Chapter 3
Two Months After Departure
Monkey D. Naruto's life was something rather busy from then on. He literally did not have time to be bored. Either if he was training with CP9, on missions or the Marines or just eating and sleeping to shrug off his exhaustion, his schedule was always full.
For starters, his CP9 training didn't stick to laps around the city or pushups. It was as straining physically as it was mentally. Six hours a day he would be sparring against the members, which meant being kicked around like a ragdoll by Kaku, stabbed repeatedly by Kalifa's fingers, hitting Jabra's steel-like skin, trying to keep up with Blueno's speed and wind blade kicks , or, if he was unlucky, he'd spend that time with Lucci.
Rob Lucci was not the leader of CP9 or the first man to have a Doriki of four thousand for nothing. His training was harsh, to say the least. And that came from someone who had been trained by Monkey D. Garp.
The suited man's training regime was composed of starting with several laps around Enie's Lobby, followed by doing pushups with Kalifa sitting on Naruto's back, adding more weights on top of her every day. Next was situps while Kaku attempted to kick the blond's head every time he rose, so he had to do them fast enough to dodge. To end all of that, he had to fight Blueno, Jabra, Kalifa and Kaku at the same time while using weights tied to his legs. Needless to say, he always lost.
Then he was given one hour to eat and relax before his mental training started. Kaku taught him Espionage and Stealth, Blueno taught him Geography and Navigation, Kalifa taught him Assassination and Weapons, and Lucci taught him Battle Tactics and Rokushiki. Of course, each of them helped Naruto with their specializations, but Lucci taught him the mechanisms behind these Ultimate Martial Arts.
When those six hours were over, he still had another hour of pain resistance and endurance teaching from Jabra. Which also meant he got thrashed all over the place.
After that, one hour for dinner, one hour to relax, and lights out. He was pretty beat, and he couldn't remember a time in his life when his body didn't hurt all over.
But he had to admit, all of this hard work was giving results. His ever-increasing muscles and the fact that he had now created two more variations for Soru and learned, though not mastered, Geppo just two months later was something he was really proud of.
Besides all that, every weekend was spent in G5. Smoker taught him about how to lead in the Marines and lots of strategies for battles, while still helping him master a Logia type Fruit.
Tashigi was also there, and even though she tried to spend time with him by teaching him, there wasn't a lot that she could teach, so they just ended up spending their two hours a week together talking about each other's training and hobbies.
He didn't get why she always blushed when he was close, or why she seemed to not be able to say anything for the first half an hour, or even why every time they separated she said she wanted to tell him something, but then just disregarded it as nothing. It was confusing, but he let it be, he had too many things to worry about already.
Five Months After Departure
"Naruto, I know that the morning training is done, but I need to talk to you. Could you have lunch with me?"- the suit-wearing man asked him, making him raise an eyebrow and come closer.
"Sure, but what happened sir? Did I mess up in training? I'm trying my best!"- Naruto quickly asked, making Lucci laugh and wave him off.
"No, no! Your training is going perfectly well. Hell, it's going better than that, and I'm proud of you, but come on, we'll talk it over as we eat. I'm taking you for ramen."
CP9's leader took Naruto to a small restaurant in Enie's Lobby's interior parts, where they both ordered a few bowls of ramen in order to regain strength.
"Now, I've seen that you've mastered Soru completely and have managed to learn Rankyaku. That's great, and now I can finally send you on a mission that you were supposed to go on long ago."- Naruto rose his right eyebrow again. His outfit had slightly changed, and he now wore a white, Marine hooded, open jacket whose hood was always pulled up, making his hair spike down. His shorts remained the same and his tank top was now red.
"Have you ever heard of the Shichibukai?"
"An organization of seven pirates at the service of the World Government in exchange for not being hunted down like dogs, right?"- he responded, dragging a smile to Lucci's face.
"Precisely. Now tell me, would you trust any of these seven individuals?"- the man asked as Naruto shrugged.
"It always depends on the person, but I'd be checking my back around them by default. Frankly, I don't know what the government had in mind when they created such an organization."- he confessed. Lucci gave him a pensive look as he drank a bit out of his glass of wine.
"You have to take a look from their perspective. Seven powerful pirates, not doing much damage and that can be used to attack other powerful pirates in exchange for letting them have small criminal businesses? What a steal?"- he said, Naruto shook his head.
"But how would that help? If you can't even leave them alone for ten seconds without fearing a knife in the back?"- the blond asked, making Lucci smile again in pride.
"You got exactly where I wanted you to get. One of the conditions to become a Shichibukai is to submit to close inspection by a Marine of at least Chief Petty Officer rank every month. A week ago, I received a letter from newly named Commodore Smoker, asking you to go as soon as you were ready. The Shichibukai's locations are included."
"But I'm a mere Seaman Recruit!"- Naruto argued. Lucci handed him a small metal arrow to put on his hooded Marine jacket's left chest.
"Congratulations, you've just been promoted."
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Shichibukai Examination Small Arc (An arc created by me to get a few people into Naruto's crew. I'll try not to make it boring)
"Commodore Smoker, are you sure Naruto-kun is able to impose himself and hold his ground against the Shichibukai?"- Tashigi asked, worry obviously present in her voice as she stood in the Commodore's Strategy room. Smoker laughed with both of his cigars still in his mouth.
" "Naruto-kun"? You really do have a crush on him, don't you?"- he replied making the woman blush.
"Please, sir! I'm serious!"
"Jeez, Tashigi, it's Naruto who we're talking about here. Sure, he's young, but he learned something like Soru in two weeks! Lucci told me he's learned Geppo and Rankyaku as well. Besides, so far, every time I went to check on those seven, everything went well! There's no reason to think something will go wrong now."
"I hope you're right, sir. I really do."- her head stayed down,, and Smoker decided to try something else.
"Listen, I'll make you a deal. If you stop worrying and focus on our current mission, I promise I'll get you a date with him as soon as he comes back."- he suggested making her blush again.
"You can't do that, sir."- she replied. Smoker laughed.
"I'm his boss. I can make him do the Funky Chicken if I feel like it."
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Naruto's POV
Monkey D. Naruto sneezed as he made the small jetboat turn slightly. He wasn't cold, so he just disregarded it as someone talking about him.
He was currently headed for Amazon Lily, and although small, the vehicle was sure to arrive in the next couple of minutes.
Boa Hancock was the first Shichibukai on his list, and definitely one of the most fearsome. He wasn't nervous about talking to "The Viper" whose beauty was said to be legendary, that was for sure. However, he was nervous about the special assignment Lucci had left on the letter handed to the blond.
Since this is going to take a whole week, neither the CP9 nor the G5 can train you. That doesn't mean you can slack off. I want you to challenge every single one of the Shichibukai for an all-out spar. Smoker has already agreed to this. He thinks it'll give you a taste of how strong a realy pirate is. I do not expect you to win in any of these spars since they are all rather capable fighters, but if you do manage to beat any of them, I, Kalifa, Blueno, Kaku and Jabra have a gift for you. Anyway, Good Luck. Lucci.
He didn't have time to research Boa Hancock before leaving, but if she was in the Shichibukai and the Empress of the Kuja, she was no normal woman.
The little boat finally stuck land, and Naruto quickly made an iron stake out of his hand, made a knot around it, tying the rope to the boat and pinning it to the shore, sitcking the stake deep in the sand.
The only female Shichibukai had been warned of his coming by Smoker himself, and had sent two to escort him through tropical forest, down the valley and into the city.
The Kuja were all women, Naruto knew that much, so he didn't find it strange that two women holding a sword and one holding a bow made out of a snake came out of the trees surrounding the beach to meet him, even though they were both amazingly pretty, one being blond and the other ginger brown-haired, and even though the ginger one was twice his own size.
He did find weird how they were eyeing him curiously. Then he remembered what Smoker had told him.
"I've always settled things with Boa Hancock in different locations. This is the first time she let a man into Amazon Lily. After she knew Monkey D. Naruto was coming, she insisted for you to come into the island for whatever reason. The other Kuja women aside her and her sisters normally have never seen a man."
"My name is Monkey D. Naruto, I'm the one the Marines sent. It's a pleasure to meet you two."- he greeted them, making both of their curious faces blush as they examined him closely. The tallest one spoke.
"My name is Aphelandra."
"My name is Marguerite. We were sent to escort you. Follow us, please."
…...
Although he was supposed to be following them, they were the ones who stayed behind, trying to take a good look at every single inch of his body, signaling when to go to the right or left.
The path wasn't too dangerous, except for the occasional snake. Of course, one gesture from one of the Kuja was all it took to keep those beings at bay, but when giant boar came, that was another matter.
Of course, it wasn't a dangerous matter, since Naruto quickly knocked them out or killed them with blades or fists that he created out of the metal in the soil and threw at them, much to the women's interest. They probably considered men to be useless beings.
"He's a Gorgon too...the first Gorgon man..."- they whispered, though Naruto didn't really get what that was supposed to mean.
The trip didn't take long and soon enough they were walking through the village/city's doors. Ninety percent of the women that they saw on the street would run over, poking Naruto, like curious children in zoos.
"He's a man. Boa Hancock has requested his presence here, let him be."- Marguerite said, and the women gave him his personal space, though still watching him closely.
Suddenly a whistle was heard as an arrow came flying at Naruto, pointed edge flashing and ready to draw out blood.
"KIKYO, DON'T!"- Aphelandra warned, but it was too late. The arrow hit Naruto's raised left arm and exploded.
Surprisingly, though, no cry of pain or bits of human flew, and as the explosion's smoke cloud dissipated, it was visible that Naruto was still there, his left side together with his left arm all steel-gray.
"Kikyo, he's the first Gorgon man! He can make steel!"- Marguerite followed, shocking the woman who just dropped her snake bow.
If the women were interested in him before, now they just formed a human sea around him, touching him all over. Aphelandra and Marguerite looked at him embarrassedly, since they were supposed to protect him. He looked at them with disconfort in his eyes.
"Please, take me to Boa Hancock as soon as possible."- he begged, and they nodded, quickly jogging away and leading him to the palace.
As they reached the palace's entrance, the two guards stopped and shook their heads when Naruto asked them to lead him.
"We're not going further. Take the corridor at the left and it's the last room. Good luck, man."
The blond wondered as to why they wished him luck, but quickly disregarded it as he spotted Boa's room. This was it. One of the Shichibukai was just a few metres away, and he was feeling nervous. But he ultimately decided that talking with the most beautiful woman in the world was better than returning as a coward and having the shit kicked out of him by both Lucci and Smoker.
He turned the door knobs of the double doors and pushed them open to see a sight that any man in the planet would kill to have.
Boa Hancock, the Gorgon Empress and one of the Shichibukai sat naked on a chair facing the door.
Her curvy, luscious body, her fair, creamy skin, her perky, big breasts combined with her facial expression of outrage were enough for Naruto to realize he had screwed up big time.
"Maybe I should leave..."- he suggested before turning around and watching the double doors slam closed, gigantic snakes on them and threatening whoever tried to leave.
"Ok, maybe not...Do you want me to turn around and close my eyes as you dress, Miss?"- he asked, keeping a straight face. She let out a frustrated sigh that Naruto did not understand and waved him off.
"No need. You've already seen me naked anyway."- she replied with a sweet voice, throwing on a light red dress as a snake helped her put it on before walking up to Naruto and extending a hand that he kissed.
But upon contact, she felt something different than anything else she had felt from a man. It was as if he was different, as if he had something others didn't have, as if he was not from this world. She snapped out of her trance when he cleared his throat and formally introduced himself.
"Chief Petty Officer Monkey D. Naruto as requested. I don't want to break your people's rules for too long, so if you'd like to start..."- he said, making her blink her eyes in surprise before gesturing with her hands. The snakes backed off, allowing the doors to open.
"You've done your homework on my people's traditions, huh?"- she asked, leading him out of the room. He shrugged and smiled.
"Well, I don't really remember where I'm from, but I'm sure someone there told me that when in Rome, do as the Romans do. It's polite, I guess."- the blond responded, surprising her again. Normally, whatever Marines were sent were either amazingly vulgar and blunt or simply formal like Smoker.
"I see. You seem to be a cut above the normal grunts that your kind sends. Why did you choose to be a Marine? Also, where do you want me to take you?"- she asked. She was trying hard to keep her superior posture. She was a Shichibukai and an Empress after all, but it was difficult, for the boy was different than any other man she knew. He wasn't repulsive.
"Just give me a tour around the city, really. I decided to become a Marine because there was nothing else I could really do aside becoming a pirate. And I thought that using my combat skills for the greater good would be beter than to use them to pillage and rape. I detest both."- they walked out of the palace, immediately being surrounded by women. The Kuja were smart enough to give Hancock her personals pace, but still stood close.
"Your logic is flawed. Fighting for the Greater Good with a bunch of old men that believe in Absolute Justice and a bunch of young men thinking that the only way to be manly is firing firearms, drinking beer and having sexual intercourse with women? Even the women that do manage to join your organization end up having inferiority complexes. You try to change the world with a group of corrupts, idiots and weaklings."- was her response as they walked towards the market.
"Well, I guess our philosophy is different even though I do agree you in some ways. That's why I'm in the Marines. I'm going to change things. Besides, I'm not even going to have regular Marines in my crew. I'm going to get just a few people that I can trust. I know you're a Shichibukai and someone with a lot more experience than I, but you should know that generalization is common to ignorants or traumatic people."
This shook her more than a straight punch while using Soru ever could. Someone, a man at that, contested her opinion? Someone dared oppose her, even if in ideology? She shrugged it off, trying to act as if nothing happened as to not show weakness, even though she was in revolt deep within her.
"It doesn't matter if a person is a man or a woman, it doesn't matter if they're black or white, weak or strong or what Devil Fruit they use if they use one at all. What matters is what they choose to do with the gift of life. Sure, there are some assholes, but there are also people that are worthwhile. I try to be one of those."- he finished, and suddenly, she felt it again. The same thing she had felt when he kissed her hand hit her, only this time stronger. He was certainly no common person.
"Alright, then tell me something else. What is your definition of a man? I'm dying to know."- she asked, making him blink in surprise but quickly shrug.
"A man, at least in my dictionary, is someone who takes responsibility for his actions. Someone who follows a set of rules. Someone who struggles to achieve his goals the right way. Someone who protects what's dear to him in any possible way. You don't need to hold a firearm, drink beer or conquer the hearts of thousands of women for that. You only need to be right. To act right."
From that point on, Boa Hancock did not even notice where she was guiding him or what they were talking about. Anything that he said, she just drank down. She wasn't completely engulfed in him, but she was definitely interested. She had never met a man like him.
Naruto noticed she seemed a little off, and took that opportunity to analyze and process ever piece of information he got from the scenery, trying to spot any sign of criminal activity. Fortunately, he was unsuccessful.
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Two Hours Later
Everything was done and said. Naruto had inspected every nook and cranny, although discretely, and found nothing. The women had followed them throughout that time, even though he and Boa Hancock only conversed with each other.
"Alright, my duties are done. It was a pleasure speaking with you, your Highness, and I hope I have broadened your horizons on my gender, even if just a bit. Now, I must go."- he declared, noticing a small hint of disappointment and sadness on her face.
"But, before I leave your island, my training requires something else. Fighting for the Greater Good isn't something you can do just like that. You need strength to back it up. I won't be able to do it all by myself, and I won't attract any crewmates if I'm weak. So, as a means to test my strength and develop it at the same time, I was told to challenge you and every other Shichibukai to a spar. It ends when one of us has a certified killing blow on the other. What do you say?"
The women around them gasped, looking at him as if he was a mad man.
"He...he challenged the Empress..."
"He's mad! All men are mad! Boa Hancock is the most beautiful of them all!"
Naruto did hear all of the observations made by the Kuja, but his brain quickly slapped them aside as it worked overtime. He had done it. He had challenged a Shichibukai and now he was going to feel a world of pain.
Boa Hancock seemed shocked again. No man would ever fight her. She was too beautiful. All they challenged her for was a couple of crappy dates. But as her own brain worked overtime, she ultimately decided to accept, since she probably wouldn't have such an opportunity in the near future.
"Alright. I, Boa Hancock, Empress of Amazon Lily and the Kuja, accept your challenge. Follow me to the Battle Ring. But I do hope you know what you're doing."- she replied, as Naruto silently gulped.
I hope so too. He thought to himself. The woman led him to a wide area that was limited by a red fence with stands around, making the Battle Ring. They entered the arena, leaving the women out, who quickly but surely filled the stands.
"I'm ready."- Boa declared, standing on one leg like a flamingo. Naruto nodded and got himself ready.
He pulled his jacket's white leather hood back, revealing his flashy blond hair, which immediately spiked up despite being held down for most of the day. After a moment's thought, he took the jacket off as a whole, followed by the thank top. God, Amazon Lily was hot.
When he was finally just wearing his white sneakers and shorts, he gave himself an approving nod.
"I'm ready too. Please don't go easy on me."
He went at her with his normal speed, trying to evaluate just how strong she was. When he was reasonably close, he threw a weak left punch that was easily, almost playfully dodged by the Empress, as she sidestepped and retributed with a left knee that went at impressive high speeds and strength.
Naruto managed to turn his midsection into steel before it hit him, but even then, it hurt enough to take the breath out of him and send him sliding through the floor, still standing, until he stopped at the edge of the Ring.
"Gorgon man is strong, but there is no fighting against the Empress. She's the most beautiful being in the world."- one of the Kuja proclaimed behind him. He shrugged.
"There's a first time for everything."
Ok, so now I know she's as strong as the Hulk, fast and graceful as a crane and ruthless in punishing as Lucci. To beat her, I can't give her the time to dodge. He thought to himself. Hancock sighed.
"Monkey D. Naruto, you speak of a better world and changing how things work yet this is your best? I know it isnt! Prove to me why you're right and we're wrong. Show me why I should follow you! Show me that not all men are adulterate swines! I demand it! Or I shall EXECUTE you!"
Shouts of approval came from the Kuja as Naruto sweatdropped. That was no idle threat. But oh well, I'm done analyzing her, might as well just go all out. He thought to himself as the air shifted and spilled around his body.
"Fine. But you asked for it. I'm not going to hold back. SORU!"- he responded, vanishing from sight, dragging a few gasps out of the Kuja women and surprising Boa herself.
His Soru was now mastered and well matured, which meant he was invisible to anyone but Boa Hancock herself, who also had a whole lot of trouble spotting him.
But if he wanted to survive, he knew he couldn't have her being full aware of anything during the fight. His Devil Fruit's versatility and unpredictability were what made it so dangerous, and he was going to have those characteristics in any other of his combat traits.
He kept zigzagging, appearing in different places or completely disappearing for short moments of time.
It came to a time when he simply ran around her in one constant circle, creating a huge tornado of dust, setting himself up for the big hit.
"I don't like to be kept waiting."- the Empress declared. Naruto smirked.
"Suit yourself."
Out of nowhere, he appeared below her in a handstand, both legs flexed and pointing at her chin. Her eyes widened as he pushed off the floor with impressive speed and strength, his legs already kicking.
The Empress managed to block the attack, but it was too much force to simply be absorbed like that by someone who wasn't used to getting hit.
She flew up, seeing Naruto smirking and knowing what was to come.
"Geppo."
He vanished and appeared high up in the air, right beside her. She tried a straight right punch, but he wasn't there anymore. A small cloud appeared as he...as he stepped on the air and jumped over her, grabbing the back of her dress and pulling her over him, throwing her to the ground at high speeds.
However, Boa Hancock's trained legs were more than enough to absorb the impact like a spring and then jump directly at the falling blond, loading her right tornado kick.
The boy chuckled as he jumped on air again, letting the woman sail right below him, flipping in the air and ending with a right tornado kick to the air that made the Kuja question if he was seeing right. However, their doubts were completely erased as a blue blade was created at the end of the kick.
"RANKYAKU!"
"BOA-SAMA, BEHIND YOU!"- one of the Kuja screeched.
The Empress turned around, but it was too late. She managed to land, but the small wind blade immediately connected with her raised fists, exploding on contact.
The Kuja shouted screams of anger and worry as the cloud of smoke offuscated their sight, not letting them check if their leader was still alive.
Naruto landed, immediately falling on his left knee, taking deep breaths. He had used not one, not two, but three Rokushiki techniques in a quick succession, without a pause, and two of them he hadn't even mastered yet.
Needless to say, he just wanted to go to sleep.
Meanwhile, the smoke cloud dissipated to show a roughed up, yet unharmed Boa Hancock kneeling and looking at him. She had a weird expression on her face that she tried to hide.
"You're not hurt. Of course, of course you're not hurt. You're a Shichibukai, what was I thinking?"
"I'm the Empress of the Kuja for a reason, and I'm going to show you that now!"- she formed her right hand into a pistol, pointing with her index finger.
"Mero mero no Pistol Kiss!"- she blew a kiss that morphed into a heart-pointed arrow which she shot with her index finger.
"I don't think you've got it."- Naruto commented as the arrow flew, directed to his heart. However, when it struck, it broke into two and fell to the floor. Hancock narrowed her eyes and shot another, and another, and soon enough she was barraging him with the heart-shaped arrows, but all met the same fate. All broke and fell.
"I take it you're using Haki, right? Well, you need to improve your usage. Not that it matters. I'll have you know that I've become indestructible."- Naruto assured her. She narrowed her eyes.
"When both of my mentors said I was going to be fighting people way stronger than you in the future, people that could kill any of my friends with a single wave of a hand, I figured, I needed a lot of tricks up my sleeve to prevent that from happening. This is just one of them."
The air around him shifted again as he stood up. The Kuja seemed curious, and the Empress herself had a strange facial expression as he jumped and flipped in the air.
He landed with his legs spread wide apart. A single chainsaw chainblade went down the middle of all of both of his legs' length.
He rose his left leg in a Muay Thai stance, and his left leg's chain started spinning. He created a bar of metal out of thin air and kicked it with his left leg, effortlessly slicing it in half as a warning.
"So you're finally going all-out?"- the Empress asked. Naruto calmed his breathing and gave her a grin.
"You wanted it. Here I come."
The Empress couldn't believe it as Naruto's chainsaw blades spun, propelling him forward. He looked like a completely different person. His facial expression was maniacal, as if all he wanted at that moment was to see blood.
She wasn't sure what to think of it, but ultimately decided she liked it. Any great leader needed a dark, vicious side.
He jumped in the air, trying to give her a flying roundhouse to the neck, which she ducked under, giving a straight punch up, but he wasn't there anymore.
"SORU: MARUNOKO (Shave: Circular Saw)"- he proclaimed as his body spun like a buzzsaw through the air, away. He looked like a small flying saucer before landing on all-fours.
"SORU: GYAROPPU (Shave: Gallop)"- followed as he vanished, appearing in several different places as he galloped like a horse, heading for the Empress.
Boa Hancock had a hard time fighting him as he reached her. She couldn't touch him since his chainsaw blades kept threatening her beautiful skin, and couldn't block for the same reason. He was using a leg-only martial art, maximizing his power's effectiveness.
She had to admit, he was good. The ever increasing number of small cuts on her arms and legs were proof of it, since no one had ever even gotten close to harm her before. But it was time to end it.
She ducked under another kick, trapped his left leg between her arm and side, lifted him up and slammed him into the ground, stomping his chest and keeping him in place with her left foot.
"Your only mistake was getting rid of your tank top. My high heels have Sea-Stone in them, which, as you know, weakens and cancels the powers of Devil Fruit users. Now, it's over."- she rose both her hands and made a heart shape with them, pointing it directly at Naruto's forehead.
"Mero Mero no Mellow!"- a pink beam came out of her heart shape, connecting with Naruto's cranium as the Kuja all shouted in glee. Their leader, although hurt, remained undefeated.
But nothing happened. Naruto stared at Boa Hancock curiously.
"Mero Mero no Mellow!"- she repeated, shooting yet another beam that definitely connected with the blond, but the result was the same. She tried and tried again but nothing happened.
"The Gorgon man is immune to the Empress's charm!"- one of the Kuja suggested. Hancock shook her head.
"NO! NO ONE CAN RESIST MY CHARM. I AM THE MOST BEAUTIFUL BEING ON EARTH."- she contested.
"Mero Mero no mi, right? It gives you the power to turn anyone who has lustfilled thoughts into stone, correct? I read about it somewhere. It doesn't work on me."
"Shut up! Of course it works! You're a man! And like all men, you're a pig! I'm just not using it right!"- she said, but deep down, she knew she was wrong. The fruit was being used the way it should, there was another reason as to why it didn't work.
"I've said this and I'll say it again, generalizing is stupid and wrong, and you're none of those. I do have lustfull feelings towards you. It's hard not to when you're not wearing underwear and standing right above me wearing a dress. But that's not what matters. I consider you as a person, not as some sexual object."- he managed to sit up, still looking her in the eye and taking her left hand.
"DO YOU NOT WANT TO HAVE YOUR WAY WITH ME?"
"You can have your Kairoseki-covered high heels striking me right now, but it does not change that I'm an Iron human. Everything about me is Iron. My will is too. I came here to make myself stronger, not to see the beautiful women. And that is why your Mero Mero no Mi doesn't work. My goals are to divide and conquer. To draw out blood, to harm and destroy. Not to love. I'm sorry."
He stood up as her face turned to one of pure shock. He had rejected her. Someone, a man, had rejected her. It was outrageous! She'd have him executed! But at the same time, she felt something else. Was it appreciation? Was it enthusiasm? Was it...passion?
That was it! It was passion! She was in love! She was in love with the man that just a few seconds ago was trying to cut her up into ribbons.
"None-the-less, I accept defeat. You'd have won anyway. Thank you for the magnificent spar. I've learned so much and-"
He did not have the chance to finish his sentence as she pulled him into a deep kiss. Her lips were moist, soft and tasted like cherry. As she kissed him, he felt something strange. As if he could accomplish anything. As if he was a God amongst men!
They cut off the kiss a few seconds later, both blushing, though Hancock more than Naruto. He was dumbfounded. And then he remembered that the Kuja were still there. They were all silent, every single one of their faces stuck in stupid shock.
It struck him. He had kissed a Shichibukai, one of the most powerful people in the world. A Kuja Empress no less and a woman that all men would kill for. And there was no doubt someone was going to try. What a big fat mess!
One of the Kuja's traditions were that as soon as they had kissed a man, a bond was made. A vow was created, and it was as strong as marriage. They were pretty much engaged. Naruto blinked as he realized just what he had done when he kissed her back.
Oh boy...
(And that was chapter 3, my friends. I hope you all enjoy it as it took me a long time to write it. More chapters will come soon, following the Shichibukai Examination Small Arc, and I promise you'll get to know more about Boa Hancock and Naruto's relationship. If you are still wondering just what the hell was that Chainsaw Blade thing, just google image Giriko. After just a bit of scrolling, you'll get what I mean. Anyway, as always Favorite/Follow and subscribe and if you have any doubts or questions, just PM or Review. Thank you and see you next time!)