Truth and Plan

6 days later

Naruto was watching the sunset and how the sea was turning orange from the sun's rays. According to Stede the trip was two weeks from what was apparently called Cape Buenavista.

It was enough time for Edward and Naruto to get to know each other. Although Stede was actually naive, both Naruto and Edward had gotten along well with him due to his friendly nature; he reminded him quite a bit of his friend Choji. He was lost in the memories of his past when a voice brought him out of his thoughts.

-Hey Naruto, would you mind telling me what happened 6 days ago and your plan? Although I am more interested in knowing what happened 6 days ago-. The Welshman spoke, looking at the horizon as well.

-All right, but first call Stede, I think I can trust you two enough to reveal my big secret to you," said Naruto with some amusement.

Once Stede arrived, Naruto asked them to make themselves comfortable, sat in lotus position and shared with both blondes the truth of how he ended up on the island and what his world was like.

Wales looked at him skeptically and Stede laughed at the blond's fantastic thoughts until Naruto gave them a demonstration with his clones, the rasengan, stood horizontally on the mast of the schooner without hands and channeled wind chakra to his sword making them both drop their mouths from the impression along with the crew members; he told them how was the final battle against Madara and how he used the Kamui to permanently separate him from his friends as a final revenge.

-I'm sorry I didn't believe you, but it all sounded so fantastic and unreal that I couldn't help it," said Bonet, ashamed for not having trusted the blond. He was aware that he was not the smartest man in the Caribbean, except for small business in that area no one could beat him, and he had seen nothing wrong with the boy's skills.

-Unbelievable Naruto, I didn't believe it was true, I understand about the strange abilities and small sorcery but that you come from another dimension, I would never have believed it. - Edward said surprised and a little pale because of the boy's power, since his sixth sense was not the only thing that this boy could do.

-No problem guys, although I think these abilities are not really common so I will restrict their use unless they are indispensable," said Naruto scratching his head and giving them a sincere smile. He was happy that his two new friends didn't label him as a freak or a demon or even a demigod, though he couldn't say that about the crew members.

They spent some time in silence enjoying the quiet until Edward spoke.

-Well Naruto, changing the subject, what is the plan you have in mind? -asked the Welshman.

Naruto smiled and asked Bonet for a British map. Once he had the map in his hands, Naruto took out the documents and objects that his prisoner possessed, looking among the objects he took out a map with locations and began to change them for false locations. Once he finished with the map, he changed the names of the assassins to false names.

-Okay Edward here's the plan, you will pose as Duncan Walpole and deliver the list of names and the fake map to the governor of Havana, plus a glass refractory. While you are at the meeting I want you to gather as much information as you can about a place called the observatory. I want you to find out what it is, what it's for, who built it, and possible locations. As well as possible locations. - Naruto spoke with a seriousness that surprised Edward since in the time he had known him, the young man was the embodiment of mischief itself.

-I understand the plan, but I don't understand why sell him the fake, I mean, aren't they smugglers' or pirates' bases? - Edward asked with curiosity to know the hidden motive behind this.

-Ah! You see Edward our dear captive belongs to an ancient order that is an enemy of another equally ancient order to which the governor belongs. The locations marked on this map are the bases or outposts of the order to which our prisoner belonged.

- But why intervene in this dispute? Do you belong to one of the orders? Do you want to join them? - Edward asked interested since he could not find the blond young man's reason for entering the conflict.

-The first reason is that the scum he captured sold out his friends and comrades for a position with the governor, number two is that it's always good to be owed a shinobi and number three...I can't remember at the moment. - Naruto said with a big smile and a joking tone.

Edward sighed and nodded and then spoke.

- And what's in it for me, a favor? -said Edward with a sly smile and folded his arms waiting for the blond's answer.

-One the money the governor pays you for the map and the names," said Naruto with a small smile.

-Two...let me think-Naruto began to touch his chin and after a few minutes of thinking he throned his fingers.

-In my world this mission would be considered a B rank and the fee would range from 80,000 to 200,000 ryo... however I don't know what kind of currencies they handle here and if they are worth more than one ryo. - Naruto spoke sincerely while rubbing his forehead.

Edward almost fell into the sea when he heard this as he was leaning on the railing. Was the blond being paid that kind of money for an infiltration mission?

- Did they really pay you those amounts? -asked the merchant with sincere astonishment.

-Yes, why? - asked the blond without understanding why that amount was so staggering, well it wasn't as staggering as the amount of ryo for an S-rank mission.

-You see, those amounts are not easily obtained, by the way, did you talk about the type of currency in your world? Out of curiosity, what was the name of the currency of your world?

-His name was ryo," he said with a smile that turned into a nervous grin.

- You really don't get those amounts easily? - asked the blond with embarrassment and before the merchant answered a couple of sailors in their 50's approached.

-Hey kid, did you say ryo? - he asked curiously as the other pulled out a pipe and started smoking.

-That coin is from the land of the rising sun, although it is very difficult to obtain since they are closed to trade," said the other while exhaling a ring of smoke.

That surprised Naruto, since he did not expect that there was any point in this world that handled the same currency that was handled in his old home. So he touched a seal on his forearm and a small ball of smoke exploded.

They waited for the smoke to dissipate to see what had happened and what they saw did not scare them at all, but they fell to the ground dramatically when they saw that the blond was holding a bag in the shape of a toad.

- What is that, Edward asked? - his gaze was incredulous at the green leather thing with the face of a toad.

-This is Gama-chan and it's my wallet," replied the blond proudly and opened his wallet without caring about the looks of confusion from the crew members and that inside his mind Kurama was trying to hide under his big paws while being teased by the other 4 biju.

Naruto took out a bill and a ryo coin, handing them to the pair of merchants.

- Was it anything like this? - asked the blond boy anxious for the answer.

The merchant returned the paper shaking his head, began to look for the details of the coin and after a while, he bit the ryo coin trying to bend it, but it did not bend.

-Well boy, it's gold and apparently not fake," said the merchant handing the coin to Stede who wiped it with a handkerchief and went down to the deck.

-Wait," the blond paused, "What do you mean by apparently," asked Naruto doubtfully.

-That's right boy, they are coins out of the market in the Caribbean, they are more common in the eastern maritime markets, the marks are similar, but I don't know if they are the same. - answered the biter, taking out his own pipe and starting to smoke.

-It's been more than twenty years since we've been on a ship to far away China," said the other, they began to tell the blond about their adventures and the blond told them about his own.

After a while Bonet returned to the deck and handed the coin to the blond.

-I did my math Naruto, 150,000 ryo would be 126,000 pounds and 120,000 reais.

Naruto nodded and told Edward who quickly agreed to the deal.

- Done! - Edward practically shouted as he shook hands with a surprised Naruto.

It was an excellent two weeks for Naruto, not even a month had passed in this new world and he already had friends, he was learning the languages thanks to his clones and had told Edward and Stede some of his adventures at home, they had shared stories and had a few drinks of a good rum cane transported by Stede.

Even once Edward and Stede asked him why he didn't get a boat and run it with his clones, Naruto blanched remembering the last time he used his clones as crew, when he finished telling the terrible experience Edward, Stede and some members of his crew couldn't help but burst into laughter to the embarrassment of the young blond.

Naruto was happy, Edward, Bonet some crew members had accepted him and other members had stopped looking at him in fear.

The trip continued smoothly, being only 4 days away from Havana.