Chapter 7: The Thieving Blacksmith!
On a medium sized island with a fairly large town, a girl ran through the streets. The girl carried a large bag filled to the brim with different assortments of food as she ran away from three marines. She easily weaved her way through the streets and avoided colliding into anyone while the marines struggled to keep up with her.
"Stop thief!" One of the marine men shouted.
"Come back here you bastard!" Another shouted.
"Sorry guys, I need this more than you do!" The girl responded as she playfully stuck out her tongue.
The three marines didn't take that too kindly as they became angrier and started to run faster. As the girl and marines ran, they passed a store that sold different kinds of weapons and tools. The two vendors who ran the store looked at the marines and the girl who was being chased and laughed.
"So she's at it again." One of the vendors commented, he was a large burly man with a short moustache, tanned skin and black hair. He wore a black shirt and brown pants with a blue apron over it and a blue cap.
"I'm almost starting to feel bad for the marines at this point, almost." The other vendor commented who was the twin of the first vendor but he instead had a beard and wore a white shirt with black pants, a red apron and a red cap.
The vendor in the blue cap chuckled "They never catch her."
"She'll be passing by the docks next." The vendor in the red cap stated.
"Oh yeah, why's that?" the vendor in the blue cap asked.
The vendor in the red cap smirked "Because that's where they always lose her."
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Back on the East Blue sea, a small boat sailed to its next destination with three women occupying it. Yoruichi sat in front of the boat with her arms folded, Kakashi leaned against the boat's mast as she read her book and Temari also leaned against the mast but she was standing as she watched the sea.
Yoruichi's stomach grumbled and she groaned "I'm so hungry."
"Me too." Kakashi said with a sigh.
"Well we all wouldn't be so hungry if someone didn't decide to eat all the food for themselves." Temari said as she narrowed her eyes at Yoruichi.
Yoruichi rubbed her chin "I wonder who the idiot who did that was."
Temari bonked Yoruichi on the head "IT WAS YOU!!!"
Yoruichi looked at Temari, unaffected by the blow to the head, and asked "Where are we going anyway?"
Temari rolled her eyes "Of course you haven't been paying attention. We're going to Smith Island."
"Smith Island?" Kakashi asked.
"An island full of the best blacksmiths in the East Blue, they're the main suppliers to lots of people. From normal cutlery to good quality weapons, even the marines stationed in the East Blue receive their weapons from Smith Island." Temari explained.
"An island full of the best weapons and blacksmiths, I can't wait!" Yoruichi cheered.
"But why are we going to Smith Island anyway?" Kakashi asked.
"Their main supply may be weapons, armor and anything made of metal or steel but they do also have a marketplace so we can restock on supplies." Temari explained 'And maybe we can find you guys a new navigator while we're at it.'
"We do need more food since some idiot decided to eat all of our food." Yoruichi said as she laughed.
Temari started to strangle Yoruichi in anger "I'LL KILL YOU!!"
While this was happening, Kakashi spotted a large land mass not too far away from them and she assumed that was their destination.
"I think we've arrived." Kakashi stated as she stood up and strapped her sword to her hip.
Temari let go of an almost passed out Yoruichi and looked at her map then at the island, she nodded with a smile "Yeah that's Smith Island alright."
Yoruichi immediately recovered from her strangulation and cheered "Smith Island here we come!"
Not long after, the three pirates had reached land and docked their boat at the harbor. Yoruichi immediately jumped off the boat as she was happy to have her feet back on actual land while Temari and Kakashi got off the boat normally, both carrying the bags of treasure they had stolen from the New-Saiyan Pirates.
"Ah, Land!" Yoruichi exclaimed as she stretched her muscles.
Kakashi looked around and noticed other boats and ships docked at the harbor as well, she even noticed two marine ships.
"We better be careful if these guys are around." Kakashi said as she pointed at the marine ships.
Temari looked and smiled "I wouldn't worry too much about them. They don't know we're pirates and if we keep it that way then we'll be just fine."
Yoruichi got in a running stance "Yosh!" and with that she blasted off into town as she shouted "Smith Island better have cheese fit for the future Pirate Queen!!"
Kakashi sweat dropped "I think you better tell her that."
Temari grit her teeth as she shook her fist "That idiot's gonna get us killed."
Kakashi sighed and started walking into town "She'll be fine, let's just focus on getting those supplies."
"Yeah." Temari nodded as she walked with Kakashi.
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Yoruichi wasn't really focused on where she was going because as of yet she was relying on her sense of smell to sniff out where the best cheese would be. As she ran, she didn't notice the girl who was also running but she wasn't exactly looking in front of her since she was looking back to see if the marine men who were chasing her were still at it and they were.
"Come back, you thief!" one of the marine men yelled.
The other noticed Yoruichi also running but it was towards the girl "Oi! Watch out!"
The girl turned her head but it was too late and the two women collided with one another as some of the contents in the girl's bag spilled out. The girl groaned as she groggily sat up and looked at Yoruichi who did the same.
"Hey watch where you're going next time!" the girl shouted as she rubbed her sore head.
"Hm?" Yoruichi hummed as she looked at the girl.
The girl had brown hair that was styled into two Chinese-style buns with short fringe-bangs framing her face and brown eyes. She wore a long-sleeved high-collared white blouse with maroon edges, puffy hakama-styled pants with the exposed parts covered in bandages, black fingerless gloves, low-heeled sandals, a black forehead protector and a large scroll behind her back.
"Got you now!" one of the marine men shouted.
"Crap!" the girl cursed as she hurriedly tried to pick up all of the spilled contents and put them back in the bag.
Yoruichi looked at the contents and saw that it was all food, she picked up a nearby apple and took a bite. The girl noticed and growled angrily as she grabbed the apple from her.
"That's not yours!" the girl yelled and shoved the apple back into the bag.
"But I'm hungry!" Yoruichi argued with a frown.
"I don't care if you're hungry, this food is supposed to be-"
"Supposed to be for who?" one of the marine men asked.
They turned to see that the marines had caught up and they were standing in front of them with smug smirks.
One of them looked at Yoruichi and licked his lips "Who's this cutie?"
"Could be the brat's partner in crime." Another suggested.
"What a shame, I'd hate to have to hurt such a beauty but nobody steals my food and gets away with it." The biggest one of the three said as he cracked his knuckles with a big smirk on his face.
"Who are you?" Yoruichi asked.
"Can't you just let it go?! It's just food and I told you that I need it more than you guys do." The girl reasoned.
"She probably wants to eat it all by herself." One of them said.
"Just give it up brat and we won't hurt you too much." Another said.
"No!" the girl barked as she grits her teeth.
"Why you little!" the biggest one shouted as he went for a punch towards the girl but he was stopped by a swift kick to the jaw courtesy of Yoruichi.
The large marine flew through the air and landed on the ground a few meters away from them, completely knocked out. The remaining two marines and the girl were in shock at what they saw but Yoruichi wasn't done, she grabbed the remaining two's heads and slammed them against one another, knocking them out as well.
The girl watched in shock as Yoruichi dusted off her pants. She soon snapped out of her trance, picked up the bag and continued to run.
Yoruichi noticed this and ran after her "Oi!! Wait up!"
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Kakashi and Temari walked through the streets of Kinzoku town, the only town on Smith island. The streets were quite crowded, people were buying from stalls that sold weapons, tools, cutlery, machines and even food. Some people looked at them strangely since they were both carrying bags filled with treasure.
"There's so many people." Kakashi said as she looked around.
"Most of them are traders, the actual townspeople are the vendors." Temari said as she looked at the fruits from a nearby stall.
"How do you know all of this?" Kakashi asked.
Temari shrugged "I make it my business to know where I'm going."
Temari walked over to a another nearby stall that was different to the others. It had a large scale on the counter in front and a short old man with grey hair, a moustache and his eyes were seemingly closed who wore a black suit sat behind the counter with a kind smile on his face.
"So you've been here before?" Kakashi asked as she followed Temari.
"Yeah, gathering supplies here is essential when busy with work." Temari said as she approached the stall.
"Work, what kind of work?" Kakashi asked with a raised eyebrow.
Temari briefly glanced at her then looked at the vendor and pointed at the scale, he nodded and she put the large bag on one part of the scale.
She turned to look at Kakashi and patted the bag "Just put your bag over here so we can exchange it for some money and then we can finally get some food."
Kakashi noted on how Temari avoided the question but she decided not to push, she put the bag she was holding onto the same scale Temari placed her bag on. The scale ha completely tipped over to the bag's side, the old man clapped his hands and started placing stacks of money onto the other scale.
Kakashi was surprised at the speed he was going but this was all normal to Temari. The old man eventually evened out the weights with the two bags, he pressed the button on the middle of the scale. A small screen at the bottom lit up and calculated all the money that was put on the scale, it eventually stopped at 26,000,000 Beri.
Kakashi widened her eyes in shock of the amount while Temari smirked and snapped her fingers.
"We'll take it!" Temari announced.
The old man nodded and placed the money into a medium sized chest, he then took the bags and placed them under the counter and he gave them a thumbs up. Temari chuckled as she picked up the chest and walked away, dragging a dumbfounded Kakashi with her.
"Geez, you act like you've never seen this much money before." Temari said with a sigh as she dragged Kakashi with her to a restaurant.
"I-I haven't." Kakashi muttered still with a dumfounded expression while Temari rolled her eyes.
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Yoruichi continued to run with the girl, making sure to match her speed because she knew she could go faster. The girl though was trying her hardest to outrun Yoruichi and finally lose her but that seemed impossible because the purple-haired girl didn't look tired at all though she was about to collapse.
"So where are we going?" Yoruichi asked with a grin.
The girl blushed and clicked her tongue as she tried to run faster but Yoruichi still matched her speed. Yoruichi noticed that they were both running out of town and into a forest, they continued to run until they reached an old and seemingly abandoned church that was surrounded by a few roots.
The girl collapsed and panted heavily, Yoruichi looked at her and grinned.
"So where are we?" Yoruichi asked.
"You're not gonna leave me alone are you?" the girl asked as she sat up.
"Nope!" Yoruichi stated still with a large grin.
The girl sighed and stood up, hefting the bag up with her.
"Oi! Gramps, I'm back!" the girl shouted as she walked towards the church with Yoruichi following behind.
She banged on the door and continued to call out to this 'Gramps', not noticing the doors slowly opening.
"Yes, yes I heard you. Welc-" the man that came out was cut off when the girls fist hit him on the nose.
The girl froze as the man grabbed at his nose in pain and groaned while Yoruichi laughed, the man looked at the girl with his eyes twitching.
The man just sighed as he rubbed his nose "Please try to be calmer when you knock on my door."
The man was tan-skinned with grey hair, a small goatee, with wrinkles, liver spots of old age and single lines running down vertically under the corners of each eye all the way to his cheeks. He wore a pointed hat and a haori with a red, full-length kimono that is tied using a white sash and a smoking pipe in his mouth.
The man looked over at Yoruichi and smiled "Hello, I've never seen you around before. Are you new to the island?"
Yoruichi grinned "Yep! Just got here today."
"Well then I welcome you, I am Hiruzen Sarutobi."
"My name is Soul D. Yoruichi." Yoruichi said with a grin.
'Hmm, the will of D.' Sarutobi thought.
Sarutobi looked at the bag the girl was holding "So you've done it again huh?"
The girl rolled her eyes "Please don't give me one of your stealing speeches, we need this and you know it."
"He won't be happy about this." Sarutobi said as he puffed out his smoke.
"I don't care what he thinks." The girl said angrily.
Sarutobi sighed as Yoruichi looked at the church and spoke "This church is beautiful even with th-"
Yoruichi was cut off by her stomach growling. Sarutobi laughed as he stepped away from the door, gesturing for them to enter.
"Why don't you come in, we can talk while I make dinner." Sarutobi offered.
At the mention of dinner, Yoruichi drooled and rapidly nodded her head. Sarutobi entered the church as the girl followed, she stopped and looked at Yoruichi over her shoulder.
"Hey." The girl said.
"Hm?" Yoruichi asked.
"I'm TenTen by the way and thanks for earlier." TenTen said with a slight blush as she rubbed the back of her neck.
Yoruichi grinned "Ki, Ki, no problem!"
TenTen smiled as she entered the church and Yoruichi also entered, closing the church doors behind her.