Chapter 35

They have been running inside the tunnel for hours and still don't reach the end. Suigetsu runs on the front, while Jugo runs at his back, carrying the bag of their supplies. Sasuke on the other hand is carrying Chizuru on his back. He can't let her walk in this steep passage way because of her condition. She might trip or injure herself.

Kaya told them to escape in the tunnel when she saw the leaf ninjas two kilometers from the barrier. He immediately goes to Chizuru's room, while Jugo and Suigetsu prepare the supplies they will need.

"Sasuke, this is a different passage way from Chizuru had guided us. Where is this passage way headed to?" Suigetsu asked, noticing that the passage way is even steeper than other passage ways.

"There is an abandoned ship at the end of this tunnel." Sasuke briefly answered,

When they reached the end of the tunnel, they saw a huge cave and at the center, seated the abandoned ship with Konoha flag on top of clear water. Jugo and Suigetsu had their jaws dropped in amazement. Sasuke looks at Chizuru who is sleeping soundly on his back. She is experiencing morning sickness since this morning, and they have to stop running for a while in the tunnel for her to throw up.

He didn't bother waking her up and continue to walk towards the ship. Though the ship is very old, it is more convenient to use than the shanty Chizuru had guided them. Jugo and Suigetsu followed him as he jumps on the ship's upper deck.

Chizuru awakened by the strange creaks in the old ship opened her eyes and looks at her surroundings. The last thing she could remember they are running through the dark tunnel.

"Where are we?" She asked Sasuke,

"Were at the ship I found when I explored the tunnel." He answered,

"This ship very is old, but it's good that the whole structure is still undamaged. I think I won't mind hiding in here as long as there will be food," Suigetsu said inspecting inside of the ship.

Jugo puts down the big bag he's carrying and also inspects the whole place. Sasuke heads towards the door that leads to the stairs to lower deck of the ship. The wooden floor, though it is still intact and undamaged is covered by dust, cobwebs are in the corners, and moss covering the windows almost reached the walls inside.

They continue to walk in the lower deck where she saw an old couches, coffee table and a lamp in the corner which she doubt if it still useable. At the right of the sitting room is a big door frame which leads to dining room and kitchen, she will check on it when her dizziness fades away. After walking past two doors on their right, Sasuke stopped in front of the third door and opens it.

"We'll hide here until leaf ninjas left Kyozu." Sasuke said as he put Chizuru down the old, dusty bed inside the room.

"Un," She just nodded, looking down at the dusty bed sheets.

"Three days from now, the Konoha's elder will arrive here. Suigetsu and Jugo and I will kill him before he and his guards' carriage reach the town's arc. And you will stay here." He commanded,

"Yes," Chizuru said still not looking at him. She is still mad at him because of their last argument and she doesn't want talk to him at the moment.

Sasuke is staring at her angelic face. Her thin brows are pulled together while her luscious lips pouted. He can't understand it but he finds the face she is making when she is throwing a tantrum really cute.

"Take a rest. I will check on them outside," he said and left the room.

Sasuke saw Jugo on the first room, he is checking on the crates which ninja weapons are kept and different scrolls on other containers. He walks inside the opened door of what seemed storage room and looks at the maps and other papers that are posted on the wall.

"Weapons like kunai and shuriken, we can still use them but the explosive tags and smoke bombs are not useable anymore." Jugo said, "We can't use these either," he added as he looks at the tattered scrolls.

"Separate those that are still useable to those that aren't." he commanded as his eyes scanned the papers on the wall. Based on the dates of missions written on papers posted on the wall, the ship has been out of the Konohagakure a decade after the hidden village is founded. He hadn't had the chance to inspect thoroughly last time he first discovered the ship.

"I found a journal on the second room," Suigetsu stands at the door holding an old notebook with a leather cover in his hand. Sasuke walks towards him and get the notebook, looking at its contents. "It says that this ship was actually made by the first Hokage, Hashirama Senju. Damn, Madara really is very cunning to steal one of Hashirama's ships like a boss." Suigetsu said,

"The ninjas that are boarding this ship are on a mission to get supplies from different villages, Madara might get rid of them when they reached Kyozu." Jugo said,

Sasuke with the journal walks out of the room and head towards the next room where two double deck beds with a bedside table in between are placed. He first checks the old wooden cabinet beside the door but he didn't find anything useful.

"Meh, I hope we could find clean bed sheets" Suigetsu said as he pulls up the dusty blanket of the first bed.

"We only prepared blankets," Jugo said, pulling out the clean blankets from the big bag he carried earlier, "These are for you and Chizuru" Jugo said to Sasuke, giving him the blankets. Sasuke nodded and gets the blankets from him.

"I will read this on the next room," Sasuke then leave the two and go back to the room where Chizuru is resting.

Exploring the other parts of the ship, Chizuru walks in the dining room. The old dining table has six chairs are arranged properly at the center while a china cabinet is placed against the wall near the ship's window. There is a short hallway at the end of the room where an antique rounded mirror and vase on top of a corner table is placed. She saw two doors facing each other at the hall way and first enter the one in the left, it was a toilet. The water container in the corner and some parts of the floor is covered by moss, and she sighed at the view. Then she gets out and enters the other room which is the kitchen. Seeing the cob webs on the cabinets and cupboards, the pile of dust on top of the kitchen counters and the moss in the sink, she again sighed at the view. She would never be bored and will be very busy cleaning.

She was scrubbing the bathroom floor when she heard footsteps stopped outside the bathroom. She didn't bother to look because she already knows who it is and continue cleaning.

"Why are you here, I told you to take a rest" Sasuke said,

"I can't sleep so I went to look at other rooms of the ship. Don't worry; I won't bleed with just doing this." She said while scrubbing the bathroom floor.

Sasuke enters the bathroom and grabs the wooden scrubbing brush on her hands, "Hey, what are you doing- Sasuke!" Chizuru protested when he lift and carry her out of the room.

Suigetsu and Jugo both have a blank expression as the two walks past them. Jugo then goes to the bathroom to continue the cleaning.

"Those two never fails to irritate me, damn it! I'm envious, I want a partner too!" Suigetsu mutters,

"Suigetsu, lend me a hand here." Jugo said.

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