Warning! This fic contains strong language! It's Bakugo, what were y'all expecting?

This is my first attempt at a Pirate AU fic and only my second MHA story, but I'm really excited for this story. I don't have a beta so any mistakes are mine, feel free to point them out so I can correct them. Enjoy!

One night, just one singular night without something happening! Was it really too much to ask? Bakugo was starting to learn that it really was. What was supposed to be a peaceful night before they docked the next afternoon to sell their loot, turned into a night full of chaos. The screams and pounding footsteps awoke the sleeping captain long before the shrill ringing of the alarm bells pierced the quiet night. He threw on his boots and stormed out of his quarters in nothing but his pants and loose undershirt. Bakugo was frozen in his tracks at what he saw, explosions were going off all around him, people were sprinting to and froe, war cries and screams of anguish were resounding in the night; pure, complete chaos.

Bakugo was suddenly grateful that he had grabbed his twin blades before he barged out of his quarters, he didn't know what was going on, but his eyes locked onto a man a few feet in front of him. This man wasn't a member of his crew, or anyone else he would have recognized. Meaning, quite simply, the fiery captain didn't care for him, so he could be useful and die. The unknown man fell before he could even comprehend what was happening, whipping his head around Bakugo's eyes landed on his first mate sprinting across the deck.

"Kirishima! What the hell is going on?" He hollered over the ruckus around them.

"I don't know! I woke up to this, I know we've got enemies, but after that?" Kirishima looked as disoriented as Bakugo felt, his hair was all over the place from sleeping on it, he wasn't wearing a shirt, but he had thankfully acquired his boots and sword at some point. Bakugo once again whipped his head around, scanning every inch of his ship, looking for some kind of clue to help him figure out what was going on.

"Kaminari! Get over here!" He shouted when his eyes landed on the obnoxiously bright yellow hair his crew member had.

"What do ya need?"

"Birds eye view! Get going, we'll cover you!" Without needing more words, Bakugo and Kirishima immediately flanked Kaminari, defending him from their opponents as the three of them sprinted to one of the unique features of Bakugo's ship. In the middle of the ship attached to one of his two masts, was a rigged pully. When someone ran towards this pully, grabbed onto the handle that was dangling, and kicked the lever, they would go flying up to a small platform that was attached higher up on the mast. This platform offered an excellent view of not only the entire ship, but also the surrounding area as well. Kaminari activated the mechanism with practiced ease, shooting up to the platform to begin his search.

"Captain, we've got a rival ship to our port! Multiple targets are already on board!" Kaminari yelled down a moment later while also gesturing to help get the meaning of his words across, despite the distance between them. Bakugo's eyes widened when he saw the enemy ship, he recognized it.

"What is it?" Kirishima called over his shoulder, watching his captains back as always.

"Shit, it's the Damnation's Terror! We're raising the red flag, focus on clearing the ship, then we need to get out of range of those cannons."

"The Damnation's-" His red-headed first mate started.

"Now, Shitty-Hair!"

"Yes, Captain!" By this point Kaminari had made his way back to their level using a different rope and had reset the lever in time to catch the tail end of the conversation.

Obviously they couldn't actually raise a red flag in the middle of battle, and the chances of the rest of the crew looking up and seeing said flag were slim, so instead they verbally spread the message by calling it out as they ran around the deck taking out enemies as they went.

Bakugo was concerned, so far, they had only run into your run of the mill scoundrels, but the Damnation's Terror was anything but run of the mill. If the big players weren't here in the battle, then where the hell were they? He didn't have much time to think on this matter as cannon fire landed next to them, sending a wave of water strong enough to rock the entire ship, almost knocked him over. He'll have to worry about that later, right now, if they stayed where they were they would be torn to shreds. Their enemy could fire all they wanted at the moment, but with the battle raging on Bakugo's ship, they couldn't return the fire without being cut down while they tried to load the cannons. He fought his way to the helm, they needed to get some breathing room between them, hands landing on the wheel, he tested it a few times and was shocked to find that the rudder hadn't been sabotaged.

"Loose the main sails!" He bellowed from his position. The one major dent in his plan was that since everyone was asleep, all of the sails had been raised to keep wind from getting into them and the anchor had been lowered. He could see Kirishima was thinking right along with him and was already working with others to get the anchor raised in record time. Kaminari had found Sero sometime along the way and the two of them started the process of lowering the sails, while the rest of his crew scrambled around. Some sheathed their swords and helped with the sails, while others crowded around them to defend them as they worked. Bakugo scanned the deck again, he was missing the two remaining members of his command circle. At this point, he could only assume that they were still below deck, dealing with whatever was going on down there.

"You're clear, Captain!" Someone had yelled after a few more minutes, now Bakugo had a small defense squad around him as he started steering the ship out of the Damnation's Terror's line of fire. The Damnation's Terror was a mammoth of a ship, and with only their main sails down, they weren't moving very fast. Bakugo quickly noted that they weren't using the full extent of their cannons on them, he supposed he should be grateful for that, but he was way too pissed at the moment to feel an emotion other than his infamous anger. He also saw that they didn't seem interested in following, some of their opponents even dove overboard to return to their own ship.

It took another ten minutes of chaos before things finally started settling down, the screams had stopped, the cannons no longer pounded in their eardrums, and the Damnation's Terror was fading from view.

"Captain, we've cleared the ship." Kirishima informed him. Bakugo glanced at him, he had a couple of minor cuts on his right arm, but other than that he appeared to be unharmed.

"Do it again."

"Right away, Blasty." Kirishima was prepared to jump out of the way of Bakugo's hand at the red head's favorite nickname for the temperamental captain. Quickly rushing off before Bakugo could decide to chase after him.

"Still clear." He reconfirmed after a few minutes.

"Then we missed something. Sero take the wheel." Bakugo just knew that there had to be something else. The damage to the ship was actually minimal despite the barrage of cannon fire they were under, the majority of the shots must have been close to them to disorient them, but far enough away to avoid damage. Why though? What was the point of attacking them, but also being careful to avoid damage? They had to be missing something, that was something that Katsuki Bakugo was sure of, and he was determined to figure out what.

"Captain, what do we do with the survivors?" Kirishima asked as they passed the line of men that didn't belong to his crew.

"I gave the red flag orders, didn't I?" Bakugo's stride never failed as he continued in his path below deck.

"You heard him boys, dead men tell no tales!" Kirishima confirmed, following after his captain.

"You checked every corner?"

"No, I just yelled, 'anyone down here?' yes! Yes of course I checked everywhere!" Bakugo chuckled, the less sleep Kirishima got the more sarcastic he was.

"Did you check the supplies?"

"Not yet, I was looking for people and hull damage first. Plus I don't have the key on me."

"I've got a key, let's go check it out."

Bakugo pulled out his fairly impressive ring of keys, but quickly realized that they wouldn't be necessary. The normally closed and locked doors to his main supply storage had been nearly torn off of their hinges.

Kirishima gasped, "They got-"

"Everything." Bakugo finished for him. It was true, food, fresh water, rum, ammo, medical supplies, wood, metal, cloth, blankets- absolutely everything that was stored inside the room or outside of it was completely gone. He stalked over to the secret compartment in the floor and grit his teeth when he noticed that even their stash of gold, jewels, and other valuables had been taken. He looked around again, the only things that had survived were empty boxes and whatever crumbs had managed to slip through their robber's fingers.

"How did they even get all of this out of here? They didn't come up to the deck, we would've noticed." Kirishima breathed out, he couldn't believe this. How could everything be gone?

"The holes." Kirishima followed his gaze, noting how the debris flowed in that direction. "They blew holes in the side of our hull, then most likely had rowboats positioned underneath them. The people who were on board would just drop them down into the boats, while the rest of their group kept us busy."

"He's right. We caught glimpses of supplies being moved, but we had no idea it was to this extent." Jiro quietly spoke up from behind them.

"You don't understand! They brought road blockers with them! We couldn't make it through them, the gunfire, and all of the men to get to the supplies!" Mina urged before anyone could say anything else.

"Guys, we don't blame you, right Blasty?" Kirishima reassured them.

"Yeah whatever. The Damnation's Terror lives up to their reputation. I've got a few supplies stored in my cabin; we'll use those until we can get to a port." The captain grumbled already on the move. "Shitty hair and I will move the supplies, you two figure out our casualties."

I hope everyone enjoyed Chapter 1! Reminder that I have an Instagram and Twitter that I post story updates on, both under the name- Kiera540writing.

Chapter 2 is in progress and should be up soon. More characters coming in later chapters.

See you next time! ~Kiera540