First Day: Arrival


Disclaimer: I do not own Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger... I pirated it ;D


"Land ho!"

From the bowsprit of the galleon, a man wearing a billowing red coat watched as the coast line of the nearing land drew closer.

"Keep on going!" he shouted as he felt the winds pick up, pushing the ship faster against the currents.

"Marvelous!" a woman dressed with a yellow jacket came from behind him. "What do you think you're doing?! We're going to crash!"

"No, we're not," Marvelous smiled lazily, "It's going to be al-"

But before he could say, "right", the galleon ran aground on the sandy beach, jagged rocks and boulders smashing against the ship's bottom. Marvelous lost his balance and managed to fall back onto the deck of the ship, while Luka managed to grab onto a hanging rope to secure her balance.

"Look what you did," she seethed at him. "I told you we were going to crash!"

"Technically, we didn't crash," Marvelous told her.

"What do you call this?!" Luka asked him.

Marvelous smiled like a Cheshire cat, "We ran aground."

Luka stared at her captain in disbelief as he walked past her. Luka frowned and ran past him, over to the starboard side of the boat where the other two members of the ship were observing the damage.

"Doc!" she called out to the man with bushy blonde hair and a green jacket. "What's the damage?"

"The entire hull's been scratched and will have to be repaired. The keel's fine though, so nothing wrong there," Doc called back.

"Where are we?" the other man down there called up, not paying attention to his ponytailed hair flicking around in the wind.

"I think we're in the Kingdom de Famille," Luka said, pulling out a telescope. "Yeah, I see their castle now."

"Kingdom... de Famille?" Joe asked cautiously.

"The one near the fallen kingdom... What was its name again..." Luke scratched her head as she tried to remember.

"In any case," Marvelous grabbed another rope and swung down onto the beach, "We need to get food, I'm hungry."

"Good idea," Doc smiled, "I'm glad I don't have to cook after that."

"Okay!" Luka descended from the boat as well, "I'm in the mood for meat and grog!"

The three of them began to walk down the beaten path before Luka realized that Joe still hadn't budged from where he was standing.

"What's wrong, Joe?" she called out.

Joe turned around, "What do you mean?"

"You seem... off. Not as alert as usual," Luka replied.

"There's nothing wrong with me," he assured them as he followed them. "Let's go, before Marvelous faints."

"Captain's orders," Marvelous said with a lazy grin as his first mate caught up to them.


Trumpet fanfare filled the air as a royal carriage entered the courtyard of Castle de Famille. From the imposing doors of the castle stood the king and his daughter, awaiting the arrival of their guest from another kingdom.

The carriage stopped in front of the red carpet, and the doors were ceremoniously opened by foot guards as a man wearing a white uniform nearing the point of ridiculous came out.

The royal messenger cleared his throat, "Presenting, His Highness, Prince Warz Gil of the Zangyack Kingdom!"

More trumpeting filled the air as Warz Gil ascended towards the king, followed closely by his sword bearing bodyguard, who was appropriately dressed in a simple black uniform.

"Your Majesty," Warz Gil said in greeting as he bowed towards the king.

"We are delighted to have you here, Prince Warz Gil," the king said in reply. "As is my daughter, Princess Ahim de Famille, are you not?"
Ahim smiled, albeit weakly, "Yes, father, I am happy to see the Zangyack prince again."

"Excellent!" King de Famille turned and entered his castle, with Ahim following him on his left, Warz Gil on his right. "I must say, your visit was surprising," he said to Warz, "What is the purpose of it?"

"Your Majesty," began Warz Gil, "We have found ourselves allies for a long time, have we not?"

"We have," stated the King.

"Wouldn't it be more... fruitful, more beneficial if it was something official?" Warz Gil shook his hands, the tassels on his sleeves flinging out chaotically in his encouragement. "I came here to ask for a marriage with your daughter, the beautiful Ahim de Famille!"

A small gasp slipped out of Ahim as she heard the words.

"Well, I see," blustered the King, though still attempting to find a way out of it. "Have you talked to the emperor yet?"

"The emperor?"

"Yes, the emperor," the King looked relieved as he found a way to stall for time. "Our family is descended from the emperor. Naturally, you will need to ask him for his blessing before you ask for mine."

"I see," Warz Gil thought about it for two minutes before clapping his hands together, "I won't wait any longer, I'm off to see the emperor! Come with me, Barizorg!"

"Yes, boss," said his bodyguard as he bowed respectfully to the king and Ahim before following his charge.

When the doors were shut and all their attendants were gone, the King turned towards his daughter.

"My dear, you cannot be married to that man," he said quickly. "His father is a madman, and I fear Warz Gil will be going the same way as him."

"Yes, father," Ahim nodded her head, "I understand... but what if there is no choice?"

"If there is no choice, then you will have to learn how to defend yourself," King de Famille looked worried, stressed to the limit. "I will need to scour our kingdom for the best instructor to teach you. Yes, to teach you about marksmanship and swordsmanship.

"Ahim, you will need to start soon," he said to his daughter. "He will be back within a week's time, and you must be ready by then, just in case.

"Messenger!"

The royal messenger appeared at the doorway, and bowed, "Your majesty."

"Send out flyers towards the entire kingdom, with your swiftest messengers and horses. I need to find the best instructors of marksmanship and swordsmanship for my daughter!"

"Yes, your majesty," and with that, he left, leaving Ahim alone with her father.

"Is this the best thing to do?" she asked him.

"It is the only way that I can protect you," he said sadly.


"Oi, customer," the bar proprietor called out to Marvelous, who was on his 10th bowl of food. "Can you even pay for all of this?"

"Don't worry about it," Marvelous said as he bit down into the chicken, "Just put it on my tab."

He held out the empty bowl, "More!" he said, an eager smile on his face.

"Oi, oi, Marvelous," Luka nudged him, "Don't attract so much attention."

"Yeah," Doc looked around worriedly, "We don't want people to turn our bounty."

Joe continued to drink his grog, which catching Luka's hand as she tried to steal his food.

"Try stealing from Marvelous," he said as he released her hand.

"Tch, so annoying."

The proprietor plonked down another bowl of food in front of Marvelous, "So where are you four from?"

"Us?" Marvelous asked between gulps of food. "We're the Gokai-Pirates."

"Marvelous!" shouted Luka and Doc in unison.

"Who?"

"The Gokai-Pirates," Luka said indignantly.

"Can't say I've ever heard of you guys," he said. "I'm Navi, by the way."

"Navi?" Luka's face lit up, "You mean, the legendary navigator that sailed with the Red Pirates?"

Navi smiled, his face crinkling, "The very same. By the way, your captain owes me 1000 zagins now. I suggest you stop before you go over your tab."

"Hear that, Marvelous?" Doc tried to take away his food, "Stop eating he said!"

"Do we even have any money?" Joe asked nonchalantly.

"Not enough," Luka answered as she pulled out a mere 20 zagins. "We don't even have enough to fix the ship."

Navi looked at them, "Tell you what," he said, "Stick around for a week and pay off your debt. There should be some odd jobs in town for you to do to get your money."

"Only thing we can do now," said Luka miserably. "Stupid Marvelous! This is all your fault!"

"Be quiet, I'm eating!"

Navi chuckled at the pair of them bickering, while Joe continued to look distractedly out the window.

"There's nothing out there, you know," Navi told him. "Just the remains of the fallen kingdom."

"I see," Joe downed his drink and set it down, suddenly looking at the doorway.

A messenger bearing the royal coat of arms came into the doorway.

"Master Navi of the Bar, I bring for you a message from the castle," he held out the scroll and Navi took it, with an imperceptible nod.

"Now, what could this be," he said as he unravelled the scroll. "To all my loyal subjects, we of the Royal family are searching for an instructor to teach our heir apparent in the ways of marksmanship and swordsmanship for the next week. The instructor will be given living quarters in the castle as well as food and drink. The chosen instructor will be handsomely rewarded. All applicants are asked to report to the castle tomorrow morning."

"Hey!" Doc's face lit up, "Luka and Joe could apply for this position!"

"They said they only want one though," Joe said.

"Doesn't matter if you're experts in your field," Navi said thoughtfully. "You could attempt to bargain with the king saying that one will work with the princess in marksmanship and the other with a sword.

"And then you can pay me back in a week."

"Sounds good," Marvelous finished his meal with a loud clatter of his spoon. "Joe, Luka! Apply for that position together. Earn some money so we can repair our ship and pay back old man Navi."

"O-old man Navi?" Navi laughed.

"What?" Luka was angry again, "Why me? Why not Doc?"

"Because I need him to repair the ship," answered Marvelous.

"Then why not you?!" she shouted.

"Captain's orders," replied Marvelous.

Luka crossed her arms in defiance, while Joe said nothing. It was a given that he would have to teach swordsmanship. After all, he was the best on the ship with a sword.

"To tomorrow then," Joe said as he raised his drink in a toast.

"That's the spirit," Marvelous also raised his drink, along with Doc and a slightly-less-angrier Luka.

Navi poured himself a drink as well and joined in, "To tomorrow, and the money I'm going to get from your glutton of a captain."

"Cheers!"


Hehe, I'm back~ Well sorta. I actually have all the chapters written out in advance for this fanfiction so don't worry about really long breaks in between chapters, but at the moment, one of my lovely editors is out of the country, touring the world and things. So... this is the first chapter that was only edited by Lisa :) Probably take around a month to get the other chapters edited and then weekly updates :) bear with me because I've been working like a madman on this fanfic for the past ten days and I really want to get these chapters out to you as fast as I possibly can.

So on a side note, apparently my writing style has changed? Maybe, but I can't tell. Maybe you can :D been a while since I've written a long fanfiction. Umm... there was another one that I wanted to do... but that's been put on the backburner for the longest time LOL hopefully this will give me the drive to complete it!

Umm, as well, this fic is set in an European AU... so in order to conform with the settings, I've used western honourifics and titles and name placements (i.e First name, last name) as opposed to my usual style.

Hope you guys enjoyed this first chapter! Don't forget to leave a review :)