Rage of the Sea

by jinx777

What if Naruto was born a Fishman and both his parents were kidnapped and sold into slavery, forcing a two year old Naruto to live in the Fishman District. What if he held a power inside him that was just as terrifying as the 'Poseidon'. Will he use his power to destroy the humans that so many hate, or will he try to reach for the 'true sun' the Otohime is always talking about.

3. Mermaid Café

For those asking about Naruto staying mute throughout the whole story, I am not sure yet. So I have decided to put up a pole. Please go and vote

Also please note that I suck at names, so bear with me on the mermaids. And if anyone can think of an Oc mermaid/fishman I could use let me know :)

Someone asked me about where he fits in the story time wise. According to the One Piece Wiki, Shirahoshi is 16 when she meets Luffy, and I think that was ten years after the death of Otohime, so Naruto will be fifteen when they arrive on the Island. Hope that helps :)

Also, in this fic, I'm not sure if it is the same in the actual One Piece world, Shyarly doesn't stop making predictions until after Whitebeards death.

Enjoy :)

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Disclaimer- I own nothing

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Chapter 3- Mermaid Café

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After living in the dark that was the Fishman District for so long, Naruto wasn't sure what to make of the Mermaid Café. So many different colours, so many smiling faces, and that was just the outside! This place seemed like the complete opposite of what had until now been his home. He thought the instinct to punch Jimbei in the nuts again when he felt the man's large hand resting on his shoulder in silent encouragement, after all he was trying to be nice.

He gave himself a quick once over, not sure what to think of the cloths he had been given before leaving the palace. He now wear a pair of plain brown pants, a light blue T-shirt and a bright orange hoddie with the hood up to cover his head and a hole in the back for his fin.

Giving a small nod, Naruto let himself be lead forward, passing what he recognised as several drunk Fishmen, something that was more them common in the Fishman District, and through the large purple and pink doors.

It was hard for Naruto to believe it, but the inside was even more colourful, with pool and water streams everywhere in seemingly random places. And the people, so many people, all with large smiles and grins on their faces! He didn't even know people could be happy when they were drunk, all he had seen from drunk people was violence and swearing.

Turning to look at the large Fishman next to him at the sound of a deep laugh, the blonde could only frown slightly at thinking the man was making fun of him. Only for it to disappear a moment later when he looked down at him with kind eyes and a large smile on his face.

"Far step away from the Fishman District, hey kid?"

Of course, the only answer he could give was a small nod, his face quickly being returned into its expressionless mask.

"Hey Jimbei-sama, who's your cute little friend?"

Now no matter what Jimbei thought, Naruto wasn't surprised at the sudden voice that came from behind them, nope, not at all….

However, being picked up from behind and pulled into a bone breaking huge, did.

"Aw, he such a little cutie!"

It seemed that whoever had picked him up didn't notice the fact he had frozen stiff the moment his feet were off the ground. But luckily for whoever it was, Jimbei did, and when he saw Naruto tense his muscles to attack, he sent the boy a small shake of the head,

Though still not relaxing, he followed the large Fishman's silent command.

His serious expression gone almost as quick as it had come, Jimbei gave the mermaid currently hugging the small boy into her bosom a large smile.

"Ah, Shimi! Always good to see a familiar face!"

Turning his head slightly so that he could see his captive, Naruto frowned slightly when he did.

She was a very pretty mermaid, with long purple hair, sea green eyes and a slender top half. From the waist down she had a long, elegant dark blue tail, and the only clothing she wore was a bikini top made from purple sea shells. Around her waist was a ring bubble lifting her about two feet off of the ground, the only reason he hadn't heard her when she came up behind him.

"Good to see you too, Jimbei-Sama, but you still haven't answered my question-"

SLAP!

Before she was able to finish her sentence they, their attention was drawn to the sound of a slap across the other side of the room, where one of the mermaids was now cowering in a corner away from an enraged Fishman with light green skin and hair.

"You's worthless whore! How dare's you say no to me!"

They watched as the man pulled his fist back, his intentions obvious for everyone to see, and brought it forward towards the frightened mermaids face.

Jimbei was about to call over and stop the man, hoping that his presence would be enough to shock him into submission, but before he could his attention was brought back to Shimi floating next to him as she let out a small gasp, the sight of a orange blur speeding pass making him smirk slightly. It seemed Naruto decided to make an early start on his new job.

As bad as it sounded, Jimbei was also grateful that the boy's first would be because of a Fishman, not a human.

Just as the fist was an inch away from the mermaids face, the blur stopped next to them and Naruto shot his hand out, grabbing the man by his wrist and stopping it cold.

Everything around them had become completely silent, the Fishman, who Naruto could now smell the alcohol coming off of him, slowly turning his head towards the small hooded boy. For a moment he could only blink in confusion, his drunken mind not able to comprehend just what was happening, before his eyes refocused and an angry snarl returned to his face.

"What's the hell you doin brat? Get's the hell outs of heres before I's knock youses head off!"

His words were badly slurred, and smell of his breath was horrendous, but Naruto soon fixed that problem. With little more than a flexing of the muscles in his hand, Naruto had the large Fishman on his knees screaming in pain. With the man now down at a level he could work with, though he still only reached up to his chest, the blonde let go of the wrist and delivered a sharp jab to his kidney, then followed it up with a roundhouse kick to his now wide open jaw.

Everyone in the Mermaid Café could hear the loud CRACK that came from the man's jaw, signalling that it had been broken, and watched as he spit out what must have been at least half of his teeth.

Naruto waited to see what he would do before making his next move, and wasn't disappointed. With a loud growl the man turned back to him and tried to lunge forward, only for Naruto to sidestep to the right and bring his elbow down on the back of his neck, knocking the man out instantly.

Without waiting to see if he was going to wake up, Naruto grabbed the back of his shirt and, with strength that shouldn't have been possible with his small size, threw the large Fishman clear across the room and out the front doors.

It was after doing this that Naruto realised that everyone was staring at him with wide eyes, shocked at his display of aggression. The only ones that were smiling at him was Jimbei, who had a proud look on his face, and a giant mermaid that had just arrived out of a back room and watched the whole thing.

She looked to be in her late teens or very early twenty's, with shoulder length black hair, pale white skin and blue slighted eyes. She was wearing a dark blue hoddie with the zip undone half way down her body, leaving a large portion of her chest on show, and from the waist down she had a dark blue fish tail with a white underside. Because of her smile, Naruto could also see her large, pointed shark teeth.

After a moment of silence, the unknown woman slowly started clapping her hands, drawing everyone's attention to her as she floated forwards on a bubble ring.

"I see you weren't exaggerating about his strength Jimbei-sama, such a little firecracker will be a perfect addition to our family."

Ignore the confused faces around them, Jimbei moved to stand next to Naruto and rested a hand on his shoulder just as the giant mermaid reached him, towering over them both with a small smirk on her lips.

"Ha, if anything Madam Shyarly, I was being modest, little Naruto here will do well in his new job, I am sure."

Nodding her head in agreement, taking a moment to look from the boy to the front door where he had thrown the drunken fishman a moment ago, the smirk on her face only grew bigger as her eyes sharpened slightly as she took him in.

"Indeed…"

Turning to face everyone else in the café, the now identified Madam Shyarly gave them a small smile.

"Everyone, it is my pleasure to introduce to you the newest member of the Mermaid Café family, our new security guard, Naruto-chan."

For a moment after the introduction, nothing happened, everyone looking from the large form of Madame Shyarly to the tiny form of the boy that had just thrown a fully grown Fishman across the room and out of the door.

Then, without warning Naruto was tackled to the ground by something to his left, the suddenness of the attack leaving him too shocked to even resist.

"Thank you so much for saving me!"

Quickly looking to Jimbei, who he now saw was struggling not to laugh, Naruto took a deep breath as he realised that he wasn't being attacked, but hugged. It seemed he was going to have to get use to this hugging thing, it seemed every girl he met lately did it to him.

Finally looking at the girl that had tackled him with the hug, Naruto saw a teenage mermaid with blonde hair, and golden tail and white shell bikini. She had tears falling down her cheeks from her blue eyes, and was giving him a watery smile as she held him even tighter.

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Naruto had been at the end of many stares in his life, most of them had been the hard and glaring eyes of the residents of the Fishman District, but none of them had ever made him as uncomfortable as the ones he had been getting from the girls in the Mermaid Café. It was for that reason that he was so happy when Madame Shyarly led him and Jimbei into the back room she had appeared from before.

It was also getting on his nerves that Jimbei seemed to find his discomfort with the looks funny, though he had no idea why.

The room didn't actually have much in it other than a giant red cushion with two smaller ones sat in front of it and a table with a crystal ball laying on top of it. Thought it was a lot quieter, which he was happy about.

Shyarly floated over to the giant cushion, gesturing for them to take the two smaller ones for themselves, and with a small popping sound from her bubble, landed gently and made herself comfortable.

For about five minutes after they had all sat down, the giant mermaid just stared at the small blonde tiger shark, her piercing gaze met with nothing but an expressionless face. For some reason this seemed to make her smile, though Naruto had no idea why, before wordlessly reaching over to the crystal ball on the table next to her and holding it in her lap with both hands.

"Do you know what this is, Little Naruto-chan?"

When her answer was a simple shake of the head, Shyarly sent a quick look to Jimbei, who seemed to blush a little and rub the back of his head in embarrassment.

"Ah, I may have forgot to mention before that he is mute, you will have to limit your questions to yes and no answers I'm afraid."

Frowning slightly, Shyarly thought this over for a moment before nodding her head in understanding, then directed their attention back to the crystal ball in her hands.

"This ball, Naruto-chan, amplifies my Observation Haki to unprecedented degrees, allowing me to see into the future. I am also the only one who is able to do this, and have never given a false prediction."

Seeing that she had the boy's full attention, the giant mermaid held her hands out in front of her slightly towards the young boy, a small, knowing smirk on her face.

"Shall I tell you your future, Little Naruto-chan?"

It was clear Shyarly thought she already knew the answer to this question, after all no one had ever turned her down before. The temptation was just too great for anyone to resist, to know what was coming before it happened…no one could resist.

It was because of this thinking that caused her mind to come to a complete standstill when not a moment later, Naruto frown slightly, and shook his head in the negative. Even Jimbei's eyes widen in shock, having been having the same thoughts as Shyarly right up to the point the boy refused the offer, an offer she didn't give often.

As for Naruto the answer really was simple to him, while he wasn't ignorant enough to not believe what the woman said about reading the future was true, in his mind to have it told would be setting something in stone. While it was in the future and unknown, anything could happen, meaning nothing was fixed.

Now while Shyarly's Haki was more attune to predicting the future then reading people, she was able to get the general vibe off of the small blonde tiger sharks thought while they were going through her head, and because of this she couldn't help but let a small smile cross her lips.

Letting out a quiet giggle into her hand, the giant mermaid returned the crystal ball to the side table, then without a word reached forward and picked Naruto up off his seat. Before the blonde had time to fully realise what was happening, he was place onto her lap, her arms reaching around him and holding him in place.

He didn't know why, whether it was just that he was being hugged so much lately or something else, but for some reason Naruto felt completely safe in her arms. So much so that he didn't even feeling himself stiffen at the unexpected contact like he would normally do, and when she started to slowly run one of her hands through his hair and hum, actually had to fight the urge to just fall asleep in her lap, a fight that he soon lost.

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Raising an eyebrow at the scene before him, a little surprised after spending a little time with the boy and seeing his reaction to physical contact of any kind, Jimbei could only frown when Naruto closed his eyes and started to breathe slowly.

Seeing the look on her friends face Shyarly gave him a small, knowing smile, never stopping her hand running gently through the boy's hair.

"No matter what he has been though Jimbei-san, Little Naruto-chan here is still a five year old boy, even if he is wise beyond his years in his own way."

His frown still not leaving his lips as he continued to watch, the large Fishman let out a deep sigh as he rubbed his hand over his face.

"Be that as it may, you are the first person I have seen touch him without him reacting badly to the contact. Not even Otohime-sama was able to touch him without him freezing…"

When the sound of giggling reached his ears, Jimbei turned his attention away from the sleeping boy to the smirking face of Shyarly, who was looking at him with a mixture of amusement and smugness.

"Well of course, while Otohime-sama doesn't have a malicious bone in her body, she also doesn't have any control over her emotions. From what you told me about his time in The Pit, Little Naruto-chan has had little to no experience with positive emotions. Add into that the fact that he has Observation Haki, an impressive feat for one so young, and to him it is the same as screaming in his ears. Even you Jimbei-san, do little to hide the fact you are cautious of him, hesitating to even be in close proximity."

At her words Jimbei felt his eyes widen yet again, the realisation that the boy had activated Observation Haki at such a young age filling in several missing pieces in his mind. Like how the boy was still able to preserve his surrounding while moving fast then most eyes could follow, or see the bullet that had been meant for Otohime-sama.

"I see, but that still doesn't explain why he didn't react to you…"

Her smirk growing slightly at the unasked question, Shyarly raise an eyebrow at Jimbei, giving him the impression that she was enjoying the idea of knowing more them him a little too much.

"It really is simple Jimbei-san, while Otohime-sama's emotions are like screaming, my naturally calm domineer is a smooth caressing whisper."

Finally understand what she was trying to explain, Jimbei found himself reluctantly agreeing with her. Both he and Otohime had been emotional in some way or another since they had brought him to the palace to treat his wound, and if the boy didn't even know he was using Haki in the first place it must have been very confusing for him.

Letting out a sigh, the captain of the Sun Pirates gave one last glance to the boy, before giving a bow to Shyarly.

"I trust you will take good care of him, and help him to master his Haki?"

"Of course, and after his demonstration outside, I am sure my girls will be more than happy to have him join our little family."

Giving a small nod in gratitude, Jimbei left without another word, leaving the two in the room on their own.

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For about five minutes after Jimbei had left, Shyarly just continued to calmly stroke the small boy sleeping in her lap, allowing her mind to just drift calmly. She looked down at his sleeping face, and with a sad smile realised that this was probably going to be one of the only times she would ever see him actually looking how a five year old should, happy and content. But soon her eyes drifted over to her crystal ball, and her thoughts moved to just what Narutos future might hold.

To pass up the opportunity to see what was ahead of you, to her at least, was a foreign concept. In That regard she would gladly admit she envied his will power, something she wasn't sure she would ever be able to do, despite the fact he was so young.

Still gently running her hand through his spiky blonde hair, Shyarly let out a small sigh as she turned her attention away from the Crystal ball and back to the sleeping child, before whispering to herself quietly.

"Just what does your future hold, my Little Naruto-chan…will you be a saviour, a leader of men…or will you let the darkness I feel in your hart take control of you and lead you down a darker path…I guess, just this once, I will wait and see like everyone else…just this once…"

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1 week later

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Naruto couldn't stop his eyebrow from twitching slightly as he tried to keep an eye on everything that was going on around him. The Mermaid Café as busy as ever, and if he could talk he was sure he would be grumbling under his breath in annoyance.

The reason for this was simple, the fact the ever since he had woken from his nap in Madame Shyarly's lap, whenever he was working he was forced to sit in the lap of one of the girls in the Café while they acted like he was a teddy bear! It seemed the only time he wasn't being held in someone's lap was when he was throwing someone out, which was actually needed more then he would have thought.

Not all of them were bad people, some just good men that had had a little too much to drink and got a little too grabby, but he was still having to throw about ten people out a day. Then again at least some would come back after sobering up and apologise, those he didn't have a problem with. Jimbei had also been right about it not only being humans that caused problems, seeing as he was throwing almost as many Fishmen out as humans.

Over the last week he had started to build a bit of a reputation for himself in the Café, most of the regulars that knew what he could and would do if they caused trouble, had started to leave voluntarily when they saw him looking at them. After all, it was less embarrassing to just leave with some of your dignity intact then to get your ass kicked by a five year old and thrown out, and Naruto was well known for not taking it easy on anyone that messed with his family.

Because that's what they were, his family, another thing Jimbei had been right about. Despite the fact he was annoyed with the way they kept hugging him and passing him around to each other, Naruto soon found himself thinking of them as his family. An odd feeling for him to be sure, but still one he found welcome.

He was currently sat in the lap of Shimi, the mermaid that had grabbed him the first day, pouting as she continued to pull him back so his head was in her chest every time he tried to get away. If anything, she seemed to find his behaviour cute, much to the blonde tiger sharks annoyance.

"Now, now Naruto-chan, behave yourself or I'll let Keimi-chan have her way with you."

Sending a slightly fearful look to his right, where a green haired mermaid with black eyes and a pink tail sat grinning at him, Naruto quickly stopped trying to get away.

Keimi was Shimi's daughter, about a year older than him, and worked as a waitress at the Café with her mother. In the week he had been working at the Mermaid Café, Naruto had come to the conclusion that the girl was insane! From the moment he was introduced to her the day after he arrive she wouldn't leave him alone, always following him around, blushing, giggling and smiling at him, it was making him even more paranoid then he already was dame it!

He didn't miss the way her eyes seemed to sparkle at her mother's words either, though he didn't for the life of him know why, and for some reason he felt a shiver run down his spin when she smiled at him.

"Naruto-chan, it's time for your lesson!"

Luckily he was saved from any further torment by Madame Shyarly calling him.

Quickly braking out of the hold Shimi had on him, Naruto blurred his way over to the door and practically slammed it shut behind him, only to start to sweat when a moment late someone started banging on it from the other side.

"Naruto-Kuuun! Let me in, I want to watch you practice!"

The unmistakable voice of Keimi came from the other side of the door, how she was able to reach the door only a moment after he had closed it beyond Naruto's comprehension as he quickly locked the door and took a cautious step away, his back to the room.

"I see Keimi-chan is still following you around, my little Naruto-chan"

Turning around with a blank expression on his face, Naruto locked his eyes on Shyarly, before moving to the piano stood next to her oversized cushion.

It had been one of the girl's idea for him to learn to play an instrument when they found out he was mute, to 'give him a way to express himself'. So after much deliberation, Shyarly decided to teach him the piano so that he could play in the Café for something to do while on security duty.

Chuckling at the expression on his face, Shyarly nodded towards the piano without a word, and started the lesson.

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They were only half way through the lesson when the sound of screaming reached them from the Café, followed by someone banging on the door screaming for help. Naruto was across the room in less than a second, slamming into the door with enough force to send it flying off of its hinges, only to stop with wide eyes at the scene before him.

About thirty humans, all carrying weird looking guns that shot nets instead of bullets, were spread out around the room. To one side, next to the front doors, was a large metal cage with several mermaids inside. They all looked terrified, eyes wide and faces tear streaked, screaming for help.

Slavers

The sound of the door flying across the room had gone unnoticed by the slavers, all still having large smiles on their faces, laughing and tormenting the captured mermaids. But Naruto didn't see any of them, his mind flashing back to a memory all but forgotten until that moment.

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A mermaid with long red hair, beautiful purple eyes and a long red tail was screaming as she was being dragged away in a net. A blonde shark Fishman, snarling and thrashing around as three others shot small harpoons with ropes attacked to them, tying him down, laughing the whole time.

And thought it all, a two year old Naruto watching helplessly through the small gap in the cupboard door where not a minute before his mother had hidden him, telling him not to make a sound.

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RRRROOOOAAAARRRR!

While to sound of the door being thrown across the room had not been noticed, the loud, animalistic roar that tore its way out of Naruto's throat did.

Everything went quite as all eyes turned to look at the young tiger shark, even the captured mermaids falling silent as they stared at him. Though while the slavers looked at him in confusion, and in a few cases worry, the mermaids had hopeful looks on their faces.

Then it started happening again, the world faded into black, white and greys, time seeming to slow down and stop altogether. He could feel everyone in the room as they were a part of him, exactly where they were, what they were feeling…then the pain hit. His entire body erupted into a sea of pain, every cell in his body screaming at him as his veins turned black, his eyes started to glow red and his muscles grew and shrunk every few seconds, giving him the appearance of having worms under his skin.

One moment he was stood in the now door less doorway, the next he was across the room, his hand wrapped around a slavers throat. The human's eyes widened as the grip continued to get tighter and tighter, gasping for air that wouldn't come.

Lips pulled back in a vicious snarl, his shark teeth bared, Naruto pulled back his free, forming it into a blade with his fingers. With a low growl he thrust his hand forward, piecing right through the humans stomach and out the other side before dropping the now limp body to the ground.

The moment the body it the ground, the others slavers snapped out of whatever daze they had been in and, forgetting the mermaids for the moment, all aimed their next guns at the enraged tiger shark.

But it was pointless.

Once again becoming a blur of motion, Naruto moved from one slaver to another, diving in and out of the connected pools and water screams, tearing out throats, ripping off limps, and before long the waters of the Mermaid Café had turned red with blood. At one point he even used the fin on his back as a knife, cutting off a man's arm as he passed him.

At some point the slavers gave up on capturing him with nets and switched to using harpoons, several hitting the blonde in the brief moments in which he wasn't moving, but it was as if he didn't even notice them, barely taking the time to yank them out with his teeth before moving on to his next kill.

The whole thing had lasted about five minutes, thirty humans torn to shreds in bloody shreds in five minutes by a five year old tiger shark fishman.

As the last body hit the ground, the still enraged Naruto quickly spun around, looking for more victims, only to let out another ground shaking roar when he realised that there were none, before grabbing the sides of his head and screaming in pain.

The mermaids and could only watch with wide eyes as the blonde boy started to thrash around on the ground like a fish out of water, screaming as his muscles continued to grow and shrink under his skin.

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Watching from the doorway Naruto had rushed through when they had first heard the screams, Shyarly could only stare with wide eyes at the scene in front of her, before they moved to the clearly in pain Naruto thrashing around on the ground. At that moment, seeing the five year old fishman screaming in agony, Shyarly could only feel on thing…regret.

Regret that such a young child was capable of such carnage, regret that he was suffering so much because of a power he had never asked for, and regret that she wasn't able to stop this before it happened.

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