Well here you all go. The 10th chapter. I am honestly kinda surprised how well this fic has been going. But I'm not disappointed XD. I hope you all enjoy the chapter.

"Speaking"

'Thinking'

"Demon/Summon speaking"

'Demon/Summon thinking'

"Jutsu/Attack name"

As Naruto makes his way towards the village of Gosa he is met with a surprising sight. The entire town had obviously been attacked on account of the damage. All the houses had been flipped completely upside down. And there was a long trench leading through the centre of the village.

Naruto wasted no time and quickly conceals his presence by travelling over the destroyed houses as he proceeds to make his way through town. 'Just where did those cowards go?' He thinks to himself. The sound of someone screaming in terror catches Narutos attention and starts making his way towards the source of the sound. Soon enough he catches up to the source of the scream. It was the long nosed guy in brown overalls from the ship. "Well that's one of them...although didn't TenTen-chan tell me about someone who matches this guys description?" He asks himself before noticing that a heavy set fishman was chasing the guy through town.

The long nosed was a good deal faster than the fishman on dry land and looked like he would easily escape, however he made the mistake of not watching where he was going and some little kid tripped him causing him to fall flat on his face.

The kid lifts up a sword that he seemed to have set close by and glares down at him. "I'll kill you fishman! This is for my father!" The kid yells out before bringing the sword down.

Usopp looks up in terror as the sword closes in on him, but luckily for him someone comes up from behind the kid and gives him a karate chop to the head and causes him to let go of the sword. "Don't touch that fishman!"

Naruto comes to a stop atop the remains of the closest building as he watches the incident before him play out. The one who struck the kid was a young beautiful women with tanned skin and light blue hair. She looked to be wearing a beige sleeveless shirt, blue pants and purple sandals. She crouches down next to the young boy before turning her gaze towards Usopp. "Look carefully. He may look like a fishman but I can tell that he's human...well mostly human." She tells the kid.

"M-Mostly?" Usopp exclaims in disbelief that she actually thinks that he isn't even human.

"Wait up you long nosed runt!"

Usopp, the woman and the little kid all look towards the voice and see the heavy set fish man is catching up. "Damn it! Just why the hell did you have to piss the fishmen off! Now he may even kill all three of us because of you!" The woman screams at Usopp who barely manages to spit out a small apology.

Just as the fishman nears them a voice calls out. "Rasengan!"

A figure lands on top of the fishman and impales him with a whirling sphere composed of blueish white light. Once the strike connects it causes the fishman to scream out in pain before he hits the ground causing a cloud of dust to surround them both.

Once the dust cloud dissipates the three notice a blond haired man wearing a black shirt, black pants, fingerless black gloves and an orange sleeveless coat with black flames on the bottom. He jumps off the body of the fishman and starts making his way over towards them. They look at him with a mix of awe and fear. He comes to a stop directly in front of them.

Naruto lowers a hand towards the young lady. "I noticed that you were in trouble. So I figured I should lend you a hand." He says with a smile on his face. She cautiously takes his hand and allows him to help her to her feet.

Usopp breaths a sigh of relief before he raises his hand into the air expecting the stranger to help him up as well. But much to his surprise no one took his hand. He looks up in confusion as the stranger was just standing there talking to the young woman.

A tick mark forms on Usopps forehead as he clenches his teeth in anger. "Hey what the hell?! Why aren't you going to help me up as well you whisker faced bastard!" He yells out.

Naruto slowly turns towards Usopp who flinches when he notices his expression. The expression on Narutos face was a mixture of anger and fury. Usopp wastes no time in shuffling back as far as possible but ends up hitting his head against some debris and knocks himself out.

"Great...Now I have to wait until he wakes up before I get to interrogate him." Naruto says as he runs his fingers through his hair. The young woman cocks an eyebrow in wonder. "Interrogate him? What for?" She asks.

Naruto turns back to her. "Oh that's because I saw him do something despicable to one of his comrade earlier. I plan to find out why he did it." Naruto explains.

"Fair enough." Then the blue haired women quickly looks around before placing a hand on his shoulder. "This isn't a safe place to be right now. So why don't you pick that guy up and follow me to my place. We should be safe there."

Naruto gives her a quick nod before he leans over and grabs Usopp by his overalls and carries him as if he were a bag. "Alright then. Lead the way miss...?"

She looks him in the eye for a moment before turning around. "Its Nojiko. Now lets get going!" Nojiko races off. Naruto takes one last look at the fishman and shakes his head. 'Man that thing is ugly!' He thinks to himself before picking up speed to catch up to Nojiko.

XxX

Nojiko leads Naruto to a house surrounded by a small orchard of tangerines. "Nice place." Naruto comments as he inhales the sweet aroma coming from the orchard. As she opens the door to the house she momentarily pauses for a moment. "Thanks." She says before going inside with the kid.

Once Naruto enters the house and shuts the door he notices that the kid is sitting at the table and Nojiko was in the kitchen. He unceremoniously drops Usopp by the door and walks towards the table, once there he sits down on one of the chairs and leans back in it.

After a few minutes Nojiko walks over to the table and hand both Naruto and the kid a mug with hot tea. Once she finishes handing out the drinks she then sits across from Naruto. "So just who are you anyways? Your obviously not normal since you took out that fishman so easily." She asks as she rests her arms on the table and looks him in the eye.

He takes a drink of the tea and leaves it in his mouth for a moment so he could savour the taste before allowing the fluid to flow down his throat. "Mmm that tastes good." Naruto happily says before focusing on Nojiko. Unfortunately once he looks at her he noticed something he hasn't seen before. His gaze drifts just below her face and rests on the tattoo placed just above her breasts. Nojikos lip twitches as a tic mark forms on her forehead. "Hey I'm up here dumbass!" She yells out.

"Huh?" Naruto curiously asks before realizing why she said such a thing. Once he realizes he hold his arms out and waves them erratically as he panics a little. "I-I'm sorry but I wasn't staring at what you think I was! It was your tattoo that caught my eye."

A groan of pain attracts the attention of everyone in the room much to Narutos relief. Their gazes drift towards the door to where Usopp was getting up and rubbing the back of his head. "Ugh where am I?" He asks before looking around. He then notices Nojiko sitting at the table. "Hey aren't you that girl from before?" She nods at him

"That's right. The names Nojiko." She says before remembering what just happened. Nojiko turns her gaze back to the blond then she slams her hand on the table. "Don't think I forgot about you!"

Usopp follows her gaze over towards Naruto causing him to recoil in horror. "AHH I remember you! Your that guy who took down that fishman with a single strike. Just what ARE YOU?!"

With a sigh Naruto looks from the angry Nojiko to the scared Usopp. He finally settles on answering Nojiko first. "I told you. I was only looking at your tattoo! I'm a man of my word and I promise that I wasn't staring at your chest." He then turns to Usopp. "As for you. Are you sure you don't know me? I could have sworn that TenTen-chan told me that she told you guys about me."

"Huh? Who's TenTen-san?" He asks before his eyes widen in realization. "Wait you mean that crazy women who likes playing with those strange knives? That TenTen-san?!" He exclaims in surprise.

Naruto nods at him. "Yep that TenTen-chan. She has great aim with those things." Naruto says with a smile.

"Wait...you said that she mentioned you to us..." Usopps starts as he rubs his temple as he tries his best to remember. "You...wouldn't happen to be that Sage known as Naruto...would you?" He then laughs and wave his hand side to side in disbelief. "Na that can't be. The way she described him was if he were either a god or a demon."

Much to both Usopp and Nojikos surprise Naruto blurts out laughing as he lightly slaps his hand on the table. "She just had to say it that way! She did tell me how much she enjoyed scaring the shit out of you...and if what she said was true...she did succeed." He says in between breathes.

Usopps jaw drops as his cheeks redden. "Then everything she said was a lie?!" He says as his fists tighten. "Nope. Everything she told you was the truth." Naruto says making Usopp look at him in confusion.

"Ok just what are you two talking about" Nojiko asks with just a hint of anger in her voice for being left out of the conversation. Just before Naruto can reply the sound of someone knocking on the door draws his attention. "I know your in there you bastard!"

Naruto cringes a little at the sound of the strangers voice. "Uh oh...Looks like Kankuro caught up." He says before looking at an open window on the opposite side of the house. "Well I think I've overstayed my welcome." He then walks over towards the window but Nojiko grabs his arm. "Just where do you think your going? Also just who's at the door?" Naruto turns to her. "Its one of my crewmates. He said something that pissed me off earlier so I gave him a punishment of sorts...needless to say he wasn't too happy about it. So let me go."

'Hmm...whoever it is I'm sure he can't be that bad.' "Usopp thinks to himself as he opens the door to find a man dressed all in black with a dark hood covering the top of his head. His face had various red markings on it. The man looks at Usopp as he walks into the house."Just where the hell is Naruto! He's gonna pay for doing that to me." A pair dash into the house and wrap their arms around Kankuros arms.

"Don't do it Kankuro-san! Please leave Naruto-kun alone." Exclaims the first women with long dark hair.

"Kankuro I know your pissed but you know you kinda deserved it." Says the other who has her hair in chinese-style buns on either side of her head. She then looks to her side and notices Usopp. "Hey aren't you long nose-san?"

Usopp backpedals into the wall once he recognizes the pair of women. "Ah Lisanna-san...and AHH it's TenTen-san! W-What are you guys doing here?"

"Huh? That you Usopp-san? Oh have you seen Naruto-kun?" Lisanna asks him.

With his mouth gaped open in surprise he slowly points towards the kitchen. Kankuro and the pair look the way he was pointing and notice Nojiko standing there looking down behind the counter that separates the kitchen from the living room.

Kankuro slowly forces his way closer to the kitchen to see what Nojiko was looking at. She was looking at a silver trashcan. Kankuro glares at it. Within moments sweatdrops start sliding down the trashcan. "Agh I know your there you bastard! Undo the damn henge! Your stupid transformation isn't fooling me!"

With a puff of smoke the trashcan disappears and Naruto reappears in its place with one hand behind his head as he lets out a weak laugh. "Oh come on Kankuro. You wouldn't have known I was there if Nojiko-san didn't see me transform and then keep staring at me." He says as he gets up.

Kankuro turns his head to either side and glares at both Lisanna and TenTen. "Let me go! I plan on making him pay for what he did!" As he says this TenTen turns to Lisanna. "Think you can hold him in place for a moment?" She asks. Lisanna nods as she once again transforms into her cat-girl form. With incredible speed Lisanna moves over and grabs onto both of Kankuros arms and digs her claws in a little for good measure. She then utters a quiet apology to Kankuro for causing him pain.

TenTen quickly takes out a scroll and summons a long chain and wastes no time in wrapping it around Kankuro to immobilize him. Lisanna soon lets go of the immobile Kankuro who was now spitting out curses at the girls for keeping him away from Naruto. "Damn it! You know that no matter what I do to Naruto he will heal the damage almost instantly so just let me pummel him already!"

"Sorry but...no. That's not gonna happen. Also if you damage my chains in anyway, I'll show you that I can be far scarier than your sister is." TenTen threatens him causing Kankuro to shut up.

"Just who are you people?"

"Huh?" Both Lisanna and TenTen asks as they look towards the source of the voice.

Naruto shakes his head. "This is seriously going to get annoying having to explain to every person we meet." He says before turning to Nojiko and placing a hand on her shoulder. "Alright Nojiko-san, the three of us are from the Elemental Nations. And we're all shinobi. That is except for Lisanna-chan. She's from the Grand Line and she ate a Devil Fruit." He explains but then Usopp utters a surprised cry. "Hey there seems to be a commotion coming from the village!"

Nojiko races towards the door but is careful to give Lisanna and company a wide birth. "Oh no! It has to be Arlong! What the hell's he doing this time!" She yells out before taking off towards town.

"...Ok just who the hell is this Arlong suppose to be?" Naruto asks in confusion. After a moment of thinking he turns his gaze over to Usopp. "Hey long nose-san! Tell me just who this Arlong guy is!"

Usopp cringes at the question. "U-Ummm I-I don't know much. A-All I know is that he's a fishman and he's suppose to be ferocious. If your w-want to know more then a-ask Nojiko-san! I'm sure she know more." He manages to say as his body shivers in fear.

Naruto then walks towards the door and wraps an arm around Usopp. "We'll be right back TenTen-chan and Lisanna-chan. Could you two bring Kankuro back to the ship for now so he can have some time to cool off?"

"Huh? Me too?" Usopp asks in fright.

"Yep. This way you can explain to me why you and that other guy left Zoro-san tied up in that boat. Especially after you guys tied him up there to begin with." Naruto says as he walks off towards the village with a reluctant Usopp.

"Huh? You saw that? Then why didn't you save him?" Usopp asks as he's forced to go along with him.

"What makes you think I did nothing? I sent one of my crewmates to keep en eye on him and ONLY interfere if his life is in danger. And I assure you...She can handle herself." Naruto calmly tells him.

As Naruto sets off towards the town dragging Usopp he comes across a pair of reddish coloured fox kits being protected by an older silver fox with red marking under his eyes from an oversized and ferocious boar. "I really don't have time for this." Naruto says as he walks over to the boar and proceeds to kick it hard enough to send it flying off into the distance. He looks down and smiles at the silver fox. "Nice work protecting them." Naruto kindly says to him before he turns around and resumes his walk to the village.

XxX

Both Naruto and Usopp soon arrive at the edge of the village just in time to witness a large muscular fishman with light blue skin and a saw-shaped nose. He was wearing a short sleeved unbuttoned yellow shirt decorated with black lightning-like spots, as well as green shorts with a purple sash wrapped around his waist. On his back there was a large fin on his upper back onto his neck which was surrounded by his long black hair. He was holding up another man covered in scars by his neck. Nojiko was nearby pleading to the fishman to release the man.

"How dare you Arlong!? In these past eight years we've never once failed to pay the tribute money! Do you really think we have any rebellious intentions!?" Nojiko yells out as she holds either hand off to the sides of her body. "Please let Gen-san go!"

The Fishman sneers in amusement at Nojiko as he continues to hold the man in the air. "Why would he have weapons if he didn't plan on fighting us? For the continued security of my territory, this man must die!" He then grins at her revealing rows of jagged teeth in his mouth. "Or maybe...The entire village should disappear! As you all know, If one of you ever lays so much as a single finger on any fishman, then I will reduce the entire town to rubble!"

The man known as Genzo speaks up. "Go to your homes, All of you! If violence breaks out now then the last eight years will have been for nothing!" He says to the crowd of villagers. "Remember the vow we made back then! We swore to fight by enduring...by surviving!"

With a cruel laugh Arlong switches the hand he's holding Genzo with then forces his head into a post. "Those are wise words...especially for a foolish human. Survival is indeed the greatest victory. But you must all know your place! All creatures are not created equal! We are the superior race because we are FISHMAN!" He then hurls Genzos body to the ground. "And as humans...your proper place is bowing at my feet with your heads in the dirt!" Arlong then walks until he's standing right by Genzos head before raising a foot that he plans on crushing the villagers with.

Seemingly from out of nowhere something collides and then explodes in Arlongs face. "Exploding Star!"

From Narutos hidden spot he notices that Usopp had gone missing and was standing atop a nearby building with a slingshot in hand. 'Huh? When the hell did he climb up there to do that?...not that I wasn't gonna do something about the situation...but damn he's got more balls than I gave him credit for!' Naruto thinks to himself as he watches things play out.

"I-I am a fearless warrior of the seas! My name is Captain Usopp! Flee now for I have an army of 8000 hardened warrior at my beck and call!" He bravely proclaims as his knees shake in terror.

As the smoke from the attack begins to clear the form of Arlong becomes visible. "So you have 8000 men do you? Well bring them on! I'll paper the walls with their hides!" Arlong furiously yells out as he starts to walk towards the building Usopp was standing on. "Your just a mere and pathetic human. AND YET YOU DARED TO ATTACK ME?!" Arlong then pulls the building up breaking it away from its very foundations and smashes it into another. Somehow Usopp manages to leap off the building and land safely before he starts running away with incredible speed.

A group of the fishman try holding Arlong back in an attempt to keep him from destroying the village while another group of them storm after Usopp.

As the group leads the furious Arlong away from the village he does still manage to strike another building causing it to fall over and on top of Nojiko. She lets out a loud scream as the building falls on top of her. The villagers scream out in horror as they watched the building fall. Once it hits the ground they all race forward to try and remove the rubble to save the girl.

"You all looking for something?" Naruto calls out from a building across the clearing. His voice catches the villagers attention and much to their surprise they see Naruto holding Nojiko bridal-style on the rooftop.

"Huh what the?"

"How did he manage that?"

The villagers all call out similar comments as Naruto leaps down to the ground with Nojiko tightly holding onto his clothing. Naruto gives her a smile as he gently lowers her to the ground so she can stand on her own feet. "Umm...thanks..." Nojiko says with her face turned away to hide the blush that was forming on her face. 'How on earth did he save me? I mean that building was practically on top of me!'

"No problem." Naruto says with a smile on his face as the villagers race over to them to see if Nojiko was alright. "Well I think that I'm gonna take off now. See ya later." Naruto says as he gives her a small wave before he vanishes in a small whirlwind of leaves.

The villagers all look around in confusion as they try to figure out just who that man was and where he went. The village doctor help Genzo over to Nojiko so he can take a look at the both of them. "Just who was that man Nojiko?" Genzo asks.

Nojiko merely shrugs. "I don't really know. I just met him today." She pauses for a moment to make sure that there were no fishmen around before continuing. "I met him after he took out a fishman earlier with a single blow!" She quietly adds bringing both the doctor and Genzo to recoil in disbelief.

"What? Are you serious Nojiko? How is that possible?" Genzo manages to say. "And you said with just a single blow?" Nojiko nods to his question. "Yes he did it with just one single blow."

"...I hate to be the one to say this but if Nami isn't able to..." The doctor begins to say before he goes silent.

The villagers all look in the same direction to see Nami with a bouquet of flowers in hand walking towards the village. Everyone except for Nojiko, Genzo and the doctor all silently turn away and walk into their houses as they ignore her.

"So what are you doing here in broad daylight?" Nojiko playfully asks from her spot beside Genzo.

Nami sighs. "I heard a ruckus...It was Arlong...wasn't it?" She asks getting a nod from the trio. Nami shakes her head as she starts making her way through the village, Nojiko gets up and follows her though the town and all the way to a nearby gave on the cliffside.

After setting the flowers down Nami then sits close to the grave. "Just Seven million beli to go."

"The whole village hates you, you know?" Nojiko says with a frown on her face.

"Yeah, well I am a pirate after all. But Arlong understands money. I know he'll be true to his word. And at least it won't be long until I have the agreed upon amount." Nami says with a big grin on her face. "I'm going to get that 100 million beli no matter what...then I'll use it to buy this village."

"Oh is that why you seem obsessed with money Nami-san?"

Both Nami and Nojiko turn around to see a blond haired man sitting on the branch of a nearby tree. To their great surprise they both say his name at the same time. "Naruto-san?" They then turn to one another in astonishment.

"Huh you know him too Nojiko?

"Huh you know him too Nami?"

Naruto starts to laugh as he leans up against the trunk of the tree. "Wow this is quite the sight! The only thing that could make this better is if you guys mimicked each others movements like in front of a mirror!...Oh wait...you guys would have to look alike for that one to work sadly...damn!"

The pair look at him with puzzled looks on their faces. Nami then shakes her head as she stands up. "Just what are you doing here Naruto-san?" She asks.

Naruto points to himself. "Me? Well we just stopped at this island to pick up supplies however...I am little curious about this Arlong guy. Something about him just pisses me off...and it's not just because he was about to kill some guy named Genzo-san as well as this blue haired beauty." He points at Nojiko as he says this.

"WHAT! ARLONG TRIED TO KILL YOU NOJIKO?" Nami loudly exclaims as she grabs onto Nojiko and looks all over her body in search of wounds.

After a bit of a struggle Nojiko finally manages to push Nami away. "I'm fine Nami! Naruto-san saved me." She explains causing Nami to look at at Naruto in a mix of surprise and awe.

"As I said it was no problem. But if you want to thank me..." Naruto says as he keeps a close eye on their reactions. The pair blush a little as they think that what he wants is something perverted but much to their surprise it wasn't. He points to the pair. "You guys are to tell me what the hell is going on here. Just why is it the marines aren't doing anything about this Arlong guy, what vow is it the villagers made as well as...Why are the villagers treating Nami like she has the damn plague or something?!"

Nojiko cringes as Narutos words seem to pierce straight through her. "W-What do you plan to do once I tell you?" Nojiko asks as a sad and uneasy expression crosses Namis face.

"That all depends on your story. But if you guys give me a good enough reason I will stay out of it. At the same time...if you want my help just ask...and I will raze this Arlong Park or whatever its called to the ground and beat the shit out of Arlong himself!" Naruto declares as his gaze drifts over to Nami. "Nami-san. TenTen-chan told you about my battle against Nagato...or as he was also called Pain. I have the power to stop Arlong...Just give me a damn excuse to."

A slightly cold look crosses Namis face as she glances up to Naruto. "This has nothing to do with you Naruto-san. We will deal with this problem on our own." She says before walking away.

Once Nami leaves Nojiko motions for Naruto to come closer, which he does. "Ok I'll tell you but promise me you won't do anything to ruin the last eight years of Namis work." She asks and Naruto reluctantly nods in agreement. "Ok well..." She then proceeds to tell Naruto of the entire situation including the part where Arlong killed their adopted mother.

Some of you may be wondering when I'm going to end the poll considering the relationships involving Naruto. I plan on ending it soon after he enters the grand line. Others may be wondering about what's happening with Sasuke and by now you have to have figured out where he is. I plan on putting something in about him quite soon.