The Pirate King
Chapter Two
-Hunting-
Gaara stood at the bow of his ship, arms crossed and glare set in place. They were sailing as fast as they could towards the coordinates of where they learned this 'Deadly Ouka' was sailing for. Thank God for rumors. A blonde woman walked forward, watching the back of her brother with sad eyes. She glanced over at the ebony haired man who was currently lounging in a hammock, not a care in the world.
She walked over to him, crossing her arms over her light green blouse. She had a white sash tied around her waist and tight black capris. "How long is he going to stand there staring off into the horizon?" she demanded.
Sasuke let out an annoyed sigh and opened one eye to see the sister of his captain and best friend. "Probably until he sees that ship." He informed her, closing his eye once more.
"But he's been standing there for three days now!"
The man tried not to snap at the one disturbing his nap. "I don't know what you're complaining for. He still eats. He just eats over there."
"It really is a testament to his dedication." Neji said, walking over to the two.
"I just think he snapped." Kiba huffed, glancing down at them from his spot on the mast. He blinked then and sat up, pulling up his Seeing Eye glass. "Uh. Gaara!" the brunette called down to his leader. "I think we spotted them." He pulled the glass back up and stretched it out. He began to laugh, "Oh man, what kind of queer pirates have a flower as their banner?"
Gaara's glare turned icier as he focused on the spot in the distance. They were so close he could almost taste it. This man was going to pay for spreading lies and pissing him off. One thing was for certain, there was going to be one less pirate ship sailing these waters.
"Hey, Captain…there's a ship on the horizon." A blonde called out from the Crowe's Nest. He had spiky blonde hair and bright blue eyes, tanned skin covered by a loose, bright orange shirt, black pants, and leaving his feet bare.
The captain in question sighed, though kept her eyes closed as she relaxed in a small hammock. She had short pink hair and pale skin. Her outfit consisted of a pair of black boots that stopped beneath her knees, and tight black pants, as well as a loose white shirt, similar to one you would see a man wear. Over the shirt she had a crimson corset that pushed her breasts up nicely, letting plenty of cleavage show through the V in her shirt, while at the same time showing off her trim figure, her sword strapped to her waist.
"And you're telling me this why, Naruto? Can't you see that I'm trying to tan?"
"I highly doubt someone as pale as you could ever tan." The blonde woman at the mast smirked. Her long pale hair was tied back in a ponytail, with her bangs hanging over an eye. She had on what could barely be considered as clothing. There was a laced up purple vest covering her chest as a shirt, but stopped above her naval, showing of her flesh. Around her waist was a long purple cloth that tied on her hip. Beneath she wore black shorts for easy movement, but also so she could show as much skin on her legs as possible.
Emerald eyes snapped open, and the woman sat up, looking to her friend. "Oh whatever Ino. You're pale too. It's not like you can blame me for trying." She crossed her arms in a huff.
Naruto tried to get the pink haired woman's attention. "Uh, Sakura…"
"Well, actually-" Ino began, only to be cut off by a man with bushy eyebrows. His entire outfit was pretty tight, not to mention green. Most people couldn't help but stare at him, but he never seemed uncomfortable with it.
"Sakura…" the blonde man tried once more.
"I think you have lovely skin, fair Captain Sakura!" he declared, placing his hand over his heart. "The way it glows in the sunlight is simply mesmerizing!"
Sakura blinked, not really sure what to say to that. But she didn't need to come up with anything, for one of her other crew members took the words right out of her mouth. "Freak." A brunette woman said with a roll of her eyes. This one was leaning against the edge of the ship, sharpening a few of her knives. She was dressed in a pair of tight black pants with a dark green top that hung over only one of her shoulders, though it was sleeveless. Her long brown locks were braided over the bare shoulder to be kept out of the way.
Naruto, having none of this, bent his upper half over the side of the Crowe's Nest, looking like he was about to just fall off. "SAKURA!" he shouted, finally getting her attention.
"What?" she asked, glaring up at him. Just then the entire ship jolted, as hooks imbedded themselves into the starboard side. "What the hell?" she asked, looking down to see that another ship was the cause of the damage to her own. And a pirate ship, no less.
An ebony haired man who was gazing up at the clouds sighed. "Troublesome." He muttered. He had on some dark pants that tucked into his boots, and a loose black shirt with a dark green vest on, his hair tied back in a spiky ponytail, revealing the piercings in his ears.
"That's what I've been trying to tell you!" the blonde announced. "They've been coming right at us from the beginning!"
She sighed. "Well you should have said so sooner." She told him. Then she began to bark orders. "All hands on deck! Those of you who run the cannons, get to them and load them! I want to be prepared for when the fight breaks out!" she barked, standing up from the hammock. She turned and picked up the golden crown that had been lying next to her and sat it on her head before going up the steps and standing next to Ino at the wheel. "Well, there goes my chance of getting a tan." She sighed, not even seeming to be worried in the least that they were about to be boarded.
There was a loud bang that sent another shake up their ship, seeing as the other vessel had already fired their cannons. Ino cursed and steadied herself along one of the walls. "What the hell! Who are they?" she called out, seeing a few men swing over to their deck. The four landed with ease and all stood, looking around at the massive amount of females.
Gaara glanced around, looking anything but pleased. "Where is the captain of this craft!" he demanded, not even losing his footing as another round went off into the ship.
Ino arched a delicate brow, a small smirk appearing on her face. "Oh God take me now bad boy." she purred, drinking in all the males she was being presented with.
Sakura rolled her eyes at her friend, before looking to the redhead. "I am the captain." She announced, walking over to the set of stairs closest to him, but not walking down them in order to maintain a height advantage. "And you are going to pay for the damage you're doing to my ship." She said, placing her hands on her hips and sticking one out slightly in a sign of displeasure.
"I don't think so." He smirked, the first in days, as he took in her appearance. "You're a woman." He stated, and then his eyes fell on the crown perched atop of her head and the frown returned. "You!" he pointed at her, his previous fury ignited. "You're the one who stole from me?"
Tenten blinked and leaned over the railing, smiling a bit. "Oh my! Sakura, it's Gaara! The real Pirate King!" she giggled, her eyes looking over the three with him. "And a very attractive crew. It's an honor to meet you Captain Gaara! My father's been pining after you for years!"
The spiky haired man shook his head and crossed his arms, glancing to his pink haired captain. "Some devoted crew you have."
"Give me back my crown." Gaara said, his tone low and warning.
Sakura simply gave him a haughty smirk and crossed her arms, not intimidated in the least. "I don't think so." She mocked. "It's my crown now, which would make me, the real Pirate King." She glanced at Tenten, a bit scolding, before returning her gaze to the redhead. "Now get off my ship." She ordered.
The redhead glared at the woman, grabbing the hilt of his sword and unsheathing it. "Give it to me and I won't kill you. I can either take it and leave you alive, or cut that pretty little head off that pretty little body. So make your choice."
One of the brunette men beside him glanced around with his pale eyes and then towards the front of the ship. He lifted his hand as if he needed to be called on to speak. "I hate to interrupt but I've got a question for you woman." Neji said, focusing back on Sakura. "Do you even know where you're sailing towards?"
"Yes." She said, placing her hand on the hilt of her sword as she watched Gaara. "We should be heading towards Fiji." Then her brow furrowed and she glanced to the woman driving the ship. "Right Ino?"
"Yeah." The blonde nodded. "I took the quickest route there."
Gaara's eyes widened. "Oh my God." He looked to Neji, who looked just as alarmed as the other two. "Get back to the ship! And tell them to push off!" he ordered, before looking back over at Sakura. "You're still wet behind the ears swabbie." He glared, running at her and swiping up, just barely missing her, though the crown was knocked off her head. "You're sailing straight through the kraken's domain." He said, their face inches apart only for a moment, before he dove and grabbed the crown in his hand.
Sakura let out a gasp and leapt down the stairs, grabbing the other end of the crown before Gaara could get away. "Give me that!" she glared, giving it a yank with both of her hands and ignoring the cause of panic that had set in with the other crew. "I found it fair and square!"
He jerked it back, pulling her against him so that they were so close their noses were touching. "It's not fair and square unless you win it from me in a duel, and I don't ever recall you tracking me down and finding me." He said lowly, glaring down at her.
Both were snapped from their bickering when the ship collided with something hard. They both fell forward, having lost their footing, but still each holding onto the crown with one hand. Gaara looked up and went wide eyed as tentacles shot up from the ocean and began to smash down on the ship, attempting to tear it apart.
"You see!" he pointed with his sword at their rising doom. "This is exactly why you are unworthy! You will die out here! Go get a husband and live on land already you crown thief."
She let out an offended gasp. "What? How dare you! You're not worthy, because you couldn't even guard it well enough." she countered. Then she turned towards her crew. "Fire the canons, and be sure to hit the tentacles!" she called, drawing her sword with her free hand.
"Don't do that you idiot!" Gaara yelled at her, giving her a hard glare. "That'll just piss him off!" Both glanced down to the growing shadow below their feet. The redhead's gaze darted up and his eyes widened. Before Sakura could follow his eyes, Gaara tackled her to the side just as one of the tentacles crashed down on the spot they had been.
He moved a bit, groaning from the impact, and propped himself up on his elbows, staring down at the pink haired woman beneath him. "Look what you've gotten us into you stupid wench!"
"What I got us into?" she glared. "You're the idiot, you idiot! We wouldn't even be in this situation if your cannons weren't causing a ruckus and damaging my ship! Now get off me!" she yelled, shoving him off of her with the hand that was holding the crown. She stood then, yanking the crown as she did so to try and get his grip to loosen, though it was for naught.
Gaara jerked the grown back, making her fall back down onto him as one of the tentacles narrowly missed her head. "Will you let go of my crown? I don't want you dragging it to the bottom of the ocean."
"How many times do I have to tell you?" She said, glancing over at one of the tentacles. She gripped onto one of Gaara's shoulders and rolled them out of the way of a tentacle that hit the deck where they had just been. "It's my crown now." She looked up at him, since he was on top of her once more.
"You can't be a king. You're a woman, the best you could do is warm my bed with your sexy little body." He smirked, placing his hand on her hip. He pulled her up with him and held her against his body, looking around at the mess they were in. "Look are you going to let go or not, because I really need to leave."
"No, I am not letting go." Sakura said stubbornly. "I went through hell to find and steal this crown, and I am not just going to hand it back over to you because you're upset you didn't do a good enough job holding onto it."
The redhead sighed and glanced past her. "Fine. Your choice." He reached behind her and placed his hand on her behind, hoisting her up and over his shoulder. "You better not drop that crown." He warned, releasing it from his hold and running towards the edge of the boat.
Sakura let out a scream when he jumped over the side and grabbed hold of one of the stray ropes that was tangled in the mesh, swinging back over to his ship. "Sakura!" Ino yelled, going wide eyed.
Not one to just stand around, especially while his friend was being taken to another vessel, Naruto grabbed a rope and swung down from the Crowe's Nest and to the redhead's ship, the other crew members following his lead.
"What the hell are you doing?" the pink haired woman yelled, trying to look at the redhead over her shoulder, though it was difficult to see him through the hair whipping across her face.
"Saving my crown from being destroyed." He told her simply, turning back around and looking to the crumbling ship beside his own. "Shove off before we get ensnared as well!" he ordered, wrapping his arm with one of the ropes. There was another loud bang and the two ships separated, and they pulled away from the wreckage. All they could see were the tentacles wrapping around the ship and breaking it apart, along with the yells of the men caught below deck.
Sakura grabbed the redhead's hip and tried to twist in order to see around him and watch her ship go down. "My ship…" she said softly, actually not sure what she was going to do now that it was gone.
Finally, once they were safely sailing away from the area, Gaara set Sakura back down and snatched his crown from her stupefied grip. He walked down the steps, twirling the golden circle around his finger before placing it on his head. "Mission accomplished everyone. I've gotten my crown back." He laughed, earning a cheer from his mates.
"Gaara, it looks like we have a couple of interlopers." Neji informed his captain, shoving the two blondes forward. They fell to their knees, their hands tied behind their backs. The brown haired woman, along with the other two males, lined up beside them. "What do you want us to do with them?" he asked.
"Throw them overboard." He said without any hesitation. "I don't need extra baggage."
Sakura gasped at this and stomped after him. "Baggage? This is all your fault!" she accused. "My ship would have been just fine if you didn't barge on over, cannons blazing." She waved her hand in the air. "And give me back my crown." She said, making an attempt to grab it.
He kept her at bay, holding her away from him. "I stole it back, so I fail to see how it was yours. It was originally mine and then you stole it. And now I have it back, so relax." He told her, looking around at his crew and then gesturing with a nod for Sasuke to come over and handle this little pink parade.
The Uchiha began to walk towards her, but she just ignored him, continuing to follow Gaara. "Wait, what are you going to do about my ship?" she asked.
"Absolutely nothing." He yawned, pinching the fabric of his shirt and airing his chest out. "Set sail for the mainland." The captain ordered his crew. "I'm going to retire for the moment." And with that he disappeared behind the door to the captain's quarters, slamming it in Sakura's face.
Her mouth dropped open at his blatant disrespect. "What?" she yelled, banging on the door with her fist. "What about me and my crew? I demand you untie them!" at the silence she received, she hit the door some more. "Are you even listening to me?"
"Woman," Sasuke said, coming over to her. "The Captain has decided to retire. You should respect his wishes, and leave him alone, before you are punished." He warned.
"Oh whatever." She rolled her eyes, turning back to the door. "He shouldn't be acting like such an ass." She banged on it a few more times. "Hey!" she shouted through the wood.
The shorter haired brunette came up and took a hold of Sakura's upper arm, dragging her back. "You need to be quiet. Gaara can be however he wants." He told her, glancing back at the others. "Let's put them in the brig for now." He said, pulling Sakura, more like dragging her down into the ship and throwing her into one of the cells, followed quickly by her mates.
They slammed the cell shut and walked back out. "Behave." Kiba warned, his gaze lingering on the blonde female before they all disappeared.
Once they were alone, Ino shifted her blue gaze to her best friend. "You just had to steal that crown, didn't you?"
"What?" the pink haired woman asked, appearing completely innocent. "I thought it looked pretty. Besides…a woman as the Pirate King? That would have been awesome." She sighed.
Lee smiled at her then. "That would have been awesome Captain Sakura! You are by far the best looking pirate their ever was!" he declared.
"The whole thing was troublesome from the beginning." Shikamaru pointed out, leaning against the bars of the cell and looking up, wishing that he could see the clouds.
"I think it was just bad luck we stumbled upon that stupid island." Tenten frowned. "I knew it was a bad idea to steal from Gaara. He's the best pirate out there! And now we're all going to die!" she wailed, earning her a hit from the blonde woman.
"As if! I've slept my way to the top before. I saw that man's eyes on me. I can save myself and I sure as hell will."
"God Ino, really?" Sakura asked, raising a dubious brow.
Naruto chuckled. "I don't know why you're surprised Lady Sakura. Don't forget where we found her." he reminded. "Besides, it's not like it wouldn't work. Just saying."
"Exactly." She smirked, undoing the laced up string on her vest a bit and allowing even more of her cleavage to show. "Time to work my magic. I'll see what I can do for you guys."
"Just get us out of this cell and I'll be happy." Sakura said, crossing her arms and looking out through the bars.
Ino scoffed. "You don't have to have stick up your ass just because you're a stingy virgin. Sex isn't something special. It's just physical pleasure and a way to manipulate a man."
"Sex is so something special." Tenten said harshly, glaring at the blonde.
Sakura rolled her eyes. "There is nothing wrong with remaining a virgin." She said.
"You are absolutely right me dearest Captain Sakura!" Lee declared. "Save yourself for the one you love!"
Naruto snorted. "It's funny, he talks like it's gonna be him." he said, elbowing Shikamaru, who frowned, since he was trying to sleep.
"Please leave me alone. I'm so tired and I need all the rest I can get before we have to deal with those blood thirsty ingrates again." He turned over and away from them.
The brunette leaned forward, groaning. "And things were going so well too! We were making a name for ourselves."
"I still think it was all his fault." The pink haired captain muttered. "If he hadn't made all that noise with his cannons, he probably wouldn't have disturbed the kraken at all. And we could be on our way to Fiji right now."
"I seriously doubt that." Shikamaru sighed, looking back over at her. "He's probably the only reason we're alive right now."
She just huffed and crossed her arms. "Just do your thing Ino." She muttered.
"Don't worry." The woman smirked. "I will."