*This one is a first for me. First full-length SasuHina, first time with mermaids and pirates, first time in my life having to know what a jib is…I’ll spare the haters the effort: that’s the closest I’ve been to being a virgin in well over a decade. Don’t tell my kids; they’d never understand…
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Between the Devil and the Deep
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Chapter One
The Son of the Sea
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There was always an air of excitement and a crowd waiting when the Serpent returned to her home port. It wasn’t surprising, really – with her snapping white sails and ornate figure head, she was a commanding and authoritative presence in the Uchiha fleet, with a reputation as gleaming as the serpent coiled around her bow. Many gathered to see her come to port – and still more gathered, hoping for a glimpse of her Captain.
Necks craned for a look at the lithe, sharp figure, a study in perfection from his shining boots to the gleaming raven’s wing of his hair. He stopped for no one – any attempts to speak with him quickly rebuffed or blatantly ignored – but that was to be expected of the young Admiral, and the next in line to the throne.
Some called it folly when King Madara first allowed his own heir to join the Royal Navy, but he invariably responded “If the next King cannot defend our country on the sea, then he cannot defend her on the throne.”
And the Admiral of the Fleet, Sasuke, the Last Uchiha, could definitely defend from the sea.
aw shit. okay so I’ve been waiting for this one for several months, trying to keep my trap shut and not bother Giada with questions about it and it’s HERE!
SasuHina- Admiral Sasuke, Mermaid Hinata. In her capable hands all things are lovely. Read the thing. Read it!
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