Author: Liddo-Obsession

Disclaimer and warnings can be found in Chapter 1

Author's Note: Un-beta'd. Chapter four is up. I am so happy this one is finished. I always feel the need to apologize for my incapability of know whether to use a period or a comma. I'll forever never know. Someone got the riddle right, I was glad.

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Answer to riddle: Today

Chapter 4: Grand Escape

The moon's dim light shined into the dark room, through the small barred window. Forming the only source of light in the gloomy cell. It wasn't like the amount of light mattered since the occupier was blindfolded.

The blindfolded man in the cell groaned in pain, rubbing the back of his head. He could feel the bump that had formed. The Captain couldn't believe that it was possible for anyone to have such a hard head, especially that girl. She had been able to produce more damage on his body, than the punches the prince and the king had delivered during the entire interrogation.

Although, he didn't understand why the girl had gotten so mad. Sure, he had harassed her, but she should have taken it as a compliment. There weren't many girls that he had become interested in just by the sound of their voice. "I even promised to be gentle." Sasuke said loudly to himself. It reminded him of why he preferred to be with boys, girls were just too unpredictable.

A sudden sound of wings flapping reached the captain ears, a smirk emerging on his features. It seemed it was time for his great escape. The emitter of the sound- a crow, flew through the bars of the small cell window dropping a set of keys onto the captain's lap.

"It took you long enough, Kakashi." Sasuke said to the bird, as it gracefully landed on his shoulder. Sasuke grabbed the keys and tried to unlock cuffs.

While doing so, the bird proceeding to pick at his hair. Unfortunately for the bird, it wasn't very hard for Sasuke to move his limbs. The chains only restrained him from standing up. Therefore, before Kakashi could react, Sasuke smacked him off his shoulder onto the brick wall. The first thing the pale young man saw when he removed the blindfold was the angered bird, who got up from it splayed out position on the floor to glare and started to squawk loudly at him.

"Shut up, stupid bird." Sasuke whispered harshly. "They'll hear you."

The bird ignored him and continued to screech. Standing on the opposite side of the room, where the captain couldn't reach him because of the chains on his ankles. Frustrated the Captain decided to bribe the infuriating bird. "If you stay quiet, I'll get you the new copy of that perverted book you like." The bird looked at him, nodded and stopped. Watching as the Uchiha unbounded himself from the chains.

After unlocking all the chains and the bars, Sasuke made his way up the stairs. Turning to the bird, who hopped each step along with him. "I'll handle this by myself." Sasuke insisted "You have to go tell the crew to begin the raid, I'm going to need a distraction for all the guards to leave the castle." He ordered, the bird nodded at him understandingly, and flew out the small window it had entered through.

The next thing that the young captain's heard were the screams of the citizens of the Hidden Root kingdom. Pressing his ear against the door, Sasuke could hear the voices of two men behind the wooden door.

"What was that?" One of the men said. While the young captain skillfully opened the door, squeezing through the tight spot. He saw the two guards looking out of the same window I which was positioned on the other side of the door. "Maybe, it's a girl on her first time." The other tried to joke, desperately trying to loosen the mood. The other one smacked him on the head. "That's not funny, jackass. It could actually be something serious. Do you think we should go check on it?"

Recovering from the hit he straightened out, putting on a pensive face as he responded. Understanding the seriousness of the situation. "We haven't received any orders yet let's stay put until they come."

The two were standing shoulder to shoulder, a perfect position for Sasuke's plan. He stood behind them without either of them noticing. Putting his hands on each side of their faces before smashing them together, instantly knocking them out. Their bodies falling limp, falling onto the hard floor. He dragged one of the bodies and threw it down the stairs, into the dungeon, he had been kept in for the duration of his stay in the kingdom. Doing the same thing with the other man, after he took off his clothes off. Leaving the man completely in the nude. He wanted nothing more than to watch them both wake up awkwardly, one naked on top of another. Taking one last look, he smiled at the two tangled bodies at the end of the steps, closing the door and tying it with the guard uniform, locking both of them in there. Satisfied he walked away in the general direction for what he came to do.

There was no difficulty for the young captain to navigate through the complex halls of the castle. The brighter the rooms became the closer he knew, he came to his destination. The huge glass windows giving him a perfect view of the kingdom in flames. He stopped for a moment to admire the work of his hard working crew, whom had lit up the sky with cannonballs and with the burning buildings. He couldn't wait to head back to his ship and see all the loot they had gained with a raid on the most prosperous part of the kingdom.

Hearing the murmur of a group, Sasuke moved behind a dark indentation in the walls, hiding within the shadows. The soldiers running past him, exclaiming their joy for being able to take down some pirates, they were too busy boasting to notice him. This evading went on for about another ten platoons, that had all ran past him. Other than dodging being spotted, Sasuke sauntered through the halls, fairly easily. Taking small decorations from everywhere he could, shoving them into his pocket. Feeling like a kid in a candy store picking whatever he wanted.

A door slammed shut, and he heard voices coming towards him. Examining his surrounding, Sasuke noticed the lack of places to hide in the bare hall. Making quick on time, he skillfully slid under a table, using a plant to cover himself from one of the open side of the table. Silently hoping by shutting his eyes no one would be able to find him, he felt like a little child all over again, playing with his older brother thinking the same thing that by closing your eyes transported you to a different dimension. He wanted to smack himself for remembering something so absurd at such a moment, but if he were to move even an inch it would lead to his discovery and the possibility of alerting the rest of the troops.

The familiar voices approaching him, sucked him out of his reminiscing. It was the angry voices of the king and prince. "Those fucking pirates must have come for their captain." The old man nearly screamed, there was a slam on the top of the table Sasuke was under, making him jolt slightly in surprise. Why they couldn't continue conversing somewhere else, he thought. The raven could see the two pair of feet only centimeter away from him, he was having the greatest temptation to tie their shoes together, but he managed to keep his inner child chained up in the deepest recesses of his mind.

"I don't think they find any value in him, father." The prince responded calmly. "It would be a suicide mission if they came here to get him. The entire army is surrounding the outside of the castle. They must have come for another reason." He heard their voices fading as the prince led his stressed father away, already speaking of strategies to eliminate the raiding pirates.

"By the time you two come up with a plan, we'll be long gone." Sasuke scoffed as he dusted his knees off walking towards the sound, the door had closed came from. Upon reaching it, he tried to open the door, like as a civilized man. But it was locked having not having anything to pick the lock with, or the time. Sasuke walked over to the table that he had hid under, and saw a golden statue of a bear with a fish in its mouth. He grabbed the stupid looking thing bringing it over to the door, smashing it against the door handle. It had dented the statue all over but it had gotten the job done. He checked both sides of the hallway making sure no one was coming his way. When he recognized no one was coming he walked into the office.

"Let's see." the young raven said as he rubbed the back of his head, flinching slightly when he felt the bump. "If I was a stupid stuck up king, where would be the most cliché location I would keep the key of the greatest treasure?" He walked towards the portrait of the king. "Option one the safe behind the portrait." he moved the self portrait of the king to the side and there was nothing.

He moved to the desk pulling out a drawers lining them up. "Option two: false bottom." He dropped all of the things inside of each of them, lining them up to his ear shaking them to listening for any sort of sound inside of them not hearing anything he sent them flying across the room one of them smashing into a vase. A clang reached the raven's ears and he smiled making his way to the key lying in the pool of water. "Option 3: key hidden inside a vase."

Getting what he had come for the raven looked out the window, once more. Seeing the flames from the torches of the soldiers lining up. He had to start moving. There was a display of two arrows, mounted over the mantle of the fireplace. He took a hold of them, along with the beat up bear statue. Throwing the bear out the window, shattering the glass. All the soldiers were too far away to notice the sound coming from the highest part of the castle. Taking in a deep breath Sasuke lowered himself down onto the ledge of the tower. Jabbing each of the arrow in between the space of two bricks, climbing downward. He had to crane his neck an insane amount of times to look where he should place the arrows next.

Not even twenty feet down both of the arrows snapped. At that moment everything started to go in slow motion, he had a long way down to go he knew he had brace himself.

He turned his body, so he would be facing the ground. Back and pelvis arched back, and head tilted backwards. Arms extended so his upper arms were out to his sides, both elbows and knee bent to absorb the impact. He looked like a flying squirrel. Getting into position everything started to go fast again, the next thing he knew he had landed in a pile of manure, the substance splattering on anything within a six foot radius.

There was no possible way, no matter how hard the young Uchiha would try. That walking out of a pile of manure, covered with crap from head to toe, could be made to look attractive. Pirates were dirty but not that dirty.

Getting over his shock Sasuke regarded his surrounding making sure no one had heard the splotching sound. The army was no longer far away, but the screams had muffled his landing. He slightly wondered if the girl who had fed him was there in the front lines, but quickly dismissed it. He didn't have to worry about that in the moment. He had to rush over to the docks where he had instructed his crew to meet him.

The captain noticed a hole underneath the wall surrounding the castle. Quickly deducing it to be the sewerage system, but since he already smelled like a pile of crap he had nothing to worry about it.

As he entered, he couldn't see a thing it was pitch black. All he could hear were the squeaks and shifting around. He knew there were two things that were in these sewers- rats and cockroaches. Walking deeper into the draining, the more it bothered him. The raven could feel roaches on him, struggling to ignore them. He was trying to walk as fast as he could, along with complaining to himself. He had the right to, after all that had happened. It wasn't like anyone was around to prevent him from nagging.

"This tunnel is not five feet! I don't even know where the fuck I'm going right now," For the time being, he was walking through the small stream of water. No one was using their toilets or anything.

He was suddenly pushed back by an unknown force, hitting him on his family jewels. "Agh! What the fuck was that?" He looked behind him to see the glistening eyes of a rat, before it squeaked and ran off. Leaving behind an angry Uchiha cursing it to hell.

"Fuck lose weight you damn obese rat. Launching yourself at me, what did I ever do to you?" The light at the end of the tunnel sped up the raven's speed, exiting out onto the beach. He saw his ship, along with his older brother directing his men to board the items on the ship.

A rat climbed up to his lap, smirking lightly. The captain grabbed the vermin and flung it to Itachi's head, watching as the force of the blow dropped him. The elder of the two tried to get the rat off him, while the rat tried to bite him. Managing to get the rat off Itachi flung it as far as he could. The rat landing on its feet hissing in Itachi's destruction before running into the darkness.

"Can't handle a rat, Itachi? What a shame." Sasuke teased, as his brother lifted himself off the ground, glaring at him. "Don't get mad, its pay back for giving me a fucking manual to read on that island, you could have given me something better to read. We've stolen about a thousand books, you ass." Itachi ignored him and proceeded to give the orders to evacuate to the ship their missions accomplished. "What are you standing there for, Suigetsu? Get that crate to the ship, we're leaving."

"Sure, boss." The man responded looking around as if he lost something throwing the crate over his shoulder and into the boat along with everyone else, getting into position to leave before the soldiers came.

Author's note 2: This chapter was shorter than the other ones, I'm so sorry. I hope you enjoyed it either way. Please stay tuned for next week's update. I'll be working diligently to finish it. Sorry for the bad grammar and mistakes in this one. Have a wonderful day!

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