(Disclaimer: I do not own Hetalia or anything else. This is purely for the entertainment of the fans. Enjoy!)

Okay, now that that's over with, I want to dedicate this to my friend, Yukinataangel! She gave me the idea with her… well, her two favorite Hetalia are England and Germany. Now to the story!

The boat swayed gently on the ocean. It had been a calm day so far, but that was about to change as Arthur spotted another boat in the distance. His shipmates had already started preparing for an attack. He checked to make sure his revolver had all the bullets it could hold in it, along with testing the sharpness of his sword. The two boats were almost close enough for Arthur's crew to swing onto the other boat now.

"Get ready men. Something tells me this won't be easy." His crew nodded uneasily. The two ships touched.

Because they knew what they were doing, they didn't make any noise as the crew landed on the other ship. Guns and swords started clashing, and Arthur jumped and ducked to avoid them. He headed to where he knew the prisoners must be. He opened the hatch and jumped down.

The second he landed, he saw two tan girls who couldn't have been given much food by their looks. While one simply looked up, her dark eyes terrified, the second girl jumped up in front of her, her blue grey eyes promising violence if Arthur got any closer; her hands balling up into fists.

"I'm not going to hurt you. But you and your friend need to get out of here. I'm the captain of another ship, and this one is going to sink soon." Arthur held his hands in the air. The girl with blue eyes looked skeptical, but the girl behind her looked relieved. Without warning, the second girl ran up and grabbed Arthur's gun.

"Grab Daphne. Her legs were broken when they threw her down here. I'll shoot anyone who shoots at us." Shocked, Arthur quickly walked over to Daphne and picked her up. She looked down, her cheeks pink.

"Come on! We don't have time for introductions yet." Arthur followed the girl up the hatch, fighting his way through the fighting bodies. The girl started shooting people that threatened Daphne and Arthur. Soon, she ran out of bullets.

"Shit! Don't you have any more?" Arthur ducked, but a bullet landed in his shoulder. He held on to Daphne tighter. They were almost to the other ship when he noticed blood trickling down the girl's side. She jumped onto Arthur's ship, and he followed, setting Daphne down to safety. Daphne looked horrified.

"Sharon! Sharon, gun or sword?" Sharon's knees buckled under her, she fell to the ground next to Daphne. Arthur called for the doctor while more and more of his crew jumped back on his ship. Daphne grabbed Sharon's hand.

"Sword. They didn't hit my organs, but it's damn painful. If I don't bleed to death I'll be fine. Hey, Mr. Fancy pants, don't forget to have a doctor check on you too." Arthur nodded as the doctor, a man with dark eyes and black hair came to look at them.

"Kiku, thank you for coming. If you hadn't agreed to this, Sharon would die." Kiku nodded, wrapping cloth around Sharon's wound and lining up Daphne's bones and making a temporary splint.

"I'm taking them down to your quarters. If they're going to heal, they need to rest. Come with me so I can work on your bullet wound." Arthur nodded, picking up Daphne again as Kiku helped Sharon up. She winced with each step she took, her hand clutching Kiku's shoulder and where her wound was. Daphne looked anxiously at Sharon.

"She's really going to be fine?" Daphne whispered, worried. Kiku sighed.

"She's going to have a scar for the rest of her life, and she'll need stiches, but she'll be fine." He looked down angrily. "I don't understand why someone would hurt someone who wasn't attacking them." Sharon smiled.

"Because, he wanted something from me and never got it. He has his revenge now. I'll always remember him." She glared at the floor as Kiku opened the door to Arthur's quarters. Daphne looked at the door, remembering. Kiku tried to get Sharon onto the only bad, but she insisted that Daphne get it. Kiku sighed again, but didn't fight Sharon he helped her down onto the chair. He turned to Arthur.

Kiku began digging out the bullet. Arthur bit his tongue, refusing to curse in front of women even if they did. Finally, Kiku stitched it up and wrapped the wound in cloth. He turned to Sharon.

Without saying anything, she looked at Daphne.

"Give her a better split first." Arthur felt relieved, but her wasn't sure why. Maybe because she seemed much more innocent than a girl who would kill someone without thinking to get her friend out of a bad situation. He sighed, turning to look at the door while he heard Kiku argue with Sharon.

"You're going to bleed out! I need to get you stitched up!"

"I will bleed out if we keep arguing! Just help Daphne, okay? It's not like I'm going anywhere." Daphne rolled her eyes.

"There's no point arguing with her Kiku. But please hurry. I don't like to see her in pain." It was obvious that they were very close. Kiku walked over to Daphne, grabbing four pieces of hard wood that would support anyone's weight on his way and worked quickly. Soon, he walked over to Sharon again.

Arthur walked over to Daphne, blocking her view of Sharon. Daphne was about to object, but Arthur cut in.

"If I know one thing, watching someone with a wound like that isn't good. Your face gives away how hurt they are, and they start to worry. It's better if you try to ignore it. Besides, to get to the wound, Kiku has to lift her shirt up enough to stitch it up." Daphne's eyes widened. "Don't worry, he still won't be able to see anything important." Arthur chuckled. Sharon sighed.

"Yeah Daphne, it's pretty gruesome. I'm sure you would throw up. It's not good… but it's not infected, right doc?"

"No, it's not." Even though Sharon didn't make any noise, she was holding on to Kiku's shoulder so tightly that the circulation could possibly stop soon. Arthur laughed.

"How's your arm Kiku?" He sighed.

"You're asking the wrong question." Kiku didn't say anything more than that. Daphne bit her lip.

"Arthur…someone called you that, right?" Arthur nodded. Daphne's voice dropped. "How bad is it? How much pain is she in?" Arthur just shook his head, taking Daphne's hand and squeezing it reassuringly.

"She'll be fine. How long has your lag been broken?" Daphne frowned.

"Probably a month now. Sharon slept when I was awake, that way I hold it in place. She held it in place when I was a sleep. A man re-broke it five days ago, along with knocking Sharon unconscious by hitting her head. She'd never let anything happen otherwise…" Sharon sighed in relief, Kiku tying the stitches. He felt her head for any bruises on hearing Daphne's words.

"Honestly, you think I'd worry about a bruise after getting used as a target practice for a sword? I'm fine." Arthur stepped out of the way so Daphne could see that Sharon was okay. Her shirt was stained with blood, but her eyes were alight. She grabbed Kiku's shoulder, and he sighed in disapproval as he helped her up to Daphne. She grabbed Daphne's hand.

"I told you I'd get us out of there, didn't I?" Daphne smiled, nodding. Tears streamed down both of their cheeks. Arthur and Kiku looked at each other, wondering how badly the girls had been treated.

"Daphne, would you please make room for Sharon? She won't heal correctly sitting on a chair." Arthur and Daphne laughed as Sharon glared at Kiku but got onto the bed with Daphne.

After finding out that Daphne had a fever, Kiku worked on getting that down, changing a clean cold rag every few minutes. Sharon held Daphne's hand the entire time, willing her to get well. To distract her, Sharon teased her.

"I'm pretty sure Arthur likes you."

"He does not!"

"You know I can tell these things. He held your hand and blocked your view of me. He checks on you numerous times a day. He carried you out of a ship!" Daphne blushed.

"He only did that because you stole his gun." Sharon rolled her eyes.

"He ducked so his shoulder would catch the bullet instead of you! What do you call that? Common courtesy? He likes you." Slowly but surely, Daphne got better. Soon, she was completely healed.

"Come on! You're letting Daphne get up and walk!" Daphne stuck her tongue out from across the room.

"Her legs have fully recovered. She doesn't have a fever. But you wound is far from healed. Just stay down for now, okay?" Kiku stared Sharon down. Finally, she sighed in defeat.

"Fine. But no more of that…gel. Every time you put it on, I end up sleeping." Kiku shook his head.

"It's a pain killer and fights infection. You could die if I didn't use it." Daphne nodded in agreement and left the room for the first time since she had been brought there.

And ran right into Arthur. He caught her elbows so she wouldn't fall.

"Sorry…" She muttered, fiercely hoping she wasn't blushing.

"It's fine." Arthur's cheeks looked a bit pink. He changed the subject. "How's Kiku doing with Sharon? I hear them argue every time about her getting up." He chuckled. "It looks like Kiku's finally met his match." Daphne laughed, nodding.

"So far though, she's been going easy on him. She knows he wouldn't push her back down if she got up. I think she might crack soon. Are we close to land?" Arthur smiled, his eyes alight.

"We should be back in a day's time." Daphne grinned, the reality of seeing her family again making her smile. Without thinking, she threw her arms around England, hugging him.

"Thank you so much for coming for us that day! And for bring us back as guests instead of prisoners. For everything. I'm just so glad I'm going home." Arthur wrapped his arms around Daphne, hugging her back. Daphne blushed.

"You're welcome. I'm glad I could help. Thank Kiku too. We'd all be dead if it wasn't for him." Daphne nodded, quickly walking back into the room where Sharon was stuck. Arthur followed.

When they walked in, Sharon was crossing her arms and glaring sleepily as Kiku rubbed a yellow gel over her wound. It was still red, but I wasn't bleeding anymore. In a few days, Kiku would be able to take out the stitches. Daphne looked relieved and sat down next to Kiku, grabbing Sharon's hand closest to her. Sharon looked at her.

"Can you make him stop? I'm…tired." Sharon blinked, then closed her eyes. "I'm gonna get you back somehow Kiku…" Daphne laughed as Sharon fell asleep. Kiku sighed. Daphne laughed again.

"She really doesn't care if she gets hurt if it means more freedoms. You're handling it well Kiku." He shook his head.

"I've never met anyone so stubborn." He got up and left, stepping around Arthur on his way out. Daphne laughed, fixing Sharon's shirt. She looked back at Arthur, who was hesitating at the door. Daphne smiled.

"You can stay if you want. I know we're taking over the captain's quarters." Arthur laughed.

"I don't mind. I'm glad you two are healing up. If you ever need anything, please don't hesitate to ask for it."

"Thank you. I really appreciate it." Arthur nodded, looking down. Blushing. Daphne bit her lip, considering what Sharon had said. She hadn't been wrong before…

Arthur looked up at Daphne, smiling.

"I really should go back up though. There's always something that needs doing. You know you're free to go anywhere on the ship you'd like." England nodded to her once, turning around and leaving the room. Daphne stroked Sharon's hair, remembering how they got captured.

It had been storming, but it was quiet now. Daphne and Sharon were walking along the shore line, collecting shells to make a necklace for Sharon's little sister. Her birthday would be coming up soon, and Daphne had agreed to help. Because of the fog, they hadn't seen the ship until it was too late.

Sharon pulled out a small dagger, one she wasn't supposed to be carrying.

"Daphne, run!" Sharon threw it at the heart of a man that was about to grab Daphne. Daphne shook her head.

"I'm not leaving you!" Before Sharon had time to reply, two men grabbed Daphne's and Sharon's mouths, holding both of their hands behind their backs. The man behind Daphne leaned down to whisper in her ear.

"Your friend has some guts, killing one of my men. Now you'll both die." He laughed then, but stopped after Sharon bit down on the hand hold her mouth that it started bleeding. He yanked it away, but punched her in her left eye with his good hand. Sharon grabbed her dagger out of the man she killed, jamming into the arm of the captain who was holding Daphne. Three men grabbed her mouth, hands and waist.

The captain let Daphne go, ripping the dagger out of his arm. Before she could run, another man grabbed Daphne.

"I changed my mind, girls. The one who stabbed me have a special death. This one however" He put his good hand on Daphne's shoulder. "Will come back here to tell her family exactly what happened.

Suddenly, Sharon grabbed Daphne's shoulder. Daphne yelped, coming out of the flashback.

"Try not to think about that Daphne. And don't tell me you weren't, I saw it in your eyes. I know it's hard, but try."

"I'll try." Daphne breathed. She knew they both had nightmares about it every night. Daphne and Sharon looked up as they saw Arthur and Kiku walk into the room. They both looked worse than angry. They looked like they would kill whoever had done that to the girls happily. Daphne looked down, tears rolling down her cheeks. Sharon balled her hand that Daphne wasn't holding into a fist, looking at the ceiling.

"I suppose you two are curious about what happened to us. I'll tell you if you want to know. I think I need to let it out anyway." Daphne whispered. Arthur and Kiku shook their heads.

"You don't have to tell us. It doesn't matter if we know or not." Kiku nodded in agreement. Sharon sighed, patting Daphne's hand. She cleared her throat, not sure if Daphne could get through it.

"We were captured on a beach. I killed one man who was trying to get Daphne, bit the hand of the person covering my mouth so hard it bled, then stabbed the captain's arm, who was holding Daphne. They still got us, and threw us in the place where you found us Arthur. They gave us food every other day. One man tried to…have his way with us, but I got him to go away." Daphne took a deep breath, shivering. Sharon looked at Daphne. "We're not there anymore. It's fine. And I'm sorry. I lied to you. They were going to kill me the day Arthur found us. I didn't want you to worry, but…I didn't know what else to do. I'm so sorry." For the first time that Arthur'd seen Daphne, she looked mad.

"You didn't tell me you were going to be tortured to death that day!"

"What was the point to it? I couldn't do anything about it. I'm sorry." Sharon looked down as Daphne's eyes softened. They hadn't noticed that Arthur was holding Kiku's right wrist down so that he wouldn't pull out his katana and break something. His usually unemotional eyes were murderously angry now. Arthur wasn't as upset, but he still felt like punching something. Daphne sighed.

"It's fine I guess. But I wish you would have told me. Focus on healing now, okay?" Sharon nodded, then pointed to Arthur and Kiku. Daphne's eyes widened.

"Calm down! Like Sharon said, we're safe now! There's no point in focusing on the past!" Arthur and Kiku took a deep breath. Arthur let go of Kiku's wrist. Sharon chuckled.

"You two forget, I did draw first blood." Daphne rolled her eyes, but didn't say anything. But Kiku was feeling talkative too.

"You only did that because you knew what was going to happen. They had no right to do anything either of you." Arthur nodded in agreement. Daphne sighed.

"Can we put this in the past please? This isn't helping anything." Slowly, Arthur and Kiku nodded. Kiku turned around and left the room without anther word. Arthur sighed and walked over to sit next to Daphne. He pulled a bracelet out of his front pocket. Daphne's eye widened.

"One of my men found this when they were on the other boat. I was wondering if it belonged to you." Daphne nodded, hugging Arthur.

"I thought I would never see it again! Thank you so much! It was a birthday present from my family." Sharon smiled, glad that Daphne had it back. Arthur laughed quietly, hugging Daphne back.

"Arthur, I heard something about being home tomorrow?" Sharon laughed as both Daphne and Arthur seemed to realize she existed again. They let go of each other, blushing.

"Yes, if there aren't any storms we should be on land tomorrow." Arthur got up quickly, walking out of the room. Daphne looked at Sharon.

"I told you he likes you! If I was allowed to get up, I'd be dancing with you right now!"

"Shut up…" Sharon laughed even louder as Daphne turned red. Being merciful, Sharon decided to change the subject.

"Can you do me a favor, Daphne?" Grateful, Daphne nodded. "Can you get Kiku down here? I think he needs to calm down." Daphne nodded, getting up and walking out of the room. She walked a little farther before she saw who she needed to see.

"Kiku, will you please go and see Sharon?" He looked up at her, his eyes anxious.

"Is everything alright?" Daphne nodded.

"Yes, she just wants to see you. Can you do that?" He nodded, walking towards the room. He frowned as he opened the door wondering why she'd want to see him.

"Hello Kiku. Are you alright?" He nodded, confused.

"Why wouldn't I be?" Sharon bit her lip.

"Well you looked pretty angry before. And I was wondering if I could get out of this bed for just a minute? I'm pretty sure I'm going to do something drastic if I don't." He sighed, but nodded. Sharon's eyes lit up.

"Really? Thank you!" She started to get up on her own, but Kiku shook his head.

"What?" Sharon looked more than slightly annoyed. Kiku chuckled.

"You're still injured." He carefully wrapped his arm around Sharon's waist and helped her up. She winced.

"Are you alright? Maybe you shouldn't be walking…" Sharon sighed.

"It's going to hurt for a while. I just don't want to lie there all day. You don't know how good it feels to be on your feet after so long." Their heads turned to face the door as Daphne walked in.

"Oh, you're letting her stand? That's good. I think she'll drive me insane if she keeps complaining about not being allowed to walk." Daphne laughed as Sharon rolled her eyes. Even Kiku smiled.

"I'm not going to let you out of the room yet, walking still isn't a good idea." Sharon sighed, but didn't argue. Daphne frowned as she winced with every step, but she still looked happy. After walking around the room, Kiku made her sit back down.

"Back to the bad of immobilization." Sharon muttered. Daphne laughed, walking over to pat her forehead. Kiku walked towards the door.

"Thanks Kiku. A lot." He paused.

"You're welcome." He walked out of the room.

"I think he-"

"Don't even say it Daphne. I told you, I see those things. Did you talk to Arthur when you were out there?" She paused, debating on whether to tell Sharon.

"No, but I met a man called Ludwig. He looked pretty stern, but he has a soft side. He seemed like he really cared about what happened. He was pretty angry when I told him, and we just met." Sharon started laughing. Daphne blushed.

"What?"

"Oh, I think you know! Wow, you crush quickly, don't you?" Daphne's blush got deeper.

"Is it that obvious?" Sharon nodded, still giggling. Then she stopped, dead serious.

"It means you'll have to make a choice soon. On something I honestly can't help you with." Sharon stared at Daphne long enough to let her understand she was entirely serious. Daphne bit her lip.