Y/N's POV
I sat below deck with Yamato and Aoba, listening to Yamato tell Naruto a scary story, scaring the boy half to death when he turned around without a face himself.
"Faceless..., like this?" He said as he turned to Naruto
"Ahh, what happened to your face" Naruto screamed in fear, hiding behind me
"Sorry, I'm sorry, that was just a wood clone" Yamato said as he actually appear himself, the wooden block falling onto the table
"Captain Yamato, that's going too far" Naruto said as he turned to face Yamato, screaming when he saw Yamato's face illuminated by the flashlight, clinging onto me
"I couldn't resist Naruto, what a scaredy cat" Yamato said after his laughter died down
"You know what, Captain Yamato...?, your face is bad for my heart" Naruto said as he let me go, but still stayed close to me
"Don't be upset, Naruto, the fog's so thick, there's nothing else to do but tell stories" Yamato said, Aoba catching my eye as he was staring at my neck, being the only one that hasn't seen it yet, Naruto neck was covered up
"Yeah, but a grown man like you telling get stories?, something's wrong with you!" Naruto said to Yamato as he sat next to me
"You're too easy to scare, that's why he keeps freakin' you out" Aoba said to Naruto, Yamato chuckling
"I don't know what you mean..... humph, stories like that don't scare me, Y/n, defend me here" Naruto said as he shook me a bit
"Don't scare my husband?" I said as I tried to keep a straight face, eventually letting out a small laugh of my own, Naruto looking betrayed
"Oh, really? Okay, then, Naruto, I'll tell you the best one yet, it's said that it appears on foggy nights such as this" Yamato said as he stared his story
"What's "it"?," Naruto asked after swallowing, lacing his fingers with mines under the table
"It sails on darkened seas, led by black crows that guide the souls of the dead, a faint will o' the wisp perched on the mast announces its presence then out of the fog emerge the dead's mortal remains" Yamato said as he told the story, Naruto hand sweating within mines, using my thumb I rubbed the back of his hand, trying to provide him some comfort
We all left the lower deck, migrating to the upper deck, seeing the thick fog that swallowed the ship we were on, rendering it hard to see, Naruto's grip on my hand tighten a bit.
"And when you see it, you're doomed to take a journey by sea to the land of the dead, "it...." Is the ghost ship" Yamato said in a eerie tone
"Souls of the dead?!" Naruto asked as he looked around, seeing the fog
"You don't mean this fog, do you?" Naruto asked him in fear
"That's right, the ghost ship appears out of the fog, fog that's just like this" Yamato said as we went to the side of the ship, standing at the railing and looking off into the distance
"I'm just kidding, ghost ships don't exist, they're just stories" Yamato said to Naruto, getting a side eye from me which he caught, his eyebrow raising
"Oh, yeah, sure, I knew that, I mean, of course there's no such thing as ghost ships, I didn't believe you for a second" Naruto said as he put a hand on his head and the other on his hip, trying to cover up his fear as we began walking back to the lower deck
"Oh, is that so?, well, you could've fooled me" Yamato said to Naruto, a bunch of crows landing on the ship
"What's going on here?" Naruto asked as he a Yamato looked at the crows, Yamato looking at me in wonder before running to the side of the side we were just at, seeing a ship
"What in the—" Yamato said in shock
"It's a ghost ship" Naruto said in fear, looking at the ship
"No way, I-it can't be.." He said with wide eyes
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(Time skip)
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"Aw, Come on, you guys aren't seriously thinking of boarding a hot ship, are you?!" Naruto asked as a ladder net was thrown onto the ship once we were close enough to it, Yamato being the first to start climbing in
"Naruto, there's no such this as a ghost ship, not in real life" Aoba said, getting a side eye from me, which he also caught much like Yamato, his eyebrow raising
"Of course there is, look at that" Naruto yelled as he pointed to the ship, I started climbing into the ship behind Yamato, not wasting anytime
"Y/n-chan, get back here now, you can't go in that ship, it's dangerous" Naruto said to me in fear
"Naru, I'll be fine" I said as I reached the to0, climbing into the ship
"That ship's exactly how Captain Yamato described it" Naruto said as he looked up at us
"Yes, I agree it's suspicious-looking, however, maritime law says we must examine all lost ships" Yamato said to Naruto
"Look at it this way, the Sommer we check it out, the sooner we'll be back on our own boat" Aoba said to Naruto, trying to calm his nerves
"Just accept it" Aoba yelled as he also climbed onto the ship
"Oh just great..., if this is the plan, I should have stayed back with Bushier brow Sensei" Naruto said, thinking about Guy who was once again, seasick
"You're seasick, get over that with guts" Naruto said, feeling some type of way
"C'mon, back me up here, Aoba, huh?" Naruto said as he saw them already walking away farther on the ship
"Naru, I'll protect you, I promise, come on" I said as I stayed and waited for him, holding my hand out for him
"Okay" Naruto said with a nod, making his way up the ladder, grabbing my hand so I could pull him onto the ship
"Hey..!, Aoba?, Captain Yamato?" Naruto said as we held hands, his other holding a lantern
Both me and Naruto made our own way on the ship, looking around to see what we'd find, but I already knew what we'd find, a ghost boy.
We heard pounding and sweeping, both of us looking over only to be splashed but mop water, the little boy sweep the deck as they called it, pounding the mop on the wood.
"Man, I'm busy, busy, busy here" The boy said as he mopped
"Hey..." Naruto said to him, the boy sticking the mop into the water, splashing us some more, my hair catching most of the water coming at me
I left my crown on the boat because of this reason, not wanting to lose it on this ghost ship, plus, there was no point to be wearing it right now anyway.
"Our faces aren't the floor, you know" Naruto said as the boy swung the mop around, seemingly unable to hear Naruto
"Busy, busy, busy" The boy said as we followed him, the boy hanging up clothes on the net of the ship, pining them down with great speed
"Huh?, hey wait" Naruto said as the boy moved around, us fooling him
"Busy, busy, busy, busy" The boy said as we watched him carry to water filled buckets up the stairs
"Yo kid, he's not joking about being busy" Naruto said to me after being ignored
We followed and watched the boy work and clean, ending off at the wheel of the ship, Naruto once again trying to get his attention.
"Oh, okay!, that's how you steer the ship!, boy, you sure do a good job with this broom" Naruto said to the boy, going to touch the broom
"Hands off" The boy said
"Huh?" Naruto said I shock
"The Captain gave that to me, it's very precious" The boy said as he pointed at Naruto
"Oh.... Sure thing, man, I gotta say, for a kid, you sure put in a lot of work, isn't it hard by yourself?" Naruto said as he stood up straight, finally getting the boys attention
"Tell you want, why don't we help you out here?" Naruto asked, putting me into this too
"Well" The boy said
"Two hands are better than one, in fact, a whole bunch of hands will be even better than two of them" Naruto said, motioning for me to make clones as he made some, I let out a slight sigh and made some clones too
"I kinda get the feeling you won't be willing to talk to us unless you get to finish your work first" Naruto said to the boy
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(Time skip)
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My clones worked on cleaning the deck with some of Naruto's clones, while I helped Naruto clean the dishes.
I hummed as I took a mops I made, giving them to myy clones, having made a cleaning mixture to give the ship a good smell, perhaps I didn't need to do all that but shit, I like cleaning.
I hummed as I cleaned the dishes with Naruto, having to show him the right way to get all the gunk off, Naruto learning quick.
"Boy am I tired" Naruto said after we finished cleaning the dishes, washing my hands off
"Say, Mister" The boy said to Naruto
"Hm?, you can call me Naruto, kid" Naruto said with a smile on his face
"Naruto?, I'm Hishaku, who are you, Miss?" Hishaku asked me
"You can call me Y/n" I said with a small smile
"Well.., nice to meet ya" Naruto said happily
"Hey, you two are ninja, aren't you?, are you strong?" Hishaku asked us
"Nah, I'm not strong" I said with a chuckle
"Of course, I'm strong, I'm gonna be Hokage one day" Naruto said as he tapped his headband
"Hokage?" Hishaku asked in wonder
"Yeah, the strongest and most important ninja in my whole village" Naruto said with the same determination he always had
"Oh, really, is that all?, then my Captain is even greater than your Hokage" Hishaku said to Naruto
"What?" Naruto said, immediately getting offended
"The Captain's strong, too, and not just important, he's also kind and considerate, I'm gonna be Captain, one day, too" Hishaku said which made me feel sad for him
Knowing he was dead and wouldn't get to fulfill his dream was saddening but I was also happy because since we were here, we'd get to put his soul to rest.
"Now, just hold on, My Hokage is strong and important and kind and considerate just like your Captain and not just that, but generous, too, and uh, the best" Naruto said as he stumped, matching the boys pounding with the broom
"No, my captain is" Hishaku said in defense of his captain, banging the broom against the floor
"Hokage" Naruto yelled as he stumped
"Captain" Hishaku said banging the broom against the floor again
"Hokage" Naruto said stumping again
"Captain" Hishaku said
"Hok-" Naruto said but I cut him off
"Boys, stop this arguing, banging and stumping, right now, their both good people, let's not argue" I yelled the began but said the rest, both boys looking at me before they laughed
'Boys are so weird' I thought to myself
"I guess we both have something that we're aiming for" Naruto said to Hishaku
"Mmhm" Hishaku said with a small nod
"Hey, um, teach me that thing" Naruto said to Hishaku
"What thing?" Hishaku asked in confusion
"You know, the way you tapped the broom before, like a drum or something, that's was really awesome" Naruto said to Hishaku
"Thanks, it is pretty cool, huh?, the Captain taught it to me, he also gave me this broom" Hishaku said as he held the broom in both hands
"Oooh" Naruto said as he looked at the broom
"You mind if we join this conversation?" Aoba asked as he and Yamato walked in
They all sat down as I stood against the wall, just watching the scene take place, not really having any input at all.
I looked at the boy, he seemed so real for someone that was dead, he looked as alive all the rest of us, he looked, normal.
Something about the fact that I didn't make him visible made a shiver run up my spine.
I should have stayed back with Guy.
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