The first thing Sakura Haruno remembered was waking up in the middle of the ocean, just floating there, the cold water slowly torturing her senses, her breathing harsh and quick, and a multitude of cuts and bruises all along her body. She blinked away the water in her eyes and looked around.
Not even a small rock for her to rest on. She tried to move her legs but she couldn't feel them. She whimpered and looked up at the blue sky, praying to god that a savior would come to her…
But if its one thing that Sakura Haruno knew, it was that her prayers were never answered…
Then… everything when black.
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Sasuke Uchiha,
Is there any need for me to explain?
Because anyone who's anyone knows about this pirate. Now Sasuke wasn't just any average pirate, he was the best of the best, no one could beat him… well no one except for his brother. But we wont get into that for a while now.
Sasuke was a boy who called himself a man, he had stunning features, a great body, silky black hair, and those gorgeous onyx eyes. Loved by women everywhere. His crew was loyal enough, and if they ever betrayed him… he would kill them. Simple as that. But so far that hasn't happened. He was a heartless ice cube who could get anything he wanted whenever he wanted it. No one dared question him or even look at him the wrong way… that is until one fateful day at sea, not a spec of land in sight.
"Sasuke!" Naruto, Sasuke first mate and best friend, called.
Sasuke growled some vulgar words under his breath and walked towards the blonde.
"Sasuke look!" Naruto pointed a dirty finger at the water. Several sailors were all peering into the distance to get a look at the foreign object.
"Probably just some junk…" Huffed Ino Yamanaka, she was a healer, not a very good one but she was the only one willing to serve pirates. In truth be told the crew wanted nothing more than to throw her overboard but the needed a healer… and as pathetic as she was she could at least heal cuts and the like, they all just had to pray that nothing serious ever happened.
Sasuke ignored her and squinted his eyes. "what is it?" he asked.
Naruto shrugged "well we know it isn't ramen…" Sasuke sweatdropped. Ino glared at the blonde and slapped his arm "could you stop wasting Sasuke time you stupid little boy!" Naruto glared at her "your one to talk…" he mumbled. Ino fumed "WHY YOO LITTL-"
"will you shut up!" Sasuke stared at her with and irritated face. Ino could only stare back.
"Sasuke look!" Naruto leaned forward.
"What?"
"Do you see that? Its-"
"Its pink…" Sasuke finished for him. "what in the hell is that?"
They all watched with curiosity as the object floated towards them. Naruto gasped "it's a… It's a girl!" Sasuke's eyes widened as he peered down at it. Sasuke blinked, "well someone get her up here!" he barked with frustration. Naruto dove into the water and scooped up the pink haired maiden in his arms.
"is it alive?" Ino called down at him.
Naruto glanced up at her "yeah… but she is unconscious…"
Sasuke looked down at the girl in Naruto's arms with fascination; he couldn't see her face, only her long pink hair. Naruto swam to the side of the ship and handed her up to Gaara who gently cradled her in his arms. Sasuke eyed him… what was with this?
The insensitive, cold, heartless, and otherwise evil Gaara actually treating someone with care?
Ino huffed, "I told you it was just some trash…" she said flipping her hair. Gaara opened his mouth as if to say something but then promptly closed it. Naruto flopped himself onto the deck and heaved in a deep breath.
"well how is she?" He leaned over to get a better look at her, his blond spiky hair was matted down onto his face.
"um… here Naruto…" whispered a shy voice.
Naruto turned to see a pink faced Hinata handing him a light blue towel. He gave her a toothy grin "thanks Hinata! What would I do without ya!" he patted a wet hand on her back and gratefully took the towel. Hinata couldn't help but feel slightly exasperated as she felt a wet spot on her back.
Sasuke growled as Naruto began to ramble on about how many bowls of ramen it would take to heat him up again. "Naruto…" he glared at the blonde with deadly onyx eyes.
Naruto clamped his hands over his mouth as if it was some sort of untamable abomination. Sasuke sighed and straightened himself up. "so…" he stated in a monotone voice "what shall we do with her…"
"just throw her back over board, she wont be our problem anymore…" Ino flared, the crew looked at her with irritation and Gaara had noticeably tensed. He placed the girl on the ground, her face still hidden and stood up. "We need to heal her and feed her; she also is probably suffering from dehydration…" Naruto jumped forward "HOLY SHIT GAARA YOU CAN TALK?!?!?" Gaara eyed him. They had all heard him speak before but this was the first time they had ever seen the redhead say more than two or three words willingly.
Sasuke pushed Naruto back. "he's right, lets just feed her and heal her, we cant really just leave her here… besides there might be a reward out for this girl…"
"but I don't know how to heal internal wounds…" Ino pouted.
"do you know anything?" Naruto asked in an irritated voice.
"shut up you river rat! Internal damage is hard and only the really high class medics know how do heal them!!"
Naruto growled at her.
The crew all murmured "she we hold her for ransom?" Ino asked.
"no! if we do that it will just cause us more trouble!" Shikamaru yelled, "well have the navy on our ass if-"
He was cut off by a light coughing noise. Sasuke looked down to see the girl turning over onto her back with her eyes shut tight. Everyone just stared as she began to cough more violently. Gaara took a step closer to her but stopped in his tracks as she slowly lifted her hands to her chest and began to make hand signals.
"is she…" Naruto gaped at what he was seeing. Sasuke suppressed the urge to gape as he watched the girl heal herself.
A green haze hovered over her hands and her breathing became more steady and she squinted her eyes as if trying to open them. Her hands fell to her side and she slowly hoisted herself up with her elbows and slowly opened her eyes revealing two jade orbs that looked around at them like a baby cat about to be mercilessly slaughtered.
Sasuke felt a sudden pang of compassion for the girl as her shoulders began to shake but he shoved it to the back of his mind.
"W.. where a-am I?" she asked in a shaky voice. "your safe here lady" Naruto smiled and extended a hand towards her. She backed away from it and her eyes went from fearful to dangerous "you … you didn't answer my question.." there was no hiding the fact that this girl was terrified.
"Your on a pirate ship, we rescued you , you ungrateful brat, what's your name girl?" Ino snapped at her. Sasuke gave her a warning glare.
The girl blinked and lifted her hands to her head "I … I cant remember…"
"amnesia?" Shikamaru asked. Ino stared "most likely… but amnesia can be relatively easy to heal…" she stepped closer to the girl and placed a hand over her eyes. The girl back away letting out a light gasp. Sasuke knelt down next to her "its ok she wont hurt you" he tried to sound as comforting as possible but somehow it came sounding like a warning. The girl stared into his eyes and her mouth slowly opened .
"Itachi…" She whispered , Sasuke's eyes went wide.
