Hi, it's-a me, TonicShadow!

I just like to say that all of your reviews and comments are fantastic! :D And for those who figured out whose Naruto's second uncle is well done and props for knowing Disney past-…though I'm surprised no one noticed a secret reference I've added from the ride "Pirates of the Caribbean" in the past chapter.

Specking of which, pay close attention and see if you can recognise any more hidden bits. Think of it as my version of Hidden Mickey's. :D

Other than that I'm happy to say that the stories now reached 200 followers. YAAAAAY!

Anyway thanks for your comments and I hope you enjoy this next chapter.

So here's chapter 11 coming at ya!

Chapter 11

The Nightmare before the Escape

The busy crowd in The Boogieman's Casino was a buzz and loud, where the citizens of the land of the dead we're playing slot machines, Blackjack, Go Fish, Poker, and many more games while the monsters were serving them drinks.

While up above looking over them from a private office of the casino was where we find our heroes taken prisoner by Oogie Boogie and the dead crew of Davy Jones-…and the dead captain himself.

…with the Boogieman himself holding the magical magnifying glass…not good.

"Who would have thought that this little thing had the power to find hidden secrets." Oogie Boogie said as he looks at the magnifying glass with a smirks on his face. "And it was right under my nose all this time…if I had a nose-…that is." He chuckled as he throws it in the air before catching it in his other hand. "Oooh, the boss lady will be pleased to hear this-…I can picture it now!" He then turns to our trapped heroes-…specifically the young ninja. "Especially after handing you over to her."

"You are a Monstruo!" Héctor angrily said. "Trapping senior Skellington is one thing! But let the chico go!"

"No can do bone head!" The Boogieman replied as he walks towards the heroes. "You see we have plans for him-…not because of the key he has."

"What are you talking about?" Naruto asked with narrowed eyes.

"Don't worry about it brat." Oogie Boogie replied as he leans his head to the young ninja. "You'll find out soon enough. HA HA HA HA HAAA!"

"Not that I want to point things out." The pirate asked getting everyone's attention. "But now that you have what you wanted-…what about us…me mostly."

"Well that's an easy answer." The Boogieman said as he made his way to the pirate. "Your gonna have a one way trip to the sea-…curtesy of your good old friend."

Jack gives the Boogieman a look before he looks behind him to see Davy Jones…who was giving him a smug grin making him gulp nervously…he look back at Oogie Boogie.

"Is there another choice besides going with him?"

"Well, there is another way." The Boogieman answered as he made his way to his desk. "But…you not gonna like it." Before pushing a button on the desk.

With that the centre of the floor open up in a spiral fashion in front of our heroes startling them…before there eyes widen as what they saw in it.

Souls…

What they saw was a bottomless well of souls-…flowing like water, going around in circle as there cries call out-…trapped with no way out…

"This little number here, is what's called the Well of the River Styx-…a little something Hades already had by the way." Oogie Boogie told our heroes. "A place where all the not-so-good souls end up when they die. Forever trapped with no way to escape, or all eternity…wouldn't you agree?"

Naruto keeps staring at the well as he watches the souls cry out-…with a nervous expression on his face.

'…this is even worse then what the Shinigami would do to the dead.' The Kyuubi said to the young ninja with nervous tone in his voice.

"…after thinking it over-…very carefully…I'll take the first option thanks." The pirate quickly replied with a nervous grin. "Don't do well in…cramped spaces."

"Smart choice." The Boogieman replied. "…sad to say-…I can't say the same about the music man."

Naruto snaps his head up with wide eyes before he turns to Héctor-…who also had wide eyes.

"You see since he's already dead-…there wouldn't be the point of giving him to Davy Jones now would there." Oogie Boogie explained to our heroes as he made his way towards Héctor. "This way he'll be sure to never come back!"

"You bastard!" Naruto angrily shouted at the Boogieman.

"Thank you, your too kind." Oogie Boogie said with a wicked grin before turning to Héctor and asks him. "Any last words you would like to say?"

Héctor narrows his eyes at the Boogieman with a determined expression. "You may have stopped me from freeing senior Skellington. But I promise you-…another will take my place to do the same!"

"And they'll end up the same-…trapped and with no one to help them escape, just like you." The Boogieman sez poking Héctor's chest. "And like anybody else they'll know that the pumpkin king will never wake up or escape, ever again! HA HA HA HA HAAA!"

"…I would like to point out that this might be a good time for a distraction to help Héctor-…don't you think?" The pirate quickly asked Naruto.

"Distraction? Like what?" The young ninja asked.

SLAM

They where startled by the door slammed open, but before they turn around a green slime substance slammed into Oogie Boogie knocking him into and over his desk.

"Like that of course." Said Jack seeing the distraction and elbows his captive before throwing him over his shoulder into the well of souls-…with Naruto making a quick hand sign.

"KAGE BUSHIN NO JUTSU!" The young ninja called out making half a dozen clones making them attack the rest of the dead crew-…who were surprised by the Jutsu.

Héctor-…after getting over his surprise, pocks the eyes of one of the members who cries in pain before being kicked down below and topples over.

Davy Jones-…while growls in anger, reaches for his sword-…but stops when someone taps his shoulder making his turn to see a fist.

BAM

Hitting him and knocking into the a few of his crew mates to the floor in pain.

Seeing the dead captain taken down the young ninja turns to see who was helping him, which turned out to be…

"Senior Skellington?!" Héctor called out in surprise who also looked.

The pumpkin king himself stood tall and smiled at our heroes. "Sorry for being late-…you wouldn't believe how stiff my bones were after not moving for so long." He told them.

"Totally understandable mate-…I would feel the same as well." The pirate replied.

At which Oogie Boogie gets up from behind the desk moaning in pain and takes notice of the extra gust.

"WHAT?! J-J-Jack?!" He yelled out in shock. "But how?! There was no way you could have escaped! You were put under a-…!"

"A sleeping spell? You did." Jack Skellington answered raising his finger. "And I would still be there-…if it wasn't for a little friend." Before Tinkerbell appears behind him and pulls her eyelid down and sticks her tongue at the Boogieman. "Next time try using a spell that can't be broken with a kiss."

The Boogieman growls in anger before he yells out. "You think you can defeat me so easily?! Think again!" He then smashes another button on his desk.

B-LARM

B-LARM

B-LARM

Our heroes look around as they hear the alarms going off alerting the whole casino-…that Oogie Boogie set off.

"Mierda." Héctor muttered.

"It won't be long until the rest get here-…then you'll be surround!" The Boogieman said smuggle to them. "And you can't stop them all!"

Naruto turns to the door as he hears over the alarms multiple footsteps heading towards them-…he quickly makes more clones who quickly rush to the door to block it so no one can get in.

"We're trapped-…between a roca and a hard place." Héctor said to the others. "What do we do?"

The young ninja looks around as he sees the dead crew and Davy Jones starting to get up-…looking angry mind you. He looks for a way out before they are captured again can't find one-…no escape vents, no back door, no secret passage, no fire escape at the wind-…

Naruto blinks before he looks towards the window…before a grin form on his face as an idea forms. "Guys?" He said getting there attention. "I have an idea-…but we need something large and…soft." He then looks to Oogie Boogie as his grin form into a more devilish grin making the Boogie man slightly nervous.

Catching onto what the young ninja was planning, the pirate also grins at the Boogieman as well. "Ooh…I'm going to enjoy this." He replied.

"Enjoy what?" Héctor asked with a raised eyebrow.

-: Casino Main Floor :-

The people in the casino-…unaware of the alarms going off, continue enjoying themselves having a good time.

CRASH

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH-…!"

CRASH

…until Oogie Boogie came crashing from the window onto a casino table-…which in turn brakes from the sudden weight, with our heroes holding onto the sack of bugs while using him as a crash matt startling everyone in the casino.

…that's got to hurt.

Héctor was the first to get up as he felt the rush. "Huh, I did enjoy that." He replied as the others got up as well-…leaving the Boogieman on the floor.

"Lets go!" Naruto said and starts running to the exit with the others not far behind-…except for the pirate.

Jack quickly notices the magnifying glass-…still in Oogie Boogie's hand, and takes it with him. "You'll won't be needing this." He said before he quickly follows the others.

"…ooowww…" The Boogieman moaned out in pain.

From the office, Davy Jones looks out the broken window and watches as out heroes push thought the panicked crowd…before he smirks. "Clever boy…" He mutters to himself.

"But what about Hades?!" Naruto asked as they got out of the panicked crowd. "We can't leave him behind!"

"We can't go back for him either-…or will end up just like him too!" Sparrow quickly added. "…or worse!"

"Not to worry!" Skellington answered. "Hades has a plan-…he told me so himself! What we need right now is to get you guys back to the living!"

"I'm for that!" The pirate replied. "Anythings better then here-…no offence!"

Skellington pushes the doors open and with our heroes exit the casino in a sprint…but skids to a stop as they notice more members of Davy Jones's crew running up the stairs towards them with their swords drawn.

"Oh come on!" Naruto said. "Where do we go now?!"

The pirate ponders for a moment…before his eyes widen and turns to look up at the roof of the casino-…where is ship was placed.

"We climb!" The pirate said and starts to quickly climb up the tree.

Quickly following the pirate, our heroes start climbing the tree as they make there way to the ship-…or in this case tree walking in Naruto's case. While the dead crew members right behind them.

The doors slam open and Davy Jones comes out of the casino before he turns to see our heroes heading towards the ship. That's when Oogie Boogie comes out looking angry-…covering up his painful expression.

"Where are they?!" The Boogieman angrily yells at Davy Jones. "Nobody damages my casino and uses ME as crash matt and gets away with it!"

"To the roofs Mr Boogie!" The dead sea captain answered making Oogie Boogie turn to see them.

The Boogieman stares for a moment…before he laughs. "HAAA HA HA HA HA HA! Are they stupid or crazy? That's the last place they want to be." He replied. "There trapped up there with no way out."

Davy Jones looks back to our heroes-…who have now reached the ship and are now climbing aboard.

-: With our Heroes :-

"Why did you bring us up here?" Naruto asked the pirate when he got on board. "We'll be trapped!"

"If I remember correctly, Madam Leota told us that the only way to get out of the land of the dead, would be the Peal." The pirate answered as he made his way to the ships wheel. "And I'm not leaving my ship behind."

"And how are you gonna do that?!" Héctor asked as he looks over the side of the ship to see Davy Jones's crew getting closer to them. "The ship is stuck here!"

"That my friend…I haven't got the foggiest." The pirate answered making Naruto faceplant the floor.

Quickly getting back up the young ninja shouts. "You don't know?! HOW do you not know?!"

"I really plan that far ahead." Sparrow sheepishly answered. "Unless you know of someway the blow up off this thing."

Naruto opens his mouth to yell again-…he stops as his eyes widen as an idea formed. "…blow up…" He muttered…before a smiles forms on his face. "That's it!"

Everyone looks to the young ninja-…while for some reason the pirate didn't like the look on the young ninja's face. "…I don't like that look." The pirate muttered.

Naruto opens up his pouch and pulls a lot of paper tags with writing on them. "We're gonna blow our way off!" He said before he gives the tags to Héctor and Skellington.

"Wait what?" Sparrow said.

"We've got to stick these tags around the ship!" The young ninja told the skeleton duo. "When your done get back on the ship!"

"You're the boss amigo!" Héctor replied with a salute and both he and Skellington leaped off the ship to start planting the tags.

"I was only joking about the blowing up part-…do not be blowing up my ship!" Sparrow told the ninja.

"You just get ready when it happens!" Naruto told the pirate before he made more clones. "Just tell these guys what to do-…think of them as your new pirate crew-…except you don't pay them!" Before he leaped off to face the oncoming bad guys.

Staring at where the young ninja went for a moment. "…free crew?" Sparrow muttered out…he then turns to look at the clones…before he shrugged and shouts to them giving orders. "Well? You heard him copycats! Weigh the anchor! Tie down the cannons! Drop the sails you bilge rats! And get ready to set sail!" Which the clones soon did as the race around the deck at the jobs. "…it's gonna be a bumpy one."

With that the clones follow Sparrow's orders as they tie down the cannons, bring in the anchor and drop the sails, getting ready for what ever was about to happen.

Meanwhile the original young ninja pulls out his kunai as he blocks a swinging sword from the dead crew aimed at him before kicking off the tree, and watching falls to the ground, while he dodged a couple of more swings from another before punching him in the head…which turned out to be an eel.

He was then grappled from behind by a member who had a sea shell for a head, but Naruto slammed the back of his head into his face…knocking the said head off and getting out of it's grip before making a face at now headless dead crewman.

"…that's disturbing." The young ninja muttered to himself before he leaped back to avoid another sword swipe.

"All the tags are in placed!" Jack Skellington called out after he and Héctor returned to the ship.

"We're good to go!" Héctor added.

"About time!" Naruto called back before he ducked under another sword swing-…he then leaps back onto the Black Pearl. "Grab onto something and hold on tight!"

Following his advise they grab onto the railings of the ship-…while Tinkerbell flies into the young ninja's jacket and clings to it and Sparrow grabbing the wheel.

"I would like to point out that whatever this plan of your is-…I hate it!" The pirate told the young ninja. "Besides what does putting bits of paper around my ship gonna do?!"

Naruto then makes a hand sign and pushes his chakra into it-…making the tags start to spark until…

KA-BOOOOM

The whole tree house shook as the tags went off in a big explosion startling everyone who heard it while blowing away the rest of Davy Jones's crew who were on the tree.

"NOOO! NOT MY CASINO!" The Boogieman cried out while having his hand on his head. "There ruining it!"

…it was then that he and Davy Jones saw the pirate ship was sent into the air by the explosion as well and away from the casino, before making its descend as he falls as he rides down the casino towards him.

…wait what?

"…uh oh." Oogie Boogie muttered before he and Davy Jones leaped out of the way before the ship could flatten them-…as the ship shoots pass them making it's way down the stairs.

"HEY! Come back here with my ship!" Oogie Boogie yelled as he was getting up. "I stole that fair and square!" He then turns to Davy Jones. "Don't just stand there-…get you men and chase them down!"

The dead seas captain turns to his crew and sez. "Go after them! Use the hook-bats to do it! GO!" Which the dead crew quickly follows his orders. He then turns back to the Boogieman. "If they can't catch them-…I will."

"You better hope so!" Oogie Boogie replied. "Or it'll be YOU who'll go down that well instead!"

As the Black Pearl reaches the bottom of the stairs it slips onto a large wooden four wheel cart and carries on into the streets downhill-…as the skeleton people quickly move out its way.

While that was happening, from the bottom windows of the dungeons we see Hades looking as he sees the Black Pearl making it's escape.

"…good luck kid." Hades said with a smirk. "Your gonna need it."

-: On the Black Pearl :-

Sparrow pokes his head out the side of the ship to look back at the no ruined casino where they were with a bewildered look…before he turns to the young ninja with a that same look. "…do you always carry around magic exploding paper all the time?" He asked waving his hand to him.

Naruto shrugs his shoulders before saying. "Ninja's always come prepared-…especially when it come with seals, or exploding tags."

"…smart thinking there mate." The pirate muttered out. "Don't do it again."

Héctor loudly sighs relief and starts to relax. "That was the most coco loco thing I've ever done, in my undead life!" He replied.

"Are you kidding?" Skellington asked smiling with excitement. "That was WONDERFUL! I should do something similar like that when Halloween comes!"

"…please don't." Héctor quietly muttered out giving Skellington a look.

As the ship travels through the streets, as it avoids a few hanging sighs, lanterns and under bridge arches, all the while as Jack Sparrow uses the ships wheel to turn the rudder left and right as the Black Pearl makes its way towards the dead sea.

"Well the good news that at the rate we're going-…will reached the sea in no time." Sparrow replied. "Nothing can stop us."

Héctor then notices something in the air and narrows his eyes to get a closer look…before they widen and raises his finger-…which was shaking, at them. "Perhaps that?" He replied.

Sparrows raises an eyebrow at Héctor before he looks to where he was pointing and his eyes widen seeing it as well-…including Skellington, Naruto and Tinkerbell. "…that'll be the bad news." He muttered.

In the sky flying towards the ship was the dead sea crew hanging on to what looked to be bat-like creatures.

The creature's body is small and oval-shaped with short ears sprout out of the top of its head. Its eyes are small and glow yellow with an emblem that resembles a heart with a fleur-de-lis at the bottom and a spiky "X" crossing through the centre on its chest. Its mouth is jagged, and its large wings are attached to either of its sides, each sporting a silver spike close to the head. The bat's body is blue, except for the tips of its ears and wings, which are navy blue. A short, silver chain connects the body to a large, red hook with a yellow base-…which the dead sea crew where hanging on.

"On come one!" Naruto complained. "Don't these guys ever give up?!"

"We'll it could be worse." Sparrow said to the young ninja.

HONK-HOOOONK

The pirate blinks at that noise in confusion. "…did anyone just hear a horn going off?" He asked before he turns to the side at where it came from to see nothing.

CRASH

…that is until a car came crashing out of a local shop and is now driving along side the ship-…with Oogie Boogie at the wheel-…driving it like a mad man…or a mad sack of bugs in this case.

Our heroes stare at that in surprise-…not expecting Oogie Boogie to catch up to them.

"I think it's become worse." Héctor said breaking the silence.

The car itself looked to be a Panther Deville with a red coat with a black trim. The headlights and front bumper look like a scowling face, and the hubcaps have a stylized "CD" on them. And the roof of the car looked to have been cut off.

"Get back here with my ship!" The Boogieman shouted at our heroes while shaking his fist at them-…before he starts ramming the side of the ship with the car shaking the Pearl.

"Hey! Stop attacking my ship!" Sparrow fired back. "And for the record it's not your ship-…she's my ship!"

"Is not!" Oogie Boogie yelled back and rammed again.

"Is too!"

"Is not!"

"It is too!"

"Are you seriously doing this?!" Naruto interrupted with a look that said 'really?'.

It was then that the dead crew reached the ship-…while still getting rammed, they let go on the hooks and fall to grab onto the ship or land on the ship and the car…with a few exceptions a missing the ship entirely-…crashing into signs and such.

"We've got to knock these guys off the ship!" Skellington called out as he creates a slime whip and starts knocking off the Black Peal.

"On it!" Naruto replied making hand signs. "KAGE BUSHIN NO JUTSU!"

POOF

With the large poof of smoke about a dozen copies of the young ninja came jumping out and attack the dead crew.

Héctor backs away from the fight…until he bumped into another dead crew member-…that had a hammerhead shark for a head, before quickly ducks under a sword swing from the shark-man and jumped away from another swing.

He stands straight with a determined look and sez. "You want a piece of me que?" He said and cracks his own neck to act tough. "Fine then."

He grabs his other arm…before he pulls it off and gets into a sword pose-…using his arm as a sword. "En guardia!"

That started of the sword/bone fight between the two. The shark-man takes a couple of swings at Héctor-…who uses his arm to block the strikes and slowly backs away from, before his chest jumps separating from his spine before they reattached again.

"Ha ha! Miss me!" Héctor cheekily said before he makes a comeback.

He swings his arms at the shark-man who also blocks the swings with its sword-…as well as forcing back to back away from the swings until the two of them where locked in a sword/bone lock.

Héctor and the dead member narrow their eyes as they glare at each pushing against each other strength for strength, until the shark-man starts to gain more ground-…slowing pushing the sword/bone towards Héctor as a wicked grin forms on the shark-mans face-…which was making Héctor start to get nervous.

"What are you gonna do now, bone head?" The shark-man said.

"Um…perhaps this then?" He replied.

POKE

-…and poked the shark-mans eyes out with the hand on the arm.

"ARGH!" The shark-man cried out while holding its eyes.

Héctor then kicks the member-…making him fly back and off over the rails landing on top of the car's widescreen, blocking Oogie Boogie's view.

"HEY! Get off you clumsy fish bait! Your blocking my view!" The Boogieman cried out before he flung the shark-man off the front, before he looks through the widescreen again-…

Only to see a large open wagon full to the load of alebrije manure.

…MANURE?!

Oogie Boogie's "eyes" widen at the danger ahead before he muttered out. "Oh crap."

CRASH

…and crashed into the wagon he did-…which in turn made the car stop in its tracks and stuck, covering both his and the inside of the car in manure.

The Boogieman growls in anger before he slams the car wheel. "BLAST! How can a couple of troublesome living people cause this must trouble?! This is why I HATE the living!" He shouted in anger before he slams the wheel again.

SPLAT

…which made more manure to fall on top of his head and in the car…making him grown in despair.

-: Back on the Black Pearl :-

Héctor-…who hand he head poking out to look behind, smiles as he saw what happened to the Boogieman and laughs. "That what you get when he face Héctor Rivera!" He called out before he attaches his arm back.

Meanwhile while that was happening, Skellington and Naruto where nerley done with the rest of the crew-…except for one who was now facing the young ninja, who was dodging the sword swings and strikes from the last member, before the young ninja throws a few punches to its head-…knocking him back, before he quickly makes a clone and makes a Rasengan with it-…and uses it to blast the last member off the ship into a water fountain.

"That's the last of them!" Naruto calls out.

"And Oogie Boogie is stuck in mierda." Héctor added.

"I don't know what that means-…but I like it." Sparrow said with a smile. "Next stop-…the dead sea."

Héctor then looks to the front of the ship-…but his eyes widen as he saw what was up ahead.

…which was nothing-…as in where was no road but a cliff!

A cliff that was about twenty story fall drop!

"Except that we're running out of camino!" Héctor called out in panic while he was pointing ahead.

"Out of what?" Sparrow asked with a puzzled look.

Naruto turns to what Héctor was talking about-…his eyes widen and pales at what he meant. "He's talking about the ROAD!" He yelled out alerting everyone to look to the front to also see the edge.

"…didn't see that coming." The pirate muttered.

Before they could do anything to stop the ship it was too late, over the edge it flu and falls with no way of stopping its decent.

Our heroes cling to the ship for life as they scream while falling.

"THIS IS NOT HOW I WANTED TO END!" Sparrow cried out.

"I NEVER GOT THE CHANCE TO EXPLORE THE LIVING!" Héctor also cried out.

Seeing the ground fast approaching, tears start to form in Naruto's eyes before he closes them tightly. 'I'm sorry, kaa-san.' He mentally told himself-…knowing that he was gonna die from the fall.

…except for Tinkerbell.

Seeing the situation, the fairy-…with a determined look, flies out of the young ninja's jacket to the deck of the ship, she makes a large magic ball of gold dust before slamming it into the ship-…which caused the ball the quickly spread and cover the whole ship in gold dust.

The ship was now only less then a mile before crashing into the ground and killing our heroes!

WHOOSH

…until suddenly the ship suddenly shoots upwards away from the ground an into the air-…where it stayed as if they were…

…flying?

Noticing that they haven't died yet, Naruto slowly opens his eyes to see that they were in fact alive and that the ship was indeed flying. He looks around to see that Skellington and Sparrow also realise it as well-…except for Héctor who still had his eyes close in fear.

"Are…are we flying?" Naruto asked snapping Héctor out of his fright.

"We are?" The skeleton asked before he looked over the side in surprise. "We are flying!"

"Not that I'm not grateful for that-…which I am, but…how?" Sparrow ask in confusion.

"Of course!" Skellington suddenly said while he slaps his own head. "How can I forget!" He then turns to Tinkerbell who flu back to the young ninja's shoulder heavily panting. "Tinkerbell! She must have used her pixie dust to make the ship fly-…that's how we're alive!"

That made everyone including the ninja turn to the fairy in surprise-…who smiles back at them before she gives a thumbs up.

"You can do that?" Naruto asked getting a nod from her making his grin in joy. "That's so cool! You saved us!" Which made the fairy blush in prise from the ninja.

"Remined me to never bad mouth little pixie girls ever again." Sparrow said to Tinkerbell-…who deadpanned at hearing 'pixie . "I was wrong."

"But what about when we reach the water?" Héctor asked getting everyone attention. "Davy Jones will be waiting for us there."

"You leave that to me mate, if there one thing the Pearl can do-…is that it can outrun the Flying Dutchman." The pirate answered quickly making his way to the ships wheel.

"Then that's our heading." Skellington replied before he points to the front of the ship. "To the water Captain! There isn't a moment to lose!"

Naruto looks ahead to see the sea in the distance. 'Next stop…the living.' He mentally said to himself.

'And not a moment too soon.' The Kyuubi replied.

And with that the pirate sets the course and guides the ship to its destination and with the hopes of escaping the land of the dead before anything else happens.

-: To Be Continued :-

And that's chapter 11 done and dusted.

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