Joshnaruto back again a new story
This is my new story I have been working on. It is a Naruto/One Piece story that I have wanted to do for a while but never got around to. The reason I have decided to do this is because two weeks ago my laptop basically screwed up for some reason and I was forced to format it and in the process I lost everything I have ever written. As you'd imagine I was pretty damned pissed, but then I got depressed that I'd lost everything, including many chapters for my stories.
From that point I've lost my motivation to rewrite those chapters since I'd spent so much time on them that I just know they'd never be the same. To those who like my stories and have been waiting for an update, I will continue them at a later time but at this point I want to carry on this one. I never put up a note on those stories because I don't want to give you guys false hope when you see the story had been updated, I get pissed when I see it happen with other stories so I didn't want that for you guys, not that waiting this long was any better but it's better than nothing.
Now, on to what you need to know about this story:
The way this crossover works is that Naruto was born in the One Piece world. The Naruto world doesn't exist but there will be characters, villages named as islands and I will try to combine the two as much as I can without deviating from the One Piece world too much. The reason I chose this path was I'm sick of doing the "Naruto and Sasuke's attack sent him to another dimension" and the like. I also didn't want to copy Kenchi's idea of him getting tired of the Elemental Countries because the plot would be the same or similar in the end.
Kyuubi will be involved still but in a different manner, it won't be a person or creature but it will be involved. Naruto's parents are still Minato and Kushina but like all story lines this information and explanations will be saved until much later. All you need to know is that Naruto is a pirate, can't get old (maybe its cliché but it works for me) and is very powerful.
Naruto will not be joining the Straw Hat crew but will be allied with them obviously. He will have his own crew. He is awesome; he takes no commands from a rubber teen. Also, this will follow the canon story so pieces of the manga will be involved as that can't be helped.
Anyway, please give it a chance and review as they will help me improve the story and give you guys what you want to see as much as I can.
I hope you all enjoy this story and chapter and I'd like to thank pokemaster12 for reading it over, your help is much appreciated.
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or One Piece. I wish I did but some things are too far out of our reach that all we can do is dream and read about them.
The Poseidon – The Worlds Most Wanted Pirate
Chapter 1: Poseidon
In the year 1436 Age of the Sea, a baby boy was born to the world. However, for some reason this boy grew up alone, he had no parents, no one to look after him, nothing. It didn't take long though for this boy to one day make friends, friends that would stick by him no matter what. In 1454 AOS this boy would one day gather his friends and set sail across the seas in a ship, forming a crew of pirates. At the time of setting out to the sea, no one would have expected that the Captain would become a legend to pirates alike, no one would have expected that the Captain would have his name up there alongside Whitebeard, Gol D. Roger, Monkey D. Garp and so many others.
In his reign as the Captain of his ship, he met other soon to be legends such as Edward Newgate, Gol D. Roger, Silvers Rayleigh, Shiki the Golden Lion and more. He would one day form a strange rivalry between Edward Newgate and Roger whilst also sharing a bond of friendship. Unlike others who would have a specific place in the world, the Captain would continue to journey the world, traversing the man islands within the Grand Line if for any reason because he liked to travel. He had no true goal out there like Roger or Newgate except to explore the world.
During the many years of his Captaincy, in the year 1490 AOS, a great tragedy struck his crew. However, if one were to look in a history book this event would not be found, only the result of this cataclysm. One day after this event and the Captain had lost his will to live, his emotion to love, his happiness and all that remained was a burning rage so raw and uncontrolled that anything that stood in his way would not survive.
Once upon a time, before this event, the Captain had been an easy going man; he was happy, cheerful, mischievous and so many wondrous things. People like Whitebeard would compare him to the man that would become the Pirate King. So when this Captain stormed Marineford and unleashed his full power on them, those that knew him would say that, "Whatever the Marines and World Government did to anger him, deserved it," it was a testament to their loyalty and respect of him as not only a rival, but as a friend.
This was the start though to what would one day become known as "Judgement Day" when the Captain would launch a full on attack towards the Marineford, proving why he was called Poseidon. In that attack, he proved that he was not to be trifled with as he commanded the very seas to attack Marineford. In the process he killed over 100,000 marines, Vice-Admirals, a couple Admirals themselves until he fought both Vice-Admiral Garp and Admiral Sengoku. In that battle, they reduced the Marineford to nothing but rubble though the Captain was unable to defeat the two after spending so much of his power and energy against the others.
After that day, the Captain vanished off the face of the Earth.
His self-exile only lasted so long though.
In 1500 the beginning of the era, The Great Age of Pirates, the Marines manage to finally capture Gol D. Roger, and like many years before, Shiki went on a rampage throughout Marineford before being brought down by Sengoku and Monkey D. Garp. Unlike the Captain that escaped, Shiki was sent to Level 6 of Impel Down for his actions. The great pirate Gol D. Roger was sentenced to death in the year and unknown to anyone, his old friend Poseidon had watched from a far to see his old friend leave the world. Roger's speech before his death also led pirates to the Grand Line to seek out his hidden treasure dubbed "One Piece". This event marked the beginning of an era called "The Great Age of Pirates".
Edward Newgate, now known as Whitebeard, began to become known as the Strongest Man in the World after Roger's execution. Whitebeard, despite having a large family in his crew, never stopped looking for the Captain or spreading tales of him and Roger to his crew in order to pass on their legacy.
In 1516 AOP, the Captain reappeared in the world. However he only appeared before a man called Monkey D. Dragon informing the man that he would like to be a part of the Revolutionary. When Dragon actually recovered from shock and surprise at having such a legend in front of him still looking very young, he asked why he of all people would want to join him since he was known as The World's Most-Dangerous Criminal. The Captain would just tell him that it made sense for The World's Most Wanted Pirate to join him. This was the start of the Captains return to the world as a member of the Revolutionary Army with the goal of destroying the World Government.
Throughout these years, this Captain would forever be remembered as, "Uzumaki Naruto, The Poseidon – The Worlds Most Wanted Pirate."
The year was now 1522 AOP
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Sandy Island
Alabasta Kingdom
Nanohana
Alabasta was an established kingdom with a long history. It was located on Sandy Island roughly half-way through the first part of the Grand Line. Sandy Island was a Summer Island. It was arguably one of the largest islands in the Grand Line, containing several cities and towns and a massive river that ran down the middle. It was also the hot spot for many travelling pirates so it was no surprise to find Marines easily.
Sitting in your everyday local bar was a strange looking man on a barstool at the counter with a bottle of sake in his hand. Not much could be seen of him though as a long black cloak with hood covered him from head to toe. On his back, under the cloak, there was what looked like a long pole with weird shapes on either side stretching from his right shoulder to his left hip, the only indication of any weapon on his person.
Taking a sip of his sake, the man placed the bottle back on the counter, letting out a sigh of content as he cold liquid went down his throat. 'So this is the place that Crocodile, a member of the Shichibukai keeps his not-so secret criminal organization, Baroque Works? What are the chances that he would be right where my target is? His father was right; he would get himself into a lot of trouble.' He was brought out of his thoughts as someone bumped into him causing his bottle of sake to fall out of his hand and smash on the counter.
"Hah! You should pay more attention to your surroundings!" A voice came from his side in a cocky and almost mocking tone. "Or did you drop that bottle out of shock of who I am?" Yeah, this guy was not arrogant in the least.
However, the man was not paying attention. In his years he had found a lot of things he loved or liked, lost just as much, but sake would always be eternal, he knew that and it was the only thing that kept him sane. To him, sake was the drink of the gods, brought down by the heavens themselves to give people like him happiness in a bottle.
Naturally it did not match up to the seemingly forgotten food of the gods, ramen, but he'd take what he could get.
So naturally his reason for freezing up was obvious and if the poor, soon to be trashed, man knew that no one ever survived after disrupting his drinking or god forbid smash his bottle, he would've stayed clear of Sandy Island all together.
"Should I care who you are?" The cloaked man asked calmly but with an icy edge to it as he glanced up at the man. The man was about 8'2" in total, taller than him, he wore no undershirt, only a large pirates Captain coat that hung around his shoulders with black pants and black shoes. He had a scruffy black beard with scruff looking black hair and a face that was not a pretty sight to look at. He had no idea who this guy was and he didn't care.
"Ha! I have a bounty of 65 million beli! You think I got that just from-"
"Don't care." The cloaked man interrupted the larger man by waving his hand dismissively before pushing himself up from the counter and off the bar stool. "I could care less about your bounty or your name, the only important fact was that you broke my bottle of sake…and I don't take too kindly to that, ya get me?" He asked with a hidden grin whilst he clenched his fist.
"Yeah, I got ya…" The tall man nodded before bursting out laughing, his crew behind him laughing just as much. "…I understand ye think yer a hot shot, thinking ye can talk down on me! I don't take to kindly to that." He spoke deadly serious with a twinge in his accent as he grasped his sword at his side and slowly pulled it from its sheathe.
The sound of the sword being unsheathed brought a sigh from the cloaked mans' lips. "Why do idiots like you always have to do things the hard way?" Faster than the Captain could keep up with, the sword had been knocked out of his hand, stabbing into a wall at high speed. The Captain was just able to witness the cloaked mans' hand outstretched from having smacked the sword away before the other came in fast, striking him in the stomach and blasting him through the bar doors causing splinters of wood to shower everywhere as the Captain was blown out in the sandy streets.
"Captain!"
"AHHH CAPTAIN!"
"YOU BASTARD!"
"HOW DARE YOU?"
"GET HIM! KILL HIM!"
The cloaked man shifted so that he was facing the crew of pirates, he looked up, his hood casting black shadows over his entire face. The only part that could be seen were his eyes, glowing sapphire orbs that radiated energy like nothing any of them had ever seen. As soon as those eyes became visible, a cold hard killing intent bared down on the crew of hapless pirates. One by one they fell unconscious until they were all out cold. 'Haoshoku Haki, I always love using that.' The man thought to himself as he watched the last pirate fall.
The rest of the bar patrons stared at the man in shock, to them it was as if he had just looked at the pirates and they fell unconscious. One man was even so surprised he had let his hand tilt over, spilling the sake he had been drinking all over his pants, which he ignored in favour of gaping at the man. All the people there could do was wonder how this man, who despite his strange looks seemed normal enough, could take out an entire crew of pirates so easily.
"Tashigi! Assemble all of the men and have them comb every corner of the town for his crew!"
The cloaked man looked out there open doorway to see a man with white hair rush past, jumping over the downed body of the pirate as if it wasn't there. "Looks like Luffy's here already, alright, it's time." Without a word to anyone he walked out of the bar, stepping over the downed pirates without a car in the world.
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Town Centre
"It's gorgeous! I really like it!" A young skinny girl with brown eyes and shoulder-length orange hair said with a large grin. She was at the height of 5'6½" and many people would consider her to be very attractive or even beautiful. She had a blue tattoo on her left shoulder which represented mikan and pinwheels.
She currently wore a dancing girl outfit, with two gold bangles around the top of her arm by her shoulder and the Log Pose on her lift wrist alongside a gold bracelet. The dancing outfit was basically a long light blue shirt with frills and a revealing dark blue bra, leaving her stomach and waist line bare revealing her slim body that would leave men drooling. She also had a pink cloth on her back with very small sleeves that held onto her shoulders.
This was Nami, a pirate and the navigator of the Straw Hat Pirates.
"I hate to complain when you asked is to where these but…" Another woman with a similar stature said. She had long blue hair, with two bangs hanging down, one on either side of her head and pulled back into a ponytail. She was also very slender-bodied, having long thin legs and arms and prominent large breasts. She wore a similar outfit to Nami though her long skirt was a dark blue with purple trimmings and similar frills. Her bra or bikini was also dark blue and revealed the underside of her breasts not to mention made them more pronounced. Like Nami she also had a long piece of cloth on that went down her back though hers was white. "Sanji-san, these make us look more like dancers than normal citizens!" She exclaimed with a sweat drop.
This was Nefertari Vivi, the daughter of Nefertari Cobra and the princess of Alabasta.
"That's okay! Dancers are citizens!" The aforementioned Sanji exclaimed with hearts in his yes, drool coming from his mouth and hands clasped as he stared at the two beautiful women. Sanji was a slim, long-legged, young man with blond hair, often well-dressed, and kept his hair brushed over one side of his face. Among Sanji's physical traits were his distinctive eyebrows. Both formed a spiral but at different ends. His right eyebrow formed a spiral at the outer end, while his left eyebrow formed a spiral at the inner end. He was currently wearing a coat that looked similar to a cloak to blend in with the desert. "It's okay as long as they don't find out you ladies are a princess and pirate, right?"
"But walking through the desert might be a little…" Vivi trailed off as she looked down at her attire, somewhat nervous about revealing so much skin. She was beautiful, she knew that, and that was the problem. There was no telling what kind of men would leer at her, make rude comments or even try to kidnap her just to use her body.
"If you get tired I'd be happy to carry you…hehe…" Sanji trailed off as blood leaded out of his nose at the thought of Vivi being pushed up against him.
Nami's eyes twitched at the drooling Sanji and pinched the bridge of her nose. 'How would that be any better?' She thought in annoyance before sighing.
Sanji seemed to snap out of it as he turned to the rest of the Straw Hat Pirates. "Even if you guys are camouflaged not to look like pirates…compared to the girls you still look like bandits!" He laughed with a large grin, puffing smoke from his cigarette.
"How are you any different?" One of them asked through gritted teeth and a tick mark above both eyebrows. He was an average sized, muscular young man. He carried around three swords, bundled up with a green haramaki over his right hip, allowing him to easily draw them with his left hand. His right hand was currently resting over them, though he could also use this hand to pull his swords out before sitting down. He had three identical gold earrings on his left earlobe. Zoro kept a black bandanna tied around his left arm which he usually tied around his forehead when fighting and black trousers tucked inside black boots. Zoro was wearing a plain white shirt with three buttons at the collar, his camouflaged pieces of clothing was a turban-like scarf that wrapped around his neck and head leaving his face visible. He also wore a stripped jacket over his shirt to fit in with the desert and hopefully somehow hide who he is.
This was Roronoa Zoro, a pirate, former bounty hunter, and swordsman of the Straw Hat Crew.
"Huh? Whatcha doin' Chopper?" Another young man asked the last of the group. He was a tanned, slim teenager with black curly hair and a long nose. He wore a dark yellow plaid bandanna, a blue and white striped armband on his left arm, special sniper goggles, brown overalls with a white sash and no shirt underneath. He also carried with him a yellow satchel, which he used to store all his tools and gadgets in. Like Zoro he also wore similar coverings to blend in.
This was Usopp, the sniper of the Straw Hat Pirates.
The aforementioned Chopper was a strange addition to the group. He was a toddler-sized human/reindeer hybrid, transformed this way from a reindeer by eating the Devil Fruit Hito Hito no Mi (Human-Human Fruit), allowing him to transform into a hybrid and full human and also allowing him to change his appearance depending on the situation. Chopper's left antler had a metal plate wrapped around it at all times, from being broken in a fight when he was younger. He wore a pale red/pink, fuzzy top hat with a sideways medical cross, a shirt with a green-lined collar, then a bigger one with giant sleeves that was light blue with dark blue liners. He also wore a blue backpack that had the same sideways medical cross as his hat. Chopper also had a remarkable feature that no other reindeer had, a blue nose, while normal reindeers had black ones.
His full name was Tony Tony Chopper and he was the doctor of the Straw Hat Pirates.
However, to try and fit in like the others he chose to wear a helmet in the shape of a duck's head. "Quack." He answered Usopp's question, trying to imitate a real duck. However, his nose was feeling funny to him so he quickly took the helmet off and began to rub his nose. "My nose feels like it's going to fall off!" He whined with a scrunched up face.
"Huh?" Vivi looked over at Chopper and her eyes filled with worry when she saw him tugging on his face with his paws. "Your nose must be sensitive, Tony-kun." She said with a frown, using his first name unlike the others. "Nanohana is famous for its perfume."
"Perfume?" Chopper asked with tears in his eyes.
"There are extremely powerful ingredients in it…" Vivi trailed off when she Nami pull out a strange looking bottle.
"Like this?" Nami asked as she sprayed the perfume on her with a serene smile as the smell reached her nose.
It reached Chopper even faster. "AAAAHH!" He screamed with wide-eyes as tears welled up from the strong smell. "Stop it! Stop it!"
"Aaaa, I'll fall in love all the way to the gates of hell!" Sanji appeared behind Chopper with a dreamy look and hearts in his single visible eye, his mouth was open wide and somehow his cigarette stayed in as he looked at Nami.
"Can you get any dumber?" Zoro asked bluntly, drinking from a bottle of sake.
"WHAT?" Sanji roared at the uncaring swordsman.
"Well I've collected up the materials to make a journey through the Alabastan Desert…where are we going Vivi?" Nami asked the young princess.
"Well…first and foremost I want to stop the rebellion! We don't know when they might rise up and cause needless bloodshed. And the base of the rebellion, where the leader lives…" Her face scrunched up as she furrowed her brows and grit her teeth at the thought of Crocodile of the Shichibukai. "…Is an oasis town called Yuba. To go to Yuba we-"
"Wait, hide!" Zoro quickly moved in and grabbed Vivi to place her by a wall that they all pressed up against at his warning.
"What?" Vivi asked with wide eyes, feeling her heart race at the sudden warning and movement.
"Marines, why are they here…?" Zoro questioned no one in particular. "Sheesh what a ruckus…" He commented as he saw a battalion of Marines run past their location. "Did they find a pirate or something?" As he kept looking, his eyes went wide when he saw their Captain, the one who was being chased. 'NOT YOU!'
The Captain of the Straw Hats was renowned for wearing his trademark straw hat which was lent to him when he was young by the legendary pirate captain, "Red-Haired" Shanks, who in turn received it from Gol D. Roger. His outfit consisted of short blue trousers along with sandals and a red vest. He also had a scar with two stitches underneath his left eye and short black hair. Appearing to be scrawny underneath his shirt, he had a surprisingly well built physique.
This was Monkey D. Luffy, Captain of the Straw Hat Pirates and the eater of the Devil Fruit Gomu Gomu no Mi (Gum-Gum Fruit). He was also rather stupid or ignorant, which ever fit better.
"HEY ZORO!" Luffy shouted over to the almost hidden crew that simultaneously face-faulted into the ground.
"THERE'S THE STRAW HAT CREW!" A Marine yelled out to his comrade, pointing over to the recovering group.
"DON'T LET THEM ESCAPE!"
"COME BACK ONCE YOU'VE LOST THEM, YOU IDIOT!" Zoro shouted as Luffy changed direction and began to run towards them.
"Oh, you're all here!" Luffy exclaimed with a grin, pointedly ignoring Zoro's shout as he came up to them.
"Get back men!" A man with white hair shouted as he ran past the Marine canon-fodder.
"Captain!"
"You're not getting away!" The white haired man yelled as his arms began to turn into smoke. "Moku Moku no Howaito Burō!" (Plume-Plume White Blow) A cloud of dense smoke came from his arms and shot at Luffy and the crew who stared wide-eyed at the mass of smoke.
Before it could reach them though, a large mirror appeared in between them and blocked the cloud of smoke from reaching the Straw Hats. When Smoker could see his attack would not pass through the mirror he called out off and a moment later the mirror shattered and seemingly dissolved into thin air. "Whoever interrupted me, show themself now!" He shouted out, angered at being stopped from once and for capturing the Straw Hats.
"Phew." Nami breathed out with a slight smile at being saved though a frown graced her features. "Who could possibly stop such an attack though with a mirror of all things? Nothing we had could hope to stop it." She murmured more to herself.
"We're saved!" Usopp exclaimed with a large smile. "Thank god we're saved."
Even Luffy breathed a sigh of relief since all of his attacks just passed through Smoker making the fight one sided, and not on the side he would've preferred. "Whoever did that must be pretty strong." He said with a little grin whilst Zoro grasped a sword, ready to face anyone. Vivi meanwhile had taken cover behind Usopp, even though he was most likely more afraid while Sanji stood calmly smoking.
The shuffling of feet caused them all to look down another path where they could see the figure of a man with a black cloak with its hood up covering his face, coming towards them. "I never like a guy that can willingly attack beautiful women like those two." He pointed to Nami and Vivi who in Vivi's case blushed while Nami raised an eyebrow.
"STOP EYEING MY GIRLS!" Sanji yelled in reaction whilst twin dark auras formed around Vivi and Nami, Nami more so.
"You're girls, huh?" Nami asked as she cracked her knuckles. "Forget about it!" She exclaimed, bringing her fist down on Sanji's head and actually managing to floor the lover of women into the ground. "Tch."
Smoker ignored the comic act as he looked at the cloaked man. "I'm only after the Straw Hats, his nakama are just an extra prize. Now don't get in my way again." He threatened the cloaked man, just about to turn back to the Straw Hat crew when the cloaked man sighed.
The cloak man seemed blur in his movement as he moved to stand in-between the two groups, "Yeah, that's gonna be an issue, ya see I can't let you attack Monkey D. Luffy here." He jabbed a thumb at Luffy who blinked owlishly at the man for knowing his name and reason whilst the others looked just as intrigued and weary. "And some upstart like you isn't going to get past me to the Straw Hats."
"A-Are you here to k-kill Luffy too?" Chopper asked for them all, gathering his courage to even ask the mysterious but clearly strong man.
As they waited for his answer, Zoro clicked one of his swords up with his thumb as he got ready to defend his Captain from either Smoker or the cloaked man. "No." The man answered with some humour. "I'll explain it later; we don't have time right now."
"Who do you think you are to stop me?" Smoker demanded of the cloaked individual. "I am a Marine Captain, do not take me lightly!"
The cloak man sighed at Smoker's attitude. "Ever since those many years ago, you people haven't changed. You're still arrogant to the bones, believing you know what is right and wrong and that nothing else can be." He reached into the back of his cloak and grabbed what looked like a staff and quickly pulled it from its confinement into the sunlight to let everyone else feast their eyes on it.
This weapon was a cross between a trident and a ji (a Chinese halberd) with a crystalline appearance. Like the ji, it bore a horsehair tassel, although it was blue instead of the traditional red; similarly the two side blades were straight with concave edges as opposed to the usual crescent blade. The end of the weapon was like a corkscrew/drill shape.
"I-Impossible…" Smoker stuttered at the sight of the weapon. "T-That weapon was lost decades ago along with its wielder! That's nothing but a fake…a replica!"
The other Straw Hats were confused about Smoker's reaction to the weapon since they at first could see fear in his eyes. All of them except Zoro who was eyeing the weapon with hunger getting Sanji's attention. "What's wrong? What's the big deal about that weapon?" He asked, knowing when Zoro was interested in something it had to be a big deal.
"That weapon is called Nejibana and it was last seen decades ago wielded by a man known as Poseidon, the Worlds Most Wanted Pirate. Both Poseidon and Nejibana vanished 32 years ago after he attacked Marineford for no reason except to kill all of the marines and to destroy the island." Zoro explained what he could in the limited time they had. "No one knew why he attacked, some say he lost it, that his power finally got the best of him but…I've never believed in ridiculous rumours before, especially about a fellow swordsman."
"…It's a staff." Usopp corrected after a moment. "He'd be a…staffman?" He questioned himself and the others on what the wording would be.
"The same principle stands." Zoro gritted out before eyeing Nejibana again.
"How do you know that? It was decades ago, so how could you know it when none of us did?" Nami asked Zoro with interest, seemingly ignoring the Marine Captain and mystery man.
"Every great swordsman or weapons master knows or knew of Poseidon and his great power, not to mention his mastery with Nejibana, a legendary weapon itself." Zoro answered with a shrug. "Poseidon was said to be as strong as the Pirate King himself but since that was many years before, reliable information got lost. There were only so many facts left and just like Dracule Mihawk, it's a dream for anyone to meet and face him in battle."
The cloaked man laughed as he listened in to what Zoro said and turned to him though they still couldn't see his face. "So, even after all of these years, Nejibana and the name Poseidon live on? I thought by now the Marines would reduce both names to nothing but trash." Though he said this, he knew that the reason people had been forgetting him was because Poseidon vanished off the map and peoples radar, leading the people to believe he was dead.
Zoro looked at the cloaked man with suspicion. "Like I said, any swordsman that wishes to be great would know of Poseidon, no one really knows what made him lose it all those years ago, making him kill all those people, but to people like me that doesn't matter. As far as I'm concerned he was a powerful swordsman."
The cloaked man looked at the swordsmen before chuckling, that chuckling soon turned into full blown laughter. "You know, you really should stop talking about like I'm not here…" As he said this several eyes widened while he gripped his cloak and yanked it off. "Besides, I don't really go by the name Poseidon anymore, I'd prefer it if you call me Naruto, Uzumaki Naruto."
Uzumaki Naruto didn't look a day over twenty; he had long spiky golden hair that fell past his neckline and to his shoulder-blades with it covering most of his ears and the bangs shadowing parts of his eyes. His tan almost bronze skin glistened in the bright sunrays as his piercing sapphire blue eyes seemed to glow from under his bangs. On either side of his cheek, he had three whisker-like marks though they were thin enough to not stand out too much.
His outfit mainly consisted of a blue sleeveless long jacket that reached down to his ankles with white trimmings over his chest, around the edges and hem with no shirt underneath, displaying the a necklace with a turquoise gem with two small silver balls either side. He also wore long hakama in blue that went down to his ankles, wrapped around his hakama acting like a belt was a long white sash that had the loose ends to dangle down. He also wore white sandals and located at the top of his right arm, just below his shoulder was a tattoo of an ancient man with a silvery flowing beard and a large trident in his right hand as waves crashed around him. It was a very detailed tattoo, most likely represent his power. On his left hand on his ring finger, was what looked like a ring made out of white gold. On the left side of his waist was a gun holster that only revealed a moulded wooden grip.
Everyone could only stare in shock at the supposedly old man that looked just a couple years older and in Zoro and Sanji's case, he looked younger than them. "Liar, you're not nearly old enough to be him!" Smoker exclaimed in disbelief of the man's words.
Naruto sighed at that and stamped Nejibana into the ground. Forming cracks underneath. "Why would I lie? I'm Uzumaki Naruto, the Poseidon, the Worlds Most Wanted Pirate, I'm 86 years old and I'm done hiding." He shrugged his shoulder as he cracked his neck. "I may not look my age but in this world many strange things can happen. Just ask my old friends Gol D. Roger and Whitebeard. Or better yet, ask Fleet Admiral Sengoku and the Vice Admiral Monkey D. Garp, I'm sure they can prove my statement."
At the mention of Garp, Luffy's eyes widened even further than they had during Naruto's speech. "You know my gramps?" Luffy asked with shock whilst everyone, Zoro especially stared at Naruto in shock.
Naruto looked over at Luffy and sighed. "Your gramps isn't on my Christmas card list kid, if I ever get the chance, I'll kill him. The only reason I didn't all those years ago was because I used up too much energy fighting my way towards him and Sengoku." His face twisted briefly as memories truck him.
XxXxX
Naruto wheezed with exertion as he stared at the battered and dishevelled figures that were Sengoku and Monkey D. Garp. Their Marine uniforms were torn to shreds, leaving them completely bare from their waist-up, they had numerous cuts and scars and blood was flowing freely down their bodies, they too looked just as tired as Naruto. Naruto wasn't in any better shape either, he had long since lost clothes and the only thing he had on now was a pair of hakama, not even his shoes has survived. He had cuts as well, probably more than the other two and blood flowed just as freely down his face and body.
Nejibana was clutched tightly in his hand as tidal waves rocked against the island that was home to Marineford and on the ground all around him and for quite a distance was a layer of his own water. If one were to look behind Naruto they would see nothing but dead bodies of the Marine's that had been stationed at Marineford, Vice-Admirals and Admirals included. Behind the two high ranking Marines were the ruins of Marineford.
"Give up Uzumaki Naruto, Poseidon; you aren't strong enough to best us both. Just give in now and it will all be over." Sengoku tried to reason with him, knowing any further battle would most likely end with Naruto's death or more destruction. Either Garp or he could be killed in the process, but they'd make sure Naruto was taken out as well.
Naruto grit his teeth at Sengoku as his anger boiled inside of him and due to his abilities, steam was actually coming from him as the water within him rose past boiling point. The fact that the ocean round the island began to grow more ferocious as if it was angry as well, was testament to his control over the seas. "You come and attack my ship, my nakama, my home…my-" He struggled to even say the words so he carried on past them. "-and you think I'd just let that GO?" He shouted the last word as his grip on Nejibana grew tighter.
"Poseidon…" Garp tried to find the words he wanted to say, he knew how Naruto must be feeling, okay maybe not truly, but he had an idea and whilst he didn't want to kill a crew of pirates for the sake of "justice" when said crew had done nothing remotely evil, he could not change the past. Now his actions as well as Sengoku's had cost the lives of many Marines who had families themselves. There was nothing but guilt and regret within him.
Naruto didn't want to hear what he wanted to say and slashed with Nejibana and though they were a distance from each other a torrent of water was still blasted from the triple-bladed towards the two Marines. Sengoku and Garp held their hands up and used their combined Busoshoku Haki to repel the attack, blowing it over them or leaving it to splash to the ground and escape through the cracks.
"Looks like I'm too weak right now…" Naruto muttered with a frown before standing to his full height which admittedly wasn't the same height as Garp and Sengoku. "Looks like I gotta go, but I won't be leaving without imparting a few words." His eyes turned ice cold now as water swirled around his feet. "If the World Government of Marines ever touches someone I care about, I promise you, I will come back and I will destroy everything you have sold your souls to!" With those final words, water rose up around him and splashed to the ground to reveal nothing there.
For many years Garp and Sengoku would have nightmares about the rampage.
XxXxX
Naruto shook his head of the memories before he looked at Luffy. "Despite my loathing for your gramps Luffy, I'm here to help you. You can accept my help now and I'll fight Smoker or you can decline my help, which considering my history I can understand, and I'll let your brother fight Smoker instead." He inclined his head to a roof top where they all looked to see a man sat on the ledge looking down at them with a grin, more specifically Naruto.
Luffy's apparent brother looked more serious than Luffy's light-hearted personality, and was also slightly taller and more muscular. Like Luffy he had shaggy black hair though it was longer reaching down his neck. He also sported rather childish freckles, and even had a tattoo on his back of the Whitebeard symbol, purple bones formed in a cross behind a purple skull with a white moustache. He had another tattoo on his upper left bicep that spelled out "ASCE" vertically with the "S" crossed out.
He wore nothing over his upper body, black boots, black knee-length shorts with an eyelet-studded orange belt, and a blue pouch belted around his left leg. He also wore a short second belt with a large red "A" on the silver buckle over his right hip, but left it unfastened and threaded the free end along the back of his shorts. A dagger in a green sheath hung at his left hip. On Ace's left arm, he wore a Log Pose and a red and white striped bracelet around his wrist, an orange elbow guard, and his "ASCE" tattoo. He wore a red beaded necklace and an orange hat with two blue smileys, one frowning and one smiling, and a string of red beads sitting above the rim. Two long orange side straps hung down sides of his hat and met at a large medallion of a bull's skull with orange tassels.
"The old man was right, you haven't aged a day." Luffy's brother called down with an amused chuckle.
"Ace!" Luffy shouted up with a wide grin, choosing to ignore Naruto's words about his gramps. They weren't his problems and if he ever had to he would hope he could stop any fight between the two, the matter of whether he would survive that didn't matter.
"That guy is Luffy's brother?" Nami asked wide-eyed, sure they looked similar but Ace seemed cooler in a way, not that she didn't think Luffy was uncool…just eccentric.
"They do look remarkably like each other." Vivi commented with a tilt of her head, everything right now seemed crazy to her, there was so much happening and the name "Poseidon" sounded important for some reason.
"Whoa, he looks cool!" Chopper exclaimed with starry eyes like he always got when something looked cool or exciting.
"Luffy!" Ace called down with a large smile. "You look good since the last time we saw each other. I'm sorry, but we don't have much time to talk right now but I will say this…" He paused to look at Naruto. "He's not a bad guy. He might want to kill gramps…but that doesn't make him your enemy, plus gramps is strong, he won't go down without one hell of a fight."
Luffy looked up at Ace with slightly wide eyes before he closed them and nodded to himself, as if making a decision. Letting out a sigh, he turned to Naruto. "If Ace says you're a good guy, then I'll believe him." Naruto grinned and nodded and went to turn to face Smoker. "But, afterwards how about you become our nakama?" He asked with a large smile causing Naruto to freeze.
"EH?" The resounding cry came from the Straw Hat Pirates, Vivi included.
"Are you insane Luffy?" Nami exclaimed, ready to smack the rubber-man. "If he really is this Poseidon, then he's too freakin' strong! He'll kill us!"
"Oi!" Zoro snapped at Nami with a scowl. "Just 'cause he's stronger than you doesn't mean he'll kill us. He clearly had a reason for attacking Marineford all those years ago; it's been decades since then. Besides, we all have the same goal or at the very least the same enemies, it makes sense to have someone strong as our nakama!"
"Sorry Luffy…" Naruto said lowly but loud enough for them all to hear and his tone of voice confirmed Ace's fear that Whitebeard would be right about what he'd told him.
"I don't truly understand why Naruto-san went on a rampage on that day, but what I do know is that he vanished a day later. From what we managed to find out we understand he did not take his ship, the Leviathan, with him leading to the only conclusion something grave happened to the ship and its crew…a crew that held his family and the woman he loved. It doesn't take a genius to come to the assumption that he will not allow himself to go through such pain again. Even if that means cutting himself off from those who care about him."
After his pause, Naruto turned his head to Luffy with a solemn expression that slowly turned into a grin. "…But I have my own mission I must do. I need to form my own crew, get a ship and let the world know I'm back for good."
Ace blinked in shock at those words before a grin formed on his face. 'Forming your own crew? The old man didn't see that one coming. I'd have liked you to help my little brother but I got the feeling someone's already gotten to you on that one.'
"Awwww…" Luffy whined childishly, pouting at not having someone strong like him on his ship. "…Are you sure?"
Naruto chuckled at him, he definitely reminded him of Roger, especially with that hat. "All I can do right now for you is helping you free Alabasta, I have my own job to do here also and helping you guys will also help me in the long run. But I need my own crew, there's no two ways about it."
Vivi smiled at what she'd head, though she wasn't really a part of the Straw Hats, she could only hope that having Naruto with them could help save her kingdom from Crocodile and his men. The Straw Hats were just as pleased with that bit of information though they were disappointed about not having him join the crew, even Nami was despite the fact she had insinuated that he would kill them. It was just her mouth speaking before she could think.
Naruto knew that if he should join the Straw Hats he would be putting them in constant danger. Gathering his own crew would be the best thing to do at this point so he could build a formidable team that would not be defeated easily. Whilst he had sworn he would never take a crew on again after his past experience of having his former crew taken from him, he had learnt to move on, it wasn't easy obviously but he couldn't be selfish, not with the changes going on in the world.
Plus, he had to help Luffy along the way, and he need a separate crew to do that so Luffy would also grow without him saving him all the time. He had made a promise after all.
XxXxX
Three Months Earlier
Naruto stared across a table at a man sat on the other end with a stupefied look. The man wore a long green cloak, underneath which he wore the garb of a revolutionary, coloured white He had spiky black hair with a widow's peak hairstyle, and what resembled tribal tattoos on the left side of his face coloured dark red. Also, he appeared to have no eyebrows; however, he did have a bit of stubble on his chin in the form of a goatee.
This was Monkey D. Dragon, leader of the Revolutionary Army.
"You want me to do what now?" Naruto asked with a raised eyebrow.
Dragon sighed as he pinched the bridge of his nose. "I want you to look out for my son. He left East Blue to become a pirate at last and when people find out who he is, well, he's going to be wanted by a lot of people. You know I can't go, I'm need here and…Luffy doesn't even know about me."
Naruto closed his eyes as he placed his chin on his hand to lean on. "How could anyone possibly know you're Luffy's dad? The only person who could know is…Garp…" He opened his eyes to see if what he was thinking was right.
Dragon just shrugged at his unasked question. "Daddy dearest might have told Sengoku about Luffy's heritage, but I don't know. What I do know is that Sengoku knows who Luffy is and also who Luffy's older brother really is…"
Naruto's eyebrows rose at that information before he sighed. "So you want me to look out for Luffy? I can't join his crew though; if I did he wouldn't be able to grow into who he's supposed to be. I'd just be holding him back and making him rely on me…."
"Is that a, 'yes boss, I'll do as you say'?" Dragon asked with a grin.
Naruto just flipped him off, boss or not, Dragon was still younger than him. "I have nothing else to do, at the momentthe Revolutionary don't need me. But, I will need a crew of my own, and a ship, and this little…mission…can be a way to tell the world that I'm not dead." He sighed to himself. "I've left the world for a long time and a lot has changed, the Marines are stronger as well as the World Government and I can be morehelpful out there instead of being holed up here."
"Are you sure?" Dragon asked, knowing Naruto's past and how he had sworn to never take another crew.
Naruto chuckled at his friend. "I'm sure, the past is the past and while I won't ever forget what's happened…I can't let it block me from doing what needs to be done. It'll be good to see Newgate after all these years, thanks to that young Shanks, he should know I'm still around."
"Do you know who you'll choose for your crew?" Dragon asked with interest, knowing Naruto always planned ahead.
"Yup, it's time we called in our new Revolutionaries." Naruto grinned with a gleam in his eyes.
Dragon actually blinked at that. "Now I'm all for crazy ideas, but are you crazy? They're young, and at the moment they're just small fry compared to anyone else, why them?"
Naruto shrugged. "I was a small fry once, so were you, so was Whitebeard. If I take these guys under my wing then I can make them the best of the best. Of course it's their choice."
"Even if one of them is a relative of the Straw Hats?" Dragon asked.
Naruto nodded. "Even then. If anything they'd be able to spend time together."
"Thank you." Dragon said, as sincere as he could with a smug grin on his face.
Naruto smirked at him. "Don't be smug or I'll show you why I'm more feared than you."
"Hah! As far as the world is concerned I'm more feared than you now." Dragon laughed as he waved a hand towards a wall that held bounty papers. "You aren't even counted as a valuable bounty anymore, you're practically a myth to pirates."
Naruto's grin turned feral. "I guess we'll have to change that then, huh?"
XxXxX
Ever since Naruto had joined the Revolutionary Army, Dragon and he had quickly became friends of sorts since Naruto could offer a lot of information and power to dragon which caused the two spend a lot of time together planning, training or just hanging out. Naruto had never expected to make friends in the organization, just simply help out and destroy the World Government, either way, having friend in that place was still nice no matter how unexpected and considering his current plans, he had to make some more.
"You're a liar." Smoker's voice broke Naruto from his thoughts of his friends' request. "I've read up on all dangerous pirates, if you are who you say you are then you would be in your 80's and according to old reports, Uzumaki Naruto was said to have eaten a Devil Fruit that gave him the power of manipulation over water, a Logia type Devil Fruit, Waki Waki no Mi!"
The Straw Hats looked at Naruto in shock though Luffy seemed even more excited at that piece of news. Ace himself couldn't stop his eyes from widening, he was technically his opposite. He knew a fight with Naruto would end bad, very bad.
"There was never any mention of you being able to create mirrors out of nothing though." Smoke carried on, hoping for anything to catch Naruto out to be a fraud.
Naruto grinned at the information Smoker had. "You've done your homework, I'm impressed."
Meanwhile Ace had been looking at Naruto with interest before he jumped down to stand beside Naruto. "So the old man was right, you have the Logia type Devil Fruit, Waki Waki no Mi, though the immortality is still a mystery."
Naruto chuckled at that. "I take it the old man told you a lot about me then, huh? Though I don't see what reason he could accomplish from that."
Ace just grinned at him. "The old man got the feeling we'd meet one day, so he told me what I need to know. Though I don't see the big deal in us meeting." He said, not knowing why them meeting could matter, apart from the fact Naruto was a legend up there with Whitebeard.
Naruto raised an eyebrow at that. "Maybe it's because this is where it all changes? The old mans' gut has never been wrong before when we used to fight so I don't doubt it now." He then turned to Smoker, knowing he couldn't ignore him much longer. "It's been 32 since years since I've truly been in the world and since then I've had changed, I haven't sat back and watched the world spin; I've been making a difference in the world. While the old information may help to recognize me, it would do no good when it comes to a fight."
"I see, I'm sorry to tell you that the same goes for the Marine's. Since your attack all those years ago, if it really is you, the Marines have become much stronger and the Devil Fruit helped to power us up." Smoker warned Naruto, though Naruto knew the Marines were much stronger now, having read up on the latest Admirals proved that.
Before anything could start though, Naruto looked back at Luffy. "Get moving to your ship while I take care of this can of gas! We'll talk later!" He called back to them.
Luffy didn't hesitate as he gave a nod and turned to run. "Come on guys, back to Merry!" The rest of the crew gave short nods as they grabbed their bags and shopping and began to run as Luffy looked back. "I'll expect you and Ace later."
When Luffy and the crew were gone, Naruto turned to Ace. "Get back, this could messy." Like with Luffy, Ace just nodded before jumping back and making his way to the top of a building. Naruto turned to Smoker now nothing was in the way. "I'm surprised you stayed there even knowing who you're up against."
Smoker just grunted as his twin cigars puffed out smoke. "Like I said, the Marines have changed since you last shown your face. And if I remember correctly, you had a very high bounty that I don't mind cashing in!" He reached back and pulled his jutte from his back. The tip of the stick was made of Kairoseki, which Smoker had used on Luffy to suppress his Devil Fruit users' powers in order to capture him. It was one of the main reasons why Luffy could not fight him.
Naruto grinned as he held out his left hand which began to gather water all around it, swirling at high speed. At the same time dense smoke enveloped Smokers' hands as he prepared to fight someone who he knew was very powerful.
"Hahonryū!" (Tearing Torrent) Naruto had enough waiting as thrust his left hand forward sending the gathered water at Smoker in the form of a large blast of water that actually tore the ground up and soaked the sand instantly.
"Howaito Supāku!" (White Spark) Just as Smoker stepped forward his entire body turned into a dense cloud of smoke which rushed the large blast of water with speed just as fast.
BOOM!
XxXxX
"Get on the ship?" Usopp shouted as they all ran through the town. "Are we leaving the island?"
"No, we're going up the river on the ship…then into the desert." Vivi answered him as she dragged a large bag. "We only came to Nanohana to get supplies!"
"Hey Luffy? Was that other person really your brother?" Nami asked their Captain who was looking back at where they had just ran from.
"Yup." Luffy answered with a grin just as an explosion rocked the earth and a tower of water and smoke rose into the sky from where they left Naruto. "He left our home island three years ago to go in search of One Piece."
"A-Anyway, we should get back on the ship already." Nami told them, or ordered them, as they neared the port.
"W-What about that other guy? P-Poseidon?" Chopper asked in a complete reindeer form to carry a barrel of water on his back.
Zoro chuckled at that as he looked back to see the tower of elements slowly recede. "That guy wouldn't let someone like Smoker to beat him. Don't forget, he's up there with people like the Pirate King."
"Aw man…" Luffy whined with a pout. "…And he won't join us either."
"At least he'll help us though, right?" Vivi said, not liking to see Luffy actually look sad.
"Yeah sure, whatever, right now we have Marines on our asses!" Sanji yelled at them as bullets went flying past them.
"Right! Get on and raise the anchor!" Nami shouted as they came in view of the Going Merry.
"Man, I never thought I'd see Ace here." Luffy grinned to himself despite the situation.
"GET ON LUFFY!" Sanji yelled as he boarded the ship.
Luffy who was still on the port looking at the destruction being caused where they left Naruto, Ace and Smoker, turned to look up at the Going Merry. "Okay!"
"Wait, Carue!" Vivi called out to her large pet spot-billed duck, a fast-footed riding bird, one of the fastest modes of transportation available in Alabasta. Carue was a large, yellow duck. His wings were tipped with black, as were his tail feathers. As the name implies, he had a spot on his bill. He wore a blue chullo with a white pattern on it. He also wore pink goggles with blue lenses. As well as all of that, also carried a barrel of water around his neck, complete with a straw sticking out of it. "I have an extremely important job that only you can do." She said as she petted her loyal pet.
"Quack?" Carue tilted its head to the side as Vivi pulled out a letter.
"Go north to Alubarna and give this letter to my father! This is Crocodile and Baroque Works conspiracy! Igaram and I researched it all. Everything's spelled out plain and clear." She told it whilst holding the letter out to it. "And tell him I'm alive and in Alabasta, with a group of strong-willed friends. Can you do that? You have to cross the desert alone."
"Quack!" That seemed to be an affirmative from the duck as Vivi smiled in relief.
"Okay? Conserve your water in the desert." She placed the letter securely on Carue. "Now, go tell my father! That we can save this country!"
"QUACK!" Carue called out loudly before it shot off at high-speed, going against Vivi's orders and drinking its water quickly.
"CONSERVE YOUR WATER!" Vivi yelled from the ship.
XxXxX
As the combined result of both attacks began to die down, Naruto winced as he saw the buildings around beginning to fall apart from the combination of having very powerful water slapping against them, not to mention the just as dense smoke of Smokers'. That was the problem though, all he had used was his water to attack whereas Smoker had turned into his element and was currently in the form of smoke which meant he had to be careful because where there was smoke there was also Smoker.
Whilst the remainder of his water splashed to the ground, smoked appeared before him and he could see Smokers' head forming. "You underestimated me, Uzumaki!" Smoker partially solidified and drew his jutte before thrusting it at Naruto's chest.
Naruto caught the tip of the weapon in the palm of his left hand without any problem, he didn't even budge back from the force of which Smoker struck which was pretty damn high. "Not bad, that's some good strength on you. But it means nothing against me." He said, just before he held Nejibana up and slashed down at Smoker sending out the equivalent of a wave that struck Smoker and washed him away as the wave rushed down the streets of Nanohana. Thankfully there were civilians, though seeing the Marines that had followed Smoker squirm as the water crashed into the brought a smile to his face.
Naruto looked down at the jutte in his hand and twirled it around, feeling a slight drain on his abilities as he touched the metal. "That weapon is tipped with sea stone. Even touching it with your bare hands the way you are should nullify your Devil Fruit powers and make you as weak as a kitten!" Smoker yelled from just down the road, his body now fully formed.
"Sea stone, huh?" He glanced down at the weapon and enveloped his hand in his Busoshoku Haki to nullify the affects. "You're very well prepared to face any Devil Fruit user aren't you? However, your biggest mistake was thinking this would work on me!" Twirling the jutte around once more, he held it at its handle with the sharp end pointing at Smoker. "Have it back!" With strength that seemed unnatural for his size, he threw the jutte javelin-style at Smoker with such force the very air vibrated as it flew across the distant in an instant.
Smoker had been about to turn himself to smoke, managing to do so with his torso only partially but the jutte was simply thrown too fast and managed to catch part of his smoke, automatically nullifying his powers and reforming him just as the jutte pierced his shoulder and actually managed to penetrate the skin through to the other side. It was a very effective weapon when he used it against others, but never before had he had it used against him, but now he knew how it felt to be robbed of his abilities. "Ugh." He grunted as he grabbed the jutte by the handle whilst blood flowed from the wound. It was admittedly the first time he had truly bled in a long time and the ease at which Naruto had done so seemed ridiculous.
"I'll admit it Smoker, you're not half bad." Naruto grinned as he twirled Nejibana around his hand causing water to build up around the bladed end. "But I've learnt how to negate the effects of sea stone to the point that it barely bothers me."
"Haki?" Smoker grunted as he pulled his jutte free. "So you do have it. It makes you just as dangerous then." He grunted as he puffed out smoke from his twin cigars. 'I'm outmatched, completely and utterly. If he uses his Haki he can attack me and see what I'm about to do. This is really Poseidon, the water-based attacks are proof, I can't win against him, but I won't give up without getting the Straw Hats.'
Naruto just grinned as he slashed Nejibana. "Wōtā Suraisā!" (Water Slicer) The water that had gathered around the blade shot from the blade in the form of several very thin crescents that cut right through the ground with ease. When it reached Smoker though they just cut right him turning parts of him into smoke where they struck him. The crescents of water carried on behind him and sliced through several buildings like a knife through butter. The buildings folded in on themselves a moment later; thankfully they were abandoned though it didn't help the fact that Naruto was destroying the place.
Naruto grounded Smoker reformed. "I forgot how annoying it was to fight another Logia type Devil Fruit user."
"My sentiments exactly." Smoker grunted. "Do you really believe you can stop me from chasing the Straw Hats?"
Naruto shrugged his shoulders. "Maybe, maybe not, you seem like a persistent guy so I guess the only way to be sure is to kill you."
Smoker smirked at that. "Like a true pirate would say."
Naruto narrowed his eyes. "But I don't kill for the sake of it. You Marines are just little puppets to the guys at the top. I'll admit, there are many pirates out there that do bad things, but people like the Straw Hats are not the same. They are the good guys."
"All pirates are the same." Smoker said simply. "In the end, they are all the same."
"I guess I can say the same about the Marines then. Two of your highest ranking Marines took everything away from me, killed my friends even though we had done nothing to harm innocents or the World Government." His hand tightened around Nejibana. "Does that mean I can say that all Marines are heartless bastards thatdo what they want, that just because they have power they can decide the fate of others and peace for your so called absolute justice?"
Smoker grunted as his eyes narrowed. "No pirate is innocent and if your friends were killed by Marines, they clearly deserved it, which is the result of anyone that becomes a pirate."
Naruto had heard enough as he banished from his spot with pure speed and appeared in front of Smoker with Nejibana already in mid-swing. Before Smoker could block or think about it, Nejibana, with water around the blades, struck him in the face and instead of passing through him the blades connected, slicing his cheek in multiple places before the water around the blades seemed to explode, blasting him off his feet and sending him straight into a building which toppled soon after.
With a large leap he jumped up into the air and twirled Nejibana above his head which gathered water all around it before he gave out a battle cry and slashed down at the rubble sending all of the gathered water down at the collapsed building. It was like a tidal wave struck the ground as soon as the water connected with it. An explosion shook the earth as the powerful water struck more buildings and destroyed them while a pillar of smoke and water rose up into the sky before crashing back down with another rather large impact.
Naruto knowing he had to meet up with the Straw Hats quickly vanished in a burst of speed only to appear by Ace who had been forced to actually jump away from the building he had previously been stood on. "You know when you fight with that thing…" Ace nodded at Nejibana. "…Kinda reminds me of seeing the old man fight."
Naruto chuckled before jabbing his thumb at where they could see smoke rising from debris. "We should go meet up with the others, this guy's relentless and we only have a short amount of time, or I guess you have short time to speak with your brother."
Ace grinned and nodded. "I guess you're right."
XxXxX
"Thanks to him, we totally lost sight of the Straw Hat crew! What should we do, Captain?" A Marine asked Smoker who was sat on some steps, twin cigars still in his mouth.
"Someone killed Mr 11 when we left him on the ship, too."
Smoker scowled on the steps he was sat on as he stared at the destruction the battle had brought about. "Alabasta is a large place…let them get away and we'll never get them back. Poseidon! This is your entire fault!" He complained before lowering his eyes slightly. 'Who would've thought he would still be alive? He hasn't aged a day since after he first set sail if his bounty poster is anything to go about. Marineford and Marine HQ must be notified immediately.'
"Smoker-san! Sorry I'm late!" A female's voice rung out as Smoker heard the slaps of sandals against the ground as rapid footsteps came towards him. The female had chin-length, dark blue hair and dark brown eyes. She wore a dark blue short-sleeved shirt with different with odd designs, blue leather coat with a furred collar and edge linings along with blue jeans, black shoes and rectangular spectacles. A sword was also attached to her right side. "The Straw Hat crew is…"
"Tashigi, where hell were you?" Smoker demanded, only sparring the female a glance as she got closer.
"Sir!" Another Marine answered. "On the other side of the town, sir!"
Tashigi turned to spoken Marine with a sort of betrayed and scandalized look for being told on. "S-Sergeant!"
"What do you think? There was a 'Vivi' among the crew." Smoker asked his companion, thinking of the blue-haired woman with the Straw Hats.
"Vivi? Princess Nefertari?" Tashigi exclaimed in shock. "Why would she be with them?"
"That's what I'm thinking about." Smoker grunted. "And also…the one man in this country that I despise…" He paused to look up at Tashigi. "You know I hate the Shichibukai, don't you?"
"Y-You mean Crocodile-san?" Tashigi asked. "But, speaking logically. He's an ally of the Marines and the World Government."
"He was once an extremely clever pirate…not the type to take orders from any government." His eyes connected with Tashigi's' who gulped at the intensity. "Tashigi, always remember this, no matter how far a pirate goes…he is still a pirate!"
XxXxX
Going Merry
Naruto stood at the edge of the Going Merry, leaning on the side as he stared out at the desert surrounding them whilst they sailed just down the river or Alabasta. Why they called it a river he didn't know since it was basically just a smaller ocean considering that it split a large part of the desert in two. Either way, it was nice to feel the breeze of the wind as the ship sailed while gazing out at basically nothing. He had missed this. For the past many years, he had kept himself hidden, not journeying because of his own depression that he had slowly been coming out of since joining the Revolutionary Army though even then he was basically holed up in a building offering help where he could.
Now though, he was going to start gathering a crew after helping the Straw Hats, he'll make new nakama and start over though he would never forget his old crew. It just couldn't happen. Only this time, not only will he be helping the Straw Hats along the way and looking out for Luffy, he would also be going for One Piece. He had never bothered with it before because it was no concern of his but now after so many years of having nothing to do, it would be a good journey to find it, it would be fun and it was the only thing to do to honour Roger's death.
Hopefully along the way he could also look out for Roger's son as well like he was with Dragon's, though he doubted Roger's son needed any kind of help.
When Ace and he had made it the ship, Ace on a small portable boat that worked only for him and Naruto by enveloping his body in a bubble of his own water and travelling down the river, Ace had merely said a few words to Luffy and the crew about protecting his dimwit brother and such. Ace had also given Luffy a piece of paper which he said would help them see each other again. That piece of paper was a Vivre Card, a card that would allow one person to find another over long distances. It was also used to monitor the health of someone, should the person the card be used for start to die then that card would slowly burn away.
What he found amusing though was that Ace had asked Luffy and his friends to join Whitebeard which Luffy had simply said no to despite how much of an honour that is to many others. However, Ace had just laughed having expected that answer and Naruto could tell Luffy would always be loyal to his nakama.
Something Ace said though had bothered him since he had left…
"I'm chasing a major criminal right now…he's been calling himself 'Blackbeard' lately. But he originally used to be a member of the Whitebeard second division. My subordinate. He committed the worst possible crime on a pirate ship…'crewmate killing'."
…The idea someone would kill their nakama for power left a very bad taste in his mouth. He knew if he ever met Blackbeard, it would not end well.
When Ace had been leaving five Marine ships had been heading for them but they were quickly dealt with by Ace who used his Mera Mera no Mi and destroyed the ships with a single attack. Yep, that guy was pretty powerful.
"So…you're this legendary Poseidon?" Naruto glanced back to see the navigator of the ship of the ship coming up to stand beside him.
Naruto smiled at the question as he kept gazing out. "Let me guess, you don't believe me?" He raised an eyebrow at her.
Nami shrugged as she leant forward on the banister. "I'm not sure what to believe, we saw you use water easily before we escaped but I think no one will believe your Poseidon when you're supposed to be near your 90's." She glanced at him. "So how's that possible?"
Naruto shrugged. "No idea. When I became 21 I just stopped aging all together. I can still die obviously, but I haven't aged ever since that day. Something might've happened to me when I was a kid but the bits and pieces of my past that I can remember don't explain how I could have stopped aging."
"What you can remember?" Nami asked, intrigued.
"I have amnesia for the first five years of my life." Naruto answered with a shrug. "I woke up on an island, battered and beaten as if I'd been in a fight and over time a made a life on that, made friends and so on. Maybe one day I'll remember those years but until that day I can go on not knowing, maybe not knowing is for the best."
Nami kept her eye on him before sighing. "I don't know what to make of you and I don't think the others do either though Luffy's just excited he knew someone who knew the Pirate King." She mumbled the past bit in a fond but annoyed manner.
Naruto smiled at her, silently pleased that she was in the least intimidated by his presence and power kike so many have been before. "You find it strange that I'm helping you guys, a bunch of 'rookies' out of the kindness of my own heart?" Nami gave him a sort of grunt. "How about I told you that I made a promise to look out for Luffy, how about I told you that by helping you guys I can make allies, or helping you guys to save the country can also help me to bring life back to Alabasta?"
Nami looked at him with some shock before narrowing her eyes. "I think I can believe you on the first two since Luffy will ally himself with you no matter what, how can you bring life back to here when…most of it is destroyed?"
Naruto chuckled as he held up his hand and water gathered immediately out of the very air. "I can manipulate, create and become water at will. This kingdom is in a very bad draught, what do you think they would do if I gave them back their water? Filled their rivers back up, filled their ponds, ocean, farms, oasis's? They would rebuild what they'd lost. My water can give this kingdom its hope back; I can give all of these people that have given in and surrendered to Crocodile, hope to live on." With a flick of his wrist the water seemed to sink into his skin whilst Nami stared at him in shock and awe that someone could and would do something so willingly.
"You'd do that?" A breathless and hitched voice came from behind them actually startling them both.
They turned around to see Vivi stood there with tears in her eyes and a quivering lip whilst the rest of the crew stood around with smiles at having listened in, though Zoro seemed smug that he was right about him being a good guy whilst Chopper and Usopp hugged with tears in their own eyes at such a 'selfless act' as they called it.
Naruto smiled at Vivi and gave a nod. "I would do it, I used to help your father rout many years ago whenever he had trouble with gathering the needed water to keep your kingdom growing. In a way, this is partially my fault for leaving the world out of my own selfish needs, helping you and your father is the least I can do."
Vivi sniffed before she launched herself at Naruto and wrapped her hands around him whilst laughing and crying at the same time at having more hope for her home to be brought back to life. "Thank you…"
Naruto chuckled as he placed a hand on her head and smoothed her hair back in a comforting gesture.
Luffy grinned as he practically stomped over to him and pointed his finger in Naruto's face getting the blonde to blink owlishly at him whilst Nami slapped her forehead in exasperation. "And when we do beat Crocy's ass and lose Smoky, we will fight to see who's stronger!" He proclaimed, blatantly ignoring the difference in strength whilst everyone went wide-eyed.
Nami groaned before walking over to Luffy, grabbing his ear getting a yelp of pain from the rubber man as she dragged him away but not before sending a smile Naruto's way as if he had confirmed something for her. "Come on rubber guy, the sooner you eat the sooner you sleep."
"FOOD!"
To Be Continued in the Next Chapter – Chapter 2: Crocodile Emerges
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