Naruto of the Marines
Chapter 2
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To those of you that were thinking about age issues in the story, let me give you a list of ages for some people, now this will be for when the series actually starts and when Luffy is out on his journey to become the Pirate King.
Naruto, Bellmere, Marshall D. Teach: 38
Garp: 75
Shanks: 37
Smoker: 34
Hina: 32
Boa Hancock: 29 to 30
Nico Robin: 28
Tashigi: 21
Portgas D. Ace, Nojiko: 20
Roronoa Zoro, Sanji: 19
Nami: 18
Monkey D. Luffy, Ussop: 17
Nefertari Vivi: 16
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Sitting in his jail cell deep underground, the man known as the King of Pirates sat on the floor of his cell in chains as he counted down the hours to his own execution. It had nearly been a year since his capture, in fact, it was only days away until it would officially be the one year anniversary of his capture at the hands of an ensign. He had been shipped off to Impel Down for the most part of the year but now he was right back in Lougetown, his birth town and ironically enough, the place where he'd be put to death.
Garp had come by not too long ago, where he had told the marine about his soon to be born child and asked him to take care of it. He had enjoyed their little talk really, Garp while still a marine and his enemy, was a man of honor and would fulfill his request. Like Garp had said, any woman with ties to him would be killed just for that connection but they both believed in one thing if nothing else, a newborn baby bore no sin.
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Hearing the sound of footsteps, Roger raised an eyebrow and waited, it wasn't time for him to die yet and it was way too early for them to deliver his final meal of prison slop. But it wasn't one of the prison guards that came up to his cell, it was a young marine with blonde hair, the same one who caught him and beat him to a pulp.
"Gol D. Roger," Naruto bit out while turning to look at the man with a glare, "I've waited years to hunt you down."
Getting a good look at him, Roger's eyes widened, 'M-Minato?' he thought before blinking, 'No, it can't be.'
Dressed in a white suit with a blue shirt and the Marine great coat with the symbol for justice written on the back hanging over his shoulders like a cape, Naruto grabbed one of the bars and glared at it before turning that glare on Roger, "Years waiting to make you pay… years training to make you suffer for what you and your crew did. But now your in this cell…"
"Kid… who are you?"
"You don't remember me?" Naruto exclaimed, "How about Konoha? How about that old man you shot? How about every single fucking villager you and your damn crew slaughtered that day nearly ten years ago?"
"You don't know what your talking about kid," Roger told him, realizing what he was talking about, "We weren't the ones attacking-"
The bar that Naruto had been holding onto bent, "Don't you fucking lie to me, I saw you there pirate king, I've burned your face into my memories for years… but now, your stuck in there and I can't do anything about it…" he growled before hearing the sound of someone opening the door to the holding cells of death row, "I may not be able to kill you my self… but I'll take solace in the fact that today is the day you die. May you burn in hell for what you've done."
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In the two years that followed Pirate King Gol D. Rogers death, pirate activity skyrocketed. Marine brass all over cursed the man, for with his final words he gave birth to the so called Great Age of Pirates with people all over trying to find his hidden treasure dubbed 'One Piece'. So with the increase in piracy, the marines found themselves working harder where they either made a name for themselves or broke.
For his capture of the infamous pirate, Gol D. Roger, Ensign Uzumaki Naruto had been awarded with a rare double promotion from Ensign to Lieutenant while attaining the de facto rank of Captain when on Vice Admiral Garp's ship. Garp had done this for the reason of giving the blond some experience in commanding a ship… or that's what he said, many believed that he just wanted to laze around the ship and let his apprentice do all the work that he should be doing.
He remained a Lieutenant for the few months before once again being promoted for his impressive record of taking down pirate crews without mercy and refusing to be bought like others had in the past. But aside from now being a Lieutenant Commander, he remained on the high seas hunting down any pirates that had the poor luck of flying a jolly roger around them.
"Oi where'd my doughnuts go!" Garp yelled out from below deck before heading up top.
His ship was much larger than a normal Marine ship, due to his rank of course. It had many sails with each mast shaped like bones with dog paws while the sails itself had marine symbols painted on them. The figure head at the front of the ship was even shaped like a dogs head with a bone in it's mouth giving the whole ship a canine theme. It was armed with many large cannons that would easily overwhelm a normal ship but if one were to ask, they'd find out that they were hardly used during Garp's command.
The reason being that Garp liked to just throw cannon balls himself, so much so that they installed a convoy belt to supply him with a steady supply. But with Lt. Naruto calling the shots, some were actually used now.
Many marines jumped out of the way of the charging Vice Admiral as he ran down the halls of his ship and out on to the deck, nose fairing like a raging bulls before he caught sight of his target and reared back with his fist as he charged once again.
His target: Naruto Uzumaki, who was standing at the bow of the ship wearing his marine great coat like a cape over top of his white and blue suit.
As if sensing the attack, Naruto dodged Garp's swing, allowing him to punch the railing which exploded like a cannon had hit it.
"What'd you do with my doughnuts brat!" he roared while trying to hit the blond over and over again, busting holes in the deck and breaking things, "I told you about messing with them and all I could find is that ramen crap!"
The blond froze before growling, "How dare you call my ramen that!" he yelled back while throwing a punch of his own just as Garp did the same. Both punches met and both men flew back, Naruto bouncing three times on off of the deck before hitting a cannon while Garp fell to his ass, both without a scratch.
"Getting better kid!" the Vice Admiral laughed while standing up before turning serious, "But what'd you do with them?"
Laying on his back with both legs over the cannon, Naruto groaned, "You ate them all old man, don't you remember?"
Garp started picking his nose, "Oh yeah, I did didn't I?" he mused making his crew face fault, "Oh well, looks like were going to a town for more."
The large man then turned to the damaged sections of his ship and then to the nearby marines, "You guys fix this, I'm gonna take a nap."
Ignoring the crews muttering about having to clean up after him, he walked by Naruto and grabbed him by the foot, "But first, I gotta talk to you, come with me." he exclaimed before pulling him along behind him, uncaring if the 18 year old hit his head on the steps as they walked up to the back of the ship which was higher than the front.
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Standing on the deck a couple days later, Naruto waited for Garp to arrive. The other day, Garp had said that he had completed what training he could give him in Tekkai and that he'd be giving him a sort of 'final exaim' today. While many would be excited, he found himself a bit worried due to Garp's way of going way too far and over the top, he wouldn't be surprised if-
Before he could finish a though, he sensed an attack coming and instantly activated takkai just as three cannons went off, all fired at him and bouncing off, leaving him unharmed as the following wave of smoke washed over him.
Tekkai was a part of a martial arts style known as Rokushiki, or 'Six Styles' and while Garp didn't know them all, he himself knew Tekkai which was how to harden the users' muscles to that of solid iron, which would nullify damage taken from an attack. But one draw back was that he couldn't move while it was active.
"Congrats kid, you pass and as a gift, I've got you someone that can teach you more."
Naruto looked at the man with a raised brow, "Your pawning me off to someone already?"
"Well… my way of saying it sounded much nicer but yeah, besides I can't teach you anything else, your like a sponge. But don't worry, I got the perfect person lined up to teach you,"
"Ok… so what are you gonna be doing while I'm gone?"
Garp stuck his pinky up his nose boredly, "Don't know really, maybe go and visit my friend over in Foosha Village or take a vacation." he said with a shrug, almost feeling bad about lying, but how could he tell the kid that he was going to see Portgas D. Rouge, lover to Gol D. Roger and mother to said man's son. The woman was dying and he had given his word to protect the boy… it was sad that he just may have to lie to protect him from the blond since he didn't know if his hate would pass on to the son.
Naruto shrugged, "Ok… well who's going to teach me and what about my Haki training?"
Garp actually smirked, scaring the blond.
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As it turned out, he actually didn't have anything to fear at all from his new sensei, if anything, he liked her training better than Garp's. Her name was Tsuru, an elderly Vice Admiral known and feared as the 'Great Tactician', she was also known for her Woshu Woshu no Mi, a Paramecia type devil fruit that literally made her able to wash and hang people or objects out to dry as if they were clothing, turning them flat and malleable like clothes.
She was a shorter pale blond woman with wrinkles but had the wisdom and pride of a veteran marine. She taught him Soru, another part of Rokushiki which allowed him to move at extremely high speeds in order to dodge or attack. The elderly Vice Admiral also taught him more about both his Kenbunshoku Haki as well as Busoshoku Haki.
Kenbunshoku or Observational Haki, allowed the user to sense the presence of others even if they were hiden from view or too far to see. Like with most training, he took to it with gusto and was soon working on predicting an opponents moves before they even made them.
Busoshoku or Armament Haki, allowed the user to create a force similar to invisible armor around them to defend against attacks much like his Tekkai would, but the difference was that he was able to use it to attack and augment attacks, project it as brute force, or even imbue it into weapons to increase it's effectiveness. Another plus was that it allowed him to bypass the powers of a Devil Fruit user, meaning that he could hurt someone that could normally brush off normal attacks thanks to one of those fruits.
Tsuru, being older had been stationed at Marineford, so for the time, he'd been staying there to train. At first he didn't like being cooped up there but a certain something made it more enjoyable for him…
She had been a student at the Officers academy when he first met her. She had slammed into him while running and yelled at him about watching where he was going despite the fact that she had ran into him while he'd been standing still. After the yelling match that insured, one thing led to another and they found themselves engaged in a rather rough round of intercourse back in the small apartment he'd rented during his training.
She was a confident and mischievous woman the same age as him but was a promising student. After class she would meet him every once in a while just to work out their stress together and hang out, neither wanted a romantic thing just one of those friends with benefits relations.
She had the weirdest hairstyle but she'd been a freak in the bed… her name was Bellmere… he'd remember it alright, that and more. She graduated later that year and he hated to see her go, but the night before she left… damn what a send off. He later learned that a year later, around when he was 20, she managed to survive a battle between her crew and some pirates, ending in both sides losing the fight. She retired not long after and the last time he heard from her was that she was happy and had adopted two little girls.
To be continued…
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Next time, 18 years later! The start of Canon!
