A/N- Hello everyone! Sorry for the long delay. I am currently in a week of finals, so I didn't have a lot of time to upload. STRAW HAT NARUTO HAS MORE THAN 100 REVIEWS! I'M SO HAPPY, I NEVER THOUGHT IT WOULD GET THAT MUCH IN JUST 11 CHAPTER! The next milestone will be 300 reviews. Here is the new chapter, to which I don't own the anime/manga of. I hope you like it.
"Too bad! If you're really bored, help me get some more information for my research."
"I think I'll pass. I'm not a big pervert like you." The pirate gulped down his wine, and walked away.
Arlong Park
"GOMU GOMU NO…GATLING GUN!" Luffy hollered as his fists shot out so fast it looked like he had ten arms. Arlong didn't budge an inch, and took all the blows.
"Your pathetic punches don't affect me." Arlong announced.
"How does a Rasengan taste like from a merman's point of view?" Naruto roared as he charged at Arlong. The blond drove his chakra sphere into the shark-man's face, sending him flying into a column. It crumbled from the force and left the leader of the merman race buried in a pile of rubble.
"Naruto, weren't you fighting the other one?" Luffy asked as he pointed at where Kisame was standing last. The Akatsuki member was not there.
"He's in the water in order to try and mock me. I thought I try and help you." The ninja replied. "Kisame functions best in water. However, I have a trick up my sleeve." Naruto walked slowly to the pool, and took a small breath. It's now or never Naruto he told himself. I'm not as good as Sasuke, but it's time to put my skill to the test. Naruto performed some hand signs, and raised his palm facing up. At first, nothing happened, but soon small crackles of electricity were heard. No longer later did lightning dance around Naruto's hand.
"Raiton: Hiibiri (Attempted Lightning Release: Spark Shock)!" Naruto drove his arm into the pool. The lightning quickly traveled all around the surface of the water. Kisame quickly jumped out of the water looking a bit irritated.
"You have lightning based chakra?" Kisame questioned.
"I'm not nearly at the level of Sasuke's lightning jutsu. That jutsu alone was about a C-Rank." Naruto clenched his fist. "STOP HIDING IN THE WATER! FIGHT ME!" The bandage sword wielder chuckled to this statement.
"You may think you are strong, Uzumaki Naruto, but you overestimate yourself. Akatsuki has been keeping track of you ever since you went to Kumo (Hidden Cloud Village). You THINK you have the Kyuubi under your control, but it's far from it." Kisame tossed his sword from one hand to the other.
"Are you mocking me?" Naruto growled.
"No, I'm telling the truth. The demon inside of you isn't fully tamed. You can activate the tailed forms, but the more you use it, the weaker the seal gets. Soon, the seal will be destroyed, and the Kyuubi will take over your body. But, SOON will take too long. So, I thought I should just mess with the seal right now." After Kisame said his last word, he turned into water.
"Water clone." Naruto said out of shock.
"That's right." The Akatsuki member jumped from the roof, and landed on the blond's right. Naruto tried to avoid attacks by jumping backwards, but Kisame was a second faster and drove his bandaged sword into Naruto's gut.
"Samehada eats up chakra. Not only that, but this sword can also give me the chakra it ate." Kisame explained as Naruto tumbled backwards. "Observe." The man walked to the fallen fox boy, and lifted his suit to reveal his bellybutton. Over it was a black swirl pattern.
"This is the famous seal of the Forth Hokage, eh? Too bad it has to be erased. Samehada, give me some of the Bijuu chakra. Any one of them will do fine." The bandages on the sword started rumbling. Soon, Kisame and his sword was glowing yellow. Naruto tried to squirm his way out of Kisame's tight grip, but the fish man was too strong.
"TIME FOR AN IMPROVEMENT!" The shark man shouted as he drove his palm over Naruto's seal.
"AHHHH!" Naruto screamed. The seal was no longer a black swirl. It had the Akatsuki man's handprint over it. Naruto felt pain arising all over his body. No matter what he did, all he could do was resist the endless amount of suffering happening inside his body.
"What…did you do…to me?" Naruto panted as he fell to his knees.
"I added another tailed beast's chakra into your body. As you know, a human body always takes foreign chakra as a threat. So, your body is trying to get rid of the chakra. But, the body also thinks some of the Kyuubi chakra inside your body is also the invading chakra, so it's attacking your demon as well. Since I slammed my palm on your seal, your white blood cells is eating away the chakra, as well as the seal keeping the Kyuubi from taking over your body. Obviously the cells are just killing themselves." Kisame explained.
"You sick bastard…" Naruto groaned as he collapsed onto the ground.
Naruto's Mind
"Come to me!" A deep voice echoed through the sewers. Naruto woke up with a jolt, and looked around. He knew where he was, and hated the sight of it. The boy got up, and walked around the maze until he got to a room with a lot of killing intent radiating. There was a giant cage, with a piece of paper preventing the cage to be opened. The seal was glowing yellow, and white jelly things were covering the frame of the paper. Behind the bars, was a giant pair of blood red eyes.
"I never thought I had to see you again…you stupid fox." Naruto spat.
"Well, I didn't want to see you either." The fox replied. Black chains tied up his arms, tails, and legs. As every second passed, the chain started losing color.
"WHAT DO YOU WANT?" The blond roared.
"Perhaps getting these stupid chains off me?"
"In your stupid dreams!"
"Naruto, in case you haven't noticed, the seal is being destroyed by your white blood cells because the foreign chakra entered your body. Some even think that my chakra is also part of the 'foreign' invaders." Kyuubi observed.
"WHY WOULD I RELEASE YOU?" The fox boy argued. "YOU'RE JUST A STUPID CHAKRA FOX THAT ONLY CARES ABOUT KILLING! YOU CAUSED MY SUFFERINGS WHEN I WAS YOUNG!"
"When the seal is gone, all of that won't matter because I will be free. My chakra will shoot all over your body after the seal is weak enough. Your pathetic little body will burn from the inside out. I won't be able to control them in time because of these stupid BINDING CHAINS! If you don't free me now, YOU WILL DIE!
"Why are you so concerned? I thought you wanted to be free of the 'cage' you are in!" The fox chuckled in a deep, creepy voice from this response.
"After my chakra burns your body, these chains will slowly wear down. By the time I am out of these, I can't stop my chakra in time to save you. Plus, your body is not nearly strong enough for me to take over for a long time. I will probably be free for only about two days. If I have to die, I don't want to be free for that short of a time. If you free me from these chains now, I can prevent you from dying. So Naruto, will you free me, or will you die?" Naruto growled from this sentence. He hated bargaining with his 'roommate'. Every single time, it's always a win-win for him. Naruto cursed.
"Fine! I'll free you. Tell me how to destroy the chains." Naruto decided.
"Good boy. All right, to destroy these chains, you are going to have to store all of my chakra you can control in this cage to the chains. That way, some of the white blood cells will hopefully wear down the chain while trying to destroy my chakra." The demon fox replied.
"I don't think my chakra control is good enough to focus there."
"Over the years I have been sealed in a brat like you, I've watched how you have developed. DON'T YOU DARE CHICKEN OUT NOW! This is just like jumping across stepping stones." Naruto closed his eyes, and made a ram seal. Kyuubi's chakra was flying wildly inside the cage. Naruto drew the chakra inside the cage, and did his best to store it all on the black chain. His chakra control wasn't perfect, but seventy-five percent of the chakra he controlled got onto the chains. Some new white blood cells flew into the room and straight into the cage. Many got burned away in the process. I have a bad feeling about this. Naruto told himself.
Outside: Arlong Park
"NARUTO!" Luffy shouted as his friend fell to the ground. He turned to Kisame, and pointed an angry, vibrating finger at Kisame.
"Pointing at people isn't polite boy." The fish man snickered.
"WHAT DID YOU DO TO NARUTO?" Luffy hollered.
"HEY, STRAW HAT, PAY ATTENTION TO ME!" Arlong roared as he got both his hands together, and smashed Luffy's back. The straw hat flew into a wall, and got buried under a pile of rubble.
"Relax boy. Naruto isn't dead. I still need him alive. You should worry more about yourself." Kisame pointed his giant sword at the fallen straw hat captain.
"I won't let you hurt Naruto!" Luffy growled. "GOMU GOMU NO…" Luffy started winding up his arm. "PISTOL!" He shot his arm at the Akatsuki member, but the move wasn't fast enough to land a blow. Kisame grabbed Luffy's wrist when his arm couldn't stretch any farther.
"You attack recklessly." The shark man pulled back, sending Luffy flying towards him, and got smashed in the face by the bandaged sword. The Rubber man was sent flying back into a stone column.
"HEY, WATCH WHERE YOU'RE PUNCHING THE BRATS!" Arlong snapped.
"My job here is done." Kisame picked up Naruto, and headed for the exit.
"WHERE ARE YOU GOING?" Arlong shouted. His sharp shark teeth sparkled in the sun.
"Away from here. I just wanted the fox ninja. Everything else is your problem." Kisame snorted as he walked out.
"WAIT!" Kisame turned around, and saw Luffy all bruised up. He looked at the man in the black robe, shooting beams of hatred at him. "YOU PUT NARUTO DOWN RIGHT NOW! THE ONLY PLACE HE'S GOING IS MY PIRATE SHIP!" Luffy roared. Kisame chuckled as he dropped Naruto on the ground.
"You really think that you can beat me? Some pirate that doesn't even have a bounty on them as no chance going up against an Akatsuki." Kisame stated.
"Hoshigaki Kisame, also known as 'No Tailed' Kisame, is one of the ninjas of the group 'Akatsuki' that work directly under the command of the world government. According to them, has a five hundred million bounty on him." Arlong added.
"Five hundred million?" Nami whispered under her breath. "LUFFY, DON'T FIGHT HIM! HE'S TOO STRONG!" Luffy took off his hat, and stretched his arms to put it on Nami's head.
"Nami, take care of my hat. Things are about to get rough."
Naruto's Mindscape
"AHHHHHHHH!" Naruto shouted. He fell to the ground, panting hard.
"GET UP NARUTO! YOU NEED TO GO AGAIN!" The fox roared.
"THIS IS KILLING ME! I'VE BEEN TRYING TO CONTROL THE CHAKRA FOREVER! WHENEVER A CELL GETS NEAR YOU, IT BURNS AND DIES! ARE YOU SURE THERE ISN'T ANY OTHER WAY?" Naruto argued.
"There is another way, but it's a bit risky."
"What do I have to do?"
"After the seal disappears, you're going to have to charge in here as fast as you can, and destroy these chains." Naruto gulped.
"It sounds easy, but is there a catch?" Naruto asked nervously.
"Yes, there is. If you don't destroy these chains fast enough, my chakra will be free, and fly around in your body. For every part of your body that gets attacked by my chakra, will turn into me FOREVER!" Kyuubi said.
"I didn't really get that."
"To put it simply: IF YOU DON'T FREE ME BEFORE MY CHAKRA ROAMS AROUND YOUR BODY, YOU WILL LOOK MORE LIKE ME FROM THE OUTSIDE."
"All right, so I just have to destroy the chains right?" Naruto asked as he made seven shadow clones. "Everyone, prepare a Rasengan." After four of the Naruto's got a Rasengan ready, the extra clones disappeared.
"YOU GET THE CHAIN AROUND THE FOX'S LEFT ARM. YOU GET THE ONE ON HIS LEFT LEG. YOU GET THE ONE ON HIS RIGHT ARM." Naruto ordered his three clones. "I'll get the one on his right leg."
"GET READY!" The white blood cells over the seal engulfed all the yellow chakra, and most of the seal was gone afterwards. The cage doors groaned and rumbled.
"Naruto, you're going to have to rip off the seal." Kyuubi observed. The blond made a clone go.
"ON MY COUNT, YOU RIP OFF THE SEAL. EVERYONE ELSE CHARGE IN! GOT IT?" Naruto asked.
"GOT IT!" All the clones responded.
"ALL RIGHT! Three…two…one…GO!" The clone on the cage ripped off the seal, and the doors swung open. Red chakra flew out like angry boars locked in a tight cage. The clones disappeared whenever it was touched by the red stuff. Naruto got his chain done, but all the clones disappeared already.
"DON'T JUST STAND THERE! GET THE REST!" Kyuubi roared. The ninja made a clone in a split second, but it disappeared just as quick.
"I CAN'T MAKE CLONES HERE! THE CHAKRA IS TOO STRONG FOR THEM TO MAINTAIN A SOLID SHAPE." Naruto argued.
"WELL THINK OF SOMETHING! YOU'RE GOING TO DIE IF YOU DON'T!"
The boy attempted to make more clones, but all the results were the same.
"DAMN IT!" Naruto shouted as he punched a chain. The impact grazed his hand. The chain however had no damage from the attack.
"SON OF A… NARUTO STAND BACK!" The fox used his free hand to grab on the chain around his other arm. He easily snapped it loose.
"WHY DIDN'T YOU DO THAT BEFORE?" Naruto yelled angrily.
"I just felt a bit of my power come back." Kyuubi explained. "However, I'm too late."
"Why?"
"Even if I go as fast as I can, half of your body will no longer look human anymore."
Arlong Park
"WHAT IS HAPPENING?" Luffy shouted as red chakra swarmed around Naruto.
"It's already starting." Kisame said. "Soon, Naruto will be a killing machine."
"That's a lot of red stuff." Luffy commented. Some of the chakra covered over Naruto, and changed his appearance. Slowly, his right arm started glowing dark red. The chakra was spreading quickly.
"Within a few minutes, Naruto will no longer exist." Kisame declared.
"NARUTO!" The pirate shouted. Naruto's body continued to change. The right side of his face looked like a fox: red pointy ears, three red tails, and sharp teeth.
"Come on, just a little more." The Akatsuki muttered. Fortunately, the transformation stopped after half of Naruto's nose was done. The young ninja slowly opened his eyes. His right eye was no longer the sapphire blue color. Instead, he had the eyes of the Nine-Tailed Fox.
"What happened to me?" Naruto gasped as he looked at his arms.
"There are good news, and bad news. The good news is that your 'dad' did repair the seal back to normal. The bad news is that the seal is not as stable as before. However, that can be a good thing. Now, I can take control of half of your body whenever I want." The fox chuckled inside Naruto's body.
"It seems you only went through half of the transformation." Kisame chuckled. "Now, you will remain a monster forever. Just another reason for us to rid you of this world." With no hesitation a moment later Naruto dashed so quickly, he didn't even appear as a blur for the human to track. His new right arm gave a solid fist to Kisame's stomach. The result sent the fish man flying into a wall and crashing out of Arlong Park. Naruto clenched his fist as he stared at the fox's arm.
"How did I…"
"You didn't do that, I did." Kyuubi cut him off. "Just trying to get use to the part of your body I can control."
"I will never be able to use my right arm and leg ever again?" The blond asked his demon.
"No, you will be able too. Only when I am not in control. I just wanted to test out what your body can handle."
"NARUTO, YOU HAVE TAILS?" Luffy shouted. The boy looked behind him to see the red tails swishing behind him. He tried to pick up a pebble with one of the tails, but the tails had a mind of their own.
"How do you control these things?" Naruto asked.
"It takes practice." The fox replied.
"HEY, I'M STILL HERE!" Arlong shouted, waving his arms in the air like a maniac.
"You better take him down Luffy." Naruto stated. Luffy nodded as he cracked his knuckles.
"Fool! You think you can beat me? There's already something that proves I am way stronger than you." Arlong said.
"Noses?" Luffy asked. The Merman narrowed his eyes a little.
"Nope! Keep trying Luffy." Naruto suggested.
"Big ass chins?" Luffy questioned. Arlong clenched his jaw so tightly; if anyone saw his face, it would've been vibrating.
"Strike two." Naruto commented.
"I GOT IT!" Luffy shouted while smacking his left hand with his right hand in a fist. "THE WEBBING BETWEEN OUR FINGERS!"
"NOOOOOOOOOO!" Arlong hollered as he swung his arm with all his might. Luffy ducked before the merman could land a blow. "IT'S OUR GOD DAMN RACE! ALL HUMANS ARE USELESS EXCEPT FOR NAMI! THAT GIRL DRAWS AMAZING MAPS!" Luffy's anger shot up like a rocket when he heard this.
"NAMI IS MY NAVIGATOR! SHE WOULD NEVER WORK FOR A BASTARD LIKE YOU! YOU MUST'VE DONE SOMETHING!" Luffy argued.
"He did." Nami cried. "When I was a baby, a marine found a little blue, haired girl carrying me in a ruined town. She saved both of us, and became my foster mother, Bellemere-san. She owned an orange farm but did not have a lot of money. One day, Arlong and his crew came onto this island. He stated that everyone had to pay for their lives. Bellemere-san could either afford her life, or both my sister, Nojiko and me. She gave up her live to save us both." Tears streamed down the girl's face. "Then…Arlong captured me and forced me to work for him. The only way I could free the village was to buy it back for one hundred million berri."
"Speaking about the money Nami, a friend dropped by here a while ago. He was a marine investigating your mother's orange crop." Arlong said slowly. Nami's eyes showed fury as she ran out of the park.
"What did you say that made her react like that?" Naruto questioned.
"I heard that Nami hides all the money she stole in her mother's crop field. It's just a theory though. Now let's back to our fight."
"Hey Luffy, the octopus is out." Zoro announced while brushing dust off his shirt. His enemy had numerous cut bleeds all over his body.
"The big fin dude had strong karate moves, but it was no match for my kicks." Sanji added as he smoked a cigarette.
"That leaves the long nose coward boy and the weird short merman. I go see how he's holding." Naruto decided as he ran out of the park.
"So, it's a showdown between humans and merman." Arlong observed.
"I'm defiantly going to kick your ass!" Luffy stated boldly as he started an attack.
Naruto's POV
The half-fox ninja dashed out of the park. He met along a person he sent flying along the road. Kisame had no sign of injuries whatsoever.
"I don't have time to deal with you!" Naruto shouted.
"Whatever, I'm done here. I just came here to destroy your seal and unleash the Kyuubi inside you. Then capturing you would've been easier. I have nothing else to do. I'm leaving, Arlong pisses me off." Kisame hissed.
"Wait! Where's Sasuke?"
"Like hell I'm telling you. I don't know much, but I heard he 'got rid of' Orochimaru. He's working under some new person that calls himself 'God'! Another strong ninja goes to waste by throwing their life away to become a pirate."
"What's that suppose to mean?" Naruto spat.
"Most of Konoha's strongest ninjas end up as pirates in the end. One of the Sannin of Konoha: Toad Sage Jiraya is an example. He took the occupation of spy on the legendary pirate crew of Gol D. Roger." The bandaged blade wielder replied. "Furthermore, his best apprentice also trained to become a pirate. He had a strong bond with the other apprentices, like Red Haired Shanks. You know him as your legendary Fourth Hokage: The Yellow Flash of the Leaf."
"Ero-sennin, and the Hokage were…pirates?" Naruto asked. Kisame nodded.
"…and now you: Uzumaki Naruto, also known as Bloody Fox Naruto, is a pirate of the rubber brat. It's already certain that his pirate crew will be infamous very soon." With that last sentence, Kisame turned into a puddle of water and vanished.
"I should go after that weird dude." Naruto told himself as he charged for Usopp. Ero-sennin, the Fourth Hokage, and me are all pirates. I will surpass them both!
Deleted Scene
"NOOOOOOOOOO!" Arlong hollered as he swung his arm with all his might. Luffy ducked before the merman could land a blow. "IT'S OUR GOD DAMN RACE!
"You want to race?" Luffy asked.
"NOOOOOOOO! I MEAN OUR RACE, LIKE MERMAN! IT'S BETTER THAN THE HUMAN RACE!" Arlong argued. Naruto suddenly got a mischievous idea.
"Luffy, Arlong doesn't know what you're talking about because he never saw a race." The blond shouted to the straw hat.
"Oh, really? Well it's simple. A race is when two or more people run around. The fastest person who crosses the finish line wins." Luffy explained.
"I KNOW WHAT A RACE IS! I'M TALKING ABOUT THE OTHER RACE!" Arlong hollered in rage.
"He means relay race." Naruto said.
"Oh, relay race is easy as well. Relay race has about four people in a team. You carry this stick thing, and you run. When a person gets to the starting point again that person passes the stick to the next person. The first team that has everyone who ran with the stick wins." Luffy lectured.
"NOT THAT STUPID RACE! I MEAN THE TYPE OF PERSON YOU ARE!" Arlong exploded.
"That is called 'personality'." Naruto corrected.
"NARUTO, GO F**K AROUND SOMEWHERE ELSE! I MEAN LIKE THE KIND OF PERSON YOU ARE. AN EXAMPLE IS THAT I AM A MERMAN, AND BOTH OF YOU GUYS ARE HUMANS." The merman shouted.
"But, I'm a Rubber man as well. Does that mean I have two races? AWSOME!" Luffy asked.
"WAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!" Naruto laughed as he fell onto his back. For the rest of his life, Arlong read a bunch of books that will help him counter the debate against Monkey D. Luffy.
You guys wanted Naruto to have lightning based chakra, so here is him using it for the first time. I have a very evil idea for the next chapter. You'll just have to wait to find out. I promise the delay won't be as long this time. If you have any ideas for devil fruits you like, and you want me to add it in this story sooner or later, tell me. I will see you all next chapter, and don't forget to REVIEW!
