Kye kye- hi all, I did not expect this to get any love at all, but it is. I am so happy. Someone did express that it is supposed to be Naruko, not Naruto. I don't Mind the name Naruko, but it just didn't cross my mind when writing this. So if you all have a problem with it, I don't mind changing it, but I need more than one person's opinion to do so
NNP 2
Naruto had been on the ship with Garp for two weeks before they landed on an Island. Garp's home island if the crazy old guy was to believed. Why is he crazy, you ask? Well, who in their right mind grabs a random child molester killing orphan living in the forest and decides there future for them is insane. Anyone who also concludes that this same orphan is there granddaughter "because I say so Bwa hahaha "is crazy.
Now, this crazy old man his holding Naruto by the back of her shirt like a puppy or a fox kit if you will. They are in front of a hut. On top of the mountain. In the middle of a forest. That reminds Naruto an awful lot like the forest of death. Seriously that bear was huge!
Man, we got off topic again … Naruto remained limp in Garp's grip, having learned a long time ago that it was pointless to fight or else you are subjected to what he calls the FIST OF LOVE. No thanks once were enough at the moment. Darn it off subject again.
The hut opened, and a large Man? Woman? Redhead, we will just call it a redhead stepped out, followed by a group of men ranging from small to large and mousey looking to gruff. "Who the hell has the nerve to be pounding on my door!" The Redhead yells until his? Her? Eyes settle on Garp and she? He? Goes pale Naruto felt a small level of sympathy for the… you know its hair is more of an orange color than red. Ahem, the orange-haired person Garp is pretty scary "G...GARP! What are you doing here?!"
Garp grins and Holds Naruto up so that she was eye level with the Bandits. "This here is my Granddaughter your going to raise her to be a proper lady and a Marine! Say Hi, Naruto."
With a heavy sigh Naruto holds up a hand "Yo," Naruto tilts her head to the side and just couldn't hold it in anymore "hey, are you a man or a woman?"
The orange hair person turns red in the face and takes a swing at Naruto's head. Not one to let someone she doesn't know just hit her Naruto uses her tails to wrap around Garps large arms and propels her self into the air till she is standing on the old guy's head. "Hey, why did you try to hit me? it was a legit question."
"I AM A LADY YOU BRAT!" The now known as woman yells before taking a deep breath calming her self down before turning to Garp. "Please tell me you weren't serious about that brat staying here? I have enough trouble with the tree brats as it is"
Garp just hits the woman on the head and plops Naruto on top of the big woman's stomach before waving and walking off. "I'll be back soon to make sure your gonna be a marine." Garp pauses "oh yea get along well with the boys and tell them I'll be back for training soon Bwa ha ha ha ha" with that Garp disappeared.
Naruto jumps off of the woman's stomach and re-wraps her tails around her waist. "Just so we are clear, my name is Dadan, and I am the leader of these mountain bandits. I'm stuck with you, so you are going to have to earn your keep."
Naruto rolls her eyes as the burly woman continued with her so-called rules that Naruto had no intention of following. Looking around, she came face to face with three boys the biggest, though not by much had wavy black hair that fell into his eyes. He needed a hair cut. And the cutest freckles on his face that she had ever seen. His eyes were a dark silver that was narrowed on her in confusion and mistrust. He was quite cute.
The second boy was blond like her self without red streeks, of course, and he had blue eyes as well but lighter than her own. He was missing a tooth he had a top hat on his head ...it suited him also rather cute.
The last boy was adorable; he had black hair like the other, but it was straight and fell into his eyes as well. These boys needed hair cuts. He had dark brown eyes that glowed honey brown when the light hit them just right. He was covered in bandages...all three of them were now that she got a good look at them. The little boy had a small scar under his eye and the biggest smile she had ever seen in her two lives. He wore an old straw hat on his head, and it also suited him.
"Who the hell are you? "the oldest boy yells at her, "and why are you here?"
Naruto shakes her head and lets out a small smile "I am Naruto Uzumaki dattebayo. And as for why I'm here." a frown takes over her face. "That crazy old Marine Garp kidnapped me." not seeing the looks of terror on the boy's face, she continues. "He said I was his Granddaughter no matter how many times I told him I wasn't. He said that I was going to be a Marine."
The youngest was suddenly in Naruto's face looking terrified. "Gramps is here?!"
Naruto gently pushes the small boy out of her face and shakes her head "No he left, but he did tell me to let you three know he will be back for training next time."
The three boys seem to deflate; before the blond one seems to pull himself together first. With a smile holds out a hand to Naruto "well, I'm Sabo; this is Ace, and the one currently in your face is Luffy."
Ace growls, "SABO, why the hell is you giving her our names?!"
Sabo shakes his head. "Ace; she answered your questions, and Luffy's it's only polite to respond with our names as well."
Ace opened his mouth the answer when he was cut off by Dadan's hulking figure. Seriously if this woman had been beautiful at any point in her life, then she had seriously let her self go. "Female brat!"
"It's Naruto"
Dadan shrugs, "Like I care if you are going to be staying here…"
Naruto finally turns to the woman, "since when did I say that I was staying here?" Gesturing to the rundown shack of a house, "you don't have any more room for another person, and I don't want to stay here any more than you want me to."
"ANd were do you plan on staying? Garp will have my head if…"
"I could give two shits." Naruto cuts her off, not paying attention to the boys watching the two with apparent focus. "I've been taking care of my self my whole life, and I surely don't need the help of someone who houses men who look at me with lust," Naruto says the end of her sentence low enough for the boys and Dadan to hear.
Naruto pointedly looks at one of Dadan's newer recruits, a husky man with salt and pepper beard. Dadan eyes the man out of the corner of her eye, and the Boys frown at the man. They see the man eyeballing Naruto and licking his lips, "I see."
"Worry not Dadan, I will check in every once in a while," Naruto says, patting the now flustered woman on the arm the pervert in her gang to be dealt with later.
"Who said I was worried now get on you brat I got to clean house" Dadan scowls and crosses her arms.
Naruto nods and looks at the boys Sabo and Ace glaring at the Husky man and Luffy, who is clueless. "Well, it was nice meeting you boys but gots to go."
While Sabo and Ace kept giving angry looks at the man, Luffy watched Naruto leave, and in his cute little pure mind, he wondered if she would be his friend. Like he did with Ace, Luffy decided to follow her. Naruto knew that Luffy was following her because as cute as he was a Ninja, he was not.
There was no harm in allowing him to follow, so Naruto continues. Not being familiar with this forest, Naruto did get a bit turned around. But after about an hour of walking, Naruto came across a pond at the base of a mountain. The mountain was tall and sturdy, no loose rocks that she would have to worry about later. Naruto took off her shoes and put her feet in the dirt. The soil was good perfect for a little garden and for what she planned next.
Ace and Sabo had finally caught up to them and were currently yelling at Luffy in his Hideing spot. Quite protective of the little guy, ain't they. With a shake of her head, Naruto runs through a series of hand signs and strengthens her stance before slamming her hands to the ground, "Mokuton: Four Pillar House no Jutsu!"
The bickering behind her stopped as the boy watched in awe as a house formed right before there eyes. Naruto looked up at her creation in exhaustion that had taken more chakra than she had expected. Being nine years old meant nine-year-old reserves, which is still a lot because she is Uzumaki but not as much as she was used to having.
The house was more prominent than what she needed, but it was the first house that came to mind. It was a replica of the house Yamato had made for her team back in the day with a few adjustments, of course. It had two-bedrooms on the second floor with closets. On the first floor was the kitchen and sitting room/ dining room. She had more cabinets and a hidden underground safe for any valuables she may acquire later on.
"Sugoi, that was awesome!" Luffy yelled, having escaped his brother's hold and ran right up to Naruto, "Hey, do you wanna join my crew?"
Naruto looks down at Luffy, "Your crew?"
Luffy nods so fast Naruto was scared his adorable little head was going to fall off. "Yep, I'm gonna be KING OF THE PIRATES.!"
Naruto blinks and hears her voice in her head of a long-forgotten dream that no one ever believed in one that at the end of her life, she didn't want any more. Ace and Sabo rush out of the bushes, ready to defend Luffy of this strange girl with weird powers decided to laugh at his dream "King of the Pirates, huh?" Naruto smiles and ruffles Luffy's hair with her clawed hands "What a beautiful dream."
Luffy's smile gets even brighter, and his eyes start sparkling, "so does that mean you will join?"
Naruto starts to answer but was cut off by Ace swinging a pipe in her face "Wait a minute what the hell are you? How did you make that house appear out of no were?"
"Did you eat a devil fruit?" Sabo asks
Naruto shoots a glare at Ace laced with a hint of her killing intent, and Ace paled and backed away in fear but still put himself in front of his brothers. Overprotective little bastard. "Sabo, because you asked politely," Naruto turns her glare to Ace again, who flinches but doesn't remove the pipe from her face. "No, I did not eat a devil fruit; I don't even know what that is care to explain?"
Luffy jumped from behind Ace and pulled his cheeks, stretching them to an impossibly far length. "I ate a devil fruit the Gomu gomu no mi I'm a rubber man."
Naruto's eyes widen, "May I?" She asks, motioning to his skin Luffy nods and holds out his arm. Naruto pinches his skin carefully of her claws and pulls, "Oh my, you are a rubber man after all. Can you stretch every part of your body?"
Luffy nods his head and proceeds to show off all of the ways he can stretch himself, including blowing himself up into a ball, "Yea, isn't it cool!"
NAruto giggles. Luffy is too cute. "Very cool, Luffy. I must say your future girlfriend or wife will be pleased with your body as you get older."
The two older boys freeze as they grasp her implications. Luffy, on the other hand, tilts his head to the side in confusion, "why?"
A wicked smirk was sent to Ace and Sabo. "There are two reasons I can think of right now one pulling on your skin and watching you make shapes with your self could be fun… the other reasonably well, you need to ask your brothers."
Luffy turns his head all the way around without turning his body, so now his head was on backward, and NAruto turned green at the site. That will take some getting used to. "Neh, neh, Ace, what does she mean?"
Ace turns bright red and nearly drops his pipe as he stutters over his words. Naruto smirks, "yes, Ace, please tell him what I meant."
Seeing Ace choke as funny as it was Sabo decided to save him "Luffy when your older you should ask Garp he's an old man so he would know better than we would"
Luffy gets a thoughtful look on his face before nodding, "Ok." Loud growl rings throughout the clearing "I'm Hungry" Luffy wines behind him twin growls came from the others
Naruto shakes her head and pulls up one of her sleeves to reveal what the boys thought was a tattoo but was a storage seal. Naruto sents a small burst of chakra to the seal and, in a puff of smoke, laid the entire contents of Garp's food storage from the ship. Hey, that's what he gets for kidnapping her. "I had planned on stocking my house with this, but I can't leave sone one as cute as you three hungry if I have it to give."
Ace and Sabo Blush "W...who are you calling cute, and where did this food come from?" ACe yells, grabbing some food before Luffy, who had dived in with a shout of cool, eats it all.
Sabo starts eating "seriously though were did this come from, and where was it? you didn't have a bag on you or nothing."
Naruto sits down with the boys and grabs some food for her self as she watches the two black haired boys devour everything. "Sigh yall ask a lot of questions….I am a Ninja" With a pause, Naruto continues "In training" what? It was true she does not have all the skills she used to, and it will take a lot of training to get back up to that point.
The boys pause in there eating and look at her "A Ninja?" they all say.
Naruto nods "I have what is called a bloodline limit that allows me the ability to manipulate wood… plant life. This food was stored in this seal on my wrist that I activated using a little bit of chakra" An evil grin crosses Naruto's lips "I stole the food from Garp's ship."
And that's how Naruto met ASL.
