Ready, set, go!

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"And they thought it was impossible!" The pirate said cheerfully. He was dressed in a long blue vest with detachable sleeves, black pants, a red scarf around his neck and heavy brown boots. He had a glass eye patch on his right eye and a small scar under the left. His shoulder-length brown hair was out of place, but he didn't care. His nougat brown eyes with a hint of gold looked at his beloved filled with excitement.

"Well, it sure felt like impossible." Roy held his forehead with his hand, the crash had thrown him against the bridge wall. Vyse smiled a small smile and turned the ship's engines off.

"A small crash is nothing! We did it! Are you okay?"

'Small crash?'

"Yeah, yeah. Are you?" The general stood up and tried to feel if he had broken any bones.

"Yeah, of course I am! Well, maybe a few small scratches, but that's all. I told you to hang on!" There was laughter in his voice. So typical of him. Every wound was small and every achievement huge. He had once again proved those people wrong.

"But you didn't tell me that a giant octopus would appear from nowhere and throw our ship 15 miles out of course."

"Come on, it wasn't too big. And, because of it, we got inside the Cave of the Moons. We did a discovery!" The pirate came to him and smiled.

"Yeah. Now, let's repair the Swan's hull and get out of here." Roy said as Vyse hugged him.

"Next time hold on, will you? I don't want you to get hurt." The brunette said, closing his eyes.

"I will. If I have enough time to get a hold of something." The general wrapped his arms around Vyse and sighed.

"Captain!" A bright boy's voice called. It was Matt, one of the Swan's crew. Roy tried to get away from the pirate's grasp, but as Vyse was more muscular, he couldn't.

"Yes?" The brown-haired boy looked at Matt, who had run to the bridge. The general struggled still a little, but then gave up. He pressed his head to Vyse's neck, so that no one saw his blush.

"We have estimated the damage done to the Swan!" Matt said clearly.

"And?" The pirate opened his eyes slowly, his hands moved on Roy's back. The redhead snorted, as to remind that he didn't want them to do anything in front of a ten-year-old kid.

Don't be embarrassed, don't be embarrassed, don't be embarrassed… He knew he couldn't make Vyse stop showing his love in front of people and that he needed to get used to it. It just felt so embarrassing to show everyone his weak point.

"We can repair the damages in approximately two days." The kid didn't seem to care. Of course, he had got used to it.

"That's great! We'll come help you in a second." Vyse said as the boy left. He pressed Roy against himself tighter and closed his eyes again. He knew he loved the boy.

If I could only show you how much I love you…

"Vyse…"

"Hm?"

"Shouldn't we get going?" The general was back to his energetic self.

"First I need to tell you something." The brunette said, pulling Roy closer and looked into the bright cerulean eyes of his love.

"And that is?"

"I love you." Vyse squeezed the redhead against his body. "I love you so, so much."

"Mm."

"Mm? Is that all I get? Mm?"

"What's wrong with that? I th--" Vyse pressed his lips on the general's and kissed him deeply. He calmed the boy down before he even flared up. Roy took his hands and put them around his waist, answering the kiss in his own, passionate way. He put his arms around the brunette's neck.

They kissed for a long while, both wanting to stay there. Their kiss was deep, filled with feelings and they held each other tightly. Vyse loved those flames of the boy that played in his mouth, they were so untamed, so filled with life. And he couldn't get enough. He was charmed, had been from the first moment he had met and shook hands with that living inferno.

Their lips parted, Roy bit his bottom lip teasingly, making him kiss the general again. His hands lowered on the fiery boy's back, caressing him gently. Vyse felt how the redhead's hand was holding his head in the kiss as the other one held him near the boy.

The bridge door opened and Roy's eyes widened. He broke the kiss and struggled to get away once again, knowing that it was no use. He sighed as he hid his blush on the pirate's neck as usual. He felt Vyse's hand pressing his back of the head against his neck.

"Hey! Guys!" Aika, Vyse's childhood friend and probably his best friend ran in. "Why aren't you two down there helping with the repairs?" She said cheerfully.

"We are almost there, we just needed a little time alone, you know." Vyse grinned.

"Well, come on then! You'll have time to cuddle later!" The pirate girl took their hands and pulled them after her.

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"Oh, god, I'm so tired!" Roy yielded to the bed. He had just come from the shower and was ready to go to bed. They had been working very hard, the Swan was almost completely repaired again. They could take off tomorrow and head to another discovery. But first they'd need to get to a Sailor's Guild. It was a place where they bought and sold discovery information.

"So am I!" Vyse came next to him. "I'm too tired to even take my clothes off."

"Unh…" The general turned on his side to look at his beloved. He was half-asleep already.

"Can you take them off?" The pirate was smiling as he caressed Roy's body.

"…Are you implying something?" The redhead smiled back as he took the glass eye patch off to see directly into the captain's both eyes.

"Yeah, I guess I am." Vyse went on lying on top of him, being totally limp.

"Good night, Vyse."

"I love you, Roy."

"Good night."

"You love me too."

"Vyse!"

"Good night."

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He heard muffled voices. They were both so familiar, but he couldn't recognise them.

'You're not leaving! You are the only one I trust my troops with!'

'But I am! I'll leave, no matter what you say! I want to adventure, and that's something I can't do if I'm locked inside these castle walls! You can't keep me here forever!'

'I am your FATHER! I command you to your chambers! You are not leaving!'

Familiar… Who are these people? Why are they so mad?

'Uh, with all due respect, Your Highness, I think you should let him come with us. If you need him to command your troops, what prevents him from coming back if you need him again?'

'Shut up, you dirty pirate kid!'

'Okay, okay, I'm sorry, Your Highness.'

'Now, drop out of my sight and get away that ugly ship from my harbour as soon as possible. If my son still comes with you, I will hunt you down and execute you. Am I clear?'

'Yes, Your Highness.'

'Now, leave. Both of you. Roy, you will not be having dinner with me today. Stay in your chambers until I say otherwise.'

'Yes, father.'

A ship? Is that the Swan? It looks like it… But back then it wasn't white. People standing on a pier…

'I couldn't do that to you. The thought that you would be executed because of me is horrible.'

'Roy, look at me.'

'? …What should I be seeing?'

'Am I missing my head?'

'No, but you will if I come with you and they find us!'

'Roy, I have been threatened with death sentence, execution, slavery, imprisonment, torture, and so on… And I'm still alive. No one's ever been able to kill me, I don't think your father will be either!'

'But… I…'

'Great! We'll leave in the evening, come to the harbour before dark.'

'...Uh… I--'

"Roy…"

"…Uh…?"

"Wake up."

Roy opened his eyes and they met with those nougat brown eyes of the brunette, who was fully dressed, sitting on the edge of the bed.

"…You didn't take your clothes off after all." The general said, he smiled a tired smile.

"I asked you to do that."

They were quiet for a while, Vyse caressing the boy's cheek and forehead. Roy tried to keep his eyes open, but they didn't want to cooperate with him.

"I'm still tired."

"But the crew's been working for almost… three hours now, it's midday. We can take off."

"…Good."

"So, wake up. You can't be tired anymore." Roy liked listening to the Blue Rogue's voice, it was brisk and he spoke very softly to be a pirate. When the redhead grunted and turned, he sighed.

"Roy. You're normally never like this." Vyse moved closer, he got an idea and a smile formed on his face.

"I'll tickle you."

"No." The redheaded general meandered to get away from the captain. "No, no, no, no, no, no--" He fell on the floor and groaned. The pirate bit his lip not to laugh.

I will not kill anyone, I'm calm. Roy thought not to lose his temper.

"Vyse", He said, his voice was completely calm.

"Yeah?" The brunette tried not to giggle, but couldn't help it.

"I saw a dream about my father." He climbed back to the bed, sitting cross-legged and took Vyse's hands in his owns. "No tickling. I hate it." His voice sounded very serious.

"Okay. What happened?" The young pirate was glad that his general wasn't mad at him for waking him up like that and curious about what had happened in the boy's dream.

I guess he's just too tired to get mad at me…

"It was just like it all happened. How I ran away with you and all. But I couldn't see my father's face. I don't remember what he looks like."

"And you know what?" Vyse overturned Roy on the bed under him gently, but fast. The boy didn't resist, he put his hands around his beloved to get him closer. He was so glad he had left back then. He didn't miss that country, his decisive father, that boring studying, the troops that couldn't do a thing, anything. He was completely happy now.

"…What?"

"It's been over a year and I still have my head!" Vyse said and got a short laugh from the boy. Then he kissed him tenderly on his neck, tasting the boy's hot skin. Roy closed his eyes, drifting back to sleep.

"Roy…"

"I'm not asleep. I'm just letting my eyelids rest."

"Mm. Yeah, right, sure." Vyse sat up on his stomach. He was looking at him in his thoughts. The boy looked so young, so pure. Maybe he should really let him sleep, he seemed to be very tired.

"Roy!" the engineer, Evan, ran to their room and froze. He had some kind of a problem with their love and Vyse loved to tease him. Now he started to caress the general chest, but looked at Evan. The redhead tried to sit up, but the pirate held him down. He blushed when he saw Evan's expression and turned his face away.

"Yes?" Vyse said with a cheerful tone.

"I-I-I met a giant hand on the deck!"

"What!?" The brunette and the general both looked at him in great surprise. Then they started to laugh.

"A giant hand?" Roy laughed. "Such things don't exist!"

"Are you crazy, Evan?" Vyse put his head against the redhead's chest, laughing.

"No, really, there's a giant hand waiting for you on the deck, Roy! It wants to meet you!"

"Yeah, right. Is today the April fool's day or are you really just out of your mind?"

"No! Believe me!"

"Oh, god that was so funny."

"It really is there!"

"Hey, Evan, that joke's getting old." Roy warned the engineer. Then he pushed Vyse gently away and stood up, starting to put on his clothes.

"You've got to come with me! It said it would start hurting us if you wouldn't come!"

Don't get mad, don't get mad, don't get mad…

"Okay, okay!! Fine, whatever. If you want me to come there, I'll come if it's that important."

"Giant hand!" The pirate whispered as he rolled in his laughter on the bed. "I want to see that too!"

The two lovers were making fun of Evan the whole time they walked to the deck. But when they opened the door, they saw it too.

"What the!?" Roy said in a great surprise as he looked at the huge glove that was hovering in the air.

"What the hell is that?" Vyse looked at it and then his beloved.

What the hell is going on here? Why's a glove after my Roy?

"Hello, Your Highness, Roy of Ertruria." The hand's voice was deep, it echoed in the walls of the cave.

"Uh, it's a pleasure meeting you, Mr…?" The general collected himself and placed a hand on his sword's handle. If this were going to attack them, he'd protect his love from it by any means.

"Master Hand."

"Master Hand." The redhead repeated his eyes wide, he didn't really know what to do with the hand.

"And you are?" The huge finger pointed at the brunette.

"I'm Vyse of the Blue Rogues."

"Well, it is interesting that you are travelling with a pirate, Your Highness."

"Were you sent by my father!?" The redheaded general flared up. The pirate put a hand on his shoulder to calm him down.

"No. I would like to ask you to come to the Super Smash Brothers Melee as a smasher."

"And a smasher is?" Vyse asked, he took a step closer to the hand. Is it a machine? Or some sort of a magical creation?

"It is someone who fights against others. Super Smash Brothers Melee is a tournament between the celebrities like Mario of Mushroom Kingdom, Princess Zelda of Hyrule, Ness of Earthbound, Prince Marth of Althea and so on… You would live in this house…" The hand gave the fiery general a brochure of the Smash Building. "Please read that. There's everything you need to know. I'd like to have your answer before the end of the week."

"What?" Roy looked at the hand in great surprise. A giant glove was asking him to go beat up some people he didn't know? Would they die? What if he didn't want to hurt them? Maybe this was some kind of a prank, no one would fight against their friends because it was fun? And why would a giant glove come and give him this chance? And how had it found him?

"Hey, where are you going!?" Vyse asked as the hand disappeared. They looked around themselves, just to realise that it had really gone, disappeared into thin air. Only the two of them were on the deck, the wind trying to strip them from their clothes.

"…What is that?" The brunette pirate came to his love and pointed at the brochure.

"It's about the Super Smash Brothers Melee…"

"Are you going to go there?"

"I don't know. Maybe I could check it out and leave if I didn't like it."

"What about me? Does it say: Boyfriends allowed?"

"Vyse! Keep it down!"

"What? They all already know." Vyse wrapped his hands around his sweetheart and pressed his head on his neck. "I can ask them if you don't believe me."

"No!" The redhead was blushing.

"Okay, okay. I'm just teasing. Let's take off and go to a Sailor's Guild. We've got to tell them that we've found the Cave of the Moons!" The Blue Rogue let go of him, excited, and went inside.

Super Smash Brothers Melee?

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The ship had a magician, who lifted the ship back to the sea from the cave now that it was repaired. They set sails for the Smash Building to see what the place looked like and should Roy accept the invitation. After that they'd go to the small fishing village of Haine right next to that building and visit the Sailor's Guild.

Vyse didn't know what to think about. He knew battles were the fiery boy's ecstasy and that the Fire Emblem warrior would probably like it there. He could use his energy more than the ship. The brunette turned the wheel and checked from the compass was their direction right. He just didn't know could he stay still. He would long for sailing, he knew that. He'd need to find some adventures not to become dull. But, Roy had left his home country, his family, everything he owned and followed him back then only because of their love. He could do this in return. And if he loved the fiery boy more than anything, he could survive. And he did. But he'd need to be with Roy then. If he'd give up sailing and adventuring that had been all the meanings of his life before the general had appeared, he'd at least want to spend all of his time with the one he loved.

Maybe Roy wouldn't need to be there all the time. They could go sailing when he had his spare time. Vyse felt like the boy actually seemed to enjoy it. At times, when the sea was roaring and it was raining old ladies Roy would throw up and curse the sea, but that wasn't very often.

"Hey, Vyse."

"Hm?" He turned his head to see that Roy had come to the bridge, holding the brochure.

"I've been thinking… I read this whole thing and thought about it."

"And?"

"I don't think I want to go there."

"Why not? But you like fighting!"

I have a feeling I've got to make it up to you not only with my love, but I think you really do want to go there. I'm not going to let you give up on this because of me.

"I just don't think I want to go there. It would mean that I couldn't sail any longer and I wouldn't really want that." Roy was looking at his feet.

Who am I fooling? You see right through my lies. Are you just acting that you're surprised or do you really believe me, Vyse? You've always known when I've lied to you.

"Are you doing this again for me?"

"N-No! And I didn't do it for you in the first place!"

Yes, I did. Roy thought. Fortunately, the pirate ignored his little lie, unlike usual. Normally Vyse would've said something like he knew that Roy loved him or something like that. He lifted his eyebrows.

"If you want to go there, I thought that I can give up sailing for you for the time you'll spend there. I could dock in the nearest harbour and live here on the Swan. When you'd fight, I'd come and watch you. And if you'd have spare time, we could sail a little." The brunette Blue Rogue was looking at the enormous sea outside the window, sparkling in the rays of the sun. Some seagulls were flying around the ship.

I'll miss this sight. Oh, god, I will miss it.

Roy was standing near the door, still looking at his feet. Vyse had once again seen through his lie. Actually, both of them. He didn't know what to say, the pirate had surprised him with trying to persuade him to go to the tournament. He wanted to go there.

"Maybe you should think about it for a couple of days. It's only Tuesday." The Blue Rogue said after a long silence. "Could you come here?"

"Yeah. I guess I really should think about it." Roy walked to him and put an arm around his waist.

I won't make you. If you want to let a chance like that slip through your fingers, I'm not forcing you to grab it. It's your choice in the last place.

Vyse kissed his general, that was what the boy wanted. He held him in the kiss for a long time before letting go and checking the right courses again.

The redheaded general looked out. "I won't go."

For you.

"Okay, then." The pirate looked at his map. "You still want to see the place?"

"Nah, not really. Let's just visit the nearest port and let it be."

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Don't tell me it sucks… I know it already. And if you hate Vyse/Roy, remember that this is called the "Triangle" for a reason. Anyway, review if you're kind.