Chapter: 2

Fights

Last Time: Last time, after the Straw Hats lost their ship, they searched all over Fire Country for IT, that's until they found "The Forest Of Death", during an event known as "The Chunin Exams" for those of who, who wants to become Chunin. While explosring this deadly forest, the Straw Hats, Luffy, Zoro, Sanji, and Usopp, all met a strange group of people, being attacked, these were the members of team Seven, Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze, Sakura Haruno, and Sasuke Uchiha, battling against a strange woman with snake abilities.

(Story Continued)

The girl, along with Sasuke, and Sakura, all looked at Zoro Sanji, Usopp, and Luffy, while Sakura held Naruto closer to her, Naruto's unconscious body was Inspected by Zoro, who looked closer at the boy form a distance, and could easily see he had sustained damage. All that there was, was Just the sounds of birds singing past the meeting point, and the sunlight, whatever came through, covered the area.

"Well, It's a snake. Snakes are food aren't they?" Zoro Asked, as he had his arms crossed, and looked at the girl on the large snake.

"WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?! NO THEY ARE NOT!" Usopp Yelled, at his stupid swordsman. "TELL HIM SANJI!" Usopp Yelled.

"….." Sanji took a brief moment to look at the snake, as he could see that It may be slimy, and who-knows-where-It's-been, but was thinking there could be some ways he could cook It. "Maybe I could boil It, and dip a bit of sauce on It? Or maybe I should Just cook It?" Sanji Said to himself.

BANG! Usopp fell, Anime like, on purpose form his cooks behaviour. "You guys are Idiots…." Usopp Said Quietly In fear.

"It looks yummy!" Luffy Said, as his mouth began drooling like a waterfall.

"That hat, those eyes, those clothes….. They all feet the poster he Is." Sasuke Thought, as he looked closer at Luffy, and remembered where he had seen him before.

(Flashback: After Wave Mission)

In a early morning, Just as Team Seven arrived back to Konoha at the red orange sky, they saw a couple of people, seemed mostly to be Shinobi, so they all walked by to see what was going on. When they go through the crowd, they saw that they were all seeing a poster, a poster bigger than the ones under IT, which state that this was the leader. On the poster was a boy, who had black spiky messy hair, tanned skin, and what could be saw what was left of his red vest, since the picture was enlarged to see his face, what they could see was his hand waving, and his facial expression giving off a smile, while Usopp's back was facing the camera at the corner side of the wanted poster.

"Monkey D Luffy, captain of the straw hat pirates, wanted for Three Hundred Million Berries, reasons, for attacking a naval officer, conspiring with Crocodile In Alabasta, and destroying Enies Lobby" What was said In the poster.

And the others were his crew mates.

Zoro's poster was a picture of his face with a fighting look, his forehead all bloody form all the fighting. Next to his Is another poster of Nami, who had a relaxed facial expression, seeing how she was In a pool sides on a chair, In a white purple poke dot bikini. Next to her Is Usopp's poster, which had a golden mask on, which of course didn't keep his Identity secret since his nose was an eyesore, but It was full of bandages, and the background was caught In a battle. Next to his Is Sanji poster, more of a drawn poster, seeing how It said "Failed To Get A Picture" under his poster. Next to his Is Chopper's poster, which showed him what appears to look like him getting ready to enjoy eating cotton candy. Next to his Is Robin poster, which showed her left side of her face with a dull expression, while fighting a couple of Marines In a battle. Next to hers Is Franky's poster, which showed him shouting, giving the poster more of a war cry, as he looked to be prepared to fight. Next to his Is Brook poster, obviously, It was an outdated poster given the poor yellowish quality, but he was a new member of the straw hats which showed that they needed a poster of him fast.

Zoro: One hundred, and twenty million berries.

Nami: Sixteen million berries.

Usopp: Thirty million berries.

Sanji: Seventy seven million berries.

Chopper: Fifty berries.

Robin: Eighty million berries.

Franky: Forty four million berries.

Brook: Thirty three million berries.

All together they all add up to Four hundred million and fifty berries, add It up to Luffy's money, makes It seven hundred million and fifty berries.

Making them one of the most wanted pirates, although with the strength and their power, the bounty hunters think twice before going after them.

"Monkey D Luffy." Naruto Said, as he looked at Luffy's poster carefully. "He doesn't look so tough." Naruto Said.

"He may not Naruto, but as It says on the poster he's very strong, perhaps the strongest of the crew, that's why he's their captain." Kakashi Said. "To be honest I'm surprised he's got so strong over the past few months." Kakashi Said.

"Kakashi-Sensei, are you telling us that he's been doing this for a long time?" Sakura Asked.

"Yes Sakura." Kakashi Replied. "He did, he's been doing this for a while now." Kakashi Said.

"What does he want?" Naruto Asked.

"Well he wants to be pirate king." Kakashi Replied. "As I hear from merchants they say they saw him themselves, and every time someone asked him why he became a pirate was the same answer. It appears he may be want to become king of the pirates." Kakashi Explained.

"That's Impossible, as I hear Gol D Roger Is the only person who knows where the treasure to become that Is." Sasuke Said.

"That may be true Sasuke." Kakashi Said. "However, as theorised, many people believe his treasure Is located In Raftel, discovered by the king of the pirates, and to only be stepped on by his feet and his crews as well. Many people believe that It's there, since no one had ever located the One Piece, and has claimed It." Kakashi Explained.

The Genins were all shocked, even If the treasure was never found, people believe Raftel may be the place where It's hidden, but no one knows If It Is true or not.

It was by then that team seven along with the rest of Konoha had found out that a new pirate had risen.

(Flashback End)

Sasuke looked at Luffy, Zoro, Sanji, and Usopp.

Luffy's and Zoro's faces were easy to recognize, but Sanji's took a bit of time of thinking seeing how his poster was drawn rather than a picture taken of him, Usopp's poster was difficult, however managed to solve with his long nose giving away his Identity.

The girl slowly got down to the ground with her snake, and stepped of It. "So… This Is the straw hat pirates crew I have heard so much about, you all don't seem to be such a threat to me. More or less Just a couple of fools playing a game." She Said, as her tongue slithered around her mouth like a slimy snakes tongue, while narrowing her eyes like a snake narrows It's for It's prey.

Zoro grinned. "We may look like fools to you. But we're not. And besides, we Just lost our ship so we need food for our friends." Zoro Said, as he grabbed his black bandana, and wrapped It around his head, as his eyes narrowed, and looked at the girl with a fearful look. "So we're Just goanna take that snake of yours out of your hands." Zoro Said.

DO-OM! Luffy cracked his knuckles, Sanji lifted his right leg In preparation, and Zoro took out two of his Katanas, and held them on both hands, while Usopp ran behind a tree.

"You guys take It from here, I got you back." Usopp Said.

"Sure whatever." Luffy, Sanji, and Zoro Said.

"You kids may want to get out of here while we're fighting." Sanji Warned.

The girl Jumped back on the snakes head, and pointed slowly at Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji with her right arm, to her fingers. "Kill…." She Said, with no mercy or whatever, as It was a plain order tone.

Immediately, the snake charged the three members, Sanji, and Zoro stood a few steps back, while Luffy Smirked at the Incoming snake. "Alright then." Luffy Said. "GUMU-GUMU!" Luffy Yelled, as his arms stretched behind him meters away. BOOOOOOOONG! The snake was about to hit Luffy, until…. "BAZOKA!" Both of Luffy's arms retracted back to him at high speed, FWWWWWWP! BOOM! The arms collided with the snake, sending It's head upwards towards the sky, by then Sanji ran up a tree and Jumped off of It.

BWMMMMMMM! "Alight then." Sanji Said, as he looked at the Incoming snake. "GIGOT!" Sanji Yelled, (Note: Gigot Is translated to Legs In Japanese Terms) kicking the Snakes, head with a barrage of kicks. KICK! KICK! KICK! KICK! KICK! KICK! KICK! KICK! KICK! KICK! KICK! KICK! KICK! BOOM! Sanji Kicked the Snake away from him, to a far distance, by then the Snake was heading towards to Zoro, who looked to be putting a third Katana to his teeth.

"Crap cook, could've Just kicked It further away from me." Zoro Said, as he positioned himself In a usual fighting stance. His stance consisted of himself kneeling down to the ground, with his right arm and left arm both across his chest and his head looking down as he looked at his opponent, which In this was the Snake. "SANTORYU!" Zoro Yelled (Note: Santoryu Is a Roman word which IS translated to Three Swords Style, where In this case Zoro IS using three swords). "ONI GIRI!" Zoro Yelled (Note: Oni Giri IS translated to Demon Slash In Japanese terms), as he skied through past the Snake, as If he didn't do any damage on It. Only for a few moments… GREEEEEEE! The Snake seemed to have open up large wounds by Zoro's attack, as blood went everywhere.

"Well well, looks like I have to deal with them myself." The Girls Said, as she disappeared, and Immediately, appeared by Zoro's side. And soon, she started to do hand seals, as fats as she can, without any effort. "FIRE STYLE: FIRE DRAGON!" She Yelled, as she blew a large flaming dragon towards Zoro, who was consumed by It.

"AHHHHHHHHH!" Zoro Yelled In pain, as the fire started to heat him up.

"ZORO!" Luffy Yelled.

"MOSS HEAD!" Sanji Yelled.

"Don't think I forgot about you didn't I." The Girl Said, as she appeared behind Luffy, who's eyes widened, and looked back, only to be punch towards a tree, PUNCH! BOOM!

"DAMN YOU!" Sanji Yelled, as he rushed to her, and kicked, her, only for his kick to be blocked by her hand, as she smirked like a snake, and threw him away. BOOM!

"HEY!" Luffy Yelled from the dust, and his arms stretched again, BOOOOOONG! His arms grabbed her by the shoulders, he tightened his grip on her and Immediately launched himself at her at full speed. "GUMU-GUMU: ROCKET!" Luffy Yelled, as he launched himself straight towards her. The girl simply smirked at him.

"That…." She Said. "Was a terrible move." She Said. As Luffy grew confused, before suddenly! A sword, made of metal, with a silver texture, as large as a surf board, blocked her face, and tilted to the edge, preparing to cut Luffy's head off. Luffy gasped, as he tried to loosen his grip. But It was too late, he was Inches form Interacting with the blade, his neck was close to the blade.

Until….

SWASH! A clinging metal sound Interacted with the giant sword, and pushed It away from Luffy's neck, therefore the girl laid back and allowed Luffy to launch himself to another tree. BOOM! Clearing from the debris, Luffy saw that the sword was being held by a tall man, the sword's handle was made of brown golden wood, with bandages all over the handle. The sword Itself was shaped oddly, as It was curved from one side, and straiten at the other like a kitchen knife. The man wore mostly black tights, along with black stashes around his waist that went close to the ground, he was also wearing blue ninja shoes. Luffy looked next to him, only to smirk as he saw Zoro holding the sword In place with three of his words.

"Hey Zoro your alright!" Luffy Said, with Relief.

"Of course I am." Zoro Said.

"Sorry for the Intrusion." The man Said. "But there were rumours about him…." He Said. "Rumours about a certain man, who's from the straw hat pirates, a man who's a former bounty hunter, yet kept his name. That man…" He Explained. "Is Roronora Zoro." He Said, as he looked down at Zoro, who Smirked at him.

"This man Is what you're here for?" She Asked.

"Yes…." He Replied. "The man who I'm looking for." He Said.

"Well well, seems you want to challenge me? Want my bounty?" Zoro Asked.

"Money doesn't concern me. It's what you did In the past." He Replied.

His face was covered by a black mask, only revealing his black eyes, and he had tanned skin. The man looked at Zoro with narrowed eyes, eyes that told Zoro that he was to challenge him. The same look all swordsmen usually has. "So you don't want my bounty, so It's challenge then." Zoro Said.

"I deal with him, you go ahead." He Said, to the girl, as she Smirked like a snake, and flashed away.

The girl was next to Luffy, and Immediately threw a punch at him. BANG! But her punch was blocked by Luffy, as he Smirked and turned himself upright down, and began stretching his arms, and punching her, only for her to dodge his attacks, she then Jumped away, with Luffy following her.

As the battle went on Sasuke could see the straw hats fighting the enemies, and after seeing the stranger, Sasuke could tell that there was probably more people coming their way, he turned to Naruto and Sakura, seeing how Sakura brought Naruto to her shoulders, having his left arm wrapped around her shoulders.

"Sakura I'll stay here, Just take Naruto and run, there might be more of them here, and If they come here we'll be picked off." Sasuke Said, as he took out a Kunai.

"Sure." Sakura Said, as she took Naruto with her, taking him far away from their current location.

The Girl saw as they were gone, and Immediately called her ninjas.

"ZAKU! KIN! DOSU! AFTER THEM! AND KILL THE BLOND HAIR!" She Ordered, as four figure behind her hiding In trees all nodded, and agreed, as they Jumped away, and followed them.

These four figure were easily recognizable by Sakura as she saw them Naruto had Insulted back In the Chunin Exams first test.

One was tall, and looked fourteen, It was a male. He had tanned skin, black eyes, and wearing a pale brown shirt, with arm bands panted with camouflage patterns, but these were grey and black patterns, he had black spiky hair, and brown pants, and blue ninja shoes. His name was Zaku. The other one was a Thirteen year old tall girl with long black hair that went down to her lower back, wearing a grey tank shirt, and a scarf matching that of Zaku's arm bands, and a brown skirt, her name was Kin. And the other was a tall man, leaning forward wearing a fur coat on his back, he had bandages on his face only revealing his left eye, and wore a Jumper with patterns that matches Kin's and Zaku's, his name was Dosu. And Immediately, they all went after Naruto and Sakura.

"HAI!" They Said, as they gave the chase.

"OH NO YOU DON'T!" Sanji Yelled, as he climbed out of the crater of trees, and Jumped straight towards the Sound Genins, Sasuke did the same, only for the snake girl to Jump In front of them and kicked them away. KICK! BOOM!

"I would be more concerned of the fight than with what's goanna happen to them." She gave them a hint, as she landed on the ground, surrounded by Luffy, Sanji, and Sasuke.

"DAMN IT!" Sanji Growled. He looked to a tree, the same tree Usopp was hiding behind, who of course his face was filled with sweat and with a terrified expression, hoping that no one would notice him. "USOPP YOU GO AND PROTETC THAT SWEER YOUNG GIRL UNDERSTAND!" Sanji Ordered, but yet he didn't get a response, and his face turned to anger anime like. "DID YOU HEAR OR DO I HAVE TO KICK YOU TOWARDS THEM!" Sanji Yelled.

"Eep!" Usopp Said, In Horror, as he walked around the tree. By then when he did he was acting bravely, that's mainly due to the fact he was acting. His arms were at his hips, and his legs were shaking In fear, which was the main reason they knew he was scared. "Sure Sanji." Usopp Said. "I'll protect them." With that Said, he Immediately Rushed towards them, and Ina quick pace too, seeing the trail of dust he left behind. FFFFFFFRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRWWWMMMMMMMMMM!

The snake girl looked behind herself, and saw Usopp run. All she did was Smirk, as she could obviously see that It was no use seeing how Usopp was not strong enough to handle Kin, Zaku, and Dosu at once, let by little, by little, and It was not all but he could die. "Hope that your friend makes It I presume." The Girl Said.

"Hey Sanji, I Just realised something." Luffy Said, as he turned to Sanji, with questioned eyes. "I thought you didn't like to fight girls so why are you fighting one now?" Luffy Asked.

Sanji took the cigarette out of his mouth and lightened It again and put It back In his mouth. He closed his revealing eye, and opened It again and looked at Luffy. "Because…." Sanji Replied. "I have met many beautiful women all my life, and I always could tell the difference between male and female, that's mainly due to my heart, It tells who Is and who not. This girl here, Is no girl at all, but a man." Sanji Explained.

"Hmmmmm." The Girl Said. "I see that your friend has aided the young. It'd be stupid to let him go on ahead and fight Kin, Zaku, and Dosu all by himself seeing how they are more than enough for him. In fact the next time you see him he will be nothing more but a rotten flesh of corpse waiting for the bugs to chew his skin out." The girls Said.

"OH YEAH! USOPP CAN HANDLE ALL OF YOUR TRICKS! HE EVEN HAS AN ARMY OF EIGH THOUSAND MEN WE NEVER SEEN!" Luffy Yelled, cheering Usopp on.

"YOU IDIOT! THAT'S A LIE!" Sanji Yelled.

"IT'S A LIE?!" Luffy Exclaimed.

"Lie or no lie, I'm sure they'll kill him In no time. Am I right." The man fighting Zoro Said,, as he eyed the girl. "Orochimaru." He Said.

"Why yes you are right Genji." The girl now known as Orochimaru Said to the unknown swordsman now known as Genji Said.

"D-D-D-D-D-Did you say… Orochimaru?" Sasuke Asked. His body shivered In fear, his fighting stance started to slowly drain down, and his expression turned to horror form the revelation.

"Why yes Sasuke, I am Orochimaru." Orochimaru Replied. And without warning, the girl grabbed her face, and slowly torn It off like a mask, except IT was but made out of skin, and threw It to the ground. WHACK! The mask fell. And what revealed was her, or his true form, he was pale, very pale, and his eyes were painted purple patch, and his eyes were Just as yellow like a snake and had the appearance of a snake, his hair and clothes remained the same. "I am Orochimaru, otherwise known as the snake Sanin." HE Chuckled Evilly.

Sanji's eyes along with Zoro's and Sasuke's were widened, while Luffy's were the same, however the others eyes showed Shock, while Luffy's…. Sigh….. It showed a more of a different type of shock let's say.

"That's… So…" Luffy Said. "COOL!" His eyes then began to sparkle like stars, showing his amazement and his excitement towards Orochimaru. "THAT'S SO COOL! YOU HAVE TO JOIN MY CREW!" KICK! BOOM! Immediately, without warning Sanji kicked Luffy's head down to the ground where It got stuck, his face was angry anime like.

"NO IT IS NOT COOL IT'S DISGUSTING!" Sanji Yelled. "And you!" He pointed fast at Orochimaru. "Let me tell you something. It makes me sick to see a man acting like a woman, and It doesn't stop there, you laid your hands on a pretty young woman, and for that I'll never forgive you as long as I live." Sanji Said, with a lightened expression, one that showed Orochimaru that he was being serious, and that his eye narrowed at him.

"If I should guess I would say you're mad at me for what I have done to the Kuniochi. It's not my fault It's hers, shows that brat for trying to save the boy from a giant snake. It wasn't my fault that she could've got killed. And besides If she had she do the world a favour getting rid of the weakest and most pathetic woman alive." Orochimaru Said, with a Smirk.

"What did you say!" Sanji Growled. "Listen here bud! I don't care who you are or why you attacked them but If you say a woman like her Is pathetic for saving her friend you got another thing coming!" Sanji Said. "Am I right Luffy?" Sanji Asked, as he looked down at his captain who was struggling to get his head out of the ground.

"I can't get out!" Luffy Replied, gave a small yell that was filled with more of a silence tone that Indicated he was trapped and couldn't shout loud enough for all to hear.

"YOU'RE STILL STUCK!" Sanji Yelled. "Sigh… Well guess I'll have to deal with you." Sanji Said. "Hey small fry are you here to fight or what?" Sanji Asked, as he looked down at Sasuke, who regained his fighting stance, and began to take a serious expression.

"Yes I am." Sasuke Replied.

"Good." Sanji Said, as he lifted his right leg up. Immediately, Sanji disappeared, and reappeared In front of Orochimaru, who Smirked, before Sanji's right leg tried to connect to Orochimaru's face, that was until Orochimaru grabbed It, and did a series of hand signs on his free hand, and put his finger In front of his mouth.

"FIRE STYLE: FIRE SNAKES JUTSU!" Orochimaru Yelled, as out of his mouth came blazing fiery snakes that counted four split away from each other, before almost Joining together to hits Sanji. Sanji seeing this made a front flip, therefore releasing his foot from Orochimaru's grasp. He then landed on his feet, running away from the snakes, but they followed, dodging at least every hit the snakes made, luckily they all were gone when the first one tried to hit him Sanji stepped to the left, and then to the right with the second snake, and Jumped away when both tried to hit him forwards.

Sanji Jumped with his hands, and flipped down back to his feet, then charged straight to Orochimaru. He then umped straight towards him legs first and Shouted, "EXTRA HACHIS!" (Note: Extra Hachis Is "Highest-Rate Mincemeat" In Japanese Terms) Kicking a barrage of legs towards Orochimaru.

"SUMMONING JUTSU: SNAKES BARRIER!" Orochimaru Yelled, as from his arms came out hundreds of grey snakes that covered him like a wall against Sanji's kicks.

Unknowingly to Orochimaru, Sasuke came behind him doing a series of hand signs. "FIRE STYLE: FIREBALL JUTSU!" Sasuke Yelled, as a fireball came out of his mouth, and straight towards Orochimaru.

Orochimaru felt the heat, and Immediately Jumped up where the fireball Instead hit Sanji's leg. BOOM! Realising the mistake Sasuke made he thought he had killed Sanji, only for the flames to disappear to reveal Sanji's leg perfectly fine after such an attack, and to his shock Sanji's foot was holding a flame that was once the fireball, and soon It gone out, he slowly put his leg down and looked at Sasuke.

"I'll admit kid your heats great, It'd make a nice fire for anything I could cook out of It." Sanji Said, with a Smirk, which Sasuke looked at him In shock.

"His leg survived, It wasn't supposed to but he managed to stop It, even after the last attack he did, I heard the Straw Hat Pirates were tough but this Is wrong." Sasuke Thought, In Shock, that was before Orochimaru's head Immediately grew his neck longer, and charged towards Sasuke. Looking at this Sasuke Immediately took a stance, and charged towards Orochimaru's head grabbing a Kunai and trying to kill him, only to be dodge as he slithered his head around the Kunai, and towards the right back side of Sasuke's neck, which he then bit It. Feeling the Intense pain of the snake like bite Sasuke gritted his teeth as he felt the pain, and pain never ending, as though as he was suffering, after a second Orochimaru let go of Sasuke's neck, and looked at his handiwork, only for three commas going around a circle appear on Sasuke's neck, from this he collapsed to the ground unconscious.

"Soon Sauske you'll wake up with a special power, so powerful, powerful." Orochimaru Said, with a Smirk, as he retracted his head back to his body.

"The hell did you do?!" Sanji Asked, In Shock.

"Giving the boy a parting gift." Orochimaru Replied, with a Chuckle, as he was about to leave, that was before a pair of hands grabbed him by the shoulders. He looked back only to see Luffy, with a face filled with seriousness, showing Orochimaru that he meant business, with his eyes narrowed like daggers at him.

"DON'T THINK YOU CAN GET AWAY WITH THIS FROM HURTING MY CREW!" Luffy Yelled, as he Jumped up, and was slingshot towards Orochimaru. "GUMU-GUMU: ROCKET!" Luffy Yelled, as he was shot straight towards Orochimaru's back.

BOOM! "AHHHHHHHH!" Orochimaru Yelled In Pain.

"LUFFY YOU IDIOT!" Sanji Yelled, as he was wide eyed. What Luffy didn't think of, and which was his usual character, that he was being with Sanji since he was standing In front of Orochimaru. BOOM! Sanji was hit by both Luffy, and Orochimaru, before they all three were dent towards a tree… No… make that a dozen trees! As they were shot through each one by one as If they were being attacked by them.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! They ere sent by more than they thought they were goanna hit.

(With Naruto, And Sakura)

In the woods under a large hollow tree, Sakura had dragged Naruto under the large tree In order to hide form the sound Genins, she slowly put him down as she looked Into his closed eyes. Holding a small towel she brought with her, she took out her drinking bottle she packed earlier, and poured water on the towel, and put It on Naruto's forehead after removing It. She looked at the unconscious Naruto, holding his right hand at his right side as hard as possible, worried that she might lose him. She was hurt, looking at Naruto the way he Is she was hurt, she felt as though a Kunai stabbed her heart, laced with nothing but the broken and sad feelings she had for Naruto.

"Why?" She Thought. "Why did I have to realise I was In love with you now of all times… After all I've done to you back at the Academy, you showed a lot of emotion towards me, a lot of love, and all I did was throw It all back with nothing but pain… I'm… I'm such an Idiot." Sakura Thought, as a few of her tears from her eyes dropped down on Naruto's unconscious face. She thought of every time Naruto asked her out, only to be met with Sakura fist, she felt so ashamed of herself. Holding onto Naruto's hands tight, she heard what appeared to be creaking noise coming from outside. Quickly she grabbed Naruto from the back around his waist and dragged him with her behind one of the large roots of the tree to stay hidden form the right side of the tree. She looked as the bushes moved slowly, as though someone or something or whatever It was goanna come out. Scared she knew Sasuke wouldn't stand a chance against the girl, but with hopefully the aid of the straw hat pirates they would help, hopefully, or killed her friend along with the girl. What more started out as a quarrel she saw this as protection? Why would pirates protect them? Help them? That added a lot to her long list of questions. Thinking that the enemy form the bush was hiding, Sakura threw a Kunai at It. The Kunai was through the bush and… THWAK!

"AHHHH!" Yelled, terrifyingly a man, as he got out of the bush. It was no one but the tanned long nosed scaredy cat Usopp coming out with his heart bleeding, eh held It tight as he slowly walked down from the bush towards Naruto, and Sakura, while shouting. "This Is the end, I'm goanna die!" Usopp Exclaimed, before… BANG! He fell down on his back with his eyes closed.

Sakura's face showed, more or less some… awkwardness from Usopp's death. "He's actually a pirate?!" Sakura Thought, as she Exclaimed. She slowly looked as she leaned more to the side to see If he was dead, making sure he wasn't going to kill them, Sakura took the risk of leaving the tree, not before slowly laying Naruto down on the root, while walking up to Usopp with a Kunai. As she got there she could see that the Kunai she threw at him wasn't there, but on a tree behind the bush without a bit of blood. "His hands and chest and clothes have blood on them, but the Kunai I threw didn't have any on. That could only mean…" She Said to herself Quietly, as she looked behind to see Usopp opening his right eye, while looking everywhere to see If she or anyone was there. To his relief he got up, and raised his arms In a cheering position.

"YES I'M ALIVE!" Usopp Cheered.

TINK! Immediately, his expression full of relief and happiness, turned to fear, as a Kunai was now touching his neck by the blade.

"Not for long." Sakura Said, to Usopp's ear.

"W-W-W-W-W-W-W-Wait! Hold on! I came here to help you! Not attack! Help!" Usopp Quickly Explained himself Nervously, with Fear In his voice, as he shivered his body In fear of Sakura killing him.

"What do you mean?" Sakura Asked.

"Look I know why you don't trust me but you have to." Usopp Replied. "I'm here to help you okay." Usopp Explained.

It was by then Sakura slowly took the Kunai off of Usopp's neck, which he sighed In relief. It didn't mean she trusted him but after everything that had happened so far she had no choice. Allowing Usopp free, she returned to the tree, and dragged Naruto back to the centre and put the towel that fell off of him back on his forehead.

"You're a pirate, Just like all pirates, they kill, take, and murder, without giving a care In the world, so why does a pirate like you want to help me?" Sakura Asked, as she stared at Naruto, while looking at Usopp at the corners of her eyes to the right.

"Hey not all pirates are like that you know." Usopp Replied. "Yes maybe so many do the things you Just said, but that doesn't mean all pirates are bad, there are some good ones as well. I know It may be hard to believe that we may be trying to help, especially when the Navy kept on telling lies about us and what we do. Like destroying Enies Lobby, Conspiring with Crocodile, and beating up a greedy captain for no reason." Usopp Explained.

"Lies." Sakura Said, with Confusion.

"Yes. Enies Lobby was destroyed by the Marines, not us, their stupid leader made them do It, and we saved Alabasta kingdom form Crocodile, not that you should know of after the credit was given to the Marines despite not doing anything to help us, and we basically beat the captain because he was taking money from Nami's home." Usopp Explained.

Looking at Usopp, Sakura could tell that there was a string resemblance with Sogeking, mainly the long bandaged nose that he has on the poster compared to the same nose but un-bandaged. Seeing this she wondered If the Sniper king was never real, and that there was no such thing but Usopp.

"Are you sniper king?" Sakura Asked, In Curiosity.

"That, yes I am, It was disguise, long story short, I made a mistake." Usopp Replied, with Shame In his voice.

"What mistake?" Sakura Asked.

"Well, I was selfish, I… went against my captain, he made a decision which he had no choice to make, he fought with everything he had but In the end It was Impossible to stop, It was hard for him, making the decision was hard, even hard than me. I acted so selfish against my crew. I… Left… Because I thought I wasn't needed. I was very selfish." Usopp Replied, In a way that told Sakura that It was something he rather not speak about.

"But why would you help me, It's not because of what the other guy said to you?" Sakura Asked, In Confusion.

"No I Just wanted to help was all, maybe a little scared of what Sanji might do to me but I wasn't scared." Usopp Replied. "Hmmm, he has whiskers, they kinda look like a fox to me. He's your friend right?" Usopp Asked.

"Yes." Sakura Replied, as she looked down on Naruto, while Usopp leaned next to her looking at Naruto.

"What's your names?" Usopp Asked.

"My name Is Sakura Haruno, his name Is Naruto Uzumaki, and my other teammate Is Sasuke Uchiha, we're team Seven, under the guide of Kakashi Hatake our Sensei." Sakura Replied.

"Team?" Usopp Asked.

"Yes, here In Konoha, In the ninja lands we have a system, the beginners are the Genins, us, and then there's the Chunins, and then the Jounins, each rank Is gained by completing the Genins Exams, Chunin Exams, and Jounin Exams. Every ninja back at our Academy was divided Into teams of three, my team name Is Team Seven, one of the only three teams that have passed the tests. Now we're at the Chunin Exams. My friend wants to become Hokage." Sakura Replied.

"Hokage?" Usopp Asked.

"It's a position as leader of the village, the Hokage Is Naruto-Kun's dream, he wants to become strong above all others and protect everyone, that way he could earn their respect." Sakura Replied.

"A dream huh, sounds like our captain to me." Usopp Commented.

"What?" Sakura Asked.

"That's right, our captain wants to become the next king of the pirates." Usopp Replied.

"King of the pirates, your captain Is Monkey D Luffy Isn't It?" Sakura Asked, In Curiosity.

"Yes, he's our captain, he does look and acts and IS stupid, but he's got a big heart, and to be honest Is the strongest one out of us, whoever he's dealing with has no chance against out captain. To be honest I feel sorry for her." Usopp Said, with a Smile.

"You sure that he's got a chance against such force?" Sakura Asked.

"You kidding It's Luffy your talking about he'll win." Usopp Replied. "It looks like you care about him more than Just a friend to me." Usopp Said, as he looked down at Sakura's hands, which covered Naruto's right hand, and tightened It's grip.

"It's too late for me to realise I love Naruto-Kun." Sakura Said, In Shame.

"Why Is that?" Usopp Asked.

"That's because of what I did to him." Sakura Replied. "I… Broke his heart, before I entered the Chunin Exams we were sent to Wave Country to help a bridge builder to finish his Job. That was before one of the Seven Swordsmen Of The Mist showed up and tried to kill us, his name was Zabuza, and he had help, from Haku… My teammates Naruto-Kun, and Sasuke, tried to beat Haku, while Kakashi-Sensei fought against Zabuza. In the end, Sasuke was hit by Haku's needles, I blame Naruto-Kun, I used have a crush on Sasuke, but after what I did to Naruto-Kun I was ashamed of myself, Naruto-Kun protected Sasuke or at least tried. After Zabuza, and Haku died Kakashi-Sensei carried Sasuke to the house we were staying at, once there a few medics came by and healed him, after they did I was mad, angry, furious, and I let It all out at Naruto-Kun, I blamed him for Sasuke's Incident. But looking back at It now I was weak, I couldn't protect my teammates, because of that I allowed my teammates to get hurt. I didn't blame myself until now, so I blamed Naruto-Kun, I was wrong. When we made It back to the village… I spoke to my mother, she told me everything, how I used to love Naruto-Kun In the past. When Sasuke was popular In the Academy, I wanted that same type of respect, because It was for Naruto-Kun, If I was popular, Naruto-Kun would be with the best girl." Sakura Explained. "Back at the Academy days I was bullied, Just like Naruto-Kun I was never considered as a Kuniochi or was qualified they told me In the class the students, I was nothing but weight, that was before… Naruto-Kun came by, he showed me that It didn't matter, and for that we became friends, I only became friends with him so I could get closer to him, I lover him from that day, but when I saw how popular Sasuke was I wanted that popularity, so I went after him, so I could give Naruto-Kun the most popular girl In the Academy, but I went the wrong way." Sakura Said. "Instead I ended up getting an obsession over Sasuke, and kept on going after him, and because of that I… was going after him all the time, and forgot why I went after him, and so It led to this." Sakura Said. "I remember how Naruto-Kun kept calling me "Sakura-Chan" Now It stopped, and I'm the one to blame… But I won't let those bastards touch or kill him!" Sakura Growled, as she held Naruto's hand tighter.

Usopp hearing Sakura's story obviously knew how she felt, maybe not from a love thing but that of a friendship with the Going Merry. The previous ship that the Straw Hat pirates used to have before the Thousand Sunny. Usopp's hometown rewarded them with that ship, and ever since then Merry had been a good friend to the Straw Hat pirates, but their Journey through the Grand Line took a heavy toll on Merry, to the point at which she was damaged beyond repair, and that they had to burn her down In order to end her suffering, and to prevent her from sinking Into the dark sea. It was also by that time Usopp left the crew, mainly because he felt strongly about the ship, but that was the biggest mistake Usopp had made. In other words he knew how Sakura was feeling.

"You're going to have to, we're ordered by Orochimaru-Sama to kill that kid." Said a female voice. Usopp, and Sakura, turned their heads with wide eyes to see Kin, Zaku, and Dosu there looking at them with Narrowed eyes like daggers, Kin's, and Zaku's faces were filled with pleasure form what they were going to do to Naruto.

"I WON'T LET YOU HURT HIM!" Sakura Yelled, defensively.

"Give It up, why do we have to kill him anyway he's not worth It?" Zaku Asked, as he turned to Dosu.

"We were ordered by Orochimaru-Sama Zaku, we're following what he said, unless you scared of the boy." Dosu Replied.

"Me scared? Pfft! The boy wasn't even worth killing, heck I don't even know why Orochimaru-Sama would want us to kill him In the first place he's not worth the time!" Zaku Spat, Aggressively.

"Is It me or Is that strange thing human?" Kin Asked, as she pointed at Usopp's nose, which wiggled a bit.

"It does look strange." Zaku Replied.

"HEY STOP LOOKING AT MY NOSE!" Usopp Yelled. Usopp then took a fighting stance, one that he held his hands flat and held them like a boxing position towards the Sound Genins, however his legs told a different story, as they shook and wouldn't stop shivering at all. "I'm T-The Great pirate Cap-Captain Usopp, N-N-N-N-Not to be taken lightly of, or my Eight Thousand followers will kill you." Usopp Explained Threateningly, though that threat was nothing more but a lie to the Sound Genins faces.

"Eight thousand men! Bring It on I haven't had any fun In a while!" Zaku Dared, with a Smirk.

"Or… She'll fight you!" Usopp Said, pointing towards Sakura, whose expression turned to anger form Usopp's comment.

"What happened to that helping me crap you said earlier!" Sakura Exclaimed.

"He doesn't seem much of a fighter to me, more or less a liar, I mean who carries a slingshot around that size. It doesn't seem to be even e worthy opponent If he's weak, much less kill him now to make sure this cowards lies aren't told again." Kin Spat, with a pouted look.

"I'M WARNING YOU I WAS TRAINED BY THE GIANTS OF ELBAF KINGDOM BY THE GREATEST FIGHTERS!" Usopp Yelled.

"If you are then why are you scared?" Zaku Asked, In a teasing tone.

"I TOLD YOU I'M NOT SCARED!" Usopp Replied.

"You sure?" Kin Asked.

"Well… Maybe a little." Usopp Replied.

"And your part of the strongest crew of the seas, your that sniper king that burned down that flag back at Enies Lobby, and declared war on the World Government!" Sakura Exclaimed.

"Then he has to be one of the straw hat pirates. If so he could prove useful, with that bounty of yours. Killing you will prove beneficial for us when we give the Navy your body." Dosu Said, as he took a good look at Usopp, who Yelled In Fear.

"PLEASE DON'T KILL ME!" Usopp Yelled.

TO BE CONTINUED!

"AHHHHHH!" Usopp Yelled.

(Insert One Piece We Are Instrumental)

Luffy: Usopp Is In danger guys!

Sanji: We know Luffy, we know.

Zoro: But we have our own Issues for now.

Usopp: What about me?!

Sakura: Naruto-Kun please be okay.

Naruto: I won't let you hurt Sakura-Chan!

Sasuke: The fight Just keeps getting tougher and tougher!

Luffy And Naruto: In the next "Straw Hat Or Nine Tailed Fox Choose Wisely" In Battle rages on! I'm Goanna become King Of The Pirates/Next Hokage!

(End Of Insert One piece We Are Instrumental)

(Omake: Similarities)

In a dark room, which lightened up, which a young boy who looked Sixteen wearing a professor white Jacket having brown hair and fair skin was holding a long stick, he had brown chocolate pants, and dark shoes, he looked at the audience Smiling at them. The room was nithing more but what appeared to be a classroom. Behind him was a board one that which showed both Luffy, and Naruto next to each other.

"Hello there, you may know me as "Adam The Assassin Pirate King" but you can call me ATAPK for short." ATAKP Introduced.

"As many of you may know that both the "One Piece" world, and "Naruto" world are similar In some ways, for Instance the sort of society they take place In and what they're about are ninjas and pirates." He Explained. "As you can see here, Luffy and Naruto both share some similarities, such as dreams of becoming the Pirate King, and Hokage one day, they even share similar IQ levels which Indicate they're both a little dumb but they're very strong and high spirited, not to mention they also share a strong heart for those around them." He Explained.

"That's all for this lesson, bye." He Said, as he waved at the audience.

(Omake End)

Author's Note: The start, I was goanna make this a long chapter but that's for the next chapter, It was more or less the start of the fight. Basically I had to google Sanji's and Zoro's moves since I mainly focused on Luffy, and I am a "One piece" fan and a "Naruto" fan. Which kinda Is sad that I didn't know any of their moves.

The next chapter will be better.

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