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Rise of the Kaizoukage
Chapter IV: Meet the Straw Hats
It had been a long trip for Naruto and Zoro to get to the beach. Why you ask? Because Zoro seemed to get lost every single second going left when he should have gone right or back the way they came. But now seeing the beach Naruto couldn't help but feel happiness flow through him, he was so close to starting his journey for his dream. Soon the silence was broken by a certain green haired swordsman.
"Damn Bastards! Where the hell did they move the ship to?" Zoro asked/demanded as he helped Naruto off his back. "I swear it was right here!" he shouted gesturing his arms to the empty space in front of them.
Looking around Naruto noticed an odd shape sitting close to the beach roughly half a mile north of where they were. Upon further eye strain Naruto noticed the object had a distinct ship-like shape and there was what looked like a person and an animal waving them over.
"Hey Zoro, is that your ship over there?" Naruto asked as he pointed to the ship.
Taking a look Zoro said "well what do ya know its Usopp and Chopper. Let's go Naruto."
Sure enough Zoro began running towards the two figures leaving Naruto in the dust desperately trying to catch up to no avail. By the time Naruto Reached Zoro and the other two they seemed to be deep in conversation that and the reindeer seemed to be replaced by a blue nosed tanuki.
"Oh guys this is Naruto." Zoro said gesturing towards Naruto "and Naruto this is Usopp" gesturing to the man with a long nose "and Chopper" gesturing to the tanuki wearing the funny hat.
"Nice to meet you Naruto. I am the great Captain Usopp feared warrior of the seas but you can call me Usopp if you want." Usopp said shaking Naruto's hand
"OK?" Naruto replied
"Hi I'm Chopper." The reindeer/tanuki thing named chopper said.
"HOLY SHIT IT CAN TALK!" Naruto screamed as he jumped back he really hadn't expected chopper to talk. Then again it was a tanuki with cloths and antlers and a blue nose so it really shouldn't surprise him
"AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!" Chopper screamed as he hid behind Zoro's leg. Thought he was peeking at Naruto al wrong causing him to sweat drop.
"Sorry chopper-san it's just I have never seen a tanuki like you before." Naruto said apologizing
"You think apologizing and calling me unique makes me happy asshole!" Chopper retorted as he seemed to do a happy dance from the compliment. "Wait I'm not a tanuki I'm a reindeer can't you see my antlers!" he yelled as he pointed out his antlers.
"Come on lets meet the rest of the crew!" Zoro said as they got into a small boat and began to head towards the ship. The ship was a brig sloop type ship with a lion/flower/sun figure head adorning the bow. Other than that it had a large room for its crow's nest with another large room at the stern sitting just above a large cannon-like projection. To sum it up Naruto thought it was something out of an anime.
As they climbed up the latter Naruto wondered what the rest of the crew was like since these three seemed to be very nice and very unpirate like.
'What have we gotten ourselves into' Kurama thought 'I just hope that anyone else we meet is more normal' boy was he in for a rude awakening.
Naruto was brought out of his thoughts as he took his first steps on the deck. The deck was a lawn complete with trees a slide and a swing. Looking around Naruto concluded that this place was wonderful.
"OI guys we're Back and we found Zoro!" Usopp called out as he got on the ship. Almost immediately six other people came out of the kitchen.
Two were regular sized men roughly the same age as Usopp and Zoro one had black hair a straw had an open red cardigan revealing an X-shaped scar on his chest he also wore blue shorts with a yellow sash and sandals. The other was a blond whose hair covered his right eye and showed a curly eyebrow over his left, he wore some kind of suit and was smoking a cigarett.
Then Naruto noticed two women one had long flowing orange hair, a tattoo on her left shoulder and wore nothing but bikini top and skinny jeans. The other woman had long black hair white skin and wore a revealing purple top with a long black skirt. Inside his mind Naruto thought both women were freaking gorgeous that was confirmed when Kurama let out a loud wolf whistle. Thank god only Naruto could hear him otherwise he probably would have gotten hit.
The next two really shocked Naruto. One was a large man with massive arms that like most of his body seemed to be made of steel who wore nothing except an open hawian shirt and a speedo. The other was dressed like a rockstar Skeleton with an afro. Seeing these two all Naruto could think about was WTF a weirdo and a skeleton. Kurama was thankful that six people on this ship were normal looking at least.
"ZORO WHERE THE HELL HAVE YOU BEEN! WE'VE BEEN WAITING HERE FOR THE LAST TWO HOURS! HONSELTY WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT YOUR HORIBLE SENCE OF DIRECTION!" The orange haired woman scolded
"WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT SHE-DEVIL MY SENCE OF DIRECTION IS FLAWLESS!" Zoro yelled back
"OI SHITTY-MARIMO HOW DARE YOU YELL AT NAMI-SWAN!" The blond man yelled as he launched a kick at zoro's head only for it to be blocked by Zoro's sword
"YOU SAY SOMETHING ERO-COOK!" Zoro roared as he drew his blades "IF IT'S A FIGHT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR THEN BRING IT ON!" and so began another one of their daily if not hourly fights while everyone pulled out some popcorn and watched.
"There goes my hopes of everyone being sane." Kurama said to himself.
At this moment Naruto spoke up. "Shouldn't somebody stop them?" causing everyone to stop what they were doing and turn towards the blond.
"Who are you?" the straw hat wearing boy asked.
"Oh right I almost forgot guys this is Naruto." Zoro said gesturing towards Naruto "Naruto this is Luffy, Nami, Robin, Franky, Brook and the stupid cook." Zoro said as he pointed to each individual. "HEY" was heard from Sanji
"Hi it's nice to meet you all." Naruto said "you all seem like nice people." he added with a smile.
Most of the Straw hat pirates realized something about this child he was almost like a blond Luffy.
"Naruto-san why don't you tell us about yourself?" Brook the skeleton said
"Well my name is Naruto. I come from a village of shinobi. I like beef Ramen, a certain fuzball I know, reading, training to be a ninja and you guys I guess. there are things I hate people who treat their friends or comrades like nothing, and those that cannot tell the difference between a sealing scroll and the objects sealed inside. My dream is to go on a great adventure mak lots of friends and free my best friend. Believe It!" Naruto
"YOU'RE A NINJA? THAT'S SO COOL! YOU HAVE TO JOIN MY CREW!" Luffy yelled (well more like ordered) as he pumped both his fists in the air and branded a smile much too large for his face. This didn't last long as he was hit on the head by Nami for his childish antics.
"So Naruto-kun what brings you here?" the woman named Robin asked ignoring the commotion behind her
"I hope this one's normal." Kurama told Naruto.
"Naruto said he wants to come with us so we are taking him." Zoro said causing everyone to freak out even Naruto he had not really said that it was all Zoro's idea anyway
"WHAT!" everyone shouted well everyone except Luffy who was excited to be getting a new Nakama though everyone ignored his shouts of "ALRIGHT WE HAVE A NEW NAKAMA!"
"Zoro we can't just take a kid what about his parents? They are probably worried sick about him!" Nami shouted as she pulled on his cheek. "Luffy will you be quiet for one second." Turning to Naruto she asked "Hey Naruto sorry about what this idiot said but do you want us to take you home? I'm sure your family is very worried."
"I don't have a family." Naruto said very quietly. Half true.
"What?" Nami asked stunned by his response.
"Well to be more specific I have a family but they've ignored me since the day I was born in favor of my little sister." Naruto said.
This stunned the entire crew. Some (Luffy) were just about to head to Konoha and raise it to the ground for what was done to their friend.
"What the Hell!" Nami screamed. "No parent should do that to their child! Why on earth did your parents do that?" Nami remembered how the day she returned to her village after she was forced to join Arlong's crew. the villagers had almost literaly thrown her out of the village and demanded that she never return. though she was thankful that they knew her true motives and never meant to hurt her they forgave and were willing to die for her when Arlong broke his end of their deal.
Chopper began to think back to his childhood. being born with a blue nose his herd treated him poorly just for being different and when he ate the human-human fruit they threw him out of the herd. Chopper had then tried to find solace with humans but they treated him as a monster. he would have been alone forever had he never met Dr. Hiluluk the man that took him in an treated him like a son.
Robin's mind flashed with all the scenes from the time she was only a little girl. shunned by her family and the villagers because of her powers, Robin's only friends were the Islands scholars and one giant named Jaguar D. Saul the man that taught her to laugh and that no one is ever born into this world alone. her mind then flashed to the day where she regained her mother but in the end she lost everything as her life on the run began.
Naruto noticed that She, Chopper and Robin were looking at him with understanding eyes as if they had lived his life. making him curious about their lives in particular. maybe he would ask about it one day.
"That's not even the half of it." Naruto added catching everyone by suprise.
"What?" Robin asked with a sense of motherly concern for the boy.
"Hey Naruto maybe you should tell them all the details about your life. I got a feeling that these guys won't treat you any differently." Kurama told Naruto "besides if anything it'll get you a hug from those two bombshells." Kurama added as a perverted grin crossed his face.
"If you want I can tell you guys the whole story." Naruto asked.
"Sure Naruto-kun you can tell us." Robin answered for the whole crew.
So Naruto told them his story how he had the soul of Kurama sealed within him and his sister had his chakra sealed in her. How his parents turned him away every time he approached to just spend time with them. How he was beaten on a regular basis by idiot villagers and nobody stopped them not even his father. He also mentioned how there were a select few that treated him with kindness. Soon he finished his story with the events that lead to his running away including the fact that he stole some important scrolls and how he eventually met Zoro and how he kicked the shit out of the anbu sent to get him.
Once he finished Naruto realized that Luffy and Zoro were sleeping, Franky was balling his eyes out while everyone else was too stunned to say anything. Before he knew it he felt someone pull him into a warm embrace looking up he saw that it was Robin and Nami who made the first move to comfort him much to Kurama's perverted delight.
'Stupid ero-fox' Naruto thought
"Naruto-kun I am going to tell you something an old friend once told me." Robin said with a smile as she looked into his ocean blue eyes "No one is ever born into this world alone some where out there you'll find people who'll protect you. And remember to laugh when times get too difficult like this: Derehsi Dereshi" she started laughing.
the rest of the jerked back by her sudden laughter, clearly she had never done that before. A smile spread on Naruto's face as he joined her in laughter. Soon the entire crew joined in the laughter and forgot all their problems. the sound of Dereshi rang throughout the night
"And he's gone over to the insane side of the force folks."
Backing out of the hug Nami started to order the crew around "Franky take the helm! Brook, Chopper, Usopp and Sanji ready the sails we are leaving."
"AS YOU WISH NAMI-SWAN!" Sanji swooned in love cook mode while everyone else said "Aye-Aye"
"And you two idiots" Nami said as she stood over the sleeping forms of Luffy and Zoro "WAKE UP!" she roared as she stomped her foot into both of their faces waking the men up.
"Hey Naruto"
'Yes Kurama'
"Don't piss that Nami girl off if you know what's good for you." Kurama said
'No complaints on this end fuzball.' Naruto thought as he watched her beat up Luffy and Zoro
"Oi Nami are we all set?" Luffy asked his navigator covered in lumps and briuses
"Awaiting your order's captain" Nami replied
"ALRIGHT SET SAIL!" Luffy ordered as they left the elemental nations behind never looking back. They would not return here for eleven years.
'Here we go Kurama.' Naruto said to the fuzball as tears of joy filled his eyes. as he wiped them away he did not notice the figure on the beach calling his name.
Back in Konoha Minato was pissed off and extremely distraught. First Kakashi returned to the village against his orders although he did return with twenty Anbu in critical condition.
When the Anbu leader had awoken Minato asked him if they had found Naruto, but the Anbu stared Minato in the eye and said "You didn't tell us that we would be fighting a demon Hokage-sama."
Hearing this Minato began to beat the poor anbu because he thought the anbu called Naruto a demon.
"How dare you call my son a demon you sorry excuse for an anbu" Minato yelled as he landed more punches.
"But Hokage-sama I was talking about the man that had kidnapped Naruto. I would never call your son a demon" the leader was able to get out with a newly cracked jaw.
Hearing this Minato stopped and calmed down and began to debrief the Anbu. When he asked for them to describe the man he was only given shudders from the Anbu.
Gathering up his courage the Leader spoke "He was a swordsman most likely a samurai. He wore a green robe with a red sash. He used two swords with such skill that I believe him to be superior to Kushina-sama in terms of swordsmanship."
At this Minato was stunned. Kushina was the best swordsman in all the land of fire. She was on par with several of the swordsmen from Tetsu, Kiri and Kumo including the famed Zabuza Momochi, Darui and several samurai. And according to the Anbu the man who kidnapped Naruto made her look like a noob.
"Is there any other information we may need to know?" Minato asked clearly concerned
"That was no man." The anbu said as he looked out the window "that was a demon in human form."
Kushina Namikaze was having a very bad week. The day she found out Naruto was missing she demanded that she go out and look for him but Minato told her that was a bad idea. She had slapped him for this. Their son was out there alone in the hands of someone horrible and Minato was telling her to stay put.
Kushina had instead gone to see the people mentioned in Naruto's note. Both Anko and Iruka had slammed their doors in her face before she could even get one word out. When she had gotten to the Uchiha household she was met by Mikoto her best friend she was met with a better response.
Mikoto had initially ignored Kushina when she tried to talk to her. So Kushina had to talk to Sasuke and Itachi instead.
Both boys had treated Naruto well almost like another brother as such both were hesitant about talking to Kushina because they knew how much she and everybody else in the village had hurt him. Itachi being the bigger man talked to Kushina in private so nobody knew he was talking to her.
He told her about all the times he and Anko had saved Naruto from the Villagers. How the Naruto she thought she knew was only a fragile mask about to break at any second, and even how Naruto had been planning to runaway. When he finished his story Kushina was hugging her knees while she cried a waterfall. She had seen just how badly she had failed her son. No not her son she no longer had the right to call him that unless he forgave her which she doubted would ever happen. Kushina vowed infront of Itachi that when she finds Naruto she would make it up to him. No matter what the cost.
To make matters worse her daughter Natsumi's behavior had gone from bad to worse and Kushina had noticed this while Minato did not. Upon discovering their daughter's behavior Kushina felt disgusted with herself. She had ignored her son for this brat of a child. Not one to give in Kushina had resolved herself to change Natsumi's attitude for the better which was tough when her Husband and the entire village were against her thinking Natsumi was perfect and could do no wrong.
For the last week when she was not looking for Naruto or trying to learn about him, Kushina spent most of her time in his room, crying to herself unable to forgive herself for the atrocity she had commited against her son. There had been exactly four nights where she slept on his bed staining his pillow with her tears all the while repeating one name. Naruto.
End Chapter 4
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