Hey guys! So sorry for not updating sooner. I was in Disneyworld on a school trip.

Disclaimer: If I did, Pirates of the Caribbean world wouldn't be as crappy.

17. Konoha.

They landed in The Village Hidden in the Leaves in no more than 10 minutes, shooting down 20 or 30 heartless ships along the way. The gummi ship descended into a small clearing with 3 poles in the center. Oddly, when they landed, the clearing was vacant. When they all were out of the ship, (Sora last in line, Kairi first) 4 people were standing there, looking incredulous at the extremely out-of-place aircraft.

"Who are you?" Asked one of the people loudly. He appeared to be in his early teens, with spiky blonde hair, blue eyes, wearing an odd orange jumpsuit, and had 6 whisker-like markings on his face.

At his right was a girl the same age as him, her short magenta hair pulled back with a headband with the same symbol on the map. Kairi noticed the boy who spoke had the same headband wrapped around his forehead.

To the boy's left was another boy, an extremely pale person with jet-black hair that spiked upward in the back and shot down his face on both sides. His eyes were the most fascinating; they were so dark brown they appeared black and were filled with emotions, yet seemed apathetic at the same time. He wore a black jumpsuit with a white-and-red paper fan symbol on the back. His headband was nowhere to be seen.

In front of the blonde boy was a man appearing in his mid-20's, with a handkerchief around his mouth and the same peculiar headband pulled down under one of his eyes. Hid hair was grey and spiked diagonally upward. He smiled briefly.

"What Naruto here meant to say was, welcome to Konoha. I'm Kakashi, sensei of these three. This is Sakura Haruno," he gestured to the girl, who smiled, "And this is Sasuke Uchiha." He gestured to the pale boy, who said nothing. Kairi could feel the vibes of emo radiating off him. "...And Naruto here is of the Uzumaki family," Kakashi finished.

"Hey there," Axel replied. "I'm Axel. These are my friends, Sora, Riku, Darran, Lifelle, and Kairi. And no, we're not ninja. That would be Yuffie's job." Kairi smirked as she compared Yuffie to the four people in front of them.

"Nice to meet you all. We would love to invite you to stay with us, but you caught us in the middle of training," Kakashi said politely.

"Oh, don't worry! You can finish training! We're only here to look for some heartl-" Sora started, catching himself just in time and turning a deep plum red.

"Some what?" Naruto asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Nothing," Riku said hastily. Naruto looked at his sensei, who shrugged. "Alright then, back to training," Kakashi said. The three teenagers vanished in a puff of smoke.

"Wow..." Lifelle said quietly. For a moment, all was quiet. Then came a high-pitched shriek from what was presumably Sakura.

"Sensei... what is this?!" She screeched from the bushes. She ran out from the left of the foliage, a gargoyle heartless dancing behind her.

"Watch out!" Riku cried as it bent it's head backward. A burst of ice came from it's wide-open maw, flying through the air and centering on the pink-haired ninja. Kakashi threw a small, pointed blade at the icebolt, stopping it in the air. Sora took this opportunity to throw his keyblade at the creature, hitting it dead-on. It gave a squawk of fury before Sora's keyblade returned to his hand, only to be thrown once more with nearly doubled force. The heartless disappeared in a cloud of smoke.

"...What was that?" The boy named Sasuke asked, materializing in front of them.

"A heartless," Sora answered, sheathing his keyblade, "And that's what we're here for, to find them and destroy them."

"What was that wierd jutsu you just used? And that weapon? Doesn't look like any shurikan or kunai I've ever seen," Naruto asked defiantly.

"That wasn't a jutsu," Axel piped up, "And the weapon wasn't a shurikan or a kunai, or anything like that. It was a keyblade, a foreign weapon that only these five can use."

"...Impressive," Kakashi muttered. Sakura nodded.

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Sorry it was so short! I don't have very much time. I have a band concert to go to tonight, but I wanted to at least update a little bit.

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