Let's give it up folks for the fastest written story ever! Just kidding. So yeah, this took some time and yeah, it's great. Sheesh. What I'm really meaning to say is sadly, this is the last chapter of this story. I mean, it's a wonderful story. I'm not just saying that cause it's mine, I truly do like this story. Ah well, all good things must come to an end.
Thank You's: Ah, who to thank? Who to thank? I guess obviously Teresa. I mean HELLO! Without her, I would have never known about the wonderful world of Hana Yori Dango in the first place! Let alone been able to write this story! Plus all the wonderful Teresa insight. Oh and the picture! WONDERFUL!!! Also Madeleine who believe it or not helped me out with this story, while I was telling it to her. See when I was, the wonderful joke that everyone seems to love (i.e. Basic Animal Instincts) came into my head. I tried it out on her first and she loved it! Then there's also little things like my airbed to thank for without it, my back may have never recovered from strenuous days of being hunched over my computer typing like a madwoman. (I swear I went like writer-berserk.) Which of course caused me to come up with a parody for Cake's Going The Distance. Ahem!
The moon has gone down
And the sun has gone up,
And long ago Teresa finished being up,
But I'm striving and writing,
And hugging my knees,
Having to get Doumyouji with Tsukushi!
TADA! I know I am so masterful at song parodies sometimes. Like when I sat there making up alternate Hana Yori Dango versions of Disney songs like "Kiss The Doomy" and all that holo-polo. By the way for anyone that wants to know about why he's called Doomy to me and Teresa, here's the story: I started to watch episodes of Hana Yori Dango after Teresa went to bed one night. My computer couldn't process the sound so I had none. I was reading the subtitles like a good little girl but I couldn't figure out how to say Doumyouji so I just kept reading it as "Doomy." In the morning when I was going on and on about how much I loved Hana Yori Dango to Teresa, I kept mentioning Doomy. Teresa gave me a strange look and said, "You mean, Doumyouji?" But the nickname stuck none the less. I also have to thank the Hana Yori Dango art book because of the little chibi Hana Yori Dango cast in sailor suits seemed to be a sign that I had to write the pirate story. A sign from DOOMY! Sorry. I'd like to thank all the fans! Tenshineko (Luv' ya! ~_^), Fresh 8, Sam, Sushifishie, Agent MarbleEyes (Who's having an epileptic seizure as we speak), Zackire, SY, Winnie, askformore, Dinette, Chris, natsu no yuki, Slyver Angel, caramel (Never fails to review!), DuB, Ruth, selene947, Mitchy, jk, Lizzy (Update please ~_^), piglet, NeRd, yume, Drina (You update too!), Joanna, Zeia, jjj, chalce, Bara, curdled milk (you also must update), Kithkin, baby pookie, Tsuki1, G.L., lavender, Cathryn, Stiggy 1412, Sirsta, Lly, Kyaa Kyaff, Sheila piglet, Emily, Stacy, Lan-chan, Mizu-chan (Love The Lottery by the way.), Samantha, doujin, and of course how could I not thank Yih? She makes me laugh. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Disclaimer: I don't own anything, not even my beloved pillowcase! (WAHHHHHH!!!!)
Warning: Okay just as a warning, I almost peed my pants while merely thinking about some of the nefarious going ons in this chapter. Cussing, plans, and other interesting things…
Boys Before……….The High Seas??? (The grammar check will give me no rest about that title.)
Chapter Sixteen
Sakurako gulped a little. She was a little nervous and understandably so. After all, not many times in the past few years had she worn a dress. Plus she had never worn one cut the way this one was. Her shoulders were bared and skirt had slits on the sides, going up her legs a little.
Could this dress be cut any lower? Sakurako tried not to start giggling when Kazuya had gotten that nosebleed as she stepped out of her room with it on. Even if it was for the good of someone else, Sakurako wished she could wear an actual dress and not just part of one.
She opened her fan up, lightly fanning herself as to appear just like any other noble lady. Tsukushi passed her, but gave no sign that she knew her. Sakurako spotted her target. It was sad, Tsubaki was such a pretty woman and her husband was ugly. Sakurako sighed before swaying her hips as much as she dared to, bumping into the man.
"Oh! I'm terribly sorry!" Sakurako tried to make herself sound slightly idiotic. Lord Heyatsu looked down at her and then kept looking down. Sakurako would have given anything if she could have taken that fan and broken it over his head.
"No problem dear lady." Lord Heyatsu told her. Sakurako made her eyes as wide as she could get them to go and smiled.
"I seem to be so terribly lost!" Sakurako went for a dismayed tone.
"Where are you trying to go?" Lord Heyatsu asked, leering at her. "I could get you there..." One of his hands slid down her arms. Ew, this is just gross.
"The library on the east wing. Do you know where that is?" Sakurako kept her innocent stupidity going even though part of her was saying to punch the guy in the stomach.
"Of course, I know this castle very well. Shall I escort you?" Lord Heyatsu raised his eyebrows.
Do not hit him! Do not hit him! Think happy thoughts! Think about how you're all sailing off! Think about Kazuya!
"Could you? That would be ever so wonderful." Sakurako batted her eyelashes at him. "You are such a gentleman, Lord…?"
"Lord Heyatsu…" Lord Heyatsu told her.
"Thank you so much, Lord Heyatsu." Sakurako took his offered arm and walked with him, smiling like a true brainless nitwit. Through the whole walk she had to keep making excuses to fidget slightly because his hands kept trying to go places that they were not welcome at all. The got to the doors, which one was open.
"Lady, I must leave you now." Lord Heyatsu was bending over her. Sakurako tried to keep from grimacing, this guy wanted to kiss her? Sakurako moved forward almost as if coming to greet the kiss.
"Yeah, you do don't you?" Sakurako pushed him into the room, which she knew was empty because of some weird plan that Tsukushi had made up to keep it that way. Something about it crawling with ants. The door closed on the man. Kazuya turned the key on it.
"That guy was going to kiss you!" Kazuya said in alarm.
"Don't be jealous of that guy Kazuya. Besides," Sakurako looked out a window. "I'd say it's about one o' clock. We need to get to Rui and Shizuka!"
"AHHH!" Kazuya jumped. "That's right!" The pair ran off towards their next destination.
* * *
"I-I don't know." Akira shook his head. "This plan…" Him and Soujirou were right behind the building, being blocked from the view of the wedding guests.
"It's for Tsubaki." Soujirou said bravely.
"Yeah, but still…" Akira trailed off. "I'm not sure I can go through with it."
"That's what I thought." Soujirou started to unbutton his shirt.
"What does that mean?" Akira asked suspiciously.
"I knew you weren't brave enough to do it." Soujirou affirmed.
"What? Of course I'm brave enough!" Akira protested.
"Really? Well I bet you ten gold coins that you don't go through with it." Soujirou replied slyly.
"Your on!" Akira began to take off his shirt. "This time I am going to win!"
* * *
Sakurako was running around, being frantically tailed by Kazuya. They had to find Shizuka and Rui before they came down for the wedding. Luckily as if some answer to their prayers, they ran straight into the couple. Everyone ended up falling down but it was well worth it.
"Shizuka? Rui?" Sakurako questioned them.
"Yeah?" Rui asked, rubbing his bottom.
"You have to come with us." Sakurako told the couple.
"Why?" Shizuka questioned, while Rui helped her to her feet.
"We don't have time to explain right now!" Kazuya waved his arms frantically. "We'll never make it at this rate!"
"Okay well then let's go." Rui looked a little bewildered but was obviously going with it for lack of anything else to do. "Although I kind of did want to see our "distraction" go through."
"It would have been hilarious." Shizuka rushed after them agreeing. Sakurako got into Tsubaki's room where Doumyouji and Tsukushi were waiting.
"I guess that means we need to get down to the wedding!" Tsukushi sprang up, dragging Doumyouji after her.
"Dare I ask?" Shizuka raised a perfectly arched eyebrow.
"No, but you should get into this crate." Sakurako informed them. "Both of you."
"What's the other one for?" Rui asked.
"I've got to go take care of it." Kazuya grabbed it before, running out the door with it.
"This is exciting though…" Shizuka grinned mischievously. "Trapped in a crate together…" Rui returned the look.
"Just get in there!" Sakurako insisted. The two climbed in together before Sakurako put the lid on. "You guys can still breath and everything?" No answer but there was a whole lot of rustling going on.
A few moments later, Kazuya came back. "Let's get these two moving or we'll never beat the others down to the docks!"
"Good idea." The pair picked up the box, which wasn't very easy. "You do have that wagon ready right?" Sakurako asked as they were trying to get down a flight of stairs.
"Yep!" Kazuya answered. Sakurako sighed, this was a whole lot of trouble to be going through but it would be worth it if the plan seemed to work out okay. Kazuya had gotten a wagon ready because the pair was just too heavy to carry around. They finally got the box out of the castle and on the cart.
"Will we make it?" Sakurako seemed to being asking herself that question. Kazuya grabbed her hand, squeezing it reassuringly.
"Of course we will!" Kazuya gave the reins a crack and the horses set off.
* * *
Tsukushi and Doumyouji tried to take their seats calmly, not positive on everything that was going to happen. Tsubaki was waiting on the alter and apparently been waiting for about ten minutes now. Kaede looked murderous and Tsukushi hoped that if for some reason the plans didn't work out, Kaede wouldn't try to kill her.
That's when it happened.
At first, Tsukushi had no idea what she was seeing until Doumyouji focused on it and covered her eyes up with his hand. She gasped though, she had seen all the same. She started laughing loudly. She knew exactly what she had just witnessed.
Two boys with absolutely no clothes, running through the aisles. Except they weren't just any two boys. They were Akira and Soujirou. Tsukushi felt Doumyouji's hand drop and saw that Shigeru, from absolutely nowhere, dressed fully in her pirate clothes, had sprung out of the crowd. Shigeru lifted up a surprised Tsubaki, slinging the dark-haired woman over her shoulders. Doumyouji and Tsukushi started to go after them. Tsubaki did something unexpected however.
She threw her veil at Tsukushi, who caught it perfectly.
"Take it! You'll need it!" Tsubaki yelled as Shigeru disappeared around the corner.
"W-what?" Tsukushi called after them in confusion. She saw that Doumyouji was looking at her rather strangely.
"You know, we still have some time…" Doumyouji began.
"Right now?" Tsukushi's eyes were as wide as they could go. Doumyouji took the veil from her and put it over her head.
"Right now." Doumyouji rushed her over to the alter where the man who was supposed to wed Tsubaki and Lord Heyatsu was standing. "Come on man! We want to get married!" Doumyouji commanded. The guests were still staring with dropped jaws at the two naked boys.
"Um, sure…Doumyouji Tsukasa, do you-" The man was cut off by a very impatient Doumyouji.
"Yes! Hurry!" Doumyouji answered quickly.
"Do you, um…miss…take this man to be your lawful wedded husband?" The man asked her, looking relieved to get a whole sentence out.
"I do." Tsukushi said, looking Doumyouji right in the eye. So maybe it wasn't her idea of the wedding she wanted to have. This worked though.
"Have you rings?" The man asked them. Doumyouji looked irritated before taking two flowers that were growing on the trellis.
"These are our rings." Doumyouji handed her a flower. Tsukushi couldn't help but think that a flower was far more significant at the moment then a ring.
"I now pronounce you man and wife." The man finished. "You may kiss the bride." Doumyouji practically jumped on her. Tsukushi didn't care though. The feelings rushing around her were too much. Doumyouji suddenly slung her over his shoulder, much like Shigeru had done to Tsubaki.
"Hey! Stop manhandling me!" Tsukushi yelled, causing some of the wedding guests to look back at them.
"What are you two doing?" Kaede asked them fiercely. Doumyouji just ran though.
"Be back soon!" Doumyouji called over his shoulder. "And you know what? I like manhandling you sometimes!" Doumyouji started to laugh. Tsukushi gave up fighting it and settled happily along for the ride. Four horses were waiting for them. Soujirou and Akira were already on theirs, with clothes on.
"Don't even say anything!" Akira told the two as they climbed onto horses. "Wait a second!" Akira's face was being with triumph.
"What?" Soujirou asked as they started to gallop the horses towards the harbor.
"I WON!" Akira announced. "I won the bet!"
"Looks like there's a first time for everything." Tsukushi muttered. They pulled up on their horses at the dock. Kazuya and Sakurako were waiting for them on the gangplank. As soon as the four had run up it, Doumyouji looked around.
"Where's Rui and Shizuka?" Doumyouji asked. Kazuya pointed at the big building that Tsukushi saw two ropes were tied to. The roped were also tied to the Fury's mast and the Hana's mast. Shizuka and Rui were busily untying the Fury's rope first. Tsukushi saw guards coming down the hill towards the two ships and gulped.
Rui and Shizuka got the Fury's rope undone and then went for the Hana's. The guards were getting closer. Kazuya and Sakurako pushed the gangplank out off the boat and started to pull up the anchor. Soujirou and Akira helped them. Tsukushi's eyes widened as Shizuka held onto Rui and Rui jumped from way up on the building, the rope swinging with two people at them.
The ship started to sail away and so did the Fury. Tsukushi ran over and waved to Tsubaki and Shigeru on the other ship. Tsubaki and Shigeru were holding each other's hands excitedly and waving at Tsukushi with the other. Tsukushi realized something right then and wondered why she held failed to realize it before.
"If my parents knew who I wanted to marry, they would lock me up in a tower!" Tsubaki joked.
"She couldn't have meant…" Tsukushi trailed off.
"What's with that veil?" Sakurako asked Tsukushi. Tsukushi realized she was still wearing her wedding veil.
"Well I got married." Tsukushi told them bluntly. Sakurako just shrugged.
"I figured something like that happened." Sakurako sighed.
"Next time you can't send Sakurako to do something like that! That guy almost kissed her!" Kazuya protested, putting an arm around Sakurako's shoulders.
"You two are…?" Tsukushi trailed off in surprise.
* * *
"They're getting away!" Kaede told her husband angrily as she watched the two ships sail off from a balcony.
"Hmm…you don't say?" Lord Doumyouji stretched out on the chair he was sitting on. "Miss, do you think you could get me some of that raspberry lemonade they were making earlier?" He asked the servant. The servant nodded before walking off.
"Tsubaki and Tsukasa have just defied us!" Kaede stated indignantly as Lord Doumyouji got his lemonade.
"Oh well that's just the way it goes." Lord Doumyouji shrugged before sipping on his raspberry lemonade. "This is excellent Kaede, you should have some." Kaede clenched her teeth before stomping off.
* * *
"It's great to be out on sea again." Tsukushi leaned out over the rail a little. Doumyouji put his arms around her. They had been at sea for about two hours now, land shrinking further and further from sight. Kazuya and Sakurako were busy manning the ship, Akira and Soujirou were playing cards, and Shizuka and Rui were making themselves comfortable in the lookout post.
"Now I'm going to take you all over the world." Doumyouji whispered to her. "Of course, we'll have to stop by your village, we're still pirates you know?"
"We can pick up Yuuki! Oh she'll love it! Although she'll be scared at first because everyone thinks you guys eat those girls…" Tsukushi giggled at the thought.
"They think what?" Doumyouji asked in confusion.
"Never mind." Tsukushi shook her head.
"Tsukushi?" Doumyouji said her name questioningly.
"What?" Tsukushi snuggled further into his arms.
"Do you know why the ship is named the Hana?" Doumyouji asked her. Tsukushi shook her head before a thought popped into her head.
"Don't tell me you named the ship!" Tsukushi exclaimed.
"It was a promise that I'd come back and visit someone someday." Doumyouji told her. "Although, you can bet I got no end of it from Akira and Soujirou." Tsukushi felt her breath catch, out here on the wild seas with Doumyouji, it seemed as though all her dreams came true.
"May it never be said that you can't keep your promises…" Tsukushi joked. Doumyouji pulled her even closer to him, kissing her sweetly.
"You know…we are married now…" Doumyouji's face went a little red at his own words. Tsukushi smiled mischievously.
"I guess that would make it pretty proper…" Tsukushi's face was also a little red. Doumyouji picked up and carried her off to her room.
* * *
THE END! Omigod, that was great! Here's an Akugi!
(Doumyouji and Tsukushi kiss.)
Soujirou: Stepping Out fuutsuu no nichiyoubi no-
(Akira hits him)
I was really tempted to write the ending like that…so tempted. HERE'S THE LAST QUESTIONS!!!
Will everyone live happily ever after? Will Lord Doumyouji bask in his triumph of pissing Kaede off? Will Sakurako and Kazuya end up getting married? Will they ever not some how make fun of Akira and Soujirou's streaking episode? Will Rui and Shizuka be the worst lookouts ever because they have constant sex in the lookout post? Will anyone care? Will they see the Fury again? Is Tsukushi still captain? Will we find out what Tsukushi figured out about Tsubaki? Or will it merely only be hinted at because I'm pretty evil? Will they pick up Yuuki when it comes time to get the village "sacrifice?" Where else are they going? (The far off island of Canada I presume???) Not to mention MAKIKO! Stay down and stay brown everyone!