Kabira: Well, kiddies welcome to another addition of our…whatever you call it.
Kyoko: Fanfiction?
Kabira: That's what I said. Anyway, in this one we…I don't know what the hell we do, but I'm sure it's great. Right, Kyo?
Kyoko: -.-;;; Right, this is what I get for letting you try to do the authors' notes. Well, this kind of explains what's been taking so long to get the chapter up.
Kabira: Don't be blamin it on me. You're the one that's to busy with ye "Homework".
Kyoko: Yeah, well kind of to make it up to you guys this chapter is longer than the others. We should be able to write more faster seeing as how we only have three more days of school. Anyway enjoy!
Chapter 4 The Battle of the Shrimp
Sairi had awoken at the start of the sun rise and she was standing out on deck looking at the sea. She pulled out her flute and began to play. The wind was picking up. Nina had gone back to her post and they were on the move again.
To get to Hankura you had two choices. Either sail for an extra three weeks or take a shorter way. They were running low on whiskey which was a dangerous thing. Since Kabira was steering she estimated the worse. They were going to take the short way, and it went right through the Ocean of the Miasma Eels.
The very thought of the oversized sea creatures gave Sairi chills. The small ones grew to about the size of two men standing, the big ones got to be four. The worst part of them had to be their razor sharp teeth. With a mere touch from the tip of your digit could almost guarantee that you would lose the end of your finger. You would be an even worse state if it was during their mating season. They weren't called Miasma Eels for nothing. The moment the vile substance of their poison entered your veins death forgot about knocking and just blew the door down. For years they tried to find cures for the cruel fate, but patients never survived long enough to get a chance for trying any "antidote" created. What made it even harder was that the eels were rather random on when their mating season was. A clue that would give it away is that the strange shrieking they always made would grow much louder. The sound was terrible, enough to make your ears bleed. They were the most horrid things in all of Aquagaia.
Sairi turned towards the sea still playing music as she looked at the ever empty horizons. Looking down she saw that the nets were becoming full which made her stop. She sighed and walked into the lower levels of the ship looking for Stephany and Kelsey. It was their job to empty the nets.
Hiei hung from the rope harnesses that Yugachi tied and slung over the ship. They were now using tools that were hardly sharp enough to remove the numerous barnacles from the front of the ship. Here and there he would look up at the wooden carved figure on the top of the hull. It was a woman with two different wings. One wing an angel's the other a bat like demon one. The woman's face was carved into a smile that showed a mix of anger and sadness. Both her arms were stretched out in front of her and in her hands was a rope.
"Michelle." Yugachi murmured scraping a bunch of barnacles off. Hiei took it as the name of the figure.
"Hn, what's with the rope?" he ridiculed.
"Lynching." Yugachi said not stopping his work. Hiei rose an eyebrow but continued his part of the chore.
"Greeb." Yugachi said. Hiei looked at the kid in confusion. Looking down on his arm was what looked like a large slug. He attempted to take it off but it bit itself into his skin. Hiei grew angry at this.
"Yo, I'll get you some matches. You're supposed to burn them off or they'll never release you." Shouted Ross from above. Hiei looked at the greeb, his frustration building up inside of him. He wanted the thing off now. Once again, he tried to tear the thing off but as soon as he touched the leech a burst of black flame came from his hand. The greeb released itself shrieking and plummeting back into the ocean from where it originally came. Hiei sat there perplexed with his hand. Yugachi looked at him his serious eyes a little wider than normal.
"You're a fire demon." Ross said from above in awe. Hiei looked up to see the kid rush off. For a moment he just sat there in silence. The sound of scraping made him look to his right. Yugachi had gone back to his work and his expression was again serious and emotionless. Hiei began climbing up the side of the ship. Yugachi said nothing.
Ross had immediately started to run to the Captain's Cabin. A tanned hand abruptly stopped him.
"What are you doing, young man?" asked Sairi starring down on the boy, "The Captain is asleep. You know how risky it is to awaken her."
"It's Hiei. H-he's a fire d-demon!" said Ross his eyes excited and a little scared. Sairi pulled him over a bit; some of the other crew members were looking up from their work.
"How do you know this?" she asked him in a hushed tone.
"He emitted fire from his hand! A small blast just out of nowhere! Blimey! It was a shocker!" said Ross more excited now. Sairi thought through this a moment.
"Get your cousin." She said before walking off. Ross stood there looking at the First Mate puzzled.
"Aye! Aye!" he said in an intentionally squeaky voice. He turned around only to run into someone. Looking up his blue eyes met the captain's red ones.
"What's this I hear about Hiei?" she asked her tone sounding threatening. How long had it been since she had a drink?
Hiei sat on the forecastle deck looking at his hand with his back against the edge of the boat's front. He was trying to figure out how he did that. Sadly it hadn't triggered anything but it was slightly familiar to him. Clutching his hand he tried to make it happen again. Nothing came.
Sairi walked up to him.
"Do you remember anything?" she asked him. He shook his head.
"A flame just burst from my hand. That is all." He said standing up. Sairi looked at him and shook her head.
"That is all? You treat it like it's been happening to you every day of your life. That ability must have been something very natural to you when you had your memory, and you say that is all?" she scolded. Hiei shrugged his shoulders. Looking behind Sairi he noticed Kabira was walking towards them casually. She had a smirk on her face that he didn't like. Stopping right next to him she slapped him on the back with her metal hand.
"Ah, ye be a fire demon." She stated. A sizzling noise hissed in the awkward silence. Her hand had burnt right through the back of Hiei's borrowed shirt but didn't affect his skin at all. Kabira scowled, that wasn't what she wanted to happen. Hiei looked at her challengingly.
"Hmph, what are you looking at, ye poxed dog? Get back to work!" she ordered. Hiei glared at her for a while longer. He was beginning to hate taking orders from her.
"Hey! Guess what!" shouted Stephy walking up from below deck with one of the full fishing nets. She dropped it on the deck which Ross had cleaned not to long ago.
"We got a good full net of shrimp!" she said standing proudly, "Hey! We can have shrimp soup, shrimp with potatoes, shrimp In Vodka sauce, etc." she said listing the numerous recipes that they could now have. Yugachi climbed over onto the ship his chore done. Hiei got a strange look on his face. Everyone looked at him curiously. Looking up they were all taken aback a bit.
"GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAA! KUWABARA!" he shouted his voice reaching all areas of the ship and even alarming the animals many leagues under the sea. The crew of the Devil's Dance Floor all looked at Hiei now surrounded in an aura of black fire.
"Once I find that NINGEN I'm going to send him straight to hell!" he shouted an explosion of black fire coming from his hand. It blasted up into the air. Hiei stopped in realization and the flames began to disperse. He received his memory back. It all came rushing back and he found himself immediately wondering where the others were. Even the idiot Kuwabara. The Jagan eye opened and Hiei began searching for his friends.
Everyone was starring at him wondering what that was about. Kyoko had come up from the lower deck and stood by the stairs watching.
He found them. All of them. Yusuke, Botan, and Kuwabara were the closest. He was going to help them. He hated caring.
"You!" he said pointing at Kabira. Kabira was glaring at him with her arms crossed seemingly unimpressed.
"You're going to help me." He ordered. Kabira laughed.
"Excuse me? Have ye forgotten who's ship your on? Ye have no authority here." she sneered at him. Hiei glared and smirked planningly.
"No, I may not, but that's something that can be fixed isn't it?" he said bringing his hand up and sending a small blast of flame into the air. Kabira was unintimidated. The other crew members all stood around in shock. There was an uneasy silence.
"Sorry, lad, you're going to have to earn a right to give orders or threats." She said.
"Hn, really? Name your challenge."
"A battle, against me."
The whole crew had gathered around deserting their chores temporarily. Murmurs served as background as the fight was being prepared.
Kyoko sat next to Ross, Yugachi, and Shingi. She was wondering when this fight was going to happen. It was one of the rules of becoming part of the crew that you defeat one of the original crew members in battle. She had to do it when she came on board, but she didn't go against the captain. That meant that this guy wasn't going to be underestimated.
"Wow, a fire demon against a fire demon. This is going to be interesting." Said Shingi.
"Well, you know what they say, 'fight fire with fire'" said Ross teasingly.
Hiei stood on one side of the arena trying to size up Kabira. All he knew was that she was a fire demon, she had no other weapons on her except her metal hand, and she wasn't a wimp. That could be judged by the fact that she's captain in the first place. When he was with bandits there were always fights to determine the leader so he assumed they would do the same. After all pirates were just bandits at sea.
He had removed his shirt to make it more comfortable for him. There wasn't much point in keeping it anyway. He lost his sword so he would have to stick to his powers instead and that usually ended up shredding up his shirt anyway.
Nina stepped into the middle of the ring acting as the referee.
"Alright! The rules are simple! First one to get knocked out of the arena or killed loses! No ten count, immediate touch of the area outside of the marked arena equals failure! Other than that everything goes! Oh yes, and please remember that audience members are not targets and attacking them intentionally leads to an immediate disqualification!" she explained happily like the perky announcer girls you see in fights. Hiei cursed in his mind. She just eliminated one of his ideas.
Nina walked off to the side of the arena and held a gun above her head.
"On the fire of the pistol you begin." She said. Both opponents got ready, Kabira her metal hand in a fist. Nina shot off. They both stood there waiting for each other to make the first move. Hiei patiently held his ground.
"Hm, so ye want me to make the first move? Ye asked for it." Kabira said a burst of bright orange appearing around her metal hand. The metal began to melt and she grabbed it reshaping in into a sword. Hiei watched his face keeping a bored look. The sword cooled and Kabira charged him with it. He dodged easily but Kabira was prepared and quickly shifted to stab him, which he also darted out of the way of. She sped up starting a continuous series of slashes and stabs. Hiei ducked and dodged these, some almost nailing him. Jumping far back he powered his hands with two balls of fire. Kabira took the chance and attempted to bring the sword down on his head. He caught the blade of the sword in his hands before it hit. Kabira put more weight into bringing down the sword. Hiei's hands were now both occupied with keeping the sword from going through his head. Kabira brought her other hand into his chest catching him with a few punches. Hiei took them and had a hard time not falling over in pain, he had forgotten about his rib. Kabira smirked and was about to kick him but he did something unexpected. The fire on Hiei's hands grew bigger and he grabbed onto the sword instead of just holding it above his head. There was a loud snap and the metal broke in two. Kabira stood there a moment in shock. He broke her hand. Hiei smirked. Kabira's eyes began to glow and she grew an aura of bright red flames.
Sairi was silent as she watched the battle bringing back memories. She was the only other person on the ship that ever survived going against Kabira. The rest had the guts to challenge her were fried. Kabira showing her aura was a sign not only that the captain was angry but also running out of ideas. This was going to be quicker than she thought.
"You're going to regret breaking me hand, lad!" she threatened right before sending a huge blast of flame towards him. Hiei powered up and sent a blast in return. Both blasts of energy met in the middle causing a huge explosion. Both opponents were knocked back a bit but both were able to stop themselves before getting knocked out of the ring. Hiei grabbed the broken blade. Kabira's aura still surrounded her, blazing.
"Hn, I thought you said I was going to regret breaking your hand but it seems to be working to my advantage." Hiei mocked. He charged her head on with the sword. There were sparks when Kabira blocked the blade with what was left of her metal hand. Hiei brought the sword to side slash her but she caught it and they were stuck in a block both using both hands to fight against each other's weapon. They both stood there in silence daring each other to move. Kabira backed off and sent a blast at him. Hiei dodged this by jumping back only to realize it was meant as a distraction and a much larger ball of fire was raging towards him. He powered up a mortal flame and threw it, both attacks once again meeting at the middle. Both demons continued to give power to there attacks, one a dark almost black the other a bright red, pushing against each other in a fight to make the other give way.
Kyoko watched in amazement as sweat dripped down her forehead. The intense heat of the battle was quite literally making her perspire. Fire never did have much of a good effect on her.
Glancing down at Yugachi she noticed he was sweating as well, it made sense the boy was part ice demon too, but something about his expression interested her. He was completely fascinated with this fight. His mouth was even slightly open in his enthrallment and astonishment.
"Oh no." said Sairi beside her which made her look up.
"What's wrong?" she asked her.
"Take cover." She said. Kyoko listened and grabbed Yugachi pulling him behind a bunch of barrels with her. Ross and Sairi joined them. The rest of the crew mates all began to hide behind random objects, listening to the message that Sairi sent via psychic abilities.
Kabira was growing tired and noticed her crew members getting behind random objects. She knew what was going to happen and it was what was going to make her win. She just had to give a little more power into this attack and she'd get the results she wanted. In what was left of her hand was a nifty little invention that she made using gunpowder. Using one hand to for a short instant she threw it into the middle.
Hiei had no idea what hit him. Before he could do anything a giant blast threw him back. He desperately tried to stop himself but he was sent flying back, coming to a brief stop as he collided with a wall. He lye on the ground for a few seconds before starting to pick himself up. It was smoky and he couldn't see anything, but he could tell he wasn't in the arena anymore. He punched the floor of the ship cursing.
Coming out of hiding the crew of the Devil's Dance floor all were trying to find out the outcome of the fight, the smoke not only blocking their vision but making them cough and wheeze.
"Wow, who won?" asked Ross waving a hand in front of his face trying to clear the smoke.
"Nobody enters the ring. This battle may not be over." Demanded Sairi. Nina began to summon the wind to gentle blow the smoke away from the ship. Slowly the smoke began to disperse, to reveal both Fire demons out of the arena, one dazed the other cursing. Two crew members both went over to help the fighters up.
"That's awkward." Said Ross, "Who won?"
"That's for the referee to decide." Said Sairi looking at Nina whose expression was distressful.
"But, they're both out of the ring, and I couldn't see anything!" said Nina hysterical. Sairi stopped her.
"Well then, it seems we have a tie." The Cat Youkai said with a smirk.
"WHAT?" shouted Kabira feeling much better, "WHAT DO YE MEAN IT WAS A TIE?"
"Nina was unable to see who was knocked out of the arena first. Therefore it is a tie." Sairi calmly explained. Kabira was turning red.
"BELAY THAT TALK! YOU'RE SPEAKING PURE BILGE! I WON!" she attacked. Sairi looked at the captain with a side ways glance.
"Oh? Well then I guess we won't be having a feast to welcome our new member aboard. Yep, no shrimp in vodka sauce and plus we have those last couple of kegs of wine. For shame, everyone was looking so forward to having some nice drinks." Said Sairi in a tempting tone. Kabira got a strange look in her eye which shortly changed to a glare.
"Ye lily-livered kraken. FINE! I still won though! And he still can't be giving ME orders!" she countered before storming off to her cabin. Everyone stood there and slowly their gazes all shifted to Hiei. Hiei just stood there and glared back at them. There was mumbling as everyone went back to their work.
"Hey! Welcome! Great fight, made quite a mess of things though." Said Ross slapping him on the back, "Yeah and I think it's time to enforce one of the rules on this here ship in saying that you clean up after yourself!" Sairi walked up behind him.
"Oh? I believe that you're mistaken, Ross. I believe the rule was that you keep to your own job. Get to work, that deck isn't going to clean itself." She corrected. Ross was about to protest but Sairi took off her glasses and gave him the "look".
"Aye! Aye!" he squeaked unintentionally and ran off to start cleaning. Sairi smirked and shook her head.
"Yugachi is going to set you up with a bunk. Good fight I'm impressed, you're status has risen a bit higher now. Don't expect too much respect though. It can't be earned just through fighting on this ship. Oh yes, you may want to visit Kyoko after you get a bunk. The reception is tonight and there are going to be some things you should be prepared for." She explained before walking off. She walked by Yugachi before going to the front of the ship and as she passed she ruffled his hair a little. The kid walked up to him and looked at him with mismatched eyes, but there was something different about them. They were seemingly emotionless except for a hint of something that he couldn't recognize. Walking over to the stairs the boy signaled for him to follow him. Hiei raised an eyebrow.
"What? You can't use your voice?" he challenged. Yugachi just looked at him his expression the same and signaled again. Hiei didn't move. Yugachi was a beginning to grow a little irritated and he walked up to him.
"Follow." He simply said and he walked back to the stairs. Hiei shrugged and tried to suppress a smirk as he followed the kid into the lower decks. Yugachi led him to the crew's quarters that pertained many hammocks tied to poles. Many were set up like bunks beds with one hammock over the other. Leading him over to a plain wooden door they went inside. This room consisted of a pile of rags in a corner, four poles, two of which already had hammocks tied to them (one over the other), and a small table in the middle. The table had on it many different scrolls a couple rolled out and open. Yugachi signaled for him to wait there and he left. Hiei looked around the room and nonchalantly walked to the table, glancing at the scrolls. They were maps. Taking a closer look he noticed how very few land masses there were. Only one island came close to the size of Japan back in human world. The rest were tiny and scattered.
Hiei turned to the sounds of Yugachi's foot steps. He came back with another hammock which he set up on the two other poles. He pointed at the bed and then pointed at Hiei showing that it was his. Walking over to the corner with the rags in it he picked one of them up and threw it to Hiei. It took a moment for him to realize the old frayed piece of cloth was a shirt and he pulled it over his head onto his bare torso.
Kabira had left her cabin after fuming over a couple of times. The sails were set and the wind was blowing. Sairi was once again playing her flute and she listened as she steered. She longed to get her hands on some grog. Her head was beginning to hurt from lack of it. How long had she had a drink? Ever since Hiei showed up everyone has been rushing around so much that she's been too distracted.
"Ag, that three eyed fool is going to get it someday." Kabira thought to herself.
Shingi was in the kitchens preparing food like usual. She hoped to have all the meals done by tonight so she too could join in with the fun instead of spending the whole night making grub. When they had a celebration they usually set up a fire pit in the middle of the deck of the ship. Of course there was no risk of lighting the ship on fire seeing as how the Captain manipulated the fire with ease. Then she would pull out her fiddle, Kelsey her tambourine, and Sairi would play her flute. Then they did what gave the ship its name. They would all dance.
Shingi turned when she felt a tap on her shoulder to look down to two mismatched eyes. She smiled.
"Hey, Gachi. Came to help?" she asked him. Yugachi smiled and nodded. She gladly gave him little odd jobs.
Ross was getting really tired from cleaning the deck. Though a kind wind was blowing he was sweating bullets. He stopped himself and sat down in the middle of the deck. Looking around at the deck he groaned when he realized how much more he needed to finish. Out of the corner of his eye he caught a glimpse of black. Hiei was at the front of the ship. Standing up he walked over to the man.
"Hey, what's up? Ya sea sick or something?" he asked him.
"Hn." responded Hiei not even looking at him. Ross frowned.
"Oooookay, what is that? Latin? Or maybe it's your homeland's language? Where are you from anyway?" the cabin boy pried. Hiei still didn't look at him and kept his eyes out to sea. Ross leaned over trying to see expression a bit better.
"Hm, you have the expression of someone who is searching for someone. Lose your girlfriend?" he continued to question.
"You talk too much." Hiei finally responded.
"Ah! So you ARE searching for your girlfriend! Oh don't worry! You'll find her and when you do you'll have a loverly romantic scene!" shouted Ross. Hiei's temper was beginning to rise.
"A love scene between Hiei and his girlfriend!" Ross announced before putting on a dramatic face, " 'Oh my love! I love how your kidney works!'" He switched to a different expression and speaks in a high pitched girly voice, "'Oh Hiei! I love how your nose hairs are arranged!'"
That was it. Hiei knocked the kid over the head. Ross rubbed the new found bump tenderly.
"Ow."
"I'm not searching for my girlfriend, you fool, and I don't have one! I'm searching for my sister and my comrades. Where I'm from is none of your business and 'Hn' is not in a different language!" Hiei snapped. Ross looked at him for a moment.
"So, is your sister cute?" Ross started again.
"Shut up now." Hiei warned. He wished he had his sword with him.
"Hm, I'll stop…for a price." said Ross.
"Sure, the price is you keeping your life." Hiei threatened. Ross raised an eyebrow.
"I don't know, I was thinking more along the lines of you finishing the deck for me." He said as if Hiei just offered him a piece of candy instead. Hiei wanted to kill this kid or anything to get him to shut up. So he went along with it reluctantly.
The night was dark except for the large bonfire reflecting off the surface of the ocean. The crew members of the Devil's Dance Floor were beginning to leave their posts and join around the fire. The incoherent chattering of the bunch silenced when Sairi stood and walked next to the Captain.
"Fellow crew members, this night is a good one for we are able to welcome a new member on board. We found him not too long ago and he has proven his worth in battle. We now gather around to accept him officially into the crew. Hiei please stand."
Hiei shrugged and did as she asked standing to the left of her. Kabira didn't seem in that good of a mood as she pulled a knife out of sheath on her belt. Her gauntlet hand had been remolded into a hand and now held a black bladed knife. Sairi took it from Kabira in a respectful manner.
"Do you accept the mark of the pirate?" she asked him. Hiei looked at the knife. Kyoko had explained earlier that day to him what it meant to accept the mark of a pirate. It wasn't much different from being a bandit.
Nodding his head Hiei exposed his left arm not wanting to remove the bandages he had placed around the dragon on his right. Sairi took the knife and stabbed lightly into his flesh slowly opening his skin. With three slashes the shape of a "P" was formed. His blood oozed from the wounds and dripped onto the floor. The crew cheered in welcome and the music started.
Hiei looked down at his arm that was still flowing blood. Kyoko walked up and handed him a bandage.
"Hn, aren't you supposed to clean it?" he asked her as she wrapped his arm. Kyoko shook her head.
"That'll make it heal clean. You're supposed to have a scar. Washing the wound would only throw the promise you made back into the crew's face." She explained. Hiei frowned at the strange rules of acceptance they had. With a smile she left to join in with the dancing. After a while he sat down and watched the other crew members in their merriment. Even the Captain was joining in though she was now slobbering drunk. After a while his gaze was lost in the fire.
"Where are they?" A voice spoke up behind him. He looked behind him to the raven haired cat girl. She walked next to him.
"You have a very far off look." She said looking into the flames as well. Hiei groaned mentally. Another person was going to start prying into his business.
"I have no idea what you're talking about." He snapped.
"You're lying." She simply stated. Hiei looked at her.
"Oh really? What have you finally reached into my mind?" he mocked. Sairi looked at him with a serious expression.
"No, but I have a kid that not only is very good at tricking people into doing his work for him but also getting information out of someone. You did a very good job by the way on the deck. Your half was much cleaner than the part Ross actually did."
Hiei twitched. What was with these people? Did they have to know every single detail of his life?
"We're going to find them you know." Sairi said. Hiei looked up at her.
"I had a dream last night. It was of two boys and a girl. One with black hair the other bright orange. The girl's hair was blue. These descriptions ring a bell?" she explained. Hiei looked at her trying to hide his relief and astonishment.
"We should find them late in the afternoon tomorrow. At least that's what time it looked like it was. Until then, relax and enjoy yourself." She said standing up and starting to join Shingi's fiddle. Hiei pondered what she had told him. Suddenly the music stopped.
"AYE! LISHTEN UP! SHEING ASH HOW WE SHEEM TO HAVE A NEW MEMBER ON BOARD…I SHAY HE OWESH USH A DANSH!" Kabira slurred to the whole crew. There were many shouts of agreement. Hiei looked around and glared. Kabira put her hands on her hips.
"Now wait jusht a moment. Yoursh on my sship and that meansh that you owesh ush a dance." Said Kabira. Again the crew shouted in agreement. Hiei again refused.
"Ah, don't be shuch a lily-livereded barnacle head! Get up and showsh ush a dansh!" she said. Kelsey and Stephany both grabbed Hiei by an arm and forced him to his feet. Hiei immediately began to protest.
"What? Are we not worth a dansh? How bout thish? If ye don't dansh ye get put in the cells for the night with four slashes from the cat o' nine tailsh." challenged Kabira. Hiei glared at her.
"No." he said.
"Come on! We ain't going to leave you alone until yoush showsh ush a dansh!" shouted Kabira. Hiei glared and turned, walking off to the forecastle. He was getting sick and tired of how these people acted.
A roaring noise awoke Hiei the next day making him sit up quickly. Yugachi was already up and when the second blast of noise came Ross sat up quickly and lost his balance falling out of his hammock and onto the floor. This was why he took the bottom bed. Hiei looked at the ceiling as another roar rang from above.
"What the hell?" he said aloud. Ross groggily stood up.
"Oh, no. Nina has a hangover." He grumbled following Yugachi out of the room. Hiei was completely confused and saw nothing else to do other than follow them. They were about to climb the deck when they stopped and Ross opened a closet door next to the stairs. Inside were some boots. Old run down boots with the bottoms made of a heavy metal. There were at least ten pairs. Each boy took a pair.
"Put some on, unless you want to be blown off the ship." Ross said tying the laces tightly. Hiei didn't move.
"Suit yourself." Ross said walking up the stairs with metallic clanks. Hiei followed them on deck only to be almost knocked off his feet by the wind. By luck he had grabbed onto the railing and was able to pull himself back down the stairs. Grabbing a pair of the boots he tied the laces fuming. Again he went out on deck this time keeping his feet.
Kabira sat in her cabins watching the winds roar and screech at her windows. Her head wasn't bothering her at all since she was so use to having whiskey the effects of the drink lasted abnormally long. She would be partially drunk for the next week. Though drunk she knew it was a good idea to stay inside when Nina was in pain. It was an annoyance. Every time it happened they had always been blown way off course and she'd always have to attempt to figure out where they were after the little wind storms.
Sairi had been the first up and she made it to the pole of crow's nest. A high pitched scream echoed in the roaring wind and she looked up. Nina was up there. Drawing out her claws she began to climb up the pole having to stop here and there to make sure she wasn't going to get caught in the wind. The wind grew even stronger as she neared the girl. Finally reaching the edge of the crow's nest she climbed over the railing and crawled towards the girl.
Nina was clutching her head and screaming, her pain tolerance was considerably low due to how fragile her body was. Every time she scratched her knee she would immediately start balling her eyes out and each time she felt pain the wind responded. This was one of the harsher examples of her wrath.
Sairi immediately wrapped her arms around the wind summoner in desperate attempt to calm her down. She softly began to sing to her sending the music into her head. Nina stopped screaming and the wind was growing weaker.
Kyoko sighed in relief when the wind died back down. Walking onto the deck she immediately ran over to the main mast to meet Sairi who had carried Nina down. The summoner was now peacefully sleeping. Sairi handed her off to Kyoko for her to take to ease the headache before Nina awoke again.
"Yugachi, you should go see the captain. She wants you." Sairi said predicting correctly. Ten seconds later after she said it there was a demanding yell.
"Yugachi! Get yer' arse in here! I need ye to find where we be!" Kabira shouted. Yugachi shook his head and walked to meet with the captian.
Hiei looked as the wind died down completely. He cursed in his mind. They still hadn't found them. The cat Youkai was wrong.
"SPIRIT GUN!" shouted Yusuke Urameshi firing at a shark in the water. They were surrounded and stranded on a piece of drift wood leftover from the ship they used to be on before the sudden wind storm came. Kuwabara sliced at any sharks that were coming near as Botan started beating them over the head with her oar.
"Eek! Get away! Yusuke, we have to get out of here!" screamed Botan smacking another shark over the head.
"I know that!" said Yusuke sending another blast at a shark. With luck something caught his attention from the corner of his eye. Looking over he realized it was a ship. There was a small rush of wind as Kuwabara sliced a shark that was closing in on him.
"Watch your back! Next time I might not be there to save your butt, Urameshi!" Warned Kuwabara. Yusuke fired a blast right by Kuwabara's foot causing him to yell and jump back. He lost his balance and fell into the water.
"Whoops, sorry Kuwabara I missed." Snickered Yusuke.
"Not funny, Urameshi! WAHHHH!" he yelled slashing at a shark that was coming right at him, "Get me out! Get me out!"
"Yeah, yeah, just a moment." Said Yusuke shooting a couple more sharks before going to help pull his friend out. The sharks were beginning to figure out it wasn't worth trying to eat them and were dispatching.
"Say, guys, there's a ship over there. Think it's close enough for them to hear or see us?" asked Yusuke pointing out the ship for the first time.
"Why didn't you point it out earlier?" complained Kuwabara.
"Because…I was BUSY!" shouted Yusuke.
"I don't know, Yusuke, they seem rather far off. We probably aren't very noticeable in the big wide open ocean." Said Botan.
"Well, then I'll just have to set off a flare." Said Yusuke.
"What are you talking about? We don't have any matches or flares to set off!" said Kuwabara.
"Who says you need one? SPIRIT GUN!"
Kyoko: Wow okay that was an extremely long chapter. Mind you I'm not trying to spoil you guys the next one is going to only be three, you hear that?
Kabira: Twelve Bloody pages…ye couldn't just give them four different chapters?
Kyoko: No because I promised that a bunch of stuff would happen in the next chapter and I needed to keep my promise.
Kabira: Oh in that case…can ye promise to get me more whiskey?
Kyoko: GAH!