"Speaking"
"Thoughts"
"Flashbacks"
"Attacks"
Places
Time again for another chapter. Still don't own either One Piece or Naruto
Sevenar: 1) Sasuke left suddenly and without any kind of warning. He was aware of what was happening to Kurama and thus was able to make peace with it faster.
2)Your correct in those assumptions and I just chose a different way because its my story.
3)I found that out after I wrote that chapter and will work that into the story. In Naruto they have people that can move faster than the human eye and almost everyone in op can dodge bullets so I made a call.
Whitedorumon: I have my reasons for them to wear them
==========Floral Village==========
Shikamaru sluggishly walked behind Temari and Sakura as they continued their window shopping adventure. He was skimming through one of the new books he bought, History of the World Government, and keeping a safe distance from the duo. Temari was still peeved at him for spending all "her" money and Sakura, being a good friend, was treating him the same.
"Don't know why she's mad, not like she doesn't enjoy reading to. Troublesome woman" he flipped the page he was reading and focused back on the book.
"Hey isn't that Tenten?" he stopped behind the too and looked into the window Sakura was pointing at. Tenten was looking at racks of weapons and seemed to be talking to the clerk behind the counter.
"Figures she would be in a weapons shop. Let's see what she's found" Temari smiled as the three walked into the store
"And what's this?" Tenten held up a long plain looking rifle
"That my dear is your basic rifle, no tricks or extras added. Single shot before reloading best used for practicing before investing in a more advanced version." Tenten nodded and then both turned to see Temari, Shikamaru and Sakura walking into the store.
"Hey guys how's your day going?" the three smiled and Sakura held up a book
"Me and Shikamaru found some books a few stores down but mostly window shopping. I see you've found a place to spend your day" Tenten giggled and nodded
"Ya I've been learning about some different weapons I haven't seen before" Shikamaru nodded and looked at the clerk
"I hope our friend hasn't been to troublesome for you" the man laughed and shook his head, while Tenten shot him a glare
"It's good to meet someone as interested in weapons as her" he shot her a wink and made the rest laugh. Temari moved to the glass case in the store and was inspecting the blade
"This is a beautiful blade" the man smiled and shook his head
"I think I should start charging people to look at it. I'd have made a fortune on that alone today" Tenten chuckled and turned to the others
"So where are the others?" the trio shrugged and Sakura moved to the case to inspect the blade
"Who knows, probably aimlessly walking around the village" the others laughed before Tenten turned to the clerk
"Well I think I've taken up enough of your time, we should head back and find the rest of our team" he nodded and waved as the group started to head out
"You come back anytime young lady" Tenten smiled and waved goodbye as they made their way out. The group turned and started heading towards the dock, Shikamaru falling slightly back as the girls talked about what they had seen through the day.
Soon they made it back to the ship and everyone stopped when they saw Naruto sitting on the deck holding a pair of handcuffs
"Ummm Naruto what are you doing" he chuckled and hopped up
"Actually I'm just a clone. The boss and Sai ran into the Marines and are being taken to the local base for questioning" the shinobi all looked shocked at that information, Shikamaru recovered first and let out a sigh
"Troublesome, what did they do?" the clone pointed to the girls
"Long story short the Marines took them in because they have information on those three" the girls looked between themselves before Temari turned back to the clone
"How the hell did they know that? We never ran into anyone back on that island" the clone shrugged and started twirling the handcuffs on a finger
"They didn't say but the boss is going to try and figure that out along with any extra information he can. Well that's everything I know so I'll be off, O and boss said don't worry about him and Sai" the clone was gone in a puff of smoke.
Shikamaru closed his book and eyes in thought as the girls began to discuss the information they just heard
"How did they figure out that Naruto and Sai were tied to the girls? They left the scene via rooftop and didn't run into anyone until they got on the boat. I don't remember any Marines nearby when they landed and even if there were any Naruto wasn't here and Sai was down below"
He sat down against the railing and placed his hands in front of him to gather his thoughts. Temari saw him doing this and held her hands up to stop the girls from talking, she knew when he did this he was thinking hard and would want quiet. The girls waited quietly for him to finish knowing if anyone would figure it out it was Shikamaru
After a minute his eyes snapped open and he looked at the girls to confirm his suspicion and let out a sigh
"Something so simple" the girls all exchanged a confused look and Temari stepped towards him
"What's so simple?"
"What's the one thing all of us have in common?" the girls exchanged a confused look, Shikamaru reached up and flicked his headband and they all stared at him wide eyed and unconsciously moved their hands towards their headbands.
"As troublesome as it sounds they are the only way we can all be connected." He stood up from the railing and headed towards the door leading below deck "I need to think, when Choji and Lee show up tell them what's going on and everyone remove your headbands for now" the girls all nodded slowly and removed their bands. Tenten pulled hers off and stared at it
"It's funny" the other two looked up at her "I've been wearing this thing almost every day for seven years and this is the first time it's ever caused trouble" she had a sad smile on her face as she pulled a storage scroll out of her pocket and sealed her headband in it.
======== Naruto and Sai, Kos Island Marine Base ==========
"Do you think they'll have ramen here, I'm kind of hungry?" Sai shrugged his shoulders
"I am not sure Naruto-kun but it couldn't hurt to ask" Naruto nodded as he looked out the window at the dock. Marines were moving up and down the dock from different boats, hauling things back and forth. He saw a few standing near the boat with rifles on their backs and swords at the ready
"Alright let's go you two" the shinobi turned to the door as a few Marines came in. Sai stood up and the two silently followed the sailors off the boat and out onto the docks. Naruto looked around as they were marched towards a large white fortress with a Marine flag flying off of the keep. He and Sai were taking in the area, watching the men's movements how tall the walls were and distance from the walls to the building.
After minutes of walking they came to a hallway with multiple doors, Naruto and Sai were both lead into different rooms but both were similar. They were both pure white, a single wooden table with two simple chairs on either side of it. To the right of the door was a large mirror in the wall, Naruto sighed and went over to the mirror. He stopped a few feet away and jumped into the air, pulling his knees to his chest he slide his hands under his legs and in front of him. Once he landed he walked to the mirror and breathed on it than using his finger wrote hi backwards on the mirror. Smiling he walked back to the table and sat in the chair facing the window, put his feet up on the table and leaned back closing his eyes.
Sai examined the room as he walked in to it, in his opinion it wasn't a very good interrogation room.
"White walls that make the room seem bright instead of darker; the room is a comfortable temperature, even the walk here gave me no sense of fear or intimidation." He let out a sigh and sat down at the table, as he sat he slipped his hands down his legs and in front of him. He shook his head as he placed his hands on the table.
"Why do people cuff hands behind the back where they can't see their hands?" He closed his eyes and let out a long breath as he relaxed into his seat.
Isumo looked at the dark haired shinobi through the one way glass and shook his head, turning back he saw Naruto relaxed and his message on the window. Shaking his head he snapped to attention as the door opened and Captain Lusius walked into the room with two men behind him. Both were in white trench coats and white fedoras on their heads, under their coats they wore black suits with blue ties over white button up shirts. The Captain slowly walked to the window facing Naruto, a smirk went across his face when he saw the message, than he turned and looked at Sai.
"What is your opinion Sergeant?"
"Sir, them seem far to calm" the Captain nodded and turned his attention the men that followed him in
"These men are Warrant Officer's Alan and Tranz" the two men nodded to Isumo
"They are our best interrogators and will be leading the investigation."
"Permission to watch from here sir" the Lusius gave him a nod and grunt in reply than looked to the Warrant Officers
"You may begin whenever you want" the men saluted and walked out the door towards their rooms.
Naruto hummed to himself as he waited for whoever he was supposed to be waiting for. After a few minutes the door opened and a well-dressed man walked in with a note pad. He walked to the open chair and pulled his jacket of, draping it across the back. He sat down and placed a pad and pen on the table than, to Naruto's confusion, a small snail. He raised an eyebrow at the snail but said nothing .
After the man settled in he looked up to Naruto
"Name?" Naruto looked at the man
"Really? No how are you, how was your trip, nothing?" he let out a sigh "You people should work on your manners" the man opened his pen and scribbled something down
"My name in Warrant Officer Alan and I want any information you have on the three women that assaulted our Officer on Saltholm Island a few days ago" Naruto let out a yawn
"Do you guys have any ramen? I could really go for some ramen" the marine put the pen down and put his hands under his chin
"You can do this one of two ways. You can cooperate and give us the information we ask for and will let you go or you can be difficult and we will make you tell us what we want to know" Naruto looked at the man for a second then closed his eyes again
"Does that ever work?" the man raised an eyebrow at him
"You seem to be a very strong man but everyone breaks, why make this difficult?" Naruto shrugged
"I've been difficult since the day I was born, hard to go against nature. Now seriously about that ramen" the marine chuckled and picked up his pen
"Where are you from sir"
"An Island"
"Which Island"
"Pass" the man looked up from the paper
"Pass?" Naruto nodded
"Ya as in next question, don't want to answer that one" the man looked down at the paper again
"What is your relationship with those three women?"
"Which three women are we talking about? I know a lot of Woman" the officer reached into his coat pocket and unfolded three posters before placing them on the table in front of Naruto
"These three" he looked down at the pictures and had to say they were fairly good renderings
"Hmm pretty ladies, what did they do again?" the marine let out a powerful sigh
"They assaulted a Marine officer"
"All of them? Wow they must be strong"
"Please answer the question" Naruto scratched his head
"Ummm what was the question again?" the officer's hand tightened around the pen
"What is your relationship with these women?" the blonde nodded in understanding
"Ah yes that's right well it just so happens I see these three every night" the officer nodded and started to write on the pad
"Good, where do you see them? Do you sail together?" Naruto looked at the wall to his side
"Why these beautiful angels visit my dreams every night" Alan stopped his writing and let out a sigh before standing up
"I see you want to make this difficult" he grabbed the notepad and walked out the door.
Sai watched the man enter his room and get himself settled in across the table, he looked curiously at the snail the man placed on the table but paid it no mind.
"My name is Warrant Officer Tanz. Would you please give me your name and place of origin?" Sai closed his eye and relaxed into his seat, the officer waited a moment before pulling out some papers and placing them on the table
"Do you know these three women" he watched Sai's reaction but saw nothing as he looked over the papers. Again he closed his eyes and said nothing
"If you cooperate we can let you go with no problems" he waited a moment
"Do you really think you can stay silent forever? Everyone has a breaking point it's just about finding that point" he leaned back into his seat
"Eventually we could find where you live, do you have family? How would you like them to share a cell with you for hindering and investigation hmm?" again he watched for an sign of emotion from Sai and was becoming frustrated that he saw nothing. He stood from the table grabbed his notepad and walked out the door.
Tranz walked into the observation room and looked at the Captain and Sergeant
"He's amazing sir. Nothing short of physical torture will probably break him. Even with the mention of his family and home he displayed no emotion what so ever. It's a little scare sir" Lusius nodded in agreement, he didn't like how easily the man shrugged off the question. The trio turned and watched as Alan continued to question Naruto.
"These two are interesting" Lusius and Isumo turned to Tranz as he brought his hand to his chin
"Explain Marine"
"Well sir that man over there has locked his emotions away to a point I've never seen before and their allies so I assumed they would have equal training but this one" he pointed at the blonde "But this one, he talks and acts immature and aloof, almost like he has no fear in the world"
Lusius nodded and stared at the blonde as Alan got up and walked out of the room. Seconds later he walked into the observation room and looked at Tranz
"How did it go" the man sighed and ran a hand through his hair, turning to look at Sai
"Nothing, not a speck of emotion from him" Alan nodded and tossed his note pad on a small table by the door
"I'm guessing you saw most of mine than. It's obvious he knows things but gives nothing away and honestly his attitude got to me more than it should have, sorry Captain" Lusius waved the comment off
"What do you two suggest we do?" Tranz and Alan shared a look for a moment before Tranz turned to the Captain
"I believe the only thing that will get these men to talk is physical pain" Lusius looked at the two sitting in the rooms for a moment than back at the Warrant Officer's
"I don't want to resort to violence for something as petty as this crime. Lock them up and will keep them for a couple days." He turned and started to walk out of the room "Maybe a few days of bread and water will make them talk"
Naruto looked up as Alan walked back into the room and cocked an eyebrow when more men came in behind him
"You will be staying for a few days but if you feel like talking and give us the information we want you will be set free" Naruto nodded and stood up, following the men out, Sai shuffled in behind him and the duo were lead down the hall ways and out of the keep. They crossed a training field and headed towards a small building that had bars on all of the windows.
"Any chance we can get a room with a view?" Naruto grinned as one of the guards gave him a shove, Naruto "Tripped" and applied a Hiraishin seal to the steps. After collecting himself they continued into the building. They were lead down to some cells and put in two separate ones with an empty between them. After the guards left Naruto walked over to the bed and laid down. After a few minutes he felt something crawling on him, looking down he saw a black mouse move up to his arm and wait.
Naruto reached down and rolled his sleeve up and the mouse crawled its way up his arm slowly changing into words
"I am ready and have made note of rooms we should investigate. I will await your signal" he channeled chakra to his hand and wiped the ink away than laid back and closed his eyes.
=========Will of Fire==========
Lee and Choji had finally made it back to the ship after searching the village for hours. As the sun was setting they decided to head back to the ship. As soon as they walked onto the ship they saw Tenten cleaning her blade
"TENTEN-CHAN IT IS GREAT TO SEE YOUR MOST YOUTHFUL SELF SAFE AND SOUND" the young women let out a sigh as she looked at her teammate
"Lee calm down" Lee appeared next to Tenten and grabbed her in a bone crushing hug
"BUT TENTEN-CHAN MYSELF AND CHOJI HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR YOU AND THE OTHERS ALL DAY" after prying herself from Lee she looked at Choji for an explanation, the large man pulled out the posters and handed them to her
"Me and Lee found these and have been searching for you all since" she looked at the posters and her eyes widened, she turned and headed towards the door leading into the ship.
"Come on we need to show these to Shikamaru " the boys looked to each other and after Choji shrugged followed after the weapon mistress. Soon the trio was at Shikamaru's door and Tenten knocked
"Yes?"
"Hey me, Choji and Lee have something you need to see" after a moment of silence the heard shuffling and Shikamaru opened the door
"Come on in" the group walked in behind him and stood around the small room as he sat on the bed
"So what's up?" Tenten handed him the posters and he looked them over before letting out a sigh
"Troublesome women" he laid them down and looked up at the group
"Tenten please go get Sakura and Temari while I fill in Lee and Choji about our situation" she nodded and headed to find the others. She soon came back with the girls as Shikamaru was telling where Naruto was. As he finished he looked up at the new arrivals
"Okay we need to set sail tonight. Whatever Naruto's planning I guaranty will need as much sea between us and them as possible." The group nodded
"Temari go find us an island that's big enough we can hide on for a bit. Once Naruto gets back were going to need to go talk to Kakashi about some things. The rest of us will get the ship ready to sail" after a chorus of hai's the group ran to their positions.
========= Naruto and Sai, Kos Island Marine Base ===========
Naruto opened his eyes and looked out the window, peering out the most he could he judged it to be late enough to start the escape. Sitting up on his bed he inspected his handcuffs and found the keyholes
Ninja Art: Needle Key chakra flowed into his hair, growing it, and he guided the tentacle to the lock. Focusing his senses he soon heard a click and one cuff was free, repeating the process he then moved to work on the door.
As he stepped into the hall he turned and saw Sai waiting for him. He nodded
Kage Bunshin no Jutsu two clones appeared and one quickly turned into Sai.
"Take our places in case someone comes back but make sure you don't dispel in front of anyone" the two nodded and closed the cells behind them
Naruto pulled his coat off and quickly sealed it into his arm than channeled chakra into another seal and pulled out an identical on except that it was all black.
"Create a shadow clone" Sai nodded and went through the hand seals
Kage Bunshin no Jutsu Sai created one clone while Naruto created another two. One of the clones used Henge and turned into a spider. It than vanished in a tiny yellow flash. After a moment Naruto nodded to Sai and the clones
"Good, I will move upwards while you check the lower levels. If you find information have the clone make a clone then dispel it" Sai nodded and the Naruto's grabbed their partners both disappearing in flashes. When they appeared on the field they split apart and headed towards the keep.
Naruto and the Sai clone moved into the shadows on the side of the keep. Quickly running up the walls he and the clone started checking windows until the found on the third floor that was unlocked. Slipping in they moved through the office and cracked the door slightly, the halls were empty but still illuminated so they had to be care full.
Quietly moving down the hall they found nothing on the floor they were on so they moved to the fourth. As they made their way down the hall the clone grabbed Naruto's shoulder and brought a finger to its lips. Naruto heard the footsteps and the two quickly jumped up and clung to the ceiling. Soon two guards came around the corner, making jokes and bullshitting, they never even looked up. Once they rounded the corner the duo dropped and walked down the hall, soon they came to the officer's area. Naruto looked and found the Captains office, motioning to the clone the two walked into the office and started searching through the desk and file cabinets. The clone found a stack of folders, all about fuller's men, but after looking through them decided they were not worth copying.
Naruto on the other hand was searching through the desk and found a few things of note. Letters from higher ranked officers, missives about changes in procedures, and a few letters with updates on movements on the Grand Line. He handed the clone the letters from the other officers and had it copy down the information and signatures in a spare scroll for later use.
While the clone did that Naruto looked over the folders on top of the desk and came across one that peaked his interest. It contained the posters of Sakura, Tenten and Temari along with the picture of the leaf
"So that's how they connected us, damn. I'll have to talk to Kakashi-sensei about this" Placing the folder down he looked at the clone and motioned to the door.
Sai and his clone made their way down the lower floors, after seeing Naruto enter the third floor he found an open first floor window. Fortune was smiling on him as the first door he came to was the communication room. He signaled the clone to keep watch and put his ear to the door, he could hear talking on the other side. He waited for a moment and thought out his plan
"Naruto-kun said not to use ninjutsu but if I Henge into a man with a uniform on I could knock them out than drop it." After debating for a second he decided to go for it. He decides to take the shape of a merchant he knew from Konoha but in a Marine uniform. Walking through the door he quickly took in the room.
It was around the size of the interrogation room but with tables lining two walls, with a third covered in filing cabinets. Two men sat in front of some screens and radio equipment, what he rely noticed was that the equipment was hooked to snails similar to the one from the interrogation room.
"Hey you a new guy" turning back to the men he quickly dashed forward and punched the closest Marine, knocking him from the chair and unconscious. His teammate was stunned but tried to grab his gun from his waist, unfortunately Sai was quicker and knocked him out like his companion. He pulled out some wire and secured the men than gave a small whistle. The clone walked into the room and closed the door, it paused momentarily taking in the room much like Sai did.
"What are these?" it moved and started looking over the snails
"I'm not sure, best leave them alone for now." The clone nodded and turned to the filing cabinets. Most were filled with reports on different islands, incident reports and such. Occasionally they would find a message about troop movements in East Blue or information on other bases. Sai found the real jackpot in one of the far cabinets, folders containing information on the top pirates in East Blue, the Shichibukai and a group called the Yonko. Quickly copying the information down he turned to the clone
"Let's move out, we need to finish this floor and the next" nodding the checked the hall before moving further into the complex.
Naruto and his clone companion were searching the final floor of the keep; so far they hadn't come across anything of interest other than the Captains office. Most of the rooms were either storage or offices of lower officers. Coming to an empty office he went to the window and opened it, flipping out he and the clone made their way to the top of the building. Once he saw the way was clear he turned to the clone an nodded to it, making it dispel.
Sai and his clone moved through the second floor at a fast pace, after finishing the first floor they heard a group of Marines moving towards them and took off up the stairs trying to avoid them. He had noticed a room marked navigation but he didn't want to stop and take the risk of getting caught. Suddenly his mind filled with memories and he pointed to an office door, the clone closed the door as Sai moved to the window
"Dispel now and if the clones in the cell are alone to dispel as well" the clone nodded before disappearing in a poof of smoke. Sai opened and flipped out the window and ran up the side, hopping onto the roof.
Naruto turned when he felt a presence coming towards him but relaxed when he saw Sai land in front of him
"Ready to go?" Sai walked to him and placed his hand on Naruto's shoulder. Naruto grinned and the duo disappeared in a flash.
============Will of Fire================
Once they arrive on the ship Naruto looks out the window and sees that there moving
"Sai wait here I'm going to get Shikamaru, we need to go over what we found" Sai nodded and took a seat at Naruto's desk. The blonde moved to his door and walked out on the deck to see Lee steering the ship.
"AH NARUTO-KUN I AM GLAD TO SEE YOU ARE BACK FROM YOUR MOST YOUTHFUL MISSION" Naruto smiled but walked past Lee
"Thanks Lee. Is Shika in his room?"
"As far as I know my friend" Naruto nodded and made his way down the ships hallway to the room. Once he arrived he banged on the door
"Shikamaru wake up and meet me in my cabin. We need to talk" he was surprised when the door opened and Shikamaru was full clothed
"I figured as much" Naruto grinned and the two made their way back to the room.
