Rise of the Whirling Tides

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"Hi There," Bijuu thought and techniques in head

Author Note: I've got drafts for the other bonus chapter, but I won't be able to get it out tonight. I've got terrible pains in my shoulders with a strange burning sensation, plus I'm tired from Dialysis. I will finish it off first thing tomorrow and upload. I thank you for your understanding.

I deleted the bonus announcement but it may take a little time for Chapter 29 to show.

Summary Chapter 29: The Riku Family of King Dold, Rebecca, Scarlett and Viola successfully arrived on Uzu no Kuni and were invited to stay in Uzushiogakure no Sato, as Naruto decided they would stay in the Uzumaki Clan Compound. Naruto then gifted the Ito Ito no Mi to Rebecca as a gift, wanting her to right Doflamingo's wrongs. After the Family was escorted out, Naruto headed to the Research and Development Department beneath the Uzukage Tower, putting the Hari Hari no Mi into the Uzushiogakure Devil Fruit Storage Vault containing fifteen other devil fruits. Naruto contemplated the theory regarding Devil Fruits he had discovered through experimentation.

The Marines gathered discussing the events of Dressrosa, Doflamingo lying in a critical state with only a ten percent chance of survival. Naruto as Hagoromo took advantage of his other alias to give Uzu no Kuni temporary protection against the World Government, even destroying every ship docked ar Marineford. Bounties were issued to the Shinobi of Uzushiogakure no Sato.

Naruto as the Uzukage 1,000,000,000

Suzuka: Kuroikafu (Black Widow): 400,000,000

Yamato: Bouken Honou no Ou (The Tyrant Flame King): 200,000,000

Houjin: Kazegafuku (Scorching Wind): 100,000,000

Vladimir: 50,000,000

Shiina: 50,000,000

Odin: 50,000,000

Kaido was angered by the news of Doflamingo's defeat and possible death, throwing a fit, before being calmed down. The decision was made to ally with the Blacktooth pirates, using them to produce the SMILE product to create Artificial Zoan Class Devil Fruits.


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Chapter 30: Meeting Nico Robin

Uzu no Kuni - Uzushiogakure no Sato - Uzukage tower

Sitting behind his office desk, was Uzumaki Naruto. The immortal sage was leaning back; hovering in the air before his eyes was a mirror of all things. The mirror floated there was the Sage waved a hand across it, clicking his teeth while trying to figure out how the damn thing worked. "You think I'd know how to work this blasted thing, I did make it," grumbled the Uzukage. Lately, the Immortal had been working on creating his own Rikudou Sennin no Hougu (Treasured Tools of the Sage of Six Paths) or Rikudou no Jingi (Six Paths Sacred Treasures) for short. Otsutsuki Hagoromo the original Rikudou no Sennin had created his own tools, five of them. Now Naruto had gotten the bright idea to try and make his own as the Nidaime no Sennon; this was one of them.

The Sekai-Kan Mirā (World Viewing Mirror) was the name of this tool. It had been forged to allow it's wielder to scry across the globe and view events happening over millions of kilometres away. It could cast a wide net of chakra over the world and used this chakra like a multi-way mirror, anything this chakra touched could be seen from the other side. If needed once locked onto a location another mirror or smaller ones could be created for viewing. The mirror could be used to track down anyone in the world, simply by picturing or thinking about them in the user's head. The mirror cast a wide net of chakra and used the eyes of every living being like camera's to find the desired target. No one could escape from the mirror. The mirror was an extraordinary tool, and it had only been created three days ago. Though it's creator was having a little trouble using it.

Waving his hands around like an idiot, Naruto grumbled in annoyance while trying to get the mirror to work. The mirror's image moved back and forth from scene to scene before arriving at the image he wanted. In the middle was a young woman, twenty years of age with a distinct nose, hourglass figure and long black hair, "Aha found you Nico Robin!" barked out Naruto with glee at his success. The Sage knew where the woman was but had been trying to lock onto her with the mirror for the last hour, to test out its abilities. Naruto would add some natural energy absorption seals to the mirror later to help others use it without consuming a large amount of their chakra.

Appearing out of the shadows from behind the Sage was Suzuka dressed head to toe in her Anbu attire wearing a black and white webbed mask, "Congratulation's Naruto-kun." Said the sweet sounding woman as she removed the mask, revealing a flawless smile.

Naruto laughed and grabbed onto the woman, pulling her onto his lap, "eep!" Suzuka squeezed as she was pulled into his grip. The once young girl had turned twenty just last week, to celebrate; Naruto had spent the entire day with her, just the two of them alone. Taking the chance to bond, catching up on the time they hadn't been able to spend with one another due to Naruto's position as the Uzukage.

Lately, the relationship between Naruto and Suzuka had developed as they grew even closer. Before Suzuka only lived in the Uzumaki Compound in the capacity as a student. Last week on her birthday, Naruto invited her to join him in the master bedroom. The two had taken a big leap forward as the Kunoichi moved in, sharing the same bed with Naruto. At first, it had been awkward, but the two had grown used to it, with Naruto often holding the young woman in his arms as they slept. The two still hadn't taken the big step yet and consummated their relationship.

Naruto couldn't help but hold the woman who was his girlfriend close, letting her lean against him, they were alone, so the Kage planned to take full advantage of it. Suzuka was the only Anbu guard, as the other five who were in training had yet to complete the course, but they would in three months' time. Once those five finish their training, recruitment would begin with plans to bring in at least ten more trainees.

"Have you heard from Dragon?" asked the beauty in his arms, looking up at the Sage with a soft gaze.

The Sage shook his head in the affirmative, "Not yet, but I've been keeping tabs on Nico Robin as he asked. I suspect he will pop in soon about that other matter." It had been almost a year since Naruto had last seen Monkey. D Dragon of the Revolutionaries, but the man was like a cockroach always there; no doubt he would show up again soon.

The young Anbu looked to the mirror, watching through curious chocolate brown hues. The Devil Child Nico Robin was walking through the streets of Loguetown, minding her own business wearing a purple jacket over a blouse with aquamarine trim, dark blue pants, and matching boots. "She's certainly attractive." Complimented the woman, taking note of Robin's physical features, both of them were well-endowed women with a figure that could kill. Suzuka didn't feel jealous towards Robin; in fact, she felt a strange kinship with the woman who had been forced into a life on the run.

Naruto paused, not sure what he should say to his girlfriend's words, "Ahahaha." The Sage chuckled awkwardly at first to give his brain time to think, "That she is. However, sadly the young woman has had many hardships." The Sage stirred the conversation away from Nico Robin's looks.

Suzuka nodded her head, "Umu. She has, poor thing. Haven't you been thinking about asking her to join Uzushiogakure?" The Kunoichi looked to Naruto, giving him a pleading look with those big round chocolate brown eyes.

The Immortal Sage began to sweat profusely at the gaze, "I have been thinking about it, but it's up to Robin to decide whether or not to join, besides don't forget we have a contract with Dragon who wants to recruit her into the revolutionaries. But I do intend to offer her the chance to join Uzushiogakure regardless." Naruto wasn't about to force someone into doing something they didn't want to.

Suzuka nodded her head in agreement to what he had said. The two paused momentarily before the black haired woman spoke up again. "Rumour is, Charlotte Linlin has sent out a message, declaring Otsutsuki Hagoromo is now betrothed to one of her daughters. He is to report to Whole Cake Island to pick which one to marry then and consummate the marriage. I didn't know you agreed to be betrothed" Suzuka gave a cheeky grin, teasing her boyfriend.

Naruto made a disgusted face; he knew very well who Charlotte Linlin was, and did not want anything to do with her. The thought of the woman giving birth let alone doing the act of procreation made the Shinobi want to throw up. Not like he could anyway, he was a being of pure chakra, lacking a digestive system. The woman's cruel treatment of her own children truly made him sick.

"I've heard this. The woman has been growing agitated that I haven't, or should I say Hagoromo hasn't appeared. She threw a temper tantrum destroying part of her Kingdom and has placed a personal bounty on my head One Billion Belly to whoever can capture me alive and drag me to Whole Cake Island. I'm tempted to go for a visit so that I can show her the meaning of pain." Naruto was tempted to head over and fire a Bijuudama at the woman and remove her pathetic existence from the face of the planet.

"She has quite the reputation as an extremely ruthless and unstable woman known for violent outbursts; this is not someone who should be in charge of a Kingdom. Once Uzushiogakure's forces have expanded, we shall instigate a rebellion, lending the people weapons, supplies and troops to assist them. Once enough of Big Mom's power has been removed, we shall strike with full force and eliminate her from power, claiming Totto Land under the banner of Uzushiogakure." Naruto announced, unlike the operation to Dressrosa, Charlotte Linlin was leagues above Doflamingo, the woman was a Yonko for a reason. As for her children, some of them had relatively high bounties equal or greater than Doflamingo's. While the Shichibukai's bounty had been frozen once he became a dog of the World Government, with no doubt if would have escalated over the years if he hadn't taken the position. Taking this into account there would be at least a handful of Big Mom Pirates or even the woman's own children with the strength no less, equal or greater to Doflamingo. The only one who could even face Doflamingo at the moment is Suzuka, possibly Yamato but the boy would end up in a wheelchair again and could even permanently cripple himself.

"For now let us put the unpleasant woman to the corner of our minds. Uzushiogakure isn't strong enough to deal with her," Instructed Naruto, not wanting to talk about the subject any longer. All Naruto wanted to do was enjoy this moment with Suzuka. The couple relaxed, allowing the mirror to play out, following Nico Robin around Loguetown. Suzuka nuzzled into Naruto's body, keeping close, as his strong arms held her waist firmly. The two enjoyed each other's company for what seemed like hours before it was disturbed.

The mirror began to shake as the image moved frantically. Suzuka bolted up from Naruto's lap, standing to the side as the Sage shot forward to grab the floating item. On the screen was Nico Robin running through the streets of Loguetown, moving as fast as possible, on her heels was a squad of Marines. The woman was suddenly cut off as a group of Vice Admirals appeared, boxing her in. At the forefront was a large man in his late sixties, eight foot in height with short white hair and thick bulging muscles that threatened to tear apart his uniform. Accompanying the Vice Admiral was two Naruto recognised as Vice Admiral Momonga and Vice Admiral Strawberry.

Of the other two one was a tall man with a cold face, smoking a cigarette, who had long brown hair, wore an ancient war helmet with a small, traditional dragon on it, and a long red plume hanging from it. Under his Marine coat, he wore a double-breasted grey suit over a dark green shirt with a silver tie; a golden loop earring hung from the left ear. The second was a man with four X-shaped scars on his face and two along the neck, a split, curling moustache and brown flowing hair, reaching down to his shoulders, with no pupil in his left eye. A Marine coat was draped on his shoulders like a cape, it was more elaborate than the ones worn by other high-ranking officers, and the stripes across his cap are in a zig-zag pattern. Underneath the coat, he sported an older style of naval uniform, composed of a loose shirt with rope-like ornaments on it and suit pants. These were Vice Admiral Onigumo and Vice Admiral Doberman, while the older man was Vice Admiral Orrin.

"It appears the Marines have managed to track Nico Robin down as well. Suzuka, please retrieve our Anbu recruit's and Dean, this will be a good chance to test their skills in real life combat. I'll go on ahead to stall." The Kage stood up and placed a hand on the Sekai-Kan Kagami. The mirror rippled turning into a liquid glass that swallowed Naruto's hand whole, appearing to suck him into itself. The tool could not only allow him to view almost anywhere in the world, but it could let him automatically teleport to the location viewed within its mirror. While he could just transport with the Kamui, Hiraishin or Yomotsu Hirasaka (Underworld Slope Hill), this was a test for the mirror to see if it would work as designed. Once Naruto had been completely sucked in, Suzuka quickly departed to find the five Anbu recruits Kuroka, Taro, Yasamin, Xing and Mickaël, along with Dean, Kurama's student.


Loguetown

Nico Robin panicked as she found herself surrounded by five Vice Admirals and a division of two hundred marines. The woman had just been going about her day peacefully, not bothering anyone, reading books, visiting the nearby cafes, when suddenly a marine had spotted her out of nowhere. Robin had quickly used her Devil Fruit powers to knock the marine out, but it had been too late, the rest of his squad arrived and alerted the other naval officers in town. For the past ten minutes she had been running through the streets of Loguetown, trying to lose them, while dropping their numbers when the chance permitted, but now she had run into trouble. The five Vice Admiral's surrounded Robin in a pentagram formation, with Vice Admiral Orrin at the front; going from Orrin's right was Vice Admiral Strawberry, Vice Admiral Momonga, Vice Admiral Onigumo and lastly Vice Admiral Doberman. Against maybe two or three, Robin believed she had a chance of escape, but against five, those chances were slim.

The woman locked cold eyes onto Orrin, having heard of his reputation before. The man was known as Orrin the Terrible. The man was known for his cruel and sexist nature, especially when it came to pirates, Orrin wouldn't hesitate to torture you if you were a pirate, making you experience a pain worse than death, it was especially worse for female pirates. Robin shivered at the thought, not wanting to even think about it. From here she could feel his gaze, and it made her skin crawl.

"Devil Child Nico Robin, with a bounty of Eighty Million Belly, you are to come quietly or else," Spoke the older man flexing his muscles. The muscles expanded and the upper half of his uniform was ripped to pieces. Robin took a step back, calmly trying to get out of this situation, the or else part sent chills up her spine.

"I don't think she'll be going anywhere with you." A voice came from nowhere and before everyone's eyes, in front of Nico Robin a strange floating mirror appeared. The Mirror was oval in nature, placed in a simple bronze casing. The glass began to ripple as a leg appeared to step out of the mirror, startling everyone present. Stepping down out of the mirror was a tall blonde man over six foot, hair wild and untamed with bright cerulean blue eyes and three whisker marks on each cheek. The man was dressed in a long white robe, with blue like waves around the bottom, on the back was kanji running down spelling Uzukage (Whirlpool Shadow). Decorated onto the robe was four whirlpool shapes, two on each side of the kanji. The hat he wore was wide, with a mix of blue and green that had a black swirl at the front. Beneath that the man wore long white monk robes.

The Shodai Uzukage smiled at everyone present, his presence making the five Vice Admirals back up, fear evident on their faces. Each of them knew who he was, as did Nico Robin. Three months ago seven posters had been released, detailing bounties that had been placed upon seven members of Uzushiogakure no Sato. Kazegakufu (Scorching Wind) a boy of fourteen years who killed Diamante one of Doflamingo's Elite Officers had a bounty of Eighty Million Belly. A woman named Kuroikafu (Black Widow) had killed Gladius one of Doflamingo's officers and brought Doflamingo himself to the point of death, earning a bounty of Four Hundred Million Belly. Third belonged to a boy with no alias but had killed Machvise an officer under Doflamingo, earning a Fifty Million Belly bounty. The fourth was a boy named Yamato who had been given the epithet Bouken Honou no Ou (Tyrant Flame King) who had earned Two Hundred Million Belly bounty for killing Egburt Thornton aka Blacktooth, while two other students of his Shiina and Odin both had Fifty Million Belly Bounties. Lastly was the Uzukage himself, who had been given a One Billion Belly bounty, simply because he was deemed as a possible threat.

As Nico Robin looked at the blonde haired man, she couldn't help the slight blush that became ever present on her cheeks. The man was certainly quite the looker and her type, but the blush soon vanished once the woman remembered the situation she was in.

"Oh don't be so scared. Do you think I'm going to bite your head's off? Ha!" The Uzukage laughed, his words had a hint of humour to them. "I'm just here to hold down the fort until your opponents arrive. I'm not going to lift a finger against you unless I have to. So just sit down and keep looking pretty." The Uzukage gave them a smug smirk addressed the marines in a condescending manner, before turning to speak with Nico Robin.

Orrin gritted his teeth in anger; fists clenched tight, knuckles turning white. How dare this boy look down on him? To him, the Uzukage appeared to be no older than in his late twenties and was a wolf cub still wet behind the ears. Orrin wasn't about to be talked down to by a kid. The marine roared and launched forward raising a right fist, the fist transformed turning black with Busoshoku Haki, "Rampage Fist!" roared the marine, who was more brawn than brain, charging towards Naruto.

The Sage turned lazily towards Orrin; the look in those blue eyes told the marine that he wasn't even worth his time. Giving a loud yawn, Naruto raised a right hand, grabbing the incoming fist. A shockwave erupted that blew the surrounding marine's backwards. The wind from the shockwave brushed against Robin who shielded her eyes. Most of the shockwave had been absorbed by Naruto leaving the woman unharmed. The Sage clamped down hard on the fist, slowly bending flesh. Orrin released a moan of pain as he was forced onto his knees, a loud snap was heard as the arm was broken and bent the wrong way. Naruto swung his arm, not letting go of Orrin's fist, using enough force behind the swing to send Orrin flying back. A scream echoed through the streets as blood sprayed through the air, the man's right arm had been torn from his shoulder. The sexist marine hit the ground and rolled, leaving a trail of blood. The man's torn arm had was held tightly in Naruto's grasp

"Disappointing." Fire engulfed the arm burning it to cinders; the only evidence of its existence was the pool of blood at Naruto's feet. The Sage launched forward into action, moving faster than the other marines could charging towards Orrin.

The man clutched his torn limb, gritting teeth to try and deal with the excruciating pain from his shoulder. The man looked up finding Naruto advancing, rage overcoming him "I won't be beaten by some child!" roared Orrin as his body expanded growing rapidly in size, a loud bellowing roar echoed from his lips. Muscles grew, as brown fur spread over Orrin's entire body, horns began forming from the forehead, and they were shaped like bullhorns. Orrin snorted as feet turned to hooves. The man grew to over twenty feet in height, taking the form of a towering brown Minotaur. The Minotaur bellowed, loudly shaking the streets as it stomped down with a right hoof, forming cracks in the concrete. The men's clothing had been turned into a loincloth covering his lower regions. The Minotaur had one arm, as blood poured from the right shoulder where it had been torn off.

Naruto looked up nonchalantly. "Am I supposed to be impressed?" Even though Orrin now towered over him, Naruto had fought larger and tougher opponents many times before. The Zoan Devil Fruit user bellowed and swung his left arm down, in an attempt to smash Naruto into the ground. The Sage simply raised his left hand again, grabbing hold of the incoming arm. The ground shook and shattered beneath Naruto but he appeared unharmed.

"You're boring me." Naruto gripped the limb and twisted around, picking the minotaur up with ease and spun him around the air, before throwing Orrin down into the ground hard. A crater formed on impact as the giant Minotaur hit the earth. Releasing the arm, Naruto aimed his left hand; palm opened, at Orrin, "Shinra Tensei!" A powerful repulsive force was released from the palm crashing down on top of Orrin. The force of the attack caused the streets beneath Orrin's massive body to shatter as a crater formed. The force continued growing as a crater over twenty metres wide was formed. The force of the impact caused Orrin to revert back to his human form knocked unconscious as he lay in the middle of the crater. A once-feared Vice Admiral had been defeated within moments even after transforming.

Nico Robin was stunned beyond words, watching as how a man she didn't have any hopes of defeating was thrashed like a child and defeated within seconds. Nico Robin had heard about this Uzumaki Naruto from rumours that spread but no one knew how strong he was, just his Shinobi. It was a truly an honour to witness the Uzukage's strength first hand. Rumour had it he was the strongest person in Uzushiogakure no Sato, Robin could see why.

Naruto looked to the other marines who had been stunned silly, "Now are you going to wait patiently? As you can see none of you are my opponent, so wait until those...more on your level arrive." Even though he said this, it would still be a little unfair. Naruto didn't even plan for Suzuka to fight the remaining four Vice Admiral's, instead, he wanted Dean and the five Anbu recruits to take them on. This would be a good way to measure their current abilities. Of course, the five recruits would all come in their Anbu training gear mask's included. Naruto wasn't afraid of the marine's finding out Kuroka and Shirone were on Uzu, he would protect them no matter what, but the masks would at least delay this information until Uzushio was much stronger.

The Sekai-Kan Mira began to quiver as the glass turned into liquid and seven bodies were spat out onto the ground, revealing the forms of seven Shinobi from Uzushiogakure no Sato. One was older than the others, a woman, who was none other than Suzuka, dressed in full anbu attire and mask. Behind her was six youth's, ranging between the ages of eleven being the youngest and sixteen being the oldest, five of them with masks were standing in line from youngest to older from left to right. At the end was a twelve year old boy, who had short burnt orange hair, mismatched eyes the right was sapphire blue and the left ruby red, standing five foot two inches tall, taller than most his age, wearing black, khaki pants, a sleeveless white kimono top, kevlar jacket, tabi socks and waraji.

Of the line up, all of them wore Anbu armour similar to Suzuka's, each with a holster on each leg, a pouch on both hips, and a tanto strapped horizontally to the back, the positioning of the handle varied from person to person. Each of them had an Uzushiogakure swirl etched into the top of the masks they wore instead of a hitai-ate.

The youngest of the line-up was a four foot eleven-year-old boy, with a monkey tail extending from his tailbone, fur on the back of his hands, brown eyes and monkey facial features. The boy's face was hidden by a white mask with black drawings in the shape of a monkey, wearing navy blue shinobi trouser's, long sleeve navy top, black ninja sandals and had his tanto handle positioned to the left.

Next was a twelve-year-old girl who was four-foot-six, with long black hair tied up in a bun, wearing a black kimono, golden obi sash, black open toed ninja sandals. Attached to the girl's head was a pair of black cat ears, with two black tails flicking back and forth from her tailbone, the tanto she carried ahd the handle positioned to the right. The girl had a pair of hazel nut eyes, hidden by a blank white mask with no markings at all.

The third was a five-foot thirteen-year-old boy, with long white hair reaching his shoulders, matched by ruby red eyes hidden by the mask he wore. The boy was dressed in a long black battle kimono, black hakama pants, wearing black ninja sandals, while on the back of the kimono in white was the kanji for 'death'. A black obi sash was tied around the boy's waist, and the mask he wore was white with black markings making it look like a skull. The boy carried in his right hand a one and a half metre long black scythe, while the blade was one metre in length and curved. The boy was one of two who didn't carry a tanto.

Fourth in line was a fifteen-year-old dolphin mermaid with a pale blue tail. The mermaid had short orange hair reaching the base of her neck, with purple eyes. The mermaid wore a navy blue skirt around her waist, covering the top of the tail, with a dark purple sleeveless backless top, with her anbu armour over the top, the tanto of the handle she carried pointed to the right. Around the mermaid's waist was a bubble to help her float and move through the air, while accompanying her waist was a light purple obi sash containing two scrolls on each side. The white mask she wore had markings reminiscent of a dolphin.

Lastly was a sixteen year old male who was five foot eight, with long purple hair tied in a single ponytail, emerald eyes and dark skin. The boy wore baggy black ninja trouser's, with a sleeveless navy blue top to go with his anbu attire and open toed navy blue ninja sandals. The boy looked very much like the anbu operatives in Konoha during Naruto's era. Strapped horizontally to his pair was a pair of kodachi, instead of tanto, one facing right the other facing left. Lastly, the boy's white mask was shaped like a big cat that looked like a cross between a lion and a tiger.

In order they were Dean the student of Kurama, Mickaël the Monkey Mink, Kuroka the Nekomata user, Taro a Mythical Zoan user, Yasamin a Dolphin Mermaid Logia Devil Fruit user and Xing a Second Generation Devil Fruit user.

Without a moment to spare, Naruto raised a hand pointing it towards Vice Admiral Strawberry, "Yurei (Ghost) fight Vice Admiral Strawberry" The arm moved long pointing to each Vice Admiral while he dictated who their opponent would be, "Dean, Saru fight Vice Admiral Momonga, Iruka (Dolphin), Shi (Death) fight Vice Admiral Onigumo and Raiga (Liger) your opponent will be Vice Admiral Doberman! Capture them alive!" Naruto picked up Vice Admiral Orrin and jumped back, landing beside Suzuka, dropping the unconscious man at her feet, the two of them stood in front of Nico Robin.

The six children saluted, "Hai Uzukage-sama!" they shouted and moved in unison once they had their marching orders, splitting off as directed. Kuroka codenamed Yurei charged towards Strawberry, as Dean and Mickaël codenamed Saru went for Momonga, Yasamin alias Iruka and Taro nicknamed Shi moved towards Onigumo, leaving Xing who went by Raiga to attack Doberman. Suzuka would watch the battles between the six children and the marine's while Naruto conversed with Nico Robin.

Naruto looked to Nico Robin with a shit eating grin, "Nico Robin, the Devil Child, it seems there's a lot of people who would like to get their hands on you." The woman seemed to go on guard, taking a step back, crossing her hands over in preparation to use her Devil Fruit abilities. Naruto laughed and made a motioned of surrender with his hands, showing he came in peace.

"I mean you no harm. I'm only here to keep an eye on you for a client of mine, who...i'm pretty sure means you no harm either. Perhaps you've heard of him Monkey D. Dragon?" spoke the Uzukage, giving a reassuring smile, hands still raised in surrender.

Nico Robin visibly recoiled at the name, well aware of just who Dragon was, to be sought after by the Leader of the Revolutionary Army, the woman didn't know if it was a good thing or a bad thing.

"Dragon does wish to recruit you, and hired me to keep an eye on you. But whether you join him is up to you, and has nothing to do with me. In fact, why don't you just join Uzushiogakure no Sato, we'd love to have you hahahahaha!" said the blonde before he burst into a joyous laughter that caught the woman off guard.

Robin hadn't expected the man to offer her a chance to join Uzushiogakure. Robin had heard many rumours about the strange village that was built over four years ago, and in that time it had prospered beyond what anyone thought possible.

" . Uzu join me?!" Robin's words were jumbled unable to get out a proper sentence, to stunned by what was going on. First, she had been hunted down by marine's, confronted by five Vice Admiral's; then some strange mirror appeared from out of nowhere, the Uzukage appears tore off Orrin's arm took Orrin out in moments, then a woman in black clothing and mask showed up with six children. This was just all to much for Robin whose brain had effectively began shutting down from the events.

Naruto gave a hearty laugh at the woman's expression, waving it off as nothing , holding up his right hand a red and blue flame appeared that came together to create a tri pronged kunai. Naruto spun the kunai, offering the handle out to Robin with a beaming and friendly smile, "Take it. Whenever you decide to join Uzushio, or perhaps just visit or just in need of help, throw it and I'll come running." Instructed the Immortal Sage as he forced the knife into the young woman's arms, "Soft." Noted the Sage at the same time as his hands touched her's.

All around the two the sound of fighting and explosions could be heard as the six children went to town against the Vice Admirals.

Robin looked at the knife, a small red stain on her cheeks, blushing from the sudden contact with the Uzukage, "His hands are sturdy and warm" Thought the young woman briefly from the hand contact. The Uzukage's hands were larger than hers, seeming to engulf them in a protective and warm embrace. Robin forced the thought away, "What am I even thinking!" Robin wanted to slap herself, but resisted the urge, proceeding to look up at the Uzukage with a questioning gaze.

"Why? Why give this to me? We don't know each other." Queried the young woman who had been on the run since she was eight years old. Robin didn't easily trust others, but for some reason standing in front of the Uzukage, she felt like perhaps she could. The man seemed to release a friendly and trustworthy aura that made Robin want to let her guard down and relax for once.

"Why? Well, why not? Can't I just give a gift in the hopes we can become friends?" said the Uzukage with all honesty, he wanted to become friends with the woman who had suffered many hardships. The life she experienced, reminded Naruto of not only his childhood but the lives of so many others who had suffered such hardships, especially those of his fellow Jinchuuriki.

"F...F...Friends with me?" stuttered out the woman in a low voice, as if unsure about the word friends. How long had it been since she had a friend, Robin couldn't even remember. Everyone she had ever trusted had stabbed her in the back, the woman didn't think she even knew what a friend was anymore.

"Yeah let's be friends. Let's get to know each other with an introduction! I'll go first and show you how its done. I'm Uzumaki Naruto, I like Ramen, Suzu-chan Uzushiogakure, Uzu no Kuni, my friends and my village's people. I dislike slave traders, the sense of absolute justice, pirate's like Doflamingo, the three minutes it takes to cook ramen. My hobbies are training students, creating new techniques and eating ramen. My dream is to spread the joy of ramen all over the world and let everyone know it's the food of the Gods!" Spoke the Immortal Sage, when he spoke about his dream. Nico Robin flinched as a noise escaped her lips.

"Pfft." The woman was holding back a chuckle, but you could see she was trying hard not to laugh. The woman grabbed her stomach and suddenly started laughing. The woman laughed for a good minute, tears streaming down her cheeks that she tried wiping away.

"Oi don't laugh at Ramen it's the best!" Naruto proclaimed, puffing out his chest, but you could tell he was struggling not to laugh.

"Hahaha. It's not my own dream. I want to create a World of Peace where no one will suffer from hate or prejudice. Where children are no longer orphaned and wars cease to exist! A World where no one is afraid!" Proclaimed Naruto stating his dream with such conviction it stunned Nico Robin speechless. One moment she had been laughing like she hadn't in years, now she had been stunned to silence by what the Uzukage said. For some reason though, Robin believed he truly would accomplish this, as he spoke with such confidence that it could only become true.

Naruto had taken a measure out of Kakashi's book using the introduction method used when Team 7 had first come together.

"Come on, what about you" pushed the Uzukage, wanting Robin to introduce herself, making the woman scratch her right cheek sheepishly, not really sure what to say. Especially with the introduction Naruto had given, how could she compete? But the woman tried it.

"I'm Nico Robin. I like reading about the past. I'm an archaeologist and a historian so I enjoy discovering items from past eras. I dislike those who would destroy our history. My hobby is reading. My dream is to find the Rio Poneglyph which tells the true history." Robin sounded a little awkward and unsure of herself while giving the introduction. The young woman was an avid history reader who had a passion for learning about the past.

"See it's not so hard is it!" The Shodai Uzukage grinned from ear to ear after the woman had introduced herself. The woman could only sweat drop at the man's apparent care free attitude but didn't allow it to change the fact the Uzukage had effortless thrashed Vice Admiral Orrin.

"Uzukage-sama, they are finished." The voice of the Kunoichi Suzuka drew the attention of both adults. Turning towards the voice, Robin's eyes seemed to expand and pop out of their sockets. The six children were walking back towards the group chatting amongst themselves, alive but looking a little worse for wear. Most of them had bruises that were already beginning to form with marks all over their bodies from the enemy's swords. Some of the armour they wore was even dented.

Behind them was a group of four wooden puppets with a human shape each wearing a different coloured armour from right to left red, blue, green and black. Strings of chakra were attached to each of them that led back to the Monkey Mink Mickaël, connecting to his fingertips. Each of these wooden puppets seemed to be dragging a beaten marine. The red armoured puppet was carrying Onigumo who looked like a half dried up old man. The blue armoured puppet was dragging Vice Admiral Strawberry who had been turned into charcoal but was miraculously still breathing. The green armoured puppet dragged Vice Admiral Momonga who looked like a giant pin cushion with bone spikes sticking out of his body. The last puppet the black armoured puppet was dragging Vice Admiral Doberman who was bleeding from almost every part of his body, deep gashes all over his flesh that seeped with blood. Another puppet, one in white armour walked over to Orrin, grabbed the marine and dragged him over, joining up with its brothers.

The five puppets walked up to the floating mirror and proceeded to throw the bodies through it, where they were transported to Uzushiogakure no Sato. The puppets then jumped in, Mickaël following behind.

"Escort them back and have the marine's placed in separate cells." Ordered the Uzukage towards the only full time Anbu operative. Suzuka nodded relaying orders to the other five children, each of them jumping into the mirror as the glass rippled like water. The five were transported back to Uzushiogakure with Suzuka stepping in behind them. Naruto had plans for the five Vice Admirals, to extract the knowledge of how to use Haki from their memories. Once the knowledge had been extract, Naruto could pass it down to the Village. The Sage knew about its properties and uses, and while Blacktooth had knowledge on how to use it, the Sage had decided to wait until he had a better grasp on its foundations. In order to become a Vice Admiral, one had to at least have the knowledge about Haki and be able to use at least one or more type. With five of them gathered in one place, Naruto didn't hesitate to catch them so he could extract the skill from their memories. Once he had their memories, he would extract any Devil Fruits and kill them.

The Sage took a breath and clapped his hands together, many had witnessed the battle today and he couldn't have them reporting to the marines A wave of chakra was expelled from his body cloaking Loguetown. The chakra coursed through the bodies of every living being, "Rikudou Hijutsu: Maindowaipu (Six Paths Secret Technique: Mind Wipe)!" Chakra surged out in order to wipe out the memory of the last half an hour from the minds of every in Loguetown, with the exception of Nico Robin. Chakra had been diverted away from the woman, allowing her to retain the memory of what happened.

Naruto took a deep breath allowing his chakra to be sealed off once more to the world, turning to face a stunned Robin. The woman had no idea what had happened, but she had felt it.

"It has been a pleasure to meet you Robin-san, I would love to stay, but I must depart. Please do think about visiting, Uzushiogakure no Sato has a wealth of history that the world will never know and I would be honoured to show it to you. After all our history dates back over six thousand years ago." The Kage gave a mischievous grin, dropping the bomb on the woman about how old Uzushiogakure's history was, and before she could say anything Naruto grabbed the mirror and vanished in a white flash.

Robin blinked owlishly, stunned by the sudden declaring, "S….S...S….Six thousand years! The Poneglyphs only date back to eight hundred. Does Uzushio possess records of what happened during the void century! Or does the history of Uzushiogakure predate the Poneglyphs?" Robin's interest had clearly been peaked, but the woman shook it off, there was no time to be distracted. Keeping the kunai close, Robin quickly left the area, going back into hiding so she wouldn't be caught by the marines, she would have plenty of time later to contemplate on what had been discovered.