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Chapter 4

The Straw Hats overwhelmed faces shifted to one of joy and acceptance. Despite not knowing him very long, Luffy trusted him and wanted him on his crew. The rest of the Mugiwara pirates valued their captain's judgement, especially in people. Brook is fine example of that. So instead of protesting, the crew smiled along with their captain and welcomed their new nakama with open arms.

"See, I told you Luffy gets what he wants." Sanji said, setting food on the table.

"Well at least he's strong, unlike the other blond on this ship." Zoro stared directly at the cook.

"You talking about me you green headed bastard?!"

As Zoro's and Sanji's verbal abuse played in the background, everyone else gathered around Naruto to welcome him to their crew.

Nami stood by and watched their smiling faces and was relieved at how quickly they accepted him as one of their own.

The navigator took a silent moment to herself to relive the conversation she had with her room-mate several hours ago.

'Nami, you may find him attractive, yes. You're being honest and that's good, but you and I both know that you only met two days ago. Everything you're feeling is probably all physical. Just slow down for a second and get to know him better before you do anything. Remember, he is from a completely different world and what he really needs now are stable friends that will help him through this transition.'

She took a bite of her meal as Naruto and the rest returned back to their seats.

'Robin's right, it's probably just physical. I think I've been hanging around these idiots for too long.' She sighed heavily, 'Besides, he's my nakama now. What he really needs are friends that will support him.'

Naruto gazed above his plate and saw a distracted Nami who looked conflicted with whatever she was thinking. He gently taps her shin with the end of his sandals in an attempt to bring her back into the room. The girl jerked in her seat then shook her head, she looked across to see who it was that kicked her and what she found was a concerned blond.

She simply smiled and nodded then continued with breakfast.

Luffy all of a sudden stood from his seat, "Hey Franky, after we eat why don't you show Naruto the rest of the ship?" He suggested with half chewed food in his mouth.

"That's a SUPER idea!"

"I want to come!" Usopp and Chopper added energetically.

"I would like to tag along too if you don't mind?" asked Robin, surprising the entire room.

"That's not like you, Robin?" Nami asking the entire crews question, making the archaeologist giggled,

"it's not every day you get a chance to meet someone from another universe."

30 minutes later

"You guys ready?" Franky asked, punching the air in excitement.

"YEAH!" screamed Usopp and Chopper while Naruto and Robin finished their conversation about his shinobi life.

From the corner of his eye, the jinjuriki spotted a sunbathing navigator in her multicoloured bikini. The mouthwatering sight forced him to take a second to admire her figure, though he quickly banished the thoughts and called out,

"Nami! Come with us?" He yelled across the ship.

She lowered her sunglasses and waved to the small group. "It's okay! I'm good here!"

Naruto slowly nodded in understanding as an over excited cyborg screamed,. "Alright guys, lets begin the tour!"

Sunny's Head

"Luffy, I need to speak to you."

The rubber man shots his head around to the new voice.

"Huh? Oh hey Nami, what's up?"

She sits beside him on top of the Sunny's head gazing into the horizon. The two shared a calm relaxing moment of silence.

"So..." She interrupted that blissful silence, "guess our crew just got a little bigger."

"It's great, right? I can't wait for our next adventure!" The captain exclaimed with a huge grin. Though that grin hastily vanished when he noticed to concern in her eyes.

"You okay? You're not feeling sick again are you?"

"What? No. It's not that. It's just, there's something important I need to talk to you about."

Something in her voice caused Luffy to frown. He shifted in his position so he could face her legs crossed.

Nami quickly her captains sudden interest and this brought a new batch anxiousness.

"The thing is..." She looked down to her lap to avoid eye contact, "Well, earlier, Naruto told me that he will only join if we accept one condition."

"Huh? What do you mean... condition?"

She took a long deep breath to prepare herself. It had been on her mind for hours but she really didn't know how her captain, who she has known for years, would react next.

"He said, he would join the crew under one condition, and that condition is that if there is any chance for him to go back to his world, he would."

Several moments of uncertain silence passed.

"Is that it?" He asked casually.

Nami's eyes widened from shock, "Well, yeah? So you're not mad?"

"No? why would I be mad?" He tilted his head in confusion.

"Being a member of a pirate crew means that you're committed no matter what! You usually can't just decide to leave when you like it!" She protested.

"If it were anyone else, then yeah probably I'd get mad. But not him... he's special." Luffy spoke sincerely.

"Special? What do you mean by that?"

"Hmm, how can I say this..." He pinched his chinned and wondered intensely, "Ah, I got it! If I got separated from you and the others..." He almost shivered from the thought, "I would do exactly what he is doing."

Nami glared at him in disbelief, she couldn't comprehend how mature, simple and obvious his answer was.

She mentally slapped herself worrying about it too much, "Luffy..."

He gave her a contagious face splitting grin that eased her heart, "Now that that's settled..." the boy faced the beautiful blue horizon, "How long till we get to the next island?"

"Oh yeah, that's the other thing I came here to talk to you about." She studied her log pose, "this thing here is saying that we should be arriving at the next island sometime today, but we need to plan on what to do when we get there."

Nodding in silence, the captain agreed. He stood up from his seat as Nami watched in questioning.

Luffy turned around and inhaled deeply, "Everyone! Come out here!"

Main Deck

The crew gathered on the main deck minutes after Luffy's call.

Ultimately, it was Nami who addressed the group. "Alright everyone, listen up. We should be arriving at the next island in several hours and we need a plan on who's getting what as soon as we get there."

The crew nodded in understand as the navigator continued, "Due to unfortunate circumstances that happened at in the last island thanks to our idiot captain, we are severely lacking in essentials. So, as soon as we dock, Sanji and Brook, you guys are in charge of stocking up our fridge for two weeks' worth of food, we don't know how long till we get to the next island so better be prepared. Chopper, medical supplies, Usopp, help Franky carry any equipment he needs for repairs on the ship and don't forget about the cola. Luffy, since Naruto is new to this, why don't you show him around the island, and please avoid getting into trouble. Most importantly, Zoro, guard the ship, and don't sleep on the job!"

The crew members nodded again, this timein acknowledgement of their assigned duties, all except Zoro, the swordsman gritted his teeth from Nami's hurtful but valid joke.

"And what are you two gonna do once we get there?" Zoro asked lividly, glaring at the two ladies of the ship.

"We..." Nami linked arm with Robin's. "are going shopping of course!"

7 hours later

A mysterious man staring down a pair of binoculars was watching the wide ocean horizon. 'Jeez, why do I always get stuck with patrol duty?' He sighed heavily.

The man continued his search further until he saw dot on the far horizon. Alarmed, he zoomed the sight on his binoculars to figure out what he saw was a ship. His eyes widened as soon as he saw the infamous Jolly Roger attached to said ship.

'Th- that's the Straw Hat Pirates! Ohh, the boss is so gonna reward me when I tell him that they are here.' The mysterious man smirked then fled to an unknown location.

10 minutes later

Arriving at their destination, the crew, with the exception of Zoro, disembarked from Sunny and began walking the long pier towards inland.

"Okay guys, you know what to do. We meet back here in two hours."

"Yeah, yeah can we go now, Nami? Me and Naruto are gonna find something to eat, apparently he loves ramen just as much as I love meat." Luffy said grinning.

"I find that hard to believe." Nami teased sceptically, "Just remember, two hours on the dot. We gotta start preparing for the party soon."

Naruto twitched, "Um, there's gonna be a party? What's the occasion?"

Everyone present fix their attention at the blond with a small smile. "You of course!" They voiced in perfect unison.

Naruto's mind felt itself freeze for a moment to allow itself to process. Once it did, a warm feeling clung in his chest from his new nakama's friendly welcoming.

"You guys, I'm flattered but you don't have to do this." He protested embarrassingly.

Sanji placed a reassuring hand on Naruto's shoulder, "Don't worry about it, and besides, we're pirates. We try to find any excuse to party and drink."

"Yup- " Nami added, "It's been a while since I showed these boys how to drink, I'm scared that they might forget who's boss." She smirked smugly before grabbing Robin's arm, who was giggling at the men's mortified faces.

"Robin and I are going to do a little shopping now... later!" The ladies walked away from the group, cheekily waving goodbye.

Naruto was still confused over Nami's drinking comment. Observing from the male's awkward expressions, he had to ask, "Can a small girl like Nami out drink you guys?" He asked whilst suprising a chuckle.

Usopp answered with darkened eyes, "You have no idea."

1 Hour Later

After an hour's worth of exploration of his new environment, Naruto had begun to slowly accept his new life and role as a straw hat member.

Luffy was telling him stories of their past adventures in between food shops. He heard it all before but it was interesting to hear it from the man who did all of the main fighting; and from what he has been told from Luffy's past battles, he couldn't wait till he can get a piece of the action.

Peace was maintained on all elemental nations and smaller countries after the Fourth Great Shinbi War, which was great and all but that also meant a huge cut in A to S class missions. This left Naruto with no one to push him to the limit, sure there was Sasuke, but that guy couldn't lift a finger without the Anbu reaching for their swords. So sparing with him was out of the question. Therefore, Naruto used all of this free time to do one thing and one thing only. Train.

If there's one thing that's constant throughout the shinobi world is its unpredictability. Naruto wasn't as clueless as people thought him to be, he was more than aware that at any moment conflict between nations is possible at a drop of a dime. So he vowed to himself that if that unfortunate day ever comes, he'd be more than ready to protect his village.

Combining his mass shadow clones training style with the fact that he didn't need to worry about the nine tail's chakra causing a rampage, Naruto trained relentlessly to master new powerful ninjutsu and fighting styles.

However, he wouldn't show his crew members any of that until the opportunity presents itself. Besides, he loved the look of shock on their faces when they see something they thought should be impossible.

1 hour 45 minutes later/Thousand Sunny

"Jeez-" Usopp complained, "Nami was the one who demanded everyone to meet back on the ship in two hours but she's the one who's late."

"Everyone's been waiting for 45 minutes now but they still haven't come back. I wonder if they're okay?" Chopper added his two cent.

Zoro slowly stood up from the floor. "That's it, I'm going to find them. I need to stretch my legs anyway."

"Alright, but that means someone will have to go and find you later as well." Sanji mocked dryly.

The swordsman pretended not to hear that because he truly wanted to walk his dead legs off. He continued to walk across the deck until he heard Usopp shout.

"Hey guys! Look, its Robin!"

Minutes later

Robin climbed up the ship and greeted everyone with a concerned look.

"Hey Robin, what's wrong? why are you so late and... where's Nami?" Luffy asked worryingly, not liking the expression on her face.

The rest of the crew were about to add their opinions, but her expression silenced them.

"I... I." Robin stammered, "I think Nami has been taken, I'm sorry Luffy."

Silence fell on the pirate ship as 8 shaken figures tried to process Robin's words.

Wide eyed with clenched fists, Luffy broke that silence, "What do you mean she's been taken? You were with her the whole time! how did this happen?!"

Robin lowered her head in shame. "We were. But an hour after we left the ship, Nami said she needed to use the restroom but she never came back. When I checked to see if she was alright but she wasn't there." She explained solemnly, "From the very beginning, I had the suspicion that someone was following us, though I thought it was just me being paranoid. I guess I was wrong I'm so sorry captain. I've looked for her for nearly 2 hours but she was nowhere to be found."

The captain did his best to remain calm and think of their next course of action, but he was failing. Images of the horrible things that could be happening to his navigator at this very moment was haunting him and no one hurts one of his nakama and gets away with it, he vowed to himself that whoever did this won't live to see tomorrow.

"Do you think it's the Marines?" Usopp quizzed worringly.

Robin shook her head. "Very unlikely, if it were the Marines then I'm sure they would have gone for me, not Nami. It must be other pirates or bounty hunters."

Brook spoke, "Robin-san is right, we need to find Nami-san before they sail her away from the island."

"That won't happen." Everyone's questioning eyes shifted to Sanji, "Whoever they are, they saw Nami-san and Robin-chan together but only targeted Nami, don't you guys find that strange?

Everyone contemplated in silence.

Sanji took the silence as a sign to continue, "It means they only ever needed one of them, they purposely let Robin-chan go so she could inform us that Nami is missing, hoping that will drag us out to the city to find her. In other words, they are using Nami-san as bait to lure us in then take us out."

Zoro grunted in irritants, "Some people these days have some nerve to think they can take us out just like that."

"Don't forget swordsman-san, our crews bounty exceeds 800,000,000 beli, pirates and especially bounty hunters would do anything to get their hands on that type of money." Robin replied.

Luffy had enough, he wanted payback. "Everyone, let's bring Nami back and kick the guys ass who's responsible for this."

The rest of the pirates shared their captain's expression and all nodded then began to walk, all except one.

"Wait!"

8 figures turned instantly to face the voice.

"What is it Naruto-san? We don't have much time, Nami-san is in danger." Brook questioned in confusion.

"I know that but you are all forgetting one crucial thing." Naruto responded.

Sanji exhaled smoke out of his lungs. "And what's that?"

"Robin said she searched for Nami for nearly two hours but still failed to do so, that means we have no clue where she is and who is dumb enough to take her hostage."

Naruto paused to see if they understood where he was going with this, though all he saw were blank faces.

"So wouldn't it be easier to know EXACTLY where she is first before advancing? Rather than splitting up in groups and search aimlessly, which will not only reduce each groups' survival and mission success rate but would also be time consuming."

Naruto mentally cursed himself for sounding too much like a jounin captain. He was a pirate now. He had to learn to adjust.

Luffy spoke for the group, "Yeah of course it would! But there's no way to know exactly where she is?"

Naruto smirked with confidence,"And that's where I come in."

He graceful shifted into the lotus position and carried on with the proceedings.

The pirates stared intensely as Naruto sat motionless, completely oblivious of what he was doing and how this is going to help find Nami. One minute later, everyone including Robin was left stunned as the colour around Naruto's eyelids turned orange and his eye colour were now yellow with a black horizontal line for pupils.

"W-what h-happened to your eyes?" Usopp stammered.

Picking himself back up to his feet, Naruto answered, "The difference in my eyes shows that I've just entered sage mode."

Luffy, Usopp and Chopper cried out how cool it looks until Choppers medical curiosity caused him to step forward to examine. "What's sage mode? what does it do?"

"You can say it's a type of transformation. A transformation that grants me special abilities that can be used to find Nami." Naruto said optimistically.

"Sugoi!" Luffy praised, "With this sage mode thingy we'll find Nami in no time! Wait, how?"

Naruto sighed ddeeply, knowing it's going to be a long explanation. "Sage mode uses nature energy, the natural energy that surrounds us every day. Its invisible to the naked eye but it's still there. I can gather that energy and use its power." He explained, "And one of the many special abilities that I was talking about allows me to sense and identify others chakra from great distances."

"That's amazing," Robin commented. "Though I thought you said people from this dimension don't possess chakra?" Robin asked incredulously.

Naruto nodded in confirmation, "That's still true but, every living being has their individual life force which contains nature energy. Don't forget humans are just as much a part of nature as trees or the air itself.

"So does that mean we are all born with nature energy?" The chopper questioned further.

"Yes, you can even determine how strong someone is depending on how much life force they possess. However it's impossible for someone to use or even sense nature energy without sage training, no matter how powerful they are." Naruto answered.

Usopps brow twitched, "Uhh guys did you forget we have to find and rescue a member of our crew? So can we leave the chit chat till later?!"

"Ahh, sorry." Naruto chuckled awkwardly while rubbing the back of his head, "Let's go find Miss Navigator."

The sage walked to the side of the ship to gain a better view of the city, he closed his eyes and began to focus on Nami's life force signature. He could feel the thousands of energy signatures from all living things on the island, distinguishing the difference in levels.

A couple of minutes of silent tension followed as everyone watched Naruto focusing to locate their kidnapped crew member.

Out of the blue, Naruto twitched then turned to face the highly anxious pirates, "I found her." he said with half a smile.

"That's awesome! Then let's go rescue her!" Luffy yelled excitedly.

"Wait." Naruto requested, "You should know she's being held North-West of the city in an empty warehouse. From what I can tell she's guarded by at least 30 men who all looked like they were expecting us. The guard's life force didn't feel powerful enough to be a threat, all except one."

"Hmm, only 29 weaklings, huh? Guess we won't need everyone to save her after all." Zoro said confidently with a smirk.

"True, but better not underestimate these guys." Naruto voiced, "the one that concerns me is the one standing next to Nami. His life force signature is insane, it's feels strangely different than everyone else's too. He might put up a good fight."

"Perhaps he is a devil fruit user which could be the reason his life force is so strong?" Robin added.

Naruto snapped his fingers. "That must be it. Anyway, we need to be careful with this person. I can tell they're going to be a problem."

Luffy understood and was ready to go. He grabbed both Zoro's and Naruto's shoulders, "The three of us are going to take care of this." The shinobi and swordsman nodded.

"Ahem."

"What is it, Sanji?" Luffy asked.

Sanji glared his captain down, "Did you forget about us? What are we gonna do when you three are out having all the fun?"

The captain grinned childishly, "You guys get the party ready. We'll be back soon."

The rest of the Straw Hats returned their captains smile, reassured and confident of their nakamas.

20 minutes later at The Abandoned Warehouse.

"Are you sure this is the place?" Zoro asked, taking in his new surroundings.

No longer in sage mode, Naruto kept a straight face, "I'm sure."

"I can feel them," Luffy added, "they're here."

With that, the three straw hat pirates pushed the giant iron door to enter the gigantic empty warehouse. Emotions ran high as soon as they caught glimpse of what was inside. 29 men all armed to the teeth stood with a smug look on their faces.

Far in the back of the room, they saw Nami but what made their blood boil was seeing her tightly tied up to a chair with a piece of cloth in her mouth sitting next to...

"Enel!" Luffy shouted in total surprise.

Zoro immediately drew his swords and took fighting stance. He knew exactly how dangerous this guy was and he wasn't going to take any chances, "What the hell are you doing here? I thought we handled you already?!"

Enel leaned on Nami's chair with a smug smirk, "So we meet again, monkeys of the blue sea."

Luffy twitched in rage, "Let Nami go unless you want a second beating!"

The orange haired captive fidgeted on her chair while mumbling something incoherent.

The lightning man laughed out hard, "Why would I do that? You insolent fools must learn what happens to those who chose to defy God."

Zoro gritted his teeth in mass anger, "Not all this 'God' crap again. Not this 'God' crap again. What are you even doing here, Enel?"

straightening his posture, Enel responded casually, "World domination of course. That one puny island was not fit for a God. My plan would always remain the same, to rule this world and run it as I see fit. I will show this entire planet my power and bring fear in the hearts of every single human who heeds my name."

Luffy took a step, "You still think yourself as a God even after I wiped the floor with you!? Whatever, how did you find us here?"

Enel clenched his fist, the memories of losing to the rubber man was a great irritation, though he remained his cool exterior.

"Pure coincidence. I had no intentions of finding you or your crew post the events of Skypiea. I have been using this island as my stronghold for the time being to prepare for my greater goal." Enel continued, "However, when one of my men said he saw you entering the island earlier, I knew it was time for you to pay for your crimes against me."

Naruto was watching carefully at the heated conversation between his crew mates and Nami's captor, Enel. He thought the name was familiar but couldn't place a finger on it till he heard Skypiea. His eyes widened as the memories from his chat with Nami resurfaced. He remembered her story of an Island in the sky ruled by a psychopath who thought himself a God and did all those unforgivable things to the citizens of Skypiea.

"So you're Enel." Naruto interrupted.

Enel shifted his attention to the figure he didn't recognise. "And who might you be?"

"I'm the newest member of Luffy's crew, and from what I've been told you're quite the monster. You see, Nami told me about you and your powers and how scared she was of you."

Somehow, a furious Nami spat the cloth that was stuffed in her mouth. "Don't tell him that you idiot and get me out of here!" She screamed.

Naruto laughed fearlessly, "Don't worry! We'll deal with him and his little friends in no time. This guy doesn't stand a chance against us. I mean look at him, what's up with his ears, right?" Naruto joked, psychologically attacking Enel. Nami suppressed a chuckle in fear of the man standing next to her.

Naruto continued. "I bet he is not even worth our time. He should just let us go and mind his own busin-"

A shot a lightning aimed at Naruto's chest cut his sentence short. He smiled knowing he pissed his opponent off and was about to counter Enel's attack, but he was stopped in his tracks when Luffy step forward and took the hit. Naruto questioned why his captain would choose to get hit than dodge.

Zoro and Naruto watched Luffy's standing body, but emitting dark smoke off his body.

The swordsman smirked. "Luffy's made from rubber, lightning wont effect h- Luffy!"

"Luffy!" Nami cried out.

Both men went into shock as they watched their captain drop to his knees and screamed in pain. They rushed to him as fast as they could.

Zoro was now more confused than angry at Enel. "Hey what's wrong with you?! I thought you said his powers won't affect you!" Naruto and Zoro anxiously watched Luffy struggle to get back to his feet.

"Th-that bastard, he's using Busoshoku Haki in his attack. That's why his lightning can cause damage." Luffy said while straightening up his clothes.

The 29 grinning men took slow, small steps towards the pirates while Enel laughed victoriously.

Enel grinned "Did you honestly believe that I would not be stronger since our previous battle? This blue sea has showed me many things. As years passed, I have gained new powers called Haki and it shall be the instrument of your death, rubber boy."

Luffy huffed. "Like that's gonna matter I'm still going to beat the shit out of you!"

Zoro looked sceptical. "Are you sure about this Luffy? This isn't the same as Skypiea, if you get hit by his attack again that could be it."

Before the captain could reply Naruto interrupted. "Luffy, if you don't mind I would like to fight this guy." He said with confidence.

Luffy twitched. "What!? No way I'm the captain so I have to sav-"

"Go for it" Zoro cut in.

"What are you talking about Zoro?!"

"Look into his eyes, he wants to save Nami just as much as we do and besides, I think we both would like to see what he has got."

Luffy childishly mumbled something incoherent. He thought about the situation carefully. Yes, he no longer had the devil fruit advantage over Enel so the risk of death was now higher. However, he was the captain and thus responsible for his crew's safety. But at the end of the day as long as Nami was safe and Enel had been defeated, who cares who fought who, and besides Zoro was right, Luffy did want to see the extent of his new nakama's power.

Reluctantly Luffy replied. "Alright fine, me and Zoro will take out these guys and get Nami back. Naruto will deal with Enel."

The blond smirked. "Thank you, captain. I'd advice you two take these guys out fast because I have a feeling this is going to be a good show."

"Just don't hold back." Zoro replied with an 'I have to see it to believe it' look.

"Oh I wasn't planning to."

With that said, Zoro and Luffy ran in opposite directions of the huge room to divide the enemy in half while creating space for Naruto's and Enel's fight. Without wasting anytime, the captain and the first mate of the straw hat pirates began to confront Enel's followers. Flesh being torn, punches and kicks to body parts, screams of agony, techniques being named was now the soundtrack of the warehouse.

Naruto wasn't focusing too much on that though as he stared down his opponent with killing intent.

"So you really believe you can kill a divine being, boy?" Enel mocked.

Naruto gritted his teeth. "You kidnapped my friend and hurt my captain. I don't care if you are divine, I'm still gonna kill you!" He shifted into his fighting stance.

Nami's eyes widened. This stranger that fell out of the sky three days ago was now risking his life for people he called nakama for several hours. Seeing Naruto adapting to his new life so well, she couldn't help but feel happy for him.

"Empty threats from a foolish mortal, but I need not worry about you or your nonsense." With a smug look, Enel closed his eyes and folded his arms. "Other than your captain, no one here can even touch me let alone dream of defeating me in batt-"

Enel's words came to a sudden stop when he felt a small sensation of something he had not felt in a long time, pain. He rubbed his cheeks only to feel tear drops of blood that should not, could not have been there. He turned around to see what caused the damage to his face and saw a peculiar small star shaped metal object several meters behind him.

"Impossible! That puny object should not have touched me, I am all powerful! What did you do?! Enel pointed at the blond.

Naruto carried a victorious smile. "Just testing out a theory. To be honest, I wasn't sure if it was going to work, but look at that." He stared into Enels eyes. "Luffy already told me earlier about you logia type devil fruit users and this one power a person must have in order to defeat logia types, Haki was it? When Luffy finished explaining what Haki was and what it could do, I thought it sounded a little similar to chakra."

Enel furrowed his brow. "Chakra?"

Naruto ignored him and continued. "An internal energy from within that can be developed and used as someone's arsenal. That's when I came up with my theory that, if Haki and Chakra had similar qualities maybe Chakra can be used against logia type devil fruit users too. When you were so full yourself to lower your guard, it gave me the perfect opportunity to see if my speculations were true, what struck you was a Chakra infused shuriken."

Enel gritted his teeth.

"And as you can see Enel, I can touch you and I will kill you." Naruto stated.

Enel clenched his fists. 'I don't know what he is or what power he has, but if I'm not careful it could be disastrous.'He quickly pointed one of his palms towards Naruto and fired another shot of lightning.

Naruto watched the attack as if it was in slow motion then shunshined away at the very last second.

'He is fast' Enel thought. It took him mere seconds to recover from the shock of Naruto's speed. Naruto, now several meters away from his previous position had a smug look on his face. It didn't last for long however as Enel began to shoot lightning bolt after lightning bolt but Naruto kept dodging them with ease.

The remaining Straw Hat members couldn't help but be extremely impressed by Naruto's speed and evasive skills. 'Sugoi!' Luffy thought as he retracted his arm from the following punch.

On the other side the room, Zoro had just sliced another one of Enel's followers. 'He's nearly as fast as Luffy when he is on Gear Second. I wonder if that's all he has got.'

Sitting on her chair with the best seat in the house to watch the fight, Nami stared wide eyed. 'Wow, he is so fast that I can barely keep up with his speed.'

Another minute passed and Enel had finally stopped his rapid fire of lightning bolts leaving dozens and dozens of small craters on the walls and floors. Naruto shunshined back to his original spot then began to perform several stretching exercises.

"Wooo thanks for that. I haven't trained since I got here and it can take a while for me to warm up sometimes." Naruto grinned.

Enel frowned only slightly. 'So he hasn't been serious with me all this time. This little fool, I'll show him what happens when you mock God.'

The lightning man didn't even have the decency to give Naruto a reply. Enel merely extended his right arm and summoned lightning into his palm which, slowly extended and transformed into a golden trident. "Prepare to die."

Naruto's grin changed into one of absolute seriousness. Just by studying Enels tone and body language, he knew the real fight was about to begin. 'I guess I have no choice but to use that' Naruto suddenly formed a hand sign and whispered 'Release.'

A poof of smoke around Naruto's left wrist cleared to reveal something like a wrist band with a seal marks on the bottom. As soon as Naruto placed his right hand underneath the seal mark, a standard issue Anbu katana came into existence. This katana however was nothing but standard, it was custom made given to Naruto from one of his sensei, Uzuki Yuugao, for mastering the Leaf villages sword style. The main difference between Naruto's blade and that of an Anbus was that Naruto's had a black handle with orange ray skin down the side.

The 20 year old blond gripped his sword hard before meeting Enels predatory eyes. "Let's go."

Both men charged at one another at blinding speeds, shocking one another at how much faster their opponent was when serious. Steel met steel as Enel, who had the longer weapon went on the offensive. Naruto had no choice but to dodge or block the trident with his sword. Enels jabs were incredibly fast that it was near impossible to find an opening to counter. When Naruto did find an opportunity to land a strike, Enel was already prepared to block or would have reappeared somewhere else.

'Shit, I'm getting nowhere like this, Luffy and Nami mentioned that he could see my attacks before I even make it, but this is just stupid. Even the sharingan can only trace my movements and then predict my attack. It's like this guy is reading my mind. Oh well, that only means I have to hit him faster than he can react to my attack.'

Naruto shunshined away to create distance to further evaluates his opponent's strengths and weaknesses, but as soon as he thought he was safe, Enels trident was already travelling towards his heart. Instinctually, Naruto blocked the weapon then shunshined again but to a much further area this time. It didn't matter, a second after arriving at his new location he was greeted with electrical sparks that manifested into Enel.

Dodge after dodge, block after block, shunshin after shunshin, it didn't matter because the results were all the same. But that was until Enel patience ran low and he charged his weapon with lightning to overpower Naruto's sword creating a huge opening. God Enel sent a bone crushing kick to the side of Naruto's head which sent him crashing on the wall.

The other Straw Hats' eyes widened and immediately shifted to the new hole on the wall. Enel stopped the onslaught to watch as rubble covered Naruto slowly stands back up and dusts himself off.

"Ha, is this all the power you possess? You dare mock me with such weak skills you pathetic blue sea monkey!"

Naruto turned around to face his opponent but much to Enel's surprise, Naruto wore a small sadistic smile on his face. The smile looked misplaced considering the position he was in but seconds later that smile turned into full blown out laughter!

Enel almost dropped his weapon from being too confused at what he was seeing. What the hell is wrong with him and why was he laughing like he hadn't been sent flying against a concrete wall.

Nami, strapped in her seat also couldn't help but wonder. 'What in the world? Why he- He is out of his mind is isn't he! I mean look at him, he is rolling on the floor laughing when he is fighting someone who's made and controls lightning! Oh god, don't tell me he is crazier than Luffy.' Nami shock her head denial.

"Oi you idiot! What is so funny over there?!" She screamed.

Naruto picked himself back up to his feet still but chuckling, he wiped the tears from the back of his hand then gripped his sword. "Oh sorry Nami it's just that its... it's... it's been so long since I fought someone this strong and I guess I just got carried away!" he laughed childishly.

Nami dropped her head low 'Yup, I knew it. He is crazier than Luffy. Sigh'

"Enough!" Heads turned to Enel.

"You should enjoy your final moment of joy because it certainly will be your last, now die!" Enel was moments away to charge at the blond but what he suddenly saw left him completely immobilised.

Naruto had summoned black lightning all across his body, from head to toe to sword. The rubble beneath him began to defy gravity and hover but only to be disintegrated into ash as soon as it came near the lightning and to top it all off, Naruto had the most menacing look in his eyes that showed he was all business.

"Wha- B-but... but that is impossible! That's-"

"Black Lightning" Naruto finished.

Zoro and Luffy had finished off their final opponent just in time to witness one of Naruto's most powerful techniques. Luffy now had stars in his eyes and on the verge of crying at how cool it looked. Zoro on the other hand was much more collected, on the outside that is. 'Holy shit, am I really seeing black lightning?! What the hell is he? Hah, he is just a bag full of surprises.'

Enel quickly overcame the shock but was now blind with anger. "How?! Only I, God Enel should be the only one to control lightning?! How are you doing this?"

Naruto smirked. "You're right about one thing, you should be the only one to be able to control lightning in this world." He continued. "I come from another world where things work much differently than here, but enough about that, you hurt Miss Navigator and my Captain, I'm gonna make sure you regret it. But first, why don't we find out which world has the stronger lightning"

Nami couldn't suppress a blush as she decided that she liked his nick name for her.

Both men locked into one another's eyes while increasing the level of lightning output channelling throughout their bodies. The ground began to shake as both lightning users were engulfed in their own power while replacing the current soundtrack of warehouse to millions of chirping birds.

Luffy and Zoro watched in awe as Naruto's black lightning was matching the size and intensity of the lightning man's power.

"Luffy! We need to get Nami out of here!" Zoro yelled from across the room.

"Yeah I know I got it!" Luffy being closer than the two, ran up to Nami and swiftly untied her from her chair. He scanned her to see if she was injured, satisfied that she looked relatively healthy, he spoke. "Come on let's get you out of here it's not safe."

"But what about Naruto?! We can't let him deal with Enel alone!" Nami protested.

Luffy grabbed her hands and began to sprint to the exit being careful to not trip over the dead or unconscious bodies lying around the floor. "I and Zoro will help him once you're safe. Don't worry about Naruto. He looks like he can take care of himself."

Nami nodded reluctantly.

Naruto never took his eyes off Enel, but thanks to his peripheral vision, he could pick out two figures one with a red vest and the other with long orange hair running towards the exit. 'Good, now that she's safe I don't need to worry about holding back.'

Zoro had caught up to the rest of his crew mates at the main exit far away from the main battle. They all stood by the giant steel doors all patiently waiting to see who would make the first move.

Nami stared at her captain and crew member as is if they grew a second head. "What are you two still doing here?! Luffy, I thought you said you and Zoro were going to help him."

Luffy laughed apologetically. "Aha well you see Nami-"

"It's his fight." Zoro cut in.

"What do you mean it's his fight? You're his crew mate and captain. You should be helping him with his fight not stand here like a couple idiots!"

Zoro twitched. "He asked for this Nami. He was the one who wanted to fight Enel on his own so we could save you. If we step in now we will only be insulting his honour."

Nami lowered her head in shame and felt immediately guilty for even speaking in the first place. Men and their honour.

With his heightening senses and shinobi training, Naruto heard every single word of their conversation and couldn't help but grin. He took one hand of his sword and raised a thumbs up in the air.

Zoro and Luffy smiled. "See?"

Nami's eyes widened at the sight but then grew a soft warm smile as she knew like with Luffy's ear to ear grin, this was Naruto's way of saying everything's going to be alright.

He placed his hand back on to his sword and gripped it hard. "This is it, Enel."

The lightning God shifted into his fighting stance.'This insolent peasant has insulted me far too many times. Not only does he mock me with petty words but he even copied my powers as well. He shall now see what happens when you defy God.'

A heart beat later both men disappeared from sight leaving only small creators on where they once stood. Sparks flew at all directions as the two lightning coated weapons made contact. Both men instantly sense the difference in power since their last bout. Naruto savagely swung his sword in a right to left downward strike but only to be blocked by Enels trident that was currently on the defensive.

Naruto kept the distanced between him and Enel as close as possible to ensure his safety from Enel's range. But the lightning man high intellect in combat quickly took note of Naruto's fighting plan. Enel blocked the swords horizontal that would have cut him in half then he countered with a strike to Naruto's head which connected with air.

Enel vanished only reappearing a second later 20 meters in front of Naruto. Satisfied with his distance, Enel charged at the blond at mesmerizing speed, when he was in range, Enel fired rapid jabs at Naruto who was finding it difficult to counter the deadly tip of Enel's trident. Naruto blocked, swayed, ducked, side stepped, back-flipped, everything he could do to avoid the fatal blows.

He noticed that Enel's next strike was aiming towards his left leg so Naruto pumped his feet with chakra and swiftly back flipped high into the air to dodge and to create distance for a counter attack. Enel smiled victoriously when he saw the blond high up in the air. 'Time to die.'

Enel pointed his trident directly at the falling Naruto while increasing the lightning within the weapon. Naruto's gasped as he knew he was in trouble, he knew he was going to have to counter another lightning strike, and from the look of his trident it was going to be a massive one. Naruto drew his sword back and added more lightning chakra into his weapon.

Enel launched his attack a fraction of a second faster as his lightning speared towards Naruto. The blond on the other hand had just finished charging his sword with enough lightning chakra to counter Enel's. "Lightning Style - Lightning Fang!" Naruto swung his sword downwards with tremendous force. All the black lightning in his sword had turned into a dark slash of chakra.

Blue clashed with black as both forces fought for dominance but to result only in the birth of a blinding white light and quickly followed by an ear bursting explosion. Naruto and Enel being so close to the epicentre were caught in the explosion and were sent crashing to opposing walls.

"Naruto!" Nami watched the whole spectacle and saw Naruto smashing into the warehouse wall for the second time today. She took a step into his direction but much to her dislike, Zoro placed a firm hand on her shoulder.

"He is going to be alright Nami. As you can see, he isn't some weakling that can't take care of himself. Have more faith in him and your Nakama." Zoro said calmly then removed his hand from her shoulder.

Nami relaxed her tense body then nodded in acknowledgement but still believed that they should be doing something to help. Luffy remained quiet and observed the hole and dust cloud where his new Nakama crashed with a neutral expression. 'He's going to win, I just know it.'

A minute later both 'God' and newly pirate slowly shrugged the concrete debris and dust of themselves. No longer in their lightning covered forms, Naruto and Enel stared each other down with killing intent to make Nami's skin crawl. Both men looked fatigued covered in cuts and bruises from the explosion.

Enel swiped the final cluster of dust off his arm. "I am beginning to grow bored of this battle. Let us finish this once and for all so that everyone can witness the greatness of my power."

Enel began to engulf his body in lightning over twice that of the size of his previous form. "You are no match for me! Nothing can stand against me... because I am God!

Naruto, too focused to even reply to the delusional man whom sees himself as 'God' concentrated on moulding as much black lightning chakra as he could. By judging the size and raw power of Enels new form, he knew that this was going to be the final decisive move. Naruto grabbed his sword and took a deep breath. As soon as he exhaled his entire figure was covered with raging black lightning equal in size of Enel's.

Both lightning users continued to increase their power outage to the point of maximum capacity. The sheer overwhelming power coming from both massive figures of lightning was enough to cause to earth benefit them to shake like an earthquake, the concrete walls and floors threaten to fall apart as visible cracks began to appear from the intense pressure.

The three Straw Hat audience unconsciously took several steps in the opposite direction. The mass electricity in the air caused the hair on their arms and the back of their necks to stand.

"This is your end Straw Hat pirate! Feel the wrath of God!" Enel pointed his palm at Naruto's direction who had both palms aimed at Enel.

"One Hundred Million Volt Vari!"

"Lightning Style - Double Kuropansa!"

The two deadly lightning attack hit dead on as one tries to overpower the other. The lightning users remained in their stances and continued to feed the attack. An infinite number of sparks of black and blue flickered from where the two lightnings met. If it wasn't a battle to the death, one may even describe it as a beautiful firework display.

Naruto and Enel screamed furiously as they pump as much power they could into one final push. The last surged of power roared in the air as their attacks grew and grew in size. The eyes of the Straw Hat pirates widened as the attacks built up to preposterous levels.

The immense power of both lightning attacks roared till it eventually became unstable. A second explosion that miniaturizes the first shocked the foundation of the warehouse. Raging winds of dust blew everything at every direction with great force. Even the Straw Hat pirates had to use their arms to avoid the dust in their eyes.

A few moments passed and a thick cloud of dust was all that remained visible on the battlefield. It took a while for the dust cloud to settle so that Naruto and Enel to could finally see their opponent. Once the warriors saw their target was visible, they charged at one another with all the speed they could gather from their fatigued legs.

The familiar ring of two metallic objects vibrated in the air. The three pirates standing by could only hear where the sound originated as the cloud dust was too thick to see through.

A choking Nami spoke. "W-what *cough* happened?"

"The one standing behind that cloud of dust is winner, who it is however, we'll have to wait and see." Zoro said anxiously.

It took another few moments before the dust settled enough to recognise two clear figures. However, what the pirates saw left all of them wide eyed in horror.

Naruto was on the other end Enel's trident. Blood dripped down from his stomach where the weapon had pierced him, he had one hand on the golden shaft while the other could barely hold on to his sword. Naruto coughed loudly as he splashed a large volume of blood on to the ground.

Nami dropped a tear. "Naruto!"

Luffy was completely speechless but blind with anger.

Zoro grabbed the hilt of his swords. 'Shit! This is bad, we're going to have to take Enel down fast so that we can get Naruto to Chopper!'

On the other end of the room Enel had a biggest smirk on his face.

"Straw Hats! Observe! This is your inevitable fate since the day you decided to cross an almighty being." Enel laughed victoriously. "Now you all know that you can't stop me, no one in the entire world can stop me, FOR I AM G-"

*POOF*

Enels eyes widened. "What on-"

"Rasengan!"

A third and final explosion shook the crumbling warehouse. Enel struggled to comprehend what just happened. First, the body impaled on his trident had suddenly disappeared out of existence. Secondly, he heard his opponent's voice who he thought to be dead from above, he looked up only to see a blue spherical object inches away. Now, every muscle on his body felt as if it was on fire, he could barely move due to the excruciating pain originating on his back.

Enel, now eating dirty found the strength to turn his head to catch a glimpse of his opponent. Naruto stood over him with his sword placed above his back directly where his heart would be.

"F-fool, you think *cough* you defeated *cough* me." Enel stammered, splashing blood with every cough.

"Accept defeat 'God' Enel." Naruto said mockingly. "I told you earlier, you were going to regret kidnapping Nami and hurting our captain, this is me living up to my nindo." Naruto raised his sword. "Time to end this."

"Wait! *cough* W-what and *cough* who are you?*

Naruto raised an eye brow "So even an 'Almighty God' would want to know the name of the one who defeated them. I guess I have no choice since it's the honourable thing to do." Naruto glared Enel in the eyes, "My name is Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze, former shinobi of the Hidden Leaf Village, now a member of the Straw Hat Pirates. Farewell, God Enel."

Naruto swung his sword to pierce Enel's heart, killing him instantly.

Seconds later he withdrew his sword from the deceased lightning man's back, swung it to side to remove the blood from the blade and then positioned it under his left wrist to place it back into the seal.

The blond then made his way towards his captain and crew members who remained where they stood by the giant doors. As soon as he was close enough to see their stunned and confused faces, Naruto couldn't help but chuckle at the sight.

"So, did you guys like the show?" Naruto asked with his big smile.

Luffy rubbed the back of his head. "U-mm w-what umm...?"

"Just..." Nami continued.

"Happened? Weren't you just killed? How are you alive?" Zoro finished.

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