"Absolutely not! Alfred, you've got to be kidding me!"

Arthur Kirkland glared at his first mate. "You told me we had enough supplies to last us at least 4 weeks!"

Alfred nervously ran a hand through his hair. "Well, you see I may have been exaggerating, but you were so eager to get a move on, so I figured we should've just left with what we had…" His voice got quieter and quieter as he spoke.

Arthur groaned and collapsed into the nearest chair. "How long will we last?" he asked as he rubbed his forehead.

Alfred chuckled nervously. "Um…2 days?" Arthur raised his head and gave the man a death glare. "Alfred, you only brought enough supplies for two and a half weeks?" he hissed through gritted teeth as he stood up. Alfred backed away slowly.

"N-Now Artie, let's not do something we'll regret. That would be very unheroic." Just as Arthur was about to strangle Alfred, Kiku burst through the door, panting.

"Captain! We've gained sight of them!" Arthur quickly raced to the front of the ship where Berwald was peering at a small dot through a telescope. "Give it here" Arthur commanded. Berwald handed it over and waited as his captain looked off at the ship.

Ludwig and Feliciana stopped their work to see what was going on. They were greeted by Eduard, who was previously posted up in the crow's nest. "We've got them now" he explained cheerfully before joining the others.

Feliciana was overwhelmed with joy. They were finally closer to finding her sister! She couldn't stop herself from throwing her arms around Ludwig.

"H-Hey, what are you doing?" Feliciana smiled at the German man and squeezed him tighter. "Luddy, we're going to find my sorella! I'm so happy! I've never been so happy in all my life, I think I might explode and-"

She was cut off by Ludwig prying her off of him. Her eyes widened as he gave her a confused stare. "Your 'sorella'? You mean your 'sister'? I don't understand, the only 'sister' on that ship…" Ludwig turned pale as he looked at Feliciana. The girl quickly clamped her hand over her mouth, realizing her mistake.

"But she, you…you're not…?" Feliciana bit her lip guiltily and looked away. Ludwig quickly grabbed her and pulled her below decks into the storage area where he had first found her.

"I want the truth, right now! Who are you?" Feliciana cringed when she saw how upset he looked. "F-Feliciana…Vargas…" Ludwig stepped back, shocked.

"W-What in god's name are you doing here?! This is no place for a young lady, Miss Vargas!" Feliciana couldn't help but smile inwardly. Luddy found out who she was barely 5 seconds ago and he was already trying to be a gentleman. Her happy thoughts soon faded when she saw the worry in his eyes. She threw herself at him and buried her head in his chest. "Oh Luddy, please don't hate me! I'm sorry I didn't tell you the truth!" She looked up at him and swore he was blushing. Dear God, it was so cute.

"P-Please Miss Vargas, I'm not angry, I'm just…" He sighed and gave her an exasperated look. "Well I'm a bit confused."

"Luddy, I had to come and find my sister! You don't know what it's like to be separated from your sister!" He gave her a soft smile.

"Actually, I do. Well, I know what it's like to be separated from my brother. That's why I came here." Feiciana's eyes widened. "Really?" she asked softly.

He nodded. "But that's not important right now. I don't know what Captain Kirkland will think about-" Feliciana grabbed his collar and pulled him closer. "Please don't tell him, he can't know!" she begged.

Ludwig's face turned a wonderful shade of red as he removed her hands from his shirt. He then realized he was holding her hands, causing that red to become two shades deeper as he immediately dropped them. "I-uh, Miss Vargas, it wouldn't be right for me to keep him in the dark about this…"

Feliciana gave him her best puppy-eyed look, which made him seriously wonder how he didn't see this "reveal" coming. "Please Luddy, as my friend…" she said quietly as she took his hands in hers. Ludwig looked away and nodded. "Alright, fine…"

Feliciana hugged him and threw her arms around his neck. "Grazie! You're the best, Luddy!" she squealed before giving him a quick peck on the cheek. Feliciana turned and headed back up to see if she could catch a glimpse of her sister's captor, leaving Ludwig flustered and dumbstruck.

"Damn" Arthur cursed as he turned away. Alfred smiled and patted him on the back. "This is perfect Artie, we stock up on supplies while they head toward the storm. It'll at least slow them down, we'll catch up, and boom! We got Carriedo and the girl!"

Arthur sighed as he considered Alfred's reasoning. There was no way he was dragging his ship through the black clouds in front of the Rosaria. He sighed and rolled his eyes. "Fine, but consider yourself lucky Alfred. That storm saved your ass." Arthur headed back toward his cabin grumpily. "And quit calling me Artie" he grumbled as he rolled his eyes.

"Please Lovi, I said I was sorry!"

Antonio chased down the furious Italian, who had now caught the attention of the other crew members. They all dropped what they were doing to watch.

Every day, their captain and his feisty little hostage would engage in what was commonly referred to on the ship as a "Lover's Quarrel". One time, Lovina herself heard Francis refer to one of her arguments as such and proceeded to knee him in the groin. Nonetheless, the members of the crew were eager to see what this one would be about. Some of their favorites so far had been over him spilling wine all over her, her trying to sail the ship, and the most popular by far; the day their captain tried to crawl into bed with her.

"But Lovi, it was cold! And you're so warm…"

"I don't care if you were pissing icicles, perverted bastard! If it was so cold, why didn't you try, oh I don't know, PUTTING A DAMN SHIRT ON IDIOTA?"

"Lovi , you know I don't like wearing a shirt while I sleep."

"Oh yeah, just be glad I didn't rip your cazzo of with my bare hands!"

"It would be worth it, mi amor, as long as you were touching me-Ow! Ay, Lovi, you don't kick a man there!"

Oh yeah, that one had been a doozy.

"What kind of an idiota doesn't knock?! I think you did it on purpose, Bastard!"

Antonio pouted as he caught her arm. "Mi amor, I did no such thing. And besides," He looked her up and down and smirked. "I didn't see…too much." Lovina ripped her arm away and glared at him.

"You're disgusting, you know that?" she snapped. Antonio simply chuckled and grabbed her by the waist. "How can you blame me belleza? It's not my fault you're so appealing to the eye." She rolled her eyes and crossed her arms as he tried to pull her closer. "I couldn't help but stare."

Lovina pushed him away and groaned. "I swear to God I'm going to kill you one of these days." Lovina's breath hitched when she felt an arm drape across her shoulders. "No fair Tonio, you get to see her drunk and half dressed? Mon ami, you are cruel to deprive me of such magnificent sights."

Everyone around groaned. This was the optional phase 2 of the pair's fight; Francis coming in and pissing them both off even more.

Antonio pulled Lovina away from Francis. "Enough Francis" he warned. Lovina rolled her eyes and shoved him off of her. "You're no better than he is idiota." Antonio gave her a hurt look as she walked away.

"Uh Captain, we've got trouble, er uh, make that double trouble."

Toris gave him an uneasy look as he pointed to ship behind the Rosaria. "It's Kirkland" he said quietly. Antonio groaned and let his shoulders slump.

"Where's the 'double'?" Toris chuckled nervously as his gave shifted to a mass of black clouds straight ahead.