Sky Pirates

by fluff-pirates

Naruto has a dream to become a pirate. Sasuke is on the run for his life. They both end up on a flying ship called Icha Icha Paradise : - Sasunaru and some Narusasu, many other pairings . . . so many . . .

4. Chapter 4

Title: Sky Pirates : Chapter 4: Arguments! Fights! What is Kakashi's plan?!
Pairings: SasuxNaru
Warning(s): none
Rating: PG
Genre: Fluff
Disclaimer: We don't own naru-chan and all his fluffy friends
Description: Sasuke is the heir to the empire - on the run for his life. Naruto is a lowly desk-scrubber on a navy ship, dreaming of becoming a pirate - until one night they meet and things change . . .

Chapter 4: Arguments! Fights! What is Kakashi's plan?!

Tongues . . . What on earth were they doing with their tongues?

As the young girl tilted her head to the side – and then further, almost upside down – she could make out that it wasn't two boys with five legs, but three boys with – as their strange, unfamiliar, movements eventually revealed – six legs.

Ah, she thought in momentary understanding, that made more sense. But her frown – her just-flushed, perplexed frown – returned in moments. What they were doing was not clear to her at all.

You could do that with tongues?

That poor middle one was tied to the tree at what couldn't be a comfortable angle. And they all seemed to have trouble breathing.

She had come to meet her sensei, but had found him here, on the right of the one with ropes wound up his arms . . .

He was doing amazing things with his tongue.

Damn, he's good.

Suddenly tongues had nothing to do with it. The girl's eyes widened.

Her sensei? And was that . . .?

Two bodies parted and she could see the figure clearly.

Yes, it was Masashi. Her eyes widened further.

. . . How?

Were they attacking him? But he could definitely break out of ropes like that. And they were fluffy ropes. Purple ropes.

Very slowly, hesitatingly, feeling uncomfortable, strange, unable to help herself, she began to do something she'd only ever done . . .

A page turned.

'Aw! Kakashi! I was reading!'

Kakashi raised an eyebrow, turning to look at the blond boy behind him.

'How do they do that?' Naruto asked, a frown on his young face.

The captain glanced passed the boy, seeing Sasuke and Kiba further down the deck. He closed the book. 'Want me to show you?'

The boy's frown cleared and an expectant, excited expression crossed his face. 'Is it important in becoming a really good pirate?'

Kakashi's face remained deadpan. 'It is.'

Naruto leapt to his feet. 'Don't we need more people?'

One eyebrow rose. 'If you want.'

After ten steps the boy felt a dull pain on the side of his head. His vision blurred.

'Dobe! No!'

Naruto swung around, eyes narrowed nearly to slits. 'Sasuke! Teme!'

The black-haired boy threw a mop at him, 'Where do you think you're going? We have to finish this. And then scrub the poop deck.'(1)

'I'm going to train with Kakashi. We're getting a whole group together.'

Sasuke gave Kakashi a level look. The man raised his hands.

'Naruto, Kakashi has a perverted sense of humour. He lied.'

Naruto's head swung back to Kakashi, his blue eyes wide, 'Really?'

The man looked from the blond to Sasuke – from a look of intense innocence to one of pure, malevolent death. He deflated.

'Maybe later, Naru-chan.' The man disappeared.

Kiba raised his eyebrows, 'Protective, aren't we?'

Sasuke shot a vicious warning glance in the boy's direction – Kiba raised the palms of his hands indifferently. 'Don't worry, I'm not getting involved in issues like that.'

Four days later:

A flash of yellow sprung out of the deck through a trapdoor. Naruto rolled across the floorboards and sprung to his feet, jumping back just before a dark rapid shadow kicked out at him.

Sasuke scowled and brought his other foot round before the blond had time to react.

Naruto blocked Sasuke's attack with his forearms, blue eyes flashing in anger. He leapt to the side, rolling out of Sasuke's rain of blows. Seeing an opening, the blond kicked out at the black-haired boy's stomach – sending him flying to the other side of the deck. Sasuke sprung back up as Naruto charged at him.

The blond swung out, but Sasuke leant back out of reach and tripped him up, landing a blow as he fell. His arm swung to hit again, but a hand clasped round it.

The young Uchiha looked back and glared into the grey eye of the captain.

Kakashi twisted his arm, spun him round and sat him on the deck next to the blond boy. He was not pleased.

'What was this fight about?'

Sasuke looked at Naruto. Naruto looked at Sasuke. They frowned. Their looks turned pensive after a moment.

'You can't remember, can you?' The man said eventually.

Naruto scratched the back of his head, his face screwed up in thought. Sasuke glared, then looked away, possibly withering the floorboards.

'That was the fifth fight in four days. Explain yourselves.'

By now both boys had crossed their arms. They took one look at each other and pointedly averted their eyes.

'This is not going to happen again.'

As they walked away from the captain Kiba asked, 'Lover's quarrel?'

Sasuke glared, a slight pink tinge on his cheeks.

Naruto was the picture of confusion. 'Don't be silly, Kiba. What do you mean?'

The brunette snorted. Sasuke's glare intensified. His cheeks turned red.

The blue-eyed boy frowned. People had been saying weird things for a while now. What did it mean?

Sasuke walked to the galley with the two boys.

Bloody comments.

Uchiha's were the masters of their emotions. Or at least of hiding their emotions . . . damn. Was he really that obvious?

Entering the galley, he wondered what tonight would bring.(2) He looked at the faces of the pirates around the table.

They were wearing those stupid grins. Again.

Sasuke sighed. The world was full of idiots.

He glanced at Naruto, but the blond only had eyes for the bowl on the table before him. He sighed again.

Full of idiots.

Why had he fallen for such a thick-headed blond? Even before the black-haired boy sat down, Naruto's bowl was empty. Sasuke stared at a bit of food on the blond's lip and turned away, scowling - trying to rid his head of those thoughts. Hopefully the other pirates hadn't noticed his unwelcome blush.

But they had.

For the past four days the crew had used every opportunity available to tease the two of them. Why?

Why?

What was so bloody interesting about it? What was so bloody amusing about it? Sadistic bastards.

Stupid Naruto.

Already, he could hear mutterings and chuckles.

Bloody Kiba and his bloody grins.

'What's so funny, guys?' a smiling, innocent, oblivious Naruto asked.

Sasuke pinched the bridge of his nose elegantly. He closed his eyes.

And sighed.

'Naruto.'

'Yes, Sasuke?'

'Just shut up. It's not funny.'

'Ah . . .' he looked confused for a moment, but then his eyes lit up. 'Can I have your supper, then? You haven't touched it.'

Sasuke stared. How much did the boy eat?

Kiba opened his mouth. That couldn't be a good thing.

'Thinking about feeding him?'

Laughter broke out around the table.

Naruto frowned. He was going to say something Sasuke would regret. The Uchiha pre-empted any detrimental speech. 'Shut up, Naruto.'

'Why are you always snapping at me? What did you think I was gonna say?'

'Ask for more food, maybe?' Sasuke retorted.

'No! I wasn't!'

'What was it then?'

Naruto hesitated.

'Dobe,' the black-haired boy said with an air of superiority.

'Teme!'

Sasuke brought out his most withering glare.

'You're evil!'

'Ok, should I not ever speak to Mookie about your noodles again?' Sasuke said archly.

Naruto froze. 'You're . . . evil!'

Some part of Sasuke's brain told him he hadn't done a good thing. He was too frustrated and angry to listen to it. 'I'm not going to again.'

'You will.'

'I will not.'

The table was now silent. All eyes were on them.

There were tinges of red in the blue eyes.

'I am going to tell Kakashi to leave you at the next port. You're never going to become a pirate anyway.' He knew he was being mean.

Naruto lunged. Sasuke's head hit the floorboards.

Sasuke had not been expecting that. He'd been knocked to the ground. He snapped.

The black-haired boy kicked up at the blond

Naruto caught the leg in one hand, his eyes cold.

Sasuke's eyes widened. Shit. It had been a kick that would send an experienced fighter across the room. He glared. Indignant, sending magic to his limbs, he pulled his leg back to lash out again – much much faster.

The blond doubled over around the leg – and flew upwards . . . through the ceiling and onto the deck above.

The Uchiha scowled. A bit too much. He jumped up onto the table, pulled himself up through the hole with one arm and landed lightly on the balls of his feet.

He saw Naruto pushing himself up – and red eyes locked onto black.

Naruto became a blur and Sasuke heard a hmph from behind him. Blinding pain shot down his back. He crouched, swung round, gritting his teeth, and knocked the blond's legs out from under him.

Before Sasuke had hit the second leg, Naruto propelled himself off the floorboards and back-flipped, landing in a crouch.

Sasuke stood, his body taking a fighting stance. I can't use it here, too many eyes. He looked at the dobe – now growling in front of him, his teeth strangely sharp – what was this? I have to fight against that without it.

The blond charged. Sasuke side-stepped and hit out – his body tensing – leading to a rain of blows from both of them,

Their blocks became a dance, feet barely touching the floorboards. He needed every ounce of concentration. He would not lose.

'Ano ano, my head hurts . . .' Naruto rubbed his eyes and his vision cleared. His body hurt. He needed to pull in air but it ached when he breathed. He felt a tight grip on his wrist. It was pinned against the wall above his head.

He looked up at it. He started. Sasuke was next to him, his hand also held to the wall by the same hand that held Naruto's there.

The pale boy was panting. A drop of sweat fell down the side of his face. Anger glinted in his dark eyes.

'What?' The stow-away asked rudely.

'I told you no fighting on my ship,' Kakashi replied.

Naruto frowned. Who had Sasuke been fighting? 'Fighting?'

Sasuke turned to him. His eyebrows rose.

'I gave you two one chance. That's all you'll get.'

Naruto looked at the silver-haired man. Then he looked beyond the man. At the deck.

His eyes widened.

Carnage. Absolute carnage.

Crates had been burst open. Some smoked, some were burning. A small mast had broken in two, the top half now caught precariously in the ropes of the sails. There was a large hole in the deck itself – planks jutting out jaggedly.

He heard a clink of metal above his head.

Blue eyes and black eyes shot upward.

'I was going to start your training tomorrow,' the captain said disinterestedly.

There was a second metallic clink.

'But I think it'll begin now. With a couple of adjustments to my plan.' A chain fell down between their hands and Kakashi drew his arm back. 'This'll help you get along and hopefully stop you destroying my ship.' He smiled. 'Meet me on deck tomorrow at dawn.' He disappeared.

They lowered their arms, both of their gazes locked on their wrists. They looked at each other.

Sasuke pulled at the metal fastened around his wrist. Naruto frowned at the one around his.

Both stared, incredulous, at the chain which linked the two.

Sasuke breathed in, made a hand seal, and pulled at the metal again. Anger flashed across his face. His back straightened. 'That bastard! Why? Why am I chained to this baka? What training?'

Training?

authors' notes : (all the best fics have them :))

(1) thus begins and ends the collective knowledge of Little Pirate and Big Pirate's re: ships and the bits that have names on them – so, yeah, we think there isn't actually poop on the poop deck – hopefully . . . O.o

(2) we were not thinking dodgy thoughts! . . . At least, big pirate wasn't . . . hits little pirate over head reprimandingly

sometime before posting this . . . in a strange, swash-buckling abode . . .

Little Pirate: 'Ah! They have to be chained together!'

Big Pirate: 'um . . .' (squints in thought – long complicated chains of thought – internal giggle) 'yes! Brilliant!'

Little Pirate: 'oo oo oo – how long should the chain be? Eh eh?'

Little Pirate and Big Pirate exchange evil evil glances. They share maniacal laughter

Sasuke: 'um, I'm nervous . . .'

Naruto: 'it's all right, Sasuke.'

(cuddle cuddle cuddle)

Big Pirate: 'oi! You two! Cut that out! Not yet!'

Little Pirate: (taking pictures to sell on e-bay) 'it's fine. They need to practice. Those scenes are coming up . . . eventually . . .' (gasps) 'Big Pirate – look, tongues! They're going lower!'

Big Pirate goes out of room for a moment – returns

Big Pirate: 'oi!' (hits them over head with aforementioned, recently fetched mop) 'none of that! Decency behind the scenes – have you even read your scripts?!'

Naruto and Sasuke very very sheepish – 'sorry'

Big Pirate: 'sit in the corner and be happy we've decided to make a tribute to L and Raito'

Little Pirate pats Big Pirate on the back (big pirate is easily disturbed at thoughts of Death Note) (we don't won't don't want to give spoilers, but bla bla bla blah (text omitted)

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- Little Pirate and Big Pirate send threatening glances through screen-