Well chapter three, is my dad cooking something? I'm hungry! Dammit! He dragged me to the store in the middle of writing the second chappy. In the middle of the massage part. Grrr. By the way, I was dying of jealousy. I want a Doomy-massage!
Disclaimer: I don't own Hana Yori Dango.
Warning: Language, inneundos and you know, stuff.
Boys Before...........The High Seas???
Chapter Three
He lay there, his arms around her slim body, pulling her as close to him as he could. He had to be gentle. Very gentle. If she woke...she wouldn't though. This past week she had started to work with that idiot every day. The ship had never been better, but she was really wearing herself out. That made him worry, which made him slightly irritable.
Would she ever know how much he enjoyed holding her like this? He loved the feel of her skin against his. She was so soft and beautiful. The way her silky hair was spread out, some of it was in her face. He took that excuse to gently pull the hair out of the way of her face. A finger traced around her lips. I shouldn't do that....it's torture...Her lips were soft too. Really soft. He wanted to feel her lips against his. He wouldn't dare though.
He wanted to stay like this forever. When she woke, she would put up her defenses, never looking as peaceful as she was when she was sleeping. All he wanted was for her to let him wrap his arms around her whenever he wanted to. She didn't know these things and he wasn't sure how to tell her. For now he tried to content himself with just holding her.
"Rui..." The soft murmur made him freeze up. She hadn't...she hadn't said Rui had she? Why Rui? His best friend. She was dreaming about him. He wanted her to dream about him. As if on cue though...
"Doumyouji....silly...." Her voice was so sweet and she nuzzled his neck. He felt himself relax, after all it was just dreams wasn't it? Dreams and nothing more. Right then he could pretend. He could pretend that she knew and she wanted to be in his arms. Even though the sun was rising. Just a few moments more.
Just a few more moments...
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Tsukushi woke up and got dressed. She sat there waiting for about half an hour. Where the heck is Kazuya? Did he forget? Tsukushi heard some angry yelling out on the deck and decided to go investigate. She wandered outside and the first thing she noticed was how cold it was. It had been warm everyday. Today was kind of foreboding. There was fog everywhere. She looked up and saw a gray sky glaring at her.
"You still haven't found Kazuya?" Doumyouji shouted at Soujirou and Akira.
"We checked his room." Soujirou said pointedly showing that he and Akira had tried to do something.
"What's going on?" Tsukushi asked the three.
"We're looking for Kazuya." Doumyouji told her. "He didn't get our breakfast and no one knows where he is."
The door burst open and Sako came out dragging a tied up and gagged Kazuya. "I found him." He put Kazuya down in front of them before walking off. "I'm going back to work now, Captain Doumyouji."
"Go to it then." Doumyouji reached down and untied Kazuya's gag. "Now Kazuya-" Tsukushi cut him off.
"Finish untying him!" Tsukushi demanded right away. "Sheesh!" Doumyouji narrowed his eyes at her.
"I need questions answered. Kazuya, who tied you up?" Doumyouji asked as Tsukushi went to work at untying the red haired boy. For once Kazuya wasn't wearing his eye patch or his bandana. His red hair was like a flag almost. Kazuya's eyes went wide at the question.
"They told me I couldn't say!" Kazuya exclaimed, obviously scared.
"You two," Doumyouji turned to Akira and Soujirou. "Have five seconds to tell me why you tied Kazuya up."
"We didn't do anything!" Akira protested.
"Yeah, I think we have just a little bit more class, besides, I want breakfast." Soujirou grumbled.
"Kazuya, can't you please tell us who did it?" Tsukushi gave him a kind expression when she got him completely untied.
"Well, I kind of don't know. They pulled up beside us. Three of them boarded and tied me up." Kazuya explained to them.
"How come you wouldn't tell me?" Doumyouji asked in annoyance.
Tsukushi gave him a dirty look. "If you didn't treat him like dirt he would probably answer you." Doumyouji's face twisted slightly.
"How could have anyone boarded us? RUI!" Doumyouji shouted up towards the lookout post. No answer. "RUI! WAKE UP AND GET DOWN HERE BEFORE I COME UP THERE AND THROW YOU DOWN!" No answer. "Kazuya, go wake up Rui."
Kazuya's eyes widened suddenly. "But Captain Doumyouji....I-I'm scared of heights."
"That's pathetic Kazuya, you'll never be a pirate. Now GET UP THERE!" Doumyouji pointed to the ladder rungs. Kazuya went completely white in the face.
"I'll go." Tsukushi started walking towards the ladder rungs to feel Doumyouji grab her wrist.
"No." Doumyouji said firmly.
"That was like a week ago! I'm not going to fall, it was just an accident." Tsukushi protested, trying unsuccessfully to free her wrist. Kazuya gulped and walked over to the ladder. He stepped up on the first rung.
"I'm scared!" Kazuya wailed clinging to the ladder even though he was about a foot off the ground.
"Let me go." Tsukushi said, trying to look brave as possible. Doumyouji grated his teeth.
"No, and if you ask again I'll tie you up and leave you in our room." Tsukushi's eyes widened. Doumyouji never referred to it as their room. It was always his. That was unexpected.
"Yeah, well I'd like to see you try." Tsukushi tried to cross her arms but found she couldn't. Kazuya was still wailing. "Kazuya, come down now okay?" Kazuya stopped and promptly stepped back onto the deck.
"Kazuya, there are only four captains on this ship and none of them are women!" Doumyouji roared at the red haired boy, who collapsed onto his knees, before passing out on the ground. "Great. I guess I'll go up."
"No!" Tsukushi couldn't even believe she said that. Doumyouji was looking at her as if she was suddenly in a new light. "I could do it you know. I'm not a doll."
"I'm going up and you'll sit here in the ground if I have to get Soujirou and Akira to hold you down." Doumyouji told her firmly before letting go of her wrist. Doumyouji began to go up the ladder rungs. Kazuya sat up looking dazed.
"I hate heights." Kazuya pulled a bandana out of his pocket around his head before standing up. He pulled out his ridiculous eye patch and put it over his left eye thus confirming Tsukushi's suspicions that it was moving from day to day. Had she been paying attention. She was watching Doumyouji going through the trap door and disappearing. In a few minutes Rui was climbing down at an alarming rate. At about ten rungs from the bottom he simply jumped off and landed nicely. Doumyouji reached the bottom a few minutes later.
"So you were sleeping and haven't seen any ships?" Doumyouji was beginning to look more and more annoyed.
"I was bored." Rui said. "Good morning Tsukushi."
"Good morning Rui." Tsukushi answered promptly. Doumyouji's eyebrow was twitching slightly in irritation.
"Tsukushi maybe you should go back our room for awhile. There's an enemy ship around and I don't want-" Doumyouji was cut off as a ship seemed to appear. The words painted in a loopy script that Rui seemed to recognize as his eyes went as wide as dinner plates. It said The Fury.
"Shizuka?" Rui called out to the fog. Two grappling hooks landed on deck. Tsukushi was almost hit by one if Doumyouji hadn't shoved her out of the way. The grappling hooks pulled the ropes tight. Tsukushi got up and was about to give Doumyouji a lecture about manhandling when two figures jumped onto the boat.
"This was too easy." The one figure told the other, the voice was definitely a woman's.
"Your brother has the worst security." The other figure, also a woman's voice said back. Tsukushi watched as Doumyouji's eyes widened to a size that rivaled Rui's.
"Tsubaki?" Doumyouji asked his voice full of skepticism.
A twinkling laughter came from one figure as they seemingly stepped out of shadow. Tsukushi gasped. Tsubaki, was the prettiest girl she had ever seen. She had thick glossy dark hair and dark eyes. She looked like a real lady even though she was wearing some sort of outfit that consisted of tight pants and a loose jacket that made her look as though she was a military. The other was also definitely a lady with short cut light colored hair and eyes full of some sort of exciting wildness. She was wearing an outfit just like Tsubaki's except in different colors. "Why Tsukasa, I would have suspected you had a better defense on your ship then this."
"Tsukasa?" Tsukushi turned to Doumyouji in confusion.
"It's his first name." Soujirou explained as Doumyouji wasn't paying attention.
"Oh." Tsukushi answered. She turned back towards Tsubaki and the other lady.
"Hello Tsubaki. Hello....Shigeru." Doumyouji practically spat the other one's name.
"Is Shizuka aboard?" Rui was hopping around like a five year old who had to pee.
"Ha, she wanted to come sailing with us but you know her father would never agree." Tsubaki answered her tone full of confidence. Tsukushi had to admit she felt a slight awe for the woman.
"Hey Tsukasa, be a little less happy to see me!" The other woman who must have been Shigeru was grinning from ear to ear. "After all, I am your fiancée."
"Shut up Shigeru." Doumyouji said crossly. "And don't call me that!"
"You have a fiancée?" Tsukushi's mouth dropped open.
"Yep, an arranged marriage that came about when me and Tsukasa were about five." Shigeru's grin did not lose an inch. "By the way, who are you?"
"Nobody." Doumyouji said quickly stepping in front of her. Tsukushi's face twisted as she walked around to face him, hands on her hips.
"Nobody huh?" Tsukushi asked, voice dripping with defiance. "As compared to four idiotic captains, I suppose?"
"Tsukushi, be quiet." Doumyouji was looking more and more irritated.
"Or what?" Tsukushi raised a challenging eyebrow. "You've been such an ass since I got up! Have I offended you Captain Octopus Head?"
The result was instantaneous laughter from Shigeru and Tsubaki.
"Did she just call him..." Tsubaki wheezed out, clutching Shigeru to keep from falling over.
"Octopus...Head...." Shigeru got out in gasps. Doumyouji was going red in the face with anger. The two laughed for a few more moments before wiping away the tears that gathered in their eyes and straightening up.
"What's your name?" Tsubaki asked Tsukushi.
"Makino Tsukushi." Tsukushi felt a little shy speaking directly to Tsubaki.
"Makino Tsukushi, how would you like to be made a member of The Fury's crew?" Tsubaki inquired. Tsukushi's face broke out into a smile.
"I think I would like that." Tsukushi answered.
"Terrific! I like her! I'm the First Mate, Shigeru." Shigeru shook her hand before leaning in to whisper in her ear. "I've never seen someone insult Tsukasa like that." Shigeru whispered before her grin widened.
"I am Captain Tsubaki." Tsubaki also shook her hand. "Really, great job you've done putting my brother in his place."
"This is ridiculous. This is my ship Tsubaki. You and Shigeru and whoever else you brought can all play pirates else where. As for Tsukushi...I believe it was us that got her from a village not you." Doumyouji said smugly, his eyes looking at Tsukushi dangerously.
Tsubaki and Shigeru turned, looking at each other before turning away from everyone. They began to discuss the situation slowly before finally agreeing and turning to face them all.
"Although my first plan was to take the ship and sail back to Eitoku, I have another plan." Tsubaki began.
"Oh so-" Doumyouji was cut off by Shigeru's sword at his chest.
"You'll learn fast that The Fury's pirates do not just laze about like the F4." Shigeru told him fiercely.
"Back off a little Shigeru." Tsubaki waved her hand and Shigeru's sword went back into it's sheath. "As I was saying, I have conquered this ship so I make the rules. You will agree to the following or we'll get to see the look on father's face when he realizes I'm the better pirate."
"We are great pirates." Akira put in.
"This," Rui paused for effect, "Is what I had to come down for? I'm going back up." That was all he said before he climbed the ladder rungs up into the lookout post.
"Great pirates huh? When's the last time you pillaged or burned?" Shigeru asked with a smirk.
"We burned down a farm." Kazuya broke in. "It was about three weeks ago. Captain Doumyouji said I would never become a real pirate because I went through and saved some of the animals that got trapped. There was-"
"Kazuya," Doumyouji yelled. "Go below and get to work!" Kazuya sat there staring with wide eyes at Tsukushi.
"Kazuya, why don't you go down below?" Tsukushi asked and Kazuya nodded his head.
"Okay Captain Tsukushi!" As soon as the words left Kazuya's mouth, Tsukushi thought Doumyouji might actually explode.
"That's it Kazuya! Your going into the underbelly of this ship and scrubbing it with a dish rag! Now MOVE!" The yell caused Kazuya to make a frightened noise before running towards the door.
"Excuse me, Tsukasa, if your quite done, we can get down to business." Tsubaki called back everyone's attention.
"What are your terms?" Doumyouji's face could have been made from stone at that moment.
"First, you will be demoted to First Mate. The others will are demoted to crewmembers. Second, one of our crew is going to be made the ship's captain." Tsubaki ticked off the items on her fingers. "And third, when we get to Eitoku, the crewmember better be accounted for and give us a report on how you followed my guidelines. If I find out you didn't, I'll capture this ship and make all of you servants aboard mine."
"Shigeru will never be a captain on my ship!" Doumyouji told his sister defiantly.
"Gee, as much as being stuck on a ship with you would be the highlight of my whole life, I wouldn't leave the Fury for anything." Shigeru said nobly.
"Do you agree to my terms or not, Tsukasa?" Tsubaki asked.
"I agree." Doumyouji replied after a few minutes of silence and made his agreement sound like it had been drug out of him.
"Wonderful. The crew member we have selected is Tsukushi. She will be the captain of this ship from now on." Tsubaki smiled at her. Tsukushi blinked.
"This is a rough crew but you can keep them in line." Shigeru winked at her.
"Okay." Tsukushi accepted it, after all, it wasn't that big of a deal was it?
"Her?" Doumyouji scoffed. "Great captain she'll make! She doesn't know navigation or-"
"Well I suggest as her first mate you can help her." Tsubaki's smug grin seemed to rub it in as her and Shigeru turned towards their ship. "We better go now. We'll expect a full report Tsukushi."
"Aye-aye Captain Tsubaki!" Tsukushi exclaimed. she was captain of the ship. Doumyouji was sure going to handle this well.
Shigeru motioned her to come close. Shigeru leaned in once more to whisper into Tsukushi's ear. "Just so you know, Doumyouji has very sensitive ears. All you have to do is give 'em a nibble!" Tsukushi's face went bright red at the thought. "Good luck!" She said loudly before her and Tsubaki went aboard their own ship. They waved and Tsukushi waved back enthusiastically till she realized that the others were staring at her. Even Rui was peeking his head over the lookout post's edge.
"This could be interesting." Rui commented loud enough for everyone on deck to hear before disappearing.
"If you think for one moment that I'm going to call you Captain Tsukushi...." Doumyouji trailed off in an unspoken threat.
"Don't worry about it. But maybe if you act like a prick all time like you usually do I will make you call me that." Tsukushi teased.
"Ahem." Soujirou cleared his throat and held out an empty hand towards Akira. Akira grumbled but paid Soujirou anyways.
"What the hell was your bet?" Doumyouji questioned them.
"That Tsukushi would be the real captain by the end of the trip." Soujirou made it sound as though it was an everyday thing to say. "I won."
"What's that supposed to mean?" Tsukushi asked putting her hands on her hips.
"Oh nothing." Akira said before him and Soujirou walked off.
"Guys!" Tsukushi yelled in vain at them.
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Tsukushi looked up at the lookout post. Beautiful music was coming from up there. It was definitely a violin. Tsukushi looked around, Doumyouji wasn't on deck. She climbed up the ladder rungs. She opened the trap door and found Rui, not facing the trap door. He was playing some song she had never heard before. It stopped as she closed the trap door.
"What do you want?" Rui asked. He turned to look at her.
"Oh...um..." Tsukushi felt a little embarrassed. "I was just curious about the music."
"Doumyouji will kill me if he finds out you climbed up here." Rui commented.
"Why do you always say that? I don't think Doumyouji would kill anyone if I died." Tsukushi laughed but she remembered his intense eyes.
"You could have died!"
"Women seldom understand these things. Doumyouji is a man you know." Rui gave her a weird look.
"I know he's a man, he would make an ugly woman." Tsukushi joked.
"Do you realize that your a woman?" Rui asked her, his face so close to hers in no regard for personal space.
"Of course I realize that! What are you, half asleep still?" Tsukushi replied, crossing her arms. Rui began to laugh.
"I like you, you aren't boring." Rui stated clearly. "How's being a captain?" He really jumps around on subjects doesn't he? Tsukushi managed a weak smile.
"It's fine. Soujirou gave me one of his spare captain's logs. I don't talk about anything but the weather." Tsukushi told him cheerfully. "What do you write in yours?"
"This is my captain's log." Rui held up his book.
"Oh....what kind of things do you write?" Tsukushi prompted.
"Shizuka started it and we trade off." Rui explained. "I can't usually say what I mean outloud when I want to."
"So it's sappy lovey-dovey stuff? That's lame." Tsukushi teased. Something was wrong. Why did her chest hurt?
"Doumyouji will kill me." Rui sighed before opening the trap door. "Go down before someone figures out your up here."
"W-wait, I didn't mean to...." Tsukushi begun and Rui cut her off.
"I think you meant to, you just don't realize it yet. Why don't women understand these things?" Rui seemed to be asking himself that question. Tsukushi was still confused but started to climb down the ladder rungs. That's when she heard it.
"Tsukushi, what are you doing?" The calm anger made Tsukushi swallow before looking down. Doumyouji was standing there with his arms crossed and eyes narrowed.
"I'm climbing down." Tsukushi called down as if Doumyouji was a four year old. A stupid four year old. Then it suddenly dawned on her that she was wearing a dress and Doumyouji could probably see right up it. She kicked a shoe off and it hit her square in the face.
"What the hell was that for?" Doumyouji yelled at her.
"What do you think you-" Tsukushi had put her bare foot on the rung only to have it slip. The other foot slipped and she knew she was going to fall. She tried to pull herself up. Her hands could not hold the weight and they too slipped. She was falling through the air, waiting to hit the hard deck below. amazingly though it never came. She landed in somebody's arms. Doumyouji's arms.
Great he'll never let me climb up there now! Tsukushi tried to slide out of his arms but it was obvious Doumyouji wasn't going to let her.
"Maybe if you break your neck you won't climb up there! You little idiot, I told you to stay down." Doumyouji's eyes were kind despite his words.
"Just because-" Tsukushi began but he hushed her.
"Aren't you going to thank me?" Doumyouji asked, letting her down right next to the cabin door. Tsukushi looked up at him, with his short curly hair and dark eyes. His eyes seemed to be full of some silent plea. He wants me to do something. But what? For some unknown reason, Tsukushi remembered what Shigeru had said about Doumyouji's ears, thus she blushed very deeply. Doumyouji smiled slightly.
"Thank you Doumyouji." Tsukushi finally got out. Doumyouji blinked his eyes as if he was slightly surprised. "Although you kind of had to since Tsubaki-" Doumyouji put up a hand next to her head and leaned in a little.
"That's not why I saved you." Doumyouji's voice seemed deeper. Tsukushi felt like she was breathing a little harder.
"Hey, you two have a huge bed just for that purpose." Akira's voice caused Doumyouji to spring away quickly. What was that all about just now?
"We're not doing anything!" Tsukushi went bright red at the suggestion though.
"Told you!" Soujirou seemed to appear out of nowhere with an empty hand held out, immediately filled by Akira.
"Doumyouji work up some initiative and do something. I'm sick of losing to Soujirou just because you can't make a move." Akira demanded, folding his arms with a slight pout.
"Akira, Soujirou, do you two want to scrub the deck?" Doumyouji asked in a challenging tone.
"No." They both said together.
"Your not captain anymore!" Akira put on a smug look.
"No, but I am." Tsukushi countered. Soujirou and Akira scampered off. Doumyouji turned and gave Tsukushi a grin. Tsukushi returned it but she got the feeling that whatever Doumyouji had wanted her to do, she hadn't. Why do I feel like...I'm regretting something?
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Food Update: Yes I did get food.
Will Tsukushi be a good captain? Will somehow Doumyouji get back his captainess? Will Rui make sense? Will Rui be able to have a coherent conversation? Will everyone die of shock? Will Akira stop making bets with Soujirou? Will Soujirou be the richest man ever? Will Tsukushi figure out what Doumyouji wanted her to do? Will she stop being such a dingbat about everything? Will Tsubaki and Shigeru come back into the story? Will Doumyouji ever let Shigeru call him Tsukasa? Will Tsukushi reveal she has the secret of Doumyouji's ears? Will she attempt to use what she knows? Will Kazuya get over his fear of heights? Will Rui not sleep in the lookout post? Will Sako come into the story some more? What's with Sako anyway? Not to mention Makiko! Stay tuned!