Chapter 2: Leaving Isolation

Moments like these are what separates a great man from a regular one. Moments like these separates a good samaritan from a bystander. What separates a hero from a civilian. And by kami did Naruto wish he just decided to stick to his one thousand year policy of 'leave it alone'. Being away from civilization must have gotten rid of his resistance to puppy eyes he developed as a parent.

Now the shinobi was running through the thick forest, with a child on his back, screaming in his ear to "Look there", or to "Look over there!" as they searched for the lost straw hat, the boy seemed to have lost while plummeting towards the ground. After a painfully blunt explanation as to why he was falling from the sky, Naruto felt more connected with the boy. Luffy reminded him of himself as a youth. Being thrown off of cliffs and such for training purposes. Come to think of it, his grandpa must have been pretty strong himself to chuck what was essentially a chunk of rubber, hard enough to knock him unconscious, HIM unconscious, even if he wasn't paying attention.

"So, you have any other family besides your jiji?" The blond inquired to the self-proclaimed 'Future Pirate King' - whatever the hell that was - to stop the damage currently being inflicted on his ear drums. "Any Brothers, aunts, or cousins maybe?"

Without a second of thought Luffy fired back with, "I have my brothers Ace, and Sabo, and Makino, and Shanks, and Yassop, and the bandits, and Ace, and Sabo and.." as he started to gasp for breathe to start naming more people, and possibly renaming them if this pattern continues.. Naruto decided to put this to a cease.

"Okay, good to know your not on your own. Being lonely is the worst thing I can think of. Bonds with other people is the reason we exist right?" The shinobi stated.

"No, I just believe in nakama." Luffy said while shrugging the statement off nonchalantly. Ignorant to the fact those are the exact same sentiment.

'That's exactly what i just said', Naruto thought slightly agitated. Wait to knock the wind out of his sails when he attempted to drop a jewel of knowledge on the boy.

"A lot of hypocrisy is spewing from your lips ole, wise sage." Kurama interjected. Which caused Luffy to jump, falling off a high speed, tree branch hopping Naruto. "... Did he hear me? That shouldn't even be possible."

The 'Mascot of Konoha' - who resents the title, much to Naruto's amusement - was by all means correct. Unless this straw hat lacking child was psychic, Luffy should by no means be able to hear Kurama, who was essentially linked to him to the point the fox the fox was just another voice in his head.

Going down to check on the boy, who was probably fine due to his body being composed of rubber, he leaped from his branch landing onto the leaf covered floor of the forest. What was waiting for him on the forest floor were wolves with foaming mouths. Yes wolves. Which in all his years of 'hermitting' he has never seen. Until just now. Surrounding a child he dropped.

His bad luck was simply unmatched. Retrieving a real, metal kunai for this occasion from the seal on his wrist and lobbed it at the predator that was beginning to pounce on his newest companion. Throwing it in such a way that the handle would hit the wolf, - what type of Sage would kill an animal in cold blood? - he hit it's leg causing it to buckle, making its flight path take a hard left.

At this very moment, an explosion of some sort of force, or presence erupted. The leafs on the surround trees rustled. The wind picked up causing his hair to blow back, and clothes to flap in the wind. At ground zero being Monkey D. Luffy as the wolves around him all collapsed at once. Silencing the growls the filled the forest moments prior.

This was interesting. Never, had he ever, seen something like that. He had seen people paralyzed by killing intent sure. But this was on an entirely different level. From a child no less. Luffy had knocked them unconscious without so much as lifting a finger. With an aura that reminded him of old man Sarutobi, A kage. Hell, it was dominant. The same feeling he got from Nagato - then known as Pain - when he arrived and destroyed Konoha. The same feeling that rolled off of Madara Uchiha during the Fourth Shinobi War. The same dominance he felt when him and Kurama battled all of the tailed beast at once and triumphed.

This however was made into a weapon to inflict on others. Making them collapse under your will.

And just as quickly and sudden as it came, the feeling dissipated into nothing. Hovering over Luffy, his eyes fixed on the little guys shocked face.

His thoughts were brought to a halt along with his concentration, when he sensed killing intent behind him. With a quick duck, he saw a pipe, and another child slightly larger than Luffy with blue clothes and some type of top hat and goggles. Doing a quick hop, he easily evaded another rusty pipe that was aimed at decimating his ankles. The unidentified assailants attacked in coordination that was impressive considering he has seen Genin worse than these two.

Standing between the two and a passed out Luffy, he noticed something about his second attacker. A straw hat in the hand of the little boy, with a pipe being clutched in the other. Short black hair, freckled cheeks, worn down clothing, and a face filled with anger were all features of this little boy.

"Get away from our brother you damn Blue Jam PIRATE!" He screamed as he charged, leaving Naruto still confused as to what was happening. However, it would be a fun time killer to play with these two for a moment.

When Luffy finally recovered, he would awake to Naruto meditating with orange eyes, his two new brothers - Ace and Sabo - unconscious, lying in the grass, with twelve wolves roasting over a fire, and a hunger that made him reach for said food. The blond man simply grumbled "well go ahead, no need to ask i guess".

Authors Note:

So yeah, I was going to leave this alone due to not feeling as though i had the skill to write this plot I contrived. However, one use called me a "Fucking Cunt" for not even giving a notice for six months. Im inclined to agree with him. However after a semester of writing essays I feel like I might be up to snuff now. So Review if you liked it. Stay good.