"We're gonna be a FAMILY AGAIN!" The girl cried upon seeing her captain walking towards them. Walker shook his head and bent over his mop, getting back to work.
Izaya looked at Erika in a mixture of blank faced and surprise. "…You need to stay out of shipment, Erika-san."
"I swear I haven't touched it!"
"It's true," Walker sighed, "She just kind of sits on it and goes on and on about the most random things."
"I only talk about yaoi when you stop being fun." She looked over at the other and winked seductively.
"Focus, you both. I said stay out and you both disobeyed me." Izaya looked at them furiously. "What do we do with people who do not listen."
"He called out for someone!"
Walker rushed in front of Erika protectively, "no! You can't kill us!"
"Kill?" The captain smirked, "why would I ever kill a valuable pair such as yourselves."
"Captain? You wanted me?" Masaomi walked in and Izaya nodded, "tell Dotachin that he will be taking over the cabin boy duties for the time being."
"What about Karisawa and Yumasaki?"
"They will be busy elsewhere."
Masaomi shivered a moment before darting to the deck, leaving the captain to his business. Things were going to be quiet if the crew had any say about it.
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Shizuo was so confused, why had he decided to join pirates? PIRATES? He must have been completely out of his mind. And that damn captain with his stupid calm behave-
"You heard Masaomi. The cabin boys have gone to the cells with Shinra!"
"What did they even do?"
"They went into the captain's room."
"So?"
"Shizuka was in there."
"So? It's a guy, didn't he realize it was no-"
"Shush! You don't wanna die in the cells with them do you? Leave the matter alone. You'll die if you interfere."
"So? It isn't right!"
"So? You will die. As in, not be breathing."
"Hey." Both men jumped as Shizuo walked out from behind the door, shutting it behind himself.
"Shizuka!"
"Oh shit!" The men crossed themselves and scrambled for their lives. Shizuo frowned at them both, stupid idiots, what the hell was their problem. He was wearing some damn decent clothes.
"Shizu-chan…"
Shizuo turned, his eyes meeting with that of the captain. His gaze narrowed as he realized those men had been talking about those annoying two from earlier.
"Is there a prob-"
"You did something with those two from earlier."
The captain blinked at him, his face blank before an aggravating, knowing grin developed on his face. He shrugged, his eyes shutting behind thick lashes as he made the gesture, forever keeping secrets in. "I have no idea what you could possibly mean-"
"Don't play dumb. Erika and Walker. Where did they go?"
"That should be no matter of yours."
"Yeah, why's that?"
The next moment was one Shizuo was not sure if he imagined or it really happened. The man's face…
It changed.
His nose wrinkled, something poking forth from his skin like black spots, his eyes rounded, the pupils turning into almost slits in the irises. That wasn't all that caught the blond's attention though. It was the almost imperceptible hiss and twitch that came from him.
Shizuo's eyes widened a moment before the man turned, walking briskly across the decks.
"You sorry lot of algae! GET THOSE SAILS UP! MIKADO!"
"YES SIR!" A small voice from way above them all caught Shizuo's attention.
"WE'RE HEADED NORTH! MAKE SURE TO GET A CLOAK THIS EVENING!"
"AYE, SIR!"
"North?" A blond ran up to the captain, "why north? That's towards the Russe land! We should be headed south. We can converge with the Indonesian trades and get some-"
"I said we're going north, Mr. Masaomi. When I say north, what does that mean?"
"…It means… north… sir…"
"Good. Then TAKE US NORTH!"
Shizuo moved forward as people scrambled across the deck, giving him a wide berth. He walked over to the captain and the man turned, smirking, "Mr. Masaomi, this will be your new understudy since the tragic passing of your dear Mr. Le Sung."
Masaomi looked less than pleased, but didn't speak as the captain walked away, climbing up to the helm and taking control of the ship.
"You hate him." It wasn't a question, more of an observation.
"More like I hate what he is." The blond looked over at him and Shizuo shook his head. What the hell did that mean? He went to ask, but the blond cut him off, "I don't want to hear shit from you. Don't complain. Do what I say. Don't trust the crazy slaves on this ship. Otherwise they'll kill you and I will let them."
"MASAOMI!" The captain called out and the man looked up, meeting that crimson gaze from afar.
"What? NOT GONNA TELL ME TO GO EASY ON YOUR LAY HERE, ARE YA?"
"GIVE THE PROTOZOAN HELL! MAKE HIM CLEAN THE SHIP IF YOUR WILL DICTATES IT!"
The crew shuddered, as though such a task was the most ungodly thing imaginable. Masaomi merely grinned, his face dark with cruel intentions, "well, well, well… It would appear you ticked off the captain. I like you more already Mr…"
He looked at him and Shizuo blinked, realized he was being asked a name. "Shizuo. Shizuo Heiwajima."
"Cool, Shizuo." Masaomi motioned him away from the deck, "let's grab some lunch from Simon and chat."
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A/N: Yeah… It's a boring chapter… But wait! What has happened to Erika and Walker! –gasps- PRUSTRIAN INFORMANT! YOU FIEND! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO THEM!
Yay! Promises for fanart! I wanna see mustached Kida. :3
IS IT HIS MUSTACHE? …yes, this chapter's lack of action is all Kida's mushtache's fault. Although… Izaya… wtf with your face? Hmm…
-stops teasing to work on next chapter and such-