Story: The Pink Haired Pirate: An Old Norse Saying
Rated: M for language, future mature themes, violence, gore
Warnings: Spoiler alert for Elder Scrolls V:Skyrim
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"What takes the world in lightened sense..
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Goodbyes were supposed to be heart-breaking. They were supposed to be filled with tears and tons of hugs, but as soon as Luffy has found the One Piece, Uchiha D. Sakura realized that her dream has been fulfilled. Without anyone seeming to notice, the pink-haired pirate pulled out a scrap of paper tucked inside one of the many pockets of her gray trench coat and crossed the phrase written with the tip of her nail. The writing was soon slashed by a thin line of burnt paper and she smiled.
"Watch Captain become the Pirate King."
Sakura was twenty now. For four years she has been making sure she played a part in helping with everyone's dreams. Matatabi has gained a mortal, cat form of a Bakeneko, but not without leaving a portion of her vital chakra in Sakura's body. That's how her Tailed Beast has become her now personal summon. The cats welcomed Richie the Lion with open paws and Neko-baa-san personally took care of his marvelous mane. Matatabi's dream of freedom has been fulfilled. They even had kittens, training to be summons and proud nin-neko.
Naruto was currently under the apprenticeship of Kakashi-sensei, the Rokudaime Hokage. No matter how many times Kakashi has declined his former students' usage of his former appellative, they never gave up. Or, to honor cousin Obito, they used his little nickname he saved for Kakashi: 'Bakakashi'.
The Five Shinobi Nations were slowly healing up after the war. Nami has squealed in joy as she drew the last of her complete world map; the moment their Log Pose set to Raftel she was cooped up in her room for days, before getting out to see the miracle and the end of their adventure with her own eyes. Zoro has defeated Dracule Mihawk just a year ago, and Sanji celebrated the finding of One Piece with the best meal Sakura has ever had, with fish found in All Blue.
And the arrival on Raftel was Sakura's wake up call, that it was about time she should go and find her destiny, to find her way.
Her heart was heavy, and so was the storage scroll filled with good-bye gifts received from her friends. The pink-haired woman smiled, tucked a strand of hair behind her ear and hid the Rinnegan which took over her right eye with an illusion. She water-proofed the scroll, hid it in her cloak and dove straight in the water. Sakura smiled brightly and emerged her head one last time to wave at her friends before diving back in.
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"Can also seek the outward gleam.."
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"Are you really sure you want to go?"
"Un. You all changed me as a person. You all healed me up and helped me find myself, but now that I've been discovered...I know I just have to go and see where the sea currents will take me."
Sakura was met with silence and a bone-crushing hug from her captain, and soon everyone else joined the group-hug. Nobody was crying, nobody's eyes were wet because they knew they'll meet again.
"No matter where you'll go, you'll kick ass, Sakura-chan. Remember that!" Luffy grinned and gave his first mate a noodgie. Sakura yelped and pulled away.
"I'm leaving one of my cat summons here. Take care of Miku, alright? We can exchange letters like that." Sakura handed Nami the small, snow-shoe cat who meowed and perched on the taller woman's shoulders.
"Take care, imouto. And just as Luffy said, no matter where you go, go show the world Sakura's not a person to mess with!"
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"They rob the all of essence to.."
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Hours of swimming passed and the ocean water was becoming colder than colder. Sakura rubbed her shoulders lightly, wrapping the trench coat tighter around her body.
"In no way should I be close to North Blue...where am I?" She asked herself as she started to swim to the surface. Her wet hair was starting to freeze as she was met with the ice-cold wind. She looked around to see herself surrounded by thick icebergs. Her teeth chattered as she tried to warm herself up by repeatedly blowing small flames, hoping for the air to become less biting.
The sky was covered with thick snow clouds and soon, the snow started to fall. She moved onwards, swimming on the surface, dodging the icebergs. It was obvious she had entered in an unknown territory, and she betted that not even Nami would be willing to come here and draw a map. Land of Snow and Sakura Kingdom were less raspy than this, from what she remembered. Her pink hair started to get sprinkled with small snowflakes which grew in size.
The shore started to make itself seen. A group of monstrous-looking seals? Walruses? were lounging around, occasionally flopping to left or right to catch their food. Sakura crossed her arms, shivering as she reached the shore. Her trembling hand dismissed the tail. She started walking forward, her boots leaving deep prints in the thick snow. The dismissal of the shinobi sandals she used to wear was the blessing of her choices. Sakura sent a pulse of chakra to her optic nerves to help her see through the thick fog. The flopping creatures were getting closer and closer, and with a monstrous snarl, they attacked.
Sakura dodged and instantly applied a chakra filled kick to the creature's abdomen. The strange, three-fanged walrus let out a groan of pain and collapsed. Its friends started to attack immediately. Needless to say, Sakura was getting warmer. The adrenaline started to pump into her veins, and suddenly she was not feeling the cold anymore. It was like the ice which attacked her chakra coils, limbs, and all her body was thawed out. Sakura grinned. The thrill of the battle has already started to warm her up.
Horse.
"Katon: Gōka Mekkyaku*!" The walruses screamed in agony as they were roasted alive, leaving nothing but the bones. The snow around them melted as well, showing the thick mud layer beneath the thick layers of smoke. Sakura straightened her back and her gaze saddened.
"I'm sorry...but you were ready to make me your dinner." She sighed and kept walking.
Whoever dared to attack the pink-haired young woman, laid down face first in the thick, falling snow. Sakura supposed the humans which tended to attack her were bandits. She judged by their rugged appearance. But all she heard were their battle cries and yells in something she could associate with gibberish and nothing more. She had landed in an unknown territory, and it kind of scared her.
"I'm screwed. Let's say I find my way to civilization... how the hell will I communicate with them?" Sakura sat down, a little tired. She cleaned the snow around her and opened a scroll, to summon one of her instant ramen cups and a pair of chopsticks, which she had to unfreeze. She started to twirl the noodles and stuff them into her mouth, to calm down her grumbling stomach.
"Maybe...maybe I could draw pictures of what I want!" She suddenly had a brilliant idea, before she frowned. "Stupid. How will I ask for a pencil and paper?" Sakura mumbled and pointed with her chopsticks at one of the dead bandits. "Maybe YOU could have helped me. If you were alive. But if you were alive, you would have attacked me out of nowhere again." She sighed.
"I think I'm going crazy." Sakura sealed the empty cup and dirty chopsticks back in the scroll, with a puff of smoke. Even if this portion of land was barren, who knew what kind of anti-littering laws they had enforced.
"You have single-handedly leveled a good number of bandits, a few sabre-cats and another few horkers? That's an impressive feat."
Sakura narrowed her eyes and eyed the man who walked through the snow. Her hand immediately equipped itself with a kunai and took in the appearance. He was tall, draped in blue robes and a matching hood. He looked pretty old but calm. He was not a threat, not yet, but shinobis were taught to look the underneath of the underneath. And the first thought which came into her mind was that she had no idea what the old geezer was saying.
"I'm sorry, but I have no idea what you just said right there." Sakura decided to reply in her native tongue.
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"Report the nothing they have seen." ~ On Apocrypha: Prying Orbs, Anonymous Author
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*Katon: Gōka Mekkyaku: Fire Release: Majestic Destroyer Flame/Great Fire Annihilation
A/N: Okay so there are a few stuff I should clarify. This is an introduction chapter that is supposed to lack dialogue. That's just how I see it fit.
Sakura, like all characters from the One Piece and Naruto world, is supposed to be, if classified and grouped in a race, Asian. If she comes in contact with another language, while all she knows is Japanese, how is she supposed to speak and understand another language?
Bonus points for whoever guesses who's the old man. I'm speculating that the language people in Skyrim speak is some sort of Norse.
Just for effect, I'll write Sakura's speech in some crudely, Google Translated-Japanese until she learns to understand and speak Norse. It would look stupid if I just used a different font, like bold or underlined, not to mention it would be confusing. I know for a fact some people don't read the forward notes. I will translate what is she saying, of course.
I did not want to begin with her crossing the border of Cyrodil and then getting sent to Helgen and be executed because it would be too...cheesy? Overused? I haven't seen any Sakura in Skyrim fanfictions, but it's the beginning of the usual Dragonborn character and I thought that meeting the old man would be better. He lives in isolation overall, so she can learn the language in peace.
I think that's all for now. If you have any questions, feel free to ask, but leave the beef outside the comment section. There's no need to get worked up all for a fanfiction, okay?
Thanks for understanding, if you have suggestions, feel free to leave those as well. Since this is a totally different extra disguised as a sequel, you can pick any romantic partner from here as well. Just help me by suggesting a realistic situation, as always.
Bye til later!