Author's note: Alright! Heyyy im sure you weren't expecting this story to come back, and if you did well youre probaby really mad at me for actually forgetting about this story.

Im terribly sorry

Will the next uploads be any faster?

Probably not, im pretty busy with college and work and all. But I do work on this story whenever the inspiration strikes

Disclaimer: I don't own any characters in this story nor the worlds they belong to. They belong to their rightful owners

Chapter 2

After the whole incident at the marine base, the squad was now having dinner at Rikka's place. They were currently discussing about the recent events until Zoro asked who else Luffy had recruited as crew members.

"Wait so we're only three so far?" asked Zoro. He was expecting a huge crew to have been formed but apparently his idiot new captain barely has anyone recruited. He was already regretting his decision of joining Straw-hat.

"Hehe yep! But I plan on getting a lot more people on board! Plus Nagato's friends are going to join as well." He mentioned looking all the more casual. The red head almost chocked on his food at that.

"Woah I never said that! I told you this was temporary until I found my comrades, then we split ways! You have your goal and I have mine." He was also starting to regret joining Straw-Hat.

"Whatever Super-Push guy, we're all friends and friends help each other until the end!" Finished Luffy with a beaming smile. Nagato couldn't help but be reminded of other people as he said those very words, and it shook him.

"He reminds me a lot of Naruto and Yahiko… that innocence and that importance of friendship…"

"What about your ship? Do you have one at least?" asked Zoro.

"Sure do!", he got up and pointed at a window, "come see for yourself!" Zoro got up.

"Oh wow at least we ha-" his excitement was cut short when he saw Luffy's ship. "It's a sail boat. A FUCKING row boat no bigger than a picnic table. This is gonna suck."

"Well hey… at least its something…" stated an even paler Nagato

Luffy only laughed at the duo's depressive faces, knowing full well that they were going to upgrade someday. They kept talking about the future until Koby looked at Nagato and decided to address the elephant in the room.

"So you're telling me you were doing all that without the power of a devil fruit?" asked a stunned Koby. Nagato nodded.

"That's exact, I use what we call "chakra". It's a form of spiritual and physical energy that allows us to perform amazing feats like climbing walls, walking on water, heal, seal, manipulate elements and perform ninja arts." Replied the red head. Luffy spat everthing that was in his mouth on Zoro when he heard the last part.

"So you're a ninja? That's so freaking cool!" he exclaimed with literal stars in his eyes.

"Straw-hat I'm going to cut you to pieces I swear!" yelled an angry Zoro as he was wiping his face. Nagato could only chuckle at his new captain's antics.

"Hey do you think you could teach us how to push people with our minds and stuff?"

Nagato smiled apologetically at Luffy, "I'm sorry but that won't be possible, chakra is only present from where I come from." Luffy let out a disappointed sigh. "Also, the power of repulsing and attracting things as well as mechanization came from my Rinnegan." He said pointing at his eye. "The Rinnegan is what we call a "Dojutsu". It gives enormous power to the bearer of the eyes. There are three of those "Dojutsus": the Rinnegan, the one I have, the Byakugan and the Sharingan."

"How do eyes even give powers like that? Its not like you have to look at the enemy to attack right?" asked Zoro.

"Well no I don't have to; the power comes from the six paths techniques that are unlocked with thos eyes. These are the ability to summon creatures, repel/attract, summon the king of hell, absorb chakra attacks, mechanization, mind reading and a bunch more." Finished Nagato. Everyone seemed to have a different expression on their face, from utter fear to complete amazement.

"Im sorry, king of What now?" asked a shaking Koby

"That so cooooool, I didn't know you were so strong!" beamed Luffy

Zoro was just baffled, eyes with god-like powers? What else was this guy hiding from them?

"Where exactly do you come from? I've never heard of a place that uses "chakra"". Asked Zoro, narrowing his eyes.

Nagato was stuck there. He had dug himself into a hole and he wasn't sure how to build the ladder to get out. He didn't exactly want to talk about his past world, because then he'd have to tell them about his past life, and he hadn't lived the cleanest life. But then again they propbably wouldn't believe him right? Other dimensions? That's just insane. But so are purple eyes with god-like powers.

He swallowed hard, steeling himself for their reaction "Well I'm actually from anoth-." *knock knock knock* there was a knocking sound and the door suddenly opened before he could finish. A group of marines walked into the diner.

"We heard that you guys were pirates. Is this true?" asked the head marine, Ripper.

"Sure is! I just recruited my first two members, so its official now!" replied Luffy

"Then I'm going ta ask you to leave. For your good deeds we wont report you to the navy headquarters, is this understood?" The crowd who had gathered started booing and complaining about the unfair treatment.

"They saved us!" "Yeah they're hero's they don't deserve this!" The crowd said. Luffy smirked.

"Then we're on our way." Luffy, Zoro and Nagato all got up and started walking out the door, leaving a struggling Koby behind.

"Hey aren't you with them?" Koby was still struggling with himself, he absolutely wanted to accomplish his childhood goal of becoming a marine, but he also didn't want to lose his new friends.

"That guy?" asked Luffy pointing at Koby, "Oh man I can tell you a lot of things about him!" He walked over to Koby and started tapping on shoulders. Zoro and Nagato exchanged worried glances.

Koby was starting to panick, "Luffy shut the hell up please…".

"I met him when he worked as a cabin boy for.."

"LUFFY SHUT UP!" He screamed in his mind as he punched him in the face. Everyone was shocked by what he had done.

Luffy smirked, "Oh you shouldn't have done that you little bastard…" He retaliated by punching Koby back. Koby was no match for Luffy and Zoro had to get a grip on him before the marines did something.

"That's enough! Alright you guys are obviously not together, now leave before I change my mind." Ripper commanded. Luffy got up and grinned under his hat, his mission successful. Koby could only stare at his friend for what he had done. He had assured him a way to join the marines without problem now that he was unafilliated with pirates.

"Luffy… thank you so much…" as the new band of pirates left the building, Koby stood up. "Sir! Please let me join the marines! Its been my dream eversince I was a child!" he exclaimed standing straight and looking Ripper in the eyes.

Ripper looked at the small man before him, a skeptical look in his eyes.

"Hmmm, pirates are merciless and extremely dangerous. I've seen many tough marines die, killed in battle by these selfish monsters. Are you really brave enough to face pirates?" asked Ripper.

"Yes sir!" replied Koby with his hand on his forhead in a salut-style.

"Good, consider your demand accepted."

"Thank you so much sir! You won't be disappointed!"

After the gang left, Koby, Rikka, her mom, the marines and most of the town's people went down to the port to say their good-byes to the group of young men. They may have been pirates but they had saved them from a tyrannical maniac, something they would be grateful of forever. After heartfelt words of friendship exchanged, the three departed for their adventure at sea. After what seemed like a few hours, Nagato decided to get information on a couple of things.

"Hey, why can't we travel by land?" he asked the other two.

Luffy laughed, "Well that would defeat the purpose of being pirates!" For the first time, Nagato wanted to punch his new friend.

"Well don't you know? Our destination is the grand line. We have to pass by one of the four great oceans to get to it. Currently we're in the East blue, so we head for the Red line which will take us to the Grand line." Said Zoro.

"Right right…" Nagato sat quiet for a while. He let the other two talk about their goals, backstories and dreams. For his part he simply sat listening to them. Hearing Zoro talk about his dream of becoming the greatest swordsman in history and Luffy become the king of the pirates made him wonder about what he truly wanted in life.

"What about you Nagato?" Suddenly asked Luffy, "Once you find your friends, what are you going to do next?" Zoro paid close attention because he was quite curious as well.

Once again, he felt stuck, he barely knew anything about this world. He decided now was the time.

"Well besides trying to end all conflicts of this world, I don't really know to be honest, I just woke up in this world about two hours ago." There was a short pause and very weird looks being exchanged.

"What do you mean this world?" asked Zoro incredulously

"Well earlier I never got the chance to finish what I was saying. Im from a place called The Elemental Nations. If it doesn't ring a bell that normal because its from another world." Now the two were beyond confused.

"What? How did you get here then?" asked Luffy

"Well to put it simply, I died. A god-like being met with my soul and sent me hear along with the rest of my comrades in hopes for us to end all meaningless conflicts as a way of redemption for our past mistakes." Zoro didn't know what to ask first, he was torn between "what the hell" and "what the fuck". Luffy decided to go first.

"Ahhhh, so that would explain your weird powers. So, what you're saying is, you want to be a marine!" he exclaimed, surprisingly taking the news well.

"Well no not exactly… after seeing the type of men in the marines I'm not sure that it's what I want to go for."

Zoro finally recovered, "Why were you given a second chance exactly? Who are you really?"

"Frankly I don't know why I was given a second chance… Im just a man with the power of the sage of sixth path, maybe that's why." He shrugged. The answers seemed to satisfy the two pirates for now and silence soon fell upon the gang.

After another couple of hours, Luffy and Zoro were back to talking, but it was to complain about the lack of food and sense of direction.

"Ughhh im so hungryyyy" moaned Luffy

"Yeah food wouldn't be so bad right now, how long until we get to the next island captain?" Zoro asked Luffy

"I have no clue."

Nagato looked at Luffy, "do you even know where we are? Or where we're going?"

"Nope!"

Zoro started to freak out, "You mean to tell me you have no navigational skills? What kind pf captain are you?" he yelled.

Nagato thought for a bit, "Well I might be able to do something, but its gonna suck." Stated Nagato

"I don't care just get us to food." Said an already starving Luffy.

Nagato closed his eyes with his hands towards the sky and started to concentrate. Soon enough, an enormous dark cloud swept over the gang. It seemed to stretch as far as their eyes could see in all directions. A light rain began to fall upon everyone within range of the cloud. Nagato opened his eyes and let his arms fall back to his sides.

"There, within a couple of minutes I'll know where the next island is."

Although they were impressed at the display of power, both Luffy and Zoro looked skeptic, "How does that even work? Asked Zoro.

"Well, as a sensor, I can sense everything within the range of this rain. I can figure out where millions of people are with this ability. That means that if I sense a large amount of people in a specific direction, it means that there's a town somewhere there."

"So we're stuck sitting in the rain until you find a town?"

"Yeah… I told you it was gonna suck." Replied Nagato rubbing the back of his head in awkwardness, feeling a bit embarrassed at the discomfort his new friends were now in. He closed his eyes and concentrated on the rain as he could already feel living beings not so far from them. Soon enough he could already sense a town to the west of them and the thousands of citizens living there. However, he noticed that two entities seemed to stand-out. One which was similar to Luffy, and the other felt awfully… familiar?

A few miles west of the gang, in a small town. An infamous pirate by the name of Buggy the Clown was sitting on a makeshift thrown under a tent. He was annoyed at the sudden sucky weather, he was sure the sun was supposed to shine all day today, but sometimes surprises happen. He was also annoyed because earlier he had sent out men to terrorize the citizens of this town and to collect their gold, but he had heard no response since sending them. He had also sent other men to retrieve a map of the Grande Line in a marine base not too far from here. He had also not heard from them in a long while.

"Ughhh those imbecils! How long does it take to run a simple errand! I should have gone myself since all my crewmates are useless!" he yelled at his at his servants who coward before him. "Its imperative that we get our hands on this map! If I want to become the king of the seas, I need to know how to navigate the Grande Line." He paused his small speech as his stomach grumbled. "But first I want my meal prepared at this instant."

"Yes captain Buggy." Said the crew members who served as his servants for the day. As his table was being set, Buggy asked a fat, bald man about the gang that went into town.

"Any news on the team I sent to collect funds off these poor villagers?" asked Buggy menacingly.

"No sir" he replied stoically

"But they've been gone for hours! Why does everything take so long today!" tempered Buggy. The fat man was lifted up in the air by the throat by what looked like Buggy's gloved hand. The man choked and grabbed at the disembodied hand gripping at his throat. He was flailing wildly and imploring that his captain let him go. "I am captain of this crew! The famous Buggy the Clown! And I will not tolerate any more waiting for what I want!" he threw the man to the floor. "Get out of my sight, send a message to each team saying that if they aren't back soon, we'll be celebrating their flashy departure." He said with an evil smile.

"Y-yes sir!" the man scrammed outside to do as he was told. Buggy began to eat and reflected on his future as king of the pirates when suddenly sounds of his crew members fighting outside alerted him. "What the hell is going on out there?" he asked a guard at the door.

"Uhhh, let me go check sir." The guard said as he left the tent, he opened the flaps but he was soon hit in the chest and sent to the ground with the body of another crew member as he was sent flying from a hard blow. Buggy was furious. He got up and marched outside screaming.

"WHO DARES ATTACK THE BUGGY PIRATES?" he bellowed in the air. His eyes widened as he saw almost his entire crew on the floor unconscious, most of them were in serious need of medical help as they were bleeding heavily from various, slashes and broken bones. He spotted a tall man in a black cloak holding another member of the buggy pirates in the air by the throat. He had black spiky hair and blueish skin, and shark-like features. He had a giant object wrapped in white cloth strapped to his back. The man turned his head and looked Buggy in the eyes and he grinned, revealing rows of sharp teeth. The man threw the unconscious pirate to the ground and faced Buggy.

"Ahh, you must be the "captain" these poor men were sputtering about." Spoke the stranger. Buggy was steaming on the spot. As mad as he was at the stranger for annihilating his entire crew, he was also a bit afraid of him. The stranger was very intimidating with his feral and hungry white eyes, on top of wiping out a crew of men alone. Buggy decided to calm down and proceed with caution.

"Yes, that would be me, who asks?" he stared the man in the eyes as though not to let his opponent know of his fear. The stranger put on a casual smile.

"The name is Hoshigaki Kisame, I am looking for a man by the name of Uchiha Itachi, would you know of him?"

"No, I've never heard of this name, and neither yours, but it doesn't matter because I'm about to skewer you alive!" Buggy brought his hands out from his cape revealing three knives in each hand.

"If you know what's best for you, I recommend you don't attack me. Your crew members learnt it the hard way." He said with a sadistic smirk. "Who does this clown think he's kidding? I've dealt with jinchuriki hosts he's no match for-" His thoughts were cut short when Buggy's hands flew at him with the knives pointed at his chest. "What the hell!?" Kisame quickly brought out kunai knives from a pouch on his waist and deflected the flying hands.

"HA HA HA, you'd be wise to not underestimate me Shark teeth! Im a devil fruit user! I've eaten the chop-chop fruit giving me the ability to separate my body in pieces!" Kisame dodged a knife that was thrown at his head. "It also makes me invulnerable to any sword slash attacks!" Kisame parried attack after attack from Buggy's flying hands. He was surprised to say the least. He never expected this world to have powerful abilities like this. Fighting these "devil-fruit users" was going to be a harder job then anticipated. He finally got over his shock and grinned evilly at the clown.

Unbeknownst to them, a girl with orange hair was watching the entire fight, with a mix of amazement and fear. "Wow, this guy is tough! However, I doubt he'll be able to handle Buggy's devil-fruit abilities. Also, why does he remind me of a fishmen so much?"

"So, you're immune to sword slashes? That works for me. You'll find out soon enough that I have tricks up my sleeve as well." Stated Kisame. He waited for the flying hands to dive back towards him. Once they we're close enough, he reached for his back and grabbed the hilt of the mysterious object. He swung the massive thing into the hands before they could reach him and sent them to the ground with a trail of blood leaking from them. To Buggy's surprise he felt incredible pain.

"Aghhhhhh!" He brought his hands back and examined the wounds on the back of his hands and knuckles. His eyes widened at the deep, torn flesh wounds. "Allow me to introduce you to Samehada." Buggy looked up and saw the white bandages torn off in the places where his hands and the object made contact. Purple-like hooks were protruding from the bandages and blood was dripping down. "This sword isn't exactly made to cut. Instead it rips and tears through just about anything."

"What? How can this be!? I've never heard of such a sword!" he shivered at the thought of what it could do to the rest of his body. This fight was going to be harder than he thought.

The orange haired girl was just as unsettled by the sword as Buggy. "I really hope this guy isn't working for Arlong… I haven't seen him back at the village, but still…"

"Get away from me!" Buggy yelled as he threw his foot with a hidden blade at the front. Kisame only snickered at the pathetic attempt of attack, he simply swiped his oversized sword at the flying foot. Once again, Buggy yelped as his foot was badly injured. He looked around for possible ways to defeat this madman, that's when he spotted a girl spying on them.

"I've had enough of playing around with you. I'll be on my way now; I have someone to find." He made sure to look at the trembling buggy dead in the eye and smirked. "You best remember my name, clown, if ever you meet the person I'm looking for, tell him I'm looking for him." With that, he turned to leave.

Buggy let out a smirk of his own, "Now's my chance." Buggy let his injured hands fly all the way to the girl. She shrieked in surprise at the sudden red-stained white gloves that held he by the throat and lifted her in the air. Kisame was surprised to see a girl choking and flailing in the air. She flew all the way to Buggy who held a knife to her face. "Make another step and the girl dies Kisame!" Kisame looked rather unimpressed. The look in the girl's eyes was one of utter terror, pleading him to do something.

"Would you really be so low as to kill an innocent civilian Buggy? All for revenge against a man your own crew attacked?" Kisame was angry now, he liked when his foes we're honorable, not as pathetic as this.

"Surrender to me! And I will spare her life. Yes just a bit more…" Kisame was tempted to leave the girl behind, that would teach her about spying on people, but that wouldn't be what Itachi would have done. Itachi would have saved her without second thought. Itachi was the only person in the world Kisame truly respected, and he had decided to follow his friend's example.

Kisame started to walk over to Buggy when suddenly a hissing sound was heard. He looked to his right and spotted a large canon pointed in his direction with snickering left over crew members of Buggy right behind. "The girl was just a distraction!"

Buggy began laughing maniacally, "Behold my grand buggy ball! FIRE!"

Kisame's eyes widened as the canon shot.

"I've found a town." Nagato stated

"Finally! FOOOOOOOD HERE I COME!" Luffy yelled to the sky.

"Great now we can be out of this damn rain." Muttered Zoro.

"We will travel west, and I know how to get there fast."

Luffy and Zoro looked at him quizzically, "How?" they said in unison.

Nagato smilled, "I'll need your help Luffy." He said as he jumped overboard. They were both alarmed by this.

"Wait! You can't just swim-" Zoro started, but never finished. His face went blank as once again he was reminded of just who Nagato was. "He's walking on the fucking water. That's it. I've seen it all."

"Alright! Let's do this my friend!" cheered Luffy who was going along way too easily with what Nagato was doing. The red head performed a couple hand signs and slammed his open hand on the surface of the water. In a puff of smoke, a giant greyish bird with eyes similar to Nagato appeared. Its body was twisted in weird angles and it had a number of large black piercings on its body, as well as a giant, drill-shaped beak.

"Okay, NOW, I've seen it all" Zoro thoughtjust about ready to give up.

Nagato hopped on the birds back and turned to Luffy, "I need you to hop on with me and to hold on tight with your legs, while also holding the boat with your hands."

Luffy was confused by the weird set up but obliged anyways. "What about me?" asked Zoro.

Nagato responded with a casual smile. "You concentrate on not falling off the boat."

Zoro started to sweat a bit, "Hey I'm not sure I'm liking this plan-" His complaint was cut short as the bird shrieked and with a massive flap of its wings, lifted off at full speed westward.

"Woah! Hahahaha this is fun!" Luffy screamed. As the bird flew at mighty speeds, Zoro was not having a good time. The boat was half flying through the air, half sliding on the water. Every time the boat landed back on the water, Zoro was sent flying in the air, making him hang on for dear life as he screamed at the other two threat filled words promising a world of pain once back on land. Nagato could only laugh at the unfortunate swordsman.

"Just hang on 20 more minutes Zoro!" the red head cheered.

"Yeah! Aren't you having fun?" Luffy said while barely holding on to the boat himself. His outstretched arms waving wildly in the wind.

"IM GONNA KNOCK BOTH OF YOUR ASSES OUT ONCE WE GET THERE!"

The trio managed to make it to town 20 minutes later. Zoro was completely drenched and on the edge of a heart attack. Luffy was alright, Zoro ended up making a knot of his arms around the mast of the boat to keep him from constantly letting go, and Nagato was having a blast, he had fun for the first time in what seemed like forever. Real genuine fun. He made the bird disappear and they docked the boat right next to a giant ship with three white sails with a jolly roger resembling a clown on the middle one.

"Hmm I wonder who's ship that is." Questions Luffy out loud as Nagato was untying his arms.

"Beats me, but I bet he's a big shot around here considering how big his boat is." Zoro commented.

Once Nagato finished unbinding Luffy, he checks around. He spotted a large column of black smoke rising from the north end of the town.

"You guys can go eat and get whatever supplies you need, im gonna go check this out." He said pointing at the smoke.

"Alright have fun Super-Push guy!" exclaimed Luffy as he ran into town.

"Im gonna follow that idiot so that he doesn't cause trouble."

"Mmmhmm, good idea Zoro." With that, the swordsman followed their captain. Immediately after, Nagato performed some hand signs and summoned a giant chameleon. "Now, let's see what you're up to, Kisame." He jumped onto the chameleon's back and went invisible with the power of the summoned beast, and proceeded in the direction of the rising smoke.

Kisame was standing in front of an unconscious Buggy, the clown was bleeding from just about everywhere.

He placed Samehada on his back and looked at the pirate in annoyance. "Just sparring his life is annoying." He turned and looked at the destroyed canon, "If I hadn't used a water clone I would have been done for, that thing packs a blast. How dare that bastard trick me. Speaking of which, where's the girl?" He looked around the area, total destruction seemed to be the word to describe the place. "You can come out of your hiding spot now, I've taken care of the entire crew." He announced loud enough for her to hear him. He spotted a head with orange hair pop-up from behind a wooden crate near the tent.

The girl got up from her hiding spot, looked all around her and at the body of a defeated Captain Buggy, then back towards the imposing man. She was worried.

"Uh… I suppose I should thank you for saving my life… Mr..?"

"Kisame. Hoshigaki Kisame" He said with a grin, the girl saw his sharp teeth with his grin and was instantly reminded of Arlong.

"Yes..", she looked away from his eyes, "thank you Mr. Kisame."

The shark-man chuckled lightly, "next time you try to spy on a fight, I suggest you hide completely, might keep you from getting hurt." He smirked at her and turned around to leave.

The girl quickly ran up to him. "Wait! Can I ask you a few things?" The swordsman looked at her and nodded. "ummm, would you know a man by the name of Arlong? And if so, did he send you here?" she asked carefully. Kisame thought for a moment.

"Hmm, I don't recall ever meeting someone by that name… and he certainly never sent me here." Although someone else did…" he finished in his mind. The girl's eyes and face beamed at this.

"Really? That's great news! In this case let me pay you back for helping me!" the girl exclaimed. "My name is Nami by the way!" Kisame was left a bit uncertain. It felt funny being thanked by someone, it felt funny saving someone to begin with. He guessed there were new begginings for everything.

"Well Nami, if you could guide me in the direction of a place where I can acquire food that would be very nice of you." He said politely. They both started to walk towards the town.

"I must say you have quite the Devil-fruit power! That was pretty cool what you did, you called it a water clone?" Kisame seemed a bit confused at that.

"I have no clue what a devil-fruit is, but thank you I'll take it as a compliment." He said calmly. Nami stopped at that.

"Wait you mean to tell me you beat all those guys, plus buggy, without a devil-fruit? How did you do that?" she exclaimed, a look of disbelief in her eyes as she threw her arms in the air. "If he can do that without any special powers, this guy is a total beast!" Kisame furrowed his brows not sure what to answer. He had forgotten that he was in a world devoid of chakra.

"Well I just used my own special technique if you will, its something I learned while traveling" she listened to him and gave an "ah" as a response. The two fell in silence as the rain finally subsided, they arrived at building in town and Nami said this was where she lived for the moment. She explained that she was actually a thief, stealing from pirates. She had questioned him along the way because she wanted to know if he was one.

"I've never been a pirate and I never had the intention of becoming one either, I am simply searching for a friend of mine." He had answered. She believed him, she knew pirates were deceivers but the tall swordsman was not giving her any reason to be weary of him.

They entered Nami's hideout and sat down at a table to eat while they talked more about themselves. They eventually finished eating and Kisame thanked her for the food. He was about to leave when Nami had an idea.

"Hey! You're searching for your friend, right? Well I travel a lot for my own goal, we should travel together! That way we could cover a lot of ground and you would keep me from getting killed! How does that sound? " she exclaimed happily.

Kisame sweat-dropped, "That just sounds like me body-guarding you so I'll decline your offer thank you, I don't do well with partners anyways." He said with a chuckle.

Nami pouted, "fine! Have it your way then," She said in a childish way, but then her eyes glinted evilly, her face became one of seduction and she did her best to emphasis her… assets. "You would really let this poor defenseless girl all alone against pirates, who would only want to take advantage of her? Would you be so cruel as to let this poor little girl to face this evil world?"

Kisame smirked, "absolutely." Nami deflated, apparently, she needs to work on her charm a bit more. But then she pulled something from between her bust. It was a piece of paper. She looked smug.

"What if I told you I had a map of the Grand-line?" she said as she unfolded the piece of paper.

Kisame snorted. "That is certainly interesting, but I could just take it from you now. You're a thief anyways you can always can a new one." He answered smugly as he crossed his arms over his chance.

Oh. It had not occurred to Nami that she was talking to an actual beast. This guy could easily just take it away from her and she had no idea where to get a new one. She suddenly got very nervous. "Uhhh…. W-well there are no others in these parts of the sea, s-so I'd like to keep my o-own." She was sweating hard and looking at the floor.

"Ha ha ha, im just kidding, keep your map. I'll be leaving now." Kisame turned around to leave and just before he could touch the doorknob, a knock was heard on the door. Kisame and Nami looked at each other and both frowned. Nami hid behind Kisame as he opened the door.

Before them stood a red-headed man with a black cloak, his hair hid his left eye but his right one was completely uncovered. His eye was purple with ripple-like patterns in it. Kisame knew that eye very well. The man smiled.

"Its been a while, hasn't it, Kisame? Glad you made it to this world too." Said the man with a smile.

Kisame's eyes widened, "well I'll be damned, it certainly has been a while… Pain."

Annnnnnnnd Cut! So we've got another Akatsuki member! On top of that he and Nagato have met, which means the story is about to really take off.

Now im aware that a lot of characters will seem EXTREMELY out of character… and oh well. Call it modifications on my part.

Feel free to leave a review about what you like and dislike! It will help the story grow to what it should be and I can take criticism pretty well.

So until next time! -The vern