Psycho sat on Mars's body with a calm expression as he looked upon the Holy Land assault group. They group however were not so calm about this!
The last time they saw this man he defeated Naruto and Luffy with little effort and others were given serious wounds by his brother Cyclone!
Psycho continued to stare. Nobody knew what to say, so Psycho spoke.
Psycho looked towards the shinobi.
"Shinobi from the Leaf how much have you learned in your time here?" Psycho asked.
They all looked at each other wondering who their mouthpiece would be.
"How much have you learned, Sasuke? About what's really been going on for all these years." Psycho asked.
Sasuke looked back at everyone and back to Psycho.
Sasuke shook his head and grit his teeth.
"We-We-We don't have a clue what's going on..." Sasuke admitted, everyone except Kasai and Fujitora lowered their heads in defeat.
Psycho shook his head.
"Robin learned more in less than a day with me.. Sloppy sloppy." Psycho said.
Zoro's face shot up at the mention of Robin's name.
"Where's Robin?" Zoro asked, grabbing his swords.
Psycho glanced at Zoro.
"Marineford." Psycho said with a smile, "Or should I say, DEATH HQ now."
"IS LUFFY THERE TOO!?" Sanji yelled.
"And Hancock!" Sakura yelled.
Psycho crossed his arms.
"I'm afraid not." Psycho said.
Everyone grit their teeth.
"Straw Hat and Hancock interfered in my battle with the Marines and did a pretty good job too. Straw Hat was able to render me unconscious for a moment." Psycho confessed.
Sasuke's face held surprise.
"Luffy …" Sasuke said softly.
"You … didn't kill him did you!?" Sanji yelled.
"No." Psycho said, "A marine took them off my hands."
Everyone grew angry.
"SO WE'VE GOT TO GO ON ANOTHER WILD GOOSE CHASE!? JUST GIVE US OUR CAPTAIN BACK!" Sanji yelled.
"GIVE UP LUFFY OR I'LL KILL YOU RIGHT HERE!" Zoro yelled.
Sasuke and the other's stared at the two Straw Hats with admiration. Ready to fight this mysterious, powerful leader of this organization after just fighting the elders.
Psycho held up his hand.
"Calm yourselves. They are in safe hands I assure you. And to prove it I can give you their exact coordinates if you do one thing for me." Psycho said.
"We aren't doing anything for you ever again." Zoro said.
Psycho stood up.
"Then we're wasting ti- "
"We'll do it." Somebody said.
Everyone looked at Sasuke.
"We'll do what you want." Sasuke said.
Psycho smiled and sat back down.
"Good. All you have to do … is listen to what the information I'm about to give you." Psycho said.
Everyone looked at Psycho with confusion.
"Shinobi, this is for you. Pirates and former marine this knowledge will be useful to you as well I'm sure." Psycho said.
Everyone waited with anxiety.
"Well, how should I start this off? A reveal I suppose?" Psycho said.
Silence.
"Sasuke, if you've had any thought about us being related further than our last name's then you would be correct." Psycho said, "You … are my grandson."
Sasuke's eyes shot open and he began to sweat.
"My … grandpa?" Sasuke asked out loud.
Kakashi, Hinata, and Sakura were starstruck as well as the others.
Psycho nodded.
"Your father was another son of mine I had many years ago. That means you and Itachi both are my grandchildren." Psycho confessed.
Sasuke couldn't believe it. He knew for sure there were familiar traits between them, but to be his grandfather! A mere two generations away from his own!
"But that's not all." Psycho said.
Sasuke looked up.
"You've got more family." Psycho said.
Sasuke was admittedly worried about who Psycho was going to name next.
"You've got a great aunt as well, she's still alive and well too. Just spoke to her earlier." Psycho said.
Sasuke had a deep feeling about who Psycho was referring to but didn't want to be right.
"Your great aunt … is Nico Robin." Psycho said.
Sasuke was right in his mind but all he could do was stare with shock. Zoro and Sanji's eyes and mouths shot open. Fujitora looked up with concern. Kasai was in disbelief, as well as Kakashi and Sakura.
"WHATTTTTTTTTT?!?!?!?" Everyone screamed in unison.
Sasuke was still in utter disbelief.
Psycho stared hard at the group, but in his eyes, there was an entirely different crew standing before him, from a time long gone.
Psycho's eyes watered slightly before quickly wiping them.
Everyone stared with shock, fear, and uncertainty as Psycho spoke again.
"Bear with me.. and listen carefully to what I'm about to tell you.." Psycho said.
Silence. The only sound was the wind blowing softly.
"Because you won't get a chance to hear it from me again." Psycho said.
HOLY LAND OF MARIE JOIS (BOILER ROOM)
Topman swung his hammer arm around wildly as Naruto jumped from wall to wall dodging it.
"This is nuts! I can't go full kurama mode because he's already so big! We'd burst through this room for sure and I don't know where my friends are or what they're doing … our disruption could change the direction in their battles!" Naruto said to himself looking up just to barely dodge a hammer strike.
"IS THAT ALL YOU SHINOBI DO THESE DAYS IS RUN!? YOU PUT UP SO MUCH MORE OF A FIGHT BACK THEN!" Hephaestus taunted.
Naruto growled.
"I KNEW IMPLEMENTING THE DRAFT AND BRINGING YOU SCOUNDREL OVER HERE WAS A GREAT IDEA!" Hephaestus yelled.
Naruto stared with a shocked expression.
"D-Draft?" Naruto asked.
HOLY LAND OF MARIEJOIS (COURTYARD)
"900 years ago.. the shinobi world lost to the World Government, during their rise to power.. they were supposed to be destroyed.. but they came up with the "draft." Whenever the Government feels like it, shinobi are "drafted" from the shinobi world by force.. if they refused.. they died." Psycho said.
HOLY LAND ( BOILER ROOM)
"SOME SHINOBI WERE FAR TOO TALENTED TO KILL! MIND CONTROLL WAS IMPLEMENTED FOR THOSE TYPES!!" Hephaestus boomed.
HOLY LAND (COURTYARD)
"The Queen of Alabasta at the time signed the treaty that stuck the shinobi far outside the Alabastian kingdom to be forgotten and rot away.." Psycho said.
HOLY LAND (BOILER ROOM)
"THAT TREATY WAS DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY TO KEEP YOU SHINOBI AWAY FROM THESE LANDS! THE GOVERNMENT NEVER GOT OVER THE FACT YOU NINJA GOT INVOLVED WITH BUSINESS THAT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU!! YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO STEP FOOT ON THIS SOIL BUT YET YOU NINJA STILL KEEP FINDING WAYS TO SLIP BY!" Topman boomed.
Naruto grew angrier and angrier.
YOUR TECHNIQUE, THE "RASENGAN", THAT'S WHAT IT'S CALLED RIGHT? A YOUNG MAN USED SOMETHING LIKE THAT AGAINST JU PETER AND ALMOST KILLED HIM! A HEFTY BOUNTY WAS PLACED ON THE MAN BUT HE GOT AWAY BEFORE HE COULD BE CAPTURED, WHAT WAS HIS NAME? JIRAIYA! YES, THAT'S IT! THE COWARD RAN BACK TO THE NINJA WORLD IMMEDIATLEY AFTER ATTACKING US!" Hephaestus boomed.
Naruto's eyes were hidden by shadow. Blood slid down his face and leaked from his mouth. His fists clenched.
"HE WAS SUPPOSED TO TAKE HIS DRAFTING LIKE A MAN BUT ATTACKED ONE OF OUR OWN AND RAN LIKE A COWARD! YUCK!" Hephaestus continued.
Naruto's yellow cloak slowly but surely turned white!
"OUR BUGS IN THE NINJA WORLD TELL ME HE WAS MURDERED A FEW YEARS AGO BY SOME SHINOBI IN THE VILLAGE HIDDEN IN RAIN. HA HA HA HA HA HA HA! NINJA KILLING OTHER NINJA! I LOVE IT, IT'S IN THEIR NATURE TO BE VIOLENT! THAT'S WHY THEY DESERVED TO BE CAST OFF!" Hephaestus laughed.
"You'd better watch your damn mouth when his name comes up." Naruto said.
Hephaestus stopped laughing and looked down to become filled with fear! Naruto had not only unlocked crystal fox mode again, but it was in the same form from when he stopped time!
"HE ACTIVATED IT AGAIN!" Topman yelled to himself.
BU-ZIP!
After a flash, Hephaestus flinched and Naruto was behind him, eyes closed.
"WH-WHAT?!" Topman yelled.
"That's right, Jiraiya is dead now, so go ahead and laugh all you want. Just know that … behind my master's name and my people …" Naruto paused.
Topman looked straight with fright.
"I'll kill anyone with no hesitation." Naruto said.
Topman growled and attempted to slam his hammer arm into Naruto!
"TIME STOP!" Naruto yelled.
At his command, Naruto forced reality around him to come to a stop! The elder was frozen. Naruto looked up at the elder.
Naruto's left arm began to release stars and from his fist to his elbow became a mix of purple, violet, blue, pink, and turquoise!
"Your anger. I've seen it all before. In so many people." Naruto said.
"The difference between you and them though … is that you're not willing to change. You all hated shinobi, but your anger was the clearest … it's funny, because out of us all, I'm sure I hate this World Government the most too … but not because of what you did to the ninja world … what you did and continue to do to Luffy and his friends!" Naruto yelled, his hand becoming brighter and brighter.
"This next attack is the end of you! For the ninja world and for this world to live in peace! HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" Naruto yelled as he punched the elder as hard as he could in the gut with his galaxy powered arm.
Naruto pulled his arm back.
"Time should continue now!" Naruto said.
KABOOOOOOOM!!!!
Once more time resumed! The elder coughed up blood as he was sent flying into a sword shaped brick figure that he had made during the fight!
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Topman yelled as he was pierced through the back by the protruding wall.
Topman coughed up a hefty amount of blood.
Naruto stood still and looked at him. Topman became angry.
"I WILL NOT LOSE LIKE THIS …! NOT TO A NINJA!" Topman boomed.
Naruto stared at the god as he forced his hand into one of the furnaces.
"DIE, NARUTO UZUMAKI!" The elder yelled as he forced himself off the spike and charged Naruto with a flaming fist.
Naruto widened his eyes and stopped time once more, allowing him to slip past the elder.
When time resumed, the elder's fist crashed into the wall and was stuck. Hephaestus looked back to see Naruto with his fingers curled like claws and his arms out in front of himself, crossed and over lapping as colorful lightning streamed around his arms!
"WHAT … WHAT … WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU!? ANSWER ME! NARUTO UZUMAKI!" Topman screamed.
"JUST LIKE YOU ERASED OUR HISTORY … I'LL ERASE YOU FROM HISTORY TOO!" Naruto yelled.
The elder's eyes widened to their max.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Topman screamed.
Naruto clenched his teeth and yelled as he threw his arms into the air.
White lines surrounded the elder and suddenly a massive pillar blasted from space itself and swallowed Topman whole!
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Topman said as he was erased by the space column.
HOLY LAND (COURTYARD)
Everyone looked over in the direction of the giant column of space energy.
"What was that?!" Kasai asked.
"It looks like Naruto's fight is just about over." Psycho said, looking towards the blast as well.
"That was Naruto?" Sakura asked with concern.
"Psycho." Sasuke said.
Psycho looked at Sasuke.
"Why are you even telling us all of this? After everything we've been through?" Sasuke asked.
Everyone looked at Psycho.
"..." Psycho was silent.
Everyone was visibly confused. Sasuke stared at the DEATH leader.
"Because you deserve to know the truth.." Psycho said to himself.
Psycho spoke again.
"You're the one's.. I've been waiting for." Psycho said.
Everyone and everything was silent once more.
"The one's... who can finally kill me.." Psycho confessed.