Matthew looked at the ship before them and was surprised on how massive it was. He heard a chuckle and looked to Gilbert beside him. "Like vhat you see? I'm not surprised zhat you do. Zhis is mein awesome ship!" He grinned, gesturing to the ship with both hands. Matthew nodded. "Oui! It's amazing! I have only seen pirate ships in brother's books but I didn't think it would this big!"

Gilbert chuckled again, then noticed his crew coming back with Matthew's stuff. He grabbed Matthew's arm, pulling him out of the way. Matthew blinked at the sudden movement, tripping over his own two feet. He closes his eyes, waiting to hit the ground but opened them when he didn't, noticing Gilbert now held him bridal style. He felt his face heat up at the smirk Gilbert was giving him. "Oh. Uh. T-thanks."

The albino put him back down on his feet. "Don't vorry about it! It vas nozhing. You're a clumsy one aren't you?" Matthew straightened himself out once he was put on his feet. He stared at the ground brushing himself off.

"Not really. That was just very sudden and I lost balance since I didn't expect it. You're fast though. I didn't even feel my self being picked up."

Gilbert grinned flashing his fangs. "Zhat's 'cause I'm an awesome vampire."

Matthew nodded "Yeah, but you didn't have to pick me up. I mean, you could have just let steadied me." Gilbert winked at him. "Ja, but zhat vouldn't have been fun."

"Yeah but-"

The neko was cut off by one of Gilbert's crew yelling at them, "This is the last of the stuff, Captain. Also someone wants to say goodbye." The crew member moved out of the way to show Alfred.

"Al? What are you doing here?" Alfred walked over to Matthew and grabbed his arm, pulling him off to the side. "I saw that! Mattie you have to be careful! This. Is. A. Pirate!" Matthew sighed "Al, calm down. I'm fine. Stop worrying. I can take care of myself… Wait… Did you sneak out here?!" The older twin covered the younger's mouth. "Hey, not so loud Mattie and yes, I did. I wanted to see you off!" he also added in his head, 'And make sure you were safe.' Matthew took his brother's hands off his mouth hugging him "Al, go back to the castle before you get into trouble. I'll be fine, I promise." Alfred hugged him back and nodded.

Gilbert cleared his throat loudly, making both of them jump. "Sorry to cut zhis short, but ze awesome me really needs to leave."

Alfred shot Gilbert a glare as Matthew pushed him towards the castle. "You heard him, Al. Now get going. I-I have to go now." The older neko sighed and gave him one last hug. "Alright. Just be careful." Matthew hugged him back. "I will, don't worry."

He let go, watching his brother run back to the castle. He turned to Gilbert, who gave him an apologetic smile. "I really am sorry to cut your goodbye to your bruder short, but I do really need to get sailing." Matthew nodded, "It's alright." Gilbert grinned, putting a hand on his back and leading him to the ship "Now, onto mein awesome ship!"

Gilbert lead Matthew onto the ship, then gave his crew orders to set sail. He glanced at Matthew, telling him to stay put while he went to go check up on how Matthews's room was coming along. Matthew remained standing by the edge of the ship. He took a locket out of the front of his shirt, opening it to find a small key. He sighed, shutting the locket and just stared at it. He kept the locket in hopes to meet the person who gave to him. He had hoped that the guy who gave it to him would have been his mate but it didn't seem like it. He wondered if the man would even remember him. He was only a child back then plus the man was a king. Even so he still hoped to at least meet him again. He was brought out of his thoughts when a crew member put a hand on his shoulder.

He jumped, dropping the locket into the water. He gasped and was about to go after it, but was pulled back immediately. "Don't worry I'll get it. Gilbert wants you now." Matthew looked at the man but didn't get to see his face really as he told a nearby crew member to take him to Gilbert's room. He then pulled off his pirate hat and coat, jumping over the edge of the ship and plunged into the water. He bites his lip about to call after him when the crew member grabbed his arm. "Come on captain doesn't want to be kept waiting."

Matthew let himself be pulled to the captain's quarters as he wonder who that brown-haired pirate was. He watched the crew member knock, then say that he had the servant. He heard Gilbert yell to come in and the small neko opened the door and entered the room.

Matthew looked at Gilbert after shutting the door behind him. "So where am I staying?"

Gilbert grinned at him. "Oh, you vill be staying vith ze awesome me! I have a room I set up in mein own for mein awesome servants!" Matthew nodded then stared at Gilbert, confused. "Um, am I your only servant?"

The pirate's smile faded for a second, then was back on his face as fast as it disappeared. "Vell, ja! I only have mein awesome crew! Now let me show you." He lead Matthew to a door near the right far back wall.

He opened the door walking inside showing off the medium size room with two beds one on each side of the room. "Vell zhis is vhere ve vill stay here on mein awesome ship!" He grinned turning to look at Matthew.

Matthew smiled at him then looked confused "Wait…you don't live on your ship?" Gilbert looked at him blankly then started laughing "Kesesesesese! Nein, zhis room is only for awesomely long voyages. I don't actually live on ze ship. Zhere is a little island zhat ve are going too. Zhat is vhere ve are heading! It's like our one little pirate home! Ja, it is very awesome." He grinned widely, proud of the little island.

The neko blinked and nodded "Oh wow that's… actually… pretty… cool! I can't wait to see the island!" He smiled as Gilbert nodded in response.

"Yeah, I know! Now vhy don't you go out und meet mein awesome crew. I have business to take care of. Oh, und if you meet someone named Antonio, tell him to come here vill ya?"

Matthew nodded and bowed "Oui, Master I will."

"Er, call me Gilbert or Gil if you vant. You don't have to be so formal vith me…"

"Oh! Uh, alright Gil." Matthew turned around and left going out to meet the crew. He also hoped that the one pirate that jumped into the ocean to get his necklace was okay and that he was successful in getting his necklace. He looked around before shyly starting to introduce himself to some of the crew members; he found them all to be actually pretty nice… at least most of them were.

Once he was pretty much done meeting everyone, he jumped when someone tapped his shoulder. He turned around and the first thing he noticed was that the guy was sopping wet. He blinked as the brown haired guy suddenly hung his locket in fount of him.

"Oh! Merci! You got it for me! I'm so glad!"

He went to grab it but the guy pulled the locket away from him. "Ah, ah, ah! Now do you really want this back?" The man smiled at Matthew, his green eyes shining with mischief.

Matthew gulped "O-oui I do"

The green-eyed guy smirked. "Now, why should I give this back to you? I mean this is gold, ain't it? I mean a real gold locket! There are many pirates that would pay big money for this! Plus, it was a real hassle to get."

The shy cat nodded slowly. "P-please give it back. T-that's very special to me."

"Oh, really now? Then if it's so special you should do something for me. I know what you could do for me. Meet me tonight, then when you are done pleasing me, you can have this back."

Matthew whined starting to shake, but before things got worse, a voice could be heard.

"Antonio!" Mattie looked shocked as a dark reddish-brown-haired man that didn't look too much too much older than him suddenly come up and smack Antonio over the head. "Bastardo! Leave that guy alone and knock off the god damn shit. It's really annoying."

Matthew watched as Antonio held his head, then looked at other guy. He seemed to be surprised then smiled excitedly. "Lovi, there you are! Boss has been looking for you!"

Lovi smacked him again "I told you not to call me that! It's Lovino, not Lovi! Also, if you would check in your god damn room maybe you would fucking find me!"

Antonio winced then pouted. "But Lovi, I looked in there and you weren't there."

"Whatever, idiota."

Matthew cleared his throat a bit. "Um, c-can I have my locket back?"

Lovino snatched the locket from Antonio, handing it back to its owner. "Sorry about my idiota master. He gets a little out of hand like that sometimes."

The neko nodded, taking the locket back then noticed what Lovino was wearing. He couldn't believe someone would be comfortable walking around in just a shirt that barely covered his chest and wore really short shorts. He also noticed he had horns and a tail with a pointed tip. Matthew had never met a creature like him and for some reason he felt his face start to heat up. "Oh uh, m-merci."

Matthew noticed a smirked spread across Lovino's face and he didn't like the sudden glint in the new person's eyes.

"You know now that I look at you your kinda fucking cute, aren't you?" The innocent catlike creature froze as Lovi got close but he stopped and froze when Antonio suddenly yelled his name

"Lovino!" Antonio suddenly pulled Lovino back behind him and smiled apologetically "Look, uh sorry about all this. It's very unfortunate for you to meet us this way. Let's start over, okay? Hola! The names Antonio Fernandez Carreido! Oh, and this is my servant and lover Lovino Vargas!"

Matthew nodded then was surprised at how red Lovino's face became

"God damn it bastardo! I told you not to introduce me that way! Idiota!" He hit Antonio again, who just smiled

"Aw, but its true Lovi!"

Lovino grumbled more curses under his breath then looked away blushing. Matthew smiled a bit confused by these two. "Well, uh, name's Matthew Williams. I'm, uh, Gilbert's new servant." He watched as both their faces turn into a mixture of looking horrified and shocked.

Antonio soon smiled though. "Really? That's great to hear, isn't it Lovino?" Lovino just grumbled as his master kept going. "It really is nice to see another servant"

Matthew nodded slowly then could have sworn he heard Lovino ask how long this one was going to last but wasn't sure since Antonio shushed him quickly. He then remembered something "Oh, uh, Antonio? Gilbert told me that if I ran into you that he wanted to see you."

Antonio nodded. "Alright, then I'm off! Play nice you two~ Oh and Lovino? Hands. To. Yourself. Okay? See you guys afterwards!" He ran off, leaving Matthew surprised that Antonio could go from cheerful to suddenly scary back to being cheerful. He noticed Lovino looked a little startled as well. He put the locket back around his neck then put it back under his shirt. The neko had a lot of questions, but wasn't sure who to ask. He also wasn't sure what to do now. He glanced at Lovino as he sighed muttering "Shit, now I have to god damn babysit."

Matthew looked at him confused. "Um, what do you mean by that?"

Lovino stiffened, surpised that Mattie heard that. "Well, uh nothing you need to worry about. Now I thought nekos were extinct?"

Matthew blinked then looked down. "Well, uh as far as I know me and brother are the only ones."

The other snorted "Well, damn it that must fucking suck, huh?" Matthew nodded slowly looking out at the sea, wondering how this trip was going to go.


sorry for the long wait! well here is the next chapter hope you guys are still enjoying it!