Amber Island
The crew of the Tallgeese II set sail for Amber Island, dressing to impress on the Masquerade island. Donning outfits and matching masks, along with maybe a little make up here and there, they all turned out wonderful. The sailing was smooth, and Duo was shown the ropes on the way. When they got there, they found that everyone one else there also wore beautiful costumes.
They all exited the ship, proud of their array of costumes. Heero wore a plain tuxedo and a black mask with a top hat and cane. Duo wore a full black body suit and a shiny black mask that was pointed up on both ends. Trowa wore a pair of tight black pants, a white dress shirt (half unbuttoned) and a green mask that matched his emerald eyes. Quatre and Wufei decided on something different. They both wore flowing emerald dresses and peacock-feathered masks. Zechs decided on a white tuxedo and a silver mask, and Noin wore a dress and mask that matched it. Sally's dress was cut off at her mid-thighs and green, and her mask was black. Treize wore a royal blue suite and a blue cape with a blue mask.
When they got to the ballroom they saw that the people who were from the Fire Soul. When Zechs walked in to the room he couldn't take his eyes off Rei when he found her at the Ball. Rei was wearing a deep red squinted gown with matching red Pumps with a blood red mask with rubies on it. The bodice of the gown went sort of like a v neck but went down a little bit further. Serena was wearing her silver millennium gown. Lita wore a deep forest green gown with emerald gems sewn on to the gown with a green mask with green squints. Haruka wore a tux that was all black except for the white shirt with a yellow mask. Then there was Ami who wore a ocean blue gown..with a v neck witha light blue mask. Minako was wearing a yellow- orange gown with topaz gems sewn on to it with a white mask. She was also wearing white pumps to along with the white mask.
When Zechs walked in to the room, Rei stole a glance at him, but then went back to talking to the host of the ball. "Well it was really nice of you to host this wonderful party for us. It is so much fun! I never seen so many people dressed up for a ball in a long time."
"Hey its no problem, I like to meet the crew of the ships coming through the Island." explained Darien who was the host of the party. Who had dark black hair and ocean blue eyes. Was at the height 6'1".
"Hello, Darien!" a young boy no more than 10 in a purple dress shirt and white pants and a white mask, with long brown hair that he didn't even bother tying back and dark eyes, said.
"Well, hello, Rudolf!" Darien greeted. "Glad you could make it!" "I'm glad I did," Rudolf smiled. He turned to Rei and asked her, "And good evening to you too, ma'am. May I ask you your name?" Though this child was very young, he was obviously well educated in both English grammar and etiquette.
"Well such manners...Yes you may. It is Captain Rei Sanada of the ship 'The Fire Soul'." giggled Rei.
"Hey Darien....someone is giving us a streak/strip show...on the table." says a young man who came running up to Darien with blonde hair in a bowler cut and blue eyes.
"Oh wonderful, Excuse me Cap. I'll be right back." explain Darien.
"Oh please, go ahead." grinned Rei. "So what is your name?"
"Oh Ryan Johnson," stated Ryan, as a young girl of 16 or 17 came up next to him, who had reddish brown hair and Cobalt blue eyes. "and this is my Girlfriend Jennie McGrady."
"Nice to meet you both, tell me...I was just talking to Darien and he has agreed to be a part of my Crew, would you like to join also?"
The 2 teens just look at each other and say " Would we ever?"
Just then the mad streakier jumped off of the table and ran up to them, two bottles of wine in each hand. "Hey, Rudolf!" he said. He had spiked brown hair and dark eyes, his hair long in the back in a tight ponytail. There was a red strip under his right eye, the mark of a Zoidian.
"VAN!" Rudolf yelled. "Please! Make yourself descent!" He closed his eyes and looked away.
"Oh my...Sir, please get dressed" complained Rei.
"Okay, Van!" came a voice behind the mad streakier said. Behind him was a man with spiky hair, fairly long hair, in a ponytail, and wearing a blue outfit, a red bandana, and an eye patch over his right eye. "Your reign of nakedness ends HERE!"
"Aw, Irvine, you're just jealous!" Van said, drinking another bottle of wine.
"Please! Take him away!" Rudolf yelled. "I'm SO sorry for this!" he quickly apologized to Rei.
"Uh, I see...I understand he is drunk." explained Rei. "just take him away, please." After Rei says this a girl comments "Wouldn't surprise me if his friends did that as well." Before Rei could reply.. Jennie exclaimed "Lisa Calhoun....is that you?" "Jennie....My dear Cousin...How good to see you?" squealed Lisa.
"I see you to know each other, would you like to join our Crew?" asked Rei.
"oh please could I" squealed Lisa again.
"Yes." says Rei as she takes a quick glance a Zechs.
Zechs walked up to see what had happened. "Hello everyone!" he said cheerfully. He then turned to Rudolf. "Good evening, your highness," he said bowing.
"Good evening, Zechs," Rudolf smiled.
"Hello, Zechs." Grinned Rei.
"Hello, Rei," Zechs replied. "Say, wasn't that Van?" he asked. "He's going to be the new crewmember."
"Oh, NO!" Rudolf groaned. "Pardon my rudeness, but you promised I could RIDE on YOUR ship until we got to the Gold Island! That means I'll have to spend the whole time with him!"
"I thought you like spending time with him," Zechs said.
"I do, when he's not drunk," Rudolf retorted.
"I'm joining too so he's the least of your worries," came a voice behind Zechs. A boy about Van's age stood behind them. He had silver spiked hair and dark eyes. A red pointed mark on his right cheek marked another Zoidian. He wore a red dress shirt and black pants with a red mask. "The name's Raven."
"Why Hello, Raven.. I'm Rei Hino...Captain of The Fire Soul." smiled Rei.
"Well, did I ask you your name? I didn't think so," Raven said rather indignantly.
"Oh, be nice, Raven," Zechs said. "You know you shouldn't talk to a lady like that."
"I didn't ask for etiquette lessons either!" Raven retorted. There were a few screams behind him and he sighed. "SHADOW! GET OUT OF THE SNACK TABLE!" he yelled at what looked like a mechanical black dinosaur with glowing red eyes. It growled and came over, each step a mechanical CLANK! "This is my companion, Shadow. He's an organoid. If you say something else I don't like, then he gets an early dinner."
"Oh...go Screw yourself, Raven." Commented Rei. "You know Zechs I would think you would have better judgment then that....!!!" Rei walks off to the balcony to look at the garden.
"Nice going..." Zechs muttered to Raven, following her.
"So, Rudolf..." Raven said with an evil smirk. Rudolf gulped and began to pray.
"Rei!" Zechs called. "Rei! What's wrong?"
"What's WRONG..WHAT'S WRONG...I expected a little better manners from one of you crew Members...Even Wufei has better manners....even Heero for that matter...I guess I'm so stupid to think of that he would have Manners....Huh..."
"Rei, not all pirates can be polite and deadly at the same time," Zechs said, a little annoyed at her critiquing his choosing skills. "Raven may think he's the greatest thing in the world, but he's one of the best fighters out there. You'll see next time we battle him, I'll put him on reserve for you to fight personally."
"Sure...whatever...you do that...by the way...nice job on the Choosing. I mean that in a good way." states Rei as she walks down the steps into the Garden Maze.
Zechs sighed. "Women," he said aloud. "Why do they have to be so...so...so complicated?"
"What's THAT supposed to mean?" Noin asked from behind him. "Come on, Wufei's dancing with Treize, Quatre's dancing with Heero, why can't WE be out there dancing?"
"All right, let's go," Zechs laughed. Noin took his arm and they went out to the dance floor. Irvine was dancing with Moonbay, a girl with a yellow outfit and yellow mask and two blue Zoidian marks on her right cheek. Van was now fully clothed and much more sober and danced with a girl in a pink outfit with a pink mask, and a orange bow holding her blond hair in a long ponytail. She had a blue Zoidian mark under each eye.
"Serena, tell the crew I'll be at my ship....tomorrow we are going to Ruby Island..." Rei states to Serena.
Zechs had been listening from close by and approached Rei as soon as the other girls had disbanded. "Hey, Rei," he said. "I know this hasn't been our best night, but can I make it up to you with a dance and some dinner?"
"It depends on what's for dinner?" explained Rei. "Im just joking...I don't care what we have for dinner...as long as its food."
To make a long story short, they went out, danced, had dinner, and had a wonderful time. Soon it was time to go back to the ships. "Hey, I had a good time tonight," Zechs said. "Good night!" he added, heading back to the ship.
"So did I..." grinned Rei. "Good Night." then she whispers "Jerk.. that's all he's gonna do..."
On the ship, the rest of the crew waited expectantly. "Well?" they all asked at the same time.
"I told...I told her good night!" he said, breaking down crying.
"THAT'S ALL?!" almost all of the crew said.
"I PANICKED!" Zechs complained.
Rei boarded her ship. "Well, what happened?" her crew asked.
"NOTHING! ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!" Rei yelled. She then went to her cabin. "Prepare to set sail for the Ruby Island!"
"Yes Ma'am!" Amara said.
"All right, Zechs! This is what you're gonna do!" Moonbay ordered. "You're gonna go to Rei's ship! You're gonna say you're sorry! You're gonna talk to her! You're gonna kiss her! AND YOU'RE GONNA LIKE IT! DO I MAKE MYSELF CLEAR?!"
"Yes, ma'am," Zechs said. "But can I just skip the talking part? In fact, can I skip the kissing part too and just cut to having sex with her and get it over with?"
"NO! You're gonna talk to her, girls don't like it when men go too fast!"
"Yes ma'am..."
"I CAN'T HEAR YOU!"
"Yes ma'am!" Zechs marched over to the Fire Soul. The first thing he thought when he got there was, 'What in the HELL just happened?' He then shook it off and yelled up, "AHOY! I must talk to Captain Rei Hino!"
"May I ask whom is speaking?" Jennie yelled back.
"A secret admirer whom loves her more than anything in the world!" Zechs responded. "But you may tell her it's Zechs Merquise, whom is currently the world's biggest idiot!"
"You don't have to," came a quiet voice from beside the captain's quarters. "Do you really feel that about me?"
"Of course I do!" Zechs said. "I've loved you since I first met you! You're the most beautiful thing I've ever seen! Your voice is of the morning songbirds! Your eyes are of stars and your hair of the beautiful night sky!"
"Would you like to come talk to me in my cabin?" Rei asked.
"Okay..." Zechs said.
Rei signaled to her crew to set sail for Ruby Island as she led him into the cabin. "Are you saying that you really like me?" she asked Zechs.
"No, I'm not saying I like you," Zechs said. "I'm saying that I love you, I adore you! Ever since I first laid eyes on you I've been in love in a way I never thought possible!" He took her hand into his hands. "Will you ever forgive me for my behavior tonight?"
"What about Noin?" Rei asked.
"What about Noin?" Zechs responded. "She's nothing but late night entertainment. She's behind me being here as much as the rest of the crew!" Suddenly he jumped in realization. "THE CREW!" he shouted. "I've been away too long! We're supposed to set sail!" He ran up to the door and opened it. He gasped when he saw that they were long gone from Amber Island. "REI! You set me up!"
"For your information buddy, I had NOTHING to do with this! I cant believe that you would accuse me for such a thing!!" Rei shouted, storming to her cabin and slamming the door.
Zechs yelled at the rest of her crew, "I demand you take me back to my crew!" Almost on cue the Tallgeese II sailed up beside the ship. "CAPTAIN!" Zechs shouted.
"Ahoy! Come on, Zechs!" Treize yelled, placing a plank between the ships.
"You can leave," Jennie said, "but it would break m'lady's heart."
"My CAPTAIN and CREW are my NUMBER ONE PRIORITY!" Zechs growled at her. "And I don't care if Rei was involved or not, I may never trust Rei's crew again!"
"Then you don't care about Rei!" Jennie accused.
"I still care about her," Zechs said. "She's still the most beautiful thing in the world to me and the only girl I can ever love, but I must take care of my crew." Zechs took the plank off as he boarded his ship.
As the ships parted, Zechs saw Rei crying in her cabin on her bed. "I'm sorry Rei," he said, leaving the rail. For a moment before he left the rail, Rei's eyes met his.
"Are you okay?" Rudolf asked, walking up to him.
"I'll be fine," Zechs smiled. "Aren't you supposed to be at sword training?"
"I'm done. Wufei says I'm a natural," Rudolf grinned.
The crew of the Tallgeese II set sail for Amber Island, dressing to impress on the Masquerade island. Donning outfits and matching masks, along with maybe a little make up here and there, they all turned out wonderful. The sailing was smooth, and Duo was shown the ropes on the way. When they got there, they found that everyone one else there also wore beautiful costumes.
They all exited the ship, proud of their array of costumes. Heero wore a plain tuxedo and a black mask with a top hat and cane. Duo wore a full black body suit and a shiny black mask that was pointed up on both ends. Trowa wore a pair of tight black pants, a white dress shirt (half unbuttoned) and a green mask that matched his emerald eyes. Quatre and Wufei decided on something different. They both wore flowing emerald dresses and peacock-feathered masks. Zechs decided on a white tuxedo and a silver mask, and Noin wore a dress and mask that matched it. Sally's dress was cut off at her mid-thighs and green, and her mask was black. Treize wore a royal blue suite and a blue cape with a blue mask.
When they got to the ballroom they saw that the people who were from the Fire Soul. When Zechs walked in to the room he couldn't take his eyes off Rei when he found her at the Ball. Rei was wearing a deep red squinted gown with matching red Pumps with a blood red mask with rubies on it. The bodice of the gown went sort of like a v neck but went down a little bit further. Serena was wearing her silver millennium gown. Lita wore a deep forest green gown with emerald gems sewn on to the gown with a green mask with green squints. Haruka wore a tux that was all black except for the white shirt with a yellow mask. Then there was Ami who wore a ocean blue gown..with a v neck witha light blue mask. Minako was wearing a yellow- orange gown with topaz gems sewn on to it with a white mask. She was also wearing white pumps to along with the white mask.
When Zechs walked in to the room, Rei stole a glance at him, but then went back to talking to the host of the ball. "Well it was really nice of you to host this wonderful party for us. It is so much fun! I never seen so many people dressed up for a ball in a long time."
"Hey its no problem, I like to meet the crew of the ships coming through the Island." explained Darien who was the host of the party. Who had dark black hair and ocean blue eyes. Was at the height 6'1".
"Hello, Darien!" a young boy no more than 10 in a purple dress shirt and white pants and a white mask, with long brown hair that he didn't even bother tying back and dark eyes, said.
"Well, hello, Rudolf!" Darien greeted. "Glad you could make it!" "I'm glad I did," Rudolf smiled. He turned to Rei and asked her, "And good evening to you too, ma'am. May I ask you your name?" Though this child was very young, he was obviously well educated in both English grammar and etiquette.
"Well such manners...Yes you may. It is Captain Rei Sanada of the ship 'The Fire Soul'." giggled Rei.
"Hey Darien....someone is giving us a streak/strip show...on the table." says a young man who came running up to Darien with blonde hair in a bowler cut and blue eyes.
"Oh wonderful, Excuse me Cap. I'll be right back." explain Darien.
"Oh please, go ahead." grinned Rei. "So what is your name?"
"Oh Ryan Johnson," stated Ryan, as a young girl of 16 or 17 came up next to him, who had reddish brown hair and Cobalt blue eyes. "and this is my Girlfriend Jennie McGrady."
"Nice to meet you both, tell me...I was just talking to Darien and he has agreed to be a part of my Crew, would you like to join also?"
The 2 teens just look at each other and say " Would we ever?"
Just then the mad streakier jumped off of the table and ran up to them, two bottles of wine in each hand. "Hey, Rudolf!" he said. He had spiked brown hair and dark eyes, his hair long in the back in a tight ponytail. There was a red strip under his right eye, the mark of a Zoidian.
"VAN!" Rudolf yelled. "Please! Make yourself descent!" He closed his eyes and looked away.
"Oh my...Sir, please get dressed" complained Rei.
"Okay, Van!" came a voice behind the mad streakier said. Behind him was a man with spiky hair, fairly long hair, in a ponytail, and wearing a blue outfit, a red bandana, and an eye patch over his right eye. "Your reign of nakedness ends HERE!"
"Aw, Irvine, you're just jealous!" Van said, drinking another bottle of wine.
"Please! Take him away!" Rudolf yelled. "I'm SO sorry for this!" he quickly apologized to Rei.
"Uh, I see...I understand he is drunk." explained Rei. "just take him away, please." After Rei says this a girl comments "Wouldn't surprise me if his friends did that as well." Before Rei could reply.. Jennie exclaimed "Lisa Calhoun....is that you?" "Jennie....My dear Cousin...How good to see you?" squealed Lisa.
"I see you to know each other, would you like to join our Crew?" asked Rei.
"oh please could I" squealed Lisa again.
"Yes." says Rei as she takes a quick glance a Zechs.
Zechs walked up to see what had happened. "Hello everyone!" he said cheerfully. He then turned to Rudolf. "Good evening, your highness," he said bowing.
"Good evening, Zechs," Rudolf smiled.
"Hello, Zechs." Grinned Rei.
"Hello, Rei," Zechs replied. "Say, wasn't that Van?" he asked. "He's going to be the new crewmember."
"Oh, NO!" Rudolf groaned. "Pardon my rudeness, but you promised I could RIDE on YOUR ship until we got to the Gold Island! That means I'll have to spend the whole time with him!"
"I thought you like spending time with him," Zechs said.
"I do, when he's not drunk," Rudolf retorted.
"I'm joining too so he's the least of your worries," came a voice behind Zechs. A boy about Van's age stood behind them. He had silver spiked hair and dark eyes. A red pointed mark on his right cheek marked another Zoidian. He wore a red dress shirt and black pants with a red mask. "The name's Raven."
"Why Hello, Raven.. I'm Rei Hino...Captain of The Fire Soul." smiled Rei.
"Well, did I ask you your name? I didn't think so," Raven said rather indignantly.
"Oh, be nice, Raven," Zechs said. "You know you shouldn't talk to a lady like that."
"I didn't ask for etiquette lessons either!" Raven retorted. There were a few screams behind him and he sighed. "SHADOW! GET OUT OF THE SNACK TABLE!" he yelled at what looked like a mechanical black dinosaur with glowing red eyes. It growled and came over, each step a mechanical CLANK! "This is my companion, Shadow. He's an organoid. If you say something else I don't like, then he gets an early dinner."
"Oh...go Screw yourself, Raven." Commented Rei. "You know Zechs I would think you would have better judgment then that....!!!" Rei walks off to the balcony to look at the garden.
"Nice going..." Zechs muttered to Raven, following her.
"So, Rudolf..." Raven said with an evil smirk. Rudolf gulped and began to pray.
"Rei!" Zechs called. "Rei! What's wrong?"
"What's WRONG..WHAT'S WRONG...I expected a little better manners from one of you crew Members...Even Wufei has better manners....even Heero for that matter...I guess I'm so stupid to think of that he would have Manners....Huh..."
"Rei, not all pirates can be polite and deadly at the same time," Zechs said, a little annoyed at her critiquing his choosing skills. "Raven may think he's the greatest thing in the world, but he's one of the best fighters out there. You'll see next time we battle him, I'll put him on reserve for you to fight personally."
"Sure...whatever...you do that...by the way...nice job on the Choosing. I mean that in a good way." states Rei as she walks down the steps into the Garden Maze.
Zechs sighed. "Women," he said aloud. "Why do they have to be so...so...so complicated?"
"What's THAT supposed to mean?" Noin asked from behind him. "Come on, Wufei's dancing with Treize, Quatre's dancing with Heero, why can't WE be out there dancing?"
"All right, let's go," Zechs laughed. Noin took his arm and they went out to the dance floor. Irvine was dancing with Moonbay, a girl with a yellow outfit and yellow mask and two blue Zoidian marks on her right cheek. Van was now fully clothed and much more sober and danced with a girl in a pink outfit with a pink mask, and a orange bow holding her blond hair in a long ponytail. She had a blue Zoidian mark under each eye.
"Serena, tell the crew I'll be at my ship....tomorrow we are going to Ruby Island..." Rei states to Serena.
Zechs had been listening from close by and approached Rei as soon as the other girls had disbanded. "Hey, Rei," he said. "I know this hasn't been our best night, but can I make it up to you with a dance and some dinner?"
"It depends on what's for dinner?" explained Rei. "Im just joking...I don't care what we have for dinner...as long as its food."
To make a long story short, they went out, danced, had dinner, and had a wonderful time. Soon it was time to go back to the ships. "Hey, I had a good time tonight," Zechs said. "Good night!" he added, heading back to the ship.
"So did I..." grinned Rei. "Good Night." then she whispers "Jerk.. that's all he's gonna do..."
On the ship, the rest of the crew waited expectantly. "Well?" they all asked at the same time.
"I told...I told her good night!" he said, breaking down crying.
"THAT'S ALL?!" almost all of the crew said.
"I PANICKED!" Zechs complained.
Rei boarded her ship. "Well, what happened?" her crew asked.
"NOTHING! ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!" Rei yelled. She then went to her cabin. "Prepare to set sail for the Ruby Island!"
"Yes Ma'am!" Amara said.
"All right, Zechs! This is what you're gonna do!" Moonbay ordered. "You're gonna go to Rei's ship! You're gonna say you're sorry! You're gonna talk to her! You're gonna kiss her! AND YOU'RE GONNA LIKE IT! DO I MAKE MYSELF CLEAR?!"
"Yes, ma'am," Zechs said. "But can I just skip the talking part? In fact, can I skip the kissing part too and just cut to having sex with her and get it over with?"
"NO! You're gonna talk to her, girls don't like it when men go too fast!"
"Yes ma'am..."
"I CAN'T HEAR YOU!"
"Yes ma'am!" Zechs marched over to the Fire Soul. The first thing he thought when he got there was, 'What in the HELL just happened?' He then shook it off and yelled up, "AHOY! I must talk to Captain Rei Hino!"
"May I ask whom is speaking?" Jennie yelled back.
"A secret admirer whom loves her more than anything in the world!" Zechs responded. "But you may tell her it's Zechs Merquise, whom is currently the world's biggest idiot!"
"You don't have to," came a quiet voice from beside the captain's quarters. "Do you really feel that about me?"
"Of course I do!" Zechs said. "I've loved you since I first met you! You're the most beautiful thing I've ever seen! Your voice is of the morning songbirds! Your eyes are of stars and your hair of the beautiful night sky!"
"Would you like to come talk to me in my cabin?" Rei asked.
"Okay..." Zechs said.
Rei signaled to her crew to set sail for Ruby Island as she led him into the cabin. "Are you saying that you really like me?" she asked Zechs.
"No, I'm not saying I like you," Zechs said. "I'm saying that I love you, I adore you! Ever since I first laid eyes on you I've been in love in a way I never thought possible!" He took her hand into his hands. "Will you ever forgive me for my behavior tonight?"
"What about Noin?" Rei asked.
"What about Noin?" Zechs responded. "She's nothing but late night entertainment. She's behind me being here as much as the rest of the crew!" Suddenly he jumped in realization. "THE CREW!" he shouted. "I've been away too long! We're supposed to set sail!" He ran up to the door and opened it. He gasped when he saw that they were long gone from Amber Island. "REI! You set me up!"
"For your information buddy, I had NOTHING to do with this! I cant believe that you would accuse me for such a thing!!" Rei shouted, storming to her cabin and slamming the door.
Zechs yelled at the rest of her crew, "I demand you take me back to my crew!" Almost on cue the Tallgeese II sailed up beside the ship. "CAPTAIN!" Zechs shouted.
"Ahoy! Come on, Zechs!" Treize yelled, placing a plank between the ships.
"You can leave," Jennie said, "but it would break m'lady's heart."
"My CAPTAIN and CREW are my NUMBER ONE PRIORITY!" Zechs growled at her. "And I don't care if Rei was involved or not, I may never trust Rei's crew again!"
"Then you don't care about Rei!" Jennie accused.
"I still care about her," Zechs said. "She's still the most beautiful thing in the world to me and the only girl I can ever love, but I must take care of my crew." Zechs took the plank off as he boarded his ship.
As the ships parted, Zechs saw Rei crying in her cabin on her bed. "I'm sorry Rei," he said, leaving the rail. For a moment before he left the rail, Rei's eyes met his.
"Are you okay?" Rudolf asked, walking up to him.
"I'll be fine," Zechs smiled. "Aren't you supposed to be at sword training?"
"I'm done. Wufei says I'm a natural," Rudolf grinned.