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Chapter Three.
"Y-you-" her emerald eyes observed me from head to toe. I jolted upwards, having understood the situation, only to be thrown back down like a rag doll by Chouji. "Woah there! You best not get on the captain's nerves, the aggravated face you're making isn't helping at all." the pineapple hair guy said in a sickening sing song voice. I don't know what spark inside of me suddenly erupted, standing on my feet while my hands were bound or was it actually complete stupidity...however, I did a bloody perfect job in provoking the pinkie, though.
"This crazy woman- a captain!?" I blurted while blinking my eyes in disbelief. I didn't realise that my finger had been unconsciously pointing at the pink haired, obviously, to worsen situations; to exaggerate my point. That's literally the only job I'm perfect at, for fuck's sake.
"I prefer being called a 'brute' rather than crazy, villager." she proclaimed, without missing a beat. I scoffed, narrowing my eyes at her before shifting my gaze back to the floor, feeling pretty confident for once.
"Great. To top the day, I'm stuck in a ship with gypsy looking pirates, a brute lady captain and an..." I turned my head toward chubby, frowning at the look on his face, "-educated brute." I finished, my heart throbbed in my chest by the sudden recklessness I displayed.
"Charmed." Chouji replied, every word he uttered dripped with satisfaction, technically, he was the only one pleased with my unwanted comment; the others...not so much. The pirates looked like they were to ready to impale my throat with pitchforks and their captain, well, arched her eyebrow at me as a warning to never speak again. It's better if I shut the fuck up, odds are, that she'll rip off my mouth or something far more gruesome.
"God Almighty." I muttered under my breath, as lowly as possible. The captain walked towards me, her boots clacking against the hard wood, the pink hair of hers bounced along with the movement. She stopped in her tracks and gave me a hard look, emerald eyes that lacked any signs of emotions, all except, blood lust. Something about her, overwhelmed me with fear. How cold and lifeless her eyes gazed provokingly at those around her or the way my eyes felt imprisoned within her omnious ones, the sensation of being tied down without even a gasp of air, slowly edging away from sanity. A few seconds passed, she held up her palms and on alert, one of the pirates shuffled through their sheath, yanked out a sword and tossed it at her which she gracefully obliged by grasping a hold of it as it swung towards me.
"Should we dispose him? After all, he does seem utterly inept even for this crew's standards." She spoke up, edging the sword closer to my throat. The sudden proclamation earned a few jolted heads at her direction. I somehow felt awfully bad for the ones under this woman's commands, she gave out the literally sets the ship ablaze if you're a minute late with her food vibe. "Well...Aside from his constant badgering, he certainly carries a rather attractive face. In fact, worthy of two hundred gold coins or so. And if no one is willing-" I heard, from the dark and isolated corner of the room, the person, who I realised was a woman (Great!) had gone unnoticed by her peers and I because of how proficient she was at concealing herself. Without a minute's interval, she approached us, her fingers delicately pressed against her lips; the other hand of hers, flicked away the pale blond hair that covered her eyes. "-I'd gladly take him." she chuckled.
"Ino. That was quite a bold statement you said there. You know what? I'd be more than 'glad' if you'd get your shit together." The captain declared, she rolled her eyes whilst rubbing her neck in annoyance. "In short, shut your trap, sweetheart." she added, sweeping back her pink hair that rested on her shirt; imitating Ino's act from earlier.
You just can't let a girl live her dream, now can you?! Sometimes I wonder what drugs I was on when I joined this god forsaken crew." Ino puffed her cheeks, folding her arms over her rather prominent chest which was thankfully covered with purple robes; designer robes, just to point out. Not the best time to drool over lavish attire as I seemed to have recalled my position.
"Excuse me. I get that you all enjoy abducting people, trust me, I do too; it's actually my favourite past time. But, being catfished out in the sea- have you gone completely bonkers?" I said, forgetting the fact that I was supposed to keep my mouth shut, but today was just exceeding the stupidity level way more than usual; even surprising me how much bullshit I can sputter until my throat gets impaled. Although, the captain lowered her sword and had tilted her head, "Catfished?" She inquired, a look of confusion visible on her face. I felt my breathing retain its normal state as I let out a relieved sigh.
"It's a term for- WOAH." Before I could pass on the information, her sword had gotten dangerously close to my face. "You know what? Anything you say is mindless crap, honestly, I'm doing a favour to the world." She said, tightening her grip on the sword, ready to tear me into shreds.
"By ending my life?!"
"Like I said, you're non existent in the world, anyway."
"Your presence isn't quite beneficial either."
"A-Ah fuck." Ino muttered under her breath, trying to hide her giggling. The rest of the crew were apparently offended, clenching their weapons. "HE INSULTED OUR CAPTAIN. FEED HIM TO THE BLOODY SHARKS!" One of them yelled, causing an uproar in the room. I gulped inaudibly, looking everywhere but their hateful eyes. The Captain raised her other hand, silence followed after the gesture.
"Now, Now, you ruffians. No matter how much I dislike it, he is our first guest in a long while." she said, trying to sound like the kindest host ever, hence, making me puke.
"THEN TREAT ME LIKE ONE." I retorted, showing them the chains tightly clasped around my wrists. The captain bent down, just near my face, her eyes observing me. Her sword was on the ground, looking harmless for once. I gulped, she was really bewitching up up close. "I'll give you the honour of telling me your name before I decapitate that two hundred gold coin worthy head of yours." I could hear Ino scoffing in the background, the captain seemed to be close with the blond haired judging how they kept joking around with each other. I felt sick, in a few seconds, I'd completely lose contact of my body and the thought of laying motionless in a pool of blood made my stomach churn uncomfortably. With a harsh breath, I struggled to calm my trembling self before shakily mumbling a few words.
"N..Naruto. U-Uzumaki...Naruto." Her eyes were closed and her eyebrows had been knit together in concentration. While she was deep in thought, I was going through the path of unconsciousness. Never in entire life, I have experienced this much trauma before. The captain stood up, nodding to herself, "I'll return the favour, I'm Haruno Sakura, the captain of Konoha-" she extended her arms across the room, revealing the ship's name with pride. "-or better known as the bitch of the sea." She reached out for her sword and pointed it back at me with a devious smirk tipping across her lips.
"I prefer the latter." Ino said, clearly trying to irk the captain. But, was bluntly ignored.
"Don't look too terrified, you're dying by the hands of an endearing beauty, if I were you, I'd be kneeling." Sakura proclaimed, narrowing the distance between the sword and my neck. "Well, anyways. Great to know you." Her sarcastic tone made me want to pull her ears because I don't have enough balls to actually hit her in the gut, I'm not even sure that I'd manage to pull off the former either.
I braced for impact.
"Wait!"
Legit, the only words I wanted to hear. Sweet melody to my sorrowful ears.
I still had my eyes shut, just in case because I rather not see crimson liquid gushing out of me.
"Wait, Captain. Please put away your sword and hear me out. Please." Boy, did the person sound incredibly desperate, well, I do have my ways to make people smitten with me. Her sword made a clanking sound a good distance away from me, thank thy lord. The room enveloped with whispers, making me curious of my knight- I mean, pirate in dirty half torn clothing.
"Chouji?"
Damn.
The elitist.
"Allow me to explain myself better, dear Captain." I heard his recognisable posh way of speaking. Because, the only sense which wasn't out of order was my hearing, although it was still crap. "I certainly didn't expect this." Her voice lingered with newly found interest, I could almost feel that psychotic smile taking over her usual stoic expression.
"It wasn't on an impulse, was it, Chouji? If so, quite a softie you've become..."
"I'm afraid you have the wrong impression of me, Captain. For I, was merely thinking of ways to help you."
"Hm? Helping me? Care to explain?" The wooden floor bed creaked, deeming that someone had moved or sat on it. I'll go with Sakura trying to act all high and shit as her ass occupies the floor in the least womanly manner.
"Don't you need someone to attend to your needs?"
"You mean, a gofer?"
"A manservant, yes."
"I have you guys." The nerve of this woman to consider her crew as lackeys. I couldn't bear to be in the same room with her, hell, even imagining her breath mixed in air makes me want to gauge out my eyeballs. She must be ideal in their eyes. I'll arrange an appointment at the psychiatrist for these pirates if I ever make it out alive.
"But, what if everyone was busy with their tasks?" Chouji asked to which the captain lowly chuckled, thumping her boots on the ground.
"And- And you think he'll be of help to me? By what? Shielding me from the enemies? Running errands? Or...maybe doing the sensual job of fulfilling my inner desires?" Sakura mocked, clearly ticking me off but I barely had the strength to yell back, instead, I sank deeper in my position. Going back, I did feel a bit drowsy before encountering these pirates, makes me wonder if I had a fever of some sort; judging how my entire body was burning up.
"What you fail to understand is that, this boy can prove to be a vital asset for our crew." He said. I heard footsteps and whispers from the side where Sakura was sitting. After a few seconds,
"I understand, Chouji. You may give the word." The captain approved as someone walked towards me. I wanted to know what he had whispered to her, I mean, bless the lad but how?
"Listen up, Konoha. From today now, Uzumaki Naruto will be joining us. Give him a round of applause. No? Fine then, you bunch of kill joys." Chubby announced while scooting close to me and wrapping an arm around my neck. "I quite like him, though." He said, my left eye perked open in response.
"I'm not particularly interested in you." I quickly responded, which made him laugh.
"Well, I do trust Sakura's decisions but...what is he? A pet?" Ino questioned, I grunted because I don't know what's worse, the idea of being treated like an animal or the fact that they don't consider me a human. The captain turned towards me, grinning like the devil himself.
"My slave."
I opened my mouth to let out my thoughts to all of this before plunging on to the cold hard ground.
"CONSENT!"
And then.
I fainted.
Again.
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Ena.