AN: Well I failed at Nanowrimo, but I did get some good writing done in the process. Not to mention I'm getting in the habit of writing more often. I have to say though, I hate writing in a note book and then retyping it into a computer, but if I don't I'll forget what I thought up. Anyway after such a long break I though I'd start with a small chapter. Enjoy!
Kakashi eyed the bar warily. The mission was simple: find out what a certain ship had been doing in the past few days. Unfortunately he hadn't known it was a pirate ship when he took the mission. Now he stood just inside the door of the crew's favorite haunt trying to gain any information he could before his students got themselves into trouble.
"Out of the way boy." growled a rough voice as he was pushed aside. Kakashi was about to put the man in his place when he realized the man looked too much like a version of his blond student to pass off as coincidence. Naruto for his part made his way to the bar, staggering slightly as if he had just come off of a ship and hadn't gotten his land legs back. "Barkeep, pour a round on me."
Kakashi knew he couldn't send Naruto away without attracting suspicion now and made his way to a seat a few stools away. As the night went on Naruto laughed and cheered with the crowd, becoming one of them and drawing just enough attention to himself. Every once in a while though he's meet Kakashi's gaze and give a small nod to show he was still sober enough to think clearly.
Eventually one of the deckhands proved himself to be a singing drunk, coughing up a barely coherent melody that got a few of the more tanked sailors to chuckled. Naruto however seized the opportunity...
"You call that a song? HA! I'll give you a bleeding song!" He coughed roughly and began slamming his fist on the bar. As he sang others began to pound out he beat as well, those who knew the words joining in and even Kakashi was shouting 'Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum' by the fourth verse. A cheer going up as the old song drew to a close. A few minutes later Naruto stood, swaying more than before, and made his way to the table their targets were using. "Ye look a lively bunch, 'tink yer cap'n'd take on an old dog like me?"
"Aye," Cheered one. "Yer in luck, we be draftin' a new crew. What be yur name?" Apparently he was the captain, though he dressed like a cabin boy.
"Hikaru. I got only two rules to me life, no rape and no killin' o' kids."
The captain nodded in approval. "Fine rules indeed, though there be a few more on my ship." Naruto drew up a chair and the table talked long into the night. By the end Naruto had learned everything they needed from the increasingly drunk men.
In the morning he and Kakashi led the way back to Konoha. "What did you think of last night?"
Kakashi shook his head. "At this point I really have to wonder...with all these transformations, who's the real you?"
"Whoever I want it to be." Stated Naruto with a cryptic smile.
AN: At first I was going to put the lyrics in, but I didn't thing it had the same feel as when you hear the song.
People have asked me who I think is better, pirates or ninja? I always tell them the same thing: Pirates are the ninja of the sea and the two will join forces to fight the hordes of the robot zombies when they descend from the skies in their brain powered spaceships! THANK YOU INTERNET! I LOVE YOU! GOOD NIGHT!