Chapter 1

Naruto was ashamed to say he'd gotten lost, but at least he made it to Marineford before his grandfather, if only just barely. Looking at the 47 pirate ships ready to attack, the Jinchuuriki had to admit that the man knew how to make an impression. And an entrance. Perched on the roof of the headquarters, Naruto had a great view of everything. The teen shivered as his grandfather's voice rumbled through the air for all to hear as he ascended to the top of the whale figurehead of his ship.

"My beloved son had better be unharmed!" the man said strongly with a smile, and though it looks menacing, Naruto can see the resemblance both he and his late father share with the man.

"Oyaji!"

Naruto turned his gaze to the man kneeling on the execution platform, his hands shackled behind him. The utterly defeated look on his face caused a brief flash of Kakashi-sensei's face when he saw Obito to appear in the blond's mind before he dismissed it. He didn't like that look on allies. He didn't even like the thought of his enemies looking like that. No one should feel so utterly defeated. Like they've failed everything they'd ever stood and worked for. Naruto knew that feeling all too well.

He cast his gaze once again out to the bay and felt his heart clench just a little. If this was what the man would do for the people he considered his sons... then what would he do once he found out Naruto was the cause of his biological ones death? True, most people wouldn't blame the one who'd been protected by the one who died while protecting, but Naruto did not know this man nor his thought process. He'd either hate him or forgive him and Naruto wasn't sure which option would hurt more.

He was brought out of his musings by the deafening noise of his surroundings quaking. Looking closer, he could see two points in the air behind his grandfather's fists now sported spiderweb cracks. Naruto grinned, he was about to witness his grandfather's power firsthand. The two gigantic waves were impressive. As he listened to the loud exchange between Ace, Whitebeard and the rest of the Whitebeard Pirates, Naruto couldn't help but smile. Yeah, this was a real family. He wouldn't mind getting used to them, if they'd have him.

The sound of churning water came back, stronger than before and the blue eyed shinobi watched in awe at the devastating tsunami his grandfather had caused. Truly, this man was on par with even a Kage. All five of them. At once.

The seagull marine standing next to his... what would their relationship be anyway? Uncle? Probably. Seagull-Marine who was standing next to his adoptive uncle started talking "We may have the greater force, but we must not take this opportunity lightly! It may as well be us who will meet our end here today... for that man hast the power to destroy this very world!"

Naruto scoffed "You haven't seen world destroying power... you have no idea what your talking about."

The man may be strong, but Naruto had seen stronger. Naruto had done stronger. An earthquake had nothing on a Bijuudama.

"Indeed, the war... is beginning!"

"ATTAAAAACK!"

With this, the war had begun. But Naruto would not move just yet. It might be selfish and childish, but he really wanted to see his grandfather in action. He'd already witnessed his dad fighting, but he hadn't been able to truly observe it since he'd been on the battlefield too. Now he had a great opportunity to witness his family in action. He might never get this opportunity again. But he wasn't going to be completely passive. The Konoha shinobi took out four Hiraishin Kunai and four regular kunai with paper tag bombs attached to them. He threw the Hiraishin kunai into the ground around him and took out four more explosive tag kunai, ready to attack at a moments notice. He truly loved storage seals, because the one he'd tattooed on the small of his back gave him access to a virtually unlimited amount of ammo. It also gave the impression he was pulling things out of thin air, which made him look cool. Either that, or out of his ass, which just made for a great distraction when people tried to figure out what the fuck just happened.

It was funny seeing attack after attack against Whitebeard get thwarted, even if Naruto was still trying to get over the instant freeze of the tsunami. Also, the flaming blue bird-man was cool. It was hard not to collapse laughing when someone threw a chunk of ice a couple thousand times bigger than the thrower themselves, though the reactions were even better. Not even a moment later, Naruto learned to very much dislike the magma man, if only because of his disregard of life. Gaudy funerals Kakashi's lily-white butt.

As the giant named Oars got more and more injured, Naruto readied himself. Throwing his eight kunai and picking up the Hiraishin kunai, immediately throwing two but keeping the two remaining ones on him, Naruto leapt into action. He paid no mind to the explosions and screams, knowing he'd only hit clusters of Marines and not pirates. Landing on Oars, Naruto readied one of the two Hiraishin kunai and threw it to the ground right by the giant's left foot. Before the kunai even made it to the halfway mark, the blond shinobi had already whipped out a paper tag with a stasis seal on it. Wasting no time, he slapped it onto the giant's back.

"Fuuin!" Naruto yelled as he slapped his hand on the seal tag and pumped his chakra into it, causing it and Oars to glow green and halt. Sealing done, Naruto Hiraishined to the ground and unsealed a big storage scroll he had no idea why he'd ever made, but was so relieved to have on hand now. In just a few seconds, Oars disappeared from everyones sight and Naruto was already moving with the rolled up scroll slung across his back. Picking up his kunai and making his next Hiraishin jump towards another seal, he disappeared in a yellow flash.

The battlefield had been in chaos before, but this was ridiculous. Right before their eyes, Oars had disappeared. It was only natural none of them had noticed the strangely shaped dagger buried in the wood of the deck. They did, however, notice the yellow flash it emitted before leaving a person standing in front of it with a scroll as tall as himself slung across his back. The boy, for he looked younger than any crewmember on Moby Dick, had spiky blond hair held back by a headband with a metal plate attached with a strange symbol etched on it and blue eyes that were staring straight at them with no fear or hostility. Three whisker marks stretched across each cheek of the young face, visible to most looking at him as he turned his head from side to side, taking in his surroundings. The boy was wearing a long black coat with orange flames on the hem and sleeves, an orange and black tracksuit and sandals. He was smudged with dirt and his clothes looked worn, but he made no move to attack them even as a few drew their swords. Whitebeard looked over his shoulder at what was happening, but made no move to get involved.

The stranger set the giant scroll on deck with a thud and looked around before addressing them all "This scroll contains Oars in stasis, he'll be safe in it so long as the scroll remains intact, where should I put it?"

You could practically hear crickets chirping at that sentence. After a moment, someone asked "What?"

The teen blinked before repeating in simple terms "Oars sealed in this scroll, keep scroll safe, where do I put it?"

"Gurararara! Someone take the scroll below deck. If what he says is true, then we must protect that scroll with our lives." Whitebeard called with a smile "Thank you, brat."

The boy smiled, his eyes closing from the gesture "You're welcome, Shiro-jiji. And it's not brat, it's Uzumaki Naruto!"

With this, the now named stranger disappeared in a yellow flash, leaving the scroll behind and appearing somewhere else on the battlefield, leaving behind a stunned crew.

"Shiro-jiji!?"