Rise of the Whirling Tides
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"Hi There," Bijuu thought and techniques in head
Summary Chapter 33: Two and a Half Years Passed for Uzushiogakure no Sato and in the time much happened, the main event, Naruto had a child. The child was born through the unintentional aid of Chakra between Naruto and Suzuka, who would give birth to Uzumaki Itachi. A special child who had a powerful potent chakra coursing through his veins. His body possessed four powerful bloodlines to accommodate the extremely potent nature fo his chakra, forcing his body to grow and adapt quickly.
Not long after Itachi's birth, Naruto and Suzuka would marry. Whitebeard, Issho, Robin, Dragon and many other influentials would attend the marriage of the century. The marines couldn't make a move against Uzu no Kuni as it had come under the protection of not only Otsutsuki Hagoromo but also Whitebeard and Dracule Mihawk. Time passed as Naruto, and his new wife would have a second child, a daughter named Kushina after his mother.
In the end, the Village was visited by Monkey D. Garp. Naruto and his son would depart from the Uzumaki Compound to meet up with the Vice-Admiral who had come to Uzushio with a request.
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Chapter 34: The Future King of Pirates?
In a flash of white, Naruto arrived at Uzushiogakure's main gate; sitting on his shoulders was four year old Itachi. The gate was busy with immigrants passing through it to enter the Village. Every single one of them was screened, to ensure they weren't a threat to Uzushiogakure and her people. Naruto's arrival caused them to whisper anxiously amongst themselves, having the chance to finally see the Shodai Uzukage in person.
Three blurs shot out from amongst the crowd, landing in front of Naruto in a kneeling position, "Greetings Uzukage-sama!" All three spoke in unison with one another; heads bowed down in a show of respect and loyalty.
All three blurs were thirteen years of age and wore the Uzushiogakure Hitai-ite around their foreheads. The middle one who spoke was a male with cyan blue hair cut short in a buzz cut and turquoise eyes. The boy was exceptionally tall, ten foot with an upper torso that was disproportionate to his lower half, with large bulky and muscular arms with rather thin legs. He wore azure blue hakama pants, a sleeveless navy blue top, black boots and carried a large axe mace on his back.
To the tall boy's right was another boy who was five foot five in height and was completely bald with an absurdly long neck and arms. Each arm had two joints doubling their length. The long-necked boy wore an emerald green Martial Arts Gi with the kanji for 'Tortoise' embroidered on the front. Thee bald headed youth carried a three-metre long monk staff in his right hand. The boy carried a pair of pouches at the back of each hip, and a holster on his left leg. Lastly, the boy wore wooden geta similar to the ones Jiraiya use to wear.
The last was a five-foot young girl who had long wavy dark blue hair and amber eyes, around her eyes she wore light purple-eye shadows, while only thirteen she as developing into a beautiful young woman. The girl's most distinct features was her appearance, as she was a light purple-furred cat mink. Unlike other members of the Mink Tribe, her features were more human and the only side of her animal half was a pair of purple ears atop her head, a long purple tail and the fur on the back of her hands. The girl wore a black buttoned vest with coattails, a white sleeveless undershirt that exposes part of her midriff with a navy blue skirt, with tight black bike shorts underneath, blue ninja sandals and a holster on her right leg.
In order of appearance, these were Darius the Half-Giant, Jiao the Half Longarm Half Snakeneck and Brunhilda the Half-Cat Mink. The three were on a team together and were often guarding Uzushiogakure's Main Gate.
"Houjin relayed to us a message of your arrival Uzukage-sama." Darius the Half-Giant spoke, the boy's words were rough around the edges with a thick country accent.
Naruto waved a hand nonchalantly towards them, "Go, have Houjin and his team teleport over to the gates immediately. I would hate to keep our guests waiting. I shall receive Vice Admiral Garp personally." The three Chunin nodded and moved disappearing in three swirls of lightning, water and wind.
"Neh Neh, Papa, is Garp-san strong?" asked the curious little blue-eyed boy, as he leaned over his father's head and looked down, meeting the older Uzumaki's gaze. Naruto gave a gentle laugh and ruffled Itachi's hair. Itachi had an inquisitive mind, just like most children. Even if the boy was growing quickly, Naruto was still happy to see his innocence had yet to leave.
"Garp is very strong! He is of the same generation as Whitebeard, Gol D. Roger and Fleet Admiral Sengoku; they use to all be rivals and enemies!" Retorted Naruto, answering his son's question with hesitation.
Itachi's eyes widened, arms rising into the air as he exclaimed, "Sugoi (amazing)!" Suzuka had told bedtime stories to Itachi over the past two years, telling him stories about the world and the people in it. Whereas Naruto had been the one to tell him stories about the Shinobi Era.
"Neh Papa. Is Garp as strong as you?" The boy blinked innocently at his father, the boy didn't know how strong his father was, but everyone in the village said he was powerful.
"Papa is the strongest! No one can beat me!" Naruto boasted with a big nose, sticking his chest out proudly.
"Papa will I be as strong as you one day?" Itachi's eyes were wide, sparkling with admiration for his father's strength.
Naruto gave a hearty laugh, chakra arms extending from his back to pick the boy up and pull him down in front of the Sage. The Uzumaki held his son up with his own hands, the chakra arms returning to his body. "My little Itachi you will be as strong as your papa one day! If you try hard, you could become even stronger! I know it!"
The little Uzumaki fidgeted with excitement, legs kicking the air, "Really? Really? I can become stronger than you papa?"
Naruto put Itachi down and ruffled his hair; the older Uzumaki laughed at his son's excitement. "It's the truth. Papa would never lie to you."
The older Uzumaki crouched down meeting his son at eye level, placing a hand on each of his shoulders, "But you have to remember this, strength must be earned. You have to work hard. As my son, you will have inherited many incredibly powers and abilities. Just because you have these gifts doesn't make you strong or gives you the right to be arrogant to others." Naruto lectured his son on the importance of hard work and to remain humble.
Naruto himself had inherited quite a few abilities when he fused with Kaguya and the Shinju, but he had worked at them. For years Naruto had experimented and trained to use everything he had obtained from the fusion, mastering it to make full use of their powers. Even now, Naruto was continuing to better himself, constantly experimenting with his powers and finding new uses for them. In this new age with Devil Fruit abilities, it had opened an infinite window of ideas for the Sage.
Itachi grabbed onto his father's hands, giving a nod of his head and locked eyes with Naruto. Father and son looked into each other's gaze as the little boy's reflected determination, "Yes Papa! I train hard!"
Naruto ruffled his son's hair again and stood to full height, "That's my boy, now take Papa's hand, our guests are arriving." Itachi raced to his father's right side and held onto the Immortal's large right hand with both of his, watching curiously from behind Naruto's right leg.
A flash of white appeared in the middle of the gate as a large sealing array materialised in the ground. In the middle was Houjin and his team.
Houjin stood behind his team, in the middle of the line was ten-year-old Shirone, four-foot with neck-length white hair, with a white porcelain mask, wearing a short light blue and white kimono with a light purple skirt and black biker shorts. To Shirone's right was, Mariko, a short petite thirteen-year-old girl who was four foot with long black hair tied that had black ribbons tied to each side and ruby red eyes. Mariko wore a white and red shrine maiden's robe, held by a red and white sash around her waist, wearing white waraji and wooden geta shoes. On the other side of Shirone, was Miyuki, a thirteen-year-old girl standing four foot three who was beginning to develop a well-rounded figure. Miyuki had waist length icy blue hair, bangs framing her shoulders and chest. The girl had light purple eyes, wearing a long-sleeved ankle length light blue Kimono, dark blue obi sash, accompanied by a red hiyoku underneath and open-toed, strappy black sandals with high heels.
Another flash of white appeared as Vice-Admiral Monkey D. Garp showed up behind Houjin and his team. Behind Garp was a squad of twenty marines. What caught Naruto's eye was the person standing to the right of Garp, a small black haired boy twelve years of age with brown eyes wearing a straw hat. The boy was four foot ten in height wearing a weird, goofy grin, wearing blue trousers with cuffs, sandals and a white t-shirt. The straw-hat wearing youth looked around with eyes sparkling screaming, "SUGOI (AMAZING!)"
The straw-hat youth shot forward out of the group, darting towards the Village with excitement, eyes sparkling as he raced up towards a floating mermaid. The mermaid was of the tiger shark variety with a long light green tail, floating in mid-air thanks to a bubble tube. She had long emerald hair cascading down her back, dressed in a long sleeve navy blue shinobi top, navy blue skirt with a Chunin Flak Jacket over the top, wearing her hitai-ie around her forehead. The mermaid was one of the Chunin in charge of the gate today and was ushering people through the checkpoint, making sure they stayed in line.
The boy raced on over to the mermaid, "SUGOI!" shouted the excited youth, making the mermaid jump, she had been so busy with the new immigrants she hadn't even sensed him come up behind her. The mermaid scratched her right cheek, laughing awkwardly showing off rows of razor-sharp teeth.
"Neh! Do mermaids poop!" blurted out the little boy, rather loudly. The question was heard by everyone and made them stop and stare. Some of them looked to the kid then to the Mermaid as if wondering the same question.
The green haired mermaid turned bright red, "W...W...W…What?" she stuttered out, having never before been asked such an embarrassing question.
Vice Admiral Garp appeared behind the boy and struck him on the back of the head, in front of everyone's eyes the boy's head shot down like his neck was made of rubber extending as the kid's forehead hit the ground with a thud.
"Don't go embarrassing me you brat!" Roared Garp, before picking the kid up by the scruff off his shirt and dragged the kid over towards Naruto. Garp tossed the boy down onto the floor and sighed, looking a little embarrassed.
"I apologise for my grandson's idiocy." Garp bowed his head as he spoke. Naruto blinked owlishly, stunned by the question the boy had asked.
Loud laughter was heard from beside Naruto, as Itachi burst out laughing, tears spilling down his eyes. Itachi pointed a hand at the Straw-hat youth who was pouting, "You're funny!" Laughed out Itachi, wiping tears away.
The Straw-hat kid jumped back to his feet before a giant hand crashed onto his head and made him bow, "Apologise you stupid brat!" Roared Garp before kicking the kid up the ass.
The straw-hat youth pushed the hand away, rubbed his ass and turned to glare at Garp, "Oi shitty Ji-chan (Grandpa) what's wrong with you!" Roared the kid pointing a finger up at Garp.
The Marine grabbed the kid and lifted him up, delivering a punch to the top of his head, "Where do you get off talking to your Ji-chan like that!" Garp roared punching again as the kid shouted he was sorry.
Itachi tugged on the leg of his father's robe, "Papa should we stop them?" asked the little boy looking at the scene with a strange expression.
Naruto watched the strange interaction, but he could tell that while Garp's punches were quite strong, they weren't harming the kid. "Leave them, they'll stop soon," Concluded the Sage getting a nod from his son.
Garp dropped the kid on the ground who was nursing half a dozen lumps on his head. "This idiot is my grandson Monkey D. Luffy," introduced Garp sighing while rubbing a rub of his temples. Garp took a breath and extended a giant of a right hand towards Naruto, "Monkey D. Garp pleased to meet you Uzukage-sama." Introductions were late, but Garp still acted politely.
The Immortal accepted the hand and shook it, both of them squeezing down as if to test the other's strength, "Uzumaki Naruto the Shodai Uzukage of Uzushiogakure, pleased to meet you, I've heard much about the Hero of the Marines."
Garp released a bellowing laugh as the two released their grip, "And I have heard of you Uzukage-san! A man of great stature amongst his people!"
Naruto smirked, before using a leg to nudge Itachi forward, pushing him between the two, "This is my First-born and Eldest Son, Uzumaki Itachi. Itachi say hello." The Sage introduced the little Uzumaki.
Itachi gulped as he looked up at Garp, the child was only three foot two, and Garp was almost ten foot. The height difference was intimidating for the little boy, but he took a deep breath and showed a brave face, "Uzumaki Itachi, it's good to meet you, sir." Itachi gave a formal bow and spoke politely.
Garp released a hearty laugh and placed a giant hand on Itachi's smaller head, ruffling the boy's hair, "Hahaha! I like you boy! Respectful and polite unlike this little brat! You have a good son Uzukage-sama!" Garp didn't ask why Itachi looked four years old, from what he had been told the Uzumaki's oldest child by the same name should only be two. Garp didn't want to cross a line with the Uzukage.
"Thank you, Garp." Naruto gently guided, Itachi back to his right side and ruffled the little boy's hair. The Sage then turned back to face Garp, getting serious.
"Perhaps onto business, what brings you by Garp-san?" Asked the Uzukage, a streak of wind blew by making his robe flutter. The air was tense as a strange aura radiated from the Uzukage that made the marines feel uneasy.
"He is not to be underestimated." Garp could tell that Naruto was a powerful man, how powerful even he couldn't tell, but he had the strange sensation if they were to fight, he wouldn't survive. The Vice Admiral's instincts were telling him not to ever come to fists with the Uzukage as it would only end in death.
"I have come here to make a request Uzukage-sama, to hire you for a mission." The marine humbly bowed his head before the Uzukage, treating him with the utmost respect.
Naruto raised an eyebrow at the request, Garp wanted to hire him for a mission. "Hooo, how intriguing."
"I am listening."
Garp grabbed his grandson and parked Luffy on his ass in front of Naruto. The marine knelt on his right knee and continued bowing, "Please train this idiot grandchild of mine!" Garp spoke with a deep humbling tone, that didn't seem to fit the image of the Hero of the Marines.
Naruto blinked in surprise, somewhat taken back by the request, "You want me to train your grandson?" asked the Immortal, making sure he had heard correctly.
Garp didn't raise his head, but instead performed a dogeza pose, forehead touching the ground. The action caught Garp's men completely by surprise, "Please train my grandchild. I will hire Uzushiogakure's services for a long-term mission. I don't expect or want you to teach him your Villages secrets, but to instead train him in the use of his Devil Fruit powers and to properly defend himself!" As Garp spoke, Naruto could pick up on how much the boy meant to him. Naruto detected an underlying tone in Garp's voice; he was worried for his grandsons future.
"Ji-chan what do you mean train me! This blonde whiskery guy looks weak!" explained Luffy as he pointed up at Naruto, the boy was completely oblivious to everything that had been happening. Luffy didn't even know who the blonde haired whiskers was, only that he was some big leader of this place.
Before Naruto or Garp could respond, Itachi stepped forward and angrily pointed a finger, "My Papa's not weak! My Papa is the strongest there is!" rebuked Itachi a hint of anger in his words. The boy was still young and didn't have control over his emotions, in his eyes his father was the greatest.
Luffy looked down at Itachi and just picked his nose, "He looks weak to me." The straw-hat wearing youth whistled as he picked a booger out of his nose and flicked it onto the ground.
"You take that back!" Roared out Itachi glaring daggers at Luffy, but Itachi was still only a little kid, so his glare had no substance and only made him look cute. Luffy ended up bursting into laughter from Itachi's glare face; it was just too funny.
Itachi glared harder at Luffy, eyes bleeding into red as two black tomoes appeared around each pupil. The stage two Sharingan flared to life as a thick potent golden chakra began to slowly radiate from Itachi's small body. The air began to ripple around Itachi from the pressure of his reserves, but nowhere near on the scale of Naruto's, as it only affected the area directly around him. The pressure increased as the streets cracked beneath Itachi, a powerful force rushed towards Luffy.
A hand suddenly came down hitting the pressure, dissipating it, the hand belonged to Naruto. The Immortal placed his other hand on Itachi's hand and gave his son a reassuring smile, "It's fine son." The Sage released a small slither of chakra into his son's body helping to calm him down. Golden chakra flowed back into Itachi's tiny body as the Sharingan deactivated replaced by cerulean blue eyes.
"What a surprising child, that golden aura was strong, it gave me goosebumps. And those eyes, I've never seen anything like them." Garp mulled over in his thought after watching the scene, the son had a measure of strength and great potential, but it appeared that he couldn't control it yet. It would seem the little boy was not so simple after all and was someone to be watched.
Garp brought a fist down and slammed it onto Luffy's head bashing him face first into the ground, "Don't be disrespectful, he is the Shodai Uzukage and the strongest in this entire Village." Barked Garp, before kicking Luffy up the ass, sending the boy skidding across the ground, whining in pain.
Naruto waved it off as if he hadn't been insulted, "Kids will be kids. The boy hasn't seen my strength it's easy for him to misjudge." As the Uzukage, the world had yet to see his power and didn't know what level of strength he possessed, only the strength he possessed as Hagoromo. The Sage reached down and picked Luffy up placing the boy on his feet. The kids straw hat had fallen beside him. Naruto picked the hat up examining it; he felt a strange sensation from it, there was no sentience, but it was like the hat carried on the will of its wearers.
"Give that back!" roared, Luffy, eyes widening with anger at the sight of his beloved straw-hat in the hands of the Uzumaki. Luffy hopped to his feet and raced over to the Uzukage, "Give back, Shanks, Hat!" Luffy's, eyes narrowed dangerously; the Sage could even feel something bottling up within the boy waiting to be unleashed.
Naruto looked down at Luffy, as the boy jumped up trying to grab it, but was too short, the Immortal could tell the hat meant a lot to him, "Tell me, Luffy, what does this hat mean to you?"
Luffy gritted his teeth and roared out, "That is my precious treasure! Shanks told me to look after it, and I promised I'd give it back to him after I completed my dream!" The boy clenched his fists so hard knuckles turned white.
Naruto, raised an eyebrow at the child, "And what is your dream." The Sage lowered his hand and placed the hat on top of Luffy's head, catching the boy off guard for a moment. The Immortal was only teasing the boy, wanting to test his mettle.
Luffy looked up at the Uzukage, stunned that the man had just given it back, before he began to grin from ear to ear and stuck a thumb to his chest proclaiming loudly, "I'm going to be a great pirate! But not just any pirate! I'm going to be the King of the Pirates!"
"Hooooo," Naruto exclaimed as the boy passionately shouted his dream to be the Pirate King. Naruto could feel the boys determination; this wasn't just a random dream or something he had thought of on a whim. Luffy truly believed he would become the Pirate King, so much it made Naruto believe him. Naruto couldn't help but feel as if Luffy reminded him of himself when he was younger and his dream to be Hokage. The Sage may not have become Hokage, but he had become the Uzukage, completing the dream to be the leader of his village.
"Hahaha, a runt like you the Pirate King?" laughed out Naruto, causing Luffy to frown and pout at the same time. The Sage placed a hand on Luffy's head, "What a good dream, never give up on it."
Naruto walked past the kid, leaving Luffy bewildered and the strange man's attitude. The Uzumaki walked up to Garp and placed a hand on the man's right shoulder, "You have an amazing kid their Garp-san. I accept! The Uzumaki grinned wide from ear to ear, Luffy reminded Naruto of himself as a young boy.
"Wahahaha, Uzukage-sama good to hear!" Garp released a loud laugh once he had heard Naruto's words. If Luffy could train on Uzushiogakure, the boy would have the strength to protect himself, especially with his heritage as Dragon's son and a carrier of the Will of D.
"Contact my office to set up a fee," Naruto informed as he walked back over to Luffy and looked down at the strange boy. "Listen up kid, Uzushiogakure does not slack when it comes to training, you will experience many hardships, but it will make you stronger, stronger than you could imagine."
"EH! Really!" exclaimed the child doing a complete one-eighty. The boy had a simple personality it seems and could change at the drop of a hat.
Naruto grinned at the excited child, "I think we should have a test. Garp-san you won't object to having one of my Shinobi spar with your grandson?" Asked Naruto turning his head, looking over his shoulder at Garp.
"Wahaha go ahead Uzukage-sama!" roared out Garp, eager to see the abilities of the Uzushiogakure Shinobi.
"Brunhilda!" The Uzumaki shouted out to the young Kunoichi. In a purple blur, the half-cat mink appeared at his side. Brunhilda was two inches taller than Luffy and only a year older than the boy.
Naruto hadn't thought long on who to send out as he didn't want to ask Houjin to send any of his team out. Shirone was on the marine wanted list, and Naruto didn't know if they were looking for Mariko and Miyuki to continue their experiments. He could have picked a Genin from another team, calling one of them over, but Naruto decided to choose from those present. If Itachi was older and had begun his Shinobi training, Naruto would have elected him to fight against Luffy, but, Itachi was still too young and wouldn't start his training for another six months. In the end, Naruto chose to pick Brunhilda,
Naruto used hand signals directing the other shinobi on sight. The Shinobi moved, making sure everyone stood far away from the fight. Naruto flashed over beside Garp, as the two retrieved to a distance of twenty metres. The Shinobi made sure everyone was at least twenty metres away from the spar. The Sage picked up his son, sitting Itachi on his right shoulder giving the little boy a better view. The kid kicked his feet in excitement wanting to watch the two fight.
Luffy stood opposite the mink's eyes twinkling as stars appeared in them as he watched her tail flick back and forth, "SUGOI (AMAZING)!" exclaimed the Straw-hat wearing boy, "A tail that's cool!" Luffy began running around in circles shouting about how awesome it was.
Garp, facepalmed at his grandson's antics, "OI BRAT FOCUS!" roared Garp bringing Luffy out of his excitement.
Brunhilda's tail flicked as an amused smile on her, reflecting the look of a gentle beauty. Nails began to extend revealing the light purple nail polish she wore. Without warning Brunhilda shot forward, charging straight towards Luffy, "Pay attention." The young woman spoke in a charming voice, with a slight purr as she slashed with her right hand.
"WAH!" Luffy cried out and stumbled back to avoid being hit. Luffy's sandals hit the ground as he took a fighting stance, "Gomu Gomu no Pisutoru (Rubber-Rubber Pistol)!" Luffy's arm shot back, extending like a whip before the boy planted a foot in the ground and threw his body forward. The arm came shooting back as the fist shot towards Brunhilda.
The mink gave a Cheshire smile as the fist shot towards her. Brunhilda responded in kind by punching out with her right arm; the arm changed as white fur with black stripes appeared. The fist expanded to half its normal size as her claws retracted. The fur covered fist collided with the incoming rubber arm as chakra flowed forward, "Raiton: Kaminariken (Lightning Release: Thunder Fist)!" Lightning nature chakra sparked to life surrounding the furry fist.
"Hoo, a Zoan-Class Devil Fruit" Spoke up Garp taking note of the girl's hybrid transformation. Naruto merely smirked but didn't reveal anything.
Lightning flowed through the fist and on impact transferred to the rubber fist. The electricity did not affect, but the chakra detonated creating an explosion that blew the fist flying backwards creating a cloud of smoke. Brunhilda rushed out of the smoke speeding towards Luffy, both arms transforming.
Luffy's arm retracted, and he charged forward to meet the girl head on. The rubber boy jumped up into the air, pulling both fists back and began to punch down rapidly, "Gomu-Gomu no Gatoringu (Rubber-Rubber Gatling)!" Luffy brought his fists forward repeatedly in a blurry, rapid barrage of strong punches that created the illusion of him having multiple arms.
"Toraken: Taigā roa (Tiger fist: Tiger Roar)!" Two large furry fists met Luffy's head on. Brunhilda's eyes tracked the movement of the boy's arms, easily allowing her to strike the real fists head on. A loud tiger roar erupted from the girl's fists as a shockwave echoed out. The roar carried upwards hitting Luffy, throwing him up into the air where he crashed onto the ground with a loud thud.
Luffy skid across the streets arriving at the edge of the makeshift arena. "Itai (ouch)!" the boy rubbed his backside, rising onto his feet. Luffy turned back to face, Brunhilda who was waiting for him in the middle of the open area.
Luffy pouted angrily and charged in, running towards Brunhilda throwing both arms back. The arms extended backwards to great length as Luffy rushed in towards the cat mink, "Gomu-Gomu no Bazuuka (Rubber-Rubber Bazooka)!" The two arms snapped back, shooting forward with great speed, as both hands were opened up in an attempt to deliver a double open palm strike on the older girl.
Brunhilda grinned again at the sight of the incoming fists, appearing to be waiting for them. As the open hands closed in on her, the young girl became a blur, moving to the right as the arms extended harmlessly past where she had been. Brunhilda ran on a curve darting towards Luffy, running low to the ground as if she was about to start running on all fours.
"Toraken: Kyuushuu (Tiger Fist: Pounce)!" The girl shot forward, in a motion similar to a cat pouncing onto its target. Claws extended as Brunhilda's nails grew in length, the sharp tips aimed towards Luffy as she pounced towards him.
"EH!" Luffy cried out as the sharp nails dug into his flesh. Brunhilda landed on top of him, heels digging into his chest. Pushing her feet into Luffy's chest the girl latched on tight with her claws and rotated them both in the air, lifting Luffy of the ground and proceeded to push off with both feet throwing the boy up into the air. Luffy sailed upwards and hit the ground again with a loud thud, claw marks on his arms, as a small trickle of blood dripped onto the ground.
"Itai!" Luffy grabbed the wounds and stomped on the spot as if trying to get the pain to stop.
Brunhilda frowned as she took a fighting stance, arms turning back to normal as her claws retracted, "Are you taking this seriously?" Asked the girl, she didn't lower her guard. Brunhilda wasn't sure about this kid; he seemed to always be off with the pixies. The mink suspected the inside of his head was empty, nothing but air.
Luffy stomped the ground and turned to face the girl pointing a finger at her, "I'll show you!" Luffy charged forward again, racing in towards the girl, intending to get up close.
A Cheshire grin formed on the girl's lips as she shot in, moving low to the ground, heading straight towards Luffy, moving faster than the boy could track. Appearing in front of him, her left fist struck his chest. Flesh rippled like rubber as the boy smirked. The boy's right leg came up in a rising kick; the girl moved, kicking off the ground, spinning up and over the boy landing behind him. Brunhilda twisted performing a spin kick from the right, pivoting on her left foot as her right heel hit Luffy's right side. Luffy's arm bent around the attack, Brunhilda held back a shiver at the weird rubbery sensation, almost like the boy was made of jello.
Luffy grinned and grabbed onto Brunhilda's ankle, holding tight. A foot was planted in the ground as Luffy pulled, lifting Brunhilda off the ground and threw her up into the air. As he let go his arms then extended upwards, twisting around one another and latched onto her shoulders. Luffy pulled down, his arms spinning rapidly rotating Brunhilda as he threw her downwards, "Gomu-Gomu no Tsuchi (Rubber-Rubber Hammer)!" The spinning Brunhilda was slammed into the ground cracking it on impact. As the Genin hit the ground, she suddenly went up in a cloud of smoke replaced by a log.
"EH!" Luffy's eyes bugged out in surprise, "A log! She was a log! Sugoi!" The easily amused boy exclaimed in excitement jumping up and down at the sight of the log in front of him. Luffy ran up to the log inspecting it from top to bottom, prodding and poking it, even sniffing it which disturbed some of the Shinobi.
"What the hell is wrong with this kid?" was the unanimous thought of everyone watching.
On the sidelines, Naruto was speechless beyond words, "W….What?" The Sage turned to look at Garp who was awkwardly scratching his right cheek. Sighing Naruto shouted out to Brunhilda, "That's enough, I've seen what I wanted." Naruto would have to start from scratch, getting Luffy to concentrate on the battle without getting so easily distracted or amused.
A purple blur appeared next to Naruto as Brunhilda showed up unharmed. Luffy looked behind him and ran up to the girl eyes twinkling with star, "So cool you turned into a log! Teach me, teach me!" shouted out Luffy wanting to know how to turn into a log as well.
"Sorry, village secret." Brunhilda gave Luffy a cheeky wink and vanished in a swirl of lightning returning to her team-mates.
"Awe." Luffy pouted at the fact he couldn't learn how to turn into a log; he thought it was really cool.
"Will you be staying Garp-san? Or do you have matters to return to?" queried the Uzukage putting both hands behind his back, turning to glance towards the large Vice Admiral.
"Wahahaha if you're not against it let us drink!" roared out Garp releasing a bellowing laugh from his gut, the laugh was strong and gruff. A giant hand struck Naruto on the back in a friendly manner. The Kage chuckled at the man's antics but accepted. The marines who had accompanied Garp exchanged awkward looks; they weren't even supposed to be here. Garp had run off without permission to Uzu no Kuni.
"Oi Oji-chan what about me, you just gone leave me here!" barked out Luffy as he ran over.
A giant hand crashed onto Luffy's head, "Do as you're told brat and don't make any trouble ya hear!"
"Ita!" Luffy forced the giant hand off before biting down, bringing sharp teeth down onto flesh.
"AH! You little brat!" Garp flung his hand around, Luffy remained attached his little body flopping back and forth like a kite. The Marine eventually pried Luffy off, throwing the kid onto the floor and nursed the new wound.
"HA! Take that stinky Oji!" Luffy turned around and began to wiggle his butt at Garp, who began to steam from the ears. A large foot swung around and kicked the boy up the ass.
Naruto shook his head at the antics of the two; they were really an odd pair. "Houjin escort Luffy to the Uzumaki Compound, afterwards take the rest of the day off, I'm sure you're dying to visit a certain green-haired yuki-onna (snow woman)." Naruto went straight to directing orders to try and separate the strange family members. As Naruto gave the orders, he flashed a teasing and all-knowing grin towards the wind user, making the Jounin freeze up momentarily.
Houjin smiled awkwardly and scratched his right cheek, "I don't know what you mean Uzukage-sama, haha." The Jounin shunshined over to Luffy, his team appearing alongside him. Placing a hand on Luffy's shoulder, the five vanished in a swirl of wind retreating to the Uzumaki Compound to get the boy settled in.
Naruto shook his head in amusement; he knew very well what Houjin had been doing in his spare time. The Second Generation Devil Fruit user every afternoon after doing his duties would visit Monet, the green haired woman he had captured. The woman had been discharged from the hospital and placed under house arrest, given a small accommodation to fit her needs.
"Itachi do you want to return home to mama or do you want to stay with papa?" The Sage asked his son, getting an answer straight away as the four-year-old latched onto Naruto's leg, showing he wasn't going anywhere. Some might say it was inappropriate to drink in front of your child, but the Sage didn't really think along the same lines as others. Naruto wasn't going to let Itachi drink or be exposed to a toxic environment, but it would be good to get the boy used to such events from an early age. As Naruto's son, Itachi once grown would be expected to act in Naruto's stead, representing Uzushiogakure no Sato for foreign affairs.
"You don't mind do you Garp-san?" Asked the Sage giving a friendly smile to the Marine who gave a booming laugh.
"Not at all, I like the little tike. Wahahaha!" roared out Garp in his usual carefree manner, with the child their Garp would also stem his drinking. Garp tended to get flat out drunk without a buffer, but with Itachi accompanying them the marine would make sure to drink in moderation.
Naruto took his son by the hand and directed Garp to follow, "I know a place up the road." The Sage laughed as he, Garp and Itachi headed off. Garp's marine's shared a look and sighed at their leader's actions, having no choice but to follow after to make sure Garp didn't get into trouble.
Uzumaki Compound
Suzuka hummed a soft melody as she nursed her daughter, rocking the girl to sleep. Gently placing Kushina in her cot, placed at the end of Naruto and Suzuka's bed, the woman tucked her daughter in. The wife of Naruto had just fed the girl and nursed her to sleep. With Kushina now asleep the young woman produced a shadow clone and left it to watch over Kushina, while she retreated to the living room. Gently shutting the door behind her and walking over to one of the large sofas, Suzuka sat down.
"Kuroka, you can come out now, she's asleep." Would call out after she sat down, from the shadows behind her a figure appeared.
The shadows moved as a voluptuous figure in black appeared. The figure was Kuroka, one of Suzuka's subordinates. The girl was fifteen years old approaching her sixteenth birthday and had quite the developed figure that could put many to shame. If Suzuka was regarded as a stern beauty, than Kuroka was a seductive beauty. The young girl wasn't wearing her Anbu gear. Instead, she wore a black kimono with red trim that exposed a lot of cleavage paired by a golden obi sash, while wearing white tabi and waraji.
"Nyahahaha, Zu-cha how are you." The girl said with a mischievous look, a pair of hazelnut eyes twinkled with mirth, a pair of black ears twitched and two cat tails flicked back and forth.
"Fine, perhaps a little tired, but thank you for asking Kuroka." The woman responded giving her subordinate a soft smile. Kuroka skipped up and plonked down onto the sofa beside Suzuka.
The two sat in relative silence, just staring into space. The two had been friends for a long time since Kuroka was young. There was a bit of an age gap between the two, as Kuroka was only fifteen years old and Suzuka twenty-three years, eight years difference. But the two had bonded becoming friends with one another, even with Kuroka's constant teasing and flirting with Naruto. The moment Kuroka had come to Uzushiogakure, she and Suzuka had clicked.
The nekomata user slid up to Suzuka, pushing her generous bust against her friend, giving a coy smile, "You're just glowing Zu-chan, have you and Naruto been doing the naughty every night." The Cat gave a flirty all-knowing wink as she lifted two hands, forming an O with the left and pushed her right index finger in and out of it. "Nyahahahaha."
"KUROKA!" shouted out Suzuka, blushing bright red at the younger girls accusations. The Nekomata began to laugh clutching her stomach. Luckily silencing seals were set up in the master bedroom so that Kushina wouldn't be awoken by the noise.
"Oh chill, Zu-chan no need to be so stiff about it." Kuroka relaxed against the sofa crossing her legs over each other, arms folded under her chest, pushing her voluptuous breasts upwards.
"That's not something you just say." The older Kunoichi took a deep breath, pushing the blush down in an attempt to regain her calm.
"We are gal-pals we can share each other's dirty secrets. Besides I live vicariously through you, your sex life is my sex life! I need the details! Don't leave me high and dry. Nyahahaha." Kuroka laughed revealing her shameless nature; the fifteen-year-old wasn't one to care about the social normalities.
"Urg, you're just too shameless." Suzuka facepalmed at her friend's nature while wondering just how they were friends in the first place.
Kuroka smirked mischievously at the older Kunoichi, revealing a naughty gaze, "I have to be. You're not shameless enough; I have to be double shameless for the both of us! But that's why you love me so much!" Kuroka then pounced onto Suzuka like a cat, pressing herself against the woman and blew hotly into Suzuka's ear, making the woman blush as she attempted to fight off the lustful cat.
"Control yourself Kuroka!" Suzuka skidded along the sofa, trying to get away from the grabbing hands of the cat woman, arms crossed over the Kunoichi's chest blushing darkly. Kuroka didn't bother with personal space and tended to get grabby at times.
Kuroka grinned as she made grabbing motions in mid-air with her hands, "Soft and firm as always Zu-chan good job!" The cat girl gave the woman a thumbs up making steam pour out of Suzuka's ears. Suzuka was usually calm and had control over her emotions, but there were four people in this world that could get under her skin. The first was the woman's family Naruto, Itachi and Kushina as she dropped her facade. The other was Kuroka who had a way of getting Suzuka to show various emotions she normally wouldn't.
"Keep it up and I'll….I'll….drop cold water on you!" spluttered out Suzuka pointing a hand at the nekomata, water particles gathering in her palm forming a ball of water.
Kuroka hissed like a cat, back arching as she retreated, the fur on her ears and tails stood on ends. The girl was very much like a cat in many aspects and had a hatred of water when transformed.
"Good kitty." Suzuka took a breath and gave a victorious grin to Kuroka as the water sphere dissolved. The Devil Fruit user pouted cutely and sat back down on the sofa, this time behaving.
The two sat in silence once more before Kuroka began to fidget. The Devil Fruit user stared down at her hands, "I'll be sixteen in four months' time." The younger Kunoichi spoke in a soft, timid tone that seemed unlike her, earning a nod from the older woman.
"You haven't decided to go back on your promise have you?" The Devil Fruit user looked up to Suzuka with hopeful eyes. Suzuka turned to face her long-time friend and gave her a comforting smile.
"No, I haven't. I won't break the promise we made." Suzuka grabbed Kuroka's hands and continued giving that comforting smile, a reassuring look in her eyes. The promise was one they had made three years ago when Kuroka had graduated from the academy. The date of that promise was fast approaching.
Whole Cake Island
"WHY HASN'T HE COME?!" The loud voice of a furious woman roared, the woman was none other than Charlotte Linlin, known as Big Mom. The Yonko roared furiously, picking up a table set and threw it into a wall, crushing it on impact. The woman stomped around, forming holes in the ground, tremors of Haki washed off her body shaking the entire Kingdom from her tantrum. Charlotte swung an arm and released an extremely loud shriek. The castle shook as her Haoshoku Haki erupted from the shriek, creating a physical purple dome that expanded outwards destroying her surroundings.
An extremely tall, large, and muscular man with short spiky crimson hair and two symmetric scars on both sides of his face rushed forward, "Mother! Calm yourself. The matter can still be settled." The man spoke in a serious ruff tone. The man was Charlotte Katakuri, the second born son of Charlotte Linlin, who was very loyal to his mother and her cause.
Charlotte Linlin turned to her son continuing to stomp about, "How!" roared the giant woman in her anger, if Katakuri didn't satisfy her, most likely she wouldn't hesitate to kill him. Linlin only saw the boy as a tool, but he didn't seem to care at all.
"Uzushiogakure no Sato." Replied Katakuri, bringing his mother to a halt, catching her attention. Linlin turned to face her son, a pair of beady eyes looking down at him.
"Speak." Linlin was interested to see just what her son had to say.
"Hagoromo has given Uzu no Kuni and Uzushiogakure his protection. Perhaps the Island and Village mean something to him? My suggestion, we attack it! Launch an invasion to draw Hagoromo out into the open! To see if he truly cares for the people of Uzushio!" Responded Katakuri, calmly and swiftly without a hint of fear. Katakuri was the type to accept being patronised by his mother but will explain himself to her, without a hint of fear.
Linlin normally wasn't the type to tolerate Katakuri interfering with her business; however, the boy did have his moments. The suggestion one of her eldest children made brought a large sinister smile to the obese woman's sickening facial features.
"Haaaaaahahamamamama what a glorious idea! War it is just what I need to draw Otsutsuki Hagoromo out of hiding! Gather up the other Sweet Commanders and anyone else from the family! Take whatever you need and lead them towards Uzu no Kuni! Create a path of slaughter until Hagoromo shows! If he still refuses to appear, kill every last living thing until Uzu no Kuni is devoid of life, then burn it to down!" roared Charlotte Linlin as she stomped over to her throne and fell onto it with a loud thud. The massive woman grabbed a handful of cake nearby and shoved it into her mouth beginning to gobble it down.
"As you command mother." Katakuri bowed to his mother's orders and departed to collect his family members, to begin the War on Uzu no Kuni. As Katakuri retreated from the throne room, he was met by one of his sister and fellow Sweet Commander, Charlotte Smoothie.
"Bold move Katakuri, attacking Uzushiogakure." The long-legged woman stalked towards her brother, towering over him, hands on her hips.
"Bold or not, it has quelled mother's anger. However to invade Uzushiogakure will not be an easy task, requiring months of preparations to gather the necessary troops and supplies." Responded Katakuri adopting a thinking pose, before clicking his teeth in mild annoyance, he may have recommended the suggestion to invade Uzu no Kuni, but they would require at least five to six months' worth of supplies. The travel time from Totto Land to Uzu no Kuni was roughly a month; the preparations for war would also take a month, making two. Add another months' worth of time to try and take over Uzu no Kuni maybe two.
Katakuri walked past Smoothie giving the command, "Gather your troops and spread the word to the rest of the family, preparations for the invasion of Uzu no Kuni begins. No one is to slack off." Katakuri then disappeared down the hallway and Smoothie walked off in the other direction to assist in getting the war movement started.
Word would spread across the Grandline that Charlotte Linlin aka Big Mom of the Big Mom Pirates and one of the Yonko had declared War on Uzushiogakure no Sato. In two months the Big Mom Pirates would invade Uzu no Kuni unless Otsutsuki Hagoromo revealed himself and married one of her daughters. If Hagoromo didn't show Charlotte would kill the people of Uzushiogakure until he did if he refused to show at all she would kill them all.
Dressrosa Palace
"Worororo!" A loud, boisterous laugh shook the palace as Kaido the King of Beasts and Captain of the Beast Pirates sat on a giant throne. Around Kaido were the members of his crew to the right and on the left the members of the Blacktooth pirates. In Kaido's right hand was the declaration of war Charlotte Linlin had sent out against Uzushiogakure. The woman was truly psychotic, thinking to declare war against the very country both Whitebeard and Otsutsuki Hagoromo had claimed under their protection. The woman was either bold or stupid to do it, let alone announce to the world her plans.
Of course, Kaido would never admit he had been contemplating the same idea, but for different reasons than Charlotte Linlin. Kaido did not need to marry off daughters; he had none. What Kaido wanted was Uzushiogakure out of the way as their Shinobi had been interfering with his work. The production of SMILE and SAD was severely behind thanks to constant attacks from Uzushio Shinobi. These Shinobi kept attacking the ships that were bringing in supplies and test subjects.
"Linlin will be doing me a favour by trying to wipe out those blasted Shinobi! I hope they kill each other and leave me the trouble of cleaning up their mess! Worororo!" Kaido roared again with laughter and picked up a large barrel of sake and proceeded to down the contents inside. If Big Mom and Uzu destroyed each other in this little war, Kaido could sweep in and finish them both off.
The others in the room shared nervous looks, as Kaido had an unpredictable nature. Some of Kaido's crew slowly backed away, thinking the Pirate would unleash the 'Beast' at any moment. Kaido roared as he finished the barrel and threw it onto the floor. The barrel hit the floor shattering as Kaido began to stand, feet hitting the ground with a loud thud.
"Scram all of you!" Bellowed Kaido releasing a loud bestial roar that bursts through the room and sent the occupants scampering. The roar was so powerful it shook the entire castle and echoed over the entire island of Dressrosa frightening its occupants. Sneering Kaido's massive body collapsed back onto the throne, and he proceeded to tap on the arm in thought.
"Perhaps I should have Jack lead a battalion to assist Linlin. Junior is beginning to outlive his usefulness with his failure, but I still have need of him." If the Uzushiogakure Shinobi hadn't shown up, the production of SMILE would be well underway. Due to constant setbacks over the last few years, Kaido's dream of an army of Zoan-Class Devil Fruit's seemed as if it would never come to fruition
"Trouble's Kaido?" A deep distorted voice filled the room, causing Kaido to growl as he looked up. In front of him was a figure covered from head to toe in a large black hooded cloak. The man's voice sounded as if it was overlapped as if multiple people were speaking at once, and his appearance gave Kaido chills. Whenever he appeared, it wasn't good. "Can't handle some simple Shinobi? Disappointing. What happened to our agreement?"
Kaido stood up and swung a massive arm at the figure sending a shockwave towards them. The floor shattered turning into debris as it sailed towards the intruder. The robed figure stood still as the shockwave hit mid-air and dissipated harmlessly, appearing as if it was sucked into a black hole. "Munashi these aren't simply Shinobi, they are unlike anything Wano Country has produced, unpredictable with a versatile array of abilities!"
"Excuses, excuses. The agreement was we would supply you with the materials, in return, you would create SAD to produce the SMILE Artificial Zoan-Class Devil Fruits for your use while passing all failed fruits, by-product and waste material to us for the creation of MAD." As the one known as Munashi spoke a pair of glowing yellow eyes, beneath that hood rows of razor sharp teeth could be seen.
"You have yet to live up to your end of the bargain, delivering nothing but empty promises. We are behind schedule. Father is not happy, and you know what happens when Father isn't happy!" A thick, dangerous aura began to release itself from Munashi. The aura swept outwards creating a murky black mist that seemed to suck in all light. Munashi spoke of his 'Father' with deep-seated respect, loyalty and fear. The mention of Munashi's, Father, gave Kaido goosebumps. The Yonko would never admit it outwardly, but even he was scared of the man simply referred to as 'Father'.
"Don't get testy with me! You need me just as I need you!" Kaido stomped towards Munashi, towering over the much smaller being, a pair of dangerous eyes glared down at the robed man. A powerful rush of Haoshoku Haki erupted from Kaido's massive frame engulfing the entire castle and slammed down onto Munashi, shattering the ground beneath the man. Munashi, however, remained unharmed or even shaken by the act.
"Others may fear you Kaido, but I do not. Do not forget it was we who made you! Without Father, you would be nothing. We made you, and we can destroy you!" Proclaimed the one known as Munashi showing his history with the King of Beasts. Kaido snorted and stomped past Munashi; the Pirate didn't refute what had been said.
"I'll have Junior and Jack double the security on the ships and change routes to fool the Shinobi. I expect help from your end Munashi. These Shinobi are crafty." Kaido looked out the window, casting a dangerous gaze over Dressrosa, watching as people and toys walked about in joyous harmony, if only they knew the truth.
"Very well. I shall tell Father, however, if you fail us again, he will not be happy!" Munashi then stepped forward, the black cloak he wore began to fold in on itself transporting Munashi through the void of space. As he departed, Munashi left Kaido with final words, "Disappoint Father again Kaido, and I'll personally put you back into a test tube."
Kaido walked back to his giant throne and slumped into it, exhausted. "I hate that slippery bastard and that Father of his. Just you wait Munashi, one day your time will come, then your fathers as I crush the both of you beneath my heel!" Kaido grabbed another barrel of sake and began to drink his sorrows away, just the thought of Munashi, and his 'Father' had put Kaido in a sour mood.
