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Chapter 5:

The Ghosts of Frontierland.

We find ourselves out in the river surrounded by the mist in the night, and flouting down the river was a large steamboat lit up and heading towards its destination, and all was peacefully quiet…

"PUT ME DOWN-DATTEBAYO!"

…well, almost quiet.

We find our young ninja over the shoulder of an alligator and was heading towards the tops floor of the steam boat…with Tinkerbell flying after them.

"Let go of me dammit!" Naruto yelled out as he struggles to get out.

"Not a chance kid, not when you and your little friend jump ship without paying for a ticket." The alligator told his captive. "And for that, we're going to see the captain."

"OH COME ON! I was running for my life here!" Naruto angrily yelled back. "And besides, I didn't see any ticket booth back there!"

"No excuses, rules are rules." The alligator replied.

Naruto sighs in defeat. "This is just humiliating beyond words." He muttered to himself.

'I know, getting handled by an alligator, priceless.' The Kyuubi chuckled…wait THE KYUUBI?!

Naruto's snaps his head up with wide eyes. 'Kyuubi?! How can you-…?!'

'The connection works both ways kit, and after hearing that we're in another dimension, I wanted to see what this world is like.' The Kyuubi replied interrupting him. 'So far, I'm enjoying it! HA HA HA!'

Naruto eyebrow twitches after hearing that. 'Yeah yeah laugh it up furball.'

'Oh I will kit, I will.' The Kyuubi laughed before cutting the connection off.

Naruto sighs as he hangs in head…before noticing a trumpet in the its hand. He blinks at that before asking. "Um, I know you're an alligator and all but…why do you have a trumpet?" He then turns his head to the alligator. "You some sort of musician or something?"

The alligator blinks before smiling at the question. "Well yeah, I am." He replied. "But not just a musician, I'm the best Jazz trumpet player this side of the Magic Kingdom, there nobody else as good as me."

"…what the hell's Jazz?"

The alligator eyes widen at that. "What?! You don't know what Jazz is?!" He asked in shock. "What kind of place did you live in?!"

'You wouldn't believe me if I told you.' Naruto mentally answered.

Realising he was getting of track he shook his head to clear it. "Never mind that! First I'll get you to the captain, then I'll tech you about Jazz!" The alligator said to the ninja.

"Really? Well then I'll be look forward to it, if your captain doesn't throw me overboard that is, um…?" Naruto started to so not sure what to call the alligator.

"The name's Louis, kid."

"Naruto Uzumaki." The ninja replied before gesturing to the fairy. "And my friend here is Tinkerbell." Which said fairy made a few bell sounds in acknowledgment and waves to the alligator.

"Pleasure to meet ya both!" Louis cheerfully replied as he reached the door for the control room before knocking on the door. "Sir, permission to enter?!"

"Permission granted, Mr Louis!" A voice from the room called back.

The alligator opens the door and enters the control room before shutting it behind him before giving the captain a salute.

"Captain, I found a couple of stowaways on board the ship, I think we picked them up from the last island we stopped at." Louis replied telling the captain of the ship.

The figure pauses after hearing that. "…really?" He asked. "Are you sure they came from that island?"

"Yep." The alligator nodded. "Saw them both jump on to the boat just after it casted off."

"Um, can you put me down already please?" Naruto asked interrupting them. "I promise I'm not gonna run away or anything…beside where is there to run off on a boat?"

"Plenty of places really-…none of which I would recommend doing." The figure answered. "…unless you find some rope, some bait to catch a couple of sea turtles and strapped them to ya feet, then I would recommend doing that one."

Naruto blinks at that response in confusion. '…seas turtles? Really? Who does that?' He looks to Tinkerbell who shrugs just as clueless as him.

The figure then turns his head before pausing as he notices the fairy. "…well I'll be dammed to Davy Jones…" He muttered before saying. "Mr Louis, you can put the boy down now-…like he said, where else is there that he can go…unless he goes overboard-…which I have to say is very bad idea."

Doing what the captain asked Louis puts the ninja down. Naruto brushes himself before he turns around to face the captain of the ship…before his eyes widen in surprise at the captain. "What the…?" He muttered.

The person at the ships helm was something he didn't expect to see. He had dreadlocked dark brown to black hair and a goatee beard. His hair is adorned with all manner of beads and trinkets gathered from what he thought was things from his travels and adventures all over the world. He wears long sea boots and long, hard-wearing linen trousers. A knotted striped-red sash is tied around his waist, where he stows his pistol when not in use. On his back was a long brown coat that he removes when the need arises to either swim or if the air gets too hot. A faded blue waistcoat with a shorter lightly-coloured back area and a torn white undershirt makes up the rest of the ensemble. A red bandanna is always wrapped around his head, complemented by his piece of eight (a small, ancient Siamese coin woven into Moroccan beads) draped over his forehead. He wears two belts, one to which he attached some odd additions. Beneath the belt, he wears a sash.

He wears four rings, while also wearing a shredded wristband on his right wrist. He has two marks on his right forearm: the distinctive "P" brand marked and a tattoo of a sparrow flying across a setting sun.

The captain then gives the ninja a grin. "Welcome aboard, glad you could join us." He told the young ninja.

"…seriously? This guys the captain?" Naruto asked Louis with a look.

Hearing that the captain loses his grin and looks rather hurt. "Hey." He complained. "I'm not just the captain…I'm the captain."

The alligator leans in and whispers. "He may not look like it, but he is a captain-…good one too." He leans back before he sez to the captain. "Soooo…what do you want me to do with them Mr Sparrow?"

The man gives Louis a deadpanned look. "…how many times my scaly friend that it's not Mr Sparrow, its Captain…Jack Sparrow." He told the alligator. "You always forget that part."

"Whoops, uh right, sorry Captain Jack Sparrow." Louis sheepishly said he rubs his neck.

"That's more like it." Jack smiled back before turning to the ninja and the fairy. "Now then, what's a couple of stowaways doing on board without a ticket?" The man asked while he walks up to the two. "…and from a place even I never live on-…which brings the real question of why do you live there?"

"Are you kidding?" Naruto asked giving the guy a look. "Why the hell would I want to live in a place like that?!"

"…I thought you knew, that's why I asked, mate." The man replied getting looks from both Naruto and Tinkerbell.

Naruto sighs before saying. "Look, I'm sorry that I didn't get a ticket before we got on, but I was in the middle of not getting killed by a sword."

"That's actually understandable and trust me, I know the feeling." The man replied. "I get nearly killed by swords all the time-…sometimes it's a pistol…and with my history of being a pirate and all it surprisingly become my normal way of life."

Naruto blinks at that before his eyes widen at the last sentence that the man said. "Wait, you're a pirate?" He asked.

"Not just any old pirate…" The pirate grinned. "I'm the one and only, Captain Jack Sparrow. Captain of the fastest ship in the ocean, 'The Black Peal'. The only one of its kind."

The ninja raises an eyebrow at that before asking. "You call the ship we're on 'The Black Peal'?"

"…no, not really." The pirate replied sheepishly. "I call my ship 'The Black Peal'-…this is…only a temporary-…just until I find my ship."

The ninja gives the pirate a dumbfounded look. "…what kind of pirate captain loses his own ship?" He asked.

"Not lost…misplaced-…there's a big difference." Jack quickly answered.

Naruto looks at the pirate with a deadpanned look. "…riiiight." He replied.

"…forget about the ship-…what I want to know…is what did you do that made…whoever that was trying to kill you want to kill you?" The pirate asked.

"How should I know?!" Naruto replied. "One moment me and Tinkerbell we're in the forest on our way towards the docks, then the next some guy on a horse comes chasing after us with a sword wanting to cut my head off!"

That got both the pirate and the alligators attention and share a look.

"…cut off your head?" Jack asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Yeah! Not only that, but the guy didn't even have a head!" Naruto carried on. "I mean how can that be physically possible?!"

Louis's eyes widen in fear after hearing that and gulps know what Naruto as talking about.

"Th-Th-Th-Th-The Headless Horseman?!" Louis asking shaking in fear.

Naruto blinks at that before he raised an eyebrow at the Alligator. "Wait, you know that guy?" He asked.

"Know him?! Everybody knows about the Headless Horseman!" Louis answered. "How is it you DON'T know?!"

Naruto rubs the back on his head as he sheepishly grins. "Well…I'm sort of new around here, so that could be the reason…" He answered.

That got him looks from the Alligator and the pirate before they both share a look. "…that's a good enough reason if I ever heard one." The pirate replied which got a look from the alligator.

Naruto then turns to Louis. "Why are you scared of that headless guy anyway? I mean sure he's tough to beat and all…and can somehow talk without a head-…but that can't be the only reason." He asked.

"That's because no one can-…I mean how can ANYONE defeat the ghost of the Headless Horseman?!" He quickly replied as he got in Naruto's face with wide eyes. "You've got to be crazy to think you can!"

"Oh come on that ca-…!" Naruto started to say before he froze realising what was said. "…a ghost…?"

"YES! The ghost of the Headless Horseman has been living on that island for years!" The alligator replied not noticing the ninja reaction. "He only come out during a full moon-…which now that think about it was tonight!"

Naruto's jaw twitched and his eyes turned stark white from realization at what he was fighting ageist.

"Not only that, but anyone who runs into him always end up dead with their head cut off or ends up missing!" The alligator carried on before sighing in relief. "Man, you must have been born with luck to survive and escape from the Headless Horseman."

Naruto's body started to shake in fear, which the pirate took notices.

"Uh oh, I know that look." Jack muttered.

Louis blinks finally noticing the ninja expression. "Um, kid? You feeling okay there?" He asked.

*Snap*

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

The whole boat flinched in fear from the sudden deafening wail that filled their ears.

When Naruto stopped screaming Jack clears his ears out. "…you should really have that checked out, it's bad for your health." He said before he looks towards the ninja who was now pale and forming at the mouth and Tinkerbell who was panicking as she tries to wake him up. "…and the boy fainted while standing…that's impressive." He paused for a moment before he shrugged. "Take the kid to the top deck, anyone who can escape old headless is either very brave…or crazily stupid-…leaning towards the second one." He told Louis who salutes.

"Aye aye captain!" The Alligator replied before picking the ninja up and takes him out of the room with Tinkerbell soon following.

As Jack looks on before he walks back to the ships wheel and takes out a black compass and takes a look at it…before he raises his eyebrow. "…that's new." He muttered before putting it away as he turns to the wheel…before he smirks. "Interesting…"

(A few Hours Later)

Naruto groans as he starts to wake up before he blinks awake and his visions clears as he sees Tinkerbell looking at him worriedly. "Tinkerbell…?" He groaned out before he rubs his head. "What happened?"

"You fainted after you found out that you fought ageist the Headless Horseman." Loius answered making the ninja turn his head to see the alligator sitting on a bench not that far from him. "And I tell ya, that's the first I saw anyone faint while standing."

Naruto blinks a few times before his eyes widen realising it. "Oh…" He muttered out before he sat up realising he was laid down on another bench. "That's…that's just crazy."

"That's what the captain said." Louis replied as he crossed his arms. "And I have to agree with him."

"I know I know it was crazy, I just…I just can't believe I fought an actual ghost." Naruto muttered as he runs his hand through his own hair. "I mean sure I knew sooner or later I was gonna face one but…I didn't think it would be this soon."

"Um, well…about that…" Louis hesitantly replied getting Naruto's attention. "The Headless Horseman isn't gonna be the only one you'll end up seeing here."

Naruto blinks a few times at that before narrowing his eye at the alligator. "What do you mean by that?" He asked.

Louis was about to answered until…

DING-DING

DING-DING

"Alright you land lovers!" Jack called out form the small speakers. "Land hoe for Frontierland!"

"Huh, we're already here?" Naruto asked before he stands up with a smile. "Great! Now I can get started on my mission, dattebayo!" He then turns to Tinkerbell. "Let's go Tinkerbell!" He then runs off towards the front of the ship with the fairy following him. "It was nice talking to ya Louis-san!" He called back leaving Louis alone with his trumpet.

"…man is he gonna be in a big surprise once he's off." The alligator mutter feeling guilty before he quickly follows.

-: Frontierland Docks :-

As the boat arrives at the docks of Frontierland, we see Naruto and Tinkerbell at the at the front of the boat taking in the sight of town.

"Whoa…" Naruto muttered out in awe. "This place is very different to Konoha."

"Not a place like it!" The pirate called out coming down the stairs getting their attention. "It was built to look like the American Old West-…with a side of the South mixed in as well."

"Oh." Naruto replied before blinking. "…what's an 'Old West'? And what's the South got to do with it?"

The pirate gives the young ninja a look. "…you don't get out much, do you." He asked before he goes over to a lever and pulls it down to bring out a ramp from the boat to the docks. "Well, welcome to Frontierland! And remember to keep your arms and legs safe at all times!"

Naruto gives the pirate a look after hearing that which Jack notices. "…sorry, the captain before me said the same thing…still didn't understand why." Jack said as he walks off the boat.

Both Naruto and Tinkerbell share a look before shrugging and soon follow Jack off the boat.

"Mr Louis! Bring off the goods from below deck! We have customers to serve!" Jack called back to the ship.

"Aye aye captain!" Louis saluted before doing the task.

"You sell stuff too?" Naruto asked the pirate with a raised eyebrow.

"Well considering I'm the only pirate-…the only person, who's brave enough to travel to here, I've got to make something out of it." The pirate replied back.

"Brave?" Naruto asked in confusion. "What do you have to be brave enough to come to this town?"

"…haven't you notice anything…different about the town-…like say…something missing?" Jack asked as he leans his head towards the ninja as Louis brings out a couple of crates from the ship.

Naruto turns to look at the town with Tinkerbell to take a closer look, the street light we're well lit, the houses are also lit up and the people…wait…where are the people?

Naruto blinks realising that no one was about, the whole town looked like that it was empty. He looks right towards the small lighthouse…no one…he looks to the left towards the houses and shops…also no one.

"The hell?" He muttered out in confusion. "Where is everyone?"

"All inside there comfy homes I think-…well…anything alive that is." Jack answered which earned him confused looks from the ninja and fairy.

"…wait, 'anything alive'?" Naruto asked before Louis taps his shoulder and points towards the centre of town.

Naruto turns to look in the direction…only for his eyes to widen and his skin pale at the sight in front of him, and what he saw was…was…

"A-A-Are th-th-those…?!" Naruto asked in fear shakenly pointing at the direction.

"That my young friend, is a hundred percent yes." Jack answered with a grin also seeing it.

Louis leans his head towards the ninja and whispers. "I told you, you wouldn't see just the Headless Horseman today." Before he shivers.

And he was right, all that Naruto can see in town were indeed…ghosts.

Ghost of every shape and size, some looked like normal people, others didn't, some looked to be walking skeletons or just skeleton skinned, there were also one whose head are just in their arms…there were also ghost cats and dogs who were chasing each other in the air and through the buildings, and a skeleton horse being ridden by a ghost that was cut in half, and a ghost that looked like a cartoon character…Naruto blinked at the last one as he watches it doing a goofy walk through the street.

'…huh, this world just got very interesting.' The fox said before cutting the connection off again.

Naruto looks back to the town as sees them doing everyday life…if it weren't for the fact that there dead and going through walls and stuff.

"I just taking a guess here…but I'm sensing that you didn't expect to see this, did you mate." Jack said seeing the ninja's expression.

"…no…no I did not…" Naruto slowly replied. "…can I ask you something though?"

"…what is it?"

"WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME THAT THE TOWN'S FULL OF UNDEAD GHOSTS?!" He cried out to the pirate who flinches from the voice and the glare.

"…you never asked?" Jack answered with his hands out.

Naruto face faults at the answer before shooting up and glares at the pirate. "You know I'm starting to realise how you lost your ship in the first place!" He told the pirate before he looks back towards the town and shivers as he saw a couple of ghost's phase into a restaurant. "…why the hell is it like this? And where the hell is everyone else?!"

"Mostly hiding, it what happens when you see a ghost here." Jack answered as he steps off the boat. "…however if you me-…which you're certainly not…you can make a deal with the undead by doing a few favours for them like getting them food and such."

Naruto pauses at that before he mechanically turns his head to the pirate. "…what?" He asked.

Jack then calls out to the town. "Ghostly ghouls of the town, Frontierland! I bring to you wondrous food from across the kingdom! Only for today!"

Silence…that only lasts a few moments before more ghost's pop their heads out of anyplace all around the town looking towards the pirate…Naruto freezes seeing all the ghost looking in his direction before he gulps in fear.

"Shit." He mumbled out.

"FOOOOOD!" All the ghosts cheered out in joy before they all fly straight to the docks.

Naruto flinches as he saw them coming towards them before he steps to one side with Tinkerbell and watches the ghosts fly past him towards Jack and Louis and crowd up.

Louis whispers to Jack. "Bigger crowd then last time."

"Indeed Mr Louis…Oh well, you know what they say, the bigger the crowed, the bigger the income." He whispers back before turning to the ghosts. "Yes my undead friends, I bring to you the tastiest flavours from all over the kingdom!" Jack called out to the ghosts. "From the adventuress lands of Adventureland and the beyond! Now then…who's first?!"

The ghosts all call out saying that there first and try to push each other out of the way to get the food. Jack laughs to the sigh before taking a few apples and throws them at the ghosts who quickly catch them and starts to eat them, all the while Louis nervously gives the other food out to the ghosts.

All Naruto could do was gap at the sight as Tinkerbell tilts her head as she crosses her arms. '…you've got to be kidding me.'

"Remember, fruit and veg are two gold pieces for five each!" Jack called out as he sells the food. "Five gold pieces for meats and fully prepare feasts for TEN gold pieces!"

As the food slowly disappears from the crates the ghosts also departs from the docks and head back into town until there were a few of them left.

"And for you good gents, all the way from the jungles of Adventureland." Jack told the last ghosts as he pulls out a couple of pineapples. "A gold piece for each."

The ghosts take them and gave the gold to him. "Thanks Jack!" One of the ghosts replied.

"Yeah, you're a real life saver!" The other ghost said getting a look from the first ghost.

"Your already dead, what life is there to save?"

"…oh yeah." With that they leave the docks eating the pineapples. Louis sighs in relief.

THUMP

…before fainting.

Naruto and Tinkerbell blink at that before turning to the pirate with a dumbfounded expression on their faces.

"…don't worry, he always does that every time this happens." Jack answered noticing there looks.

Naruto looks back to the ghosts before he hangs his head in defeat. "Forget it, I don't know what to know anymore." He said out loud before turning to Jack. "Anyway thanks for getting me here Jack, but I've got to get out of this town before I'm scared senseless like Louis is."

"…yeah about that-…that's gonna be a problem." Jack sheepishly replied getting looks from both Naruto and Tinkerbell.

"…what do you mean by that?" Naruto slowly asked with a suspicious raised eyebrow.

(Moments Later)

Naruto's eyes are widened at what he was looking at. "Oh…that's what you meant." He muttered.

Naruto was standing at the exit of the town with Tinkerbell and Jack looking at the path towards the hills…they were if not for the large wall of thorns that was blocking the way out of the town. The ninja looks up to the top of the wall and sees a few crows flying around in circles.

"What the hell is this?" He asked.

"I would say it's a wall of thorns, mate…now you see why I go by boat." Jack told the ninja. "It's the easiest way to travel-…beside walking, and you can't do that with…this here."

"How did this happen?" Naruto asked still looking at the thorns.

"Haven't the slightest idea, I was more focus on finding my stolen ship then what was going on." The pirate replied getting looks from both Naruto and Tinkerbell. "The ones who might know are either hiding or…hiding."

"…seriously? Everyone in town is hiding because of the ghosts are here?" Naruto asked before hanging his head. "Juuust great…" He groaned out loud before looking back at the thorns lost in thought. 'How the hell does something like this even happen, I mean first a headless horseman, then a real life ghost town and now this…what's next, living furniture?'

Tinkerbell then makes a few bell sounds getting the ninjas attention like he was telling him something.

"If that is you saying we've got to find around way around this thing, please nod if you know one." Naruto asked the fairy…but Tinkerbell shook her head sadly making Naruto sigh in defeat. "Well if was a good try…come on, we might as well see if anyone can help us in the place." He then starts to walk off into the ghost town with Tinkerbell. "…if I know where to look."

"Hold onto your horses mate, it seems to me that you want someone who knows there way around here." Jack replied getting both Naruto and Tinkerbell's attention. "And who better for the job…then me."

Naruto raises an eyebrow at that. "You? Why?" He asked. "I already have Tinkerbell helping me with that

"Yes well, your pixie friend may know her way around the kingdom or any other place." The pirate replied missing the glare from the fairy for the 'pixie' comment. "But…she doesn't know who can help on your little adventure-…which lucky for you, I know someone who can."

"How do you know this person can help me?" Naruto asked with narrowed eyes.

"Because whatever treasure your searching for mate, is gonna be well hidden." The pirate answered. "And trust me, if there's a hidden treasure, she knows how to find the hidden part." He then smiles before sticking his hand out to the ninja. "So…what do you say, savvy?"

Naruto looks at the hand as he starts to think about the offer. If the pirate was right and he really knows someone who could help him...unless he doesn't know and is just pulling Naruto's leg on some bogus journey to whatever…but Jack was right about Tinkerbell, sure she might know the landscape of the kingdom, but not the people…and it doesn't help that he can't understand her. He turns his head to Tinkerbell-…who was looking back at him-…with a questionable look as he was asking a question.

Tinkerbell shrugs her hands and shoulders in response as if she was saying 'what have we got to lose?'.

Taking that as an answer Naruto looks back at the pirate before saying. "…deal." Naruto replied shaking Jack's hand.

"Excellent, I like to say this is gonna be a start of a beautiful friendship." The pirate cheerfully said.

"Yeah yeah, so then captain, where are the heading to find this person you mentioned?" Naruto asked with Tinkerbell nodding.

"Hold that thought." The pirate replied before he pulls out his compass and opens it…he then turns to the left…before turning to the right…and then the left again,

That got him wired looks from the ninja and the fairy before sharing a look with each other.

The pirate then turns to the right again before he looks in the direction before putting the compass away. "…this way." Jack said pointing forward before he starts to walk in the direction he was pointing at.

Naruto looks on in bewilderment before turning to Tinkerbell who shrugs not knowing what to do. The ninja sighs in defeat. "What have I gotten myself into?" He muttered then soon follows Jack with Tinkerbell to who knows where…unaware that they we're being watch.

Peeking from a corner of a building and watching the young ninja and fairy follow the pirate into town was a skeleton ghost, it soon narrowed its eyes before it suddenly flew off in another direction into town.

As it flies it passes other ghosts who were eating the food ignoring the it as it passes them before it flew into a dark ally. Hidden in an alley was a purple door which the ghost phases though it and is in a room filled with caskets, voodoo dolls and masks, African drums, and various other items and material linking to voodoo rituals. There is also a large chair close to the masks and a figure sat in it hidden in the shadows.

Seeing the figure in the chair the ghosts floats up to the figure before stopping a few feet from him which the figure took notice.

"What news do you have?" The figure in the chair asked.

The ghost floats closer and whispers something in the figures ears…before a frown forms of the figures face when the ghost stopped.

"I see, so the boy's here in Frontierland then…and I though the horseman would do its job for once in its afterlife." The figure said before a grin forms on the figures face. "It doesn't matter, now that the boy is here he'll be more useful alive then dead." The figure then stands up and picks up a walking cane. "With the boys help, the artefact will be found and soon will be in my grasp…and when that is done…"

The figure steps into the light to reveal tall, skinny, mustached dark skin man. He was dressed in very linear black-and-red clothing, with purple eyes, and a thin mustache, as well as a gap between his front teeth. He has long, boney fingers, and lanky arms and legs.

He also wears a top hat with a purple feather in it and a skull and crossbones on it. Around his neck, he wears a necklace with two crocodile teeth, and wears a dark maroon undertaker tailcoat and black pants, white spats over black shoes, a purple vest under his coat that doesn't entirely cover his midriff, and a red cummerbund. One might say he somewhat looks and performs like a showman.

And finally the cane he wielded had a purple globe on top, possibly a crystal ball.

"…he and anyone helping the boy, will have a one-way pass to my friends on the other side." The figure grinned showing his teeth. "…I'll make sure of it."

-: To Be Continued :-

And that's chapter 5 done and dusted.

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