This chapter includes: Pirate Arthur and pirate acts, violence. Enjoy. Thanks for the reviews!

Disclaimer: I do not own Hetalia.

Alfred watched as the man on the bed began to grumble and hiss as he slowly opened his eye and try to sit up, he looked to be in a lot of pain but was doing his best to bear with it and just forgot the horrible aching in his side. Alfred was very impressed he wondered if he had a wound like that if he would be able to bear with it so long and act normally. Maybe if he had to do something important that needed him to stay focused on the task at hand. Did Arthur have that? He must have, he is the captain of the most feared pirate ship in all the seas. He probably doesn't just sit by and hope for the best, no Arthur was a working man.

Alfred chuckled which instantly got Arthur's attention. Arthurs eyes shot open and he turned his head to Alfred, his captive, sitting at his desk, laughing at him. The pain in his side seemed to dim as anger and adrenaline rushed through his body, he grabbed a sword by his bed side and stood up glaring hatred at the man before him. He looked down and noticed he wasn't wearing his usual coat and shirt and had a new bandage on. He guessed Toris was responsible as he was the last person he remembered seeing before he passed out. Arthur cocked his head to the side and analyzed the man in front of him.

"How did you escape? No, nevermind that...time for your punishment!" Arthur then rushed to Alfred who instantly stood up on guard.

"Arthur! Wait I-" Before he could finish his sentence he barely dodged Arthurs blade, which sliced his arm a bit. Alfred then stumbled back and a wave rocked the boat which made him fall back against the wall. Luckily Arthur wasn't fairing to well either, the pain was still unbearable and the sudden shift of balance caused by the boat made him loose step. He sword plunged at Alfred but missed it's intended target.

Alfred heard the sword hit the wall behind him and he gulped and looked down to see the sword in between his legs close to his manhood. Alfred in a panic grabbed Arthur by the shoulders roughly and picked the smaller man up.

"That almost hit my goods!" Alfred yelled in his face then proceed to carefully walk away from the sword in the wall and carry Arthur to his bed who was wiggling and screaming for him to let him go.

"Geez, you're loud, After I saved your life you think you'd be more grateful." Alfred said as he pushed Arthur back on his bed. He held his arms down on the bed above his head.

"Let go of me you damn idiot!" Arthur yelled in rage and discomfort from being so easily handled by the man.

"I would but I don't know how many weapons you have hidden around here and you need to stop moving around so much because it's opening up your wound!" Alfred shot back and looked towards Arthurs side and there was indeed a growing red blotch soaking through his bandage.

"W-What's going on?" Came a quiet voice. The two looked over to see Toris in the door way holding the tea, looking with a bit of a blush at the two men before him.

"Toris! You finally finished the tea!" Alfred yelled with a smile completely unaware of what the other may be thinking of this situation, Arthur blushed a bit in emberrasement.

"Get this baboon off of me Toris! Kill him!" Arthur ordered.

Toris put the tea down on the desk and then looked over at the man pinning his captain to his bed. Alfred was just watching and smiling at him.

"Umm...Alfred?" Toris began wondering how he should word his question.

"Yeah?" Alfred responded with a smile, ignoring the man underneath him.

"Toris! Get this man off me or this means mutiny!" Arthur seethed.

"Just a moment captain, Alfred...what are you doing?" Toris asked.

"Oh! Well, Arthur woke up-"

"Who the hell told you my name!" Arthur yelled. Alfred looked at the man before him then smiled softly before looking back to Toris to continue.

"Arthur woke up, then decided to attack me, as you can see by the sword in the wall. With all his running around and lashing at me he started to open up his wound so I had stop him from making it even worse I'm keeping him from moving! Oh, I'm going to need some more bandages." Alfred said ignoring Arthur, who found it no longer helpful to fight against the man on top of him, noticing the bruising grip and strength he had.

"Oh, I see then, I will go get some, the tea you asked for is on the table." Toris then guitely left the room, Alfred didn't seem to have any bad intentions so he decided it was for the best he just not push the subject. His captain was going to be so mad at him but right now he was doing what was in his best interest the sooner he was healed the sooner he can lead the ship. They didn't want him passing out again.

"Can you get off me now?"Arthur asked though glaring sharply at Alfred.

"Will you not start going berserk and running around?" Alfred asked with a smile, that shown to brightly for Arthurs taste.

"I'll do whatever I want, but if it means I'll get your ugly face away from mine then sure, I wont move." Arthur said with a huff.

Alfred nodded and let go of Arthurs wrists and proceed to get off the bed, Arthur sat up though in a great deal of pain.

"Now tell me how did you escape?" Arthur asked.

"Toris let me out, you passed out and I told him I was a doctor." Alfred said with a chuckle.

"He believed you? That!" Arthurs blood was boiling again.

"Hey, hey! It's a good thing he did! To be honest I'm not actually a doctor I just used what my mom taught me, my brother is way better but I knew that you needed to be treated. You suck at bandaging yourself you know that? It would have gotten infected and you would have died for sure!" Alfred said triumphantly.

"Well thanks for your hard work but you're going back to your cell now." Arthur said. "I will need to find a suitable punishment for Toris the I will find one for you." Arthur said.

"What! Why? We saved your life! Toris was helping you out, he was only trying to make sure you were well. What kind of captain are you!" Alfred yelled at the captain astonished.

"I'm a pirate captain, I can replace him." Arthur said emotionlessly.

"Nah, Toris seems too good, you can't replace him." Alfred said in an almost childlike manner, he went over and grabbed a tea cup and filled it to the top, he walked it over to Arthur but not before spilling a bit on the lavish carpet. Arthur scowled but took the tea from Alfred. No matter what happened, Toris could make good tea that made him feel better any time.

Arthur took a sip of tea, while closing his eyes to savor the flavor. He hummed softly when he noticed it tasted particularly good, he then looked over to Alfred who had moved further away.

"What are doing?" Arthur asked skeptically.

Huh? Why aren't you gagging and screaming at how bad the tea is?" Alfred asked.

"Why, would I do that, actually this is one of the best i've tasted in a while." Arthur said turning his head away.

"No way! I can't believe you like it! Haha! You have some horrible sense of taste!" Alfred said with a laugh, he was really getting a kick out of this rigid captain.

"Why is that? What the hell are you laughing at!" He asked accusingly.

"Ok, calm down! I asked Toris to make a tea out of the herbs used to help pain. It tastes really bad, well to normal people that is!" Alfred began laughing, this was all to unreal to him.

"Idiot! You poisoned me didn't you!" Arthur asked standing up abruptly, Alfred cocked his head to the side and furrowed his eyebrows, that reaction wasn't what he was expecting at all.

"Arthur, calm down! Why are you so paranoid?" Alfred asked holding out his hands.

"It's time for your punishment, boy." Arthur hissed at him as he grabbed some rope and whip. Alfred watched the man confused but unmoving.

'What's all that?" Alfred asked to which the only response was a slight sadistic smirk. Arthur grabbed a coat, this one long and black with silver trimming it was nice but not as outstanding as his red one.

"You think you can come on my ship and do whatever you want?" Arthur asked.

"You captured me!" Alfred yelled.

"Yes and as my captive you have let me do whatever I please with you." Arthur countered. "Berwald! Ivan!" Arthur yelled out and in a few moments the two men opened the door.

"Yes, captain?" Ivan asked with a childish smile.

Arthur threw the rope to Ivan. "You two tie him up to the mast, if he gives you any trouble feel free to beat him but make sure he is conscious." Arthur said.

"Da!" Ivan said somewhat in a chipper fashion and the two men approached Alfred who had his fists clenched ready for a brawl.

"W-Wait! Captain you can't! He saved your life!" Toris said rushing in to stop them.

"Toris..." Arthur said looking at the man before him, the man he trusted so well.

"Tie him up as well, it's demonstration day!" Arthur said to the two others, who nodded in return.

"Ohh...who knew things would go so well?" Ivan said approaching Toris.

"What the! He didn't do anything wrong! Why are you punishing him?" Alfred asked and rushed to Arthur to shake the man senseless but was held back by Berwald who took his arm and twisted it back. Alfred started to fight the hold but found he wasn't getting to far, the man had a iron grip.

"I'm sorry captain it was all I could think to do! He really is only helping you! The medicine he used was from Yao's. All he was doing was helping you!" Toris said.

"Did I order you to have him help me? Did I order you to let him go? You did things on your own, that is unacceptable. Now take your punishment and I will forget this incident." Arthur said coldly.

Toris gulped and nodded. "Y-yes sir." Toris then let his hands get tied together by Ivan.

"What!" Alfred exclaimed in pure shock. "How could you give up like that!" Alfred yelled he jumped up and hit his head against Berwald's face as hard as he could. It proved little effective but enough for the grip around his wrist to loosen and so he could rip his arm free from the man's grasp.

"Haha!"

"Good show, now what are you going to do?" Arthur said smiling and cocking his head to the side.

"Uhh..." Alfred then looked around the room and remembered he was on a pirate ship in the middle of the ocean. He was surrounded by the enemy with no way out, Alfred always had a problem with thinking things through.

"A deal!" He finally yelled as if hit with the most ingenious thought.

"No." Arthur said quickly.

"Oh come on Artie!" Alfred whined!

"Don't you dare call me that!" Arthur hissed and gave Berwald a glance to capture him again. Alfred did not fight it when the man rested his hands on his shoulders, in fact he smirked to Arthur who glared in response.

"Fine, let me hear your deal..." Arthur muttered.

"I'll take Toris's lashings...then for my punishment, let me work for your crew, I'll work ten times harder then any one on this ship. You wont hear a single complaint, I promise. How 'bout it?" Alfred said with smirk. "I'll also patch your side free of charge." Alfred added.

"Hmm...let me add one thing...you can work on my ship but if any of my men for any reason think you're not working hard enough they can feel free to beat you senseless?" Arthur smirked and eyed Alfred carefully, and was disgusted that the grin on the man's face did not fade.

"Alright!" Alfred said in a cheer. " I can handle anything."

"No, you don't have to-" Toris was the muffled by Ivan's large hands and looked up to see the man smiling as usual but the aura around him was sadistic.

Berwald then tied Alfred's hands and led him outside, and tied him to the mast, Arthur took his time and finished his tea before coming out with a whip in hand. It was bright day and the salty breeze was a nice welcome. Alfred's shirt was ripped off so that his back was exposed. He let out a breathe and rested his head against the mast. Just waiting, trying to remember not to scream, not to cry and not show any weakness to the pirates that were now talking and smiling at him. No, he was going to bear the pain with class.

The first hit made him arch his back anything to get away from the sheering pain, his body started to shake and it took all of his control to stop himself, he closed his eyes and thought. He thought of his mom, she was watching and worrying over him, giving him her strength and resistance, he thought of his Dad, watching and looking at him with pride, he thought of Matthew, the only person to connect him to this world who should be safe on a ship. That's right, Alfred needs to go back to his baby brother, he needs to fight through all of this and find a way back to him.

The second lash didn't hurt as bad, the third lash wasn't as bad either but he could feel his back becoming covered with a warm fluid. He must have started bleeding, Arthur continued lashing at the open wounds and that took all of Alfred's control not to scream. He felt something rise up in his gut, it wasn't hate or rage it was pride. He was proud he was taking this like a man and he didn't want to let that pirate get him down. The sun will not stop shining for anybody, Alfred wasn't going to be pushed around or become just some hostage to used on a whim. He was proud to stay standing, he would not break.

He was smirking though in great pain. Then it stopped there was silence and the salt ocean breeze nipped at his now opened back. His body was beginning to shake and Alfred despite his effort could not stop it. He stood there, leaning slightly against the mast. He heard the clunk of boots walking his way and could only guess who was approaching him. He looked to the side and saw Arthur smirking darkly at him.

"How do you feel, boy?" He said softly.

"Heh..." Alfred wanted to say more but he couldn't find the words and smirked back instead.

Placing one hand on Alfred's cheek Arthur turned the others head towards him more. "You're so much better when you're quiet." He harshly whispered.

"Sorry, Artie...I'm a talkative person, haha." Alfred said with a glowing defiant gaze along with a playful smirk.

Arthur grumbled and pushed his head away and left. Toris then quickly went over to Alfred and undid his bindings.

"You shouldn't have done that for me. I never asked you to do that." Toris said with a frown.

"Well, I couldn't help it...sometimes my mind and mouth go and do things on their own." Alfred said then stood up straight in pain. His whole body was shaking and sweating.

"Thank you, anyways, here I'll bandage you up. Should I use some of that left over stuff you made?" Toris asked.

"Yeah thanks." Alfred then leaned on Toris and was taken to his room. The room was full of books and maps of all kinds with many other gadgets for navigating. Alfred sat down on the chair facing the opposite while Toris fixed up his back. Toris ran a sponge on his back as lightly as possible but caused Alfred to cringe and grip the chair tightly.

"Sorry..." Toris said knowing this was just as painful as the whipping itself but it needed to be done to clean the man up.

"...I'm good...I can take this...I'm strong." Alfred said trying to smile and let out a laugh but was unable when it was taken away from him by the pulsing pain of the wounds being wrapped up.

Toris looked at the man in front of him trying so hard to stay tough, he wondered what was so important about being strong, was it just all that pride?

Matthew's Journal, Monday 27th

Francis has yet to wake up, by some miracle the sword missed his vitals and just caused him to loose quite a substantial amount of blood, I had to give some of mine up to help. His heart is beating and he is breathing a bit to slowly for my liking but he is alive, he needs sleep. I am staying by his bed side as I write this ands now that I know he will live I can focus on other things, like Alfred. He better be allright the idiot. He must be alive though, I mean why capture a man and kill him, they must have a reason. Maybe they're going to sell him or something? That would be better then Alfred having to be stuck on a pirate ship, he would cause a fight everyday and likely get himself killed. I have to find him and get him back as soon as possible but that would mean attacking the most feared pirate ship of all time. I can't think like that though, my only brother...I need to save him at least so I can lecture him on how troublesome he is.

Captains Log, Arthur Kirkland, Monday 27th

My captive, Alfred...an idiot to end all idiots. A man so concerned with saving everyone that he doesn't understand the situation he is in. Annoying and obnoxious, claimed to be a doctor, though he did help with fixing my side and the pain, I did make a promise to kill him if he were to leave his cell. I guess I've gone soft, I simply whipped the man. Which only made him more annoying, a look into those blue eyes and anyone could see the wild spirit within, he is a beast of man to not fall to his knees after my whipping. His back was built up strong I suppose. Nevermind, i have better things to think about, we need to visit an old friend of mine for a quick liquor resupply. It will probably take us about a week, i'm at ends with Toris at the moment but by tomorrow we should be fine, the man should remember who he's dealing with, though I do respect the man. I'm off to try to get some sleep, but I should add that the idiot is going to work for my crew and he said he would work 'ten times' harder then any other of my men. That's a laugh!

That's this chapter, sorry England is kind of dark, he has some issues. In the last chapter I think I said Toris had green eyes? Well he has blue, I think ever since I saw the episode where chibi Hungary meets chibi Lithuania I relate them together, they just look similar to me..I don't know. So yes he has blue eyes in this story.

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