Chapter 13

"So you guys are heading over to the Alabasta Kingdom (chew chew chew) what do you know, I am going there too.. (snoring)..."

"He just went out and slept in a ship of people he never met before..."

Kisame muttered in disbelief. The guest who was eating their breakfast without any invitation was really shocking.

"The White Beard Pirates sure are bold." Kisame checked over the tattoo on the young man's back to see if he was seeing it right.

Athletic built and tall. Black hair and matching eyes. The young man had freckles and looked quite handsome. 

The tattoo on his upper left bicep spelled his name, ASCE written vertically, and only S was horizontal. The tattoo on his back was of the crew he belonged to.

"...he really is Fire Fist Ace from the White Beard Pirate, one of the four Emperors of the sea... What could such a man be doing here?"

"I don't know." Itachi stood with his hands hidden in his cloak, "With how much he is sleeping, he must be looking for someone, possibly for revenge."

Itachi could tell that Ace had spent a lot of sleepless nights, hunting for someone with wide open eyes. That kind of obsession was never good, Sasuke ended up getting a curse mark from a snake because of it.

He picked up a wanted poster the young man had dropped, as he walked of to the front of the Scorpio, "Kisame let him sleep... there is no point of making the White Pirates our enemies."

"Maybe Konoha might have been different if you thought like that before you slaughtered your Clan, Itachi."

Working with Hoshigaki in the Akatsuki, Itachi knew how he would often bring that topic sarcastically. He just ignored him and focused on the wanted poster in his hands.

'Monkey D. Luffy with a bounty of 30, 000, 000 berries on his head... Is he the person he is looking for? But someone like this won't need a Division Captain to take care of him... It must be someone else more dangerous.'

"Oh, that's my younger brother." Ace had woken up and was now standing behind Itachi, "Isn't he awesome? 30 Million berries on his first bounty, even I didn't do that much until I was in the Grand Line."

"Younger brother...?" 

Itachi thought of Sasuke, but seeing the big smile on the wanted poster he thought of a certain someone who always went around telling people he wanted to be Hokage of the Hidden Leaf Village.

"He wants to be the king of the pirates, I assume?"

The second Division Commander was shocked, at the man's insight. No one he met so far would even guessed it, they just assumed he was a pirate out there to die.

"How... did you know?"

Thinking of Naruto, the Uchiha showed a rare smile only for a second, "He smiles like a fool... Only fools would dream that big."

Ace grinned in reply, "Well he is wrong, because White Beard is going to be the King o–'

"Get some sleep." Itachi cut him in half, "Do it for your little brother, he is the one you are going to meet in Alabasta, right?"

"...."

"You are currently a lion chasing after a tiger."

Ace playfulness washed, and was replaced by a firm seriousness, "Who do you think would win...? Between a lion and a tiger."

"It all depends on where they stand. The two live in different regions so its hard to compare. If a lion faces a tiger in the Savanna it would win. However... a sick lion would always lose no matter the ground."

Ace took a few minutes to suggest man's words before smiling, "Thank you. Please look after Striker for me."

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You have befriended Portgas D. Ace – 3, 800 Mp rewarded.

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Itachi nodded and looked at the figure of Ace who was going to one of the free rooms in the Scorpio.

'From what I have gathered, White Beard will never be the King of the pirates, if he wanted he would have done it already. He already lost to Gol D. Roger on that race... maybe you Ace are the one he is hoping to became King of the pirates.'

With a firm look, Itachi turned back and stared at the sea water.

'Did you became Hokage... Naruto?'

"There you go again, thinking too much about unnecessary things, Itachi."

Kisame walked towards his friend, for some reason he seemed to be quite talkative today. At some days he might never talk all.

"There seem to be a Navy Fleet ahead of us... It must be Hina the Black Cage, she is famous around this part of the sea."

"Even without the sharingan, your eyesight is amazing, Itachi." Kisame smirked, as he hold Samehada on his back, "Looks we be heading into another fight with the Marines soon."

Itachi walked over to the chair that was at the edge of the ship, "Your chakra didn't increase much in the past few days, so don't pick a fight with them unless they start a fight with us."

"Fair enough."

Itachi used all the MP he had just got to increase his chakra. And not only did his chakra increase, his physic did too.

He sat on his flashy wooden chair and looked over at his current stats.

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Name: Itachi 'Uchiha' Morningstar

Race: Human

Chakra: 15 →34

Physic: 11

Merit Points: 6, 800 [Can be used to exchange life force, chakra, lottery, Justu, etc.]

Remaining life: 1 year 5 month 23 days

Items: Tsukuyomi Card, Normal Revival Card, Exploding Kunai Pack × 2, Kunai Pack × 3, Random beast summoning card, Heart resistant Umbrella × 2

Jutsu: Sharingan, Fire style: Fire ball Justu, Crow Substitution Justu, Shadow Clone Justu (New)

Other function: Lottery, Shop.

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'is this enough... to defeat a Warlord of the sea?'

"This area is ran by the Navy! Hina asks you to state your business!"

The moment Itachi's thoughts faded, a woman's voice called out towards the Scorpio.

'Why are we clashing with the Marines again?'