Kye kye - hello all of my fanfiction lovelies here is chapter number seven. Short time skip here, but I will be doing flashbacks down the line to let you all know what Sabo and Naruto were up to with Dragon.

It took two months before Dragon deemed it safe enough to go back, and Naruto was quite the frustrated little fox. Almost two weeks after they left, Naruto felt the burning need to kill something. The feeling was so strong that Dragon had no choice but to dock the ship. They stayed on that Island for two days before the feeling faded. When Naruto returned to the boat, she was covered in blood, and no one had enough balls to ask any questions. The reality was Naruto had just gone on a significant hunting spree and hadn't hurt anyone, but no one had asked, so they were left to there own imaginations.

When they arrived on the Island, they saw that grey terminal was back in full swing. It took no time at all for the nobles to start throwing their trash back there. People had returned as well. Much less than before, but still there was life in the stink pile.

Dragon Sabo and Naruto Made their way through the pile of garbage and into the forest. Naruto could tell that Dragon was nervous; this would be his first time seeing Luffy since he was a newborn. It didn't take long before they reached Dadan's hut. Naruto knocked on the door; it didn't take long before Dadan in all her hulk glory opened the door.

The orange-haired woman's mouth dropped open, and tears started pouring out of her eyes as she snatched up Sabo and Naruto into her arms. "You are alive! How? Why? Who cares ACE LUFFY GET DOWN HERE THEY ARE ALIVE!"

Sabo and Naruto were shoved into the house with Dragon following silently behind them. Ace and Luffy were then seen from the top of the steps. The two black haired boys' eyes widen in surprise before Luffy Rocketed to the two blonds wrapping rubbery limbs around them multiple times.

Ace, in a rare show of emotion, tackled the two blonds along with Luffy. Neither Sabo nor Naruto could hold it back any longer, and they burst into tears as well, leaving a pile of crying children, A hut of crying bandits, and an awkward Revolutionary.

After everyone finally got themselves under control, it was time for explanations. "Okay, How are you brats alive?" Dadan asks lighting up her cigarette

Naruto wrinkles her nose at the smell but turns to Sabo, "I told you they thought you were dead."

Sabo bobs Naruto on the head. "Shut up; they thought you were dead too."

Naruto blinks and tilts her head to the side in confusion "Did you think I was dead?" At the various nods, she frowns, "But why?"

Ace narrows his eyes "You left a note on your house saying you were going to grey terminal. You didn't come back. We thought you had died in the fire."

Naruto's eyes narrow "Did none of you see the giant wave of water that put out the fire? Water doesn't do that by its self people!" At the silence, Naruto faces palms and sighs "well, that's how I am alive, sorry it wasn't more exciting."

One of the bandits who look like a mouse with whiskers on his face steps forward to speak. While Naruto's whiskers were cute and looked cute on her, his were ugly and stuck up off his face and made him look even more mousey.

We got off topic again. Anywho the ugly mouse man walked forward, "I saw Sabo's boat. How did you survive that?"

Sabo smiles and touches the burn scar on his face "I almost didn't Naruto saved me."

All eyes turn to the only female in the room...Dadan doesn't count. Naruto sighs. "I saw them shoot his boat, and I tried to get to him, but I wasn't fast enough. Sabo's boat exploded. I was enraged, and I don't remember what happened next, but I could hear Sabo's heartbeat, so I went into the water he was on a piece of wood I grabbed him and went back to shore where we found Luffy's dad who had his medics heal Sabo."

"Why did it take you so long to come back?" Ace asks

Naruto holds up two fingers. "Two reasons. First, Sabo needed time to heal, and coming back to soon would have aggravated his injuries. Second to many Marines."

Sabo links arms with Ace, "we are here now, Ace, that's what matters." Ace turns away with a blush and a huff, but it didn't hide the small smile on his face.

Luffy, who had been silent this whole time, crawls into Naruto's lap. "I'm just happy you are both alive. I promise to become stronger and stronger still so I won't ever lose anyone again. Promise me, Naruto, that you won't ever die. You to Sabo."

Naruto freezes and gives Luffy a small, sad smile, "Luffy, I can't make that promise." At Luffy's pout, Naruto continues, "People die all the time, Luffy Its a part of life everyone has to die at some point."

Luffy's eyes start to water, "But I don't want any of you to die."

Naruto smiles again. "How about this I promise to do everything in my power to live till I'm old a grey. Or at the very least till we all accomplish our dreams that way when It happens, I will have lived with no regrets."

Luffy stairs into Naruto's eyes before his megawatt smile stretches over his face. "Okay, But I'm still going to protect you."

Naruto giggles and places a soft kiss on Luffy's forehead, "whatever you say, captain."

The effects were immediate Sabo and Ace were in her face "I thought you would be with me!"

Naruto smirks at them. "Sorry, boys, Luffy asked first. First come first serve!"

"NO Fair!" The pout on the older boy's face was so cute that Naruto couldn't resist; she leaned over to them and placed a kiss on both of there foreheads the same as with Luffy.

They both turned a bright red, and you could see the steam coming out of there ears, "You are all so cute!"

"WE ARE NOT CUTE!" The Boys yell

Naruto laughs, "Okay, okay handsome then." a hidden cough brings Naruto's attention to Dragon, who was still standing awkwardly in the corner. "Oh, I almost forgot," Naruto grabs Luffy's hand and Places him in front of Dragon "Luffy, I want you to say Hi to your dad."

Luffy stares blankly at Dragon. "Dad? I Have a dad?"

Naruto could hear the shattering of Dragon's heart at those words. Dragon, on the other hand, quickly found himself in a very familiar position dogging a pipe to the head being swung around by a 10-year-old boy. Only Ace was silent in his vicious attacks.

Dragon finally had enough and caught the pipe that was aimed for his family jewels. "Look, I know I probably should have put a little more thought with who I had left Luffy with."

"Ya Think?" Was the unanimous reply

"But Garp is the only blood relative I had, and I wanted Luffy to grow up safe with family. And yes, Garp is an Idiot Crazy Loudmouth Jerk but..."

"LOUDMOUTH CRAZY IDIOT AM I?"

Everyone in the hut minus Naruto, of course, went ghostly white. Why didn't Naruto pale, you may ask? The answer is simple Naruto had gotten the Hell out of dodge, and in her place was an innocent log. Naruto was smart, and there was no way she was going to be apart of that family reunion nope, not this fox.

The next morning while she was drinking her morning tea Naruto had thunderous pounding on her door. Naruto opened the door to see four furious faces, all with various bruises. Dragon stormed into her house with a limp Luffy and Sabo under his arms and Ace trails behind them.

"You left us, how could you do that? I thought we were all in this together. " Dragon mutters plopping down on the floor.

Naruto calmly sips her tea "Did I say that? I was with the understanding that when it comes to Garp, it is every man for himself."

Naruto doesn't see the evil grins over the males' faces if she had she would have been more on guard. A lass when she found herself tied up and thrown over Dragon's shoulder, she was surprised. And before she knew it, Naruto found her self sitting on the ground in front of Garp.

Garp kneels to look Naruto In the eye. "You thought you could get away from me, did you?"

No one saw her do it, and no one understood how she did it, but Naruto was free from her bindings. "Get away from you? Why would I do that?" Putting on her most Innocent face Naruto wraps her small arms around Garp's head and pulls him into a tight hug.

Garp wasn't expecting it, but seeing as he didn't get many hugs, he quickly returned the embrace with a booming laugh. "That's my adorable granddaughter!"

The others all had there jaws touching the floor as they watched Naruto sweet talk Garp into leaving with a week's worth of rice crackers and a soft pat on the head. As soon as Garp was out of site, Naruto smirks at the gobsmacked expressions on everyone's faces, "And that gentlemen is how it is done."

After the initial shock wore off, Luffy flung his little bruised body into Naruto's arms "How did you get Ji-chan to stop?!"

Naruto shrugs, "Simple; I am a little girl that he cares for, so Naturally, I can use that to make him go easy on me. I cant use it every time, or it might wear not work when I really need it to." Naruto smirks, "It also helps that Garp is a bit sexist."

Else were Sengoku was ready to pull his hair out two months ago, a celestial dragon was killed. Naturally, this caused a great deal of rage, and it should have been an easy thing to take care of, but it wasn't. If it had been a human who had done it, but no, it was a fox and not any for a fox spirit.

It had shown up and disappeared in a puff of smoke. It destroyed the ship and killed everyone on it with a single swipe of one of its tails. It had let out a warning growl to the rest of the nobles who witnessed it and just vanished.

The entire city had been put on lockdown, and he was forced to send out various marines to ensure the nobles' safety. He had no idea what they thought the marines could do against a spirit of all things. Marines had combed through the island sone even went into the ocean but no sign of the fox was found. A buster call was suggested but turned down because they didn't know what it is they were after precisely.

To top it all off was Garp. The large man seemed to have aged significantly overnight. Sengoku could not blame him; the man had lost not one but two grandchildren. The details surrounding the deaths of Garp's grandchildren were vague. Garp only mentioned the fire and not having even a body to bury, before breaking down. It was heartbreaking to see someone like Garp like that. It was something Sengoku never wanted to see again and would do whatever he could to prevent it from happening. Looking at Garp, Sengoku knew that he wouldn't survive it again.

The two months later, Garp crashed his way into Sengoku's office and picked the man up in a crushing hug. Garp was screaming about a miracle. Sengoku had finally gotten Garp to settle down after three hours and got him to explain that his grandchildren had survived the fire and returned home. Garp was glowing and couldn't stop himself from showing a picture of him with three small boys in his face. The boys looked terrified and appeared to be running from Garp, who had a fist raised above the boy's head. The bandages wrapped around the blond one showed Sengoku, which of the boys Garp had nearly lost. Garp then showed another picture of him with a little blond-red haired little girl sitting on his shoulders, hugging Garp's head to her chest and smiling widely.

Sengoku knew better than to ask questions about Garp's grandchildren, for as much as the man bragged about them, he was hush-hush on the details. It made since Garp had a lot of enemies, and the walls have ears.

Once Garp finishes gushing over his admittedly adorable grandchildren, he gave his report. They had dismissed the Marines from the Island a few weeks ago, and he Had sent Garp to do a final round. Naturally, other than finding his grandchildren alive, there was nothing to report. Sengoku rubbed his temples. The Celestial Dragons were not going to be pleased, but they will have to accept that there is little to be done when it comes to spirits.

Kye Kye - that's that folks I got a request to write longer chapters, and I tried I really did. But as many of you know, when you reach a certain point, you have to stop. I will attempt to make longer chapters, but do not quote me on that. I hope I didn't have you all waiting too long review and tell me what you think