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"Land ho, boys!" A booming voice called out.

It was a sunny bright blue day outside without a cloud in the sky with fair winds. A perfect sailing day if you've ever heard of one honestly. The blonde haired man at the top of the mast laughed a hardy laugh and proceeded to grab a rope and jump off the high surface without any hesitation.

Swinging down, the big built guy skimmed the top of the deck floor then stopped only by crashing into a barrel of oranges.

"Ch, idiot." A voice scoffed, watching the whole ordeal.

"Heh... Oops. At least we're headed for the port!" The man said rubbing the back of his head.

"Really, Naruto, you need to be more careful." The black haired man said while helping the clumsy boyish-man up.

"Ay, understood Captain!" Naruto smiled.

"Co-captain, idiot." The man seethed while correcting his friend.

"And that's understood too, Sasuke." Naruto clapped Sasuke on the back and then jogged to the wheel of his ship.

"Don't forget men! This is the big trip where we stalk up! This is one of our last stops before our true adventure!" Naruto called out as he took over his wheel from the chap manning it at the time.

"Ay, Captain!" The men on the ship called back.

Sasuke had followed Naruto, being quiet and kept to himself as usual.

"You ready for the start of our big pirate adventure Co-Captain?" Naruto laughed as he turned the wheel a bit to the right.

"The only thing I'll be doing the whole time is making sure you don't screw up." Sasuke muttered making Naruto laugh even more.

"We get two days in Port Konaha. So get what you need and be back in the right time. Soon, we'll be sailing the seven seas." Naruto spun the wheel to the left, his smile gleaming in the afternoon sunlight.

"Lady Hinata, do you really think that's a good idea?" A voice asked softly.

Hinata smiled sadly as she nodded her head once.

"It's the only way." She sighed.

"But m'lady it's not like what you think it is. Out there we could-"

"Sakura it's fine. If I think about those things I'll just worry myself and I won't do that. We leave tomorrow. And please, don't call me lady anymore, you know what happens after a family member is disowned by their heritage. Just call me Hinata." Hinata said quietly, not wanting to be heard.

"Understood. What do we take?" The pink haired woman asked.

"Our wits and courage. Other than that nothing. After tomorrow, we start new. A fresh beginning, you could say." Hinata smiled. She knew Sakura was worried and so was she- but after what happened the night before she wasn't going to stay at the Hyuuga estate any longer. She had asked her trusted servant and friend, Sakura Haruno, to go with her. Sakura agreed, but Hinata knew it was only because she wanted to keep her safe. Sighing, Hinata took a deep breath.

"My father may have disowned me, but he still wants me here. We can't be caught escaping at all." Hinata warned.

"Yes miss, I know." Sakura said, stoking the fire.

They were in Hinata's room, talking about their plans to leave. Hinata's bed was by the wood stove, a chair and couch was close by with a rug in the middle.

"I thought I said-" Hinata started but was cut off.

"I know what you said." Sakura interrupted softly.

They were quiet as they played the roles of themselves. Pretending everything was normal and all was well. Of course that wasn't the case, but they couldn't do anything about that.

"Sakura, you know you could have said no, right?" Hinata asked after a moment.

"Yes, I know. But I also know that we both knew I wouldn't say no. Isn't that correct?" Sakura replied smirking.

Hinata chuckled and nodded her head. Sakura went about the room doing her late chores as usual while Hinata sat and had her tea. They agreed that Sakura would come and get Hinata later that night and together they would slip out of the household now known as a prison to them.

"See you in the morning Lady Hinata." Sakura said, bowing slightly as she picked up the tea tray to take to the kitchen.

"Very good, Sakura. Thank you." Hinata said, playing along.

Sakura left the room with a wink and walked down the long corridor, thinking about how tomorrow might go. She had never really liked the job of a maidservant, but Hinata was very nice and the pay was good. She was excited to see what the new life would bring but being the person she is she still worried.

The pink haired beauty flicked her hair to the side as she was turning the corner, completely unaware of the figure also turning the corner until they ran into each other making the tea tray crash to the ground.

"Oh my-" Sakura looked up and saw a brown haired brown eyed guard, one of many at the establishment.

"My apologies, I wasn't paying attention." The guard said.

"It's my fault, I should be sorry." Sakura gave a little smile as she started to place the things back on the tray. Without a word the guard started to help her.

"So, what is a pretty young lady like yourself doing up this late?" The man asked, handing her a teacup.

"Just finished my chores." Sakura said a little tightly. She didn't take well to being flirted with by random strangers.

Standing up, the man picked up the tray and balancing it on one hand he offered his hand to help her up.

"My name's Ryuu, yours?" The man said.

Ignoring his offered hand, Sakura stood up by herself and dusted off her maid uniform before taking the tray back.

"Sakura." She replied simply.

"A perfect name for you. It even matches your hair." Ryuu reached a hand out and grasped a lock of it.

Turning red with rage, Sakura took a deep breath. Who did he think he was?!

Sidestepping him so she could continue walking to the kitchen, she flicked her hair to get it out of his grasp and walked down the hallway quickly.

"Hey! Where you going? I wasn't done talking to you!" The man walked a few steps after her but stopped and smiled to himself. But it wasn't a nice smile, it was a smile that meant trouble.

Sakura was changed and ready to head back to her apartment. She said her goodbyes, put on her cape and started off down the dark cobblestone streets. It was a beautiful night, with the silver moon shining down on the buildings and houses that she passed by. There was a small breeze, cooling the night air and making Sakura hug her cape just a little tighter to herself.

There were other people on the streets, heading home or heading to a tavern. But for some reason Sakura had this strange feeling in her stomach that wouldn't let up. She glanced behind her and suddenly caught brown eyes. Gasping quietly she looked forward again. It was the same eyes as the guard. She took and deep breath and kept walking, trying to reassure herself that maybe he was walking home and it was this way.

Glancing back again, she didn't see him and breathed a sigh of relief. As she walked she noticed the streets getting thinner, but that usually happened closer to this part of town. It wasn't a dangerous part, it was just that a lot of retired and homely people lived here so it wasn't that busy at night.

For some reason Sakura felt compelled to look back again, so following her instinct she did. And sure enough, there was the guard again. But this time they were the only two on the streets. Adrenaline kicked in and Sakura started to walk faster, soon she was walking so fast you might call it a jog. She wasn't going to be home for another two blocks and that just wouldn't do. Making a quick decision, Sakura turned into an alleyway and started running. She turned alleyway to alleyway, running as fast as she could. She then turned into one alleyway and ran right into something, both toppling down to the stone floor. Sakura shut her eyes and breathed heavily, wondering where Ryuu was and if he was still following her. She sighed. She hated acting like this, she was usually brave and outgoing but when it comes to things like this how can you be?

Sighing, she then realized that someone had grabbed her arms and was moving her. Sakura gasped and opened her eyes only to stare right back at some of the most beautiful eyes she had ever seen in her life. Dark black ones with specks of red in them. How it was possible she didn't know but it almost put her in a trance. Until their owner talked.

"Hello? Anyone there? Mind getting off of me?" Then it all clicked.

Sakura had ran into this person, probably giving them a few bruises.

"I'm so sorry." Sakura said quickly, getting off of him, accidentally elbowing him in the ribs a few time.

"Ah... Right." He muttered.

Helping him up, Sakura realized he was quite a few inches taller than her, he had black hair with almost a hue of blue in it. He was fit and even more attractive than Sakura thought at first. Although he looked extremely unhappy about the events which had happened.

"You shouldn't run like that so late at night." The man said, only sounding bored.

"I couldn't help it, I was being followed." Sakura breathed.

The man raised an eyebrow but didn't ask for details. Brushing herself off, Sakura glanced behind the man and low and behold, there was Ryuu.

"Hey, where you going, Sakura? I wanted to talk for a moment." Ryuu called, advancing slowly.

The man who Sakura had crashed into turned around and looked right at Ryuu.

"Sakura, is this the man you were telling me about just now?" The man glanced back.

She realized the man was trying to help, pretending to know her and silently thanked a higher power for him. Sakura, unable to speak, just nodded her head.

Turning back to Ryuu, the man stepped in front of Sakura slightly and looked him right in the eyes.

"I don't think she wants to talk to you. Try again later, or better yet, never again." The man said coldly. Ryuu looked at the stranger and then back at Sakura who was looking at the stranger too, then back to the man.

"And who are you to say that?" Ryuu said, even though he didn't leave yet he looked about ready to run.

"I don't think that's needed information. Now get lost." The man turned back to Sakura and put his hands on her shoulders. Sakura realized she was shaking slightly due to the cold and tried to stop.

Ryuu watched them for a moment and then backed out of the alleyway slowly and turned to go without saying a word.

"Thank you." Sakura said, after she was sure Ryuu was gone. The stranger nodded his head and removed his hands from her shoulders.

"Um... I don't know exactly what to do from here, because-" Sakura started but was cut off.

"I'll walk you home." The man turned without a second thought and started walking down the alleyway. Sakura was going to protest, but she realized she didn't actually want to.

She followed him until they were side by side walking down the street now.

"So, what's your name?" Sakura said, trying to make conversation.

"I don't think that's needed information." The man smirked.

"Well then, I'll guess." Sakura decided. The man didn't protest so Sakura went ahead.

"Is it... Kousai?" She guessed first.

The man just shook his head.

"Hakuya?"

Another shake.

"Livius?" She guessed, feeling a little frustrated now.

Another no.

"Kiba? Eren? Takumi? Ikki? Otani?" She guessed all at once.

The man smirked but didn't say anything. He also didn't shake his head though.

"Is it one of those?" Sakura asked while they turned a corner.

The stranger just pressed his lips together and gave nothing away.

"Is it Kiba?" Sakura guessed. She didn't even realize she was on her street until the smell of cherry blossoms came with the next small gust of wind.

The man didn't respond once and before Sakura could say anything they were already on her porch in front of her little rented out house.

Taking a deep breath, Sakura sighed and turned to the man who was looking up at the stars.

"Thank you, again. I don't know what would have happened if I hadn't ran into you. Literally." Sakura said the last word more as a joke than anything but the man still looked at her with a bit of a scowl.

"Would you like to come in for tea? It's the least I could do." Sakura offered.

"No, I still have work to do. Are you sure you're safe?" He asked.

Sakura nodded her head. "Yes, I don't feel scared anymore." She smiled.

The man nodded his head once and turned to go. Sakura watched him go, thinking about what had happened that night.

"Sasuke. My name is Uchiha Sasuke." The man said without even looking behind him.

"Haruno Sakura. Nice to make your acquaintance." Sakura bowed slightly even though he wasn't looking at her. She watched him walk away into the night and wondered if she'd ever see those beautiful eyes again. Sighing, Sakura turned and went inside her house to gather the most special belongings to her for tomorrow.

"Don't forget those barrels and crates men!" The captain yelled from the ship so loud some of the passing people turned to watch them continue to stalk their ship.

"You shouldn't yell quite so loud, Naruto." Sasuke scolded the blonde headed, loud mouthed idiot.

Laughing loudly, Naruto jogged down the boarding plank and picked some crates and started walking them back to his ship.

"Why not help out, Sasuke? You're not Co-Captain for nothing." Naruto said as he passed by the cold Uchiha.

"Ch, what do you think I have you for?" Sasuke shot back, going to pick up a barrel.

He huffed and looked confused for a moment.

"What..."

"What's wrong? Feeling a little weak there teme?" Naruto called, laughing a little.

"No, its just..." Sasuke glared at Naruto not even caring to finish his sentence. Sasuke grunted and hauled the barrel onto the ship, passing some of the crew and Naruto who went for the other barrel next to the one Sasuke had grabbed.

As Naruto picked it up he grunted at its weight, surprising himself.

"What's wrong? Feeling a-"

"Shut up." Naruto interrupted Sasuke. Confused, Naruto walked the barrel to the ship, placing it next to where Sasuke had out this one.

"Shouldn't this just be fabric for trading or something? Didn't we order fabric?" Naruto turned to Sasuke. Sasuke nodded his head, remembering from when they talked about what they needed.

"Then why..." Naruto went to open the barrel when a crate slammed down on top of it before he could. Gasping he looked up to see one of his crew members- Kiba.

"What do you think you're doing?! You could have smashed my fingers!" Naruto complained.

"Sorry." Kiba shrugged and walked away. There were only a few crates and barrels left in the amount they had carried onto the ship.

"Sasuke, would you please follow me? Let's talk about charting." Naruto muttered, walking away with Sasuke following with his arms crossed as he usually had them.

It had been one day of full sailing when it happened. Naruto and Sasuke were taking a walk on the deck of the ship in the afternoon sun while Shikamaru, the Boatswain, was inspecting the goods which they had gotten.

Naruto had told Shikamaru about his suspicions of the strange barrels and thankfully they were the last thing to be inspected.

"Right there Shika." Naruto pointed to the barrels. Sasuke and Shikamaru picked up and moved the crate over and as Shikamaru went to open the barrels... They broke. And what came out of the broken barrels? Two women. One with long black hair and one with short pink hair.

Gasping, the girls fell out of the barrels, light shining brightly in their eyes. When their eyes finally adjusted to the bright sun they looked up to see a blonde haired man and someone one of the girls already knew.

"It's you." The pinked haired girl and the black haired man said at the same time.

And that's how their adventure started. With two girls falling out of barrels and two men looking at them flabbergasted as they thought those barrels should have been fabric.

Strange? Oh yes.

Interesting? Sure thing.

Exciting? We'll see :3