Hello! I know I said last chapter that I would have much longer chapters, but with my real life picking up speed I have decided to keep to an average 2,000 words which I can usually get typed in one typing session. This will allow me to make a more constant update speed. I also wanted to apologize as I had forgotten to have edited my 1st chapter, I don't guarantee perfect writing but hopefully my work will never be as bad as my last chapter was . The 1st chapter was updated to remove most of the errors.
We find Naruto and the inside a square cave lined with metal. Naruto sitting cross legged on his bottom as Franky stands across from him with Brook hovering over his shoulder. Naruto's body is now wrapped tightly by white bandages leaving only his now tanned face and black hair uncovered. He is still wearing his tan cargo shorts but now they are noticeably small on him, his body having grown from 4 ft to a tall 4 ft 5 in.
"So your telling me that your a millennium old robot that is modeled after a cyborg named Franky. Who also happened to be Brook-sans old pirate crew mate?" Naruto asked as he scratched the back of his head after the two had given a brief introduction.
"That is correct Naruto-san, I was created after Brook here was hidden away to await someone capable of inheriting the ideals of the straw hats. My creator also made with a copy of all of his memories as a form of legacy for my creator since his multiple robotic augmentations rendered him sterile. In honor of him I still designate myself Franky and emulate his behavior the best I can from the memories he left me." Franky informed Naruto, as he folded his Grey arms over his chest and awaited Naruto's response.
"THATS SO COOL FRANKY-SAN!" Naruto yelled as jumped to his feet with a grin on his face and gave him a thumbs up. Silence filled the room as they stood stock still, until Franky turned to the skull next to him with a sweat drop on the side of his head.
"I think we should of left out Luffy-kun's DNA from the mixture Brook." He said as the skull just laughed.
"Ano, but what was in that drink that made me look like this any ways?" He asked as he brought his arms behind his head, only to receive a shocked look from Franky as the robot turned to the still laughing skull.
"YOU DIDN'T TELL HIM WHAT THE LUQUID DID YOU SCATTERBRAINED SUP IDIOT." The robot yelled as it shook its hand at the skull.
"But I don't have a brain ... YOHOHO sku... BANG!" The skull started only to be silenced as the robot brought its fist down on the skull embedding it into the metal floor. Turning to the now nervous child as the child watched a giant white bump appear poking out of the skulls Afro, he asked him a question.
"So you really don't know?" Receiving a negative shake of the head. Sighing out loud the robot sat down with a thud as he began to rub his chin in thought. "To really understand I must inform you of greatest mistake ever made by the straw hat pirate crew ever." He informed the raven haired teen.
"Eh? What could you guys have possibly done?" Naruto asked incredulously as he sat down and leaned forward his hands on his knees.
"We brought an apocalypse upon our world." Franky answered as he looked down to the ground, his face becoming covered by shadows.
"NANI!" Naruto yelled as his mouth hung open in shock.
"It was my creator's captain's goal to right the wrongs of the world as king of the pirates. But months went by after achieving his goal of becoming king, but peace seemed impossible. The world was too big, too many islands, too much distance between them. And so my creator and the ships doctor banded together to create a genetically modified devil fruit, which would be able to unify the land masses of the world. They called it the shinju seed." Franky explained somberly as he looked up at the ceiling in thought.
(Flashback)
"Are you certain this will work Chopper, Franky?" A green haired man asked towards a yellow colored snail with a speaker attached to its shell.
"Yes Zoro, the seed should be strong enough to do what is necessary." A high pitched voice answered as it came through the speakers.
"Alright then." Zoro answered as he placed the seed into the ground and stood back after covering it in dirt.
"Quickly now" The voice said as a black haired man with a straw hat approached the buried seed. Drawing a knife, the man sliced his palm open and tilted his hand, the blood running into the ground.
(Flashback end)
"The island they were on became the epicenter of a tree the spanned the entire world. The seed grew into a tree that the grew through the oceans and bound the lands into one giant land mass, except for a few exceptions. Chaos rained as the people fought for the limited resources left in the wake of the massive shift. Most of our technology was lost during those short few years. At the time another problem was just becoming revealed as it turned out the devil fruits would not reappear once the user had died. Most of the crew had all but given up on Luffy-kun's dream." Franky explained as Brook floated behind him with a sad frown on its face.
"So what you did you and the others do Brook-san?" Naruto asked the skull with baited breath as he was enraptured by the tale.
"Luffy-kun agreed that peace was futile in our time so with the help of the entire crew he created that chest." The skull said as it nodded towards the chest lying against the wall.
"His exact words were "If I can't be the one to do it, I sure as hell, will help the one who will."" The skull said fondly with its smooth voice.
"And that's where the vial comes into play. While impossible to transfer devil fruit powers through blood, our doctor rigged his blood to engage the second gear ability that Luffy had upon consumption. Which would allow the body to shift into a malleable state allowing your body to shift to a combination of everyone of the straw hat pirates DNA, except our doctors whose DNA was incapable of being combined with the others." Franky explained as he held up a similar vial to the one that Naruto had consumed except this one contained a light blue colored liquid causing Naruto's eyes to lock onto the vial intently.
"Yes! Quite the brilliant invention YOHOHO!" Brook said as he moved up close to the vial and started to laugh.
"Ano, whats in that one then?" Naruto asked as he pointed towards the blue vial, causing Frankly to grin embarrassed as he placed it in his pocket.
"Ah, that's something for down the road when your a little stronger." He said as he grinned and rubbed the back of his head. "But anyways back to the subject of your modifications. While none of their skills have been passed down, your body's natural potential should be greater then all but the strongest of pedigrees!" He ranted as he finished and grinned at Naruto, only for the grin to slip from his face as he saw a forlorn expression on his face.
"But the one I need to surpass comes from clan so strong that it took 3 villages to defeat and just so happens to have the strongest shinobi in the world teaching her." Naruto said, closing his eyes and squeezing his knees with his hands, causing his knuckles to pop.
"Hmph! So what! You have the blood of the straw hats in you, a crew so strong that they managed to remake the world in their image. Now how about it Naruto, are you willing to train with us to become the strongest man to ever walk the earth?" Franky exclaimed as he hopped to his feet and held out his hand towards the sitting Naruto.
Grabbing Franky's hand, Naruto pulled himself to his feet with a grin as he gave his answer. "YES!"
"YOHOHO, this makes my old heart beat with joy, but wait I don't have a heart, YOHOHO skull joke!" Brook added loudly as he hovered between the two.
(time skip 1 year after beginning of training.)
"20 Pondo no ken! (20 pound fist!)" A now 8 year old Naruto, wearing a bleach white karate outfit and black leather shoes, yelled as he delivered a punch to a training dummy in a snowy field in outside of the cave. As it made contact into the dummy, the dummy seemed to bend into a U shape before flapping back into position as he pulled his fist back and the metal spring holding the dummy in place snapped back into position.
"Good job Naru-chan, it seem that you have master your punches finally now you only have to show me your kick and we might finally move on to some interesting things." Brook called as he hovered near the entrance of the cave.
"Hey remind me again, why can't I start learning some ninjutsu?" Naruto asked as he crossed he arms and started to pout causing Brook to develop a sweat drop.
"Naru-chan don't you remember that we can't use any chakra, so we have to stick with teaching you beginning level tekkai and haiki." Brook called out before he thought 'we have only told you about 50 times.'
"Oh yeah he-he, sorry Brook-sempai!" Naruto called as he faced the dummy once more, his body tensing as his right leg gained a light Grey color sheen. "100 Pondokikku! (100 pound kick!)" He called out as he pushed off of the ground with his haiki infused leg, "HEEYAH" he called out as he rocketed toward the dummy. Connecting with the dummy's head, the dummy seamed to bend until with a metallic CLANG the dummy's spring snapped as it was rocketed back into the ground a small cloud of snow being launched into the air, Naruto landing crouched where the dummy used to stand.
"Bravo Naru-chan, it seems that you have mastered the gist of what a beginner level tekkai and haiki student should know. But remember now that you know the basics it will be your job to master the techniques as your body becomes able to handle the strain." Brook lectured as floated up to the raven haired boy.
"You gotcha Brook-sempai! But why is it that you have had me learn tekkai and haiki isn't usually better to use haiki?"Naruto asked as he seemed to concentrate and a Grey sheen showed on his hand as he held it up.
"Ah yes Naru-chan usually it is better but one of the major flaws of haiki is that it repels all forms of chakra meaning that when you use haiki on your arms that ninjutsu is useless. So learning a smaller version of tekkai, using only the elbow down on yours is the only thing that we have that wont negate any ninjutsu you learn later on. But with the jump kicks that Sanji used that weakness is negated, seeing as chakra is usually only used through the legs when running or when climbing. The only reason you haven't noticed is that we haven't the ability to unlock your chakra points." Brook lectured as he seemed to nod in place as made his various points.
"Wait you guys seem to know a lot about chakra for people without chakra systems." Naruto asked as his face seem to screw up in concentration.
"We told you that a few islands were not grabbed by the shinju, and just so happens that this island has gained chakra and retained knowledge of their fighting style making them as strong as one of the major hidden villages. So naturally, Franky has remained in contact over the years as a way to remain in contact with one of the only other people who have been alive in the era of the pirates." Brook explained as he looked off towards the direction of the sea, his eye sockets seeming to stare in no particular direction. "Maybe you might go there one of these days Naru-chan"
"SO COOL!" Naruto cheered as he pumped his fists into the air.
Thank you for reading and I hope that you enjoyed the chapter! If you have time I was wondering to get anyones thoughts about the technique names and how they are written. If you can't that's OK!
James signing off!