10 years later
"There they go, mayor." Makino smiled as she watched her two surrogate little brothers leave on their adventure.
The mayor grunted.
"Hm, they will bring shame and a bad reputation to this village."
Makino merely smiled.
Be safe, Naruto..Luffy..Ace.
XXXX
On a small dinghy in the vast ocean was a seventeen year old boy, he has spiky black hair, innocent and calm black eyes, his body is tan and slim, he wears a red open vest, rolled up blue shorts and brown sandals.
Monkey D. Luffy grinned as he looked at the sea king who had attacked him all those years ago glaring down at him.
"Ah! There you are!" Luffy grinned as he pulled his fist back. "Time to pay you back!" He shouted.
"Gomu Gomu No.." He brought his back even further. He grinned as he released his fist.
"Pistol!" Luffy roared and smashed the sea king across the face sending it flying. Grinning he laid down.
He looked at the whirlpool heading towards him with a grin still on his face.
"Oh..it was promising to be such a good day too.." he said calmly.
XXX
On a small dinghy elsewhere on the same vast ocean was another seventeen year old boy, however unlike the other boy, he is very lean and muscular, his skin is tanned, he has wild blond hair that falls passed his shoulders, his eyes are a very calm sky blue, on his tanned face are faint whisker marks, he wears an open black vest revealing his muscled chest, over his shoulders he wore a black cloak , he also wears navy blue shorts that reached his knees, on his feet he wears black sandals, also on his waist is a small pouch to carry things in.
Hawk D. Naruto raised an eyebrow in amusement when he saw the sea king that almost killed him and Luffy ten years ago appeared in front of him.
He gave the beast a sadistic grin. The sea king whimpered.
"Enshin.." Naruto began as he raised his right hand and black flames began to gather in his palm.
"Burasuto!" The black flames of hell exploded from his palm as he roared the word, the sea king screamed in agony as the flames smashed into him and began to burn him, Naruto watched with satisfaction as the beast went back into the water.
Naruto smirked and like his brother, he laid down and placed his hands behind his head and began to relax.
He had a smirk on his face as he watched that cyclone heading towards him and his small dinghy.
"Dammit, I bet you Luffy didn't have to deal with this, it was promising to be such a peaceful day, as well.." Naruto sighed as the cyclone swallowed him and his dinghy up.
XXXXXX Sand Island in East blue XXXXX
Hawk D. Naruto's eyes snapped open to serious and grave voices outside his room. Looking around, he noticed he was in a small room, getting up noticing he still had all his things, he decided it would be fine to look around, opening the door to the small room, he noticed two people looking at him.
They were men. The first is a man with auburn hair, dark eyes and with a stern look on his face. He wore a simple black jacket and pants with mesh armour underneath. He carried a small canister strapped to his hip. The other was a very tall man. He has two distinctive, red markings on the right side of his face, the only visible part of his head, with the rest being covered by his turban-like head gear and by a sheet hanging from it on the left side of his face. They both had stern looks on their faces.
"It seems you are awake, young man, exactly who are you and where did you come from?" the first man asked.
Naruto gave him a cheeky grin that just pissed the two men off.
"It is only common courtesy to give your name out before asking it of others." Naruto chirped. The man narrowed his eyes but nodded curtly.
"Very well, I am the leader of this island, my name is Sabaku Saiko." He pointed at the man with the red markings on his face.
"This is my strongest subordinate. Baki." Baki waved his hand.
Naruto bowed with a hidden smirk.
"Nice to meet you, baka." Both men looked at him with unamused looks on their face. "Huh? Is something wrong, baka?" Naruto asked.
Baki had trouble calming himself.
"Boy, you best know your place, I will not have some child disrespect me." Baki narrowed his eyes.
Naruto merely gave the man a dangerous grin as he placed his hand on the front door of the house.
"Shishishishi! Is that so..? I know my place, but do you know yours..? I wonder.." Naruto trailed off as he opened the door and walked out.
Saiko narrowed his eyes.
"That man is dangerous.." He said quietely.
"Hm, he looks just like a boy to me." Baki scoffed at any thought that man could be dangerous or threatening.
"You will do well not to underestimate anyone, Baki." Baki bowed to his leader.
"Hai, I understand Saiko-sama."
Saiko narrowed his eyes at the closed door.
XXX With Naruto XXX
Naruto raised an eyebrow as he looked around, everyone in the island looked very down and isolated and fear present on their faces.
Naruto shrugged as he calmly walked down the roar with his hands in his pockets, his body slouched showing his boredom.
"Go away! Demon! You don't belong here! I wish your father would just kill you!" Sneered an elderly man, Naruto raised an eyebrow to see a group of men around the age of forty glaring and snarling at a red haired boy his age.
The red haired boy looked at the men with cold emotionless green eyes.
"Shut up..or..I'll kill you." The boy hissed, the boy has pale skin, short red hair, green eyes, a long sleeved red shirt, black pants and black sandals.
Naruto smirked as he watched one of the men attack the boy and get quickly silence by a punch to the stomach by the guy. A glint of interest was seen in his eyes as he saw the immense bloodlust shown in his eyes, the same bloodlust he always hid from his brother.
"You will die you disgusting devil fruit freak!" One man roared. Sand began to surround the boy before it engulfed the man's body.
The boy closed his fist.
"Sabaku Sousou." The boy said quietly and completely crushed the man, killing him. The other men ran away in fear, screaming.
"Weaklings..they did not allow me to prove my existence." Sabaku Gaara said quietly. He heard the sound of clapping behind him, he turned around to see Naruto clapping with a smirk on his face.
"That was interesting.." Naruto complimented.
Gaara looked at him with no emotion.
"Who are you..? Did my weak father send you to kill me..?" Gaara asked coldly.
Naruto shook his head.
"Why would you father want to send someone to kill you?" He asked.
"In my possession is one of the most fearsome devil fruits, I ate the Oni Oni No Mi: Model Ichibi. It is a monster that has terrorized the people of the Sand for centuries, for this reason I am despised, however my father has seen me as someone that will threaten his rule, he wants me dead." Gaara explained.
Naruto nodded.
"Is that so..? your father wouldn't happen to be that annoying old man, Saiko?" Naruto wondered.
Gaara nodded with a surprised look on his face.
"He is." He said shortly.
Naruto gave a dark grin.
"Gaara, I want to ask you a question, what is it that allows you to know that you exist within this world..?" Naruto asked.
Gaara looked at Naruto with his eyes that showed no emotion. Gaara turned around to the village and glared at it coldly.
"To them, I'm simply an object from the past that they wish would disappear, then why do I exist..? Why am I alive..? When I thought about this I could find no answer. But as you live you need a reason otherwise it's the same as being dead. I then came to this conclusion, I exist to kill every human besides myself. Fighting only for yourself, living while only loving yourself. As long as there are people in this world for me too kill and continue to feel that joy of living, my existence shall never vanish." Gaara explained with a crazed grin.
Naruto nodded before a cheeky grin made way onto his face.
"That's stupid." Gaara narrowed his eyes. "Loving only yourself..? trusting only yourself..? fighting only for yourself..? That is such an empty existence. In this world you must find comrades that you connect with, you fight for them, you trust them, you love them. Do you want me to prove this..Gaara?" Naruto's grin turned dark.
"Very well. I shall listen." Gaara gained an excited grin as he noticed Naruto's grin turned even more bloodthirsty and dark.
"Fight me. The battle to the death, if I win, you must accept my mark and fight under my banner and accept I was correct, if you win, well I die, don't i?" Naruto asked with a grin.
"Your banner..?" Gaara raised an eyebrow.
"Yes. I am the man who shall become the Pirate King." Naruto said calmly. Gaara just grinned at him.
"I see, you are a pirate then. Very well, I agree. We will battle, should you win, I shall help you on you quest and I will accept you were correct, however should you win, I have a favor." Gaara said.
Naruto smirked.
"Tell me it after I crush you." Gaara merely grinned as he nodded and sand began to spin wildly around him, Naruto clenched his fist and black flames surrounded his body.
"You too have eaten a devil fruit." Gaara realized.
"Yes. I ate the Hera Hera No Mi. I am able to generate, control and become the very flames of hell." Gaara merely grinned.
Naruto smirked when he realized Gaara put a sand coffin around him and was about to crush him. He closed his eyes.
"Enshin.." Naruto began as black flames began to surround him.
"Shoheki!" A round barrier of black flames surrounded his body and completely destroyed the sand freeing him.
Gaara smirked in excitement.
"You will prove my existence!" Gaara watched as Gaara's right arm took the form of Ichibi. Naruto had to use his flames to jump up and dodge the slamming of Gaara's fist onto the ground. Naruto appeared on Gaara's side and put his right palm on the demonic arm.
"Enshin.." Flames began to gather in his palm.
"Burasuto!" A blast of black flames smashed againt Gaara's arm and made Gaara's roll around in agony until he had to dispel the arm so the fire could disappear.
Gaara still wore a bloodthirsty grin.
"You are powerful! I will spill a river of your blood!" Gaara roared as he created a giant fist made out of sand.
"Kyojin.." Gaara muttered as the fist began to descend.
"Sunanoken!" The fist crashed down into Naruto, Gaara grinned in satisfaction knowing he killed the man, however his eyes widened when he saw Naruto standing their completely unharmed, a barrier of flames around his body.
Gaara growled as his eyes widened in rage.
"Tanuki Neiri!" Naruto smirked when he saw Gaara go to sleep, it was just as he thought, he watched as Gaara completely turned into the Ichibi.
"I was right then, that devil fruit has a consciousness." Naruto muttered. He watched as a pure insane gleam entered Ichibi's eyes and it grinned crazily.
"I'm finally free! Now I can kill you, brat!" Ichibi roared as he glared down at Naruto who was standing there with a calm expression on his face.
"What the hell is going on here!?" Naruto turned to see Saiko standing their with a furious expression on his face.
"Fuck off! I'm going to kill this fucker! He somehow defeated my damn container, now I'll kill him!" Ichibi roared as he brought his right fist down, Naruto easily dodged it by jumping back slightly.
A certain blond haired girl's eyes were wide.
He defeated..Gaara?
Naruto smirked as black flames engulfed his fist and he smashed his fist against the giant fist of sand heading towards him and completely crushing the sand.
Ichibi roared as it began to shoot spikes of hardened sand from it's mouth and hands. Naruto held out his hand.
Flames began to gather within his palm. Releasing the flame and deflecting the sand spikes, Naruto appeared before it's head and smashed his fist against the demon's head and smashed him into a nearby rock.
"This boy..is fightning Ichibi..evenly..?" Baki muttered with a look of fear on his face.
"As I thought, he is dangerous." Saiko narrowed his eyes.
"I'll kill you, fucking asshole!" Ichibi roared with a look of rage on his face as he brought his two hands together.
Naruto smirked darkly.
"So you wish to end this in one shot..?" Naruto muttered. He opened his mouth and black flames began to gather within his mouth.
"Enshin…" Naruto muttered as the flames grew even more. Naruto watched as the sand in Ichibi's hand became a large ball with spikes all around it.
"Suna.." Ichibi muttered the name of it's attack.
"Donaru!/Bakuhatsu!" Both fighters roared. Black flames erupted from Naruto's mouth and headed towards Ichibi and Ichibi's sand attack headed towards Naruto.
When the two attacks collided the result was a large explosion, Naruto using the opportunity of a distraction appeared before Gaara who was knocked out on Ichibi's head.
"WAKE THE HELL UP!" Naruto roared as he gave a strong punch to the face, it was so hard that it woke him up.
Ichibi's eyes widened in rage.
"Nooooooooooo! I just got out! I will get you for this, you fucker!" Ichibi roared as it completely disappeared.
Gaara laying on the floor looked at Naruto with wide eyes.
"You..you really defeated me.." Gaara whispered.
Naruto grinned.
"Of course! It's because I protect my precious people! Do you understand now, Gaara?" He asked.
Gaara actually smiled, not a sadistic smile that he used when he killed but a genuine small smile.
"I see..i think I understand now.." He looked at Naruto not knowing his name.
"I am known by the name Hawk D. Naruto! But you can just call me captain! Shishishi!" Naruto laughed.
Gaara smiled.
"What are you speaking about? Why exactly did you two fight?" Saiko asked them with a glare.
Naruto gave the man a disgusted sneer.
"Too put Gaara on the right path and for him to be able to join my crew, I'm a pirate, you see." Naruto grinned.
Saiko sneered.
"You will not take my weapon!" He sneered. His eyes widened when he was slapped across the face, he looked at his daughter, Sabaku Temari growled.
"He is not a weapon! He is my precious little brother! I've had enough of your bullshit!" She growled, before Saiko could strike her, Naruto appeared and grabbed his throat, he looked down to see Naruto glaring at him coldly.
"To strike a woman, your daughter by what I see, what a despicable man you are." Naruto sneered.
"Baki! Help!" Baki did not even glance at him.
"For years you have been a tyrant of this island, I will no longer serve a man like you.." Baki muttered.
Naruto grinned darkly and turned to Gaara and Temari.
"Can I kill him..?" Both nodded while they watched with intent. Naruto made black flame cover his right hand before he shoved in the man's chest, burning his insides. Saiko spat out blood with his eyes wide.
"No..i was supposed to rule forever..i wasn't supposed to lose my life to some..child." The man croaked out as blood slide down his mouth.
Naruto coldly ripped his hand out and threw the man to the floor. He looked down with no emotion at the fool before him.
"You are a disgusting man, you used your son as a mere weapon, never caring about his feelings! A weakling like you doesn't deserve the title of a father! You are scum!" Naruto roared.
He watched as the life left Saiko's eyes. Naruto turned around and walked towards Gaara and Temari.
He smiled at them.
"It's over, from now on, you two are a member of my crew, my nakama." Naruto grinned. Gaara and Temari looked confused.
"I thought you only wanted Gaara?" Temari asked.
"That's true but when I saw you defend Gaara like that, I just had to have you join, plus me and Gaara are going to need help in navigation, right? You seem like someone who could do that." Temari smiled.
"Well, I once did have a dream that I would create a map for the whole world, perhaps I can fulfill it with you." Naruto smirked.
"Exactly, what about you Gaara, what's your dream?" Naruto asked.
"I want my existence to mean something to people." Naruto and Temari smiled at him and placed a hand on his shoulders.
"Your existence does mean something! You are going to be my first mate! The man I trust the most, remember that!" Naruto grinned.
Gaara put his head in his hands as he sobbed silently in relief.
"Thank you..thank you so much! Captain!" Gaara thanked. Temari kissed Naruto on the cheek, he raised an eyebrow.
She blushed.
"It is a thank you for helping both me and Gaara, Captain." She whispered. Naruto nodded as he stood up and stared at Baki.
"Will you stop me..?" Naruto asked quietly.
Baki shook his head.
"No, I see this is what they truly want, I am thankful for you helping Gaara with his issues. You are always welcome here." Naruto nodded with a grin.
"I see. Do you have a ship that we can take, Baki-san?" Naruto asked. Baki nodded as he pointed towards a fairy big ship about the size of an average marine ship, it is colored black and red, the sails and flag are completely black and blank.
"That horrible man , Saiko made us kill a pirate crew, he made us confiscate this, the least I can do is give it to you." Naruto smiled.
"I thank you for this." Baki waved his hand.
"It's fine." Baki smiled.
"You ready to leave, Temari, Gaara?" Naruto grinned.
"Hai, Captain." Temari saluted with a small smile, Gaara merely said it in monotone with his emotionless eyes looking into his captain's.
Naruto grinned as he jumped into the ship, Gaara and Temari followed him.
"It was nice too meet you, Baki-san!" Naruto waved.
"Later Baki-sensei!" Temari chirped as she waved. Gaara however just nodded at the man. Baki nodded back with a small smile.
Naruto grinned.
"PULL THE ANCHOR! SET SAIL!" Naruto roared.
Naruto grinned once again, it was time for his adventure! He would so become the Pirate King!