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Yaten walked to his dresser and pulled open a drawer. He scanned the contents and pulled out a bottle of lotion. He then walked over to Minako and sat behind her. "Could you undo your robe so I can put this lotion on?"
Minako looked at him with nervous eyes. She didn't understand why he was tending to her. She released her robe and let it fall around her. He beautiful nightgown shimmered in the light. Yaten moved Minako's hair out of the way. "You know, I like your hair in the braid… it's easier to get rid of."
Minako grabbed her hair and turned around in horror. "Please don't cut my hair!" She pleaded.
Yaten looked at her blankly. His eyes then sparkled with a mischievous gleam. "It would be nice."
Minako started to get up but stumbled over her own robe. She fell face first onto the ground. Yaten burst out laughing. Minako turned beat red and quickly turned around and glared at him. "I hate you!"
Yaten stopped laughing and smirked at the girl. "Everyone does." He said in a calm voice as he put the bottle down. He got on his hands and knees. He crawled around her and got right into her face. She tried to move, but couldn't due to the robe being wrapped around her ankles. She closed her eyes tightly.
Yaten studied her face. He had no idea why, but he enjoyed being so close to her. He gently brushed her bangs from her face and watched as she slowly opened her eyes and looked into his eyes. He couldn't stop looking into her eyes. He almost felt as if he was swimming in them. He closed his eyes and pulled away. 'Baka, she's your prisoner.' He thought as he tried to put on a cold stern face. He then looked at Minako. "I will not cut your hair. I was just saying that it's easier to get out of my way for putting on the lotion. Ready for the lotion?"
Minako blinked a couple of times and quickly moved herself so that her back was to him once again. "I'm sorry." She whispered.
Yaten looked at her confused. "Why?"
"I misjudged you again." She replied simply.
Usagi felt her heart race. She didn't understand it. He… the dirty pirate who had kidnapped her… was kissing her on the lips! A pirate! Usagi pushed Seiya away. "No! You're a pirate!" She turned away from him.
Seiya looked at her hurt. "I may be a pirate, but I wasn't born a pirate." He said, trying to get her to look at him.
Usagi shook her head slowly. "I detest Pirates."
Seiya slumped his shoulders a little. 'Detest?' The girl who he was crazy about at first site, detested him? "You detest me?" He sounded hurt, and weak, but he didn't care. He had to know.
Usagi began to walk to the door. "I can not answer such a question." She began to reach for the doorknob when Seiya rushed around her and pressed his back to the door. Refusing to let her go.
"Answer the question, please!"
Usagi still refused to look him in the eye. Seiya took his index finger and placed it under her chin. He then moved her face so the he could look into her eyes. She was crying. Seiya studied her face. Neither said a word as they stared at one another.
"I-I can't answer… I can't…" Usagi finally stuttered.
Seiya didn't move. He could tell that she was lying. She had to be, or, why would she cry? "Usagi. Please, I will give up being a pirate for you if you want me to." Seiya cupped her face with his hands, gently pulling her towards him. "I will do anything for you…"
Usagi didn't say a thing. 'Why? Why is he doing this?' Her mind raced.
Seiya started to inch towards her once again. He closed his eyes slowly. Usagi felt her body scream. Half screamed 'YES!' but the other half, screamed 'NO!'. She pushed herself away. Seiya lost balance and fell on his face. Usagi burst out crying, jumped over Seiya and ran out of his room.
Seiya tried to get up, but he could feel something burning in his chest. He slammed his fist onto the floor. "WHY?"
Taiki eyed the man who held the bow before him. "You said that they were pirates?"
Ami looked at Taiki. He didn't look at her.
Haruka nodded her head. "Yes. I must retrieve them."
"Did you try Pirate's Cove?" Taiki said. He didn't waver before the man.
"Pirate's Cove? No. Take me there now!" Haruka yelled.
Taiki smiled. "As you wish, Mister."
"I AM NOT A MAN!" Haruka roared.
Ami studied Haruka. "You have no female features." She said in a matter of a fact voice.
Haruka snarled at Ami and got up into her face. "What do you mean?"
Ami closed her eyes and held up her index finger. Taiki cleared his throat and cut Ami off. "You're flat as a board!"
Haruka glared at Taiki. "I HATE MEN!" She then punched Taiki and sent him flying off of the ship.
Ami let out a sigh. "Guess I need to rescue him now."
Yaten finished up the lotion and sighed. He studied Minako's mark on her shoulder. He rubbed his thumb on it a little. "This can't be." He whispered. Minako started to turn around but he stopped her. He grabbed a magnify glass and his lamp. He leaned close to the mark and let out a sigh. "It is…"
"What?" Minako asked.
"Your mark has writing on it. It looks funky but it is there." Yaten said. "I think it means, beware."
Minako turned around to face him. Her face was right next to his. He felt his heart skip a beat. Minako's eyes glistened. "It's a warning!"
"Yeah…" Yaten said. He couldn't blink, or move… nothing.
Minako gazed at him. 'Why, why have I fallen for him?' She thought. She watched as his hair fell over his eye. She brushed it away without thinking. Suddenly, he embraced her. His embrace was so forceful it sent her backwards onto the floor. He held her so tight, but nothing more. Minako closed her eyes. He was warm… and he was hugging her… However, he was the coldest man she ever met… and yet, he seemed to have changed.
Yaten's eyes snapped open. 'BAKA! I need to control myself. I can't just… I can't!' He quickly let Minako go and stood up. He turned his back to her. "You should go now." He said coldly.
Minako stood up slowly. "Don't you ever do that again!" She spat at him. 'How dare I think of him as a normal male, he is a egotistic pig!'
She stormed out of the room, slamming the door behind her.
Usagi rushed back into the room she was in earlier. 'He's a pirate!' She yelled to herself in her mind. 'Nothing more!' She ran into Rei who was starting to leave the room. Rei fell on her butt, and Usagi fell on top of her. Rei eyed the girl when Usagi tried to get up.
"Usagi, you're not paying attention to where you're going." Rei stated.
Usagi looked at Rei and blushed. "I'm so sorry, I wasn't-"
"I know, now GET OFF OF ME!" Rei yelled at Usagi. Usagi quickly bounced off of the female pirate. "That's better." Rei said as she got off of the floor. She let out a sigh as Usagi started to turn away. "My brother… he was not always a pirate."
Usagi turned to Rei and gave her a puzzled look. "What do you mean?"
Rei looked away as she closed the door to their room. "He had a fine job. He was a blacksmith. He was very close to Yaten and when Yaten said that…" Rei's voice trailed off.
Usagi rolled her eyes. She went over to her bed and laid down. She then turned her back to the girl. "What ever."
"I think, Seiya would much rather tell you himself." Rei said softly as she opened the door and Seiya fell onto the floor, evidently eavesdropping.
"HEE HEE! REI! USAGI! So… this is your room?" Seiya said uneasily as he got up and brushed himself off.
Rei glared at him. "You are a no good for nothing brother!" She snapped at him and left the room. Seiya quickly closed the door behind her and rushed over to Usagi.
"Usagi-" He started, but Usagi cut him off.
"I don't want to hear any lies from a no good pirate!" She said as she kept her back to him.
Seiya took a deep breath and closed his eyes. "Usagi, what Rei just told you was true. I was a black smith. I use to make swords for the mayor and his guards in another village. Yaten and I have been friends since day one." He opened his eyes and gazed at the girl whose back was still towards him. "Yaten had something horrible happen to him and he asked me to join him as he became a pirate. I couldn't resist. He is my closest friend. I even dragged my siblings with me. I shouldn't have, but I did."
Usagi didn't move. Seiya took a step towards her, careful not to get too close. "I can go back to being a blacksmith if you…" Seiya bit his lip. 'BAKA! She doesn't love you, nor do you love her!' He shook his head. 'I want her to fall in love with me… because… because…'
Usagi didn't budge. Seiya reached out to her. As he got closer, he saw what completely caught him off guard. Usagi had closed her eyes, and fallen to sleep. Seiya sat on Rei's bed and let out a groan, "I can not believe this!" He laid back on her bed and stared at the ceiling. "Oh well." He said as he began to fall into a slumber.
Yaten looked at his mark and studied it. He didn't see any writing on his mark. He began to grumble as he tried to think of what he had done just before the symbol showed up. He closed his eyes. He was rubbing lotion on her heavenly soft… His eyes shot open. "I was rubbing it!" He quickly began to rub his mark hard. A golden light sparkled from the mark and a symbol appeared. He grabbed a mirror and tried to read the mark. He could start to make out a few symbols. 'Come on, what does it mean?' He cursed himself and studied the mark even more. "Child, it means child." He put down the mirror and pulled his shirt over his marking. "Beware and child. It's a warning all right, but what does it mean? What is this treasure to link us all together? Plus, that group of insane ladies called us the Blessed Children. I only know of the treasure that was associated with us, but not a curse nor any stupid rituals." Yaten walked around his room. He had to find out more. His blood was pumping with excitement. He had to find out everything that dealt with the blessed children. He practically kicked his own door down as he rushed out into the halls, looking for Seiya and Rei.
He rushed down to the room that was Seiya's and kicked the door open. He couldn't care less if Seiya would scream at him, this was more important. "Seiya! We need to…" Yaten stopped mid-sentence when he saw the room was dark. He grabbed the lamp that was by the front door and lit it. He then looked for Seiya's bed. As he inched towards the bed, he saw something sticking out of it. Yaten put the lamp down and went over to the bed. His eyes widened in shock as he saw a knife stabbed through Seiya's bed with a note. Yaten pulled the note from the knife and read it.
"If you want your life, give me the girl." Yaten read. He closed his eyes in disgust and crumbled the note up into a ball. "Damn these Pirates."
Rei walked into the bar and ordered herself a beer. She sat at the bar and a man approached her.
"You sure do know your drinks!" The man sat next to Rei. She looked at him with disgust. He had long brunette hair that covered his eyes even. He looked as if he hadn't shaved in about a week and he was very thin.
"Leave me alone." Rei said as she turned away. She knew how to take care of herself, as she had become a fine pirate.
The man ignored what she said. "I'll have the same thing she's having." He yelled to the tender. He then turned back to Rei. "My name is Yuuichirou."
Rei growled, hopping it would let him know to stay away. Yuuichirou leaned in to her. Rei let out a sigh. It didn't work. She turned to face him. "Good Bye." She then threw her tab on the bar and left. Yuuichirou jumped from his chair and fell on his face.
Rei rolled her eyes and quickly vanished from the bar. Yuuichirou got up as fast as he could only to fall once again. He wasn't about to let this pirate out of his site. He finally was able to stand up after about a minute and he rushed out of the bar. He looked around for her desperately but never saw her. He kicked an invisible rock and fell once again.
Taiki waddled in the water for about a half hour before Ami and Haruka found him. He shot a glare at the woman and walked over to the wheel. "We are off to Pirate's Cove." He announced as he turned the ship towards the island they were originally heading towards.
Haruka kept her bow and arrow pointed towards Taiki, not showing any signs of fear that she was at a disadvantage of two of them, one of her. She glanced over at Ami who was sitting on a box and reading a book.
"What is that object that thing you are looking at?" Haruka asked the girl.
Ami glanced over at Haruka. "It's called a book."
"A book? What are they for?" Haruka asked, not taking her eyes off of Taiki.
"Entertainment, learning, and other various things." She said in a soft voice.
Haruka looked at the book and made a face. "Sounds boring."
Ami pressed her lips together. 'I really don't like this person.'
Taiki smiled. "I believe we are approaching Pirate's Cove, and just before the sun sets completely!"
Ami glares at Haruka one last time before she closes her book and stands up. The two girls walk over to the head of the ship. A skull and crossbones figure etched into a rock was on the land before them. Haruka starts to grin a sly grin. "Soon, Michi-chan… soon I will bring back the pirate with the ability to heal!"
Ami glanced over at the other women talking to herself. 'Heal?' She thought. 'So, she's doing this for some one else. Some one in pain, that only a pirate can heal?' Ami looked back at the skull and crossbones and felt an eerie chill rush down her back. She watched as the waves splashed at the base of the crossbones. 'I don't like this area, not one bit.'
A/N: Well, there you have it; another thing with the blessed children and some one wants Seiya dead… but whom? Taiki and Ami finally will get reunited with the others! Plus, Haruka is there… Oh man… next chapter is going to be long and exciting!
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Preview:
Yaten's eyes widen as he receives the missing piece to his map. He looks at the person who had it in shock. "The treasure…"
"Is ours." The person finishes, holding out some other things for Yaten to take.
