A Taste of True Love
A hundred million thanks for all who cared to answer my request. It's nice to know what everything means. Thank you Kohana. Thank you AmnarJoey. Thank you nefandus. Thank you Gangsta Spanksta. Thank you dreamer. Thank you Eternal Dark Chaos.
Sea-chan
Disclaimer: I don't own them but I sure can write about them!
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Chapter 9
Ukyo groaned and pushed herself from the ground. She shook her head to clear her vision.
'Where am I?' She grabbed onto the bars of the cell she was in. 'Did I get capture again?'
"Ugh... "
Ukyo snapped around at the sound of the voice. A man laid a few feet away from her.
"Damn those bastards," he said, rubbing his head. He looked up and noticed Ukyo. "Are you alright?"
"Huh?"
"Are you alright?" he repeated.
"uh... sure... and who are you?" Ukyo asked confused.
"Oh, quite rude of me," he cleared his voice and sat up straight, "I'm Kin." He held out his hand.
"... Ukyo," she said shaking his hand. "Do you know where we are?"
"It's the Saotome pirates," he answered. "I guess they caught up to us again."
Ukyo stared at him.
"I knew you look familiar!" she shouted. "You're that guy that locked my brother and I up."
Kin knocked Ukyo's accusing hand away.
"We're in the same position right now so does it matter?"
Ukyo looked at Kin and turned away quickly.
"Hmph."
"Don't worry, Akane will surely come rescue us."
Ukyo lifted her head and glanced at Kin.
"It seems you all put alot of faith into this Akane."
Kin nodded.
"Of course, she's our captain." A dreamy smiled appeared on Kin's face.
"You like her," Ukyo noticed.
"No, I don't," Kin quickly denied.
Ukyo shrugged.
"Whatever," she said. "Let's just hope that your faith is in good hands."
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"Come on," Akane told him.
"Where are we going," Ranma asked. He turned around and could still see the trashed inn in the distance. He hurried to catch up to Akane.
After a long debate, the two agreed to be partners until they rescued Kin and Ukyo.
"I have to get something," she replied.
Akane led Ranma to her yellow ship, the Lily.
"She's pretty," Ranma commented, indicating to the ship.
"Yes, I designed her myself," Akane said proudly. Akane walked onto the ship, Ranma right behind her.
"Akane!" She glanced up and saw the young twins.
"Salt! Pepper!" Akane ran and hugged the two young pirates. "Are you guys alright?"
"Yeah, but we couldn't find Viveal," Salt said.
"But we did see the Saotome ship," Pepper added.
"Did you now? Hey!" Akane called for Ranma.
"Don't cal me 'hey'," said Ranma. "My name's Ranma."
"Okay, Ranma," she said dragging out his name. "I'm Akane."
"Yeah, I know," he said, remembering all the times Viveal brought up her.
"Come over here." Ranma walked to them. "Where's Viveal?"
Ranma placed his hands behind his neck.
"Heh heh, you see... " The three looked at him, waiting for the answer. "I kinda lost them when I went looking for food."
"You don't know! ... And them!" Akane had both her hands clutched in tight fists. "Viveal's with somebody!"
"He's my friend, no harm will come to her," Ranma said shrugging.
Akane grunted angrily.
"Great, just great," she waved for them to follow her. They walked below deck and into a small room.
Akane pulled on one of the many fish hooks on the wall. A door swung open and she gestured for them to enter.
Ranma's mouth gaped open at what layed before him. The room was filled with weapons of all kinds, from the walls to the ceiling.
"Wow.." Salt and Pepper walked past Ranma to the back of the room. They each picked up a long sword.
"Pick a weapon, Ranma," Akane told him.
As he strode through the room a long spear drew him to it. Ranma picked it up and examined it. A beautiful gloss was applied to the stick; the tip of the spear was glistering, showing off how sharp it was. A long red tassle dangled from it.
"Good choice," Akane said from behind him.
Ranma spun the spear in his hands.
"I usually like to fight barehanded, but I guess it wouldn't hurt if I used this."
The four walked out back onto deck.
"Where did you guys see their ship," Akane asked the twins.
"Not too far from here actually," Pepper said.
"They're by the east coast shore," Salt directed.
"Alright," Akane said. "We're gonna have to split up again."
The twins nodded in agreement.
"Ranma and I will distract the crew while you guys free the prisoners."
"Can do," The twins jumped off the ship. "See you soon!"
Ranma watched them run off and turned to Akane.
"How are we gonna distract them?" he asked.
"The usual," Akane said. "A fight, come on."
Akane walked off the ship with Ranma by her side.
"Do you have a bandana I could borrow?" Ranma asked.
"Hm? Other than the one on my head, no, why?"
"Oh, no reason," Ranma placed his hands behind his back and walked ahead.
"Ranma, who taught you to fight?" Akane asked. Ranma stopped and looked back at Akane, puzzled by her question.
"My pop did," he answered simply. "You must be asking cause I beat you."
Akane ignored Ranma's comment and walked up to his side.
"My father taught me to fight too," she said. "My father's the only one who has ever beat me."
"Oh?"
Akane nodded.
"I can't believe I lost to you." She glanced at Ranma. "You're so egotistic."
"Hey! I can't help it if I'm such a strong, manly-"
"Stuff it, Ranma," Akane said, knocking her elbow on him.
"Ow, you're violent," Ranma rubbed his side.
"You seem to know the Saotomes," Akane said. "Not that I'd be surprise, you seem just like them."
"Huh?... Of course not, I... -I've just heard of them before, heh," Ranma faked a laugh. Akane looked at Ranma curiously and shrugged.
"Sure, but I'm going to give that Mousse a good beating when I see him," she said.
"You really seem to know them," Ranma pointed out.
"Those bastards," she narrowed her eyes. "I've been searching for their captain for years, but for some reason, he's always able to escape from me. When I get my hands on him-" Akane punched her fist into her hand.
'The rumors seems true,' Ranma thought. 'The Tendos really do despise the Saotomes.'
Akane suddenly pulled Ranma into a tree with her.
"What?"
"Shh," Akane put up a finger to silence him. "Look."
Ranma looked out the tree and saw a large ship.
The huge ship was painted black. The black sails were embroided with curved swords with a drop of blood at the tip.
Akane stood up straight and fixed her hair. She quickly dusted her clothes.
"How do I look?" she asked.
"Uh..."
"Great, come on," Akane dragged Ranma towards the ship.
"HEY SAOTOME JERKS!" Akane placed her hands on her hips. "JERKS!"
"Ah, Akane Tendo."
A young man walked down from the ship. His long black hair blew behind his back. His bangs were cut straight across his forehead. A black eyepatch covered his left eye. He wore a tan tank under a long white robe. A light blue sash wrapped several times around his waist with the ends tied on his sides, dangling halfway down his legs. He had on dark blue boots that covered his white pants right below his knees.
"Mousse!"
"What a surprise," he said.
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Sea-chan's note: There's chapter nine. I guess not much happened really here... The next chapter will be much more exciting. More things will be happening, I promised. Remember that to review, it only takes a few, if not seconds. Thank you all!
