"Talking"

'Thinking'

"Jutsu/Kurama Talking"

Chapter 6 - New Nakama

After spending a few days just relaxing and catching up, Naruto and Shikamaru used Naruto's Hiraishin (Flying Thunder God) to get to Nami's position. Nami was the one Naruto had chosen to put a Hiraishin seal on. When they arrived they immediately started to get chills due to the cold climate of the island. Even though they were currently indoors, in some kind old castle like building, they were freezing their balls off. The first thing they saw was Nami resting in a bed, looking weak and frail.

"Only stupid people get sick" Naruto muttered as Shikamaru found a corner in the room where he could sit and complain about how troublesome everything is.

"Who are you!" Naruto heard a very high pitched voice yell at him from the door. He saw what look like some kind of stuffed toy staring at him while trying to hide his body behind the door but failing miserably as the creature left his whole body visible but he just hid one eye behind the door. Naruto was about to start his introduction doing the whole dance routine, when he noticed Nami waking up. Nami stretched her arms then turned her head towards the the door to stare at the now shaking creature, that still failed to hide "Isn't that backwards?" Nami asked calmly. The creature then slowly reversed his position, hiding behind the door frame while peeking inside with one eye. Causing the three of them to sweat drop "A bit late now.. And I can still see you" Nami remarked, she then asked "Who are you anyway?"

The creature yelled "Shut up, human!" which had Nami taken aback for a second, then the creature asked in much kinder and lower tone "And how's your fever?"

"IT SPOKE!" Nami yelled out in surprise causing the creature to stumble backwards, falling over a mass of medicine supplies which caused even more medicine supplies to fall off nearby tables and shelves.

"Keep it down, Chopper!" An old lady said in an stern tone.

Meanwhile Naruto had stuck his face close to Nami's, noticing her feverish blush "Is it hot in here or are you just excited to see me?"

Nami was to weak and tired to yell at him "Pervert.. When did you get here?"

"Just now" Naruto answered, then an old Lady who dressed in clothes that were suited for women far younger than herself entered the room.

"Hihihi" She laughed with a bottle of sake in her right hand "Looks like your fever has gone down, little girl. Ya Happy?"

The old lady, Dr Kureha, then turned to stare at Naruto as if she just noticed him. Naruto didn't like the look she was giving him, as if he was some uninvited vermin that had entered her home. So, seeing as Luffy wasn't here and he didn't want to get in the way of the doctor currently treating Nami, he found his own corner in the room where he took a nap.

Dr Kureha frowning and giving other people angry looks wasn't unusual as she kinda hated other people in general. In this case it wasn't due to her dislike of other people that she gave Naruto that look, it was because she could tell that he wasn't a normal human. He was strong, far too strong for someone to be a part of a small pirate crew like this one..

Several hours later

Naruto was woken up in what he thought was a rather pleasant way. Someone was kissing and licking his cheek with a rather large tongue. Naruto who had just woken up smiled as he figured it must be Anko who had found him. When he opened his eyes he stared into the old eyes of Dr Kureha as she smiled back at him "Ya happy?" she asked.

Naruto bolted up into the ceiling in shock before slowly falling down onto the floor again. He pointed at her accusingly and yelled "What the hell are you doing you old hag!"

Dr Kureha laughed loudly in a very witch like manner "Old hag? I'm still in my very young 130's, make sure to remember that, brat!"

Naruto felt like he was going to throw up when he heard that. He didn't know what had possessed this old granny to do something like that to him. Could it be that she had found out what happened between him and granny Tsunade? Had the granny's of the world started some open season of Naruto after that?

Naruto growled at her "Do you realize that I'm a badass motherfucker!" he wasn't lying as he was literally a badass motherfucker, although the badass part could be questioned.

Dr Kureha laughed in her witch like way once again "Relax brat, I just wanted a taste of a true man again. I woke you up because your nakama is outside fighting, I thought you may want to join in"

Naruto still frowned as he bug-eyed walked towards the window to see what she meant by fighting. He saw Luffy fighting against some chubby looking metal freak. Dr Kureha then spoke "Mind showing a little bit of that strength? You can't fool me, I can tell that you are much stronger than the rest of your bunch"

Naruto stared at her with a scrunched nose, then he spit on the floor before jumping out of the window. "I'm Uzumaki Naruto! I will show you what I can do you damn hag!" he screamed as he fell down towards the snowy ground outside the castle.

When Naruto landed, everyone's attention was on him, even Wapol, the meatball that Luffy was fighting, and his subordinates, had caught his attention. It wasn't only due to his earlier yell or the fact that he had jumped from thirty meters up and landed on his feet as if it was the most normal thing in the world. It was the fact that he was calling on Kurama to use the biju cloak while at the same time releasing a huge amount of Haki.

A huge giant fox, also known as Kurama appeared behind the now glowing Naruto in the same color with a yell of "REEEEEE!"

"Speak sense!" Naruto demanded.

"I was taking a nap you damn brat!"

"So was I, I assure you I was woken up in a much more unpleasant way than you did"

Kurama growled at him which had Naruto say "Now be a good pet and blow that meatball away with a Biju Beam!"

Luffy, Chopper and Ussop's eyes widened "BEAM!?" they yelled out in chorus.

Kurama kept growling at Naruto, annoyed by the pet comment. "I'm gonna blast him off to the other side of the world!" the foxed yelled as he channeled enough chakra which caused the clouds to split above them as he charged the chakra into a large black sphere.

"BIJU BEAM!" Kurama roared launching the massive sphere in lazer like line directly towards Wapol who took the hit straight into his torso. Wapol was sent flying off the Island and most likely further than that as Kurama's beam lasted for over a minute.

Naruto patted Kurama's paw and said "That's a good boy, whose a good boy? You're a good boy"

Kurama launched another Bijudama, this time in his mouth between his large fang like teeth "BRAT!" he roared launching it towards Naruto. Naruto simpled grabbed the large sphere with one hand then threw it back at Kurama who whined for a second before disappearing, returning to Naruto's mindscape.

The others, except Shikamaru, stared at Naruto with dropped jaws and expressions of pure disbelief. Some of the straw hats where wondering just how strong Naruto is and why he is part of their crew. Luffy's surprise quickly disappeared as he with the help of Zoro easily took care of Wapol's subordinates. Naruto had joined up with Shikamaru who stood with the other straw hats. He asked him "So what did they say?" wondering if Shikamaru had asked to join the straw hats yet.

Shikamaru shrugged "Troublesome" he responded, he had not even introduced himself yet as the thought of doing that was too troublesome. It wasn't until later in the evening when they returned to the ship after Luffy had convinced Chopper to join their crew that Sanji asked about Shikamaru.

"Shitty ninja, who is this pineapple guy?" he asked pointing at Shikamaru.

"He's Shikamaru, he wants to join the crew" Naruto said as he chugged a bit of sake from a bottle

"What? We don't even know the guy" Nami spoke which was the thought of everyone there.

"That's right, I decide who joins, not you!" Luffy yelled.

"He's a ninja like me and has a 4 million bounty.." Naruto said which had Luffy's eyes widening "Another ninja?"

"Luffy, I don't trust this guy" Zoro said as he nodded towards Naruto "He is hiding something, don't go along with everything he does"

"Hmm" Luffy said staring down Naruto "What are you hiding, ninja?" he asked in a suspicious but yet child like and playful tone.

Naruto responded by simply stating "Nothing.." he then chuckled as he turned to Shikamaru whose eyebrows twitched in annoyance "Guess they don't want you, you lazy prick. Not that I blame them" stared at Zoro with a bored tone "I'm disappointed in you little brother, you need to trust others"

"I'M NOT YOUR LITTLE BROTHER, ASSHOLE!" Zoro yelled out loudly which had the whole pirate crew laugh at him. While Shikamaru was not accepted as a crew member right away, he was at least allowed to travel with them. The straw hats needed every ally they could get as their next destination was Sandy Island, Vivi's home Island. She is the princess of the Kingdom of Alabasta which was on the brink of civil war and the cause of it is none other than the straw hats next enemy, The shichibukai (Warlord of the sea) Crocodile and his organization Baroque Works.

Later, when Naruto, Shikamaru and the Straw hats had set sail, they threw a little party on the deck to celebrate Chopper joining their pirate crew. Naruto's celebration was cut short as he received a call on his den den mushi. Naruto walked to the back of the ship to get a little privacy before he answered.

"Brat? You hear me? This is Garp!" he heard the old vice Admiral yell into the snail phone.

"I hear you loud and clear old man" Naruto answered.

"Good. Listen you need to get your ass over to marine headquarters, the fleet Admiral himself wants to meet you." Garp said which had Naruto sigh "I don't know where that is and I'm in the middle of a party here"

"Party?" Garp asked with a short pause before asking "Aren't you with Smoker?"

"No, I'm currently on another ship" as Naruto spoke he realized that visiting marine headquarters could be interesting. He had realized that the strongest pirates and marines in this world was a lot stronger than the opponents he had faced in the previous worlds he had been brought to. He knew that because Ace had been defeated by a pirate and then killed off in a war by a marine. Naruto was curious to find out if there was actually someone in this world that was worth his time. Someone that could give him a good fight.

"How do I get to the marine headquarters?"

"I thought I instructed you to get log poses of every island in the Paradise part of Grand Line. You should have one for Marineford as well" Garp responded then continued before Naruto could reply "Just get here quick, I don't care how you do it. I need to go now, Sengoku is stealing my rice crackers" Garp ended as he hung up.

It looked like Naruto would have to leave the Straw hats again for a while as he would take a little detour to Marineford before going to Alabasta. What Naruto didn't know is that all three admirals are currently in Marineford along with the Fleet Admiral Sengoku and Vice Admiral Garp. The question is, are they ready for a badass motherfucker?

Thanks for reading.