Just a idea that popped into my head. Please enjoy
Summary: Edward Newgate wasn't always a pirate. In fact his true name isn't even Edward Newgate. Having changed his name decades before, he makes his mark on the world by showing his enemies, that he always has a plan b. Watch as Edward 'Whitebeard' Newgate shows the world who he truly is, the most unpredictable Shinobi never dies. And now he has one goal in mind, Kill Teach, Avenge Thatch, and become the King. Powerful Naruto. Mimic-Mimic Fruit Naruto (Don't look it up it don't exist it will be explained in chapter 2), Multiple Devil-Fruit ability Naruto. Naruto x Nami x Robin x Boa Hancock x Tashigi. Multi-Weapon user Naruto (Some result's may vary)
"Wherever we want to go, we go. That's what a ship is, you know. It's not just a keel and a hull and a deck and sails. That's what a ship needs. But what a ship is...what the Black Pearl really is...is freedom."
Edward 'Whitebeard' Newgate looked at the man who he had called son for over twenty years in anger. Twenty years that were a lie when he killed one of his sons and broke the one rule on his ship. He looked at the laughing 'Blackbeard' and spoke up voicing his opinion while his arm bulged as he sent his quake power through his body, "I don't give a damn what you think, TEACH!" he yelled as he lashed out unleashing a mighty shockwave at the traitorous bastard he had once called son. The Blackbeard pirates felt their eyes widen in complete shock as the blast raced towards them.
"Captain, we need to get out of the way!" voiced Lafitte worriedly. Hell he wasn't the only one, everyone of the Blackbeard Pirates was. After all they were taking on the most powerful man in the world, who had been injured bit looked like he could still keep going. Marshall D. Teach couldn't react in time as his crew got out of the way as he was struck by the old man who was enraged. The shockwave impacted and exploded as Whitebeard held no mercy from the traitorous swine where it continued to destroy more of Marineford.
Whitebeard watched with narrowed eyes, he was no fool to think that had killed the pig he had once called family. He was right when he watched the member's of Teach's crew strode forward towards him, "That sure was a close call, don't you think?" Vasco Shot asked as he guzzled another bottle of booze.
"We sure had a narrow escape there." the female member said with a laugh, she sure was a ugly bitch in Whitebeard's mind. Truly that was a face that only a mother could love. Like serious, the bitch was ugly as sin itself.
Whitebeard watched as Teach shoved a large slab of rock off of his body and shook the cobwebs from his skull, "You sure don't have any mercy do you Pop's? What am i saying, of course you don't." he muttered. Damn, the old man sure packed a wallop for a dying fossil.
Whitebeard had a pool of blood at his feet as he looked at the pig, "I refuse to acknowledge you as one of my own, you are not a son of mine, Teach." he stated seriously, "You broke the one rule on my ship, and killed your mate!" he growled out in a raspy voice as he pointed his trusty pole-arm at the traitor, "For this i will avenge Thatch the 4th division commander and allow his soul to rest peacefully tonight." he declared, "And I will start by taking the one who needs to pay this debt, you. A life for a life is a equal exchange." he said before grunting. He wanted to, no he needed to, avenge his son but due to all the fighting he was reaching his limit.
"Pop's!" called out several member's of Whitebeard's crew.
Marco hastily jumped up and went to assist his father, but Whitebeard wouldn't have it, "MARCO!" the pirate called out forcing his son to land, where he called out to him. Whitebeard's voice rang throughout Marineford, "STAY OUT OF THIS!" he ordered loudly.
"POPS!" the phoenix called out in worry.
"Do you hear me boy?" he demanded as he continued to look at Teach where he got ready for one last fight, "Let's finish this, Teach." he growled out.
Teach bellowed into laughter, "Zehahahahahaha, I'm looking forward to it." he said with a mad gleam in his eyes. Suddenly a dark cloud begun to pout off his body and swirl around his feet causing Whitebeard to Narrow his eyes. He knew what this power was, having studied the Devil Fruit Encyclopedia decades before after he had acquired the power of the Gura-Gura no Mi so he could study his own abilities. Blackbeard had acquired the Yami-Yami no Mi, or Dark-Dark Fruit. A very powerful Logia class Devil Fruit that would give him one hell of a challenge.
"What the hell?" "What is that black stuff coming off his body?" "Is that smoke?" mutter's spread throughout the battlefield as they all watched Blackbeard prepared to fight.
Raising a hand into the air Blackbeard gave a laugh as he placed it on the ground, "Black Hole" he muttered darkly. Blackbeard spreads his darkness over a large area and, much like an actual black hole, swallows up anything he chooses. Seeing this Whitebeard growls as he is slowly being pulled down, probably to weigh him down, into the dark energy. Suddenly a dark twister rises into the air above Blackbeard as he releases more black energy into the sky before disappearing. Giving another laugh Teach looks to his former captain, "What do you think of my newfound power? This is the power of the Devil Fruit that I stole after killing Thatch the 4th Division Commander." he said gleefully, "The most dominant Dark-Dark Fruit, enjoy it to the fullest extent." he said madly.
Whitebeard didn't budge as he listened to Teach praddle on with his speech, "You know old man, I'm curious about something." he said drawing Whitebeard attention. "You know there seems to be a pattern forming here. First good ol Thatch kicks the bucket, then then Ace followed suit shortly after he did." he pointed out as Whitebeard's eye begun to twitch in annoyance, "In fact all your top underlings seem to be dropping like flies and your to old to do anything about it. I guess it's a good thing I'm no longer part of your crew anymore, cuz then there'd be a problem." Teach said. "I'll have you know I spared Ace at Banaro Island when i could've killed him just for you." he told the old man.
Seeing this Vista walked forward in anger, only to be restrained as it was a order from the Old Man. Whitebeard growled as he got into a ready stance, but Blackbeard held up a hand covered in his black power, "Whoa there, take it easy old man. Don't even try and bother. Your power won't work against me, not anymore." he told the old man as he raced forward to fight. Whitebeard growled as he raised a hand and coated it in the all to familiar white quake bubble. Teach grinned as he gave a call of "Vortex" and held his hand out and caught the old man's fist nullifying his power with ease.
The white bubble fizzles and dies as Blackbeard canceled out his technique as Teach gave a laugh, "This darkness of mine is pretty handy don't you think?" he asked Whitebeard as he continued to nullify his power, "This means i can nullify all those fancy tricks of yours with no hassle. You know what that means don't you, no more earthquakes." he said as he punched Whitebeard in the gut before grabbing his hand, only to launch a powerful uppercut that picked him up off the ground. Blackbeard pulled his former captain forward, "Oop's that was my bad, did it hurt old man?" he gloated.
Whitebeard felt his connection to his Devil Fruit cut off and growled as he wrenched it free with ease and created a new quake in his fist, "Don't count me out yet you brat." he said as he launched it at Teach.
"Didn't you hear what i said you senile old goat, your power is nothing against me." he said as he nullified it before knocking his bisento into the air, "And don't think i didn't see you getting ready to strike me with that either old man." he said as Whitebeard launched another quake bubble at him only for it to be blocked again, "Come on, don't be such a sore loser now." he said.
However Teach was shocked when Whitebeard caught his weapon and whirled it around with one hand alone and raised it into the air and brought it down with a roar where it struck his former crew member where the pussy cried out about a scratch. Whitebeard took this opportunity to slam the end of his bisento down into Teach's palm before stomping on his other hand to keep him from moving where he reached down and wrapped his large hand around his throat and conjured up a quake bubble. Whitebeard growled, "Your arrogant, overconfident, cocky, and worst of all a piece of pathetic trash. A waste of fat space that was never fit to be on my crew." he told Teach who gasped at the sight of the bubble around his head.
"H-Hey, hold on." he gasped out as Whitebeard choked him, "Pop's, please don't. I'm your son, you wouldn't kill your own son now would you?" he begged pathetically, "Pop's, please stop." he whined.
Whitebeard narrowed his eyes in anger, "I thought I told you, you aren't my son." he said as he unleashed his quake on his enemy. The result was a powerful quake that threw a large cloud of dust into the air.
The member's of the Whitebeard Pirates cheered, "You did it Pop's!" "Way to go!" "Show him the same pain Thatch felt!" only for one of them to point out Blackbeard was still alright.
His crew begun to call for blood, but the man didn't move. "Pop's, what's the matter?" Jozu called out to the man.
"Why is standing there like he's frozen?" a member asked.
"I don't think he's like that by choice." Marco said as he walked forward. "On top of his failing health, this war has done nothing for him except accelerate his condition." he pointed out. He ground his teeth together in frustration, "Pop's body is already beyond..." he couldn't finish his speech.
That was when Whitebeard begun to walk forward, his steps shaking the ground as he moved forward. Teach gasped in shock as he watched Whitebeard begun to turn red and his body begun to release incredible amounts of steam as he reached his former crew mate as his eyes glowed white. Teach pushed himself away as his former captain moved on, "Y-Your a monster." he stated as Whitebeard raised his hand one more time and called upon his quake abilities. "You useless old man, why don't you die." he cried out as he pulled a gun out and shot Whitebeard just as his fist came into contact with his face, only to never unleash his attack. Whitebeard had finally reached the end of his rope.
Seeing this Marco gave a call of "POP'S!" worriedly.
Blackbeard unleashed another shot, and then another as he called out, "Kill him, guy's." which caused the member's of his crew to race forward and then begin to slice, stab, shoot, and any other harmful thing to Whitebeard. Waves of blood swarmed the air as they relentlessly unleashed attack after attack on Whitebeard. Teach begun to laugh as he continued to shoot the man, "Shoot him, riddle his body with bullet's." he ordered them as he continued to shoot. Teach continued to laugh as he continued to shoot, "soon your Gura-Gura no Mi will be in my grasp, and after that the world." he laughed as he continued to shoot until finally Teach's gun clicked several times showing it was empty, "Hey I'm out of bullet's, someone give me another gun." he ordered.
"That won't be necessary. Whitebeard's unconscious, he's practically done for now. Hell you could nudge him with a finger and he'd fall over." Shiryu stated.
Whitebeard's eyes slowly opened, "It's not you, Teach." he said with a raspy breath.
"No way, he's still alive!" Teach gasped out in shock.
"As much as you desire it, you are not the one who will inherit Gold Roger's will, not a damn chance. There are people, that in the future who will inherit such a will all on their own, much like Ace's and his brother. That is how its been throughout the ages. And sometime in the future, when we're all dead and gone, someone will appear and will begin carrying the hundreds of years of history on his shoulder's and they will throw down the gauntlet on the ground in front of the world." he rasped out to his former crew member. "Sengoku, you and the government know what's coming don't you? A war that will embroil the sea's far and wide. That's why you're so scared." he stated honestly.
"I have no interest in such a petty ordeal, but... when the time comes and that great Treasure is found, there will be someone who will lead the world into a new era never before seen... and the world will be turned upside down." he said to the man, "I'm sure that in only a matter of several years that somebody will do it." he said as he took another breath, "And that day will come, whether you like it or not... heh heh heh." he said as he smiled with a chuckle. Taking a deep breath he looked up, "THE ONE PIECE!~" he roared out loudly getting everyone's attention as his voice echoed across the land, "IS REAL!~" he roared out shocking everyone at his proclamation as he confirmed the existence of the SSS-Class Legendary Treasure. This also had the effect of once more reigniting the fading pirate era into the glory it once held.
"You bastard!" Sengoku yelled out.
Teach gave a laugh as he looked to the dying man, "What famous last words." he stated gleefully.
The world was wide eyed in shock at the proclamation. Whitebeard had been known as "The Man closest to the One Piece" and was said to know of it's location, but for him to openly declare it existed...
The sound of fading inhaling reached everyone's ears, "I'm sorry everyone... I shouldn't have taken in this fool." he said weakly. His eyes slowly begun to close as he took a deep breath, "You guy's gave me everything... and I guess this is it for me..." he said as a gentle breeze brushed across the lands as the sun shined down upon him through the clouds almost as if it were placing him in the spotlight. As his life-force begins to finally fade away, Whitebeard looks back to all the good times he had in his life. He saw himself as a young kid of nineteen starting his journey as a pirate. Next he saw himself meeting Marco, Jozu, Thatch, Ace, Vista and all the other's who had changed his life for the better.
He had gotten the family he had desired for so long, and he was glad everyone was so loyal and held their bonds tightly. He takes a raspy breath, "I've had the greatest of adventures... with all of you by my side... and it was one hell of a voyage..." he said shallowly, "It was a... great deal of fun..." he said weakly as he took one last breath, "I have a deep appreciation... for everything you did for me... goodbye… my son's..." he whispered out as he said his final words. With his final words said, Whitebeard passed on with a smile on his face, and yet he refused to fall in the face of his enemies as he stood strong even in death as if to deter those who would harm his loved ones, daring them to come after his family.
Teach gasped at the sight before him, "He-He died...Standing!" he exclaimed.
The friends and close allies that Whitebeard's had made through his life fell to their knees and begun to openly weep for the loss of a man who had changed them in ways they had not known were possible.
Even though he was dead, he did not collapse! And the way he mowed down enemies with wounds all over his body... was truly monstrous. The number of Sword strikes he had received in battle was 267. The number of Bullets he had been shot with was 1522. The number of Devil Fruit attacks he had endured for his comrades was 750. Yet, on his proud back... or in his whole life as a Pirate, held no scar from having to run away from a fight. And just as the breeze faded away, his once clean white coat... finally fell to reveal his still proud back to those he held dear showing that it would remain strong for them as it would bear all the pain for them.
It was then a small tattoo in the appearance of the Kanji 'Transfer' appeared briefly before fading away unseen by any. Unknown to anyone but Whitebeard himself, this was his plan b being put into action after 135 years of waiting as the 200 year old man finally started his adventure over. On a deserted island unmarked on any map, a large facility sprung to life causing several large machines to beep and whir as they activated to full power for the first time in nearly a century. Deep inside the facility a large tank filled with a clear green liquid was shown to hold a man between his late teens and his early twenties was suspended in the fluid.
He was around 12 ft 9.5 in tall. Extremely muscular with no signs of fat on his body. His hair was a bright blonde and reached just a little bit past his shoulder's in the terms of length. Outside the tube was a table that had some clothes on it as well as a note. It was then a flash of light appeared where it revealed a pear-shaped fruit. It was a light blue with white mixed in and the stem was straight until the end which curled in a small lip. The machines beeped and whirred again and suddenly the tube begun to drain the green liquid out allowing the man, who was only dressed in medical boxer's, to finally breath his first breath.
He begun to cough as the liquid drained away where he lay on the floor for several seconds before fresh water begun to fall down on him inside the tube as if it were cleaning him off. Still coughing he struggled to his feet as the water finished rinsing him off where the side of the tube slid up smoothly without a sound allowing him to stumble out of his former prison. The blonde placed a hand to his head and groaned, "Ugh, that's the last time i allow Baa-Chan to talk me into doing that." he muttered to himself.
Quickly looking around he finds the set of clothes as well as the strange fruit with the note that simply said, "Eat the fruit, courtesy of yourself." with a chibi version of him pointing at the fruit. Shaking his head he quickly ate the fruit in two bites and coughed a bit more and then quickly got dressed in the clothes that were apparently provided for him. His outfit consisted of a black open vest with no shirt with light colored jeans and black boots while he had tied a bandanna around his head(1). He had to hold his head a bit as several flashes entered his mind, though he opted to ignore then for the time being, as he tried to look for a way out.
Pushing open a door he had to cover his eyes as he was nearly blinded by the sunlight. When his vision had adjusted he looked around and saw he was on a relatively large island that didn't appear to have anybody occupying it. To the east was a large dock with nothing but a series of destroyed pier's. Behind them was a large building that stood around 150 in height. Walking over he decided he would investigate seeing as he was the only person on the island. Opening the door to the building he saw it was dark inside with no lighting at all. However to his right was a switch that activated the lighting which he promptly turned on allowing him to see several large vessel's that seemed to have been bred from the darkest depths of hell itself.
The first ship is painted entirely black and has black sails. The ship, aptly named the Black Pearl is moderately armed and carries 55 twelve-pound cannons: 13 on the gun deck and 20 on the upper deck, 10 on the middle deck, and 22 on the lower deck. Its full broadside contains cannonballs that weigh 192 lb apiece. Extremely unusual for a pirate ship, the Black Pearl has no chase guns (cannons used while being chased or chasing, as a regular broadside volley cannot be used in this situation) in her bow or stern, giving her a grave tactical disadvantage during a chase as the Pearl cannot shoot a ship it is chasing or return fire at a pursuer; her high speed only partially negates this handicap. A distinct advantage the Black Pearl has over her enemies is her ability to hide in the sea at night, since if all the ship's lamps are blown out the ship is no longer visible thanks to her black hull and sails. The rigging of the Black Pearl had three masts: the fore, the mizzen, and the main. The fore and main masts were rigged with a topsail, a course, and a top gallant while the mizzen had a topsail and a mizzen course. At the bow were the fore stay-sail and flying jib, anchored with the bowsprit, both used for steering. The capstan, used to raise and lower the main sail was found on the main deck, at the mizzen mast, which is very unusually as it was normally located at the foremast. The jolly boats, used for going ashore, were found here too. The gun deck, home to some of the ship's cannons, was also part of the main deck.
The second ship is named The Flying Dutchman. The Flying Dutchman is very heavily armed with port and starboard guns. It carries 46 broadside guns, 23 on each side; 18 twenty-four pound cannons are located on the main deck, 20 thirty-six pounder's on the gun deck, and 8 three-pounder's on the upper deck: 4 on the quarter-deck and 4 on the forecastle. The gun-ports on the gun deck are in the shape of demon faces, each one with a unique facial expression, with the ports appearing at the mouths. Its full broadside contains cannonball's that weighs 288 lbs. On the bow however, she mounts a pair of bow chasers, each in the form of a triple-barreled demi-culverin, giving her an incredible range during a chase. Both triple guns fire nine-pound cannonballs. Each separate barrel fires individually, but the trio rotates to present a fresh barrel to fire again in the style of a Gatling gun. The empty barrel can then be reloaded for its next turn. This enables the Flying Dutchman to continually fire at ships it is pursuing. When not in use, the bow chasers are concealed behind two doors carved in the shape of an angry demon's maw. Her low free-board allows for such heavy cannons because they're lower to the waterline. The crew also keep the lower gun ports closed unless going on the attack as would be found with most marine enabled vessels. The Flying Dutchman also has five stay-sails making it easier to sail against the wind than running before the wind, unlike her sister-ship the Black Pearl.
The third ship, named Queen Anne's Revenge, was a three-masted frigate. Her stern was decorated in crimson-red and gold colors, along with the name of the infamous vessel pained on it. The Queen Anne's Revenge was armed with 30 twelve-pound cannons. Her firepower was strong enough to damage a ship gravely in one pass. The secret weapon located at the bow of the Revenge is based on the Greek fire device of the Byzantine Empire. Unleashed by the skeletal figurehead, a sulfurous spray spreads all the fiery terror of the inferno. The stern of the Revenge had lit whale oil lanterns. A stunning stained-glass window can be seen where a nightmarish vision was painted on the stained glass window, which depicts dead men writhing in flames. The rigging of the Queen Anne's Revenge had three masts: the fore, the mizzen, and the main. Unlike other ships, such as the Black Pearl or Dutchman, the Revenge had a spritsail topmast at the end of the bowsprit. The Revenge was also heavily loaded with sails to keep it moving even in low winds. The ship's sails were painted blood red, but they were dirty, torn and tattered from long use and many battles.
The fourth ship, named the Silent Mary, was a three masted ship built solely for combat. The ship's wheel was located on the quarterdeck, on a platform slightly taller than the rest of the deck, that also extended all the way behind the mizzen mast to the entrance into the captain's quarters and the poop deck above. The gangways, located directly above the guns on the main deck, connected the quarterdeck to the ship's figurehead, located beneath the bowsprit, showed a woman holding a spear. Like many other Spanish ships of the time, the Silent Mary had a spritsail topmast at the end of the bowsprit. The rigging of the Silent Mary had three masts: the fore, the mizzen, and the main. The foremast was rigged with a fore course, a fore topsail, and a fore topgallant sail, the mainmast with a main course, a main topsail, and a main topgallant sail, and the mizzenmast with a mizzen course, a mizzen topsail, and a mizzen topgallant sail. The Silent Mary's main armament consisted of seventy-six 36-pound cannons, twenty-eight on the gun deck, twenty-four on the middle deck and twenty-four on the main deck. She also carried four 36-pounder's on the quarterdeck and four 36-pounder's on the forecastle. She also had four stern chasers located beneath the captain's cabin. Four guns were mounted inside the two tower-like structures at the forecastle, two in each tower. Eight more guns were mounted inside the four towers on the quarter galleries at the back of the ship.
The fifth ship was a three-masted frigate class vessel with the name, Dauntless carried thirty-two cannons on her lower deck, thirty-two cannons on her middle deck, and thirty-two cannons on her upper deck. Six cannons were located on her stern, right below the quarterdeck, close to the Captain's cabin. She also had four cannons on the main deck near the mainmast, two cannons on the forecastle, very close to the foremast, two bow chasers, and two cannons on the quarterdeck, right behind the helm. The capstan, used to raise and lower the main sail was found on the main deck, at the mizzen mast, which is very unusually as it was normally located at the foremast. The Dauntless Wench also has five stay-sails making it easier to sail against the wind than running before the wind which would allow her travel at high speeds with and against the wind.
The final ship was named the Wicked Wench. Much like the Pearl the Wench was a three-masted hybrid of a galleon and East Indiaman. The Wicked Wench had a golden yellow hull and flew sails of pure white. The rigging of the Wicked Wench had three masts: the fore, the mizzen, and the main. The fore and main masts were rigged with a topsail, a course, and a topgallant while the mizzen had a topsail and a mizzen course. At the bow were the fore stay-sail and flying jib, anchored with the bowsprit, both used for steering. The capstan, used to raise and lower the main sail was found on the main deck, at the mizzen mast, which is very unusually as it was normally located at the foremast. The jolly boats, used for going ashore, were found here too. The gun deck, home to some of the ship's cannons, was also part of the main deck. The Wicked Wench was armed with 32 twelve-pound cannons: fourteen on the upper deck and eighteen on the lower gun deck while she had 12 chaser cannons located at her stern. On the bow however, she mounts a pair of bow chasers, each in the form of a triple-barreled demi-culverin, giving her an incredible range during a chase. Both triple guns fire nine-pound cannonballs. Each separate barrel fires individually, but the trio rotates to present a fresh barrel to fire again in the style of a Gatling gun. The empty barrel can then be reloaded for its next turn. This enables the Wench to continually fire at ships it is pursuing. When not in use, the bow chasers are concealed behind two doors. In addition the Wench was armed with 14 twelve-pounders, 2 nine-pounders, and 3 swivel guns making it one of the more weaponized vessel's of the small fleet
The blonde grinned, "Sweet, a pre-made fleet all for myself." he said as he looked at the six boat-no the six ships. Raising his hands he crossed his finger's in a cross shaped motion and gave a call of "Shadow Clone Jutsu" and suddenly several dozen more of the blondes appeared around him. Looking to the clones he spoke up, "Ok, i need several teams of 4 to go on board each ship and assess the damage each of them have. Don't be afraid to look in the Captain's Quarter's to see what you can find. We need to be Sea-ready yesterday." he said as his eyes hardened, "After all i have a family to avenge." he growled out in anger as he saw the face of a man he would never trust.
-Back at Marineford-
Blackbeard felt his eyes widen as he searched Whitebeard's body for his power. However it simply wasn't there, "Where is it? Where is the Gura-Gura no Mi at? I want your power you old fossil and i want it now." he growled at the corpse of his former captain. After several minutes of searching with zero success he walked back out and shook his head, "He didn't have it, it left his body the second he died." he said angrily. He looked up and spoke clearly, "I was going to give you a show like no other by taking the old man's power, but it seems he pulled a fast one on us all by expelling it out of his body. the Gura-Gura no Mi is gone, but when it reforms I will get my hands on it and the world will belong to me." he laughed.
Sengoku wouldn't have this and unleashed a shock-wave at the gloating man, "If that is your goal then i wont allow you to live any longer." he said before turning to the pirates that had come with Whitebeard, "Whitebeard Pirates, this is the only time i ever condone such things, but I am willing to ally myself to you if you help me kill this trash. In exchange for you killing this pig i will grant you your freedom as well as allow you to bury both Fire Fist Ace as well as Whitebeard with the honor they deserve." he said as they all gave battle cries and rushed at Blackbeard.
"I'd Like to see- he went to monologue only to feel his power suddenly stop flowing as he looked to his ankle to see a shackle be placed on it by Kizaru as he grinned at the man before flashing away. "Sea-stone shackles!" he gasped as he tried to turn into a shadow, only to find he couldn't.
"Don't be afraid to kill his crew either, I'll pay you their bounties as well." Sengoku stated as he launched a shock-wave at them.
With that Marshall D. Teach stood no chance as his former comrades rained their fury down on him and his crew. Marco had chose to fight Teach himself and ran him through with one of his burning fists, "For Thatch and Ace you swine." he said before he kicked him away.
Shiryu was up against Vista as well as several other member's of the division he led, and he was soon missing his head, "For pop's." he said as he stabbed the man through the brain.
Soon one after the other the rest of the Blackbeard Pirates were cut down one after the other, including the Giant they had brought with them and they all stood in front of the marines, "This war, is over!" Sengoku announced, "Send medical units to those who are wounded, i want a count of all those who died in this war. And somebody get me the money for the pirates so we can get them the hell out of here." he ordered.
-With the blonde-
He looked at the assortment of weapon's before him as he stood on the floor of the dry-dock's behind his three ships. One was a broadsword that was wide at the tip rather then the bottom and was beautiful. This was the sword of Triton. Unique among other swords, this weapon possessed a strengthened, ridged and lightened blade that narrowed down all the way to its broad steel hand-guard, a jeweled hilt. Holding far more power than meets the eye, the Sword of Triton channeled mystical unearthly powers. The legend says this infamous blade was forged by the sea deity Triton himself in the lost city of Atlantis. One of the three sapphires of Triton was embedded in this sword, granting the sword its power to bring dead matter to life. This power was used on everything associated with ships at sea, including their rigging and sails, and move according to the will of whomever wielded it. Anyone brandishing the sword would rule the ship, controlling the vessel to do his indomitable will.
The second weapon was a trident. It wasn't the typical trident one normally saw as this one was green in color. The tips of the weapon were not up to proportion and were not of equal length. It had small emeralds that decorated the entirety of the weapon that made it look like it had sat in water for a long period of time. There was a solitary Topaz that sat at the top of the weapon that glowed a golden hue when he touched it. This was the Trident of the sea god Poseidon. The weapon of a god, the Trident can be used to control the creatures of the sea, including the merfolk, as well as create thunderstorms, strong tidal waves and even powerful earthquakes.
The final weapon was a giant ornamental ax with a blade shaped like a crescent moon, similar to that of a Monk's spade. The ax also features two golden protrusions, one larger than the other, with the white tips of a spear, the longer one is in the middle at the top of the ax and the smaller one is on the opposite of the blade of the ax. The handle is dark blue and it features a golden semicircular guard with four golden spikes on it. Its design specs and distribution of weight are (likely intentionally) off: most of the weight is concentrated in the head, leaving it off balance, and even more difficult to wield than its impressive weight would already make it. On the blade itself was the name carved deeply, 'Rhitta' showing that was the weapon's name.
He sighed as he picked up the Broadsword and strapped it to his hip before he grasped the weird looking trident and strapped it to his back and then crossed the ax across it. This was going to be hard adjusting, especially seeing the memory of his clone dispelling over a letter saying the date. A date that was, if correct, haunting. 135 years, that was so much time gone. His friends, his children, grandchildren and possibly great grandchildren were all gone. He was the only one remaining of his generation. He grinned, "It just means i have to show the world just who i am, or my name isn't Naruto Uzumaki." he said with confidence. First things first.
He had to ensure his small band of ships were worthy of being placed back in the water and sailing. After that he would find member's to be in his crew. He wold make a name for himself. After all this was the new age of pirates. Finally he would... huh, he had no plan for that. Receiving the memories of his clones he nodded his head. The Dutchman as well as the Revenge were unfit for sea travel as they had holes in the keel and would need extensive repairs to the sail masts as well as the rudder's and all sort of other problems. The rest had major problem's that were so confound he didn't wanna know. The Pearl was damaged heavily for sure, but it was still intact enough to travel on the sea. Calling out order's he soon had the Pearl lowered into the water and pulled out a large scroll and channeled his chakra into the seal and soon the Revenge and the Dutchman vanished in a puff of smoke.
On the seal the kanji for 'Ship' appeared in two of the seals making him nod his head. Looking up he begun to bark out order's to the clones that now stood on the Pearl's main deck, "Get ready to set sail. Haul on the main brace! Make ready the guns!...and run out the sweeps.! Ply to windward! Get cracking, ye bloomin' cockroaches! Get those sail's down, I want full speed by the time we set off from this pile of rock, get moving you scurvy dogs." he said with a laugh. With that the clones hustled into their work and soon the dock was opened and for the first time in nearly fifty years the Black Pearl had finally set sail.
-3 weeks later-
Naruto groaned as he swayed with the water again. This was not good. He had been sailing for three weeks and so far he had not found any sort of island or civilization at all, and he was starting to lose his mind. Suddenly he heard one of his clones shout, "LAND HO!" causing him to sit up where he saw a island coming up in the distance. He sighed in relief, now he wouldn't run out of supplies and he could look into getting the rest of his ships repaired. After waiting nearly a hour he dispelled his clones when they reached the shore he braced himself as the Pearl stopped when she hit the sand and came to a sudden stop. He quickly got off and fell to his hands and weakly got up, it wasn't mentioned but he had been severely rationing his meals and had run out yesterday, where he begun to walk. Drawing the Sword of Triton he used it as a walking stick and begun to explore his surroundings.
However he didn't get very far as he collapsed. Weak from hunger and a lack of exercise had made him weaker hen he had been in years. So as he had begun to slip into unconsciousness he heard the deep voice of someone shout out, "Law-san, he need's help." before he saw a light blue colored hand enter his field of vision as he fell asleep.
Nearly a hour later Trafalgar Law wiped the sweat off his brow from working on the newcomer as he had been malnourished. Not badly, but it seemed he was beginning to reach a harsher level of treatment. He walked out and saw Jinbe waiting with several other's and already knew what they were going to ask, "He's fine, just a bit malnourished from a lack of food." he said, "Given a few days of treatment as well as a good meal and he'll be right as rain." he said.
Jinbe nodded, "That's nice. What about Luffy-kun?' he asked.
Law shook his head, "No change, it's all up to him if he wants to live." he said honestly. He cleared his throat, "What of his ship, how bad was it?" he asked.
Jinbe sighed, "He's a pirate if that's what your asking." the fishman said, "His Jolly Roger was in the Captain's cabin hidden in his closet. His ship, aptly named the Black Pearl is damaged badly and would have sunk in a few weeks if he hadn't arrived here when he did. It's heavily gunned and has definitely put up a fight in battle if the amount of holes in her hull are anything to go by. I'd say he manned the gun's himself with some sort of Clone Devil Fruit ability, seeing as his ship has over fifty cannon's that are heavier then the normal one's so they have the extra 'Oomph' to them. I'd say he fought against no less then a dozen Marine ship's on his own. How he managed to outgun that many with one ship is a miracle in itself." he said.
Law and the Gorgon sister's felt their eyes widen in shock, "That many, and he's still alive?" Boa asked in shock, "How is that possible?" she asked.
Jinbe motioned for them to follow him where he led the group back to the Pearl to see the ship. Boarding the great ship he led them to the Captain's quarter's and pointed to the three weapon's on a charter desk, "See those. They aren't normal weapon's." he said.
"What do you mean?" Sanji asked him.
"They seem to be tied to the ship and the sea." he said as he picked up the Sword of Triton, "See, when i decided to see what they were capable of i saw that this sword allowed him to control the rigging and sail's of the ship and i nearly pushed the ship off the beach on accident so i haven't touched it since then." he said as he gently set the weapon back down.
"Do you think it's a weapon like Mihawk's Yuru sword?" Zoro asked him.
"It's possible, but it seems different as it give's off a feeling of the sea, much like this one." he said as he picked up Poseidon's trident. "This one scares me most." he said as he looked at the ancient weapon.
What does it do?" Boa asked him.
"This weapon, it's not supposed to exist, in fact my people had thought it was a legend." the fishman said.
"Explain, please." Law said.
"There is a legend among the Fish-men that says that there was a weapon forged by a god that tied his very power to the sea. Anything he wanted to do with the ocean the weapon made possible. Tsunami's, Sea-Quake's, control over all sea life was granted to the weapon. The water would bend to the will of the weapon, until the god got cocky with his power. Centuries later he saw what he was doing and knew he needed to repent for his crime and created the very power that so many have come to know in the Marineford war, the Gura-Gura no Mi. Sealing all his power into the fruit he died a mortal. However he had hidden his powerful weapon after freeing the creatures of the sea and hid the weapon until one worthy of it's power managed to locate it and use it for the right reason's." Jinbe said solemnly.
"What's it's name, I'm sue with a background like that it had a name." Nami stated.
"The Trident of Poseidon. A god weapon forged by the elder immortal's to give him absolute control over his domain." Jinbe said.
"How'd he come to possess it?" Chopper asked.
"I don't know. Don't ask how, i wont be able to answer." he said honestly.
"So what about the ax?" Robin questioned him.
"It's a ordinary battle ax. Forged out of solid Uru, a very valuable materiel with a special design to allow it to store his power, if he has one. It will do massive damage with a solitary strike, but it is extremely heavy, even i can't lift it." he said honestly.
Law sighed, "We can figure out more about him when he wakes up. Personally i think he wouldn't like us going through his belonging's. Let's wait and see what tomorrow brings." he said as he walked out of the room followed by the other's.
"STOP BLOWING HOLES IN MY SHIP!"
"So what do we do about these item's?" Boa asked. She and the rest of the group had gotten off the Pearl and were a bit further away from the ship as they looked at some of the things he had on him. "I mean, there has to be some reason he has some odd scroll with this on it." she said as she inspected the scroll that she had unfurled. It was the scroll with his fleet inside. She turned it around and showed it to the other's
"'Ship'?" Law said as he read the Kanji on the parchment.
Jinbe shook his head, "It's probably one of those Marine Scroll's that have a secret Blueprint for a ship hidden by ink." he said, "Try Channeling your Haki through the paper, it'll reveal the design." he encouraged.
Law shrugged his shoulder's and did so. However what he, or anyone else by default, expected was for there to be a series of puffs of smoke that obscured their sights as Law unintentionally released the ships from their containment. "W-cough-cough-what was that?" Law coughed out.
"Cough-cough I don't know, what did you do?" Nami asked as she cleared the smoke out of her face.
"I did as i was instructed." he said as he managed to get his breathing under control, "I didn't know it would do that. Jinbe-san was that a fail-safe or something?" he asked the fishman.
Jinbe shook his head and pointed, "I don't think so." he said, "Because last time i checked Ships don't pop out of scroll's." he said shocked as he looked at the fleet of pirate ships lining the beach.
"WHAT!~" the group shouted in shock as they turned to face what Jinbe was pointing at where they saw the remaining ships Naruto had with him.
"H-how is that possible?" Boa muttered in shock.
"I-Impossible." Law muttered.
"A-Amazing..." Robin said quietly.
"I didn't think that was possible to do something like this." Nami said with wide eyes.
"Holy cow, he has a whole fleet!" Usopp cried out in shock.
"Calm down, we need to think about this." Jinbe stated.
-Meanwhile with Naruto-
Naruto was asleep with a machine pumping antibiotics into his body much like Luffy was. However he was experiencing a out of body... experience. Marco hastily jumped up and went to assist his father, but Whitebeard wouldn't have it, "MARCO!" the pirate called out forcing his son to land, where he called out to him. Whitebeard's voice rang throughout Marineford, "STAY OUT OF THIS!" he ordered loudly.
"POPS!" the phoenix called out in worry.
"Do you hear me boy?" he demanded as he continued to look at Teach where he got ready for one last fight, "Let's finish this, Teach." he growled out.
Naruto moaned at the sight. Why did he feel so attached to someone he didn't know. As it stood the seal on the back of his neck flashed again showing the kanji for 'Receive' and he held back a growl as he saw the man named Teach gloat about his victory. However it didn't last long as his vision changed yet again.
"H-Hey, hold on." he gasped out as Whitebeard choked him, "Pop's, please don't. I'm your son, you wouldn't kill your own son now would you?" he begged pathetically, "Pop's, please stop." he whined.
Whitebeard narrowed his eyes in anger, "I thought I told you, you aren't my son." he said as he unleashed his quake on his enemy. The result was a powerful quake that threw a large cloud of dust into the air.
He actually felt glad about seeing that, but for some reason he wanted to snap the pig's neck instead. Once again his mind flashed to a different scene.
"THE ONE PIECE!~" he roared out loudly getting everyone's attention as his voice echoed across the land, "IS REAL!~" he roared out.
For some reason he knew he was reaching the end of these small looks into whatever he was seeing as he soon heard the large man whispered his last words in his mind, "Forgive me... my son's..." he said as he finally passed on where his coat soon fell off to reveal a untouched back that held no scars.
With that his eyes opened. He knew who he was. He knew what he had to do. He had no choice but to get his family back together. He needed to end the Navy once and for all, for Ace, Thatch and all his boy's. Sitting up he gave a groan as he looked at his arm. Gently removing the needle he climbed out of the bed he was laying in and looked around. He noticed something peculiar about where he was, "Well it sure ain't no hospital that's for sure. Who's ship am I on?" he asked himself as he walked around the vessel.
"Hey, what are you doing out of your bed?" someone asked causing him to turn and face the speaker.
Naruto looked around before pointing to himself, "Me?" he asked.
"Well it certainly ain't Strawhat Luffy." the medic said as he walked over and begun to push him back into the bed, "Until i notify the captain you need to be in the bed. Unfortunately Captain Law isn't here as he is inspecting the ship you sailed here on." the bear said.
Naruto sat back up, "I'm fine, seriously." he said as tried to fight to get up and move around.
"No you're not. You were suffering from malnutrition and we had to heavily inject you with antibiotics to save you from further harm. You've been unconscious for the past couple of days." the bear said.
"Couple of day's! What the hell man, my ship could have been stolen and sold and that's all you say is i have been asleep for a couple day's." Naruto said with a comical visage, "For all i know i could be at some weird slave auction and you are the auctioneer." he said pointing at the estranged bear.
"I am not a auctioneer, and this is no slave auction. I am merely looking out for your health. As it stands your ship was bound and is under investigation for repairs by the captain as well as some of his companions." the bears said after calming down.
"Your selling the Pearl! You die now." he said drawing a hand back and slapping the bear across the face.
The bear growled at the blonde, "If your going to threaten someone with a death threat then don't slap them, you punch them where it hurts the most." the bears said as it punched Naruto in the gut which caused him to wheeze.
"I was just joking." the blonde gasped out, "And i thought you were supposed to be helping me not hurting me." he said as he took a deep breath.
The bear gasped, "Oh my gosh your right! I'm so sorry." he said.
Naruto bonked the bear on the head, "You don't apologize dumbass. You make sure they don't keel over and die." he said as he got up from the bed. With that he waved at the bear and vanished from sight where he reappeared outside and saw he was actually on a sub that read, "Heart Pirates" which caused him to sigh, "No class." and he walked off to look for his ship.
"Wait you want to do what now?" Law asked Jinbe
"I want to ask him if he is willing to join a alliance between us and him. With this many ships he already has the advantage power-wise. Each of the ship's are armed to the teeth with cannon's that even the Marine's have a hard time getting their hands on, and let me tell you the maker of these cannon's don't make them out of the cheap stuff like the marines do these days. Each of these cannon's are made out of high grade steel that can withstand being dropped from three-thousand feet in the air and they will still fire as if they just came off the assembly line. I'm telling you, these things can shred a ship in a few rounds." Jinbe said in a respectful tone.
Boa looked to the fishman, "Are you saying that each of these ships are armed with high quality cannon's?" she asked him.
Jinbe nodded, "Oh yeah. The only one that has a higher amount of cannon's then the Pearl is the Dauntless Wench but i think that is because she is a old school Dreadnought class ship seeing as she is armed with 96 cannon's. She along with several other's are armed with chaser cannon's that are aptly placed to deal the most damage." he said, "Though i will admit it's been a long time since i seen any ship armed with a chaser cannon since the marines created their Buster Call ship's." he admitted.
"What are chaser cannon's?" Law asked him while the other's nodded in agreement.
"Chaser cannon's are of course cannon's which are strategically placed at the bow or stern if not both to give the ship a fighting ability as they sail away or after a enemy. They were meant to keep back unnecessary people so the ship could get away if they were at the stern of the ship. if at the bow then they are usually used to pursue the prey and cripple it so they could catch up and deal the final blow." he stated.
"Wow, if that's true then why'd they go out of style?" Law asked him.
Jinbe shrugged, "Last i heard was because the Marine's created their Artillery battleship's and they could deal out more damage then a chaser cannon." he said. He really didn't know.
"So this is why I saw a giant cloud of smoke earlier is it?" a new voice said shocking them, "I guess you found the rest of the fleet then, not bad. I am curious as to how you got it out of the scroll though." the voice said causing them to turn where they saw the blonde man walking up to them from the woods.
"What are you doing out of bed?" Law asked him.
Naruto pointed to himself, "Me, oh i am all better. Thanks for the help man." he said to the captain of the Heart Pirates.
"How are you feeling?" Jinbe asked the blonde.
Naruto turned to the fishman and leaned in with a curious look on his face, "You seem familiar to me, have i met or threatened you before?" he asked Jinbe.
Jinbe shook his head, "Not that i remember. Maybe you head of me, I am Jinbe Hoshigake. I was one of the Seven Warlord's." he said introducing himself.
Naruto felt his eyes widen, "Hoshigake?" he asked getting a nod, "You wouldn't happen to know, or rather know of, a guy named Kisame Hoshigake would you?" he asked him.
Jinbe felt his eyes widen, "Yeah, he's my Great-Great-Great Grandfather. How would you know of him, he died over a century ago." he said.
Naruto smirked, "Mere detail's. However i will tell you this, you wouldn't want to fight him one on one. Man could shred armies on his own." he said seriously.
Jinbe nodded, "I heard tales of his power from my grandmother who was his granddaughter, he always-liked going for the leg's." they said together before they chuckled.
Naruto stuck a hand out, "Names Naruto Uzumaki, pleasure to meet you Jinbe." he said.
"The honor is mine Naruto-san." he said shaking his hand.
"Naruto-san, a quick question before my staff finds you." Law said gaining his attention.
"Sure, what you wanna know?" he asked Law.
"How'd you get those ship's inside the scroll?" he asked.
Naruto looked at his fleet and sighed, "It's a ancient technique that's no longer practiced. In my time Sealing was all but forgotten and it was extremely difficult to learn to a high level unless you were from the Uzumaki Clan." he said.
"What's Sealing?" Law asked him.
"Ancient Ninja technique. It basically allows us to use our imagination as a weapon or whatnot. Sealing was only limited to what we could imagine we wanted." he said.
"Ok, but that doesn't explain how you got those ship's into this tiny scroll." he said to the blonde.
Naruto shrugged, "I never was good at explaining things. Let's just say it is a special ability that only i alone possess." he said.
Jinbe nodded, "Yeah, i remember grandma-ma saying that when she was born the era of Shinobi was dying out and would be dead when i was ten. I didn't know what she meant, until now." he said, "You're the last Ninja aren't you, the one that was said to be immortal, Nanadaime Hokage. The Seventh Fire Shadow, or should i call you by your real name, Whitebeard." he said.
Law and the rest of the group looked at him like he was crazy, "Whitebeard? Didn't he die nearly a month ago?" Boa said.
Jinbe shook his head, "He never dies, for he always has a plan b, or so grandma-ma said. He would never die as long as he had a plan ready." he said. "He was said to have sealed himself away after he made a special type of clone called a "Blood Clone" which would live the same length of life as the original, even if the original died it would live on. Anyways back on track. Grandma-ma had lent a hand in making this special clone and helped hide the original away until he was needed once again. I had some old Wanted Poster's of the older Generation from Gold Roger's time and he looks like a spitting image of a young Whitebeard does. That explains so much now." he said.
Naruto smirked, "Yeah, little Alana sure wasn't one that was good at keeping secret's was she." he said with a chuckle.
"How'd you survive this long?" Boa asked in a whisper.
Naruto sighed, "It's both a blessing and a curse." he admitted, "My mother's side of the Family were said to live well into their hundred's if not longer. Add onto the fact i was given a power that boosted said Longevity and i practically became a immortal. I can still age, but it is extremely slow." he said, "From what i learned of my clones memories, he was into his second century of age. Me, I'm well into my ninth half century. Last i checked i was 358 years old which made my clone 205 when it died." he stated.
"Damn, where can i get the stuff that makes you look that good at your age?" Zoro asked him.
Naruto snored, "That's not something that can be made, it was something i was born with. And i really can't get rid of it even if i wanted to. My age ended a long time ago, my friends are all gone, wife and children as well as grandchildren are all dead. I am literally a walking relic of a forgotten era." he said.
"That sounds like something Whitebeard, or rather, your clone said before he tried to bring down Marineford." Jinbe stated.
Naruto nodded his head, "I know what it said. Was it something like, 'Make no mistake. I'm a relic of a bygone era. Long have i sailed, but no ship can carry me into the new age.' or was it something different?" he asked.
Jinbe shook his head with wide eyes, "No, those were the exact word's he used before he nearly brought down Marineford." he said.
"Wait a second, if your the original, then does that mean you ate the Gura-Gura no Mi?" Chopper asked him.
Naruto shook his head, "Not really. The first Devil Fruit i ate was called the Mohō-Mohō no Mi, or in simple term's the Imitation fruit. The only Devil Fruit that can copy other Devil Fruit Power's and is not classified as a Paramecia, Zoan, or a Logia Class Devil Fruit as it is literally a unknown Devil Fruit. Not only that but it also allows me to eat other Devil Fruits without any backlash effects from doing so. It's a Legendary Fruit that many would consider the Original Devil Fruit or what would make it known as the God Fruit. Now if your asking what happened to the Gura-Gura no Mi, yes i ate it when my clone forced it out of his body where it was sent to me through a seal and i ate it." he said.
"So how many Devil Fruit Abilities have you copied?" Zoro asked him.
Naruto shrugged, "Several. I don't like giving out my secret's, it's a old habit of mine so you'll have to forgive me." he said.
"It's alright, i kinda get where you're coming from." Zoro said.
"Thank's for understanding." Naruto said where Zoro waved it off.
"Hey, you didn't answer this, but what do you want to do with your fleet?" Usopp said.
"Oh, the fleet? Well i don't know what to do with it honestly. I figured i would repair them and eventually gather enough people to work them while i kept the Pearl for myself and the crew i was with." he said.
Zoro and Sanji smirked at each other, "Well why don't you join our crew then?" Sanji asked him.
Naruto looked at him, "Not yet." he said with a shake of his head.
"Why not?" Chopper asked him.
"I need to avenge my boy." he said.
"Your son? Didn't you say he died long ago?" Jinbe asked him where the other's nodded in agreement.
Naruto shook his head, "Not that son, the one that the bastard that used Lava killed... Ace." he said with a growl.
"Akainu? He's potentially the most powerful person in the world, and you want to fight him?" Law stated.
"Yes. And when i fight him, the world will know my wrath for my son. And when he dies, i will extract his Devil Fruit and consume it in front of the world and tell them my plan. I will bring about a new age by bringing down the so called system of justice. The marines pride themselves on justice and yet they allow slavery, rape, and kidnapping to happen with the ones doing it get off Scott free. If that is their ideal justice then i will show them my ideal justice, and i will destroy them all." he said deadly serious.
The group was silent as they heard this. Law gulped at this declaration, "If that's the case then how are you going to do it, seeing as the war is over and all." Jinbe asked.
"The Black Pearl will take me to Marineford. I'll have some clones guard her while i take them out with the one power they feared most, the Gura-Gura no Mi." he said with a growl.
"With it as damaged as it is, it wouldn't stand a chance." Jinbe scoffed.
"Give me three days and the Pearl will be good as new. All i need is a few tree's to cut apart." he said as he crossed his finger's in a... cross. Several pop's later a dozen clones appeared before they vanished into the forest.
"Was that the power of the Clone-Clone Fruit?" Usopp asked.
Naruto shook his head, "Nah, that was something i learned when i was a kid." he said truthfully.
"I wanna learn how to do that." the swordsman said with a pout.
"You can, your just not ready for it." Naruto said as he stood up, "If you'll excuse me, i have a fleet to repair so i can raid Marineford and raze it to the ground." he said as he walked away.
"Do you think he was serious?" Sanji asked.
"Bout what?" Zoro asked him.
"What he said, about razing Marineford to the ground. It would be extremely easy with how much damage it received the first time around from his clone." Sanji said.
Zoro shrugged, "Don't really know, but he has the look of determination in his eyes." he said.
It was just as Naruto said. Three days would pass before the Black Pearl was back to full capacity and was fully repaired. Naruto was leaving a literal army of clones behind so they could finish up on the rest of the ship's. Naruto looked to the Strawhat Pirates, "I know i haven't spoken to any of you these past few days with me working on the Pearl. However that doesn't mean i haven't watched over you guy's. Ya'll are like my boy's when we lived on the Moby Dick, full of life and freedom. And it is that freedom that i want to protect." he said, "I am going to Marineford alone, and i will return one way or another." he said as several dozen clones pushed the Pearl back into the water.
Giving a jump he performed a back flip and landed on the figurehead of the ship, "We will meet again, and when we do i hope to see everyone with those smiles on their faces." he said as he walked to the Helm. Looking to the clone he nodded his head, "Set course for Marineford, we have a rendezvous with a lava man." he ordered before he ordered the rest of the clones to get the sails down so they could reach full speed. It took about six hour's to reach the Gates of Justice, but it was reaching nighttime. He growled in annoyance, "I can't work like this, especially at night. However, with the sky like this i have the advantage." he said as he created several hundred clones, "Get my ship over that wall." he ordered them loudly, "And don't alert those pansy ass marines." he said afterwards.
It took the better part of two hour's but eventually they got the Pearl over the wall where she now begun to make way towards Marineford. Naruto begun issuing out his order's, "Load the gun's, all heavy with full powder. Extra shot's per cannon. I want to leave a message that i want them to remember." he declared as his clones scrambled about. He looked to a group of clones, "Douse the torches." he commanded as he turned back to the bow, "We run in, silent." he said as the torches were put out one by one until the Black Pearl was concealed by the night. Forming the Ram handseal he called on his Chakra, "Water Style, Hidden Mist Jutsu" he intoned as he called out a thick fog.
With the lights out and the fog it seemed to make the Black Pearl something out of a horror story. Add on to the fact her sails hadn't been repaired made it even more believable. Sailing past the battleship's he silently entered the bay where the remain's of the Moby Dick sat. Passing by he gently pat the hull that remained above the water, 'Fear not old friend. They will be avenged tonight." he whispered to the once glorious ship before he pulled out a large Scroll and scribbled a large seal on it and placed his hand on it, "Seal" he intoned and the Moby Dick vanished in a puff of smoke that didn't set off any alarms thankfully.
-Meanwhile-
Vice Admiral Smoker sighed as he saw the fog coming in, "Great, it's going to be one of those night's ain't it?' he grumbled to himself. He hated it when the weather become like this, couldn't predict whether or not a enemy would come and get ya.
Tashigi looked to her superior, "Smoker-san what's wrong?' she asked him.
Smoker waved her worries off, "Oh it's nothing Tashigi-san. Just the weather is offsetting me." he said politely.
"I see." she said, "It does seem strange that up until several minutes ago that the weather was so nice, now it's like a bog has appeared out of nowhere." she said in agreement.
"That's why i don't like it, an enemy could come out of nowhere and ambush you. Keep a eye open, something's coming. Don't ask me how i know, it's a gut feeling i have right now." he told her and she nodded her head.
Naruto held up a hand while the clones prepared for battle. With a swipe of his hand, the clones begun to ignite the fuses on the cannon's. Let reek havoc and let loose the dog's of war. Or something like that. With the resounding explosion's of the cannon's Naruto's Vendetta War had begun. Tashigi heard the thumping and looked around curiously, "What was that, firework's?" she asked.
Smoker seen the flashes from the bay and tackled Tashigi, "Cannon-fire, get down!" he screamed as one cannon smashed into a wall nearby.
"Smoker-san, what's going on? Who's attacking?" Tashigi asked frantically.
"I'll give you three guesses, but two of them don't count." he said as he climbed to his feet, "All hands to battle station's!" he ordered the lower grade officer's.
"Ready the hook's!" Naruto ordered his clone's, "Now!" he ordered his clones who threw them and hooked them onto the wall, "Reel her in, and secure the Pearl." he ordered his clone's. Jumping off the Pearl he landed on the Water and ran towards the wall and jumped over it where he landed in front of several Marines. Grasping the Trident of Poseidon he slammed it on the ground creating a powerful shockwave of saltwater that threw them away. With that his battle begun.
Smoker seen the blonde man run across the water and made landfall where he drew a weird weapon and slammed it on the ground which blasted some of the men away and growled. Turning into smoke he flew at the man with high speeds, only to be shocked when the man grabbed him by the throat and choke slammed him to the ground, "Logia class devil fruit user of the Smoke-Smoke Fruit. Powerful in it's own right, but against me it's nothing." he said as he used his chakra to create a seal on the man, "Extract" he intoned where Smoker gave a cry of pain as a shaped begun to take form above his chest. A shape Smoker knew all to well, a devil fruit which he had consumed when he was younger.
The fruit was apple shaped with green swirls. The fruit itself was a grey-ish silver color and could easily fit into someone's palm. Smoker was gasping in shock, "H-H-How did you..." he went to ask where the man smirked, "That's for me to know, and for you to wish you knew." the man said before he grabbed the fruit and put it in his pocket before he grabbed his Trident and stabbed it down on Smoker's gut where he screamed in pain. It wasn't a fatal wound as he avoided his insides for the most part.
Naruto rolled his eyes, "Oh shut up wuss, it was just a stab wound." he said before he lashed his hand down and knocked the man out.
"SMOKER-SAN!" Tashigi cried out as she watched the man apparently extract her superior's devil fruit and then wound him by stabbing him in the gut. Was such a thing possible? To extract a devil fruit from the original owner while they still breathed... it was a nightmare for the young woman. However as she was asking this a cannon crashed into the wall underneath under her and the placed where she was standing on fell where she gave a cry of fear as she fell. Landing in the water below she came up coughing and spluttering as she looked around, only to be hit on the head by a rock where her consciousness fled her.
A clone had seen this and growled as he jumped over board and immediately felt the effect's of the saltwater on his body as he begun to sink. Luckily for him however he, the original that is, had placed seals on his body that negated this weakness and allowed him to swim though he wouldn't be able to use his devil fruit power's. Grabbing her he surfaced with a whoosh of water and used his chakra to walk up the side of the Black Pearl as another Cannon fired into a wall with a powerful explosion. Ignoring the fighting he took her into the captain's quarter's and laid her on the bed and saw her head was bleeding from where she was struck on the head.
Not only that, she also looked extremely familiar to him. Like someone he knew when he was a kid. Shaking that off he stood back up and went back outside to help with the battle. To be honest the clone didn't know why it saved her when she was a enemy, it was as if something compelled him to do it and he couldn't ignore it. Back with the original Naruto he batted away a group of marines with the trident and then slammed it on the ground shaking the island, "Bring me Akainu." he demanded angrily. So far he had met and extracted several Devil Fruit's from Marine's. He didn't care who they were, if they had a Devil Fruit he took it.
Sensing a familiar presence he turned around and pushed a fist away from the back of his skull that would have made a normal man fall unconscious. He grinned at the sight of his old acquaintance, "Oh, Gar-Gar it's you, hey." he said cheerfully before he realized something, "Man you got old." he said as he looked at Garp the Hero.
Garp however froze when he heard that nickname, "There's only one person in the world that would call me that, and he went missing nearly fifty years ago." he said as he looked to Naruto, "Who are you?" he asked him.
Naruto grinned, "Oh come on Gar-Gar, surely you remember me don't you. After all i did introduce you to your wife." he said with a grin.
Garp gave a blank face, yep that was him alright. He simply turned around and walked away, "I don't know you." he said ignoring Naruto call out to him to come back.
Sengoku grumbled to himself angrily. There had better be a good reason he was being woke up so late at night. He was not a morning person... Nope, not one little bit at all... Grabbing his door he swung it open to see a young Marine standing at his door shaking, "What is it?" he demanded.
"F-Fleet Admiral, someone's attacking us." he stuttered out.
"What!" he exclaimed, "When the hell did this start, and why wasn't i woken sooner?" he demanded as he rushed out of his room in his sleep wear.
"We didn't want to bother you until it was deemed that the one who was attacking became a true threat as we figured we could get rid of him. However that changed when he begun to extract the Devil Fruits out of the higher ranking officer's." he said to Sengoku.
Sengoku stopped when he heard that. How was it possible to extract a Devil Fruit from a person. The only way to get a devil fruit from someone is if they were dead. However... "What?!" he shrieked at the captain.
"That's not all sir, report's are coming in that whoever is ordering this attack is sailing a black ship with black sail's and he is using the sea to fight for him." the man stated.
"The Poseidon, he's back." he said in disbelief. The only reason he knew this was because only one person could use saltwater to fight with, and then extracted Devil Fruit's. He looked to the man, "Give me the description." he ordered.
"12 foot plus, Blonde hair that reaches past the shoulder's. From report's that have been gathered he has blue eyes. It is unknown how good of control he has over his weapon." he said.
Sengoku ran back into his room and went to a specific poster before he grabbed it and ripped it off where he looked at it. The poster said, "Wanted: Dead or Alive; Naruto 'Poseidon' Uzumaki" and then it went to list his bounty. He scurried back outside and shoved the poster in the man's face, "Is this the man?" he demanded.
The captain nodded his head, "Yes-sir, it's the exact same man." he stated.
Sengoku growled at this and begun to run down the hall to three specific room's of the Staff Administration, seeing as their houses were destroyed, to see if they were there. Banging on the door's he forced them open and called out, "Kuzan! Akainu! Kizaru! Get up. We are being attacked." he roared out.
Akainu and Kizaru stumbled out of their rooms and looked to him sleepliy, "What seems to be the problem, Sengoku-san." Kizaru asked sleepily.
"Yeah, i was having a good night until you interrupted." Akainu said as a feminine voice called him back to his bed showing he was indeed having sex since he was in a robe.
"Where's Aokiji?" he demanded.
"Don't know, he said something about visiting his mother when the war was over." Kizaru said in his usual voice.
Sengoku growled, "Well two is fine. Get dressed the island is under attack by a man that even i couldn't best." he said.
"Where is this intruder, i will burn him to nothingness." Akainu said.
Sengoku snorted, "This is the one person you don't want to fight on your own. It'll take all three of us to fight against him. Go all out from the start or he'll end you." he ordered as he raced out of the building in his skivvies.
Naruto was having the greatest time of his life in over fifty years. He gave a laugh as he blocked a giant's blade with his palm, "Not bag big guy, but you'll have to do better then that." he said as he shoved the giant back where he swirled the trident around and thrust it at the giant which sent a large blast of water at him where he was sent tumbling into the sea. He sudden;y felt his danger senses going off and ducked as a flash of light zoomed past his head where it crashed into a wall. Scratching the back of his head he walked over and saw a man wearing yellow pajama's dusting himself off, "Hey man, are you ok?" he asked the man.
"Oh I'm fine." he said in a extremely laid back tone that made him wonder if he was smoking something. The man pointed at Naruto, "The question is, will you be fine." he said as he shot a burst of light from his finger's which Naruto easily dodged.
"Ah, the Light-Light Fruit. Logia Class with only one weakness besides seawater and Seastone. Speed." he said as he held up a hand, "And you shouldn't have used it when you fought me boy." he said as his fingertip glowed a golden color showing his power was copied.
"How is that possible?" Kizaru questioned him.
"This is my Devil Fruit, the Mimic-Mimic Fruit that allows me to use any Devil Fruit ability at will once i have seen it. Unfortunately, you had to fight me with Sengoku and that man sneaking up behind me, which is a no no. Especially after what you did to my boy." he said turning around to Sengoku.
"What do you mean 'Your boy' Poseidon? We haven't seen you in over fifty to sixty years. I thought you were dead so i couldn't claim the bounty on your head. Last i heard you didn't even have a son." Sengoku stated.
"Wrong-o." he stated as he waved a finger at the man before he formed another handseal, "Henge" he called out before he was obscured by a cloud of smoke, "Gurararara, are you sure about that." a all to familiar voice told them as a large hand blew the dust away to reveal something that came out of a nightmare.
"N-No way. It's impossible." Sengoku said as he saw a ghost from his nightmare.
"It's not true... it can't be. I saw you die standing on your feet." Akainu stated in fear. For the first time he actually felt like running away, especially since this was the only person to ever harm him in a fight.
"Oh shit." Kizaru muttered.
"Gurararara what makes you say that brat?" 'Whitebeard' questioned, "After all, you did ram your fist through my son's gut and burned him from the inside out." the giant man growled in anger which begun to cause the ground to shake, "Then you had the audacity to call me a loser for letting my boy's escape so i could die for them." he said as he hefted the Trident up into the air, "Let me tell you now, I AM NO LOSER!" he roared as he slammed the weapon of the sea god on the ground causing the ground to shake powerfully. Raising the trident once more he punched it out at the three men which launched a wave of seawater at them as they stumbled around.
"S-Seawater?" Sengoku gasped out as he felt his power waver. He didn't get to ponder this as he was suddenly grasped around the throat by a angry ghost, "I'll let you live since you saved Garp whom we both respect and he raised Ace. However, if we meet again, you die." he said as he threw the man away where he crashed into a wall and was crushed under the weight of a large wall falling on him. Turning back to the two admiral's he grinned darkly as he released his transformation, "Let's get this over, brat's." he said as he spun his trident in his hand.
Akainu gave a yell as he ran forward. His power's may have been weakened, but he wouldn't stop. All pirates were scum of the earth, and if this guy was telling the truth then he was the worst. However what he didn't expect was for Naruto to grab him by the fist and simply toss him over his shoulder like he was a sack of potatoes, "Is that all you've got magma brat?" he asked as he leaned out of the way of a light beam. He sighed as he turned back around and held up his hand and conjured up a spear of light, "Your not needed right now light switch." he said as he hurled it at Kizaru who dodged it, only to be kicked in the stomach and sent flying into a wall with a explosion, "I have a date with a magma brat that your not part of." he said as he turned around.
Akainu slowly got to his feet and stumbled around. It seems he wasn't back to his full strength if he was caught of guard like that. A hand grabbed him by the back of the neck, "Hello magma brat." Naruto's voice spoke in his ear.
"P-Poseidon..." Akainu said with a grunt as Naruto thrust his knee into the man's gut.
"No, you don't have the right to speak. Not after the shit you pulled, especially for my son." Naruto spoke harshly.
Akainu summoned his Lava, "Well then, if that's the case we should skip the formalities and head straight to your funeral then." he said with a grin.
Naruto grinned darkly and suddenly his body begun to release vast amount's of volcanic power from his body, "You really think i came here with the intent to destroy Marineford like this?" he asked the now shocked admiral, "I came here to sink it and all it's inhabitant's to the bottom of the ocean. And it wont change a damn thing since i hold the true power of the sea." he said to the man, "Do you feel it?" Naruto asked as he held up his hand which now had a all to familiar white bubble around it, "The power to destroy this speck of dirt in my right hand is itching, and it's bad." Naruto said, "When you are beaten and can't move, I'm shoving my fist through your fucking chest, and this is after i take your Devil Fruit from you. And once i have it, I'm delivering it to my sons along with your corpse." he said as he released the bubble.
"It's not over til i say it's over!" Akainu yelled as he ran towards Naruto.
The blonde simply smirked before he waved the trident and splashed his lava coated body with his biggest weakness which sent him flying away where he crashed into a wall. Naruto continued to spray him with seawater as he walked forward, not caring that his clones were taking out other marine Devil Fruit User's were crying out for the admiral to fight back even when they knew he couldn't, "It's not mentioned, but this is indeed the Trident of Poseidon the sea god who is father to king Neptune of the Fish-men of the sea. It is literally the only weapon that'll allow a Devil Fruit user to swim in the sea if they have it on their back's, and the only weapon that his heir will ever wield."Naruto said as he approached the man who was spluttering.
"I still haven't found this heir yet, but it is thanks to that, that I am here drowning you with the biggest weakness you have." he said nonchalantly. Reaching out he grabbed the man by the throat and lifted him up into the air, "And if you think I'm wrong then, well your wrong." he said as he slammed the coughing man into the ground by the throat and summoned a quake bubble, "This is for Ace you bastard." he growled as he unleashed it on the man which shook the island.
Garp was not having a good day. First he had to fill out all that paperwork, and now his home was being attacked by that annoyance Naruto Uzumaki who even now was still following him around in the form of a clone. "Come on Gar-Gar it' your old buddy Naruto, speak to me man. What did i do that made you hate me?" he asked.
Garp felt his eyebrow twitch. He wasn't going to answer that devil. Nope, no he wasn't. And still Naruto nagged his ear off, "OH SHUT UP WILL YOU! IF YOU HADN'T SLEPT WITH MY DAUGHTER I WOULDN'T CONSIDER YOU THE WORST MAN IN THE WORLD, AND YET YOU DID." he screamed at the man.
Naruto's clone recoiled a bit, "How was i supposed to know she was your daughter, she look's nothing like you." he said.
"SHE LOOKS JUST LIKE HER MOTHER HOW COULD YOU NOT TELL WHO HER PARENT'S WERE?" Garp yelled.
"Obviously you don't know her mother well enough." the clone said with crossed arms before it felt it's eyes widen at what it said and it slapped it's hand's over its mouth, "I wasn't supposed to say that." he said as he went white.
Garp was livid, no he was furious. This man... "WHO'S RITA'S FATHER!" he bellowed in the clone's face which caused his hair to be blown back.
The clone shook its head to clear the ringing in its ear's, "Last i checked it was you, but in this day and age, could be anyone." he said.
Garp gave a yell as he pulled a gun out of his pants, a 12 gauge automatic at that, and begun to chase after the clone as he unleashed a seemingly endless sea of rounds at the clone, "I DON'T CARE, DIE DEFILER OF DAUGHTER'S!" he yelled at the running clone who laughed at his old friend.
"JUST BE GLAD I SLEPT WITH RITA THE ONE TIME MAN, AND THIS WAS AFTER THE FACT I SLEPT WITH SANDRA TOO!" the clone yelled.
The clone yelped as a shot whizzed past his head. Garp however was seeing red now and waves of steam were pouring out of his ear's, ""I'LL KILL YOU! YOU SLEPT WITH SANDRA!" he yelled at the clone.
"IT WAS LONG BEFORE I INTRODUCED THE TWO OF YOU, IT DOESN'T MATTER RIGHT NOW!" the clone yelled as he ran from the raging vice admiral.
"YES IT DOES, THAT WAS MY WIFE!" Garp yelled in faux anger as he shot another round off at the clone. Ah it was good to have his friend back. Even if he was a defiler of daughter's, and apparently wives too, he was still a good friend one could trust up until the end. Ah memories. The marines who watched as the clone run from the angered Garp they didn't know whether to laugh or scratch their head's in confusion.
Akainu grunted as Naruto launched a fist into his gut before bringing his elbow down on his spine driving him into the ground. Naruto drew his leg back and kicked the admiral in the face and sent him rolling across the ground. Naruto reached down and grabbed the magma brats foot and hefted his body over his shoulder's, and with a grunt slammed him to the ground with no mercy. As Akainu cratered the ground he coughed up blood, and Naruto didn't let up as he sent a wave of water at him to once again weaken his power's. With no mercy Naruto grabbed him by the throat and slammed him into a wall and begun to brutally beat his gut's with his fists to the point Akainu begun to cough up blood.
Drawing his fist back Naruto sent it into Akainu's face and sent him through the wall to the outside of a building. Finally seeing that his enemy was beaten he reached down and grabbed his collar and hoisted him to his feet, "Last i heard the reaper was calling your name. So tell me magma brat, do you have any final words?" he asked as he lifted him off his feet.
Akainu gave a cough and spat out blood, "Fuck you, and your crew of murdering brat's too." he said weakly.
Naruto lowered the once powerful man down and drove his knee into the man's groin, "No, fuck you. Your a murderer with no conscience or sense of moral for those who need it." he said as he leaned down and whispered into the man's ear, "Say hello to Teach when you get to hell, he'll be joining you if he isn't already there." he said as he tossed the man back. It was only then did Akainu realize where he was, at the bay where the Pearl was at. With a splash the man landed in the water, and due to him having ate a devil fruit he was no longer able to swim either. It didn't matter as he didn't even know how to swim to begin with seeing as the clone was waiting for him underwater to claim his Devil Fruit and snap his neck just in case.
Naruto then got into a stanch everyone at Marineford was all to familiar with,"T-That stance!" a marine cried out in shock.
"It can't be... no, it's not true." another cried out.
"This ends now." Naruto said as he lashed out and cracked the air which released a wave of energy which sent the marines flying away. It was lucky that none of their families had returned or else they would have been hurt. He gave a laugh as some stupid vice admiral ran at him with a sword and batted him away with his foot. He grinned when he got the memories of a clone that had been sent to the bottom of the sea. With that his goal was accomplished, it was time to go. "I thank you for your time gentlemen, but it is time i bid you adieu. I have gotten what i wanted." he said.
"You're not going anywhere." a voice called as Vice Admiral Momonga landed in front of him.
Naruto snorted, "Says who, you?" he asked as he raised his hands into the air and curled his finger's, "Fear not the storm, but the aftershock's." he said confusing the man before he felt his eyes widen as Naruto raked his hands down slowly causing the entire island to tilt to a ridiculous degree to the point it was practically forcing everyone to stabbed their swords into the ground so they wouldn't fall into the raging sea. Naruto however took this as his chance and vanished in a flash of yellow where he appeared on the Black Pearl's deck. Cutting the lines to the hooks he ordered the clones to fire all cannon's one last time before he had the Black Pearl withdraw in victory.
As he sailed away a clone walked up to him with a Devil Fruit in had. The Devil Fruit was a curious one, but it was one he recognized all to well, after all it killed his son. The Magu-Magu no Mi, or Mag-Mag Fruit. It was a a fruit that took the shape of a bushel of grapes that glowed a orange and black color and they gave off an impressive heat as well(1). He smirked as he seen the Devil Fruit that caused him so much pain, and gave a laugh when he saw a clone walk forward with a chest filled with a assortment of Devil Fruit's, nearly 100 in total, where it was placed down in front of him.
With her sail's down they made quick timing to the Gate of Justice where Naruto had a army of clone's force the door open by...'lightly' hitting it with the power of the Gura-Gura no Mi. The wall stood no chance and was obliterated to the point they had a hole with enough room for a vast fleet of pirates to go through if they wished, enough for well over 50 ship's. With nothing in her way the Black Pearl sailed off into the night unseen and unharmed.
-The next morning-
Naruto was rather comfortable. After he had ensured that no battleship's had pursued the pearl late into the night he had crawled into his bed and fell asleep as the Black Pearl made her way to the island of Amazon Lily where he agreed to meet up with the Strawhat Pirates. Rolling over he buried his face deeper into his pillow and sighed in contentment. However a embarrassed 'eep' caused him to frown in his slumber. Pillow's don't squeak in embarrassment. Squeezing his pillow with his right hand he heard a feminine moan before a squeak of embarrassment once again. He groaned as he opened his eyes and saw a familiar visage of on Tashigi who had a red face as she looked to the hand that squeezed her pert breast.
'P-please stop." she asked him politely.
Naruto sat up, "Sorry about that." he said tiredly, "I forgot that my clone's saved you last night when you fell into the water." he said as he rubbed his eyes. Oh yeah, he remembered her alright.
Tashigi sat up and moved a bit away from the pirate, "I-it's fine. A simple mistake." she said before looking around her, "Were am I?" she asked him.
Naruto climbed out of his bed, "On board my ship, the Black Pearl." he told her.
Tashigi felt her eyes widen, "The Black Pearl? The same one that is said to be the fastest ship ever built and cursed by the forgotten god a century ago?" she asked him.
Naruto quirked a brow, "Not really, my old friend captained her nearly a century ago and left her to me when he died. I had to do extensive maintenance to get her back to her former glory." he said before he realized something, "You know, you're pretty calm for a marine being on a pirate vessel." he stated.
Tashigi looked sheepish, "Sorry, it's just I am a bit of a geek when it comes to these thing's." she said.
Naruto widened his eyes, "Holy shit, your a Haruno!" he exclaimed. He recognized the brainiac tenacity now.
Tashigi looked to him, "How'd you know that?" she asked him.
Naruto grinned, "Believe it or not i once knew a woman named Sakura Haruno. She became Sakura Uchiha when she married by best friend Sasuke. They had a daughter named Sarada, but i digress as that was forever ago. Anyway's Sakura had a little brother who wasn't well know as he was a son of rape-gasp- but he ended up becoming one of he greatest warrior's from my home. I honestly didn't think i'd meet his descendant like this." he said grinning.
Tashigi gulped, she hadn't known her ancestor was a child of rape. Nevertheless she nodded her head, "Well it's nice to meet you... uh..." she didn't even get his name.
Naruto felt his own eyes widen before he chuckled in embarrassment, "Oh my bad, names Naruto Uzumaki. Though i am pretty sure they called me a different name back at Marineford back in the day." he said.
"Tashigi, Tashigi Haruno." she said as they shook hand's.
"Well Tashigi-san, i must say i am extremely impressed when i say that you are pretty calm for one in your position, then again so was your ancestor." he chuckled out.
Tashigi shrugged, "I guess it is either be compliant or risk getting thrown in the brig." she said.
"And you would be wise to stay that way, especially with me. I don't like you marines. I respect you guy's for you idea of wanting to protect the innocent people, but you have a twisted way of doing it, but then again that respect is thrown out the window when you allow atrocities to befall them as well." he said standing up.
"What do you mean by that?" she asked as she climbed out of the bed and followed him out onto the deck of the Pearl only to be ignored by the man.
"Make way for the boss." a voice called out startling Tashigi where she saw what appeared to be a army of the man.
"What the-Tashigi gasped only to feel a hand on her shoulder where she looked up to see Naruto standing there.
He looked at her, "It's fine, they're just Shadow Clones. They won't hurt you and they pop after a good hit." he said as he walked past her where he walked up a staircase to the wheel, "Make way for Sphinx, full speed to the sail and don't let up until we get there." he ordered the clone standing at the wheel.
"Aye boss, to sphinx." he said as he sharply turned the wheel to the right before stopping it.
"What's in Sphinx?" she asked him.
Naruto turned back to face her, "The answer to your question's." he say's.
-Meanwhile-
Marco woke up and felt great. Why, because the moment he stepped out of his cabin he was handed a paper that read "Marineford attacked. Poseidon return's and extract's revenge on Marine's for Death of old ally Whitebeard. Akainu defeated and killed in combat by Naruto 'The Poseidon' Uzumaki." which made him laugh out loud where word soon spread around the ship about the man named 'Poseidon' which made the remaining member's of the Whitebeard Pirates greatly respect the man. They had theories about him, seeing as the old man never spoke of him unless he had a theory himself, where he was unable to arrive at the battle to help save Ace. First was he was too far away that he couldn't reach them on time. Two was he didn't want to take part of the battle and when he heard about the old man dying he waited for them to lower their guards so he could attack. Final was that he was just bored.
"I like this guy already." Jozu said as he leaned back against the wall.
His comrade and brother in all but blood Vista snorted, "I'll say. Any man that can take down a man with a devil fruit like Akainu deserves the respect. Especially if he used his own two hands to do it." he stated.
"Pop's would be glad for it." Curiel said solemnly causing his brother's in arms to go silent.
However it didn't last long as one of the former commander's of Whitebeard named Izo walked up, "Hey, now is not the time to fell bad. It's time to celebrate a victory for Pop's and Ace now as they can rest in peace." he said getting cheer's from his family.
With that their party begun. Atmos looked to Marco as he swallowed a jug of beer, "Hey Marco gotta question for you." he said as he walked up to the man.
Marco smiled as he swallowed some alcohol, "Yeah sure, what is it?" he asked in return.
"Do you think we should meet up with this guy and find out what his motive's are? I mean we never even heard of this guy much unless pop's talked bout him in thought or until we seen the paper." he said.
Marco hummed in thought, "I don't think it would hurt, but we need to take precaution's and bring everyone with us when we do, and I am talking about everyone. All our allies, all our family will be there when we meet this guy. If he is strong enough to take on someone like Akainu and kill him with what sound's like ease, then we need to be prepared." he said to his fellow commander.
Atmos nodded his head, "We best get busy sending word out to the rest of the family then." he said.
-With Naruto; 15 day's later:
Naruto sighed as he walked down the gangway with Tashigi following him. He was sending clones to the market to get supplies as well as some other stuff for the Pearl, mainly black sail patches and black paint to fix her up to where she was good as new, while he and Tashigi explored the island. The young officer looked around in awe at the island as it was more beautiful then she imagined, "It's so beautiful." she said in wonder.
"And it will remain that way if i have anything to say about it." Naruto said as he led her through the woods.
"So where are we heading, I mean you wouldn't lead somewhere without a reason would you?" she asked him.
Naruto shook his head, "No i wouldn't. However you need to see what i am showing you to understand why i hate the World Government." he said, "This island used to go by the name of Wave before it was changed to Sphinx nearly 186 years ago. Back then i was still a warrior for my people, and i was someone they loved idolizing." he said to her.
Tashigi felt her eyes widen in shock, "186 years ago, you lived that long?" she asked him.
Naruto shook his head at that, "No, i have lived longer then that. What i meant was that back then this island was a place anyone could come to before the Heavenly Dragon's took over and begun demanding payment for protection. When the island of Wave wouldn't hand it over, they had marines come and destroy the town just to set a example. After that the island was in a state of poverty for nearly 80 year's, which mind you ended nearly eight years ago. They are now getting back on their feet, and it is how Whitebeard begun his life as a Pirate so he could help his home get out of this debt." he told the astonished Tashigi.
"I had no idea it was like that." she muttered as she looked around to see the scowls of the islander's as they looked at her. She didn't know it was that bad, or that he was that old. He was good looking for a man of his age.
"Pirates... Slaves... Human shops... Against the "purity" of the "upper classes" that makes up the World Nobles, the people that are called 'villains of the world' look positively humane in comparison. It's because the world's in the hands of scum like them that it's all screwed to hell... I mean, we pirates aren't the not the nicest of guys at times, but at least we're honest about it." Naruto said to her.
Tashigi grasped her arms and shivered, "I wish i had known." she said as she stopped when she bumped into Naruto. She looked up to him, "Why'd you stop?" she asked as she walked around him and saw him smiling. Turning she saw a sight she never thought she would see. Sphinx's, lot's of them, were lounging around with pleased faces as people ignored them and even loved on them as if they were part of a family, "W-What is this?" she asked silently. Sphinx's were supposed to be a endangered species that were down to the last edges of their survivor's.
"This is something that the Great Pirate Whitebeard was trying to protect." Naruto said as he kneeled down, "Sphinx's are a endangered species as those damned World Nobles like hunting them for their fur's and fang's or other thing's that can be used for their healing properties so they can prolong their stingy lives. My persona as Whitebeard set up a humanitarian aide program and worked on a way to help restore their number's to where they used to be. I helped make this hidden area of the island when i found out they were endangered. Sphinxes aren't dangerous being's, just misunderstood." he said to her softly, "Now do you understand why some Pirates become the way they do?" he asked her.
Tashigi had tears in her eyes, "-I-I do." she sobbed.
Naruto turned her to face him, "If that's the case, then join me. It'd be a shame if you died out here, Tashigi. If you want to wreak havoc on the sea, bear my name on your back and go wild as much as you like! Become a member of my family, a family we will make grow together!" Naruto said as he held a hand out to her. It was time to rebuild his family, even if he had to start at the bottom of the barrel, not that it would be like that long.
-With the Whitebeard Pirates and their allies-
Marco looked at his allies that had did their best to try and save Ace from his execution, "I'm sure you've all heard by now, the man who killed our brother and friend Ace, is dead." he started, "And it appear's it was done by a old friend of Pop's that did it, Naruto 'Poseidon' Uzumaki, the supposed lord of the ocean." he said to them getting nod's out of some.
"So what's the plan Marco-kun?' Elmy asked the man.
Marco took a deep breath, "We want to find out his motive's. We know he killed Akainu for revenge on him killing Ace and having a part in Pop's death, but other then that we know nothing of him. That's why we all sailed here so we could meet up together and go search for him. If he want's to join us, or have us join him, then we will do so. However with Pop's gone we need a leader. From what I read in the paper as well as heard from Pop's, he has a Devil Fruit that allows him to copy and use Other Devil Fruit power's and even eat other Devil Fruit's with no backlash one would experience if they ate two and died. We will claim all our former territories back and pledge ourselves to him if that's the case." he said getting nod's of agreement from his family.
"Well let's get going, we can't sit around all day and do nothing." Whitey Bay, another subordinate captain of Whitebeard's, said with a smile. Roar's of agreement echoed throughout the area as the pirates begun to search around. "Make sure each of you has a way to communicate, be it den-den mushi or otherwise." she said as they spread out to look on any of the nearby island's.
It wouldn't take long for them to locate the man who had avenged their family.
-Four hour's later-
Squard grinned as he saw his target. It was so delectable, and crunchy and mushy and oh so delicious. Biting into the cinnamon bun he hummed in satisfaction as it's sweet and sugary goodness flowed down his throat. Oh this was heaven for the pirate. However his moment of peace was ruined when he heard his Den-Den Mushi speak, "Hey guy's this is Atmos here, I think i found him." the commander stated.
Squard swallowed his, favorite but unknown, food and grabbed his Den-Den Mushi, "Well where is he?" he asked.
"Sphinx Island. I think he's with some Marine chick, but it could be my imagination as she doesn't wear the uniform." Atmos stated.
Squard looked at the snail and shook his head before speaking, "Hold on and i will be there shortly." he said corresponding with several other member's of Whitebeard's allies as they made way towards the island of Whitebeard's birth.
-With Naruto and Tashigi-
Tashigi sighed in annoyance, "You mean to tell me that you want me to join a crew, with no name? What kind of pirate are you?" she asked him as he chuckled sheepishly.
Wow, this reminded him of the time he took off o his own and begun to form the Whitebeard Pirates. He didn't have a name for his crew at the time either. Ironic how thing's work now. He waved his hand's, "Now now Tashigi-chan it's not that I don't have a name, it's just i am so used to going by Whitebeard it is strange to have to think up a name for a crew after all this time." he told her. Yes he had indeed informed her of his other persona as Whitebeard, and he couldn't think of a name for his crew now that he was so used to being called Whitebeard. It really was surreal for the former (?) Yonko to have to do this... again.
Tashigi sighed, "Ok what is the meaning of your name? From what i heard Naruto is a double meaning, so what's it mean?" she said snapping her finger's. Damn she reminded Naruto of Sakura more and more each minute.
Naruto scowled, "It means either Maelstrom or Fishcake, and i swear to all things holy that if you call me fishcake i will bend you over my knee and spank you like a child." he said to her honestly.
Tashigi smiled at him, "Then the answer is simple, we are now the Maelstrom Pirates, Captain." she said.
Naruto thought about it. While he didn't want to give up his old name, he had no choice as he was dead. With him back in the fray he had to reform his crew and have a new name. He had to admit, it was more catchy then the last one, The Drunk Hunk Pirates, though. He nodded his head, "Alright Tashigi-chan. From now on we are member's of the Maelstrom Pirates." he said boldly.
Tashigi gave a laugh at her captain. It was strange, at first when she joined the marines she wanted to save all the swords of high quality from pirates, and here she was becoming a pirate herself. She saw Naruto look to her and she stopped laughing as she gained a small blush, "W-What? Is there something wrong?" she asked him.
Naruto shook his head, "No, it's just that you have a amazing laugh." he told her causing her to blush, "It reminds me of my beloved Hinata's own laugh when she saw something amusing." he said with a grin.
Tashigi smiled a little before she realized something,"Your wife, what happened to her?" she asked him.
Naruto shrugged at that, "Life happened. She grew old and passed on while i didn't. She left me at 103, and while i knew it would happen eventually i sure as hell didn't want her to." he said with a somber look on his face. He looked at Tashigi, "But then i begun to make new comrades, new friends that would help me carry my pain." he told her, "Comrades just like you." he told her.
That made Tashigi blush at his words. They were so sweet, and caring. She honestly didn't know if he was a poet or a charmer, but he was very good at making her feel flustered.
However their time getting to know each other ended when a voice called out to them, "Hey you, blonde with the wannabe marine. Come here for a second." which caused both of them to scowl for different reason's. Was he that hard to recognize-oh wait he wasn't Whitebeard right now so yeah... Ignoring Tashigi he turned around was struck by a sight he never expected to see. All the captain's that his blood clone had been allied with along with all his commander's stood together in the road looking ready for something. For the blonde at the front though, it was almost like he was seeing a ghost, "P-Pop's!" Marco exclaimed in shock and his young visage could be seen as a unexpected sight for his commander's as well.
"Marco." Naruto said in surprise. He didn't expect this at all.
Marco shook his head, "I-I'm sorry about that, i just thought you were... someone else." he said.
Naruto gave a laugh at that, "Gurararara, you're looking good kid's. Been a few month's since i last saw you all." he said happily. They looked good.
"Don't fall for it guy's, he could have consumed the Tremor-Tremor Fruit and be impersonating Pop's." Squard said drawing his sword.
Tashigi went on guard, but Naruto had it handled easily, "Squard, it's good to see you." he said to the man.
"Don't act like you know me. You know none of us except for the old man who died month's ago." he declared.
Naruto smirked, "Then allow me to prove my self to you." he said, "Squard, when you felt like you were betrayed, you stabbed me in the chest and said that i was selling out my son's for Ace when i in fact did not. I told you that the sins of the father do not continue on to the son and then i called you quote unquote "A stupid son" before i hugged you and told you that even if you were stupid i would love you regardless." he said to the trembling man. Even Marco was shaking now along with other member's of his family as they had tear's in their eyes as that was only something a Whitebeard Pirate knew as they had shared it amongst themselves.
Naruto then went on to explain how he met each of them and told secret's about each of his former(?) subordinates that only he knew. For Doma he spilled the secret that he had helped his new family out with a better life by sending aide from the Grand Line to look after them. For the Decalvan Brothers he spilled that he had stopped a raid on their home island with his mere presence just to see them smile happily. Whitey Bay was someone he ran into and battled for a week in hit and run tactics because she didn't want to be found. Soon he was spilling more and more secret's that only he knew from when he met each of them and had them join him.
"POP'S!" they cried out as they rushed at him and surrounded him with tears in their eyes. With that they asked a billion question's almost all at once where he answered those he could such as why he was young again, or why hadn't he come back, or how did he kill Akainu. Naruto just smiled and embraced his family once again ignoring the sleuth of question's as he basked in happiness with his son's, and by extension daughter's, of his big family. When they all calmed down he spoke up, "I know you all might be wondering why i am like this or why i haven't gone back to you after killing Akainu. Believe me when i say that i have had other thing's on my mind and have so badly wanted to see all of you. However the time for that is nigh, and we shall celebrate when we rechristen the great Moby Dick back to its former glory." he declared where he received loud cheer's from his family.
Placing a hand on Tashigi's shoulder he introduced her, "This is Tashigi Haruno. I have just accepted her into the family as one of us. After hearing the other half of the story she has defected from the marines to join me on my new crew. A crew i have named the Maelstrom Pirates. For those of you who wish to join me, you are all more then welcome to." said the man.
"Yeah after we figure out what our symbol is going to be." Tashigi said getting laughs from her fellow pirates.
"Pop's we will follow you to the ends of the earth." Jozu said happily.
"Yeah there is no way we're splitting up now." Vista said with tears in his eyes. His pop's was back, what more could he ask for.
With that all of his family soon agreed to join him on his new crew. Naruto smiled proudly, "Alright settle down." he said causing the group to quieten down. He cleared his throat, "My commander's who have been with me through everything, i have a gift for you. I am promoting you all to captain's of your own ship's. Though i only have seven right now, with only one being seaworthy at the moment. When i get the last five you will each take on your own name and your subordinates will be your crew, but until then stay your course and keep to the code of Whitebeard. We can't let them know that I'm back just yet." he said.
he stood up taller, "Marco, you will be receiving a ship named the Flying Dutchman, she will be your's to command the way you see fit. She is perhaps the only one that can match my new ship the Black Pearl which i now captain. Jozu, you will be receiving a ship worthy enough for a man with a unbreakable armor, the ship is called the Queen Anne's Revenge. Treat her well boy." he said getting a nod from the large man, "Vista, you will be receiving a ship named the Silent Mary, perfect for one of my boy's who can't be touched easily. Blamenco, you are to receive a ship named the Dauntless Wench. I hope she serves you well son." he said proudly.
Looking to his next commander he spoke, "Rakuyo, you are getting the ship of your dream's. Her name is the Wicked Wench, she suits your looks just fine too as she looks like she just woke up." he said with a laugh causing other's to laugh in agreement including Rakuyo himself. Naruto then looked to his next son, "Namur, you are getting the Moby Dick itself." he said shocking his former 8th division commander.
"P-Pop's..." Namur said in shock.
"When we repair her to her former glory i am giving you command of her." he said.
"Wait, what about you, what ship will you command?" Namur asked him. The Moby Dick was the greatest gift he could receive from his father, but it was his ship...
"I told you didn't i, the Black Pearl." he answered before looking back to his other son's, "Blenheim, your ship is about to come off the assembly line in a few days so you need to work quick before it goes away. It is named the Visionary Queen. I don't have a full picture of it, but from what i stole from Sengoku's office, it is indeed one worthy for you." he said.
Tashigi felt her eyes widen in shock, "When the hell did you go to his office?" she asked him.
Naruto grinned, "It was when i was fighting the magma brat after i knocked Sen-chan out. I switched placed with a clone and infiltrated his office and saw several documents of great importance and i took them."(1) he said without a care. He turned back around, "For now that is all i have to offer you guy's. Until i get back my position as a Emperor i cannot join you just yet in the new world. However i am willing to have each of you come with me so we can get to the rest of the fleet which is being repaired by a ally." he told his sons.
"Where at pop's?" Squard asked him.
"Amazon Lily. I managed to talk to the woman in charge and see if she would repair the ship's for a price." he said to the group.
"Only you pop's." Atmos laughed out.
Naruto smiled at his son's, "I know we have much to discuss, but I'm afraid I can't stick around much longer here. If i do i am afraid i might get us in trouble and a fight will break out, a fight we can't afford right now." he said as he begun to walk toward's the dock's with them following, "My commander's will be coming with me. All the rest of you will bring your own ship's. If there are any complication's you contact me and I'll be sure to settle it once i arrive." he said to his children.
"Why is that pop's?" Fossa asked him with a confused look.
"If you didn't read the paper then you don't know what i did to piss the World Government off so badly they made me the most wanted man in the world right now." he told his son.
"We read the paper, you killed Akainu to get revenge for Ace. That was all it said." Fossa said.
Naruto shook his head, "I didn't do just that. I took nearly 100 devil fruit's from the Marine's. 30 were eaten by marine's and the rest were locked away in their vault." he told them, "They don't like the truth of them being weaker then ever getting out so they covered up the fact that i weakened them to a point they never wanted to be. Add onto the fact i destroyed the wall that surrounds Marineford, we can go back and destroy them anytime we want. However we wont do that just yet." he told his astounded son's.
"How'd you get the devil fruit's out of the marines that ate them? I mean you had to have done something right pop's?" Marco asked him.
Naruto nodded his head as he stopped at the gangway to his ship and turned around, "I did, but I can't speak of it here." he said looking around before returning his look back to his right hand man, "Even the wall's have ear's." he said to his son before motioning to the crowd of civilian's behind him and got nod's of understanding as anyone could be listening in on their conversation. He took a deep breath, "Load up, we set sail immediately." he said in a loud voice getting loud yell's of approval as his commander's as well as their subordinate's boarded the Pearl. It was a good thing she was a bit bigger then the Moby Dick size-wise or else there'd be a problem.
Tashigi tugged on his shirt, "Uh Naruto, question." she said to him.
"Fire away." he said happily.
"Where am i going to sleep? I mean if your former crew is going to live on the Pearl with us until we reach Amazon Lily where will i sleep?" she asked him. She didn't like the idea of getting dressed in front of a bunch of men.
"You'll be sleeping in the First Mates Quarter's. I'll explain thing's to Marco and I am sure he'll understand the situation for you." he said to her without a second thought. His main crew was all men, so he never had a problem with people getting changed around each other. Now that he had Tashigi in his crew he knew something like this would happen.
Tashigi nodded her head, "T-thank you." she told him where he nodded his head. With that the Maelstrom Pirates set sail to Amazon Lily to get their ship's.
-2 weeks later-
Naruto was sitting and listening to to his Den-Den Mushi as Jinbe explained what happened, "Luffy-kun is distraught by his brother's death. I told him you went off and got revenge for Ace by killing that bastard Akainu and showed him the paper that came up a few weeks ago. He still seems out of it though Naruto-san." he told the man.
Naruto sighed, "That's alright. In the meantime make sure he doesn't do anything stupid." he told the fishman.
"Sure thing old man." Jinbe said with a chuckle before he cut off his communication snail.
Naruto set his Den-Den Mushi down and picked up his spyglass and held it up to his eye and begun to look around for the island of Amazon Lily. He was close, but on the sea one miscalculation could set you back for day's if not longer. Spotting something off to the right he extended his spyglass and saw it was the island of Amazon Lily, "LAND HO!" he called out as he spun the wheel to the left to turn towards the island.
XxX
Tashigi sat in her room with a set of Devil Fruit in front of her. She had been offered one by Naruto for her becoming his First Mate on the Black Pearl seeing as he had promoted all of his original commander's and had given each of them their own vessel, some of which were still being built, to sail with. The three fruit in front of her were all Logia Class Devil Fruit's that her captain had obtained in his conquest of Marineford and were all powerful in their own right's. Naruto had been informed that his traitorous crewman Teach had been killed due to a agreement between Sengoku and his subordinates so he had set out on a search for the man's Devil Fruit before finding it on a random Island and trading some raw gold for it.
Raw Gold was extremely hard to come by, and it made whoever had it extremely rich very fast. How he got his hands on it made her question some things he did, but she never voiced them. Anyways, back to the Devil Fruit's. The first one was obviously the one that his former subordinate Teach ate, the Yami-Yami no Mi. Teach had used this fruit to fight Naruto when he was living as Whitebeard, but never managed to use it to take his power of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit before he died. The Yami Yami no Mi is a large, round, light purple fruit made up of many small teardrop-shaped components with swirl patterns, and green leaves sprouting from the top. Its overall shape and appearance closely resembles a pineapple or a bunch of over-sized and teardrop shaped grapes.
The second fruit was called the Yuki-Yuki no Mi or the Snow-Snow Fruit. The Yuki-Yuki no mi is a small fruit that is a small, extremely round, white fruit that is made of a solitary fruit that resembled a kiwi fruit. The white fruit was covered in small swirls that intersected like a large puzzle.(2) The final fruit was the Magu-Magu no Mi, the very same Lava fruit that Naruto had extracted from Akainu before his clone had killed him by shoving a fist through his chest and snapping his neck just to be safe. She had been thinking long and hard on her choice on the three fruits and knew that any one of the three would grant her a large amount of strength. However she had only one choice she couldn't go back from, and with that she picked her fruit.
Naruto brought the Black Pearl up to the dock and ordered his son's to tie her up before he lowered the gangway down and disembarked from his new ship. When he got down to the dock he saw Jinbe, Law, Luffy, the Strawhat's, and Boa and several other's standing there waiting for him. Tashigi came down after him, having left her room after she ate her Devil Fruit, and stopped behind him. Jinbe smiled at him as he saw the rest of Whitebeard's allies came down after him, "Old man, good to see you again. I see you met the Whitebeard Pirates." he said.
"Oi Jinbe, don't talk to Pop's like that." Marco said with a playful smirk on his face.
"I thought you guy's were loyal to that Whitebeard guy, why are you calling him pop's when he doesn't look that much older then you?" Luffy asked.
Naruto rolled his eyes before he was enveloped by a cloud of smoke that faded quickly, "What was that rubber brat?" the voice of Whitebeard asked him.
Tashigi shook her head, "I will never get used to that." she said.
"Whoa, you got to teach me that." Luffy said excitedly as he forgot that he was supposedly posing as Whitebeard.
In a puff of smoke Naruto reappeared and pat him on the shoulder, "Kid, you will go far." he said before he looked to Boa, "Are the ship's ready?" he asked her.
The pirate empress nodded her head, "They have been repaired and are all awaiting their crew's to receive them." she told the man.
Naruto nodded his head, "Thank you Pirate Empress." he said honestly, "Um, if you would as to be so kind and lead the first five commander to their ship's i would be grateful. Also i have a request for you if you would hear me out." he said as he unrolled a scroll that said 'Moby Dick' written on it, "Although it is extremely damaged she still float's, i just need her patched up enough to ensure the ship doesn't sink. This is for Namur, all you have to do is channel your Haki into the scroll upon opening it and it will release the contents that are held within." he said to her where Boa nodded her head and took the scroll from the blonde.
Naruto looked to Luffy and nodded his head, "Strawhat Luffy, I want to say that on behalf of me and my crew I thank you for doing your best to save Ace. Although we failed in getting him out alive, you still did all you could to the best of your ability." he said sincerely to the Rubber Man.
Luffy shook his head, "No, i want to thank you. You avenged Ace where I couldn't so i am indebted to you." he told Naruto.
Naruto gave a laugh, "If that is how you want it." he told Luffy, "How will you repay me. I already revealed my true Identity to you, so i am going to offer you something." he said.
"What is it?" Luffy asked him
"I want you to swear your loyalty to the Maelstrom Pirates. Take my flag upon your ship with your own and bear my mark upon your back. Become my son, and you will never worry about the Marines messing with you when i get back what belong's to me." he told the kid.
"And what exactly was taken?" Luffy asked.
"A lot of things. Thing's that you don't need to know about right now." he told Luffy, "So what say you Straw Hat Luffy, will you join my rank's like your brother did oh so long ago?" he asked as he held his hand out to the teen. Luffy smiles at him and shakes his hand, "I can do that old man." he told Naruto.
The celebration's were well underway for the former Whitebeard Pirates as they changed their flags to the new one showing their loyalty to Naruto. His new flag was a white skull with two swords crossing underneath with the skull having a spiral pained in the forehead. He happily placed it on the Pearl and soon saw dozen's of the same flag flying on other ship's of his subordinate crew's as well as his Commander's. He watched as worker's moved about to patch up the damage done by the former Admiral Sakazuki and he smiled as he watched holes seemingly disappear as each of them was repaired and restored.
He went inside and opened up his Devil Fruit chest and begun to sort through them until he found one of each he liked. Grabbing them he then placed them in a smaller more ornate chest and closed it before he picked it up and walked out of his room. His destination, the Strawhat Pirates. Walking past his sons he smiled and pat several of them on the shoulder before he passed them as he made his way to the Strawhat's. When he reached them he cleared his throat as he saw them celebrating in their own way, "Hey guy's, mind if i join you?" he asked them.
"What you got there?" Nami asked him.
As he went to answer Naruto was interrupted by Luffy who gained wide eyes, "It's meat, please tell me it's meat?" he asked causing his crew to laugh which made Naruto laugh as well.
Clearing his throat he set his chest down and opened it, "Not exactly." he said before turning it around, "How about a Devil Fruit instead." he said to them as he saw their shocked expression's.
"D-Devil Fruit's!" Chopper said shocked at the sight of not one or even two but three devil fruit's laying before him.
"W-Why are you giving them to us, wouldn't they be better if they were given to your crew?" Robin asked him in a whisper.
Naruto rolled his eyes, "And why can't i just give my children a gift for the hell of it?" he asked with a smile on his face.
Jinbe smiled at this, "There is no reason. He is giving them to you because he wants too." he said.
"Exactly." Naruto said with nod.
"So what class are they, and what do they do?" Sanji asked him.
Naruto sat down beside them on the ground and leaned forward, "They are one of each classification, but these are not weak fruit's by any mean's." he told them where he reached forward and grabbed the one in the middle. The fruit was a golden colored fruit that looked like a bushel of banana's and was covered in dark green swirl's. "This is the Paramecia fruit I chose to give you, the Katsu-Katsu no Mi or Bomb-Bomb Fruit that allows one to become a Bomb Human and will allow them to create explosion's. It is one of the higher tier Paramecia Type fruit's I acquired when i raided Marineford several weeks ago to kill Akainu." he said as he set the fruit down.
The next fruit he grabbed was a orange colored fruit in the shape of a pineapple with thick black swirls covering it. He sighed with a smile on his face as he knew what fruit this was. After all he did create it with the help of his old friend. Coming out of his thought's he cleared his throat, "This is a Mythic Zoan type Fruit called the Inu-Inu no Mi; Model: Kyuubi no Kitsune or Dog-Dog Fruit; Model: Nine Tailed Fox.(3) This fruit isn't what most would call a natural Devil Fruit, but a abnormal Devil Fruit." he told them as he looked at each of them one by one before settling his eyes on Jinbe and then returned them to the fruit.
"Why is it considered a abnormal Devil Fruit?" Robin asked getting nods of agreement from her friends.
"Because i made this Devil Fruit myself, along with eight other's that i hid around the world." he told them seriously where he saw their shocked expression's, "It was when i first heard of the term Devil Fruit and i become curious about them and did some digging. I found out a lot, and soon i went into seclusion for a bit of time." he told them, "Now before i get into describing the Devil Fruit you need to understand that this used to be a loving breathing and sentient creature of immense and immeasurable power that i once called friend. When i explained i was creating a way to protect him he agreed with me, and i went along and finished the plan." he said seriously.
"My old friend had eight sibling's, but each were weaker then him by margin's." he said.
"Explain what you mean 'By Margin's' exactly?" Zoro said.
Naruto released a deep sigh, "Ok think of it like this, you have a really large pie say about eighty to ninety times the size of Marineford." he said, "Now take half of that pie and here is this one Fruit i have in my hand." he said gesturing to the Devil Fruit in his hand, "Now once again half that pie eight more times, but with each half the slice is half the size of the original half. That is the concepts of these nine Mythical Devil Fruits i helped create." he told the now flabbergasted Strawhat Pirates, "This is the one fruit i have been looking for since i lost track of it ninety years ago seeing as i can still find the other's." he said seriously.
"A-Are you saying that thing is alive?" Luffy exclaimed in shock.
Naruto nodded his head, "Indeed, and i will tell you this now, this Devil Fruit is the only Devil Fruit that can match the Tremor-Tremor Fruit blow for blow. it is considered the most powerful Zoan Class fruit in existence because the last person who ate it nearly destroyed Marineford on their own before they were killed. It has been missing ever since." he said seriously.
That was something that made the Strawhat Pirates freeze cold in their boot's. They had heard from Luffy that during the war to save Ace that old man Whitebeard use a Devil Fruit called the Quake-Quake Fruit to do tremendous amounts of damage and nearly destroyed Marineford single-handed but died before he could do it. TO hear there was another Devil Fruit that could match it was a major shock to the system. Naruto set the Devil Fruit he made with the help of his old Friend down and grabbed the last one, the Logia. Picking it up shown it to them where they saw a orange and black devil fruit that resembled a bushel of grapes that gave off a lot of heat.
"This one, you ought to know well Luffy." he said looking to the boy.
"Why would i know it? I mean yeah it look's cool and all, but how would i know this fruit?" he asked Naruto.
"Because this is the very fruit that ended the life of Portas D. Ace your brother." he said shocking him, "Say hello to the Magu-Magu no Mi or the Lava-Lava Fruit of former Marine Admiral Akainu Sakazuki." he stated to the Rubber man.
"T-This is... the devil of that bastard that killed my brother?" he asked as tear's formed in his eyes. When Naruto nodded his head Luffy burst into tear's, "THANK YOU SO MUCH!" he cried out.
Setting it down Naruto wrapped a arm around his new son, "Don't thank me, thank that corpse of a sleaze ball for giving it to me when i killed him." he said to Luffy as he placed it in his hand's, "It may have been used by a bad man, but that doesn't mean that the next person that uses it will be bad as he was. Show the world the power that comes with using your strength the right way son." he said kindly as he stood up, 'They are your Devil Fruits to do with as you please, keep them and give them to those of your crew who don't have a devil fruit. Sell them or just lock them away and wait for someone to come along and eat it when they join you." he said as he turned around and walked away.
"T-This is so amazing." Luffy said as he handed the fruit to Zoro before he handed the Explosion Fruit to Sanji and the Zoan Fruit to Asopp.
"What is, him managing to get this fruit after killing Akainu, or his words of advice?" Robin asked him.
"ALL OF IT!" Luffy cried out happily as his three crew members ate the fruit's, "He said it with such passion and it was so moving with how he worded it." he said with tears in his eyes.