The waves rustled under Naruto's feet as he stood proudly on the coastline. He looked out and wondered to himself " I wonder what's out there. I wonder if there really are giant sea monsters or evil whales with marks on their head. I want to really see that one day. I want to see it all." Naruto looked at the sunset fading before him. And in no time at all, the sun tripped over the edge of the world and fell. Darkness shrouded the ocean and where he stood.

Naruto was staring even in the nightfall and as he gave a smirk of satisfaction that he will see this one day, and just as fast as his smirk appeared on his face, he bounced away leaving two feet marks where he stood with rugged bumps repeatedly lining the two marks. As he headed home through the forest, he ran into one of his best friends Ashe. Ashe has declined a contract allowing into the anime "Naruto" and did not appear or was mentioned in the anime.

"Hey naruto" Ashe said. What's on your mind this time?"

"I want to see the world" naruto replied

Ashe took this in shock." The world? But that would mean crossing the borders of this world into another. And another. And another. And there are many dangers of the sea like giant sea animals and Mammals the size of the Hokage monument!!!"

" I don't care. When I finish my mission as a shinobi, I will make a sturdy boat and see the world! I even heard of rumors as far as the grand line with the best treasure in the world!" naruto said

"Okay, that's a big commitment. But you aren't going to be able to do it alone." Ashe said.

" What?!" naruto replied." You're going to come with me?"

"Yeah, sure. That sounds like a good idea. You know, to see the world. I've always wondered what's on the borders." Ashe said. It was getting dark and Ashe could only see the outline of naruto's face. "Well, see ya."

"You too." Naruto said. He then dashed off back to the village. However, he was alone. Where was Ashe going? Naruto looked back and saw a split second of Ashe jumping through the heavy bushes leading to the banks of the ocean.

Standing in the same place where Naruto's footmarks were, Ashe lay, relaxed and taken aback by the ocean breeze, staring out into the vast unknown.

" Was it the right decision to say yes to Naruto. " Ashe thought. "That could mean certain death. Am I really willing to put my life on the line to help a best friend in need? It is rude to say no but what then. I'm gonna go back to my other life? Yeah right. I can't go back to that life. No. I'm going to go." Ashe then stood up looking proud, and then shattered to tears.

"What am I going to do?" he whispered to himself. "Should I really follow through with this? No. I made a commitment to a friend." That's when Ashe stood up again. "I can do this myself." And reluctantly, Ash controlled his legs to move back to the forest. With each step, her control for her legs grew greater into her control and she dashed back to the village.

"C'mon Kakashi sensei, why not. I want to do it and there's nothing you can do to stop me." Naruto argued.

"Well naruto, ramen is fattening and you haven't been eating your vegetables." Kakashi replied. Naruto gave up and slowly walked away from the ramen shop. BAM! He dashed straight back but kakashi stopped him directly in front of him and stuck out his palm. Which Naruto rammed headlong into. What an idiot. Blood dripped slowly down the left side of his mouth and the salty-irony taste of it filled his mouth.

" What the Hell?" naruto shouted. And just as he would say something else, a man about 5 feet 5 inches came out and asked them

" Could you take this someplace else? A man with blood in his mouth lying on the floor next to a man with balled-up fists doesn't look good for business. You're driving my customers away." Said the man.

"Ugh naruto, do you always have to pull stunts like this? This sort of thing wouldn't happen if you're a controlled ninj-"

That got Naruto to a blaze red-hot with anger. "Control? CONTROL?!! I have a nine-tailed demon inside me and I can't even separate yellow from red chakra. Yellow being my chakra." Naruto yelled. Kakashi made a swift motion with his hand and both of them were bathed in an eerie colored smoke and reappeared in the forest.

"by the way, Sensei?" naruto asked. Kakashi looked down at him. " I want to build a boat. Not a normal kind boat, but a pirate ship boat. I want to see the grand line and collect the treasure that many have tried to get, but failed.". that got Kakashi's attention. He raised an eyebrow in interest. "Well you won't have to. I have a very stupid friend who accidentally bought 2 pirate ships. Maybe we can get one from him. Hell, we can make this into a mission. I'll bring Sakura and Sasuke." Kakashi said.

"Awesome." Naruto said and they trudged through the woods. "Also, we didn't eat yet." Naruto said.

After a long walk, which seemed like an eternity, Naruto hasn't been that bored in his life. He was so bored he practiced his multiplication tables. " One, four, sixteen, sixty-four, one times two is two. Seven times nine equals sixty-three. Twelve ti-" naruto was interrupted as he bumped into Kakashi sensei. " What is it sensei?" naruto asked. "We're here." He replied. They both took two steps forward and met a man. He was as skinny as Kakashi sensei. Heck, add in the figure, clothes, and shoes. It was practically Kakashi himself, but the only way you can tell the difference is the other Kakashi had a mole on his face with a couple of hairs growing out of it. And around Naruto, it was a nice beach house with a lighthouse on a hill near it. And as was expected, there were two pirate ships completely identical with each other.

" Hi kakashi." Said the man." What brings you here? And you too for that matter" he noticed Naruto staring all over the place. Naruto jumped when the moled man looked at him.

" My name is Naruto. I am one of kakashi sensei's students. We came to get one of your boats since you have two."

"Is that right naruto. My name is Bob. Naruto. Naruto naruto naruto. Hmmmmmmmm. Oh. Now I know you. You're the stupid one. The stupid student." Bob said.

"That made naruto angry again. And without thinking, he shouted " well at least I don't buy two boats!". Now that ticked Bob off. And at last, he said " I haven't known you for 5 minutes and already I hate you." Bob then faced Kakashi." What is it you want?" Kakashi looked at Bob and said" we want one of your boats. We'll need it to sail the open seas. We're going to the grand line."

" well…..I'll think about it. Yeah. You can have it. Take the one that's loaded with food already. It'll make the trip that much easier." Bob said and with that, he unlocked the chain to the boat and it bobbed helplessly by the crashing waves.

" That was easy." Naruto said." I'd expected a lot more from that conversation. Oh, it's getting dark. Let's go home and pick up the boat tomorrow." He said. " well don't expect this to happen more often. I was in a good mood today. Next time you ask, you'll be rejected like the dunce you are." And with that, kakashi disappeared.

Naruto was back in the neighborhood and ran into Ashe popping to and fro from the trees." Hey Ashe, I got a boat. And it's a big one." Naruto shouted. Ashe jumped down." Really. Wow. It's just the two of us. Me and you. Mano e mano. Exploring the vast regions that is the ocean." Ashe said. Naruto looked down and cracked a small smirk.

" welllllllll, it's not gonna be you and me."

"It's not?" Ashe said.

"No. Naruto replied.

"well who else?"

"My sensei, Sakura, and Sasuke."

"That's it?"

"Yep."

"Well that's good. We may need more people to join us on our trip." Ashe said. " I gotta go. Where is it? The boat, I mean."

"Oh, it's in Hakumezai woods. Next to the beachfront." Naruto replied.

" I'll be there." Ashe said.

"All right. See you." Naruto said and with that, they both headed home.

Day 3: Morning

Everyone was here. Kakashi sensei, sakura, sasuke, Ashe, and Naruto were all together. Bob was standing right outside his house. Ashe noticed there were two boats but he didn't question that.

"So it's really happening." Naruto said.

" Yes it is" Sakura said." I've always wanted to explore the ocean. There's a rumor that if you're lucky, a golden koi fish will jump out next to your boat and they say it's tune it sings is beautiful."

"Must be" Naruto said.

" you actually want to hear it. $%#^ that. I just want to kill it. Its meat is the best and it can sell for over 7500 yen a pound." Sakura said.

"It's time." Kakashi said." Say goodbye. Because this is the last look you will have in a long time."

And with that, the five left port and sailed into the morning sun.

" kakashi?" naruto asked

"Yes" he replied.

"I still didn't eat yet."

"It's going to be a long journey" kakashi sulked.