A/N: This is based on the episode, "The Octonauts and the Kelp Forest Rescue."

The submarine rose from the water, and Pinto jumped with excitement. Through the windshield... could it be...?

Oh my gosh, Oh my gosh, Oh my gosh!

An eyepatch, a beat up ear. A mischievous glint in his eye.

"It's the pirate, Mom!" he yelled, swinging his mother's arm back and forth in his excitement.

"I can see that, dear," she said amusedly, not minding at all.

The windshield opened.

"It's really you!" Pinto cried, coming as close to the edge of the dock as he could. "You're so cool!"

"Aye, that I am," the pirate replied, chuckling. "Hop on in. We've got a lot of cool stuff to show you!"

"Yahoo!" Pinto jumped in, and the Gup started to turn away, closing the windshield.

"Take care of my son!" Perlita called, waving goodbye.

Kwazii did a thumbs up, and they sank into the water.

"The name's Kwazii," the Pirate said, a lazy, very awesome smile on his face as he glanced at the young one, before looking back through the windshield. "And you're name's Pinto, right? Peso told me a lot about you."

"Really?" Things were getting cooler by the minute!

"Aye," Kwazii replied. "He said you liked adventure and pirates."

"Sure do!" Pinto replied. "Do you go on adventures?"

"All the time," Kwazii said. "Before, and even now with the Octonauts. Sometimes, I search for treasure..."

"Ooh"

"...and sunken ships..."

"Oooooh"

"... and even monsters!"

"Ooooooh!"

"Yep, the life of an Octonaut is really exciting. You have to be prepared for anything to happen."

"I wanna become an Octonaut. Or definitely a pirate! Or both!" Pinto said, then looked down. "Though I don't really sound like a pirate. That's gonna be a problem."

"Nah, that can be easily fixed," Kwazii said.

"Really?"

"Yeah, anyone can talk like a pirate," Kwazii said. "It's all about the gruffness and the lingo. Actually, when I was a wee kitten, I talked like this," And just like that, his voice transformed into the average Joe. It was jarring. It was uncanny. It was also incredibly British. But then he went back to his usual voice. "But I trained meself to talk like a pirate. 'Tis pretty natural, now."

"So I can really become just like you!" Pinto beamed.

"Yeah..." Kwazii laughed, a bit uncomfortably. Won't ya wanna be like Peso too, though? Kwazii knew how much the medic was looking forward to his little brother's visit. Oh well, he's probably going to be excited about seeing Peso too. Might as well not worry about it.

"Can you teach me how to talk like one?" Pinto asked, looking up at him with huge eyes.

Kwazii thought of his gift for Pinto and grinned. The little squirt would definitely love that.

"'Course I can."


Peso waited with bated breath until he saw the Gup rise up in the Launch Bay.

Peso was excited to see Pinto again. He couldn't wait to give Pinto his gift: a medical hat that Peso made, just for him. So they could both have the same uniform, and Pinto could feel like a real Octonaut.

Kwazii just gave Pinto the eye patch. He accepted it with warm flippers and wide eyes, and Peso's heart was warm as well. Peso and Kwazii had coordinated those gifts, since Peso knew how much Pinto would appreciate the pirate garb. Now he hoped that Pinto would appreciate his gift. He probably would; Peso was his big brother, after all.

He should've known it wouldn't be that easy.

"I want to learn how to be an Octonaut, not a medic," Pinto said later, in the Sick Bay.

"But I'm an Octonaut and a Medic."

"I mean a real Octonaut, like Kwazii."

That was like a slap in the face. Sure, a medic might not be as flamboyant and glorified of a job, but he was still important. How could Pinto think that lowly of him?

But then Kwazii whisked Pinto away for lunch, cheering and playing with the young one, a ball of energy, and Pinto following faithfully by the pirate's side. Peso could only sigh.

Kwazii, and pirates, were just so much cooler. No wonder Pinto would not be interested in what his big brother does.

He didn't even have the chance to give him the gift.

But then the OctoAlert sounded, and Peso was soon tangled up in untangling seaweed.


Peso didn't know how it happened, but Pinto had changed his mind about him.

Thank goodness.

Scratch that, he knew exactly how that happened. In the end, he was glad that Pinto had stowed away on their Gup, even though he wasn't suppose to. They all ended up safe, they had an extra set of flippers, and most importantly, Pinto saw exactly what he did for a living. Now Pinto saw how much cooler he could be. Peso probably shouldn't be, but he was immensely glad that he was still on his little brother's radar.

Now, in the HQ, Kwazii turned to Pinto, "Your brother kept everybody safe today."

"Thanks to you, Peso, our mission was a success," Captain Barnacles chimed in.

Peso laughed sheepishly, not sure how to handle the compliments. Pinto looked up at Peso. "Can I try your hat?"

This was the perfect segue.

"Actually, I made this for you," Peso brought out the smaller medic hat. "If you want it." He still didn't want to risk it. It was still a bit too good to be true.

But Pinto passionately put it on his head, and that solidified it for Peso.

"Wow!" Pinto cheered. "Now I'm a pirate and a medic!"

"You can swashbuckle!" Kwazii said.

"And swash-bandage!" Peso added.

"Just like a real Octonaut!" Pinto said, and hugged Peso. The older penguin knew that he was going to remember this for a long time.

He didn't know how one could be so blessed.

A/N: Low key, when I saw Pinto hug his brother in the episode, I gushed XD My heart!

Also, I have this head cannon that Kwazii taught himself the pirate accent, and as a kid he didn't have one. There is nothing to back that up, though. It's just fun to think about XD

As mentioned before, posting will begin again on July 15th. I hope everyone has a good month!