Portgas D. Naruto
"Holy crap! This sun's rays are insane! It's like a little beam of death coming out of the sky! I don't know how the people of this country are able to survive in this wasteland, I'm made of water and this desert and sun are doing a huge number on me!" Naruto said to himself as he walked through the deserts of Alabasta in search of the capital
It had been a few days since the Yonko had arrived in the desert country and thus far he had no luck in tracking down the capital of the nation. For the last 36 hours he had been walking aimlessly in a desert in hope of finding his destination. For the Water God he had no problem staying hydrated since he was made of water, but the intense heat had caused him to feel very week and the lack of water around him or any other source then him himself, had left him feeling very drained and unable to think straight.
Since landing on the island, Naruto had come to notice that the island's populace was thrown into chaos. Every civilian was running around parading and celebrating as if they've just been granted a second chance at life. The captain of the Whirlpool Pirates hadn't a clue as to why the civilians were acting the way they were and didn't bother to stop and ask. The only thing on Naruto's mind was reaching the palace, he had been late enough as it was and stopping at the snowy island known as the Drum Kingdom didn't help his timing either.
"You'd think that they'd have some kind of sign indicating where to go!" Naruto yelled out into the vast desert to no one, getting frustrated
The man continued to walk in the same direction as sand blew through his legs and all around him as he spotted something in the distance. He scrunched his eyebrows and raised a hand to create some shade for his eyes. Naruto then narrowed his eyes as he recognized what was before him in the distance, "I never thought that I'd be so happy to see Marines in my whole life." Naruto said to himself with a long exhale
He made a quick frown before running off after the Marines, "Oi! Mr. Marine! Wait up!" Naruto began to say as he started to put on his act
The group of Marines looked back at the noise and saw a man with a black hat on with a red piece of fabric that was wrapped around it to keep any stray sand from hitting the sides of his face. He also had a piece of red fabric wrapped around the bottom part of his face, from his neck to his nose, with the same purpose of keeping sand out. The man also had on a long black cloak that covered his whole body and fell down all the way to just a bit lower than his knees. The collar on the cloak was also folded upwards so that from the sides the only thing visible was his hat. "Mr. Marine! Thank god I caught up to! I was on my way to the capital before I got lost in the desert. Can you young men help me find my way?" Naruto asked them as he tried to hide his true identity by acting much older than he was. Of course it wasn't too hard to make it believable because the shadow his hat casted covered the top part of his face which made it so that the Marines were unable to deny or confirm if he was truly an elder, so they just went along with it.
The Marines laughed to one another before looking back at the masked Naruto, "Okay old timer, we'll help you. We're on our way to the capital ourselves and it's pretty close so just follow us. But you better not slow us down!" The Marines told him as Naruto smiled underneath his makeshift mask that he found a way to the capital
"Thank you very much! Now can you please lead the way." Naruto said as the Marines signalled him to follow them
A few minutes later. . .
A couple of minutes had passed and the small group could now see the palace of Alabasta and notice that it was only a short walk away. Eventually they arrived at the gate that led into the city but before Naruto could walk on ahead the Marines stopped him. "Hey buddy! Don't think that we're just gonna let you go! We showed you the way to the palace so pay up!" One of them said as the other two surrounded him from the back
Naruto exhaled as he focused his haki, "I don't have time for this." He spoke in a low voice, releasing a small burst of haki which knocked the three Marines out cold as they fell into the sand on the edge of the city
The Yonko then walked further into the capital and noticed that like the other people of the country, these people were too celebrating. A tic mark then appeared on his head as he noticed that the street leading straight to the palace was blocked by numerous people having a sort of party. He sighed as he made his way forward and began to maneuver through the crowd, occasionally bumping into the odd person.
Eventually, Naruto had enough of trying to make his way through the crowd and elected to turn into mist and instantly float through the large horde of people and appear on the other side of them. After using his Devil-Fruit though, Naruto was left severely out of breath, showing that the extremely hot sun and his prolonged exposer did a number on him. "'Jheez, I need to find some water.' He thought to himself as he made his way to the base of the palace
Naruto then tiredly looked up towards the palace and spotted the giant staircase that led to the doors and just made a heavy sigh as he began to walk up them. "Jheez, you'd think that they could get an elevator or something, this is ridiculous." He said out loud not having a good time while climbing all of the stairs
Finally, he made it to the top of all the steps and looked upon the giant gates that hid the entrance to the palace and spotted two guards that quickly went over to him. "I'm sorry sir but you can't be up here! his is the royal palace! You need to go back down the steps!" One of the guards commanded as the other nodded along in agreement
"Do. . .you. . .have. . .any. . .water?" Naruto questioned him between breathes with a very worn out voice
The guard cringed a little at the question, "Of course I don't I'm on duty!" He told the Yonko
The captain of the Whirlpool Pirates then slowly looked over to the other guard, "Does the same go for you too?" He asked the other in the same type of voice
The defender of the palace nodded along as he answered, "Yes it does, we both don't have any! Now go back down the steps on which you came!" The guard told the disguised Yonko sternly
"Then if you don't have any water. . ." Naruto began with a quiet voice. "THEN GET OUT OF MY WAY!" He yelled as he hit both of the guards on the head as they both tumbled down the steps. Naruto then set his eyes back on the door and charged up his hands with armament haki and prepared to knock down the door, "Give! . . . Me! . . .-" Naruto began as he cocked back his fists
Inside the castle. . .
"What do you mean she went to see them off!" The man sitting on the throne said to the trembling guard before him. "Does she not understand that the Marines are in hot pursuit of them and if by some chance she's found to be friends with them she herself will be labelled as a criminal!" King Cobra stated, startled at what he was being told
"I-I'm sorry sir! I'll go get her at once!" A man with strange hair told the king as he turned to the palace doors to leave before he and the king alike heard commotion outside of the giant doors
"WATER!" Naruto finished saying as he busted through the two giant doors with his bare hands as he looked onto the King and Igaram panting
Igaram looked onto the masked Naruto with wide eyes, as he just saw him take down the giant door with what he presumed was one punch, "W-What in the King's name are you doing inside the palace uninvited?! Guards! Arrest him this instant!" The tall man yelled out as guards flooded the room and pointed their staffs at Naruto as Igaram got into an attack stance himself
Nefertari Cobra just looked onto the scene and watched closely as his guards began to surround the masked figure and prepare their weapons to attack, he then stood from his seat on the throne which Brough everyone's attention to him, "I will not have another conflict in this Kingdom on days after the last one! Igaram stand down!" Cobra ordered as Igaram happily obeyed and called off the guards. The King of Alabasta then took his seat, keeping his gaze on the masked figure as he spoke once again, "Who are you masked man? And why have you decided to enter the throne room unannounced?" Cobra questioned as Naruto took a seat on the floor below him and continued to pant
"I. . .need. . .water!" Naruto managed to say as he panted while the King just waved his hand as a barrel of water was brought out from one of the back rooms and presented to the man
The guard was about to hand Naruto a glass to fill but he chose to just lift up the barrel above his head, remove the piece of clothe covering his face, and chug all the water in the barrel as the whole court watched him with wide eyes. Once finished Naruto gave a huge smile to no one in particular and placed the barrel back down onto the ground, "Well that hit the spot!" He exclaimed
Everyone eyes practically bulged out of their skulls as they saw Naruto's true identity that he hid underneath the piece of clothe, each of them shocked at the sight of one of the four Yonko in Paradise, a little fearful that he may be here to bring harm to the Kingdom. "W-what is one of the Yonko doing here in Paradise! Pirates like you should be in the New World not here!" Igaram explained with a raised voice from fear as Naruto just smiled at the older man
"I came here to see the King of Alabasta!" Naruto told them as Cobra got over his shock and looked at him with a questioning look
Igaram "tched" as he asked the Yonko another question, "And why might you need to see King Cobra?" He asked
The captain of the Whirlpool Pirates then got serious as he looked back over to the King, "I came here to speak about Pluton, the ancient weapon hidden in this country!" Naruto said to the room of people
Every person in the room had a different reaction to Naruto's words but most reactions were those of fear, remembering the whole situation with Crocodile and his revolution Igaram readied the guards which all raised their weapons against him once again. "Why do you seek out Pluton, Pirate?" Cobra asked Naruto who remained calm despite all of the weapons being pointed at him
"I came here to find the weapon and destroy it. I know the power it holds and it can't be allowed to fall into the wrong hands." Naruto explained to Cobra, his words had caused Cobra to call off his guards and send them away
Cobra gave a small smile before he responded to the Water Titan, "That's all well and good that you want to see it be destroyed but I don't know the exact location of the weapon, matter of fact I don't even know if it is still in this country." Cobra answered as Naruto nodded along as a guard came through the gate of the castle, bearing an important message
"King Cobra! King Cobra! Princess Vivi left to go see the Straw Hats off and the Marines are moving in on her location by the shore to the east!" The guard explained to his King as Cobra stood from his seat, remembering the problem he had before the Yonko showed up
Nefertari Cobra looked over to his right hand man Igaram, "Igaram can you send a group of guards to extract her!" The King asked as the taller man just shook his head
"I'm afraid not sir, the guards wouldn't be able to make it to her position in time." Igaram told his King as Naruto grew more and more puzzled as the two continued to talk
Eventually, the younger man of the bunch stepped forward and made his voice heard once again, "What's this whole thing going on the with the princess? And why is this such a big deal?" Naruto asked the King who sighed
"Long story short these Pirates that my daughter the Princess had befriended helped us take down the tyrant Crocodile who planned to stage a revolution against me, the problem is if she's seen with them then the Marines may deem her a criminal like them and try and arrest her as well." Cobra explained as Naruto tilted his hat down a little on his head before smiling
"Strawhats huh. I can get over there in time to make sure the princess isn't noticed by the Marines, but in exchange I want all of the information you have on the weapon Pluton! Deal?" Naruto asked the King as the older man pondered a bit on the decision, trying to think of any other way
The King of Alabasta couldn't think of an alternative to save his daughter so he sighed and spoke out, "It's a deal."
Naruto grinned as he walked closer to the destroyed main door with his back to the King and his court, "You won't regret your decision King Nefertari!" Naruto told him as mist slowly began to ooze out of his body before he turned into a cloud of mist and trailed off after the princess
With Vivi. . .
Naruto materialized up on the rocks behind the Princess who he saw was in the process of saying goodbye to her companions. The only problem he saw was that she was using a transponder snail to broadcast her voice to be louder and it also was booming through the entire capital. She didn't appear to be saying anything that suggested that she was directly affiliated with them just yet but Naruto didn't want to take that chance.
"Princess." Naruto said behind her
She turned around, shocked since she didn't know anyone else was there with her, Karoo the giant duck also was caught off guard by the sudden arrival of Naruto, "W-who are you?" She asked hesitantly, holding the transponder snail away from her mouth now
"It's not important who I am but I'm here on behalf of your father King Cobra, he needs you to leave the area as soon as possible, Marines are on the way from another shore on the island and if they see you or hear you declare that you have some sort of bond with these Pirates they'll arrest you without a second thought." Naruto explained to her as she frowned a little
"I-I understand, but I want to say one more thing." Vivi told Naruto as she turned back toward the sea before yelling into the transponder snail once again With the "x" on her arm still raised high and proud. "Good Luck! Zoro! Usopp! Nami! Sanji! Chopper! Luffy!" She finished as she let the transponder snail fall to the ground
She was about to follow Naruto out of the shore before a dozen Marine vessels came out of no where and were attempting to cut off the ship from escaping into the sea, 'That's not good.' Naruto thought as he ran down onto the small beach and into the water until it reached just below his cloak
"You have to do something!" Vivi told him, worrying for her friends
Naruto sighed, "That's what I'm doing, just sit back and watch the show!" Naruto told her as he raised both his arms up, each to the opposite side of his body before slamming them out, similar to Whitebeard
On the Going Merry. . .
The Straw Hat Pirates were desperately trying to escape the Marine ships that were surrounding them from either side but with not much success. "Nami are we able to out run them!?" Shouted Zoro as he cut another cannon ball in half
"I don't think so Zoro, but I'll try! Keep defending the ship guys!" Nami ordered the boys
"Roger that Nami-Swan!" Sanji gushed as he began to kick cannon ball away from hitting the ship
Nami didn't pay attention to the cook and just looked back at Chopper who was doing his best to steer the ship in his human form, "Chopper are you alright back there?!" She questioned the reindeer
Before Chopper could respond the sea on either side of the Going Mary was raised up and then exploded, driving all of the Marine ship away. This made it so that some of the Marine ships sank due to the amount of water that made its way onto the ship and also made a larger gap between the Straw Hats and the Marines.
Zoro stopped swinging his swords around and just starred at the blown back Marine ships before speaking, "What the hell was that?"
Luffy then made his way over to the crew and grinned, "I don't know but it sure was cool!" He exclaimed
The crew then heard the transponder snail once again coming from the island that they were leaving, each one of them rushed to the back of the ship to see Vivi once again but were surprised to see a man instead. They crew was too far away to know that this man was Naruto so each one of them was clueless to his identity, without warning Naruto's voice was then broadcasted on the transponder snail, "Hey Luffy!" Naruto yelled out into the snail
Luffy was shocked as he recognized the voice almost immediately, Naruto then continued after a few moments of silence, "Get ready! I'll see you soon!" Naruto finished as he hung up the snail and used his Devil-Fruit to create a wave behind the crew and push them forward into the sea
"Hey Luffy who was that?" Chopper asked as he walked out from his post in his normal form
Luffy smiled, "It was my brother!" He told them
"Ace?!" They all questioned
Luffy shook his head, "No, my other one!"
Sorry that these chapters took so long to get out, I've been very busy with work and school and just didn't have the time. But anyway, that's another chapter in the books and I hope that you all enjoyed it! Once again I'd like to say that if any of you want to see anyhing happen don't hesitate to message me or review it too me and I'll try my best to put it in!