Kin sighed as she looked out across the water from the window. It had been two years since she was released from the hospital in Konoha after Orochimaru tried to use her in that summoning and her leaving the ninja life behind. She had moved to a small port town and worked as a waitress in the Inn. She still kept up a little of her ninja training as that allowed her to easily handle some of the rowdier crowds. "Kin, can you help me with this," Mistress Oichi asked her.
"Of course, ma'am." She stood up, grabbed the tray and headed to the dining room. "Who's is it?"
"Table three. Bones."
Kin shook her head, "That old blow hard. Is he telling that pirate story again?"
"Like always," Oichi said with a smile.
With a laugh, Kin headed in. "Here's your sake, Bones," she said, setting the heated bottle on the table. "And a bowl of stew."
"Aye, you're a good lass, Kin," Bones said, his voice thick with a foreign accent. He took a drink. "So the captain came back on the boat, his guns empty and blades bloodied."
"You forgot to mention that the ropes that were taken ashore were gone, Bones," Kin reminded.
"I was getting to that, lass," he protested.
"Wait, is this the one where he came back aboard after being on the island for three days being chased by the tribe, injured, walking right pass the med lab, and straight for some grog," Kin asked innocently.
Bones looked at her blankly. "I'm guessing I told you this story a few times..."
"Only fifteen," she stated. She gave him a kiss on the cheek, "Don't stay up all night, or drink too much. You have work tomorrow."
"You're too good for an old pirate like me, lass. Aye, too good."
Kin laughed and pushed him back in his seat. "Eat up, you old blow hard. And I'm sure everyone here is just dying for you to finish your story." Moans and complaints answered her. "SHUT UP! See?" Kin went back inside the kitchen. "Anyone else, Oichi?"
"No dear," she said. "Where would I be without you?"
"You would be having to rely on those giggling twits from the village," Kin replied.
Oichi laughed, a reminder of her youth still there in it. "I would. Go on, you were off long ago."
"I don't have anything else to do," Kin told her.
Oichi was a woman in her forties, still pretty but starting to slow down and her age catching up with her. Her once gold hair now had getting bangs of silver as well along with a few wrinkles at the corner of her eyes. Kin swore that those added to her beauty and felt a little jealous every now and then. She was also a mother of a rather rough and rowdy eight year old. So the look she sent Kin, she recognized from her dealing with the boy. "Now listen here, young lady, it isn't healthy for a young woman like you to throw so much into work and not into having fun for a change. Go out, run around, chase some boys. Who knows, you might actually find one you'll like."
"I appreciate your concern but I don't need a boy in my life. I got enough out there I have to take care of."
"Hey Kin, come out and sing us a song," someone shouted from the front room.
Which made her smile. "My adoring fans call for me, how could I dare leave them?" With a small laugh, she headed back out. "I swear she is trying to marry me off," she muttered.
"I swear, I'm going to marry her off to someone," Oichi said with a sigh for the girl she had long since started considering a daughter.
Kin went up to her harp on the dais. "Well, only because you insist," she told the crowd. She sat down beside it, plucked a few strings, letting the sounds carry her chakra around the room. "Sleep, o babe, for the red bee hums a silent twilight fall. Aoibheall from the Grey Rock comes, to wrap the world in thrall. Leanbahn o, my child, my joy, my love and heart's desire. The crickets sing your lullaby beside the dying fire.
"Dusk is drawn and the Green Man's thorn is wreathed in rings of fog. Siabra sails his boat till morn upon the starry bog. A leanbhan O, the paly moon hath brimmed her cusp in dew, and weeps to hear a sad sleep tune, I sing my love to you.
"Faintly sweet doth the the chapel bell, ring o'er the valley dim, Tearmann's peasant voices swell, in fragrant evening hymn. A leanbhan O, the low bell rings, my little lamb to rest, and angel- dreams till morning sings, its music in your breast.
"Sleep, o babe, for the red bee hums a silent twilight fall. Aoibheall of the Grey Rock comes, to wrap the world in thrall. Leanbahn o, my child, my joy, my love and heart's desire. The crickets sing your lullaby beside the dying fire." She looked at them and smiled, works every time. Everyone had quieted down just to listen, making the common room calm once again despite it being the end of the work day and everyone coming there for something to drink and eat. She had been so embarrassed the first time she was pushed up there that she decided to use a genjutsu to help. Ever since, she had used them to just calm them.
"Kin-chan," one of the village boys called while clapping. "I don't suppose I could get you to go out on a date with me, can I?"
"Sorry, I have work to do," she politely turned him down. Then she whispered in his ear. "Besides, imagine how mad they will be if you take me from them."
He glanced around at the rougher men in the room. "Good point. But I'm not going to stop trying," he told her.
Gracing him with a smile, she headed back into the kitchen. Kami knows that Oichi always needed a hand, no matter what she said. She put more wood in the fire and checked the roast on the spit. All the while, she still couldn't stop comparing a ninja village to a small peaceful town like this. There was no war here, no worrying about life and death. People still died, that was unavoidable. But never with the frequency of a hidden village, nor with the violence. There wasn't even a crime rate. Hiatari was off the beaten path, with a small port more often used by fishers then trade ships. She wanted it to stay that way too. When she finished checking the roast for dinner, she went and sat down by the window again, looking out over the water. "...Oichi, what's beyond the horizon?"
The older woman looked at her. "Out there? Sea Country, island chains...why?"
"And beyond that? Are there places like Hiatari?"
"I imagine so," Oichi replied. "Why do you ask?"
"...When I was a ninja, I never wondered about the rest of the world. Always just the village or the mission. When I came here, I saw that not every place is like it. What else is there that I never thought about? What is the rest of the world like?"
"I don't know," Oichi replied. "I've never seen it. Not many really know what's beyond the Calm Belt."
"Yeah, why is it called the Calm Belt? Why is the world so secluded from each part? Where are the pirates Bones is always talking about? Are there really pirates that join together for the thrill of it? Others that are merciless just for the gold? What about there being no ninjas in the rest of the world?"
"We can only trust Bones-san on that," she replied. "Why, want to visit those places?"
"Maybe," Kin told her. "If only just to know."
"Maybe when the next boat comes in, you should go out with it," Oichi offered.
"No," Kin replied. "What would you do without me, remember? Twittering girls that don't know soup from stew? We talked about this a half hour ago."
"I know. But I don't want you wasting your life worrying about someone else's. And besides, I will have you know I did perfectly fine before you arrived." Kin looked at her a moment before smiling followed by a fit of laughter. Oichi frowned, "Okay, maybe I didn't but that isn't the point."
When Kin stopped, she shook her head. "I like it here, Oichi. And I owe you so much for giving me the chance to work here and a place to stay."
Oichi sighed, "And everyone here agrees you are too good for the simple life we lead. You should be out there, living it up. You have the prettiest voice in the whole village and you can definitely make it as a professional."
"We'll see," Kin replied. "Maybe one day. Besides, this life is good enough for you, why not me?"
Oichi just shook her head and went back to work. "Hey, get off the stage," someone called from the common area. "That spot belongs to Kin-chan!"
Oichi was about to go see what the hubbub was about but Kin stood up. "I have it." She stood up and walked back. "Okay, what is it?" She looked around and saw a boy probably the same age as her wearing the rainbow patched traveler's cloak marking a gleeman, a traveling story teller and musician, on the dais, examining her harp. His hood was up and he wore a mask over his lower face, revealing only shining blue eyes. His fingers plucked a few strings, testing the sounds. "What are you do...ing?"
"By yon bonnie banks and by yon bonnie braes where the sun shines bright on Loch Lomond. Where me and my true love will never meet again on the bonnie, bonnie banks o' Loch Lomond. O you'll tak' the high road and I'll tak' the low and I'll be in Scotland afore ye. For me and my true love will never meet again on the bonnie, bonnie banks o' Loch Lomond.
"'Twas there that we parted in yon shady glen, on the steep, steep sides o' Ben Lomond. Where deep in purple hue, the highland hills we view and the moon comin' out in the gloamin'. O you'll tak' the high road and I'll tak' the low and I'll be in Scotland afore ye. For me and my true love will never meet again on the bonnie, bonnie banks o' Loch Lomond.
"The wee birdies sing and the wild flowers spring And in sunshine the waters are sleeping but the broken heart, it kens nae second spring again Tho' the waeful may cease frae their greeting. O you'll tak' the high road and I'll tak' the low and I'll be in Scotland afore ye. For me and my true love will never meet again on the bonnie, bonnie banks o' Loch Lomond."
She stood there amazed as he finished. He then turned to her and smiled, if the way his eyes glimmered was a sign. "Pardon my intrusion, my dear lady," he said with a deep bow with an accent, showing it wasn't just for the song. "Aye am merely awaiting a boat and decided to come and listen more of the beautiful voice Aye heard coming from this inn. Please, would you happen to be the lady Kin that these gentlemen were speaking of?"
She worked her jaw a little, trying to get it to work. "Y-yes, I am. Thank you for your kind comment but I am not nearly as good as yourself."
That shining went brighter, his smile had grown bigger. "No, no. For pure untapped talent, Aye am sure that ye lass will one day far outshine me." Kin couldn't help but blushing a little.
"Hey, what are you trying to do, mister," the boy that asked Kin out demanded.
The Gleeman spun to him. "Ah, you must be yonder lady's suitor! Such luck and favor upon thee, good sir," he said with another bow. As he came back up, he spun back, revealing sun worn traveling clothes as well as a belt full of pouches and knives. "Ne'er have such a blossoming couple ever graced my eyes upon their presence! Such an occasion sure doth demand a grand performance!"
He looked down a little, "I'm not her boyfriend."
"No? Surely ye jest," the gleeman stated. "Hath me thy chance, aye would sweep yonder damsel off her feet with confessions of admiration and swears upon her unmatched beauty." He did a flip, off the stage, landing right in front of her. "A favor upon thee, lass," he said, holding up his empty hand. With a twist of his wrist, there was a half opened tulip in his grasp. "Alas, such doth not truly a lady such as yourself deserve."
Kin was fighting hard to keep the blush down as she took the gift. "What is your name, gleeman? Or should I make one for you?"
"Manners, manners," he said regretfully as he walked back to the stage. "Where hath aye left them? Aye be none other than Alasdair McLeod of the highland of Scotland in the South Blue." He did a bow to her, sweeping his cloak wide. While he did, Kin swore she saw a symbol on his right shoulder. A jolly roger with a headband. "Permit me the grace, lass, and the favor of asking yer name well?"
"...Tsuchi Kin. The South Blue? As in the ocean across the Calm Belt?"
"Aye, that be the one," he told her. He shook his head, letting a braid of red hair come in view for a moment. "It be my great pleasure and honor to perform for ye again, dear lady." Without waiting, he took out a lute that had been hidden somewhere inside his cloak. "Princess Cornelia, of the land of Faerun, was the most beautiful woman of the land," he said, playing the strings as needed to created suspense and attraction. "A beauty of raven hair and oaken brown eyes, doth graced with a voice from the heavens themselves. No man, woman, child that ever felt her gaze on them could want for more but a moment longer of her attention. Yet she had eyes only for one man. Marcus not be but a peasant man, hair red and long, eyes the wild blue before tha storm. Harsh though the years had been, he stood tall and proud in front of all, especially when his lady's graze graced him. Long had the two wished to be together until finally, the princess stole out of her castle one starry night and met him. 'Marcus' she called, seeing him approach, face darkened by hood. 'Sweet Marcus, I fear I love thee more than I should'.
"Princess, will thou be happy, married to a lowly peasant such as aye,' Marcus asked of his love. The princess responded by hugging her love close to her. 'Prithee, call me princess no more! Marcus, wilt thou truly cherish me, the king's only daughter? Or is such a desire too dear to wish for!? After our nuptials, shall I become no more than a puppet? A mindless puppet, never to laugh, never to cry? I wish to live my life under the sky. At times I shall laugh, at other times cry. For no life is more insincere than that lived as a masquerade.'
"Marcus returned her embrace. 'So much consideration thou hast given it! But worry not! Cast away thy trappings of royalty, and aye shall swaddle thou in a gown of pure love! Never again will aye part from thee! Pray, my love, make me thy canary to keep forever in the cage of thy bosom! Let us embark on the first ship tomorrow, before dawn can tell of our elopement!' Holding her love at arms grace, she looks him in the eyes. 'All my fortunes at thy foot, I lay, and I shall follow thee throughout the world,' she swear. Marcus stepped back from her touch, 'No cloud, no squall shall hinder us!' Regretful so, he left his love to ready for their journey. 'O love is the sweetest joy and wildest woe! All I wish is to be by my sweet Marcus' side."
"But fate hath darkened for the loving pair," Alasdair said, changing the mood instantly. "For in the shadows lies in wait a cur that dare not allow their love be. Blank, Marcus' best friend and loyalist to the king, hath seen them. 'Fie,' he cursed. 'It shall be war again unless this marriage is stopped! Ne'er will I let their plan come to fruition!' As the princess leaves, he follows and soon reveals himself. 'Good day to ye, Highness.' 'Good day...,' she replied. 'Wist thee of Marcus,' he asked. 'Marcus!? What news dost thou bring!?' Blank face gave her a chilling smile, he was close now. 'This,' he said before striking her, taking her conscious away."
"Forth hour later, King Leo paced his throne room path like that lion of his name. 'Where is she!? Where has mine only daughter gone!?' Blank stepped into the throne room and owed to his lord. 'Blank, good man! Hast thou seen Cronelia!?' To which Blank replied, 'Worry not, Magesty. I shall make sure Cornelia marries Prince Schneider. Be thou at ease.' To this, King Leo snarled, 'At ease, sayest thou? How can I rest, not know she is safe? Could it be... thou hast betrayed me?' Blank shook his head, 'By my troth, sir, I betrayed none other than poor Marcus!' King Leo narrowed his eyes in suspicion. 'Thou had the gall to betray thy dearest friend. Wouldst thou not betray me as swiftly?"
"Blank said, calmingly, 'Stay thy hand, I merely...' It was for not, King Leo pulled his sword from its sheath and planted it into Blank. As the King turned and walked away, Blank said, 'I merely sought a lasting peace between the two kingdoms!"
Alasdair straightened and put the lute away. Nimbly, he navigated his way to the counter and took a swallow of a small glass of wine. Many people were shocked that he would leave off at that.
"What of the ending, Alasdair," Kin asked.
He turned back to her, smiling once more. "Regretfully, lass, aye am waiting for ah ship to arrive very, very soon. Aye nary the time to complete it." He looked to Bones, "You, good sir, that watches so closely the lady Kin, what is yer name?"
"Bones," he stated.
"Bones...Captain Billy Bones?" Bones lost the look he had for one far more stoic. "Good to meet ye at last, Captain Billy Bones." He stepped to the old pirate, leaned forward, and left a note on the table. "A good day to ye, Lady Kin, Captain." With a bow, he walked out the inn. Bones unfolded the note and looked at it. Without letting anyone see it, he put it in his pocket.
"Bones," Kin asked. "You look like you've seen a ghost."
"...I made a mistake lass." He took a drink of his ale and said so quietly no one could hear. "And it is one that will endanger all ye."
—oo000oo—
Kin was sweeping the floor with almost everyone gone or in their rooms for the night. Bones came into the room, more in his bottle than normal. "Lass, I don't suppose I could get ye to give me another mug o' ale?"
"Don't even think about it," Oichi called from her room upstairs.
Bones looked at the ceiling, "How does she bloody do that!?"
Kin chuckled and pulled out a chair. "Sit down, you old pirate, and I'll get you some stew. Just let me lock the door." She leaned her broom against the counter and went to it. Before she reached it though, the door opened and a man with a strip of cloth covering his eyes stepped in. "I'm sorry sir, we're closed now."
"I'm just here looking for an old friend, lassy," he stated.
Bones looked at him and swallowed. "Hello Pew."
"Ah, I know that voice anywhere," Pew stated. He walked around Kin, his cane tapping the floor, and moved over to Bones. "Captain, long has it been. Far too long."
"Not long enough, Pew."
"I'm hurt. Truly hurt...but not enough so that I can't give our captain a gift. Here, captain, from the crew to you. I'll return shortly." Pew turned around and left.
Kin watched him go before locking the door and turning to her friend. "Who was that?"
"...My past catching up to me. I'm afraid to look, lass, can you tell me what's on that there paper?"
Kin picked it up and looked at it, confused. "Nothing...just a large black spot."
Bones nodded, "That's what I thought." He suddenly went into a coughing fit.
"I'll go get your medicine," she said, about to rush into the back.
"No...Let it be. I'm not long for this world anyway. Help me to my room, lass, quickly now." She carried him up stairs and into it. "My...my chest. In the bottom, a secret compartment..." He coughed into his hand again, tasting blood.
"Let me go get your..."
"Now, girl! There's no time!" She hesitated but began digging inside it. Getting to it, she found a single piece of paper. "Good, lass, good. Now, get Oichi and her son out of here, its not safe."
"What!? Why?"
"Because the black spot means that my former crew are coming here to kill me... Listen, watch out for a man...marked by a bone fish." He gave several more coughs. "Now go...GO!"
Kin stayed for a moment before training kicked in. Save who you can, that was what she had to do. "Oichi, Azai! We need to leave!"
Oichi stepped into the hall with her son, "What's wrong?"
"Pirates are coming to kill Bones, he told me to get you out of here!" She shattered the window, kicking out the remains, before grabbing them and jumping out of there. When she felt they were far enough to be safe, she stopped. "I'm going to go try and help Bones," she told them. "Go to a friend's, ask to stay the night." Without waiting, she ran back. Jumping into the window of her room, she grabbed her belt with her knives and shenbons and placed it around her waist. She went to his room. "Bones, I..." She recognized the look in his eyes, his illness had finally killed him. Knowing that disturbing him was a bad idea, she went downstairs and grabbed her harp, sealing it in her arm seal. A crash at the door told her it was time to hide. Jumping up to the ceiling, she hung in the rafters.
"Bones, come out, come out wherever you are," a pirate said as he entered the room. He looked around and shouted, "Search the building, let no one escape."
They split up, looking in every room, searching everywhere. "Bones is dead, the map is missing," someone shouted.
"It must have been the lass," Pew stated. "...She's still here, somewhere," he stated. He began to walk into the common room while everyone else searched the rest of the inn. "I know you're here, lassy. I can hear you...breathing with excitement." He stopped almost under her. "In fact..." He raised his cane, suddenly, hitting her in the side.
Kin dropped, grabbing a kunai as she did. He punched her in the stomach, knocking the wind from her but that didn't stop her from slashing his throat. She turned to the large window and jumped through it. Behind her, she heard the shattering of another window and saw the inn was set on fire. She gripped the map hard as she watched her home go up in smoke. Not just her, Oichi and Azia are homeless as well.
—oo000oo—
"All that for a piece of paper," Oichi asked, having a cup of tea to calm her nerves. The sun didn't bring to light who ruined her life like Kin had been hoping. "How are we going to survive now?"
Kin shook her head. "I'll...I'll get another job and pay as much as I can to help you."
"That'll take years," Azia muttered.
"Azia," Oichi scolded.
"No, he's right," Kin stated. "I..I'll just become a ninja again."
"You left that life behind," Oichi told her firmly. "I won't have you becoming an assassin."
"Then what do we do," she asked.
Dr. Akira, the friend they ran to, rubbed his chin. "Well, there maybe something..."
"What," Kin asked.
"The treasure," he stated.
"What," Kin asked. "This ruined our lives, we should burn it."
"No, we burn it, they will come after you anyway," Akira told them. "You said Pew said you have it. If you don't have it when they come looking, they might hurt anyone connected to you."
"That takes money though," Kin stated. "Which is why we are talking about this in the first place."
Akira sat back in his chair. "...I'll use my life savings to pay for it," he told them.
"No, you can't," Oichi told him. "How can you even suggest sending Kin out like this?"
"She won't," Akira conceded. "So I'll go with her."
"What!? Listen to what you're saying!"
"Oichi," Kin said suddenly. "If this will rebuild the Inn and keep you safe, I'll go."
Oichi looked between them. "...No, you're only a child! You can't, you won't!"
Kin sighed, "I know you care for me, Oichi, and you want what's best for me. But the only one that can decide what's best for me is me. And I am going to do right by you."
"No! I don't want onee-chan to go," Azai said, hugging her leg. "We can think of something else! You're music or something."
"Sorry, Azai-kun, it has to be this way." She gave him a hug before turning to Akira. "How do we do this?"
—oo000oo—
"A pirates life's a wonderful life," the cook sang as Kin stepped inside the hold. "Especially for me. Here, here, a bucaneer, a pirate's life for me. Ohhhhhhhh..."
"Excuse me," Kin said, getting him to turn around. He was a boy a year or so older with neon blond/white hair, bright blue eyes, a rich, dark bronze tan, and whiskers on his cheeks. "I'm Kin, I'm part of the crew."
The chef smiled at her. "A pleasure to meet you, lass. And him behind you?"
"I'm Akira, the man funding this expedition."
"Well, always a pleasure to meet the man behind the woman in charge," he told them before turning back to the food he was making. "I'm Naruto."
"A pleasure," Akira told him. They watched as he chopped up vegetables and other things, threw them in a soup, heated it up, and had it ready to eat in a minute. "Here, try a bowl, it's an old family recipe. Ah, good morning, captain, inspecting the ship?"
"I am, Naruto," a woman said, walking on deck. "Akira, Kin? A pleasure to meet you."
"And you, captain," Kin said for them.
Akira took a taste of the soup. "Hmm, delightfully tangy," he said before letting out a gasp. An eye just floated to the top, making Naruto laugh.
"Ah, look, its part of the old family," he said before eating it. He laughed again before turning to the captain. "Any orders ma'am?"
"No no," she told him. "Not yet." She looked at Kin. "Do you know anything about sailing?"
"...Not really, captain..."
"Portermane," she said, taking off her hat. She was a fishman. "Elizabeth Portermane, this is my ship, the Godspeed." Kin stared at her, making Naruto rolled his eyes. "Is there a problem?"
"Of course not captain," Naruto said, turning Kin away. "She just never heard of a fishman before. Being a dry lander and all."
"Hmm, I don't have time for her to be brought up to speed as we go. Uzumaki, she is now your cabin girl."
"WHAT," they both demanded.
"That's right. Role call, outside." She turned around and walked on the deck. "Mister Sparrow, fall them in!"
"Aye aye, Captain," the first mate called.
Naruto glanced to her. "Well, hop to it, girlie, we need to go." He reached for something leaning against the wall and it turned out to be a giant fish skeleton guitar that he strapped to him back. He was almost out the door when he turned back to find her staring at it. "NOW!"
First Mate Jack Sparrow held up a sheet of paper. "Doctor Akira?"
"Here," he told him.
"Tsuchi Kin," he said after marking him there.
"Here."
"Uzumaki Naruto."
"Aye aye, sir."
"Nii Yugito?"
"Aye aye, sir."
"Uchiha Hakari."
"Aye aye sir!"
"Sabaku bo Talon."
"Aye aye sir," a meek voice called. He looked around until a pretty girl with fins for ears and a tail raised her hand, almost hidden behind a boy with a gourd on his back.
"Sabaku no Gaara."
"Aye aye, sir."
"Old Jack."
"Aye."
"Short Stack Stevens."
"Aye aye, sir."
"Zack Strife."
A big man with black spiky hair called, "Aye aye, sir." He had a scar on his left cheek that ran from under his eye to his jaw. He was dressed in leathers and had a large sword on his back.
"Wally Pike."
A pike fishman answered, "Aye."
"One Eye Tom."
"Aye."
"Alasdair McLeod."
"Aye aye, sir."
"Israel Hands."
A gruff looking man scoffed but called, "Aye."
Portermane looked at them all, "Mister Sparrow, set sail for Reverse Mountain."
"Aye aye, ma'am. You heard the lady, take your positions!"
"Captain," Naruto called, moving up to her. "Are we crossing into the Grand Line?"
"I don't see how if we are or not concerns the cook," she told him.
"Oh, of course not," he stated. "It's just that I happen to have connections in the Konoha Mercenaries. If we are heading into it, would it not be better to go through their path?"
"...How strong a connection?"
"Oh, the leader is like a brother to me," Naruto told her. "Even his Second, Mitarashi Anko wouldn't deny a request made by me."
"...Mister Sparrow, do you know where the Konoha Mercenaries call home port?"
"Aye ma'am."
"That is our heading."
"Aye aye, ma'am. You heard her, turn this ship about. Our heading, south by south west!"
—oo000oo—
Author's notes: Aoibheall-(pronounced "ee-val") The name of the Queen of the Northern Fairies. Siabra- (Pron."Shee-Vra") A type of fairy that plays tricks. Tearmann (pron. "char-um-muhn") A sanctuary and also the name of a village near Lough Garten. Leanbhan(pronounced "lyan-un-Van") a child or baby. The starry Bog- the sky. The Green (or Grey ) man-the fairy of fog or mist. Garten means little garden. It is also the birthplace of St. Colomba.
Songs: Gartan Mother's Lullaby-Orla Fallon. The Bonnie Banks O' Loch Lomond. This is a sequal to Sound of a Jinchuuriki. I wanted to do a story where Kin was the main character and was toying with this idea or one where she ended up captain of a boat in the mercenary fleet. I decided this one would be better.