Hey guys so we back with yet another chapter. Inspiration from this story really coming in and I'm having a blast writing. Don't worry I will continue to update my other stories not just this one though. Anyways I've decided on the pairing it will be Violet/Viola. However before they reach Dressrosa he will have some fun with Monet in Punk Hazard. Hopefully that can satisfy everyone for the time being. Also I have a theory about Bonney which will be revealed in this chapter that will set something up for the future. Hope you guys like it.
The crew arrived at Sabaody after a few hours and made sure to dock as well hidden as they could. Though it was unlikely to have any marine trouble with what has gone down they still couldn't be too sure. Everyone got out and stretched slightly before heading into town.
"So, you got anyone specific in mind or are we just playing a numbers game?" Naruto asked as he flexed his hand. The stinging sensation was minor but still enough to bug.
"We're going for numbers." Law replied as he looked around while walking. "About a hundred or so and we'll be good." They were currently in the lawless groves of Sabaody and noticed that many of the local thugs had their eyes on them. Most of them looked at them with Beri marks in their eyes, either they didn't know who they were confident enough in their abilities that they didn't care. Though there were one or two who took a few steps back in fear. Those were the ones that would probably live a good while.
As they were walking the blond made note of a bar that many of the low level pirates were heading into.
"Here's what we're gonna do." The crew turned to their captain as he spoke "Bepo and the others are going to restock some of our medical supplies. A lot was spent on fixing up you, Straw Hat, and Ace." Law said aiming the last bit at Naruto.
"Naruto and I will be splitting up and scouting the rest of the island finding targets. We'll be making sure to keep tabs on where they're frequenting and how many enter. We'll meet back here in about two hours, then we'll begin picking them off." He finished
"Got it. Also if you guys see any ramen noodles make sure to pick up some of them too I could use a couple bowls. I'll see you guys in a bit." Naruto said before heading off. Ten minutes into his trek he spotted a loud bar with many no name soon to be heart donors drinking and laughing loudly amongst themselves. "If only you knew what was coming you probably wouldn't be laughing" Naruto thought morbidly before continuing on.
He stopped briefly to look behind him, only to see trees and no one behind him. Taking a few seconds longer to glance around the area he turned back and kept on. Closing his eyes he let his Kenbunshoku Haki kick in, giving him a brief glance ahead. If he turned left he'd be met with some glory seeking pirates who wanted to make names for themselves. If he went right it'd be a clear path.
He mulled over it for a minute, wondering if he should lead those who would try and attack him to Law early. He soon shook that thought and figured he'd let Law take care of them later. They were no immediate threat.
He walked for another twenty minutes with no other notable places taken into account. He soon found himself in a more touristy area of the island, not exactly out of the lawless section but definitely more toned down on the chaos.
He stopped walking as he heard his stomach grumble loudly. "Looks like one plate of food wasn't enough after all we've been through." He said to himself before looking around for a place to eat. As he was scanning the area his eyes were drawn to the familiar sight of an attractive pink haired woman.
"Bonney" He thought. She was standing outside of a pizza parlor, her arms crossed and a scowl on her face. "Wonder what happened to get her pissed off'.
"What did the building do to tick you off?" He asked her as he walked up from behind her.
She turned to see who had spoken to her when she realized who he was. She glared at him, finally registering his comment before huffing and turning back to the building. "Uzumaki what are you doing here?"
"I was looking for something to eat. It looks like so are you, which begs the question…" He trailed off. "Why don't you go in instead of glaring at the building?"
"I'm just thinking if I really want to eat at this place or not. That's all." She replied.
Naruto raised an eyebrow at her response. She was known as the 'Big Eater', normally she wouldn't care where she ate. Something wasn't adding up. Soon his face broke into a grin as he heard her stomach rumble loudly.
"You don't have money do you?" He asked rhetorically. Judging from the pink hue tinting her cheeks and her refusal to look at him gave him the answer he needed. Rather than reply she merely flipped him off, still not letting him see her face.
He chuckled at that and walked forward to check out the menu that the shop had out on display. Bonney glanced at him as he flipped through the menu and it was her turn to ask him what was wrong when she noticed he was also frowning.
"These prices are outrageous that's what's wrong." He replied as he flipped a page on the menu. "Ten Beri for one slice!" He said in shock.
"You used to be a bounty hunter." She reminded him. "You've collected over 18 bounties all over a hundred million. If my math is right you should have close to two billion Beri. What's the big deal?"
"Yeah but just because I have that much doesn't mean I'm going to be spending it if I don't think I'm getting my money's worth." He replied. Bonney's mouth and eyes were wide open in shock. She couldn't believe how he could be so cheap despite having more money than most people will ever have.
"Are you really hungry?" He asked breaking her out of her thoughts.
"I'm starving alright." She finally admitted "My crew's cook is buying all the stuff for dinner so that's where all the money went. That's why I'm broke."
Naruto nodded for a second before looking at the menu and back at her. "Take off your hat and take my hand. Don't squeeze tightly though." He added as it was still burned.
She frowned looking down at the offered appendage. "What why?" She asked.
"If you're hungry just do it." He replied looking serious. "I have a plan." She looked at his bandaged hand for a second before taking her hat off and taking his hand in her own. Ignoring the blood rushing to her cheeks.
"Alright. Now play along." He said to her pulling her into the building. As the two disappeared inside a man in a black hat and coat walked out from the side of a building, notepad in hand and wide eyed as he scribbled down what he had just seen. Putting the notepad away the mysterious man popped his collar higher before entering the building.
"Welcome young ones. What can I get you?" An elderly lady of about 70 greeted them.
"Hello." Naruto greeted. "I was wondering if you had any specials going on right now. You see my fiancee and I just got engaged and we wanted to get something to eat before formally celebrating. I figured it'd be good to stop by here as her favorite food is pizza." He explained.
The old lady clasped her hands together before looking towards Bonney with bright eyes. "Oh my that's wonderful! Congratulations deary he's quite a looker."
The pink haired woman just nodded her head letting out a brief 'yeah thanks' in a monotone voice as she tried to understand what she had just heard.
"I'll get you two today's special." The old lady said scribbling something down on a little machine. "What are your names?"
"Uzumaki Naruto and soon to be Uzumaki Bonney." Naruto replied. The old lady nodded before motioning them to follow her and lead them to a table.
"Now you two wait here it won't be long." Their waitress said before heading into the kitchen. Naruto waved at her as she left before turning back to his fellow pirate.
"So you're my fiancee now huh?" She asked with a smirk on her face. "That's your big plan? Gotta tell you no ones ever pulled that one on me before." She complimented.
He matched her smirk. "Usually newly engaged couples or newly weds get free food if not a big discount. We get to eat and it'll be cheaper. Besides no one will know about this." He replied. True to her word the old lady came back to their table at amazing speeds dropping off three boxes of pizza and their tab. Sure enough they got the food at sixty percent off the menu price.
If the two pirates wouldn't have been so busy devouring their food they would have noticed the mystery man scribble into his notepad once more before leaving the building.
"So…" Bonney began before taking another slice into her mouth. "You two were actually stupid enough to go to Marineford huh?" She asked in between bites.
"Yup. I'm sure you saw what happened or read about it at least." The blond replied
"You and Law are the craziest bastards I know. To willingly get involved in a war between the navy and one of the Yonko." She said shaking her head. Still holding some feelings of disbelief. "What's more you actually managed to get away with 'Fire Fist Ace'. That's the craziest part." She finished.
"Law was the key to that. Without him we'd have been screwed because of Kizaru breaking the key to his shackles." He replied taking another bite.
Bonney nodded. She had seen when Kizaru had shot off a beam that seemed to miss at first until everyone realized he wasn't aiming at them directly.
"Speaking of which I'm surprised you actually managed to fight Akainu and damage him no less." She praised. "You guys have made world news. These already got out." She finished before pulling out brown papers out of her pockets.
The blond immediately recognized them as wanted posters. He'd seen a few in his life after all. Grabbing the papers he looked at the first one and smirked when he saw his captain's face. Trafalgar Law wanted dead or alive with a bounty of 350 million Beri. An increase of 150 million, not bad.
Next up was Monkey D. Luffy wanted dead or alive with a bounty of 400 million Beri. "The events of Marineford and the revelation that Dragon was his dad shot his bounty up as expected." He thought. Flipping to the last one actually managed to raise his eyebrows. It was a photo of him swiping the blood off his blade with the tip pointing towards the photographer. Right after he had decapitated Moria.
'The Deathdealer' wanted dead or alive with a bounty of 650 million Beri. "650 for an entry level bounty?" Naruto questioned.
"No. That's your second bounty. After you left Sabaody the marines put a bounty of 500 million on your head. It went up after you and Law decided to help the Whitebeard pirates fight the marines. I'm surprised it's not higher in all honesty." She informed him.
"Having a high bounty feels pretty good for some reason." He thought as he looked at his poster again. He folded the papers up and handed them back to Bonney making a note to mention this to Law when he saw him later. He looked down to grab another slice only to see that most of the pizza was gone.
"You should've eaten and looked at those later." She told him when she saw the look he was giving her. "You're not gonna be upset at your fiancee are you?" She asked with a smirk.
He stared at her for a second before quickly swiping the last slice he could tell she had intentionally saved for last and quickly took a bite, enjoying the upset look she had as he ate. After a few more minutes of eating the blond paid the old lady the promised amount and the two were heading out.
"See, I told you it was a good plan. We only paid a fraction of what we would have originally would've been charged." Naruto said proudly.
"Hmm. Maybe you're not as stupid as I may have thought after all." She admitted as they walked. After a few minutes she spoke again. "What are you guys doing back here anyways? I figured you'd be heading to the new world like everyone else."
"That was the plan but things changed recently. The new world is going to wait. For now we're going a little pirate hunting."
"Pirate hunting for what?" She asked interested.
"They're going to be a gift." Was the response she got back. She looked at him strangely before shaking her head.
"Well it's been fun but I have to get back to my crew." Bonney said as she walked in the opposite direction from him before stopping. "Also you and Law better watch yourselves, at the rate you're going you're bound to make some pretty powerful people angry." She warned, never looking back to face him.
Naruto was confused as to who she was alluding to but kept it in the back of his mind as he had other things to tend to right now. For the next half an hour he continued to scout the area for popular pirate spots. When the time came to meet back up with the crew, he noticed the captain and Bepo holding a few empty brown bags.
Law threw one at him before asking him to report.
"Only two or so spots of interest. Shouldn't be too difficult to accomplish. I say we pick about twenty-five off this island before heading elsewhere to get the rest." Naruto pitched.
"Yeah I was thinking the same thing." Law replied before nodding at the crew to follow. The plan went without a hitch. The brown bags, Naruto soon found out were to keep the hearts of the pirates in. Within the hour the crew had 25 hearts in their possession and were already loading up the Polar Tang to head to the next island. This was going to be a breeze.
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Whole Cake Island two days later
The sound of heavy rapid steps could be heard as a man ran through the corridors of the building he was currently in. In his hand was a newspaper with information that was sure to upset his boss. In his haste, he failed to see a giant man walking in the direction opposite of him and before he knew it, he was on the floor.
Glancing up to see who he had bumped into his eyes widened to immense proportions and sweated when he noticed the scarf covering the bottom half of the giant mans face. The man was easily over sixteen feet tall, muscular with short red hair and a black leather vest with the word 'Charlotte' on the back.
"K-K-Katakuri-sama" He choked out. "I'm sorry. I didn't see where I was going." He added but not before quickly standing up and bowing as low as humanly possible hoping today wouldn't be his last day on earth.
Katakuri looked down at the man before his eyes fell on the newspaper the man was clutching. He held his hand out palm upwards. Understanding what he wanted the man handed the newspaper over and stayed put until Katakuri motioned to him to leave. Not having to be told twice the man bows once more apologizing again before running off.
The red haired man looked through the paper before he folded it and walked off. Ten minutes later he arrived at a set of big doors which he pushed open with little effort and saw the person he was looking for.
Sitting on a giant chair was a massive woman in a pink spotted dress. Her hair was the same color as her dress, atop her head was a pink and dark pink hat with a skull with two swords running through it diagonally. Her name is Charlotte Linlin. Known to the world as 'Big Mom' of the Yonko.
"What is it Katakuri?" She asked as she ate some cake. Her son said nothing, merely walking up to her and handing her the newspaper. She raised an eyebrow at this but took it nonetheless. Dropping the rest of the cake into her mouth she unfolded the paper to see what was so important one of her sweet commanders would take the time to bring it to her.
The first thing she noticed was a picture of a familiar pink haired woman. "What has my disobedient daughter done now?" She asked out loud. Katakuri didn't respond as he waited for his mother to continue. "Jewelry Bonney reportedly engaged to the second in command of the Heart Pirates Uzumaki Naruto, known to the world as 'The Deathdealer'." She quoted. Underneath that was the same pictures of the two as their wanted posters.
"These are the brats that were at Marineford with Whitebeard. What does she think she's doing?" She asked angrily. "She's to be wed to one of the Vinsmoke family."
"Should I capture him?" Katakuri asked speaking for the first time. To his surprise the Yonko shook her head.
"No. Keep an eye on him and Trafalgar Law though. I have a feeling we'll be seeing each other in the near future." She said before returning to her cake effectively ending the conversation.
Katakuri nodded and left taking the paper with him. As he exited the room he looked down at the picture of Naruto before putting the paper in his pocket and walking off.
Alright so imma go ahead and end it there. I know it was a shorter less action packed chapter than we've had in the past but don't worry, they'll get better. Especially when we get to dressrosa and even whole cake island. But anyways what did you guys think? I've always believed that Bonney was somehow related to Big Mom so I'm incorporating it into my story.
Anyways if there's anything you guys want to see in the future, let it be known in a review or PM me. Later.