Disclaimer: Like everybody else in fanfiction, I own nothing. Naruto belongs to Masashi Kishimoto, and One Piece belongs to Eiichiro Oda

"Standard" - Normal Speaking

"Italics" - Thoughts

"Bold" Tailed Beasts Speaking and Techniques

-Bold- - Places and timeline -

-Flower Capital-

Naruto sat on a tiled roof of an Inn as he overlooked the Flower Capital thinking, "Hey, you snooze, you lose." thought Naruto with a grin as he jingled the heavy bag of silver and gold coins he had pickpocketed from an unaware rich looking man.

By law, the citizens of Flower Capital must have money. Anyone who ran out of it and could not make money for any reason is to be exiled from the capital. So Naruto wasn't cruel enough to take all his money. He only took half of the money the man had on himself.

Since he arrived here, he had been looking for a job the entire afternoon. Through his past jobs at D-Rank missions, Naruto had experience in manual labor, like farming and weeding. Carpeting and Transporting goods. But his options were not that great, he was looking for a job, but he was not that desperate.

Naruto had checked out a famous carpenter this afternoon. Minamato is a legendary carpenter in the land of Wano. The carpenter is a short, elderly man with tanned skin, dark gray hair, a stern face, and a left cheek with a scar. The elderly carpenter wore working clothes in varying shades of blue and wore a rope tied around his forehead. In addition, he had a pair of nails up his nostrils. Seeing his grumpiness, Naruto refused to work under a man like him. But, being his subordinate, Naruto would lose it if he was treated like the others. Also, carpentry wasn't an exciting prospect for him.

Nightfall had fallen, the full moon was illuminating an enormous city with tall pagodas, large houses, and huge mountains as far as the eye could see. Sakura petals filled the air as they breezed in the gentle spring wind, and in the middle of the Flower Capital was a gigantic bonsai tree where a grand castle sits atop.

Naruto jumped off the roof and landed on the empty street. He began to walk in the direction of the red light's district. In his experience, there were always jobs to be filled, like requests from honorable yakuza or money to be gained from gambling.

Tenguyama won't approve of gambling, and the three shinobi prohibitions said excess of gambling or women or alcohol is a Shinobi undoing. Well, Naruto knew Shinobi, who broke these prohibitions, mainly Jiraiya and Tsunade. So should he follow in their footsteps?

Making up his mind, Naruto then grabs a drunk man exiting a building at the entrance of the red-light district. "Hey buddy, I want to find a gambling parlor. Mind pointing out one for me..."

-Onigashima-

The island was silent except for the sound of people drinking and gulping at their sake and booze in silence, with tears streaming down their faces. Then, slamming their drinks down with a bang as some wept and sobbed. All of the pirates looked at the King of the Beasts.

Kaido is a heavily muscled middle-aged man with a height of 710 cm. On his head is a gigantic pair of gray-white, sharp-pointed horns. He has a longish face, a hook nose, a wide, full-lipped mouth, and keen yellow eyes with crow's feet under browless eyes. His black hair is untamed and mainly swept back to his mid-back, forming flat, rectangular locks that his child inherited. His chin is adorned with a spiky goatee and a long wavy Fu Manchu mustache. The man's only scar is a massive, recessed X-shape that stretched across his abs right side and ended below the side of his chest. A tattoo of dull-red reptilian scales, individually bordered in orange, ran from his left pec down the front of his left arm, ending in the wrist with a white pirate skull on the lower forearm.

The King of the Beasts is dressed in a blue-purple, feathery, sleeveless jacket over his shoulders and a lavender, tight-fitting, open shirt with long sleeves. He wears a black bracelet with golden spikes on each hand. A thick, off-white belt of lay rope ornamented with a pair of white. His lower attire consists of plain, loose gray-green slacks tucked into simple, black boots below the knees.

Last year, Kaido had returned three days after the attack, and immediately just started drinking again out of boredom. He was already drunk when he heard reports that a mixture of Orochi samurai and his pirate had fallen to a masked person. He just asked about the battle and took in reports about a masked warrior that attacked high-ranking samurai and his pirates in anger over ramen.

Confused and drunk, Kaido decided to check out Kuri, much to the terrified citizens who saw the blue dragon taking a confused look at the battlefield and noticing the damage before returning to Onigashima and asking Jack what really happened and where did the perpetrator go. Kaido was disappointed, not in Jack, but irate at losing an opportunity to gain a powerful subordinate.

Now a year later, Tonight Kaido was drunk as a lord as a feast had been commemorated to the hundred who died exactly one year ago facing the masked individual in a battle at Kuri. The battle has been dubbed by a drunk Kaido as the "The Battle Of The Bloody Ramen Broth ."

A drunk smile "Last year hic... a great number of us achieved the greatness that is death. Hic… I admire those who faced and died at the hands of the great warrior who started the Bloody Ramen Broth. I envy them Hic... as I wished I had faced him myself to test his mettle and make him join this crew. But it has been a year Hic … right Jack?" monologue the drunk man with hiccups between his speech before looking at the giant Fishman at his side.

"Yes, it has been one year exactly Kaido-san," Jack told him.

"And you haven't found him, Jack." ridiculed a massive, round-figured man obese with light skin, who gave Jack a disdain look behind his shades. The obese man was fully obscured by the shadows of the platform.

"Shut up, Queen. For all we know, he could be prancing around Udon, and you wouldn't find him." said a man as he emerged from the shadow.

The man has broad shoulders and long limbs who stood at similar heights to Jack and Queen. In addition, the man had a pair of large, black-feathered wings sprouting from his back, where a plume of fire burnt constantly. A full-face mask covering his face has only two holes for man's eyes. Below the eyes is a flame-like leather strip flanked by a center, triangular strip of light blue to demarcate the nose, mouth, and chin area. Topping the eyes are blue-lensed, gray-rimmed goggle pieces, and on either side of the head, connected by a studded base, is a massive, black, horn-like spike. The winged man wore a dark-blue suit with three studded leather bands wrapped around their upper half, plus a ring of the same material on each knee, and go inside black, high-heeled boots, the high shafts of which terminate folded over, in studded jags. On top of the bodysuit is a dark-blue, double-breasted leather jacket, ten-buttoned in gold, with notch lapels with red and square skull patches sewn on. Two columns of studs run straight down each side of the waist, and each side has flat, two-part shoulder pads. The jacket's cuffed sleeves are edged in black gloves.

Queen stood up and waddled to the winged man's face. His head is hunched, and eyes are hidden behind eyeglasses with blue lenses and gray, oval rims, tied on by black tapes that go around his head and form an X on his forehead. Queen has no visible brows, a small hook nose, and always smokes a large cigar while wearing navy lipstick. His hair is mostly bald except for a blond lengthy, queue-like braid with eight ties that comes out the back of his head. And similar to his boss Queen also sports a Fu Manchu mustache. Queen's left arm is cybernetic in gray and gold, with metallic rings, bolted plating, wiring, and the corresponding hand is covered in an orange glove. Queen is clothed in large, ridiculously high overalls that reach just below the chest, are thickly, vertically striped black-and-white, and are held up by suspenders connected with 8-shaped, golden clasps on the top frontal edge. His footwear consists of plain brown ankle boots.

"King, I don't see you flying over Wano looking for him. You lazy pervert." Queen spat in anger.

"What got you so angry, " murmured Jack with curiosity as Queen was usually a jovial man at parties like these.

An uncharacteristically relaxed cool smile crept King's masked face. "I would love to hear about the fatass problems. They are music to my ears, unlike his songs and stupid dances." fired King with a grin hidden behind his mask.

Queen's face turned red as he struggled to find a retort for the savage insult King just delivered to him.

Kaido just let out a roar of drunken laughter. "Wororororo, You got it to admit it, Queen. King got you there..." Kaido said in a stupor manner.

The Queen gave King an angry glance and just sat down, "I didn't see the Masked Individual, but snippets and conservations about him being the guard's fear of that thing, have reached the prisoners and created hope in Prisoner's Mine at Udon. An old man there is working harder than before, he eats more dumplings now as he is motivated to not let youngsters surpass him." he groaned.

"That prison has turned into a prison full of repressed laughs and smiles. All of these locked up samurai are laughing at the guards' backs unafraid of their threats. I can't kill them all or the Prisoner mine efficiency will go down." Queen complained as a hand covered his face.

"I don't care if they are happy or not, just let them make weapons." Kaido grunts him before gulping his Sake down.

"Yes, Boss. They are making weapons without any problems, I just prefer their spirit to be broken then them being annoying ." Queen confirmed, and Kaido then turned to Jack with a drunk grin.

"Jack, what is your opinion? Do you think that little monster is alive? If we bring him to our side I am thinking he could head a new Group of Headliners. The top six below you . I'm thinking of calling them the Tobiroppo." Exclaimed Kaido before grumbling out, "But none of these weaklings fit these positions."

"What about Yam- I mean the Young Master Boss ?" Queen supplies him.

"She has become strong but is still rebellious. My child is still annoyingly emulating Oden." Kaido says before his left hand unconsciously went to the deep scars on his chest.

"I think she is strong enough to survive the explosive cuff Queen made for her as a child. I suspect with a year she will be soon able to take them off." Jack looks as King

"She has had conqueror's Haki since she was a child, this year her observation haki is flaring up. It won't be long until she can use Armament Haki."

Kaido realizing this yelled into the crowd below. "YAMATOO".

Naruto sneezed before calling his bet, "Even."

"Someone must be talking about me," Naruto thought before focusing on the game he was playing.

Gamblers sat on a tatami floor playing Chō-Han, where a dealer rolled a dice, and the player called its odds or even a game that Tsunade loved to play. The dealer sat in the formal seiza position and was shirtless to prevent accusations of cheating, exposing his elaborate Yakuza tattoos. Naruto sat at one side with the highest amount of tokens collected. While other gamblers gave him looks of envy.

The dealer lifted the cup to reveal a dice facing six and another one facing two.

"This round goes to the ronin Naruto-maki," the dealer mutters in disappointment as Naruto collects the tokens he won.

Naruto had won the last 5 games, winning an absurd amount of money. "Hey, dealer, I am feeling very lucky tonight." Naruto says with a chuckle as veins popped on his dealer's forehead.

Naruto then picks a sack full of golden coins from his winnings with a gleeful look and pushes it in front of the dealer. "Turn this to token, I am now betting on this." Naruto says with a confident grin.

All gamblers who watched the game around the tatami carpet whipped their heads at Naruto, thunderstruck by his daring move.

"Is he serious…" mutters one gambler.

The dealer's mouth was salivating as greed and hunger for the huge bet exploded. "A sum like this… is a huge risk, but we can cheat to win this. Someone must change the results after he calls it." the dealer thought with glee.

"Something wrong?" says Naruto with an eye smile.

The dealer stammered his words as he tried to hide his excitement. "We don't have enough tokens on the table, to convert the sum of money you presented. I'm going to ask for more…" the dealer said before he left to get them.

"Ronin-San, what do you need this money for… the amount you just bet on is enough to feed a family for five years." asks a watching gambler.

"Restoration and healing …" Naruto says quietly. These words caught the other gamblers by surprise and confusion.

Before they could ask further questions, the dealer returned with a token to Naruto. Unfortunately, he now wore a grin that didn't sit well with Naruto.

Naruto then betted tenth of what he cashed in. Immediately the dealer shook the dice in the cup before he heard a tiny sound below the mat that wasn't a mouse.

Naruto understood what was happening immediately and returned the grin. Genjustu wasn't really his forte, but with enough liquor and weakened minds that never experienced Genjutsu, he might be able to pull it off. A small unnoticeable pulse of chakra washed over the room. Bending their senses to his will, they will be seeing what Naruto wanted them to see.

"Now place your bets!." yelled the dealer.

"Even!" yelled out the manager of the establishment.

"We got a bet on even numbers! Anyone for odds!?" asks the dealer.

"Odds," says Naruto as he manipulates their sight to see the lifting cup revealing a sum of two dice that makes up the number seven.

Shock registered on the face of the dealer and his manager on the loss they suffered. Before deep frustration washed over it.

Naruto, for once his face wasn't smiling over a victory, raps on the Tatami mat below him and growls out, "Hey you, yes you, the one under this tatami mat. If you think I will lose because of a stupid pin, think twice,"

These words chilled the gamblers and made most of the workers in this place nearly void their inner bowles while the players exchanged looks of confusion.

"What do you mean?" a gambler asks with pretended surprise.

"I'm sorry but I expected better of this establishment." Naruto sighed sadly.

"What do you mean?" growled out the manager.

Naruto "My senses don't lie. Currently, there is a man under the tatami mat manipulating the game to their advantage."

An uproar exploded among the gamblers, yelling at the dealer and manager to return their money.

"I am leaving with my winnings. Which is 300 silvers and 40 gold." Naruto says politely as he stands up and beckons his palms to pay up.

"The Hyogoro family were more honorable than this. They know when to cut their losses." Yelled out a gambler.

"Detain that man and take everything he has." the manager yelled in anger.

Naruto just stood silently as he looked at the shadow of a tall man appearing behind the shoji sliding door.

The tall man entered, and he had a blue faux-pompadour, and he eyed the men surrounding the blonde.

"Boss Kyoshiro!" exclaimed the manager.

"Why is there a mess at my gamabling parlor," Kyoshiro asks his subordinates with a glare from his slanted eyes.

"Well you see…" says the manager, unable to explain his blunder to his boss.

"You guys have been cheating? On who?" Kyoshiro asks with narrowed eyes.

"Don't blame them, they tried to cheat on me and that's nearly impossible to pull off when I have been taught to see underneath the underneath." Naruto mutters to the boss as he grabs his swords and his winnings

"Wait. I am not Hyogoro the flower but these men dishonored me by their actions. For that they have to atone. I except to see your pinkie offred to me if you want to remain to the Kyoshiro family." Kyoshiro says to his subordinates.

Kyoshiro then faces Naruto with a curious look. "I don't think I have seen you before. You are new to the capital… Anyway to make up for this, I will invite you to my residency as a guest for the night."

Naruto gave him a grateful nod. "I accept your offer… Kyoshiro-oyabun..'' Naruto says respectfully but is wary of the head of the Yakuza.

-Onigashima-

Yamato was having none of this, as she stared at her drunk father in shock and surprise. Her father had taken her Kanebo this evening so she wouldn't cause any havoc during the banquet, and now he asks her of this?

"No way? You think I'm insane to listen to this, co- Father. I don't want it. First the moment they are off. I am running off to the sea."

In Queen's hand were new explosive cuffs. Queen was a world genius in technology. He remade his own body into a cyborg and designed her old cuffs and the new ones. "These cuffs have the same explosives, I designed them myself so they won't be broken that easily by Haki. So don't tamper with them, if you don't want to die, " Queen warned her.

Yamato shook her head in an agitated manner. "No,no. You are not doing it."

"Yamato, I am asking you this, don't make me force you." Kaido's yellow eyes were narrowed as he looked at his daughter with annoyance.

Yamato bit her lip in frustration and stamped the floor, "I hate you," she seethed.

Kaido stares at Yamato disapprovingly before scoffing at her. "And you are a big idiot."

Yamato's face turned red in anger as she let out a burst of her Conqueror's Haki. Below them, many of the pirates began to stumble and froth in the mouth. Kaido returns the favor with a more incensed blast of Conqueror's Haki aimed at his daughter, so none of his pirates except Yamato received that blast.

"You ruined the banquet, brat." King said in annoyance as he watched most pirates regain their bearings and turn their heads to the pavilion, their festive mood gone.

"Now, Young Master, don't make this more difficult than it has to be." Queen whispers at Yamato.

Queen then walks up to her with the new cuff placed on her wrists before undoing the old ones with his technological enterprise. Once, the old cuffs clatter on the floor. Next, Yamato brought her knee to the Queen's family jewels. Once contact was made, Queen's eyes popped out, breaking his goggle shades before his knees gave away and collapsed on his knees, clutching his groin.

Kaido raises an eyebrow at Queen withering on the floor as Yamato bounded away with tears of anger in her defiant orange eyes.

Jack showed concern for Queen as he hoisted him to his feet, "That brat she broke the brother code, anything below the belt is forbidden." Jack said in distaste.

King lets out a snicker, "Why don't you modify it down there you idiot cyborg, it could be an upgrade for your size and protection from blows like these."

Queen just lets out a long, painful whine.

Kaido slams his club into the ground. "At least she stands for herself on what she wants, " Kaido mutters in half annoyance and acceptance before standing up. "I am going to sleep."

-Kyoshiro Mansion-

Naruto stared at the quantity of food that had been served. It had been a while since he saw this much portion of food. Naruto then grabbed a bowl of red bean soup, his second favorite dish after ramen. Naruto slowly savored the dish and looked at his host Kyoshiro with one eye.

A beautiful blue-haired geisha with slanted deep blue eyes served as the hostess as she poured them their sake. Her blue hair was extremely adorned, with multiple flowers and pins attached to it. Also, she wore an extremely luxuriant a furisode style blue kimono with long sleeves adorned with the symbols of peacock and flowers on it that sparkled in the moonlight and candles. She also had red-painted fingernails.

"So Naruto-maki, what has brought you to the flower capital," said Kyoshiro as he sipped the sake cup that had been poured by the blue-haired geisha.

"I came to look for a job, I have money but gambling is not a steady income for my goals." the blonde-haired samurai muttered quietly.

"I see that you are a Samurai. Why don't you join the shogun forces? I am his money changer, I can offer up a good word for you, I will make sure he pays you a lot. '' said the yakuza boss.

Kyoshiro served the Shogun by being his dog, but his hidden past made this a test to weed out honorable people in this capital by testing their greediness.

"You are his Money changer... I see then you understand the importance of money. I need a good job that pays a lot and since you are offering…." Naruto trailed off as he was a bit drunk from drinking all night, and it was his first time drinking this amount of alcohol with someone.

"Another greedy samurai, Orochi degraded our honour as samurai," Denjiro thought in deep disappointment.

"I will say no. Even if the shogun pays me a river of gold, I will never work for him or under him." Naruto continued with a buzzed look as he wiped the sake of his mouth with a grim look.

Kyoshiro's hidden disappointment flipped into great surprise, and his ward froze in her spot. They both looked at the buzzed blonde with wary expressions.

"You dislike the Shogun and you came to the capital, this sounds quite contradictory." Kyoshiro chuckles.

"Where will that money go… Samurai-san," said the blue-haired geisha as she refilled his sake cup.

"Ah thanks…. What is your name?" Naruto gave her a reassuring smile that gave a feeling of safety to whom he directed. Naruto learned how to act in the daimyo's court in the sealed library. Geishas were entertainers in many arts and were not prostitutes. Instead, they were hostesses that played music or danced in elegant kabuki dances for guests or those who paid them. Some offered and slept with their customers for a higher price than the usual services.

"Koz- My name is Komurasaki, I am Kyoshiro's ward." The blue-haired geisha mumbles as she turns her face away in a shy manner befitting a geisha.

"If I answer this question, I ask the answer must be kept a secret," Naruto turns to the Yakuza boss with a serious look as he sobered up.

Kyoshiro, intrigued by Naruto, requests nods in agreement and says, "I agree on my honour as a yakuza." The light blue-haired man promises seriously.

"Restoration and Healing." Naruto summed up the plans with these words.

"What do you mean? By restoration and healing. Do you have a sick member that needs medicine?" Said Komurasaki worriedly.

"Not exactly. I am planning to heal this entire land. Restore the wasteland to forests. Breathe new life to its soil and expel the poison from the waters. Thus, I want to reverse the damage of the exploitation of the land and I am capable of it."

"How are you going to do that? Most doctors in the capital can't get rid of the poison completely from bodies who were affected by it… Much less restore the damaged land and clean the waters outside the capital." Kyoshiro exclaimed with a deep surprise.

Naruto thought in silence before a grin spread across his face. "If I remember correctly, I heard stories of a certain individual from my caretaker… warning me not bring attention like him. When this country was teeming with life there lived a certain man. He caused trouble in his younger years, once the Flower Capital was in a middle of a drought- "

"He diverted the river with a huge boulder to the captial to save it's people from a drougth but he accidentally flooded the capital. He was so cool when he cutted the mountain god down. I..." Interrupted Kyoshiro as excitement and stars sparkled in his eyes before catching himself and giving a slight cough. "Kozuki Oden was one of the greatest daimyo's of Kuri. He brought prosperity to Kuri and died 12 years ago. Are you saying you can surpass him."Kyoshiro challenged Naruto.

"Kozuki Oden was the greatest samurai and daimyo of Wano. I don't consider myself a Samurai, but more as a wanderer in this land. I know many things like Ninjutsu, poetry, trade, and a bit of medicine and politics. I am still learning the last two things, you know? '' Naruto says with a chuckle as he finishes downing his sake.

"Then what are you exactly? A learned individual would have caught the Shogun's attention, even Kaido's." Kyoshiro states seriously as he knew that this individual could tip the power in this country.

"Naruto-maki may I ask where you came from... " Komurasaki asks politely as she tries to extract information from Naruto.

"From Kon- Kuri..." Naruto says before stifling a yawn, " It's been a long day for me, may I be taken to where I will sleep for the night."

Kyoshiro claps his hands, and a man enters the room and asks, "Kyoshiro-oyabun?"

Komurasaki tells him, "Escort Naruto-maki to a guest room for the night."

Naruto stood and gave a formal bow to Kyoshiro and his ward, "Thanks for the food and the conversation. I am honored to been able to reside and dine in your house."

Naruto then turned toward the servent. "Lead the way, good sir."

As Naruto left the room, Komurasaki clasped her guardian's shoulder and muttered, "Someone this great could be a great help to us. Not just to my family but to the Land of Wano and it's people. Denjiro we must bring him to our side." said the blue-haired woman happily as she shook his shoulders frantically.

"I know, he is strong. Stronger than most samurai. My intuition tells me he is the one who fought in the Battle of Bloody Ramen Broth. Hiyori-sama this is a great news if we capitalize on this..." Denjiro says with a sincere smile he only gave Hiyori.

"That name is ridiculous." Sighed Hiyori with a sweatdrop. "But if he is that masked man, it's even better."

"Hiyori-sama, what do you propose? We need to keep him close." Denjiro asks.

"Well he is looking for a job that pays well to fund his goals. If we can provide it ... " Hiyori said as she placed her finger on her chin as she thought.

"I got it, this is perfect for both us and him." Denjiro says with a smile. "He won't complain after this..."

-Next Morning- Kyoshiro's Office

Naruto's face was surprised as he looked at the paper with shaking palms. "If I agree to this contract then you will be willing to pay this much for every month." Naruto squawks in surprise.

Naruto sat on his knees as he looked at the contract presented to him by Kyoshiro, who smiled as he smoked out of his silver-tip pipe.

"Yes, if you agree to this contract, you will be Komurasaki's personal bodyguard. You can take time off at the end of the week. At the end of the month, you will be paid 100 gold and 2500 silver ." Denjiro explains.

"This sum is too much for a guard, are you sure you can pay me this much?" Naruto asks warily.

Kyoshiro waves his hand and says. "This isn't much to me and I can sense that you are strong and this sum of money is chum change . So I am entrusting you with please protect her… recently there has been issues with higher ranking citizens and Pirates who tried to make a move on her while drunk and caused ruckus as she became more popular." The yakuza boss warns.

Naruto immediately nods his head in understanding and brings out his identification seal to stamp the contract.

"Since, you made a great impression on me. I will be paying an advancement this week. Naruto-maki." Kyoshiro told Naruto

The first week being Komurasaki's personal bodyguard was uneventful. Naruto did his job as he disguised shadow clones set a perimeter around her and the building she was in. He personally escorted her to customers with no trouble, except some men were eyeing Komurasaki with lust. Naruto just ignored them, and to their anger, Naruto obscured their view of Komurasaki.

Naruto had gained his first payment from Kyoshiro and was now traveling back to Amigasa village. It has been a week since he saw O-Tama and Hitseu-san.

After a while of walking, Naruto saw the visible bamboo forest where Amigasa village was.

-Amigasa Village-

Naruto was feeling uncomfortable as the old tengu masked man peered closely at his face. The old man's long nose was prodding his face, and Naruto was tempted to make space. But he had to stand his ground.

"This is an absurd amount of money you have gotten, How many did you rob?" Hitetsu asks with a raised brow.

Naruto just deadpanned at him and then stared at him straight in the eye. "I am working as a personal bodyguard for a geisha whose popularity is exploding. Her handler is willing to pay me this much. 100 gold and 2500 silvers, for every month I serve as her personal bodyguard. This is just an advanced payment."

"You went to the red-light district... I hope you didn't sleep with anyone, you have enough responsibilities." Admonished Hitetsu before letting out a smirk as Naruto processed these words.

Naruto blushes and growls as he points at O-Tama, who just learned who to sit, "There is a baby in the room. And of course not I did not sleep with any girl, I haven't even kissed one yet, geezer." hissed Naruto at the swordsmith.

"A young person like you didn't kiss anyone, weird I pegged you as one who had a girlfriend in the past." murmured Hitetsu.

"The only person I kissed was Sasuke, and he was a boy..." thought Naruto as he retched inwardly and gagged at the memory resurfacing.

"It seems strange to me that you don't talk much about your past. So it feels like to me I am raising a pet. Do you have any relationships you miss or people you want to talk to, other than a boring old man like O-Tama and me. '' asked the old swordsmith.

This question shook Naruto to the core as something coiled around Naruto's heart, binding it close. Naruto's eyes flashed with anger. "What's it to you?" he snapped at the swordsmith, shifting the room mood.

Hitetsu backs away in surprise from Naruto's anger and begins to fall backward. Immediately Naruto grabbed him before he could land on his back.

"Shit, old man, I am so sorry. I didn't mean to take out my anger on you." Naruto said in a worriedly heavy voice as he propelled the man steadily on his feet.

Hitetsu just stares at him, unable to shake the feeling he just felt that came from Naruto's outburst.

I… I am just surprised. I didn't know that you could be this angry,." explained the swordsmith.

Tama, who was staring at them, oblivious of what just happened but feeling scared of Naruto's outburst, lets out a quiet whimper that grabbed the attention of the two adults in the room.

Naruto turned at her and picked her up and cradled her gently, and began to calm her down as he comforted her. She felt really tiny in his arms. "O-Tama… I don't want her to become like me." Naruto told Hitetsu with a tired voice.

"She won't become like you. You are a unique person, just like she is." Hitetsu says to Naruto.

"That's not it. Old man, I don't want her to fail when it mattered the most " Naruto thought.

-3 hours later-

Hitetsu watched as he saw Naruto-maki sing a nursery rhyme to Tama that wasn't of Wano origins. But there was a deep similarity between them and the ones in Wano. Uzumaki Naruto-maki is a young man who knows the culture and the food of this land like the back of his hand.

The only thing Naruto told him was that he wasn't a samurai but a Shinobi like his parents. After that, he never spoke about his unshared past but seemed committed to staying in the present and looking for a brighter future with the people he liked.

"Maybe someone who crossed time, like Kozuki Oden's wife, the late Lady Toko."Guessed Hitetsu.

Thinking o

"Hey, Naruto-maki about the geisha, who is her handler?"

"The head of the Kyoshiro family." Naruto mutters.

"You became a Yakuaza under the Shogun's dog! And here I thought I raised you to better than that ," The elder swordsmith sighed in disappointment.

"Nobody raised me, I raised myself with gramps help. You just took me in, so I won't get in trouble, which I am grateful for." Naruto said with a sheepish grin.

That doesn't matter. If you became an underling for Hyogoro the flower, I would have allowed it but

"I am not really a yakuza. Kyoshiro-oyabun isn't my boss. But it's the geisha Komurasaki I work for, Kyoshiro-oyabun just pays the money in her place as her handler." Naruto explains.

"I see… What will you do with the money then? This payment is more than enough to live on."

"I am thinking of moving you and O-Tama, along with every villager to the capital. If I can save enough and invest to create a business-"

"No, I can't leave this place. I have a promise to keep. I am waiting for someone in this village who will come in eight years. The villagers don't want to move to

We don't need to move, thanks to you we have fresh, clean water running here. The only thing we struggle with is food. " Hitetsu cuts off Naruto.

"Then should I continue with my original plan? I will give you some of the money. Here is 750 silver. Spread this to the villagers this should last two weeks for food."

"Where are you heading after staying the night?"

"Ringo and then , I confirmed there is the least activity of Kaido's men in there. There could be something there that helps the citizens of wano." Naruto explains.

Suddenly the old swordsmith asks quietly. "Naruto-maki, can I ask why you are doing this? You can just live in the capital like all the rich ones do and forget about us."

Naruto just gave a straightforward look at the old man and told him, "To know what is right and choose to ignore it is the act of a coward. This is what my teacher once said." said the blonde man as he grabbed the swords into his side, before saying "I will return next week."

And with those words, he was gone.

Hitiseu just sighs, "I should tell him about Lady Toki Prophecy."

-5 days later- Flower capital

After spending the end of the week in Ringo snow land, Naruto returned to the capital and began his job of protecting the Blue Haired Geisha. The entire week, Komurasaki was hosting an event and then another with Naruto staying as a guard. As Komurasaki's personal bodyguard, Naruto had driven off harassers of rival yakuza gangs and stopped men attempting to take advantage of her services.

Currently, Naruto was in a washroom as he took a leak. He was in the middle of conducting his private business when he heard a muffled shout that interrupted it. Adjusting his hakama hem trousers, "Those damn bastards, Just let me piss in peace." Naruto thought angrily as he destroyed the front door angrily.

He entered to see Komurasaki struggling to pull her arm away from someone he had fought a year ago. The yokozuna ranked sumo Urashima stared at him with surprise. Naruto's eyes took in the scene. The sake cup had been knocked over, and Komurasaki's left sleeve had been torn. Her other arm was wrapped in his meaty hand's ash, and she struggled to pull away from his grip.

Naruto immediately vaulted over to Komurasaki's side and struck the sumo arm with the sheath of the Uzuki Uchiwa with a tremendous crack. The Sumo immediately yowls in pain as he lets go of the blue-haired geisha's arm, and Naruto stands protectively in front of her.

Immediately the blade was drawn from its sheath, and its edge was pressed into the Sumo neck. The Sumo drunk excitement turned to a mixture of fear and deep anger yells, "Who the hell are you?" yells Urashima.

"I think you should be asking that question to yourself. This geisha is owned by the head of the Kyoshiro family, you know. Do you understand the implication of what you have done?" Naruto threatens Urashima.

Naruto then pressed the blade deeper into his neck, drawing a trickle of blood that stifled the sudden motion windup of the sumo slap that was meant to strike Naruto. "Don't think of moving, you bastard! I am willing to kill you after what you tried to do to her!" Naruto yelled at the Yokozuna's reddening face.

Naruto then lets out a deep breath and forms a one-handed hand sign while keeping the sumo in the hold.

"Shadow Clone Jutsu," Naruto whispers as the Shadow Clone puffed into existence and took the original place in holding down Urashima with his own duplicated Uzu Uchiwa. "That's Ninjustu… Who the hell are you?" whispered Urashima in fear

"Are you all right? '' Naruto says to Komurasaki as he checks on her. Komurasaki shook her sacred face, struggling hard to not cry. Immediately Naruto jumped and delivered a spinning backwards kick into the fat sumo's face, sending him caving him into a wall and making him land on the streets outside the building. "Taste the Konoha Whirlwind," Naruto muttered.

"Gai-sensei and Lee will approve of this." Naruto thought viciously.

Urashima struggled to stand up on his feet but was sent down again to the ground as Naruto appeared to his side and swept him off his feet, knocking him over before grabbing his face with his left hand while a kunai was pressed to his neck with his right. The left hand began to squeeze the fat sumo face in a viselike grip. Urashima struggled to throw off Naruto, who was pinning him down with inhuman force as a large crowd emerged from their homes after hearing the commodity of Naruto sending Urashima to the street.

"His hand smells like piss… I will get him back for this!" Thought Urashima angrily before he passed out.

Naruto removed himself from the knocked-out lump and walked inside Urashima's washroom to find a bowl of water where Naruto washes his hands. Before glancing at the shivering lady and saying to her quietly, "I'm sorry, this is my fault. I shouldn't have left to take my need of a washroom. I left you for a moment and this happened. For that I am sorry." Naruto says as he goes on his knees to an apology.

Komurasaki shook her head and grabbed him before he could bow down in an apology. "You asked me for a bathroom break in the washroom. You stopped him before any lasting harm fell on me so I am all right. So thank you for protecting me." She hiccuped and gave him a wavering smile that didn't ease Naruto's guilt.

Naruto looks at her before giving her a sad look. Then Naruto walked over to the crowd who was staring at knocked out Yokozuna, unaware of what happened. The crowd parted a way for them as Komurasaki hid behind him.

Whispers and mutters surrounded them as they left for Kyoshiro's mansion.

"I see…. So that's what happened…." Kyoshiro sighed as looks at Naruto and Komurasaki. "Are you unharmed,Komurasaki?" he said as he peered at her worriedly before checking for any injuries like frantic guardian should.

Naruto had just told him what happened, and Kyoshiro was really pissed, not at him but at someone entirely.

"No I am not hurt, just shaken. If it wasn't for Narutomaki-san it could have been much worse." says the blue-haired geisha gratefully.

"I am returning this… I don't deserve it now, I should have protected her from his advances while I was in the washroom." Naruto says as he handed him over the sack of 100 gold in a sack.

Kyoshiro pushes back the sack into Naruto. "I refuse… Because you did much better than any member than my subordinates did. They wouldn't have been able to handle a yokozuna. But you did. And this is the first time a customer tried to take her by force. Urashima will pay for this."

"Some rumors told me, Urashima the yokozuna was amongst those who survived against the masked individual. I also heard that he was one of Orochi's favorite ones." Naruto says as he remembered breaking half of the bones in the fatass body a year ago.

"You are right, Urashima has been in bed from his injuries for nearly a year. He just recuperated and he asked Komurasaki to celebrate with him. It seems it was a big mistake to let him have her." Kyoshiro palmed himself in deep anger.

"Will the officials press any charges? I want to castrate him with a blunt spoon." Naruto says with a stricken voice.

Komurasaki whispers in agreement, "Me too."

"I don't think so, the officials are corrupt and so are the magistrate. They take bribes from the rich and high-ranking citizens. Also, it isn't the Yakuza style to press charges, we deal with our problems ourselves. So I won't go to Orochi for this." Kyoshiro said as a vein throbbed in his red face.

"Screw Orochi's favorite ones. I don't mind getting in trouble this time..." Naruto says with a dangerous grin crept on his face.

"Yeah screw Orochi, he is a fool." Kyoshiro agrees wholeheartedly, making Naruto raise an eyebrow at that remark.

A pop was heard as Komurasaki had uncorked a groud of Sake, poured a cup for herself, drank it in one go, and then refilled it.

"After what happened Tonight, I am getting drunk so I can sleep, Kyoshiro-san." Komurasaki explained to Kyoshiro, who nodded in agreement.

"If you are getting drunk tonight, then we get drunk together." Kyoshiro says as he locks the door so no one will interrupt their drinking party.

"Join us Naruto-maki, I insist." says Komurasaki as she patted the floor next to her and Kyosihro and then poured a drink for Naruto in a cup bigger than hers.

Naruto takes it and says, "Well if you insist, then I might just drink with you guys." before taking a sip of the cup. "This sake is good, you know."

"I want a good drinking buddy. I hope you can fill that spot for me. Komurasaki is a light drinker compared to me but she is still learning. " Kyoshiro challenges Naruto as he downs his sake in one go.

Naruto turned to face Kyoshiro with a smirk. "Bring it on. Kyoshiro-oyabun."

"Hey don't finish it. I need to get drunk for this..." Komurasaki pouted with a cute scowl.

A/N: Hello, this is R8handman. What happened in Ringo will be revealed after the time skip. Said time skip will happen after the next two chapters. In this chapter, Naruto met with Denjro and Hiyori in their aliases, and their relationship is being built on. In addition. Naruto's relationship with Tama and Hitetsu is that they are the closest to Naruto. Those who are wondering if Naruto will meet Ace and Yamato. They will meet each other. King and Queen are my favorite villains in the Wano Arc. I hope they flesh out Kaido more with a good backstory. I hope you continue to support me in this story. I will be making a Twitter account if you want to send artwork and fan-arts or any suggestions.

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