Summary: When the King of the Pirates Lope de Aguirre sends his son Antonio on an assignment to pillage a small village in Italy which is to hold one of the world's greatest treasures, Antonio follows without question. But when he tries to steal it he's met with a very fiery guardian. Lovino Vargas. What will happen? Read and Review.
Rated: M for Lovino's mouth. Suggestive themes, and future hard core yaoi.
Pairings: Main: Antonio/Lovino Other: Mild Antonio/Francis, Gilbert/Matthew, Ludwig/Feliciano
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Antonio took a deep breath of the sweet salty air around him. He couldn't get enough of that smell of the ocean, the feeling of the wind blowing across his face. He walked down to the deck running his hand over the painted and polished wood of his ship 'Calypso'. Calypso was his everything, he had designed her and made sure that the crew on his ship knew how to take care of her properly. To Antonio a ship was like a woman, treat her right and she'll be good. Treat her callously and she'll turn on you. Much like the ocean, she was harsh indeed. Antonio respected them both, and it was thanks to this that he often times got lucky.
Calypso was his wife and the ocean was his mistress, and he gave them both equal love and respect.
The brunette sighed softly and looked at the midnight sky. He should really be resting before the big raid. But he couldn't lay still, his body was ready to go. Some of the men were also restless, they sat below deck playing cards awaiting orders. Some had found themselves in a light sleep, they were the lucky ones. They wouldn't be dead tired when everyone else crashed hard from lack of sleep and the adrenaline rush.
"Can't sleep mon capitaine?" Antonio jumped a bit when that sultry sweet voice came up behind him. "It was getting quite cold in bed when you left me," Pale arms wrapped around his waist from behind and the smell of roses invaded Antonio's space. The pirate prince smiled softly and turned around in those arms looking down at the blond that held him.
Francis Bonnefoy, a young frenchman that Antonio had picked up back when he was sailing through France and England. He had decided to keep him for 'personal reasons'. Might as well before someone else got him, the man was real easy on the eyes and he was really good in bed.
At the same time he also picked up Francis' adoptive teenage son Matthew. He works as a cabin boy on the Calypso. Not long after though he started catching the eye of Antonio's first mate, Gilbert. They soon started courting but have not yet become lovers. This surprised Antonio. Gilbert usually took what he wanted when he wanted. Antonio came to the conclusion that Gilbert might just care for the boy, and that was often dangerous with their line of work.
"I can't lay still for a second Francis," he said. "There's just too much excitement for me, you know how I get before raids," he said. The blonde chuckled and leaned up on his tiptoes and pressed a kiss to his Captain's lips. Antonio smiled and kissed back sliding his hands down the Frenchman's back and grabbed his butt firmly causing a gasp to slip from the blond.
"Maybe...I can help you calm down a bit Captain," Francis purred as he pressed against Antonio. The pirate grinned and pulled him close pressing their bodies tighter together and feeling the beginnings of Francis' erection against his thigh just turned him on even more. He leaned down to kiss Francis' neck before the sound of the bell rang out. He pulled away from Francis and went to the bow looking out. Through the darkness he saw the silhouette of the coast of Italy.
Blood rushing and an almost sadistic grin on his face. They were finally there. He turned around and saw Gilbert emerge from his cabin a sleepy Matthew following him leaning against the door rubbing his eyes. The silver haired man smiled as he stood next to his captain and looked at the coast.
"Just a little longer," Gilbert said with a toothy grin. Antonio nodded and looked at his first mate. He remembered the first time he met Gilbert. He had been caught eyeing the ship with his brother Ludwig about three years ago as it was being built. Actually it was thanks to Gilbert and Ludwig that Calypso even made it into the water.
"Yeah, you had better go get dressed. You're not that scary with nothing but your pants on," Antonio joked. Gilbert looked down at himself and laughed putting his hands on hips.
"Are you kidding everyone fears the awesome me!" he boasted loudly. Antonio rolled his eye as he watched Gilbert walk back to Matthew and guided him back inside the safety of the cabin probably sending him back to bed as he got ready for the raid. Antonio looked out and smiled. Whatever treasure was out there, it was his for the taking.
"You're not going to hurt anyone are you?" Matthew asked as he crawled back into bed. Gilbert smiled lightly at his lover. Matthew was so innocent it was cute! But Gilbert wouldn't say it outloud, that would be un-awesome. He sat on the bed and pulled his boots on.
"Don't worry Mattie, we're not going to hurt anyone unless it's absolutely necessary," he said. Matt frowned slightly. He didn't like violence, and he hated when he saw Gilbert come back to the ship with blood stains that weren't his. Gilbert looked at Matt and sighed softly pulling on his shirt. He reached over and ran his fingers through Matt's soft brown hair.
"You're going to be safe right?" Matt asked. He leaned into Gilbert's touch with a light smile. The other man just grinned and knelt next to the bed sliding his hand from Matt's hair to his cheek. Matt's blue eyes opened and he smiled at him.
"I'm always all right. It's one of the things that just makes me plain awesome," he boasted. Matt laughed softly and blushed when Gilbert placed a kiss to his lips. "I'll be back later in the morning," he said getting up. He grabbed his vest, his coat, gun, and sword. Making sure he had everything he looked back at Matt. The boy was still giving him those concerned blues.
Gilbert approached him and gently laid Matthew down on the bed. He took off the boy's glasses putting them aside and tucked him into the thick blanket. "I'll be back by the time you wake up," he whispered and pressed a tender kiss to his love's forehead. "Go to sleep now Mattie," Matt smiled and gave a sleepy nod as he closed his eyes and slowly fell asleep. Gilbert smiled and blew out the candle leaving his cabin.
The rest of the crew had already assembled into three jolly boats. One boat would be lead by Gilbert, one by Antonio, and the last by Ludwig. Only a few stayed behind to look after the ship. As they all piled into the boats Antonio's heart sped up more and more out of excitement. And then alarm bells rang off shore. Yes... he thought. This was going to be fun.
Meanwhile on land, the two Vargas brothers stood side by side at the mouth of the temple where they served as guardians for the Gods treasure. The Staff of Armageddon. The eldest of the two glared at the pirate ship that had anchored off the shore. His younger brother held onto his sleeve nervously. The alarm had been sounded awaking the brothers and they rushed to see the looming threat of pirates that were invading them.
Lovino looked away glaring. They had dealt with pirates before, this wouldn't be any different. He took his brother's hand and pulled him to the chamber where the staff was being held.
"Fratello..." his younger brother whimpered as the doors shut behind them. "What are we going to do?" he asked. Lovino looked at the staff and sighed.
"What we always do Feli... protect the staff with everything we've got," he said and looked at his brother. "Even at the cost of our own lives." Feliciano swallowed hard and looked at the staff that he had promised his life too.
"Ve~ I was afraid you were going to say that..." he said with a sad sigh. Lovino looked at the door and sat on the steps leading to the staff alter. He pulled out his dagger and glared at the doors. If those pirates wanted the staff, they were going to have to take it over his cold dead body.
Well that's part one. ^_^ Reviews are rewarded with lots of love and sugar coated happiness clouds!