Welcome to the story! I have two characters that are mine in this story. Characters and locations in Naruto and One Piece belong to the minds of Masashi Kishimoto and Eiichiro Oda respectively. Hope you enjoy. Also, this plot does not follow post war/post time skip Naruto and One-Piece storylines. This plot is all mine. The characters designs are as they were in the post war and time skips.
IMPORTANT MESSAGE: The two reviews referencing Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke's personalities were from and old version of this chapter. The dialogue between them has been updated to be more accurate to their maturity and personalities after the fourth great ninja war. Also Naruto characters are how they appear in "The Last" but the story line is obviously not canon to "The Last." I just like the outfits they wear. Enjoy again!
On a remote island in the Grand Line a giant temple like building sat. And outside of that building fish men partied and laughed.
"AHHHH HA HA HA HA HA!" A giant sword fish man laughed. "Can I throw a party or what?"
"Sure, can Arlong-san!" A fish man said.
"AHHHH HAHAHAHAHA!" Arlong laughed again.
"And what exactly would you be celebrating?" A surprise voice said.
"Hm? Who's asking?" Arlong questioned.
"Just a man with a dream. A dream for peace." The voice said again. This time showing himself.
The man had mostly black hair with red highlights, he wore a bandage over his left eye, what wasn't covered small black markings could be seen. He also wore black pants that were rolled up to his knees, over which hangs a grey cloth that covers him from his stomach to his knees, which he secures with a white rope belt. He wore sandals that covered the rest of his leg and black gloves that ran up his arm and stopped just past his elbow. Finally, he wore a black short sleeved shirt unzipped down to his chest with a wide and long flat black sword holstered on his back. He spoke with a calm, semi deep, demanding voice.
"Who the hell are you?" Arlong asked, getting upset.
"I already told you. You still haven't answered my question though..what are you celebrating?" The man asked.
"He doesn't have to tell you anything." Another fish man said. This fishman had the appearance of a shark. With sharp dorsal fins coming out of his forearms.
"Please sit. I'm speaking to Arlong." The man said.
"I told you he doesn't have to speak!" The fish man said throwing a sharp elbow at the mysterious man.
CLINK
The sound of the fish man's sharp dorsal fin hitting steel sounded throughout Arlong park. But the man hadn't moved. Instead there was another sword in between the dorsal fin and the man's head.
"Ah ah ah. I wouldn't do that if I were you."
"What!? Where did you?" The fish man said.
The man who intercepted the attack wore a white and purple turban. Underneath a small "M" could be made out to be on his forehead. A black tank top rest under a cropped blue jean jacket, with matching blue cargos. Tan boots with buckles used to fasten them were on his feet, he also had a sword as his weapon of choice, his being a more traditional looking one.
"Now." The first man said. "I'm not going to ask again. What. Are. You. Celebrating?" The first man asked in a demanding tone.
Arlong became furious.
"WHO ARE YOU TO COME INTO MY PARK AND DEMAND ANSWERS FROM ME?" Arlong yelled.
Instantly Arlong dashed from his seat and attempted to pierce the man with his sword nose. The mystery man was too fast and dodged it easily, but caught Arlong's nose in his right hand and brought his left elbow down hard into Arlongs nose and snapped it off.
The fish men stared in disbelief as blood spewed from Arlong's severed nose. Arlong hit the ground hard holding his now nose less face, screaming in pain. He was supposed to have a nose harder than diamond and this man snapped it easily. The man held Arlong's nose in his hand, looked at it, then began to speak.
"Hmph. Now I see how you lost to the straw hat. Pitiful. Celebrating when you haven't improved not even a little bit." The man said.
As Arlong looked up, the man walked over to him and squatted down. Holding the nose by the tip of his finders.
"Arlong park is officially D.E.A.T.H property. I'll have men here soon with supplies, money, and food to set up base. You and every fish man here are now apart of my organization. You'll be in charge of bringing money in and watching under the seas, not much different from what you've been doing right? Arlong park will also be a base Cyclone and I can use to camp out from time to time. Understand?" The man explained, pointing to the turban wearing man who was now reading a book.
Arlong looked at the man with rage in his eyes. But nodded.
"Also, D.E.A.T.H will be taking seventy-percent of all profits earned by the fish men. Failure to obtain or give the money and all your brothers here can blame you for their death. Do we have a deal?" The man asked rhetorically.
"Go to hell." Arlong hissed.
"Excellent." The man said handing back Arlong's nose. "Well? Isn't this a party? Let's celebrate this world's inevitable peace!" The man exclaimed.
"YEAHHHHHHHHH!" The fish men yelled in unison.
Arlong stood back up on his feet and looked at his detached nose. Then back up at the man who was walking towards the temple.
"Hey!" Arlong yelled.
The man looked back half way but didn't move his body.
"If you're gonna be my boss I at least need to know your name." Arlong said.
"Uchiha Psycho." The man said.
CHIRP CHIRP
The sounds of birds went throughout the leaf village waking up men, women, and children. The sun shone beautifully through the city and its warmth brought smiles to the citizens. Though the sun was out and bright, a nice cool breeze complimented it, a truly beautiful feeling. In the peaceful village an older and matured Naruto walked with his longtime friend Sakura Haruno.
"Things sure have been peaceful here in the village lately." Naruto said.
Sakura turned and smiled.
"I know right? It feels great to be able to sleep easy at night and not worry about much." Sakura said.
"Definitely. Although, I'm sort of getting tired of taking out bandits. I'm in the mood for a real challenge." Naruto admitted.
Sakura looked at the yellow haired ninja.
"Maybe when Sasuke gets back you can ask him to spar." Sakura said with a smile.
Naruto smiled at the mention of Sasuke. Sasuke was pardoned of his crimes after the war thanks to Naruto's pull and Kakashi being the 6th Hokage. Now he goes on recon missions far away from the village and the pair don't get to see him often. Naruto looked down at his bandage covered hand.
"Yeah. For sure! Do you know when he's going to be back?" Naruto asked.
Sakura sighed.
"No not at all… unfortunately. I miss him myself." Sakura said.
Naruto creeped next to her.
"Gonna try to take Sasuke on a date?" Naruto asked with a smile.
Sakura blushed.
"I… um… I planned on it." Sakura admitted, then looked at Naruto and smiled, "What about you and Hinata? I've heard things about you two creeping around town." Sakura nudged Naruto.
Naruto blushed this time.
"Hey hey! We're just… hanging around that's all!" Naruto said out loud.
Sakura laughed and just looked at him. He truly has grown.
"OOOOOHHHHH NARUTOOOO!"
"LOSE THE DIAMOND HEAD AND GET WITH A REAL WOMAN!"
Sakura turned and stared at the girls who yelled at them.
"Lose the what…" Sakura said, holding up her chakra infused fist and staring at them.
"AHHHHH SHE'S CRAZY!"
"SHE'LL KILL US!"
The girls ran off and Naruto laughed.
"Good work Sakura." Naruto said with a smile, "That's one thing I like about Hinata-chan… she doesn't just like me for how I look." Naruto said, looking up, Sakura was staring at him with stars in her eyes.
"You DO like Hinata!" Sakura yelled.
"Hey don't make it too obvious! I want to tell her myself alright!" Naruto yelled back.
"I'm sorry I just can't help it! It's so adorable." Sakura said with a smile.
"Yeah? Well when are you going to tell Sasuke how you feel?!" Naruto snapped.
"When Sasuke gets back I'll tell him! I just told you that!" Sakura said.
"Tell me what?" A voice said.
Sasuke stood behind Naruto staring right at him. Sasuke was wearing a purple headband that covered his forehead and hid a little bit of his eyes under his bangs. He also wore a black high collared shirt, a midriff exposing flak jacket, and light blue pants. Most of it is unseen though as he wore a tattered light brown poncho over it.
"Oh! Sasuke." Sakura said with a small gasp.
Sasuke looked down at Sakura.
"Sakura. How have you been?" Sasuke asked.
"I've been great! Just still at the hospital. How's your work going?" Sakura asked.
"Yeah Sasuke. Find any tough guys out there? That could be a threat to us?" Naruto asked.
"Well, I've only traveled through most of the ninja villages and with there being a huge alliance with all of the nations coming together to fight in the Fourth Ninja War it's just not likely there will be anything major popping off as far as the ninja world goes. But, there's an entire world out there that no ninja has ever seen before. I know if there's peace here, there's a threat elsewhere." Sasuke said.
Naruto looked down.
"That's true. I wonder if there is some far away place that could use our help." Naruto said quietly.
"It's not impossible." Sasuke said.
The three continued to walk through the village.
"What kind of shinobi do you think are outside the ninja world? Probably some real big-time guys." Sakura said.
"I've been thinking about that." Sasuke said.
Naruto and Sakura looked at the ninja.
"What if there aren't any other shinobi out of the ninja lands we know? New enemies, new fighting styles… the list can go on." Sasuke said.
"All the thinking about it is making me excited!" Naruto said proudly.
"I'm about to go turn in my report to Kakashi. I intend to ask him if I can expand my route, after I get an answer, I can come let you two know. Maybe you can come with me this time." Sasuke said.
Naruto and Sakura smiled.
"Really?!" They both asked.
"Yeah yeah. I know it probably gets boring in here." Sasuke said.
"Man isn't that the truth. Oh yeah, Sasuke?" Naruto asked.
Sasuke looked at Naruto.
"I've been itching for a tough fight, so if you can't expand your route and take us to some tough guys then I want to spar! A big one just like we used to!" Naruto challenged.
Sasuke smirked.
"I'll keep that in mind."
The three continued to walk until Sakura noticed Hinata.
"Hey! Hinata!" Sakura yelled.
Hinata looked up at Sakura.
"Oh, hey Sakura-chan!" Hinata said loud, but soft.
"Look who's back!" Sakura pointed at Sasuke, who had his eyes closed.
Hinata walked up to the three and smiled.
"Welcome back, Sasuke-kun." Hinata said.
Sasuke nodded.
"Thank you." Sasuke said.
Hinata looked at Naruto and Naruto back at her. Sakura watched out the corner of her eye.
"Hey Hinata-chan! What's up?" Naruto asked.
"Oh nothing much… just running some errands for my father." Hinata said.
"That's cool… um, we're about to go on a cool mission outside the ninja world!" Naruto boasted.
Sakura and Sasuke hung their heads low.
"Oh… that's great Naruto-kun!..." Hinata said.
Sakura snuck over to Naruto and nudged him.
"Ask to join her in the errands!" Sakura whispered loudly.
"But that's not fun…" Naruto whispered back.
"Who cares if it's not fun if it's with her!?" Sakura whispered loudly again, "Plus if we do leave who knows when you'll see her again?"
After hearing that, Naruto straightened up.
"Hey, um Hinata-chan?" Naruto asked.
Hinata looked up.
"I was wondering if uh… you'd want me to help you run those errands?" Naruto asked.
Hinata smiled big.
"Yes I would love that." Hinata said happily.
Sakura smiled and Sasuke smirked as Naruto and Hinata walked away. Sakura turned to continue walking with Sasuke, holding on to his arm.
At the Hokage's Mansion
"Here's my report." Sasuke said setting his papers down on the Hokage's desk.
"Ah thank you Sasuke. I expect a great report as always." Kakashi said.
Sasuke looked towards the ground.
"Something bothering you?" Kakashi asked.
"I'm expanding my route. I'm going outside of all these ninja villages and expanding my search. If there's any trouble to close to home I want to be able to report on it." Sasuke said.
Kakashi stared at Sasuke for a second and then spoke.
"Well you're in luck." Kakashi said.
"What are you talking about?" Sasuke asked.
"There's been reports of suspicious ships bearing what looks like some sort of organization's logo sailing through the Grand Line." Kakashi explained.
"The Grand Line?" Sasuke asked.
"Hm? You've never heard of The Grand Line? Well, The Grand Line is an ocean that essentially runs on the equator of the Earth you see? It's made up entirely of Islands. And as I'm sure you've figured out, there are seven countries: Earth, Lightning, Water, Wind, Rain, Rice, and our country of Fire. The ninja lands rest here in the Grand Line. This ninja "world" that we know, is nothing more than a giant island full of people who've evolved into learning ninjutsu. The reason no ninja has been anywhere past the land of Water is because-"
"Ninja's don't have the navigational skills to sail on water. Especially in seas as challenging as the Grand Line is that it?" Sasuke finished for Kakashi.
"Well..erm…um…yes. That's actually completely correct." Kakashi said.
"Damn it. I can't sail. How am I supposed to go out and expand my route now?"
"That's why I said you were in luck. How far have you gone past the village hidden in sand?" Kakashi asked.
"Not too far. Those deserts are harsh even for me." Sasuke answered.
"About a week's journey from the Sand village lay the kingdom of Alabasta. A completely different territory than you're used to. There are no ninjas there, as every ninja is of course limited to the remaining land we have on this humongous island." Kakashi said.
"This is really good information. But two questions.." Sasuke said.
"Hm?"
"One. How do you know all of this? If no ninja has been as far as the land of water and sand? And how am I supposed to survive a week in a desert as harsh as that one?"
"I was actually about to get to that. There's a very special guest coming to the sand from Alabasta to meet with her neighboring country. You are going to attend that meeting in the sand and be her escort back home." Kakashi explained.
"What kind of special guest goes all the way out there with no escort back?" Sasuke asked.
"Well..she wouldn't need one back, but as I said, something suspicious is going on in the waters in the Grand Line and we want to be sure she gets home safe." Kakashi briefed.
"Hmph. So, I take it she's on her way there now?" Sasuke asked.
"She was said to have left a few days ago. If you leave right now you should make the meeting just in time."
"All right. Thank you Kakashi. I'll get it done. Also, I'd like to-."
Sasuke was interrupted by Naruto jumping into the window.
"So you got the "yes" Sasuke?" Naruto asked.
"I was just about to ask to bring you and Sakura with me before you interrupted." Sasuke said.
Naruto made a shocked face.
"My bad… I hope it doesn't change your mind Kakashi-sensei." Naruto said.
"Quite the opposite Naruto. I encourage you all to go together." Kakashi said with a smile, "You've all grown so big and powerful, I can trust you all to get the job done."
The three adolescents formerly known as "Team 7" all smiled. Naruto clenched his bandaged hand.
"This is it… one step closer to a whole new world." Naruto said.
IN THE SEAS OF THE GRAND LINE
In the sea a boat by the name of The Thousand Sunny sailed proudly through the Grand Line. Aboard were nine crew members. One of them, with a straw hat on his back, sat on the front of the boat.
"WOOOO HOOOO!" He yelled. "It feels great out here aye Nami! He he!" The boy said with a huge smile.
The woman he was talking to flashed a beautiful smile at him and held her thumb up, winking.
"All clear captain. Sunny skies and the sea is behaving just how we want it." Nami said.
"Ahhhh this weather makes me want to sing! Where's my violin?" A skeleton man said.
A woman in a purple shirt knotted off at her waist and a flower skirt, with sunglasses on her head answered him.
"Hmm hmm. I'm pretty sure I saw Usopp with it Brook." She said.
"Ah! Thank you, Robin-chan." Brook said.
Brook walked into Usopp's workshop to see him messing with his violin.
"What are you doing Usopp! That's a special violin!" Brook yelled.
"Don't worry Brook-kun it's going to be even more special once it can shoot smoke bombs!" Usopp said valiantly.
"I don't need it to shoot bombs! Nor did I ask for that feature to be added!" Brook said smacking the top of Usopp's head with his cane.
"Why you!"
Usopp charged Brook and tackled him onto the deck of the boat. Much to Luffy's excitement.
"Ohhhh fight fight!" Luffy cheered. "Come on Brook get him!"
"Get him legendary Usopp!" A small blue nosed reindeer said.
"I'm pretty sure Brook has this one. He can't be killed Chopper!" Luffy said staring at Chopper.
"USOPP CAN'T BE KILLED EITHER! HE FOUGHT THREE SEA KINGS!" Chopper yelled back.
Just like that Luffy and Chopper were at blows now. Frankie walked onto the deck and seeing the action he wanted in himself. He looked over to a sleeping swordsman, Roronoa Zoro.
"HAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Frankie yelled.
"Huh?" Zoro said barley awake. "Hey what are you?!"
Now Zoro and Frankie are sparring. As the ship descends further into madness. A certain chef found his way to the deck.
"HAIIIIIIII NAMI-SAN! ROBIN-CHAN! FOOD FOR YOU!" He said.
"Hai, thank you Sanj-kun." Robin said with an innocent smile.
"Anything for you Robin-chan!" Sanji said with heart shaped eyes. "Naaaaaammmmiiiiiii!" Sanji yelled walking towards the stairs to go give Nami her food. As he made it to the steps Frankie threw Zoro at him.
"WATCH IT!" Zoro yelled as he crashed into Sanji.
Sanji collected himself and then looked at the dish spilled over Zoro.
"Look what you did moss head. You won't be forgiven." Sanji said seriously.
"WHAT?! FRANKIE THREW ME!" Zoro tried to explain.
"No excuses! You want to fight?" Sanji said, attacking Zoro.
While the men fought aboard the ship, Nami and Robin watched from the sidelines.
"Ugh, you'd think after two years of training they'd be too tired for this." Nami said annoyed.
Robin looked up at Nami and smiled with closed eyes.
"I'm sure they're just letting out a bunch of energy from not seeing each other in so long."
"Ugh. Yeah, I guess so. Idiots." Nami said.
A news bird flew over The Thousand Sunny and dropped a letter on to the boat. Nami caught it and read it. As she read it, she smiled.
"Hey guys!" Nami said with excitement.
The men still fought with each other as she looked on.
BONK BONK BONK BONK BONK!
The men were all on their knees before Nami with knots on their heads.
"If you're all done! I was trying to say that Vivi wrote us! She wants us to come visit her when she's back from her meeting!" Nami said.
"AYEEEEE VIVI-CHAN! I KNOW SHE'S STILL AS BEAUTIFUL AS I REMEMBER!" Sanji said.
"So predictable." Zoro mumbled.
"What's that? You want to fight?" Sanji asked.
"Ayeeee Vivi! I can't wait to see her again! Full steam ahead to Alabasta!" Luffy said.
"On it captain." Usopp said.
"Ohhhh this should be interesting! This reminds me of an old timey shanty!" Brook said.
As Brook play his music, Zoro sat annoyed in the corner of the ship. Chopper, Sanji, Luffy, and Frankie all had their arms over the others shoulder dancing and singing while Robin looked noticeably concerned.
"What's wrong sis?" Nami said.
"It's been so long since Crocodile and I…do you think?"
"Oh yeah..I'm sure Vivi will forgive you! You'll have to talk to her about it you know."
Robin looked down at her book, then back up at Nami.
"You're right. Thank you Nami." Robin said smiling.
Nami smiled and shrugged her shoulders. She lifted her log pose to look at it. Alabasta was only a few days away from where they were. They'd finally get to see Vivi again after two and a half years.