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Chapter 6
Naruto and Ideo decided to work together to carry the unconscious giant, Rock, to a nearby cave so that they could all wait out the current blizzard before any of them froze to death.
Packing piles of snow in front of the entrance of the cave proved to be enough to block off the cold winds and thanks to Ideo's explosive hands they were able to start a small fire in the cave so that they could keep warm.
Luckily for Rock both Naruto and Ideo had at least basic first aid training that allowed them to treat the Yeti's bullet wounds and stop him from bleeding out.
When they were both sure their new companion wouldn't die on them Naruto actually took some time to look him over. In all his time sailing under Big Mom and her diverse band of pirates he'd never seen anyone quite like Rock before.
He was relatively small for a giant standing at around 30 feet tall with very long limbs (1). However what set him apart was the fact he was covered in white fur. It must have served to keep him warm seeing as how the only clothes he was wearing were a bowler hat and blue shorts. Not to mention his upper torso which at first glance he thought was covered in shadows turned out to just be very dark fur and his face under the shade of his cap was oddly rigid and defined (2).
'Maybe he is from a separate tribe of giants that adapted to the cold.' Naruto theorized; apparently Big Mom's obsession with unique races and creatures had rubbed off on him.
"Hey the big guy is waking up." Ideo stated breaking Naruto out of his train of thought.
The eyes of the winter giant slowly opened with Rock sitting up and holding his head in obvious pain. When Rock was finally able to compose himself and realized he was not alone in the cave the giant reached for his rifle and aimed it at Naruto and Ideo.
"Who are you two?" Rock questioned aggressively while cocking his rifle.
"Wow hold on there big guy. I don't think that's a smart idea." Naruto pleaded, uncomfortable with fighting with someone so heavily wounded and not wanting the cave they were in to accidentally collapse.
Seeing the logic in Naruto's argument Rock finally lowered his gun before he sat up and leaned against the cave wall, still cautious of the pirate duo.
"Thank you. I'm happy to see your awake. My name is Naruto and this is my friend Ideo." Naruto stated pointing to the Longarm boxer.
"Nice to meet you as well my name is Rock. I'm sorry for the hostility but today just hasn't been my day."
"I can tell, was there any particular reason why those marines back there were trying to kill you?" Naruto asked wanting to know more about the mysterious Yeti.
"Well long story short is my brother and I are mercenaries and we were sent to a town nearby to get rid of our target. Apparently our client forgot to tell us he was a fruit user and he used his ability to take us by surprise and his men were able to capture my brother." Rock explained sadly, still trying to think of a plan for how he would rescue his twin brother.
"Wait this village wouldn't be named Snowbelle would it?" Ideo asked hoping the lanky giant would be one of the men they were looking for.
"Yea how did you know?"
"We know because we've both been looking for you and your brother. I'm starting up a pirate crew and I've been looking for some powerful people and word around the island is that you and your twin brother are the best."
"Well it's cool that our names are held in such high regard but I don't have time to consider becoming a pirate. I still need to rescue my brother from those marines and kill that marine captain. The Yeti Cool Brothers have never failed an assasination mission before and it would be so uncool if we start now." Explained Rock who ignored his own wounds and stood up, grabbed his rifle, and made his way towards the cave entrance.
"Wait!"
"I think I can come up with a compromise." Naruto offered thinking up a plan that would make everyone happy.
-X-X-X-
(Scotch's POV)
After surrendering himself to the Snowbelle Town Marines Scotch found himself tied up to a large post in the middle of the town surrounded by townsfolk and several marine guards. Apparently the Marine Captain felt Scotch should be made an example out of in case any of the locals were thinking of rebelling.
'Well this mission was definite failure. Oh well at least Rock was able to escape.' Scotch thought positively of his twin brother, seemingly unconcerned about his still bleeding stomach wound.
"Hey freak we were talking to you!" Shouted one of the angry marines surrounding Scotch's prone form, taking him out of his train of thought.
"Oh really I must have forgotten." Scotch responded casually, completely ignoring the soldier's hostile attitude.
"You disrespectful freak!" the marine grunt yelled angry while reaching for the pistol at his side.
"At ease soldier." Ordered a calm commanding voice that froze the marine soldier in place.
The soldiers parted and saluted as the speaker revealed himself to be the infamous marine captain, dictator of Snowpoint, and the Yeti Brother's target, Marine Captain John Glassjaw.
Glassjaw was a rather unassuming man standing just under 6 feet tall with well combed black hair alongside the thick glasses he wore.
"So your one of the assassins sent to kill me." Glassjaw stated as a fact more than a question.
Scotch chose to be silent, his easygoing attitude now gone in the presence of his former target.
'This man is dangerous.'
"Listen I know from your reputation that both you and your brother are professionals so I won't waste your time by beating around the bush. I'd be willing to put all this messy business of ours behind and let you go if you agree to name your employer." Glassjaw explained to the giant, causing a small group of the Snowpoint civilians to gasp in fear.
Scotch took a moment to think over Glassjaw's offer while looking at the terrified, miserable faces of the Snowpoint civilians.
"So what is your answer?"
"I know you'll think it's uncool of me put I'll have to decline your offer. There would be no way for me to face my brother again if I'd turn my back on my clients. The Yeti Cool Brothers have never failed a mission and I'm not stopping today." Scotch answered confidently, causing Glassjaw's face to tighten up in frustration.
"I hate to hear that, as a fellow professional I thought we could help one another." he lamented before he extended his hand towards Scotch and to the giant's surprise began to cover his palm with glass.
The resulting crystal continued to grow until it transformed into an elegant longsword that Glassjaw was able to extend in order to press against Scotch's throat.
"Whoever hired you and your brother must have failed to mention the fact I am a devil fruit user; I ate the Glass Glass Fruit."
Rearing back his weapon Glassjaw prepared himself to cut open the Giant's throat for the crowd to see.
*BOOM!*
Fortunately Scotch's execution was interrupted by a loud explosion that blew the doors off the village's front gate.
When the smoke from the explosion cleared two men could be seen emerging from the cloud and tearing through any marine soldier in their path while the giant figure of Rock could be seen hanging back and sniping Glassjaw's men from a distance.
"Hey which one of these guys is Glassjaw!?" Asked Naruto, who was littered in the unconscious bodies of the marines while Ideo blew away other grunts with his explosive fists.
He got his answer when he was forced to dodge the business end of Glassjaw's sword when the marine Captain used Shave to appear in front of the blonde.
"That would be me. Now may I ask who you are and why you've decided to interrupt this execution?" Glassjaw asked evenly while still exuding killer intent.
"It's pretty simple I couldn't let you kill Scotch because he's going to be join my crew."
"So your a pirate. I've never heard of you."
"I'd be surprised if you had. I've just recently started out on my own." Naruto explained happily, not seeing a reason to lie.
Shaking his head at Naruto's forwardness the Marine Captain gave the blonde a cocky smirk.
"Okay then so seeing as your a rookie I'll give you one chance for you and your comrades to leave before I slaughter you where you stand."
"I'd like to see you try. You seem like the type who loves to flex your might on those weaker than you. I want to see how tough you really are with someone on your own level." Naruto taunted while entering his signature Muay Thai stance.
Not wanting to risk getting in the middle of these two powerful devil fruit users Rock and Ideo were able to help evacuate the civilians while also handling the remnants of Snowbelle marines.
-X-X-X-
(Naruto vs Captain Glassjaw)
Naruto and Glassjaw starred at one another, waiting to see who would make the first move.
Growing impatient Naruto charged in first at the bespectacled Marine, closing the distance between them with his trademark forward somersault. His left leg primed to crack down onto Glassjaw's skull.
"Jaguar Kick!"
"Glass Cocoon!"
Only for the sole of Naruto's foot to instead make contact with a dense orb of glass that wrapped around and completely protected the corrupt captain.
Deciding to go with Plan B Naruto sucked in a large breath of air before opening his mouth wide and generating a condensed burst of red sonic energy.
"Voice Press!"
The resulting short range attack created a powerful crushing force that was able to shatter Glassjaw's Glass Cocoon. However when the shield went down Naruto discovered that Captain Glassjaw was no where to be found.
'Where did he go? I know now that he's fast enough to dodge that attack so why didn't he? Unless...' Naruto thought looking at the remaining glass shards of the destroyed cocoon that suddenly started to glow.
'It's a trap!' Naruto yelled internally, jumping away from his current location just in time to avoid the explosion of glass that almost turned him into a pincushion.
Unfortunately when descending from his jump and looking down at the snowy landscape he saw a virtual landmine of glowing glass shards waiting for him.
'Crap.'
*Boom!*
(Glassjaw's POV)
Standing a couple of yards outside the blast radius of his attack the dictator of Snowpoint smiled, all had gone according to plan. He knew just from looking at the blonde barbarian that he'd be eager to get in close and try to pummel him at close range. Knowing that it was child's play for him to use Shave to escape the instant his Glass Cocoon went down and cover the surrounding snow with his Glass Mines.
Smirking at his accomplishment Glassjaw turned his back on the battlefield. His thoughts filled with plans on how he would slaughter the blonde's companion and those Yeti Brothers.
"Hey Foureyes!" yelled a familiar voice from behind Glassjaw that stopped him in his tracks.
Naruto emerged from the smoke of the explosion, injured but still very much alive. His entire body was fairly bloody and bruised with his arms and legs getting the worst of it. He had been able to use his limbs to protect his vital organs but in return he found them littered with tiny puncture wounds from the glass shrapnel.
"Nice trap but it's gonna take more than some plexiglass to stop me." declared Naruto, ignoring his wounds and charging at Glassjaw's stunned form.
Recomposing himself from the shock of the survival of the blonde nuisance Glassjaw used his ability to form several glass prisms around himself that with a wave of his hand began to break down into smaller deadly shards that floated around him.
With a lazy point of his finger Glassjaw commanded the shards surrounding him to simultaneously fire at the blonde pirate, intent on filling him with holes.
"Glass Glass: Shard Shower!"
Not stopping his advancement Naruto breathed in deeply and fired a flurry of sound bullets to intercept the glass.
"Machine Gun Voice!" He yelled, cutting a path through the shards towards Glassjaw. Unfortunately when he got close enough to try to connect with a right hook he found himself hitting nothing but air as the Marine Captain dodged by seemingly defying gravity and jumping on the air itself.
"Moon Walk!"
He continued to ascend until he was a good 10 feet above the blonde where he looked down at him with a murderous smile.
"Glass Glass: Infinite Shard Shower!" He declared while willing the shards to come at Naruto from all directions, giving the blonde pirate no means of escape.
Remaining calm Naruto inhaled the largest breath of air he could and causing his chest to swell to epic proportions.
"Voice Bazooka!"
Glassjaw had to cover his ears as an earspillting wail came from the pirate. The sound being so powerful that it caused the incoming shards to disintegrate into harmless dust that obscured the battlefield.
"Jet Voice!" Naruto yelled flying out of the dust towards Captain Glassjaw while being surrounded in red sonic energy.
Refusing to again run away from the young pirate Captain Glassjaw decided to take him head on midair by using his ability to gather the remaining glass shards from his Infinite Shard Showerto form a sword in order to cut him down for good.
In retaliation Naruto pulled out his trusty butterfly knife and produced a sonic bubble that covered it in high frequency sound that unlike during his fight against Big Mom several years ago caused the entire blade to vibrate with power.
"Glass Glass: Transparent Saber!"
"Soprano Voice Cut!"
The butterfly knife and glass sword forcefully clashed against one another in a struggle for supremacy. At first glance both attacks seemed to be even but a closer look would reveal the slight chips that began to form in Glassjaw's katana. Eventually the sonic blade won out and was able to cut through the blade and the flesh of its wielder.
-X-X-X-
Glassjaw spat up blood and fell to the ground, his weapon lay broken by his side.
Naruto landed gracefully and stood over Glassjaw's beaten form with an unreadable expression on his face.
"What are you waiting for?! Finish me off already!"
"No." Naruto said flatly.
"What?"
"You heard me I said no. There is no point in killing you when your already beaten. I promised Rock I'd help him save his brother and finish their mission of saving the people of Snowpoint from your rein. I did that, the rest of your soldiers are being beaten by Ideo as we speak and the civilians are probably already using the Transponder Snails in your base to call your higher-ups and tell them what you've been doing to them. Alive or dead it doesn't matter your career is over." Naruto finished darkly before he turned his back on the corrupt marine and began making his way to Snowpoint (3).
'How dare this upstart look down on me. I refuse to be defeated some no-name pirate scum like you!' Glassjaw thought angrily, disgusted that a pirate would talk down to him like that.
Using the last of his strength he struggled to his feet and glared at Naruto's turned back before using his devil fruit power to reform the blade of his broken sword and pointing it at the blonde's unguarded back.
"Die Fool! Glass Glass: Transparent Piercing Saber!" The crazed marine yelled forming another glass weapon and extending the length of the blade so that he could run Naruto through.
What the bitter Marine captain failed to realize though was that his blade may be invisible to the naked eye but it still made a noise as it traveled though the air.
Naruto sidestepped the deadly blade before turning around and charging at the Captain with anger in his eyes.
"How about you die first bitch!" Naruto snarled before delivering a devastating Tiger Uppercut that sent Captain Glassjaw's body flying into the air while he charged up another sonic blast.
"Voice Missile!"
When the resulting red sonic beam struck Captain Glassjaw it sent him flying into the horizon like a shooting star.
-X-X-X-
Following Glassjaw's defeat the remaining marines decided to surrender and be restrained by the local townspeople. The majority of them tried to apologize and blame their former captain as the cause of their evil deeds but the locals didn't buy it. Feeling betrayed by the marines that were supposed to protect them the people of Snowbelle Town decided to kick out all the marines from the town, take the marine base and all of the weapons inside as their own, and learn to protect themselves from now on. Watching the former meek civilians finally decide to take their town back truly put a smile on Naruto's face.
"Thank you Mr. Uzumaki if it wasn't for you and your comrades we would have never been able to be free. Is there anything more we can do for you?" Stated the mayor of Snowbelle Town, a short and stocky man with a large mustache, while bowing.
A large crowd was forming outside the main gate of the town where the townspeople were giving their final farewells to the small pirate crew.
"No thank you Mr. Mayor I think we're good." Naruto responded while pointing to the large sack of goodies given to him by the people of Snowbelle. They spared no expense and gave the group of men food, money, and even clothes to take with them on their journey. The loot bag getting so big that Rock had to be the one to carry it on his back like a large backpack.
With one final tearful goodbye the small pirate crew said their goodbyes to the people of Snowbelle and made their way to the island's port.
"So captain where are we heading to now?" Scotch asked still nursing the stab wound on his stomach that the local doctor had finally been able to bandage for him.
"We're still gonna sail around the South Blue for awhile guys. There are still a few more positions in the crew we need to fill before we are able to take on the Grandline." He explained confidently, happy that his ideal crew was coming together. However this train of thought put one idea in the blonde captain's head that he completely looked over since he decided to recruit the Yeti Cool Brothers.
'How the hell is my boat going to fit these two!'
Chapter 6 End
Sorry for the slow update but my Beta was having internet issues so I had to proofread this chapter myself and that lead to several rewrites. Not extremely proud of this chapter but thought this would be a better alternative than making you guys wait another 3 months for an update.
(1)- I wasn't sure how tall the Yetis were so I made them slightly shorter than Brogy who is around 32 feet tall.
(2)- It always puzzled me where the shadows covering their bodies came from so this was just my best justification for it.
(3)- I wanted to give Naruto a slightly cruel streak when it came to his enemies. The same way Luffy took on characteristics of Shanks so has Naruto adapted some of the crueler traits of Big Mom.
Well the crew just got two members bigger with the addition of the Yeti Cool Brothers, Naruto has gotten the attention of the Marines, and sadly Naruto is gonna need a bigger boat.
Hopefully none of you guys saw my idea of adding the Cool Bros to the crew coming. After going through all of your review suggestions I liked a few of your choices but felt it would be best to stick with either a One Piece or Naruto character.
Tenten as the crew's sniper was a close second but I liked the idea of Naruto not wasting anytime and recruiting people of another race than human.
My goal is to have his crew slightly mirror Big Mom's by having people of different races/tribes under his banner so the Cool Brothers were a must have. Even though they only appeared in the manga/anime briefly I really liked their character designs and cool quirks.
Also by next chapter the marines will publish Naruto's wanted poster so please give me more names you might want for his moniker.
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