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Chapter 6

The Witch of Tiana's Palace.

We find ourselves in the town of Frontier Land where a light fog was creeping in, and where we find pirate captain Jack Sparrow leading the young ninja and fairy to their destination following Jack's compass…which was leading them all over the place which was making Naruto think that the pirate doesn't know where he was going.

"Do you even know where you're going?" Naruto asks as Tinkerbell yawns.

"Of course, I do. Not far now, just a little further." Jack replied as he kept his eyes on his compass.

"You said before that a while ago." Naruto said giving Jack a look before he looks to his compass. "…and why are you looking at that compass? It's not even pointing North."

The pirate stops and turns to the young ninja. "There are a few things you must understand mate, and that not all things are what they appear to be-…just like the compass isn't supposed to point North." He said before he smiles before he carried on guided by the compass leaving Naruto standing there wondering what he meant, before he put that thought to one side and quickly followed him.

"If it's not pointing North then what is it pointing too?" The ninja asked.

"You'll about to find out." Jack replied before he stopped and sees the compass pointing to his left.

When he looks, he grins and puts his compass away before saying. "Mr Ruto, we have reached our destination-…and not a bad spot either, serves the best rum this far in Frontier Land."

Naruto blinks before both he and Tinkerbell turn to look what Jack was looking and his eyes widen at what he saw.

It what looked to be an old building that looked at it had better days, with a sigh flashing the name of the place "Tiana's Palace" above the entrance. He can also hear music coming from inside the building as well and laughter and cheers, and sees a couple of people outside drinks bottles of alcohol…he was looking at a restaurant?

"…are you serious?" Naruto asked as his eyebrow twitches. "This was where it was taking us? Just to find where the closest restaurant?!"

"Of course not." Jack replied. "…well it is-…but we will also find who it is that we are searching for, and trust me he…or she…is here."

Naruto gives the pirate a look. "…YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THIS PERSON EVEN LOOKS LIKE?!" He angrily yelled out.

"Of course I do!" Jack told him. "I know this person like the back of my hand!" He lifts his right hand before taking a closer look at it. "…when did I get a mole?"

Naruto eyebrow twitches after hearing that before he face-palms into his hand and drags it down his face.

"Any who's enough dillydallying, the drinks await!" Jack said before heading into the restaurant leaving the ninja and the fairy outside.

Naruto and Tinkerbell look on where the pirate went in silence. "…why did I asked him for help again?" Naruto muttered to himself before they both sigh in defeat and soon followed into the building…unaware that they were being watched by a skeleton ghost hidden in the shadows.

-: Tiana's Palace :-

When Naruto soon enters the restaurant with Tinkerbell, they find themselves looking at small crowds of people either sitting at tables drinking, eating, playing cards, or standing at the second level looking down at a stage while listening to music being played by…bears?

Naruto blinks at that making sure he wasn't seeing things…but he was seeing bears playing music.

'Country Bear Jamboree' Instrumental.

"…just when you think you've seen everything." He muttered before Tinkerbell taps his face getting his attention and sees her point towards the bar area where he sees Jack…drinking a bottle of rum.

The ninja deadpans at with Tinkerbell before he makes his way towards the pirate while quietly muttering to himself. "For some reason, I should have expected that."

When he gets their Jack notices him and grins. "Aahh, I knew you couldn't resist. Rum?" He asked the ninja.

"What are you doing?" Naruto asked.

"Taking a drink my young friend, what better way to celebrate our new partnership then a bottle of rum." Jack replied with a grin. "Of course, it would be even better if it was free-…that would great."

"You know the rules Jack, you got to pay to earn your drinks." The women behind the bar said as she turns to them. "And what this about a partnership?"

"Glad you asked." Jack happily replied before patting the back of the young ninja. "My new friend here has employed me to help-…as a tour guide."

"Really?" The women asked with a raised eyebrow before she looks at Naruto, who in turn also looks to her taking in her appearance.

She was an African American woman with black hair that was tied up in a bun at the back, dressed in a yellow working dress, with a white apron around her…wait…

'What the hells an African American?' He mentally asked himself in confusion.

'How should I know? You're the one thinking it not me.' Kyuubi replied at his question.

Naruto cut the connection and put that thought to one side. "Yeah, I did." He told the women at her expression. "I'm new around here and I asked him if he could help me." He then gave Jack a deadpanned glare. "Which I'm now having second thoughts about."

"Hey-…trust me mate, if there's one thing I'm good at is helping people find what they're looking for." The pirate replied before taking a swig of rum. "…and finding more rum-…which is also a plus."

Naruto narrows his eyes before he looks to the women and gestures to the pirate describing what he has to deal with.

The women giggled before saying. "Oh, trust me, I know how Jack is like-…he's been coming here as long as I've known him, believe me. But he can find what you looking for, for some reason he has a knack for it."

"Thank you!" Jack happily said. "You always the voice of reason, Miss Tiana."

The women now known as Tiana lightly shook her head before leans on the counter as she looks at Naruto and said. "Name's Tiana, manager of Tiana's Palace. So…what is it that you asked himyour looking for, Mr…?"

"Uh, Naruto. Naruto Uzumaki. And this is Tinkerbell." He replied with a smile before he lost it. "And to be honest…I'm not quite sure what it is I'm trying to find."

"You don't?" She asked with a raised eyebrow.

"I know I'm looking for something old, but that's as much as I know." He shrugged before gesturing to the pirate. "And when I asked him here, all he did was open his compass-…which I think is broken-…and lead us here."

"Here? Really?" Tianna said as he stood up before turning to Jack. "It lead you here Jack?"

"Yep." The pirate said before taking another swig. "Right here in you lovely establishment, which means two things. The first being that rum is the greatest old…thingy of all time." That got him deadpanned looks from all three of them. "Or two…" He then leans towards Tiana with a mysterious smile on his face. "Is that she, is here."

Tiana's eye widens at that knowing who he's talking about, before giving Naruto a quick look before she looks back to the pirate and whispers. "Are you crazy Jack? You do know how dangerously tricky she is right?"

"So, she is here then." He replied making her flinch while Naruto and Tinkerbell look on in confusion.

She sighs before saying. "…yes, she's here." The then points to the far corner to the tavern. "In her usual spot, as always."

They turn to look and see a woman sitting alone in a shadowed corner with a few candles lit.

"Perfect!" Jack said as he got up and turns to Naruto. "Mr Ruto, your search has now just begun."

"Wait, seriously? Her?" Naruto asked as he looks at the shadowed women.

The pirate then gestures to the women. "After you, savvy?"

Just as Naruto as about to go Tiana said. "A bit of warning kid, she'll tell you what you want to hear, but it always come with a price-…and the price could be anything."

Naruto nods as thanks for the advice and then walks towards the table where the women was sitting with the pirate soon following him. When they reached the table, Naruto took a chance to have a proper look at the woman sitting there…

She had dark skin with long and dark brown, braided and dreadlocked hair, and she was dressed in a long dress, almost Gothic bridal in style. It was dull red and black, worn with age and slightly tattered. She was also wearing a black shawl, giving her the impression of an old woman.

Her face is perhaps the most striking feature about her. Small dots of kohl arc beneath her eyes, which are also lightly framed with the same substance, and upon her chin. Her lips are painted darkly, giving an extra eerie edge to her sooty-stained teeth.

The women looks up as she notices Jack and grins at him. "Jack. How wonderful to see you again." She said.

"Tia Dalma, the Voodoo Mistress…has it been 5? 6 years since I saw you hiding in your corner here?" Jask asked which got looks from Naruto and Tinkerbell.

"It was 10 years, Jack." She answered with a deadpanned expression. "10 years was when I came ashore last time."

The pirate gives Tia a bewildered look. "…oh…" He muttered before he shrugged it off and sat at the table. "Well, better late than never I always say…which I don't usually-…which I should."

Tia then looks towards the young ninja and fairy who came with Jack and stares Naruto making said person uncomfortable…she then smiles at him. "I see…you have traveled a long way to get here, Naruto Uzumaki." She said to him.

Naruto's eyes widen at what she said. "You…you know me?" He asked.

She leans closer to him with a grin. "You want to know me?" She asked making him gulp as Tinkerbell hides behinds his head.

"There'll be no knowing here!" Jack said interrupting her. "We've come for help and were not leaving without it." As she leans back to her seat Jack mutters to himself. "I thought I knew you…" Then took another swig.

Tia then sez to Naruto. "Come, sit. And I will tell you what you want to hear." She said as she gestures to the others chairs.

He listens to her and sits down while Tinkerbell flies to the table and sits on it.

"Now then…what is it that you want to ask Tia, to find?" She asked the young ninja.

Naruto looks at her for a moment. "…I'm trying to find these old objects that my Jiji had, I was told that he hidden them all over the place-…and that I'm not the only one whose looking for them either." He told her. "The thing is though…I don't even know what they look like-…or where to find them."

"I see…so you are asking if there is a clue into finding them-…or better yet, where in Frontier Land is the first one." Tia replied.

"Yea-…wait, what?" A wide-eyed Naruto asked in surprise. "The first one is here?!"

"That is correct my child, the object that you seek lies within the town." She said and she leans to him as she stares at him. "And the others that are also looking for it know it too-…but do not know where to look." She leans back. "The Shadowman took over Frontier Land so that he could find what you are seeking."

Naruto raises an eyebrow before asking. "The Shadowman?"

"He's the reason what the town in run with ghost, mate." Jack answered. "You see he has particular friends on the others side…and I mean the dead kind not the living ones."

"It was because of the Shadowman that the spirits cannot go back to where they came." Tia explained. "Because he took something that belonged to a sea captain years ago, with it he took control of the captain and his crew to serve him, till the end of time."

Naruto's eye widens at that before they narrow. "Then how do you stop this guy?" He asked not liking this Shadowman one bit.

"The only way to stop him…is to find what you are searching for before he does." She told him. "If he does then no one in Frontier Lan is safe…dead or alive."

There was silence after hearing that…

"Well that's a letdown if I ever heard one…" Jack muttered. "Well, that's the more reason to help find…whatever it is your looking for faster than the other man." He said to Naruto before turning to Tia. "So! Can you help us find it?"

"Sadly…I can't help you." Tia answered him which got her a look from the pirate.

"…what?" Jack asked dumbfounded. "You? You can't help, at all...with this small…thing?"

"No, Jack. This task is even beyond to what I do." Tia replied. "…however, I do know someone who can."

Naruto gives Tia a puzzled look before asking. "Who is it?"

"Madame Leota…she who knows all…and sees all…" She replied. "She can help you-…where I cannot."

"Then how do I find her?" The ninja asked. "Where is she?"

"No one knows where she now, ever since the ghosts roamed the town she disappeared." Tia replied as she leans back. "Rumer has it that the Shadowman took her, and hid her someplace no one would look."

Naruto slumps after hearing that. "Great, just great." He sighed. "Now what? I can't find that artifact without knowing where it is-…or even what they look like, and the only one that can, is missing."

"I hate it when that happens." Jack added.

"There is a way to find her…" Tia said getting their attention.

"There is?" Naruto and Jack asked as Tinkerbell blinks.

"Yes, but…it comes with a price." She said before she looks to the young ninja.

"…what's the price?" Naruto hesitantly asked her.

"The price I ask…is of something special-…something that was given to you by a man." She told him. "A man that he knew you were not something that everyone else said you were."

Naruto raises an eyebrow at that. Something that someone gave him that meant more to him than anything? It was the necklace because she said that it was a man that gave something to him…the only thing that sounded close was Iruka-sensei giving him his-…

His eyes widen realizing what it was and slowly touches his headbanded…then one thing that meant something special too him…the first person that said that he wasn't the Kyuubi but Naruto Uzumaki…the whole reason he became a real ninja was because of Iruka-sensei…

…either give away his headband to help him find this Leota person…or keep it and lose the only person that could help him…

…after some thought he sighs…before taking off his headband before he stares at it lost in his memories…before giving it to the women who took it.

She takes a look at the headband. "…the payment is fair…" She replied before placing it to one side.

Tinkerbell flies to Naruto and pats his cheek knowing what he had to give up.

Tia then sticks her hand out to Jack who looks at it in confusion before he raises his head to her.

"…is that supposed to mean something?" Jack asked.

"Give me the compass, Jack." Tia told the pirate.

"Of course-…you what?" He asked.

"The favor I asked of you Jack, the one we made when I gave you that compass…hand it over." She said giving Jack a look.

Jack looks at her like she was joking and gives off a chuckle before realizing that she wasn't and tilts his head to one side…before he takes out the compass and hold it out to her. "You have your favors." He mutters.

Tia takes the compass from jack…and gives it to the young ninja getting looks from everyone. "That's it?" The pirate asked in confusion. "Just give it to him just like that?"

"Yes, Jack."

"I could have done that."

"Would you have, Jack?" Tia asked the pirate with a deadpanned look.

"…not really." He muttered.

"Now you know why."

Naruto watches their conversation before he interrupts them. "Why did you give me the compass? It doesn't even point to North-…how can this help find anything?!"

"Because it was never meant to find North." Tia replied making him blink in confusion. "It was to show where you desire to go."

Naruto looks at the compass before asking. "Where I desire to go…?" He asked as he gets lost in his thoughts of how the compass will help find the artifacts before anyone else…or how it will help him find his…mother…

"…I sense there are many things that you desire, child." Tia said snapping out of his thoughts. "You are not sure which one your heart wants."

Naruto slumps his shoulders as his eyes soften. "…I know I have to find what Jiji left behind…but…I also what to find my Kaa-san too." He quietly said and he clutches the compass. "I want to know who she is-…and where she's been hiding all these years…but I've got to stop the people who are after those artifacts." He then looks to the compass. "If this thing does point to what I desirer the most, will it be what Jiji left…or where my Kaa-san is?"

He then felt Tinkerbell touching his cheek understanding his problem…before Jack said. "That is a tough one, mate. On one hand, you've got treasure that everyone wants, and the other, a treasure that only you want…I would go with the first one myself."

Both Naruto and Tinkerbell gave Jack a deadpanned look before Tia got their attention. "There is a way that the compass can help with your choice." She said to him.

"How?" The young ninja asked.

"The compass holds many secrets…all it need is the right key to unlock them." She told the ninja.

He blinks at that before he takes another look at the compass wonder what she meant… "The right key…" He muttered before he blinked at an idea popped in his head.

He reached into his pocket and takes out the key and stares at it before he looks at the compass again before opening it.

When he did the key glowed getting his attention before he notices that a keyhole was taking form on inside lid.

"…never knew it could do that." The pirate muttered as he too notices the keyhole.

With a determined look on his face, Naruto puts the key in the keyhole and turns it.

CL-CLICK

As soon he did the needle in the compass starts to spin fast, and kept on spinning faster and faster…then it soon started to glow surprising the ninja, fairy, and pirate. The they watch as the key comes out of the keyhole and spins above the compass…where an image starts to form…Naruto looks closer and sees that the images that was forming was…

Naruto raises an eyebrow at the image. "H M?" He asked. "What does that mean?"

"Oooh…I know that place-…wish I didn't really." Jack answered as he took another swig of rum.

Then the image disappeared and the key flouts back to Naruto's hand before the needle on the compass stops and points towards the front door.

Tia smiles at Naruto before she sez. "Now you know where to go…"

Naruto looks at the compass in awe before a smile starts to form on his face, knowing that his mission has just started.

SLAM

He was knocked out of his thoughts and turns to see Louis running into the restaurant with the look of panic and fear.

Also noticing him, Jack gives the alligator a look and calls out. "Mr Louis?"

The alligator turns to him as he heard him. "Captain!" He cries out and rushes over to him. "H-H-H-He's coming!"

"Who is?" Naruto asked in concern.

"D-D-D-D-D-Davy Jones!" Louis shouts out which everyone stop including the music.

"…what?" Jack nervously asked thinking he misheard him.

"Davy Jones! I just saw in arrive at the docks! He's also coming this way right now!" The alligator shouted as he points to the front of the restaurant and everyone starts to shake in fear.

"That's not good." Jack replied.

"Who's Davy Jones?" Naruto asked as he starts to worry.

"The sea captain that is the slave to the Shadowman." Tia answered making his eyes widen. "You must leave-…quickly now!"

"I agree to that!" Jack calls out as he, Naruto and Tinkerbell get up from the table and runs to the back of the restaurant with Louis close behind them. When Jack reaches the back door he opens it…only find out that it was a storage cellar room. "…why doesn't this place never have a back door?" He asked himself.

Naruto turns to the front and sees shadowy figures walking past the window outside. "No time!" He said as he pushes Jack in the room with Tinkerbell-…who Louis soon followed-…before closing the door behind him.

Naruto shushes them before looks thought the crack of the door and sees a human figure walking into the restaurant…and his eyes widen in shock at what he saw.

The being's head looked like it resembles an Octopus, with a "beard" of forty-six tentacles hanging from his mottled, green-skinned face. A prominent sac also bulged from the back of Jones' head, which was nestled underneath a hat covered with barnacles. A siphon was located on the left side of his face, making up for his lack of a human nose. He had a crustacean-style claw for his left arm and a long tentacle-like index finger on his right hand. His right leg resembled that of a crab, which in turn resembled a peg leg. And no barnacles on his skin, unlike the claw or the crab leg.

His suit consisted of a coat which was originally light blue with thin golden brims on the cuffs and around the buttonholes, but faded, a dark-greyish one-breasted waistcoat and dark grey breeches. Like the crab leg and the claw hand, the clothes were covered with barnacles. On his left leg, which remained human-like, he wore a leather boot. A dark red sash and a leather belt with a patinated buckle completed this suit. However, the most notable piece of cloth which he wore was his hat, which was a tricorn which had the same light blue color as his coat and a similar thin golden brim along the edge. Its front corn was bigger than the other two and divided, so that its silhouette resembled the devil's horns.

Just then two more figures came walking in right behind him, the first one had a head which resembled a hammerhead shark's. He also had a set of crab claws for his left hand. He wielded a boarding axe as his weapon. And the second was a barnacle-covered sailor.

The young ninja eyes where still widen not sure that what he was seeing was real or not. "Wh-What the hell?" He quietly asked while keeping an eye on them.

'Careful brat, for some reason this guy is giving me the same feeling that the Shimigame did years back.' The Kyuubi told in in caution.

"Greetings everyone of this fine establishment!"The creature called out to everyone. "I came here to ask you of something."He then takes a few steps forward towards the fearful crowd. "…where can I find the pirate, Jack Sparrow?"

Hears his name Jack makes a face. "…I'm not liking the sound of that-…not one bit." He quietly said.

"Likewise." Louis added before Tinkerbell flu up to them both and shushed them.

"Because, someone with him has something the good doctor, Mr Facilier wants." Davy Jones carried on as he walks towards the bar to Tianna. "Perhaps you know where they both, Miss Tiana?"

"…Jack was here with someone-…but I wouldn't know where they went after that…why would the Shadowman want them?" Tiana nervously asked the captain.

Davy Jones leans towards her. "…that, is for them to find out, my dear." He told her…before he stood up and looks around the place…before noticing Tia in the corner and his expression softens…then walks to her before stopping at the table. "I never knew that I would see you again."

"Davy Jones, still working for that cruel man I see." She replied.

The captain gives her a glaring look before saying. "I'm surprised to see you here of all places…it's almost like you were expecting someone." He then leans in to her. "Like a certain pirate we both know."

"Perhaps…or perhaps I was waiting for you." Tia replied as she too leans close to him.

Davy Jones expression softens at that…before he took notice of the headband on the table next to her and his expression returns. "If only if that were true." He muttered before grabbing the headband startling her and hold it in front of her. "They were here-…the both of them…and they still are." He then turns around and look at the whole restaurant…before his eyes settle at the door leading to the cellar…and an eye peeking out from the crack.

Naruto's eyes widen again as he flinches away from the door. "Oh crap." He muttered out to the others.

With an evil grin, he walks towards the door with his two crewmates soon after. When he reaches the door, he stops and calls out. "I know your in there Jack-…you and the boy! You only have two choices! Either you come out and surrender…or we come in and kill ya all! Pick your poison."

All he got was silence…until…

"RASENGAN!"

CRASH

The shouting and crashing sounds from in the room surprised and his crew before he growls and takes a step back kicks the door open.

SMASH

When he steps into the room he finds…no one…no one here at all…all that was left was a giant hole through a wooded wall which lead to the forest swamps…

…they escaped.

The captain growls at that thought. "Damn." He mutters.

-: The Forest Swamps :-

We find Naruto running further into the forest with Jack and Louis right behind him while Tinkerbell was hanging tight onto his hair. After a few moments, more they stop for a breather after nearly escaping from…whatever that was…speaking of which.

"Who the hell was that?!" Naruto panted as he asked Jack.

'Who or what that was is something we shouldn't get killed from, that's what!' Kyuubi told him before Naruto cut off the connection.

"That my magic friend...was Davy Jones himself." He answered getting a look from the ninja.

"That's Davy Jones?!" He asked in shock. "That's the sea captain that shadowguy controls?!"

"Him, his crew, and even his ship the 'Flying Dutchmen'." The pirate answered. "And before you ask what he is…he's a ghost."

"A ghost that now hunts down anyone that would stand in the Shadowman's way." Louis added.

Naruto narrows his eyes at that before changing subject. "Right, so now there's a pirate ghost from the deep now hunting us." He said before pulling out the compass and sees it pointing to the left. "But right now, we've got to find this Madam Leota, before they know what we are doing."

"Smart idea, mate." Jack replied before turning to Louis. "Mr Louis, you head back to the ship and make sure you're not seen-…it's dangerous enough as it is."

"You don't have to tell me twice." He alligator said before he runs off. "Catch you later captain!"

"You sure he's gonna be all right?" Naruto asked as he watches Louis disappear in the forest.

"Trust me, Mr Ruto, if there's one thing Mr Louis is good that, it's hiding-…and trust me he's really good at it." Jack replied and he walks up to the young ninja. "And to add to that statement-…I know where it is that we are indeed heading."

That got him looks from Naruto and Tinkerbell before the young ninja asked. "You do?"

"Of course, I do! It's the one place that everyone knows about-…everyone that knows not to go near there that is."

"…so, where is it then?" He asked.

Jack then points to the young ninja's left. "Just follow where the moon rises." He said before tuning to that direction.

Naruto and Tinkerbell follows his line of sight to where the moon is…before they widen as they see what was also in that direction.

Under the light of the moon in the forest swamp a far distance away was a mansion, it looked to be old from a distance…but what caught his attention when he saw the mansion…was a graveyard.

That's right, a graveyard…

There were tombstones of every size surrounding the back of the mansion-…as well of a few tombs too-…surrounded the place were black iron bars were a few crows where perching on them…not to mention a few ghosts flying out of the tombstones was also a big hit that the mansion they were looking at was hunted as well.

The pirate leans to Naruto and sez. "If you wondering what H M stands for…it doesn't mean anything that's alive."

A mansion with a graveyard in the middle of a forest surrounded by ghost…H M…Hunted Mansion…he should have known.

'I'm beginning to think that coming to this world was the best idea you ever had brat!' The Kyuubi said as Naruto could feel the fox grinning at him knowing about his fear.

"…ghosts…why did it had to be ghosts?" Naruto muttered to himself as Tinkerbell pats his head before he hangs his head in defeat.

-: To Be Continued :-

And that's chapter 6 done and dusted.

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