A new thought I think people may like
Summary: Whitebeard Edward Newgate never ate the Gura-Gura no Mi and instead ate one with similar based power's, the Umi-Umi no Mi (Sea-Sea/Water-Water Fruit) that allowed him total control over the sea. His son on the other hand did indeed have the Gura-Gura no Mi. Having watched as his wife passed away in childbirth, Whitebeard made a decision and took his son to probably the only marine he would ever trust, Monkey D. Garp and left his little Maelstrom with him. Not taking any chances beforehand however, he crushes the Devil Fruit entrusted onto his son into a powder and feeds it to him through a baby formula allowing his son to have the power he needs to take on the world and run wild and free. Enter, the Second King of the Sea and future Pirate King Naruto D Newgate.
Powerful Naruto, Quake-Quake Naruto. Naruto x Boa Hancock x Tashigi x Fem. Ace (Asami)
"Push Tsu-chan, I can see his head." a deep voice said as he watched her bring forth a new life into the world.
"Why don't you and I trade places and let you see how much trouble it is to birth a brat that doesn't wanna be born." she growled at him.
"Umamamama Tsu-chan don't get so hostile, his head's out. Give me another push." he told the woman.
"HHHHHAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!" she screamed in pain as she did as her husband told her. In deed the man delivering her child was her husband. This lady was one Tsunade D. Senju who was wed to the second most powerful Pirate since the Pirate King Gol D. Roger, or Gold Roger by the Navy himself, Edward 'Whitebeard' Newgate. She was considered the most powerful female Pirate in the world claiming the title as 'Queen of the Pirates' and justly so due to her unique Devil Fruit the Copi-Copi no Mi which allowed her to mimic and use any type of Devil Fruit she desired and seeing as it wasn't classified as a Paramecia, Zoan, or even Logia it had instead been given the title of the 'God-Fruit' due to its unique powers.
It never need be awoken, and it never needed to evolve. It would appear once every thousand years due to the strain it put on the planet when it reformed.
"WAH! WAH!" the sound of the baby just born cried out as Tsunade's husband quickly handed her son over.
Tsunade huffed in exhaustion, "He's perfect. He looks just like you Ed." she said as she looked to her husband.
Edward Newgate sat next to his wife, "I told you it would be a boy." he said smugly as his wife swat him on the arm, "What shall we name him?" he asked her.
"Naruto, its old text from the Void Century for Maelstrom." she said as she handed Naruto over to his father.
"Umamamama A strong name for the future King of the Sea, Maelstrom." he said proudly.
Tsunade gasped as if out of breath, "Ed, I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but i am." she said as she took a deep breath.
Edward looked to his wife, "Why is there tragic news when we are so joyous right now he said as he looked at his son with a happy smile, the 57 year old man couldn't be prouder.
"Edward, he tore something on the inside. I can feel it, and I can't treat it." she said as she lay back down, "I know I won't be around much longer but you need to take care of him for me, for us." she told him as she begun to talk weaker.
Edward quickly spun around to face his wife and kneeled down beside her, "Tsu-chan, don't say things like that, I know you'll make it." he told her with tears in his eyes, "Please don't leave me, I can't do this on my own. All children need the love of a mother, the one thing I know I cannot provide for him." he ttold her.
Tsunade smiled as she held his cheek one last time, "I know, but you have to for the both of us Ed. Besides, have you forgotten I am also a doctor." she said weakly, 'Give him the love of a parent I never knew, that we knew back on Sphinx." she said, "I... lov-e y-you." she said before her hand fell and her heart stilled.
"Tsu-chan. Tsunade-chan. T-Tsu-chan..." he said quietly as the tears fell from his eyes, "I will." he told her as he walked over to a rowboat while he looked to his ship in the distance, "I can't... I just can't leave you alone like this Tsu-chan." he told her as he sat his son in the small basket on the rowboat before he walked over to his deceased wife, "I must give comfort to you as you go on your next voyage into the next life." he said as he proceeded to take the next three hours burying her. He would occasionally take the time to check on his son and feed him some baby formula from a bottle meant for newborns. When he finished all that would remain on the lush unmarked island would be a Apple tree with a grave underneath where the engraving on the tree read 'Here lies one Tsunade D. Senju, the Pirate Queen and love of Edward Newgate the Man that even the Ocean fears. Loving wife and a mother who could not provide the love she desired to her son Naruto. May she find peace in the next life.'
Edward had returned to his ship and told the news to everyone. There was joy, but there was also grief. Tsunade had been a mother to all of them and had no qualms about calling the men her husband recuited her own sons. However there was a silver lining to all of the sadness as his son Marshall Teach walked forward and knelt down before the old man, "Pop's, while it is true that Ma is gone her legacy lives on through our little brother." he said before he sat a box down in front of his captain, "I am sure she would want him to have this, it was something she picked up from Barbarella Island a month before the young ones birth. She said it was meant for him to shake the world." he said as he pulled out a fruit.
However this was no ordinary fruit. The fruit was a light sky blue color like his mothers own and had swirls that were white in color. This fruit is fearsomely reputed to be able to destroy the world, and is considered to be the strongest Devil Fruit within the Paramecia class, having powers no weaker than those of a Logia Devil Fruit. This was the Gura-Gura no Mi or the Quake-Quake and Tremor-Tremor Fruit. Edward took it from Teach's hands, "Did she say what Devil Fruit it was?" he asked silently as a tear fell from his eye. Even in death the love of a mother was still present through this gift.
Teach nodded and handed him a book, "Page 33, that is where it is. I honestly don't think its needed for him just yet, he's to young to ingest something with that much power Pop's." he said as he gently held his offered brother while Edward flipped to the page he was told.
"Umamamama, even though you are gone you still protect your child Tsu-chan." he said with a smile. He looked to the fruit and then to his son, "However, I think you have it wrong Teach, he is the one destined to change the era, no the whole world." he said as he returned the book to Teach while taking his son back, "I need a dehydrator, some baby formula, a mortar and pedestal as well as water mixed with sugar." he said to Teach as he walked into his quarter's, "And make it snappy, we have somewhere to be and I don't want to be caught out here by some lousy marine patrol." he said.
-1 Week later-
Monkey D. Garp shook his head at what he just heard, "Say what! You have to be joking, there is no way I can do that. Especially with how Roger just told me he was going to be a father soon." he said in a hushed tone. This was more then likely the only Marine that any member of the Whitebeard Pirates would consider respecting. He had after all ignored most of the things they had done as it had not hurt anybody except actual scumbags.
Edward nodded his head, "I know, but even you know that I am not the one he should be with. I know his mother meant well by leaving him to me to raise him, but even you know that a ship that could be sunk at a moments notice is not the place for a newborn baby." he said as he place a partially filled baby bottle on the table in front of him, "This holds the power of his mother's last gift in it. Once he finishes ingesting it he will be untouchable. I want him to know, I want him to know that I love him so much I had no choice but to let you take him in." he said as tears filled his eyes once more, "I want him to know I have no right to be his father the way I am." he said quietly.
*Ugh* "Dammit man, your gonna wake the kid up." he said as he rocked the baby in his arms back and forth. Sheesh, first Gold Roger and now Whitebeard. However it was actually a shock that his old friend/enemy had already had a child. Heck it was a shock to hear that both the pirates had a child. Grabbing the bottle he looked at it and saw it had a light blue hue to it, "Alright I'll bite, what's in here anyway?" he asked.
"The crushed form of the Gura-Gura no Mi." he said shocking Garp to his core, "He's already ingested three quarters of it. This is the remaining bit of it in the bottle. I had to give it to him in small doses otherwise it would have killed him." he said honestly.
Garp looked to the pirate, "Are you insane, this kind of power could go straight to his head and make him a mass murderer." he said.
Edward shook his head, "Not if you are the one to raise him. That is why I leave him in your care. I am sorry but I must take my leave." he said standing before he reached into his coat, "Here, it was his mother's. I'm sure she would want him to have it." he said handing Garp a necklace. The necklace was a blue-green crystal that had a small bead on either side of it, "It's one of the things she wanted for him to have besides the Devil Fruit he's ingested." he said as he walked out of the building only to look back once more with tears in his eyes, "Farewell, my son." he said before he vanished once more.
-9 years later-
"Seriously Naru-chan you need to quit getting into scuffles like that. It could get you in serious trouble one day." a elderly woman with, what was once vibrant and was now light, red hair told him.
The young blonde scoffed at that one, "As if, please enlighten me Baa-chan on how I could get in trouble." he said sarcastically.
*BONK*
"OUCH!" the boy cried out, "Baa-chan's fist of love hurt's, your too much like jii-chan." he said as he held his head in pain.
"Oh please that was a love tap." the elderly woman said with a grin. This elderly woman was Garp's baby sister by two year's and her name was Uzumaki D Mito, originally Monkey D Mito. Her husband was a marine but had died in combat just before Naruto's birth.
"Only because you say it was, but we both know that's not true you crazy old bat." the young boy called back.
*BONK*
"OUCH!" he called out again.
"You wanna run that by me again young man?" she asked him.
"N-no baa-chan." he said with a whimper.
Mito nodded her head at the response, "Good, because we have somewhere we need to be today." she said to her grandson, adopted of course.
The young blonde looked to her in confusion, "Are we gonna visit Luffy-kun again? I miss Luffy-kun. We haven't played together in so long." he said happily.
Mito shook her head, "Nope. Today Your Jii-chan has returned on some leave time to train you and one other. Luffy is sick so he won't be able to make it until later." she said with a smile.
Naruto felt his heart drop, "Oh great now I have to deal with two senile old goats." he muttered.
*BONK*
"OUCH!" he cried out as Mito once more hit his head, "Say that again ya cheeky brat." Mito dared him.
-3 hours later-
When the humor and 'Fists of Love' managed to calm down Mito led her grandson to the forest where her big brother usually trained one of three people. One was Naruto himself, the second was Luffy-their biological grandson/nephew, and the third was- "I said can it old man!" a young female voice called out.
"What's that, you said you wanna another fist of love from dear ol grandpa?" a man's voice called out before Naruto heard a cry of pain. Oh yeah, wonder where the old bat learned it from.
"Ouchie, grandpa's fists of love hurt." the little girl whimpered in pain.
"It wouldn't be love if it didn't hurt." the man's voice said before Mito cleared her throat gaining her brother's attention, "Ah little tomato, glad you could make it." he said happily.
*POW* "I thought I told you not to call me that." Mito growled menacingly, "Ya wanna experience my Fist of Feminine Fury Nee-san?" she growled enraged. Yeah, definitely got it from the old man.
Garp himself growled as he stood up with a large welt on top of his head, "I'll show you a fist a manly fury ya old dag." he said as he raised his fist.
As this was happening Naruto and the young girl watched with blank faces, "This happens way to often." Naruto mutter's.
"Yeah, and why is it they say they are nothing alike when they are debating which 'fist' is more painful when both hurt like hell?" the young girl asked as Mito jumped at her brother and proceeded to brawl with him even though they were in their early sixties.
"I don't know the answer to that Asami-chan." he said.
"I don't think we ever will." the named Asami said. Though the truth of her name was actually Portgas D. Asami, daughter of the late Pirate King Gol D. Roger. Much like Naruto they did indeed share the initial of D. in their names though they weren't related and held a close bond as friends. However there was a betting pool between their family of when they would get together as teens or young adults. Asami was also the user of a Devil Fruit, it was a Logia Class Devil Fruit known as the Mera-Mera no Mi or the Flame-Flame Fruit. Something that she had found at the market and ate on accident as she thought it was a grape fruit which is her favorite snack and when she explained to her grandfather she was shocked with what it was.
Luffy was soon to eat his own Devil Fruit the Gomu-Gomu no Mi or the Gum-Gum Fruit in the next year, but that was for later.
"Hey old goat's I thought we were here to train!" Naruto called out.
"BONK!"
"POW!"
"Say that again ya brat!/YA WANNA ANOTHER FIST OF LOVE FROM YOUR GRANDPA!" the two elderly warriors yelled out.
Naruto now had two lumps on his head and he cradled it tenderly, "Owwie, why'd I open my big mouth." he said to himself.
-8 Years Later-
Time moved on, and now Naruto stood a impressive 7 foot 6 inches and he was still growing taller. He stood on the rocks while he strapped a couple of swords and a Poleaxe to the boat. Reaching back he dropped a bag of food followed by a satchel of clothing into the bottom of the boat. He sighed as he stood up to his full height, "One year and we can see what the world can offer us together." he said as he turned around. Naruto wears a open-front shirt and black boots, black knee-length shorts with an eyelet-studded orange belt, and a blue pouch belted around his left leg. He also wore a short second belt with a large red "N" on the silver buckle over his right hip, but left it unfastened and threaded the free end along the back of his shorts.
A dagger in a green sheath hung at his left hip. He wore a red beaded necklace and an orange hat with two blue smileys, one frowning and one smiling, and a string of red beads sitting above the rim (A gift from Asami when they were younger). Two long orange side straps hung down sides of his hat and met at a large medallion of a bull's skull with orange tassels.
"Yeah, I hope it's as good as the old man makes it out to be." a feminine voice said.
"Only one way to find out, right Asami?" he asked her as he turned to face her.
"Yeah, I guess so." she said in agreement. Asami has grown into a tall, slim, young woman with an ample bust and tan skin. She has long, mid-back length black hair that was very lush and wavy in texture. Two shoulder-length strands of hair frame her face, with the left one starting from a prominent, high fringe. Asami also sported rather childish freckles (inherited from her mother), and tended to make a skeptical facial expression by raising her left eyebrow. Interestingly, his facial features were almost akin to his biological father Gol D. Roger in his youth without his mustache; not that she would ever grow one as a woman.
Asami wore a white shirt, which left her abdomen and forearms exposed, held closed by a band below her collar, which was decorated by a wavy blue motif, and tied in a knot below her chest, which was exposed by the shirt and covered in a dark bikini top, with white edges flanked by wavy, protruding hollowed trimmings. She also dons a pair of capri pants, with two bands hanging from each leg and a light belt covered in heart motifs loosely tied around the waist. She has a tattoo on her upper left bicep that spells "ASCE" vertically. The "S" crossed out is a tribute to the friend and brother figure Sabo as that's his jolly roger.
"Don't go yet!" a voice called out causing Naruto to chuckle as he grasped Asami's hand where he saw a younger teen run up to them.
"There he is, just in time Luffy-kun." Naruto said as Luffy came to a stop.
"Phew I made it." Luffy said as Naruto nodded his head.
"Well I was actually about to head out and make a name for myself, glad you stopped by little brother." Naruto said as he ruffled the young teens hair.
"Are you really gonna try and become one of the Yonko, Naruto?" Luffy asked.
"Only one way to find out, and that is by doing." he said to Luffy.
"Alright alright don't let that ego go to your head." Asami said as she let go of his hand and put Luffy next to him, "Glad I brought a camera with me so we could have some pictures." she said as she pulled the device out and pulled it up to hr eye as she watched the two 'brothers' wrap their arms around one another and grinned widely. Snappig the picture she handed it to Luffy so he could take one of them together before he left. However in a surprising twist she grabbed Naruto by the cheeks and pulled him into a deep kiss shocking him and Luffy who had just pressed the butting the second their lips had met. Ah that one was definitely going on the wall.
Finally she put the camera on a timer and they took one with all three of them in it all grinning as the camera snapped. Asami smiled softly as she looked at the last picture, "Thar's the third one. You sure you wont stay until I get them printed?" she asked him.
Naruto shook his head, "Nah, I'll get them when we meet up again in the future. Besides, who says we won't find one another on the vast waters of the open sea?" he questioned as he jumped on his little boat, "Well I'm heading out." he called back as he raised his sail, "You guy's take care alright and don't cause trouble." he said as the breeze caught him and begun to pull him away.
"By Naruto" Luffy called out to him as he waved goodbye.
"Don't get to reckless out there Naruto." Asami said.
"That's a Pirate's life." Naruto responded with a laugh. With that the wind carried him further and further away. Looking to the horizon he grinned, "Now then, show me that horizon." he said to himself as he pulled out a compass the whirled around a bit before pointing in a random direction, "Duh duh duh duh duh duh duh, and really bad eggs." he muttered to himself before he snapped the compass shut, "Drink up me hearty's yo ho." he sung as he turned his boat.
-3 months later-
Garp was in Marineford when he got a call from Sengoku himself and was called to the mans office, however when he got there he did not expect to be handed a newspaper with a extremely surprising article on the front, "THAT BASTARD, I TAUGHT HIM BETTER THEN THIS!" he yelled out, "WHEN I SEE HIM AGAIN HE'LL RECIEVE THE FIST OF KNOWLEDGE WHERE HE BETTER GET BACK ON TRACK!" he yelled out.
Sengoku chuckled, "I figured you would have said that." he said.
Garp glowered at the man, "Now is not he time for jokes Sengoku. I have to go teach my grandson a lesson." he said.
"You wont be able to find him, he does his things at night." he informed the raging grandfather who halted his rant with a 'Eh' while he looked to Sengoku.
"What do you mean by that?" he asked.
"He commands a ship that is painted black as night and flies black sails so he wont be seen. We sent him a offer to join the warlords, but he simply said that it wasn't his calling as he had something to do. He is trying to gain recognition, I assume to draw his father out if what you told me is true." Sengoku said.
Garp sighed, "That god damned son' bitch better know what he's doing. If he get's killed then it's on him." he said to Sengoku who nodded in agreement.
-Moby Dick-
UMAMAMAMA, now this kid has style, a bit flashy but style." the most powerful pirate in the world laughed.
"What's up Pop's?" a tall and slender man with a tattoo on his chest asked. He had blonde hair and wore a purple shirt. This was Whitebeard's First Division Commander and right hand man, Marco.
Handing the man the paper he grinned some more, "Tell me Marco, what do you think of him. He's grown to be a strong character." Whitebeard said.
"Naruto D. Newgate, bounty of 550,000,000! Geez, this guy's a monster. Wait, Devil Fruit is the...Oi Pop's is this for real? Is this really our little brother?" he asked excitedly drawing the other member's of the Whitebeard Pirates around him to look at the paper where chatter begun to filter around.
"It is indeed, I think he's trying to make a statement to us." Whitebeard said as he drunk more alcohol.
"I think we need to meet him to see what he's capable of." Marco said.
"All in due time, all in due time." Whitebeard said.
-With Naruto-
Having made port Naruto looked to his second in command, "Make sure nobody comes near my ship, and if I come back and this ship is gone I'll hunt you down and gut ya." he said to the man.
"Aye sir, I'll keep the Pearl parked right here." the man said.
"Good on ya Master Gibbs." Naruto said as he got off his ship and looked to a building that held a black flag with a skull that had a mustache with a cross made of bones, "I hope the old man gets the message." he muttered to himself. Looking around he walked over to a table and sat down. When the waitress walked over and got his orer he waited once more until he got his meal.
"Looky here boy's, some hot shot wannabe pirate just shows up here in Whitebeards territory like he owns the place." a voice called out as Naruto was surrounded by wannabe thugs.
"I would rethink what your about to do." Naruto warned him.
"And why is that kid, you may have the old dogs last name but that is more then likely a facade to get bonus points from the government." the thug said as he broke a bottle and walked behind Naruto.
"Like I said, I would rethink what your about to do." he warned him once more.
"You little shit, you think that just cause you have a bounty, your a hotshot don't ya." the thug growled as he hefted the bottle up.
"I warned you." Naruto said as all of a sudden the man found himself being flung back by unknown means that also caused the entire bar to shake violently which caused other patrons to fall out of their seats.
"W-What was that?" the thug asked as he got back to his feet ignoring the booze that covered him.
Naruto finished his meal and stood up, "Let me paint in black and white for you." he said as he turned around to face the thug and his floozies, "My name is Naruto D. Senju Newgate. I am the son of Tsunade Senju the Queen of the Pirates and Edward Whitebeard Newgate, I don't take kindly to being called a fake and any who try and hurt other's for no apparent reason. And another thing, that was the power of my devil fruit, the Gura-Gura no Mi. If you had read any of the paper's you would know that I also captain a ship called the Black Pearl. I am here to recruit some misbegotten souls to work my ship or maybe I'll just leave and take my payment with me." he said as he pulled out a sack and dropped it onto the table where golden coins spilled out.
"Well cap'n I think I just might have to join up and lt ya see what this worthless sea-dog can actually do." a man with a white long sleeve shirt and a black vest with a old fashioned pirate cap on his head said as he sat down next to him, "The names Scrum, but you can call me... Scrum." he said with a laugh at the end.
"Well then, welcome aboard then Mr. Scrum." Naruto said as he took three coins and put them in the man's hand, "The more loot we get, the more that you get paid. We all work the same amount and earn the same amount." Naruto said.
I very much like the sound of that Cap'n, but I be beggin your pardon if I say I don't do menial chores like some these other dogs do, I work best as a Quartermaster." Scrum stated.
Naruto shrugged and tossed him two more coins, "Well then Mr Quartermaster, we best make sure you are properly equipped Aye?" Naruto questioned.
"That be best idea, Aye." Scrum agreed.
"Who else would like to go out and seek fortune while living by their own rules instead of the governments lousy ways. Who wants to earn their living by working their backs to the breaking point with the sweat that be on their brows while also seeking glory at the same time?" Naruto asked loudly getting loud yells pf approval as some other's walked up and collected their three coins from Naruto, "Alright you scurvy dogs go load up. There be places to go, people to see, women to make fall in love with us and Treasure and glory to find." he ordered, "Mr Scrum, I expect a fully stocked armory on board my ship at all times with full munitions for the guns as well as powder." he said as he handed the man a dozen gold coins, "Best not take to long or we might leave ya." he said as he walked out.
"Aye cap'n, I'll be done within half an hour." he called back as he walked to the arms dealer.
XxX
"Welcome back Cap'n, the Pearl is still parked where I said she'd be as ya ordered." Gibbs stated.
"Aye I see that." Naruto said as he walked towards his quarter's.
"What be the course Cap'n?" he asked Naruto.
"We wait until the men come, I have a new quartermaster coming with munitions and supplies for the Pearl and I have somebody bringing food and charts within a half hour." he said to Gibbs as he opened the door to his quarter's, "Come on in Mr Gibbs, we have things to discuss." he said to the man.
"Aye sir." the man said following Naruto.
"So Mr. Gibbs, be there any stories you can give me so I can keep me word to the men. Treasure, places of fortune and the likes." Naruto said as Gibbs closed the door.
"Well I can't say if there be any I can call off the tip of me tongue, but I have heard tales of a map known as the Mao Kun that leads to the place one desires most. It is in the Calm Belt at Amazon Lily." he said to his captain.
"Amazon Lily, that is a Isle of women, men haters all of them. Why would a island of women hold a map that is sometimes referred as the Navigational Charts to the Land of the Dead? A map that can be used to locate some of the world's more obscure and mystical places. A map with no fixed points at all whatsoever I might add as it uses meridian arcs, equatorial divisions, geographic landmarks and magic keys to guide one's spiritual passage. A chart that only takes into account the role of chance, fate and the supernatural in mortal affairs. A map that is prized above all other charts or maps. That map?" he asked.
"Precisely." Gibbs said.
"This is gonna bite me in the ass. We have the fastest ship in the whole sea, and we're gonna go try to find a map that leads us to lord only knows where." Naruto muttered as he removed his shirt and put a vest on before he grabbed a stirp of cloth and tied it around his head.
"That my be cap'n, but this is also a journey to see where the sea takes us." Gibbs said.
"Aye, that be true." Naruto said as he strapped the two large demonic looking swords to his hips while his poleaxe was strapped to his back.
Nearly a hour later Naruto stood on the deck of the Black Pearl and watched as supplies were loaded onto his ship. Cannonballs, Black Powder, Chain-hooks (The cannonballs with chains welded to them), Rum, Food and some other things. Clearing his throat he gave a call of "Scrum." which called the short man over to him.
"Aye cap'n." the man said.
"How much were you able to procure with the coin I had given to you?" he asked the man.
"More then enough to fill the stores with a bit extra on the side. We're a bit over on the munitions and powder though." he said.
"What about food and other provisions?" Naruto questioned as he walked up the stairs to the steering wheel.
"Enough to fill our supplies for the next month, but as you know things don't last long at sea." he said.
"Which is why I also had a refrigerator installed into the storage room to keep the food preserved long enough to make sure we don't regret it." Naruto said to the man as he took hold of the wheel as one of the men shouted 'All loaded' showing they were ready to depart, "Alright cast off those lines, get me some speed. I wanna be at sea within ten minutes." he ordered.
"Uh, cap'n I hate to sound a bit rude, but where are we heading?" Scrum asked.
"Amazon Lily, they have something we need if we want to make our adventures a bit easier and less boring." he said.
"You talking about that supernatural map all men desire but can't have because the Map Holder is too stingy?" Scrum asked him.
"Just because someone is stingy, does not mean they cannot be bargained with Mr Scrum." he said.
"Not stingy, greedy." Scrum clarified, "She is so greedy she makes the sea turn green with disgust." he clarified in a whisper.
"Like I said, people can be bargained with. Don't worry, we got this." he said.
-3 weeks later-
"Ugh, does this sluggish nightmare end. We've been in the calm belt for nearly a week and a half now and we're no closer to getting to the island of Amazon Lily." Naruto moaned.
"STARBOARD BOW, SOMETHING'S APPROACHING!" the lookout called out.
Pulling out a spyglass Naruto looked through it and scanned until he saw a ship being pulled by two large Sea Kings. Lowering it he quickly puled it back up and looked through it to make sure he wasn't seeing things, "Well that's not something you see everyday." he said to himself. The ship pulled itself up next to the Pearl and stopped. Naruto walked over to the railing and gave a wave, "Ahoy there." he called out kindly.
"Ugh, men." a woman muttered. Yep, man hater's.
Naruto walked down the steps as a woman walked up to the railing of her ship. She has a well proportioned figure compared to her abnormal and huge sisters. She is very tall and slender with long black hair that extends past her waist with locks of hair that frame her face down to her chin and shows off her high forehead, dark brown eyes with long, voluminous eyelashes and pale skin. Like most of the females on her ship she has a narrow waist and very large breasts. If what he was seeing was right, then her three measurements were B111-W61-H91 (B 43.7" - W 24.02" - H 35.83"). For attire she wore a revealing red blouse that showed much of her chest and a loose sarong that exposed her long, slender legs with the green symbol of the Kuja adorned on it, along with a white cape sporting epaulets more commonly found on the jackets of high-ranking Marines, and red high heel pumps. She appeared to be in her late teens or early twenties.
"Why hello there." She greeted in a sultry voice towards him.
"Hello ma'am." Naruto said with a short bow of the head towards her.
"My my, it seems that you're in quite the bind here." the woman said.
Naruto looked behind him and the back at the beauty, "Well yes and no." he told her, "See we're on our way to the Island of Amazon Lily to negotiate with them for a map they have. Thing is, we've been stuck here with hardly any movement and we're starting to run a little low on supplies." he told her honestly.
"Oh my, that does sound troubling. Perhaps I could help you out." she said with a sexy smile at the end.
Naruto sighed in relief, "Thank you madam, you have no idea what this means for us." he told her.
"However, before we do any of that, I would like it if you could hand over all your valuables and treasure." she ordered.
Naruto went from grateful to confused in a split second, "Eh, come again?" he questioned her.
"Hand over all your valuable items as well as your treasure." she ordered as she watched the men went to do as she ordered.
"Belay that order." Naruto yelled out, only to growl when his men ignored him. He turned to look at the woman, "Who in the hell do you think you are to order the men of my crew around like they belong to you, they are not slaves or toys." he growled out causing the woman to lightly flinch at his words.
"My name is Boa Hancock, I'm queen of Amazon Lily. I tell you disgusting men to do what I say because I'm beautiful." he said to him.
"Yeah, on the outside. Inside your nothing but a snake and a bitch." he said causing the women to gasp in shock, "I though you were a true beauty for wanting to help us negotiate for a map known as the Mao Kun so we could have a true adventure, but now I see I was wrong." he said.
"Here you go miss, all the cap'n's gold." Scrum said holding out a 'very' large bag for her to take, only for it to be snatched back by Naruto.
"Are you all insane, she's using her looks to get you to listen to her. If her name is Boa Hancock, then you all know she is the user of the Mero-Mero no Mi and uses that power over anyone who holds lustful thoughts to order people around. Have you men no pride to stand up for yourselves when a woman order's you around like a mother does her child?" he questioned his crew.
The men looked sheepish as Gibbs shook his head, "Sorry cap'n." he muttered.
"Put it all back and stay in your quarter's the lot of you while I talk to this swine of a woman." he ordered the men who rushed off to put it back as ordered.
"He called Hebihime a swine, how dare he?" a woman asked in shock.
"How can he resist Hebihime's charm, is this the power of a man?" another asked.
"This man has some nerves on him to say that to Hebihime." a third woman growled.
Naruto growled as he shot a hand into the air causing a crack followed by a "BOOM!" that shut the women up, "Enough with this nonsense." he ordered, "Look Miss Boa, are you willing to negotiate 30,000,000 Beli for the use of your map as well as 5% cut of all the treasure we find with this map of yours or not? If so then please lead me to your home so I can negotiate with the Map Holder. If not then give us the supplies we need, paid for of course, to get the hell out of this forsaken sea." he said urgently.
Boa stopped the muttering women with a wave of her hand. She looked at him with a calculating gaze for a moment, "Why are you so interested int the sacred map Mao Kun?" she asked.
"We seek adventure, glory, fortune, and maybe cause a bit of mischief along the way. And if it is possible, maybe a base of operations we can call our own." he said honestly.
Boa stepped forward and threw her legs over the railings of her ship and then over the Pearl's own. Naruto stood firm in his spot as Boa studied him more closely, "You are not like other men." she stated.
"I know, what about it?" he questioned.
"I see you are honorable to those who work under you, and you are even willing to stand up to one of the Seven Warlord's such as myself. Yet you also respect women and do not see them as mere toys." she said.
"Well I was raised by my grandmother, adopted of course." he said.
Boa sighed as she looked to her crew, "Prepare to tow them behind us. We make way towards Amazon Lily." she ordered shocking them all.
"Why Hebihime?" a large woman with orange hair asked her.
"Because I said so that's why." she stated.
"Yes Hebihime, right away." the woman said as they tied ropes to the ship.
Boa looked to the shocked Naruto, "What?" she asked.
"Why do this? Why are you guys helping us, I thought you people hated men?" he asked her.
"We do, however I will simply answer by telling you that it was your eyes." she said.
"My eyes, what about them?" he asked her.
"When I looked into your eyes I didn't see the typical things I would usually see when I spoke to a man before I robbed them blind. Your eyes are honest, and they carry a sort of look that makes me compelled to follow you. I want to see with my own eyes if trusting you was a good call." she said to him.
"Even after I called you those disrespectful names?" he asked her.
"Yes, even after you called me those disrespectful names." she said, "Though you didn't have to be so blunt about it ya'know." she said to him.
Naruto rubbed the back of his neck, "Yeah, that was a dick move on my part. I apologize for the words I said and the names I called you." he said to her.
Boa nodded her head as several grappling hooks attached themselves to the Black Pearl. She jumped down onto the Pearl and looked at the ship in a bit of curiosity, "Can I ask you something?' she asked him.
Naruto shrugged his shoulder's, "I don't see why not, I mean it wont harm me in the long run." he told her.
Boa nodded her head before she looked to him, "How is it that you came to acquire such a powerful ship as this one? I have heard legends and stories of a black ship with sails that were black as a moonless night. I also heard it was so fast that it could outrun any ship in the world. I am just curious as to how you have one that is described in the legends?" she asked him.
Naruto shrugged his shoulders as he walked up to the railings to secure the hooks and answered, "Nothing to it really. When I first started out on my journey to become a pirate I had a small little raft/dingy/lifeboat thing that I used to see where the wind would take me. About a week into my journey at sea, I am out of food and soon to run out of water and all i have on me to keep my belly full is a simple fishing rod that I used to bring in large fish I caught on the line. Well It is the dawn of the seventh or eight day at sea, and all of a sudden I see this shadow loom over me in the form of a ship that is painted black as night as were the sail's which were utterly tattered and frayed." he said.
"The old captain, like fifty or sixty years old, on the ship, a man by the name of Hector Barbossa fishes me out the water and says, "Well look what we have here gent's, a man cast away at sea with ne'er a place to go." in a thick accent similar to one for Rosalinda Isle or even North Blue. He looks to me and says, "What be your name lad?" and I simply said that I was Naruto Newgate and I was out on the sea to begin a life of Piracy and to leave my mark on the world." he said with a snort before he composes himself, "The man looks to me and says, "Well lad, ye have found the right vessel to start making yer mark as I be looking for a place to retire my weary bones. I not be getting any younger and as I knew a man and his wife by the last name of Newgate, I feel I owe a bit of a debt to him for helping me stake a place in the world of Piracy. I'll make ye a deal boy, if ya manage to impress me on these next dozen upcoming raids with your leadership over the crew I'll think 'bout making ye captain of the Pearl." he said.
Naruto continues, "Old man Barbossa looked to his crew and said, "If any of ye have a problem with making this here lad my temporary first mate for the upcoming raids, best speak now or forever hold your tongue." and so one of his crewmen walk up and says, "Aye I've got a prob'em with that. I been your mate for ten years and not once have ye taken up a first mate. This boy come up and all of a sudden he is the temporary first mate in a moments notice. I be taking that position before he dos Cap'n." and this sets the old man into laughter where he says, "Well then, best make a solution to this prob'em then." and he looks to me and pulls out a pistol before he points it to the man and pulls the trigger with no remorse and says, "There, now there be no problems now son." and I am in shock he just kills the man." Naruto says as he finishes securing the hooks.
Boa nods her head, "And I assume after all the raids you managed to convince him of handing the ship oer to you." she says as she gets a 'iffy' motion from the young mans hand, "Oh, so what happened?" she asked.
"Well when we got done with all the raids and I had been given my share of the gold from old man Barbossa, he gave me one last job." he said to her.
"Well, what was it?" she questioned him.
"He said, "Ye need to discover the wonder's of the world when I could not. There be treasures out there worth more then any piece of gold, treasures out there which will open the eyes of mankind, and will bring the government down to its knees and will paint the Celestial Dragon's in a light worse then any other. I want you to discover these treasures, and I want you to expose them to the world. But first you need the map." and so I of course asked him what type of map I needed and he simply told me to locate a man by the name of Joshamee Gibbs and ask him 'bout the map that all men desire. So it took me a month and a half to locate him and then a few weeks ago I asked him about the map and he said it was located at your island." he told her.
"Of course Barbossa gave me hints of the map when I was learning how to captain the Black Pearl by saying things like, "A map of the supernatural. Made to show the likes of gods and demons. A map that is not as concrete to this world as it is the next. A map between this life and the next. It is a map of the entire sea, one that any man would pay billion's or even trillions to obtain as it is the only complete map of the world." and then he said the Mao Kun was the only map that didn't use normal charts as it was a chart of any and all sea's to the world. So when I heard Gibbs say that the map was in the Amazon Lily's possession I decided to ask your leader if I could proposition it for a price as well as pay for its use. But seeing as you are the leader, I had to try regardless." he said.
Boa nodded her head, "When we reach Amazon Lily, I will let you know when the Map Bearer will speak to you. Until then you must stay on your ship." she said as she hopped over to her own.
"Noted." he told himself as he went to his own quarters.
-The next day-
Having docked at Amazon Lily, Naruto waited for what felt like eternity until he heard a knock on his door where he opened it to see the woman with orange hair standing before him, "Uh hi." he greeted her.
The woman said nothing for a moment until, "Hebihime wishes to speak with you and you alone." she told him before she begun to walk away, "Please follow me and do not venture off on your own, the warriors of the island will shoot you and kill you without hesitation." she told him seriously.
"Noted, thanks for the tip." he told her, only to receive no answer. As he followed behind the woman Naruto heard the mutter's of the island inhabitants and nearly growled at them to shut them up, but decided not to as it would possibly paint him in a bad light. When the orange haired woman led him into a small house Naruto noticed that the only person there besides his guide was Boa herself and a old woman who looked nearly a thousand years old in his opinion.
Boa nodded her head to the orange haired woman and dismissed her before looking to Naruto, "I am gld you heeded the warnings." she told him before motioning to the elderly woman, "This here is elder Nyon who is the current guardian of the Mao Kun map." she said to him before she turned to the elderly woman, "Elder Nyon, this is the man I spoke to you about, the one who wishes to make a proposition for the Mao Kun map." she said reverently.
Elder Nyon looked at Naruto for a moment before she spoke in a tone that Naruto understood came from years of leading and ordering people around, but carried a wisdom not many had, "Nyo you want to use the Mao Kun Map. I have heard from Boa-chan the Nyo showed the makings of a trustworthy man, but as far as I can see Nyo are a rookie in the ways of true piracy. If Pirate King Gold Roger were to come he would have us nearly thirty times the amount Nyo made to us. Tell me why should I give it to Nyo?" she demanded.
"I don't seek to take over the world if that's what you mean." Naruto stated, "And honestly I only need to use the map to discover what all men seek." he said to her.
Elder Nyon cocked her head to the side as she looked to him, "Nyo~, and what is it that Nyo seek?" she questioned.
Naruto shrugged, "To see if the world is really all it's cracked up to be. To know what lies beyond the horizon as well as to find a place in this world. From what I know of my father, men are the captains of their own ship and thus are the ones who forge their own destiny. I wanna see if it's my destiny to see if the things about this world hold merit, or if I should be the one to destroy either all the pirates on the sea or the World Government and the Celestial Dragon's." he said honestly, missing the flinch from Boa when he mentioned the Celestial Dragon's.
For nearly an hour Elder Nyon was silent as was Naruto and Boa. Finally she looked to Boa and spoke, "Boa, Nyo shall go as the caretaker of the Mao Kun Map. If this man should in fact prove worthy, then stick with him and his crew. If not return here immediately with all payments required and offered." she told the shocked woman.
"B-But Elder Nyon, what about the people of Amazon Lily, the women here need a leader. I cannot go on a journey and lead the people if I am out at sea for who knows how long." she said in shock.
Nyon looked to her, "If the man is being honest, then Nyo must see if he is a worthy man of choice for seeing if his thought holds merit. I expect Nyo to go and see these places, and if you can-have fun." she said handing the Mao Kun to her, "Take care Pirate Empress, and make sure Nyo don't get killed out there. I will take care of the island like I did before you took over until your return." she said with a smile.
Boa nodded and looked to Naruto, "Uh, oh uh-so shall we get going?" she asked nervously.
Naruto gulped and shrugged his shoulder's, "I guess, I mean if there is anything you need to get then go ahead and go get it. I will have the men get the supplies and we will make way to a point the finally takes us." he said as she nodded.
"Ok, so about fifteen minutes then?" she asked and Naruto nodded.
Returning to the Black Pearl Naruto begun to order his crew to get ready. Having stocked up and gathered a higher amount of resources for them to make long journey's, nearly three months of food thanks to a upgrade to the refrigerator that would preserve the food, they only needed to wait for Hancock to return with the map with her. Naruto had told Gibbs what had happened and had decided to make her the navigator for his crew until they had discovered all they could. Now Naruto stood on deck at the helm where he saw Hancock arrive with several women behind her. Jumping over the railing he landed in front of her andgave a polite wave, "Hey Hancock, what's all this for?" he asked pointing to the entourage behind her.
"Oh, they're bringing some things." she said pointing to the five women behind her, each carrying two suitcases. Behind her was her ever so present companion Salome, "Some of the suitcases they carry are clothes, some are just charts and maps we may need to see if we are on a proper course that were given to me by Elder Nyon." she said as Naruto nodded.
"I hope you don't mind, but I have decided to make you the Navigator for the Black Pearl as it was your elder that let us prerequisite the Mao Kun for our travel's like Pirate King Gol D. Roger did in the past." he told her.
"Oh no I don't mind, to be honest I was kinda expecting it." she said politely.
Naruto nodded, "Well I had Gibbs clean up the extra room next door to his for you. No body should bother you as you will be the only one occupying the room. If you would like I could take you to your quarter's below deck. They are right next to my First Mate Gibbs's own. The rest of the crew sleep on the third deck. As of right now, all we need are a decent cook, a doctor like I heard my mother was, and a guy with a giant cleaver and no eyebrows that wears bandages over his face." he said.
Boa raised a brow, A man with a giant cleaver?" she questioned, "Why would there be a man with a giant cleaver?" she asked him.
Naruto tapped his nose, "Sorry princess, that's a secret for later. Now, would you allow me to show you to your quarter's?" he asked her.
Boa nodded her head, "Indeed. Thank you." she told him. Naruto nodded and walked over to the stairwell with Boa and her people following. When they reached Boa's room he opened the door to reveal a spacious room with a large bed by a porthole. There were candles at a desk to light the room up during the night when she needed to plot a course as well as other things she would need. Boa nodded her head and pointed out where she wanted her things before the group left.
"So is this good enough or do we need to redecorate?" Naruto questioned.
"No, no it's fine as it is. It's a bit bigger then I expected but I can take comfort in that." she said.
"Thank you for being honest." he said.
"Your welcome." she told him before taking a breath, "Naruto-san can I ask you something?" she asked him.
Naruto gave a shrug, "Go ahead, It is best we actually get to know each other while we go on this enlightening journey anyways so fire away." he told her.
Boa cleard her throat, "Actually I have several questions. Earlier when we first met and I ordered your men to give me everything on board, how did you resist my Devil Fruit ability?" she asked him.
"Well, my grandfather taught me to look underneath the underneath, basically he taught me to observe the situation before I did anything. I was charmed by your beauty when I first saw you but I kept m guard up knowing what the women from here were known for. When you gave the order to hand over any and all valuables I resisted fully once I got over my confusion." he told her honestly.
Boa nodded her head in understanding, "Ok I understand that much. I understand that you might have a Devil Fruit ability from what I saw when you shut everyone up earlier. Can you tell what that was?" she asked him.
"Well you would be correct in assuming that I have a Devil Fruit ability. When I was born, my mother died due to complications during my birth. My father was in greif from what I was told by my adoptive grandfather figure and asked him to raise me. However before he even went to my grandfather he was given a fruit my mother must have wanted me to get when I was older, so that I could most likely grow with my powers as I grew up with proper control over them." he told her.
"What was the Devil Fruit she gave you, it must have been important to you if she wnet through the trouble to get it." Boa said.
"Well, it was actually my father who gave it to me. When he returned to his ship after I was born, one of his subordinates came up to him with it in his hands apparently and told him what it was. When he took it he ground it up into a fine powder and mixed it with my baby formula at the time and then fed it to me merely hours after I was born. Apparently it was my grandfather who finished giving it to me because I remember him saying it wasn't right to feed a baby ground up devil fruits." he said. He took a deep breath, "As for the Devil Fruit I was given, it was called the GUra-Gura no Mi or what would translate as the Quake-Quake fruit making me a Quake man." he told her.
Boa felt her eyes widen, "Oh my, I-I'm sorry. I shouldn't have pried into your life like that." she apologized.
Naruto waved her off, "Bah, it's alright. I got over it a long time ago." he told her.
"Can I ask you who your parents are?" she asked him.
Naruto gave a careless shrug, "I don't see the harm in telling you. My mother was Tsunade D. Senju the Pirate Queen and my father is Edward Newgate, otherwise known as Whitebeard." he told her.
Boa felt her eyes widen in complete shock, "W-What! Your the son of Tsunade-sama?" she cried out.
"And Whitebeard, you know the strongest man in the world." he told her.
Boa didn't say anything as she felt her eyes roll into the back of her head as she passed out.
And there you have it. Tell me what you think and I will see you all later.
Now I didn't go through the entire Amazon Lily arc because that would be a waste of time so I decided to make Boa less of a blonde (Even though she has dark hair she can be extremely dense like a blonde) and more of a succubus type of character that uses her charms more then her own devil fruit abilities.
So yes we are hinting that a certain Demon of the Mist might be making an appearance in the story. I wonder how that'll come about. Now before people get all pissy about it I will say that other characters deemed 'Important' will in fact make their own debut into the story.