Chapter 10: In His Majesty's Service

The port was bustling, noises could be heard everywhere. Fisherman unloading their boats, workmen hurriedly bang the hammers on leaking ships, and courtesans preying on men who had been at sea for far too long. Taichi was taking everything in, he felt as though he was in a movie, but this certainly was no movie.

Taichi had just met with the higher officers assigned to his ship and now were in the process of loading supples and trade goods. One of these trade goods, much too the shock of Taichi were prisoners and Digimon. Two of which Taichi was very familiar with. The first was the young man who had fought against Taichi in the battle of , Koushiro of Manchester. The other, which shocked Taichi even more was this world's version of Davis. Again Taichi learn he was also a Lord.

Taichi found it almost ironic that everyone he knew back in the real world was a lord or lady in this world. He wouldn't be shocked if he found Sora to be a Lady of the Empire, same would be said of Cody.

He had decided that, as he was the new governor and the captain of this ship he would try to befriend his old friends. He would be spending the next month with them in his care and they would probably end up working on his new estate in South Wales.

"Captain Normandie!" Taichi looked up from his documents he had set up on a table to see an naval officer salute him. Not having any experience as an sailor or as an officer, Taichi merely looked at the men.

"Captain, everything has been loaded, the prisoners taken to the holding cells and their Digimon to the Stables Deck."

"Good work, we'll head out as soon as the tides permit us." Taichi replied in an awkward voice, he hope he made some sense from lines he had remembered from movies about seafaring.

"There's just one problem sir." Taichi again raised his eyebrows, "A young lady has arrived claiming to be your wife. I was not aware you were married sir."

As the officer finished his sentence, a beautiful hooded brunet appeared onto the open deck of the ship. Immediately Taichi recognized who it was and quickly made his way to her and brought her to his quarters so that they could talk in private.

"What are you doing here?" Taichi exclaimed in a harsh whisper, "Isn't your wedding today!"

"I'm coming with you!" she explained while glaring at Taichi. "The King has no authority in South Wales. I will not marry a man I do not love. I'm coming with you and that's final!"

Fearing that he could no longer talk her out of it, he submitted to her decision.

"As my wife?" He asked.

"Someone has to keep you in line and what would the other sailors think if any woman but the captain's wife were to sleep with him." her soft smile made it very hard for Taichi to argue against her.

He sighed and finally said with a smile, "Welcome aboard Lady Alsace."

Sorry for the long wait, my mind has been squarely focus on writing 50 pages in the last 2 weeks to complete my thesis essay. I'll have as much time as I want now to write since school is pretty much finished.

Preview: Monde en Guerre Book 2: Tusk War

As Taichi made his was to the upper decks, he could here a heated argument from voices he knew all to well.

"Com'on, I'm sure the captain wouldn't mind too much if he shared his lady friend with the rest of us." the voice was confident sounding, it reminded Taichi of himself when he was younger.

"Not in a life time, I would much sooner sleep with every men on this ship before I even consider you to be viable." the seine voice was female and from those sleepless nights he knew who exactly it was that was arguing with Davis, "plus there are plenty of other girls on this ship that would surely love to sleep with a former Lord of the Empire."

"Hmmp, I much rather conquer the captain's whore then sleep with some commoner girl." Davis replied, by this point Taichi had arrived on the upper deck to see the two arguing.

"What did you just call me!" Taichi could see the anger rising in Mimi, knowing fully well what she was capable of and not wanting to be questioned on why a prisoner of war at died, he quickly came between them.

"Davis, please refrain from calling my wife names. And Mimi please try not to kill Davis, I don't want to answer a mob of angry girls when they learn their favorite traveling companion has died..." Taichi then looked at Davis and smirked, "by getting feed to the sharks."

Davis looked horrified and swallowed his saliva. Taichi knew the boy feared Mimi even more so then he fear Taichi. The best way to stop a raging hormonal boy Taichi had learned, was to let them know the consequences, in this case death.