I do not own Naruto or One Piece. I was this close to getting it, but then Oda suddenly used the power of hammer space on me and beat me down with a mallet. True story. And Kashimoto...I am not touching that.
"Talk" Talking
'Think' Thinking
Let me say something about the Fishman Karate Dojo, it is freaking hard as hell. There were ten new trainees when I first started, and yes I was the tenth person accepted. When Hell Month was over only half of us were left. Now if you have no idea what Hell Month is, lets just say that I learned the true value of hard work, and waking up at ungodly hours of the morning. And it got worse from there until there were only two students left, myself and a bastard named Skorka.
My first day I fought against Skorka, he was a big ugly bastard of a fishman with a good amount of scars and outweighing me by maybe a hundred pounds back then. Ugh, he was my bitter enemy, always trying to prove he was top dog. But he was not my reason to not get stronger, not by a long shot.
After I first fought Skorka I tried visiting Shira-chan, my sister in the Hard-Shell Tower. Only to be denied, that sucked big time, hell it pissed me right the hell off. But when I got older I understood their reasoning. It didn't mean I liked it. But there was a compromise, if I could reach level forty I could see her again. That was the reason I wanted to get stronger.
I'm not going to bore you with the details of my first two years, it involves a lot of classified training that I can never reveal unless you go through the same training I did. But I can tell you one thing, it involved a lot of muscle tearing, workouts and technique training. Heak I got my first scars there on my right knuckles from screwing up once trying to break tiles.
During those two years I learned of a rankings system. The higher you got, the tougher the training you had to go through. And it takes years, decades even to get to a high enough level. Jinbe himself was a level ninety practitioner, in fact all the teachers were between level eighty and one-hundred. I myself got to level ten in the first two years I was there, an achievement since it took between three to four years to get to that level if you started off young.
My training however was cut short. Due to him being a member of the Shichibukai the man had certain responsibilities for the World Government and couldn't exactly train me himself. But he used this chance to help stand guard at the Reverie. If you don't know what that is, simply put it's where Kings and Queens gather at the Mariejois where those asshole Tenryubito families live.
Jinbe was quite vague about what was going to happen, but assured me that it was just a precaution. Those meeting were tense and even the slightest insult could create a full scale war while they discuss matters that could affect the entire world itself.
I am not a braggart, I never have been. But it was due to me that a useless war between nations was averted.
"Nami! Nami What is going on here!?" Monkey D. Luffy exclaimed in a terrified voice.
"I don't know Luffy! I have never seen something like this happen before!" The orange-haired navigator shouted at her captain. Looking at the Log Pose on her wrist, the young woman was horrified to see that the needle was continuously spinning with no end in sight.
"We're all going to die! We're all going to die!" Usopp, the ship's resident sniper and big fat liar screamed in panic and began running in circles on the deck of the Going Merry.
"Waaaa! We're all going to die! This can't be happening somebody save us!" Shrieked a high-pitched voice that began to join Usopp in running around in circles like an idiot. It was the Straw Hat Pirate's latest crew mate Tony Tony Chopper, a toddler-sized human/reindeer hybrid who was also their doctor.
Pretty soon the two were joined by a panicking Luffy, causing Nami to gain several tick marks on her head before she finally snapped. "SHUT THE HELL UP YOU IDIOTS!" She bellowed, unleashing her righteous feminine fury upon their heads, leaving them in crumpled heaps upon the deck.
"Finally, I couldn't think with all that noise in the background." Zoro thanked her. He was sitting in the crows nest, curling a five-thousand pound dumbbell with his right arm.
"You actually use your brain moss-head?" Sanji snipped at his crew mate before offering Nami a glass of tea. "Tea to calm your nerves Nami-chan?"
"Not now Sanji, I need to figure out what exactly is happening." Nami waved him off before going over the map of the area. "The magnetic fields are going haywire. I can't even begin to make heads or tails of where we are, and I have been doing this since I was ten!"
"Is that a bad thing?" Nefertari Vivi, Princess of Alabasta, former member of the Baroque Works, and temporary member of the Straw Hat Pirates asked as she peered over her shoulder.
"It's a terrible thing. Us navigators rely on out Log Pose and maps to figure out where we're going. As of now I have no idea if we're heading to Alabasta or back to Reverse Mountain." Nami replied.
"Then what causes this? Does it happen often?" The Princess asked.
"It hasn't happened before to me, but if an island gets destroyed that could mess with the magnetic fields until they reset." (1)
"And how long does that take?"
"I don't know, it could be hours, or days, or even weeks. I just don't know." Nami sighed, rubbing her temples gingerly. "All I know is that if I find out whoever or whatever did this will feel my wrath."
Roughly a hundred or so miles away, a certain cat-like man felt the hair on the back of his neck stand on end, and despite the warmness of the sun he felt a shiver run up his spine.
"You all right big guy?" Naruto asked his navigator.
"Yea, I just got an odd feeling that someone wishes us harm." Bashura replied, scratching the back of his head that wasn't concealed by his top hat. "But I am concerned about our whereabouts."
"Yea, where in the world are we?" Kotetsu said, literally appearing next to them. "Igaram said we would know that we would be near Alabasta when we started sweating heavily. Well where's the sweat? We should have been there by now."
"I have no idea." Bashura replied. He held up his Log Pose, showing the two of them the needle going in circles. "The magnetic fields are mucked up, and I fear that your fight screwed something up when you destroyed the island."
"Namur destroyed the island." The blonde fishman protested. "I just happened to be there."
"Yea right." Kotetsu replied sarcastically.
"Irregardless, we're sailing blindly. Now I will do my best to keep us on course but even I cannot perform miracles." Bashura said before slowly breathing out through his nose. "It's up to Yojo now."
"Who...never mind I will ask later. Right now I need to make an announcement, would one of you mind fetching Gin and Shizune?" Naruto asked.
"I'm on it, they should be wrapping up their examination." Kotetsu said before making his way towards the infirmary.
"How have been been feeling Gin?" Shizune asked her last patient, the only one that she couldn't examine due to his unconscious state.
"Other than being half-dead, I've been better." Gin replied with a stifled yawn. It was no secret that the First Mate was quite sore, after coughing up his lungs and crapping out everything in his colon for several weeks straight, and then bound in bed for roughly a week straight, he certainly wanted to move around a bit and get some food in his belly. Maybe even a drink or ten.
"I advise you to to take it easy Gin. I cannot even begin to imagine what the long-term damage Krieg's poison will to you." She said placing a fresh medical chart onto her clipboard. "I can skip your name but I need your age, island you were born on, and devil fruit you may have eaten along with is classification, and position on the ship."
"I'm twenty-eight last I remember. I have eaten no devil fruit, and I am the First Mate." Gin replied before pausing to consider his next answer. "I have no idea where I was born, truth be told I don't remember much of my childhood." (2)
"Repressed memories maybe?" Shizune guessed with a raised eyebrow.
"Hell if I know, I've just been on numerous ships for as long as I can remember. Ain't good for much else."
"Hmm, I'll have to investigate this further." Their new doctor scratched down a note to self on Gin's medical chart. "Now I'm going to have to draw some blood, I hope you don't mind a small pinprick."
"Like I got a choice?" Gin asked.
"Uh, hey." A familiar voice interrupted the check up. Kotetsu appeared in the room, his hands lightly resting on the hilts of his swords. "Sorry to interrupt, but Uzumaki wants to call a meeting."
"Tell him I need another five minutes. I still need to get Gin's blood and a few other minor things." Shizune said.
"All right, don't hurry on my account. All that medical stuff is more important than a meeting anyhow." Giving the two a light salute, Kotetsu flashed away.
"That boy relies too much on his powers." Gin commented with a low grunt.
"Maybe, but I cannot exactly tell him not to use it." Shizune replied, scratching something down on the medical sheet. She frowned before putting the pencil down. "Gin, I have a question."
"Go ahead, you just might get an answer."
"Normally on my medical charts I normally ask my patients for their next of kin just in case of...well I think you already know."
"Oh I know, but with this still being a fresh crew, and the thought of death being unappealing you've hesitated." Gin said deduced, figuring her line of reasoning to be reasonable. "And you're wondering if you made the right call. Well I assure you one thing, you did make the right call. Deal with it later, at least until we get this damn ship fixed up."
Shizune lightly after the answer. It felt that a weight had been lifted off her shoulders, or temporarily at least. "Thank you. I knew I could count on your honest opinion, now..." She pulled out an syringe and smiled apologetically. "I need you to put your arm out."
"Ugh, I hate needles." Gin lightly groaned.
Roughly ten minutes passed before Shizune and Gin joined Naruto and the others on the deck of the ship. The salty sea air flowed over the crew of eight the Nautilus bobbing on the waves. Naruto ordered Bashura to lower the anchor that wasn't turned into an axe so they could temporarily hold position until the meeting was over.
"All right everyone, you all know I got an announcement, so listen closely because I am not going to repeat myself, and for the love of Poseidon Miss Goldenweek please blink." Naruto said, gesturing to the people who had the misfortune to follow him.
He observed them quietly, all seemed either curious, or slightly annoyed. The blonde couldn't blame them, after being lost for nearly a day and not having a cigar since Shizune gave him a not so subtle threat his nerves were a little on end.
"What is this about?" Miss Goldenweek lowly yawned out, blinking for the first time in hours. God that was creepy.
Naruto didn't answer at first. His face was serious, and he began clenching and unclenching his fists. "I am calling this meeting after some serious thinking. We need to do some training, a lot of training."
"Training?" Igaram asked in confusion.
"Damn right. We got our asses whooped, and as much as I hate to admit it, it will happen again if we don't get our butts in gear." Naruto said crossing his arms across his chest. "Whitebeard's crew was just the tip of the iceberg, if we're going to survive the Grand Line we are going to have to make some major changes."
"Crap." Kotetsu lightly rubbed his torso. He felt the still felt the stitches, the itchy stitches that reminded him that he still had a lot more to learn. Vista's words still haunted him as well, he had to choose, the path of life or death. And then there was Magara as well, he couldn't continue on like this. "What do you have in mind?"
"Kotetsu you're serious about this?" Igaram asked in surprise.
"I am. It is necessary, otherwise we're going to meet a bad end out here." The swordsman replied.
"Agreed." Gin seconded. Shaking his head he straightened himself up, lightly pushing away Igaram and Carmen two stood between them to get some space. "Naruto is right, Don Krieg thought we were invincible with fifty ships and five-thousand men, and looked what happened. Captain with your permission I have a few ideas that-"
"Do it." Naruto cut him off. "You were the Combat Commander of Krieg's crew, you probably trained nearly all his men and know how to do it. I think a crew of five people will be a piece of cake. Six if you want to include Igaram and Miss Goldenweek."
"Uh, Cap'n there are six of us, seven if you include Igaram and Miss Goldenweek." Bashura piped up with a raised, tattooed eyebrow. "Are you not including yourself?"
"I have my own training in mind." Naruto replied, tapping his fingers against his biceps. "Trust me, you saw what I can do and I rather not wreck the ship."
"Fine, fair enough." Gin only heard of the fight, and mentally reminded himself to try and see something of a repeat in the future. "But if you need any help don't be a stubborn ass. Come to me, I know what I'm doing."
"Uh, yea got it." Naruto scratched the back of his head before pointing at the quiet members on the deck. "Shizune, Goldenweek, Carmen you got any say in this?"
Carmen uncomfortably scratched her right shoulder, slowly looking at the defaced deck before coming to a decision. "I need some help."
Shizune lightly rolled her eyes before crossing her arms across her chest. "I will join, but only because I got the feeling you will hurt yourselves."
"I don't wanna." Miss Goldenweek said before trying to march down into the ship. She was plucked up by the back of her shirt by Naruto.
"I don't think so. You may be just another mouth to feed, but you're going to suffer like the other two women on the ship." The blonde fishman said bordly.
"Aww..." The young woman lightly moaned out. She lightly kicked her feet, but didn't even remotely put enough effort towards freeing herself.
"And I politely decline. We're a few hours away from Alabasta and I want to be ready to set foot on my homeland bristling with energy." Igaram apologized.
"So I got four people." Gin looked at his five victims...I mean underlings. He cracked his knuckles quite loudly, causing five spines to straighten up and a feeling of dread to course through their bodies. "I've handled worse."
(Two Hours Later)
"This...is...torture." Kotetsu hissed.
"Inhuman..." Carmen panted.
"Monstrous..." Bashura pitifully squeaked out.
Both Shizune, and Miss Goldenweek had long since collapsed from exhaustion since Gin started his training from hell two hours prior.
It started out simple enough, first he had them stretch for ten minutes to warm up their muscles. It was important Gin said, otherwise they would not move so well the next day. And then when they rested for a minute, Gin unleashed seven kinds of hell on them.
First, he wanted a demonstration of their physical prowess and made them do push-ups until they couldn't move their arms. Kotetsu was exempt due to his stitches, but the others not so much. Gin made them run laps around the ship to test how far they could run, sit-ups, and now he had them all propped up on their tippy-toes and using nothing but their forearms to stay propped up right with their backs straighter than boards.
"Quit your complaining, the Captain wants me to get you all into top shape, and so far I am not impressed." The veteran pirate barked at them like a drill sergeant. "The Grand Line will chew us up and spit us out, and I want to live to at least be thirty-five. So stay like that until you collapse, the endurance push will kick the weakness out of your bodies!" (3)
Both Naruto and Igaram stood off to the side, and the both of them hiding behind anything to stay out of Gin's path. The epithet of "Demon Man" seemed tame compared to what he was doing now.
"Carmen is right...he is inhuman." Igaram barely managed to squeak out.
"I wanted him on his feet, I got what I wanted." Naruto replied before slowly backing away from his hiding spot. The bow was quite busy, the stern was empty of all occupants. He would get his training done far away from Gin.
Figuring he was safe Naruto let out a sigh of relief, and he thought his time in the dojo was brutal. Gin actually made a few of the teachers look like pussies in comparison. After getting away he breathed through his nose, taking in the salty sea air. It was calming, the cigars were better but he would settle for second best for now.
Standing still the blonde fishman firmly clapped the palms of his hands together and steadied his breathing. He heard nothing but the waves hitting the hull of the ship, felt nothing more than the gentle rocking of it under his sandaled feet, sensing nothing but the sea.
It called to him. He did not know why, but he was always at home when he was in the water. It never harmed him, it never lied to him, it fed him, sheltered him. At times he swore that he was embraced by it like his mother or Queen Otohime did when he was a child.
Snapping his eyes open he used that exact feeling to manipulate the water. It came surging from the sides of the ship and engulfed his body. He felt it again, the comforting embrace that he had all but forgotten about. Throwing his head back and throwing his arms out, the water surged off of him until it engulfed his hands to create the giant Megalodon heads.
The giant shark heads were colored white on the underside, a deep blue that was almost black with dead black eyes on the sides opened their massive maws up and down, six rows of giant water teeth gnashing together, hungry to be used against some poor bastard.
"Powerful, but it's too much at times. I wonder..." The Megalodon heads while powerful, were downsized for safety reasons, Naruto was unsure if he could make them as big as they deserved to be, at least not yet. He needed something new, something that was just as devastating.
Closing his eyes Naruto focused on something different for his Devouring Twin Shark Fist technique. He imagined his own head for starters, then focused on his species. The snapping heads of the Megalodon receded until the head of a tiger shark formed on his fists.
The newly formed heads began snapping, twenty-four identical teeth that were specialized in tearing through flesh and bone. The underside of the technique was whiter while the top was a deep blue with white tiger stripes on the sides. Like the Megalodon head he made the eyes as black as possible, used to hopefully frighten his enemies.
"Son of a bitch." Naruto slowly breathed out. This was a breakthrough, a technique that had almost no limits. If he focused enough he could create a variety of shark heads that called for the situation. "With enough practice, I could use this to tear flesh asunder, maybe take chunks out of a ship with another. I cannot wait for make the Megalodon bigger!" The blonde fishman was literally bouncing up and down with glee.
The technique failed when his concentration lapsed, the snapping tiger shark heads broke apart and splattered onto the wooden deck of the ship, becoming nothing but useless sea water. Naruto looked down at the puddle with a raised eyebrow. "Huh, guess I need to have more focus or the technique will fail. Good to know." Lightly scratching his chin with his right hand, the blonde figured that he would have to improve not only the technique, but his mind as well.
"I'll deal with it later. Lets see what else I can make." Grinning his infamous shark-like grin, Naruto brought his hands out once again.
"Cap'n! We got a issue!" Bashura's cry interrupted his concentration, causing the sea water to splash onto the deck once again.
"Oh what is it Bashura? Did Gin break someone?" Naruto didn't hide the irritation in his voice. Finally he had an idea going for him, and then it got interrupted. "It better be life or death!"
"It is! It's the Baroque Works!" Igaram cried out.
"God freaking dammit!" Well that was a good excuse to interrupt his training at least.
In front of the Nautilus were two large battle ships, each baring the Baroque Works insignia on their sails. The Jolly Roger with two rapiers crossing behind the skull and purple wings baring down on them while the men on the ships were screaming for blood.
On one of the ships stood a man with shoulder-length white hair with a slight hint of blue to it and green eyes. He wore an open dark blue vest with the sleeves ripped off to show off his muscular and well-defined torso and arms, tight black pants, a dark brown belt that held two black hip pouches, on the front of the belt was a silver rectangular belt buckle, and black open-toed sandals. Strapped to his back was a giant shuriken.
A woman stood next to him, she had brown eyes, long brown-colored hair which she tied in a fashion to form a ball on top of her head, using what appeared to be a senbon needle holding it together, while two large locks with darkened tips framed the remainder of her beautiful face. Her attire consisted of a short sleeveless dress, further adorned by the presence of numerous bandages that encircled various portions of her body, including her waist and thighs, she also wore a pair of black open-toes sandals like her partner. Strapped to her back was a sword that looked like it had seen a lot of use.
"The targets are in sight Miss Mother's Day." The male said with a cruel smirk on his face.
"Indeed Mr. 6. I have been looking forward to this ever since Mr. 0 assigned us this mission." Miss Mother's Day replied, licking her lips in anticipation to spilling some warm blood.
"You're telling me that? One-hundred and twenty million Beli is on that ship, and all for the taking when we bring them in." Mr. 6 rubbed his hands together greedily. "I can taste the money."
"Remember, their bounty is deducted if they are brought in dead." Miss Mother's Day replied. "But then again that never mattered to much to us."
"You bet your sweet ass. And with this new power I have..." The Baroque Works Frontier Agent practically shivered in ecstasy from the power flowing through his body. "I will be unstoppable. All cannons ready to fire!"
"Gin, I don't suppose you got any ideas how to deal with this." Naruto asked his First Mate in a dull voice.
"We take them on land." Gin replied before turning to Igaram. "How much farther are we?"
"Two miles then we will reach Alabasta's sandy shores!" Igaram screamed in panic. Those two war ships were too big, the amount of cannon fire would definitely sink them. "There is no way we can get past them."
"Please, I can think of a few things that can be done." Naruto cracked his knuckles. "Gin I am going to sink the one on the right. Do you think you can get them all to shore for some sort of land battle?"
"Who do you think you're talking to?" Gin asked with a smirk on his face. Despite his weakened state he was rearing to get back to fighting. "I have not been pulling my weight, a fight or ten should fix that."
"Just don't go overboard, okay?" Shizune admonished him in a stern tone. "Is you start feeling any discomfort or even faintness you get your butt out of there. That goes double for you Kotetsu!"
Both mentioned males looked at Naruto, he shrugged in response. "Doctors orders, stay alive."
"Wait! What about me and Miss Goldenweek?" Igaram asked.
"Get your butts into the damn ship. You're supposed to be dead and Goldenweek MIA, go on git!" Naruto shooed them away like annoying animals before jumping over the side of the ship.
Splashing into the sea the blonde felt the cool sensation enveloping around him. Closing his eyes he focused on what he wanted, a ship killer technique that would give his miscreants some breathing room until they reached land. Opening his sharp mouth Naruto began spinning in place until the water surrounded him like a mini-tornado.
"Piercing Water Spear!" Naruto dived until he hit the bottom before springing towards the war ship on the right. The giant water drill struck the hull of the ship and tore through it like wet paper. It took four floors and three unfortunate Baroque Works members before he blasted through the deck. He heard the cries of alarm from the Baroque Works members before he bent forward and dived back into the ocean.
Not satisfied with his work he turned for another pass and pierced through the damaged hull. His efforts were rewarded with a satisfying crack as the ship broke in half. Dispelling the water around him Naruto turned around to watch the Galleon class battle ship sinking into the ocean. He watched as the sea water surged through the two halves, taking it and everyone with it as it slowly began sinking to the bottom.
"Good luck surviving, you will need it." Naruto said to himself before swimming towards his own ship. It would have been so easy to finish all the Baroque Works members off in the water, tearing them to pieces like a true shark, they deserved no mercy. But he did not go through with it, like he told the hitch hikers on his ship, he did not torture, and he did not kill the helpless, he was all for fighting, it was the only thing he was good at and if his opponent died then he died in combat.
Plus it was just unsporting to kill those floating in the water, they literally had no chance against him and it made him lose interest in killing them. And unless there was someone who pissed him off he would never do such a thing.
Seeing the gray Sea Stone that coated the bottom of his ship Naruto made a beeline, manipulating the water under his feet to give him a boost that launched him out of the sea. Throwing his arms out the blonde flipped three times before landing near the helm with a low thud that caused Bashura to nearly jump out of his pants.
"By the love of Yojo Cap'n please don't do that." Bashura said, patting his chest to calm himself.
"What's the damage, they fire off any of their cannons?" Naruto asked.
"The one you sank didn't get the chance, the other we weren't so lucky. Took a full broadside, Kotetsu, and Shizune went below to assess the damage. Igaram and Miss Goldenweek will take care of it." The Cat man replied. "And Gin said he was going to arm himself."
"Shit." Naruto cursed before turning his attention towards the bow. "I see land."
"I see a town." Bashura replied.
"How the? Ugh, never mind. Take us to port if there is one and we can fight there."
"I believe it's deserted as well, no need to worry about civilian casualties."
"Perfect." Naruto cracked his knuckles. "I can fight without worrying then."
"God damn it all to hell!" Mr. 6 bellowed hotly. One of his ships that cost him an arm and a leg to get plus two-hundred of his Millions were taken out in under thirty seconds. "It was that fucking fishman! I know it was!"
"You think Mr. 6?" Miss Mother's Day lowly replied. Unlike her partner she kept her anger buried inside her, her right eyebrow however was twitching like a caterpillar having a seizure. "At least we damaged their ship, they aren't going to get far."
"You think I give a damn if they aren't going to get far!" The man bellowed, white froth bubbling from his mouth. "I will tear them apart and devour their guts! Full sails you bastards, now, now, now!"
"Ah, yes Mr. 6." One of the Million members squeaked out before he and the ten guys next to him scattered. Four got to the ropes, the one that got yelled at went below decks, and the rest Mr. 6 did not care about.
When they raised the sails the ship followed after they prey, Mr. 6 ordered the front cannons to be fired at the retreating ship. Some hit, some missed, but the end result was the same, the ship they were firing at was even more damaged than before.
"Yes that's it, fire! Sink them! Sink them!" Mr. 6 shouted, angrily pointing at the retreating Nautilus.
"Mr. 6 I see one of them!" One of the Million's said, pointing towards the bow.
Growling Mr. 6 shoved his partner away, stalked towards the front of the ship and saw that there was in fact one of their targets. "Tan skin, armed to the teeth, yea that's Gin "The Demon Man". What the hell is he doing?"
On the Nautilus Gin looked back at their pursuers a frown etched on his face. He then smirked and gave all of them the finger before grabbing the railing and to their surprise pulled up a hidden lever. Near the bottom of the ship opened a hatch that they didn't see and a great gout of burning oil poured out of it.
"Shit! Turn the ship, turn the ship!" Mr. 6 shouted.
But it was far too late. Due to their close proximity the bow of the ship hit the trail of fire head one and caught fire like a man with too much oil in his hair near an open flame. Wood and men caught fire and the screaming began.
"You idiot!" Miss Mother's Day barked at the helmsman. Quickly unsheathing her sword she struck the subordinate down without a hint of mercy. She turned towards another Million's subordinate and pointed her bloody sword at him. "You! Turn the ship get up out of the fire now or so help me I will kill you as well!"
The newly appointed helmsman took the wheel and turned a hard left. They managed to get out of the burning oil, but the black smoke obscured their vision. It wasn't until they were able to get the fire under control before spotting the Nautilus docked at the town they were desperately sailing towards.
Harshly gnashing his teeth Mr. 6 opened his mouth to bark out orders. "Head to the town, forget about the ship. If it burns it will burn without us, I want their heads." He growled almost like a animal about to pounce their prey.
"You heard the man!" Miss Mother's Day said, brandishing her bloody sword at their henchmen. "If any of you so much as even think about turning the other way I will cut you down myself."
"Gin, how did you know we had that?" Naruto asked his First Mate.
"The burning oil? I suspected it." Gin replied as he pulled out one of his flintlock pistols. It was well oiled, in good condition and cocked, ready to fire. "I noticed that the stern of the ship sunk lower in the water when it was at port, that left me suspicious and decided to check out the ship."
"Damn, I really need to search this ship head to toe." Naruto cursed before peering out of the window from the building both Gin and himself were hiding in. He saw the smoking ship heading towards the Nautilus and frowned. "My poor ship."
"It's only cannon balls. We can patch her up and if worse comes to worse we can steal from their ship for wood and other materials." Gin said before cracking his neck. "Now head on out of here, I need you to do your part."
"About that, you sure about all of this. I mean there are unknown factors, not to mention..."
"They will be fine now get out of here."
Sighing tiredly, Naruto nodded before leaving Gin to his own devices. He did not exactly know what those 'devices' were, but they were no doubt deadly just like the man he rescued no more than what felt like a month ago. God help them all.
On board the Nautilus Kotetsu was on the middle deck looking at the docking ship. The bow was toast, nothing but black, smoking, charred wood and no doubt every Baroque Works member on board that ship was super pissed off.
"They are going to be even more pissed off now." He said to himself, a small torch in his hands, and twelve cannons ready to unleash hell on them. "I don't like this plan, but they forced us...forced me to do this. Know that I am sorry, but not that sorry." Without another word, Kotetsu tapped into his devil fruit powers.
The fuses for the cannons were lit in under five seconds, they fizzled until hitting the black powder. The cannon balls flew from the cannons with a loud bang. Kotetsu watched as the iron balls of death smashed into the opposing ship.
Kotetsu then flashed up onto the top of the deck and saw the damage he caused. With all the new holes in his ship, his home, it felt good to deal some damage to the jerks who attacked them. But now he had a bigger issue to deal with, damn Gin and his plans.
"Hey you! Yea you!" He shouted over to the members of the Baroque Works. Jumping onto the railings he turned his back to them, bent over and began smacking his own ass at them. "Come and get me you jerks! Come get a piece of Kotetsu!"
That definitely got their attention. In fact one of them took a shot at Kotetsu and missed.
Jumping off the railings the young swordsman turned towards them and unsheathed both his saber and Nidai Kitetsu. "Oh Igaram I hope I can count on your backup. And Gin, if this plan fails then I am going to haunt you until the day you die."
"I cannot believe this!" Mr. 6 roared in fury. The right half of him was covered in gore from one of the cannon balls striking his subordinate, and his ship was wrecked, near unsalvageable even. "They are going to pay for this, I swear they are."
Even the impassive Miss Mother's Day was beginning to lose her cool. Gritting her teeth she began barking out orders. "I want half of you with me. We will storm that ship and take it as our own. Mr. 6 take the other half and storm the town, you're much better on land battles than I am."
It took every effort to cool his temper to think rationally, but Mr. 6 agreed. With his condition he was in no shape to fight on a ship, but on land he knew he would succeed. "I expect that ship to be cleared out by the time I get back, and I call that fish-boy's room as mine."
"Oh, getting kinky now are we?" Miss Mother's Day remarked.
"Oh I will show you kinky later." Reaching behind his back he grabbed the handle of the giant shuriken where its hole was and made his way towards the lowering gangplank.
Once on land Mr. 6 and roughly one-hundred of his Million's began storming the town. Each man in the group was armed to the teeth with flintlock pistols, rifles, weapons of various types ranging from a simple morningstar to a zanbato class sword.
"You three." Mr. 6 pointed at three random men, a bunch of nitwits carrying twin pistols on their person. "Go check that house on the right, move it!"
"Uh, yes boss." The three of them saluted before heading towards the house. In one fluid motion they pulled out one pistol each and opened the door.
On the inside of the house a piece of wire that was tied on the doorknob broke, causing an already burning metallic object to drop by the door, five seconds later when the three Million's members walked into the house, the house and the three men ceased to exist from the explosion.
Mr. 6 threw his arms over his face to protect it from the heat of the explosion. A booby trap? Damn it all! "Don't go into the houses, they are all booby trapped!"
"Not all, just some." A unfamiliar voice caused Mr. 6 and his remaining men to find where it came from.
Standing on the house to the left was Gin with a cruel smirk on his face. In his right hand was a grenado that he was casually tossing into the air, and the other was a flintlock pistol.
Next to him was Bashura fully transformed into his ten foot tall panther form, his yellow eyes flashing in the sunlight, his muscles bulging and his harpoon clutched in both his large hands.
"Gin "The Demon Man" and their primitive navigator." Mr. 6's grin nearly split his face. Perfect both his prey was in sight. "Where is your Captain?"
"He is not going to waste his time on the small fish." Bashura's growling voice answered him. His senses were overloaded with the wickedness coming off of this...thing, he would not insult his race by calling Mr. 6 human. He also smelled something primal, it reminded him of himself, but there was no way he came from his island. Absolutely no way.
"Small fish am I?" Mr. 6 growled. The hairs on the back of his head was standing on end from the amount of rage he was producing. His pupils turned into slits before he forced himself to get under control, it wasn't time. Not yet.
"That's right, you're not even worth licking the soles of his sandals." Gin replied, lifting up his left leg to show the bottom of his boot. "You're not even worth licking mine."
"Well I am going to leave you with my...Lieutenants then." Smirking Mr. 6 brought his fingers to his lips and whistled loudly.
A rumbling came from the port and from what looked like the near bottom of the ship erupted with great movement. The wooden hull literally burst into splinters revealing two very large, very fast males who stampeded from the docks to Mr. 6's position.
The first to arrive was a ten foot tall, rounded man with light tan skin and light green eyes. His light black hair was pulled up into a wavy pony-tail with a tan-colored wrap and had thick sideburns framing his face. Barely covering his fat stomach was a torn green vest that came up to his the middle of his sides, light brown shorts held together by a white rope belt. Upon his wrists he wore two thick iron cuffs and upon his feet were wooden geta sandals.
The second one was a head shorter than the first and resembled the first to a great extent. The only difference was that his skin was a darker tan, his eyes were black as coal, smooth cheek length black hair that was very close to his face held up in a spiky pony-tail with a tan-colored wrap and a short spiky beard on his chin and had a thin uni-brow. Attire wise he wore a torn blue vest that went to his thighs, gray shorts held up by white rope belt, thick iron cuffs and wooden geta sandals.
"Mr. 6! You need us?" The green clothed one asked with a wide, stupid smile.
"Will there be any food?" The blue clothed one continued, with an equally wide, stupid smile.
"Oh yes of course." Mr. 6 said to the giant men. "But alas Fujin..." He looked over at the blue clothed man. "Raijin..." He then looked over at the green clothed man. "My Legendary Stupid Brothers, those two bullies are picking on me and threatened to take away all our food." (4)
"WHAT!?" The two brothers shouted, their eyes disappearing and were replaced with white hot rage that resembled their eyes shining with bright white light.
"Yes! I need you to kill them for me or there will be no dinner for any of us." Mr. 6 continued, smirking as his lieutenants were now fully poised to end the lives of his enemies.
"NO ONE TAKES OUR FOOD FROM US!" Raijin bellowed.
"THAT'S RIGHT!" Fujin followed soon after.
"Idiots." Gin scoffed, unimpressed by the two brothers.
The area around them exploded a second later, showering the area with wooden shrapnel.
"Blood-Soaked" Kotetsu." Miss Mother's Day snarled when she and one-hundred odd Million's members began boarding the Nautilus. "For a Marine that was not very polite or dignified."
"Do you see anything Marine-related on my person?" He gestured to himself. Gone was his naval coat, his slacks, and even his hat.
"Your sword and shoes." Miss Mother's Day remarked, eyeing him from head to toe.
The former Marine lightly deflated at her response. That was not his fault, his shoes were quite comfortable and well broken in. For his saber? Well he had no choice but to hang onto it, it was needed to attack and parry thanks to his sword style.
"Ha, what a loser! The pirate still thinks of himself as a Marine. Isn't that hilarious men?" Miss Mother's Day demanded of her men.
"Damn straight! This worthless loser doesn't stand a chance against us!" Shouted a loudmouth subordinate. He looked to be around eighteen years of age, with spiky, black hair and dark eyes. He was dressed in a loose beige shirt that went to his elbows with three prints of the kanji symbol for death going down the front and black pants and combat boots. For armor his forearms were covered by black forearm guards and wore metal happuri guards that covered his cheeks and forehead that had a black headband covering his forehead.
"Can it Zaku, just focus on Kotetsu. If the rumors are true then them man is a real butcher." Said one of the other Million's members.
"This guy looks like a giant pussy." Zaku scoffed before raising his arms to reveal two tube-like objects in the palms of his hands. "And I will prove it! Decapitating Air Waves!" (5)
Kotetsu's eyes widened, tapping into his powers he back flipped from his position and landed on the forecastle. He watched as the supersonic blasts of air impacted the doors that lead into the ship, shattering them like they were toothpicks.
"Oh Uzumaki is going to be pissed about this." The swordsman sighed out. Gripping the handles of his swords tightly he sighed out tiredly. "Fuck this day." Snapping his eyes open he tapped into his powers again and flashed in the middle of a bunch of Million's goons. "Mirage Sword Style: Moon's Gentle Touch!"
The Million's members surrounding him let out screams of terror and pain when Kotetsu split into after images. They felt the blade of the saber cutting into their bodies, the cuts were deep, but Kotetsu made sure that they could recover in time.
"Decapitating Air Waves!" Zaku turned around, both arms raised. He fired off his supersonic blasts, the compressed air waves tearing up the deck, tearing through the disabled bodies of his comrades and through Kotetsu himself.
The Kotetsu he thought he blasted however turned out to be a mirage. Widening his eyes Zaku raised his arms only to find his nose crushed flat by the pommel of Nidai Kitetsu, and the breath leaving his lungs from a kick to his stomach.
Zaku barely had any time to scream before his back crashed into the main mast. There was a loud popping noise when he struck, coughed and slid to the deck in a great world of pain. But while Zaku was taken down Miss Mother's Day lashed her sword in Kotetsu's side, the steel cut into his left forearm causing him to cry out in pain and drop his saber.
Tapping into his powers once again Kotetsu barely had time to back away from the sword swing that took several strands of hair off his head. Stopping where the doors used to be, the sandy-haired teen squeezed his left hand. He was tired, exhausted actually. Gin's training, combined with his stitches left him quite beat.
"So this is one of the swords used to kill all those Marines." Miss Mother's Day said, bending over and picked up the saber with her free hand. "Hmm good balance, good weight. I think I will keep it as a trophy."
"Don't you dare touch my sword!" Kotetsu hissed, nearly frothing at the mouth from someone other than him touching his swords.
"I can do whatever I want." Tightening her grip on her stolen weapon, she gave him a cruel smirk as her minions lined up in front of her, each one armed with a rifle, ten were standing while another ten were kneeling. "What are you going to do to stop me all by your lonesome self?"
Instead of backing away, running into the ship, or cowering like she expected. Kotetsu smirked in reply. "Now who said I was alone?"
Two ceramic balls crashed in front of the group of ten, releasing purple gas. Miss Mother's Day had enough sense to turn tail and run to the bow, the others weren't so lucky. The ten that breathed in the purple gas, them and many others began convulsing. Blood leaked out their mouths, noses, ears and their eyes. They gagged, clutched their throats and collapsed to the ground before going still.
"Poison? Where did that come from!?" Miss Mother's Day demanded.
"Up here." A professional sounding voice said.
Looking up towards the crows nest, Miss Mother's Day and the rest of her Million's spotted two women standing on the edge of the crows nest. In her right hand Shizune was tossing the familiar ceramic orbs up and and down casually. And Carmen was lightly smiling, in her hands was one of her fans and a frying pan.
"Who the heak are you!?" Demanded a cranky old man within the group. (6)
"I don't think that is any of your business." Shizune replied.
"She's right, you all shoot at us and wreck our home. You're not getting a thing out of us." Carmen seconded.
The two women nodded towards each other, both jumping at the same time and landing side by side, putting Kotetsu between the both of them.
"I thought you two left the ship." Kotetsu said, his voice laced with confusion.
"Gin told us to hide in the crows nest. He said that you were going to need more than you know who for backup." Carmen said, glancing at a fuming Miss Mother's Day and roughly seventy people that were either on or surrounding their ship. "And it looks like you need it."
"Yea, the bitch has my sword." The swordsman growled, thick veins beginning to form in his forehead. "No one takes my sword."
"Calm yourself. We need Kotetsu, not Magara." Shizune ordered him.
"I'm fine, I'm cool, I'm cool." Kotetsu raised his bleeding, left arm to show that he was calm and under control. "Lets just gets these guys off our ship. It's going to take a month to clean the filth off the decks."
"Don't exaggerate. It will be a week tops." Carmen quipped.
"Lovely, very lovely."
Sitting on a sand dune Naruto watched over the battlefield with a dull gaze.
Clamped in his mouth was a cigar that was burning down to the stub, he was in a slouching position, both hands resting on his knees, a bored look plastered on his face. Not even here for half an hour and Naruto already hated this place, it was too damn hot, the sun was beating down on his striped arms, his dorsal fin, and blonde head. Already sand seeped into his pants leaving him in a very uncomfortable position, and he was bored, very bored.
"I hate you Gin, you guys get to fight and what do I get to do?" He saw several buildings explode, no doubt causing loads of chaos in the crowd of Baroque Works members. "I have to sit here and wait. I hate waiting, I'm freaking bored."
Finishing his cigar he flicked it into the sand and watched as the blowing wind made the grains of sand cover the still burning stub. He took out another one and lit it without missing a beat. "I'll wait for the signal Gin, just don't expect me to like it." (7)
Armageddon: Hello my adoring fans, I really wish I posted this earlier.
Pvt. Liquor: Damn right, seriously dude we were off causing mayhem months ago and suddenly we're here. What no final battle and all of us being dragged back in chains?
Pvt. Leaf Ranger: Damn right, you're here by Armageddon's good will...which means I also am. Man this sucks.
Armageddon: A bit you guys, but from what happened last year can you not blame me?
Pvt. VFSNAKE: Nope not at all...can you untie us?
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Armageddon: Yep, you might get a bigger part next time. But for now stuff it and listen to these interesting facts. And like always leave a detailed review, no 'good chapter' or 'nice chapter' crap that just pisses us authors off. I want to know what you liked or disliked, constructive criticism is the key to me improving and making each chapter better than the last leaving you guys, my fans happy. But before I forget I'm introducing a new guy for the first time ins like...what two or three years? Heak if I know, but please welcome runox9 but I can call him runox for short.
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Armageddon: Dammit Liquor how does he do that?
(1) I would like to thank kirashu for asking me about this. Both Naruto and Namur...well mostly Namur destroyed an entire island. That would fuck with the magnetic fields and the Log Pose's in general, real chaos and all that stuff until it resets because of, well plot. I'm hoping I captured that good enough that destroying an island has consequences. Again thank you kirashu for pointing this out to me otherwise it would have been a dull opening for this chapter.
(2) Not much was know about Gin or his past, and since he probably won't show up in the series ever again because...well I am not accusing Eiichiro Oda of pulling a Kashimoto, unlike Naruto who went down hill real fast, or whatever the hell is happening to Bleach, Oda he has kept this series going very well despite its weirdness at times.
(3) Gin is a Combat Commander. I have no idea what that is in the One Piece universe or the real world because I looked it up, and found absolutely nothing useful. So I am stepping in and making him something like a Drill Sergeant, only with a bit of a sadistic side because you do not get called "The Demon Man" for giving out flowers. But man it is fun to write about!
(4) Unless you have been living under a rock you know who these two are, and why I brought them in.
(5) And the same goes for this asshole. And if you're wondering about his attacks, just remember that there are cyborgs and other weird stuff in One Piece. So in adding to the weirdness I turned Zaku's chakra tube things into cybernetic implants so he could blow out highly pressurized air.
(6) If you know what this is from then you are awesome and I offer you the highest of fives.
(7) And now the main reason I have been late in creating this wonderful chapter is Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain. Hideo Kojima hurts my soul and makes my brain sad every time I play his games but I loved every second of it. But sadly I can never make a story regarding the universe revolving around it, because like I said it hurts my soul and makes my brain sad. Plus fucking Ocelot and being a fuckdrouple agent and a lot of stuff not making a lick of sense. It's a series I lote with a passion.