Summary: I was thinking one day and something came to my mind. What would happen if I stuck Naruto characters in nursery rhymes? Well, this is what came forth.
Disclaimer: I do not own any Naruto characters, nor do I own the nursery rhymes/songs that will be mentioned in this fanfiction.
Warnings: The genres of each chapter/rhyme/song will vary. So beware if one moment it's hardcore angst and the next it's utter crack. There will be occasion bad language. That is one of the main reasons why this is rated T.
Additional Information: This chapter takes place during the first movie.
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Mother Goose
Row, Row, Row Your Boat
Genre: Humor
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Team 7 was on a C-class escort mission, their second one to be exact, and in the natural tendency of things, Naruto was bouncing along the deck while chattering and observing the crew, Sasuke was brooding as he leaned against the railing in his "cool pose", Sakura not far away, gazing at him and sighing adoringly, and Kakashi was immersed in his little orange book, flipping the pages and giggling every once in a while in what was considered a "pervy" manner.
Their charge and client for this mission was none other than Yukie Fujikaze, the famous actor who played Fuun-hime in a popular movie that was recently released. She was currently down in one of the chambers, under deck, resting.
After they had been at sea for a while and Sakura, realizing that Sasuke was paying no attention to her presence, along with any others, had turned her attention to the waves that splashed against the side of the ship.
Her legs were getting that tingly feeling from standing for too long so she chose to sit down on the floor, dangling her four limbs off board and resting her chin on the lowest rung of the metal that protected her from falling off the boat and in the freezing waters below. Humming a tune-less song, she pondered, trying to remember that children's song that her mother used to sing when she washed Sakura in the bathtub.
Oh yeah!
She pounded her fist into her open palm in realization and started to sing.
"Row, row, row your boat
Gently down the stream.
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily
Life is but a dream!"
She giggled out of juvenile glee and repeated it again, louder this time, catching the attention of one hyperactive pre-teen who bounced over to her.
"Ne, ne, Sakura-chan! That's not the right way to sing it!" he accused with a foxy-grin on his face, stretching out the whisker marks upon his cheeks.
"What are you talking about, Naru-baka?! Of course it's the right way!" This was followed by a thump and a new bump on his for head. But that didn't detour him at all, he rubbed his sore and continued what he was explaining before.
"Nuh-uh! The best version goes like this!"
"Row, row, row your boat
Gently down the stream.
Throw your sensei overboard
And listen to him scream!--"
"WHAT KIND OF RUBBISH IS THAT?!"
Naruto blinked innocently and looked up at the enraged kunoichi in front of him who had her fist clenched and shaking slightly, a vein popping out on her (not over-sized) forehead.
Kakashi had looked over at the new word changes and was smiling his classic Eye-Smile©. "Try that with me and you'll be the one over board, Naruto."
"But the song's not even done yet!" he wined.
Oh, lovely. His teammates all thought sarcastically as Naruto took a deep breath and restarted his song.
"Row, row, row your boat
Gently down the stream.
Throw your sensei overboard
And listen to him scream!
Five days later:
Floating down the Delaware,
Chewing on his underwear
Wished he had another pair.
Ten days later:
Eaten by a polar bear,
And that's how the polar bear died!
Poor polar bear!"
When Naruto had re-opened his eye, as he had closed them to sing his joyful little tune, he saw the three look at him with wide eyes and raised eyebrows. He, being the clueless little kitsune he is, mistook these looks for ones of awe. (And indeed they were looks of awe, just not in the way that he had imagined.)
"It's it so much cooler then that boring version?! Huh? Huh?"
They still looked at him until Sasuke, surprisingly, broke the silence, "What the hell is a 'Delaware'?"
OWARI!
This one was much shorter than the first (many apologies!), but I wasn't really sure when to stop. I guess I could have written a little more up, it's just that I'm not sure it would as good of an ending.
I find it funnier to bring it to a close right here. xD
Silly Sasuke is embarrassed about his lack of knowledge and the fact that he admitted said lack of knowledge. But I'll let you know, none of them know what a blasted 'Delaware' is! Hehehe.
-Luffly Emi
