~~AN~~: Do not own One Piece or Naruto.

Beta'ed by abc27.

Chapter 1:

[[[-Unsung Paragons-]]]

"Whoever it is, I'm gonna beat them up."

Clenching his fist tightly, the man in his late teens punched it against the palm of his other hand. Cracking his knuckles, he held on to his other fist and walked across to the brunette standing a few metres away from him as trampled over a few miniature rocks in his path, shattering them to pieces and dust.

"Captain, no need to make rash decisions. We still don't know who did this. And look at Usopp's condition. Wait until we know about the whereabouts of that man."

The brunette pointed over to the long-nosed man who laid unconscious on the bed with a tube connected to his arm for saline infusion and his forearm was covered in bandages with splints of wood attached to it. He was being tended to by a reindeer with a pink hat on, who appeared to nod as an agreement to her words.

The teen's gaze turned to his compatriot's body and he held his fists to his side deeply sighing. The brunette's words seemed to impose an air of calmness around the room as the captain made himself comfortable on a chair beside him, still fuming as he looked down with his fists still clenched.

"Wait for a little while, Luffy. The man shall bite the dust once Usopp regains consciousness."

The words came from the man who was leaning over on the recliner by Luffy with both his eyes closed. He opened an eye to check up on Usopp's condition and shut it down immediately as he was about to go back to his slumber. He took the bandana covering his head off while he was adjusting his position as his moss-green hair came into light. Placing his hands behind his head, he laid back on the recliner and went back to sleep.

"This idiot dozed off again. Luffy, don't worry. I'm sure you'll beat him up. Maybe we can get all their money after defeating them."

The orange haired female sighed at the sight of the man going back to his sleep in these circumstances. The navigator of their crew, Nami, was at her money-minded best early in the morning as her eyes glistened at the thought of wealth being deposited into their account again. Intertwining her fingers, she rested her head on the back of her palm as she looked up smirking, thinking about the prospect of stealing and plundering money.

A sudden pulse appears in the monitor as they were talking and the reindeer doctor scurried up to quickly scan the patient. His breathing had picked up and as the puffs condensed on the walls of the breathing mask covering his mouth. His heartbeat rate rose to normal as he slowly opened his eyes squinting slightly as his retinas were exposed to the bright lights of the lamp situated on top of him. The animal began scrutinizing his patient's condition as the beeping of the monitor increased by the second.

The captain, on hearing the sudden noises from the system, leaped from his chair and skittered to Usopp's bed only to be met by the pummelling of the hooves of the reindeer onto his chest.

"Luffy! Give him some time! You can't be so restless."

The hooves were incessantly smacking his chest as he tried to power through the beating he was receiving. He stood still in his position before quickly bending down and evaded the attacks of the creature.

"But I need to know who did this to him. Right now!" He held on to Usopp's shirt after evasively skipping through the pummelling as he yelled into his ears, the voice echoing across the room. "Who did this to you?" His eyes were a smouldering red as he was filled with rage as he was thinking about the people responsible for it. He began shaking the patient violently as he was intently waiting for an answer from him.

"Oi Luffy! Get away from him!" The brunette and Nami scooted over realizing the situation as they held onto Luffy trying to pull him away from the bed. Robin, the brunette, clutched onto his neck and shoulders while Nami grasped his waist as they put in a lot of effort to separate those two.

Meanwhile, the insane shaking proved effective as Usopp was slightly knocked back to his senses and tried to grasp the hullabaloo that was being caused around him. As soon as he deciphered the meaning of Luffy's yelling, he mustered all his leftover strength and raised his arm up slightly with his index finger pointing towards the window to the left of him. Taking his mask off, he wheezed as he found words hard to come by out of his mouth. Gasping intensely, he called out for his captain stuttering along the way as he spoke with great difficulty.

"Luffy... Luffy... Luffy..."

Amidst this chaos, the man sleeping by Luffy woke up, startled by everything happening around him. He groaned as he rubbed his eyes with the back of his palm and rummaged on the table beside him for the sake bottle. As he got a hold of the bottle, he swiftly pulled it towards him and began chugging it down at an alarming pace, yawning occasionally when let go of it by his lips.

The captain, upon hearing his name from his crew member wriggled out violently from the clutches of the women as he skid over swiftly to the bed trying to decrypt the gibberish that came out from Usopp's mouth. There was stunned silence in the room, barring Usopp's voice as everyone paid attention to the words that were about to come from him.

"There… we… re... two… men… few hundred metres… away in... along the… shore…"

Luffy had heard enough. He rolled his sleeves up and adjusted his hat which was made from straw. He soon made his way out of the room as he was accompanied by Zoro, who tossed the sake bottle aside as he let a loud burp out and stood by Luffy's side.

"Yare yare, you seem to missing some much needed manpower."

Sanji, who was standing outside the room, was eavesdropping through the whole ordeal with a lit up cigarette in his mouth. He exhaled a gust of smoke away from them and threw the almost exhausted cigarette down, stomping on its tip to extinguish the flame. Immediately, he pulled out another and placed it amidst his lips, as he held the lighter with the other hand and looked towards Luffy and Zoro.

"We don't need you. You'll only be pulling us down."

Zoro remarked, pulling a blind eye towards the blonde smoker, as he was rubbing the back of his neck. He was holding on to the hilt of one of his swords tied to his waist. Looking away from Sanji, he pulled his bandana out and tied it back on his head as a signal of his intent.

"No one asked you, -Head. Now bug off. Luffy needs me by his side."

Sanji lit his smoke up as he covered the fire of the lighter with his hand to protect it from the mild wind that was blowing outside their cabin. Straddling to Luffy, his gaze was fixed at the swordsman as his burned a blackish red, giving him a fiery look.

Luffy treaded along his path, not heeding to Sanji as he kept moving. The blonde knew this was a seal of approval as he walked behind Luffy, taking a long drag of the nicotine as he followed the captain who was being accompanied by the swordsman.

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The weather was serene as it was mid-day in the middle of the perennial autumn season. The path was bordered by huge maple trees with the leaves in a deep brown and almost reddish colour. The canopy of the trees shielded from the intense sunlight, thereby maintaining a calm temperature underneath them. Their way was ridden with the fallen lifeless leaves which made a soft crackling sound when stepped over and descended into dried up pieces of waste.

Luffy was still holding his hands in fists as he was walking without paying any attention to the surroundings. Zoro and Sanji were on high alert scanning their surroundings for enemies as they were expecting a possible ambush from the mysterious people. Zoro, who was holding onto the hilt, unsheathed his sword a little with the help of his thumb as the exposed shiny metal gleamed in the afternoon Sun. As his cigarette was exhausted again, Sanji flicked it off behind as the stub which was alive fell into a naturally formed pile of dry leaves. Unbeknownst to him, the pile caught fire as smithereens rose up from withered bunch.

The heat rising up from the heap caught the swordsman's attention as he glanced behind to look at a fire rising up. Instantly, he unsheathed his sword completely and with a swift slash, the flames would be extinguished into a mass of ash. He shook his head and let out a sigh as he put his katana back in its place and gave a look of disgust towards the blonde smacking him on the back of his head lightly.

"See, this is why I didn't want you to come. Luffy and I have to clean up your mess all the time!"

"Shut up, you moss-head. I was gonna kill those flames anyway!"

Sanji strode along the way shrugging lightly as he put another cigarette in his mouth. He felt like kicking Zoro, but refrained as he knew a quarrel amongst themselves would only be a waste of time and was saving up for the real tussle about to happen at the end of their short journey. He lit up this one careful as to not set anything other than its tip ablaze.

Luffy was only focused on the task at hand: finding out the people responsible for his friend's condition and was only looking forward, not paying any attention to their short argument. He was aroused at the incident earlier that day and felt responsible for catching the enemies at the end of the path. He knew that they were formidable and taking them lightly would only cause them damage than help.

The Sun shone bright as the men walked at a brisk pace covering up as much ground as possible within a very short span of time. They had only intention in mind: A fight was brewing and they had to win it to bring the enemies to justice as soon as possible.

The canopy over them began disappearing gradually as the woods were growing thinner and thinner, exposing them to the sunlight as they carried on in their journey. From the end of the woods, an enormous water body was visible to the naked eye. Picking the pace up, the trio started sprinting over to the sea as they knew they were close to the shore. They breezed against the currents and moved quickly across to the beach that was only a few furlongs away from them. Their movements were almost incomprehensible to the ordinary man's pupil. They closed in on the sand body at an electrifying pace covering ground at a high velocity.

[[[-Unsung Paragons-]]]

Meanwhile at their cottage, Nami and Robin were helping the reindeer humanoid doctor, Chopper, to take care of Usopp who drowned back into unconsciousness as soon as Luffy and the others left. His injuries weren't so severe as to put him in a threatening state, but they sure rendered him stupefied. A dislocated joint in his arm, and a partly fractured rib along with a punctured lung were the results of a battle.

Beneath his suspender, his chest was heavily covered with bandages along with his right forearm. His breathing turned back to normal as his body was regaining its temperature. Chopper had his stethoscope on as he was checking for any other abnormalities in Usopp's body.

"Seems like he's in no danger. He should wake up by today evening."

His heartbeat resembled the pace of a normal human as Chopper concluded his tests. Hearing these words gave the women a sense of assurance as they both heaved a huge sigh of relief along with the reindeer. Now, they could only hope their 'baka trio' don't cause too much trouble than necessary.

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In the path towards the shore, the trio skipped over the landscape, decimating any debris that came up under their sturdy feet as the way was soon filled with footprints of a good depth. A few minutes later, Luffy landed over the soft sand few metres away from the sea. Zoro and Sanji soon followed as they scrutinized the surroundings. They began walking along the shore looking around for life.

The Sun was right on top of their head as the tides were rising up in the sea as waves periodically drenched the sand at the border of the sea. Sanji, who was losing his patience, picked up a few rocks and skipped them on the surface as he looked over to the captain.

"Luffy, they don't seem to be here. Maybe we should come back at a later time tonight."

Luffy, who didn't like the statement, shook his head. In his mind, the perpetrators were right here by the shore.

"No Sanji. They're right here. Let's search for them now."

The captain moved up along the border holding his hat down with his palm as he ran at a brisk pace. His slender legs assisted him in the sprinting even though the sand was pulling him down. The others followed as they trailed along the sea boundary. As he ran for a few seconds, he soon lost his pace and stood frozen in his spot, panting heavily as he bent down placing his hands on his knees.

His gaze landed upon a hawk flying several hundreds of meters away in the blue sky. However, there was something strange about this hawk. Tied to its talon was a strip of paper rolled up neatly. Deciding to follow it, a spring appeared in Luffy's steps as he began tailing the hawk. The duo scurried behind him unsure of why they were doing so.

Soon, the hawk began its descent to the ground and the trio were up to pace with it, tailing it by just a few metres. Few moments later, the trio were met by a rocky terrain which ended them in meeting a range of mountains stretching across the sea acting as a natural dam. The trio's gaze didn't leave the hawk as it landed upon the perch of the tallest mountain and flew down as it rested its claws on a the forearm of a tall raven haired man who was situated at the foot of the mountain.

He was clad in a black coat with his katana by him as he sat down enjoying his rice balls (onigiri). His gaze met the trio's, a smirk rising up on his lips while he was looking at them.

"So, you have finally arrived."

~~AN~~ : Hey guys, this is my first fic. I recently got myself updated with the one piece manga and this idea had been floating for awhile in my head. So, gave it a try and this came out. I would appreciate any feedback on it and drop in your reviews.