantly, they don't become the sky! He didn't know how much time has passed, was it moments or hours? He felt his chin just to check if he grew a beard and sighed in relief. It wouldn't do so well if he stayed here for years. And as he contemplated how much time has passed, his body made him aware of the painstaking hunger that was now being felt across his whole body in the form of a rumble. It was begging, pleading, commanding him to consume the edible fruit before him.
He slowly stood up, his body making audible cracking sounds as he stretched his body. Cracking his neck and knuckles, a fox-like grin made its way on his face.
"It's a fruit. It's food. I eat food. It may not be orange, but white isn't a bad color."
Naruto stepped towards the fruit, but he wasn't nervous. There wasn't a bead of sweat on his hands or any actions that could give away his nerves. None of this happened because he was calm. The fruit was calling out to him, begging him to be devoured. As if it was made for him, and only him, to consume it. Not a single thought of this being a bad idea hit Naruto as he walked towards the fruit that was whispering to him.
The energy was in front of him again, mere inches away from his face, and he felt his hand move towards the fruit, intent on consuming it to please his growing hunger. His eyes looked at the fruit in front of him, it called him, beckoned him forth, and Naruto didn't resist. His hand grasped the energy, surprising him momentarily as the energy slowly turned back into the ice white fruit. Not wasting a second, he slowly brought it towards his mouth.
"If I die from this...then that's just too bad."
And then swallowed the fruit whole.
Then, for the second time today, he felt unbearable pain.
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3 Years Later
Present
"Monkey D. Luffy," A single ice blue eye opened from within the confines of the shadows produced by his bangs, "I've finally found you."
They all looked at him with a mix of emotions, shock, awe, fear, and horror, as the man's-he believed they called him Mr. 5-body slowly fell off his hand and towards the ground. His right hand was painted crimson due to his previous action: stabbing his right hand through Mr. 5's heart. Electricity danced down his right arm and swirled around his body as his eyes locked onto the form he's been looking for these past few days.
Monkey D. Luffy.
Sparks flew off his body as his eyes locked with Luffy's, "Finally...I've been searching for you for quite a while." He slowly raised his right arm and pointed it in Luffy's direction, "I suppose, I'll start with this."
The electricity seemed to focus around his right arm and danced around his arm in an erratic manner. It went faster and faster until his arm glowed an electric blue and the sparks soon ceased to fly. A deadly hum in the air was the only thing that kept the area from complete silence as Naruto looked at Luffy, and only Luffy. The moment ended and he brought his hand back, tightening it into a fist as if he was about to throw a punch.
He whispered, "Raijin."
He punched forward and his arm exploded with electricity in the form of a gigantic dragon head, easily bigger than the surrounding trees. It launched off of his arm and extended into the form of a dragon with no wings, looking very much like a snake with a dragon's head, which headed straight toward Luffy and his crew. They didn't even have a chance to move, to even attempt to dodge the opposing lightning fast attack before it hit them.
And the area was drowned in a blinding light.
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One Week Before
"I've called you here today for one simple reason," A rough voice spoke out, easily audible to even the back ends of the room. A fist slammed into the sole paper behind him, "Monkey D. Luffy of the East Blue."
It was silent and controlled for a few precious moments, but that eventually broke in a rare case of shock which affected the entire room. Three men in different colored pinstripe suits stood in front of them with huge cloaks-looking more like capes than cloaks-hanging over their shoulders. They stood still, not moving a muscle, they simply watched the men before them, not even bothering with doing crowd control. They'd let the surprise run its course until they were calm once again. Afterall, the soldiers they were talking to were their men and they wouldn't have anyone but the best.
One of the many Marine Captains in the room stood up and saluted, "Forgive my disrespect, Vice Admiral Stainless-sama! But isn't he from the East Blue...They're known for producing the weakest pirates, I can't even remember the last notable pirate that came from that sea."
This time Stainless-the man with combed back black hair and a handlebar mustache-didn't speak, but, instead, a dark-skinned man with gray hair, "Monkey D. Luffy is dangerous." He spoke calmly, "He just started his Pirate career and he has already made a name for himself. He defeated Kuro of a Hundred Plans, he defeated Don Krieg, worth 15,000,000 and a man with a whole fleet under his control, and, finally, he defeated Arlong who is worth 20,000,000 berries and was seen as the strongest pirate in the East Blue. Arlong was a member of the Sun Pirates and sworn brother to Tiger and Jinbei of the Shichibukai. To be perfectly honest, I'm surprised he didn't have a higher bounty, but it doesn't matter now since he is dead. In any case, it is obvious that Monkey D. Luffy is a serious case and has been given a 30,000,000 berrie bounty for a good reason! He is now the strongest man in the East Blue!"
The whispers slowly died out until there was only a chilling calm left in the room. Thoughts were racing through their minds, if he was as dangerous as the Vice Admirals were saying then it was definitely the correct choice to be wary of him.
Afterall, Gol D. Roger was a man from the East Blue as well and he became the legend.
They were ripped out of their thoughts when the last man-a man with slicked-back black hair, sunglasses, and wearing a brown suit with a cigar in his mouth-stepped forward and spoke, "Let's not forget about the most recent event in Loguetown. Straw Hat is the third pirate to ever evade capture and actually reach the Grand Line. He escaped Captain Smoker, the White Hunter, the man who consumed a Logia Fruit which is perfect for capture and detainment. Smoker is a powerful man, I expect him to join our ranks," He waved his hand at his fellow Vice Admirals to indicate that he was talking about their rank, "Someday in the future. In any case, Monkey D. Luffy is not a Pirate we should dismiss so easily. He's a rookie, but letting him go could be a huge mistake on our side. Who knows how big of a threat he'll be in the future!"
A few simple words caused the whispers to return, but, this time, it was for a good reason. Everyone knew of Smoker, he was a respected, powerful, individual that was quickly moving up the ranks due to his prowess. He never let a pirate leave his territory, so for a Pirate to actually evade him was worth acknowledging. They shuddered at the thought of the last two pirates before completely ridding their thoughts of them. It wouldn't do any good to think of them. Changing their train of thought, they moved back to Strawhat. He was dangerous. Especially if the rumors of what Monkey D. Luffy did before he was about to die…
He smiled. Like Gol D. Roger.
The Captain that was standing up quickly saluted the three men in front of him, "I understand now! Thank you, Vice Admiral Stainless-sama, Vice Admiral Cancer-sama, and Vice Admiral Mozambia-sama!" He returned to his seat and looked forward, along with all the other Marines in the crowd, at the powerful figures before them with nothing, but absolute respect in their eyes.
Vice Admiral Cancer nodded at the crowd before speaking once more, "I have a bad feeling about that rookie. Especially after the Loguetown incident, for all of you who don't know, Monkey D. Luffy grinned before he was about to die. Just like Gol D. Roger." Even the men who knew this in the crowd couldn't help the shiver that ran down their spines at hearing this, "My instincts are screaming at me that he will be dangerous. This is why we-Three Vice Admirals-are gathered here today. We have all agreed that letting him go could be the worst mistake we've ever made and, as such, we are organizing the hunt to bring him down."
It was a darkening silence.
Every single Marine in the room simply watched the Vice Admirals with nothing but absolute obedience. Their eyes held not even a bit of disgust at discussing the fate of a life so easily, it was as if they were talking about what they were going to eat for dinner. Their thought process was simple, If the Vice Admirals, themselves, wanted it, then they would do it. The Vice Admiral's words were law. They would carry out their orders no matter what, especially if it meant killing some no-good pirates.
He scoffed.
"Marines are good. Pirates are bad."
Those were the words whispered into their ears as a child for every single day of their lives. As kids, they were brought up hearing that pirates are 'evil'. That they were devils in disguise, that under no circumstances should they talk or even attempt to get along with them, instead, they should hate and report them to the marines who were 'good'. These words, whispered sweetly by their parents into their ears every night of every year, has been entwined with their mind.
Rape is evil.
A moral that has been shoved into everyone's mind since they were a child is why Pirates, in general, uncaring of what or who they actually are, are hated by society. Those cursed words whispered by Marines, Parents, and the world, into their children's' heads became a moral, a value to hold onto until they die. It wasn't something he could get rid of without crushing their very mind, their very personality. 'Rape is evil'. 'Pirates are evil'. These phrases hold the same value to the Marines. The biased hatred of all Pirates-even if they are good-created a moral that every Marine holds close to their heart.
What makes a moral? If enough people believe it, will it be seen as the truth? Will it become a moral held by everyone? If people believe killing is good, then does that make it a principal held by the entire world? Does that make it right? In a world such as this, in a world that accepts killing as a natural course of action, can we even have morals? And if so, what makes it right or wrong? Is it right being the majority of the people believe it to be so?
No.
Those thoughts quickly left his mind when the Vice Admiral spoke, "Any questions before we start."
"Yes," His voice, silky smooth like the devil himself, entered the conversation, "Where is Strawhat Luffy now?"
The moment the voice made itself apparent, many things happened at once. First every pair of eyes in the room shot behind the Vice Admirals while the Vice Admirals, themselves, immediately jumped away from their current position, easily reaching the other side of the room. Secondly, everyone became aware of the presence that was now bearing down on every person in the room, hell, the whole building probably felt it. The moment the Vice Admirals reached the other side of the room-which took less than a second-they brought their powerful gazes at the man whom, just a moment before, stood right behind them. Every Marine in the room analysed the individual that snuck into an important meeting and, most importantly, stayed undetected while in the presence of three Marine Vice Admirals...
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Three Years Before (Continuation)
The pain was blinding.
A soundless scream pierced the air, raising more terror than if one could hear it. He could briefly see the surrounding blurs moving around, people perhaps? While he couldn't confirm their identities, he could confirm their fear. Their absolute terror as he silently screamed on his knees, tearing at his throat. He felt cuts appear on his body in an uncontrollable matter as if his blood was replaced with the sharp edges of the wind.
He should've felt terror. Terror from the uncontrollable actions of his body, but, no, instead, he felt good for the first time in years. It hurt, yes, but he felt so...alive. His mind couldn't help but ponder the idea that he has become a masochist before he spat out blood.
Internal bleeding?
His eyes hurt. His arms hurt. His entire fucking body hurt! He glanced down towards his arms and would've raised an eyebrow if it wouldn't cause him more pain. His veins were black. As if the blood that traveled through his body had been replaced with ink.
It burned.
He slammed his fist into the ground, easily creating a crater, to see if new pain could drown the pain he was currently feeling. It was of no avail, but he continued to do so anyway. Any activity to distract him, even if just a little bit, from the current pain he was feeling.
Blood burst from several points on his body, his forearm, his neck, his back, he wouldn't be too surprised if he was surrounded in a puddle of his own blood.
He desperately inhaled air, thanking God for every sweet, oxygen-rich, breath he took. He imagined it flooding through his body, ridding the black ink out of his body and replacing it with red-colored blood. Unfortunately, that didn't work.
He looked down at his body, it was now red. As if his body was pumping out more and more blood to keep up with all of the blood loss. Did it not understand it was just wasting it?
He saw a blur moving closer towards him, it was a human. A woman by the shape of her body. She walked closer and closer. Did she not understand what she was seeing? He didn't want help, he wanted them to leave! There was a coldness in his stomach, something that was begging to be released, to bring his judgement down on these annoyances.
The woman came closer, and, against his body wishes, he lifted his head up and growled out at her, "Go...Away." Those two words caused him to let out a fountain blood, and they were just wasted effort judging by how the woman ran up to him in a faster pace.
The wind picked up as if to show his defiance and annoyance of the woman's actions, but if she noticed, she didn't care. He barely noticed how the blurs surrounding him started dropping as if an invisible pressure were throwing them to the ground.
His eyes were ripped back to the approaching woman the moment a cool hand was placed on his body, and instantly his body felt cold, refreshed. He couldn't even move a muscle to show resistance to her actions, the sweet relief on his muscles were too great to fight against. The wind slowly died down until the sky completely calmed down.
He immediately noticed when the woman shifted her position and stood in front of him, but kept her hand on his bare shoulder at all times. He could hear voices, but he couldn't make them out as if he was underwater. While he couldn't make out the voices, he did notice the increase in sound as if they were yelling at each other. He looked a bit to the left and noticed that they were surrounded by the blurs. Focusing on them, he felt the coldness from his stomach increase until it took up his entire body creating a numbing fire.
"Marines."
His hands pierced the ground to control his sudden rage, his righteous anger, and his ring, the only piece of clothing besides his shorts he was wearing, suddenly felt like it weighed a ton. He looked up as the woman took her hand off of his shoulder and raised her arms to the sides as if she was trying to protect him. She looked calm.
It pissed him off even more than it touched him.
"I'm not weak." He clenched his fist, "I don't need anyone to protect me. I. Am. Strong."
He didn't even notice when all the pain disappeared from his body as he clenched his other fist.
"I'll become the strongest and then…" His cold blue eyes followed the marines as they raised their guns at the woman before him, "I'll burn this entire world to the fucking ground."
The entire sky shook.
And then Judgement fell upon Earth.
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He was an attractive young man, probably in his late teens or early 20s, with long spiky golden hair. His cerulean blue eyes wandered from man to man in an indifferent manner before casually dismissing them and resting his eyes on the place of interest, which was, unfortunately for them, the three Vice Admirals. A greatly timed wind came through the entrance of the room and embraced his body, kissing his golden blonde hair causing it flow from side to side before eventually resting in its normal position. His spiky hair cascaded down his head reaching his shoulders and two chin-length bangs framed his face. Golden spikes swayed from side to side on his forehead and periodically covered his eyes, giving him an almost mystical appearance. His eyes were an exotic crystal blue that somehow managed to portray power. He wore a short-sleeved black shirt and had his right arm heavily bandaged with white medical tape and purple straps to hold it down. He also had on dark colored pants with a navy colored cloth hanging from halfway up his stomach to his knees and an azure blue rope wrapped around his waist with a single black sheathed blade hanging off the rope. Over his outfit, he had on a black short-sleeved cloak with a blue cloud pattern (A.N. Akatsuki Cloak with blue clouds. I didn't just give it to him to look cool, there's a reason for it.) which was left open in the front.
Vice Admiral Stainless-the first person to finish analyzing the individual before him-took a step forward while placing a hand on his blade's hilt, "Who are you?"
The blonde pointed to himself with a bewildered expression on his face, "Me?" He looked at the marines as if he was saying 'can you believe this guy' before sighing and continuing, "I'm just that strong random wanderer, but you can call me handsome."
The Vice Admiral's blade was slowly coming out of his sheath, an audible grating sound appeared as he pulled it out, "Why are you here?"
The blonde pouted and wagged a finger in front of his eyes, "That's not fair~! It's my turn to get an answer to my question!"
"How did you get in here?" Vice Admiral Cancer asked, his face the very definition of calm as he now joined the conversation.
"Well I was walking around when I got lost on the road of life, but when I was trying to find my way back a black cat just crossed my path. I didn't want to get bad luck for seven years so I turned around! But then I saw an old lady struggling to cross the road, so, being the lady-killer I am, I helped her cross the road where she introduced me to her attractive granddaughter. A few hours later I left their house refreshed and was given directions, but the paper she wrote the directions on weren't actually directions, but her number and was telling me to call her. But, eventually, I found this door which was open...and then I walked through and now I'm here!"
Every single Marine stared at him with a sweat drop, now doubting his sanity, a few even fell out of their chairs in disbelief. Even the Vice Admirals weren't excused from the ridiculousness of the situation they were just told about. A small sweat drop fell down their necks as they stared at the bored blonde in front of them with a sense of disbelief.
"So...I answered two of your questions, now you have to answer mine." His amused eyes suddenly turned into ice as he locked onto Stainless's eyes, "Where is...Monkey D. Luffy."
The Vice Admirals felt a chill run through their bodies as they stared at those icy orbs. It was almost as if the temperature actually dropped in the room, they breathed out carefully, attempting to see if they could see their breaths. They couldn't. It was just those freezing blue eyes, they were deadly as if they were staring at the devil himself. They were being drawn into those cold blue eyes...They were mesmerizing in a terrifying sort of way. An image of a snake appeared behind the blonde, deadly and venomous. They suddenly found it harder to breathe as they struggled to retain their calm in front of the predator before them.
The other Marines weren't quite as lucky. His blue eyes seemed to lock onto all of the men in the room and they instantly felt their body freeze.
And then they died.
They saw their death over and over again. Killed. Death. They were killed in every way they could imagine, they felt their surroundings spin around them, and they couldn't tell which way was up anymore. Everything was so disorientating, they felt something rush through their body and they fell to the ground, or was it the sky, and emptied their stomachs, not even noticing the piss that was running down their legs.
They were scared.
No, they were beyond scared. They realized then that they weren't alive because they were strong enough to withstand their fear, no, they were alive because the blonde was letting them live for just this moment. The only reason their hearts didn't stop was because they weren't allowed to die yet, it was as if the man before them held their lives in one hand and with a simple squeeze he could extinguish it. They couldn't stop trembling, they were on the ground, but they couldn't look away from those cold blue eyes and the God-like presence they held. They couldn't move, their bodies felt like it was being strangled by a snake that was slowly making its way to his neck.
They were knocked out of it the moment as an older Marine, one that wasn't as affected at the blonde's presence, whispered to his companion, "Hey...Doesn't he look kind of familiar…"
"Now that you mention it...He looks extremely familiar. Who is he?"
"I can't remember that's why I'm asking you dumbass."
Muting out their conversation, Vice Admiral Cancer looked towards the blonde and the powerful aura he was releasing without even being conscious of it. He could feel the pure power radiating off of him, a presence you develop after seeing many battles, after training for many years. In a way, the blonde in front of him reminded him of the Admirals and Vice Admiral Garp-sama.
It was terrifying.
But his body didn't shake. He wouldn't let it shake. He was a Vice Admiral. He wouldn't show fear, no, he would execute absolute justice on all the fools in the world. His hand grasped his sword's hilt and took in the blonde's every detail. Like the other two Marines said, he did look extremely familiar. That blonde hair, those blue eyes, it all looked so familiar, but he couldn't remember why...Now that he thought about it, he kind of looks like…
An image of a bloody blonde standing amidst bodies and bodies of men appeared in his mind. His cold blue eyes sent chills down his spine until his hand started to tremble ever so slightly.
His eyes widened in horror and his heart began to race, "No way...That's not possible…He's dead. He's dead. All of us saw it with our own eyes!"
Feeling a familiar calm wash over him, he let out a breath he didn't know he was holding. That's right. He's dead, there was no need to panic. There was no way he could have possibly survived, he was dead. It was confirmed by hundreds of witnesses. He shook his head mentally, right now, they needed to capture and interrogate the man in front of him and see why he resembles that man so much and also what he hoped to achieve by intruding on this conference.
"Men!" He roared loudly, causing all Marines in the room to bring their eyes towards him and stand at attention, "Capture him, immediately!" The other Vice Admirals seemed to be on the same page as him seeing how they drew their blades before he even began to speak. The Marine captains stood up, withdrawing their guns and blades, and stood in front of their commanders.
They would've looked frightening to any enemy. Three Vice Admirals and thirty Marine Captains facing a single opponent. It should've been overkill, it should've been over easily. It should've been obvious who would win…
Which is why the shock was so great when it was over in a moment.
The Marines raised their weapons and were about to attack when the blonde simply raised a hand, his palm facing upwards towards the ceiling, and whispered, "Raisei."
Every Marine tensed up for some type of attack...But not a single thing happened. No sudden explosion, no slashing attack, no destruction once so ever. They simply looked straight at the blonde in confusion.
Was something supposed to happen?
That was the common thought running through every Marine's mind as they faced their opponent. Was it a failed technique? Or maybe it was a strategy to psych an opponent out. Whatever the case, it didn't seem to accomplish much as the Marines decided to move once again.
It was only when they tried to attack once more did the genius of the technique become revealed. They realized immediately the technique didn't fail, but worked flawlessly.
They couldn't move.
They willed their arms to move. Nothing happened. They tried to move their legs to walk forward. Nothing happened. They tried moving any part of their body. Nothing happened! Every single part of their body wouldn't respond to their brain's commands as if their brains suddenly shut off. They couldn't move their vision, they couldn't feel anything, it was like everything was frozen. The guns and swords were still in their hands, they never fell to the floor, it was as if the entire world was frozen still!
The Vice Admirals were in no better shape and were completely affected by the strange attack caused by the blonde. Their bodies-which were conditioned over many years-refused to move. They wouldn't twitch. Their bodies, bodies they've used for their entire life to defeat pirates and carry out absolute justice, were failing them.
Cancer could feel the panic starting to bubble up in his soldiers and even his fellow Vice Admirals by using his Kenbunshoku Haki. While they were panicking because of their situation, he was entirely calm. If he panicked now, it was over. He could tell that everyone else was slowly being devoured by their anxiousness and, as such, he needed to think rationally. He noted many things during these few moments of shock. First, while it seemed he couldn't move any part of his body, it seemed he could still use his Haki and even think logically. It seemed his attack only affected the body which is why his Haki was still usable. Unfortunately, he only possessed Kenbunshoku Haki, but, he assumed, that if he had Busoshoku Haki then he would be able to move. He could only hope his partners could figure it out before their panic consumed them. Secondly, it wasn't that the blonde actually froze time, given by how the blonde, himself, was moving around and, also, how he could hear the sound of birds chirping outside. Whatever he did to them, it seemed to have shut off their bodies in someway. Unfortunately, even after figuring this much out, he couldn't do anything.
He was at his mercy.
But devils don't have mercy.
He watched as the blonde started going through the files in the room while humming softly to himself. Cancer slowly felt panic bubble inside of him, this blonde...He was so powerful, so strange, so familiar to him. It's not possible. He felt sweat dripping down his body, it's not possible for him to be alive...Was it? No, he died. Every Marine who was there at the time saw him die...He's dead.
"Got it!" The blonde said with a satisfied grin and pulled out the files he was looking for, "It seemed I went to the right place on my first try! Although, why they would send such an important file to a place like this, I don't even know." He looked around a bit more and picked up a file that was laying on the table, "I even got a file on Strawhat!" He took a few moments to flip through the sheets in the file before humming in acknowledgement, "So he was spotted on Drum Island?"
He put the Strawhat file back on the table and walked away with the first file under his arm. Cancer managed to catch a glimpse at the folder when the blonde walked past him before his eyes shined in horror. The blonde looked at him from the side and spoke, "It looks like you want to say something? Speak."
Cancer felt his mouth loosen, but his body stayed frozen. It seemed the blonde could control what he froze and what he didn't. He immediately shook his head mentally before glaring at the blonde, "Why? Why do you want those files! ARE YOU AWARE OF WHAT THEY CONTAIN!"
The blonde rolled his eyes, "I wouldn't come all the way here if I didn't. Don't worry," He gave him a thumbs up with a grin, "I'll use them well!"
"You'll destroy the entire world!" The Vice Admiral roared at him, but the blonde simply rose an eyebrow.
"Destroy the world?" He laughed, "I don't think the Marines have any right to say that. Besides," He smirked, "I'd rather burn this world to the ground than leave it as the Marine's plaything."
The blonde walked away with those words, his back facing the Vice Admirals. Cancer spotted his chance and roared, "I won't let you take them!" He shouted to his companions, "His technique won't work on you if you have Busoshoku Haki!"
Almost immediately the two Vice Admirals broke out of their frozen state, confirming Cancer's hypothesis, and charged the blond.
"Shave!"
They disappeared in a burst of speed towards the smiling blonde, but the moment their blades came within an inch of his face, he disappeared like he wasn't there in the first place. They spun their heads around in a desperate attempt to find the blonde intruder only to freeze when they heard his voice again.
"Maa, Maa." The two Vice Admirals froze when a hand grasped both of their shoulders, "Good job at figuring that out, Old Man! As an award, I'll let you fight me as well!"
Cancer felt the invisible restraints holding his body disappear and immediately sped towards the blonde, the cigarette in his mouth falling to the ground, "Shave!"
He disappeared, alongside his fellow Vice Admirals, and they sped around him in a speed none of the other Marines could keep up with. Unfortunately for them, Naruto wasn't just some other Marine.
They unsheathed their blades and charged straight at the blonde, but he didn't even move.
"Idiot! He's underestimating us!"
Cancer appeared in front of the blonde and roared, "Shigan!"
His finger sped towards the blonde's chest like a bullet as the other two Vice Admirals brought their swords down on his neck. Screw bringing him back alive, if he was after those things then it'd be better if he just died.
Unfortunately for them, thinking that they could kill him was simply hopeful thinking.
The blonde raised a hand into the air, his palm facing Cancer, just a moment before they all slammed their attacks into his body.
Attempted to anyways.
Inches away from his face, all of their attacks were stopped by an invisible force.
Cancer heard the sound of his finger breaking against the invisible wall before feeling it, and, immediately, gritted his teeth to keep a surprised scream from escaping his mouth. He clicked his tongue before immediately going back into action, not deterred at all by a small setback, and unsheathed his blade. He wished he had Busoshoku Haki at this moment, but, unfortunately, wishes don't come true.
"But I do possess three of the six Rokushiki."
With those thoughts in mind, he brought his blade upwards and slammed it down towards the blonde's head, "Tekkai!" He felt the strange shift in his body as the density of his muscles changed, becoming stronger and heavier. He brought it down, 20x stronger than his blade would be without it, but, like his finger, it was stopped completely. There wasn't even a sound, it stopped as if some invisible force grabbed it. He glanced at his fellow Vice Admirals and found that they were in a similar position even when using Busoshoku Haki. He gritted his teeth and tried to force his blade downwards alongside his fellow Admirals, who were enforcing their blades with their Haki, but none of their attacks could break through.
"What the devil is this?" Cancer growled out, willing his muscles to get harder and harder so he could put more strength into his attacks.
And, as if answering his prayers, the blonde whispered, "Shinra Tensei."
Suddenly the invisible wall that was blocking their attacks disappeared, but they didn't even get a chance to move their blades a millimeter when the force reappeared, but, this time, the force wasn't defending, but attacking instead. The moment those words came out, they only managed to hear their blades-their Haki enforced blades-shatter into pieces before all three Vice Admirals were sent flying alongside all of the Marines that were in the room with them. It broke through everything, an unstoppable force that couldn't be stopped. It destroyed every desk in the room and crushed multiple Marines that couldn't handle the imposing pressure. The scent of blood grew strongly in the room, and, even as he was sent flying backwards, Cancer could see the destruction that was being caused. The red mashes that used to be humans and the pebbles that used to be columns.
Unfortunately, the attack didn't stop after they hit the wall. No, it continued onwards. The wall cracked immediately after they hit it and then the wall was completely destroyed alongside the entire room they were situated in a moment later. It destroyed room after room, wall after wall, and crushed person after person. No one was spared-neither human nor object-from the hell-like attack. They were sent flying through the entire building, hearing the sound of their screaming men and the falling building.
The attack finally stopped and all three Vice Admirals were found barely conscious or dead on the ground, coughing out blood from the internal bleeding that was caused by the blonde's attack. Cancer pushed off the ground and groaned as his body pulsed in agony, begging him to sit still for a moment longer. He ignored his body's wishes and stood up...He needed to see this for himself.
He first glanced at his fellow Vice Admirals to see how they were doing. He frowned in distaste at seeing Vice Admiral Mozambia's body. They weren't exactly friends, in fact, they barely talked to each other, but he wouldn't wish this fate on any of his allies. His body was smashed to the point that he wouldn't even recognize him if it wasn't for the fact that Stainless was on the other side of him. His left arm was gone, his right arm was broken beyond repair, but the worst of his injuries were his face and stomach. His stomach seemed to have imploded from the pressure pressed upon him and his stomach was an ugly red, assumingly, caused by the overflowing blood that seemed to have exploded from not having enough space in his stomach. His legs were mashes of meat and his face was broken beyond repair.
He was dead.
There wasn't a doubt in his mind, but he didn't feel an overflowing sense of sadness. In fact...He didn't feel sad at all.
He saw his other Vice Admiral seemed to be alive, he was heavily injured, but was just unconscious. He noted again that not even a bit of relief flushed through his body at the sight of his living companion. His eyes moved off the bodies of his companions before moving on towards his soldiers. It was an ugly sight. All of them were smashed beyond repair, simply stains of blood on the ground. Body parts laid everywhere, and, using his Haki, he could tell that there were no signs of life...Meaning there were no survivors besides him and his fellow Vice Admiral.
He turned towards the Blonde that was spotless among the corpses, looking very much like a single white flower among roses. It was then that he realized that there was something wrong with him, himself. At the sight of his fallen men...He didn't feel anything. He was numb.
He heard the blonde spoke, "You Marines always pissed me off, but it was always the higher-ranking guys like you that really made me angry," His eyes turned towards the blonde, "You believe in absolute Justice. The thought of accomplishing your goal no matter the cost, even if it means taking innocent lives. How many civilians have you killed in this pursuit? You probably can't even count that high. You let your never-ending hate of pirates carry you which makes you do unforgivable things that could make the devil cry." The blonde looked into the sky as it started to rain, a huge black storm cloud covering the entire sky, leaving not even a speck of blue, "But the most unforgivable thing you've done is pass on your idea of 'absolute justice' carry on to the next generation. How many lives have been lost because of these foolish actions? You pass on that hatred to the next generation in hope for peace." The blonde brought his cold blue eyes to the Vice Admiral as the sky started to rumble with thunder, "We are but men, drawn to act in the name of revenge that we deem to be justice. But...if there is justice in revenge then that same justice will breed only more revenge...and trigger a cycle of hatred."
Electricity started to dance around the blonde's body as the Vice Admiral spoke, "You...Really are alive." Cancer started to laugh, "You said before...That if you can't change this world then you'll just burn it down and build a new one from its ashes. Those were your last words two years ago!" A single tear made its way out his eye, "Heaven's Reaper, The Sovereign of the Sky...Uzumaki D. Naruto." Cancer wailed, as if he was trying to let someone hear him, "The legendary Pirate, Sky God Naruto is alive!"
Naruto raised his hand into the sky, "I am...And this world will change!" The sky rumbled, "Raiden!"
And then, the area was drowned in blinding light.
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Three Years Before Present (Continuation)
The first thing Naruto expected when he woke up was unbearable pain, and, as such, he prepared himself by gritting his teeth. Surprisingly, no pain wracked through his body, in fact, if he was being perfectly honest, he felt good. Really good. Better than usual. He felt wind wrap around his body like a lover's embrace and covered his skin in kisses. He could feel his hair flowing from left to right and he heard the comforting sound of his heart beat.
He felt a single eyebrow scrunch up.
He could hear his heart beating. Naruto was pretty positive he couldn't hear that before. He slowly opened his eyes and lifted his back, much to the agony of his muscles whom were begging him to sit still for a few more days. He immediately closed his eyes right after, the sun was blinding after the darkness he embraced for who knows how many hours while he slept. Raising a hand, a hand that throbbed in pain but still felt so strangely powerful, he put it in front of his face to block the sunlight. He squinted until his vision returned to normal. Finally capable of seeing, he looked around and found that he was on a bed in a hotel room. There wasn't much in here, just the usual hotel objects-closet, desk, bed, bathroom, dresser, mirror, etc-besides a backpack filled to the brim.
He raised himself until his back was leaning against the bedpost before looking down at his body. It seemed someone tried to bandage him up, albeit sloppily, judging by the red, probably by his blood, bandages tied around his mid chest. He glanced down and saw a huge scar running down from his heart towards his waist in the shape of a cross. Then he looked towards his right arm and noticed the strange black markings running down his entire arm. He raised his hand and analyzed it. What the hell was this? He studied everything and put it under two different topics. One, there were 10 rings circling his entire arm going from his wrist to the very end of the shoulder, and, two, all of the strange markings in between the rings. He tried to read it, but he couldn't even figure out if it was a language or not. It was so strange. He stopped studying his arm and traced a finger on the scar, how did he get it? Actually...
Raising an eyebrow, he tried to remember his past, his family or anything or the such. His eyebrows creased as he concentrated...but he couldn't find anything. Not a memory. Not a single thing. He tried to think of his time as a child and how he got these markings...but he got nothing.
"Damn it!" Naruto thought, "Think!"
Who was he? He was Uzumaki D. Naruto. He thanked God that he at least remembered his name. Feeling a little hope, he continued to question himself. Who was his father? Blank. Who was his mother? Blank. Did he have siblings? Blank. Did he have family? Blank. Was he abandoned? Blank. Who did he love? Blank. Who did he like? Blank. Where did he live? Blank. How did he get here? Did he have friends? Did people miss him? Blank. Blank. Blank. BLANK! He couldn't remember a single fucking thing!
He felt panic rising in his body, and his breathing became more ragged as his heart started to race. What happened to him. Where was he? His hand, almost against his will, moved towards his left hand where a ring rested on his middle finger. It was pitch black with a red crystal in the center that seemed to almost glow. His hands touched it and he immediately felt calm again as if this was his safety blanket. Judging by how this was his immediate reaction after freaking out, it wasn't far from the truth.
As he looked at the fiery red crystal, he realized he remembered one thing. A feeling. A single feeling towards one thing was all he could remember besides his name. But this feeling carried weight. He knew it and he would embrace it and destroy the object of that feeling.
The feeling was hate.
His target was the World Government.
Why he hated the Marines he didn't know, but anytime he even thought of it, his whole body burned in a fury he never felt before. His blood rushed faster and his heart rate picked up. He touched the ring and calmed his feelings before letting out a tired sigh.
His eyes sharpened as he set his priorities straight. He had all of life to think, but he had an unknown amount of time to act. Right now, remembering wasn't important. Right now, he only had one thing to figure out. Where was he and how did he get here?
Before he could even attempt to remember the memories before awakening, the door to the room was slammed open and an attractive young man walked in, assumingly 17 or 18. He had shoulder length black hair with freckles dashed on both sides of his face and was wearing a yellow open-front shirt. He had on black shorts with an orange belt tied around his waist and black boots. There was a blue pouch belted around his left leg and he also wore a short second belt with a large red "A" on the silver buckle over his right hip, but left it unfastened and threaded the free end along the back of his shorts. A dagger in a green sheathe hung off his hip and he had a tattoo running down his upper left bicep with the letters A, S with an X on it, C, and E, listed horizontally. He had on a red beaded necklace and an orange hat with two blue smileys, one frowning and one smiling, and a string of red beads sitting above the rim. Two long orange side straps hung down sides of his hat and met at a large medallion of a bull's skull with orange tassels.
They stared at each other for a moment before the guy who walked in grinned at him, "Awake already?" He lifted the bags he was holding, "Hungry?"
Naruto looked at him for a moment before he grinned, "Nice hat. Orange is the best color. And sure, I could eat, thanks." He really could, now that he thought about it, it felt like he hasn't eaten in years. His stomach was growling at the thought of food. Maybe there'd be ramen...
The man brought his bags to the table and responded, "Yeah, Orange is the best color. I don't know why people say otherwise. Oh," He looked over to him, "I forgot to say,"
Naruto glanced at him, what did he forget to say? Did he know who he was? Did he know why he couldn't remember anything. Did he know how he got here? So many thoughts ran through his head at the moment which is why his shock was so great when he grinned at him and pointed at himself,
"My name's Ace, welcome to my Pirate Crew!"
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It was time to let the world know that he was back.
He stared at the destruction that was caused by his hand, a hand that held so much power that a simple flick of his wrist could create a 'natural' disaster. He was a storm, wild and impossible to contain, and as destructive as the fires from hell.
He let out a dry chuckle, "Fires from hell, eh? I suppose it matches my epithet."
His blue eyes glanced downwards, analyzing the destruction he brought upon the island...What used to be an island anyways. What once was the formidable HQ of the East Blue Marines was now only drifting pieces of earth, floating through the ocean like miniature glaciers. The building, the trees, the people, everything besides small chunks of earth was erased from existence as if a wrathful God has fallen upon it.
His eyes glanced towards the small movements coming from the south side of the rubble. His inhuman hearing easily picking up the sound of his uneven breaths and erratic heart beat. He was unconscious and the remains of his Marine uniform barely covered his modesty. Burns covered his entire body, leaving no doubt in Naruto's mind that they were fatal. By tomorrow morning, the blindly loyal Marine would be dead alongside all of his companions. Naruto never twitched nor showed any sign of remorse as thoughts of him having a family entered his mind, him laughing alongside of his friends and picking up his daughter in happiness.
He crushed those thoughts.
None of that mattered to him nor did he feel even the least bit bad because of what he did.
In a way, he saw it as justified that all of these Marines were lying dead by his feet.
He shook his thoughts and calmed his heart that was ever-so-slowly getting faster as anger, red-hot rage, hit his system. Letting out an even breath, he glanced at the Marine once more. He was laying on his back on one of the larger pieces of drifting Earth. A Den Den Mushi laid by his side, completely untouched by the destruction brought to this island. Of course, this was done purposely. He needed someone to contact Marine HQ and tell them what happened here.
The pleasing sensation of wind hitting his face distracted him from his thoughts as it carried his long blonde hair backwards, causing his locks to slowly flow across his head. If anyone else was in his position they would've found it to be chilling, freezing even, but that happens when you're floating a couple hundred feet in the air overlooking the island below him. If you were to look closely something flickering seemed to be coming from his body, but it was much to small to actually identity. He felt warmth hit his back before turning his gaze towards the sun that has finally came out from the cover of the clouds. The sun was falling, kissing the Ocean and turning the sky into a deep pink. Naruto smiled softly, almost as warming as the sun before him, and reached out towards the sun that was so close to him, yet, at the same time, so unreachable.
He let out a relaxed sigh before speaking, "This is the first time I've seen the sunset in two years…" The heat was comfortable and his body was eagerly swallowing up the warmth given off by the sun. It was his first time seeing the sun in a long time and he intended on sucking up as much as he could before he had to leave for his next 'meeting'. He turned his hands into fists and felt a familiar warmth take over his body, "It was worth it though. I did what I had to do to..."
He shook his head roughly and slapped his cheeks to knock himself out of his thoughts. As much as he wished he could just float their while watching the sunset and reflect his entire life, he couldn't.
It was his first day back into the world, his first day back under the cover of the sky, and he was already double booked. He groaned slightly, he wished he could just relax for a few small moments and relish in the silence of the sky, but he knew he couldn't. His cerulean blue eyes glanced downwards towards the remains of the island before sighing. At least he finished his first part of business today, it went smoothly too! He got the files he was looking for and also heard an interesting piece of news about an interesting individual.
"Monkey D. Luffy, eh."
A smile fell on his lips. He's heard so much about the kid that it felt like he already knew him, but, unfortunately, he never got the chance of being introduced to him, but from what he heard about him from that informative meeting, he seemed like a pretty interesting kid. He heard about the incident concerning Luffy at Loguetown, and how he grinned the moment before he died as he proclaimed his dream, his ambition, to the world. He managed to get the highest bounty in the East Blue within a couple days of his pirate career, has escaped death with divine intervention, and escaped Smokie the Bear's grasp. He grinned at the thought of smoker, "Ah...The good old days." These facts alone held his interest in the black haired boy, but that still wasn't the real reason he wanted to meet Luffy. Naruto always been one to follows his instincts, and they were blazing the moment he heard about Luffy.
Uzumaki D. Naruto has always been more animal than man. He followed his instincts and feelings always. Logic meant nothing to him. It didn't matter if he had to fight an army, if he felt like it, he would do it.
He let a grin play on his face, "Paying him a visit should be interesting though. I wonder if he'll live up to all the hype?"
He laughed a bit and watched, regretfully, as the sun fell and was swallowed by the deep depths of the Ocean. For a moment he saw how the sky and Ocean met, but then darkness claimed its place in the universe and the magical existence he dreamed of since he was a child disappeared alongside of it. He frowned, it was time to leave. He couldn't be late for this particular bit of business, but he supposed it was better dealing with them with the darkness rather than the light.
A smirk played on his lips as the shadows danced upon his body from the light of the moon. His eyes seemed to gleam in the darkness and almost glowed in a mystical light. His hand slowly made its way towards his coat and into his pocket, returning with a strange object in his hand. The moon shone light on the figure and it revealed that it was a mask, a frightening looking mask. Red traced its eye holes, three crimson dashes played on each cheek, and two pointy ears were on the top of the head.
It was a mask of a Kitsune. It's eyeholes seemed to follow him everywhere, it was rather eerie.
Naruto placed it on without any hesitance.
His smirk widened behind his mask. After all this time, it was finally time to reveal he was back.
His grin turned fox-like, it was time for the more entertaining part of today. His body danced with blue light as electricity swirled around his body in an erratic manner. His entire body started glowing an electric blue, his eyes and arms, even his hair glowed blue and slowly started to raise into the air. Then his body disappeared into the sky in an impossible level of speed, only leaving a strike of electricity in the sky that disappeared after a moment.
The only thing that remained was his soft whisper, the whisper that was drowned by the dangerous rumble that made the Heavens roar, "And now...Let's tell the underworld who's back…"
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Good Morning!
It's been a long time since I've written some fanfiction, so, I hope, my grammar and ability to write a story that people actually like hasn't diminished.
Anyways, this is an idea I've wanted to write for a long time now, and I've finally gotten time to actually write it! I got a perfect idea for Uzumaki D. Naruto which, I think, is rather unique. I haven't read many One Piece x Naruto fanfictions so I can't say that for sure.
READ THESE TWO NOTES IF NOTHING ELSE
First thing to note: This Naruto was born and raised in the One Piece world, he is NOT a Ninja nor will he have chakra or anything like that!
Second thing to note: Anyways, as you probably noticed, this chapter was divided in half. One half was his past, the other is his present. This was only for this chapter to introduce that we will eventually get back to the present timeline (Which is when Luffy first entered the Grandline), but for the first handful of chapters this will be of Naruto's past and, if you were reading the few parts I've written in this chapter, I'm sure you have an idea of his past.
Naruto's Devil Fruit
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Raijin (Dragon Blitz)
Lightning is concentrated in Naruto's right arm and, once focused, explodes and takes the shape of a dragon head which then shoots off his arm in the form of a wingless dragon. Looks like a snake's body with a dragon's head. A powerful attack that, once hitting its target, blinds the area in light.
Shinra Tensei (Divine Force)
Naruto first used this attack to block attacks directed at him in a defensive manner. It was capable of easily blocking the attacks of three Vice Admirals, even when two were using Haki to enforce their attacks. It was also seen being used in an offensive manner as well seeing how he destroyed the entire building by repulsing everything around him.
Raisei (Pulse Subjugation)
Naruto was seen using this ability to disconnect the body from the mind. It is unsure how he activates it, but he was seen raising his palm into the air to cause this ability causes anyone in its range (Range is unknown) to lose control over their body. Armament Haki has been seen to be able to resist it and regain command over one's body. It hasn't been shown whether there are other ways to resist this Technique.
Raiden (Heaven's Judgement)
Unknown, but capable of destroying an entire island.
Of course this is part of Naruto's mystery since I'm not going to exactly tell you what his devil fruit is. Although the hints I've dropped probably made some of you develop an idea, of course the fruit will be revealed sometime in the future, could be next chapter could be at the end. Who knows.
Side Note
I just watched One Piece movie Z. Would you guys rage if I incorporated some elements (which means characters as well) into this fanfiction. Let me know.
Pairing
This one is pretty simple. There are two choices. Harem or Single Pairing. Whatever gets more votes I'll do since I'm fine with both. I'll be more specific when it's decided what type of pairing I'll do.
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Naruto: Everything Blooms Twice
All my past readers are probably looking for an update on this...Well I wrote like three more chapters for it on my Laptop. Which broke. And I lost all my fanfiction stories...which is why when I bought my new laptop, I use google drive for everything! So yeah...maybe when this burning rage is out of my system I might write the next chapter.
New Stories Coming Out
Naruto x Akame Ga Kill Crossover
This is the story I'm most hyped about uploading. The first chapter is 30,000 fucking words which is why I need a Beta Reader. So, please, for the love of God, someone PM me to be the beta reader of my stories! It'll be uploaded the moment my future beta reader finishes fixing it.
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This story is another story I'm going to upload soon, I'm not quite finished with the first chapter. I still need to finish it. But once I do, it'll be uploaded right away.
Okay I'm done self-promoting.
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Next chapter will be out sooner or later!
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