Kiku Honda's Sailor Song
Or Bink's Sake
By Australia/Poisonfang205/Soultail Omega-Light.
Author's Note: This is based off the song that Brooke sang in One Piece that is older than the anime, which got me thinking of the timeframe of England's arrival to Japan in the late 1500s to early 1600s, so why not have something that ties Arthur Kirkland and Kiku Honda together at a local pub where no gin, but sake is served to the sailors. Also, if the words are italic, it's part of the song lyrics. One more thing, I could not resist seeing a pic of Alfred as a wench, so why not have him and Roderick, the damn good piano player, in there as helpers in the pub.
To Arthur, pirate king of the seas in the West, has never been in a place where no gin is served, but a more potient version of wine that even the French Frog won't touch with a ten-foot pole. Yet, when he first stepped in, he heard a strange song that is different tune than the usual "Yo-hoho and a bottle of rum," yet it was strangely scary to put into imagination.
"Konnichiwa, sir." The bar owner greeted to the pirate king while wearing the traditional clothing of the era.
"Hullo. I would like something to drink, yargh." Arthur said as he ordered him, which he was cold from the winter snow he walked through to get here in Edo.
"Hai. One Sake, coming up."
The wench or entertainment was trying to clear some tables from the last few patrons that came in earlier that day. "This is so embarrassing for me to do. I am a hero for God's sake, not a bar waitress." he thought as he cleaned up the table and then, let Arthur sit down.
At one corner of a small, but modest pub, a few sailors from a fishing trip sat at a table and laughed while telling each other stories and adventures from their days of yore, thus, Arthur listened while waiting for his bottle of sake.
"Oy! Barmaid! More sake!" One of them called out to Alfred, who hates wearing the kimono and silk robe of the time, thus holding up an empty bottle in the air, his face was flushing from the strong alcohol.
"Hai!" Alfred said as he fetched the bottle to go into the back and get more sake from Kiku, as well as Arthur's sake.
Then another bar worker, one in a different color kimono and robe, his brown hair is so different than the sailors and bar owner, as well as wearing glasses, came out and sat at a piano that the owner got from a trade with another sea captain for his supply of sake, starts playing a tune that was in the same melody as the sailors, whom began to sing.
Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho,
Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho,
Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho,
Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho
Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho,
Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho,
Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho,
Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho,
Binkusu no sake wo, todoke ni yuku yo
Umikaze kimakaze namimakase
Shio no mukou de, yuuhi mo sawagu
Sora nya wa wo kaku, tori no uta
Sayonara minato, Tsumugi no sato yo
DON to icchou utao, funade no uta
Kinpa-gimpa mo shibuki ni kaete
Oretachya yuku zo, umi no kagiri
Binkusu no sake wo, todoke ni yuku yo
Warera kaizoku, umi watteku
Nami wo makura ni, negura wa fune yo
Ho ni hata ni ketateru wa dokuro
Arashi ga kita zo, senri no sora ni
Nami ga odoru yo, DORAMU narase
Okubyoukaze ni fukakerya saigo
Asu no asahi ga nai jo nashi
Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho,
Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho,
Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho,
Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho
Binkusu no sake wo, todoke ni yuku yo
Kyou ka asu ka to yoi no yume
Te wo furu kage ni, mou aenai yo
Nani wo kuyokuyo, asu mo tsukuyo
Binkusu no sake wo, todoke ni yuku yo
DON to icchou utao, unaba wo uta
Douse dare demo itsuka wa hone yo
Hatenashi, atenashi, waraibanashi
(Translation:
Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho,
Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho,
Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho,
Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho
Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho,
Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho,
Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho,
Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho
Going to deliver Bink's Sake!
Following the sea breeze!
Riding on the waves!
Far across the salty depths!
The merry evening sun!
Painting circles in the sky!
as the Birds Sing
Farewell to the harbour,
To my old hometown
Lets all sing out with a Don!
As the ship sets sail
Waves of gold and silver
dissolve to salty spray
As we all set sail to
The ends of the sea
Going to deliver Bink's Sake!
We are pirates
Sailing through the Sea!
The waves are our pillows
The ship our roost
Flying the proud Skull
On our flags and our sails
Now comes a storm
Through the far-off sky
Now the waves are dancing
Beat upon the drums
If you loose your nerve
This breath could be your last
But if you just hold on,
The morning sun will rise
Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho,
Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho,
Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho,
Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho,
Going to deliver Bink's Sake!
Today, and tomorrow,
our dreams through the night!
Waving our goodbyes,
we'll never meet again!
But don't look so down;
For at night the moon will rise!
Going to deliver Bink's Sake!
Let's all sing it with a Don!
A song of the waves
Doesn't matter who you are,
Someday you'll just be bones
Never-Ending, Ever-wandering,
Our funny Traveling tale!
Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho,
Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho,
Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho,
Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho)
As Alfred came back with Arthur's bottle of sake and a small cup to drink it with, Arthur was enchanted by the melody that he tried to sing along, but his Japanese was so off.
After the song ended, the sailors got the fresh bottle of sake and poured it into their own cups and clack them together, cheering this word, "Kempai!" Then drinks it down as a way of cheering themselves up.
Kiku smiled, since its a good song to listen to all the time here in his pub, that he went to speak to Arthur, secretly knowing that he has a crush on him from the get go, but he has his reputation to keep the line of business and pleasure separate.
"Did you like the song that the sailors sang, sir?" He asked him.
"Yargh, tis I did, matie!" Arthur said as he tried to drink his sake, but ends up getting burned by the hot sake.
Kiku giggled and clean him up while helping him get used to the small cups of sake, thus, he showed him how to drink it properly, as well as greeting the one who served it. "Repeat after me, sir. Kem."
"Kam?"
"Damino, Kem."
"Kem."
"Hai, now pai."
"Pai?"
"Hai, now put them together. Kem-pai."
"Kempai." Arthur held up his small cup and starts drinking it while getting used to the culture and customs of Kiku's pub, thus, they drank together in peace while the snow outside continue to fall onto the ground, thus, the bond that they shared will catch up later in history, but for now, they were plastured and fersnickered that they went upstairs to have hot passion in one of the rooms.
"Arthur... Arthur... Arthur, wake up, mon amore."
"Huh?" Arthur said as he snapped out of his reminense daydream to see Francis Bonnefey waving his hand in front of his face to wake up. "What is it, you French git?"
"What were you singing, mon cherie?"
Arthur blushed and looked away. "None of your damned business, Frog."
Francis sighed, giving up on figuring Arthur out since childhood. "I don't understand you, mon cherie."
Arthur smirked and drank his tea while thinking of Bink's Sake, which to the others, is really scary, but it's also a sailor song of old.
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