A New Path - Chapter 198

Naruto and Sasuke zoomed across the ocean at a speed almost too fast for the average naked eye to follow. These two teenagers were extraordinarily trained and when compared in terms of combat prowess, they ranked among the best of the best. Naruto had Nine tails and Sasuke had his Sharingan, tweaked by Amell himself.

“Naruto, another ship.” Sasuke and Naruto both noticed at the same time a very strange looking ship in the distance. It wasn’t exactly sailing in their direction, but if they were to continue on their current path, they would come very close to it.

“There’s someone quite strong on that ship.” Naruto and Sasuke were both trained by Amell and the commanders so they could identify and judge aura quite accurately.

“Compared to Master Ryu or Alucard, that person is quite the disappointment.” Sasuke had the strange habit of judging enemies based on how they compared to Alucard and the other commanders he had met, which was something very stupid to do.

“Still not bad, should we go say hello? Maybe they have food, I’m starving!” Naruto’s stomach jumped in with perfect sync and roared out in a loud growl telling everyone it was hungry.

“No, can you stop thinking with your stomach!” Sasuke slapped his brother-in-arms in the back of his head to get him to focus, though all that did was to trigger more of Naruto’s complaining.

“I miss Hinata!” Naruto cried loudly to the skies.

“FOCUS!” Sasuke yelled even louder. His Sharingan suddenly came alive and he drew his sword and deflected an incoming arrow. “What a shot!” Naruto said after noting the distance between them and the ship that the arrow came from.

“Haki, that arrow had haki infused into it.” Sasuke looked at the wooden arrow floating atop the ocean surface next to him. Now it was completely harmless, but when in the air, this arrow was the same as a ship’s cannon, maybe even stronger.

“Awesome, now I can finally get to experience this world’s strength. Let’s go Sasuke!” Naruto egged on Sasuke to fight, and this time he gave in.

“Fine, but let’s make it quick!” Sasuke and Naruto took off at blinding speed completely disappearing from view.

On the weird ship that shot at them, a group of half-naked women stood around a woman with a snake bow in her hand. “Did you get them, Marguerite?” Asked Boa Marigold, a large woman exuding a natural air of arrogance.

“No, the black-haired one deflected it, most likely using haki as it looked easy for him.” This was Marguerite trial run for a position on the Kuja pirate ship and her heart was beating incredibly fast because she didn’t wanna disappoint Marigold.

“I see. Shoot another one, bait them over here. We need to question them how they are standing on the water!” Every word that left Marigold’s lips became an unavoidable command. That was the type of personality both Sasuke and Naruto had a problem with as none of them took orders very well.

“They’re gone, Mrs Marigold! I can’t see them anymore!” Marguerite said in a panic. She was afraid that this failure would lead to punishment as the princess and both her sisters were quite cruel for messing up even the simplest tasks.

“Sasuke, I don’t like her!” Naruto said casually as he sat on the railing some ways away. He was, of course, referring to Marigold that was leaning against a wall glaring at Marguerite.

“Agreed!” Came another stoic voice from above them. Sasuke sat on the railing on the second deck just above Marigold. The Kuja women were shocked at how they could appear here so suddenly. They were incredibly far away just seconds ago.

“This speed!” Marguerite said quietly to herself as her eyes landed on Naruto. The boy sat there on the railing, casually twiddling his thumbs.

“This disrespect! Unacceptable!” Marigold took her spear weapon and rushed at Naruto. Her heavy steps shook the foundations of the ship. She swung her weapon fiercely, aiming to leave his body in two. Naruto was left disappointed with how slow she was. He raised his feet, covered them with Haki and met the spear with his feet. The force behind her swing flung him out into the open water and Naruto landed softly and gracefully on the sea.

“Quite a lot of raw power you got there!” He said teasingly.

“You ain’t seen nothing yet!” Marigold pointed at her squad, “Shoot him! Don’t miss this time!” Her tone harsh.

“You shouldn’t tunnel vision in a fight,” Sasuke said casually as he stood over the unconscious group of women previously shooting at him. “That’s when this stuff happens!” He took out his short blade and smiled provocatively. “Where’s your leader?” He asked as he placed the tip of his blade on one of the women’s necks.

“I am here!” A relatively tall and incredibly slim woman now stood on the second floor overlooking the area where they were fighting. She had large breasts and looked to be missing some ribs from how slim she really was.

“What are trash doing on my ship? Why haven’t you killed them yet, Mari?” She asked the big red-haired women with the spear.

“I-I tried, Sister! They are quite strong!” Her attitude changed from a tigress to a kitten as soon as this women started speaking.

“You think that’s an excuse?” She asked with a glare. She turned her attention to Sasuke and looked him up and down. “I order you to kill yourself!” She said after a few seconds of awkward silence. She wasn’t subtle with her superiority complex either, she wasn’t asking him, she was commanding him like an empress would a peasant.

“What’s wrong with you? This is just my luck, the first challenger I meet is a total weirdo.” Sasuke sighed out loud and sheathed his blade. “Naruto, we’re leaving, I have a bad feeling about her, and not the dangerous kind of feeling like with Alucard.”

“WAIT! Are you ignoring me?” She asked with an expression on fury.

“Obviously. I don’t like dealing with weirdos.” Sasuke jumped up on the railing and was about to leap into the sea when a long tender but dangerous leg came wooshing past his head. If he hadn’t seen it coming and dodged it, his head would have exploded from the sheer force behind that kick. The woman also landed on the railing after her attack failed.

“You shall pay for your insolence!” She put her hands out in a heart-shaped form and leaned backwards. A bright pink beam hit Sasuke as he stood there in a stupor at how ridiculous this woman looked standing in that pose. when the pink beam swept over him, his Sharingan blazed to life.

“What is going on?” He asked and looked back at Naruto.

“I don’t know? Ask her!” Naruto said and looked at the woman that attacked her. That same woman stood wide-eyed staring at him after her attack failed to do anything.

“Y-You’re not stone?!” She asked, completely stunned at how she failed in her attack.

“Stone? Why would I be stone? Was that the purpose of your weird attack?”

“Sasuke! Let’s go! They are not worth it, and we don’t know their abilities!” Naruto yelled from where he stood on the sea.

“Not so fast!” Marigold dashed towards Sasuke, but a giant bright palm appeared and slammed her into the wall of the ship. “Sasuke, now!” Naruto had a bright yellow tail growing behind him now, and that was the same one he hit Marigold with.

“Right!” Sasuke disappeared from his spot and appeared next to Naruto. “What a weird world,” He whispered to Naruto.

“I know, I can’t wait to see what more it will show us.” Naruto and Sasuke both disappeared again right in front of the eyes of Boa Hancock, the woman with the incredibly awkward backwards leaning pose.

“Big sister, are you okay?!” Marigold said after getting up on her feet again. She took quite a lot of damage from Naruto’s tail whip.

“Find out who he is!” Hancock said and jumped up to the second floor again. Marigold was left staring worriedly at her departing sister.

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