A twenty-year-old young man set off from a small island town named Foosha in a tiny boat with a large grin on his face. He had been waiting for this day for over ten years.
Uzumaki D. Naruto, as he had taken his mother's name, grinned even wider, showing his sharp fangs, when a giant sea king rose from the water, snarling at him. He fixed his prize hat as his green cape fluttered in the breeze.
"I was hoping you'd show up." He launched himself in the air. "Come 'ere." He brought his foot down, axe kicking the beast.
"Ryahahaha." Naruto laughed at the knocked-out sea king floating behind his little boat. "A satisfying start to any adventure." He jerked suddenly as his boat rushed to the side, caught up in the powerful current of a nearby whirlpool. "Aw crap." He muttered before falling overboard and blacking out.
Naruto groaned as he woke up, dry thankfully. Stretching his arms and standing up, he noted he had somehow wound up in a barrel, the remnants of which lay around him. Looking around, he found he was in a storeroom of some kind, on a ship. There was also a very small, cowardly-looking boy with pink hair and round glasses behind him and three burly, thuggish guys with swords in front.
"Who the hell is he?" One asked.
"I dunno. A barrel monkey?"
"What the…? Oy, who the hell're ya callin' a monkey!?" Naruto yelled at them, making them back up a bit. "The name's Uzumaki D. Naruto an' I'm gonna be the Pirate King."
"You? Pirate King?" They laughed at the blond, ignoring his developing eye-twitch.
"If you're the Pirate King, then I'm the tooth fairy." They mocked him.
"Then shut up ya fairy fuck!" Naruto growled.
"That's it you little brat, prepare to die." The thug swung his sword at the blond, who just raised his arm and caught the blade with his bare hand. The four other people in the room gaped at him, especially when they noticed no blood was coming from his palm. Naruto gave a wicked grin and snapped the blade in half, punching the thug in the face, sending him crashing into the wall across the room.
"Who's next?" His grin made the other two pirates take a step back.
"Hey, mister, are you crazy?" The small by behind him butted in when all three thugs were piled on the ground.
"What're ya on about?" Naruto looked at him with a raised eyebrow.
"Those pirates belong to the crew of Iron Club Alvida."
"Who the what?" The boy face-faulted at the bewildered look he got.
"She's one of the strongest pirates in the…"
"Yeah, yeah, yeah, I don't care." The boy was on the ground again at the dismissal. "More important thing is, is there any food on this damned boat? I'm starving." He set off in a random direction, with the boy running after him.
When the pink-haired youth caught up with the blonde he was in another storeroom, this one packed with food, glaring at an apple in his hand.
"Ugh, I hate shrubbery." He muttered. "Where the hell's the meat?" He looked around, finding none. "Ah well, it's still food. I think."
While he was eating the boy introduced himself as Colby and told Naruto how he got to be on Alvida's crew. Naruto, in turn, told him he didn't care, although he did chuckle a little at the story.
"Alright, I'm full." The whole storeroom was emptied, to Colby's amazement. "Or as full as I'm gonna get on all this greenery. You think this Albida has a boat I can get?"
"Alvida."
"Whatever. Where the hell is she?" The boards above them gave in and something massive fell down. "Colby!" There was a yell from the middle of the smoke.
"That her?" Naruto asked the boy nonchalantly.
"Y-yeah." Colby stuttered in fright.
"Who's the most beautiful pirate in all of the seas?" The smoke cleared to show a woman that was, well, wider then her height, wielding a giant iron club.
"You are, Miss Alvida-mam."
"Beautiful?" Naruto raised an eyebrow. "I think you need better specs, kid."
"Are you talking to me, brat?" Alvida yelled at him.
"Yeah." Naruto deadpanned. "You're the ugliest piece of work I've seen yet." The woman roared in anger and brought her club down hard on Naruto's head, who just stood there, taking the hit without so much as a wince. "Oh you really shouldn't'a done that." He brought his fist back. "Don't touch the hat!" He gave the woman a massive uppercut, sending her to the upper deck through the same hole she fell down. "C'mon." He grabbed Colby and jumped up, easily reaching and surpassing the hole, landing in front of the downed woman and about twenty of her armed pirates.
"Get him, boys." The thugs yelled and charged at Naruto, making his grin return full strength.
"Sure, I'll play." Mere moments later all the pirates were knocked out on the floor and Naruto was laughing in joy. "Ryahahaha. Any more of ya?"
"Just me." Alvida came from behind and tried her club again, though this time Naruto did dodge easily. "Colby! Who's the most beautiful pirate in all the seas?"
"You…" Colby's mind flashed back at Naruto's dismissive attitude at the woman, and his strength when facing multiple opponents. "You most certainly are not you hag!" He yelled finally, getting a gasp from her and a chuckle from Naruto. Alvida roared again and swung her club. Naruto caught the metal in his hand and swung a savage punch at her, launching her over the railing of the boat, through the skies and out of view.
"Ah! Captain Alvida!" Her crew yelled and ran back to the boat, before following their captain's trajectory.
"C'mon, kid, this way." Naruto and Colby got in a lifeboat of the cruise ship and set off. "You know how to navigate?" The boy nodded. "Great, then I'll leave it to you. Get me to Shells Town."
"What? But there's a Marine base there. Why would you want to go?" He yelled at the blond.
"Why? Because my first mate's there, of course." Naruto grinned as he lay back against the mast, tilting his straw hat over his eyes.
Here's another cross. This time Naruto will be completely replacing Luffy. And he's still Dragon's son, just chose his mother's name, still Kushina Uzumaki. He's gonna be a lot smarter than Luffy, and some things will be different. I just finished reading the first sixty issues of One Piece, about six hundred chapters, and I've thought up three different crosses, this being one. I'm also trying really hard to finish the final three chapters before I can upload all in bulk, and I may even finish tonight, but they will be rather small, so sorry.
