"...Who am I?" Naruto parroted, tilting his head sideways. Finally, after a tense few seconds of silence, he answered.
"I am Uzumaki Naruto, Toad Sage of Mount Myoboku; I've been sent here to eliminate the Yonko,"
"Then why—" Sengoku was cut off before he could fully articulate himself.
"But. I also have some misgivings regarding a certain Kizaru; I have expressly stated that I have no quarrel with your lot, and yet he has directed aggression upon me,"
"..."
"Now, I have heard that you, Fleet Admiral Sengoku, are the direct superior to Admiral Kizaru. Is it the policy of the world government to be so rash as to attack a third party, someone who has no relation with the enemy, or is it that this organization has been so blinded by corruption, you simply do not care?" Naruto fired off point after point in quick succession, putting the other man on the back foot almost instantly.
'Good thing my Hokage training came in handy, huh? Never knew I'd use it like this, though...' He thought slyly to himself.
"I demand an explanation! Or would you rather sully your reputation when this incident is undoubtedly revealed to the public? It wouldn't give the common folk much reassurance, that's for sure," He casually flexed his skills in the art of brinkmanship. After all, he was arguing against the 'world' government, and the more pressure he put on his opponent, the less likely it'll be that he'll remember they kinda govern... the world...
Still, that didn't stop a glint of mirth from showing in his eyes, which was swiftly buried under his mask of righteous fury.
In response, all Sengoku could do was gawk, unable to really argue against any of the points brought up. Fortunately for him, he didn't have to for much longer:
"I ordered for Kizaru to engage, and what of it?" An old, almost smoky voice answered Naruto in Sengoku's stead.
Switching his attention from the man before him to the man behind, Naruto was met with a giant of a person, his jacket-turned-cape flowing lightly in the wind. He wore a dark-red tuxedo suit, with a brighter red tropical shirt hidden underneath, black gloves and shoes, and a white cap with the word 'Marine' stuck on.
The man, although old, was muscular and broad, a stark difference to the leaner and more laid-back Kizaru.
"And who are you? Another dog coming to bite me?" Naruto spat venomously, though his caustic remarks did nothing to affect the newcomer.
"I am Akainu," He introduced himself mechanically, his eyelid twitching as, inadvertently, his moniker only served to deepen his disadvantage.
Naruto sneered, "So you are a dog. But I can't seem to find Momotaro anywhere! Is the little doggy lost?"
Sadly, his attempts to rile the man up were for nought, as Akainu didn't even flinch at the comments made…
'Great, this guy's gonna be a total pain to deal with,' Naruto thought sullenly to himself, though he still kept up the calm facade, 'If getting him angry won't work, let's try his sense of duty,'
"Is this what your justice entails?" Naruto prodded at what so many of these marines seemed to clamour for, "Is your justice killing an innocent just in case they're a pirate? That isn—"
"Yes," Akainu answered abruptly, "That is my justice,"
"W-What?!" Naruto was thrown for a loop. Did he just say…?
Akainu elaborated, "When facing evil, one must always be thorough! Must always make sure to eradicate every single speck, or it will grow back! That is my justice— Absolute Justice!"
[Dai Funka!]
'Shit!' Naruto's instincts blared, and automatically, he jumped up into the air. Good thing too: as the place where he previously stood was covered in red hot magma…
"So die! For absolute justice!" He could hear Akainu shout from below before he felt that same sense of danger warning him once again.
Readjusting himself, he could see the man's hand dripping with magma as he prepared his next attack.
[Dai Funka!]
He punched, and the magma began to exude from his fist, launching itself at naruto. However, a few hand seals later, and the once dangerously hot magma found itself being rapidly cooled down.
[Suiton: Water Trumpet!]
Naruto released a giant ball of whirling water from his mouth, its trajectory aimed solely at the magma heading for him. With a loud sizzle, the magma was neutralized, and Naruto was able to land safely on the platform amid the plumes of smoke that came off the hardened magma.
He winced to himself, 'Damn it, I keep forgetting I'm not in my original body… Took way more chakra now that I don't have water affinity,'
Seeing the smoke not calming down anytime soon, Naruto decided to(for once) act his profession and sneak up on his opponent.
With his keen senses, he quickly found Akainu, who was blindly searching with his kenbunshoku haki. Taking advantage of his stealth, Naruto formed a rasengan and threw it at him.
But just like Kizaru, natural energy flooded his body, and the rasengan harmlessly passed through him.
In no time, Naruto was met with another fist of magma. This time, though, it was coloured pitch-black.
[Suiton: Water Bullet Jutsu!]
He shot out another gust of water, expecting the same result as before...
He was mistaken.
The moment his jutsu collided with the fist, it was instantly destroyed, doing nothing to stop Akainu's fist from hitting him.
"Gah?!" His whole body was impacted, sending him flying off the execution platform and onto the chaotic battlefield. Luckily, because of the black substance covering his fist, he didn't get burned.
Landing on his back, Naruto had the wind knocked out of him as he rolled onto the ground, dirtying his cloak.
Getting up, he saw Akainu walking towards him, his hand still bubbling violently from the magma.
"Although your devil fruit power is the opposite of mine, my magma is still far superior to your water!" He proudly exclaimed, raising his hand to show off his powers.
Naruto glared at him before smirking.
"Heh… seems I have to go into that mode after all," He put his hands together, fingers forming into the shape of a lowercase t.
[Shadow Clone Jutsu!]
With a poof, two more of him appeared.
"Are we gonna do it, boss?" One of the clones asked.
"Mn," He nodded, and they closed their eyes, focused on gathering natural energy.
The process didn't take more than a second, with the three of them working in conjunction, before the original naruto reopened his eyes.
[Senpo • Sennin Mode!]
Instead of the bright blue irises that shimmered with hopeful optimism, it was replaced with a vibrant, sagely orange. And instead of the circular pupils' normal humans carried, his was stretched out horizontally. In addition to that still, were blotches of red that began to appear on the sides of his eyes like makeup…
"Man, I feel good!" He muttered out loud, playfully warming himself up despite his enemy clearly being right in front of him…
Speaking of enemies, Akainu was confused. He had overpowered the young man before him, yet the boy still seemed so unhurried. As if he wasn't worried about him at all. This made him suspicious.
'He must have a reason for being so confident. I need to be careful, lest he puts me on a permanent back foot,' Akainu thought to himself as he got ready to continue.
[Inugami Guren!]
Creating even more magma than his previous attacks, Akainu transformed it into the shape of a dog and flung it violently at Naruto. He had meant for it to be an exploratory attack, just to see what's allowed him to be so careless.
He was shocked at what he saw.
[Senpo • Suiton: Water Trumpet!]
It was the same technique that he used to cool his Dai Funka, but somehow, it had tripled in volume!
"W-Wah?! Impossible!" Of course, such a high profile battle would be closely watched, and their fight was no exception. Marines and pirates alike were stunned at the size of Naruto's attack.
"I knew it! That weird guy's so awesome!" One of them, a certain boy wearing a straw hat, cheered as he saw the scene unfolding in front of him.
"Huehuehuehue… that guy is int-eres-ting~!" Another, wearing a feathery pink overcoat, chuckled maniacally as puzzle pieces began forming in his brain…
"Grrr..." Unwilling to give up, Akainu produced even more magma to counter the waterball.
[Ryusei Kaz—]
[Ice Age!]
Only for it to freeze and shatter before he was able to do anything...
"Sakazuki, it seems you've really lost your touch," The man of the hour spoke, his voice not as slow as Kizaru's but certainly not as curt as Akainu. He wore the same attire as his fellow admirals, with the change of colour the only thing different.
"Deal with your own problems, Kuzan! I can deal with mine," Akainu grunted, obviously not happy with the man named Kuzan interfering.
"Hey… Hey… Calm down, guys… Sengoku told us not to argue," Kizaru appeared beside the pair, trying to calm them down.
As they were arguing, Naruto scanned the battlefield, looking for…
"I saw your battle, kid. You got some skills," Whitebeard!
He addressed the old man with a smile, "For an old geezer, you were pretty good too against that ice guy,"
"Hrnn… I have to wonder, is your water effective against devil fruits?"
"Devil fruits? What's that?" Naruto tilted his head when he saw Whitebeard's raised eyebrow.
"...They're what gives them their power," He pointed at the admirals, "Kuzan has the Hie Hie no Mi, Sakazuki has the Magu Magu no Mi and Borsalino has the Pika Pika no Mi,"
Naruto nodded, "Good to know… Oh, and how do my attacks seem to always go through them? Are they impervious to physical attacks?"
Whitebeard chuckled, "Gurarara… To a certain extent. But enough talking, let's get started, shall we?"
Naruto flashed him his signature smile before putting his hands together to perform his signature technique.
[Shadow Clone Jutsu!]
Two copies of him materialized into existence before they all separated from one other.
By the time they were a sufficient distance away, everyone's focus was on him. Taking a deep breath, all three of them put their hands up in the air at the same time...
[Senpo...]
Whitebeard was surprised, which he showed via a twitch of his moustache, "Never in my life have I seen something so interesting! Gurarara…"
[Fuuton...]
Naturally, if he noticed, so did the admirals. They stopped arguing for a moment to observe his actions.
"What is he doing?" Aokiji hummed, curious as to what the newcomer will do.
"It doesn't matter; I'll just destroy it with my magma!" Akainu on the other hand, wasn't so curious as he was dismissive.
And Kizaru? Well, he began backing away slowly, "...I got a bad feeling..."
"I'm finally done!" Naruto and his clones announced proudly. On the top of their hands were a spinning ball of wind. But this one was different from its counterparts… this one seemed more volatile… more dangerous…
"Taste this!" And they threw it straight at the admirals!
[Senpo • Fuuton: Rasenshuriken!]