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Matthew's Journal, Wednesday 29th.

After a bit of a talk with Francis, he finally apologized about what happened to Alfred. I knew he wanted to let it out sooner but was scared of my reaction, of course I wasn't angry, no not me. It's not in my nature...Dad said the moon never got angry, it go sad but never angry, that was what was so beautiful about it. Still I've been plenty angry before so it never really made sense to me. Why should I be angry anyway? It wasn't his fault, I would never blame him, if there was anyone to blame it was me.

Francis told me how the pirates were originally hunting me down, and that Alfred was just part of the mix up. I never thought we looked too similar but to everyone else we were practically twins. So strange, so it's my fault in a way, he did his best and got severally injured because of it. He wont be able to move for weeks I bet. For weeks...in that time I will do all I can to help him get stronger. Tomorrow I will talk to him about my plans for getting Alfred back. He may not be up to it but I need his support. Also we should continue our French lessons, yes, that will surely please him with having to stay in bed for so long.

Matthew's Journal, Thursday 30th.

I told him today, about my plans for retrieving Alfred and he heaved a heavy sigh, which was unlike him. He ran his hand through his hair, long and slow and rested his eyes on me for a while. I remember heating up under his gaze. He then unfolded for me a bit of his past life- his life as a strong and feared pirate of the seas, to say I was shocked was beyond me. I asked how he got to be a navel captain of all things and he smirked and said he did some back stabbing. He said pirates were crude, savage pigs but they made a family. Francis retorted he wanted out because the life he lived wasn't full of treasure, booze and sex like he wanted. Instead it was killing, plundering and rape. He swore to me he never raped anyone but had killed many men in battle, I believe him. His men, his crew that he believed to be his family were the ones, the ones who raped and plunder and burned houses. Fire still plagues him, I could see it in his eyes.

He then explained that the only way to stop these atrocities was too work for the navy and give up his own crew. He wanted to stop pirates and their evil so when I asked if he would help me fight for Alfred he knew he would no matter what. It was going to be dangerous we both knew that but I was determined and I think he was determined not to let me fight alone, that's the kind of person he is. He sleeps now, still in pain from his wound. Maybe French lessons tomorrow.

Alfred's Journal away from Journal, Tuesday 5th.

Hey Journal you may be wondering why I choose to take a week to write again, well lets just say I suddenly got some free time, I'm back in a cell. Barely any light but it's okay, I'm going to explain the week leading up to my sudden arrest. God! That Arthur is such a bastard!

I started working for the ass and was doing pretty well, if I may so! You know carrying all sorts of things, helping with the sails and ropes...all kinds of things. I started a bet with this big man named Ivan who can do the work the fastest, the strongest- no winner yet but it's me! I also started a little thing with my captain. Everyday, same time I go to his office, unwrap his horrible bandages and put on some ointment and re-wrapp the gash on his side. I'm a really nice person! I mean I wrapped him perfectly, no one could do it better but he complains. During our time though I do try to talk to the guy, see if he's more then just the pirate captain. Let's just say he told me nothing, he either ignored me or told me to shut up before ignoring me.

So the next day I tried to let my hand caress the bandages slightly more then usual, you know to get him to relax, nothing weird! Just barely hover my hand over his body just pressing hard enough for him to feel. Let him know I'm only here to help him, I think it worked because I asked him how he liked being a pirate. I don't know why, stupid question but what does one ask a pirate they know nothing about? He quirked one of those HUGE eyebrows and rolled his eyes at me. He answered though... that's the key, he replied all stuffy like..."I'm my own brand of pirate, I don't let my self become some barbaric fool with a gun." Could have fooled me! " Being a pirate is more, it's about you and the sea. I will tame this sea and make it me heaven ." It was my time to roll my eyes, tame the sea are you kidding me?

The next day, I got him to talk more about himself, somewhat, he's a hard nut to crack! I did my slight message thing again, I can tell he likes the contact because he gets goosebumps. He knows what I'm doing and doesn't tell me or yell at me to stop so that must mean it comforts him! Haha! It was such a good idea! He told me about some battles, more importantly his battle with Francis who was an ex-pirate. I was so impressed, the both of them had some major history , I was kind of jealous...of the history...I mean I never had some major sea battle with canons . The way he described it, they had one everyday!

So I did that for a while, until yesterday. I was simply minding my own business, eating lunch alone. I usually went to find Toris but that day he was busy with Cap'n ruffle shirt Kirkland. So I decided, I've been on board for a while I can go sit with some other guys, I bet if we just started talking we'd get along. I was kind of wrong, it started all right, then...that stupid guy. Yao, he mentioned something about my brother to me. I asked what he meant and he just smiled at me and told me that he killed my brother. The damn bastard it still boils me up, I swung at him, missed but he was crazy doing back flips! On a ship! Not missing a beat I rushed him but he dodged every attack, Berwald came up to break the fighting but I was able to take his arm throw him over my shoulder and slam him hard on the deck. I got in close with Yao and I knew I was going to land a punch when a gun shot noise froze Yao and I in place. I looked up to see Arthur with a gun in hand pointed to the sky, glaring at me. Glaring! I then noticed my fist mere centimeters from Yao's face and a glint to my left. It was really scary, a knife pointed at my neck, how the hell did he get that out with out me noticing? Really?

Berwald got up, he wasn't bad, I didn't mean to hurt him in the first place anyway. Still Arthur ordered everyone to take me to my cell. Yao hide his knife and turned to me and said that he didn't kill my brother, he was only joking. I was dumbstruck...I guess I just have horrible luck cause they didn't feed me all yesterday. Thankfully Toris gave me some paper and some food today. I guess we made port, Arthur and his crew have gone out to resupply and Toris is left watching the ship, not sure why... he doesn't seem like a strong man. Wait...I here guns shots...screaming? Is that screaming? A woman? No..a child? I need to get out of here!

Alfred with all his might tried to open the cell door to no avail, he started yelling for someone to at least tell him what was going on. This was just some re-supply right? Why would there need to be fighting? Were there other pirates? That had to be it. Alfred continued to scream for someone to answer him, he needed to know what was going on. Suddenly the door from above opened and a figure took a couple steps down, one of the other crewmen.

"Hey, would you shut up?" The man asked.

"Tell me what's going on! What's with all the guns and screaming? Isn't this only for resupply?" Alfred asked confused.

"Haha, how do you think pirates re-supply idiot? It's a but louder then usual, seems captain has given in to his desire as it were." The man mentioned back with a smirk.

"W-What? What is he doing? Let me out!" Alfred said trying to open the cell again.

"Sorry, direct orders not to open your cell but I'll tell you this, I've never seen him like this. You know he always seemed so smug, like everyone around him was trash, that annoyed me but he's finally showing some pirate spirit." The men said with a cheer.

"What! What is he doing!" Alfred yelled in rage."

"Well he found himself a cute little fisherman's daughter..." The man didn't feel the need to continue.

"No way he wouldn't do that!" Alfred retorted quickly.

"That's what I would have thought but you should have seen the look in his eyes, well I got to go! See yah!" The man left and Alfred could still here the yelling of men and women and the sound of gunshots.

He leaned back against the wall and looked up to try to clear his head. He needed to stop him, he knew Arthur wasn't like that, maybe the man was lying but who knows? He had to go all the yelling...it was too horrible to bear. He looked at the bars and noticed they were only bolted into wood, which was break able. Alfred punched the floor, the wood broken he could easily manuever the bars to give him enough room to escape.

He ran out as quickly as possible, he heard gun firing from above him and saw Toris sitting on the high railing with two guns, shooting people who got to close to the ship, Alfred looked at the man confused then looked at the people we was shooting, there wasn't a single hit that would be consider fatal if dealt with immediately. Toris had impecable aim. Alfred ran and jumped off the boat to the dock and could hear Toris yell out his name, he dared not look back.

Alfred ran and things seemed to fly by in a blur of screams and lights. Where was that damn pirate?

Arthur who got off the boat with eyes cold and hard looking for something to quench his thirst, he told his men to do what they pleased but just make sure they got all they needed, there will be a punishment for lack of goods. He himself walked off hands clenched tight. His heart weighed heavily in his chest and his body overcome by an ecstatic feeling. He looked around and saw a girl around 14 years of age, she had a basket of fish with her. She stared at him frightened, she was cute with beautifully dark skin and dark hair to match in pigtails accented with red bows. She had lighter brown eyes. Yes, she would be perfect. He grabbed her by the wrist roughly making her drop her basket. She kicked and screamed as hard as she could to pull away from the man but was over powered. Arthur was breathing heavily, as he soon felt the need to release all the tension that was building up in his body.

The poor girl cried as she screamed, not giving up the fight no matter how hopeless. Arthur sighed and brought his gun, he pointed it to her temple and brought his face close to her ear.

"You be quiet, or I'll blow your brains out? Let's not do that poppet." He whispered the last part heavily as he soon was loosing himself with power and lust. She shook but dared not move anymore, he let go of her wrist but took a handful of her hair in his hand, pulling her head back, he pushed her foreword to find an empty house.

"-Thur!" Arthur suddenly stopped, he didn't turn around but his eyes widened and his face began to grow red. He knew that voice.

"Damn it." He muttered under his breath.

"Arthur!" He heard it again this time louder coming closer, Arthur then tried to hurry with the girl away from the voice, he gripped the mess full of hair tightly in his palms which gained a yelp from the poor girl. He glared at her but tried to keep moving though her legs were clumsy. She was frightened beyond belief so much that her legs were turning to jelly. She lost control and her knees hit the ground. Arthur's hand still in her hair and the other keeping the gun to her head he tried to get her to stand.

"Arthur! Artie!"

"Get up!" He shouted which only made her burst into tears even more.

"Arthur! Stop!" Suddenly Arthur felt something against his back and pulling the arm holding the gun down to his side. Arthur dared not look behind him but he didn't release the girl in his grasp.

"Arthur, let her go." Came a soft yet hoarse whisper from Alfred into the others ear.

"I will do with her what I want." Arthur forced out bitterly. He noticed the hand on his hand though he knew Alfred was just making sure he didn't swing the gun around.

"This isn't like you, I thought you were better then this." Alfred said again, this time sounding sad, pleading to him.

Arthur gritted his teeth and could here the girl whimper 'please' over and over again. He looked at her for a moment then closed his eyes to feel Alfred's presence not directly pushing on his back but there giving off warmth. Arthur knew he could simply lean his head back and it would meet with the Alfred's shoulder just perfectly. He didn't though, he held the girls' hair tighter then before.

"Like I said, I can do whatever I want." He said this time softly.

"Her Artie...you know you're better then this, you're a different class of pirate." Alfred added with a slight humor to his voice to take the edge off.

Arthur clenched the gun in his hand then opening up to let his emerald orbs gaze out he threw the girl off. She fell to the ground and then scrambled to her feet to run. Arthur watched her but felt that still present hand of Alfred's and the gun he was holding. Was the man just making sure he didn't shoot him? Smartest thing to do, Arthur was angry.

"Who let you out?" Was the next order of business for Arthur.

"Huh? oh I did, I broke the floor boards a bit, but I think I can fix them." Alfred said with a chuckle.

"Who said you could leave?" Arthur asked dead serious and cold.

"Well...I was concerned with everything going on I had too." Alfred said.

"You think-" Arthur stopped mid lecture and blushed furiously. Alfred used his other hand to wrap around Arthur's waist.

"Hey, let's just calm down and go back to the boat...everything has quieted down and I'm pretty sure your men stole a lot of things form these nice people." Alfred said softly and started to walk backwards with Arthur.

"You...let me go...don't touch me!" It took him a while but he found his voice and yelled at Alfred and turned his head to look at the man to do it. His mistake, there a pained smile greeted him, but those blue orbs were still very bright, we was close to Alfred too close and Arthur had come to terms with what he had to do if he got too close to the man.

Reject him. But there was no sign of struggle as Alfred took cautious steps backwards with Arthur in his hold. When Alfred heard no protest he decided to unwrap his arm and let go of Arthurs other hand. Arthur didn't turn to face him though and Alfred watched confused.

"H-Hey?" Alfred didn't mean to stutter. At that Arthur snapped out of his trance turned briskly, grabbed Alfred by the wrist and pulled him back to the boat. Alfred didn't struggle all the way till they were up on deck, Arthur let him go and went directly to Toris.

"Is everyone here?" Arthur asked more like demanded.

"Not yet sir! Berwald is not here!" Toris said shaking by the look of his captain.

"We can wait a few more minutes if he's not here soon, we'll leave without him. Ivan!" Arthur roared over then took a glance back at Alfred standing on deck waiting there.

"Yes~?" Ivan said with a childish smile on his face.

"Tie this idiot to the mast!" Arthur said pointing to Alfred who looked at the other in shock. Ivan quickly walked over and secured Alfred in his hold.

"Wait! What the hell! I thought you were done with this! I did nothing wrong!"

"Aiye, but you did! You broke your cell and worse yet you left the boat with out my permission, you forget you're my captive!" Arthur shot back coldly.

"Arthur! Come one! Arthur!" Alfred was then pulled away by Ivan, the shock delaying his struggle till his hands were already tied.

Berwald had already found a few bottles of rum and brought it back to the ship, his second trip out was for no particular reason but to simply walk around. Until a man, a small man with short blonde hair and brown eyes bumped into him. The boy froze in his spot and looked up with tears in his eyes to see Berwalds intense gaze. The boy instantly jumped back a bit in shock and apologized for bumping into him. The smaller man shakily walked away though looking back to make sure the other was not following, which sadly he was.

"Hey..." Came Berwalds deep voice that struck fear into the other man's soul.

"Y-Yes?" The smaller asked turning around a bit.

"What's your name?" Berwald asked still showing a rather stoic expression.

"T-Tino..." Came the quiet reply.

Berwald then briskly walked over to Tino who was simply to frightened to move and grabbed his wrist with a firm grip.

"You should come with me." Berwald said simply, his deep blues showing no hint of reason behind his request.

"W-What? I don't think I can..." Came Tino's reply has he tried to lean away from the bigger man.

Berwald seemed to grunt something then picked the man up and carried him in his arms bridal style. Tino held shocked and frightened tears in his eyes as he was carried away, too confused to fight back he let himself get carried all the way back to the pirate ship and be taken on board. He saw all the other pirates looking at him and clung to Berwald's shirt in fright.

"You can sleep with me." Berwald said looking down at the smaller man.

"Wh-what? Ehh!" Tino yelled as he was taken down bellow to the bunks.

Arthur noted the man had come back then went straight to Alfred, who this time was tied so his back was against the mast. Arthur eyed the man tied up and then went to glaring at Alfred's face.

"Artie...come on...I came back. I just didn't want you to do something you'd regret." Alfred said trying to reason with the man.

"I don't remember asking you to be my keeper, actually I was planning this for a while now." Arthur said folding his arms across his chest.

"Planning this?" Alfred asked confused.

Arthur let out a smirk. "Yes, think of it as a game. See how long you last." The man with a gallant stride walked away feathers fluttering away and boots clanking on the wood boards underneath them.

"A game?" Alfred muttered to himself as he watched the retreating figure. "What is that supposed to mean!" Alfred yelled out as loud as he could.

The girl was Seychelles, they are not on her island though, she is a fishermen's daughter that travels with her dad all around the world. Tino(Finland) is an actual inhabitant. Since Alfred is still young he doesn't understand what touching someone might do to the person, in any sexual way. His up bringing also taught him that.