Chapter 4 : Infiltrating the Roots

Sometimes after Naruto VS Gaara…

"Are you sure we can trust them? We just fought them."

Naruto laughed at Sasuke's worry. "Of course I trust what Temari told me. She doesn't have anything to lie to us about."

Sai was silent.

"Ya know we need a plan right. And I have one."

Pesvi,

After some days…

"So what is the plan?"

Sai sighed. Getting to Danzo was going to be the Difficult part.

"There is only one way to get to Danzo. Every month People participate in a Battle Royale. If they win, they will be personally rewarded. But the losers will be used in Experiment."

Naruto wanted to know what the Reward would be. So did Sasuke.

"If you are wondering what the reward is, it is that you will be enlisted in the ROOT and lose your emotions."

Naruto looked at Sasuke.

"You will have to be the winner, Sasuke. I will lose to you too. You will be in the Audience, Sai, and go with Sasuke after he wins."

They were shocked. Why did he want to be experimented on?

"Just trust me. I feel like there is something in the Dungeons. I am sure there is something stronger and feral than Danzo."

Sasuke agreed with him. Even if there was nothing in the Dungeons, Sasuke wanted to be the one to kill Danzo. Sai sighed as both of his crewmates had decided what to do.

"But we will have to change your appearance, Sasuke. He won't know about me because he does not know me or has not heard of me but he will know you."

Sasuke thought about it. He knew Naruto could change his appearance but Danzo still would not be able to see through it. He would just have to trust the Captain.

Sometimes later,

Pesvi Amphitheater…

"Welcome all participants. We will first have a Battle Royale and then the remaining one will gain the Reward."

Naruto looked around him. He had sealed Ace and was holding a Pipe. He spinned it and was reminded of his family again. He would write about this back to his mother and brothers. He looked at Sauke and nodded. They would have to defeat them.

Naruto used his Ken and scanned through his opponent. They did not have strong Haki. Well except that one guy.

The guy wore a Dreadlock and a Red Bandana. He had Dark Markings around his eyes and he was carrying a Sword and a Gun. He did not have a Devil Fruit though.

"Oi, brat. You should not use your Kenbunshoku on someone without their permission."

Naruto smirked as he found someone worthy to fight.

"Well, we don't need to ask them if they are against you."

Both of them continued to stare at each other until they heard the sound of a bell that indicated the start of the Battle Royale. A Man ran at Naruto but Naruto just slammed his pipe on top of his head and knocked it out. Naruto saw that the Guy with Dreadlock had done the same.

"How about we wait for the final minutes for our battle?"

Naruto smiled as that would be ok. He jumped as a beam of lighting was aimed at him and saw that it was a Black Furred Cat Mink.

"You can not defeat me. Udarit." The Mink shouted as she ran at Naruto. The faster she became, the more electricity surrounded her body. Naruto smiled as he wanted to play with this. He did not move until she almost hit him. When he was about to be hit, he just moved sideways.

To his surprise, she changed her direction while also maintaining the electricity around her. Her speed kept rising but he just dodged her every time he was about to be hit. When he saw that she could not get faster, Naruto dodged while extending his leg and the Mink was sent flying. She could not control her speed and kept on going, hitting many people and slamming into the wall, being knocked out.

"You are fast."

Naruto turned around as he was met with a fist. Naruto dodged and punched the guy without enhancing his fist with Buso.

"Tekkai." The Man shouted loudly as he was hit by Naruto. The man laughed.

"You think you can fight me with just a Pipe. I, Drake Ironheart, have trained my Tekkai to the point I can enhance my fist with Tekkai. Tekkai Sai."

Naruto let the punch hit him. He saw that the man was stronger than before but he would be stronger if it was Buso instead of Tekkai. He saw that man was going for it again and decided that he would show off his own Tekkai too. The man was shocked when Naruto activated his Tekkai.

Drake decided he would have to end it fast as Naruto had just shown Tekkai. Naruto decided to use Drake's Tekkai against him. Naruto dodged and grabbed Drake's Arm and slammed him into the ground. Naruto then enhanced his Pipe with Buso and slammed it into Naruto's Head, knocking him out.

Naruto looked at his final target and saw he was knocking people out easily. His Future Sight activated and Naruto spun his Pipe as a Large Beam of Fire came at him. The Flame disappeared as Naruto saw that the one that attacked him had a Cutlass with Red Blade that was glowing.

Naruto raised his pipe and smacked the Cutlass but the man had made a slash of fire and when Naruto smacked it, the slash hit many people and killed many people. Naruto smacked the Sword of the Man and grabbed it. He waited for the man to use his fire attacks but he could not do it.

"It seems you are a more worthy welder for me than that man."

Naruto sighed. He could talk to Animals but also cursed things that were cursed. Like the sword in his hand. Then that must mean the fire attacks were the Swords doing. He decided he would take the sword as he did not just want to use his fathers hand downs.

"So what is your name?"

"I am Flamberg. I can create and control flame as I was made from the teeth of the previous user of a Devil Fruit. I don't know which fruit or who."

"Then let's attack and end the fodder."

Naruto jumped up as he slammed it into the arena and the blade let out a burst of fire and melted most of the Arena. Flame burst on the ground and knocked out the people who did not have large enough Haki. Naruto saw that Sasuke had decided to fight the last person. It seemed he had good mastery over haki.

Naruto pulled out Flamberg and coated it with Buso. The other man smiled too.

"And what may your name be, young man?"

"Me. I am Naruto. What about you?"

"I am Jack Sparrow. Once the Captain of the Beautiful Ship, The Black Pearl."

Naruto knew him. Well the Ships He sailed on ofcourse. The Black Pearl was a Legendary Ship.

"Then what are you doing here?"

"I was betrayed by my Crew and thrown into the Ocean to Die. I floated from The Grand Line to here. But why do you want to talk when we should be battling?"

Gol D Naruto VS Jack Sparrow begins…

Naruto and Jack dashed at each other. Naruto held his Pipe in one hand and Flamberg in the other. Jack held his Gun in one and sword in another. Naruto blocked the attack from the Sword using Flamburg and he smacked the Gun out of Jack's Hand using his Pipe.

Jack grabbed the Pipe and twisted it but Naruto had let go and he kicked Jack. Jack blocked but was hit by a roundhouse kick from Naruto. He tried to push further but Naruto proved to be stronger and he was knocked out.

Gol D Naruto VS Jack Sparrow ends…

Winner: Gol D Naruto

Naruto smiled as he had exerted enough Haki. He felt Sasuke come behind him and decided not to turn and let Sasuke knock him out. When the hit connected, Naruto acted like he was knocked out.

"And we have the Winner. Please come onto the Gate to receive your reward."

Sasuke looked as if all of the Body was dragged away. He looked at his Captain and saw him wink at him. Sasuke scanned through the Crowd and saw Sai. Sai was making his way to the Bathroom. Sasuke waited as some ROOT Members came and led him to their leader.

Back with Naruto…

"So why did you let him knock you out?"

Naruto turned to the person he had fought with. Naruto smiled.

"It is one of his motives. He is my Firstmate and lost his Family to Danzo and some others. So he is here to take revenge."

Jack scoffed.

"You are a Pirate huh. You should be conscious of your Crew."

Naruto smiled.

"How about I change your View? Join my Crew as my Swordsman."

Jack laughed.

"Well I would have thought about it. But we will be Guinea Pigs for the ROOT now?"

Naruto flexed and broke the restraint on him. He grabbed the Chains that tied Jack and broke him out.

"So what is it you truly want?"

That question caught Naruto off guard.

"I will tell my true goal when I feel we have enough Crew Members. But now we need to get out of here."

Naruto grabbed the bars and pulled the rod of the Cell they were and handed it to Jack. JAck raised his eyes.

"Cover me. We need to get to the Deepest Corner of the Dungeon. This is the reason I came here."

Jack took it and coated it with Buso. he grabbed the Pole like a Sword.

"Then I shall join you, Captain."

Jack made way for Naruto as Naruto smiled as he got someone as strong as Jack.

Back with Sasuke…

Sasuke was checked and every blade he had was taken. He was welcomed by a young man with auburn coloured hair and amber eyes. He wore a short, black jacket with red straps on the shoulders like all members of Root which most likely shows allegiance to the organisation. He also wore a red short kimono under the jacket with a black sash, a pair of black gloves, dark-coloured pants, and regular shinobi sandals.

"Welcome. You will be rewarded with a Position in ROOT. But we will have to test how strong you are."

"Where is Danzo?"

"Danzo-sama is waiting. If I approve, you will get to meet him."

Sasuke activated his Ken and moved his head to the side and caught the Katana that was thrown at him. He turned and saw that Sai had thrown it at him.

"You should go to Danzo. I will take care of Fu."

Sasuke moved towards the door that was said to lead him to Danzo.

Sai and Fu looked at each other and Fu laughed when Sasuke went into the room with Danzo.

"We knew you were a Traitor and had prepared for both you and Sasuke Uchiha to come here. Did you really think we were not ready? Danzo-sama was planning on unleashing the Ghost and showing the World Government that the ROOT is better than Cipher Pol and Marine."

Sai's eyes widened. He had heard that Danzo was collecting Zoan Devil Fruits to Create a Monster but it seemed that Danzo had completed it. But that was not the problem as the person before him was a Master of Kenbunshoku and the user of Yomu Yomu no Mi.

Sai coated his Tanto in Buso. Fu laughed.

"I am not the only one that you will have to fight. No, you will have to fight all of us."

Many more people with masks came down and stood around Sai.

ROOT VS Sai Begins…

Sai dodged as he slammed his Buso enhanced Tanto into One of the Man's Head. Multiple Rankyuaku were fired at him but he fired a Haki Enhanced Rankyaku and it cut through all the incoming Rankyaku.

He slammed his Tanto into one of them as he felt them come at him with his Buso. He smiled. Not his fake smile but a scary smile. A Psychotic Grin. He used his ink and drew 100 Snakes. The Snakes came to life and wrapped some of them and Sai killed them. He then made multiple lions and unleashed it on the root.

But he felt himself stop and turned to Fu to see that he had a Book in his hand. Damn it. Fu had used his Devil Fruit on him when he was drawing the beasts. But he decided to let him read it. He would use his haki when Fu was shocked and killed him. He knew he would be shocked because of something that he read.

"Let's see. You have left the ROOT and joined the Maelstrom Pirate. It seems you defeated Sabaku no Rasa and his Underling with the help of Sabaku no Temari, Nara Shikamaru, Uchiha Sasuke and your Captain. Well they will be taken care of. And let's see your Captain. It is just an 18 Year Old Brat. And his name is Gol D Naruto, the Son of Gol D Roger."

At that moment Sai dashed at Fu and cut his arm off. He then proceeded to slash everyone and left him.

"I will keep you alive. Now, inform what you learnt about us to the World Government."

Fu nodded as Sai pulled out his Den Den Mushi and dropped it in front of Fu. He decided to go and help Sasuke, if he could in any way.

ROOT VS Sai Ends…

Winner : Sai

Uchiha Sasuke VS Danzo Shimura Begins…

Danzo was sitting in the Middle of the Room, not paying attention to who entered. This was Sasuke's Chance. He would end this in one shot. Danzo heard the sound of bird chirping and turned around. But he was stabbed. A Fist with Black Light. Sasuke pulled out his fist and let Danzo's Body fall to the Ground. He turned around and decided to go and get Naruto.

"I knew you would be coming, Uchiha Sasuke."

Sasuke's eyes widened on hearing Danzo's voice and turned to him to see that he did not have a hole in a chest like Sasuke had made. Danzo, seeing the shock, smiled.

"You must be surprised. Well don't be. I have eaten Fukkatsu Fukkatsu no mi. I can Restore myself some seconds back. But at the cost of an Organ."

Sasuke dashed at him as Danzo took the attack head on and grabbed Sasuke and Headbutted him while enhancing himself in haki. When Sasuke pulled his arms out, Danzo fell to the Ground and disappeared as another Danzo appeared.

"Eye was also one of the organs that could be used. I lost one of my eyes but found that a simple eye transplant won't be counted as Organ."

Danzo opened his bandages and let it fall to reveal multiple Sharingan. He showed his Chest and Back and Sasuke saw more Sharingan. His eyes widened.

"But somehow Uchiha's Eye worked. And at that time, I was asked for help in killing the Uchiha Clan. So I sent my men. They brought me the Eyes and I asked one of my friends to help me and I got those eyes transplanted in me. Kazanami."

Sasuke jumped as Danzo waved his hand and created a large blade of wind that launched at Sasuke. Danzo pointed his finger at Sasuke and fired compressed air from the tip off all of his fingers. Sasuke dodged but Danzo fired at a Rapid Pace and he was nicked in his right arm.

Sasuke landed. He thought about how to end this. Then he remembered it. He remembered what Danzo had told him. He needs those eyes to restore. And now he had 15 More Eyes left. Sasuke and Danzo dashed at each other. Danzo used Shigan but Sasuke used Lorentz Gun.

Sasuke tossed his Katana and Danzo looked at the Katana but Sasuke formed a Chidori and stabbed him. He jumped back as Danzo reappeared again. Sasuke closed his mouth.

"Goryuka."

Sasuke shoots Black Flame from his mouth. Danzo tried to use Rankyaku and spit fire to protect themselves but he could not and he was burned. Danzo appeared again. Sasuke sighed. He would have to end it quickly.

"Higasa no Mai."

Sasuke coated his Blade with Fire and with a quick gesture, Sasuke unleashed a Wave of Black Fire at Danzo. But he did not stop and continued to unleash waves of Black Fire but with every wave the flames got weaker.

Danzo panted as every eye he had transplanted closed. But he saw that Sasuke had also started to pant. Danzo smiled. He must have used all of his energy. He dashed at Sasuke with whatever he could. Sasuke sighed.

He had made a Technique based on the Legend of his Clan. As Danzo was coming towards him, a rib formed around him and an Arm appeared and grabbed Danzo. Danzo felt himself being burnt. Danzo screamed as Sasuke made his skeleton hand grab Danzo.

Danzo recovered but he had lost all of his eyes. He fell on his back as he coughed blood.

Uchiha Sasuke VS Danzo Shimura Ends…

Winner : Uchiha Sasuke

The door opened and Sai walked in. He came and stood beside Sasuke.

"It seems you are about to get your revenge huh, Sasuke."

Danzo perked on hearing the voice. He smiled.

"Ah. Sai. My Students. It seems you are the only one that I can depend on to carry on the ROOT's Knowledge. I know you betrayed us but it is still sad to see you die."

Sai and Sasuke were confused. What did he mean?

"What do you mean? You are the one that is going to die."

Danzo laughed.

"If I don't get to Dungeon every evening, then the Ghost will be unleashed."

There was a roar as something burst out of the ground. Danzo laughed.

"It seems it got unleashed earlier than I expected. But if I die, so will you all."

Danzo was laughing but someone appeared behind him and put his hand through Danzo and pulled out his Heart. The Man had a Orange swirl mask with one eye and a Black Robe with Red Clouds.

"That was a Good Battle to watch, Uchiha Sasuke. But I will be needing Danzo's Devil Fruit. Danzo did not even know the full potential of this fruit. But I know who will."

He raised his hand and showed that he had a Devil fruit in his hands. Sasuke dashed at him to try and grab the fruit for his Captain but the man disappeared in a swirl.

"Damn it. We could give that fruit to Naruto."

"I don't think that will matter if we don't get the fruit as long as we survive the beast."

They turned to the Beast but were surprised as a Large Trident tore through the beast. The Trident stopped as it tore through the beast before returning.

What was that? They had felt the presence of the beast and the presence of the attack.

But what was that?

Back with Naruto…

Naruto smiled and walked as Jack took care of every guard that tried to stop them. He was walking when he stopped and looked at a door.

"Oi, Jack. I found it."

Jack slammed a Guard down as he looked at Naruto. Naruto kicked the door open. There was a Tube with what looked like a face. Naruto decided to see what the face was and smashed the glass open.

As soon as the face touched air, it began changing until it grew to be as large as a building. The Creature that formed looked like a Chimera. It was large and had a monkey's head with large fangs and a white mane, a tanuki's body, a tiger's legs, a white snake for a tail and glowing yellow eyes.

"Get away from here, Jack. This thing is going to go on a rampage."

Jack heard this and ran as fast as he could. It roared and turned to Naruto. A Purple Tendril appeared and grabbed Naruto. Naruto pulled out Ace and slashed the tendrils off. Soon many Tendrils were fired at him. Naruto cut each of them off.

But all of a sudden, the Beast rammed at him. They rammed through the Ground as Naruto was flung into the Sky. Naruto used his Voice of All Things on the Creature but all he heard was Kill Kill Kill.

Naruto landed gracefully before the creature. He raised his hand as a Golden Trident appeared in his hands. He tossed it at the creature and it grew and grew until it tore through the Beast and came out of the other side.

When it was completely through the Beast, the trident returned and shrinked before returning to its normal size. He grabbed it and slammed it on the ground and the beast disappeared. The weapon then disappeared from his hands.

Naruto sighed as he scanned for Jack's Presence. He jumped into the hole that Nue had made. He then ran to Jack. Jack saw that Naruto was here.

"Come on, let's go meet the crew."

Some Days later…

The Crew decided to Camp in the Forest. Sasuke was the one they had decided would cook. Sasuke dropped the pan he had and pulled out his katana as Gaara appeared on the Campsite.

"Let it be."

Sasuke sheathed his Katana but he still held the hilt and glared at Gaara. Then Shikamaru and Temari came too. Temari dropped a stack of paper.

"Look at this. We have a bounty now. I don't know why Shikamaru and I have a bounty. Gaara was a target of the World Government so he would get one but why us?"

Sai smiled and everyone turned to the person that was supposed to be emotionless.

"You did this, didn't you?"

Temari tried to jump at Sai but Shikamaru stopped her. Naruto looked at what Sai was reading and saw it was a book on making friends. So that is why he smiled like that.

"I did. I didn't know you would also get a Bounty."

Sometimes before,

Marineford…

Sengoku sighed as he chugged a Glass of whiskey. He did not normally drink when he was working but this was something he had too.

"Sir, they are ready."

Sengoku dropped the Glass and moved to the meeting room. The room had all three Admiral and Most of the Vice Admiral. They were all confused as they did not know what was going on.

"The World Government got a new intel. We thought that Gol D Roger did not have a Son and his son would be born thirteen years ago. But it seems he already had a son. And now his son has created a crew. The Maelstrom Pirates. They have defeated some strong people. But they have also killed the ex-celestial dragon, Sabaku no Rasa and the head of ROOT, Danzo Shimura."

Sengoku slammed Temari, Shikamaru and Gaara's picture on the board.

"The Oldest Child of Rasa, Sabaku no Temari, The Youngest Child of Rasa, Sabaku no Gaara and the Son of Nara Shikaku, Nara Shikamaru have been theorised to be in tandem with them. We have heard that Temari and Shikamaru talked with the Maelstrom Pirates."

Sengoku did not know about Temari and Shikamaru but he was sure that even if Gaara was not associated with Maelstrom Pirates he would have been associated by any means. The World Government did not like that Gaara had taken their weapon, their Devil Fruit.

Then he slammed Sai's photo onto the board.

"This is Sai. He was one of the best members in the ROOT but he went Rogue."

Then he slammed Jack's Picture.

"This is Jack Sparrow. We thought he was dead. He was once a Captain but he was betrayed. He already has a bounty of 60,000,000 Belly."

Then he slammed a picture of Sasuke.

"One of the Last Members of the Uchiha Clan and the one responsible for the Death of Both Rasa and Danzo. "

And then he slammed a picture of Naruto.

"Finally, the Captain, Gol D Naruto. He is the Son of Gol D Roger. We can tell by seeing his sword, Ace and also his face. His face looks like Roger's but he must have gotten his mothers hair. The Goresei have decided to put the Bounty on the whole Crew by themselves."

Just then there was a Coo as a News Co. Bird came and dropped the Crew's Bounty. Sengoku turned to his Friend, Garp and saw that he was smiling. Of course he would be excited.

Sometimes later,

Goa Kingdom…

Luffy and Ace were sparring against each other as Rogue came with a Huge Bottle and a Basket.

"Come on now boys. Let's eat some food."

Ace and Luffy stopped fighting and ran to their mother. Luffy and Ace started eating the Meat Rogue had brought. Then Dadan and Makino came running. Makino had a stack of paper on their hand. They dropped it before them.

Rogue picked the one he recognised as she smiled. It was similar to Rogers. But he had a Fox Smile as he pointed his sword at Someone. Ace and Luffy saw the poster and started celebrating their Brothers First Bounty Poster.

Before Temari and Shikamaru came to Campsite,

Halina…

Shikaku and Shikamaru were laying on the ground. They had just completed a match of Shogi Go and were now watching the Cloud. But they were snapped out of it as a Paper was dropped on their face. Shikaku sighed as his wife ranted about their child becoming a Delinquent.

Shikamaru turned and saw Temari, Kankuro and Gaara.

"You have seen the Bounty Poster, right?"

Shikamaru nodded.

"We have decided to join Naruto's Crew. Kankuro does not have a bounty so he will stay back. Will you join us?"

Shikamaru looked at Temari and sighed. He went in and came out with a bag.

"Let's go."

Somewhere in New World,

Moby Dick…

"So your son has started making waves in the world huh, Roger?"

The Crew looked on as their Oyaji held the poster of his rival's son.

Somewhere else…

"Captain. Look what I have here?"

Shanks was hungover but he looked at what Beckman had brought. It was a bounty poster. He unscrolled it and smiled when he saw the face.

"It seems he has grown up huh. This calls for a party."

In Wano…

"Princess, I have something you may like to see. Orochi had gotten his hand on it from some Beast Pirates outside of Wano."

Hiyori stopped playing as Denjiro handed her a Bounty Poster. She smiled.

"This means he will free Wano from Kaido soon enough."

Denjiro could not help but smile seeing the princess so happy.

Back to the Present…

Naruto stood up and scattered the Bounty Posters to Show everyone's Bounty.

WANTED

DEAD OR ALIVE

SABAKU NO TEMARI

50,680,000 BELLY

WANTED

DEAD OR ALIVE

NARA SHIKAMARU

47,520,000 BELLY

WANTED

DEAD OR ALIVE

SAI

58,705,000 BELLY

WANTED

DEAD OR ALIVE

SABAKU NO GAARA

76,081,000 BELLY

WANTED

DEAD OR ALIVE

JACK SPARROW

96,213,000 BELLY

WANTED

DEAD OR ALIVE

UCHIHA SASUKE

110,956,000 BELLY

WANTED

DEAD OR ALIVE

GOL D NARUTO

155,503,000 BELLY

"So where to now, Captain?"

Naruto smiled.

"Isn't it obvious? We need a Ship. Set sail to find the Black Pearl."

I got back to this after a long time. I have gotten some things planned out. I also included Jack Sparrow because he is cool.

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