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Discovery of a Lifetime!
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or One Piece.
A long time ago, there were the seas that held great secrets just awaiting to be discovered and then there was the human race there to explore and dream of such wonders and treasures that could be found in every corner of the world. They sailed in great ships of wood and cloth to brave the waters of violent storms and fierce creatures that dwell in the ocean depths. Soon, rumors and tales of terrors and horrors that supposedly guard the treasures and secrets began to rise and grow among the society of those who started to fear the sea.
Still, people loved adventure and the thrill of discovery for themselves so sailors thrived and still left for the ocean blue. Then there was the coming of scavengers and thieves that take sailing in order to escape the law that punishes such people so they became known as pirates, the scum and scourge of the seas. People then started to fear even the sight of pirates coming up from the horizon based on what they hear on how menacing pirates can be when it came to other ships and the docks where ships can be as well.
So in order to protect the innocents from these pirates, a navy or sea force was created to fight on the sea in order to capture or kill pirates from their own ships. This went on for several generations of navy men and villagers to be protected from them but things started to change for the worst. The common people who wanted to live a life of freedom from the law that has started to cruel and unfair had to become pirates and as such, they were hunted down by the navy who see all pirates generally as criminals that have to be slain before they will target others. The real problem was that the common people started to notice how the navy treated criminals in such inhumane ways and also they began to undergo 'pirate' behaviors and views; for example, some of the navy men used blackmail in order to get the resources they needed for their ships and weaponry and others will shoot one of their own for simple reason of questioning an order to shoot one of their own ships when a notorious pirate was last seen on it.
Since there was no visual evidence to support these rumors, pirates and navy men still sail the same. Until a small but growing band of pirates that followed a young boy who wore a straw hat like it was his life treasure had rose to fame and tackled the navy after seeing their ignorance and arrogance at the finest scale. They wanted to prove to the world that they were lied to and they succeeded. The navy was no longer trusted and so they sought out these pirates out of self-redemption. But the pirates were wily and alluded the hands of the navy for years until they realized that they were no longer young anymore so they decided to build their legacy for someone with a dream and the will to fight for freedom to discover to use in the finest. Then the pirates went their separate ways so that the navy will have the thin out to catch at least one of them but it was revealed to be a trick in order to weaken them and as a result, other pirates were able to get through their ranks and attack them from within.
Each of the pirates from the crew of the straw hat boy each met their end peacefully while the navy was busy trying to pick up their mess but since they failed to capture any of them alive, no one ever respected or trusted the navy ever again. So without a navy to enforce the laws, the government that created them was next to fall. After that, people were like specks of dust in the wind until they grouped into villages where they followed the teachings of a man who was portrayed as the savior of the world, the one who brought them out of the darkness.
Soon, many generations thrived and born the next ones which gave great people of great power and skill and respect to be remember in the years to come. This takes us to the present, a village in a clearing of the forest around with a cliff side with faces on. In the village, there was also a commotion and a mob was seen chasing someone; a little boy!
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"Oh come one guys!" The boy yelled behind him, "You are just angry that you couldn't stop me from doing it and you just noticed my work when I was done!" The boy revealed to be holding a paint brush and can filled with orange paint which matches the graffiti on the moment that looks on the village.
"Shut Up and get back here to take your punishment demon!" One of the mob members who was wearing a headband with the symbol of a leaf carved in the metal shouted that got the boy to cringe; it was what he was called even before his pranks on the villagers.
"No way! You won't take me alive!" The boy shouted before coming up with a plan to lose them, he threw the paint can towards the mobs and while they were blinded or tripping he will get away. And he did, only he never counted on the ground falling apart as he stepped into it. He then fell down a hole for a long time and finally hit the bottom rather hard. "Oww! Why can't my life be any better than this?" The boy complained as he got up; now that he is isn't running and in the light of the hole he fell through, we can see him perfectly. He was rather short for his age of thirteen while wearing plain clothes and an orange jumpsuit that didn't do him justice to his real-like whisker marks on both of his cheeks, his sun-blond hair or his ocean blue eyes. He was Naruto Uzumaki, bade of every ninja in the village and the most hated one as well but for reasons he wished he knew.
"Where am I now?" Naruto looked around to notice that he was in a cave of some sort and then he saw that he wasn't the only thing alive or not in the cave. There were treasure chests, nine in a group with three bigger ones by the side. The bigger ones caught Naruto's attention the most so he opened them to see seashells inside. "What these here for?" Naruto asked until he noticed a note under the shells so he read it with little reading skill he was able to read and he was amazed on what it said. "This...this is incredible! This will really help me to finally become a ninja too! I wonder what else is here!?"
On cue, Naruto started to look into the other treasure chests including the smaller ones. He had a ball with what he found but noticed that the cave began to dim with the coming of nightfall. Naruto just couldn't believe the great stuff he found just lying around for anyone that found them and take them as their own like he is.
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After making a tower of rocks on the cave floor, Naruto managed to climb to the surface while disguising the cave hole with a boulder he found nearby so no one will even go through the trouble of moving it; they will just ignore the boulder or move around it. Once he was done, Naruto was wearing a backpack or two with a huge shield attached and then the blond felt someone place their hand on his shoulder. Naruto turned around in alarm to see Iruka Umino, his teacher from the Ninja Academy starting down on him like a parent who caught their child reaching into a cookie jar. Naruto was nervous in the glaze, "H-hello Iruka-sensei..."
"Hello Naruto-kun. Mind explaining why are you skipping class and playing with boulders instead?" Iruka asked in a stern voice that had no patience for excuses.
"Well...i...i...i was feeling bored, so..." Naruto stuttered out until he found himself bounded with rope and in the classroom for the other kids to laugh at while Iruka held onto the equipment. "I get it Sensei but please don't take my stuff. I was going to tell you where I found it." Naruto started to play cool and coy which worked as Iruka had a sigh, untied the rope and threw both the blonde and his stuff onto an open seat near a classmate with moon blue hair and lavender white eyes; she was the one thanking Kami for it since she was known for her silent and unsure crush on him.
"Never mind Naruto, just stay still so we can get this over with for real." Iruka said and went on to his lecture. Meanwhile, Naruto gathered himself and placed his equipment where no one will be distracted by two over stuffed backpacks and a huge shield bounded to both of them. From one of them, Naruto took out a book on Kenjutsu or Blade Techniques with weapons like swords or spears and placed it with his textbooks on history, math and chakra control. Naruto then stated to take notes from the letters on the pages whatever the same as to what Iruka was teaching or not. The other classmates noticed that Naruto's hands moved like they were multiplying (1).
One of them decided to have some fun in getting Naruto into trouble, this is one of the civilians that were allowed into a Ninja Academy for no good reason; just that the children of those who hated Naruto were taught how to hate Naruto too. "Sensei! The Dobe is goofing off again! He is not writing the right notes!" That got Iruka's attention and being a real ninja, he wanted to see for himself what was going on. What the teacher saw was the complete opposite of what the tattle-tale said; Naruto did have the right notes, he was just making some more and on complicated topics as well!
"Well Naruto, you have finally started to do things the right way." Iruka said which Naruto to take his eyes of his notes and look at the teacher straight in the eye. "If you keep this up and cover the entire textbook before the class ends, I will reconsider your punishment and I will make you out for Ramen later as well." Iruka patted himself on the back as Naruto nodded with enthusiasm and went back to note making.
The same student who tried to tell on Naruto got a little angry and marched over to the blonde's seat and brushed the notes off. "Ha! That will teach you that you can't not be great Dobe!" The student was too busying gloating that will he turned to go back to his seat after his 'victory', he saw that Naruto's notes were still there like they weren't touched and the blond was still writing them. Then the student felt a hand covering his shoulder, crushing it in the process, and when he looked back, Iruka was there with an angry look on his face.
"So you think that bullying your own teammates will make you the 'Rookie of the Year' then you will only be the one to clear the boards and clean out the restrooms that the Akimichi use." Iruka said in a clear stern tone of anger and disgust. The student felt like shrinking down to a mouse size in shame.
Soon, the bell rang which signaled the end of class for the day and the Academy students left for their homes. Naruto gathered his school stuff and left for his rundown apartment where he can actually afford to sleep in due the general impression of him and that the fact his allowance from the Hokage was very small. It was very terrible for living, cockroaches everywhere, the walls were about to crumble down, no hot water for longer than five minutes and graffiti covered the entire place.
But the blonde was really happy because when he left the school, he managed to ask Hinata Hyuga, the same girl who has a crush on him, to be his friend since he was able to see so much like himself in her eyes; she said yes and asked if he can walk her to the academy. Of course, he couldn't forget that he managed to catch Mizuki, another of his teachers who actually hated him, running off with a precious scroll that had every technique known to the village in it; he was allowed to learn one move from it as a reward and he chose one called the Kage Bunshin no Jutsu which basically is creating solid copies of the user to interact with the surroundings, prefect for fast learning and multi-tasking. Now, the blonde was in his room, emptying out his stuff including the 'seashells' and the shield. He then took out the notes and other books he found in the cave.
Naruto also discarded his jumpsuit and changed into the wardrobe that came in the treasure chests. Now he wore blue shorts that had cotton fluff at the outlines, a red shirt that showed his actual physique, a green sash he found cool and a straw hat that seemed normal but still Naruto felt like it contained fond memories of the previous users; memories like when a man meant another on a boat that the latter claimed to have stolen, another giving the hat to a crying younger boy while finally a young man meeting fascinating people who will later be his pirate crew. Naruto filled his closet of the other orange clothes that he was able to buy that wasn't overpriced or falling apart. After also moving his new stuff into his apartment, Naruto took gathered the 'seashells' and placed them on the shield before retrieving a hammer he took out of nowhere and the same note on how to use the shells with a huge smile on his face.
'This is like a godsend, someone did give me a chance for a better life and I promise to not waste a minute of it!' Naruto thought happily as he went to work. He went on until late at night when he finally fell asleep after a long day. Tomorrow is going to be the start of a legend that will rock the world to its core.
End of Chapter 1
*Hello! MircThomas19 here with another story to start! This idea was swimming through my head for months so I thought I will give it a shot. Like I said in the summary, there won't be any One Piece Character interacting with Naruto directly because they all are from an entirely different time period, just One Piece elements like objects or weapons.
1. Don't think that Naruto's devil fruit is Robin's Flower-Flower Fruit. I will explain in later chapters.
Translations:
Kage Bunshin no Jutsu – Art of the Shadow Clone