Worst Pirates [P]

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The sun was actually shining bright today in the village hidden in the mist, and this was just after an intense rain storm, so there were rainbows everywhere one would look, and as far as the eye could see. It was one of the rare times that the village hidden in the mist was actually having a warm day where the members of the village could see the sun, as most of the time it was locked behind dark and gloomy clouds of grey, or a sheet of the storm sphere, but this day, all was well and good, as there was something abrupt and hazy around the village, which was a fine mist that reflected the multicolored lights of the rainbow in full spectrum, as if showing off. There were birds chirping, the grass was covered in the dew of the morning, although it was the after noon at this point, but that was not quite the problem now. The problem of this was, that this day that was wonderful to the normal and every day members of the village was actually something that Keita did not like. He had grown to fall in love with the grey and gloomy skies of the village hidden in the mist, as he had fallen in love with his home, although it was not the bright and lovely place that other villages might be, it was his, and there was noting in the world that would take that feeling away from him, so he liked the environment around the village as it normally was, which was dark and gloomy. He was not the one to dwell on things such as the weather, unless he was deep in concentration making sure that he was documenting it or studying it for new art work or perhaps some new brush strokes for his calligraphy skill that was constantly increasing, day by day. Still, even though his day was not the best that it could be this day, Keita still went to the administration office and took a special mission. It seemed that there was something important to do today, and it was something that only the shinobi confident in battle would participate in, and that was the killing of pirates. The killing of pirates and their ilk was almost like a past time to the village hidden in the mist, as it was like to them as baseball was to americans, or eating ramen was to those in the village hidden in the leaves.

Every so often, the seedy environment that the village hidden in the mist had created was one of turmoil and strife, and there were a great number of criminals that had actually settled down here, so the ambience surrounding the village was not the greatest. It was difficult to maintain order in any part of the world, especially around ninja villages, and especially around villages with a reputation as notorious as the village hidden in the mist. The bloody history of the village would usually make any person who wished to be a criminal cower in fear, but this same reputation also bred a culture where these things were normal, such as robbing, killing, cheating, and smuggling. Still, the village hidden in the mist had to do something about this, and Keita decided to take the job. He was very confident in himself, especially because these pirates would have a maximum strength of a genin, and usually these special individuals were the one leading the band of pirates, so it should be a complete piece of cake to wipe them all out, he just needed to find out where they were operating from. there were only a few small island around that the pirates could be using as a forward base, and Keita was familiar with all of them, and wondered if he had to check them all one by one, or if there would be someone stupid enough to make a mistake or show up in front of him today, although the latter was also considered a mistake by most men who knew the powers of the uzumaki that was Keita. Still, it seemed the threat of imminent death from ninja attack was not enough to stop the pirates from gathering and attempting to steal things from the surrounding area, as they were only afraid of the storm sphere that was around the village, and that protected it, as the ships themselves would get torn to shreds, unless of course they stole and boarded some sort of merchant vessel that had a pass to come into the village, but the pirates would not be so stupid as to do that, as they would be found and killed immediately without any sort of way or even time to retaliate, as there had been a couple of incidents like that before, but with far more powerful pirates than the ones that Keita was going to deal with today, so the other pirates learned to stay far far away from the storm sphere, not so much the village hidden in the mist.

Keita was packing a few things, he had made himself a small lunch that he was going to enjoy when he was out on the ocean, maybe in between wiping out these pirate ships that would no doubt be littering the surrounding area, and todays lunch was a nice bento box, filled with one of his favorite things, although it was a bit cliché, which were cold noodles. He loved cold ramen dishes and cold soups in general, as he had grown up with them from a young age. The warm soups would make him feel comfortable in the winter, but the cold soups would make him feel nostalgic and content at all times, so they were his favorite. He prepared a bit of that that he had gotten from a near by ramen shop, before sealing it into his cloak, so that he could have it at the perfect temperature whenever, although some people might argue that it would not get any colder if you simply left it outside, but Keita like things a certain way, especially when it came to his food, so there was something that he could not change when it came to his ramen. It had to actually be cold, not just tepid or room temperature, which it would become if he did not seal it. there was also the problem that while it was sealed within his armor it would not age or go bad, so he had a perfect lunch on the go wherever he was, and even if he did not eat it today, he could eat it whenever as it would never spoil. He thought that learning fuuinjutsu was an amazing ability to learn, even for these things that others might consider petty. There was something about being able to keep every day objects on you for leisure where ever you went, especially because some times ninja would be out on dangerous missions for months at a time, and having these amenities was a sort of luxury that others could only wish for. Being an Uzumaki and having it be in your bones, was pretty good. As Keita was thinking about these musings and of course paying more attention in his mind about the food that he had brought with him, he seemingly had been walking to the docks this whole time, a bit absent mindedly. 

This absent mindedness of his was noticed by quite a few people as he walked through the village, as he almost never gave people the cold shoulder, and instead greeted them warmly and with respect at nearly all times, and so the people thought that he was about to go on a dangerous mission, as these were the only times he had seemed to get like this, but that was not really the case. Keita did not treat this mission with any sort of urgency, as pirates were something that occurred every other day around the country, it was just that this time, there seemed to be a bit too many of them and they started to encroach upon the invisible barrier that was the territory around the village hidden in the mist, which was something that they would regret for the rest of their lives, if they even noticed before they were going to die. Keita leisurely walked towards the docks and started to simply walk off the docks out to see, as he was faster than all of these fishing vessels, unless of course there was a very strong wind in the direction that he wanted to go, but since he had decided to inspect all of the areas around the village hidden in the mist, he was going to be back tracking and looping places, which a ship would simply not be able to keep up with, especially because he was quite fast when running around. Keita nodded at the people as he passed by them on their boats while he was running, and although this site was uncommon, it was not rare enough for people to make a large deal out of it, as Keita saw that no one was pointing at him or making a show of it, it was simply fairly normal for the ninja around the village hidden in the mist to run around like this on the water, even if it was for training, which in this case it was not, but the average people that were in their fishing or merchant boats could not really understand what Keita was doing at the moment, so they just smiled and waved towards him, as he had become famous in the village for being a nice and orderly jounin that would not use his power or status to bully others, so many average people in the village liked him, and he was glad that he had gotten such a warm and fuzzy reputation. 

Skipping on the surface of the ocean like a stone that was thrown, Keita was essentially ejjoying his time out on the open sea, and eventually after running from quite a long while, the village hidden in the mist was but a small dot on the horizon, and this was where the other islands, there were quite a few chains of small island here and there aorund the village hidden in the mist, were. He would start the inspection and investigation here, as these islands were essentially too small to sustain any people on them for an extended period of time, but could be used by the pirates as a sort of drop off for materials or a refueling station, making sure that they were all fed and geared and had a place to sleep after the annoying and stress filled lives at sea. The first island that Keita went to was a small stretch of land that had nothing on it except a beach surrounding a small forest. Since Keita could practically see everything around this island with near perfect clarity, it was plain to see that the pirates did not use this island for any particular reason, and that they probably did not even stop at this island, maybe once or twice to see if there was anything of value here, but that fact would have been discovered a long time ago by the pirates in the area and spread around, so Keita guessed that it was time to move on almost instantly. The next island was quite a bit bigger, and after running over the water while using the water surface walking technique, he had gotten to it. Now this was an island that could hold a small pirate base, Keita thought to himself, but as he looked around from where he was, he saw no ships, nor did he see anything on the island that warranted thorough investigation, but unlike a large amount of other people, Keita was ready to inspect and investigate until he had found the culprits, and he never liked to leave things in a half assed state, so he combed the island, making sure to be on the look out for anything that one might consider hidden, and so there was nothing that would leave him regretting, and nothing there that would remain hidden from his eyes. After inspecting the large island, he left, finding nothing.

Keita continued on with this pattern for a couple of hours, until he spotted something in the distance. This was a small dot on the horizon, but if one looked carefully, they would see that it was in fact a ship. Keita was unsure if there were supposed to be any ships out here today, as he was not one of the people or quarter masters who worked down in the ship yards and docks, so he did not have that information, and felt that it was wholly unnecessary for him to need to get it, so he did not get it in the end before coming out here. He decided that he needed to investigate this boat on the horizon, and soon it was becoming larger and larger in his eyes before it had stabilized at a size that reminded him of the large trading vessels of the village, as this boat was actually one of these vessels that had been stripped and revamped into the large, menacing pirate ship that it appeared to be today. The only reason Keita would have known it was a pirate ship from this distance was the obvious and stand out black flag that was flying on the main mast of the ship, which sort of signaled everyone around it and told them that this was indeed a pirate ship. Keita wondered who the idiot was that was so blatant in their pirate like nature that they would dare to fly the flag around the borders of the village hidden in the mist.   So, with increased speed, and a bit more pep in his step because of the looming potential for his mission to actually make some progress, Keita caught up to the ship in a matter of minutes by using a leisurely jogging pace, but this also caused the people on the ship to be able to see him before he actually got to the ship in the first place. soon, there was some sounds coming from the ship, the large booming sounds of the multitudes of large cannons on the ship that offered the ship protection in times of strife, or in this case, attempted to blow the enemy away with their fire power. 

Keita quickly dropped the thorough cloth covering that was inside of his hat that connected to the rest of the nape fabirc that made up the veil that protected his face and eyes in case of emergencies, and simply ran right at them. The cannons were very inaccurate at such a long distance, firing at a person that was small compared to an enemy ship, so there was simply a few ripples and large splashes of the water that was only slightly distracting to Keita, and posed no threat to him what so ever. Still, as Keita got closer and closer to the merchant vessel that was fitted and kitted out to be a pirate ship, the cannons were getting closer and closer to him, until suddenly, one of them seem to be dead on, and suddenly hit him in the chest. The impact force of the cannon ball was completely absorbed by the cushioning of the powerful chakra enhanced silk of his armor, but Keita still pretended to be hit, and fell into the water with a large splash. He then immediately started to swim under the ship, having been a naturally powerful and competent swimmer because of his birth place, he decided to give the pirates on the boat quite the scare when he suddenly was on their boat, in the middle of the deck. Keita attached himself to the bottom of the ship like a barnacle using the power of the surface walking technique, and I bet that even if these pirates knew about the elementary ninja techniques of the ninja villages, they would never think that the technique that any academy student had mastered could be used like this. Keita slowly walked up and up towards the deck of the ship as the pirates seemed to be deathly still and silent, waiting to see if the ninja that was running at them so briskly was truly dead, and after a couple of minutes, they all suddenly cheered in unison, celebrating the fact that the ninja seemed to be an easy prey, over estimated themselves, etcetera, before Keita joined in the cheering as well.

Keita's voice was something that was a stark contrast to the gruff and deep voices of the people on the ship, as his melodious, scholarly type voice that had no business being on a ship filled with rough and tumble pirates seemed to resonate outwards, shocking the pirates into silence once more. It seems that all of the pirates were so focused on taking him down, that when he utilized the silent killing technique to get on the boat completely and utterly silently, no one had noticed him, and he simply stood there waiting for the pirates to do something about him being there. when no one did, and they all started cheering like they had one, it was enough for Keita to grow bored and he decided to throw an ice cold bucket of water on their enthusiasm, raining on their parade, so to say. The pirates stared at him in shock for a few moments, before they all shouted wildly, some of them cowered back a bit in fear, but most of them brandished their sabers and swords, while rushing at Keita, and some of them even drew bows and cross bows, wildly firing at him when they could, in between their team mates that were more close quarter fighters weaving in and out. Keita had to admit, these people at least knew how to fight, and although he was seemingly out numbered and out matched, after a little while the people around started to notice something was strange, and that was that they could not touch even a hair on his head, nor the hem of his clothing with their attacks, even though there were so many of them. Keita had decided that he was finished with these games, as seven chakra chains suddenly sprouted from different parts of his body, the ends of these chakra constructs were tipped sharply like spears, and instantly pierced the bodies of the pirates around him, and soon he had simply thrown them over board. there was no way that they would live with an injury like this, not in these shark infested waters, so there was really nothing to worry about after this. 

Nature would clean up this mess for him, and the weapons, armor and other things that the pirates had would wash ashore or be in a large shark's stomach for the foreseeable future. The pirates that had not yet fell under the weight of the chakra chains spear points were screaming in terror, not thinking that a ninja that they sent would be as strong as this. It seemed that some of them had some sense, and decided that they were simply going to throw their weapons to the side and surrender, as this might allow them to live, and it would definitely allow them to live longer than the ones that seemingly went crazy, and rush Keita, hacking and slashing at him furiously. Although he knew that the blades could not pierce through his armor, he was still reluctant to let the pirates get free swings on him, and he was a cautious person, all it took was for an enemy ninja to put a powerful artifact that was seemingly normal in the hands of one of these pirates, and he might actually be in danger, so it was better to be safe then sorry, so he immediately whipped his chains back around, causing a crack in the air like a whip, and soon the heads of the pirates that ran up to hack at him were gone, removed from their shoulders instantly and with a grace that made this gruesome affair more bearable to look at, but still hard. The heads made a large arc, before slight splashing sounds were heard when the heads made their way into the ocean, and the bodies fell limp on the way side of the deck of the ship. Keita looked around, and had seen that the pirates were taken care of, and there were a couple of them that surrendered, so he went over to them and slapped a seal on them, which paralyzed them completely from head to toe, before glancing around. He could sustain his chains for quite a while, and he decided that he would leave the ship here and sink it when he got far enough away, as whatever was on this ship was not valuable, and would instead serve a harsh lesson to the other boats in the area, especially the ones that were thinking of becoming pirates. 

As Keita was leaving the scene, his chains held a pirate in them each, and some of the chains even held two, twisted up in the chains like they were stuck in the branches of a parasitic tree, they were tightly bound even though they were paralyzed, this was their punishment for becoming pirates in the first place. Keita wondered for a moment if they were going to be kept in the dungeon for a while, or if they were simply going to be executed, as he had not seen or heard of them killing any one, and robbery was common enough to where they were probably not going to die if they were simply petty thieves, but there was nothing he could do if they were sent to the chopping block, nor did he feel the need to care about these people, unless they were able to rehabilitate in the village. Keita continued on with his journey until he had gotten to shore, in which case he simply dumped all of his pirate captives into a pile on the beach, checking to make sure that when the tides came in, they would not drown, before heading back out to the ocean to hunt more targets. Keita was sweeping around the area, and had found several more pirate ships throughout the day, doing the same things as he had done with the first ones, with varying degrees of success in getting them to surrender, one of the ships had even had not a single survivor, as they seemed tougher and fought until the last man was standing. Keita respected them a bit for it, as they had made their decision and decided that they were going to live with it, even if it meant going straight into their deaths. Although Keita had thought that he had respected them, that did not mean that there was any reason to let his opponent live, and so they were dispatched just as quickly as the other people. There were dozens of dead pirates throughout the ocean that surrounded the village hidden in the mist, and hopefully this event would spread through the other ships around the area, and prevent such a thing in the future. Keita looked on at the beach where he had stashed the now paralyzed bodies of the pirates, and saw that he had over two dozen of the men sitting there, in which case he had no idea what he was going to do with them by himself, so he decided that he was going to go back and contact the village and have all of them picked up and escorted. They were going to be stuck there until the seals were removed any ways, so why not just leave them there for the time being.


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Claiming 1125 words towards B ranked Vacuum Spheres  (1500 25% discount)
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