A/N: Sorry about the wait; I had a tough time getting together with my assistant and writing. School's starting soon, so I will do my best to keep the updates coming, but I can't promise anything regarding the time it will take. Now, onto my favorite section, reviewer responses! Yay!

game2002: As usual, my first reviewer. Glad you're pleased, you'll see what job I have planned for Robin in this chapter. Hope you like it.

Soul's Eclipse: Yay, a new reviewer. Glad you like it, keep leaving me reviews.

Peter Kim: Another new reviewer; I'm so lucky. About the pirates fighting, I prefer ninjas and my friend prefers pirates, so we compromised. That, and this story is about the Straw Hats befriending the leaf, so I can't have anyone seriously injured or dead. None of the Straw Hat Pirates' exploits have reached Konoha, so they know nothing about them, and vice versa. I don't know about Buggy and his crew, but my friend mentioned Smoker, so it's possible he and Hineta will show up.

grilledjellyfish: Not suicidal, just broke. Can you see Zoro wasting booze? I can't. He politely asked a civilian (the swords might have influenced the answer in the slightest bit). Sasuke is currently in dreamworld (he's unconscious). About Kakashi, late as always, but coming.

warprince2000: Same review as last time but no comment. I hope you're not too disappointed about Luffy-Nami. I may do a Luffy-Nami fic in another OP-N crossover if I ever get around to it.

kitsuneofthedarknessflame: My favorite reviewer with more than 20 letters in her name. Hope you appreciated my review, I look forward to the continuation of your fic. Is Mari in your fic? I agree; throwing stuff is fun.

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mI.ShOE: Finally! Someone who appreciates the randomness.

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Chapter 6

No One Is Any Help Around Here

When Kakashi finally made his way to the conveniently located ramen stand, he was greeted by a scene of destruction. Sasuke was lying unconscious in the street, and a strange man with three swords was at the other end of the street, using two of the swords as crutches and the third as a bottle opener. Kiba and Akamaru seemed to be alright, aside from the fact that they were lying unconscious beside the rubble of a building. There was a human-shaped hole in the wall of his favorite Italian restaurant. In fact, about the only thing that remained unharmed was the conveniently located ramen stand. Kakashi walked past all this and entered the conveniently located ramen stand to see why Sakura had asked him to be here.

"Sakura? Naruto? Anyone? Hey, mister, have any teenagers been here waiting for me?" Kakashi called to the owner.

"Well, there was a blonde boy and a Hyuuga girl here this morning, but I don't think they were waiting for anyone. Some youth got into a fight with some foreigners, and some guy was screaming something about pirates earlier. Hope that helps." The owner replied.

'Naruto with Hinata? How'd that happen.' Kakashi thought. "Thanks." Was all he said as he left the conveniently located ramen stand.

Kakashi decided that, out of his three prospects for obtaining information, the one that was conscious would be his best bet. "Hey, you with the beer, what went on here?" Kakashi inquired.

Swish. Kakashi dodged the bottled the man had thrown at him. "Leave me alone." Zoro said, opening another bottle.

"You don't seem to be in the condition to be telling me what to do." Kakashi said as he walked toward the man.

"Just you wait. When I recover hic and sober up, I'll kick all three of your asses." Zoro said, waving his bottle opener in Kakashi's general direction.

Kakashi surmised that the man was drunk from his statement and the fact that there were two and a half cases worth of empty bottles lying around the man. This man was proving only slightly more helpful at helping him find out what happened than the other two. When he sees an older man lying in the street, he decided that this person would have to be more helpful than the man he just talked to. Unfortunately, he was soon proved wrong.

"PIRATESPIRATESPIRATESPIRATESPIRATES!" The man yelled as soon as he regained consciousness.

"Sir—" Kakashi tried to question the man.

"PIRATESPIRATESPIRATESPIRATESPI—" When the man showed that he wasn't going to be any help, Kakashi returned him to his original position. This was just not his day. Kakashi decided to use his last resort.

"Pukken, go find Naruto and Hinata, and I'll be right behind you. Is there smell any one else with them?" Kakashi said after he summoned the dog.

"Yeah," Pukken replied, "four other scents and one of them is Sakura's."

"Thought so." Kakashi announced looking toward the city gate.

As Naruto and Hinata followed Luffy through the forest, they noticed they were heading for Hidden Harbor village, if you can call it a village.

"Do know where you're going?" Naruto called to Luffy.

"Yep, away from her." Luffy said with a giant grin.

"Sounds good to me." Naruto replied.

Hinata kept quiet, considering that she didn't care where she went, as long as she was with Naruto.

"You do realize that Hidden Harbor village is where Gai and Lee train at this time everyday, don't you?" Naruto told Luffy.

"Hey, I met them earlier; they're fun!" Luffy replied.

"Okaay." Naruto said. 'I've never heard anyone describe the Spandex Duo like that.'

As the trio approached their destination, Naruto noticed something was missing. "I wonder what Gai and Lee are up to? They can usually be heard for miles around." Just then, the group came upon a strange animal wearing a pink hat, a girl, and Gai and Lee. Naruto realized why the area was so quiet; Lee and Gai both had a hand tightly over their mouths. The Spandex Duo was, not surprisingly, keeping to their usual training schedule, just without all the noise.

"Hey captain, everything's fine here. How are the supplies coming?" Chopper asked.

"It's going great! You shoulda seen all the meat the restaurant we ate at had!" Luffy said excitedly, drooling at the thought.

"That brings up my next question, who are these two?" Chopper inquired.

"This is Naruto, and this is his friend Hinata. They're residents of the nearest village."

"Wow! I never knew Lee and Gai could be kept quiet at the same time." Naruto blurted out, unable to contain himself any longer.

"I got the ability by eating the hana hana fruit, although I can't say I've ever used it for this purpose before." Robin said simply.

"I need to find me one of those" said Naruto.

"What is your name?" Hinata asked politely, pointing at Chopper.

"My name is Chopper." He replied.

"And the fruit you ate gave you the ability to talk?" Hinata asked.

"That, and this." Chopper replied as he transformed into his larger form.

"Wow! That'll make people think twice about picking on you." Naruto said. "I like you two already." Naruto stated, "Especially you, anyone that can keep Lee and Gai quiet is a good person to have around." He said, looking at Robin. "Well, we should probably get going; you two are welcome to visit the village. Just tell Obaa-chan that Naruto sent you."

"Obaa-chan?" Robin asked, confused.

"She's the Hokage." Seeing her confused look, he added, "That's the title for the leader of our village. She looks young and has really large—" Naruto stopped when Hinata nudged him. "Anyway, you can probably find her asleep in her office." Naruto finished.

"We'd better go." Luffy said, looking behind him and starting to move away.

Naruto folowed his gaze. "Wait a minute, Luffy. I know something that might help." Naruto said as he started to form hand seals. Three Narutos popped into existence, one taking the form of Hinata and another of Luffy, then ran off. "If you two will point them after my clones; that should buy us some time. See ya later!" Naruto said as he grabbed Hinata's hand and headed off in the other direction.

'Well, one thing I can say about Naruto, there's never a dull moment around him. I wonder if every day is like this for him? It would be nice if I could be alone with him; I don't mind Luffy, but he attracts nearly as much trouble as Naruto, which makes it hard to have a conversation without it being interrupted by someone one or both of them angered. Maybe now that he is used to me being around, the chance might come up."

"Wow, that could have saved me from a lot of punishment. Which fruit did you eat?" Luffy said excitedly as he followed his new friends.

A/N: Hope you liked the chapter.Until next time(does hand seals) Review attraction no jutsu!