I was happy with how you reacted to the last chapter, everything fits in whether or not you think it doesn't. With this version of how it happened, I can proudly say that things will happen one way or another and things are not as they seem.
Anyway, I hope you enjoy this chapter!
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By the end of the next day, Sanji found that Kurama was not even close to figuring out who he was as he was to figuring out what his dad was up to. The fox mainly stayed with Nami and Robin chatting about the history of Haruku island, why it wouldn't be detected on a log pose and who was allowed on it. What Sanji gathered as he served his precious angels was that Haruku island held no magnetic field for it was created by shinobi who found that his people had no place to go and soon he opened it to everyone looking for a place to let off life's stress and he had set up a strict rule guideline for the opposing sides of pirates, marines and other company. Mainly that marines could not capture pirates or revolutionaries on the island without strict permission, for they were funded not by the World Government nor any big people like Yonko or the Revolutionaries leader, it was funded by the people who paid to be on the island.
Zoro was the first to stop the island from the Crow's Nest before letting everyone know. The island, while looking afar... was big. It was surprising to hear that it actually roamed about. Half of the island looked to consist of big attractions that Boruto could remember at his old home, mainly the small blimp flying with a insignia of a white carnation and what looked to be a center with railings sticking out and about.
"What's that?!" Luffy excitedly asked, his eyes landing on the nine-tailed fox that looked tired.
"Roller coaster powered by steam," The fox replied calmly, stretching out its body and curling up, "Up above is the blimp my jinchuuriki happened to concentrate on, where one can chose to fall off for a prize if they land in a white circle. Any other place would simply be nothing in return for playing. It's a game to gamble on." Kurama looked thoughtful, "There are other activities would be meant for having fun just like the blimp jump. But, there is a restriction on these games, especially the blimp ride." The fox let a tail point out something the Sunny was heading straight for, "I believe the staff would tell you about these restrictions soon enough, I have to go report back to my... boss. I hope you have a wonderful time on Haruku island, hopefully we'll meet again." At that moment the fox jumped right back into the sea... and the Sunny rocked and shuddered, making everyone on the main deck yelp in surprise.
"We're caught in a current!" Franky called, his grip on the steering tightening as the Sunny seemed to sway itself another direction. At that precise moment... something jumped up, making most of the Straw Hat's jaws drop.
A dragon had splashed out, colored by the sea with glowing yellow eyes. It stared at them for a second before slipping back into the water like it was never there, "DRAGON?!" Most of them shouted in either horror or excitement and for the chef himself, it was mainly excitement. He hadn't seen the Water Dragon Jutsu created so big since fighting his mentor and that was saying something. Uchiha Sasuke's chakra could not be paralleled by anyone but Naruto... was this the cause of his father's chakra?
Luffy had flung himself to the railing, ducking his head down to stare at the sea, "Look everyone!" He called, beaming brightly and for that Sanji had to see what was so cool. He walked over, followed by the intelligent Robin and a surprised Nami for his visible eye to brighten.
"There's more!" He called, beaming with excitement. The current that had appeared was because of the dragons of water, whoever created them was directing them somewhere. The many raging water dragons took the Sunny further and further down to what appeared to be a cavern, wide enough to hold boats ten times bigger than the Sunny. The dragons were guiding them to get on the island and the fox took an easier route. But... Sanji had to guess that they wanted to be flashy enough for the people who were entering the island.
Another water dragon had sprouted, splashing Luffy and him with a spray of water while Robin and Nami were luckily further behind the chef. The dragon's eyes stared right at Sanji and one second later the chef was completely soaked in water, "You piece of shit!" Sanji hissed as the dragon's eyes simply turned upward as means to show it was amused before diving back down, merging with the water. Zoro was laughing his ass off and Sanji wanted to beat that smug smile off his shitty face but first... he needed to change.
The dragons on the other hand seemed to slow the current down once they reached the end of their little ride in the cave, a spray of sea water hitting them all (and making Sanji's soaked clothing much worse) as the Sunny slowly drifted along the sea once again, wooden ports placed out and about leading to a bright entrance at the beginning of their docks. Anchored ships ranging from marines to merchants and other pirates were strewn about but there was a place to dock for the Thousand Sunny, "Well... now that we're here I'll go change." Sanji deadpanned, rubbing his soaked locks, "Damn water dragons..."
"Damn it!" Boruto cursed. The stupid little net wouldn't catch the stupid fish he was trying to catch for Himawari. Once again it broke and it left Boruto with less of an saved up allowance and Himawari looking forlorn as the merchant was trying to hide a smile behind his fan. It was a celebrated festival this time around, the cherry blossoms were blooming and his mother left the two to play around the stalls while she went to go get a gift for their father.
Their dad was stupid enough to forget his birthday too, he was too busy being the Hokage to celebrate and the day had passed with his father coming home exhausted and Himawari and Boruto's little planned surprise attack had failed. They were gonna surprise him with Mom, but he was cooped up in the Hokage's tower for too long and their bed time arrived right before then. Boruto tried to get out of it by saying he was a shinobi but a Hyuuga can be very persuading, especially his little sister back then who showed that he shouldn't break her stuff.
The festival was to celebrate another year of peace a week after their father's birthday and Boruto was sucking at the goldfish scooping game, "Boruto-nii... maybe we should just go." Himawari whined, pulling on his little dark blue and magenta kimono, it may clash but he loved the two colors with all his heart. Little Himawari was dressed up in her favorite sunflower colored kimono with her hair pulled up into a little bun.
Boruto puffed his cheeks, "I told you I was gonna get it for you and I won't break that promise. You'll get one, I made that promise."
"What's going on over here?" A voice chirped and his little sister just radiated with joy. She turned and jumped up and laughing ensued for his dad caught his little sister.
"Boruto-nii's just getting me a fish, Papa!" Himawari threw her hands out as she spoke to their dad, her face lit up with a smile.
Naruto smiled down at the two, "Oh yeah? This game huh... my master taught me a neat trick when it came to this game. We used to do it to collect enough marbles to purchase a room. That village was weird..." He shook his head with a soft smile, pulling out a fat frog wallet, "Gama-chan will pay for this!" He chirped, setting his daughter down and placing a few coins into the man's hand.
The man returned with a small net, "Good luck, Seventh-sama!" He greeted right as Naruto gently put the net into the swirling water. The blonde watched the water silently as Boruto and Himawari peered over his shoulders.
"Dad... are you alright?"
"Papa...?"
Suddenly, slowly out rised the net as a fish was traveling along in the stream. The Seventh Hokage grinned wide as he showed the stall owner the prize of a fish, "You see? I win. Patience is key, y'know? For any game that requires time, you need to patient to receive your prize."
"Hey, you!" Sanji lazily glanced over the railing of the Sunny. It was decided (without his opinion, those bastards) that there would be shifts to watch over the ship since some marines were docked. With just Kurama's word of marines not attacking doesn't mean that they wouldn't sabotage their ship. Since Sanji was taking the longest, Luffy declared Sanji on first watch and they took off and left him behind. Assholes.
Anyway, someone was calling him and he couldn't see him, "Down here!" The voice proclaimed once again and Sanji finally caught sight... of a waving flipper. The chef leaned over more and stared directly at a penguin speaking in human language. The animal had a small hat with a symbol of a white carnation with a messenger bag on the side of it. Huh. The Grand Line was weird... "Finally you snap out of it! I'm here to collect the toll!" It squawked at him and Sanji lazily rose an eyebrow.
"Toll?"
"Yeah, a 50 beri toll for parking! We usually charge... ah, but most ships would be deserted to go explore the island and play so I usually would have to break into your ship and steal something..." The penguin rubbed a flipper under its chin, "Your one of the first people I've seen that actually stayed... and a shinobi no less..."
Sanji jolted, "How would you know that?" He kept his voice calm but on the inside shock was going through him, how would someone know about his chakra? Kurama wasn't that much watchful as this penguin being was.
The penguin clumsily peeled open its messenger bag before showing off a headband with a carving of rain, "I'm a shinobi of Kiri, a sensor. Your chakra is unlike any I've sensed but the boss' and his informers but is bigger than any other chakra usually in a civilian." It clacked its beak shut, possibly gaining a frown, "Oh yeah, I'm supposed to check out stuff like that." It brightened up again, "Silly me!"
Sanji started his travel down the ladder before his body touched the wood of the deck. He pulled out spare change he took from the poker game (hey, no one was going to get all their money back) and paid the toll. At least Nami-san wouldn't be surprised by paying a toll herself. The penguin brightened, pocketing the money in its messenger bag before handing over two sheets of paper, "One to show to another one of the toll guards that you paid so they won't take your stuff and the other to let you know you are not alone."
The receipt was colored in a pinkish color and the other paper was a color of blue. The writing wasn't that important so Sanji decided to skim it and blanked, "Are you abused by your crew with your chakra?" The penguin asked casually as the paper read the same, "It's common here... ever since the first Shift the World Government wants people with chakra as new means to control the pirate problem. A pirate crew capturing a chakra being and enslaving them is common now as well-"
"Why the hell would you even think that!?" He seethed, ripping the blue paper apart, "I'm their chef, I'm not abused by my power. Who the hell would even think that I'm enslaved by anyone?! I rarely even use my chakra!"
The penguin raised its flippers as a means of surrender, "I'm sorry. I was supposed to hand it to any chakra person I see. If they say they are abused we usually kick the crew out and help that person get back on their feet. I didn't mean to suggest it about it kid. It's protocol, as per the usual like getting a toll." He peeled out another paper and handed it over hastily, "Here, if you wanna find a way to get rid of excess chakra you can perform with the Boss tonight. We're gonna create fireworks."
Sanji snatched that paper, skimming it over just the same, "I'll think about it."
The penguin beamed, "Well sir, my name is Kirzu. Can I get your name so the Boss can meet up with you later on today?"
"You can pen me down as by my clan name, Hyuuga." Sanji replied, waving his hand in the air and narrowed it as the penguin froze up.
"Hyuuga? Your from the Hidden Leaf?"
"Yeah, is that forbidden for Konoha shinobi to be here?" Sanji jabbed, crossing his arms as he fingered the two sheets of paper.
"N-No... It's just that the Boss is a Konoha shinobi as well... a Hyuuga is here... that's exciting!" Kirzu chirped, waving its flippers, "He'll love to see one of his people again!" The penguin suddenly gained a forlorn look, glancing Sanji up and down, "But you didn't get the embarrassing part of the curse... I swear, only a few of us got it."
"Curse?"
Kirzu waved a flipper, "The thing that sent us here usually takes something from us and gives us something new. It's common for most of their chakra to get taken away or for their appearance to change. Your eyes don't look like a Hyuuga's so I'm guessing you got an appearance change." It snorted, "I rather have a penguin body that have curly eyebrows, geez."
Sanji replied to that statement with a kick to the head, "Shut the fuck up! My eyebrows are better than having a shitty penguin's body! I thought you ate a devil fruit at first, maybe you did and I should kick you into the sea!"
Kirzu gave a sharp look, "I'll peck your eyes out, don't you dare think I ate one of those contaminating things!" He waved a flipper at Sanji, "I'll kick your ass if you think you can kick me! I have practiced for many years in taijutsu!"
Sanji stuck out his tongue, he knew he was being childish but come on, a penguin could kick his ass? Never, "Well I have motor skills of Gentle Fist and I know the Shadow Clone Jutsu, top that."
Kirzu grinned, "How about we get at it now?"
Sanji smirked, "I'll gladly-"
"Sanji!" The chef snapped his gaze up, throwing on a goofy smile as he saw dear Nami come back with a giant teddy and Luffy grinning ear to ear with meat in his pockets, hands and inside his mouth. Kirzu sniffed at the chef right as Luffy's eyes seemed to light up, "A penguin!" He spat out tiny pieces of meat when he spoke and Sanji lost his goofy look to give Luffy a glare.
"Shitty captain, chew your food."
Kirzu adjusted his hat, smirking at the chef, "I guess we'll meet again, yes?"
Nami finally reached the duo as Sanji sent a sharp glare at the damned cocky penguin, "Sanji-kun, who's this?"
"He's a dead little penguin that'll taste his own blood as he roasts on a fire-"
"I'm a toll bird that keeps check on how long a dock is rented. Your chef happened to pay the toll for you while you and your crew were exploring and I decided to invite him to help with the main activity at tonight's banquet." Kirzu explained, puffing out his white chest.
"So cool...!" Luffy gushed, "Join my crew Mr. Penguin!"
Kirzu gave a look, "Hell no. If your chef's anything but rude, this is my home."
Sanji flipped him off, "Fuck off." The penguin gave another look before waddling away, probably to hassle another ship or attempt to steal shit off of it. Asshole penguin.
"Well then..." Nami started, seeing the chef continue to flip of the penguin as it walked off, "Sanji-kun, I'll be taking watch. You watch over our captain and make sure he doesn't do anything stupid, for me~?"
"Yes, Nami-san!" He chirped, throwing on a dopey smile as he abandoned flipping of Kirzu to give the woman a soft smile, "Come on, shitty captain, let's go check this place out."
"It's cool Sanji, it has a lot of meat and all these cool prizes! There are even performers that Zoro's trying to talk into fighting him!"
"Ah... that marimo is an idiot." Sanji dryly responded, walking towards the exit of the docking area, letting his thoughts run as Luffy continued to talk about the cool things he saw on the island so far. As far as the chef was concerned, his dad was here somewhere... doing something. Wherever he is with Kurama, Sanji wanted to see him, whether or not these shinobi think differently of the people.