Chapter 76
"You fought Psycho and Cyclone, Kraken?" Naruto asked.
Kraken grit his teeth slightly.
"How strong are you really Kraken? What do you know?" Sasuke asked.
All eyes were on Kraken.
"It was 12 years ago..." Kraken started, "I got a lead on Psycho and Cyclone camping out on this island. It was perfect, a place we could go all out and fight with no casualties. I had already encountered these two multiple times and knew a lot about them. I was ready to bring them in!" Kraken said.
"But... you didn't." Sakura said softly.
Kraken sighed.
"My power wasn't enough. I trained myself so hard I died three times straining my body. Just to catch up to them... I fought as hard as I could but those two... they could do things that far surpassed any devil fruit or ninjutsu. I couldn't beat them..." Kraken said.
"What happened at the end of the fight Kraken... what did they do to you for 12 years!?" Kasai yelled, slightly crying.
Cracken grit his teeth harder.
"They... didn't do anything..." Kraken said.
Everyone watched with shock.
A short memory flashed in Kraken's mind of Psycho and Cyclone battered up staring down at him with demonic eyes. Kraken looked up at the two with fright... and turned and ran...
"I ran..." Kraken finally admitted.
Kasai gasped. Luffy couldn't believe it. The shinobi were shocked as well as the straw hats.
"I couldn't show my face to the world anymore... the great navy hero Kraken ran from the world's worst criminals? It was too much... I was depressed and lost myself..." Kraken said, "One day, in the North Blue, I met a man. His name was Iwataka." Kraken said.
Mihawk and Okua shot surprised glances at Kraken.
"He had also fought Psycho and Cyclone... and won..." Kraken said.
Everyone was shocked. Who was this Iwataka fellow?
"How!? How did he beat them!?" Naruto and Luffy yelled.
"Because Psycho and Cyclone share the same weakness." Kraken said, "There's a reason they stay so stoic and calm. Once they get stressed, they start creating openings." Kraken explained.
Luffy thought back to his fight with Psycho at Marineford, a lot of Luffy's major attacks landed from either Psycho being distracted or caught off guard.
"It's a battle of endurance, durability, and resolve. If lacking in one area you might as well lack in all three." Kraken said.
Everyone continued to listen.
"After learning this I still knew one thing, I couldn't beat them alone, I still needed to get stronger, and I still needed time. So, I decided I'd fight Psycho and Cyclone another way and fight them from the shadows." Kraken explained, "I snuck into the Holy Land manor and got a look at Psycho and Cyclone's files."
Kraken reached into a bag and pulled out two folders and held them up.
"In these files are records of everything Psycho and Cyclone has done since gaining the government's attention centuries ago. It was the best possible way of attaining information about their past without having to capture them or reveal myself to the organization." Kraken said.
Kasai gasped.
"That's why the files weren't in the cabinet when I checked!" Kasaisaid to himself.
"The folders also take account of fights they've been involved in. Each of these fighters over centuries all share the same things in common. Their endurance, durability, and resolve were otherworldly. They all had tremendous luck and heart, and shared some type of personal relationship with Psycho and Cyclone. Something that I realized I had in common with them as well. It's what you two have in common with us as well." Kraken said, pointing at Naruto and Luffy.
The two looked at each other then back at Kraken.
"That explains what draws you both to him. I also found out Psycho had ties to a man named, "Dubois" a former Elder Star who murdered another Elder and is still wanted only dead." Kraken said.
"He's... still alive?" Luffy asked.
Kraken nodded.
"His devil fruit keeps him alive, but it's dangerous to talk about him too much, but if I wanted information on Psycho, I had to go see him." Kraken said, "But when I made that decision... things started happening that were out of my control. Things would fall over and break in such a way that a fork got catapulted at my face and almost took my eye out." Kraken said.
Everyone gulped.
"I didn't find out until I met him that it was a part of DuBois's devil fruit ability. An ability he created for himself to protect himself from anyone attempting to find him." Kraken explained.
"What in the hell kind of ability is that..." Usopp asked.
"That's definitely an ability of the devil.." Franky chimed in.
"Dubois was the only person I could go to for the answers I needed. Once I got to the Florian Triangle his ability stopped, it was because once anyone enters the Florian Triangle no matter what your intentions were when you went in your main priority is always wanting to get out, this canceled his ability which was to kill me by any means after stating intent to find him." Kraken said.
"Anyway, after we met Dubois told me some important information about Psycho and Cyclone, like their weaknesses. He also told me about a man named "Zayoshi" that had been living in the shinobi world for a few years at that time, and about a mole named "Mifune" from the land of Wano.
The shinobi's eyes shot open at the mention of that name.
"MIFUNE THE SAMURAI!?" Kakashi asked.
Kraken nodded.
"Because the shinboi world had been closed off, it was the perfect place for Psycho and Cyclone to go if their names got too hot over here, and vice versa. So, they needed people on the inside to tell them what had been going on while they were gone." Kraken explained.
Sasuke looked down, he remembered fighting Mifune before, this entire time he was a mole for DEATH.
"I went into the ninja world undercover after I met with Dubois. Psycho is an "Uchiha" so it wasn't hard to trace that name to the Village Hidden in Leaves." Kraken said.
"Wait... are you saying..." Naruto was stopped.
"Yep! I lived in the leaf village incognito while I gathered information on Psycho!" Kraken said.
"What who where were you?" Sakura asked.
Kraken smiled big.
"You remember a guy named "Ebisu?" Kraken asked.
Naruto, Sakura, and Kakashi's eyes opened wide. Sasuke didn't react he never met "Ebisu."
"That doesn't make sense! Ebisu sensei taught me ninja related techniques!" Naruto said.
"You might wanna hold your breaths for this one... because I learned something else from Dubois. Something that explains how Psycho uses ninjutsu and devil fruit powers." Kraken said.
Everyone listened with anticipation.
"Chakra is within everyone. Everyone is capable of using their chakra to use ninjutsu, some more than others. Devil fruits are an entirely different energy that don't interfere with chakra. I moved to the ninja world to study chakra, because if I ever had to face them again, using their fighting style against them could give me the advantage I needed." Kraken explained.
Nobody could believe what they were hearing.
"I was also keeping an eye on you Sasuke..." Kraken said.
Everyone looked at Sasuke.
"Why... me?" Sasuke said.
"Because Dubois found out there were two children directly related to Psycho and three children with his blood in them. One was here in the Grand Line and the other two were in the ninja world. I'm sure you know what happened 12 years ago don't you? The Uchiha clan was massacred." Kraken said.
Nami covered her mouth and the straw hats were shocked as well as Jimbei and Luffy.
"Did Psycho do it!?" Luffy yelled, making a fist, Sasuke noticed this.
"Why would anyone do that to the Uchiha!" Jimbei said.
"While I thought it was Psycho attempting to tie up loose ends, I found out it was Itachi, Sasuke's brother, as a part of a larger scheme by some higher ups in the village. Basically, the shinobi world had their own problems. Uniting these two worlds was going to be a lot harder than I thought." Kraken explained.
"You being in the leaf is how you found out about the plan for King Cobra to ally with the ninja world... as well as stay "dead" to the four blues and Grand Line, nobody would think to look in the shinobi world." Kakashi said.
Kraken smirked.
"This is what I've waited 12 years for... it's time for Psycho's reign of terror to end." Kraken said, standing up.
"Wait!" Naruto said.
Kraken looked at the young shinobi.
"You've left out a lot of information! What does Luffy and I sharing similarities to their past enemies mean? Why is Psycho the way he is? Where did he even come from? What do you know about the war between the Ninja and Marines?" Naruto asked.
Kraken took a drink.
"This conversation wasn't to tell you Psycho's history or the history of the war between the ninja and marines. It was to give you insight on my story and my mission and why I've been waiting on you all, also to inform you about Zayoshi and Mifune. And, he personally requested I bring you all to him to fill you in." Kraken said, grabbing a back pack.
"Where are you going?" Luffy asked.
"We are going to the Florian Triangle. We've got someone to meet." Kraken said.
"Why are you talking like that!?" Luffy asked.
Kraken rubbed the bridge of his nose.
"If I say who specifically his ability will start trying to kill us Luffy so I can't tell you just come with me!" Kraken said.
Akainu's hat hid his anger.
"I have sat around and listened to this madness long enough! This world has already been ruined by one ninja it will not be ruined by more!" Akainu yelled.
Kraken looked back.
"WE'RE GOING AFTER DUBOIS AREN'T WE!?" Akainu yelled.
"YOU IDIOT WHAT ARE YOU DOING!" Kraken yelled.
Suddenly the wood on the fire started to crack and pop.
POW!
One of the logs exploded! Everyone covered their faces.
"Is everyone alright!?" Kraken asked.
Hinata slowly looked down at her hands and saw spots of blood, she shook as she looked over at Smoker, who had been shot through the neck by a knot in the wood that exploded.
"AHHHHHHHHHH!" Hinata screamed.
"What in the hell happened!?" Nagashima yelled.
Kraken grit his teeth.
"EVERYONE GET TO MY SHIP NOW! DUBOI'S ABILITY HAS ALREADY STARTED. THIS ISLAND ISN'T SAFE ANYMORE!