Chapter 205 - Chapter 207 (1/2)
On a rooftop somewhere on Sabaody, five people appeared from nowhere. It was one of those moments where there was nothing, then suddenly there was something. Five something's in fact. Naruto and Sasuke looked at each other and both nodded, so understanding the nod, Sasuke disappeared again.
”Where did he go?” Sanji asked and sat down on the elevated ledge of this rooftop. Zoro stood up ready to fight and Franky fell down thanks to his head spinning like crazy.
”He is going to get the rest of your crew. So, sit tight, blondie!” Naruto said not realizing how ironic his nickname was.
”Whatever, way too many weird things have been occurring ever since we took in Robin. It's that damn emperor who keeps harassing us, I'm sure.” The spiral eyebrow blondie looked Naruto up and down before saying. ”Thanks for saving us!” Naruto just nodded, and right then Sasuke appeared now with the rest of the Straw hats in hand.
”I'm freaking exhausted!” He said and sat down and leaned against the ledge. ”Next time, you'll be doing the transportation, Naruto.” He said. And, at that Robin perched her ears immediately.
”Naruto? Is that you?” She had never met this boy, but she only knew about one person with such a unique name.
”Been a long time coming, nice to finally meet you, Robin!” He waved while sitting down on the ground with a smile.
”Why am I not surprised you know him too?” Zoro said with an exhausted tone. ”Someday, we will sit down and you will tell me all about yourself.”
”Not her fault, really. Most members of the Gotei are forbidden to talk about other members and their duties within it.” Sasuke said while glaring at Zoro. The disdain between them was immediately apparent.
”You're with the Gotei as well?” Nami asked, now somewhat clear-headed. Teleportation could cause severe headaches or dizziness for first-timers.
”Haha, if you only knew!” Naruto said cockily with slight playfulness. Sasuke shook his head and said, ”He is Gotei's own personal moron!”
”Funny!” Naruto tried kicking the sitting Sasuke in the head, but the kick was blocked by his hand. ”This grumpy one here is, Sasuke. My manservant!” Naruto flashed a cheeky smile. Sasuke's aura exploded and rocked the foundation of the entire house they stood upon.
”Take that back, moron!”
”Calm down, or you're gonna kill us all!” Robin stepped in and said with a stern tone of voice. ”It's an honour to meet you, Naruto. Grandpa told me a lot about you.” Robin bowed slightly like you would in front of royalty.
”Stop that, Robin. If he told you anything real about me, then you should know I hate all that young master trash talk. Just stick with casual and we're good.”
”How about you fill us in now?” Zoro asked and also sat down now that the atmosphere was no longer tense.
”That's Naruto. Grandpa's son!” Robin dropped a bombshell on them and the Straw hat's reacted appropriately. The cowardly trio felt like fainting as they were spiralling further down a dangerous rabbit hole.
”Adopted son. Dad and I met when I lived in an orphanage and I moved in with him when I was three.” Naruto started to further explain their relationship.
”So, how old are you? You both look very young!” Franky asked curiously.
”Fourteen, soon to be fifteen!” Naruto said proudly, and Sasuke simply leaned back on the wall without confirming what Naruto said.
”Fourteen? You blocked an Admiral, and escaped successfully as well? Are you telling me a fourteen-year-old did that?” Sanji expected them to be around his age and not that young.
”Dad had trained me since age three. What you saw back there was nothing, though. Sasuke and I could kill Kizaru if we fought together, right Sasuke?” Naruto was getting more heated and his bragging intensified.
”Sure, whatever, I'm gonna take a nap. Do NOT wake me up!” He said and closed his eyes.
”Ugh, I don't know why I became a pirate. This is too much!” Nami complained.
”Wait, how come you two haven't met before?” Nami asked suddenly. She was also not the only one that picked up on that and was curious about it.
”Our family is quite big, and the world is large. That's about it!” Naruto shrugged it off as not a big deal.
”Yeah, I would say it's indeed like that. Naruto and Sasuke belong to a special unit. So do I, or used to before I joined you guys.” Robin didn't think of it as a big deal either.
”Plus, we're not the only ones. I rarely, if ever meet my other siblings. We are rarely in the same place together. I don't think that's ever happened.”
”How many of you are there?” Nami asked.
”A few. But, as for me, I'm closest to Gildarts, my big brother. I should visit him someday soon.” Naruto drifted off as he started thinking about Gildarts. Robin had to snap him back to reality.
”Sorry, I drifted away there,” He scratched the back of his head. ”Now, where do you guys need to go? We will take you.”
”I think back to Rayleigh would be best,” Sanji said, and Zoro nodded. ”Yeah, I think so. He was pretty confident that his place was gonna be safe from Admirals and any other threat out there. Also, Luffy is supposed to meet us there, but I don't know if he ever remembers the way.” Zoro dreaded going back for him and running into Kizaru again.
”Don't worry about your captain. We have him covered as well. Even Kizaru will have trouble reaching him.” Sasuke said. Suddenly, a bright light appeared on the rooftop and a second later, a very tall man in a striped suit stood there staring at them.
”Will I know? How interesting.” He appeared in front of Sasuke and tried splitting his head open like a watermelon but failed because Naruto clad his hands in Haki and blocked the kick. ”Everyone, jump off the roof, NOW!” Naruto yelled and all of them on pure instinct jumped off the roof. Naruto was left on the roof with Kizaru and Sasuke summoned his Susanoo and wrapped all of them in it as to protect them from the fall.
”My, oh my, you boys are growing more interesting every second. Such mastery of haki at such a young age. If Sengoku hadn't ordered your execution, I would try to recruit you.” Kizaru put more force behind his kick and Naruto was flung off the rooftop. Kizaru appeared in mid-air above Naruto. His leg shone with a bright light and he was ready to kick Naruto but strange yellow energy covered the boy, and a long and massive tale appeared and swept Kizaru far away into the distance.
”W-W-WHAT'S THAT!!?” Usopp almost fainted when the gigantic nine-tailed fox landed in front of him. The fox released a roar that shook the ground the stood on. Sasuke immediately summoned his entire full-body Susanoo and now a massive fox and equally big demon-man stood beside each other facing the Admiral.
”What kind of devil fruit is this?!” Zoro was beyond stunned. He floated together with everyone inside the head of the Susanoo and observed the massive titans standing there proudly.