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Adventure 2, Hell On A Ship
The space belowdecks where we and other families would travel seemed huge at first. But then, when people began to file in and take their own little place where they would live, it became smaller and smaller. Soon, there was no free room or privacy.
I felt unwelcomed and alone. Our family's little place was right next to another family, the Yamanakas. They were a group of very loud blondes. Their young daughter, Ino, was a pretty girl, and she was smart on top of that, but she existed for nothing but chasing the sailors. Her long golden hair and light sky blue eyes made her very appealing, but I believe many wouldn't fall for her personality. Judging by the way she flaunts herself in front of the boys though... I doubt they pay attention to that.
Ino was usually seen with a couple of other girls. Sometimes though, it was just her and another girl Sakura. They were always gossiping and giggling. All they did was sit around and talk about nonsense, sometimes going abovedecks to flirt with the sailors.
One time I caught them looking at me, and I couldn't tell if they wanted to come talk to me, or talk about me. But I ignored it, and tried only to focus on something other than the growing stink in this room we were all cooped up in.
Can you imagine the smell of people not bathing for days, having to live and go to the bathroom in this room that wouldn't be cleaned until we arrived?
It was too much for me sometimes. Sometimes I followed my sister up to the deck that smelled of ocean spray, where the air was cool and fresh. The rare times that we went up there we leaned over the edge of the ship, looking out at the indigo colored sea that turned emerald the farther you looked. Once, we saw whales, a group of black specks breaching far out into the sea. We heard the sailors shout to eachother and saw them point, and ran to the other side of the boat to catch the wondrous sight.
Well, wondrous to us. We had always lived in the freezing, dark, English forests. This world was alien to my sister and I.
And my father? He stayed below in the room that could pass for a prison. He was gripped with seasickness, and he was an old and tired man. Bitter, too. Most people steered clear of Father, leaving us to care for him. That is why I enjoyed the little spare time I got abovedecks.
After being on the ship for a while, I gained the bravery to go abovedecks without Hanabi.
Which meant I was alone.
I was still probably the shyest person on board, but I'd do anything to escape the dank, musty room with the stench of disease lingering in the air.
So I stood with my elbows on the railing, letting the ocean spray cool my face and neck and the wind whip my short dark hair around. The air was fresh and cool, and even though it smelled of seawater it seemed almost sweet after spending another night in the room below.
When I stood up to tuck my hair behind my ear, I noticed some people not too far from me.
It was the quiet dark haired sailor next to the cheerful, spirited blonde one. They were leaning on the railing, taking a break to look at the sea.
My mind and heart raced for some reason. I had made no friends yet, those girls didn't appeal to me at all and there barely wasn't anybody else my age that I could talk to. But... go up and talk to them... to sailors? Did I even have the bravery?
"Oy!" I heard the blonde haired one shout, and I prayed it wasn't to me. "OY!" he yelled louder and began to wave his arms. This time it was unmistakable. He walked up to me, and his friend followed. They looked funny together, the blonde one's skin was dark tan from working in the sun, and he walked happily, almost skipping, and stood with an upright posture. The dark haired one was much, much paler, almost more than me, and he walked with a serious expression.
"G-g-good afternoon..." it was torture to look into the blonde one's gorgeous eyes, I could feel the red burn in my cheeks, and my shyness just short of forced me to look away.
"Nice day out, huh?" he laughed, and leaned so far out towards the water that I was scared he would fall.
"Yes, b-b-b-beautiful."
"You have a speech impediment, don't you?" he asked, which caused my eyes to widen in embarrassment, "Or maybe you're just real shy, but I don't see why 'cuz frankly you're pretty cute!"
Me, cute? My father would say that I'm plain at best. I'm a scrawny, pale little pile of twigs with a head of short choppy hair, and I have strange eyes. To be called "cute" by this boy made me feel like floating for a while.
"You talk too much." the dark haired one commented, and the blonde haired one was about to say something back when somebody shouted to him.
"Oy, Naruto, captain wants to see you!" the man shouted, causing Naruto to whine about having no free time and all of the "hot girls" that he could "apparently be dating" now.
So his name's Naruto... I smiled in secret. Until, I realized that the dark haired sailor was still standing next to me.
"H-H-Hi..." I mumbled to him, earning a quiet 'hn'. "Wh-what's you n-name?"
"Sasuke." was all he said before another man came to yell at him about not being paid to flirt with wenches. (almost a straight line from 'witch child' i know, but the first few chapters are gonna have a LOT of resemblance to it. me sorry.)
That night in my family's space belowdecks, I heard the gossiping girls talking about the sailors that they had seen and/or flirted with. Sitting around being quiet and listening to others conversations can be interesting, and you can learn a lot. I didn't hear anything significant, though, I noticed that they didn't mention Naruto.
But a person I did hear them talking a lot about was Sasuke. Although, they didn't use his name. They just talked about how dark and mysterious he was, and how incredibly handsome. And, how none of them could ever get to talk to him because he was always busy or quiet.
Maybe he avoids them on purpose... I laughed inside my mind.
"I wonder what his name is..." one sighed dreamily.
"Sasuke..." I mumbled the word before I realized what I was saying.
"What?" Ino said in a snooty tone, turning to me.
"Ah! Hi-His name, it's S-S-Sasuke..." my voice trailed of towards the end, I could feel their group glare.
"And how would you know?" she retorted, and I could feel the sting of the harshness in her voice. She sounded a little jealous, too, but I wasn't sure. Then, I thought I heard her cough out the word harlett. (sp?)
But I pretending not to hear it or the horrible things that I was sure they were saying about me now.
So the ship is hell, and Hinata is alone-a-lonely! Now since I feel like writing about other characters to get my mind going, let's check in on how Naruto and another sailor, named Kiba, (who I'm sure you all know) are doing!
"Got any threes?"
"Go fish."
There was a grumble, then a dark haired sailor named Kiba reached over and took a card out of the pile in the middle of the dark litle room. Naruto and Kiba had hidden in this unused little janitor's closet to take a little break.
"Damn, Boss never gives us any free time!" Naruto whined.
"Chyeah." Kiba agreed.
"I mean, look at all of those pretty girls that I could have wrapped around my fingers!"
"Pshht... right." Kiba laughed.
"Yeah! Have you seen the way that Sakura wench looks at me?" Naruto said, and this time Kiba shut up and let Naruto have his own little fantasies.
"Don't worry, when we get out of here we'll have all of the romances we want!" Kiba said.
"Really?" Naruto looked at him like a lost puppy. It's hard to be stuck on a ship with all men for years, then when girls finally come aboard you only get to look at them covered in all of that dreary clothes.
"Really." Kiba assured him.
Unknown to them, a sailor was outside listening to their seemingly gay conversation...
"Hey, I just remembered, look what I got!" Naruto said, and pulled out a shilling that had been paid to him by the captain.
"Oh yeah? Well, mine's bigger!" Kiba shouted, pulling out a larger shilling. "And, mine's rounder! Look at yours, all crappy and ugly!"
"Well... Well... mine's shinier!"
The sailor outside walked away, disturbed.
THE END OF MY CRAPPY, DIRTY HUMOR. : )
AnimeCrasherz: I guess you can say that most of this is sort of Hinata's diary.
And... it's not NaruHina, although it might seem like it.
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I guess you can say that most of this is sort of Hinata's diary.