Ch.4! Thank you to everyone that commented last chapter. In case you were confused, Kaitou is an OC. My friend picked the name cuz I'm horrible when selecting Japanese names, especially if it's for males. Anyway, enjoy ch. 4 and leave me a comment on what you think of this chapter!
Momo clustered her hands together as she stared out at the window from Hyorinmaru. Her face was red of dry tears. She was lying on the bed with her hands clustered on her stomach and her hair splattered all over her face. She had been sobbing inside the room for about forty minutes. She didn't want to up and face that large group of men. She always told herself not to reveal her emotions so no one else, especially men, can continue hurting her. However, she couldn't help it. She didn't know that there were people out there that cruel.
She was surprised that Toushiro came right on time to help her. She though that he wasn't going to help her since he said that he wasn't going to treat her any different from his men. Nevertheless, she suspects that he'll probably won't help her again. If she wants to be a pirate, she has to learn how to defend herself first.
Now, how can she do that when she's feeling sick? The ship left the dock half an hour ago, and her stomach is doing cartwheels. She groaned every five seconds as the ship rocked back and forth. She has never been on a ship before, and now she knew why so many people criticized them. Her head was spinning along with her stomach. Growling, she grabbed a pillow and placed it over her head. She heard the door open and Toushiro's scent came in the room. Momo opened an eye and saw him walking over to her, though she closed it again and clutched the pillow tighter onto her head. She opened her eye again and saw that he was standing in front of her. Quickly, she closed her eye and covered her face with the pillow.
"Are you alright?" she heard him ask.
The princess didn't answer as she hugged her knees. She heard her captain sigh frustratingly, but suddenly, the pillow was taken off her head. Momo turned her head so her back was to him. Though quickly, his hands grabbed her hips and yanked her off from bed. Momo shrieked as she landed on the floor. The captain standing behind her crossed his arms and stared at her seriously.
"Learn how to be strong. Weakness will just-"
"I don't need your crap." She snarled at him, getting up and dusting herself.
Toushiro raised a brow and shook his head as if she was the most unintelligent person in the universe. "It's your bright mouth that's always getting you in trouble. Did you notice that?"
Momo glared at him as she crossed her arms in front of her chest. "I'm simply defending myself! I'm not going to let others step over me like if I'm some dirty rug."
The captain chuckled at her attempt of a joke. Flushing, Momo pouted her lips and sat back down on the bed, clutching her stomach again. Groaning, she lowered her head, resting her forehead on her knees.
"Are you feeling OK?"
"No, I feel dizzy."
"It's sea-sickness. Don't worry, you'll get used to it."
Momo kept her eyes closed as she lay back down on the bed. She cracked an eye open though as she felt his hand on her forehead, and saw him knelt in front of her.
"It's best if you go outside and take some fresh air. Sitting and lying down will get you sicker. Trust me on this."
Momo rolled her eyes and sat up. Her body swayed back and forth, but Toushiro grabbed her arm and pulled her up. Momo groaned as he dragged her out of the room.
"Can you carry me outside?"
"…If you let me carry you to bed later."
Momo glared at him as she took her arm back and stomped outside. Once she was outside, every man aboard turned his head and stared at her. Embarrassingly, but courageously, Momo ignored their stares and walked past them with her chin raised up high and her hands resting on either side of her body. She halted beside one of the poles that had one of the blue sails attached to it and leaned her back against it. The other men continued working on making new weapons as she felt heavy footsteps approaching her. For a second, she thought that it was Kaitou, but when she saw that it was a very tall and muscular man, her fear went away.
"Captain told me that you are sea sick." He told her. Momo nodded in response, afraid that if she'll open her mouth she would vomit, and stared at the horizon. "Here, drink some of this. It helps the sea sickness."
Momo looked at him and then at the cup in his hand. Smiling, she grabbed the cup and drank it. It was water mixed with lemon and salt, and to her amazement, it didn't taste horrible – neither did it make her throw up like she thought it would.
"Thanks." She said, handing the cup as soon as she was finished.
"No problem and my name is Sado. But please, call me Chad; everyone aboard calls me Chad."
"Alright Chad! My name's Momo-"
"I know. Captain hasn't stopped mentioning your name over the past forty minutes." Chad smiled at her and then walked away.
Momo stood there dumbfounded as her cheeks flushed lightly. She walked a bit further and placed her hands on the heavy wooden walls of the ship. She closed her eyes and smiled as the soft breeze winded through her dark brown hair. She has never felt the wind be cooler and more refreshing, and it made her relax. Her eyebrows weren't furrowed anymore, and her shoulders relaxed.
"Someone's feeling better."
However, everything crumbled into pieces as she heard her captain's voice from behind. She opened her eyes and looked at him.
"One of your men, Chad, gave me some liquid thing to drink and it made me feel much better."
"I know, I told him to." He told her, making the princess smile, as she was glad, that he had some caring feelings for her. "I don't want you vomiting all over my ship." He added, causing her smile to vanish and her eyes to narrow angrily. Toushiro looked at her seriously then with his hands inside his pockets.
"We're about half a mile away from a city called San Cristobal. You and I are going to go on a little mission of our own, together." He told her, causing her to shudder at the last word. He chuckled at her face expression and continued to speak. "We're just stopping there around midnight so we can sneak in and you can steal some clothes for yourself."
"But stealing is bad!" she rejected.
"What other choice do you have then? You're not going to wear my clothes forever; I don't my T-shirts smelling like peaches."
Momo sniffed his shirt that she was wearing and indeed noticed that her strong fragrance was passing down to his clothes. Amused by it, she giggled.
"What's so wrong with smelling like peaches?"
Toushiro's brow twitched as he took a few steps towards her. Momo bit her lip, smiling to herself, as she was suddenly grabbed and pulled forward. Giggling, the princess fought with his tight grasp as the men around them stared at them confusingly. Momo laughed as his fingers wiggled around her sides.
"Do you think I want to smell like peaches like some girl?"
Momo didn't reply as her body was tightly held against his. She had forgotten that there were people around looking at them queerly. After seeing her face brightly red, the captain halted, but kept her close to him. Momo took a deep breath as her head collapsed on his shoulder. What was the feeling she was getting?
Midnight
Half of Toushiro's men were already fast asleep as the other half stayed awake just in case an attack arose while their captain and the princess were out. Toushiro brought his sword, which he called Hyorinmaru as well, in case. It was midnight and the famous city was asleep; not even a single sound was heard around. Toushiro led her towards a large shopping center, in which dresses of all type were made, shirt and slacks for men, as well as shoes, jewelry, hats, and undergarments. Toushiro and Momo stood in front of the large house.
"Stay here." He told her.
Momo looked at him as she saw him stand on top of some barrels and rice sacks. Rapidly, he leaped and held tightly on the ledge of the house. Swinging his legs forward, with his feet then on the wall, he pushed himself forward and kicked the window opened. After that, he swung himself inside and landed safely on the pristine floor. Momo glanced at the door as she saw it now open. She quickly walked inside and gasped at the sight of so many clothes around. The captain behind her shook his head and chuckled.
"Just hurry up."
Nodding, she ran around the place and randomly grabbed as many buttoned shirts and pants as possible. She wasn't going to continue wearing those dresses that mad her sweat from head to toe. Besides, she couldn't be one of the men if she worked with a dress on.
"Are you done?" he asked drily. "I want to get out of here before we're caught."
"Almost; let me grab a few more things."
Momo's arms ached with the load of extra men's clothes she wanted to wear. However, not everything on her arm was men's clothes. She also got a few corsets and undergarments as well. She hid those under the men's clothes so Toushiro wouldn't comment about them.
"Done!" she said, glancing at him with a sheepish smile.
Toushiro looked at the clothes on her hands and then at the store. "You stole half of the store."
"So? Would you rather me wear your clothes then and make them girly?"
Toushiro smirked as he led her out of the store. He helped her climb back up to the ship, groaning at how many things she got. Some of his men stood around outside as they looked around the sea. Momo ran inside the large bedroom and threw everything on the floor, sighing, as her hands were now free. Toushiro walked in behind her, his tired eyes closed and his eyebrows furrowed angrily. However, before he could've lay down on his bed and rest, one of his men came shouting.
"Captain, another ship is blocking our exit to leave, and they look like they want to fight!"
Instantly, Toushiro opened his turquoise eyes and smirked. "Good, we'll give them a fight. Wake the other men up, quickly!" The man nodded and ran out. Toushiro grabbed his sword and glanced at the frightened princess. "Stay here. If you go out there, you're going to get yourself raped, or worse, killed."
"I want to fight too." She told him.
"Momo, you know that you're going to be in trouble once you step outside. Stay here!" he said again, though glaring at her this time.
Momo was about to run over to him, but he quickly escaped the room and locked it from behind. Momo gasped as she tried pushing and kicking the door opened, but it was no use. He told her that he was going to treat her like one of his men! But why not let her fight now? This was the chance to show him and his sexist crew that women are as strong as them! Growling, Momo looked around and suddenly saw another sword on top of a desk. Smirking, she grabbed the sword and then stared at the window. Quickly, she carefully turned the glass and looked out. Her eyes widened as she saw the violent water underneath.
Blinking, she turned around; holding the sword with her left hand, and carefully began to climb some ropes that led to deck of the ship. Not being used to climbing caused her to have great difficulty, though still she made it. Nevertheless, once she reached the surface, her eyes widened in horror as she saw men lying lifelessly on the floor with deep wounds, or with body parts cut off.
But that wasn't her biggest concern right now, as a three men, not from Toushiro's crew, were smirking mischievously at her. What did she get herself into now?
Finished! Anyway, some footnotes.
That new city mentioned here is a city in my country, Dominican Republic. Also, salt with water and lemon DOES work. How do I know? GUESS what I drink when my stomach decides to let some things out from my mouth? Um, I guess I'm done! You guys want another funny story! Here we go then!
M.R's story - In gym, the girls were playing football MEANWHILE the boys are playing basketball. No, I did not get hurt. (Miracle, right?). Anyway, it was my best friend that actually got hurt. A girl from our team threw it and once she caught it (the ball), she slipped (the grass was wet because of the rain) and fell on her ass. I swear I laughed MY ass off, and then helped her get up before she murdered me. And yeah she's alright. However... it was so god damn funny! XD (Thank god she doesn't read my stories... she hates FFN ... and anime, or else I would've gotten my ass kicked for telling you guys this!)
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