Author Note: Hey Guys! I've just had a brief period of free time so I am able to write! I know some of you guys are anxious for me to update my next chapter on Whirlpool Academy and One Piece Missing Memories but I've been feeling in a One Piece mood for a while. Also I have a little writers block with Whirlpool Academy. Don't worry though. I will definitely start writing on it after I finish this chapter. Anyways I hope you guys are looking forward to this! This is the epic meeting of Naruto Uzumaki and Monkey D. Luffy! Hope you enjoy! See ya!

Talking

Thinking

Kyuubi

Inner Sakura

Chapter title

Attack Names

Flashback

Summary: Naruto and Sakura are wake up to find themselves in a new world. Finding out they landed in a world covered mostly by water and islands, the two try to find a way to survive in this new world. But what happens when they meet a certain guy with a straw hat. NaruSaku. More pairings might be later on.

Note: I DO NOT OWN NARUTO or One Piece.

Ninja on the Open Seas

Part 3: The Meeting of Legends

Naruto and Sakura made it to the restaurant area just as the crowd was dispersing. They looked at each, shrugged and asked the closest person what happened.

"Hey, you know what happened here?" Naruto asked a man walking away.

The man turned and smiled in recognition of the blonde "Oh! Hello Naruto-san! You just missed it. There were these 2 boys who were here just now. One was a boy about 3 years younger than you. He had pink hair-"

"Wait! Pink hair?" he turned to his wife who also had a shocked look on her face. There weren't many people who had pink hair, even from where they came from.

"Yes. Pink hair. He also had on round purple glasses. He was a little chubby and wore a white buttoned up shirt with blue strips on the shoulders and one dark blue line down the middle. He also wore dark blue pants that went down to his feet and sandals. The other guy was a boy about your age. He had black hair and a scar under his left eye. He wore a red sleeveless buttoned up shirt with blue jeans with the pants rolled up to his knees and sandals. He also wore a yellow straw hat with a red band around the middle of it. Anyways, I didn't hear that well but from what I heard, they said something about going to the Marine base. I think the pink haired one wants to enlist. I also heard them say something about Pirate Hunter Roronoa Zoro who is locked up here"

This worried the two of them for two reasons: One is the pink haired kid picked a lousy time to want to enlist. With Morgan running the show, he'll be dead in a few days. The other reason for worrying is if they have anything to do with that Zoro character, then that is bad. It's not that he's a bad guy, it's just the Marines will kill him if they find him talking to Zoro.

Naruto can still remember when Zoro first arrived here.

Flashback: 3 weeks ago

It was an overcast day as Naruto was in the bar helping clean the tables as Ririka manned the bar counter. It was around 5 in the afternoon and the sun was setting. The bar door swung open as a man walked into the bar. Naruto looked up from cleaning the tables to see who walked in. It was a man about his age with a black bandana around his head which covered his short green hair. The man wore a white short sleeved shirt with black trousers and black boots. He wore a green haramaki around his waist which secured his three swords. Two of the swords were black while the 3rd one was white, including the sheath and handle. He also noticed the man had 3 tear drop-shaped gold earrings on his left ear.

Naruto thought it was strange that the man held 3 swords. Though he thinks it shouldn't be that surprising. Killer Bee was able to wield 7 blades no problems. He did notice that the man was skilled. Naruto could tell just by looking at him. He could see the man still had a ways to go if he wanted to get stronger but he was still pretty skilled.

The man walked up to the bar and ordered a mug of beer and some steak. Naruto went back to cleaning while keeping one eye on the man from the corner of his eye. Everything went about as usual nothing happened for a little while before the door burst open and in walked Helmeppo, Morgan's son, walked into the bar with his pet wolf. Naruto had honestly had no idea why such whinny little brat. Helmeppo was wielding a Marine sword while his pet started messing up the place by climbing onto tables and eating people's food. Obviously the dinners were freaking out while the idiot shinny blonde with the sword laughed

"Make way people! My pet is hungry!"

Naruto's vain was throbbing in annoyance. That coward was using his father's name to terrorize the citizens. Naruto couldn't just waltz up there and smack him one in the face. That could be seen as rebellion and he could get the town into trouble. He hoped that pirates would raid this place so that he can kill those 3 and say they got killed by the pirates. A little cruel mind you but he felt that these people suffered enough under this guy's reign. Even though Morgan has been in power for 3 months, he has heavily taxed the people here and Helmeppo terrorizing the citizens didn't help much. The only reason he and Sakura were living in such a nice house was that Sakura was working at the hospital which paid really well and because he worked for Ririka for decent pay.

He didn't notice till she started swinging her broom that Rika was swatting it at the wolf! You freaked a little. Rika should know not to do stuff like this! "You big mean doggie! Stop eating all of the food!"

"Oh! Little girl! Did you just swing your broom at my beloved pet?" his voice was condescending and very annoying

"Rika, put the broom down!" Ririka tried to calm her daughter down "You don't want us to get in trouble do you?"

The wolf turned its head to its attacker and lunged for the little girl. She screamed in terror as the wolf neared. Naruto was about to speed in front of her to grab her but a stood came whizzing by him and smack the wolf in the face, effectively putting it down for the count. Everyone was shocked at the display of the mysterious man.

Naruto sighed in relief seeing Rika safe. He calmly walked over to her as Helmeppo pointed an accusing finger at the green haired man "W-WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?" the boy paused for a second before finally recognizing the man "W-Wait! You're him! You're that famous pirate hunter! Roronoa Zoro!"

Now this caught Naruto's interest. So this guy was the big bad Pirate Hunter. He could tell that while some of the rumors about him being able to level mountains and kill thousands of people was probably not true. Those that regaled his skill at being able to use three swords style probably was true. The man did exhume power. You can tell just by looking at him

"And what if I am?" Zoro asked casually like a sword wasn't being waved at him.

"What is a famous pirate hunter doing in a place like this? Why are you attack me? You work for the Marines!" That whinny sounding voice was grating on Naruto's last nerve.

"Shut up and let me eat in peace" the swordsman told the brat as he went back to eating his food. Naruto liked this guy already and he didn't even know him yet!

Then Helmeppo did something really stupid. He swung his sword down at the swordsman in a fit. The green haired man calmly leaned back as the sword hit the bar counter. He smacked the sword handle, causing it to fly spinning into the air and lodge itself into the ceiling. Helmeppo was screaming like a very annoying little girl in terror. Thankfully Zoro socked him in the face and effectively shut him up. Naruto calmly walked over to Ririka and handed off Rika to her mother as you both turned to see the swordsman draw one of his black swords and point it to the shiny blonde who lay against the bar counter who screamed again at the sight of the sword pointed at him.

"You're getting on my nerves pal; you and that precious mongrel mutt of yours" Zoro glared down at the cowardly man.

Naruto could tell just by the look in his eyes why everyone would think he was some sort of demon. Now Naruto didn't think he was anything like a demon. He had seen demons and this person was not one of them. If anything, Zoro reminded Naruto of Zabuza except a bit friendlier.

Helmeppo suddenly laughed which in your book was never a good thing "You do realize that I could tell my father and have him execute the girl and her mother, right?" THAT SON OF A BITCH! THIS WAS GOING TOO FAR! Using Rika and her mother as some scapegoat! He really really wish he could kick this guy's ass! But he didn't want to get the two of them into any more trouble, so he shifted in front of the two protecting the two from the little bastard "How about we make a deal?" Naruto didn't like how this sounded already "Instead of tying them up, we tie you up. You will staid tied to a pole in the Marine base yard for 1 month. If you can survive there for 1 month, I'll let all 3 of you go free. How's that sound?" He was really considering just screw the whole thing and kill that coward's ass!

Zoro calmly dropped his sword and proclaimed "1 month" Naruto was honestly shocked the pirate hunter agreed to those terms. From what he had heard from rumors, Zoro was a heartless beast. Looks like that rumor was untrue too. After that incident, the blonde told Sakura as soon as she got home. It was an easy night so she was awake enough to hear what he had to say. Sakura was stunned to say the least. She honestly didn't expect all of that to happen today. She really wished she was there to smack that sniveling coward upside the head. She was concerned about Zoro though. He seemed like a nice guy and it seemed unfair he had to be punished for something like this. They both agreed to keep an eye on the three sword swordsman.

Flashback END

The man soon left with both Sakura and Naruto exchanging worried looks "I hope those two kids don't do anything stupid"

"Knowing my luck? They probably are" the blonde replied with a sigh.

They both decided to go to try and stop them before they do something really stupid. The couple raced over to the Marine base and arrived just in time to see Rika get thrown over the wall.

"RIKA!" Sakura screamed in terror. She viewed the little girl like a little sister. Luckily for the both of them, a boy with a red vest jumped off the Marine wall he was hanging off of, grabbed her and pulled her into his chest as his back faced the ground. The two of them raced over to the two and breathed an immense sigh of relief at seeing the little girl was alright.

"Thanks mister" Rika thanked her savior before she took notice of the pink haired woman and blonde haired man she viewed as siblings "Sakura-neechan! Naruto-niichan!" Sakura wrapped her arms around the little girl protectively. The two of them were so scared something might happen to Rika. They both cared for the girl a lot.

"Luffy are you two okay?" a voice shouted in front of the two. Sakura and Naruto looked up to see the supposedly pink haired boy they had heard about. It was really strange. He did have pink hair. Sakura turned her attention from the boy to look over Rika to make sure she didn't have any injuries. Thankfully she didn't "Are you alright little girl? I can't believe how cruel that guy is!" The black haired boy calmly picked up his straw hat and stared at the wall. Naruto's attitude was slightly different.

"Who did this?" he grabbed the pink haired boy by the shirt and lifted him up to Naruto's eye level "Tell me which son of a bitch did this? I'll rip his fucking head off!" The boy was visibly shaken and looked like he was going to have a heart attack. The boy couldn't believe how scary this blonde guy was. He was probably scarier than Zoro!

And just like that, the pink haired woman smacked him into the ground "2 things Naruto: 1: language, Rika is here now. And 2: quit scaring the poor boy. He looks like he's gonna die of a heart attack" Coby now viewed the pink haired woman as just as scary as the blonde. Now that he thought of it, this woman also had pink hair. Maybe she was a distant relative or something

The blonde pulled himself from the ground like it was nothing! He then rubbed the back of his head as he calmed down and then he grinned like this happened all the time "Sorry about that. Both me and Sakura are a little protective of Rika here"

"I-It's alright. I understand" Coby smiled nervously at the blonde.

"I'm Naruto by the way. Naruto Uzumaki" the blonde, now named Naruto, held out his hand.

"My name is Coby" the two shook hands as Naruto introduced the other two

"The little girl your friend saved is Rika and the pink haired woman is my wife, Sakura Uzumaki"

"Hello" the pink haired girl smiled and shook hands with him.

"Hello…wait! You guys are married?"

"Yeah? Is there a problem?" Naruto asked curiously

"W-Well it's just that I didn't expect someone so young to get married already"

Naruto laughed a little before answering "It's fine! I figured people would think like this. The reason is we have known each other since we were kids and we finally decided to get married a year ago. Thankfully this town lets 17 year olds get married!" he grinned while scratching the back of his head.

"Oh! I see now" that seemed perfectly acceptable. Those two must be really in love to want to get married as soon as they were legal to.

"Hey where is your friend? I want to thank him for saving Rika" Sakura looking around for the black haired boy.

That got Coby looking around frantically for his friend "Oh great! Where did he run off to now?"

"Well let's head back to Rika's place. I'm sure we'll meet up with him there" Sakura suggested. And so the four of them walked down the road towards Rika's home. When they were about to reach the back door to Rika's place, they saw the black haired boy walking towards them from the other side of the street. The boy just grinned at the five as they sat down on the steps.

"Hey. Thank you for saving Rika" Sakura bowed in thanks to the boy.

Said boy just grinned and waved it off "That's okay. I'm just glad she wasn't hurt"

"Well thank you anyway. My name is Sakura Uzumaki" she then directed his attention to the blonde next to her "And this is my husband, Naruto"

Naruto held out his hand and shook it with the boy's "Hey!"

"Hi! I'm Monkey D. Luffy!" the boy grinned. What he said next shocked the two ninjas "I'm gonna be King of the Pirates!"

The couple's eyes bulged and jaws dropped. This guy was a pirate? How can he be a pirate? From what the both of them have heard, pirates were supposed to be ruthless, cold, rude, and bloodthirsty. This guy looked like he wouldn't even hurt a fly. Maybe they should just stop listening to rumors.

They tensed when they heard this and Coby seemed to catch on to what they were thinking "Wait! Wait! Luffy is a good pirate!"

The two ninja looked like he had grown an extra head? How can a pirate be good? It was then that Sakura remembered reading in a book about Peace Main pirates. They were pirates who didn't pillage towns, rape women or killed innocent people. They just sailed the seas looking for treasure. Sakura relayed the information to Naruto and everything calmed down from there.

It turns out Luffy is a nice guy. He even informed Rika that he met with Zoro and he ate the rice ball she had made. She was really happy about that. Sakura and Naruto weren't all that enthused at Rika's visits with the pirate hunter. Granted when Rika went out to give food to him, Naruto sent a Shadow Clone to make sure she was safe. That didn't help with how dangerous it was for Rika to give Zoro food. Morgan wouldn't hesitate to have her execute her if he found her. From there, Rika explained why Zoro was tied up to that post in the execution yard. It was around this time that a commotion was heard from inside the bar. The five quietly moved into the bar without anyone noticing just as Helmeppo, the cause of the commotion, kicked his feet on a bar table, knocking food off the table.

"I wonder what I should do now? Maybe I should execute that Zoro! Maybe that will entertain me!" OKAY! NOW HE DIES! Naruto didn't care anymore! He could care less if he got in trouble! As long as he get one hit on his smug- *SMACK!* Ass…..HEY NO FAIR HE WANTED TO DO THAT! Naruto watched as Luffy smacked Helmeppo in the face. Everyone one was shocked that the boy did that. No one was able to hurt Helmeppo for fear of him telling his dad and executing.

"Y-YOU JUST HIT ME! NO ONE HAS EVER HIT ME BEFORE!" Helmeppo screamed while holding his cheek.

"Luffy don't do it!" Coby held Luffy back as the boy tried to go back and pummel the coward again.

"This guy is scum!" Luffy shouted

"I'll get you for this!" Helmeppo threatened

"Stop hiding behind your flunkies and fight like a man!"

"WE'LL SEE HOW BRAVE YOU ARE WHEN I TELL MY FATHER ON YOU! YOU'LL SEE!" Helmeppo stored out of the bar with his two marine guards.

"That was a really stupid thing you did, Luffy" Naruto sighed. He couldn't believe there was some guy that was just like he was when he was a kid. He could only groan in aggravation at the sheer stupidity of when he was a kid.

"I've decided Coby! I've going to get Zoro to join my pirate crew!" Luffy proclaimed. Naruto and Sakura were shocked. They couldn't believe the idiocy and confidence of this guy! They were reminded so much of how Naruto used to act. No, he was even worse! Sakura could believe she had met someone who was dumber than her husband used to be. She didn't think it was possible. Well this was a strange world so she should expect things like things to happen.

"I'll have to ask you to leave please" Ririka told Luffy. Luffy looked at her and smiled before heading out the door.

"I'll make sure he stays out of trouble, Ririka" Naruto assured her

She smiled "Thanks a lot, Naruto. I really appreciate it"

"It's no problem" he grinned as he walked out the door, followed by Sakura and Coby.

Waiting outside was Luffy who grinned at them. Luffy wanted to talk to Zoro again so they followed him to the execution grounds. When they arrived, it seemed like Zoro was in a trance. Luffy nonchalantly hopped over the wall and walked towards where Zoro was while the three others waited hung out by the wall to make sure that they don't get spotted.

Zoro seemed to come out of his trance and noticed Luffy standing in front of him "You again? Don't have better things to do than bother me?" Okay Naruto took back what he said earlier. This guy is definitely a combination of Zabuza and Sasuke. When he whispered the comparison in Sakura's ear, she almost died of laughter. She could totally see it! Thankfully she was able to contain her laughter with her hands so the Marine guards didn't hear.

"I'll untie you only if you agree to join my crew" Luffy ignoring his question

"What crew?"

"My pirate crew. I'm putting together a pirate crew"

"I'd never stoop so low as to become a pirate. Screw that noise"

"And what is so wrong with being a pirate?" clearly Luffy didn't get why pirates were so bad.

"They're despicable thieves who pillage people. I'd never join up with someone who was a pirate"

"Oh! Come on! Everyone already knows of you as a blood thirsty bounty hunter. Becoming a pirate can't be much better" Luffy did have a point, weirdly enough.

"People can say whatever they want about me. I don't care. I'll make it through this and then I'll accomplish my goals!" He held a smirk on his face and a look of determination.

Luffy just stared blankly at him "Yeah…Well I've already decided you're gonna be on my crew"

"What you can't do that!" Zoro shouted. Man was this kid irrational. He didn't take Zoro's feelings into consideration at all. Sakura is so thankful her husband is not like that now.

"I hear you're the best swordsman around" Luffy moving onto a different topic

"Well! Yeah I am! But that stupid Captain's son took my swords!"

"Then I'll just have to get them back from him" like it was the simplest thing in the world.

"What?"

"If you want your swords back, you'll have to join my crew!" Oh great! Now he was blackmailing to join! What other nonsensical things was he going to do now!

"NOW YOU'RE REALLY STARTING TO PISS ME OFF!" Zoro roared. Luffy ignored him and ran off towards the Marine base gates "Hey genius! The base is in the other direction!" Yep. This guy was dumber than a log.

Naruto turned to Sakura as they discussed what to do.

"So, what do you think we should do Sakura-chan?"

"I don't know. It looks like there is no stopping him when he is like that" she sighed in exasperation. This kid was a major headache.

"Hey! I got it! Why don't we use Luffy as a distraction to find out where we can get that key!" this was the perfect opportunity to get it!

"But we already searched everywhere for it. It's probably in that safe in Morgan's office but we don't have the code to get in it" Either Mizuki or Morgan has it and she doubts either of them will just hand it over.

"That's why we capture Mizuki. I could scare him into giving me the code and then kick his ass"

"Why don't I just trap him in a genjutsu? It would be much easier"

"No, I need you to watch over Coby and make sure that he stays safe. With the Marines running around all over the place, they might see him and shoot him. He can't defend himself and I doubt Zoro can withstand bullets"

She sighed "Alright. Just make sure that you stay safe"

"Aren't I always?" Naruto grinned as he jumped over the wall and climbed the wall into a window

"That's what I'm afraid of…" she whispers as she too jumps over the wall to join Coby and Zoro.

With Naruto

He carefully snuck around each corner. Hoping to find Mizuki somewhere. It seems Luffy disturbed the hornet's nest and now all Marines were scrambling to find the straw hat kid. Every corner he turned, there seemed to more Marines. After wandering through the base for what seemed like hours, he finally found the bastard.

Mizuki was just going over some reports in his office when he felt a prickling on his neck. Mizuki's face turned to one of horror as he noticed what appeared to be a slick knife put to his neck.

"Now I'm only going to ask you this once! Tell me the code to the safe in Morgan's office or you'll die!" Naruto smirked behind the man. He used his fox chakra to make his voice appear deeper and unrecognizable.

"I-I-It's 7485! I-I swear!" by the sound of his voice, Mizuki sounded like he was about to shit his pants.

"Thank you" Naruto knife handed the back of his neck and Mizuki fell unconscious. Naruto made sure he tied him up good before he left. No sense in letting the slime get away. "Now to get to Morgan's office!" he declared as he raced off to get the key.

With Sakura

Sakura was sighing as she watched Coby trying to untie the pirate hunter "You know that you're going to get in a lot of trouble for doing this"

"I-I can't stand how the Marines are acting now! It's so dishonorable!" Coby is still trying to untie a knot.

"Listen kid! I don't want to leave! I still have 10 days here! And-"Zoro tried to explain to the boy but Sakura cut him off.

"Actually they're going to execute you tomorrow"

Zoro just gawked at her. He was going to be executed tomorrow? So that whinny little brat wasn't going to live up to his promise like he thought.

"Yeah! That Helmeppo guy was talking about it in the bar. Luffy got mad at that and knocked him flat!" Coby added

"Really?" He was honestly surprised. He didn't expect a guy like that to grow violent for something like this.

"We've got to get you out of here before the Marines catch you" he stopped with trying to untie the ropes to look at the swordsman "Don't worry, I won't ask you to join Luffy's crew" He then went back to trying to untie the ropes "You have a lot of strength that could help him. Luffy's the only one who can save you from execution and you are the only one who can save him from being killed.

"End of the line brats!" The three of them turned to see the leader of the base himself, Captain Morgan, with a large amount of Marines holding rifles "For the crime of treason against me, I sentence all three of you to death!"

Coby was freaking out, Zoro was glaring and Sakura just sighed "Oh great! Now we're criminals! And after life just got relaxing! I mean, we had such a good life here so far! If it wasn't for Morgan and his two asshole lackeys, me and Naruto would have just lived the peaceful life together! We would have had kids, sent them to school, and spend the rest of our days in this quiet town. Now we're mixed up in Luffy, Zoro and, Coby's other business!" Sakura casually dug into her pocket and pulled out her two black gloves. She only wore them when she and Naruto went out for training.

"You guys have pulled some interesting moves. Did you talk them into starting a cue with the Straw Hat guy, MRS. UZUMAKI?" Sakura impassively slipped on one of her gloves as she glared at the man. She would never do anything to put the lives of the villagers in jeopardy. If anything it was these two dumbasses faults for getting their noses too deep in this! She just sighed again. Well no use thinking about what happened in the past. She is no declared a criminal, so she might as well deal with it.

"I fight on my own like a real man. And not someone who hides behind his cronies!" Zoro mocked the man but he didn't seem to notice.

"Roronoa Zoro. Don't you dare mock me! You may be a great fighter but compared to my status, you're nothing but a weak mouse"

Sakura just sweat dropped "And how does status have anything to do with how strong you are?" She has seen high ranking officials before and quite a few of them were weak looking. She knows that Gato was high and rank in industry but was weak as hell. It was a long time ago since that mission. Sigh….Wait…was she in the middle of something?

"READY! AIM!" Oh! Right! Trying to prevent being shot at! Sakura pulled her back just as he yelled "FIRE!" Her fist was close to hitting when a blur flashed in front of her. This shocked her so much that it caused her to lose control of her chakra and fall flat on her face. The blur that stepped in front of her was Luffy! She along with everyone else could only watch as the bullets hit his body!

"Luffy!" Coby screamed but it seemed it wasn't needed as all of them watched in shock as the bullets stretched through his body and out of his back.

The boy just grinned as the bullets got flung from his body and flew off in different directions. Thankfully it looked like none of the bullets hit someone.

Sakura's eyes bulged and her jaw dropped. WHAT THE HELL? THE BULLETS REBOUNDED OFF HIS BODY? WHAT IS THIS GUY? She knew that this was not normal. No man could bounce bullets off his body! That could only mean one thing "Devil fruit…" she whispered. It was the only thing she could think of. It's seems Luffy found a really useful Devil Fruit. This guy is impervious to any projectiles except sharp things.

"W-What the hell are you?" Zoro seemed to speak her question.

The boy just grinned as he turned to the pirate hunter "My name is Monkey D. Luffy. And I'm gonna be King of the Pirates!" He even did a thumb's up. Sakura hoped to god he didn't do a tooth sparkle. It was already creepy enough he did the thumbs up….Phew! No tooth sparkle!

"You're going to be King of the Pirates? You must be absolutely insane!" Zoro yelled. Sakura was beginning to think so too "Do have any idea what that means?"

"King of the Pirates means King of the Pirates. You can't get much simpler than that" Luffy explained like it was the most common thing in the world. Zoro just gawked at his sheer stupidity.

"I know it sounds crazy but he's completely serious! He has every intention of becoming King of the Pirates and finding the One Piece!" Coby exclaimed.

Luffy grinned again as he reached behind his back and pulled off three swords that must have belonged to Zoro "Here I did what I promised. I brought all three swords because I couldn't tell which one was yours"

"All of them are mine" Zoro stated as he tried to wiggle his arms out of his binds but couldn't "I practice 'Santoryu' the three sword style" Wait…How does he use three swords? If he holds one in each hand, where does he put the third one? The only other place to put it would be….EWW! She really hoped he didn't put it there! Not only is it unsanitary, but it also should hurt really badly when trying to block attacks!

"Just take these already. You do know though that if you fight with me now, you'll be seen as a villain of the government. So it's either join me and live or stay here and die like the dog they think you are" Luffy didn't give him much of a choice, did he?

"You're like the son of the Devil himself" Zoro just grins despite the situation "If I stay here, I'll die and I can't die yet. So I'll join you"

"Wahoo! You finally joined my crew! This is going to be the best crew ever!" he practically jumped up and down like a little kid.

"WOULD YOU QUIT CELEBRATING AND GET THESE ROPES OFF ME!" Zoro roared

"W-What is he?" one of the marines asked in fear.

"He must be a demon!" another cowered

"Straw Hat is no ordinary human like all of us. He must have eaten one of those devil fruits" Morgan explained.

Sakura turned her concentration from Morgan to Luffy, Coby and Zoro. She had already heard about this already.

"Hurry! Hurry! Untie him! Untie him!" Coby telling Luffy to hurry up while the Marines were distracted.

"I'm trying but they seemed to have these things on here tight!" Luffy grunted in annoyance. If anything, he was only making the knot tighter.

"Quit screwing around and untie me!" Zoro was getting a little frantic.

"All who oppose me are executed! If the guns don't work, we CHARGE!" Morgan shouted as the Marines pulled out there swords and raced towards the three.

"That's funny. The knot seems to be tighter" Luffy looked confused. He thought he almost had it.

"GIVE ME ONE OF MY DAMN SWORDS NOW!" Zoro roared as the Marines were getting closer.

"Relax guys" Sakura said calmly as she cracked her knuckles "I'll take care of this"

They all looked at her like she lost her mind "What are you talking about? You'll be killed!" Coby cried. He didn't want someone he just met to be killed.

"I'll be fine" Sakura cracked her neck as the Marines were about 10 feet away from her.

She lifted up her hand.

10 feet away

Coated her hand with chakra

5 feet away

And then she screamed "SHANNARO!" and slammed her fist into the ground.

What happened next, no one could have guessed.

The ground split open and rocks went flying everywhere. All of the Marines went flying into the wall, or a couple yards away. All of them had major injuries but she made sure she didn't put too much chakra so she could kill them. She did it so they would stay out of the fight. Marines were strewn all over the battlefield as Sakura calmly moved her hand out of the small crater she formed from her fist.

Everyone's jaws dropped and eyes bulged. WHAT THE FUCK? HOW THE HELL DID SHE DO THAT?They couldn't imagine that a petite woman like her would be capable of such colossal damage.

The shock seemed to wear off quickly from Morgan as he growled in anger before shouting to his soldiers "GET UP MEN! DON'T YOU DARE BE BEATEN FROM SOMETHING LIKE THIS!"

"B-But s-sir! She's a monster! There's no way we can be her along with the rubber guy and Zoro!" one of the Marines trembled. The other Marines seemed to agree with him too. There was no way they were going to face those guys. It was running to your own death!

Morgan had a pissed off look on his face "For every Marine who spouts such nonsense, take your gun and shoot yourself. I WILL NO TOLERATE INSUBORDINATION!"

The Marines didn't know what to do. On one hand, if they kill themselves, they wouldn't have to face the three monsters over there but would be dead. But if they fight them, they'll probably die! It took a few moments for them to decide. They may be signing their own death warrant but they felt they had a better chance at living than shooting themselves.

Luffy noticed this and sprinted over to Morgan and tried to slam his fist into the captain's gut but he guarded with his axe hand.

"LOW LIFE RANKLESS PUNK! YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO CHALLENGE MY SUPERIORITY! I'M MARINE CAPTAIN AXE-HAND MORGAN!" Morgan roared as he flung off his captains coat.

"And I'm Luffy. Nice ta meet cha" the straw hat boy greeted seriously. Sakura found it weird that this guy could be so casual and nice around guys like this.

Morgan tried to chop Luffy in half with his axe but he jumped over it. The captain turned around quickly and tried to slice him down the middle but the boy again leaped into the air. The axe hit the ground and made a long vertical line in it. Luffy, while in the air, pulled his feet together and slammed them into Morgan's face. This caused the man to land on his back but he quickly got to his feet again.

"Did you see that? Captain Morgan's been hit!" the Marines cried.

"You punk!" Morgan groaned. Luffy ran at him to smack him but the captain already had his axe hand over his head ready to finish this fight "NOW DIE!" The axe slammed into the ground but the boy was able to twist in the air and round kick the man back onto his back.

"You call yourself a Marine? You crushed my friend Coby's dream!" Luffy socked the guy in the face. He was about to hit again before he heard a whinny loud voice scream behind him

"HEY STRAW HAT! STOP RIGHT THERE!" Helmeppo screamed but Luffy kept beating into the man "I said stop! If you haven't noticed, I have a hostage here!" Helmeppo was pointing a gun at Coby's head.

"Hey!" Zoro called. This brought Luffy out of his beating to notice the situation.

"If you value your friend's life, you won't move! Move an inch and I'll kill him! I SWEAR!" Helmeppo screeched.

It happened so fast, no one knew what happened. One second Coby had a gun pointed at him, the next second a piece of log was in his place. Before anyone else could figure out what the hell happened, Helmeppo felt a sharp object held against his throat.

"Keep perfectly still if you don't want your head to fall off" Sakura growled angrily into the boy's ear. This seemed to get him the message that he was now the hostage.

Luffy grinned as he pulled back his arm for some reason "GUM-GUM…."

It was then that everyone noticed Morgan was already up and was ready to chop Luffy in half "I WILL NOT BE DEFEATED! I AM MARINE CAPTAIN AXE-HAND MORGAN!"

"LUFFY LOOK OUT!" Coby screamed

"PISTOL!" Sakura freaked when she saw the fly fist coming towards her. She jump out of the way just in time to see Helmeppo getting smacked in the face. Turning back, she saw that Luffy was still in one piece.

"Nice one!" Luffy called out. The pink haired medic then noticed two large 'X' shaped wounds on Morgan's chest. The man groaned and then fell to the ground unconscious. Zoro seemed to have taken care of him just before the blade hit. And she was right…..EWWW! Zoro held one sword in each hand and the third one was held IN HIS TEETH! Zoro must have some really strong teeth! She was sure that if it would severely damage his teeth if he tried to block a sword. Either that or he has some amazingly strong teeth! "Thanks, Zoro" Luffy called to his new crewmate.

"Just doing my job, captain" Zoro stated while the straw hat guy just grinned.

"Captain Morgan's been beat! I can't believe it!" the Marines cried as Zoro sheathed his swords.

"If any of you guys want to fight, step forward" Zoro called to them. The Marines looked at each other and…..cheered?

"That's funny. These guys are happy we beat up their captain" Luffy was confused. Weren't these guys going to cower in fear of them or something?

"That's because Morgan has been ruling this island through fear for 3 months" Sakura answered.

No sooner had she said that, Zoro dropped to the ground. The group was concerned and rushed over to him.

"Zoro! Zoro! Are you okay?" Coby cried

"Need…food" the swordsman mumbled.

Sakura just sighed in exasperation "Well of course he's hungry! Let's get him to Ririka's for a nice meal" Luffy picked up the swordsman as the three of them followed the pink-haired woman to Ririka's.

"Do you think Naruto will be alright?" Coby was worried that he might be in trouble.

But Sakura just smiled "Don't worry. My husband will be alright. I bet he'll be along in no time"

Deciding to trust her, Coby and the gang followed her to the bar.

With Naruto

Marine base 153 was designed as a labyrinth of hallways and interconnecting buildings from underground. The base was made this way in case a pirate every tried to run away. The pirate would wonder for hours, possibly days before he found the exit. Not only did the pirate have to worry about the endless hallways, he also had to worry about the snail surveillance cameras that were spread throughout the base. It was through these uses that this base had a record of pirates never breaking out. The only bases that proved higher and better were Navarone, Marine HQ, Impel Down and Ennis Lobby. In one part of the base is the commanding officer's office. This is situated in the middle of the base, in order to relay information all at once from multiple directions as possible.

It is in this room that an intruder has set foot. Because of the commotion going on outside, there weren't many people within the base to watch for intruders. The intruder was a young woman. She wore a short sleeved white shirt with blue stripes around the middle, the sleeves and around the bottom of it. She also wore an orange skirt with white circles on top of each other on each side of the skirt that stopped just past her thighs. Her outfit finished with red heals that matched her short orange hair and brown eyes.

This woman was on a mission. She scoured the room. Pulling out drawers, checking through cabinets, pulling books from shelves. She was searching for 1 in particular item. It was the only reason she was even risking her neck sneaking in here in the first place.

"Now where is it?" she wined in annoyance. She was supposed to be long gone by now. She finally noticed a safe that was hidden behind two barrels. She crouched down and pushed one of the barrels out of the way. She finally found it! She moved to try to find out the combination but found it open already to her surprise. But she didn't care. She opened it further to reveal what she had been searching for "I found it!" She grabbed a rolled up piece of parchment sitting in the safe "A maritime chart of the Grand Line!" She opened it up to reveal a skull and cross bones with a red nose in the middle with a message. It read 'I have flashily stolen the map! Buggy' "This isn't the map! It was taken by Buggy 'The Immortal'!"

"Immortal huh?" a voice called out from behind her.

"WAAH!" she spun around to find a spiky blonde haired man around her age. She didn't expect to find someone in here. She didn't know what to do.

"So you were looking for a map of the Grand Line, huh? Looks like someone beat you to it" the blonde sat down in the commander chair and propped his legs up on the desk.

"I-It wasn't my fault! I didn't expect someone to break into the Marine base already!"

"Like I always say, expect the unexpected" The blonde grinned.

"So what are you doing here then?" She hoped he didn't work for the Marines she would get thrown in jail and she can't have that!

"I'm here to get a key to break out a friend" the blonde said as he started to head towards the door.

"Wait! Didn't you need the key?" She needed to make sure he didn't try to get the Marines.

"Already got it!" the grin still on his face.

"Wait!" she rushed towards him "Don't leave yet…I can make it worth your while" she had a seductive tone to her voice as well as give him a lidded smile. She swayed her hips up to him and hair up and down his chest.

Her rubbing was stopped when a hand from the blonde grabbed one of her hands. The blonde still grinning replied "Sorry! I'm happily married!"

This seemed to catch her off guard and freaked out even more when he disappeared in a puff of smoke. WHAT THE HELL JUST HAPPENED?

Running down the stairs towards the prison, Naruto gained the memories from his Shadow Clone. This caused him to chuckle at the memory "Cute girl but Sakura-chan is much more beautiful!" He finally reached the bottom of the stairs. He found it lead directly to the prison cells. He looked through all of the cells till he came to the 2nd to last cell. In there was a man, who seemed to be in his mid to late 40s, had long silver hair that was tied up in the back like how Neji tied his hair. He had on prison clothes and had a scraggly beard from not shaving in a long while. Even with the beard, Naruto could tell it was Treslock

"Treslock!" Naruto shouted as he raced into the cell. The door had been left wide open because of Morgan's cockiness. He thought that no one would be able to unlock stocks so why would you need the extra protection.

"N-Nar-uto-san?" the man's voice came out cracked from disuse. Naruto felt sorry for the poor man.

"Don't worry Treslock! I've got the key!" Naruto slipped the key into the lock and unlocked the stock. He picked up the horrid device and chucked it against the wall. The stock smashed into the wall and broke into hundreds of pieces, ensuring that no one would fall prey to this torture again!

"W-What…about….Morgan…?" Treslock wheezed air

"Don't talk Treslock. Save your strength. And don't worry. Morgan has been defeated and arrested.

Naruto could feel the relief sweeping over the weakened man. The former Captain worried that Morgan would kill the villagers if he misbehaved. He was always worrying about the villager's safety above his own

"Let's go Treslock. Let's get out of this horrible place" with that Naruto flung the man's arm over his shoulder and exited the prison.

With Sakura and the others

"Ahh man! That was so good! After 3 weeks of not eating, I felt like I was going to gnaw through my bootstrap!" Zoro sighed in contentment as he rubbed his belly from the meal he had just finished. He had finished 3 plates full of food and no one blamed him for eating that much. Going without food for 3 weeks can really famish a guy!

"You're done already? Lightweight!" Luffy mocked him as he shoved more food into his mouth.

Sakura could only gawk at how much he was eating. He was eating about as much as Naruto when it came to eating ramen! She guessed that by eating the Gum Gum fruit, he is able to stretch out his stomach to incorporate the extra food.

After they got back to Ririka's bar, Ririka thanked them for saving the town by making them a big meal. During the meal, Zoro told the group how he wanted to be the greatest swordsman in the world. He told Luffy straight out that if Luffy's plans to become King of the Pirates interferes with his dreams, then he would have Luffy commit seppuku as an apology. It was a little extreme for Sakura but Luffy agreed anyways.

Luffy then explained to them that he ate the Gum Gum fruit and was a rubber person. While some were shocked at this piece of information, they all accepted it.

"How the hell does a guy eat more than a guy who hasn't eaten in weeks?" Zoro pointing to Luffy's 6 plates of food.

"Because the food tastes so good! Right, Coby?" Luffy called to his slightly chubby friend

"Y-Yeah. Thanks a lot for the food" Coby thanked Ririka politely

"It's my pleasure! I mean you guys did save the town!" Ririka said cheerily

"You're the most amazing man I've ever met besides Naruto-niichan and Sakura-neechan!" Rika stated

"Yeah! And I'm gonna be even more amazing once I go to the Grand Line!" Luffy boasted. He then turned to Sakura "That reminds me. Sakura, you and Naruto are gonna join my crew!"

Sakura had been drinking some water when that happened and promptly did a spit take. She was coughing for air as she tried to give him an answer "WHAT? DON'T GO DECIDING WHOSE GONNA JOIN YOU WITHOUT THEIR CONSENT!" Sakura shouted.

"Nope. I've decided. You both are gonna be on my crew!" The grin never left his face.

"B-But I haven't even discussed it with Naruto yet!"

"Discussed what?" a voice came from the entrance of the bar. They turned to see Naruto standing there looking at them curiously.

"Naruto!" Sakura rushed to him and enveloped him in a big hug. She felt so safe in his arms. She wished she could stay in them all the time. She wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled him into a kiss. Naruto grinned into it and responded in kind. Ririka and Rika thought it was cute. Coby was blushing and looking away in embarrassment. Zoro looked away in a huff. And Luffy just stared blankly till they finished. They pulled apart having trouble breathing a little before Sakura asked something that had been on her mind "Hey, what took you so long? Did you run into any trouble? And were you able to free Treslock?"

Naruto just chuckled as he answered her questions "I ran into Mizuki but I took him out easily. It was hard to find Morgan's room in that crazy Marine base! I got the key without any trouble and freed Treslock. He was pretty weak so I took him to the hospital. He's resting now from malnutrition"

Sakura sighed in relief. She was really worried about Treslock. He was a friend of the two of them and she was happy hearing he was alright. She was also a little worried about how long it took Naruto to find the key and Treslock but she was worried for naught.

"So what was this thing that you wanted to discuss with me?" Naruto asked his wife.

"Oh! That's right! Luffy hear is pretty much decided for himself that we were going to join his crew!" Seriously, was this Luffy kid dropped on his head when he was a baby!

Naruto raised an eyebrow at this "Join his crew? Why would we want to do that?"

"I don't know! He just decided it without our opinion!" Sakura hoped Naruto would see how frustrated she was now.

"I can see how this would be beneficial to us" Naruto got a serious look on his face as he thought about it.

"How so?" Sakura was curious

"Well. We are proclaimed an enemy of the Marines now so we can't stay here anymore. We don't have any ship to travel. We don't know any other place to go. And they are the only ones we know out on the seas"

Sakura sighed. He did have a point. Neither of them knew how to navigate and being out on the ocean without a navigator was really bad. Sighing, she turned to the rubber man.

"Fine. Looks like we're joining your crew"

"YEESS!" Luffy cheered "I'm getting closer to my dream of being King of the Pirates!" The boy proclaimed with a grin across his face.

Naruto smiled as he watched the guy exclaim his dream. This guy reminded him so much of when he was a kid; spouting off how he was going to become the greatest Hokage and gaining the villager's respect. He would make sure that this kid's dream did come true.

Sakura smiled as she saw the look on his face. She knew exactly what he was thinking and agreed with him. She would always support and follow Naruto, every step of the way.

"So how many have you gathered on your crew besides the three of us?" Zoro asked. The couple was wondering this too. They had hoped he had reliable crew members aboard "You told me you were gathering a crew to become King of the Pirates. So I must assume you have somebody with you already?"

"Nope, just you guys" the three of your jaws dropped at this bit of information.

"Then you mean…"

"Yep just us four"

"So the four of us are what amounts to a pirate crew?" Naruto and Sakura were already skeptical of their new captain.

"What's wrong with that? We're a couple of strong guys and one monstrously strong- UMPH!" Before he could finish that sentence, Naruto flew over the table and covered Luffy's mouth. Naruto could already tell his wife had a tick mark on her forehead and if he said anything else, he was going to be smack into the ocean!

"Listen, Luffy. Don't under any circumstances call Sakura-chan monstrously strong or anything like that! You are only going to end up at the bottom of the ocean for something like that!" Naruto whispered so only Luffy could hear.

Luffy's eyes widened in surprise and fear before shaking his head in confirmation. Sighing in relief, Naruto pulled his hand from his mouth and sat next to his lover.

"What was he going to say, Naruto?" there was an edge in her voice that promised pain if he commented about her strength.

"It's nothing Sakura-chan" Naruto wrapped his arm around her and had her lean against him. This seemed to calm her down and get Luffy out of the fire.

"Please tell me you at least have a ship" Zoro pleaded after he got the conversation back on track.

"Yep it's right out there" Luffy pointed out the window to a dingy boat on the water which just so happened to have a dog pee on it at that exact moment.

"You're kidding" Zoro deadpanned while looking out the window.

"Are we going to be able to all fit in there?" Sakura questioned how they were going to get 4 people in that thing. There would be no leg room and you would all be crunched together.

"Don't worry Sakura. You can have one of my spare boats" Ririka suggested

"No! No! We couldn't do that to you!" Sakura didn't want to inconvenience Ririka and Rika just because they didn't have enough space.

"It's no trouble. Besides we can use this as a thank to you guys for all that you have done for us"

Seeing that there was no getting out of it, Sakura agreed.

"Don't worry guys! We'll get an enormous boat soon! You'll see!" Luffy proclaimed.

Zoro just laughed at the ridiculousness of it all "And how's that?"

"And with great big flag on top" Luffy was off in his own little world now.

Zoro was massaging his forehead along with Naruto and Sakura at the sheer stupidity of it all.

"I guess Luffy doesn't have the part of the brain to plan out things well" Coby joked. Though that would explain a lot of things.

"I can't believe I have him as my captain" Zoro grunted

"Me neither" Naruto and Sakura responded

"Don't sweat it guys! We'll get some more crew members soon. You'll see" Luffy tried to cheer them up.

"Hey Luffy, where are your crew leaving after here?" Rika asked innocently

"Isn't it obvious? The Grand Line of course!"

Coby spewed orange juice out of his nose before he shouted "The Grand Line with only 4 crew members? Have you lost your mind?" When did Luffy ever have it?

"I've heard about it but I didn't know it was so awful" Rika told them

"It's worse than that!" Koby explained.

Sakura and Naruto tuned this out as they discussed what they were going to do after this. They decided they would head back to their place, grab as much stuff as they could need and leave right after.

"Why do you care? You're not coming with us" Zoro stated to Coby after his explanation about the Grand Line

"I know but I still worry! Can't I worry about the 4 of you? Even though we haven't met each other too long ago, I still view Luffy as a friend" He then looked at the straw hat kid "We are still friends, right?"

Luffy grinned and responded "Of course! Even if we part ways, we'll still be friends!"

Coby formed a sad smile on his face after hearing this "I never had any friends when I was a kid. I didn't even have someone to support my dreams. But by meeting you guys, I have learned to go for my dreams and become a Marine!"

Sakura looked over at Naruto. He had a small sad smile on his face when Coby talked about his childhood. It reminded him of how bad his childhood was. In order to know she was here for him, she held Naruto's hand and intertwined his fingers. This caused Naruto to smile at his pink haired lover. He knew what she was doing and he really appreciated it.

"Well, we'll meet you guys at the harbor. We got to get some stuff from our house" Naruto told Luffy

"Sure. We'll see you there" Luffy nodded

Sakura and Naruto walked out of the bar after waving goodbye to Ririka and Rika. After they exited the bar, they noticed that the villagers were crowded around the building. A small cheer and thanks of appreciation were thrown to the two ninja. They both blushed and nervously made their way to their home.

Once inside, they went straight to the bed room and started pulling out clothes. Naruto left the room for a brief moment before returning with multiple sealing scrolls. They figured it would be much easier to store the clothes, shoes, toiletries, equipment and other miscellaneous things in them. Figuring that they probably won't come back here for a long time, they sealed all of their clothes, shoes, toiletries and equipment into the scrolls. Naruto and Sakura stored the couple of jutsu scrolls that they had on them, before they were brought to this world, in one scroll. In the miscellaneous bag, they decided to put in the many pictures that they had a journal for cataloging their travels, ink, paper and instructions for sealing jutsu. After everything was stored, they headed out the door and took one last look at their house.

Both were sad to leave this place. They had lived in this house for a year and had gotten attached to the place. Deciding that it was best time to go, Sakura slipped her hand into Naruto's and headed down to the pier to meet their friends.

They found their friends just finishing off untying the ropes keeping the boat secured. Naruto and Sakura saw the boat Ririka gave them next to theirs. The boat wasn't that big. Granted it was bigger than Luffy's boat with the small room built into the middle of the ship.

"You got everything?" Zoro called to them. The couple nodded as they started to pull out to sea. Naruto pulled their boats next to each other and secured them together with a rope.

You were pretty far away before you all heard shouting come from the shore "LUFFY!"

They turned to see Coby saluting them "I will never forget what you have done for me! Thank you so much! I can't wait till we see each other again!"

"See ya later, Coby!" Luffy called out to his friend.

"Bye niichan! Sakura-neechan! Naruto-niichan!" Rika cried out to the three of them.

"Have a safe journey you two!" Ririka shouted out.

"Bye Rika! Ririka! We'll see you again!" Naruto and Sakura waved to the mother and daughter that they got to know so well.

"ATTENTION! SALUTE!" a cry was heard from the Marines as the whole regimen saluted the pirates.

"Well here's one for the history books. A Marine saluting a pirate" Zoro just grinned

Luffy just laughed as they sailed off towards the sunset "We now set off on our journey. LET'S GO! OFF TO THE START OF OUR ADVENTURES!" With that, the two boats sailed off into the sunset. The start of an adventure of a lifetime had begun for the four of them. One that they will be sure to never forget.

AND END!

Author Noted:

WHEPH! I finally finished the chapter! It took forever to finish this! Anyways I hope you enjoyed this long chapter and can't wait till the next one. See you next chapter guys. See ya!