Chapter 3: The Captain with Golden Petals and Blood Red Thorns

Lil LoveStar: Hey guys! OMG I recently heard what I call one of the best songs in the world and I'm going to use the theme of it for this chapter. I know it's been out for a while but I just heard it and I love it.

Destiny: Ok you told us that but what's the song?

Lil LoveStar: Karma by Alicia Keys

On a beautiful morning Sakura and the rest of the sailors were getting up and doing their daily chores as well as any duty they were being punished for or what have you. As they all finished their breakfast after their chores Roxi called them to the deck. "Well you've managed to not only acquire your sea legs you've also proved yourselves ready to learn how to swordfight and some Martial Arts." Roxi smiled as every one of them. "And effective this morning you will be instructed in sword fighting and three kinds of Martial Arts."

For the next three weeks Sakura learned three kinds of Martial Arts and sword fighting but she's never had a reason to learn how to fight or even really hold a sword so she was behind all the males on the ship. Roxi noticed that Sakura was behind but more importantly some of the more experienced men, the ones that have been on the ship for like three years were making fun of her and a few were even trying to take advantage of her. She was thankful that Michael or Rio helped her when she wasn't around. One morning at three Roxi got Sakura up and took her to a private training area.

"Why are we here Roxi?" Sakura asked sleepily. Roxi put on the normal wear for Martial Arts and turned to Sakura.

"I'm going to teach you Sakura, you need to learn this whenever we meet up with those pirates and I heard that some of the men have been picking on you. You need to know how to show them whose boss and I'm going to show you how." Roxi said as she gave Sakura a training uniform. For nine hours Roxi and Sakura were fighting in Martial Arts and sword fighting. Sakura was starting to pick up on it all and it made Roxi happy, Sakura needed to be tough on a ship full of men.

After all their training Sakura went back to her duties, glad that she had a friend and fellow female like Roxi to help her along. When the more experienced soldiers started to pick on Sakura again she kicked their butts and made a name for herself on the ship. Michael and Roxi saw and were happy that Sakura wouldn't be bothered with anything anymore.

One afternoon while Sakura and Rio were arm wrestling Roxi was running past them to her brother since her called her, saying it was urgent. Sakura and Rio saw her and decided to follow her. They followed her until she ran into Michael's quarters. They listened in on their conversation.

"What's the big emergency that you had me running?" Roxi asked looking at him.

"I got an email from Kalvin." Michael said looking out from his large window out at the ocean. (AN: Yes I never did tell you what year it was, well now you have an idea) Roxi smiled but then she realized why Kalvin would email him and had a sad face on.

"What did Kalvin say?" She asked.

"He wants us to go to Hong Kong to see him and the Li family." Michael said turning toward her. Roxi nodded as she heard a sound come from behind her.

"I suppose one thing we didn't teach you is how to sneak." Michael chuckled looking at Sakura and Rio. They both laughed nervously making Michael laugh harder. "Its alright, we're just going to Hong Kong to meet Roxi's boyfriend and a family friend of ours." Roxi nudged him when he mentioned that.

"So basically we should get ready to dock and have some free time on land?" Rio asked hopefully.

"Yeah but we won't be staying long. From what Kalvin told me, our encounter with the Gold Stars will be first and it will be soon." Michael said as he dismissed them.

The next morning the ships were docking in Hong Kong and the entire navy operatives were getting off to have a little fun before leaving for the sea again. Sakura on the other hand was busy writing letters to Madison and her family telling them she and Rio were fine and all the new things they have seen and learned. As soon as she was finished, she left the ship in her normal clothes that some how Madison put in her suitcase, all of them by her. She was wearing blue jeans and a sugar pink top with a cherry blossom on it and a matching bandana. As she got off the ship she noticed that Michael and Roxi were still on the dock waiting for something, they were in their regular clothes.

"What are you two doing?" Sakura asked.

"Waiting for someone, shouldn't you be busy going shopping or something?" Michael asked. Roxi nudged him.

"Sakura, why don't you come along with us?" Roxi suggested. Sakura smiled and nodded. A black car came around and an old man opened the door for them. They got in and the old man drove them to the outskirts of the city of Hong Kong to a very large house that was white with a blue roof.

"Wow, this house is amazing." Sakura said in awe as she looked at the house in all its glory. They were escorted inside and Sakura was still in awe, more so with the inside of the house, the furnishings were just lovely and all looked to be not only expensive but also custom made for this house alone.

"Ahh, Mr. and Ms. Yoshiyuki, it's good to see you again." A very elegant woman said. Sakura looked at her; she was almost as beautiful as her mother was. She wore a fine Chinese dress that was lavender in color. Her long, dark hair was done up in a fabulous way, on her face was make up that made her look as white as snow and in her hand was a lavender colored fan.

"Yes Mrs. Li, its good to see you again as well, this is our friend Sakura." Michael said introducing Sakura to Yelan Li. Yelan looked at Sakura as she bowed. Yelan smiled at the girl, she was simply adorable and in her opinion would make a good wife for her son; if he wasn't busy destroying Asia. Yelan put on a normal face and led them to the sitting room where Kalvin and his family as well as the rest of Yelan's family sat.

"Hello Michael, Roxi, who's your adorable friend?" Kalvin asked looking at Sakura.

"This is Sakura." Roxi said smiling at Kalvin. Sakura smiled but was soon screaming when four girls pounced on her, touching her hair, cheeks, they kissed and hugged her to the point where she could barely breathe. They kept saying how 'kawaii' she was and how she be the perfect match for their brother.

"Alright you four, stop it." A man around the age of 24 with black hair and light amber eyes said; stopping the over excited girls. He seemed very gentle and understanding, much like her father Sakura thought.

"Well, Ms. Sakura…" Kalvin started.

"Avalon." Sakura finished.

"Yes, well the ladies that just tried to kill you are the Li sisters, Fan Ren, Futtie, Feimei, and Xiefa. I'm Kalvin Charles and these are my older brothers Von, BJ or Benjamin and Jimmy or James." Sakura noticed that Von was the gentle one. Jimmy had hazel colored eyes with the same hair to match it. Kalvin himself had dark amber eyes and light and dark auburn colored hair. BJ had light brown eyes and auburn hair. "And this is my mother Odessa Charles." Kalvin said, introducing a very slender woman that was beautiful like Yelan, only she wasn't Chinese, nor did she have make up on. She had long brown hair with brown eyes.

"Kalvin, why exactly did you ask us to come?" Michael asked breaking the introductions.

"Well, as you know, Destiny left home to become a pirate and she and Syaoran have been destroying most of Asia. I know that many of the Prime Ministers have asked Japan's navy to stop them but what I'm asking you is to bring her back home with out arresting her." Kalvin said.

"I wish the same for my Xiaolang." Yelan said.

"You do realize what you're asking of us?" Roxi asked being as serious as a first was supposed to be. "You're asking us to bring them back without trial, which is what most of the eastern world has asked us to bring them back for."

"I'm willing to deal with the Prime Ministers of any country." Yelan said firmly.

"As are we." Odessa said speaking for her boys. "I do not want my only daughter to fall into the hands of the international laws, no matter how high her crime."

"The same for my son." Yelan said.

"You realize that there will be consequences for us as well." Michael said turning away from them.

"And I'm asking you, as my childhood friend and future brother in-law to please bring back my sister and Syaoran." "And…I know how you feel about my sister and I want to see you both together after all of this." Kalvin said.

Michael sighed and looked at Kalvin. "Very well, but don't expect us not to fight them to stop them." They all nodded. Michael turned to leave. Roxi ran and kissed Kalvin before following him. Sakura bowed to them and ran out after them.

Two Days Later

After sailing away from the island of Hong Kong, the Japanese navy soon came upon the Indonesian Islands, many of them destroyed by fire, yet there was the strong scent of strawberries and peach flowers in the air.

"Can you smell that Sakura?" Roxi asked with a frown on.

"Yes." Sakura said, wondering why the air was filled with a beautiful fragrance when a huge fire was burning.

"Its Destiny, it's her trademark. She loves peaches and strawberries." Michael said looking through a telescope. He soon saw a ship that was about 150 feet away from them. Michael told Rio to move the ship forward at medium speed. When close enough to see whose ship it was, Michael was certain. It was Destiny. Michael radioed her but he only got her first mate, which was Syaoran's cousin Meiling (AN: Kinda surprising huh?).

"Where's Destiny Meiling." Michael asked her.

"Well she's about to hit you with a cannon if you really want to know." Meiling said. As if on cue the metal ship was hit with a cannonball. It only dented the ship but it was enough to cause the ship to shake. Rio moved the ship closer to Destiny's (AN: Just to tell you, this isn't the traditional wooden pirate ships. We're talking all metal ships here) Once close enough the navy fired automatic guns at the female pirates. The pirates swung over to the navy ship and a sword fight broke out. Metal was clashing between many of the pirates and the navy soldiers. Some of the soldiers were moving over to Destiny's ship to fight, Sakura and Rio as well. Michael and Roxi followed them.

Meiling was walking out of the radio room to find a dashing young man on her boat, smiling widely she jumped down and confronted him. Rio was surprised by the beautiful pirate with long raven colored hair and ruby eyes, wearing red shorts, a shirt and a bandana.

"Well hello beautiful." Rio said smiling at her. Meiling smiled back and drew her sword.

"Care to dance?" She asked Rio took out his sword and they fought it out. On the other side of the ship Sakura, Roxi and Michael were getting past all the pirates. High above them was their target, with her light auburn colored hair and amber eyes, wearing white shorts, a gold shirt and a white and gold bandana. She looked at her old friend Roxi and her enemy Michael, but her attention was drawn to Sakura, the second female she's ever known to be on Michael's ship, a pretty girl really. Destiny automatically took a liking to her but knew that she had to beat them so they would get off her ship. She swung down and laded expertly on the top of the captain's cabin.

"Nice to see you again Roxi, I can't say the same for your brother." She said as they turned to look up at her. Michael's eyes fell upon Destiny and instantly his heart was stolen again. Destiny looked at him with a look of pure hatred. Then she looked at the new girl and did a flip behind her.

"Hello there, my name is Destiny and I am the captain of this ship, to whom do I owe the honor?" She asked Sakura in a respectful way. Sakura gave her a weird look but answered with her name. Destiny nodded and smiled at her. She then took her sword out and challenged her.

"You're fight isn't with her Destiny, it's with us." Roxi said.

"No, my real fight is with that curd, but I want to test her before I kill him." Destiny said glaring at Michael. She looked back at Sakura seeing if she would accept her challenge. Sakura drew her sword and tapped Destiny's sword. Destiny smiled and started swiftly swinging her sword with expertise. Sakura blocked and dodged her attacks until she found a small opening and took it. She pushed Destiny back and came at her. Metal clashed as the sky was beginning to darken. The two young women fought until Destiny pushed Sakura to the floor. Michael ran to them and pulled Destiny away from Sakura.

"Leave her alone, your fight is with me." He said firmly. Destiny looked into his eyes and then to his hand on her shoulder. Her face changed from surprised to angry. She pushed him away from her and turned toward him. "How dare you touch me after what happened, how dare you even be in my presence. Never interfere with my fights you bastard because I swear you'll live to regret it." She said with a cold glare in her eyes. Michael was taken back by her harsh words but he knew in a way he did deserve them.

"Fine then, let's settle this with a fight, just you and me." He said regaining his composure. Destiny looked at him then smiled.

"Very well, I'll just simply beat you so I won't have to see your pitiful face ever again." She smirked pointing her sword at him. Michael looked at her sword then at her and pulled his own.

"Michael…" Roxi started but Michael stopped her. He hit her sword and let her start. They clashed their swords and moved about the ship, each fighting their hardest. Sakura and Roxi couldn't help but only watch. Roxi could see Destiny's face and her brother's as well they were exact opposites. Michael wanted to tell her what happened and Destiny wanted to make sure she never had to remember what happened by killing Michael.

"Why does she hate the captain so?" Sakura finally asked. Roxi sighed and said that it was a story for another time. Sakura looked at her before turning back to the fight. A thunderstorm was quickly coming over but both captains were still fighting as it started to rain and Sakura and Roxi watched. Destiny jumped up near the mast of the ship, knowing that Michael would follow her like the fool he is. He did indeed follow her and the practically climbed to the top and most dangerous part of the ship but their swords were still clashing. "Why did you come after me you bastard, you knew I'd kill you if I ever saw you again? Why chase me? Did those suits ask you to bring me in and make sure I ended up dead?" Destiny asked as she dodged his attacks.

"Your brothers and mother asked me to bring you back unharmed, your family misses you and I miss you." He held down her sword until she pushed at him and freed her sword.

"You missing me is bullshit and you know it. I won't be returning with you, not even for my family, I have a new family." She glared at him as she pierced his left arm. Michael winced before saying, "The only reason you left was because of what you were told. Someone told you I didn't love you when we were together didn't they?" Destiny stopped dead in her tracks and stared at him, ready to kill him if he made a move but still enough to hear him out.

"You were told that I didn't really love you when we were engaged and you left, remember? But it wasn't true, I loved you with all my heart and soul and I still do."

"N…no you…don't…you…you made me believe that you loved me and that I was special…but you lied to me!" She yelled, tears started to slowly spill from her eyes. "It was a rumor, I don't know who was trying to pull us apart but I do love you Destiny." Michael said sincerely. Lightening was flashing and thunder was booming but they stared at each other. Him with hopeful eyes and her filled with unclouded pain. She glared at him and she pushed him off the mast and he fell into the water. Sakura and Roxi watched as he fell. Roxi looked back at Destiny and saw the look on her face. Michael told her what happened but she didn't believe him. The rest of the pirates drove the soldiers off the ship and were starting to sail away. Meiling was done fighting with Rio, she kissed him passionately and pushed him on the ship, winked and ran off. Roxi and Sakura got back to the ship after Roxi stared at Destiny for a while. Once out of the water and back on the ship Michael watched the love of his life sail away from him and he could still see the hurt and confusion in her eyes. Even though she was sailing out of his life again he would get her back and never let her go.

Lil LoveStar: YES I'm done! Marvel at me!

Destiny: Oh nicely done LoveStar.

Sakura: Can't wait for the next.

Lil LoveStar: Hope you R & R plez.