Chapter 11

Kakashi and Sanji stared at the woman who just said that this man was her son.

"Well, that would definitely explain his medical prowess." Kakashi said.

"So, he's a member of that organization I've been hearing so much about lately is he?" Kureha asked.

Kakashi looked down at the floor.

"Yes. He confirmed that by telling us that his boss was waiting for us at a place called Arlong Park 2.0. I can only assume he's talking about DEATH's leader." Kakashi explained.

Kureha took a drink of alcohol.

"Has he always been a trouble maker?" Naruto asked.

"Onawagi? No… he was a good kid, never had problems with nobody, at least to my knowledge. The people of Drum loved him, before Chopper here was born, Onawagi was good friends with Hiriluk." Kureha said.

"A kid like that becoming evil? What do you think would motivate him to go down such a path?" Robin asked.

"Maybe the loss of his sight… he lost his vision trying to protect this land from that fat Wapol." Kureha said.

After mentioning Wapol, Dr. Kureha slammed her fist down on the table.

"THAT DAMN WAPOL!" Kurhea yelled.

"Hey take it easy!" Sakura said, "We don't want you getting too excited."

"Why not? That bastard took my loving baby away from me!" Kureha snapped, "Just a little boy already knew that fat bastard would be a tyrant…" Kureha said.

"How did he lose his vision?" Sanji asked, "He fought so well even while blind, you'd think he's had his whole life to train for battles like the one we had."

Kureha stopped talking and stared at the ground, her body shaking with anger.

"After he ate that damn devil fruit… he went to challenge Wapol, unbeknownst to him, Wapol had eaten one too and was far better at using its power… Wapol took my baby boy in that castle…" Kureha stopped.

"And cut his eyes out…"

The entire room stared horrifically at what the elderly woman had just said.

"C….c…cut…. cut his eyes out?" Usopp asked.

"Cut them out. Then sent him back to me. I couldn't believe what I was seeing… then I went up to ask Wapol about it and he tried to kill me too." Kureha explained, "I knew he was upset about the way things were going and wanted change, but… joining a secret organization… I would've never guessed."

FLASHBACK

"JUST SITTING AROUND WAITING FOR THIS FATSO TO DIE OR BE BEATEN EATS ME UP EVERY DAY I LIVE ON THIS ISLAND!" Young Onawagi said, bandages on his eyes, "HOW CAN WE REALLY WANT PEACE HERE BUT ARE TOO AFRAID TO GO AFTER IT? SO WHAT I CAN'T SEE? I'LL BECOME THE MOST POWERFUL BLIND WARRIOR ALIVE…AND I'LL COME AFTER WAPOL AGAIN. HE'LL WISH HE KILLED ME IN THAT CASTLE, BECAUSE I'M NOT STOPPING UNTIL I KILL HIM."

END OF FLASHBACK

Tears started forming under Kureha's glasses.

"He doesn't mean anyone any harm… please… don't kill my baby… bring him home and let his mom talk to him… it's been so long." Kureha said.

Nami, Sanji, Usopp, and Luffy all stared with surprise, they never thought in a million years they'd see this side of Dr. Kureha.

Luffy walked over to her and put a hand on her shoulder.

"Don't worry, we'll kick his butt, but we'll bring him back alive for you!" Luffy said with a smile.

Kureha stared up at Luffy.

"You haven't changed one bit, Straw-Hat…" Kureha said, still sulking.

Luffy stood back up and looked over at Chopper.

"So. Two days is it?" Luffy asked.

"Yeah. You'll be back by then?" Kureha asked.

Luffy smashed his fist into his palm.

"YEAH! Don't worry we're gonna get revenge on the man who did this to Chopper and beat up the leader real good! We're all really strong." Luffy said.

Kureha looked at the mix matched team.

"Definitely an extraordinary bunch." Kureha said, drinking some alcohol.

"Alright! The reindeer guy is going to be okay! Let's go beat the crap out of the leader of this damn organization already! I've been ready to get my hands on him since the sand village invasion!" Naruto yelled out.

The Straw-Hats and shinobi smiled at Naruto and they all put their hands in a circle.

"This is for Chopper!" Luffy said.

Everyone nodded their heads in agreement.

"Alright! Everyone we're now the Straw Hat Shinobi! "New friends" On three!" Luffy said, "1, 2, 3!"

"NEW FRIENDS!" Everyone cheered.

The newly formed Straw-Hat Shinobi walked through the Drum Kingdom in silence. There was no telling what was going to happen next. How strong would the leader of this organization be? What members did they have already? It was honestly stressful for some, but they wouldn't say, it's not a time to be stressed, and they knew that. Finally, they got back to the boat, where Zoro was still sleeping.

"Ugh. How much sleep does he need?" Sanji asked.

Robin got on board and smiled at the swordsman.

"SET SAIL TOWARDS ARLONG PARK 2.0!" Luffy said, then thought, "Where is it Nami?"

"The eternal pose Kakashi gave me is pointing south east of here and according to the map there's an island maybe a good two or three hours away from Drum." Nami answered.

"Two or three? We'd be there in a flash… I don't know if I'm ready to face some leader of this weird organization." Usopp thought to himself.

"Kakashi, Sakura, Sasuke." Naruto said.

The three looked at him.

"We're really going to do this. This is what we've been wanting for a while now, and now it's happening." Naruto said, turning to them and smiling.

"Hmph. I sure can't wait to see what this leader has in store." Sasuke said.

"Yes, it'll definitely be interesting." Kakashi said.

ARLONG PARK 2.0

Psycho sat in his chair in the middle of the park reading some reports he had gotten. Things were running smoothly, very smoothly.

"Cyclone." Psycho said to the turban wearing man reading his book.

"Yes?" Cyclone asked.

"Things here are running incredibly well, Eneru and Kuro are doing great at their assigned jobs and Arlong has done a good job keeping the monies in order. We don't have to stay here anymore." Psycho said.

"So, what're you thinking? Go to one of the other safehouses?" Cyclone asked.

"No…no…something a little different. I'll talk to you about it later, we have to get the island clean for our guests." Psycho said.

Cyclone smiled and closed his book to get ready to help clean up.

"They've already proven to be a pain, Kumama, Uzanda…your deaths will not be in vain." Psycho said.

GRAND LINE

"Aye time for lunch!" Sanji yelled out.

Everyone made their way to the cabin to eat.

"Today's lunch: Grilled Halibut with peach and pepper salsa. One of my specialties." Sanji said.

"ALL DONE! MORE PLEASE!" Naruto and Luffy both said.

"HOW ARE YOU DONE ALREADY?!" Sanji yelled.

"Mmmm! This is so good Sanji-kun!" Sakura said.

"HAIIIIII I'M GLAD YOU THINK SO SAKURA-CHWANNNN!" Sanji said while he danced.

"What's the occasion Mr. Cook?" Robin asked.

Sanji stopped dancing and got serious.

"In about and hour we're about to meet the mastermind behind the attack on the Sand Village and Vivi's life. I want us to have a great meal to keep us in high spirits and ready for action." Sanji said.

"Probably the smartest thing I've ever heard you say, idiot." Zoro said.

Sanji slowly appeared behind Zoro.

"You want to say that again outside?" Sanji asked.

"This is truly very good though Sanji." Kakashi added.

"Thank you sir. I used to work for a sea restaurant, the old geezer there taught me everything I know." Sanji said.

Franky, who had been keeping lookout, burst into the room.

"I got a boat out here!" Franky said.

Everyone in the dining hall ran out to see what ship Franky was talking about, they all gasped when it was Boa Hancock's ship, the Perfume Yuda. As the team sailed, the ship got closer.

"Hey, is it just me or are they getting closer?" Usopp asked.

The Perfume Yuda was certainly getting closer and eventually weighed anchor next to them. Luffy stepped up and crossed his arms. A tall beautiful woman with long black hair and snake ear rings stepped up.

"LUFFY!" Hancock yelled out, running down the plank to see Luffy.

Naruto, Sanji, Kakashi, Brook, and Franky all bled from the nose.

"She's so hot!" Naruto said, hearts in his eyes.

"Fool… she's an angel carved by God himself…sent here to bring us men in with her beauty to test our ability to keep our lust under control, but alas, it can't be controlled." Sanji said.

Nami, Robin, Sasuke and Zoro sat on the side lines.

"Sasuke-kun I'm surprised you're not up with the men admiring her, she honestly is beautiful." Nami said.

"Sasuke-kun?" Sakura asked herself.

"Hmph. I don't care about her if she's not an enemy." Sasuke said.

"Luffy how have you been my precious boy?" Hancock said, hearts in her eyes.

"Good. We're about to go beat up the leader of DEATH." Luffy said.

"Just say it so casually why don't you." Usopp said, annoyed.

Hancock's eyes opened in fear.

"You're about to do what? Luffy, you know that I love you in every way, but DO NOT get involved with that man! He's too dangerous." Hancock stressed.

"Love? That his lady or something?" Naruto asked, disappointed.

"She claims she loves Luffy, but Luffy is so air headed he probably doesn't even know what she means." Zoro said, "Good though, she could just be trying to use him."

"He's really that strong? Then I have even more reason to go!" Luffy said, turning to Naruto to ask him.

"Right! If you're involved with him, then we'll beat him up and you can do what you need!" Naruto assured.

"Wait who are all of you?" Hancock asked.

Kakashi stood up.

"We're shinobi of the leaf village just 300 miles from the Village Hidden in Sand." Kakashi said.

"Shinobi?" Hancock asked.

"It's…it's a lot to explain right now." Kakashi said nervously.

Hancock nodded then tried to talk to Luffy again.

"Luffy please, don't go to him!" Hancock begged.

"Sorry Hancock, I have to beat him up! He attacked their village and poisoned our doctor." Luffy said.

"DEATHS leader is anonymous to everyone except members, how do you know how strong he is and how he acts?" Sasuke asked.

Before Hancock could answer Franky interrupted.

"ISLAND! ISLAND! WITH A TEMPLE!" Franky yelled.

Nami gulped.

"What if Arlong got incredibly strong and is the leader of DEATH? It'd be Cocoyashi village all over again… I don' know if my heart can handle that." Nami thought to herself.

Naruto, Luffy, Zoro, and Sasuke all looked at the island.

"He's there. He's really there." Naruto thought to himself while clenching his fist, "I can't wait."

"The moment we've all been waiting for… time to see what this leader is like." Sasuke said to himself.

"I get a bad feeling about all of this, this easy to find their leader? Must be a trap or something, but whatever happens, I won't let those close to me get hurt." Zoro thought.

"This guy is gonna pay for what he did to the sand and to Vivi!" Naruto said to himself.

Luffy balled up his fists and threw his arms up in the air.

"HEYYYYYYYYYY! DEATH LEADERRRRR! I'M HERE TO KICK YOUR ASS!" Luffy screamed, as loud as he possibly could.

ARLONG PARK 2.0

"Sir! I've got two boats at the docks. One is Boa Hancock's and the other one is… uhh… I don't know the name of the other, but the Straw hat kid is on it!" A member said.

Kuro, Arlong, and Eneru all looked up at the mention of "straw hat."

Psycho crossed his legs and clasped his hands to rest them on his stomach and laid his head back against the chair he sat in. He opened his eyes and looked towards the sky.

ARLONG PARK 2.0 DOCKS

Both ships docked and the members of the newly named Straw-Hat Shinobi sat in a circle. Kakashi and Nami were the only ones who stood since they were the teams chosen strategists.

"Alright I'll start off by introducing myself. My name is Kakashi Hatake from the Village Hidden in the Leaves. I was appointed as the fourth member of this team by the former Hokage to implement another strategic brain on the battle field. Sasuke here is more of a fighter and thinks of his next attack mid-battle so I've been chosen to be the pre-battle strategy man."

Nami smiled and then went her turn.

"My name is Nami. I'm the navigator for the Straw-Hat Pirates and kind of the strategist even though our final decision is usually determined by our captain, but in this case here I'll help choose a decent strategy to deal with these guys." Nami explained.

"So. Because we don't know what we're up against we need to understand how we'll approach the situation need we go into battle. We probably will, so Nami and I assessed your skills and came up with teams." Kakashi said.

"Naruto and Luffy will be the first two in battle, for obvious reasons. Next we have the swords men Zoro, Brook, and Sasuke. You'll all come in when the situation starts to look slim. Sanji, Fanky, and Usopp will be the last of the battle squads. Chopper and Sakura will be our medical area and Robin-chan and I will handle taking out any minor soldiers that try to interfere. Chopper also comes in handy here because if a guy happens to be too much for us he can take them on, and we'll support him from there. Nami explained.

"Beautifully explained, Nami-san. Any questions?" Kakashi asked.

Luffy raised his hand.

"What's Hancock going to do now that she's apart of the team?" Luffy asked.

Hancock's eyes filled with hearts.

"Luffy want's me apart of the team? Is this a dream?" Hancock thought, until she thought about exactly what was happening.

"Wait! I'm not even supposed to be on this boat! I'm not apart of what you all have going on." Hancock said.

"Then what are you doing in these waters? You don't seem like you're from down here, I can tell that and I'm for sure not from these parts." Sasuke said.

"I don't have to explain anything to you darling. I'm here because I saw Luffy-kun's ship and wanted to say hi." Hancock said.

Kakashi and Nami stared at her from behind.

"Really? So, you don't have any business on this island at all?" Robin asked.

"Nope!" Hancock answered.

"But you know something about this leader don't you? When Luffy said something about beating him up, you got nervous." Franky noted.

Hancock started to sweat a little.

"I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT HIM! I'VE ONLY HEARD STORIES!" Hancock yelled.

Luffy stared at her.

"If she says she doesn't know anything, then she doesn't know." Luffy said.

Hancock ran over and hugged Luffy.

"See? Luffy-kun understands." Hancock said happily.

"I agree. Just let her go." Naruto joined, "The leader of this dumb organization is literally sitting right up that hill! The more we sit here and ask questions to someone who really might not know a thing about him! We need to go get answers for ourselves!" Naruto said.

The entire room went silent.

"At least there are SOME people who have some sense." Hancock said, "But Luffy please don't go!"

"I have to. WE have to. This guy hurt our friends and attacked our ally's village." Luffy said, "We're beating him up no matter what!"

The straw hats and leaf shinobi smiled.

"Alright! So, we going or what?" Naruto asked.

"LET'S GO!" The room yelled in unison.

Everyone on board the Thousand Sunny, except Hancock, got off and began to walk.

Sanji noticed Nami looked nervous so he went to talk to her.

"Hey, Nami-san, are you okay?" Sanji asked.

Nami gave Sanji a nasty look.

"I'm fine. Just leave me alone right now." Nami said.

Sanji held her back while everyone walked.

"Hey this is no time to be acting like this. We're about to fight some tough people, we need to have our best chemistry." Sanji said.

"Let me go!" Nami said snatching herself away and jogging to catch up to the group.

Sanji lit a smoke and continued walking behind the group.

As the team got closer to the temple gate they saw banners, signs, and towers, with the DEATH organization logo over them.

"Hey Sasuke, the symbol kinda looks like a form of the sharingan huh?" Naruto asked.

"Yeah, I noticed that too." Sasuke said, feeling uneasy.

"Eneru the thunder god had the same symbols on the drums he wore on a ring in his back." Robin said.

Sasuke looked back at Robin.

"Really? That's strange..a thunder god with the sharingan commas patterned on drums?" Sasuke said.

"While I don't know much about this sharingan you speak of, there were three commas on the drums." Robin continued.

Sasuke continued to look at Robin then looked ahead again.

"Don't tell me… no… he's dead… or he's incredibly old… there's absolutely no way HE'S the leader of this organization…" Sasuke said to himself.

After a few more moments of walking, the team finally made it to the gate.

"Here we are." Kakashi said.

"So, the DEATH leader is behind these doors is he?" Usopp asked.

"That seems to be the case." Brook said.

"Alright remember, we promised the doctor we'd bring her son back alive so she could speak to him, but we still don't know entirely what this leader can do, so let's not be too hasty and-." Kakashi was interrupted.

"BAZOOOOKKAAAA!" Luffy yelled.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMM!

The gate to Arlong Park 2.0 broke down easily and crumbled. The men inside all looked to see who was behind the destruction. Luffy and Naruto both ran in first.

"Hey! I wasn't done explaining the plan!" Kakashi said, as the rest of the team followed them.

Sakura and Sanji ran to the side of their hot-headed friends, who just stood and stared.

"Why did break the wall down! You may have jeopardized the plan!" Sanji said.

"You idiot don't just barge into a place you're not familiar with!" Sakura yelled.

Naruto and Luffy continued to stare forward to the point Sakura and Sanji got concerned. Sanji looked back first at his crew who all had the same expressions and then forward and joined them in being surprised. Naruto, Sasuke, and Kakashi all were surprised but didn't show it, Sakura on the other hand had concern on her face. Arlong, Kuro, and Eneru all stared at the people who charged in.

"Well, here they are, just like you said they'd be." Kuro said, pushing up his glasses.

"HA HA HA HA HA. That's our Psycho, I don't know how he does it." Arlong said.

"He's certainly a special case." Eneru said.

The Straw-Hat Shinobi already were shocked over seeing three of their former enemies, but it was the man who sat in the throne in the middle of the park. The man everyone spoke about but hadn't seen in years. The former most wanted man in the world, Uchiha Psycho.