Well guys, here ends the Rescue Naruto Arc with one more arc to go till part three.
Chapter 49: One Step Further
Title Page: The whole cover is the Sharingan Eye with three tomoes. In one tomoe, is Naruto in his chakra form. Another tomoe is Kuina with True Justice out. And the final tomoe is Itachi with his mangekyou eyes and a black sword.
Grand End
Naruto stared in utter confusion to the scene before him. He blinked and rubbed his eyes to see if there was anything in his eyes. When he finished, it was still the same.
He was looking at himself.
There he was in the torn outfit Doflamingo gave him and there was the rest of the team that was there to rescue him, fighting off the Blackbeard Pirates.
"What the hell is this!" He saw himself yell outloud. His eyes widened, just as his counterpart did. "Am I looking at a mirror?"
"Yes." A voice rang out of nowhere. It was Itachi's. "This is my devil fruit, the..."
"Mira Mira no Mi- Grants the user the ability to create, move, and destroy any mirrors.
"Seriously. I have to find who is saying that. He's got like the manliest voice ever." Naruto said, then raised his hands in a placating manner after seeing Itachi's eyebrow. "I don't swing that way. But even you would want to know who that voice is."
"Not really. It's better off if we do not know the mysteries of life. Especially the mystery of beating my devil fruit." Itachi beckoned Naruto to come at him.
Naruto smirked. "That's easy..." He ran towards the mirror and broke it. Behind it...was several mirrors surrounding him. He quickly looked behind him to see another mirror. "Maybe too easy."
"Indeed." He quickly turned around to see Itachi there and the man was about to stab him in the gut. Naruto yelled, "Soru!"
He went back as far as he could and then sent a red chakra fist at Itachi. "Kyugan!"
It didn't hit Itachi head-on, but the man's arm was scorched and the sleeve was turned to ashes.
"Amazing. You seem to have a grasp of the Kyubi's power. You definitely are my exam to power."
"Exam to power?" Naruto raised an eyebrow as he threw a punch to Itachi's face. "What the hell are you saying?'
Itachi blocked the punch with ease. "The reason I'm doing this Naruto-kun, is to test myself. To see if I'm worthy of climbing the staircase, one step at a time."
Naruto was filled with pride at how badass he looked in the mirror. "Well sorry if this step's too slippery. Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!"
Naruto could see that Itachi was looking around at all the clones surrounding him. And when the clones charged, Itachi snapped his finger, "Mira Mira no Shatter"
All the Kage Bunchin shattered like glass. "What the hell! Those weren't mirrors!"
Itachi smirked, "They're mirrors of your soul."
"Seriously?" Naruto deadpanned.
The man shrugged. "Technically, they're mirrors of your chakra."
A sigh came out of Naruto's mouth. "Well that's just great. Fine then shatter this! Futon: Wind Ball Jutsu!" Itachi quickly sidestepped the ball, but was suprised when the ball exploded and he flew away. When he got back up, he was grabbed from his collar.
"You didn't think that all techniques needed to hit you?" Naruto was nose-to-nose with Itachi. Grinning off his sharp teeth, he muttered, "Kyukkai!"
He and Itachi were then consumed in a flaming pillar of red chakra. Naruto wasn't affected at all by it, but the other man had to bit back a grunt as his clothes was burning up and and his skin felt like it was touching lava.
When the chakra was gone, Naruto let go of Itachi, and can feel the red chakra leaving. 'What's going on Kyubi?' He asked as he watched the brunette slumped to the ground, the mirrors breaking apart.
"My chakra is being sucked back to me since the bars you destroyed are fixed. But I guess you don't need it anymore right?"
'I guess...' That was when he sees Itachi's body go with with a bunch of ravens fluttering. '...so. Fu-'
Splich! "Ah Shit! Kit!"
Being stabbed in the gut wasn't at all a happy feeling for Naruto. "God damn it! What's with everyone stabbing me in the gut! It's not cool!"
Itachi tilted his head. "This fight wouldn't be as melodramatic as it should be if I hadn't stabbed you."
Naruto looked to his left and saw that the others were fighting against the Blackbeard crew to even notice their fight. "Shit..." He coughed out blood. "I guess this is the end..."
"Naruto!" Luffy yelled while fight Blackbeard. He was in his Gear Second form.
Ace jumped down next to him after kicking Blackbeard away. "Damn! Why's everyone stabbing him in the gut!"
Luffy turned to his brother. "I'm one who keeps getting stabbed, baka!"
Ace bonked his brother. "Double-standard!" He looked back at the man they're fighting against. "Your friend will have to hold out cause here comes Blackbeard!"
"Tch! Isn't he supposed to be stronger than this?" Zoro muttered as he faced down Jesus.
"God, why does every man have to be so melodramatic?" Nami looked at Naruto's situation, then back to Catarina.
"Eya! He's going to kill me! Oh, Naruto got stabbed. EYA!" Usopp screamed as he runs away from Basco Shots beer swipes.
"What a guy. To be blondier than thou." Sanji muttered as he was in a four-way stare down with Crocodile, Smoker, and Shiryu.
"Fox! I gotta heal him, but this guy needs healing too. What do I do!" Chopper teared as he was next to a dying Doc Q and the equally dying horse Stronger.
"My my. It seems Naruto-san is in quite the predicament." Robin sighed as she used twenty of her arms to deflect the cane of Laffite.
"Rah! Blonde-bro's been stabbed! You gotta lot of guts bro!" Franky cheered as he blew away Abalo Pizzaro.
"Ooh! Ooh! My hearts been stabbed by a thousand knives! Ooh! Ooh!" Brooke sang as he dodged yet another shot from Van Auger.
"Yay! A lot of them has come to play with me!" San Juan Wolf clapped in glee even though he's been sliced, stabbed, snaked, clayed, shot, ironed, knived, hats and clogs.
Itachi frowned. "It can't be the end...this fight would be too short."
A smirk appeared on Naruto's bloody lips. "Careful of what wish for..." Pop!
Itachi widened his eyes. 'Kage Bunshin!' He looked around and saw Naruto raising his leg.
"Reikakyu!"
The chakra blade came out at top speed at Itachi, but the man made a mirror and deflected it back to Naruto.
"Shit!" Naruto cursed as he ducked the blade and ran towards Itachi. But the man disappeared behind the mirror he created.
"Mira Mira no..." Naruto looked behind him to see Itachi with his arms spread out. "Guillotine!"
Naruto, in his peripheral vision, saw three mirrors ready to slice his head off. And he guessed a fourth one is behind him. The blonde yelled, "Reippou!"
Naruto skyrocketed higher and yelled, "Let me show you my devil fruit! Rei Rei no...!"
Holding out his hand, he formed a glowing rasengan. His lower body turned into his 'ghost' form and he swerved to Itachi.
Itachi made a jutsu, "Katon: Pheonix sage Fire Jutsu!" He spat our small fireballs that swerved in every direction. He then made mirrors in each location where the fireballs are headed and all deflected to Naruto. "Mira Mira no Glass Oven!"
The flames struck Naruto, who only poofed out. Itachi widened his eyes as the room glowed and he turned to see the source. Naruto was right in front of him with two glowing arms. The blonde then screamed, "PENTENANCE!"
Itachi then suffered a barrage of chakra fists that glowed like the rasengan. It was similar to the way Luffy used Gatling. 'Amazing...he converted the Fourth's rasengan into a coating.'
Naruto stopped punching Itachi and yelled, "Jougan Rasengan!" He exploded pain all over Itachi's face as the man flew back twenty feet if it weren't for the cave having walls.
The blond panted at haveing to control the rasengan that way. "Man. The days I wish to be normal."
"When's that?"
'Never.'
"I would be thoroughly disappointed if you were normal Naruto-kun. This fight wouldn't have that much...spicing on it." Itachi said.
Instead of gaping at how he survived that, he merely pointed at someone. "You want me to get Sanji to fight you? Cause you guys would have one hell of a dialogue."
Itachi smirked with blood down his mouth, neck and toe. "I'd rather not. You're blondier."
"God damn it!"
"Sorry Sanji! Maybe next time!" Naruto apologized. He then went back into a fighting stance. "Alright then, let's continue. I'm pretty sure this fight's gonna cover at least ten more chapters."
"You speak as if we're in a book. I speak as if we're in a cooking show. Don't you see Naruto-kun? We're destined to fight. The epitome of sunshine versus the epitome of darkness." Itachi smirked as he held out his hands.
"Dude. If you want to be like that go to a wrestling match and fight! We're ninja's, not fricken characters from a story!" Naruto charged at the other ninja in the cave.
"If you want me to show you how ninja fight, then let's..." Itachi smiled as his eyes turned blood red Sharingan. He raised a mirror from nowhere and pushed it towards Naruto at fast speeds.
Naruto punched the mirror, breaking it apart, revealing Itachi coming through the flying pieces and slashed his sword down on Naruto's chest.
Naruto gasped and saw that the man was going to stab him, so he yelled, "Reikkai!"
The sword shattered on impact and Naruto pointed his finger at Itachi. "Reigan!"
Itachi immediately felt the sense to sleep. 'It seems he attacked my spirit. What a devil fruit...' He dropped to his knees and was about to sleep when Naruto kicked him back a few feet. The the blond yelled, "Soru!" and teleported to Itachi's front.
"Shigan!" He would've stabbed Itachi if the man hadn't break apart. "A mirror! That's right, the voice said he could move mirrors."
Bam!
He was punched in the face by his enemy and Itachi kept punching him in the stomach. It was worse since he was just stabbed in the stomach and then grabbed Naruto's collar and looked into Naruto's eyes. The blonde looked away, just when Itachi activated his Mangekyou sharingan. "Tough luck. Futon: Gods Whisper Kai!"
Itachi was blown away by the defense-offence technique. While upside-down in mid-air he made some handseals.
Naruto narrowed his eyes when Itachi just disappeared by smoke. Looking around he sees that everyone who was fighting froze and all their faces looked at him. Raising an eyebrow, he muttered, "Genjutsu. Easy..."
He destroyed the genjutsu by overflowing his chakra everywhere and when he did, he saw that he was surrounded by mirrors. All around him were the reflective objectes. And he made the mistake of looking at all of them as Itachi's Mangekyou Sharingan was spinning in each and every one of them. Naruto can only think of one thing when his world turned to black.
"Maybe too easy."
The sounds of fighting greeted her, when she opened her eyes to a sight that horrified her. There stood the man called Itachi, with a camatose Naruto on the ground in front of him.
The black-haired man simply looked down with an air of disappointment. "It seems not even you can stand against my Tsukiyomi. Especially now that I have two..."
"You bastard." He looked to see Kuina getting up from her spot by a bored-looking Doflamingo. She grabbed hold of her sword and pointed it at Itachi. "What have you done to him!"
Itachi merely pointed to Naruto. "I have sent him to a world where he will be tortured for as long as I want. But now that he is gone, there is none who can challenge me..."
Kuina looked down, shadowing her eyes. "No." Gripping her sword tighter, she looked up with a fierce look and bright eyes. "I will not allow him to be captured by a villain such as you!"
The man stared at her with a bored look, until he saw a white aura coming off her sword. 'What is this? Does her sword...?'
His eyes widened when she charged and took a swipe at him. He easily dodged the blade, but was suprised when a red chakra blade came out of the sword and sliced him in the chest. "Nani? That was the Kyubi's chakra?"
Kuina glared at Itachi while keeping her stance. "How do you know about the Kyubi?"
Itachi stared at her with the Mangekyou. He would've used Tsukiyomi if Naruto wasn't currently in it. "I should ask you the same thing. I'm from the same village from Naruto-kun."
"Tch. Like I would answer some lowly pirate." She nearly spat at the man.
Itachi looked at her with an amused expression. "Oh? Isn't Naruto-kun a lowly pirate as you say? What makes him so special?"
Kuina looked away, a blush coming to her cheeks, but returned her glare full-force. "He is a much better person than you are. Marine. Pirate. It doesn't matter at all to me anymore! Naruto-kun is a person I consider precious and I will free him from your grasp!"
Her answer caused Itachi to grin with a manical tint to it. 'Such determination. Just like you, Naruto-kun. You should see her now. Tsk. Serves you right for knocking her out, if you didn't, both of you would've given me a run for my money.'
"Well then, Kuina-chan. Show me if you can back up your words. Show Naruto-kun how much he is precious to you. If you fail, I will definitely kill you in front of his eyes. If he can even see once I'm done with him." With that, he took out another sword, this one having a black tint to it and has a red strip around it's handle.
As he takes a stance, both swordsman looked at each other. One with hate, the other with expectancy.
...
'Now/Now!'
Both blades struck.
Tsukiyomi
Naruto opened his eyes. The sight that greeted him was a pitch black area where only he was was illuminated by the moon that was directly above him.
"Do you see this?" Itachi's voice rang out.
Naruto looked around. "No, not really. This place sucks ass. It's got nothing."
"Hm. One such as you should consider the beauty of the unexisting. It might hold more than you think." And out came Itachi. But this time, a bit different.
His hair is much longer than before, it seems to mesh with the pitch black surrounding. His clothing is also pitch black robe that it's kind of like black fire in the form of clothing. In his sword is another pitch black item and when it moves it leaves an afterimage. (Think Ichigo's final Getsuga form from Bleach)
"Welcome to the world of Tsukiyomi. But now, the pain..." Naruto gasped as blood came out of his front and back. He turns his head to see Itachi behind him. "is real."
Naruto spat out blood as he took a stance. "What's so different this time? Other than I'm not tied to a post."
Itachi stared at him with obsidian eyes. "When I took my brother's eye, I have gained another Tsukiyomi. Thus, combining both eyes will double the illusion, thus...making it real. As to why you're not tied to a post. It seems that you're power has overriden that detail. But no matter...none can match me here in the world of Tsukiyomi."
The blonde smirked. "So now I have a fighting chance against you huh? Your world or not, I'm still gonna kick your ass!"
Naruto sped towards Itachi, but soon stopped because a blood exploded everywhere around him as little cuts appeared all over his body. Itachi was behind him with his sword clean as a whistle. "Sorry, Naruto-kun, but this is my world. I have obtained speeds unparalled to any."
Naruto dropped to his knees and breathed heard. "I see..." Smiling, he turned around to face and Itachi and the other did as well. Itachi widened his eyes when he sees Naruto's chakra turn green.
"Futon: God's Scream!"
Wind exploded everywhere as the torrent whipped everywhere, making Itachi cover his eyes. It was futile though as Itachi only gritted his teeth when he was ripped apart into pieces.
"Speed doesn't cover everything, when everything tries to stop it."
Grand End
Doflamingo was kind of intrigued now. Here he was, bored at the display his son and that Uchiha was showing. Then the brat got himself in a coma and now his girlfriend is now fighting the black haired man. He thought that girl wouldn't last a second.
But there she is, keeping up with the older man as both of them kept swapping steel. Albeit, she used some tricks when she slices the man with the red chakra waves, but that didn't stop Itachi from using his mirrors as well.
But then, Itachi immediately screamed for a second or two, causing everyone's fight to pause, then continue on.
The man breathed heavily. 'What was that just now? I felt like a wind jutsu just tore me apart. But the only one who can do that is...' He furrowed his brows. 'Naruto-kun...so you have defeated Tsukiyomi. Then the next would be...'
He was disturbed from his thoughts when Kuina attempted to slice off his head. She successfully did so, but instead of a geyser of red blood, it was the flocking of black ravens. She guarded herselfs when the aerial beasts attacked her, but she activated yet another power of the sword when she raised it high in the ar. A pillar of red chakra erupted from the sword, guarding her like a tower to a princess.
She was amazed at what her sword did as he looked at it with wonder. "Could it be...the legend was true?"
"Kuina, you must pay attention. This is one of the most vital things you have to learn about True Justice. It may save your life." Koshiro, Kuina's dad explained to her younger self.
"But dad, didn't you say the ability to capture any demon's power and use it was only used by the original wielder?" Kuina asked.
Her father smiled at her. "True. But you can't blame an old man for hoping..."
"Hoping what, dad?" Kuina looked at him. He smiled and petted her.
"Hope for that one day, that power will save your life when necassary."
Kuina smiled at that memory. "Thank you, dad. I promise I'll return home one day, as the best swordsman of them all!"
"If you can live for that long." Itachi said from behind her. Kuina turned around with a full swing, which he deflected with his black blade.
Kuina then pointed the sword at Itachi while both were in a deadlock. The man's eyes widened when the sword glowed and he quickly leaped back and made several mirrors to shield him from the ray of red chakra that came from the sword.
The ray broke the mirrors and shot his leg.
Itachi grunted and fell to the floor. He looked down to his leg with was scorched. He stood up and took a step forward but limped. 'Hmph. I guess I can't move much. Time to stay on the defensi-HRAH!'
His world exploded in pain.
Amatseru
Pitch black soon became fiery red, as black flames accompanied the sunset background. Naruto stopped his hurricane so that the flames won't grow bigger.
Naruto now found himself in a ring of fire.
"Impressive Naruto-kun; You're power is unmatched as well, even in my world. But now, let's see how you fair within the world of Amatseru."
When Naruto saw Itachi coming out of the fire, his form different than before. Now Itachi wears blakc ebony samurai armor. On his chest is a skull with flames in its eye sockets. And on the hilt of his sword is a bone handle. "Wow. Way to go back in time there."
Itachi smiled. "This attire exemplifies the strength of the Uchiha, the Sharingan, and myself. I will show you the strength that I have achieved that will make it to the top."
He rushed towards Naruto, who took a step back and then flipped backwards. He flipped around yelled, "Reikkai!"
Itachi cut through the chakra blade in half with his flaming sword and raised his hand.
Naruto looked behind him to see the ring of black flames heading towards him. He yelled, "Soru!"
He rushed towards Itachi and he punched the man. "Jougan!" His hand immediately burned and he retracted his hand. "Fuck!"
Itachi smirked and stabbed Naruto if the blonde didn't say, "Reippou!"
After getting distance from Itachi, he said to himself, "Damn, this sucks. I can't touch him, nor can I get away from him. Most of my jutsus are wind so I can't make him stronger. So..."
"Maybe you should match his flames with you're chakra."
'What? What do you mean?'
"God damn it! You try to be mystical and they still don't get it! You're Spirit transformations dolt!"
'Oh yeah..thanks Kyubs!"
"Kyubs! Never call me that again! If I wasn't a father-figure to him, I'd..."
"Alright Itachi. You got me. I'll play into this sick game of yours and give you your ultimate fight. Prepare yourself! Rei Rei no..." As four wings came out and armor appeared around him, he stared his cold blue eyes into Itachi's gleeful red eyes. "...Archangel..."
"Amazing Naruto-kun. Let's see if you can match me now!" Itachi yelled as he swung his sword at Naruto. "Black Flame Cleaver!"
Naruto narrowed his eye and raised his hand. A chakra blade appeared and both flame and chakra collided. With his other hand, Naruto created a rasengan and plunged it at Itachi's chest.
Itachi slid back and he made a jutsu. "Katon: Black Snake Flood!" The flames from the ring of fire head towards Naruto in the form of snakes. He made another handseal. "Katon: Black Raven Hurricane!"
Flaming ravens appeared from the ring of fire and came towards Naruto. The blonde yelled, "Archangelic Reippou!" A torrent of chakra erupted from Naruto's feet and he flew at high speeds to the sky. Looking down, he cursed, "You've gotta be shitting me."
Coming at him in high speeds, is Itachi, on a gigantic flaming raven. Naruto pointed his sword at Itachi. "Archangelic Reigan!"
A giant beam of chakra came from the tip of Naruto's sword to Itachi, who jumped off the bird, which evaporated. Itachi was falling until a sea of ravens rescued him and went towards Naruto. Naruto groaned and said, "Fuck it!"
His leg glowing he kicked off an Archangelic Reikkakyu. The six chakra covered blade almost sliced Itachi, but the man ran towards the front of the sea of ravens and went to Naruto's left. Naruto prepared for him, but he was attacked from behind as the flames from the ring of fire got him in the back. He plummeted down to the ground.
Itachi dropped to the ground as well. Walking towards Naruto, he lifted his sword up to finish the blonde off. "Sorrow, Naruto-kun. But our bout ends here."
But before he can drop the blade, an earthquake shook the area, making Itachi of all people stumble back. When the earthquake stopped, Itachi got up and dusted himself. "My my...it seems Kuina-chan is putting up quite the fight."
Naruto's eyes shot open. Lifting his head slowly up from the ground, he grounded out, "What? Kuina is what!"
Itachi reveled the anger on Naruto's face as his lips twitched upwards. "Didn't you know? Your precious Kuina-chan is out there fighting myself out there in the real world."
Naruto widened his eyes and got up to his knees. "Out there? The real world? Doesn't your illusion take 3 seconds out there? This whole charade, the pain you feel in here. You didn't sent me to a genjutsu, you sent me to your mind."
Itachi widened his eyes. 'He got all that from just a sentence? Impressive intuition. I was right in targeting those of the younger generation.' "Well, seems you've figured me out. But what does that mean for you and Kuina-chan?'
Naruto smirked as he stood up, his hand held out, and the chakra blade disappating. "Kuina-chan can take care of herself. The only reason I didn't want her to fight with me is because of my destructive arsenal. Even if she's having a tough time..." His arm glowed and he charged Itachi. "I'll just have to destroy your mind! Archangelic Jougan!"
He would've punched Itachi with his chakra fist, but Itachi jumped high in the air. "Futile. Naruto-kun. This is my mind. I can defy any law here. No ma-"
His eyes widened as blood exploded off his back. Falling to the ground, he looked up to see Naruto pointing his finger at him. "Archangelic Reikkakyu isn't just known for its power, but it's duration. I hidden it behind your Amatseru circle and came out just when you're invulnerable. I may be in your mind, but your mind it's a match for my wit. Goodbye Itachi, this bout has ended. Archangelic Reigan!"
Naruto only looked on as his opponent was engulfed in the beam of chakra. He missed the brief smile on Itachi's face just before the man's end. When the beam disappeared, along with Itachi, Naruto dropped to the ground. "Woo! Glad that's over."
"Don't celebrate just yet Naruto-kun-" "-FUCK ME SIDEWAYS!" "But you still have one more to go. Welcome...to Susanoo."
Grand End
Itachi stared at the girl in front of him. He saw two people beside her. One was blonde and had whiskers, the other had red eyes like himself and was younger. "Kuina-chan..."
"Stop calling me that!" Kuina yelled at him as she charged at him. Itachi merely pointed at her and sent a mirror to get in the way of her path.
"Sorrow Kuina-chan. But I call you this just like I call Naruto-kun 'Naruto-kun' You both have imrpessed me with those eyes." He said as he raised his sword to block the incoming strike from Kuina.
The girl halted her strike, and aimed for his leg instead. "My eyes?"
Itachi blocked the strike with a mirror, making Kuina see herself and Itachi. "Yes. Those eyes that scream, 'I will defeat you.' And mean it. Naruto-kun is well on his way too."
Kuina stepped to behind Itachi and struck. "Naruto? What do you mean?"
Without looking at her, he stopped her attack with another mirror. "What I mean is that while you are fighting the physical me, Naruto is on the path of fighting the mental version of myself."
Kuina pointed her sword towards Itachi and out came the red beam of chakra at the mirror. Breaking through the mirror, it went through Itachi's chest, making the man disappear in a poof of smoke. "A Kage Bunshin? You're a ninja?"
Itachi appeared via ravens. "Hai. Me and Naruto are from the same village. Though my reasons for leaving aren't very cavalier."
Kuina raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean?"
Itachi smirked. "I killed my whole family." It's better if he didn't say that he saved his brother.
The girl widened her eyes. "W-what! Why!" She couldn't imagine killing her father.
The smirk on his lips disturbed her ever so largely. "To test the limits of my power."
Kuina's eyes were horrified. Her expression took a turn for the worse as her voice became explosive and venomous. "You MONSTER!"
Itachi looked up, with a bloody smile. "Monster..." He was ignorant of the impending swordswoman. "Maybe I am..."
Swiftly raising his blade to block hers. He was eye to eye with her. "But tell me, oh angel. Can you stop this monster...to save your demon?"
Susanoo
"What the hell is this! Another fight! Come on! I'm tired of kicking your ass!" Naruto screamed out his fustrations.
His pleas were all for naught.
The fiery planes of Amatseru now turned to into a desolate plateau. Looking over the plateau, Naruto can see a sea of red accompanied by the sunrise of a red moon. Looking down the edge, he sees a bubbling. The bubbling turned into a geyser as a giant figure. A fiery red ogre with a sword and shield. Inside the translucent figure, is Itachi, in similar clothing as Susanoo. "Naruto-kun. Meet Susanoo."
Naruto gazed in awe at the gigantice figure. "I see. So if I defeat Susanoo, I defeat you."
Itachi nodded. "Hai. But with the Yata Mirror and the Totsuka Sword, chances of victory are slim."
"So I've been told many times. But you know what?" Naruto smirked as he jumped right to Susanoo's face. "I NEVER LISTEN! Archangelic Reikakyu!"
As soon a the blades made damage on the face, the wound was instantly healed. Naruto landed on the plateau and looked up to see Susanoo raising the Totsuka Sword. "This won't end well. Archangelic Reikkai!"
The sword descended upon his enhanced armor. Even the plateau was destroyed and he now stood on water. But the force of the strike sent him on his knees. He can hear the sounds Susanoo was making and saw it's feet. Looking up, he came to a conclusion.
It's big.
Itachi smirked rather smugly. "Now do you see, Naruto-kun? You are at your end. Susanoo is unmatched by any mortal power."
Naruto widened his eyes in an epiphany. A smirk came upon his face as he yelled, "Oh yeah! Then how about an immortal power! Rei Rei no..."
Itachi raised an eyebrow as to what the boy was going to do. Then it happened. An apocalypse of chakra surrounded the boy and morphed into a gigantic figure that is greater than Susanoo in size. This time it was Itachi that stared in wonder. One word uttered out of his mouth that described his suprise.
"Kami/KAMI!"
The humanoid chakra titan began to raise it's arm to punch Susanoo. But the goblin-like monster raised it's shield to block the blow. The chakra titan raised it's other hand to point at Susanoo.
Itachi's eyes widened when he remembered what that gesture meant, Susanoo's third arm that held a sake jar.
"Kami Reigan!" The titan screamed with Naruto's voice, muffled by various chakra noises.
The beam was swallowed up in the jar. 'If that blast would've hit, Susanoo would've been easily defeated.' Itachi was about to salivate, if it was in his character to do so, so he settled for a glint in his eye. 'Kami, Naruto-kun. You truly are the mealstrom in my way to the summit.'
He went back to focus on the real world just as the chakra titan lifted it's leg. "Kami Reikakkyu!" A humongous ray of chakra came from the titan's legs and came at Susanoo. Susanoo blocked the ray with the Totsuka Sword. Both held out as long as they could for awhile, until Itachi noticed the shadow that loomed over him. 'Impossible! To come behind me so fast!'
It was true. The chakra titan appeared behind Susanoo and pointed it's finger at Itachi. 'This tactic again? Hmph, Naruto-kun, must you disappoint me so?'
"Kami Reigan!"
The beam went inside the sake jar, but them the jar glowed and exploded into a million pieces. This made Itachi cover his face from the shards that blew away and the shockwave it generated. 'To break the Jar of Susanoo...requires godly amount of chakra. Even the Kyubi would have trouble with doing so.'
Without the jar, Itachi sweated slightly when the chakra titan prepared another beam of chakra in it's finger. This time, he went on the offensive as Susanoo charged at Naruto with it's shield in front. Just when it was near, the beam shot at the Yata Mirror. Susanoo walked forward inch by inch, unitl it was right in front of the chakra titan. Taking one last move before even the Yata Mirror breaks, it took one quick swing across the titan.
Both attack destroyed both monster and god. Susanoo disappeared in a flash of light as Itachi fell, just as Naruto's Kami disappated, making him fall as well.
Itachi landed on his feet, albiet a bit rough due to the high height he fell from. Naruto fell into the ocean, unconscious from using too much chakra. Itachi limped over to where Naruto fell inside the water, the younger boy stopping just under the surface of the ocean. Itachi grabbed Naruto's collar and lifted him out of the ocean. Raising his hand, a sword formed into his hand and held it against the blonde's neck.
"Alas, Naruto-kun...this is the end of your journey. You have proven time and time again that you are my rival. You are stronger than me in many ways. May you use that strength...perhaps in the next life. Goodbye..."
As he made the motion to slit Naruto's throat, he felt a finger poking at his heart. His eyes widened as he looked at Naruto's face to see a grin. "Ditto...Shigan!"
And as both titans fell...so did their masters.
Grand End
Rage filled up inside the spirited girl. Her screams of anger filled the air as she lashed out at Itachi. He easily parried her attacks, sending out swipes that cut her easily.
"Why so angry, Kuina-chan? What have I done to deserve such anger? It is not your family I killed, so what is the problem?" Itachi said as he avoided a red blade from her sword.
"The problem! You! You're the problem!" She struck another blow at Itachi, this being the first in a awhile. "It was your family you killed! Scum such as you is why I wanted to join the marines!"
She remembered the men that kidnapped her and other slaves years ago, before Naruto saved her. How they simply killed familes and torn them apart. This man reminded her of such monsters.
And that arrogant little smirk on his face did not help at all.
Itachi merely stared at her with the blood-red eyes of his Sharingan. "You remind me of my brother. Two years ago, when he and I first met after I killed our family. He came at me with such rage that I toyed with him like a pet. Then, only days ago we met again. He grew up. He would've killed me if my partner haven't saved me. Do you know why I'm telling you this Kuina-chan? Can you tell me the moral of the story?"
Kuina confusedly looked at her enemy. A memory then popped into her head.
"RAAAAGH!"
A younger Kuina charged at the boy, filled with rage at being underestimated, just because she was a woman.
The arrogant little smirk on his face did not help at all.
The fight was easily determined.
"Kuina..." Her father looked upon his ashamed daughter with a frown. "Do I even need to tell you why you lost?"
The girl looked away ashamed and muttered. Her father raised an eyebrow. "Sorry...I can't seem to hear you."
"IT'S BECAUSE I'M A GIRL ISN'T IT! I LOST BECAUSE WHATEVER I DO, I JUST CAN'T STAND UP TO A GUY RIGHT!" Kuina shouted her heart out.
Koshiro sighed. "No, that's not it at all. But what you just did should tell you what you did wrong. Tell me, why do you think you beat Zoro-kun all the time? Why is it, that such a boy with so much potential, cannot beat a girl such as yourself?"
Kuina rubbed her tear-stricken cheeks as she thought about it. How Zoro fought and how he lost and how she just fought and lost...
Suddenly, it all clicked.
"His rage..." She said in a tone of understanding. "Your brother lost to you because of his rage. He bacame a wild animal that you easily predicted where he would attack."
Itachi nodded. "Yes. You understand of how emotion can hamper your skill. Now you will drop your anger?"
Kuina gripped her sword and got into a sword stance. "No." Making Itachi's brow rise. "I'm keeping this rage. You will feel my anger, but now in it's most potent state."
She raised her sword and her eyes were like her steel sword. Sharp and deadly. "And that is within this blow!"
The Uchiha murderer stared at her before twitching his leg. 'It seems I can move my leg for a final sprint.' He looked up to see the girl. An image of an angel behind her. 'So...this is it...'
Itachi put his sword by his side facing behind him. 'My final blow...'
Murderer and angel stared on for silent minutes. Time had stood still for these two.
Kuina made the first move, puting one step forward to lunge at her opponent. Itachi closed his eyes and did the same. In an instant, both were at opposite sides.
Itachi smirked as blood trickled down his eyes. Blood then cleanly came out of him like lava from a canyon. He silently went down without a sound.
Kuina breathed heavily. 'Haa...haa...it's over...I can't believe...I defeated him...' Standing up straight, she turned towards to where Naruto lay unconsious. Her eyes then widened in shock. About over fifty cuts appeared on her body, her face was the only one to not be marred. She turned to her defeated opponent. 'He...truly...is a...monster...'
Turning to Naruto, she knelt down beside him. He laid there with his eyes open and glazed. She put her hand to touch him, when all of a sudden he screamed. She heard another scream and turned to see Itachi screaming as well.
Turning her sights back to Naruto, he was sweating, his hand holding his throat. His panicked expression turned to confused and then looked at her. A smile appeared on his face. "Heh. Looks like your safe..."
Kuina semi-glared at him. "You baka...I should hit you for knocking me out..."
Naruto smirked. "Then, why don't you?"
His response was her dropping to the ground. "Oy!" Naruto caught her with a worried expression. He then paid attention to her body. It was full of cuts.
With a blank expression, he calmly said, "You did this to her..."
Itachi smirked as he was laying in his own blood. "Hai..." Naruto gritted his teeth. "Don't be so angry at me, Naruto-kun. I'm only preparing her..."
Naruto snapped his head toward the Uchiha murderer. "Preparing her for what!"
Itachi turned his head to let Naruto see the eyes of a crazed man. "Preparing her for the monsters she will have to face if both of you have any chance of being together."
The blond flinched. "What? Me and her...no..."
Itachi still kept on smiling as blood just poured out of his mouth. "I can see it you know...your similarities are blaringly obvious, yet so apart..." Putting one hand beside him, he slowly stood. He slowly walked towards Naruto. The blonde tensed, gently letting go of Kuina, and standing up himself.
Itachi stopped right in front Naruto, who was inches taller than him. "Ha..." The brunette breathed out, staring into the cold and brilliant blue eyes of Naruto. He looked at his index and middle finger and poked Naruto's forehead. "Foolish..."
Naruto felt it. When he got touched, he felt...nothing. 'He has no power left...' He looked at the murderer in front of him, now a weak man. 'He's harmless now...'
Itachi walked passed him and looked down on the girl he fought moments before. Kneeling down, he poked her forehead. "Hmph...you win..."
The brunette saw the grin appearing on her face. He couldn't help but smile slightly. Falling back, he let out a breath. "This is my end..."
Pow! "Oof!"
Itachi got kicked hard in the ribs and felt himself get carried. Looking at the assailant, he raised an eyebrow. "Jesus..."
No. Not that Jesus. "HAHA!" The white-haired muscled man laughed, cuts on his body. "You were so focused on your fight that you didn't know that everyone's fight ended eh?"
Naruto looked at the everyone's fights...or lack of thereof.
San Juan was covering half of The Green outside with everyone that he fought passed out on top of his belly.
Brook was singing some lively songs while Franky, Usopp, Basco Shot, and Abalo Pizarro danced together. Sanji was flirting...well, failing to flirt with Nami and Robin, who both were talking about idiot male crew members with Catarina. Smoker, Crocodile, Shiryu were all smoking in the non-smoking area of the cave. Chopper was crying as he tried to heal Doc Q and Stronger, but failing miserably.
But all the festivities stopped when all people heard Jesus say, "Ha shit! Looks like there's one more fight to go!"
Everyone turned there heads to the center of the cave. There, was Luffy, Ace and Blackbeard with bruises and burns all over. Blackbeard was being supported by Laffite and Van Auger.
"It's over Blackbeard. You have to pay for your treachery against Whitebeard and killing Thatch!" Ace said while glaring at Blackbeard.
"Zehahahaha! You truly have no idea how far we can go with this fight, do you!" Blackbeard said as he shrugged off his crewmate, both knowing when to get away.
"What do you mean, teme! This fight is over!" Luffy yelled like a background character.
Blackbeard only smirked as his eye grew black. "Do you want to what the D. means in our names? Monkey D. Luffy!" Luffy blinked. "Portgas D. Ace!" Ace narrowed his eyes. "And Marshall D. Teach!" Blackbeard grinned wider.
The blackness covered Teach. "It means..." The darkness explodede and then reverted back to Blackbeard, transforming him into a monstrosity. A dark being that could reach half the height of this cave. "DEVIL!"
Ace and Luffy looked at each other then at the new form of Blackbeard. 'Devil?' They both thought.
Naruto looked on, along with Itachi and Doflamingo, all thinking the same thing. 'Interesing.'
Blackbeard grinned in his new form. "Yes! The devil in our names means we are the chosen disciples for the Devil himself! To match the power of the gods with Devil Fruits! Only us with D. can maximize the power of Devil Fruits! It allows us to become Devils!"
Ace looked up at Blackbeards new form in silence. "Luffy." He finally said. "I'm going to become a Devil..."
Luffy blinked at him in shock and yelled, "No way! You don't know what will happen if you become a devil!"
His response was an infamous Ace grin. "Don't worry bro. The only thing that can defeat me is probably you in a few hundred years!" He then sprinted towards Blackbeard, ignoring Luffy's shout.
Ace yelled, "Mera Mera no...HADES!" His form transformed in a flaming titan with horns.
Blackbeard grinned and yelled, "Come boy! Let's show all these people what a devil can do!"
Both came at each other with huge gigantic fists of their respective element. In a bright and blank flash, it was over.
Naruto opened his eyes to see Blackbeard and Ace unconsious, side by side. "I'll never forgive you." Ace said weakly.
Blackbeard only smirked as he was carried by a lively Stronger and a livelier Doc Q. "Good for you, Zehahahaha!"
"Hehe! Our act really showed them, eh Stronger?" Doc Q said, sounding like Jesus. The horse whined beautifully and rode to Jesus, who put Itachi on Stronger as well. The doctor turned to a baffled Chopper. "Sorry, kiddo, but you lose this fight...Let's go Stronger!"
The horse ran off into the sunset, leaving Jesus to stare on with tears in his eyes, making Naruto feel awkard standing next to him. But Jesus then realized something, "Ha shit! They left us behind! Let's go you sorry shits of god!"
Naruto can only shrug as the Blackbeard crew left. "Well..." He turned to Kuina and picked her up piggyback. "You okay here?" His response was a content grunt.
He heard a laugh as he looked to see Luffy holding Ace by the shoulder yelling out, "We did it! Naruto is back!"
Everyone in the Strawhat crew cheered. Naruto smiled as he looked at everyone of them. "Thanks guys." He then looked at Crocodile and Smoker. "And you too I guess." He sweatdropped when both flipped him off, enjoying their smoke a little too much.
He looked back to the Strawhat Crew who were discussing things amongst themselves. He then saw all of them nod at each other and looked at him with smiles on their faces. "Uhhh...what was that about?" His answer was hands sprout around him to carry Kuina off of him. "Oh! Okay, thanks Robin..."
He then sees Brooke in front of him. "Oh hey Brooke, I just gotta thank you ag-" He was interrupted as Brooke raised his arm which he popped off and was holding with his other hand.
"No, no, no." Brooke started. "Allow me." He then promptly pimp slapped Naruto across the face with his skeleton hand. Then, he recieved a jab from Brooke's cane. "Ah! That's better! Thanks, Naruto-san!"
Naruto groaned as he watched the skeleton walk away. Up came Franky as he smiled at Naruto. "So...Franky...what's with the smile?"
Franky only growled and did his signature pose, accidently punching Naruto with both his fists. "Nothing blondier bro! YOU JUST ARE TOO SUPER...easy." He muttered quickly at the end.
Another groan came from his mouth. "Ohhh...I get it. You guys probably didn't like the whole trying to kill you thing for Doflamingo-sama." Hands sprouted out of his neck and slapped him ten times. "Correction, you guys definitely didn't like that!"
Standing up, he dusted himself, until Chopper walked up to him. "Oh! Hey, tanuki-ow! Aren't you a doctor, so doesn't that mean you can't hurt the wounded, racoo-ow! Stop that, alliga-ow! Eleph-Ow! Rock! E-YOWIEE! That smarts! Okay, see yeah reindeer..." He groggily said.
"Ah Sanji...I've always wondered...do you make ramen?" Pow! "Was that a yes?" Pow! "Okay, I'll ask when my lungs work again."
Then came the next person. "Usopp! You've got arms man! That's great!" Pow Pow Pow! "They work well! See ya man!"
"Ah! Nami! How ya-" Pow-ba donk-shwing oh fuckity! "And down goes my balls. Ever the sweet girl, Nami."
Dropping to the ground, he opened his eyes at the next assailant. "Ahh...fuck me. Zoro..."
He recieved a smirk. "Well, well dead last. It seems you're right where you belong."
Naruto sighed. "Yeah...at the bottom of our loving friendship...so what are going to do to me? Chop my balls off?"
Zoro winced. "Sheesh man. I'm not that cruel. Nah. I am that cruel. But not today. You see. I'm not going to do anything."
Naruto raised an eyebrow. "What's the catch?" He asked cautiously.
A smirk appeared on the green-haired man. "So glad you asked." He grabbed Naruto's neck and threw him to the air.
Naruto crossed his arms in mid-air and had a thinking face. "Wonder what's that supposed to mean?" He then looked to the ground, "Stupid douchbag asshole father fuck of mine..." He cursed on as he looked at his final attacker.
"GIGANT PISTOL..."
-p-
Covered in a full on cast, Naruto sighed beside the other person. "I hate you. With all my life."
Doflamingo smirked as he too was in a full-on body cast. "I get that. A lot. But coming from you it fills my heart with joy."
Naruto would've snapped his neck at his father if it didn't hurt so much as to scratch where the sun don't shine...
...that's his ass, by the way.
"You have a heart!" Doflamingo chuckled at that, but winced at the pain.
Naruto then got serious and looked at his father. "So...what was your grand master plan?" Doflamingo raised an eyebrow at him. "Oh come on! Every bad guy has a motive, so what's yours?"
Doflamingo tilted his head in confusion. "Uhh...motive? Didn't really have one I guess..."
Naruto opened his jaw at that. "What! What the hell do you mean! So you mean you went to a ninja country, had sex with one of them, have a son, made a fox sealed in him, got him to be in an organization of assassins, gave him a devil fruit, kidnap him and a marine girl and did all this bullshit for NOTHING!"
His shout attracted looks from the ragtag group that came to rescue him. All were doing their own thing inside the cave. Doflamingo nodded sagely. "That's about it, yeah."
If Naruto could go Kyubi mode in an instant, he would tear the limbs of his own flesh and blood.
Not his own, but his father's.
"Scratch what I said earlier. I fucking despise you." Doflamingo only closed his eyes and grinned.
Naruto took a deep breath and calmed down. He looked to his other side to see Kuina laying down on a blanket, being cared for by Chopper and Iva. "So how she doing, Doccoon? Docvestite?"
One was angered by the nickname, the other didn't care at all. Iva only said, "She lost alot of blood from vose cuts on her body. Ve managed to get a blood tranfusion from that guy over ver."
Naruto turned to where she pointed at and saw Daz Bones meditating by himself. "Huh...I need to thank that guy, if I manage to get out of this cast." He struggled for the fifth time.
Chopper whacked him on the head. "No! Bad Fox! You deserved it after you after you joined Flamingo-teme!"
Chopper would've attacked Doflamingo on the head too, if it weren't for the feeling of invisible strings pulling him back.
Naruto groaned. "I said I was sorry. I had to do what this ass had to say, or he would've hurt Kuina-chan."
"Wow. You really do care for her." Nami said from out of nowhere. "If only I had a guy like that."
Naruto raised an eyebrow. "Like what? Me and her are just friends. I care for her because she's my precious person."
No one noticed the small smile on Kuina's face. Well, except for a certain okama, who only grinned.
"Oy!" Everyone turned to a high-pitched sound. It was Luffy, but he was still in his mini form. He walked up to Doflamingo and glared straight at the man's uninterested eyes. "Where is it!"
"Where's what?" Doflamingo grinned, amused at this little twerp interrogating him. "I don't know what you're talking about."
"Stop lying!" Luffy shouted. "Where's One Piece! You told us to meet you at One Piece and here we are! So I'll ask you again!"
This time, Luffy returned back to his original form and grabbed Doflamingo's armpits to pick him up. "Where's my unlimited stack of meat!"
Everyone who was listening fell on their feet. Nami bopped him on the head. "Stack of meat! That's what you wanted One Piece for!"
Luffy rubbed him. "Yeah...that...and...I want to be the Pirate King!"
"Tch...yeah right boy. The Pirate King can only be one person, that one person can be Pirate King. I am both of them." Crocodile said.
"No way..." Everyone turned to Ace, who was on another blanket to heal. "I should be..." And then went back to sleep.
"Ha! None of you can be Pirate King!" Everyone turned to Buggy with a glare, who shrank under their gazes. "Well, is there at least a Pirate Aristocrat?"
"Bah! You're all fools..." Everyone turned to who spoke. This time, Luffy was freaking out with his tongue out his mouth.
"NANI! You're going to become Pirate King!"
Smoker's eyes twitched. "I'm a marine you idiot...I'd be in the ninth level of Impel Down if I was King of you asses. I'm saying you're all fools if you think I'm going to stand here while a King is chosen."
"It's no use..." Everyone turned who spoke this time. It was back to Doflamingo. "None of you can become Pirate King if One Piece is where it is now..."
Luffy dropped Doflamingo and asked sincerely. "Then where is it, Flamingo-teme? Where is One Piece?"
Doflamingo smirked at the attention he was getting. And he smirked wider at the thought of the explosion that will occur. He opened his mouth...
...and Naruto's expression never pleased him ever since.
Doflamingo's Grand Base - Splinter Yard
"Man this is boring!"
Sentoumaru groaned while the sun was glaring right at him. He was getting a tad bit tanner. "Shit. Maybe I shouldn't have said those things, but..."
He closed his eyes and began think of all the good times he had with Vegapunk, the man he was so willing to abandon and forget. 'Damn. I am such an asshole.'
He then heard a clutter.
Opening his eyes, he turned his head to see one unscathed puppet rise from the ground. It slowly walked towards a puppet near him. This broken one had red hair, he thought, not sure cause of it being broken into tiny pieces. It picked up an a cylinder object with kanji.
Putting the object in a socket of it's chest, it gave a perfect imitation of smirk. "So instead of hunting beasts, you hunt the hunters?"
From what Sentoumaru can see, the puppet was talking to a man who suddenly appeared out of nowhere. He wore a black and red cloud coat. But he couldn't see anything behind the orange mask the man wore. "Hmph. If Itachi, Kisame, Hidan and Kakuzu were still with us, I would've loved to exterminate you, Sasori. But as we are, we low on men to even think about moving on for the Nine-Tails and One-Tail."
Sasori tilted his head. "Didn't even capture the One-Tail? Surely you or Pein would've done so by now. Has Zetsu wilted or something to find him?"
Sentoumaru could've sworn something red flashed that hole of the mask. "Zetsu is fully functional, but the army to create him has failed and won't be of use. As for the One-Tail, it receded back to it's homeland and is impossible to find, even with Zetsu or Konan." He teleported behind Sasori and picked up a piece of a puppet and began to play with it with one hand. "What about you Sasori? What of the Nine-Tails you've been keeping an eye on? Has it regained all of it's power?"
The puppet shook it's head. "Lie. Only a tiny chunk is missing. Without that, you can't extract the boy yet, right?"
The orange-masked man threw away the puppet. "No. But I still expect you to keep an eye on the boy, in case he ever gets his power back."
Sasori nodded. "As you wish. In fact, I'll take care of that right now."
He walked over to to Sentoumaru and raised his hand, which blades appeared from. Sentoumaru's eyes widened. "H-hey! What do you think you're doing!"
Sasori looked on with cold lifeless eyes. "Hmm...your right. Making you a puppet would be useless. But...if you don't want me to dissect you and make a living art, then you must follow Uzumaki. Join the group that follows him and give me an update using this." He gave Sentoumaru a puppet piece. "Remember or else..."
He 'accidently' flashed his blades on Sentoumarus eyes, making the man gulp. The orange-masked man walked up to Sasori. "Come. Akatsuki need's of you back at the base."
The puppet nodded slowly. "The red cloud will cover the sun..."
The man grinned behind his mask and both disappeared. "...and the red dawn will cover the earth..."
Sentoumaru stared and groaned as he looked up at the bleak sky above.
"What the hell did I just get into?"
Pluton
Laughter filled the gigantic room. Not laughter, but straight maniacal cackling a madman can only have.
"Wahahaha! Do you see now Doflamingo! The race of who would rule the world first is now concluded, with me as the winner..." He picked up a glass of champaigne from his faithful and emotionless servant, Kalifa. She now wears a red skimpy dress and a bow on her head.
"So Spandam, this where you've hid yourself." Spandam only smirked at the voice and turned around to greet the man.
" It's ever a delight that you should come, Akainu!" The other man didn't looked as pleased to bethere. Then again, he always looks like he shouldn't be here.
Frowning he said, "Don't dwaddle me on such manners Spandam. The only thing given that makes us anything close to me not killing you now..." Spandam held off patting the Admiral's shoulder. "...is our sense of justice."
"The end justifies the means." Spandam grinned and turned around, his eyes shining of gold. "And does it ever..."
A glare from the admiral only made the other man's grin widened. "You remember our deal, Spandam. I divert everyone's attention on the war at Marineford..."
"And I pay you considerable amount of money and support your effort for your Pirate Extermination plan. You really hate them don't you?" Spandam tried to make some small talk.
Akainu wasn't in the mood. Then again, he never is...
"The knowledge of my feelings isn't in this deal. What is now is your end of the deal." Akainu stated.
Spandam rolled his eye childishly. "Fine, Fine." He snapped his finger and Fukurou came in, having a red tux with the insignia of the marines on the chest. "Grab about...300,000,000 beli. That should be enough, eh Akainu?"
Akainu scoffed. "I bet that didn't even scratch the amount of money One Piece contains."
Spandam smirked. "Not even close to a scratch. While our dear owl collects the money, come with me..."
The walked up top to the deck. And the deck...was it huge. It was the size of a narrow island. From tip to tip, there even buildings to the side of this ship. At the front was a tower with thirty cannons each degree of it. The back had the biggest building, stairs leading from two buildings nearest to it connecting to a semi-circle platform. At the center of it was a throne.
Akainu and Spandam walked up to the center of the ship, which was one of the biggest areas as it was like stage for a coliseum. Greeting them was another emotionless servant. This one having a red suit and red top hat with a black tie. His bushy ponytail grew bigger and has a goatee. His red suit has gold trimmings and the emblem of the scars on his back were now on the back of his suit.
"Ah. Lucci so nice of you to join us." Spandam smiled and put his hand on the man's shoulder.
"Cut the shit Spandam. What did you want to show me?" Akainu asked, making Spandam grin maniacally before cooling his features.
"Tell me Akainu. Do you know why Pluton is called the "Destroyer of Islands"?" He asked, making Akainu's eyes widened.
"No...not even you..." His words made Spandam laugh.
"I'm the ruler of this world Akainu! I can do anything! Even destroy this holy land!" The Gorousei put his arms out to the sky. "With Pluton and One Piece I am invincible! I AM GOD!"
Both men didn't notice Lucci's eyes glow red at the words.
"Watch Akainu...BRING OUT 'PLUTON'S ARM!'" Spandam yelled to the contingent of solders who nodded.
Akainu looked on at the side of the ship. His eyes can only largen when Pluton's Arm A.K.A Biggest Cannon in the Entire World. Taking about half a mile of space, it was engraved with lettering. At the tip of the cannon, wasn't just one whole, but five holes, out of five fingers of this 'arm'.
Spandam kneeled down on one knee and shouted to his heart's content. "FIRE THE CANNON!"
The tips of each cannon glowed and and each finger shot a different color energy beam at the Holy Land Mariejois. Spandam and Lucci were the only two people who didn't flinch or cover their eyes when the explosion hit. Akainu only covered his eyes and when he felt the light come off of him, he opened his eyes to see...
The world's first 'Hole in the Earth'
Grand End
It was silent after the words came out of Doflamingo's mouth. Everyone in the strawhat crew, except Brook didn't take the new very well.
"That's...troublesome." Robin sighed.
"Nani! How in the hell did Spanda even get One Piece!" Franky yelled at Doflamingo who only had an amused expression.
"Because he did a year ago..." Naruto's eyes widened.
'No way...that was when the All-Out mission took place! So he did it behind our backs...' He snarled. "That bastard."
Luffy kneeled down and asked, "What does he intend to do with One Piece?"
Doflamingo looked up and thought, "Well...the first thing I would do is get supplies for some high-level equipment, which he bought from Dr. Vegapunk. Then, probably by resources to make some Ancient ship or something." Crocodile, Robin, and Franky's eyes widened. "After that, make the world fear his power using everything in his disposal."
"Such a scary plan..." Usopp shivered while Chopper nodded.
"I have to stop him." Naruto said. "I can't let such such a guy, the man who betrayed his own group for something so...tyrannical."
"What do you intent to do about it boy?" Smoker said, drawing attention to him. "How are you going to stop a man who probably now 'rules the world'? What do you have?"
This made the boy looked down. 'He's right...I can't do it by myself, I'll only get killed...'
"Simple. He's got us." Naruto looked up at Luffy, who was crossing his arms. "We're his nakama, and we promised him we're going to stop that teme. Right guys!" He shouted.
"Ossu!" Everyone in the Strawhat crew yelled. Naruto looked at the crew with wide eyes.
"Guys..." Naruto closed his eyes. A smile graced his lips as a tear came down his eye. Then a full-brown grin came on his whiskered face. "Thank you."
"Tch. Whatever..." Smoker said as he walked by Kuina's side and looked down at her. 'Quite the brat your going for girly...'
The inspirational scene was interrupted when a faint boom came to their ears. All of them looked outside the hole in the cave's wall and their eyes widened. Doflamingo was the only one who was smirking like no tommorow. 'So you've won...oh drats.'
In the horizon, was a rainbow colored mushroom cloud. The sight eclipsed the sunset and gave a chill of fear to the witnesses.
"My god..." Sanji dropped his cigarette.
"What...what is that?" Ace whispered as he was awoken to the light.
"That is the finish line..." Doflamingo uttered. "That's where One Piece is. And that...is no lie."
Naruto remained silent as he clenched his fist. He stared in with a light on his face. 'Spandam...One Piece...' "Luffy..." He muttered.
His captain nodded with a serious expression. "I know...Guys!" The crew looked at him. "I really don't have to say where we're going, right?"
"Right..." Zoro nodded. "To West Blue then?"
"Baka!" Nami smack the back of his head. "That's the opposite way of where we're going!"
"Are we seriously going to THAT!" Usopp was sweating.
"Tch...Looks like All Blue will have to wait a bit longer." Sanji muttered.
"Eh...that was scary...do we really have to go..." Chopper shivered.
'So back to CP9 hmm...' Robin put a hand to her chin. 'Sounds like fun.'
"Ah! Don't worry squirrel!" Franky grinned, making Chopper glare at him. "This'll be the end of our SUPER ADVENTURE!"
Brooke laughed. "Yohohohoho ho boy! You guy's will be the death of me! But...I'm already dead! Skull Joke!"
Naruto smiled at the crew and then looked out of the cave. 'Thank you...everyone.'
The whole moment was interrupted when Nami raised an eyebrow. "Yeah this is nice everyone...but how are we going to get there? Our boat's with Rayleigh..."
The Strawhat crew looked sheepish. "Uhh...damn." Naruto scratched the back of his head. "So...what now? None of us has a boat, and two of us are too injured to move. Actually make that three..." He fell back to the ground, scaring Chopper.
"Oh shoot...I finally reunited with the brat and now he's knocked cold." A voice came from in the center of the cave.
"Who are you?" Nami asked the newcomer that suprised them.
There were two men. One was leaning off another man's shoulder. The man that was leaning made some of the group gasp in suprise. "You...Vegapunk!" Franky exclaimed in suprise.
"Vat! You're Vegapunk!" Iva exclaimed.
The man was about to nod until he started to say. "Yes...but I'd rather Fadon much more."
"Popular already, Fadon? Though you know some strange people." The other man who carried Fadon said. He has red hair and his eyes are of a static majenta.
"And you are?" Robin asked the man. He turned to her and was suprised.
"Olvia?" The gasp came out of his mouth. Fadon looked at Robin and gasped as well. He never noticed when he tried to kill her.
Robin was suprised at what he asked. "How do you know my mother?"
"Mother!" Fadon and the other guy exclaimed. "Holy shit! You're Robin! My you've grown..." The red-haired man exclaimed.
"Who the hell are you!" Everyone shouted at the man, who only laughed.
"Who me?" The man pointed at himself and looked behind him. When he looked back, no one was amused. "Meh. I'm just your regular former-ex-pirate whatnot or just call me Kojiro for short."
Everyone sweatdropped at that. Mr. 1 raised an eyebrow. "Kojiro? The Phasma Angel?"
Kojiro smirked and looked at the other man. "That's me. I'm the guy who comes in out of nowhere and helps you with your 'how to get there' situation."
"And how exactly are you going to do that?" Crocodile muttered loudly. "You gonna pull a ship out of your ass?"
Kojiro raised an eyebrow. "No. That was Plan A." Everyone's sweatdrop grew bigger.
"Waaah! Look out there!" Mr. 2 exclaimed.
Everyone looked outside and their suprise became evident on their faces. The mushroom cloud disappated to reveal an armada of ships. All bearing the flag of a skull. These skulls had white wavy hair and leather on their faces. Around the eye sockets made them look like pandas.
Kojiro looked on with pride. "That's Plan B"
"Well then..." The man raised an eyebrow in suprise as he turned around to see Naruto up with his hand on his knee. He smirked at Kojiro.
"Let's put this plan into action."
What a doozer.
Now for the Pluton Arc. Yay!
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