The One True King

Sunny: here is our new Slayers fic, a sequel to ChristmasinSeilune.

Alandra: another fic connected to our fic Sylvia

Ramon: and the Slayers series does not belong to us, it belongs to Hajime Kanzaka and Rui Arazumi. Air Jay and Kiko belong to us.

Maliska: and we thank Nehsziriah for letting us use Eudora, a character she created.

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Chapter 8

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A day passed by since the ship Vitoria and its crew entered the Skull sea, they travelled through the dark seas with dark skies with no signs of land at sight.

They practically entered this sea with no headings or directions; and at night you can not see the starts because the sky is all cloudy, most practically they are travelling blind on these seas, a sea with a long history of fatality.

Amelia and Zelgadiss watched the scenery around there, the sea is practically dark at the sky is all cloudy, and Air jay and Naga are sailing blinds on waters that it is marked with death, this did not comfort them at all.

"I really don't like this." Zel said with much discomfort. "Air jay doesn't have a clue where to head because he has no idea where this Czor character lives."

Amelia nods her head. "Even if Kate told us that Czor lives around the Skull Sea she never told the exact place."

"Air Jay and Naga were so anxious to find this guy they never bothered to get more information; they just sail off with no guidelines. They are such idiots!"

"Zelgadiss, don't insult my sister!" Amelia complained, even with all the horrible things that Naga has done Amelia still defends her, it is her sisterly side.

Zel was about to say something when he heard one of the pirates screaming.

"Captain!!! There is a ship on the starboard side!!!"

"A ship?" Air Jay asked as he left the helm.

Air Jay, Naga, Zelgadiss and Amelia went to the starboard side to find a ship with white sails with a symbol of a red cross with a white cross in the middle.

"What is that ship?" Zelgadiss asked. "It doesn't sound like a pirate ship."

"Could it be a ship that is misplaced in these waters?" Amelia asked.

"No…it is a Portuguese ship!" Air Jay responded with an amazed tone.

" A Portuguese ship?" Naga asked. "How do you know that?"

"That symbol if from the Portuguese discovers, they make discoveries in the most dangerous of places which people say that it is impossible to go."

"The most dangerous of places?" Amelia asked in amaze. "and Portuguese…so that is your people Air Jay…why do your people make such stuff."

"Maybe because we are crazy, or maybe because we are considered a brave, immortal nation." Air jay responded with a lot of pride. "Run our ship directly to theirs!" Air jay ordered to one of his pirates.

"You want to aboard that ship Air Jay?" Naga asked.

"How can you be so unconsidered? They are your people!" Amelia protested.

"I'm not going to attack them!" Air Jay immediately replied and grabs a white flag. "I'm just going to get some information, maybe they can tell us how to find Czor."

"How can you be so sure?" Zelgadiss asked.

"There you go again with your questions, Rock-face. These discovers have been sailing on the Skull Sea for quite some time for sure, I'm sure they can give us some information."

The Victoria sails directly to the Portuguese ship with all around the ship there some pirates with white flags asking for truce on the other ship.

As soon as the two ships were side by side the captains form each ship stand in front of each other. The Portuguese sailors from the Portuguese ship remain armed and gazing seriously to the pirates on the other ship, even if they are asking for truce the Portuguese don't get fooled so easily.

"O que é que piratas querem de nós? Digam o que desejam. (What do pirates want from us? State your business.)" The Portuguese captain demanded in his native language.

"Meus Irmãos do Mar, não fiquem alarmados! Eu sou um de vocês! Posso ser Pirata mas sou originário da mesma nação que vocês! (My Brothers of the Sea, don't be alarm! I am one of you! I may be a pirate but I am from the same nation that you live in!)" Air Jay assured. "Como prova de patriotismo estou disposto em não vos fazer mal e queria umas informações. (As a sign of good patriotism I will not harm you and I would like to ask you for information.)"

"What could they be talking about?" Zel wondered.

"Air jay is trying to assure his people that he will not harm them and he is asking for information." Amelia responded.

Zel looks back at Amelia in shock only to see that she is more shocked than him, this is the second time she is translating what it is being said in Portuguese. How is it that Amelia knows so much about the Portuguese language with out knowing? Zel looks back at Air jay; it is quite obvious that this is his doing, but why?

"The Portuguese Captain stayed in silence the entire time, he did not quite trusted Air jay even if he claims to be Portuguese like him, he just hopes that he doesn't have the sad idea to pick up a fight with him. "O que desejam saber? (What do you want to know?)

"Muito bem, eu queria saber…(Alright I would like to know…)" Air Jay was interrupted when Naga put her hand on Air jay's shoulder

"I'll talk to him Air Jay. Don't forget that I am also the captain on this ship and I'm not going to let you take all the glory even if you are talking with your own."

"Who do you think I am?" Air Jay asked with a sweat drop.

"An Outlaw. That is why I am better than you! Besides, I want to try out my Portuguese vocabulary that you taught me." Naga then turns to the Portuguese captain. " Senhoras e meninas! Eu ladra Naga a Serpente Amarela e pato informações! ( Ladies and little girls! I tramp Naga the yellow serpent and quack information!)"

The Portuguese captain and his sailors looked curiously and confusingly at Naga.

"I think she meant Ladies and gentlemen! I am Naga the White Serpent and desire some information´. She really needs to perfect her Portuguese." Air Jay thought.

Naga got confused with the mystified look on the Portuguese sailors, so she turns to Air Jay. "What's the matter with them?"

"Oh, nothing…" Air Jay lied.

Naga was not convinced so she turns to the Portuguese. " Tenho um grande rabiosque! Eu sou um príncipe! (I have a really big butt! I am a prince!)"

Air jay made a sound like he was going to puke and the Portuguese only gave her a disgusted look.

Their attitude puzzled Naga again, and after a few disturbing moments of silence she turns to Air Jay again. "What did I said?"

"I think…you don't want to know…"

Amelia got tired with all of this and said very loud. " Estamos à procura de um pirata chamado Czor! (We are looking for a pirate named Czor!)" Amelia then gasped, she spooked Portuguese, it was weird at first that she knows how to read Portuguese but now she is also speaking the language of Camões, this is really staring to frightening her up. In an immediate reaction she runs away back to her compartment.

"Amelia?" Zel whispered.

"Air Jay smirked and turns to the captain. "É verdade, estamos á procura de um pirata chamado Czor. (It is true, we are looking for a pirate named Czor.)"

" Procuram Czor? É bastante curioso porque nós já nos encontramos com ele e a sua tripulação que tentaram atacar-nos mas nós lhe demos uma valente lição.(Czor you say? It is quite curious because we encountered with his crew who tried to board us but we taught them a lesson.)" The captain said with a lot of pride. " Foi há um dia, ele atacaram-nos porque nós passamos pela ilha deles (it was at least a day ago, they attack us because we were passing by their island.)"

"Encontraram a ilha deles? Onde é? (You found their island? Where is it?)"

"É a oeste, é numa da áreas onde não tem nuvens no céu. (To the west, it is one of the areas of Skull Sea that has no clouds in the sky.)"

"Oeste, não é? Muito obrigado, meu irmão do Mar. (To west, right? Thank you very much, my brother of the Sea.)" Air Jay saluted to the captain.

The Portuguese captain saluted back. " Adeus, e espero que nos encontrarmos outra vez que tenhas um cabelo menos bizarro.(Farewell, and I hope that if we ever meet again you'll have a less bizarre hair.)"

" Cala-te!(Shut up!)"

After the two ships departed Air jay picked up a compass.

"What did your national said Air jay?" Naga asked.

"They have found Czor and his crew and they told me where to find it, it will be a day's Journey but we'll get there. All we have to do is go west and we will find the island where that rat is hidden." Air jay responded with a smirk.

Naga smirked back. "OOOOHOHOHOHOHOHOH!!!! Perfect, that will spare us of some loss of time!"

"We would not be wasting anytime if you two would just ask for directions on the first place!" Zel lectured.

"Oh, shut up!" Air Jay grumbled.

"Enough with this chit chat! Release all the sails! And set direction to west! Move it!" Naga ordered and all the pirates moved around to carry on with her orders.

Zel said nothing more and when to look for Amelia.

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Zel found her in her in the captain's compartments, crying.

"Amelia?" Zel said softly as he holds Amelia from behind, by the way that Amelia's body is quivering is because she is terrified. "Amelia, you're shaking, what's the matter?"

"How….how do I know a language that I never learn?" Amelia responded with a juddering voice. "What has Air jay done to me?"

Zel holds her tight. "Easy Amelia, easy…" Zel has never seen Amelia like this, so susceptible, she defiantly under a lot a pressure, her daughter was kidnapped again, her father was beat like a mule in her sight, her kingdom is now overruled by one of her enemies, she finally encountered her sister in the most unpleasant ways and she discovered some shocking things that her father has done in the name of justice. All these things are messing up with Amelia's head, so much that she can not hold her tears.

Amelia sobs with her tears landing on the ground.

Suddenly Air jay bashes the door open and he and Naga enters the compartment.

"What are you two doing here?" Zelgadiss growled.

"This is our compartment!" Naga reminded. "We can do what ever we want!"

"Well then we will just leave!" Zel snapped, but right before they could leave Amelia stop him.

She looks up At Air jay with a deadly serious look.

"Ouch, don't look at me like that Amelia, you scare me." Air Jay taunted.

"How do I know how to speak you language?" Amelia demanded.

"What are you talking about Amelia?" Naga asked. "You know Portuguese ever since you were little, Air jay here taught you how to speak it."

"What?" Amelia nearly shouted.

"And I have to say, she speak Portuguese a lot more than you Naga." Air Jay teased.

Naga slowly looks back at him with a calm, normal face, but then she punches him right on the face, making him fall down to the ground.

Amelia had a very disturbed and confused look on her face with the news. "Air jay taught me? What nonsense are you talking about? I never knew Air jay!"

Now Naga looks at Amelia with a confused look. "What are you talking about Amelia? Don't you remember the times when…" Naga was interrupted when Air jay put his hand in front of Naga.

"I believe I can explain what is wrong with Amelia." Air Jay takes a deep breath before speaking. "Right after your mother's death Phill has put on a memory spell on Amelia."

"What?!" Zel cried in shock.

"A Memory spell? What is that?" Naga asked.

"I have spoken with Kiko and he can confirm it to be true! Phill has put on a memory spell on Amelia when she was little so that she could never remember the horrible vision of her mother dead on the ground." Air Jay assured.

"I heard about these spells. They can erase unpleasant memories that we do not wish to remember, but that spell is practically unpredictable and you don't know how much of our memory it can take, that is why that spell has become forbidden generations ago." Zelgadiss said.

Amelia stand in there in silence, she simply refuses to believe that her father has put a risky spell on her, she just simply can, ever since she started this voyage she has been hearing nothing but bad mouths about her father.

Naga simply hits her fist to the wall, completely dismayed. "I can not believe that my father would be this foolish! How can he risk putting a spell as dangerous as this one on one of his daughters?"

"Why do you care!?!?!" Amelia snapped, revolted at her own sister. That has taken everyone in the room in amaze, no one has ever seen Amelia this angry this emotionally. "Why do you care about what happen to a member of your own family Gracia? You abandon us when our mother died, you left to the unknown with no communication, and do you know how much my father and I suffered? All the long days and nights I spend crying because of the loss of my mother and the miss of my sister? Do you? And now I find you connected with the very man who does everything in his power to destroy our father. Last year I gave you the benefit of a doubt, but now I can perfectly see that you care about your own family! You are heartless, Gracia!"

Naga widen her eyes when Amelia said that and her heart beat heavily like some one put an enormous, poisonous weight on it. Zel himself was surprised with Amelia's attitude; it seems that the frustration is finally getting to her.

As a response to Amelia statement Air jay starts to smash everything he can take hold of. "F!!!! S!!! S!!! S!!!!" He starts the break the table, reducing it to pieces, throwing strong punches to the wall that makes holes on the wall and even kicking the door. He's been stampeding the entire room like a wild animal, which made Zel grab Amelia and leaving the compartment before they fall victim to Air jay's insane wrath.

"Captains, captains, what is wrong?" one of the pirates asked worryingly when he approached the room.

"I'M ANGRY!!! DO YOU HAVE A PROBLEM?" Air Jay shouted to the pirate with a fuming expression.

"N-n-no sir……" The pirate whimpered.

"THEN GET OUT OF MY FACE!!!" the pirate immediately ran away. After the pirate left Air Jay took a deep breathe and look back at Naga, she's still in the same position she was after Amelia snapped at her. He acted like an angry animal to make sure that Amelia and Naga would not continue with their confrontation, otherwise this war of words will end up appallingly.

Secretly Naga was glad that Air Jay acted that way, still she could not believe that Amelia said that. "Why did you bring her with you?" Naga asked in a lifeless tone.

Air Jay looks at her with a nervous look, he never expected things to go this bad but bringing Amelia is an important element to his plan. "Naga……I told you that you and Amelia need to reencounter again, I told you that many times in the past and last year you could have take the chance to see your sister again but you didn't, you had many chances to see your sister again but you were still afraid, if we continue doing this your way you would end up never seeing your sister again."

Naga did not say a word, she didn't have any strength to speak, she is too emotionally disturbed even if she doesn't look like it.

Air Jay looks down to Naga's arm, it is shaking sensitively and by the looks on her face it seems like she wanted to cry. "Go ahead Nag, you can cry……it will do you good."

Naga looks back at Air Jay with a serious face. "I am Naga the Serpent! I don't cry…" she said very weakly, she wanted to shout but is still too affective to yell.

Air jay just stood there for a moment before leaving, he figure that it is best to leave Naga alone with her thoughts.

All these years this was exactly what Naga wanted to avoid all these years, a confrontation with her sister because Naga would be afraid that Amelia would not understand why she left, afraid to suffer the same pain she felt when she left her sister behind, but Amelia is too much corrupted by the philosophy of her father to understand the truth.

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A day passed and Amelia and Naga did not direct a word to each other ever since their argument and to rid her mind of the events that happen yesterday Naga has been on the helm with Air Jay.

Air Jay has been looking on the compass the entire time and still there is no sign of terra firma. "I don't get it, we have been going west the entire day and we still could not find land."

"Maybe the captain tricked you." Naga said. "He could have said that to trick us since we are pirates…"

"Wait look!!!" Air jay interrupted point to the light in front of them. "That must be the place, now all we have to do is find the Island where Czor is hidden."

Naga smirked. "Yes, its finally pay back time and he will pay for what he did to Eudora."

To be continued……

Sunny: the situation between Naga and Amelia is getting really complicated, isn't it?