Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto. I'm not sure who does…but I don't.

Finally got the next chapter out...hope you all enjoy it...all 15 of you...OH WAIT some of you review more than once...(thanks by the way)...

Before you get to the stories I guess i'll bother you with Semi important Authors Notes.

A/N:

1) Yami's cursed seal is Heaven. I think thats the only one that's made up of three commas...could be wrong though

2)Ok someone mentioned that I was using names of different anime characters...i'd just like to say...THANKS A LOT...YOU COULDN'T BE COOL COULD YOU...j/k Lol

I actually expected somone to figure it out sooner or later...actually i expected somone to figure it out when i came up witht he name KuroiTsuki(Black Moon).

Yea Names are killing me. It took me so Freaking long to come out with the names I got thus far.

So every now and then I may toss in the names of a few NAMES from random anime/video games(I will however avoid Naruto for obvious reasons)

This Fic however is NOT! A crossover. So I'll just be using THE NAMES . Appearances and/or powers(they had in the anime/video game) WONT be included in fic.

Example:

Haru Glory (Rave Master)- No giant sword(Keep giving people swords don't I) No carrot nosed dog.

Vincent Highwind (Vincent Valentine + Cid Highwind, FF7)- No guns or spears or transformations(Oh! Actually that gives me an idea!) No giant air ships

Yugi (Yugioh)- NO CARDS

Also had Bankotsu, Kyokotsu(father), and Suikotsu(sister). Which are names from Inuyasha(The Band of Seven). I actually think Suikotsu was a guy...though it sounds like a girls name to me, but what the hell do I know.

All these characters also have a different Appearance. But I'm babbling now...ON WITH THE FIC!

Chapter 12: Frogs and Squids and Whales! Oh My!

'Wow…for someone who doesn't like idle chit chat she sure has a lot to say…'

Yami and Tanuki were in the same spot they were hours ago still chatting about random topics. During this time she finished telling Yami the importance of the day Sunday. Since Gaara wasn't able to sleep for most of his life, every Sunday her mother would stay awake the whole day, as a sort of way to honor him. He learned that she was thirteen. Yami aslo learned that her father, aside from indeed being the Kazekage, was also over-protective of her. Apparently both Nami and Haru are a year older and more experienced than Tanuki, which is the reason they are currently her teammates. They are also Tanuki's cousins, from the two sister families of the Sabaku Clan. The Glorys and the Gales apparently came from two other individuals who were the siblings. Yugi is also one of the Kazekages most trusted ninjas. He is also Haru's older brother and Tanuki's cousin as well. He also learned that her mother was the last container of Shukaku and sadly died in a large battle, being the reason that her father is so over-protective of her.

She also managed to get a few things out of Yami as well. He told her about his psychic power. Though a bit reluctant, he did tell her about his mother. However, no matter what, he didn't tell her about his father.

"…I can't seem to think of anymore to say…", she trailed off and turn her head to a spot behind Yami. Yami blinked and followed her gaze and mentally groaned. Standing behind him was a grinning Ookami.

"You guys stay up all night…", he said with a grin on his face.

"All night?", asked one confused Psychic. He looked up and gasped when he saw the sunrise…he hadn't even noticed that it had happened. He turned again to see the two jounins already up and the other three genins starting to rise. He let out a small laugh… "Hehehe didn't even notice…"

This comment just made, if possible, Ookami's grin even wider. Tanuki simply rose from her spot, her cloak "mysteriously" appearing on her. Her dagger and jewelry had disappeared under the confines of her cloak. She picked up her hat and stuck it on her head. She turned her gaze to the black-clad youth and with a monotone face she said, "You must pay more attention to your surroundings Yami-san. If I were not present and Ookami-san had been an enemy…he would've killed you without you knowing…"

Yami mentally kicked himself at her comment. She then walked off. Ookami continued to smirk and when she was a good distance away he asked, "So can I ask Kitsune out?"

Yami blushed and glared at him, "Do whatever the hell you want!"

Ookami raised his hands defensively, "Touchy, touchy…Hehe…come on man…gotta get breakfast and then we're off…" With a pat on the Psychics back, the swordsman left the join the others. Yami sighed and got up to follow.

He walked up to the group.

"We should be able to reach Junon today, the actual mission should start in about four days", said Yugi.

"We'll have an extra three days to prepare for the mission…", spoke Shikyo.

Yami looked around and noticed both Haru and Nami sneaking glares at him. Yami mentally groaned, 'Must've come to the same conclusion that Ookami came to…and it looks like they're over-protective of their cousin as well.' He sneaked a peek at Yugi to make sure he wasn't glaring at him, which he wasn't. 'At least someone believes I wasn't making a move on her.'

'…Hmmm…wonder if that brat was making a move on Tanuki…', thought a curious blonde Jounin…

---Junon (One day later)---

The eight arrived at Junon the next day. It was similar in many ways to Coral. However it was obviously a much richer place. Everything was in a much better condition, from the buildings to the streets. Junon was a center of commerce for a large area. Because of this, Junon was filled with many people buying things from the many shops and stands around the large town.

The eight nins were currently outside one of the Houses at the Ports.

"We're here to meet a man named Yahiko. He'll give us the details on the mission." (Yugi)

Shikyo nodded his head, "Well then, lets go…" The eight walked into the large building.

The building was merely a stock room, to hold goods that were going to be shipped across the sea. There were many people running around, moving boxes from one spot to another.

Shikyo placed his hand on one man's shoulder, when he walked passed them. "We're looking for Yahiko. Where can we find him…"

The man blinked, "Oh! Your must be the ninja. He should be in the backroom, just through that door over there." He pointed to a door at the other side of the building.

"Thank you." The eight nins then walked to the door and knocked.

"COME IN!" The group did as they were told and walked into the back room. The room was filled with hundreds of folders stacked everywhere. At the desk, which also had folders sprawled all over it, sat a middle-aged bearded man. "How may I help you?"

Yugi stepped forward. "I assume you Yahiko", after receiving a nod he continued, "We're the group of nin sent from Sand, you asked for help from Sunagakure." He turned to the Moon nins, "Tsukigakure has also sent a genin team to assist us in this mission."

The man carefully looked at the nin before him and sneered. "This is the group sent out to help us against the pirates! You have got to be kidding me…these kids should still be in school."

Yami, Haru, and Ookami narrowed there eyes and growled at the comment. Nami started yelling some curses at the client. Inochi and Tanuki managed to keep a calm face though.

After Nami stopped yelling, Yugi spoke again, "I can safely tell you that these youngsters are prepared for a mission such as this." He was partially lying of course. He was sure his team could handle themselves. However, besides Shikyo, he had no idea about the Moon nins.

"Whatever…your three days early…the way things are we can't move ahead of schedule." (Yahiko)

"That's fine…we'll take the extra time to prepare…can you tell us more about the objective?" (Shikyo)

"It's simple really. Every time I send a ship out to Lightning Country, it disappears. There have been pirates spotted in the route from here to Lightning Country, so, it's most likely caused by them. That's the only real route to go through to Lightning Country from here, so we can't do a damn thing. We've tried hiring mercenaries to aid our ships but it never works. So this time we are asking you to get involved. Your objective is simple; ride with our ship to Lightning Country. If pirates attack you, kill them or capture them. It doesn't matter to me what the hell you do to them. But this must stop." (Yahiko)

"Alright sounds simple enough…", replied Yugi.

"The Aquaria Hotel, which is owned by our company, will let you stay in a few rooms free of charge. Come back in three days." (Yahiko)

---Yami---

Yami was alone in the room that he was currently sharing with Ookami. The two of them shared a room; Shikyo and Inochi had one, Yugi and Haru, and finally Tanuki and Nami.

He was currently sitting, lotus style, on his bed. He was training his "invisible arms" by levitating furniture that was around the room. Usually he would train it by levitating weights, but he didn't bring any with him. He would've gone to the gym; if he weren't afraid people would start freaking out about his power. So he would make do with the furniture.

---Ookami and Haru---

Ookami was currently lifting weights at closest gym; he opted not bring his swords, though he did conceal some kunai. He sighed when he didn't see any woman, earlier when he walked in. In fact he was almost completely alone. He noticed the door open and saw Haru walk in. They glanced at each other for a moment; Haru then went off to one of the punching bags and started hitting it.

---Shikyo and Inochi---

The Hizuuga siblings were alone in there room.

"If your planning on being a medic nin you'll need to learn how to do the Chakra Enjintou (Chakra Scalpel). It's used for operations, however it can also be used for attacking. Since you can't really use Jyuuken…this should…be the next best thing…" Shikyo trailed off the last part kinda sadly. He really wished he could help his little brother…but his bad eyes prevent him from using Byakkugan correctly, ironic.

"Brother…how'd you learn how to use Chakra Scalpel?"

"While I was in ANBU I had a very dear friend… You remember Len right." After receiving a nod he continued. "Well he was a medic nin as well. I saw him attack with Chakra Scalpel as if he were dancing. Anyway I watched him so much so one day he taught me how to do it. I managed to learn the basics of it, but quickly lost interest seeing as how it's so similar to my Jyuuken. So I'll teach you the basic seals for it."

With all that said Shikyo began performing the correct seals in front of Inochi and explaining to him how the technique is done.

---Yugi, Nami, and Tanuki---

This trio were currently practicing there techniques out in a oasis about an hour away from Junon. Tanuki was practicing using her sand. Nami was currently lying on the ground.

"All right Nami, breaks over back to work", said the Jounin who was watching both girls from a meditative position.

The girl groaned but complied with her senseis order.

---Three Days later---

The three days went by in much the same way. Yami was training his powers. Ookami and Haru working at the gym, occasionally joined by Shikyo. Inochi practicing the Chakra Scalpel; which he picked up pretty fast, though he was nowhere near ready to use it in actual battle. Yugi, Nami, and Tanuki practiced their powers near the oasis.

All eight of them were boarding the rather large ship they'd be staying on for about three days. They split up the bedroom arrangements the same way they did at Aquaria.

There were plenty of sailors around, however Yahiko was "mysteriously" absent from the ship.

'Coward', thought Yami, Ookami, Haru, and Nami when they discovered that fact.

For the first day everything was quiet. Nothing out of the ordinary happened.

---Else Where---

An "ordinary" bird was flying around the ship. It clearly saw the odd looking people who possessed the Hiaetes of Moon and Sand. It flew off passed the ship.

It flew for various hours out into the seemingly endless blue sea. It flew down to a small island that seemed to be in the middle of nowhere. Three ships were stationed along the port.

The bird flew down to a rather large building in the middle of the island and right into a window and onto the arm of a tall man.

"Skye, see anything interesting today?" The bird squawked. "Another ship, huh?" It squawked again, "Ninjas? Hmmm…this should be a lot of fun." He waved over a man. "This next mark may be a little more difficult. Prep all three ships. We're going hunting."

"Yes sir!"

---Ship---

It had been a day since the group had boarded the ship. Yami, Ookami, and Nami could usually be found on the main deck playing look out. Well actually Ookami played look out with Bouenkyogan; it had much greater range than the Byakkugan however it didn't have the advantage of being able to see in all directions. Nami was actually sun bathing; in a light blue sleeveless top, black mid-thigh shorts, and she opted to take off her black boots. Yami was just keeping Ookami company…and making sure he kept watch…not started watch Nami. Shikyo came up every now and then to give Ookami's eyes a break. Yugi and Haru came by every now and then to get some fresh air. Inochi and Tanuki were both down in there rooms. Inochi was studying. However, Yami wasn't sure where Tanuki was. Nami did mention that Tanuki wasn't much of an ocean person, but that was about it.

They were currently sailing between large chains of rocks that popped out of the ocean. There were also a few small deserted islands nearby, to there left. There was an abundance of mist over on their other side. The sun was starting to set.

Today was the same as yesterday. Yami and Ookami were high on the ship's mass keeping look out. Nami was once again sunbathing. The others were down below.

The two lookouts were currently finishing up a VITAL conversation…

"…and that's why the Icha Icha Paradise books by Jiraiya are so much better than the books made by those wannabee authors…

…or maybe Ookami was chatting about some nonsense and Yami was considering jumping off the mass, and letting himself get smashed on the main deck…

"This is so boring…I wish something would happen already." The second those words left Yami's lips a large explosion could be heard. The two ninjas looked to there right to see a large cannonball escape from the mist.

"WATCH OUT!", screamed the sand kunoichi beneath them. Yami and Ookami quickly jumped off of the mass and landed on the main deck. The cannonball hit the area that they were sitting on; it managed to break the top part of the mass. The sailors started to panic.

"ENEMY ATTACK!", screamed the captain. As the words left his lips, Shikyo slammed through the door that led to the underside of the ship.

He quickly looked around and spotted the mist, "BYAKKUGAN!", He growled, "Suiton: Kirigakure no jutsu(Water Release: Hidden Mist technique). The other nins had made it up to the deck at the time. Shikyo turned to the psychic, "YAMI! We're going to cover the ship with mist ourselves. Preform Suiton: Kirigakure Jutsu NOW!" Seeing Yami look a bit unsure he spoke again, "Just do it Yami!" This time Yami nodded. The two nins started performing the correct seals. First they started with the water gathering jutsu to gather the water necessary for the attack. Since the ocean was all around them it was easy for them. "Suiton: Kirigakure no jutsu!", Shikyo finished.

"Suiton: Kirigakure no jutsu", Yami finished a few seconds after him. The mist started to rise around the ship concealing them from their invisible enemy. They could hear the enemy ship trying to fire more cannonballs. However, because of the mist the enemy wasn't able to land a single hit.

"We have to board there ship or this could get ugly…", said the calm Yugi.

Nami looked at him, "But sensei what do we do if they try to sink us…"

He just stared at her and smiled reassuringly, "They won't! They're here because they want the goods this ship carries. They wont sink it."

The ship kept moving for a while. Even though what Yugi said was true, everyone was still on edge. They exited the mist, however were still concealed from the enemy by the combination of the rocks and mist. However all was not well.

"Shit!", Ookami cursed through gritted teeth. In front of them were two more ships, both with a flag of a skull and cross bones. They were still a good distance away though. They continued to sail when the ship that attacked them left the safety of the mist and started coming up behind them, it had the same flag as the other two.

"Three ships total…I'll take out two of them right now!", called Shikyo. This made everyone stare at Shikyo like he was crazy. He started performing hand seals. He started with the water gathering jutsu. Afterwards he started another small set of seals only muttering the phrase, "Hyoton: Temperature Drop" Finally he started performing a long chain of hand seals. Yami gasped when he finished.

'Took him only ten seconds to do all that…it would've taken me at least a minute…'

"Hyoton: Ikkaku Hakugei no Jutsu (Ice Release: One-Horned White Whale technique)", Yelled Shikyo.

With that, a giant whale surfaced from under the ocean and started heading to the enemy ship behind them. It jumped out of the water and smashed into the pirate ship. Some of the crew was lucky enough to have jumped off, however some of the unlucky bastards were crushed under the weight of the giant whale of ice. The whale and the ship disappeared under the ocean.

"Woah…" was the thing that everyone thought at about that moment.

Shikyo quickly turned, panting like crazy. "Brother are you alright?", asked a concern Inochi.

He turned to his younger brother and simply said. "It's way to hot out here to keep on doing that attack…would be so much easier if we were near Snow Country…but I'll have to make due…"

Yugi stepped up and asked, "Can you hit the other two?"

He shook his head… "Like I said just two…I won't be able to find the chakra to do a third… But I'll take down one more ship." After he said that, he started performing the same three chains of hand seals. "Hyoton: Ikkaku Hakugei no Jutsu"

Another whale emerged from the water and started heading to one of the ships in front of them, the one on the right. It gave a mighty jump into the air and was about to smash into the pirate ship. However multiple flames came out of the pirate ship and rapidly melted the whale before it could land on the ship…

Shikyo growled and muttered a curse.

---Enemy Ship---

"Bastards…", muttered a shirt-less man holding a double bladed Katana, each blade was facing a different direction.

"MASTER ARLONG!"

The man turned to one of his underling, "What the hell do ya want!"

He was holding a pair of binoculars. "That man on the ship…it's Shikyo Hizuuga! From the bingo book!"

Arlong's eyes widened, but then he quickly grinned… "Shikyo Hizuuga…this is going to be more fun than I originally thought."

The man holding the binoculars quickly yelled again, "Wait! That's the Kazekages Daughter!"

Arlong's eyes widened again, "The daughter of the Kazekage. Both Moon and Sand. Wait! How do you know it's the daughter of the Kazekage?"

"I went on a diplomatic mission with the Mizukage about two years ago and met her and the Kazekage. Just before we defected from Kirigakure."

"Hmm…" Arlong grinned. "This will be a good way to screw both Moon and Sand. Killing one of there top shinobies(Moon) and killing there Princess(Sand)." He bit his thumb and started doing a chain of hand seals. He smashed his hand into the ground. "Kuchiyose no Jutsu" The ship shook slightly. "Ikaoyadama (Squid Boss), Attack them." The large shadow moved quickly from under the ship.

---Ship---

The ship the ninjas were on was quickly moving towards the two smaller ships. The nins were ready for the battle ahead of them. As were the sailors, who had grabbed weapons to defend themselves and the ship with.

"We're going to let them board the ship and kill every pirate that does…It'll give us a number bonus as there trying to board the ship", explained Yugi.

Everyone nodded.

Most of them gasped when the ship started rocking from side to side. The rocking was so bad that it knocked half the sailors off there feet. It just kept happening not allowing the downed sailors to get back up and nearly knocking the rest down as well.

"What the hell is this shit!" complained the swordsman.

Suddenly three enormous tentacles emerged from the ocean and started wiggling around. The then shot out towards some of the downed sailors, picked them up and tossed them over board. It started to pick up more but a quickly thinking Shikyo grabbed his sword off his back and slashed at it.

The tentacle that was slashed quickly retreated back into the oceans depths. The other two however turned their attention to the Hizuuga swordsman. The first one tried to smash him. However he quickly sidestepped it and just as quickly he stabbed the wriggling appendage. Said appendage quickly submerged itself back into the water. The other quickly tried to attack him, but a spinning slash from Shikyo managed to cut off a small portion of the tentacle. That tentacle quickly disappeared as well.

However it was about that point that the rocking on the ship got a lot fiercer. Two more tentacles quickly popped out of the water and quickly smashed down the ship. It didn't hit anyone but it managed to knock down Tanuki, Nami, Inochi and half of the sailors.

The two appendages quickly moved off of the ship and two more popped out, totaling four. They quickly smashed the side of the ship. This action sent Tanuki, Nami, Inochi, and a small portion of the sailors flying.

Yugi quickly reacted and went to catch his two cousins. He managed to catch Nami's hand but just missed grabbing a hold of Tanuki. Shikyo, went after his little brother and managed to grab him. Yami and Haru saw Tanuki coming and quickly grabbed her hands just as she went over, unfortunately the force managed to knock Yami over the edge as well. Haru however grabbed a hold of the ships railing but couldn't hold onto the girl's hand.

So both Yami and Tanuki went over the edge, with some sailors.

"SHIT YAMI! TANUKI!"

---Yami and Tanuki---

Yami lost grip on Tanuki's hand when he landed in the water. He quickly opened his eyes and took a look around. On one side of him a mucky grainy substance covered the water… 'SAND!', thought the terriefied psychic. He looked at the other side of him too see there opponent. It was a gigantic gray monster with eight arms. 'A Squid.' Out of the corner of his eye he saw a figure rise from the sand. He quickly rose to the surface as well.

He gasped when he reached the surface and started breathing again. When he took a look he saw Tanuki there on the surface of the water, grasping her curved dagger to her chest. He quickly swam to her and asked, "Hey are you alright?"

She looked downhearted; her eyes were being covered by her now wet bangs. "I can't…do a thing…anymore…I lost all my power…"

He was about to try and cheer her up when he heard something that shocked him to the core.

---Moon and Sand nins (Ship)---

"DAMN IT", Haru smashed his hands into the ships railing. He sighed in relief when he saw Tanuki rise from the water. But then his blood ran cold.

---Arlong---

The pirates were only about ten meters away from the ship the ninjas were guarding.

Arlong grinned he saw the girl fall over the edge, "IKAOYADAMA! THE SAND BITCH IS IN THE WATER, KILL HER!"

---Yami and Tanuki---

Yami quickly looked around and saw a chain of small rocks standing by. He quickly grabbed the stun girl with one hand and started pulling the two of them over to the rocks. Once there he quickly boosted her up to them and climbed up himself. "Tanuki get a hold of yourself. Somehow they know who you are and they're out to kill you." She gazed at him for a second and quickly nodded. She got up and got into a fighting stance. Her right arm was vertical, while the dagger in her hand was horizontal. She had her left hand in front of her, as if she were going to defend her self with it. Yami quickly raised himself and positioned himself back to back with the girl. He threw away his jacket, which was currently to heavy by being water logged and waited. He grabbed one of the Fuuma off of his belt, flicked it open, and just waited.

---Moon and Sand nins (Ship)---

Haru cursed when he saw a shadow head towards the other two. He put one leg on the railing and was about to jump over, when a hand stopped him. He turned to see his brother shaking his head.

"You'll have to leave them for now."

Haru's eyes widened, "ARE YOU BLIND! TANUKI IS OFF ALONE WITH SOME KID AND IS ABOUT TO BE ATTACKED BY SOME GIANT MONSTER! SHE'LL GET KILLED IF WE DON'T HELP HER!"

Yugi narrowed his eyes. "And you'll get killed along with her if you go out there. That wasn't an ordinary monster…A monster wouldn't take commands from a man. That was a summon spirit. Are only hope is to kill the summoner. Then and only then will we save her."

Ookami shook his head, "But what about them…"

"We'll just have to trust in there ability to hold out."

Nami gasped… "But sensei Tanuki lost her sand…"

Yugi nearly sighed…he had no way to defend against that one…

Shikyo chose to speak up this time. "If you want to save them, then fight your way to the summoner and take him out", said the Hizuuga in a monotone voice. He was staring off towards the ships that were only about five meters from boarding distance. Still holding his extra long katana.

Ookami narrowed his eyes and unsheathed his blades. Haru put on some metal gauntlets. Inochi pulled out his senbon. Nami unfolded a small fan. Yugi merely nodded. The sailors that were left waited as well swords still drawn.

They finally covered the distance they needed to cover and they heard a man scream out, "ATTACK!"

Pirates, armed with swords, started boarding the ship. What worried others was the fact that a few had slashed Mist Hiaetes.

---Ookami---

Ookami took off like a rocket. He ran straight into the first pirate that touched down on the ship and stabbed him in the gut before he could do a thing. He then quickly twirled around the gutted enemy and with his other sword slashed another pirate's throat.

Three pirates surrounded him. Two came in to attack him, which he easily defended against. He then kicked one in the kneecap and then threw his foot up to catch him in the chin, effectively knocking him back. He was still clashing blades with one of them when the third quickly came behind him. He merely stabbed his free blade backwards to catch the third pirate in the neck. Then with both blades he pushed the pirate, the one he was still clashing blades with, back; afterwards sheathed one sword and quickly preformed a jump kick, kicking the pirate off the ship and into the water. He then turned and threw a kunai, with his sword-less hand at the pirate that he kicked in the chin, catching him in the heart. 'These guys are as bad as the bandits…they suck!' He looked down disgusted at his bloody wakizashi.

---Haru---

Haru was having little difficulties as well. He was easily knocking the pirates around with a few well place punches. He slugged one in the face, knocking him out in the process. He turned and through a quick kick towards another one, hitting him in the gut and knocking the wind out of him, afterwards he threw another punch to his face to knock him out. 'Too slow…gotta help Tanuki-neesan.'

He turned again to slug another pirate over the head. With his metal gauntlets he was able to block their attacks and knock most of them out in one shot, with a punch to the head.

---Inochi---

Inochi, unlike the others, was fighting the pirates that were still on there ship. With a combination of his senbon and his Raiton: Lightning Shurikan no jutsu, he was able to stun the pirates that were getting ready to jump over to Junon's Ship. The result was the pirates he got with his senbon were falling off of their ship and right into the water. 'Which one of these guys is the leader?'

He quickly turned just in time to keep from getting beheaded by a pirate behind him. He quickly pulled out a kunai and threw it at the pirate, catching him in the leg. It didn't kill him but it was enough to distract him enough to let the medic pin him with electrified senbon.

---Nami---

Nami quickly looked at a group of pirates ahead of her. Their perverted eyes and smirks quickly pissed her off. She quickly did a set of one-handed seals and her small fan glowed. "Kazeyaiba no jutsu (Wind Blade technique)" With that she threw her fan, which turned into a blade made out of wind. She managed to nick the first three in the arms before the fan planted it self in the gut of the fourth.

She then reached behind her and pulled out an oversized fan. She flicked it open and screamed out Kamaitachi no jutsu (Cutting Whirlwind technique). She waved it and blew a wind, which was strong enough to blow the pirates off the ship, and at some points was even cutting a few of them. She smirked, 'Perverts! Can't stand up to my Tessenjutsu (Fan Technique)' She quickly turned a suppressed a gasped. 'Tanuki-neesan and Yami are in trouble

---Yugi---

Yugi was taking them out quickly. His main tactic involved sticking a kunai, with a metal wire attack; and running around to trip the other pirates. It was actually a useful tactic. He would also throw around shurkan with chakra strings attached. They never even reached him. Out of the corner of his eye he saw Shikyo sending hand signals to him. He nodded and took off.

He jumped off the railing and onto one of the pirate ships. He was currently surrounded by them and grinned. He took out ten shurikan, five in each hand, and started throwing them around as if they were yo-yos. As he was fighting he noticed one thing and cursed, 'None of these guys are ninjas…I'm on the wrong ship!'

---Shikyo---

Shikyo truly lived up to his reputation. He was killing pirates left and right as if they were nothing. One tried to rush him and stab the Hizuuga, but was quickly decapitated. Two more tried the same thing, but quickly suffered the same fate. He turned and with a horizontal slash he quickly took out another three who were trying to sneak up on him. 'Fools you can't sneak up on someone with the Byakkugan.' He probably could've taken them all out in a few moves but with his chakra seriously drained, from using the "Hyoton: Ikkaku Hakugei no Jutsu", he really needed to conserve it for larger enemies.

As he was fighting he noted how well the other genins were doing so he decided to change their plan. He quickly signaled to Yugi, in sign language. Leave the genins and board a ship; I'll board the other. Seeing Yugi understand and comply, he quickly Jyuukened a pirate that got to close. Yugi ran off and jumped one ship. Shikyo took off himself and jumped towards the other. When he got there he quickly started slashing his way through the mobs of pirates.

---Yami and Tanuki---

Yami and Tanuki were standing back to back.

Yami quickly turned to the girl behind him and blushed heavily. Because of her lack of cloak and the ocean, she was standing in her white sleeveless top and white shorts. Both of which were soaked. 'Ookami would be loving this.' He looked down a little and noted that she lost her sandals, 'most likely in the ocean.' He wasn't in much better condition himself. He ditched his jacket because it was too much of a burden, due to it being wet. He had lost his red headband, at some point. All he had left was his soaked fishnet shirt and black pants, which did little to hide protect him from the cold air. He blushed again when he thought about how his current teammate was fairing against the cold air. 'Giant monster ready to kill us and I'm thinking like Ookami!' That's when his eyes widened. They were both standing back to back, soaked, on a rock. She was holding her dagger and he was holding his Fuuma. A giant monster with tentacles. 'This is just like the dream!'

Yami quickly turned and grabbed the girl with his free arm. Her reaction was to shriek and quickly stab the boy in the arm, out of reflex. He grunted but he didn't let go. With the girl in his arms, he quickly jumped over to another nearby rock. The second he jumped, a giant tentacle whipped out of the water and smashed down on the rock the two ninjas were on. It just narrowly missed them. When they landed, her eyes widened at the sight of the tentacle that would, most likely, have killed them. She gasped and pulled the dagger out of arm. "Are you alright Yami-san?"

He smiled and was about to answer when he caught sight of something behind her. "Can you use any type of sand?"

"What?"

"That beach over there!" He pointed to a rather small deserted island. It had a beach and was covered in sand. "Can you use that sand over there to attack."

"Yes", she replied with a nod "But it's to far…"

They both quickly turned when they heard another tentacle come out of the water. They both jumped to another nearby rock, just before they could get squashed.

'There aren't any rocks that can take her to the island so she'll have to swim there. If she does the monster will get her. I'll have to distract him.' "I'll divert the monster away from you and you make a break for the island. When you make it, I'll swim there myself and we'll both fight it off."

Her eyes widened, "You must be out of your mind! You can't kill that thing!"

He smiled at her reassuringly. "This is the only way. I'll be fine I promise." 'What the hell have I gotten myself into.' He reached over to pull out his other Fuuma but winced when he tried to grab it. 'Can't fight well with my arm like this. Gonna need to try another strategy.' He sees another tentacle raise itself and quickly throws his Fuuma shurikan. The Fuuma slashes the appendage and it quickly retreats back. Yami, silver-eyed, quickly pulls it back to him. He turned to the girl who has yet to move a muscle. "TANUKI GO NOW!" The girl snapped out of her trance and quickly dives into the water.

'I can't let Yami-san die…I gotta save him…then I gotta go help Haru-nisan, Nami-neesan and Yugi-sensei.' thought the girl.

Yami's eyes widened when he saw five tentacles rise out of the water. 'No choice', he thought. Black energy started surging around him and black tattoos started crawling around his skin. He dropped his shurikan quickly started doing hand seals, after he had bitten his thumb. "Kuchiyose no jutsu" he slammed his hand on the ground and in a puff of smoke; he was standing on a frog twice his size. "Boss I need your help!" His tattoos still hadn't receded.

"You Idiot I can't freaking fight here! I can't even swim very well!"

He stared down at the frog under him. "WHAT THE HELL KIND OF FUCKING FROG CAN'T SWIM!"

---Ookami and Haru---

"WHAT THE HELL KIND OF FUCKING FROG CAN'T SWIM!"

Ookami raised an eyebrow at that. 'Why the hell is he bitching about freaking frogs in a time like this?' He quickly parried an attack and stabbed the enemy he was fighting. He turned and with a horizontal slash, he slashed a man's throat. He could see Haru throw a man over the ship. He quickly jumped to the side, narrowly avoiding a bunch of kunai that hit the spot he was standing in. He turned to see a man standing on one of the ship's masses, the one that wasn't broken. 'He has a slashed mist Hiaete.' The man was dressed like the pirates were dressed and had blue hair, tied in a ponytail. He was holding a scythe.

"He looks like a lot more fun than these idiot pirates." Ookami turned to see Haru speaking. "The pirates are on the run; Nami and Inochi both are with the sailors; lets take out the nin."

"Sounds like fun", Ookami said with a smirk. He ran off to the mass and started scaling it, running up it using chakra. He had his swords out ready to attack the man. When they met they both clashed blades. The mist nin was a bit stronger though and managed to push Ookami off. Ookami was to far away from the post, and at the angle he was dropping he would fall overboard. However Haru quickly came up the mass as well and quickly grabbed Ookami's legs. He then tossed the boy, by the leg, over to the other mass, the broken one. Ookami was slammed into the post so hard he drop his sword, but managed to hang on with chakra.

Haru then started running up the post and with an open palm he caught the scythe the mist nin attempted to attack him with. He then slugged the mist nin in the gut, knocking him off the post. The mist nin was close to the post however so he was able to grab on to the post, with his feet, and slide down it. He quickly turned and raised his scythe to defend himself from a few oncoming kunai. He saw Ookami run down the post he was on; grab his sword; run towards the post the mist nin was on; and run up the mass. When they met, they clashed blades again. This time before the mist nin could push Ookami away, he was slugged in the side of the head by Haru. The punch managed to throw off the mist nin who quickly did hand seals, while holding his scythe. The scythe began to glow. "TakaiGai (Death Scythe)" He threw the giant blade up at the two nins. Ookami raised his swords to block but was quickly pushed back. He slammed into Haru and both boys were thrown off the large post.

The mist nin grinned when he saw the boys get thrown off the post, they'll be thrown overboard. His grin faded quickly though. He clutched his neck, which was being held by a string. He turned slightly to see Yugi standing right behind him holding the iron wire. "A shame you threw away that scythe of yours."

The mist nin quickly grabbed a kunai and cut the iron wire. However Yugi was still grinning. The mist nin felt multiple needles stick to his back. He turned to see Inochi behind him holding more senbon. Then he felt a kunai pierce him in the chest. And everything went black for the nin.

---Yami, Tanuki, and the frog that can't swim---

"I'm a land frog you punk. We don't fight on water very often. I'll have to waist my chakra to stay a float."

Yami groaned at this… "What ever just do something about the damn squid." Yami jumped over to a nearby rock and summoned the Fuuma he dropped. It started spinning right next to him, 'With all the chakra I used summoning Gamakichi, I better stick to just using one.' Gamakichi grabbed his tanto from his back.

A tentacle tried to smash Gamakichi but was quickly stopped when said frog raise his tanto to stabbed the appendage. Yami then let his Fuuma fly, sending it whirling around the large tentacle, attacking like a buzz saw. He easily cut off the appendage. One of the tentacles tried to attack Yami from behind, but a quick thinking Gamakichi stopped that. "Suiton: Teppodama (Water Release: Gunshot)" The frog release a large ball of water out of his mouth and it hit the tentacle knocking it back. Yami quickly turned and set his Fuuma out to attack another tentacle. Gamakichi jumped and stabbed another tentacle with his tanto. Yami was about to send his Fuuma to attack another tentacle when he saw Tanuki standing on the beach. He smiled. "Gamakichi! We gotta go to that beach over there." He said pointing towards Tanuki.

The toad turned to the said beach and saw the girl; "I'm here fighting this thing for you and your thinking of girls?"

A vein on his head popped… "YOU IDIOT! SHE'S MY TEAMMATE! WE GOTTA GO OVER THERE SO SHE CAN HELP! THAT'S THE PLAN."

"Figures you can't get a girl with a temper like that…"

"SHUP UP!"

Yami jumped on the frog's head and Gamakichi took off hopping towards the island. The shadow under the water quickly followed the pair.

They were about a meter away when two tentacles jumped out of the water and tried to capture the two. Big Mistake. "Sabaku Kyu (Desert Coffin)" Sand, which extended from the beach, grabbed a hold of the two tentacles. The tentacles tried to escape and submerged themselves back in the water, but it was to late. "Sabaku Soso (Desert Funeral)". The sand imploded, utterly crushing the two appendages.

Yami turned back to the girl who was merely standing. Her eyes change though. They were a golden color, and the pupil was dark black and in the shape of a diamond.

The frog continued its way to the beach. Yami jumped off and smiled at the girl. Good job. "Great job."

She smiled back, "We're not done yet."

As if on cue something submerged out of the water. This time the whole squid came out of the water, with all eight appendages wriggling around.

Yami's eyes widened. "NO WAY we destroyed over half of those."

Gamakichi laughed, "Punk…that is the boss of the squids. He can regenerate his tentacles all he wants."

"Damn it all." He sent his Fuuma flying once again…

---Shikyo---

Shikyo was quickly taking out the pirates without even breaking a sweat. That's were he met him…a shirtless man holding a double-bladed sword.

Shikyo narrowed his eyes. Both of them ran at each other clashing blades. "The names Arlong. You can take it to your grave", he said with a smirk.

Shikyo had a monotone look to him, "Shikyo Hizuuga…"

With that they pushed off of each other and started their dance of death. They both were slashing, thrusting, and guarding every attack the other threw. Shikyo tried a vertical slash, but was stopped by a quick guard. Arlong broke through Shikyo's defense and quickly made a stab at the Hizuuga. Arlong stabbed Shikyo right through the gut the chest. Arlong smiled wickedly at this.

"HAHA I KILLED THE GREAT SHIKYO HIZUUGA" but his smile was cut short when Shikyo disappeared in a puff of smoke and replace with a log.

In a flash of light Arlong's eyes widened and he dropped his double-bladed sword. He heard a whisper, "Fool…There's a reason I'm called the Terror of Death…and reason why I never even heard of you…Farewell…" On that last word Arlong split vertically in half. Blood spewing everywhere. The whole ship was like that. Miraculously the only thing that was clean was the man who killed everyone, and his weapon of choice. Shikyo walked off to join his comrades his long blue hair flowing in the wind.

---Yami and Tanuki---

Yami was starting to run seriously low on power. To top it off he was getting a huge headache. He threw his Fuuma once again and it was about to connect when the Ikaoyadama suddenly disappeared. Yami's eyes widened somewhat...and he sighed. Tanuki let out a sigh as well. As did Gamakichi.

The frog turned to his summoner. "I'll be leaving you now punk…and next time summonme on dry land." With that the frog disappeared. Yami's tattoos receded and his eyes changed blue again. Tanuki's eyes changed back to there emerald color.

Tanuki slumped down and sat on the sand, her dagger sitting on her laps. Yami, ignoring the fact that her clothes were both white and wet, opted to sit next to her. He reached into his pocket to pull out his aspirin when his eyes widened…he groaned, 'Damn pills are in my jacket…which I dumped in the ocean…'

"Is something wrong?", asked the girl next to her sitting right next to her.

"Nah…I'll be fine…", sighed the psychic. "Hehe…I guess we survived…"

"Yea…"

With that last word…both teens sat in silence. They could see Junon's ship off in the distance. They didn't sense anymore fighting and they could still sense their teammates. So they just sat there under the starry sky…and waited till the group came to them…

A/N: Somone asked about Pairings...

Right Now i'm still not sure. Way to early for me to know for sure.

In my head i see a few of them.

Yami/Kitsune(obvious choice)

Yami/Tanuki(Another obvious choice, I think somone guessed that this might be the main pairing)

About fifty-fifty with these two...not sure who two stick with the protagonist...though like i said a second ago its still WAY TO EARLY to decide...I may end up putting in another girl that I would prefer to stick Yami with. Hmmmm...

Bankotsu/Kasai(This is the only pairing I'm actually pretty sure about. It will probably take something drastic to change my mind...but well who gives a damn, at the moment they aren't really important characters.)

Inochi/Tanuki(Kinda thought of this one a bit when I first decided to make Tanuki a girl. Thought it'd be a cute tribute to Gaara/Hinata fansWho've corrupted my fragile Naru/Hina mind into liking that pairing...WHY!. Tanuki and Inochi being SERIOUSLY toned down versions of the other two. But obviously this will only workout if I don't stick Yami and Tanuki together.)

Ookami/Giant Harem(Ookami, being my favorite character, will have his own private harem-ranging to about 1000 different bi-sexual women...)
No not really...I dont know what the hell I'm going to do with Ookami...Still working on him.

Those are the only characters that I've thought about. As far as pairings. Feel free to leave any ideas for other characters...such as Vann, Rei, Shikyo, Nami, Haru, or Yugi.

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