Got a brand new story again, I am going to continue this for a while and do up to the Chunin exams at least
Anyway, I don't own Naruto or any One Piece characters/ideas/places
Chapter 1: The Boy With The Red Hair
A young boy around the age of 7 was seen running through the streets of Konoha, his eyes covered by the shadow of his crimson red hair, this boy was none other than Uzumaki Naruto, the holder of the Kyuubi, of course, young Naruto didn't know about the Kyuubi, at least yet
Behind him was a large mob of villagers and shinobi the like, with the shinobi throwing kunai at him, but missing barely, a couple may have grazed him, but he would run, no matter what, otherwise... he was dead.
He took off into an alleyway and quickly realised his mistake, there was an elderly man with grey hair in a tattered black cloak ahead of him with a sword to his side, Naruto's eyes widened as he saw this as he tried to desperately climb the scaffolding on the side of the buildings
"Oi, he's cornered... get him!" yelled one of the villagers as they grabbed the red haired child down from the scaffolding and threw him to the ground, where they started beating him
Suddenly, a wave of energy coursed through the crowd, making everyone fall to their knees in exhaustion, "Oi, that's no way to treat a child, get lost" said a voice as a stronger wave of energy came, making everyone but the boy fall unconscious
"Wh-Who did that?" asked Naruto, as he looked around, he saw the man in the cloak he saw but this time was facing him and he could see three large scars cutting through his eye, though it was still open
"That was me, what's your name kid?" asked the man
"N-Naru... wait, how do I know you're not going to torture me like the rest of them?!" yelled Naruto
"Calm down kid, if I wanted to hurt you, you'd be dead by now" said the man he then sat down and pulled a bottle of sake out of nowhere and chugged, when he stopped, he finally said, "The name's Shanks, nice to meet 'ya"
"Naruto... Uzumaki Naruto" spurted out Naruto
"Naruto, huh..." said Shanks 'Naruto... where've I heard that name... wait a minute, could this boy be Kushina's son and the holder of the Kyuubi'
"So, whiskers, why were they chasing 'ya" asked Shanks
Naruto gave a short glare before answering, "I-I don't know, all I know is that everyone calls me a monster, from what I've heard, I'm somehow connected to the Kyuubi"
"How'd you know that"
"Well considering everyone calls me Kyuubi brat, that's a starter" said Naruto
'Seems I was right, I'll have to talk to Sarutobi about this' thought Shanks, "Okay... so what's your dream"
"What?" asked Naruto
"I said, what's your dream?"
"My dream?... My dream... is to be Hokage and have everyone acknowledge me, then everyone will respect me as the strongest in the village" rushed Naruto as he held his breath as he awaited Shanks' reply
He was downright shocked when Shanks started laughing his head off, "HAHAHAHA..." he laughed
Tears started welling up, 'I-I thought he wasn't like the others, seems I was wro...'
"Just like the Yondaime" said Shanks with a smirk as he finished laughing
"...Wh-What?" questioned Naruto as he wiped the tears
"You just remind me a lot off the Fourth Hokage, it's almost funny how much you resemble him" said Shanks
"Y-You knew the Fourth?" asked Naruto
"Yeah, we fought a couple of times, ended up pummelling him each time" laughed Shanks
"Y-You bet the Yondaime"
"Yeah, all you ninja are weak, the only three people who could give me a challenge are Jiraiya, Tsunade and Sarutobi and two are out of the village all the time" said Shanks
"Y-You're that strong" asked Naruto with stars in his eyes
"Aye... hey, Naruto now that I think about it, how would you like to be my apprentice" said Shanks
"A-Apprentice" asked Naruto
"Yeah, like I teach you, you call me Shanks-sensei, no that makes me sound old, Shanks-Sama, hmm, we'll work on it" said Shanks as he rubbed his chin
"Sure Shanks-Jiji" said Naruto
"That's even worse" yelled Shanks as Naruto laughed, Shanks eventually sighed, "Meet me at the park at 2:00 sharp, if you're late you get a punishment, meanwhile I'll have a talk with the Hokage, oh and here's a list of stuff you'll need for training"
"Okay Shanks-Jiji" said Naruto with a smirk as he ran as his words sank into Shanks' brain
"OI!" he could hear behind him
That Night
Here we see Naruto sleeping in his bed, though some would imagine he would be sleeping still and quite, it was quite the contrary, he had sweat dripping from his forehead and was moving in his sleep.
"Soon... Soon we will meet, Uzumaki Naruto" said an ominous voice
The next day
Naruto arose to the sounds of birds chirping and the sun piercing through his white blinds, he quickly shielded his eyes to block the sun as he let them adjust to the light and got up, he walked to his kitchen and put on some instant ramen before waiting a couple minutes for them to be ready
He quickly ate and had a shower, he looked at the time, 11:28, "I guess I'll go get the things on the list that Shanks told me to get, luckily the academy is off for the week" he said to himself as he got changed and walked out the door, as he did he looked at the list
1 training sword
Training Clothes (We'll get you proper ninja clothes later)
1 Blindfold
Snacks and Drinks (Lots of it)
"That it, I would've expected much more" said Naruto as he walked out the door and started walking towards the nearest Weapons store
Hokage Tower
Hiruzen Sarutobi was a busy man he had stacks upon stacks of paperwork piled on his desk, now, a normal person would be trying to finish them as quickly as possible, but him, nope, he was currently reading por-
Suddenly the door was opened causing Hiruzen to quickly hide his book in a drawer, "You have a lot of explaining to do Hiruzen"
"Ah... Shanks, what are you doing back in the village?" asked Hiruzen
"Don't change the subject, you know why I'm here" said Shanks as he saw Hiruzen sigh
"I take it you've met Naruto then" said Hiruzen
"Yeah, and I'm not happy with the way he's treated" said Shanks with his remaining arm laying on top of his sword
"I know, the villagers are quite cold towards Naruto" sighed Hiruzen
"QUITE COLD?!" yelled Shanks startling the older man, "I was walking back from the bar and saw him being beaten by an entire mob of villagers and Shinobi alike, if I hadn't stepped in he'd be dead"
This caused Hiruzen's eyes to widen, he knew that the villagers didn't like Naruto, but he didn't know they hurt him
"What do you mean? Is he alright?" questioned Hiruzen
"Of course you'd be oblivious to it all, do you even watch over him?" asked Shanks
"W-Well... no, but I send ANBU to protect him" said Hiruzen
Shanks simply sighed, "Fine... I'm going to be training him for a while, I'll be reserving a training ground for us, okay"
"Yes... that's good, I'll reserve training ground 19 for you" said Hiruzen as Shanks walked out of the door
With Naruto
"Get out of here Demon!" yelled yet another angry shopkeeper
Naruto grunted as he was thrown out of another store and landed on the stone pavement, he groaned as he looked around to find another store
He found a small store at the edge of town called 'Kaku's shop' which had a giraffe above the door
He walked in and noticed a small bell was triggered as he opened the door and a man in his late 50's walked out and gave a small smile in his direction, surprising Naruto, before saying, "Ah, a new customer, how may I help you"
"Umm, do you have any practice swords and ninja clothes?" asked Naruto, wondering if it was a trap or not, he had become quite wary when it came to strangers, especially ones that seemed to nice to him to quick
"Got the perfect thing..." he said as he walked to the back of his store and came back with a selection of bamboo swords, in which Naruto picked the two sturdiest ones
"Good choice, now follow me" he said as he went to another room
Naruto followed him into the room and saw a whole bunch of clothes, old and new, "Pick what you like and try them on in the changing rooms, come back through to the front once you've decided"
Naruto instantly spotted a pair of black trousers with polka-dots that were a slightly lighter shade of black, a black t-shirt with a dark red stripe going horizontally across his belly button, he smirked as he ran to the changing rooms and quickly changed
He smirked as he looked in the mirror and was satisfied, these would be his training clothes. He walked to the front desk and paid for them, and the man gave a wave as he left the shop, with him returning it
He checked a clock just before he left and saw it read 1:30, he decided to go by Ichirakus for a bit to wait
Later
Naruto was standing against a tree, waiting for his new sensei to arrive, it was 2:03 now so he should be there any second now.
"Oi Naruto!" yelled Shanks with a wave as he walked towards him
"Shanks-sensei" yelled Naruto with a wave back
"You ready for your tortu- I mean training" asked Shanks with a grin that made Naruto shiver, yet smile with anticipation, whatever he got himself into wasn't going to be easy
That's the first chapter done, the next chapter should be up soon
Just to make a few things clear:
1. Naruto does have red hair, I just think that he would look cooler with it
2. Yes, Shanks is that strong, there was a huge war with a guy made of lava, a guy made of ice, a guy made of ice, a pheonix guy and multiple more, he walked in, said this is over, and it stopped, so yes, he is strong
3. I decided to put a Kaku reference in there, the shopkeeper isn't Kaku, but I just decided to put that in there
4. Shanks will be the only One Piece character in this, maybe
Anyway, please review, favorite and check out my other stories, bye