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"What!"
Gathered in the Hokage's office, all Four Kage winced at the shout of anger from the Fifth Hokage.
"How can they do this to him? After everything he's done, they're just going to throw him away!"
"Tsunade..."Onoki started carefully not wanting to have the slug princesses ire turned on him. "The kind of power he holds know makes a lot of people nervous. It's-"
Tsunade smashed a fist into her desk shattering the wood into hundreds of pieces. "If you say for the best I will throw you out the goddamn window."
"Maybe we should all calm down Hokage-Dono. No one like what is being done but unless we can figure out a way to stop them without going to war again, there is nothing we can do." Garaa said as Onoki began to twitch. It wouldn't do well for the Five Kage to be fighting so soon after the war.
Slumping back into her chair Tsunade pulled a bottle of sake from one of her drawers. "I just can't believe they are doing this, and there is nothing I can do."
Using his sand Garaa took the bottle from the Hokage before she could begin to drink. "We should call him here and tell him what's going on. He won't like it, but we all know he'll understand their decision." He said ignoring the death glare Tsunade sent him.
"Kazekage-Dono is right Hokage-Dono. Summon the brat and let's get this over with." A said gruffly his tone relaying how he felt about the situation at hand. Kumo had always respected strength above all else, so it was no surprise to the other Kage's he was pissed at losing a powerful Shinobi.
Nodding Tsunade called for her ANBU already dreading the conversation that was about to take place.
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"I can't believe it's really him."
"Do you think it actually true? That he saved the entire world."
"He did save the village after all so maybe."
Ignoring the whispers behind his back and the giggling from the group of girls on the other side of the restaurant Naruto slurped down his fifth bowl of ramen. "Keep it coming Ayame I worked up an appetite training today."
"Ramen will have to wait Naruto, Tsunade and the other Kages want to see you."
Spinning on his stool, Naruto grinned at his Sensei. "I'm never going to get used to seeing you without your headband covering one of your eyes Kakashi-Sensei. It's just too weird."
"Meh, I'm sure you will in a few months. Now the Kages are waiting so let's get going; we don't want to be late." With that Kakashi puffed out of existence.
"I don't want to hear that from him," Naruto muttered dropping what he owed for his ramen on the counter ignoring Ayame's protest. "I'll be back later Ayame so keep the ramen warm for me!"
Jumping onto the roof, Naruto started leaping towards the Hokage tower waving to the citizens in the street when they caught sight of him. It had been two months since the end of the Fourth Shinobi War, and the amount of praise that was heaped on him for his part in saving the world was a gift wrapped in a curse.
All the acknowledgment he craved as a child was now his and even after everything that had happened the little kid inside of him who was shunned reveled in the attention. The catch was it came at the cost of his best friend and brother.
The world would never know Sasuke Uchiha, Nuke-nin of Konoha had given his life for the greater good. For all his faults Sasuke had in the end done what was right, but that didn't make it any easier for Naruto to live his life as a hero when he couldn't even save a friend.
Rubbing a bandaged hand over the seal on his forearm Naruto couldn't keep his mind of the parting gifts he had received from Sasuke before his death. Things hadn't looked good against Kaguya, and in the Uchiha's final moments he had handed over what he thought the leaf would need without him around. "Bastard, like I would ever use any of those things."
Coming up on the Hokage Tower Naruto shook those thoughts away plastering a smile on his face. Sasuke was gone, but he was still here, and he could protect the leaf for the Uchiha's. Maybe get Baa-Chan to start up the police force again.
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"Kakashi, where is Naruto?"
"I'm sure he is on his way-"
"I'm here Baa-chan!" Naruto called leaping into the room through the open window. "Are you guy finally naming me Hokage?"
It was supposed to be a joke. Him boasting as he always did because he knew that him becoming Hokage at sixteen wasn't going to happen no matter how much ass he kicked in the war. The old man had been made Hokage when he was seventeen, but that was way back during the end of the First Shinobi War, and he was the God of Shinobi. You couldn't compare regular people to guys like the Sandaime; it just wasn't fair.
"Naruto next week you are going to be inducted as the Rokudaime Hokage."
"What?" He asked staring at Tsunade. He couldn't have heard right because it sounded like she just told him he was becoming Hokage.
"You are being named Hokage Naruto. Your dream is about to become a reality."
That time Garaa had said it. Looking between the Five kages who were all smiling, even the Raikage he looked towards Kakashi who was staring wide eyed at his student.
"I'm going to become Hokage. YATTA!"
"You should have given him the bad news first Tsunade." A grumbled as Naruto jumped around in joy. The boy was about to be brought down to earth, and it wasn't going to a slow landing.
"Naruto...Naruto...NARUTO!"
Halting his dance Naruto covered his head at the shout. After a minute and the punch, he had been expecting didn't connect he opened his eyes. "Hey, what's wrong Baa-Chan?" He asked when he saw the unshed tears in her eyes as she looked at him.
Pulling herself together Tsunade handed Naruto a scroll. "This came from the Fire Daimyo last week. My fellow Kages each received scroll with the same message from their Daimyos. I'm sorry."
Reading through the scroll Naruto didn't believe it. He wouldn't believe it. There was no way this was happening. He had just saved the world they couldn't...they couldn't. "They can't kick me out of the Elemental Nations! Where would I even go? There's nothing but ocean and maybe a few uninhabited islands out there."
"Naruto we can figure something out. The Fire Daimyo has given you a year, but you can't leave the village. That's why we're making you Hokage. You deserve to lead the village even if it is only for a year." Tsunade explained softly as she watched Naruto's face fall. Standing up she took the Hokages at off and held it out to the blonde. "You are starting now, and there is a lot of paperwork so no time to mope for you."
"I understand," Naruto said smiling as he took the hat. The Hidden villages needed the Daimyos funding to stay active, and he would never harm Konoha. "The best thing to do is agree peacefully and spend my last year with all my friends."
(1 year later)
Inside the Hokages vault, Naruto stood surrounded by an intricate seal made of hundreds of brush strokes creating a flower-like a pattern beneath his feet.
"You nine should get going unless you want to get caught in the Jutsu." He said as he started to make the hands seals required to activate the seal.
On the other side of the room, the Nin Bijuu who had been sealed inside of Naruto for the past year looked at each other then back to the blonde who had saved them all from a fate worse than death. Captivity.
"I think we will be fine where we are Naruto," Kurama said as he and his siblings sat outside the circle of the seal. "Maybe one of us should go with...just in case you need help learning to control our gifts."
The other eight Bijuu looked to the nine tails smirking at the fox's emotion towards the human who had saved them. Years ago another descendant of their creator and father had freed the fox from the control of another but had opted to capture and use him than let the Bijuu go before also hunting down and handing out them as well. They knew the fox had never forgiven Harshirama Senju for giving away the Bijuu like the wood user owned them. And that hate carried over to the rest of humanity as well.
"You've come a far way to be willing to leave the universe itself to watch over a human Kurama." Nibi the two-tailed cat said rubbing her head against the foxes shoulder. They were all in miniature forms only the size of large dogs courtesy of Naruto and since their chakra could mess up the humans seal her brother couldn't do anything about her show of affection.
No matter how much he hated when she did things like this.
"I didn't say I was going to go with. Just that maybe one of us should." Kurama grunted pushing Nibi away from him. "Goku or Shukaku preferably since he uses their abilities the most."
"None of you are coming with me Kurama," Naruto said smiling at the nine friends he had spent the last year with. "I need all of you to watch over the Shinobi world when I'm gone. Can you guys do that for me?"
"Hai!"
A Smile still on his face Naruto crouched down placing a blue chakra covered hand on the seal. "Then this is it. Maybe one day we'll meet again. But for now, this is goodbye."
"Activate!"
( Somewhere in the Grandline)
"What is this?-Noshi?"
Squinting his eyes "Strong Hammer" Naguri captain of the Strong Hammer pirates stared at the strange catch hanging from his fishing pole.
Moving the pole carefully so the boy wouldn't fall back in the ocean Naguri stepped away from the railing of his ship pulling his catch onboard. "I've caught my fair share of strange things over the years, but you take the cake by far-Noshi."
"Uggh."
"Oh, you're still alive? How surprising, no-shi-shi-shi!"
Rubbing the back of his head Naruto rolled over onto his back wincing as he opened his eyes being blindsided by the bright sunlight. "Dammit, where did I land?"
Sitting up Naruto pulled off his orange jacket tossing it away where it landed on the ground with a wet splat. "And why am I wet?"
"You landed in the Grandline, and it's not proper to throw around your dirty clothing on someone else's ship.-Noshi!" Naguri brought his hammer down splitting the wood where Naruto sat seconds before.
"Oi!" Naruto yelled as he jumped away from the old man trying to attack him.
Landing on the railing of the ship in a crouch he drew a Kunai from his thigh pouch pointing the knife at the old man wielding a large hammer. "Why did you try to attack me?"
The old guy didn't look dangerous, long unkempt gray hair peeking out from under a brown hat that was frayed along the edges with a pair of red-lensed glasses sitting on the rim.
"He's even got eyebrows bigger than Lee and Bushy-Brow sensei" He hadn't seen anyone even come close to that yet this old guys eyebrow's nearly covered his entire eyes! How could he even see?
Naguri sat down next to his hammer. unmoved by the knife being pointed at him "Were you not listening? I said you were being after rude, even after I was kind enough to fish you out of the sea.-Noshi!"
Jumping off the railing Naruto picked his jacket up and laid it over the edge of the boat hoping that would appease the old man. But he still kept his kunai between himself and the strangerjust in case.. "That's one questioned answered but I still don't know where I am."
"I told you that as well. You are in the Grand Line.-Noshi."
"And what is the Grand Line?" Naruto asked looking around trying to get some sort of bearing on where he was. As far as the eye could see was just water, water, and more water. "Is it an ocean?"
"Of sorts," Naguri answered. "Have you never left your island before?"
In all his years sailing the sea's and on the countless islands he docked at and explored never had he met anyone who didn't know about the Grand Line. The most dangerous out of the five seas, home to the legendary One Piece.
"Island? I think." Naruto sat down on the deck holding his head in his hand. "I... I don't remember."
He wasn't the best actor or liar but he had an entire year to work out the speech he would tell everyone in the new world he was transported to. according to the theories of the scientist, there was an unlimited number of realities one could go to if they breached the "wall" between them so to speak but he was hoping he would be sent to one of the seven planets revolving the elemental Nations.
"Memory loss," Naguri said shaking his head. "How unfortunate. "What do you remember?-Noshi."
"My name is Naruto Uzumaki, I'm seventeen years old and...and." Naruto let his breath catch. "And that's all I remember."
"Nothing about the world or your family? You have weapons." Naguri pointed to naruto's kunai pouch, "Are you some rookie pirate searching for the One piece?"
"Pirate? One piece?" Naruto asked no longer faking his confusion. "I don't even know how I ended up in the sea in the first place!"
Naruto stopped his exaggerated yelling and blinked as he thought of something. "I didn't catch your name."
Naguri rubbed his chin in thought. How could he explain the world to someone who had forgotten it? "It is Naguri, now sit down Naruto-Kun. It's going to be quite a long story if we're going to get you caught up on what's going on in the world."
Starting up a new story! Naruto, and One Piece! Two of my favorite animes of all time. Leave a review with what you think and what type of Devil Fruit Naruto should eat. Most likely be Zoan as he has Jutsu for the elements and other techniques.
Also for his crew, he will be getting people from the elemental Nations as but not in the way you think. The portal he used to get to One piece world won't open again.
P.S. Yes I know I spelled Maelstrom wrong, it was not by accident. The Name of Naruo's crew is Maelstorm.
