Chapter 1- Part two: What was I thinking?
When we finally reached the location of our mission, I take a deep breath of relief. I look out to the vast ocean and smile as the warm rays of the sun hit my face. I close my eyes, "It has been so long since I have been to the ocean." I look over to Kakashi, who seems like he is staring at the ship that was floating near the shore. I narrow my eyes so I can get a better look at the ship and look over at Kakashi, "What is with the ship?"
Kakashi explains, "That is where our mission is located. We are on a rescue mission."
Liely puts a hand on my shoulder and smiles, "It's okay. It won't be as hard as it looks."
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It almost seemed impossible to climb up on the ship, but somehow we managed it. I walk over to the edge of the boat and look into the deep sea. I start feeling like I am about to go into my own world so I pull myself back into reality. I turn to Liely who had made her way to stand beside me. I start to say something, when I hear a ruckus behind us. I turn around to see a man staring at Kakashi with blood lusted eyes.
The ugly man snickers and wipes the blood that had formed on the corner of his mouth. He spit to the side," So the famous copy ninja Kakashi is on my ship. I feel so honored."
Kakashi put down his book, stares at the man, and scratches the back of his head, "Am I really that famous?"
The ugly man gave a "whatever" kind of face, "That doesn't matter. What do you want with my ship? We haven't done anything wrong."
Kakashi put his book in his bag, "On the contrary, we have knowledge that there is a bandit on your ship."
The ugly man crossed his huge arms and laughed gruffly, "Nonsense. The only people on my ship is my crew and none of them are bandits I assure you."
Kakashi looked over to the bandit who was trying to blend. Kakashi shook his head and looked back at the ugly captain, "In truth the bandit is standing right over there."
The captain looked over at the surprised man and back to Kakashi, "You expect me to just hand over a valuable man of my crew." He laughed and gave Kakashi a suspicious glare, "How about we make a wager? You have your ninja underlings pass a test and I will hand over the guy. If they lose I get them both or whichever one is not eaten first."
I look over at Kakashi with a questioning look, "Eaten? By what?"
Liely gives a curious look, "Are you talking about some kind of big shark?"
The captain smiled cocky and closed his eyes, laughing under his breath, "There will be an extra kick to this test?" Liely and I look over to the captain quarter's door as two men roughly push out four tied people and tossed them to the ground. One was a man, one a crying child and the last two were trembling women who looked like they had been through a lot of abuse. I start toward the abusive crew members, but Liely grabs my wrist.
I look back at her glaringly and whisper, "What are you doing?"
She shakes her head, "We can't do anything right, now. Don't worry. When we rescue them we can give these rotten smelly pigs a piece of our minds."
Kakashi looks over at us and nods his head in agreement, "All right. If my students win we take in the bandit on your ship. If they lose, they will be all yours."
The crew members tie chained anchors onto the hostages. The captain looks over at us and gives us an evil grin, "You also have to remove your clothing. We can't have you being too comfortable during a test now can we."
Liely grimaces at the captain and shivers in disgust and looks over to Kakashi, "Do we have to? That is gross." Kakashi gives a glare toward the captain, but the captain just laughs under his breath along with all his crew. Liely shakes her head and in an annoyed breath says, "Fine, but we will do that in the water."
I shiver and look down at the for sure cold water. I gulp a bit and take a deep breath. I hop on the edge and jump in the water, coming up with a scream. I shiver and look up at Liely as she jumps in. She shoots up and yells, "Oh my gosh that's cold."
We both look up at the crew staring with creepy smiles down at us. I whine under my breath, "These guys are such perverts."
Liely nods and gives a shaky response, "Just make sure you keep most of yourself in the water so they can not see."
I nod my head and start taking my sandals off first, hating that I did not think of taking them off before I jumped in the water as Liely did. I throw them up to Kakashi, who catches them and drops them on the ships floor. Liely tosses her shirt and pants, covering her upper part so the perverted crew could not see. I start to do the same, when I hear laughter behind us. I turn in the water to face these jackasses who were laughing at us.
Liely gives a scowling face and asks shivering, "What are you guys laughing at?"
The leader of the laughing idiots states proudly, "We have never seen ninja get undressed so willingly before."
Liely gives an annoyed look and I elbow her playfully. She looks over at me and I giggle, "Hey watch this." I take a deep breath and dive under. I open my eyes, trying to get used to the saltiness. I swim over to the kicking feet of the idiotic buffoons and give a disgusted look when I see what they are wearing. They are wearing tight black Speedos that, in truth, show everything. I swim over ninja like and raised my hand evilly. I pull back on the sides of the leaders Speedo and let it go, popping it hard enough to where even people above the water could hear.
The leader jumps up out of the water, screaming and holding his backside. The others stare at him with odd looks and then look at Liely who was smiling. The leader turns in the water and swims as fast as he could away from us. Liely laughs out loud as the other idiots swim after their leader, "Yeah watch out for those "eels." They are known to be aggressive." Liely looks up at Kakashi, who is covering his mouth with one of his hands, trying not to laugh himself. I pop up out of the water, smiling at what I have just accomplished.
I undressed the rest of the way and tossed the rest of my clothing to Kakashi, who catches them and folds them, laying them on the ship's floor. I take a deep breath and look over to Liely who is still giving an annoyed look. I look up to the disgusting captain of the crew and wait for the next part of this more than embarrassing test. The crew brings the hostages to the side of the boat and tosses them in, the child being tossed in last. I growl under my breath, feeling bile rise in my throat.
The captain waves his hand in the air," Alright, You have exactly 4 minutes to rescue the hostages, if you fail they die. Now, on my orders. GO!" He lowers his hand and Liely and I dive under. I look over at the four hostages as they struggle to hold their breaths. I signal to Liely and point to the young boy. She nods to me and swims over to one of the women. I swim over to the boy quickly, pulling out my kunai. I cut the rope on the boy's hands then cut the rope tied to his feet. I push him up, giving him a boost so he could make it to the top quicker.
I look over to Liely who had freed the two women and was working on the man's rope. I swim up to the top to catch my breath. I take three deep breaths and dive back down. I grab the man's rope and signal to Liely to go up for air. She nods and swims up as I start cutting the rope. I finally cut it and the man starts swimming up. I start to follow him, when I feel something swim behind me. I turn around, but nothing was there. I see Liely dive back down, waving her hand, telling me to come back up. I start swimming after her and when I get close, her eyes widen. I look at her in confusion, but soon felt as if I was being pulled in by something.
I look behind me and swim quickly to the side, barely getting out of the way of the creature. It looked back at me and I ready my kunai, not seeing how it would really help. I give it a good look and realize that it was some sort of deep water fish, with really big, sharp teeth. It starts swimming after me and I try to swim away, grabbing my mouth to keep from breathing in. I feel the creature's mouth right on top of me, so I turn to face it, getting ready to fight for my survival. It starts biting down, when all of a sudden it goes flying. I look up to Liely lowering her leg from kicking the fish. She grabs my hand and helps me to swim to the top. I kick my feet harder to get to the top faster. When we finally reach the top I breathe in and out so deeply that it feels as if my lungs would have exploded.
I cough, spitting out excess water that had entered my mouth. We climbed up the ship, Liely helping me since my legs were trying to buckle beneath me. We got to the top and Kakashi grabbed by arm helping me over the ledge. He helps me sit down on the ground and looks up to the captain. Liely lays her hand on my back and smiles at me, shivering from the water that was dripping from her hair. I look up as one of the women hands Liely and me a cover. The woman helps me wrap the cover around me and bends to eye level with me. She looks up at Liely, "Thank you," she looks back in my eyes, "Both of you."
I smile and look down at the ground, "No problem." I feel myself blush and look over to Kakashi. Kakashi walks up to the captain, who is giving him a dirty look, "I think you owe us a
fugitive." Kakashi walks past the captain and looks at the man who gulps, "Are you going to come quietly." The man nods his head, seeing that he had already lost against Kakashi.
