This is an adaptation of another story with other characters so if there is OOC-ness blame it on the fact that this is an AU.
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Eyes green like the murky depths of the ocean filled with new tears as they looked out at the waves. Her head was buried in her arms in hopes of escaping the reality she found herself in, a reality that she had no want for. At the tender age of ten and six she had no family to speak of only the whispers of a song she could never quite remember that lingered in her dreams like a fleeting memory of someone she knew long ago.
Yet you may wonder what had such a girl crying silently to herself, it certainly wasn't seasickness for she had always had a strange affinity for the sea. She was never settled on land, especially not locked up in dark building brought out only to sing like a caged bird with a blanket thrown over it's cage. She longed to spread her wings and travel the ocean to foreign lands but when she had dreamed that these weren't the circumstances.
This girl's name was Sakura and she'd grown up in a port-town that made its clean income from the exports of fine wines and exotic fragrances for behind the town grew the finest grapes and the sweetest flowers. However it was no secret that over half the income of the town came form it's nightlife, the pleasures provided for weary sailors and more often than not pirates.
She had been told that her mother and her had been found in the wreckages of a small boat cast ashore after a terrible storm that likely was the death of her father. Her mother was dieing but Sakura was not, she was live for the five years of Sakura's life but then she died and Sakura was left with no one. She was taken in by the only place that had no fear of the girl with bright pink hair from who-knows-where.
All her life she had watched women be shamelessly used for the pleasure of men, true some wished for entertainment, singing and dancing but there were others who craved other past-times. Sakura had never seen what went on behind those doors but she had heard the screams and the stories and dreaded the day she would be seen as old enough to make a profit. She was lucky however in that another use was found for her, her talent to entrance the male mind with her voice.
Every evening before the lights of the town had fully dimmed she would sit on a stool in a simple white dress and sing. Haunting, sad and beautiful like the sea her voice left an aching in the hearts of men that they would pay through the nose to satisfy. Hence she was left alone and for that she was happy. But one night a stranger came to the brothel after hearing whispers in the town of a voice more beautiful than any bird.
He was an ambassador bound for a country across the sea to meet with a Prince there. He knew well that others would bring fine jewels and crafts from their home towns but he had felt that if he were to bring this sound-bird then his gift would be seen as greater than any other. He had negotiated with the owner for a week before a price was set and so Sakura found herself locked in a cabin awaiting her fate.
She cast her mind back to one of the few women she had known that had not treated her with contempt for her voice.
"Come here Sakura," the women beckoned and Sakura obeyed scrambling onto the bed next to her. "I hear you are to go away."
"Yes," Sakura looked down sadly, "I am to be given to a Prince across the sea."
"Why so grave child? Have you not always longed to travel across the sea and away from here?"
"Yes but not like this, I want to be free, to feel the wind in my hair and to taste the salt in the air, to go wherever the wind may take me, to turn with the tides and never set foot on land if I can help it. I don't want to be taken and given to some Prince like an ordinary doll," Sakura replied, her eyes shined with a dream she knew would never come true.
"You will be better off there than here child. Being tied to one man that can give you all the riches in the world is better than serving a thousand who give you nothing at all."
"But I do not want to serve any man," Sakura huffed.
"If such a thing were possible then I wish with all my heart that you may be blessed with the chance for such a life," pale, long-fingered hands reached out to cup Sakura's face, the woman leaned forward and kissed both her cheeks, "Be safe child."
Sakura nodded and left fighting back tears that pricked at her eyes, was there really so little hope for her dream. Perhaps she could run away and stow away on a boat in the harbour…no for she would surely be caught and dragged back or worse…killed. Maybe it wouldn't be so bad, to be cast into the ocean, maybe she would drag Sakura down to bottom where could live among the fish. Sakura shook her head, a silly thought for she knew full well that she could not breath underwater…she had tried last time she was permitted a bath.
And so that is where Sakura found herself now, locked in a cabin and dressed in fine silks that gave the illusion of covering her and awaiting the call that land had been sighted and that her life was sealed forever.
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"I'm bored," moaned a blonde haired man as he tugged a telescope from his belt and straightened it. He pressed one cerulean eye to one end and cast the other to look out at the horizon.
"Dobe," another man snorted.
"Shut up Sasuke-teme," the blonde snapped retracting his telescope with a disappointed expression at having found nothing to captivate his interest.
"We could turn in to port for a day or two, there's a town that's close enough that's rumoured to have the most beautiful voice in all the land staying there," another man cut in, brown haired and white eyed you might think him blind but he wasn't.
"We don't have time for whims to satisfy Naruto's boredom," another voice drawled. He was similar to the one called Sasuke, in that he had the same face and eyes, but his hair was of a darker hue than the blue tint of his younger brother's and his cheeks were stained with identical creases from stress to his eyes.
"But it would only be for a little while and perhaps our naval friends may have paid them a visit also," the blonde called Naruto gave a toothy grin showing off his un-naturally sharp canines.
"Unlikely," a red haired man with sea-foam coloured eyes said as he moved to stand by the blonde and look out at the ocean.
"We have to do something, we've been out at sea for two weeks and that last navy ship we attacked hadn't even heard of Konoha, let alone the map that leads to it." Naruto heaved a great sigh, "I just want something interesting to happen you know, like rescue a damsel in distress or find sunken treasure."
"We are not fairy tale pirates Naruto," the white-eyed one said, "and rescuing damsels in distress is more the navy's style, a load of lily-livered goody-two-shoes the lot of them."
"That's right," Naruto chuckled, "rescuing damsels is right up there with hanging pirates for them."
"Captain Itachi!"
The eldest of the five looked up to the man that was half-hung out of the crows nest. "What is it?" Itachi yelled back.
"There's a ship off the port bow, looks like a rich luxury vessel. Should we head for it sir?"
Itachi gave a smirked, "There's your action Naruto."
"Alright, datte be yo!" Naruto gave a shout of joy and punched his fist in the air. For someone who was training under Itachi to be a pirate captain he certainly wasn't very subtle. The other three all shook their heads.
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"PIRATES!"
The yelling and frantic ringing of a bell brought Sakura out of her thoughts, she pressed her face against the small window in hopes of seeing a ship but there was none. The cabin she was on did not stretch to the other side of the ship so she could see if the pirate ship was there. The screams and horrible squelching sounds that met her ears suddenly dispelled all of her excitement as fear set itself in her veins.
Looking around for any form of weapon the best she could come up with was a cushion, the ambassador hadn't given her any chances it seemed. Standing beside the door she clutch the pillow tightly as her hands shook with fear. The fact that her clothing was more than provocative completely left her mind at this point.
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Gaara smirked as he finished tying the ambassador, the ship's captain and the first mate to the mast of the ship. The rest of the crew were either lying bleeding to death, dead or already or had jumped overboard in an attempt to get away from the pirates.
"Well gentlemen, it seems you have gotten yourself into a bit of a predicament," Itachi drawled as he watched all three squirm and cower before him. Gaara was amused but not satisfied, the metallic sting of blood was in the air but it was a filthy smell. Gaara longed for sweeter blood than this.
"Release me now and I will see that you are not hanged for this crime," the ambassador shouted trying to hide his fear behind superiority.
"I won't be hanged whether I release you or not, the navy cannot catch me and I doubt you'll be able to tell them anything from the bottom of the sea," Itachi drawled.
"What are you doing to do?" the captain demanded.
"I'm going to take every penny and jewel from this ship's trip if of any valuable woods and sails and then I'm going to blow a hole in the bottom of your ship and you'll be able to watch the spark travel gentlemen," Itachi said, his tone giving away his amusement.
All three watched as Itachi's crew dampened a rope with oil and fed it through into the cargo hold where a carefully calculated pile of power laid. Another crew member holding a small barrel then proceeded to lead a trail from the feet of the ambassador to the end of the soil soaked rope.
"You can't be serious."
"I'm deadly serious," Itachi replied as his smirk widened to something cruel and frightening.
"You're mad."
"I'm so glad you noticed, I've been working at it for years," Itachi drawled. "Ready gentleman?" Itachi asked as he pulled a cigarette from a pouch at his waste, "Perhaps my otouto would do the honours neh Sasuke?" he asked holding out the white stick to the other boy who smirked.
"With pleasure," Sasuke smirked also as he stepped forward and took it from his brother. He pressed one end to the lips of the ambassador who was shaking like a leaf and keeping his lips tightly shut. Eventually Sasuke got it in and took a small vial from his own belt along with a match.
"Captain!"
The shout broke Itachi out of his sadistic gaze as he turned to sea why he was being called.
"What?" he snapped, he did not like having his ritual interrupted, the suspense would normally cause at least one of the prisoners to let themselves go but it lost it's affect if it was interrupted.
"We found something you might like captain."
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Sakura pressed herself harder against the wall as heard voices outside, "This door is locked!"
"Break it down then."
"You do it."
"Fine!"
She heard a thump that she presumed was someone running into the door. The hinges shook but the door held and for once she was thankful that the door was strong.
"It won't budge, help me."
"Oh alright!"
That time the door did give and two shaggy looking men wearing mismatched, torn clothing fell through the now open doorway. At first they didn't notice her, instead choosing to looking around the rest of the room.
"Nothing valuable here," one sighed heavily, "and now my shoulder hurts and everything."
"You're such a baby," the second turned and suddenly spied Sakura, "Well hello little missy," he looked her up and down and grinned lecherously at her.
"Who are you," the other turned and stopped dead when he saw Sakura and smirked.
Move Sakura shouted to herself inside her mind, clenching her jaw she lunged forward and thwacked one of them around the head with the pillow. He groaned and stumbled into his shipmate who pushed him to the floor, "Feisty eh?" he smirked, "I like that," he drew a small sword from a scabbard at his waist and lunged at Sakura. The pink haired girl gave a scream and dived to the side and tripped over the other man on the floor.
"You'll make a good present for the captains!" he whispered into her ear as he grabbed her wrists and tried to haul her up with him. Gathering her wits enough to resist Sakura screamed, kicked and bit. She tugged and tried to free her wrists but the man held fast despite his darkening countenance.
"Let go of me," she screeched.
"Stop struggling, arg!" he yelped when she bit into his knuckles enough to draw blood. "Let go of me you bitch," he drew back one hand to hit her over the head but she did not stop biting down. With one hand free she then scratched at him with her nails temporarily forgetting about his fellow who was sneaking up behind her.
"Sorry girly but you fight too much," Sakura barely had time to register what that might mean as the handle of the sword came down across the back of her head. Pain blossomed behind her eyes and Sakura saw white flashes before her world faded to black and she slumped lifelessly forward into the arms of the pirate with the bleeding knuckles.
"Damn that girl has sharp teeth," he moaned as he wiped his bleeding knuckles on his filthy trousers.
"Best get her to the captain," the other said heading out the door.
"Help me with her will you bastard this bitch is heavy!"
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Itachi had to fight to keep his expression neutral as the pink haired beauty was brought before him. Wearing only a strip of silk around her chest and two flaps of material hanging in the back and front from a belt at her waist she looked good enough to eat. "You want her, have her just please spare me," the ambassador cried not carrying for money he would loose or that he faced treason if he did not present a suitable gift to the Prince. At this rate he wouldn't see dry land again.
"I will take her," Itachi replied with a smirk, "but her life cannot replace the sound of your gurgling screams. Continue Sasuke."
Sasuke nodded and downed the contents of the vial from his belt. He then struck the match and small yellow flame danced at the end Sasuke smirked and blew. The liquid burst from his lips, catching the fire as it headed straight for the ambassadors face. Flames curled themselves around the liquid as a ball of flame exploded in the man's face, he screamed in pain as his skin was burnt and the ignited cigarette fell to the floor. The small trail of gunpowder went off with a bang and the white spark moved with frightening speed along the trail laid out for it.
"Abandon ship," Itachi called and all of his crew, including those carrying Sakura went to board The Sharingan, his family ship.
"You can't do this it's inhumane," the captain called out desperately as he watched the white spark disappear into the cargo hold down the rope.
"A good captain always goes down with his ship!" Naruto called back as the sails of The Sharingan were opened fully and the ship sped away over the waves, carried by the wind. There was a bang and the whooshing sound water makes when finds on outlet from a high-pressure cage. Screams and pleading were swallowed by the waves as the extra weight of the water dragged the ship down to the murky depths of Davy Jones' Locker.
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This is a trial story that will only be continued if I get feed-back. I love imagining stories but I'll only make the effort the write and post if you people tell me what you think.
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Itachi x Sakura: 0
Sasuke x Sakura: 0
Naruto x Sakura:
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Neji x Sakura: 0
Gaara x Sakura: 0
Sai x Sakura: 0
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Do not expect frequent updates, I'll try and post once a week but I have exams coming up so be warned. Chapter length will vary, some may be short, some may be really long, it all depends on what I want to put in them but I will try and make them a good length.
There will be lots of other characters showing up too so don't you worry (Sasori and Deidara will definitely make appearances of the good kind). Kiba, Shikamaru, Temari, Kankuro they'll be in it too. Sai's in the navy by the way.