On a beach near of a small village opened a dark corridor and Kuran stepped out. It was the first time for him to appear in that world so he didn't know anything of the place. He also decided to move to the village in sight and try asking around… though he had to admit it would be difficult to explain how he got there. The place wasn't very big and rather small mass of land. At least he could see another beach on the other side of the village.
Thinking of a good story he moved forward. Perhaps he would be lucky and this happened as he noticed a friend was already there or a friend of a friend.
Looking around he saw Will sleeping under a palm tree.
"Will? What are you doing here?"
"I'm just taking a little vacation. What about you?" he wondered.
"Checking out this world as it is new for us"
"A perfect tropical resort if you ask me," Will chuckled.
"With pirates?" asked Kuran as he spotted a ship that had a jolly roger as flag.
"Hmm, seems like it."
"Happen to know whose ship this is?"
"Not from here…"
"Shall we look?"
"Sure." Will smiled.
And the two went to the village port and watched who would show up from the ship. Upon the closer look, Kuran whistled, "I am not expert but I think this brigg got a VERY strong customization and upgrades… I mean, look, 23 cannons alone on this side."
"Never took you for a ship enthusiast," Will said.
"Since I was on board of the HMS Legacy I learned a few things and got a little interest. And this ship is really top notch. Whoever made it that way… this thing is ready to take on Man-O-Wars."
"Sounds like a nice hobby."
"Believe me… if I could afford it, I would get my own boat to work on," told Kuran and from behind them, a voice asked.
"And why don't you get your own ship? It's easy nowadays."
They turned around and saw a blond haired man in a blue and white clothes with hood and they could count four pistals pistols and two blades on him, but it could be told that he surely has more weapons.
"And you are?" asked Kuran.
"Kenway! Edward Kenway!" replied the man.
"A pleasure to meet you. My name is Will," the other boy introduced himself.
"Kuran Yuma."
"Interested in becoming pirates? If you join now, I might get you to captain within a few months since I capture a good amount of ships."
"What do you think?" Will asked Kuran.
"I lack the time for being a pirate" told Kuran.
"I guess we'll pass," Will said.
"Your loss," told the pirate captain and moved around on the ship before leaving.
"So what now?"
"Explore the island?"
"Sure."
And they walked around it for a while until Kuran stopped, "A wreck… must have been brought here by a storm or so."
"Wonder what we can find," Will wondered.
He moved closer and inspected the remains of the ship, "The hull seems fine except for the hole on the side," was his reply and moved in. "It's a chaos here. The ship was much shaken and everything is everywhere. But no water which is odd."
"Think it might be possible to fix this thing up?"
"I think so… for sure the hole needs to be fixed, new sails are necessary and the chaos needs to be cleaned up."
"Sounds like a fun little project."
"Yeah… but we don't know how much more is necessary."
"Well let's work with what we know and find out."
"Yeah… but I think we somehow should move this thing somewhere where nobody can hinder us," told Kuran. "And we need somebody who knows how such work can be done."
"How about Cid? Since he makes ships meant for space I figured he could help us with a pirate ship with ease," Will suggested.
"Point here," told Kuran.
"So where would be a good place to take this thing?"
"Good question. Perhaps Destiny Islands? As far I know, there was never a pirate ship there."
"Sounds good. I'm going to go get Cid andwe'll meet you there," Will said.
"Very funny," mumbled Kuran as he never moved such an object to a different world.
It took some time but he finally figured it out and put the ship on one of the islands of Sora's homeworld. While waiting for Will and Sid, he checked out the contents of the ship.
It wasn't long before Will and Cid came.
"Good that you came! I took the opportunity to look at around. The ship has materials to repair it partly and from the 20 cannons are five are ready for the scrap yard… also, the captain's cabin is filled with six death dead people."
"Yessh, did you at least give 'em a proper burial or something?" Cid asked.
"Not yet. I thought of you helping me."
"Fine," Will said.
They carried the bodies out and buried them, giving them the final respects.
After some time, Cid came back, "Well the helm is shot and the wheel is all but rotten, not to mention that most of the wood in the captain's cabin needs to be replaced as well as the mast."
"Not to mention this big hole in the hull, the sails are gone and one of the masts as well," added Kuran. "So I imagine that it will take a while to fix."
"A few weeks to a month I'd reckon," Cid said.
"Even with the mess inside the ship?" asked Kuran. "The storage is mostly in a state where you could easily pull things out."
"Oh that's just for repairs, cleaning out this thing would take another few weeks," Cid added.
"Then we should start cleaning up while making plans on how to get it back in shape or better."
"Better go get some cleaning supplies," Will said before leaving.
"And a few helpers."
"Sure thing."
Sometime later, Will came back holding some buckets and mops behind him were Riku and Wesley carrying more.
Wesley whistled at the sight of the ship, "A little banged up but still a pretty good ship."
"Are you actually thinking the five of us could fix this thing alone?" asked Riku. "Looks you have to get more people for the mast alone."
"Well, Terra, Aqua and Lea did say they were coming by later," Will said.
"Plus Lea did say he was going to get Roxas and Ven to help too," Wesley added.
"Hope nobody asks Sora if he wants to help," deadpanned Kuran.
"Yeah, let's face that's not happening," Riku chuckled.
"Not to mention if he tries to help, we can buy a new ship… would be much easier and cheaper than his help."
"Anyway, let's get started."
And they began with taking the storage out and looking what of it could still be used.
They were soon joined by Terra and Aqua and soon Lea came by with Roxas and Ven, "Thanks for coming!" called Kura while busy taking out a few barrels of rum.
"Hey no problem," Terra said before beginning to fix one of the holes.
"So, what are you going to do with this thing when it's fixed?" Roxas asked.
"Well… doing the obvious: sailing with it. Only problem is yet how to get and pay a decent crew."
"How about some of your mermaid girls, that seems like a good choice," Will suggested.
"Will… are you aware that we are in a short story and not in one of our Rps?" asked Kuran. "So I cannot have mermaid girls."
"But it does not establish when this takes place now, does it?"
"You got a point there," told the darkness user.
"Although thinking about it, mermaids don't have legs to move around on the ship either…" Will realized. "Ah, whatever, we'll worry about that later."
"First we need it fixed," admitted Terra as he carried out a locked chest… in fact, from all the things aboard, it was the most heavily secured one.
Curious about it, they pulled the keyblades out and unlocked it, finding gold in there. Whistling, Kuran told, "Well… that takes the worry about the cost for the materials."
"Yeah, wonder if there's any more gold left over," Wesley wondered.
"No harm in checking while we clean up, right?" Will smiled.
"I agree," told Roxas.
As they continued they did find at least two more unopened chest chests that had a bit of gold in them.
"Anything else than gold?" asked Lea while Kuran carried on.
"How far can we use this gold? Because I would like to upgrade the ship during the rebuilding."
"I'd imagine you could get some upgrades at whatever world you found this thing," Riku stated.
"Well… in this world I need not only money but also the material for the upgrades."
"I think there are some stores in the main island you could use," Riku suggested.
"Well… then we should determinate how much material we need to repair the ship, stock the cannons up to 30 broadside cannons, four chaser cannons, a well made storage room, four swivel guns, a steel plated ram, armored hull, and two mortar cannons," told Kuran. "Top notch of course"
"I'll see what I can do," Riku offered.
"Thanks."
Riku then left to place the order.
About a week had passed as everyone was finally done cleaning up the ship.
"Finally," told Kuran. "I thought we would never get all the dirt and blood out."
"I can say the same," told Lea.
"The only thing left now is to fix and replace everything that's really busted up," Will said.
"When that's done, we can sail this over to the docks and pick up the equipment you I ordered," Riku added.
"Only one question: where is Cid? We need him to get at least the hull repaired and a few sails set to get it moving… and getting the ship to the dry docks for the overhaul."
"Right here!" he called from a distance. "Just went to get my things to fix the ship up."
"Good! Then when you get it fixed up enough, we will get it over to the dry docks."
"Yeah," Will smiled before everyone proceeded to work on the ship.
The next few days were spent, repairing the mast, fixing all the holes and setting up a new sail. Eventually, the ship looked as good as new.
Kuran nodded, "Up for the modifications I say… black sails, a black eagle for the ship figure, a shield with the new ship name and a few more personal touches."
"What kind of personal touches?"
"I don't know yet… something that really screams 'my ship', like… don't know… a few designs resembling my dark weapons or keyblades?"
"I'm sure we can think of some designs and names on the way to the docks to pick up the order," Will suggested.
"For the name I thought of Dark Eagle," admitted Kuran.
"It has a nice ring to it," Terra confessed.
"I agree," Wesley added.
"Just one question before we go," began Kuran. "Who of you know how to sail a ship?"
"Oh, if there were now any kind of player…" then a screech could be heard as all looked at Kuran. "We need to hire a few sailors, don't we?"
"Don't worry, I can teach you," Wesley stated.
"How long do you need with them?" asked Kuran, pointing over while Roxas wondered.
"You do not need teaching?"
"Served some time on a few ships already" told Kuran
"Don't worry, by the time we get to the docks you'll have a good understanding on how to sail this thing," Wesley said.
"If we don't sink it in the meanwhile," laughed Lea.
"Doubt it can be worst than Will's best," Wesley grinned.
"Hey!"
"Will… he has a point about you and vehicles," sweatdropped Kuran. "It is like me and cooking…"
"How about you cook cookies?" suggested Lea.
"That's called baking," Will corrected.
"In Kuran's case it is the same thing," countered Lea.
"I suppose so."
"Lea… as much I want to harm you right now I don't want to doom the universe with Cookie Monster."
"Cookie monsters, huh?" Will mused.
Kuran handed him a link s/9736574/32/Kingdom-Hearts-Birth-by-Fracture and told, "Read the first part… if I could do that with breakfast, then think what cookies would bring."
"Interesting," Will sweatdropped after reading said link.
"You see now?"
"Sometimes I can't help but wonder how that's possible," Will said.
"The same like I was able to kill a zombie restaurant with spaghetti with tomato sauce, or a village with scrambled eggs."
"I guess that's a mystery for another day…" Wesley stated.
"One I would welcome solving," admitted Kuran. "Perhaps I can finally learn why they end up like that."
"Well, until then, let's get over to the docks and get that equipment," suggested Riku.
"Yeah"
"Now, everybody aboard!" told Kuran. "And get the sails ready while we push the ship into the sea!"
"Right!" Everyone shouted before getting on board
"Set the sails."
They soon set sail as the ship sailed like it was as good as new.
"Good!"
"Everything seems to be working fine," Aqua smiled.
"After all the pain and sweat we poured into fixing it, it better be," Will huffed.
"But we have the wrong wind," told Kuran. "From the direction it is coming, it will take longer to sail."
"You seem to be doing well so far," Wesley noted.
He nodded and took the helm, "Half sail! We need to catch the wind in favorable way."
They adjusted the sails as such getting a better movement as the result. Kuran could turned faster to catch the winds better while setting course for the docks.
It took a little, careful maneuvering, but eventually they arrived at their destination. While the ship was pulled into the dry docks, Kuran went to gether gather the ordered materials.
He soon met the man that appeared to be in charge of the place.
"Hey there, can I help you with anything?"
"I am here for ordered ship materials Riku ordered them for Kuran Yuma."
The man looked through his clip board, "Kuran Yuma… ah, yes, here it is. We got your order in the back. Just give us a minute and we'll bring it out for you."
"Can you bring it to the dry docks? My ship is there."
"Sure thing."
"Thanks."
About half an hour passed before the manager got all the equipment out to the ship.
"So… how do we make designs and improvement on the ship?" murmured Kuran while looking through the plans. "How about we take designs of both my keyblade and my armor and fit it for the ship?"
"Just don't ask me to draw anything. My drawing is just as bad as my driving," Will said.
"I want to know what you think of the general idea."
"I think it's fitting," Terra said with Ven nodding in agreement.
"Hey, your ship, your call," Lea started.
"I don't see how this would look good," told Roxas while Aqua thought.
"It is fitting to Kuran's personality."
"Hmmm," Wesley thought for a moment and took out a pen and piece of paper, jotting something down, "How about this?"
He showed a doodled picture of Kuran's Dark Sword going through his shield with a design in the center of the shield being Kuran's helmet and Keyblades acting as a skull-n-crossbone.
"Looks fine as a flag," admitted Kuran. "And the ship itself? How about we paint it black and green, a black eagle as figurehead, fitting for the ship name. And black sails."
"How about the large eagle had at the front of the ship having a large cannon coming from the beak?" Ven suggested.
"A figurehead IS in the front of the ship" sweatdropped Kuran. "And why do you think I ordered four smaller cannons? They are used for shooting at the front. If we follow your idea, then we need an additional cannon to keep the ship balance intact."
"Right… sorry," Ven chuckled.
"What about carving the side of the ship to look like a giant pair of wings?" Aqua suggested.
"The entire 60 meters?" asked Kuran and tried to imagine it.
"Just a thought."
"Well, it would work going for that whole eagle look," Will pointed out.
"I think only front third or half of the ship or it would look ridiculous," told Kuran.
"I DO feel like we should add wigs somewhere though," Will stated.
"How about the sides of the deck?" suggested Aqua.
"Definitely saves us time on carving," Roxas laughed.
"That does sound like a better idea," Wesley added.
"Not to mention that we have a metal plated hull," added Kuran as well and chuckled. "So… perhaps something to add tail feathers?"
"That sounds good," Will said.
"But what could we use? IF we add a wooden construction, it could unbalance the ship and in any conflict or storm it would be the first thing to suffer. So any suggestions?"
"Maybe some more metal?" Will thought.
"Same problems!"
"Well, I got nothing."
"How about a back flag tailored like the back feathers of an eagle?" suggested Aqua. "Can be easily fixed."
"That's true," Wesley said.
"With what design?" asked Roxas.
"Simple: the same like the flag," was Kuran's reply.
"Sounds easy," Will said.
"Yeah."
"What else?" Riku asked.
"Wheel, carvings and a few other details," told Kuran. "For the Aesthetics… but else… well… registering the ship, setting the equipment up, getting a crew and thinking on how to keep the upkeep of it even when we are away… how about offering the ship services as escort for private rides to protect from pirates?"
"Sounds good."
"But like I said… we need somebody we can trust to take care of the ship in case we are all off for a mission. Any suggestions? And please, those available, as much as I would love to ask John Silver, no soul has a clue where in the universe he is."
"I got nothing," Roxas said.
"Me neither," Lea added.
"Great…"
"Hey, I'm sure we can find someone," Will said.
"I think just let the ship be ready first, while we worry about that," suggested Kuran.
"Sounds like a plan," Terra said.
"Then let's work."
Everyone nodded before getting the ship fitted with its equipment, which of course took some time.
Eventually, the ship was fitted with the canons, "Who got the champagne?" asked Kuran. "We have to go through the traditions."
"Be back real quick," Will said before leaving, eventually coming back with a bottle.
"Thanks," told Kuran and prepared a rope to tie the bottle on.
Roxas wondered, "What are you doing?"
"Never heard of christening a ship? It is a tradition when the ship is finished and it's a celebration."
"How does that work?"
"The bottle gets tied on the rope and while declaring the name of the ship, the bottle will be smashed against the ship's hull," explains Kuran "optionally, it will be also released into the water."
"Sounds neat."
"To admit: First time doing it," laughed Kuran.
"Should be fun," Will smiled.
"Yeah Is the sign of the ship's name ready?"
"Just finished," Terra stated.
"Put it on and we start the ceremony."
"Gotcha," he said before attaching the name near the front of the ship.
Clearing his throat, Kuran declared, "Hereby I name this ship 'Black Eagle!' May it sail the seven seas until the end of time!" and swung the bottle at the hull, breaking it.
"Until the end of time? Isn't this… a bit… over optimistic?" wondered Roxas.
"Don't ruin the mood," Will said.
"Sorry."
"I gotta hand it to you, it's a fine ship," Wesley said.
"Yes it is," told Kuran. "Ready for a test drive?"
"Didn't you do that when you brought it over here?" Lea stated.
"This was BEFORE we refit the ship. And we need to register it."
"Good point," Ven said.
"Everybody on board!" told Kuran.
Lea wondered, "How about we get you a fitting outfit for your ship tours?"
"How about later," Will suggested.
"I agree," told Kuran while going to the wheel of his new ship. "You know… it feels really great!"
"I can imagine," Will said.
"Nothing like setting sail on a new ship for the first time," Wesley added.
"Set all sails!" called Kuran. "We are setting course to the harbor! And then we take the lady here for a trip!"
"Lady?" asked Roxas.
"Ships are sometimes called like that," sighed Kuran rubbing his eye brows.
"Never understood that," Will admitted.
"It's a ship thing," Wesley added.
"Just enjoy it," suggested Kuran.
"He he, sure," Roxas smiled before everyone got on.
"I just realized…" began Kuran. "I never made a captains' patent… so… can I legitimate register a ship on my name and be captain?"
"Well, are going to be an actual captain or some kind of pirate?" Riku asked.
"Why do you ask?"
"Well, I mean if you're going to be a pirate there's no need to do anything like that considering that they do what they want, right?"
"If this is your idea, then I need a hideout or home port where nobody asks questions. Can you provide it?"
"I'm just saying."
"Still! I need a port where I can safely land on."
"I'm sure we can find a place, but until then, maybe you should leave it here," Will suggested.
"Let's hope Sora doesn't decide to take it for a joy ride though," Lea laughed.
"Without a decent crew, Sora cannot hope to even move it."
"Good point."
And Kuran made course to the port to secure it there… much safer than at a random island.
"So what's next?" Terra asked.
"I would say we call it a day and tomorrow we start looking for a crew… or at least a captain and quartermaster we can trust on."
"Sounds like a plan," Aqua said.
Kuran set course to the port and some time later they anchored there and tied the ship safely.
"I don't suppose anyone would know a good place to find crewmates?" Lea wondered.
"Hey, how about the world where we found the ship?" Will suggested.
"If I want a pirate crew good place. But trustworthy pirates? Hard to come by."
"True."
"Not to mention that it seems that pirates were heavily hunted as well."
"Also true. Whatever, we'll think of something."
"Yeah… let's go home," told Kuran and opened a dark portal before entering it.