The ship continued to be pulled at top speed, the ride seemed to be enjoyable for a while until morning came. Naruto and all the crew seemed to be getting sick from all the rocking and swaying, most came close to losing their lunch, Naruto kept holding onto the side trying to hold his own lunch in and realized that maybe hooking onto a fish wasn't the best idea.
"NARUTO! THE MEN CAN'T TAKE MUCH MORE!" Kakashi yelled as he held the helm tightly.
"I CAN'T TAKE MUCH MRE EITHER! CUT THE LINE!" Naruto yelled and then the rope was cut and the ship slowed down.
All the others immediately ran over to the side of the ship and threw up, even Akamaru couldn't hold it in! Naruto walked over to the boxes and sat down holding his head trying to get rid of a headache.
"Okay who's idea was it again to be hooked on to a giant fish?" Naruto asked.
"I don't know, but he owes me lunch" Sakura said smiling as she sat down next to Naruto.
Naruto smiled back at her and then stood up as he saw some tall towers ahead, Sakura followed behind him and gazed at the scenery.
"The Granite Gates. I bet you didn't think I'd get us this far" Naruto said as turned to look at Sakura.
"No I didn't, but Sasuke did. For some reason he seems to trust you" Sakura said.
"Wow. Well what was he thinking?" Naruto asked rhetorically.
"How did you two meet?" Sakura curiously asked.
Naruto stood up and released a sail and then sat back down on the side of the rail.
"I was running for my life from a bunch of thugs, they trapped me into a corner, all I had on me was a sword and they were all pointing their own swords at me. But then someone jumped right in front of me with his own sword, it was Sasuke. You see he actually watched the whole thing from inside his room at the palace, he actually climbed down the castle wall and started fighting at my side and man did we fight! It was like we rehearsed it, we became best friends from that day forward" Naruto said as he remembered the past.
"So what happened to you two?" Sakura asked.
Naruto then stared at her solemnly and remained silent for few seconds.
"We uh, took different paths" Naruto answered and began walking away.
Sakura looked at Naruto and began to wonder if that was actually the whole truth, but she decided not to ask about it just now.
MEANWHILE IN TARTERUS…..
Karin had watched the entire scene between Naruto and Sakura within a small crystal ball.
"Enough talking, time for some screaming" Karin said as she grabbed the ball and blew on it creating ice, within the ball you can see a white bird like creature flying through the air, this was definitely going to cause trouble for Naruto and the others.