Portgas D. Naruto
"Gramps is here?!" Ace spoke with shock as Luffy and Sabo began to shake at the thought
In the distance you could hear the faint screams of Pirates and the crashing of boulders which caused Naruto to sigh, "I suppose he is."
"I don't take it that being here when the Marines arrive will be the smartest idea." Zoro spoke as many agreed
Naruto thought for a second as both Ace and Luffy began to sweat. "Who's gramps?" Roger asked his father
The man just looked down at his son. "Well you see Gramps or Monkey D. Garp is my, Ace and Sabo's adoptive Grandfather." A giant boom went off in the distance with a few Pirates flying off in various directions. "And a major pain in my behind." Finished Naruto
"What's the plan then, unlike Strawhat-ya I'm not one who would like to get caught between an Admiral and a Vice-Admiral." Law finished and Naruto nodded
"Wait! Before anything happens Kanjuro and I must reach Zou! We are in search of our friend!" Kin'emon shouted out as Kinshiki snapped his head towards his Captain
"Naruto-taichou!" The man began. Before he could say anything else, Naruto held up his hand to silence him. "I know Kinshiki, the time has come Whirlpool Pirates. It's time for us to take back Wano from Kaido. Kin'emon and Kanjuro, I know you just met us but we have been told of your arrival by Hiyori and Kinshiki here has been protecting her from Kaido's grasp for all of these years until my crew came by and picked him up."
Kanjuro snapped his gaze from Naruto to Kinshiki. "Is this true Kinshiki!?" Asked the kabuki clad man
The ladder nodded, "It's true."
"Then if it's true then we must leave immediately! There is no time to be wasted!" Kin'emon spoke again
"I will not follow any man other than my Captain and unless he says so I will not move a muscle." Kiji responded to Kin'emon and Zoro seemed to agree strongly with what Kiji was saying
It was now Naruto's turn to interject. "I made a promise to Hiyori that I would come back and I plan to go through with it and help them out."
"I'm going too!" Luffy spoke
"Sign me up then!" Ace said with lots of enthusiasm
One by one everyone continued to say that they would go, even Roger yelled it out but Naruto corrected him. "No Roger, I need you to stay here." He spoke discreetly to his son
"But Dad! Why not!?" Came the response from Roger
The boy's father knelt over and whispered in his ear. "Just keep this between you and me Roger but I need someone really strong to hold down the fort here, okay?"
Roger took a step back and smiled, "Yeah!"
Naruto laughed, "That's my boy!" He then took his hat off of his head and plopped it on Roger's head. "Keep that safe." He told his son and the boy nodded. "But don't worry, I'll be back soon!" He finished
The Pirate King then turned his head back to the commotion that was getting closer and closer. "Well looks like it's time to see how Gramps has been!" He turned to the rest of the people present. "Whirlpool Pirates! Get the Great Wave ready to go and pick up the remaining Strawhats and Heart Pirates on the island! Ace, Sabo, and Luffy you're with me!"
"Alright let's go!" Kiji yelled as all the Whirlpool Pirates began to scatter towards the ship with the exception of Rocky and Ryker who stood by their Captain
"No way!" Ryker yelled
Ricky was quick to follow up, "We're staying!"
"Not a good idea you two!" Naruto told them, not taking his eyes off of the direction of which the Marines were approaching
Within a fraction of a second a house bursted and rubble began to fly at the group as Naruto extended his hand. "Water Wall!" He exclaimed and just like that a wall of water covered the group as the boulders fell to the ground
A few more seconds passed and everyone who was left was Ace, Luffy, Sabo, Naruto, Ricky, Ryker and Roger. "I'd say that is quite the talent for trouble you boys have!" Spoke a voice that managed to crack the spirits of Ace, Sabo and Luffy
"It's been awhile old man! Back still holding up okay?" Naruto taunted his grandfather as he laughed
"I went toe to toe with your old man back in the day! A young brat like you doesn't stand a chance!" Smiled the old man as he made eye contact with his oldest grandson
Naruto chuckled, "It's good to see you old timer!"
"H-hey gramps!" Ace followed with a bit of a tremble
"Y-yo!" Spoke Sabo
"Hi Grandpa!" Luffy chuckled out
At this point Ricky and Ryker were shaking in their boots as they starred down the old Vice-Admiral. "And what're your names!" Yelled Garp at the boys
"R-Ricky sir!" Stuttered out Ricky
Ryker followed, "R-Ryker sir!"
"I'm Roger!" Yelled Roger
The youngest of the group immediately caught the old man's attention. "Roger eh? You know you look a lot like my Grandson."
"Ya! That's cause he's my dad!" Roger happily spoke as Naruto sweatted a little on how Garp would react
"Naruto's kid eh? And are you a Pirate too?" Garp yelled back
The boy cringed, "Ew! I think Marines are the best! And I wanna be one!"
"Good answer!" Garp yelled out with a laugh. "Bout time another member of my family wanted to be a Marine!" Garp continued to speak. "You know what kid, with a little training I could make you the best damn Marine in the Navy! What do you say!?" Garp asked the boy who beamed at the chance
Naruto turned to Ricky and Ryker, "Alright you two get back to the ship! And drop him off with his mother!" Naruto told them as they both ran off with Roger before he could properly answer
"Bye Grandpa!" Yelled Roger back to Garp
"I'll see you in a bit kid! After I'm done straightening out your dad!" Garp retorted. "I guess it's just like old times boys! And wouldn't you know it's still unfair! You boys should know better! You need at least 6 of you to take me on!" He finished as all 4 boys gulped
Naruto looked to his left and right, "Alright! Ready on my mark!"
"3"
"2"
"1"
"Ice Wall!" Naruto exclaimed, freezing a mountain of ice between Garp and his grandsons
Sabo turned to his brother sharply, "Naruto, what are you doing!?" He frantically asked
"You wanna fight him?!" He asked back
"I know I don't!" Ace spoke
"Me neither!" Luffy voiced as well
Naruto turned around, "Then run!"
A few minutes later. . .
"Oh Roger there you are!" Rebecca spoke as she knelt down and took her boy in her arms. "Why did you run off honey? Are you hurt? Where's your father?" She began to frantically ask questions
He chuckled, "I'm fine mom, I'm fine! I just wanted to help. And Dad is fighting Grandpa Garp!" He told her
"Vice-Admiral Garp is here!?" Now it was Kyros's turn to ask a question
"Ya! And he's fighting dad!" Roger answered his other Grandfather
Only seconds later the group of three saw the Great Wave just off the coast of the island just waiting. Right after all three of them could see the 4 men running like there was no tomorrow straight towards it.
With the brothers. . .
"Keep going don't look back!" Yelled Sabo
Just then a cannon ball flew right by the head of Luffy and skidded right across the water before exploding much further away. "What the hell! That could have killed me!" Luffy yelled back at the old man who continued to chase them
Ace panted out, "I don't think he cares Luffy!"
"Alright get ready!" Naruto yelled back as the group was almost at the Great Wave
A few seconds passed then Naruto yelled out again, "Jump!"
The all did without hesitation off of the edge of the cliff and carried just enough to be picked up by the Great Wave. Each man was panting on the deck and looking around everyone was accounted for. "We almost got caught! That was hilarious!" Luffy yelled out much to the displeasure of his brothers
"How was that funny you idiot!" Ace scolded him sharply
Sabo sighed, "He sure has one weird sense of humour."
"Ha! That I can agree with!" Naruto laughed as he once again looked on deck to see everyone accounted for plus a few new faces
One that was new and stood out was the face of one Strawhat marksman. "Hey I don't believe we've met before. You are?" Naruto asked as the younger man began to choke up
Ricky and Ryker chuckled, "I think he's scared." Ricky whispered
"Yeah I think so too." Ryker spoke back
Luffy then got himself up and dusted himself off. "Ohhhhh! You've never met Usopp, Naruto!?" Luffy spoke out to his brother
"I guess not, nice to meet you Usopp." Naruto explained as he extended a hand to the man
Usopp then grinned, "Actually it's Captain Usopp! The leader of over 10 million men! But it's good to make your acquaintance!"
As he said this Lucy chuckled as she caught on to his lie and signalled over to Kinshiki and whispered something in his ear. The swordsman nodded and kicked Russ to get his attention and told him the same thing. Russ sighed but then began to walk over to Usopp and throw his arm around him. "Well ain't that nice. My names Russ, I'm the crew marksman. Not a thing I can't miss with my trusty guns. But just so you know kid we got sum rules on this here ship. First and foremost we don't like no liars." He finished, pulling out his gun and waving it in front of Usopp which made the boy sweat
"But don't worry Usopp-san, you are not a liar, correct?" Kinshiki asked, resting the blade of his sword on the young man's shoulder
At this point all of the Whirlpool Pirates caught on to the prank Russ and Kinshiki were playing and chuckled. Naruto rolled his eyes, "Knock it off you two!" He told his crewmates as they backed off
"Anyway, everyone! Treat these guests with the utmost respect while they're on the ship!" He yelled out before turning back towards Luffy. "Alright Luffy, follow me. Kiji, Lucy, Russ, and Kinshiki! Follow me as well!" He spoke out as the now 4 Heavenly Kings followed their Captain towards the door
He then took one last look at the group of people, "Law, Kin'emon, Kanjuro, and Pedro come with us as well. The rest of you make yourselves at home."
Just like that the door was shut and all the new comers to remain were perplexed that only certain people went inside. "I wonder what's going on in there?" Spoke the cyborg Franky
"Eh don't worry about it it's just the boring stuff anyway." Spoke Ricky as he ate an apple and sat on a barrel
"What do you mean?" Asked Usopp
Ricky was too busy eating his apple so Ryker answered him. "It's just the Captain going over things with the top 4 and well I guess your friends too."
"Why only those 4?" Usopp was quick to ask again
Ryker chuckled, "Because they're the top 4. The strongest on the ship behind Naruto. And usually if there's a meeting between Naruto and the top 4 then it's highly confidential."
"Are they really that strong?" This time it was Zoro who asked
"Well yeah! At the very least they're stronger than each of you!" Ricky teased the Strawhats
Usopp laughed, "Well I have you know I'm a master class marksman with my slingshot and I never miss! Not once!"
"Ha! Come back when you can hit a target from over 3 kilometres away like Russ! He's a master with all ranged weapons and is able to calculate all variables with his cyborg eye and observation haki!" Ryker told Usopp
Usopp then turned away, "Well . . . uh. . . I can. . .too-maybe."
Not much longer after Usopp's words the door inside to the cabin opened up again on the deck and everyone who went in poured out. "Captain on deck! Attention everyone!" Kiji yelled out as evderyone looked in their direction
"Whirlpool Pirates! We have come far in our journey! We started off as nothing more then just a few sailors who had no idea what to do! But then we took down a Warlord! And then we did not think that was enough so we took down a Yonko! My friends I ask that you all lend me your strength to take down another! From this point on we're sailing to Wano to take down Kaido! And free the land of Wano from his tyranny! Are you with me!" Naruto spoke to his crew
Just like that all of the Whirlpool Pirates yelled out with even some of the visitors on board doing the same. "But before we go to the land of Wano we must retreive someone from Zou. Only a few people need to go, so don't feel pressed if you don't want to." Pedro continued off of his Captain's words
"I'll go! I went last time so might as well again!" Reeve volunteered
Ace then stepped forward as well. "I'll go too Pedro!"
Ricky and Ryker stumbled forward, "We want to go too!"
"I too shall go, Naruto-taichou!" Kinshiki told his captain
She sighed, "I guess I'll go too." Lucy told them
Naruto chuckled, "Well that should be good for the amount of people we should take to the island! Let's get to it!"
Some Time Later In Zou. . .
"I gotta say this place is really green." Said Ace as he moved more brush out of the way
Luffy laughed, "Try not to burn anything Ace!"
"The village is just up ahead everyone. Continue following me this way." Pedro directed as the group got closer to the mink tribe's home
Robin examined the surrounding area, "These flowers are in such strange spots."
"Wow this place is starting to get a little scary!" Creaked out Ryker
"Starting?!" Ricky countered, already scared
Pedro's eyes then darted to some ruins along with broken trees. "W-what happened here!?" He spoke in utter shock at the ruins
Naruto scanned the area, "I couldn't tell you, we should keep moving though, in hopes of finding something."
"Hold on!" Pedro spoke
Almost everyone's eyes snapped to a spot in the bush. "Something's there. Don't worry I got it!" Naruto explained
Before long a mink jumped out and tried to slice down the group but Naruto was quicker. "Freeze!" He spoke, raising his hand, which caused the mink to be floating mid-air unable to move
"W-what the. . ." It managed to get out
"C-Carrot!? Is that you!?" Spoke Pedro as the mink stop struggling
She looked at him, "Big Brother Pedro! You're back! Wanda! He's back!" She yelled out into the forest
Naruto stopped using his Devil-Fruit on her and lowered the mink to the ground. After this was done, some rummaging could be heard from the brush behind her before a giant crocodile bursted forth with a mink on top. "What the hell is that!" Usopp screamed as the two apprentices of Naruto took cover behind Usopp
Pedro laughed, "Greetings Wanda! Garchu!" He yelled up to her
She smiled back to him, "Garchu Pedro! And is that Portgas D. Naruto is see with you?"
"The one and only!" He answered her
"Well come on and get on friends of Pedro! We will take you to our village!" Wanda explained to the group as everyone smiled and complied
A few minutes later. . .
"I see, so Kaido attacked then." Pedro spoke which Wanda nodded to
Naruto laid a hand on Wanda's shoulder, "Don't worry, we're going to take that asshole down so you don't have to worry about him anymore!"
"Yeah!" Luffy yelled out in the back
She chuckled, "Anyway here we are! Our village!" She spoke as the trees split revealing homes of wood, containing hundreds of minks. "Everyone! I'd like you all to welcome the rest of the Strawhats, along with our known friends the Whirlpool Pirates and Pedro!"
"Welcome! Garchuuuu!" Yelled out the minks as some of the Strawhats began to run from various places to greet their captain
Naruto then dismounted and looked around with a smile before his eyes landed on a familiar face he hadn't seen in decades. "It can't be." He spoke softly as he walked over to the person in question
"Hey you look familiar! Oh wait you're Naruto right." Spoke the person
Naruto scoffed, "Momo, I see you've grown since we last saw each other!" Naruto teased the boy
"Hey! I'll have you know even in this body I can still take you in a fight!" He yelled back as Naruto picked him up from the back of his shirt
He laughed, "Yeah right short round! What're you going to do, fall over on me?"
"No but I can do something worse. That lady of there, she's with you right?" Momo asked, looking at Lucy
"Yeah but I don't see how that matters." Naruto countered as the boy shook loose from his grip
He then fake cried over towards Lucy, "Help me help me that man is hurting me help me miss!" He squawked before jumping on Lucy and firmly planting himself between he breasts
Kinshiki was blown away that Momo had gotten more action today than he had in a week. Not to mention, Kin'emon, and Brook grew upset with the boy as well. Momonosuke then twirled his head around before looking back at the 4 guys with a look of victory. "YOU LITTLE BRAT!" They all spoke out at once
"Miss! That mean man over there keeps hurting me!" Momo said as Lucy put him down
She looked at Naruto, "Is that so?" Which Momo nodded in agreement
"Naruto you remember the boot of terror, right?" She asked him and the man began to panic
A few kicks later and Naruto slumped over, holding his gut. "I'll get you for this you little crap!" He grunted out as Momo laughed along with a few others at the funny sight