Loves Notes: The Encounter
In the early ages where Japan was controlled by an Emperor, where pirates ruled the seas, fighting, searching for gold, pillaging villages, and holding nobles for ransom, a hard time to live. One pirate, Ranji Kazatzani, had done these the day he turned 14, now 19, the quite handsome male, whose hair was strange, most of it red, but his bangs had been dyed with black and white, his eyes clear as the clearest of any waters, was now getting bored with the daily life of being chased down the King of France, the Emperor of Japan, and other high ranking men, he felt a deep emptiness in his chest, for sometime it had bothered him.
"McGunigle!" Ranji called out, stepping out of quarters of his ship, The Calling.
"Yes, Captain!" A short raggedy adult said, eating what seemed to by mutton, and large piece at that, quickly waddled towards Ranji, "What do you need."
"How far are we until the next sea-port?" He said and looked at his crew members working hard to keep the ship afloat.
"About a days time, are we need in supplies, I can run a check to see? Or are we in need of entertainment?"
"Not quite, I want information, any trades that would be profitable for us, any ships that are being sold, I want to make my crew larger, about three ships larger actually, The Calling is in need of more protection."
"Yes, yes, Shall i make the destination for the port now?" McGunigle asked, knowing the answer but wanted to make sure.
"Why of course, prepare some men to recruit new members, and I want you to try and find a worthy ship." Ranji ordered before leaving his 1st mate to spread the word. The crew scrambled about, turning the ship eastward towards one of the closest towns, Cape Muroto of Japan.
Sitting down on his chair and looking over the map of the sea, he marked the destination before feeling his foot be rubbed one by his feline companion.
"Lady Rose? What do you want." Ranji said warmly and picked up the kitten and kissed its' head, hearing her purr made his day, scratching her chin, Ranji held her in his arms, grabbing some catfood and filling her plate, setting her down, watching her eat.
"Oh what would i do without you Lady Rose."
Night had fallen, Ranji had his kitten on his chest, curled up on his chest and sleeping lightly. Not wanting to wake her, he picked her up as slow as he could, leaving her on the center of his bed before walking out of the stern. Looking around, seeing some of crew continue to maneuver the ship for Mutoro. Giving a light sigh, Ranji sat on a railing, where McGunigle joined him.
"Do you remember when I saved you from being sold as a slave to one of the seven Dukes?" Ranji said and looked up to the moon, the light shining down on the large ship, making it seem ghostly yet inviting.
"How could i forget about that fateful day, that's the day I swore my loyalty towards you."
"Don't make me blush." Ranji said jokingly before he laughed along his good friend, "Anyhow, if there is a trade going on, I hope there will be another person with your expertise on deal making."
"If there is, i'll make him my student."
"That's exactly what I want you to do, the next ship we buy, I want the captain to be you so it can be my ship to make deals, a decoy."
"Than I shall make that ship truly worthy to be a second Calling."
Ranji nodded and watched the lights of Muroto in the distance, the next day would be quite surprising.
The daughter of the Emperor of Japan was in the city, followed by her caretaker and some guards, Zatsune Miku, along with her twin sister, Hatsune Miku, gave a quiet sigh of annoyance as the caretaker of the twins simply rambled about, how their other sisters should take examples of how they both act.
"Xean….can i take Miku to show her the ships that will be docking…." Zatsune said as the teal haired princess looked excited and looked at, what seemed to be a very strict man.
"Fine but at least take some guards, there are many of these filthy commoners that would take the chance to hold you for ransom." He said in a quite irritated tone, watching the black haired girl quickly walk away with her sister. "You two, follow them and make sure they don't do anything to dishonor their father." Two men armed with cutlass nodded and walked after the girls.
Zatsune and her sister stopped at the port and stared at the many ships coming, one of which was quite large than the others, she tilted her head as she watched the people on the ship yelling at each other, getting ready to leave the ship.
"Miku, want to go and get a closer look?" She asked her little sister.
"Yeah, Can we say hello to the captain?" The 17 year old asked curiously.
"Only if the guards make sure it's safe to get o-." Zatsune was quickly interrupted by a crew member who laughed heartedly.
"So you want to see the captain of The Calling….hmmm, please wait for a moment." The quite muscular member said, ignoring the fact the guards had their weapons ready, "McGunigle, there seems to be some lovely girls that wish to see the captain.
The short and round adult looked over the railing and examined the girls before giving a wide grin, "Oooh captain, there seems to be some fans of you." He said, walking down the steps of the ship before walking towards his duties Ranji had told him.
Zatsune huffed slightly with annoyance at being called a fan, while Miku simply giggled at how cheerful they seemed in some way. Ranji had heard what McGunigle said and walked out of his quarters and over to the railing before looking over to the twins, Ranji's attention was locked onto Zatsune, her slightly pale skin, her leg black pigtails, her what seemed to be, soft red lips, and her eyes that glistened like rubies. Something inside him felt like bursting through his chest, ignoring the strange feeling, he walked down to docks and bowed politely to the two.
"Captain Ranji Kazatzani, how may I be of a service?"
"My sister Miku, wanted to see a captain of the ship." Zatsune said.
"Oh did she now?" Ranji said and turned to the teal haired girl before smiling and making a rose appear, handing it to her, "M'Lady."
Miku giggled and took it, "Thank you Captain."
"Please, just call me Ranji."
The multi-colored male stood up straight and looked over to Zatsune, examining her style of clothing, high brand clothes, a noble, that Ranji took note of before looking at the guards, they seemed to have high-class looks when it hit him, they were the daughter of a very important person.
"Miss…"
"Zatsune, just Zatsune." She said and nodded at him.
"Zatsune, you don't happen to be the daughter of someone important?"
"The emperor." Miku interrupted and nodded, only to receive a pinch on the cheek by Zatsune.
"How many times are we supposed to tell you, don't tell anyone about it." She scoffed, Miku whined a bit as she struggled to be free. Ranji laughed, enjoying the scene.
"You two seem extremely close?" The captain said with amusement and sat down on a barrel.
"You could say that." Zatsune grumbled and let her cheek go before facing him, slowly the more she looked at him, the more she got a fuzzy feeling in her chest, trying her best to ignore it, she grabbed Miku's hand. "I'm sorry to say, but I bid you a farewell...Captain." She said and walked away with Miku waving at Ranji and walked with her sister, the two guards after them.
"Someone get me information on those girls…." Ranji ordered, quietly telling himself, 'One of them caught my attention.'