Chapter 4 the buggy pirates and namie the navigator

Luffy, naruto, and zoro relaxed in their small boat while naruto's powers pushed them towards the next island at a reasonable pace just staring out at the sea when zoro looked to his captain to ask a question that had been on his mind for a while.

"so luffy how big is the crew going to be, I mean you are trying to be the king of the pirates so I would assume that you have some idea about how many people you'll need" luffy nodded as he munched on an apple before replying

"yeah we'll need a cook, a doctor, and a musician" naruto and zoro sweat dropped at the extremely short list that was their captains crew expectations.

"we may want to expand that list by quiet a bit luffy, we'll need at least three sharp shooters to man our canons, at least five cooks with how you eat, a team of four navigators, two or three doctors, three ship wrights, and we'll need at least ten decent fighters before we can hope to stand up to the larger crews that will be on the grand line" zoro nodded while comparing the list to the crews that he had taken down as a bounty hunter

"besides luffy didn't shanks have a large crew" luffy's eyes widened as he thought of his own large crew on a giant ship having big parties and going on adventures. Naruto and zoro chuckled as they saw luffy's eyes turn into stares

"we need more nakama!" luffy cried as he stood up in the boat.

"and were are we going to get all these crew members? This is the east blue, there aren't many who would head out to the grand line, even less that would survive" zoro asked with a yawn while naruto sighed and looked out over the ocean

"we'll need to convince other crews to join ours to get the new members thou I'm sure that they'll be able to make it in the grand line after I start truly training the crew" luffy suddenly cried out in excitement

"WOOOOOOOO! Dose this mean we're going to start training for real" naruto nodded while luffy started laughing again but zoro merely sat there looking confused

"training?"

"yes you see in my homeland I was a shinobi, an elite worrier trained my whole life in different forms of martial arts, weaponry, and the powers of my land. I will be training the crew in all the ways of my home land that they can learn hopefully we'll be able to get them strong enough before we enter the grand line that they'll be better than cannon fodder" zoro nodded before shouting from the side of the boat got their attention

"HELP! MAN OVER BOARD! HELP!" zoro and naruto glanced at each other before naruto shrugged as he slowed the boat down so the three soaked pirates could climb in.

"thanks, now we'll be taking this boat for ourselves" the man was cut off as they were sent to the floor by an invisible force that made them feel as if they had just gained the sole attention of a very large and very powerful predator. Struggling the three looked up to see the beautiful blond that was still sitting looking down at them with a look of annoyance in her blood red eyes even thou before the three could have sworn that her eyes were the color of the ocean.

"ugh we mean thank you for the ride we beg you to take us to the next island please!" the supposed leader of the group said as the three bowed before them. Naruto nodded as he lifted his killing intent from the three quivering on the floor of the boat so they could shakily sit up.

"shishishishi sure we can give you a ride we're heading to the next island too" the three pirates seemed to pale drastically at hearing this.

"yes we are maybe you can even help us with something, we're looking for a crew of pirates and since you three look like pirates I'm sure the rest of your crew is going to be on the next island right?" naruto asked as he leaned back to relax on the side of their boat, the three nodded while tears streamed down their faces.

"shishishi that's great cause we want you to join us so that makes us nakama" luffy said as he moved closer to the three asking how they joined the crew and what their names were.

Turns out they were named nori, ori, and dori who had grown up on the same island but never really knew each other until they joined the crew thou captain buggy usually called them the burglars as they usually worked together raiding small ships and boats of any treasure or funds they had. The burglars sat tense for a while as their eye's would flicker to naruto and zoro before they relaxed as luffy's cheery personality and genuine care for their stories and adventures won them over and even caused naruto and zoro to tell stories of their own. Naruto had speed up the boat when they picked up their passengers and after hearing about the thief who stole their ship he was glad he did, if she was a thief who only stole from pirates there was a definite possibility that she would go for the rest of the crews treasures as well. While he really wouldn't care if she was caught for trying to take on someone she couldn't yet, he knew that luffy wouldn't react well to it and they didn't need to try convincing a crew that was fueled with anger, thou he might try to get her recruited as well if she was good enough to predict weather patterns before they hit.

They made it to the village in record time at the speed that naruto had them traveling, the three burglars led them thru town as they explained that the villagers had evacuated it when they saw their ship approaching the harbor thou captain buggy was fine with it as he didn't want to pay for the sake the crew was no doubt going to drink. The straw hat crew was brought to the bar that sat in the middle of town where the pirates had set up a mini camp on top of the bar with a giant tent that they could see clearly from the street. Stepping out onto the roof naruto felt his eye start to twitch, he had seen a lot of strange attire in his years as a shinobi but the buggy pirates where really trying for his top ten naruto thought as he looked out at the group of people that were dressed like an insane asylum had been mixed with a circus.

"ah so you three are back, well did you get any more treasure or are those three for ransom" a large pirate called from a throne like chair that sat in the shade of the tent. The pirate was wearing a bright orange captains hat with a large captains coat in the same color underneath it was a red and white shirt with teal pants while a blueish green sash held up his pants and a purple scarf was rapped round his neck.

"ugh no actually captain buggy these are the straw hat pirates and they have something they wanted to discuss with you" buggy looked interested now as he leaned forward in his chair and the rest of the crew stopped talking so they could watch.

"oh and what was it you wanted to talk about" luffy smiled his signature D smile

"we want you and your crew to join us" the buggy pirates looked at him like he was crazy before bursting with laughter, all of them promptly kissed the floor as naruto flared his killer intent. Turning to look at them his voice so cold it could have frozen water solid

"this isn't a laughing matter; we are very serious. It will be a captain's wager, buggy V.S. luffy the loser and their crew will have to join the winners crew, what do you say buggy? Do we have an accord?" buggy gulped as he looked from the girl he could feel the intense power coming from to his men that were plastered to the floor to the young black haired man that was apparently her captain, a smirk began to form on buggy's face all he had to do was beat the little shit and the powerful girl would be bound to follow him.

"alright we have an accord, lets do it here and now" buggy said as he pulled out his knives, luffy nodded as he turned serious, the two waited a few minutes before luffy pushed off the ground using his abilities to sling shot behind buggy and deliver a kick to his back.

"AAARRGGGHHH" buggy cried before splitting his body into pieces and floating away

"oh, what are you going to do now straw hat?" buggy chuckled as his body parts flew at the rubber boy who managed to dodge the knives and limbs before finding buggy's lower half that was stuck on the ground so the rest of him could float around the roof

"shishi I'll think of something" luffy said before he gave a punishing kick to buggy's balls, all the men on the roof cringed in phantom pain as buggy froze mid air before falling to the ground. Luffy smirked a little as he placed his foot back on buggy's man hood and applied pressure.

"AAAARRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH! STOPPPPP! PLEASE! I GIVE! YOU WIN!" buggy begged with tears streaming down his eye's as luffy stopped crushing his crotch. The rest of the guys sighed in relief before naruto picked up the sent of a girl trying to sneak off the roof, sighing slightly naruto reached out with one of his tails grabbing the girl and bringing her forward. She was pretty cute with short orange hair and soft brown eyes wearing a simple white shirt with a horizontal blue strip over her breasts and a short blue skirt with yellow rings on the sides, she may look like she was just a common thief but naruto could see the weight of a great burden in her eyes as if the lives of her loved ones rested on her shoulders.

"well little miss thief it seems that the map you were trying to steal now belongs to our crew so I can't let you take it, but since I caught you have to join our crew" the girl had looked scared at the beginning before turning completely pale at the end before she tried to get out of it.

"oh you don't want me I'm just a simple thief, you wouldn't have much of a use for me on your crew" namie was busy trying to find a way out of this mess as she knew she wasn't going to win in a fight against this girl when the orangette had just seen the blond force an entire pirate crew to their knees with just a look. Naruto smirked at the girl before turning to nori

"this is the girl that stole your boat right" the pirate took one look at the girl and nodded his head while naruto looked back at the girl trapped in his tail that looked pale and was sweating bullets.

"hmm I thought so, it takes quiet an impressive navigator to be able to predict the ways of the weather even if it is just them knowing and reading the weather patterns. So you have a choice try running away and end up incinerated by me or you can willingly come with us and we'll drop you off at an island when or if we get a better navigator if that's what you want" namie looked the other woman in the eye before she sighed she had to continue to live to free her village plus if she could teach some one to be as good as her then namie could get a ride straight to her island and take all of the pirate's treasure when she leaves. Naruto smirked as the woman nodded with an exasperated sigh.

"good choice, hey luffy we have a new navigator" naruto said as he set the girl on the ground. Luffy turned from where he was helping the grumbling buggy to face his newest navigator with his wide D grin

"yay this is great are you really a navigator?" luffy said in his excitable tone, namie grinned with pride at her skills

"I'm probably the best navigator you'll every meet" namie smiled as the straw hat captain stared at her in awe, she didn't really know why but she couldn't help but like the goofy captain and although she was rightfully scared of the first mate she couldn't help but laugh as the blond woman scolded her captain before calling out orders for the crew to start packing up. Really the first mate acted like more of a captain than the actual captain.

"oh I don't think I asked your name? I'm uzumaki naruto, this lovable lout is monkey D. luffy and the green swordsman is roronoa zoro" the rest of the crew who were packing and buggy who had a bag of ice turned to the swordsman to stare in awe

"ehhh! Really? I didn't think he would ever become a pirate, oh uh my name is namie" naruto nodded before he turned back to the crew that was still frozen in shock

"hey get back to work!"

"Hai naruto-sama!" naruto sighed and shock his head as they began working again

"well I guess this isn't so bad I mean at least there's another girl on the crew right naruto" naruto turned to her with an exasperated sigh while he heard luffy laughing just behind him while buggy and zoro were asking what had gotten in to him

"namie I know this will be hard to believe but I am a guy" once again the entire crew stopped with namie, zoro, and buggy joining them as they stared at naruto for full minute while luffy was trying to hold in his laughter.

"EEEEEEEEEHHHHHHHHHHHH! NO WAY!"

"SHISHIHSISHI!" naruto watched as luffy fell to the floor trying to hold his sides while the others had their jaws planted into the floor, namie was the first to get over her shock

"r-r-really b-but you really look like a girl" namie stuttered with a slight blush covering her face

"yes well I am a guy despite how I look now GET BACK TO WORK!" naruto yelled at the crew who jumped and scrambled to pack everything up twice as fast as before. It took nearly two hours to get everything packed and back on buggy's ship the big top which was enough time for naruto to send a small amount of healing chakra thru buggy so he would be able to move properly. During the move it was decided to leave the two small boats that they had left at the harbor there only bringing the supplies and treasure that was there. Buggy didn't complain too much about heading out early as the towns people were getting restless and it was better for the pirates to leave before the citizens got violent or the marines showed up.

An hour after setting sail naruto called luffy, buggy, zoro, namie, cabaji, and moji buggy's two commanders to the navigation room that had a large map on the back wall, floor to ceiling shelves for maps and a large table with a map in the center.

"now that you have joined us we'll have to lay down the ground rules and the structure of the crew so everyone knows what their expected to do and who to follow should an incident occur. there will be a main crew sort of like white beard and his commanders, this includes myself, zoro, namie, and buggy with everyone listening to luffy and as his first mate I will be expecting you to listen should I give you an order. If any other crews join us their captains will be placed in the main crew unless luffy or I deem them not strong enough to be placed on the main crew, finally just as buggy has his crew if namie or zoro find those they want to join the crew and they are accepted by luffy and myself then they may be placed under you. The lower members of the crew will be expected to listen to the other captains so should something happen and the crew gets separated then they will have an easier time following the next in command until luffy is found, that being said after luffy is myself with zoro then buggy then namie following" the others nodded while moji and cabaji sat wondering why they had been called in by the scary first mate

"if you do put together a division under you that is more than two to three people then you will have to chose one or two vice-captains like buggy who has moji and cabaji, the vice-captains will be expected to keep a recode of everything that happens in their division meaning the food, medical, and any other monetary spending that happens these will be given to the captains to re check and make sure their own accounts are in there as well before handing them to me. If there is no one or less than three people in your division then the captains will be tasked with looking after these tasks, in addition the captains no matter the size of your division will be tasked with making a report on every member of your division that will include everything about them so we can keep track of everyone. These may seem like it is a waist of time and it may be in a calm sea like the east blue but when we get to the grand line it will help make sure no one is left behind on an island or if we need to send out a group for special missions then we will need to know their strong points and who would be best to send" the other captains and vice-captains as they were now called nodded while luffy smiled happy just to watch naruto work.

Namie spoke up with something everyone was wondering but no one really had the courage to ask "naruto how come you aren't the head captain you seem like you would make a really good one?" naruto looked around until he met luffy's still smiling face

"I don't really want to be the head captain, it's luffy's dream to find one piece and be the king of the pirate's mine is just to see all that the world has to offer, I really don't mind taking care of the crews needs" the others nodded before cabaji asked a question that had been bugging him

"how are you so good at this thou, it's almost as if you have done this before?"

"well in my home I was a shinobi, an elite warrior trained since child hood to become a deadly weapon. I was far more powerful than most in my village and managed to rise thru the ranks quickly which actually meant that in order to do my job I needed to fill out mission reports and other types of paper work. It wasn't until I became an ANBU captain that I truly knew all of the different types of paperwork that was needed for things to run smoothly. An ANBU just so you know is an elite of elite assassins capable of taking out entire villages without leaving a trace behind" the others looked on slightly shaken and pale as naruto gave them a cold smirk before he and luffy creaked exploding with laughter as the others huffed in annoyance.

"well were you being serious or were you just trying to scare us?!" namie yelled

"oh I was serious but your faces were priceless, you have nothing to worry about unless your planning to betray us, now namie we'll be heading to the next island to look for another ship and supplies. buggy start composing the files on your men it should include their weapon of choice, preferred way to fight, any medical conditions we should know about, any special skills that could help the crew, and what position they currently hold. Cabaji, moji start counting inventory on the ship we need to know how much we have on board, this will include food, ammunition, weapons, medical supplies, and writing utensils make sure that everything is clearly marked I want to know how many cannon balls, bullets, long swords, knives, and short swords we have"

"Hai" they called and were about to leave when namie turned back to naruto

"how are we going to get the supplies or ship for that matter?" that caused the former buggy pirates to stop and turn back to naruto who only smiled

"oh it won't be a problem, I'm sure my fortune will be more than enough to keep us in the clear until the grand line"

"FORTUNE!" buggy and namie shouted, while naruto nodded

"it's quiet a bit I think, I didn't really feel like finishing counting the last six bags of gold after I reached a billion gold coins, let alone counting the remaining bags of silver, bronze, and jewels especially since there were nine bags each" the others stared at naruto shock while namie and buggy had gold beli signs in their eye's

"wait where are you keeping It all then?" zoro asked as he hadn't seen naruto bring it on board thou his feelings were conflicted by the beautiful boy

"oh it's right here" naruto said as he brought out his money scroll and placed his hand in one of the seals before pulling out a huge bag and setting it on the floor while the others looked on in shock as naruto opened it and took out three gold coins from the bag.

"how many of those bags did you get thru before you gave up?" cabaji asked

"oh only two unfortunately I had some other things to do that day and never really got back to counting it" buggy and namie were crying as if it was an injustice to not know how much treasure he had while everyone else looked on in exasperation before heading out to complete their assigned tasks. That night at dinner moji and cabaji had managed to finish their tasks while buggy was half way thru his twenty-man crew and namie had charted the quickest route to the next populated island which would take another three days. Naruto was pleased with that time as it would allow him to start the crews training for the grand line.