Low and Behold!

Ye olde Fluffe Pirahtes' one and only filler – and it's not even a proper filler: it's an educational supplement (hopefully of a vaguely amusing nature. . .)

D'acord:

Big Pirate: 'This journey of ours began many moons ago, on Christmas day 2006 . . .'

Little Pirate: 'We wrote chapter 1 and left it for about three months . . . (great start)'

Big Pirate: 'Our then only three reviews spurred us on to continue . . . and we've been relatively good since then – updating kind of frequently and amassing 186 reviews!' :D

The Fluff Pirates: 'Each and every review – large or small (even the two-word ones) gives us a warm and fuzzy feeling of delight.' -bow-

Little Pirate: 'There're been a few reviews that have not pleased me' -scowls-

Big Pirate: 'But the rest of you more than make up for it!'

Le Fluff Pirates: 'thankyouthankyouthankyou!'

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The Worlde of the Skye Pirates . . .

Item 1: The Uchiren Empire (oo-chi-ren)

Item 2: The Kuhkuy Empire (koh-koi (like the fish :P) )

Little Pirate: 'Got the brilliant, magnificent name that is Kuhkuy by typing randomly with eyes closed' -snigger-

Information on the Uchiren Empire:

It's ruled by the um . . . Uchiha clan (as a bright few of you may perhaps have chanced to guess) :)

It spans across the eastern part of the known world of our story. Its system of ruling is imperial: there's a supreme emperor/ess who rules over the kings and lords etc. of each realm of the land – until recently, the Emperor was Sasuke's dear old dad.

Uchiha Itachi and Sasuke are the Grand Princes of the Uchiren Empire (the Grand, uber sexy princes). When the Emperor/ess has more than 1 child he/she chooses the Heir from amongst the kids – the one who they deem the most worthy/beneficial to the Uchiren Empire.

Sasuke's father chose Sasuke. Our dear Sasu-chan had been AWOL from the Palace for 4 months before the massacre occurred. So only 2 Uchihas are left.

One is Sasuke.

The other – I don't know hey, do you, Little Pirate?

Little Pirate: -shrugs speculatively-

Big Pirate: 'We'll give everyone a clue: it ain't his mum.'

So – Sasuke and Itachi are left and (insert crossed-out plot spoilers here). What could happen? What will he do? ZOMG!

The Uchiren Empire is known for its people with magic – predominantly from the noble families (due to long-standing habit of making magic-wielders nobles and therefore just a little more loyal to the crown and a little less likely to rebel with all their considerable power).

The Uchiha's, having the strongest magical line, have been the Imperial Family for quite some time, taking over from the first Imperial Family (the Hyuuga) hundreds of years ago . . .

It's compulsory for anyone who holds magic to attend the school in the Palace of Konoha, the Grand Imperial city.

Information on the Kuhkuy Empire:

Less is officially known about this most strange of Empires . . . because we've thus far made up less about it and have so described it as odd.

It lies to the west of the Uchiren Empire – the whole western part of the known world. As Kiba mentioned, they are demon-holding or spirit-holding, depending on the 'friendliness' or 'cuddliness' of the thing inside your chest (sort of) (Little Pirate confesses that it may in fact live in your nose, as her foray into Kuhkuy was rather brief, as Sasuke proved slightly more interesting to watch – in the royal baths . . . ).

Anyway, Akamaru rates about 7 on the cuddly scale, whereas Kyuubi scrapes about -100 on both the friendliness and the cuddliness scale. The frog is neutral because we're not that interested in it, and it's, well, green.

And . . . da da dum . . . the rest will remain shrouded in mystery.

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There have been many wars between Uchiren and Kuhkuy, the last having been ended in bloodshed and a treaty. (the fluff pirates sip their tea ominously).

(mmm, very nice tea)

Now, if you have any questions, ask in the reviews or in emails . . . anything you'd like to know and we feel like telling you :P