[DISCLAIMER: Only a fictional little story with lots of Hololive characters.
This chapter they land in Princess Luna's country. There will be lots of newcomers introduced, and possibly a few more crew mates. Flare and Noel, Ayame and Towa, and then Okakoro, Marine, AquShion, and Rushia.
Thanks, Peknan and others for your reviews, faves and follows. I hope you enjoy this playful little comedy/adventure.]
Chapter 10 – Candy Land's Most Wanted
The LoveLove Aqua Marine Go docked at the busy port of Candy Land. Marine was dressed in her finest Captain's outfit, her thick coat and tri-crowned hat slanted to the side. She was a sight of beauty and power when she wore her full regalia.
Rushia stood beside her, with long, flowing pink hair and a demure necromancer's dress, shimmering pink.
Senchou directed her crew, "Okayu, Korone and Shion…" she then glanced over the cat and dog girl. "Where's my first mate?"
"She said she felt sick," Okayu stated.
"This is no time to be sick. We have to buy supplies."
"I'm here, mom," Aqua ran up beside Okayu and Korone. "I can help a lot."
Marine grumbled, "that cheeky little witch." She doubted that Princess Luna even remembered her. She had a lousy memory and the mind of a baby.
"Let's go check out this burg!" Marine shouted, raising a fist, "Ahoy ye matey's."
They all shouted a rousing cheer, and then headed off the ship with her.
"First stop we need a drink – there's this fantastic little pub I recall owned by a beautiful Fire Elf named Flare." Marine dreamily stared forward, "ah, the memories."
Shion watched the crew leave the ship, tucked behind the door of the kitchen. She could easily just stay here, eat and wait until they were done with their shopping trip.
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The crew stepped into the busy Fire Elf Pub along the main walkway of the busy port in Candy Land. It was a booming economy, thanks to the business dealings of Princess Luna, a shrewd little baby Princess who wasn't actually a baby, but certainly wanted everyone to think she was a baby. She just wasn't very good with math and had told everyone she was zero-years old for the last 16 years.
When Senchou walked in Shiranui Flare caught sight of her and ran up to greet in an extremely friendly manner.
"That Elf must be French," Okayu commented, snickering along with Korone, as she was led to the back by her doggo girlfriend to play a game of Galaga and Pac-Man (they were arcade games in this realm). They ordered drinks and food while playing games, and Okayu told them to just place it on Senchou's tab – their Captain was paying.
Rushia watched how the Fire Elf greeted her Captain, and despite thinking she might want to be jealous; she honestly didn't care.
There was a cute Oni at the bar that she found quite fetching, carrying two samurai swords at her back and with two small horns at the front of her skull, the she was sure would be a nice little bedroom accessory. On her way, however, she was bumped by a petite demon with yellow eyes and purple hair.
"Yo, watch where you're going!" Rushia growled.
"I do watch where I'm going, and you bumped into me."
"Did not." Her red eyes blazed angrily. "You must need glasses."
"Oh," the petite demon girl, despite wanting to obviously illicit demon powers, instantly bowed, "so sorry."
"WHAT?!" Rushia growled. "Aren't you a demon?! You're supposed to get angry. Yell. Be a demon for goodness sake! You're embarrassing demons everywhere."
"But you said it was my fault." Towa felt like crying, and her hat drooped down over her ears.
The Oni walked over. "I'm so sorry my friend is very rude."
"WHAT?!" Rushia again screamed so loud the entire bar turned to watch her slam a fist on a table, breaking it in half. "What's with this generation?!"
Senchou finally pulled up from her friendly greeting with the owner of the pub.
"She with you?" Flare asked.
"Never seen her before." Senchou's eyes widened, and then darted back and forth guiltily. "Have no idea who she is."
"Oh, okay." Flare grabbed her by the hand. "Let's go to the back and you can tell me all about your travels, and I can call that cute Captain of the Lu-Knights to come arrest her."
"Sure, sure." Marine's glanced to Rushia, as she was pulled to the back room. She knew the necromancer was more than capable to take care of herself.
The petite demon and Oni both stood, watching the necromancer's hair change from long and pink to short and green, and then start to move upward with static electricity. Growing more and more fearful.
"We are so sorry," the petite demon girl said. "We can buy you a drink."
"Yes, yes, please let us buy you something to help you chill," it was the Oni. "My family is actually obscenely wealthy and so, I'm on school break with Towa."
Rushia finally calmed with an, "Okay, sure," whispering under her breath, "teenie-bopper chumps."
The three walked to the bar as the two introduced themselves, "I'm Nakimi Ayame traveling with my friend and companion, Tokoyami Towa."
They all ordered drinks and Rushia told the bartender that it was on the Ojou's tab; of which, they didn't object.
"What brings you to town?" Ayame asked.
"We're picking up supplies for our ship."
"Ooh, you have a ship?"
"Yeah, it's a pretty sweet little ride."
"Can we catch a ride with you?"
"Yeah sure. The Captain loves me."
Rushia kept downing drinks, as they bought.
A buxom Lu-Knight Captain walked into the pub with a group of five Lu-Knights following behind. She had been called by her fiancée that there was a violent person wrecking her furniture. She hadn't noticed any disturbance, other than possibly three under-age drinkers, but then their Princess was only 0-years-old and she drank all the time.
"Everything looks fine here," Captain Shirogane Noel of the Lu-Knights, commented. "Men, go back outside and look for anything unusual, criminals, the like. I'll have to just… check in the back and see how things are going."
The five nodded, "Yes Danchou," and walked back outside.
The Captain rushed to the back of the pub to see her beloved Fire Elf, Flare.
Aqua stood outside. She had spent the last hour walking inside the pub, and then walking back toward the ship, and then back to the pub, and then back toward the ship. She wanted to ask Shion to please join them.
She was extremely indecisive.
She didn't feel right leaving her behind. This city was lit up and lively, and had so much to see, and she couldn't believe her best friend was afraid to leave the ship.
She was sure she'd be fine.
It was during this time she finally walked back to the ship.
Shion was there on the deck, which surprised her.
"Hey," Aqua called to her.
"Hey."
"Want to come to the pub with me?"
"Not especially."
Aqua made it up to the main deck, the moon was full and it was a surprisingly calm evening.
"What's everyone doing?"
"Well, I think OkaKoro are playing arcade games and drinking too much, because I could hear them laughing a lot, and then Rushia is probably picking up on underage demons on spring break, and then Senchou might be having a threesome in the back of the pub, but I'm not sure."
Shion stared at the ex-robot.
"What?"
She continued staring. "You are so weird."
"What do you mean?"
"You could have filtered half of that."
"What do you mean?"
"Filtered." Shion gave up on trying to think this girl was normal. "Never mind."
Shion sighed loudly, "You know, actually, you're very honest. Some might call it naivete, but it's just dumb honesty."
"Shion?"
She turned to the ex-robot. "Yeah?"
"I understand more than you think, but I like that you think I'm honest."
"That's what you got from that?"
Aqua smiled largely, then giggling, "Yes."
Shion shook her head and then smiled, snickering along with her. They both started laughing, as they stood shoulder touching shoulder, at the side of the ship.
Aqua asked if Shion ate, and she had, but Aqua hadn't yet eaten, but then she wasn't very hungry. She was enjoying her time on this beautiful evening beside her best friend.
The moon's light lit the entire deck and that's when the five Lu-Knights spotted the most wanted criminal in the history of Candy Land. They passed along the wanted poster, printed:
Murasaki Shion: Witch and Cheeky Brat
Wanted Dead or Alive
But mostly Alive because the Princess Luna wants an apology
Instantly, they called back up.
Soon a group of Lu-Knights were gathering near the Love Love Aqua Marine Go without anyone realizing.
Danchou was busy in the back of the Fire Elf Pub and didn't get the message by her men.
OkaKoro were busy betting over a game of Asteroids.
Rushia was getting soused with two under-age teen Demons on spring break.
And two young crewmates were about to be arrested by an entire Lu-Knight brigade.
[END NOTE: Thank you for reading. I look forward to the reviews. Next chapter I think we'll finally see Princess Luna.]
