The two went tumbling for the ground, Shizuo stabbing for the brunet. He continued to aim and stab at him, whether or not he was actually making any progress was unknown except for the red tinge that stained the knife in his hands. He forced the knife behind himself again and again.

"Do you think you are making all that much progress?" The captain continued to pur. Even as they fell to the ground and Shizuo felt his entire body throb in agony. "Shizu-chan, do you think this is like before, you can stab me and run? I don't allow survivors, I don't allow insolence." The man's- no, the beast's voice murmured in a sickly sweet manner, sending shivers down his spine as he fought valiantly to escape. "Give up, Shizu-chan. Give in to the inevitable."

"Why don't you fucking die?!" He turned around and aimed one more attack, right into the Captain's gut. Izaya pulled back finally, his face and body full of cuts and stab wounds. That ever present smirk driving all sanity from Shizuo.

The captain looked down at the knife and shook his head, "troublemaking still, I thought you would have realized by now, with the first few attempts." He reached down, pulling the knife out slowly, making Shizuo listen to the loud squelching as the metal blade was removed. "I don't die. You ensured that I would walk this mortal plain until the very end of all days and beyond." He leaned forward, face going past Shizuo's before he whispered into the man's ear, "but you never suspected you would be sent back to this time and place, did you? What will you do now? You are trapped with your own monster, unable to run for I will kill anyone who tries to remove you from my property. So I tell you one last time," his hands went down Shizuo's chest, making the man shiver and cling to the floorboards. "I tell you one last time to give up. No one will die if you do, no one will have to suffer except for you and I. Imagine it, you can free your little friend, Kadota from a life at sea, a life where everyone hates him and will not hesitate to kill him at his first mishap."

Shizuo opened his mouth when he felt a slightly furred hand cover it, nail-like claws digging into his cheek.

"Or think of Kida and Mikado, you find them to be friendly, Kida will be killed within the fortnight for his attempt at a mutiny. The other ship goers will see to that. He will die and Mikado will suffer, all because you still fought against me. I have spared him hours of his life by sending him up to the nest, but that does not mean that he will not die." The red eyes met the golden-brown ones of Shizuo's and Shizuo went quiet. His options were being lost. He had to escape. He had to get off this ship and out of this nightmare. Without a doubt the man would make it difficult. It seemed like all a game to him, just a silly game of sticks and rocks where one man won and the other did not. There was no meaning to the lives of others, there was no purpose in their living. They were merely workers, servants under his rule that he could do as he pleased with.

Shizuo's voice came out raspy, the floor being freed from his grasp. He averted his gaze from the man, the monster, and spoke quietly. "…fine." He had no choice. He had to have the others escape so that when he did himself, there would be no one behind to be punished for it. No one would be here that was his friend. In that case, Izaya would have no one to punish.

"I'm sorry, Shizu-chan, I failed to hear that. Repeat yourself."

"…" The man stared at the hair strewn across the floor boards, why that had been considered a punishment or whatever it was, he was not sure of, but he looked once more to the captain and glared. "I said I give up."

"Feisty," he moved forward again and gripped Shizuo's chin, claws fully visible now, arms covering in fur as he changed, "so feisty, but I see that anger and resistance in your eyes, dear human. Bow down before me and repeat that. Call me your god and captain. Pledge to me your soul and body. I will accept no less."

It was with heavy heart and much resistance that Shizuo moved to kneel. He spoke quietly, feeling his stomach reel at the thought of what he was doing. The enormity of what he was saying. He was going beyond what he should, for people he had only met within the past… however long he had been on this ship.

He suddenly regretted ever wishing for a life outside of his arranged marriage. The idea of adventuring off where his family would never have to feel disappointment about him was backlashed by this, shoved right back in his face as a joke.

And when he finished vowing allegiance and his being to the monster, he felt the monster touch him again. He felt his clothes pushed aside and bandages strewn once more about the floor. He heard the sounds of dark chanting and shut his eyes, wanting the captain to die on the spot. Let him be free. Let him roam back to his former life he had had upon the night before his wedding.

He would give himself to anyone, everyone, just to be free.

And the world went to black suddenly, a foul liquid being poured down his throat.

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A/N: Holy sweet goodness, what time is it? How long has it been since I updated anything? Why is this room so cold?

Oh right, I moved and haven't touched my fanfictions in ages.

WELL THEN.

Time to update.

Here ya go, I hope you enjoyed the chapter.

More to come soon.