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Chapter 2

'Heart rate normal, blood pressure normal, minor flesh wounds all over his body but considerable amount of damage is done to his right hand. What happened to you?'Chopper thought deeply.

The cotton candy lover began to wrap Naruto's body with bandages starting with his right hand.

Minutes later, finished with the treatment, Chopper stood to address his nakamas, "Good news everyone, he's going to be fine. Nothing several bandages and some rest can't fix." The doctor smiled reassuringly.

Luffy exhaled in relief, "I thought we lost him there for a second." The rubber man knelt down next to Chopper to get a better view of the stranger, "So when do you think he'll wake up, Chopper?"

The doctor looked at the blond's face before answering, "Hmmm, he took some serious damage from who knows what but nothing too major. So I guess he should be awake by tonight or tomorrow morning."

Luffy used his knees to help him stand. "Yosh! I can't wait to meet him! Hehe." forming a massive grin on his face.

Everyone else couldn't help but smile a little at the sight of their overly friendly, too trustworthy captain, except Zoro. Zoro remained sceptical about the sudden arrival of this mystery man.

"Kaka...Saku..."

"WHAAATT?!" The whole crew screamed apart from Robin and Zoro. The pirates were left speechless as they witnessed the young stranger beginning to regain his consciousness.

"He-he-he's waking up? How's that possible?" Franky managed to stutter to the doctor.

"I don't know! He shouldn't be able to move let alone wake up!?" Chopper yelled, questioning his own knowledge of medicine.

Sanji recovered from the initial shock, placed a cigarette in between his lips and smiled. "He's a tough little bastard isn't he?"

Naruto creaked an eye open to notice his blurry vision. His body felt heavy, weak and unbalanced. The first thing he noticed was the big bright light of a big blue sky.

The blond looked around and made out blurry human shaped figures from all directions of where he laid. He couldn't hear exactly what the figures were saying but he knew they were whispering. As his body began to find its equilibrium, his vision recovered and adjusted to normal. The first thing he saw was a grinning face wearing a red long sleeve vest and some sort of hat.

"HEY! My name is Monkey D. Luffy, I'm going to be King of The Pirates!" Luffy made a small giggle and held his grin.

Naruto was stunned at the sudden introduction of this stranger. Instincts and years of training instantly phased in, he kicked his knees above his head, threw his hands above his shoulder and used the momentum of his lower half to push himself off the grass and flip backwards creating significant distance between him and the group.

Satisfied at the space he created, Naruto started to observe his environment to make sense of the current situation. He looked to his left to see an endless amount of blue ocean sea that extends far into the horizon. He looked to his right to see the mast of the ship which told him he was on a boat of some sort. The blond finally looked forward to notice nine individuals all varying from each other in size and gender.

Confused beyond believe, his mind flashed the images of his latest memories. The crack in the air, the rasengan attack, then nothing but absolute darkness. His face was slowly overwhelmed with anger as he thought that these nine people were behind all this. They had to be since they were the only ones around after the incident.

"Who are you people?! What did you do to Kakashi-sensei and Sakura?! And where the hell am I!?" Naruto demanded, pointing furiously at the Straw Hats.

The entire crew was shocked at how the supposedly injured man could move so quickly. Due to the sudden shock, several members including Zoro, Sanji and Franky took their fighting stance.

Robin's eyes were locked on to the blond stranger. Gasping in disbelief as she finally managed to fit all the pieces of the man's mystery. "So I guess it's true..."

Concerned for his patient, Chopper took a couple slow steps towards Naruto with his paws and arms spread open to show that he meant no harm.

"Please, calm down. If you move too much you may make your injuries worse." The doctor calmly explained.

"Injuries?" Naruto frowned then looked down onto his chest and saw that his clothes were gone and he was covered in bandages from waist to neck. The sceptical blond froze and considered why an enemy shinobi would treat his wounds.

"Wait, did you do this?" Naruto asked pointing to the bandages on his body.

Chopper nodded slowly as he took another step towards Naruto. "We are not here to hurt you, I promise. Just calm down and let us explain what happened to you." The reindeer reassured the blond stranger.

Naruto suddenly felt his anger gradually slip away. Taking one big breath and slowly exhaling, he looked back at the individual who treated his wounds.

His eyes popped in bafflement as he saw a small, hat wearing talking creature.

"Y-y-you're a, a, RACOON DOG!"

"I'M A REINDEER DAMN IT!" Chopper exploded as Luffy laughed his ass off while the entire crew had developed the exact same thought.

'He only realised now?'

To everyone's surprise, Nami stepped forward and walked till she was standing next to Chopper.

"Yes. This little guy is a reindeer and the one who treated you. His name is Chopper and he is also this ship's doctor." Nami explained softly while rubbing the top of Choppers hat and smiling.

"I'm Nami, the navigator. It's a pleasure to meet you." The cat burglar gave Naruto a warm and genuine smile.

Meanwhile on the other end of the deck, everyone was shocked and confused at Nami's sudden act of hospitality and kindness to strangers. No one could explain it except Robin who had a cheeky smirk on her face. Luffy sat patiently with his head tilted as he watches Nami try to confront the confused mystery man.

"When did Nami become so friendly?" The captain mumbled to himself.

The sight in front of Naruto prevented his from immediately responding. The view of this attractive girl in a green and white bikini top, tight blue jeans and strapped heels caught the words stuck behind his throat. it was probably because he wasn't used to seeing so much skin from a girl before, not that he was complaining.

He quickly recovered and replied, "Naruto. Nice to meet you." He returned a smile.

"So it's Naruto, is it? Come with me and let me introduce you to the crew. Hopefully we can explain how you ended up getting here." She slowly walked up to him while holding her smile and took his hand and dragged him to the rest of the crew.

"Ohh, hey I can walk ya know." Naruto complained but secretly enjoying the physical contact.

The blond couldn't help be amazed at the level of confidence this woman was displaying as Nami dragged him near to the rest of the crew.

The tension in the air quickly faded and was replaced by excitement and anticipation to learn more about this stranger.

Standing in front of the Straw Hat crew made Naruto feel like it was his first day of class in the shinobi academy. Different individuals showed different emotions towards him. There was a raven haired man that looked around the same age as him who couldn't stop grinning, wearing the red long sleeve unbuttoned shirt, and blue rolled up jeans, a yellow sashay around his waist and a straw hat. Behind the grinning raven haired man was the broad shouldered, brief wearing cyborg. He had a smile on his face too but not as big as his captain.

To the left side of the Straw Hat wearing man was a green haired man with three swords around his waist; one eyed closed and did not seem one bit interested, although he didn't look too happy to see Naruto, in fact his left hand remained on the hilt of one of his sword.

Next to Zoro was a man with an exceptionally long nose who looked visibly nervous but trying to keep his cool. On the right side of Luffy was Sanji, who was currently exhaling a puff of smoke from his mouth. His faced showed no threatening signs but one just filled with anticipation and curiosity. Standing a little behind him was the beautiful dark haired archaeologist Nico Robin.

She wore her usual soft and heart-warming smile that made Naruto feel much at ease at the situation. And finally he looked at the far right side of his vision to see a very tall and skinny figure. He rubbed his eyes because he didn't believe what he first saw, after cleaning his eyes, Naruto gasped as he acknowledged that he was staring into a standing skeleton. Brook noticing the stranger was staring at him but didn't know why, so he decides to introduce himself.

"Hello, Stranger-san my name is Brook."

Naruto's eyes popped and jaw dropped. Taking a couple of steps back and pointing at brook. "Y-y-y-ou're-a-a ZOMBIE!"

"WHERE!? WHERE I HATE ZOMBIES!" Brook yelled, aggressively searching for the non-existent zombie.

"HE WAS TALKING ABOUT YOU!" Usopp and Chopper screamed.

In the background, Naruto could hear the Straw Hat wearing boy laughing hysterically once again. He then stared at this small group of people and couldn't help but picture his group of friends. Naruto's trail of thought was suddenly interrupted when he felt a small hand on his right shoulder. Nami had grabbed it to place him back to his previous spot.

She gave a warm smile and closed her eyes. "Don't worry about him, he's just a pervert. Let's go meet everyone else, okay?"

"Uh, yeah sure." He replied uncertainly.

Naruto noticed that he was now in the middle of a semi-circle surrounded by the strange group. He was now steps away from the Straw Hat wearing man. Nami stood to in the middle of the two.

"Luffy, everone, this is Naruto. He's still a little confused right now so don't ask too many questions, got that?" Nami softly requested. She then turned to the blond and gestured her underhand to Luffy.

"Naruto, this is Monkey D Luffy. Our captain and leader of the Straw Hat Pirates."

The blond nodded at the grinning captain, "Heyi, Luffy, was it? Sorry if I scared you guys earlier, I was just a little shocked and confused that's all." He smiled aplogetically, rubbing the back of his head.

"Nahh don't worry about it. Hehehe, I'm just glad you're alive." Luffy returned the smile.

"Thank you for helping me anyway, I really appreciate it. But I really need to know what happened? Where am I? And where are my team-mates?" Naruto asked a little too demanding than he intended.

"It's probably best if you asked the smartest person on the ship and not these idiots." Nami stuck out a playful tongue at the male crew members causing them to erupt in anger, making Robin giggled at her room-mate's childish ways.

Nami took a hold of one of Naruto's wrist and dragged him to the Demon Child.

"This is Nico Robin, our archaeologist and basically the brains of this ship." Robin face lit up a tiny shade of red from hearing the navigators compliment.

"Oh stop it Nami, you're making me blush." The raven haired women smiled cutely.

"Robin, this is Naruto. I was hoping that you'd figured out what had happened to him and how did he fall out the sky all of a sudden." Nami asked hopefully, staring into Robins eyes with anticipation.

"Hello, Naruto-san."

He smiled widely and gave a single wave. "Yo, whats up, Robin."

The girl giggled at the male's nonchalant greeting. "So, I think I know exactly what had happened to you, Naruto-san."

"Whaaatt?!" Everyone on the ship screamed, amazed at how Robin found an explanation to an unexplainable situation.

"You do?! That's great, so what happened?" Naruto quizzed.

"Well, it seems to me that you..." Before Robin could finish her sentence, a cannon ball crashed on the water on the left side of the ship cause to sway. The entire crew and Naruto almost jumped out of their skins from the surprise attack.

"What was that?!" Sanji shouted in a panic.

"We're under attack!" Chopper and Usopp shrieked, shooting their arms up in the air.

"Everyone get to your stations, protect the ship!" Zoro commanded.

Without a moment of hesitation, everyone ran to a different location of the ship except for Nami who stayed in the middle of the deck with a confused and alert Naruto.

"A-a-a HUGE pirate ship to the left!" Usopp yelled, staring down his binoculars.

All crew members turned their attention to the left side of the ship to see another much larger pirate ship far into the distance.

"But how?! There's no way for their cannon balls to reach us at this distance!" Franky yelled anxiously.

Usopp zoomed his binoculars to the origins of the cannon fire. His eyes shot widely when he saw cannons the several times the size of theirs. "Aahhh! Their cannons are gigantic! There's no way ours can match that. What do we do!?"

"We'll find a way, just protect Sunny!" Luffy ordered as loudly as he could.

Naruto watched apprehensively, assessing the situation. He realised that they were under attack but most members remained relatively calm. He took a look to his right to see Nami standing next to him watching her crew mate fighting off incoming cannon balls.

The blond arched his eye brows in curiosity, "Why are you guys being attacked for? Why aren't you worried? And aren't you supposed to be helping out or something?"

She tilted her head out of confusion. "Because we're pirates...? That's what usually happens." Nami stared back in puzzlement at the blond who couldn't comprehend what she was saying.

"The reason why I'm not worried is the same reason why I'm not helping out." Nami smiled innocently leaving the blond stranger further more confused.

"They're strong enough to handle this so don't worry about it. Just enjoy the show." She reassured him with a comforting smirk.

"I see." Naruto turned his head around to watch the spectacle.

"One Sword Style: 36 Pound Cannon!"

Naruto watched in amazement when he saw a bright blue light radiate off from one of the green haired man's swords, exploding a cannon ball at contact. Nami saw the astonished expression on Naruto's face while watching the swordsman.

"That guy with the green hair, that's Zoro. He's the ship swordsman and first mate. He's a little rude and sleeps all day but he eventually grows on you." Nami joked heartedly.

Naruto was too amazed at the team work of this new group of people to reply anything back. The jinjuriki shifted his attention to another crew member.

"Anti-Matter Kick Course!"

"That other blond is Sanji-kun. He's the ship's cook and is probably one of the best chefs in the entire Grand Line." Nami praised highly.

'One of the best chiefs? I wonder if he does ramen?' Naruto mentally asked himself.

"Weapons Left!"

"Cyborg Franky, Shipwright, he can build pretty much anything you ask him. He even built this ship you're standing on." Nami explained nonchalantly. Naruto remained quiet and stared at the grass that his feet were standing on.

'Cyborg? I've never seen one of those, must be new.'

"Special Attack: Green Star, Impact Wolf!"

"That's Usopp, our sniper. Don't listen to a word he says, he tends to lie a lot." Nami half joked with a giggle.

"Hanauta Sanchou: Yahazugiri!"

"Brook, musician, second swordsman. Despite his perverted mind and stupid jokes he is actually a talented musician." Nami sighed in shame. "It may not look it but he is actually over 50 years old."

'So, old and perverted, reminds me a bit off Ero-sennin.'Naruto made an audible chuckled. However, the thought of his deceased master sprung a question in his mind. '

Why aren't they using ninjutsu to deflect the cannons, surely it would be easier?' He pondered at the question for a while but decided to ask them after they dealt with the rain of cannon balls.

"Kung Fu Point!"

Naruto's eyes widened when he saw the Choppers body change in size in a slit second.

'Was that the transformation hutsu... no, he didn't perform any hand seals so how did he...?'

His thought was interrupted by Nami. "You already know Chopper. If you ever get hurt just go to him and he'll fix you up in no time." She smiled once again at the doctor's direction.

"Mil Fleur: Gigantesco Mano!

The blond shinobi was almost swept of his feet when two humongous pair of arms coming from the side of the ship and slapping multiple cannon balls away like they were flies.

'That had to be a jutsu? But... I can't sense chakra coming from her? Wait! I can't sense chakra from any of them!? How are they doing all this without using chakra?!'Naruto's mind constantly grew more and more restless as he starts questioning all of what he was seeing.

He suddenly was brought back from his mind when he heard the voice of Luffy.

"Gumo Gumo No: Fusen!"

More questions arose when Naruto saw Luffy's body inflate into a huge balloon to deflect multiple cannon balls.

"T-th-tha" Naruto couldn't muster the words out of his mouth.

'That looked like the Akamichi clans jutsu. Is Luffy an aka... no? There's no way, that would means he's a Leaf shinobi?' Naruto's thought was then broken up by a recognizable deep voice.

"Take a closer look, Naruto."

'Huh? Whats up, Kurama?' Naruto spoke in high spirits after hearing the voice of his partner.

'What do you mean by taking a closer look?'

'Jeez kit can't you tell there's something very off here?' Kurama replied condescendingly.

'Well yeah I feel something's a little different but I didn't think it would be a big deal.'

Kurama shook his head in disappointment. 'Naruto, firstly look at their clothes, they're nothing we've ever seen before. Secondly, they don't have head bands or any signs that symbolises their loyalty to a country or clan. And they don't have chakra but have jutsu like abilities.'

Naruto scratched the back of his head with confusion written across his whisker marked face. He then smiled and made a small chuckle. 'Haha, I guess you're right, I should have noticed earlier, sorry.' The blond smiled apologetically.

The fox rolled his eyes. 'Whatever, despite this annoying situation we're in there is some good news.'

his partner tilted his head and frowned, 'What do you mean good news?'

'I don't sense a trace of evil coming from these people. So I guess we can trust them.'

Naruto absorbed the piece of information, nodding in acceptance, "Okay good, now I know I don't have to watch my back."

Kurama leaked a tiny smile on the corner of his lips but it quickly faded. 'We may be able to trust them but we're still pretty clueless about where we are and how you woke up in the middle of the sea. I suggest we help out with their little problem so we can find some answers.'

The blond nodded again with a determined look in his eyes.

As soon as Naruto brought his focus and attention back into the real world, his ears were met by yelling voices.

"We can't keep doing this all day. We got to do something!" Zoro shouted to nobody and everybody.

"Marimo is right! We either fight or run!" Sanji kicked another cannon ball into the ocean.

"What you guys talking about? I'm having fun, haha." Luffy laughed out loud.

"Baka! We'll be done for if we stay here any longer!" Nami scolding her captain. She then thought about the next best option, deciding the best course of action was to retreat.

Her head felt like it lit up like a light bulb as she thought she had the perfect solution.

"Oi, Franky!" She yelled across the ship.

"OW. What is it, Nami?"

"Do we still have enough cola for one shot of Coupe De Burst?!" She asked with a touch of desperation in her voice.

"No we don't! Luffy got into trouble before I could buy some remember?" Franky answered, "I barely have enough in my cola system right now."

Nami growled at Luffy's direction with killing intent.

The captain could only laugh guiltily and scratch his head. "Sorry."

The orange haired women sighed in defeat as she ran out of ideas, "We're too far to fight and now we can't even run away. If only we had someone who can attack from great distance." Nami mumbled to herself.

Out of the blue, Nami felt a hand on her shoulder.

"Attack from great distance, right?" Naruto voiced with an air of confidence.

She was mystified by the look of determination in his face. He avoided eye contact and kept his sights over the horizon.

Naruto walked towards the wooden rails located on the side of the Thousand Sunny. With every step he took, he was slowly gaining the attention of each member of the pirate crew. By the time he jumped up on the wooden rails, the rest of the crew had gathered behind him.

"What's he doing?" Zoro questioned sceptical.

"Hey!What are you doing? It's not safe for up there!" Nami yelled fully concerned for the blond. But Naruto remained where he stood.

"Ahh! Your injuries haven't healed yet! You need to rest!" Chopper begged.

"It's okay Doctor Chopper, I feel fine. Let me do this to repay your kindness and treatment." Naruto replied calmly with a small smile on his lips

"D-do what?" Luffy quizzed nervously.

The blond jinjuriki turned around to face the entire crew who all had baffled expressions on their faces. Naruto stared right into Luffy's eyes then gave him grin that even he could be proud of.

In the blink of an eye, everything about Naruto had changed. His entire body from head to toes was engulf in an orange aura with black markings. His hair was longer and his eyes turned from ocean blue to blood red with slits. This aura also gave Naruto a cloak on his back, though it was hard to distinguish what was clothes any more.

Unknowing to the astonished pirates, Naruto had just entered full kyuubi mode.

The only major difference between his look now and the time he fought in the Fourth shinobi war was that this form was enlightened by orange chakra not bright yellow.

"OOHHHH SUGOI!" Luffy, Usopp and Chopper screamed with stars in their eyes as they witnessed Naruto's new form.

The rest of the crew was left motionless from wonder. They could feel his strange overpowering aura coursing through them, it wasn't a threatening type of overpowering; quite the opposite in fact. The aura gave the pirates a heightened sense of warmth and protection.

It took a few seconds for the navigator to gather her thoughts well enough to form a sensible sentence.

"B-But how? W-who are you?" Nami managing to stutter one of the hundreds of questions in her mind.

Naruto couldn't help but chuckle at the sight of the variety of their reactions. "I'll tell you guys later but first..." he slowly turned around to face the enemy ship, "I've got to take care of that thing."

Everyone watched in awe and anticipation as Naruto took his battle stance and steadied his right hand. The Straw Hats suddenly heard a strange spiralling noise, but their jaws hit the deck when they witnessed a blue spherical object in Naruto's right hand manifesting itself from nothing but thin air.

However, the pirates couldn't enjoy the sight for too long as it was followed by an ear grinding screech originating from the spherical object.

Covering their ears with the palm of their hands, they soon noticed that the strange object was no longer a small, blue and circular but was now much larger and lighter in colour with four blade-like shapes that were spinning around the sphere at insane speeds.

The blond shinobi checked on the pirates once again and spoke.

The crew didn't hear what Naruto said to them but if their lip reading skills hadn't betrayed them, it looked like he said something along the lines of 'I'll be back in a flash.'

In a heartbeat, Naruto disappeared into thin air. No one could explain it or even saw him move, he just vanished from existence. The ringing noise from their covered ears stopped.

They removed their hands from their ears and tried to think of an explanation of what just occurred. But before they could even speak, the crew heard a distant explosion far into the horizon. All was present was a huge, white, dome shaped explosion where the enemy ship was located.

Mouths open, eyes widen, dry throats and frozen bodies. A couple seconds passed, an orange flash that manifested into Naruto. He looked at the pirates in questioning.

"Are you guys alright?" He tilting his head to the side, puzzled as to why they were so star struck.

The jinjuriki deactivated kyuubi mode, extinguishing the orange chakra around his body. Meanwhile, the crew snapped out of their state when Naruto returned to his original form.

"Sugooii!"

"That was so cool!"

"Are you a devil fruit user?"

"How did you do that?"

"Who are you?"

Naruto pull an innocent little smile and scratching the back of his head while hearing comment after comment, questions after questions from the small group of pirates.

The sage chuckled before replying. "That's a lot of questions, I would love to answer them but I really need to find the answ-"

[DUM DUM]

A heart stopping sensation of pain struck Naruto's chest and blurred his field of vision. He instantly lost his centre of balance and the sensation of his body. The small breeze on his face told him he was falling.

The Straw Hats gasped in horror as they witness him fall unconscious mid-sentence.

"Are you alright?!"

"What happened?!"

"Oi! orange guy!"

"Quickly! Let's get him inside!"

The Konoha shinobi crashed on the floor face first, vaguely hearing multiple, distinct, echoing voices in the background. These voices slowly became incoherent whispers that ultimately became nothing to Naruto as deep dark unconsciousness consumed him.

An Unertain Amount of Hours Later 

Eyes twitching, eyebrows scrunching, voice grunting, Naruto could feel himself slowly returning from his unconscious state. His whole body felt heavy and sore, and it took a considerable amount of effort to create any form of movement.

Feeling the strain from attempting to move, he slowly began to open his eyes to identify what was causing the irritating pain. It took a short while for his sight to readjust, as soon as it did, he found himself staring at a wooden ceiling.

Naruto pushed himself up to sit upright, though he was met with the tightness and soreness from every inch of his being.

Having recovered from the said pain, he finally noticed that the soft material he was laying on was a bed underneath the covers.

Worried about his current situation, he analysed his surroundings. Finding a work desk and chair, documents, stationeries a flower pot, a notice board and the exit.

The nine tails jinjuriki sighed in relief, although he had no idea where he was or what he was doing here, he felt a sense of relief since he was somewhere relatively safe. Feeling content with his environment, he checked himself and see the extent of his injuries. To Naruto's surprise, he found his upper body lacking both clothes and bandages. His bare skin glowed in the light and felt moist upon touch as if he was sweating profoundly.

However, the issue of a lack of a shirt was quickly dismissed when the blond attempted to move his right leg out of the covers. Investigating further, he soon realised his was only in his black boxers.

Genuinely confused at his new attire, he slipped both legs out the covers and placed his feet onto the cold, white, tiled floor. Elbows on knees, palms on temples, fingers scratching hair and scalp with his eyes closed shut.

'Okay, okay, think! I'm in a room that looks like some sort of office. I'm almost naked and I don't know where I am. Think brain! What's the last thing I remember...'

A small eye popping gasp escaped his mouth when flashes of images of his latest memories played in his head. The incident with Kakashi and Sakura, the conversation with the talking reindeer, the ship he destroyed, and the orange haired women named Nami and how he collapse from chakra exhaustion. The scratching on his head stopped and replaced by clenched fist with smooth blond hair intertwined within his fingers.

'So that's how I ended up here. Those guys must have helped me again.' The feeling of guilt ran through his veins for being such a burden to these nice people.

'I should probably thank them and ask my questions as soon as possible. The longer I stay here the more worried everyone in the village will be.'

Naruto eased the hold on his golden locks and stood of the bed. He walked around the small room in his black boxers in search for his clothes. He couldn't help but feel embarrassed and extremely awkward striding around in an unknown room with such little material. He looked around the desk which had his weapons pouch and kunai holster on it. Under the bed, in the bed, on the chair, but nothing. His clothes were nowhere to be found.

He turned his back away from the door to check if his materials were at the back of the room. Quickly discovering it was empty, he sighed in disappointment.

The door creaked ever so quietly and was followed by the distinct sound of clothes being dropped. The blonds eyes widened from shock and he could swear a bead of sweat ran down his back.

Naruto finally found the courage to meet his new visitor, he gradually turned around to face them with his turning a few shades darker.

"Ohh... hey."

10 minutes ago

"Oooohhh, that shower was nice." said a very content orange haired navigator while wrapping herself in a white towel and heading to her bedroom, leaving a wet trail across the floor.

Nami opened her huge wardrobe that was designed for two people and stared at its contents.

'Mmm, Oh! That looks cute with that!' She thought to herself, finalising her attire.

She walked in front of a mirror next to the wardrobe and swayed her body left to right to gain a full view of herself. Feeling content, she stopped her swaying then headed out of her room to search for a certain someone.

Kitchen

"Chopper, there you are!" Nami exclaimed with relief.

The reindeer released the straw from his juice box and snapped into attention. Usopp sat across the doctor with Sanji in the kitchen making preparations for dinner.

"Hey Nami. What's up, is everything okay?"

The tangerine lover stood behind Usopp.

"Yeah everything's fine. I just wanted to ask how our new guest was doing." Nami questioned cheerfully.

"He should be fine. I believe he fainted from extreme exhaustion and fatigue. He's been asleep since yesterday but he should wake up in another day or two." Chopper smiled confidently.

Nami didn't know why but she suddenly felt a massive sense of relief before she spoke with a smile, "Oh, that's great news."

She then turned her head to say her greetings to Sanji, but then she saw a neat pile of orange and black clothes on the counter.

"A-are those all his clothes?" Nami asked with an embarrassing stutter.

"Oh I forgot! I wanted to leave that in the office before he woke up." Chopper said.

"But why do you have all of his clothes, Chopper?" The doctor furrowed his eye brows in confusion.

"Because he was showing signs of fever. So I had to remove most of his clothes so that he could sweat the fever out before it did any more damage."

Nami paused then nodded in understanding. "Oh I see. Well don't worry. I'll put these into the office so you can rest. You've been working so hard to help him, you deserve some rest too."

She grabbed the pile of clothes and left the kitchen to make her way to the Doctor's office.

Meanwhile, Usopp and Chopper were staring at each other baffled.

"Hey Usopp, why is Nami being so kind to that Naruto? She'd usually be the first to ignore strangers wouldn't she?"

"Yeah, you're right. She is acting a little weird."

The navigator began humming a tune and walking down the corridors of the Thousand Sunny, holding a neat pile of clothes with both arms in front of her. Seeing the doors of the doctor's office, she unconsciously stopped the humming and decreased the pace of her strides.

She told herself to be quiet just in case she woke the patient up. She was now a few steps away from the office doors when she thought she heard sounds of movement coming from within the room.

'Huh? Is someone in there? No, it must be my imagination. Chopper said he won't be up for another day or two. And I know I saw everyone else outside so it can't be them?'

She quietly took a few more steps towards the door. Releasing her left hand's hold on the pile of clothes, Nami grabbed the doorknob and gently pulled.

"Ohh... hey."

Nami instantly felt his clothes slip off her right hand as her body froze from shock and embarrassment. Her eyes widened and jaw dropped ever so lightly. She was stunned, speechless and mortified all at the same time. Her mouth stuttered desperately trying to release any form of words but she could not find them.

Naruto stood tall, his hair a little messy from a day of sleep and every muscle on his body was tight from soreness making him look even more defined. Nami wanted to take her eyes of him but the shock in her veins prevented her from doing so.

She was brought back from her thoughts when she noticed a strange mark on his left shoulder. 'Is that a tattoo? How can I have not seen it earlier?'

She quickly mentally slapped herself, 'Oh, yeah. A tattoo, that's what I'm worrying about.' 

at this time, Naruto already had a mystified look on his face and wondering why she had dropped his clothes on the floor.

Nami noticed his confused face which snapped her out of her astonished condition. Realising she was staring for too long, the girl grew an instant blush.

A gasp escaped her lips before covering her brown eye with her hand, "Wh-what are you doing up?! Why are you dressed like that?!" She shouted defensively to hide her mortification.

Naruto narrowed his eyes, "Uhh, because you have my clothes?" He teased with sarcasm.

She looked down onto the floor, seeing his onceneat pile of clothes. With her eyes still covered, she bent down as fast as she could to gather his belongings.

She shot right back up and offered his clothes, "Quickly, take it, you can't stay like that for ever ya know." The orange haired beauty mummbled with annoyance and embarrassment.

Naruto pulled a small smile from the corner of his mouth after hearing the words 'ya know.' Flashbacks of his mother returned to his mind which always lifted his spirits.

"Oh, yeah, sorry about that." Naruto laughed to himself and walked over to Nami, feeling more and more self conscious about his lack of cover.

As he drew closer, Naruto realised this was the first time he had the chance to get a proper look at her, a proper look at any one of the Straw Hats for that matter.

Nami wore a tight pink vest that highlighted her defined collarbone, well-endowed chest, blue tattoo on her shoulder and hour glass figure with petite arms. She also wore a pair of light blue short shorts that revealed plenty of her perfectly soft legs.

Acknowledging the attractiveness of this orange haired girl, Naruto couldn't help but feel even more self conscious about how much skin he had on show.

Finally, he reached out and took hold of his clothes and pulled it closer to his chest.

Nami quickly turned around and uncover her face, "There's a shower down the hall to the left that you can use. There should be fresh towels hung behind the door." Nami said anxiously.

Naruto nodded in appreciation.

"When you're done, you can come to the kitchen. Sanji is almost done with dinner. Just walk past these doors and make your first right." The navigator instructed.

"Okay. Thanks again, for helping me." Naruto said gratefully, looking at her long orange hair.

Nami grew a small smiled and began to walk away; she raised her right arm and waved goodbye, "No problem but just don't tell anyone about this or I'll have to fine you." Nami responded playfully but totally serious.

The sight of Nami's bright orange hair walking further and further away triggered a familiar voice within Naruto.

"What do you think you're doing, Naruto?!" Kurama snapped.

"What?" He questioned the huge fox.

"How are you going to let a beautiful girl like that slip through your fingers?"

"Who? Nami?"

"Yes of course her! Don't you see that she's the perfect girl for you to finally get over that Sakura?"

Kurama's point caused Naruto to pause for a moment.

"Perfect girl? I don't know about tha-"

"Hmph! Spare me the bullshit, I thought you said you hated people who lied to themselves. Yet here you are doing just that."

A blushing Naruto looked away and pouted.

"And don't forget we share the same body and mind, I know what type of girls you like so stop messing around a make a move already!" Kurama strongly advised.

Naruto huffed. "Just because she's my type doesn't mean I'll automatically like her! Stupid fox. And besides, I'm not going to force myself to like anyone just to get over Sakura." Naruto said as he pinched his chin. "But, she is cute and interesting, definitely never met a girl like her before, I guess getting to know her wouldn't hurt?"

After Naruto regained consciousness, he noticed that in the time his conversation with Kurama, Nami had only taken a couple of steps away from him.

Trying to sound assertive and cool, he managed to think of something to extend the conversation.

"I like your tattoo by the way, mind if you tell me about it someday?"

Nami felt her whole body stop after his compliment of the tattoo that meant the world to her. She quickly grew a blushed face but continued walking.

"Thanks, and alright. Only if you tell me about yours, too." she replied with a hint of teasing, strolling down the corridor with a cheeky smile.

'Yup, definitely never met a girl like you before.'

15 minutes later. Kitchen/Dining Room

Naruto entered through the wooden doors, all freshen up in his new cleaned clothes. He wore his usual orange trousers, a loose black vest that displayed his arms and tattoo and black shinobi sandals . However, his jacket was nowhere to be found.

The sound of cutleries rubbing against plates instantly ceased. The blond found himself in front of the entire pirate crew who had already begun dinner.

Naruto tightened and adjusted the headband on his forehead, "Umm, hello?" He said with an awkward smile.

The pirates all had bewildered looks on their faces as like they just saw something utterly impossible, "So Nami wasn't kidding, you are awake." Luffy said in surprised whilst chewing his food.

"But- how are you doing this!?" Chopper asked completely clueless. "You shouldn't even be conscious let alone be able to walk around?!" The doctor added in bewilderment.

"Our guest sure is full of surprises." Brook commented with his usual laugh.

Naruto nervously laughed to himself. "Yeaahh, I can explain that."

Franky turned around in his seat, "What happened to you yesterday? You looked fine one second then the next you were out cold?" He quizzed, truly concerned for his health.

"I guess my injuries were a lot more serious than I thought." Naruto laughed, scratching his check with a finger, "But I'm 100% fine now thanks to you, Doctor Chopper. Thanks for taking care of my injuries again, I really appreciate it."

Everyone else pulled a warm smile as they put all their worries of this visitor to rest.

"Well then, take a seat you, don't want to eat cold food do you?" Asked Sanji who had his eyes on the food.

Naruto looked ahead and saw an empty chair in on the end of the long rectangular table which had a shiny white plate with cutleries on each side already waiting for him.

"Sure, thanks."

By the time Naruto sat down, everyone had already continued with their meals and previous conversations. He felt relieved that he wasn't being deeply observed like some sort of laboratory experiment. After some time, the blond looked around the table to renew his memories of the pirates' face, names and abilities. The first person he studied was the straw hat wearing captain.

'So Luffy is the captain of this ship and crew. I guess that sort of makes him the Hokage here.' The shinobi then looked to his left and tried to remember the names to the faces.

'If I remember correctly that's Usopp, Zoro, Brook and next to me is Sanji.' 

He looked to his right hand side and refresh his memory. 'Mmm, I know that's Chopper, Robin, Nami and this big guy here is Franky.'

The navigator looked to her left and noticed Naruto was deeply observing the entire crew. Her stare at the blond was almost like an invisible poke as it gained his attention almost instantly. She pulled a small reassuring smile and nod to tell that he need not worry and should eat.

Naruto returned a similar smile and nod and began to place all types of food on to his plate.

Dinner was nearly finished and people were a few bites away from finishing their meal. The atmosphere in the Thousand Sunny kitchen was cheerful and in high spirit. There were laughs, jokes and smiles all around the table. Luffy was making funny faces the bones of his meat, Nami scolded him for playing with his food, Brook was burping occasionally, and Sanji and Zoro had their billionth argument.

It was normal and happy evening in the Straw Hat ship, even Naruto was laughing along with this most bizarre group of people. Despite his worries of where he was and his missing teammates, he was having fun.

After releasing an audible laugh to one of Luffy's jokes, everyone's eyes magnetised to Naruto's seat. The blond felt a sudden jolt down his spine as nine individuals gave him their absolute attention.

"So? Where are you from Naruto?" Luffy asked innocently.

"Huh? Oh um…" Before Naruto could even process the captain's question, the blond was astonished by the oncoming rain of other questions from the rest of the crew.

"Yeah and which devil fruit did you eat?"

"What did you do to that ship yesterday?"

"How did you change your clothes so fast?"

"You were the one who blew that ship up right?"

"What was that thing in your han-"

"Ahem."

The entire table came to a standstill. Silence brewed in the air and all focus was now on the raven haired archaeologist.

"I'm sorry for interrupting everyone but I think our overwhelmed blond friend here is the one wanting to ask the questions. Isn't right, Naruto-san?" Robin smiled comfortingly.

The blond shinobi looked into Robin's eyes and nodded thankfully. He sighed in relief that the bombardment of questions had stopped, though the feeling of relief was quickly exchanged for seriousness.

"Okay, I guess my first question is, where am I?"

Robin answered softly, "You are in the second half of the Grand Line, The New World."

The entire crew watched patiently for Naruto's reaction. They expected him to freak out knowing he just landed on the most dangerous sea in the world. However, what they saw was quite the opposite.

Naruto's eyebrows creased and head tilted with a silly confused look on his whisker marked face, "Grand Line? New World? What's that?"

"WHAAATT?!" screamed everyone except Robin.

Naruto jerked backwards from the sudden screams of eight stunned individuals, the way they reacted made him feel like he was the stupidest person on earth.

"Oi Chopper, check his head again maybe he lost his memories or something?" Zoro asked.

"How do you not know The Grand Line?! It's only the greatest sea in the world!" Usopp explained.

Robin leaned forward, "That's the thing Nose-san, maybe Naruto-san isn't from this world." She paused and steadied herself for her next comment, "Or this dimension for that matter."

A small eye popping gasped escaped everyone's mouth after listening to Robins comment. Meanwhile, Naruto was frozen solid in his chair, staring deeply at the tall black haired women, unable to think of a reasonable reply.

"What do you mean, Robin-chan?" Sanji replied, also leaning closer into the table.

"I believe that Naruto-san is not from this world."

Every living thing in the room felt their heart work a little harder, the air around the table somehow felt a little colder.

Everyone had a look of horror and uncertainty on their face but no one felt more confused than Nami, "Hey wait a second Robin; are you saying he's an alien?" she looked over to her left to see a startled Naruto.

Robin giggled at her friend's comment before responding, "Does he look like an alien Nami?"

The tangerine lover looked at the blond's sculpted features and sapphire orbs, "No...But what do you mean by he is not from this world?" Naruto observed the two Straw Hat ladies. Thankful for him, the two ladies were the ones having the conversation as he was too speechless to have.

"After Naruto-san collapsed, I did some research in the library to confirm what I thought was the explanation for his unexpected arrival."

"And what did you find?" Nami questioned her roommate.

"I found a theory. The Dimension Window theory that states that there are an infinite number of dimensions or universes. And these universes are stacked up next to one another like books on a shelf. It seems that Naruto-san somehow left his book and ended up on ours."

All of a sudden Naruto dashed out of his seat and grabbed with edge of the table with force. "WHERE'S YOUR PROOF!? THIS. CAN'T BE. I'M-"

The whole crew jerked in shock from the blond's sudden eruption. Muscles tensed and alarms were raised. They knew Naruto single handedly destroyed a massive pirate ship, so they were slightly afraid of him.

Sanji tensed his legs and Zoro reached for Shuusui. Robin darted from her seat with her arms reached and palms facing Naruto.

"Naruto-san, please remain calm. I know it doesn't make sense but please let me explain." The raven haired women pleaded with concern and sympathy. The enraged blond looked at Robin's concerned expression.

Turning his attention on to the rest of the Straw hat pirates who looked prepared for a fight. He swallowed and inhaled. All the built up energy within him gradually faded and he slowly found himself sitting on his chair, though his hands remained gripped on the table.

"I'm sorry to say this but I believe you have entered into another universe by breaking through a dimension window." Robin explained, sitting back down on her chair. Naruto looked at her in a way that signalled her to continue with her explanation.

"There have only been a handful of people who had ever said to have witness a dimension window. Last night I came across a 150 year old journal from a researcher who was labelled mentally unstable because he wrote about a strange crack in the sky. Sounds familiar? This researcher wrote on his journal about how he had travelled through the air and into a new world, this world to be precise. He told people about the phenomenon but no one believed him. They thought he was crazy and ignored the poor man. In the journal, he had theorised that that crack in the air is caused when two dimensions came into contact and left a scar, the crack you saw was that scar. Naruto-san, I believe you have forced your way into that scar and ended up here."

The room quickly filled with a spine tingling silence as everyone absorb Robin's explanation. Naruto's face turned pale, realising the truth of his situation. He was in a different universe.

His mind was in the middle of an inner conflict between rational reasoning and biased opinions. Deep down he didn't want to accept the fact that he was transported into a whole new world. But he could tell from Robin's sincere tone that she wasn't lying, she had no reason to. Naruto stared down on to the white table cloth, unable to interpret his emotions. Confusion, denial, sorrow and astonishment all felt like they were rolled up into one big emotion.

"Is, is there a way back?" Naruto asked with fear. Though the tone in his voice sounded like he already knew the answer.

Robin lowered her head in grave disappointment, "I am so sorry. Dimension Windows are not something that just occurs every other day, nor can it be artificial produced. They are a naturally occurring phenomenon that no one can predict. I'm sorry, I'm afraid you're stuck here."

His chest experienced shots of pain as soon as Robin stopped talking. The last sentence dropped on Naruto like a ton of bricks. The entire Straw Hat crew stared at him with eyes of sympathy and concern.

Despite the emotional war raging within him, Naruto was able to think relatively clearly.

'This is totally crazy, there's no way, but... that would explain everything. How I ended up here. Why Kakashi-sensei and Sakura are missing, why I can't sense chakra from anyone. I guess I really am in a different universe. There must be a way back, there must be! Whatever it is, I will find it, and also I know Kakashi-sensei, Baa-chan and the others won't give up in finding me.'

With that thought, a new ray of hope enlightened Naruto. He felt a sudden shift of emotions. He felt reassured and hopeful. It had been a while since anyone had spoken since Robin's explanation and some of the pirates' patience was running thin. Just before Sanji was about to break the silence, Nami's voice rung in everyone's ears.

"Hey, are you okay?"

Naruto was brought back from his thoughts and turned his gaze away from the table and into the eyes of the orange haired navigator. "Yeah, yeah I'm okay. It's just a lot to take in, ya know." Naruto said weakly with a half-smile that fooled no one.

"You sure?" Nami asked with more demand.

"Yeah, really. I'll figure something out ha-ha." The blond replied with laugh and a bigger more convincing smile, rubbing the back of his head in the process.

The crew was astonished at the stranger's laidback reaction. It was unbelievable for someone to be so carefree knowing they just lost everything they once knew. But not wanting to spoil the new, more up lifting mood, everyone chose to follow Naruto's emotional lead.

"You know we're here to listen if you ever need to talk." Nami explained as assuring as she could to comfort Naruto who was obviously masking his emotions.

"Thanks, I'll keep that in mind." Naruto answered, causing both Straw Hat ladies to smile.

"So, I guess since you answered my questions, it's only fair that I answer yours, fire away." Naruto declared openly.

The pirates gave each other questioning looks wondering who should ask and most importantly what to ask. Eye brows were raised and heads shook in refusal. However, since Luffy was captain, the questioning looks eventually targeted him.

Luffy noticed and decided to take responsibility. He looked forward to where Naruto was sitting right across the rectangular table.

"Who are you?" The captain asked plainly.

The whole crew stared at Luffy like he just asked the most stupid question in the world. But then they realized that they really have no clue who this guy really was, especially now knowing that he was from an entire different universe.

Everyone's eyes slowly turned to Naruto who adjusted his headband.

"My name is Naruto Uzu... I mean, Namikaze. A shinobi from the Hidden Leaf Village, the son of the Fourth Hokage and the jinjuriki of the Nine-tailed Demon Fox." Naruto answered proudly.

Although he had known his true heritage years ago, he was still adjusting to the fact that his surname was truly Namikaze.

Looking at the faces across the table, the pirates looked at him like he grew a second head and had spoken in alien language.

The silence was broken by four astounded voices.

"Did you say SHINOBI?!" Luffy, Chopper, Brook and Usopp shouted in amazement with stars in their eyes and practically drooling on the floor.

"Yeah. Oh right, you probably don't have shinobi in this dimension, do you?"

"I'm sorry Naruto-san, but I think I speak for everyone here when I say we don't have a clue what you said." Robin half joked with her fingers covering her mouth to hide her giggle.

"Oh I guess you're right. I'm sorry." Naruto smiled apologetically. "I think it's best to start from the beginning..."

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