Yes I made Aramaki a Marine before the war, I had a funny idea that I wanted to play out XD

Naruto sighed as he looked at himself in a suit. He couldn't wait to just leave this god forsaken island. After the events of the previous day, he had gotten nothing but glares and looks of fear from the residents of the cake-castle. Not that he really cared about what they thought of him. He had saved a lot of people from Big Mom's rampage, that was all that mattered as far as he was concerned.

He had to admit to himself, if Big Mom had attacked him instead of believing it all to just be a very intense training session, he would have likely wiped them all out. It was blood he didn't really want on his hands.

"Are you ready?" Smoothie asked, dressed more formally compared to her usual outfit. Despite being in the same room as him, she had the same cold look on her face towards him as the rest of her family. She wouldn't deny that she was ready to fight with her life on the line for her mother. She didn't know how she would be able to forgive him for what he did.

"Yeah," Naruto replied as he turned towards the long-legged woman. "Let's get this shit out of the way," he said, just wanting to get it over with.

Smoothie narrowed her eyes on him, "You should be honored that Mama invited you to one of her tea parties, Naruto," she stated feeling like he was disrespecting her family by acting so negatively towards her mother.

"Why should I be honored to have tea with her? The fear you showed when she went on a rampage, that is not a reaction that one has towards someone they love. But the fact that you all were willing to let her kill and destroy to avoid confronting her or harming her, I just thought some of you were better than that," Naruto said, crossing his arms as he decided to no longer hide his thoughts on the situation. "I've had to tolerate being stuck in this castle, watching almost every second of the day, and it's becoming more and more clear that your mother isn't selfish, she's god damn insane," he growled at her.

"And so what if she is?" Smoothie snapped back. "She might not be able to control herself sometimes, and she might do some things people might see as evil, but in the end she's my mama!" she yelled at him, her temper rising as Naruto didn't seem to back down.

"And? So because she birthed you that means you need to be okay with everything she does? Or are you just complicit in it all? I can FEEL it Smoothie, I can feel how much you and all your siblings fear her. I saw how she reacted when you questioned her, is that how someone who loves you would react? Would someone who loves you force you into a marriage?" Naruto asked as he stormed towards her until he was looking up at her with a fierce glare.

"Your. Mother. Doesn't. Care. About. You." he told her pointedly. Smoothie looked a bit hurt by how plainly Naruto was saying that despite all she did for her mom. For her family. She didn't care about her. Part of her knew that Big Mom would have killed her if she irritated her too much, or if she got in the way of her while she was in the middle of one of her fits.

"That doesn't mean I can't love my family," she countered through gritted teeth.

"Is she really part of your family? She didn't even raise you herself from what you told me," he said back to her, getting her to take a step back. "She treats you guys like pawns. And that's all you'll ever be to her Smoothie, that's all that your family will ever be to her," Naruto told her before walking past her out of the room.

Smoothie clenched her fist as she knew that if things continue as they were, Naruto might eventually snap on them again. She could still remember him standing in that massive avatar of energy. "Why did you stop? You clearly hate mama, and you don't seem to like the majority of us. You had no issue trying to blast away Katakuri during your fight. So why did you just stop?" she asked him, wondering why he didn't carry out his attack on Big Mom yesterday.

Naruto stopped and looked back at her, "I stopped because you made an effort to avoid fighting. You showed that you preferred just ending that fiasco instead of trying to continue and risk the lives of your siblings. You lied to Big Mom in order to avoid her attacking me," Naruto told her honestly. Had she not stepped in and lied to her mother, he would have likely brought the entire crew down. He was not afraid of going all out against them if needed by drawing on the full power of the Six Paths Sage Mode.

"I…stopped you?" she asked, almost confused by the response.

"Smoothie, I do believe that you're a pretty good person overall. I think you're a bit fucked up for how you just…JUICE your crewmates at times. But aside from that you're smart, and you care about the people you love. It's pretty admirable. I just can't tolerate Big Mom and some of your family, like seriously fuck Flampe!" he admitted to her, surprising her that he actually thought well of her. However she couldn't help but laugh a bit at the animosity towards her younger sister specifically.

"Thanks, I guess…" the white haired woman said as the two walked down the hallway towards where Big Mom wanted to have her picnic, "...not going all out against us," she said, knowing that there was more power that Naruto was hiding. The form he was in when he initially met her looked different and had those black orbs that he didn't use against Katakuri and his energy seemed more controlled. She assumed that was likely his strongest stage that she knew of.

"Don't mention it," He said as they arrived at the door for the garden where Big Mom was waiting. "I hope you know, I don't intend to marry you any time soon. I'm not ready for something like that, there are still things I need to get through first before I even really start considering dating, let alone a marriage. It has very little to do with you," Naruto told her, feeling that she at least had a right to know why he was against marrying her without openly saying the real reason.

"Sorry, I'm actually from another reality and I'm still processing the fact that I'm stuck away from my home where my friends may or may not still be trapped inside a giant tree that's slowly sucking away their life. It even sounds stupid in my head…" The golden haired shinobi thought to himself. Dragon had made sure to tell him to never reveal his origins in this world unless he trusted that person with his life.

…He didn't trust Smoothie that much yet…

"To be honest, I wouldn't mind it given some of the people my siblings had to marry…" She admitted to him. Naruto at least seemed like a good, honest person. Sure he was antagonistic towards her family at the moment but he had some admittedly good reasons for it. Being around him was rather eye opening at times. He was so brash and straight forward, but he was also someone who cared about others.

"Gee thanks…" Naruto responded, giving her a deadpanned look. "I'm so happy to know that your mother married off some of your siblings to scumbags…perhaps that's an indicator of how much she actually cares for you all," he pointed out to her.

"Stop that, not here," She responded through her teeth as she saw that one of her siblings was approaching. Last thing she needed was Naruto insulting Big Mom and getting back to her and restarting the fight from the previous day. "Hey Pudding," Smoothie greeted the girl with light brown hair and brown eyes. She seemed a few years younger than Naruto, around twelve or thirteen with bangs covering her forehead.

"Hey sis!" Pudding said before looking at the blond man beside her with a hit of fear. While she had not been present for the confrontation between her family and him yesterday, she had seen his monstrous power from the Whole Cake Chateau when he changed into a large glowing fox. Her siblings had told her that he had attacked their mama and then fought Katakuri to the point that their older brother needed help. "N-Naruto," she greeted but saw that he already had his eyes narrowed on her, causing her to flinch.

"Why is he looking at me like that? No way…does he know? How? Did Smoothie tell him?" She thought to herself as she felt that maybe he was judging her based on her hidden eye that she kept covered with her bangs.

However, what had caught Naruto's attention wasn't anything physical about her, but rather the darkness she gave off. Hate, anger, sadness, guilt, and self doubt. They radiated off her like a dark cloud. A swirling mix of negativity. "Hey there. How's your day going?" he asked her, figuring that he might as well not add to the darkness inside of her.

"I-it's going fine," Pudding replied, a bit on edge from how pleasant he sounded now, yet how firm his stare was a few moments ago. She also wasn't exactly used to people asking how her day was going, so it was a bit of a strange moment for her. "How's yours?"

"Good to hear. Mine could be a bit better, but I'm sure it'll end up good," He said to her before looking back at Smoothie who decided to speak up.

"We should keep moving or we'll be late," The white haired woman informed him. She didn't want to see her mother's reaction if they dared to show up late to her tea party. The Charlotte matriarche took her events extremely seriously and anything that impaired her enjoyment of them would usually end up dead.

"Ugh," Naruto grunted at the news before looking back at Pudding, "Well it was a pleasure to meet you!" he said before the two left, leaving Pudding staring at their backs.

Pudding was unused to the kindness she felt when Naruto spoke to her which left her a bit dazed. However she couldn't deny that she was a little happy when he took on her mother. Big Mom hadn't been the nicest to her… her hand reached up to her forehead as she remembered when Big Mom told her to grow her bangs out to hide her third eye that she found repulsive.

Tea Room

Naruto slouched into his chair, bringing a cup of tea up to his mouth and took a sip of the admittedly delicious tea. However, looking at Big Mom, he couldn't help but dislike her despite how joyous she seemed at the moment. The servants brought them dozens of treats for them to enjoy, each with a variety of flavors.

It was a rather small one compared to what Smoothie was used to, the only participants being herself, Naruto, and Big Mom herself. Looking at her fiance, she was happy that her mother was too busy stuffing her face to notice.

Putting down her emptied plate, Linlin looked at what she was determined to make her son in law. "So Naruto, where are you from?" She asked, wondering where the blond came from. She had seen him about to fight all three of her Sweet Commanders plus some other officers from her crew. She had been rather shocked when she witnessed his giant fox form. It only solidified her intention to add him to her family.

"I'm from…Wano," Naruto replied, recalling that Dragon mentioned that shinobi were a thing in that country. While it was closed off to the world, he could just lie that he managed to slip through by sheer luck.

"Oh you're from Kaido's territory huh," Big Mom commented as she knew that her fellow Yonko was in control of the secluded land, using it as almost a base of operations. "He must be getting rusty if he lets someone slip out! Mamama!" she laughed as she figured that Naruto had been able to escape under Kaido's nose. While they were ex-crewmates, she loved it when he messed up.

"Yeah haha," Naruto said, grabbing a cookie and munching on it.

"So I was thinking the wedding could be next week, I already have the perfect cake in mind!" Big Mom told them, wanting to make things official as quickly as possible. She would have done it today, but she needed to send her crew out to gather the ingredients to make it perfect. Her children were already out scouring the world looking for the perfect chocolate for the fountain and the best tarts to serve.

"So soon huh…" Naruto muttered as he looked over at Smoothie who had been rather silent throughout the whole tea party.

"Of course! I want my grandchildren as soon as possible," Big Mom told him laughing as she fully intended for them to consummate their marriage on that night.

Naruto took a deep breath as he decided that it was now or never to let the monstrous woman know that he wasn't going to be forced into a marriage. Before he could talk though, the doors swung and in came Big Mom's eldest child Perospero. "What is the meaning of this interruption!?" She yelled, causing the man to recoil in fear that his mother would take his soul for intruding on her beloved tea parties.

"Let's hear him out…mother in law…" He choked out as he could tell that the man wouldn't have risked coming in like that without an important reason.

Linlin's anger turned to joy as she heard Naruto refer to her as his mother in law. To her it was confirmation that she was right and that the blond was a great match for her daughter. "Well Perospero, what is it?" she demanded, but in a less intimidating tone compared to before.

"Marines Mama, they're asking for Naruto to come with them under the orders of the Gorosei," he told her. The Marines had made it clear to him when they arrived that it was either they had over Naruto or it would result in a conflict. If the Gorosei had given them the order to get Naruto, he was certain that they would go even as far as ordering a Buster Call on Totto Land. Of course, he wanted to get rid of the blond. The man had attacked their mama, even if she didn't remember it.

"Well if it's a fight they want, then it's a fight they'll get…" Big Mom growled as a large cloud and a cartoonish sun came to her.

"This is our chance!" Kurama yelled at Naruto.

"Right!" Naruto thought as he couldn't help but be happy to be a man wanted by the World Government at the moment. "No, if it's me they want then I'll go with them," He declared, getting up from his chair much to Big Mom's surprise. Even Smoothie was looking at him with widened eyes at the declaration. Deciding to take things to the next level, he grabbed Smoothie's hand and looked up at her, "I can't bear the thought of you all risking your lives for me, so to keep my…family…safe, I'll give myself up. But I'll be back for you, Smoothie!" He declared, stomaching the lie and being careful not to promise something he didn't really want to keep.

"What!? Why would I allow that when we can beat them?" Big Mom questioned.

Smoothie for her part knew that this was all an act, that he was trying to use the Marines as an excuse to leave the island. And to be fair, she couldn't help but think it was a great idea. They avoided a fight, her mom still thought he was going to marry her, and she wouldn't have to worry about being married off to someone else under the pretense that Naruto would one day return for her. "Mama…let him go…" she said, juicing herself to push out tears. "I know he'll be back one day."

Big Mom herself seemed to be…tearing up? "Mamama, such young love~" she said, wiping her tears away.

"This is goodbye for now," Naruto said as he walked towards Perospero with a wide smile. "Let me show you all how dedicated I am to protecting this family…" the blond declared, his cheeks slightly green from the urge to throw up while declaring himself a member of the family.

Docks

Naruto was now face to face with the Vice Admiral tasked with arresting him. Next to the blond was Smoothie who had asked to be the one to see him off. "Hey Smoothie, for all it's worth, it was nice meeting you," Naruto said, deciding to end things amicably.

However instead Smoothie placed a kiss on his cheek, "You're still my fiance idiot, even if you leave. Besides, I do intend to see you again," she told him, smirking at his reddened cheeks. She wouldn't deny that she had become fond of the blond over the time they got to know each other. "Maybe then, you'll be more open to a relationship," Smoothie said before jumping off the ship onto the dock, looking back one last time before walking away.

Alone with the Marines, Naruto let out a massive sigh of relief. "Thank you so much dude, I thought I was actually stuck there," Naruto said looking at one of the lower ranking Marines holding a pair of Seastone cuffs. Part of him was tired of seeing them, but he was getting a free ride OUT of Totto Land. That was a low price to pay. "Yo, just put those on and bring me some food! I've been eating nothing but cake for like three week," he ordered.

"You don't give orders here devil!" Aramaki yelled out, taking the cuffs and slapping them onto Naruto who looked only happy. "But I guess even trash knows when to follow the will of the gods," He said, pulling Naruto along down to a cell.

"Just get me the hell off this island," Naruto said as he sat down and watched as Totto Land seemed to grow smaller and smaller. "I'll give it a day," he said before closing his eyes and laying down on the prison bed provided for him, just happy to be out of that cake themed hellhole for now.

"Wake up prisoner!" One of the Marines yelled, banging on the Seastone bars to wake the blond up and feed him his breakfast.

Naruto groaned as he sat up and glared at the Marine who had woken him up. While he was happy to be away from Big Mom, he couldn't help but miss Smoothie's bed. While sharing it with a stranger wasn't ideal, no one could deny that Big Mom had gotten the most marshmallow soft mattresses in the world…that were likely actual marshmallows…

"Ugh well I guess I'm breaking out now," Naruto told the man as he shattered the Seastone cuffs before tearing the cell door from its hinges, scaring the hell out of the Marine who had seemed so arrogant just moments before. Rolling his neck, he picked up the plain ham and cheese sandwich he had been provided as the marine ran out screaming that the prisoner had escaped. Eating the small meal, he couldn't help but savor the fact that it was salt instead of pure sugar.

Tilting his head, he avoided a spike of wood that shot out from the ground.

"Not this shit again…" Kurama groaned in irritation as several more branches of wood shot out towards Naruto who entered his Kurama chakra mode to better avoid the attacks before jumping up and breaking through the ceiling onto the top of the ship. Where he saw several tendrils of wood converging onto him.

"Wood huh," Naruto muttered, several arms holding Rasengans shooting out from his back to destroy the encroaching wood. Turning, he caught the fist of the man who was doing it all, Vice Admiral Aramaki who had a pissed off look on his face. "Oh, it's you huh," he said with a small smile on his face as he felt that the man was significantly weaker than Katakuri was at the moment.

"Those who go against the gods need to learn their place," he growled only for a fist to slam into his stomach, launching him back like a rocket into the ship. The dark haired man spat out blood as he felt that the hit had done a lot of damage to his stomach that his Devil Fruit was trying to fix, but was having a hard time doing so.

"And who are the gods?" Naruto asked as he was surrounded by Marines who brought their rifles up aimed at him. Their bullets fell to the ground as their unloaded onto him, but were unable to pierce through Kurama's chakra.

"The Celestial Dragons are the gods of this world," Aramaki responded as he created a massive wave of trees that rolled over the ship towards the jinchuuriki of the Kyuubi, not caring if he crushed his own men in the process. They were all expendable in the name of the Celestial Dragons.

Naruto's eyes widened at the blatant disregard for life that Aramaki showed. He was just like the Charlottes in the way they regarded Big Mom. "Bastard! You're just like them!" Naruto yelled as he moved through multiple hand signs, "Yoton:Shakugaryugan no Jutsu!" He yelled, expelling globs of magma that solidified into burning boulders that easily burned through the trees the Devil Fruit user created.

The Vice Admiral's eyes widened as he saw that Naruto could also call on and use lava just like Admiral Akainu could. "That's impossible!" He yelled as he leaped out of the way in order to avoid being caught in the swarm of magma balls, growing a platform to help push him away from the attack before a flower grew out of his back and started to spin. Fires spread over the ship as the magma made Aramaki's trees catch on fire, the man glaring down at the glowing blond as flames surrounded him.

"You really are the devil…" he growled as the epithet he had been given reigned through in his mind as someone wholly devoted to the Celestial Dragons. The Golden Devil, Uzumaki Naruto. The demon that stood against the World Government and the gods that ruled it. "I'll destroy you!" The man roared as he extended his arms towards Naruto, them splitting into dozens of wooden tendrils with razor sharp tips.

"I'm the devil?" Naruto asked as he changed into his Six Paths Sage Mode, "Sorry, but I think you're talking about your precious leaders," He said before vanishing from the path of the tendrils in a must of speed. A heavy kick slammed against the Marine's back, blasting him down back into the ship and through it until he slammed into the bottom floor.

Aramaki grunted as he pushed himself up to see Naruto looking down at him before he turned away to leave. The tattooed man growled as he felt that half his body couldn't move, likely paralized by the damage Naruto had done to him with just one strike. Mustering the rest of his might, he shot one last root-like tendril at Naruto's back, but the blond turned and caught it with ease. "I got you!" He declared as he made the root merge into the blond's skin.

"What the?" Naruto asked as he felt his energy being drained through the vine he caught. Glaring back at Aramaki who was laughing at him, draining him like a leech. However, Naruto smirked as he knew what happened when those who didn't know how to control natural energy tried to absorb it. "Well, if you want my power, here then! Take as much as you want!" Naruto yelled as he forced his senjutsu chakra through the wood.

Instantly it began to bulge, bubbles filled with bright orange energy began to grow down towards the marine who's eyes widened under his sunglasses at the power running through the vine. He attempted to pull it back only for it to be unable to disconnect from the seemingless bottomless well of power.

The growth eventually reached him where his body seemed to naturally absorb it, converting it into mass as his entire body seemed to start bloating like a balloon. Growing larger and larger, he felt his face buffing up. His skin screamed in agony as it stretched to try and keep up with his growing body. He felt like he was going to explode, like if he kept draining the blond he'd grow until he popped. "Please…stop…" he mustered out as his neck and cheeks threatened to cover his mouth.

"Hm," Naruto said as he let go of the vine, letting the last of the energy travel down into Aramaki who now looked like he had gained several hundreds if not thousands of pounds as his Devil Fruit converted the very life potent energy from Naruto into pure fat instead of turning him to stone. Naruto figured that it was like when he attacked the White Zetsu copies and they turned into trees, only because the Vice Admiral was human, the energy was stored as fat instead.

The once muscular man now looked like a mountain of lard. For his size, Naruto figured he was significantly fatter than Big Mom, and so much so that he would likely be unable to move until he lost it all somehow. "You're welcome for the meal," Naruto said as he started to float into the air, before shooting off in a random direction as the other marine ships turned to help the one that was lit ablaze.

"That was risky Naruto," Kurama warned as there would have been no way of knowing how people of this world would have reacted to his power.

"Well it paid off," Naruto replied as he closed his eyes and spread his senses outward to see where he could head to next, possibly even try and locate Dragon again.

Room of Authority

The Gorosei had met once again to talk about an issue that had been plaguing them once again. It had been a week since Naruto had escaped from Marine custody after turning himself in to avoid a conflict with Big Mom, something they were a little appreciative of. That however didn't negate the fact that less than a day later he broke out, destroyed their ship and likely incapcitated one of their Vice Admiral.

After retrieving the mountain of flesh that had become Aramaki, they had been forced to decommission him due to the immense weight forced upon him by Uzumaki Naruto. However they had learned that he had broken out of Seastone cuffs and then used lava based attacks. Something that should have been impossible due to Admiral Akainu having that ability.

"Really? The original Devil Fruit? That's ridiculous," one of the elders commented. They had been theorizing how the blond revolutionary could use so many abilities. One theory was that he had eaten a Devil Fruit that allowed him to access all of the powers of other fruits. One that they originally called the Akuma Akuma no Mi. However, given that he kept a humanoid appearance when he was coated in that golden energy of his, they believed that it was all a Hito Hito no Mi like Sengoku's Devil Fruit and the mythical Hito Hito no Mi Model: Nika.

Thus was born the 'Hito Hito no Mi Model: Akuma' theory. One where Naruto had eaten a theoretical Devil Fruit that was the incarnation of the Devil itself. The progenitor to all other Devil Fruits.

"It maybe, but it explains how he has the ability to use the powers of Devil Fruits that have already been eaten," A mustached man said believing that for now the theory was the most believable to them. "It might even explain how he was able to break out of Seastone, as if it's the original Devil Fruit, it might lack the same weakness as standard fruits," he pointed out.

"Still…it's a bit unnerving that such a powerful Devil Fruit would exist in this world," the bald one with glasses said, rubbing his chin. "Should the public find out, it would cause a panic as different forces tried to claim that power for themselves," he stated, knowing that many pirate crews would do anything to get the power of every fruit under their command.

"Golden Devil Uzumaki Naruto," one with long white hair and an equally white beard and mustache muttered. "His bounty should be increased, we need him contained before he grows too powerful, he might even be too powerful already," he said knowing that if someone became too strong they could destroy the balance of power in the world, especially if they worked under Dragon, the most dangerous man in the world.

"Monkey D. Dragon and Uzumaki Naruto, the Revolutionary Army is starting to become quite the problem…" One with a cane said, fearing that the two might succeed in destroying the World Government if left unchecked.

"We shall put his bounty at one billion beri for now, using his attack on a Vice Admiral and his connections to both the Big Mom pirates and the Revolutionary Army as reasoning for the massive increase. Any more than that and we risk the public starting to question why someone who was so unknown until late got such attention," The sole blond man spoke.

"Agreed…"

AND that was quick.

Frankly I just wanted to move on lmao

Btw did anyone else watch House of the Dragon last night? First episode was pretty solid.

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