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"Captain Darien, there is a ship blocking the entrance to the cove!" Derrick shouted from the crow's nest. It had been a week since Kris's disappearance had been discovered and all had been well.

"What?" Darien asked coming out of his cabin and onto the deck.

"Over there." Derrick pointed to the entrance of the cove where, indeed, there was a ship with white sails and a blue flag.

Darien picked up a telescope and looked over at the coves entrance. "Damn, it's Diamond." Darien said as Malachite and Jadeite walked up behind him.

"So now we know where Kris went." Malachite said as he looked through the telescope Darien handed him.

"What are we going to do?" Jadeite asked. "He probably knows that the princess is on board."

"And that we're at the weakest since we do have the girls on board." Darien said.

"We need to get in there though. That's our sanctuary!" Malachite said.

"That's why they're there." Darien said. "It's probably Alan because Diamond hates sailing and Alan knows us."

"What's going on?" Nephrite asked walking out.

"Alan is blocking our path." Jadeite said handing Nephrite the telescope.

"And what are we going to do?" Zoicite asked joining the group.

"Anyone have any ideas?" Darien asked.

"Yes, I do." Lita said.

"Lita what are you doing here? You know the rules!" Nephrite said as he grabbed Lita and walked her back.

"Wait; let's talk in one of the cabins. All of us including Rei, Mina, Amy, Serenity, and myself." Lita said.

"They might be able to help." Zoicite said agreeing with Lita.

"Alright, Rei and Mina are already in my cabin with Serenity. Bring Amy right away so we can decide something. Lita go ahead and join the girls." Darien said. Everyone nodded and Nephrite escorted Lita into Darien's cabin where they waited with Mina, Malachite, Rei, and Jadeite. "Derrick!"

"Yes captain!" Derrick yelled down.

"Keep an eye on them and I want to be notified of any change." Darien ordered. "I'll send Jonathon up to help keep an eye on things and to make sure the boat stays as still as we can." Derrick nodded and returned to watching Alan's ship. Jonathon was another senior crewman who was one of the best men at keeping the sails under control.

Darien retreated back to his cabin after giving Derrick and Jonathon orders. "One of Diamond's ships is near?" Amy asked getting up from where she was hugging Serenity. Darien simply nodded and sat down behind his desk.

"They probably know you are here and Diamond sent them to get you back." Darien said nonchalantly.

"You aren't going to let them right?" Serenity asked. Her voice was soft and quiet, showing the fear she felt on the inside. "I don't want to go back." Serenity whispered into Lita's shoulder.

"We would never give you up for anything." Darien said. "We should try and make it into the cove though."

"What's so special about this cove?" Lita asked.

"It's where we keep all of our treasures and things. We aren't going to go around carrying pounds and pounds of treasure. It slows us down and makes us vulnerable to our enemies." Nephrite explained.

"Do we make you vulnerable?" Amy asked.

"Not necessarily." Zoicite said. "You guys are our treasures, yes. But you make us want to fight harder."

"He's right." Darien said. "We won't let anyone get you guys because you mean more to us than all the treasure in the world."

"We should fight them. He only has one ship and it looks like it's his flag ship." Malachite said. "If we fight him here then we will have the knowledge of the seas here. We know where the rocks are and we know where the safe water is. You know most maps are incorrect because we've kept the ships off."

"Then we do it now. They've probably seen us already and know we're here. They're just waiting for us to attack. Let's not make them wait any longer." Darien said with a smile.

"What about us?" Rei asked standing up.

"You'll stay in here. We'll send Derrick in to protect you guys if anything happens." Malachite said.

"What? Why are you going to do that? I thought you said that none of the crew knew about us and wouldn't know about us!" Rei shouted.

"Honey, Derrick saw us bringing you guys in here the other night and asked Darien about it. No one else knows and Derrick is not worried about it, but wants to help. That's why he has taken all the night duties." Jadeite exclaimed.

"You could have told us. What if he said something to us and we didn't know he knew? What if something else happened huh?" Rei asked getting slightly louder.

"Honey, honey, I promise nothing is going to happen and obviously nothing did." Jadeite said.

"When we get back on dry land I swear to god I'll…" Rei cursed.

"Rei! Be quiet." Darien said putting his hands on his head. "Malachite, get the crew ready for battle. We're going to get this over with."

"What? Now?" Serenity asked as she stood up and walking over to Darien.

"Yes because I want to get rid of this threat before anything happens." Darien said pulling Serenity into a hug. When the guys saw Darien and Serenity's hug not ending soon they turned to their own loves and said their good byes and good lucks.

"Sir." Derrick said walking in.

"Derrick, this is Serenity, Rei, Mina, Lita, and Amy." Darien said introducing each person. "Watch them and don't let anything happen to them." Darien said.

"Yes sir." Derrick said.

"Girls, please don't give Derrick any trouble." Darien asked.

"We won't, go worry about Diamond." Serenity said with a smile. She kissed Darien once more on the lips before walking over and sitting on the bed without the rest of the girls.

"So when did you see us?" Lita asked breaking the silence.

"A couple nights ago. I saw Jadeite bringing someone into Darien's cabin who was wearing a dark cloak. I went to see Darien the next day at noon. Most of the men are either busy working on the ship or eating. Darien also keeps to himself at times and there aren't a lot of people, other than the generals, who keep him company. So I approached him and he knew that he couldn't lie. He told the truth and I was willing to help so I've taken the night watch to keep you guys secret." Derrick explained.

"O, well thank you for not telling anyone." Lita said.

"I trust my captain so if he wants to keep it secret then I'll keep it secret."

"You're truly loyal to this ship. A good quality that is hard to find." Serenity said.

"And how would you know that?" Derrick asked looking at the princess.

"I watched some of the ships in my father's navy while I was home and I talked to the commander. Sometimes he would come into the study and be cursing his head off over some new recruit or some other crewman who was trying to take on the captain of a certain ship or taking plans so he could have an advantage in training and tests." Serenity explained. Derrick nodded in understandment and walked over to look out the window.

"What is this cove's name?" Mina asked breaking the silence that had covered the room.

"We call it Cymro." Derrick said. "It means 'whale' in Gaelic. When we first discovered it there were some whales seaking it's protection. Since then the whales have come back every year and have not seemed bothered by us."

"Wow, do you think we'll see any?" Serenity asked her eyes getting big.

"Probably not. It's not the right time of year." Derrick said.

"O, but Darien said we'd see dolphins."

"We will see dolphins because they like the boats. The whales could care less about boats unless they're whaling boats." Derrick said. Suddenly yells and other noises were heard from the deck stopping the conversation. "And the battle has begun."

The girls remained quiet and on the bed hoping the battle would be over soon so they could get this part of the voyage over. They knew that sea battles were an everyday part of a pirate's life, but they were hoping they could miss that part for a little while longer.

On the deck Darien stood next to the steering wheel and watched as the men got ready for the fight. Jadeite and Malachite were standing on opposite sides of this ship watching the men work and Alan's ship. Zoicite stood in the front of the ship keeping an eye on where the ship was going and making sure they were on course. Nephrite stood in the middle of the ship helping the men and barking out orders.

"The infamous Captain Darien has arrived at his hiding spot!" Alan yelled from his ship when they got close together.

"And if it isn't Captain Alan, the only captain to run away from more fights than he's been in and won for that matter!" Darien yelled back. From what Darien could see Alan was trying to glare at him, but Darien just rolled his eyes and made a signal towards Nephrite. Alan had disappeared from the deck, but his second in command, Donny, took control and started yelling out orders.

"Fire!" Nephrite yelled. The ship rocked in the water when the cannons on the left side of the ship fired at Alan's ship. Most of the cannons missed their marks, but a couple hit the top of the ship. Alan's ship started firing back and a row boats came around from the back side. One or two row boats were shot and sunk, but most made their way to Darien's ship where they docked and climbed up.

"Get ready for some close up fighting!" Darien yelled with a smile. He pulled out his sword that he had taken back from Diamond. Darien eagerly jumped down to the main deck and started fighting Diamond's men.

"Nice to see you Darien!" Alan said as he climbed aboard the ship. He signaled for a crewman to walk over and whispered something in the man's ear. "Keep him busy." Alan whispered. The man nodded and looked over at Darien who was still fighting off some of the other men.

Alan once again disappeared from Darien's view and another man walked over to Darien who occupied all of Darien's attention. Darien was attacking, blocking, attacking, attacking, blocking, and so on trying to kill the damn guy. At least they started training the navy. Darien thought.

"DARIEN!" Serenity yelled as she was dragged from the cabin. Darien knocked the man down and looked over to see Alan dragging Serenity into a boat followed by other men carrying the other girls. Jadeite was already attacking on of the men who had held Rei. With a quick block then attack of his sword Jadeite had killed the man and pulled Rei to him to keep her safe.

Malachite had also joined the fight, but instead of fighting the man with Mina he was attacking the man with Amy in his grips. Amy was eventually freed, but the other girls were taken onto a row boat and were being forced back to Alan's ship.

Alan made a signal to a man who started shouting orders to the rest of Diamond's men who made one last attack before leaving for the rest of the row boats. Unfortunately for Diamond's men some of the pirates had sunken some of the row boats so some men were left on the pirate ship and either killed or taken prisoner.

"They have Mina, Lita, and Serenity." Malachite said walking over to Darien who was staring into the ocean.

"How could they have gotten…" Darien looked up and started running for his cabin to look for Derrick. "Derrick!" Darien ran over finding the man bleeding helplessly on the floor near the bed.

"I'm sorry." Derrick breathed.

"You have nothing to be sorry for, you did everything you could to protect us." Amy said walking over to Derrick and smiling down on him. Derrick smiled back up before a frown marred his face. Then his face relaxed and he was dead.

"What happened?" Darien grunted.

"We were staying quiet and trying to stay as far over to the side as we could. One of Alan's men broke the window of the door and opened the door. There were three of them; I think Alan was one of them." Rei explained.

"Derrick moved us to a corner and tried to stop the men, but he was alone and couldn't protect all of us at one. When they unarmed Derrick Lita grabbed the sword had attacked as a last line of defense. She was able to injure one, but they stopped her attacks and grabbed us and took us out. That's when you guys saw us." Amy finished.

"That was more than we could ask for from Derrick and Lita." Nephrite said.

"We need to get them back." Malachite said.

"Don't worry. We'll get them back." Zoicite said.

"Let me be part of the formation of the plans. None of you guys have been in Diamond's castle have you?" Amy asked. The guys all shook their heads signaling they had never been there.

"I figured that and I have been there. Once with my father on some diplomatic trip. It was right after my mother died and my father didn't want me home alone. The castle is very dark, dreary, and drab." Amy explained. "And it can be confusing, but I think I remember where most of the main rooms are."

"If we are able to get a map drawn from one of the captives could you show us the easiest ways in and out?" Darien asked.

"I could try, but most likely yes." Amy said. "How are you going to get a man to draw a map? Aren't they loyal to Diamond?"

"These men cherish their lives over their loyalty to Diamond. They know Diamond won't come for them." Zoicite explained.

"It's like what Serenity said early. How hard it is to find men like Derrick who are truly loyal to their captains." Rei said. "Can we get started right now with figuring out a way to get them back?"

Darien smiled at Rei's enthusiasm and nodded his head. "Let's get the men cleaned up, the ship fixed, and then some rest. Then we'll start making plans." Darien said. "O, and by the way, the crew knows you're here so don't worry about hiding."

"But won't they do something?" Amy asked.

"Probably, just stay close to one of us and we'll take care of them." Malachite said. Amy and Rei nodded and looked at each other. The guys started walking out, but before Malachite could leave Amy pulled him over to her.

"Thank you for saving me. I know you how hard that was for you and I truly appreciate it." Amy said giving Malachite a smile.

"Your welcome." Malachite said trying to smile back.

"Don't worry Mal, we'll get her back." Amy said.

"I know, I just want to get her back soon." Malachite said looking down at the floor. Amy just nodded and placed her hand on Malachite's arm.

oOoOoOo

On Alan's ship

"What happened to the other two?" Alan yelled at one of his crewmen.

"One of the pirates killed Jonathon and another killed Mark." The crewman said.

"We didn't get Darien and we only got 3 out of 5 of the girls!" Alan yelled. "Diamond's going to have my hide for this."

"Sir, if I can say. We did get the princess which is the one Diamond really wanted." The man said. Sure enough Serenity trapped in a cargo storage space below deck with Lita and Mina.

"Good point. Make sure the men are working and we're on course." Alan said getting rid of the man. The man bowed and turned around to leave. Alan walked down to the cargo hole where the three girls were currently waiting.

"So, you are Diamond's fiancée." Alan said grabbing Serenity.

"Let go of me!" Serenity shouted. "And I will never marry Diamond! I've heard my father has already stopped the treaty because of my little stunt." Serenity said with a smug smile.

"And you ruined everyone's lives because Diamond came home mad." Alan sneered. He shoved Serenity down onto some boxes. Lita jumped up and punched Alan in the face as Mina went to help Serenity.

"Why you little…." Alan said recovering from the punch only to receive another. But before Lita could hit him a third time Alan grabbed her wrists to stop her. "Stop punching me!"

"You deserve it." Lita spat.

"And now you deserve this." Alan said as he grabbed a piece of rope and tied Lita's hands together. "Now listen to me. Diamond won't be in a good mood when we arrive because we have 3 out of the 10 we were supposed to get. I suppose it's good news for your little lovers because they get to breathe a couple more days. For you, I have no idea because Diamond will do what ever he wants to do to you three. We'll be there in a couple days." With that Alan turned around and left the girls alone once more.

"Lita, you pissed him off now. Who knows if he'll feed us now!" Mina said.

"He will." Serenity said sitting up.

"How do you know?" Mina asked.

"Diamond wants us alive from the sounds of it. Diamond also won't harm me because if I'm found dead then he's killed as well." Serenity explained. "And I won't eat if you two won't eat so that's how I know."

"She's right so don't worry." Lita said sitting down. "Let's just wait this out and see what happens."

"Are we going to give up that easily?" Mina asked walking over and untying Lita's hands.

"For now, yes. We'll think of something once on land." Lita said rubbing her wrists.

oOoOoOo

Castle Ceinlys

"Lord Seiya, Taiki, Yaten." Andrew said bowing to the three men. "I'll take your horses to the stables. King Seamus is expecting you and is in the study. Molly," Andrew pointed to Molly who was waiting for the three men, "will take you to him."

"Thank you." Seiya said giving the reins of his horse to Andrew.

"Please follow me." Molly said with a smile and led the three men to where Seamus was waiting for them with his wife.

"Your highnesses, Lord Seiya, Lord Yaten, and Lord Taiki." Molly said as she bowed to Seamus and Selene.

"Thank you Molly. Please stay though because I have a feeling this has to do about Serenity." Selene said.

"Indeed your highness." Seiya said stepping in front of his brothers. "A couple weeks ago I was traveling home from business when I found a young woman on the side of the road. It was your daughter and she had a twisted ankle. So I brought her home and tended to her ankle." Seiya said.

"Is that all that was wrong with her?" Selene asked.

"Yes, she looked healthy other than that." Seiya said.

"The next day Taiki and I went to the market and saw two women we knew and invited them to dinner. They said they had friends over and brought them with them to dinner." Yaten explained.

"That night we found out that meant two more women and five men." Taiki said. "The women were Lady Amy and Lady Lita. The men were five pirates from the ship the Sea Cobra. And not any pirates, but Captain Darien and his four closest friends and commanders."

"You mean my daughter is with pirates?" Seamus asked.

"Well, that night Serenity decided to leave with Darien and looked as though she was falling in love with him. Since they left we do not know what has happened to them, but we did hear that Darien was at Sea once more and we believe the girls are with him." Seiya finished.

"My daughter is at sea, on a pirate ship?" Seamus yelled.

"Honey calm down. Thank you for the help and the news on our daughter's whereabouts." Selene said with a smile. "Stay here and rest for a while."

"We will, but only for a day or so. We need to return to our home and make sure our business is doing well." Taiki said. Selene just smiled and nodded her head.

"Molly, lead these men to three of the guest rooms. Then, find Lord Alec and tell him we wish to see him. When you've delivered that message, go find Andrew and tell him what you just heard. Understand?" Seamus asked.

"Yes my lord. Follow me my lords." Molly said.

"Excuse me my lord, but why would you want Andrew to know? Isn't he a simple stable boy?" Seiya asked.

"He is, but he's a close friend of Serenity's and is almost as worried for her as much as we are." Seamus said. "Do not worry about it and go rest." Seiya and his brothers bowed their heads once more and left to follow Molly to their rooms.

oOoOoOo

Castle Derfail

"Sapphire, come here!" Emerald said as she walked into the study.

"What do you want? Something to get my brother's attention again?" Sapphire sighed.

"Not exactly, but it will help bringing his attention back to me." Emerald said.

"This has something to do with Princess Serenity doesn't it?" Sapphire asked.

"You know how he is bringing her back with the pirates?" Emerald asked.

"Well not exactly. Alan sent word to us, by eagle, that they have Serenity, but not the pirates. In fact they only have Serenity and two other girls." Sapphire said.

"So this might be better than I expected. You don't like what you're brother is up to do you?" Emerald asked.

"No, that's common knowledge though. I know he just lusts after her and doesn't truly love her. Now what are you thinking about?"

"The pirates will come for her won't they?" Emerald asked.

"Yes, they will probably because the other two women have lovers among the pirate crew as well." Sapphire said.

"Let's help them get what they want. That way your brother doesn't get what he's wanted so you're happy. And Serenity will be gone so I'll be happy." Emerald said with an evil smile.

"I don't like that smile, but I guess we can figure something out along those lines. Now go before Diamond comes in and suspects something is happening." Sapphire said. Emerald just kept smiling as she walked out of the study and down to her room where a plan start formulating in her head.


A/N- So here's this chapter… it's a long chapter, but a good one. Hope you guys liked it. And review as always, but I don't need to tell you that because you guys are so good at it!