Diamond Island
The ship named the Fire Soul was sailing the ocean on a random quest just for the hell of it. The captain was named Rehab Sanada, a.k.a. The Fire Bitch because she had the temper of a fire. Captain Sanada was barking orders to her crew about reaching this island before dark, this island was called Diamond Island.
As the Fire Soul rolled into the Diamond Island, another ship came in. It was a plain brown ship, filthy and unkempt. "All right!" came a rough male voice from on deck. "All slaves off!" The slave ship was emptied, boys and girls, men and women, of all ages and races pouring onto the pier. "You! Stop lagging!" he yelled, as a teenage girl with long brown hair started to slow down. She didn't look at her best. The crack of a whip, and the girl screamed. She then passed out on the pier, the slaves passing her unnoticed. "Drown her!" the order came. A few of the ship's crew picked her up and threw her into the water. She floated for a while until she sank slowly to the sea's floor. "Now! All of the rest of you! Keep going unless you want to have the same fate as her! There will be no sick slaves for the auction tomorrow!"
At the Slave Auction...there were many slaves all different sizes and shapes. Captain Sanada was walking back and forth looking at the merchandise that was brought in. "I'll take this Blondie over here she looks promising." Cap. Sanada said to the other Captain. The girl was about 16, she wore part of her hair tied in the back with a great big Red bow. "How much for her?"
The slave-auctioneer smiled wide. "You take a prize...this wonderful little specimen's price starts at, oh say, 1,000 rupees?"
"Oh, she's just NICE and dandy..." came the sarcastic voice from behind the auctioneer.
"Zechs Merquise..." the auctioneer growled. "How NICE of you to COME this year..." he said through gritted teeth.
"Oh, yes, and it's very nice BEING here, Daniel. Now, how about you show me some greater specimens, like, oh say, that one over there?" he pointed to a woman about 20 years old with short navy-blue hair.
"Oh, she's only going off for 500 rupees this year," Daniel said.
"Really? Hmm, she looks worth more than that..." Zechs observed. "After all, I could use some late night entertainment..."
Cap. Sanada says "I'll take the one I wanted before...for about 1,500 rupees."
"Then wait until the auction starts, miss..." Daniel smiled. "Which is actually now..." Daniel stepped up to the platform and knocked his javelin against the lectern. "Ladies and gentlemen! The bidding will start now!" The crew of his ship led up a young slave and the auctioning began. They went through several slaves before coming to one that caught everyone's eye. He was very spirited and struggled with the crew members.
"Let me go!" he yelled. His short, blond, messy hair stuck to his head with sweat. "I refuse...to be...sold! I'm not an animal!" he continued to struggle against their grasps until Daniel approached him and slapped him across the face.
"You will listen! You are a slave, nothing but dirt! Something to own!" Daniel yelled in the young man's face. He stepped back up to the lectern and laughed to the crowd loudly. The young man continued to glare at the auctioneer, but he did not struggle anymore. "Quite the energetic one, isn't he?" Daniel laughed. The crowd made a forced chuckle. "His name is Omi Mamoru, he is 18 years old and is a cross Japanese-French. How that turned out, we may never know. His bid starts at--"
Daniel never got the chance to finish before a man of about 22 in the audience announced, "5,000 Rupees!" Everyone stared at the red haired man. Was he insane? Who would pay that much for someone who'd be so disloyal?
"Um...5,000 rupees going once! 5,000 going twice! Sold to the red haired man in the back! What's your name sir?" Daniel asked.
"Aya," the man said simply. "Just Aya." Omi was paraded off of the platform and the blond haired girl replaced it. "Now, this is Minako Aino of 16 years, Japanese-English, the current offer has been raised to 1,500 rupees! Any higher bids?" "2,000 rupees!" came Zechs' call, just to spite Rei. "3,500 rupees!" Rei hollowed. "5,000!" Zechs retorted. "7,500!" Rei screamed. "10,000!" "20,000!" "50,000!" "500,000!" Zechs smirked. "5,000,000!" "That's it I'm beat, he can have her." Zechs chuckled. "And I still have 5,000,000 left to spend on slaves, beer, smokes, and whores." Rei just glares at him, with disgust. "Well I know you will have fun with her when you get back to your ship, now wont you?" "Maybe," Zechs said. "Maybe not, we'll just have to see, now won't we?" "Now, this next handsome young man is 17 years old, Japanese. His name is Seiji Date. His bid starts at 1,000 rupees. Any takers?" "2,000!" came a female voice. "5,000!" came another. "1,000,000," came a deep-throated growl. They all looked at Rajura, the captain of the Spider. "And anyone who wants to bid higher gets to answer to rusty here..." he patted the sword at his side. No one said anything, they all knew that the rumor was that he dipped the sword in poison daily.
Rei yells "20,000,000".
Seiji relaxed against a beam behind him. He seemed to be enjoying his current rise in popularity. "50,000,000!" Rajura yelled. Everyone looked at him. This was going to be a LONG auction. "100,000,000." "500,000,000." "1,000,000,000."
Rajura sighed and whispered something to Kale, his 1st mate. Kale answered in another whisper and Rajura smiled. "Good idea, Kale, ol' boy! You see, this is what I look for in a crew! Brains!" Everyone looked at each other. "Ms. Sanada...I mean, CAPTAIN Sanada, I'll pay both you AND the auction 5,000,000,000 rupees for this fine young man..."
Rei walks over to him lifting up her skirts as she walk so she wouldn't trip over them. "That is very generous of you, I'll take it." puts out her hand, for a shake.
Rajura took it firmly. With a simple snap of his fingers (his crew is VERY loyal) 5 bags were produced for Rei, each filled with 1,000,000,000 rupees. "I'll pay the auction when it comes time."
"All...right...then..." Daniel stuttered, not seeming to know what in the HELL just happened. "Seiji, you may leave the stage now...Seiji..." It was no use, in all of the excitement, Seiji Date seemed to have fallen asleep. Daniel sweat dropped. "Men, remove him from the stage and please, DON'T HURT HIM IN ANY WAY! He's worth a freaking fortune!"
"You know, he's probably not worth as much as they suggest, those two have just been going at it for years with all of that competition stuff..." one of the people in the crowd muttered.
"Has Rei ever WON one of those competitions?"
"Well, technically no, but she sure has gotten pretty rich from it!"
After the Auction, Rei walks over to Zechs and says, "Had your fun yet?"
"With Noin, yes," Zechs smirked. "Oh, I believe this is yours..." he pushed Minako towards Rei. He left with a wave, "It's been nice competing with you!"
Rei runs over to Zechs, "Wait a moment, what is all this about....? Why did you just give her to me?" says while she has her hand on his arm.
Zechs looked away. "She was rightfully yours, I just wanted the thrill of a REAL auction..." he said, shrugging her hand away. He walked to his ship, intercepting his captain on the way. After a few words, they both boarded their ships and set sail for the next island, Sapphire, known for it's...ahem..."whore-houses".
Rei yells, "thank you." (snaps her figures and Her 1st mate came to her side) "Serena, please show Miss Aino to her room on my ship and make sure she is properly dressed."
"Yes, Captain." exclaimed Serena.
They all board the ship and head to Sapphire Island.
The trip to Sapphire wasn't fun. Especially when it was cut off by the over confident Tallgeese II crew, which included, guess who, Zechs Merquise. Trowa Barton, the cook, proved very admirable with a sword, and even better with a ladel, knocking Serena out with one blow of it. Zechs, of course, was a good swordsman, as was the captain, Treize Kushrenada. Heero Yuy, the gunner, was better with, well, guns. Rei proved to very good at using a sword against Zechs, who couldn't believe how skillful she was when it came to battle. Rei's Gunner Haruka also proved to be very skillful with guns also. Serena on the other hand was a klutz, but she was very reliable when it came to other things, just not fighting. Rei says to Zechs "nice to see you again. What do you want from me?"
"Whoever said I wanted anything?" Zechs asked. He made a nice perrie and held his sword against hers, keeping them both where they were. "Shouldn't you be fighting Treize?" he asked, raising an eyebrow. "You know, the classic 'Captain vs. Captain' battle? Or are you too good for my dear captain to handle?"
"You never know with me..." with that comment she used the hilt of the sword against his knee cap.
Zechs gasped in pain, dropping his sword and grabbing his knee in pain. "God! I know there's no rules in pirating, but that move should be illegal!" he yelled.
In almost a flash (okay, not quite a flash, make that about two flashes, nah, two and a half) Rei's sword was across the deck. "Problem, Zechs?" came a smooth voice. "Oh, no, none at all, Noin..." Zechs said sarcastically. "That is, not counting the searing sharp, throbbing pain IN MY KNEE!" "Sorry I asked sir..." Noin said. She quickly sheathed her sword again and bent down next to him. "Treize sir! Man down! Retreat requested, sir!"
Treize looked at not only the defeated Zechs, but Heero with a fresh new air hole in his side, and Trowa, who apparently can't aim with only one eye, missed his target, and got a sword to his arm. "No choice! Request granted!" he yelled. The crew retreated back to their own ship and Noin steered the ship back on course to Sapphire Island.
Rei looks at her crew with an eyebrow, "Everybody ok."
Serena wakes up with a major headache. "oh my head....what happened?"
Rei replies "You were hit on the head with a ladel."
Serena replies "oh...no wonder it hurts so much." rubbing her head.
Rei wasn't paying any attention to Serena still blabbing on and on. Rei's was look after the ship Zechs ship. But when she snaps out of it, she says, "Head straight ahead toword Sapphire Island."
The ship named the Fire Soul was sailing the ocean on a random quest just for the hell of it. The captain was named Rehab Sanada, a.k.a. The Fire Bitch because she had the temper of a fire. Captain Sanada was barking orders to her crew about reaching this island before dark, this island was called Diamond Island.
As the Fire Soul rolled into the Diamond Island, another ship came in. It was a plain brown ship, filthy and unkempt. "All right!" came a rough male voice from on deck. "All slaves off!" The slave ship was emptied, boys and girls, men and women, of all ages and races pouring onto the pier. "You! Stop lagging!" he yelled, as a teenage girl with long brown hair started to slow down. She didn't look at her best. The crack of a whip, and the girl screamed. She then passed out on the pier, the slaves passing her unnoticed. "Drown her!" the order came. A few of the ship's crew picked her up and threw her into the water. She floated for a while until she sank slowly to the sea's floor. "Now! All of the rest of you! Keep going unless you want to have the same fate as her! There will be no sick slaves for the auction tomorrow!"
At the Slave Auction...there were many slaves all different sizes and shapes. Captain Sanada was walking back and forth looking at the merchandise that was brought in. "I'll take this Blondie over here she looks promising." Cap. Sanada said to the other Captain. The girl was about 16, she wore part of her hair tied in the back with a great big Red bow. "How much for her?"
The slave-auctioneer smiled wide. "You take a prize...this wonderful little specimen's price starts at, oh say, 1,000 rupees?"
"Oh, she's just NICE and dandy..." came the sarcastic voice from behind the auctioneer.
"Zechs Merquise..." the auctioneer growled. "How NICE of you to COME this year..." he said through gritted teeth.
"Oh, yes, and it's very nice BEING here, Daniel. Now, how about you show me some greater specimens, like, oh say, that one over there?" he pointed to a woman about 20 years old with short navy-blue hair.
"Oh, she's only going off for 500 rupees this year," Daniel said.
"Really? Hmm, she looks worth more than that..." Zechs observed. "After all, I could use some late night entertainment..."
Cap. Sanada says "I'll take the one I wanted before...for about 1,500 rupees."
"Then wait until the auction starts, miss..." Daniel smiled. "Which is actually now..." Daniel stepped up to the platform and knocked his javelin against the lectern. "Ladies and gentlemen! The bidding will start now!" The crew of his ship led up a young slave and the auctioning began. They went through several slaves before coming to one that caught everyone's eye. He was very spirited and struggled with the crew members.
"Let me go!" he yelled. His short, blond, messy hair stuck to his head with sweat. "I refuse...to be...sold! I'm not an animal!" he continued to struggle against their grasps until Daniel approached him and slapped him across the face.
"You will listen! You are a slave, nothing but dirt! Something to own!" Daniel yelled in the young man's face. He stepped back up to the lectern and laughed to the crowd loudly. The young man continued to glare at the auctioneer, but he did not struggle anymore. "Quite the energetic one, isn't he?" Daniel laughed. The crowd made a forced chuckle. "His name is Omi Mamoru, he is 18 years old and is a cross Japanese-French. How that turned out, we may never know. His bid starts at--"
Daniel never got the chance to finish before a man of about 22 in the audience announced, "5,000 Rupees!" Everyone stared at the red haired man. Was he insane? Who would pay that much for someone who'd be so disloyal?
"Um...5,000 rupees going once! 5,000 going twice! Sold to the red haired man in the back! What's your name sir?" Daniel asked.
"Aya," the man said simply. "Just Aya." Omi was paraded off of the platform and the blond haired girl replaced it. "Now, this is Minako Aino of 16 years, Japanese-English, the current offer has been raised to 1,500 rupees! Any higher bids?" "2,000 rupees!" came Zechs' call, just to spite Rei. "3,500 rupees!" Rei hollowed. "5,000!" Zechs retorted. "7,500!" Rei screamed. "10,000!" "20,000!" "50,000!" "500,000!" Zechs smirked. "5,000,000!" "That's it I'm beat, he can have her." Zechs chuckled. "And I still have 5,000,000 left to spend on slaves, beer, smokes, and whores." Rei just glares at him, with disgust. "Well I know you will have fun with her when you get back to your ship, now wont you?" "Maybe," Zechs said. "Maybe not, we'll just have to see, now won't we?" "Now, this next handsome young man is 17 years old, Japanese. His name is Seiji Date. His bid starts at 1,000 rupees. Any takers?" "2,000!" came a female voice. "5,000!" came another. "1,000,000," came a deep-throated growl. They all looked at Rajura, the captain of the Spider. "And anyone who wants to bid higher gets to answer to rusty here..." he patted the sword at his side. No one said anything, they all knew that the rumor was that he dipped the sword in poison daily.
Rei yells "20,000,000".
Seiji relaxed against a beam behind him. He seemed to be enjoying his current rise in popularity. "50,000,000!" Rajura yelled. Everyone looked at him. This was going to be a LONG auction. "100,000,000." "500,000,000." "1,000,000,000."
Rajura sighed and whispered something to Kale, his 1st mate. Kale answered in another whisper and Rajura smiled. "Good idea, Kale, ol' boy! You see, this is what I look for in a crew! Brains!" Everyone looked at each other. "Ms. Sanada...I mean, CAPTAIN Sanada, I'll pay both you AND the auction 5,000,000,000 rupees for this fine young man..."
Rei walks over to him lifting up her skirts as she walk so she wouldn't trip over them. "That is very generous of you, I'll take it." puts out her hand, for a shake.
Rajura took it firmly. With a simple snap of his fingers (his crew is VERY loyal) 5 bags were produced for Rei, each filled with 1,000,000,000 rupees. "I'll pay the auction when it comes time."
"All...right...then..." Daniel stuttered, not seeming to know what in the HELL just happened. "Seiji, you may leave the stage now...Seiji..." It was no use, in all of the excitement, Seiji Date seemed to have fallen asleep. Daniel sweat dropped. "Men, remove him from the stage and please, DON'T HURT HIM IN ANY WAY! He's worth a freaking fortune!"
"You know, he's probably not worth as much as they suggest, those two have just been going at it for years with all of that competition stuff..." one of the people in the crowd muttered.
"Has Rei ever WON one of those competitions?"
"Well, technically no, but she sure has gotten pretty rich from it!"
After the Auction, Rei walks over to Zechs and says, "Had your fun yet?"
"With Noin, yes," Zechs smirked. "Oh, I believe this is yours..." he pushed Minako towards Rei. He left with a wave, "It's been nice competing with you!"
Rei runs over to Zechs, "Wait a moment, what is all this about....? Why did you just give her to me?" says while she has her hand on his arm.
Zechs looked away. "She was rightfully yours, I just wanted the thrill of a REAL auction..." he said, shrugging her hand away. He walked to his ship, intercepting his captain on the way. After a few words, they both boarded their ships and set sail for the next island, Sapphire, known for it's...ahem..."whore-houses".
Rei yells, "thank you." (snaps her figures and Her 1st mate came to her side) "Serena, please show Miss Aino to her room on my ship and make sure she is properly dressed."
"Yes, Captain." exclaimed Serena.
They all board the ship and head to Sapphire Island.
The trip to Sapphire wasn't fun. Especially when it was cut off by the over confident Tallgeese II crew, which included, guess who, Zechs Merquise. Trowa Barton, the cook, proved very admirable with a sword, and even better with a ladel, knocking Serena out with one blow of it. Zechs, of course, was a good swordsman, as was the captain, Treize Kushrenada. Heero Yuy, the gunner, was better with, well, guns. Rei proved to very good at using a sword against Zechs, who couldn't believe how skillful she was when it came to battle. Rei's Gunner Haruka also proved to be very skillful with guns also. Serena on the other hand was a klutz, but she was very reliable when it came to other things, just not fighting. Rei says to Zechs "nice to see you again. What do you want from me?"
"Whoever said I wanted anything?" Zechs asked. He made a nice perrie and held his sword against hers, keeping them both where they were. "Shouldn't you be fighting Treize?" he asked, raising an eyebrow. "You know, the classic 'Captain vs. Captain' battle? Or are you too good for my dear captain to handle?"
"You never know with me..." with that comment she used the hilt of the sword against his knee cap.
Zechs gasped in pain, dropping his sword and grabbing his knee in pain. "God! I know there's no rules in pirating, but that move should be illegal!" he yelled.
In almost a flash (okay, not quite a flash, make that about two flashes, nah, two and a half) Rei's sword was across the deck. "Problem, Zechs?" came a smooth voice. "Oh, no, none at all, Noin..." Zechs said sarcastically. "That is, not counting the searing sharp, throbbing pain IN MY KNEE!" "Sorry I asked sir..." Noin said. She quickly sheathed her sword again and bent down next to him. "Treize sir! Man down! Retreat requested, sir!"
Treize looked at not only the defeated Zechs, but Heero with a fresh new air hole in his side, and Trowa, who apparently can't aim with only one eye, missed his target, and got a sword to his arm. "No choice! Request granted!" he yelled. The crew retreated back to their own ship and Noin steered the ship back on course to Sapphire Island.
Rei looks at her crew with an eyebrow, "Everybody ok."
Serena wakes up with a major headache. "oh my head....what happened?"
Rei replies "You were hit on the head with a ladel."
Serena replies "oh...no wonder it hurts so much." rubbing her head.
Rei wasn't paying any attention to Serena still blabbing on and on. Rei's was look after the ship Zechs ship. But when she snaps out of it, she says, "Head straight ahead toword Sapphire Island."