Chapter 7 - Prince of the Sea
'Pretty things...He loved pretty things...
How could he be so constantly happy?
Was I just...blind to his tears...?'
Knock Knock!
Short and abrupt. The man at the desk looked up at the beautifully carved door and nodded.
"Come in." he beckoned in a cool, commanding voice.
The door opened and in walked a teen about 16. He had straight silver hair and icy blue eyes. His hair went to his shoulders and he had an aura that told you to 'back off.'
"Ah, Yzak. I've been waiting for you." the masked blonde man leaned back in his chair.
"Sorry sir. I was making sure no one was slacking off, sir." Yzak said in a tone as icy as his eyes.
"Don't hold so much pride in yourself Yzak." the captain, Rau Le Creuset, smirked. But it dropped soon after. "Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall. Better to be lowly in spirit and among the oppressed than to share plunder with the proud."
"Sir?" Yzak asked in confusion. He then spotted the open book on his captain's desk. "Reciting from the bible again?"
"Yes. It can really teach you a lot, reading such books."
"But why read the bible? You're not religious at all."
"Heh." Rau laughed softly. "Yzak, do you know why I called you here?" he changed the subject.
"Wh-no sir. I don't." Yzak regained himself after the sudden change.
"Have I ever told you...about the Prince of the Sea?" he leaned back in his chair a bit.
"No sir, just mentioned it once when I joined your crew." Yzak remembered back to when he first met the blonde man...before he began wearing the mask...
"A normal boy...a not so normal life..." Rau began. "When you think of a Prince, you think of grand armies, large castles, and beauty everywhere...correct?"
Yzak nodded.
"The Prince of the Sea is different...His castle is his ship, his armies and vassals are his loyal crew. His grand riches are belittled by the few items he holds dear, living and nonliving as well." Yzak's eyes narrowed, and even he didn't know why. "He is after a treasure even he can't see yet, but he loves the sea more than almost anything."
"What's that mean?" Yzak asked.
"The Prince of the Sea..." Rau smirked. "is a Pirate..." he heard Yzak gasp. "I am searching for the Prince...Searching with everything I am...because if I defeat the Prince...I will gain all of his abilities, all of his wonder...If I kill the Prince of the Sea...then I will be the ruler of the world..."
Yzak inwardly grimaced at his captain's attitude, but showed no outward emotion.
"Sir. May I ask...how will you know it's him?"
"I already know...his identity..." Rau assured him with another smirk.
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Laying in his bed, far away...a brunette haired boy flinched in his sleep, laughter entered his subconscious...mocking him...and tears flowed from his eyes...
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"Ok! We're about to dock in the port city of Ades!" his voice boomed out over the deck, causing everyone on board to look up, even Athrun and Lacus. "We'll be going ashore to loot!"
Cheers broke out amongst the crew. Athrun and Lacus looked at them and gave them odd looks.
"A few of us will be staying behind, Cagalli included. She'll be in charge!" groans followed this announcement.
"Ah, shut up already!" Cagalli yelled, and they were silent. She smirked.
A mere 5 minutes later, Kira and half the crew were disembarking. Mwu and Dearka were going, Sai and Tolle weren't. Lacus was asked by Kira to stay on board, for her own safety. Athrun stayed on the ship because he had no desire to pillage.
Once they were gone, Athrun looked around. He looked up at the middle mast and remembered how Kira had told him he liked to think up there.
"Hmm..." his eyes clouded over.
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"Kira! What are you doing up there?" Athrun called.
Kira blinked out of his thoughts and looked down. He was sitting in the very top of a tree, the tallest tree. Athrun was across the yard, and looked so small from up there.
"Thinking." Kira said simply.
"Thinking! Do you have to be up there to think!" he asked loudly.
"Yep!" Kira smiled warmly down at him, and Athrun paused.
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"-run...Athrun...Athrun!"
"Wha!" Athrun jumped backward, falling on his butt and staring up at the one responsible for startling him. "L-lacus?" she giggled.
"Silly. You were staring at nothing." she helped him up. "It was beginning to worry me."
"Sorry." he apologized as she helped him up.
Lacus smiled at him before she turned to talk to Sai. Athrun turned to Cagalli.
"Hey there." he asked. She was just standing there looking out over the city. "Whatcha doin?" (I Love That Line From Ep 24!)
"Watching." she made sure not to look at Athrun for the fear of blushing from the 'moment' they had before or yelling in his face because of it.
"Cagalli...I have a question...about Kira..." he knew she wasn't going to look at him, but he smiled slightly because of that fact.
"Really?" she sounded interested. "What is it?"
"Where does he go all day? Where is he all the time?" Athrun asked.
"Hm..." she turned slightly and began to ignore him. He sighed. "He's usually aloft..." she said softly.
"Aloft?" Athrun looked up and stared at the masts and the poles that held the sails up.
"Mm-hm..." Cagalli looked up too. "But...sometimes...a lot actually..."
Athrun looked down to stare at her back again, slight wonder played across his face.
"Sometimes...he stays in his room for hours on end...Sitting on his bed with the curtains drawn...More recently, since he came back...I think...it has something to do with...certain memories he wishes he'd never had." she looked at the ground with regret and sorrow on her face and Athrun took on a caring look.
"What...what happened...to Kira I mean?" he asked.
"That's...something you'll have to ask him yourself...It's not my place to say..." she said softly.
Athrun was about to speak again when the conversation was cut short by the re-arrival of the crew.
"Yea! What did you all get?" many of the crew crowded around the group coming back, relieving them of their parcels.
Cagalli scanned the group from above.
"Mwu! Dearka! Where's Kira?" she yelled. Everything stopped as they all looked around.
Kira wasn't there...Where was he? Mwu shrugged and Dearka looked worried. Suddenly, a gun shot rang out...followed by many more shots.
Everyone turned their heads to town.
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Jess: Oh my frickin goo! Did I just leave a cliffhanger in this story? -nearly faints-
Reb: She thought it would never happen...
Jess: -recovers from near faint- Ok, sorry if you think this is short. But I just had to see if I could make this thing into a cliffhanger! And I did! -cheers-
Reb: You're a dork...