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Rescued

Chapter Six: Brothers

Lovino looks over the ship and sees the docks, watching Gilbert, Francis and Ludwig tie it up. Finally they were going on land. "I wish we didn't have to go on land~!" Antonio whines, coming up beside Lovino. "Why not? Aren't you tired of the ship?" Lovino asks annoyed and Antonio smiles at him. "Lovi, I'm a pirate, a requirement of that is to love being on the ocean." The teen sighs. "Good point…" The Spaniard rests a hand on his shoulder. "But to be honest, Lovi, I don't want to go down there because I have to play evil." Lovino rolls his eyes. "Please, you were ready to throw me overboard just because I was sick; you won't be PLAYING evil."

Antonio frowns. "You're so mean, Lovi. I took care of you in the end, you should be BEYOND thankful." "Go fuck yourself. You aren't getting any gratitude from me over that." Lovino hisses and Antonio rolls his eyes. "Whatever, brat." The Spaniard sighs and drapes himself over Lovino's shoulders. "I don't wanna go, Looovviiii~!" He whines and Lovino blushes. "G-GET OFF OF ME!" He whines and tries to push him off. "Nnnnoooo~! Let me hold you for comfort~!" Antonio whines back and both tense up. "O-on second thought, I'll be over there." The Spaniard says quickly and heads to the other end of the ship.

"Well…that was painful to watch…" Gilbert says and Matthew nods, having gone down with them because, well, Gilbert told him to. "Those two are so…" "Stupid! How could Antonio not notice? LOOK AT LOVINO'S BRIGHT RED FACE! If he doesn't take him soon, I just might." Francis says, nodding to himself. "B-but Francis! Fratello can't be with you!" Feliciano whines, on the ground because he wanted to be, and Francis pouts. "Why noooot?" "Because fratello loves Antonio! It wouldn't make him happy to be with you!" The young Italian frowns. "I want fratello to be happy. Veee…"

Ludwig sighs and pats him on the head. "Hey…what are you guys going to do with that man in the brig?" Matthew asks and Francis, Gilbert, and Ludwig look away. "He…um…well…when you were all asleep…he was taken care of. We'll leave it at that." Gilbert says and Francis nods. "It was when Antonio was sick, so he was saying yes to a lot of stuff. Naturally, as his best friends, we took advantage of this~!" Matthew laughs nervously. "S-so you guys…killed him?"

The three men share a looks before Gilbert smiles at him. "Let's just say…he's dead." Francis shrugs. "We are pirates, mon Ami. These sort of things are natural." Matthew sighs. "I know…it just saddens me is all…Hey wait…does Lovino know about that?" Francis smirks. "Why yes he does. He was in bed with the captain when we asked permission." Matthew sighs. "Of course he was…" Gilbert looks up and gives a signal to some other men on board who drop down the platform for the rest of them to get off of the ship.

As soon as Antonio's feet touch the ground a serious look comes to his face and he leads his 'main men', along with Lovino, Matthew, and Feliciano, one way as the other men gather supplies. "Where are we going, veee~?" Feliciano asks Ludwig who sighs. "Another pirate who is as infamous as our captain." They all fall into a collective silence as Antonio walks ahead of them not uttering a word.

Later:

They arrive in front of a large building that was terribly run down. "…We're meeting them here?" Lovino asks in disgust and Francis smiles at him. "We need to meet somewhere that if we get into a fight no one will notice. Wouldn't you agree, mon Ami~?" Francis coos, tilting the boy's chin up. "Francis!" Antonio warns and the blonde calmly, but quickly, backs away. They all enter the building and immediately come across a blonde British man sitting on an old chair. "Well, hello Antonio." The man says, a dark smirk playing on his lips.

"Hola, Arthur." Antonio says, his large axe in hand. "Where is your right hand man?" Arthur tries to hide the small blush on his face. "He will return soon. I sent him on an errand. If you must know." Antonio smirks. "Having your hunny go shopping?" Arthur glares at him. "You're one to talk. I've heard about your new Italian." He looks over to Lovino. "Is that him? The one you stole from a group of female pirates?" Antonio glares. "He is nothing more than a member of my crew. I took him because he asked me to and kept him because he is another member's brother. There is nothing more between us than the relationship of a captain to a new member of his crew."

Lovino stares at the ground, a strange feeling coming over him. "I see…so tell me, Antonio, why is…?" Arthur trails off as his eyes land on Matthew. "Who are you?" Matthew looks at him nervously. "U-um…I'm…M-Matthew…" Arthur stands up and walks over to the boy. "What is your last name…?" He asks, leaning towards the boy and Gilbert gets a dagger ready. "W-Williams…" "Ah, never mind…different last name." Arthur says and goes back to his seat. "So, Antonio, what brings you to me?"

Antonio smirks at him. "I can't pay a visit to an old friend?" "We've never been friends." Arthur says in disgust and Antonio nods. "That's very true…thank god. I'd rather gauge my eyes out with a spoon." The Spaniard says and Arthur nods. "In fact, it's surprising neither of us-!" "MATTIEEE!" A loud voice calls and everyone looks over to see a boy who looks like Matthew, only a little taller and with shorter hair. "A-Alfred?" Matthew gasps.

Alfred runs over, passing all of Antonio's men, and pulls Matthew into a tight hug. "I've been so worried about you! I was gonna have Iggy bring us where we lived so I could check on you!" Gilbert glares at Alfred as the two hug. "Who is he?" Antonio looks over at Arthur amused. "Who is Iggy?" Arthur goes bright red. "SHUT UP!" Matthew smiles over at Gilbert. "This is my big brother Alfred!" Alfred looks over to Gilbert, both glaring at each other. "Who is this Mattie?" Matthew sighs. "This is Gilbert, he and the rest of Antonio's crew saved me from a man. Mostly him and Lovino, actually. But everyone is very sweet. Oh! And…well…G-Gil and I...are…well…"

Alfred looks at him confused for a moment before gasping and glaring at Gilbert. "WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH MY BABY BROTHER?" Gilbert glares back. "Nothing you haven't done with Arthur." Alfred gasps and holds Matthew closer. "YOU'VE DONE THOSE THINGS WITH MY LITTLE MATTIE!" Antonio looks over at Arthur amused again and Arthur sinks into his seat in embarrassment. "I hate you so much right now, Alfred…" "I'LL KILL YOU, YOU ALBINO SON OF A BITCH!" Alfred yells, not hearing Arthur, and lunges at Gilbert.

"BRING IT, BRAT!" Gilbert snickers and Matthew gasps. "C-calm down you two!" Antonio groans and grabs Gilbert and Arthur grabs Alfred. "Alright now, we are pirates but that doesn't mean we have to be savages. Alfred, you are going to have to accept you're little brother is in love with this man." Arthur says in a way that obviously surprises Antonio's crew, except Lovino and Matthew who are more focused on the homicidal men being held back.

"Given these…unexpected circumstances…" The British man begins and Antonio intrudes as they let the other two go. "You mean your lover's dear little brother being a member of my crew?" Arthur shoots him a glare. "Yeah, THAT. Anyhow, due to that, I suppose the mature thing do to would be to form a truce…or something…" He mumbles, looking away annoyed. "I suppose it would be the right thing to do. After all, I am quite fond of Mattie and don't want to upset him." Antonio says, smiling over to Matthew before looking over at Arthur seriously.

"So…a truce or…perhaps…an alliance? Ivan's and Natalya's crews are still out there after all. They will stay far away from us both if they know we are now in alliance. I mean, you are pretty feared, not as feared as me naturally, but a pretty close second." Antonio says and Arthur twitches a little. "Was that an insult or a compliment…?" The Spaniard thinks for a second before grinning at the man. "I believe it was what is called a 'double edged sword'." Arthur twitches. "Can't use the real thing anymore so now you're using the verbal one?" "Of course!" Antonio exclaims and the two men begin to laugh.

"I don't know what's going on…but even I'm weirded out…" Lovino mumbles and Matthew nods. "At least everyone is getting along…right?" "Ve~! Isn't it nice~?" Feliciano coos and Matthew smiles at him. "Yes, it is!" "Alright men! Time for a celebratory drink!" Antonio exclaims and Arthur nods. "We shall bring you to the best place around here!" The Spaniard wraps an arm around Arthur's shoulders and grins. "Lead the way…" He smirks a little. "Iggy."

Arthur twitches and pushes him off. "ONLY ALFRED CAN CALL ME THAT!" He hisses and Antonio snickers. "Ahhh how love can make someone so weak~!" "But…captain…don't you and Lovino have a similar system with that…'Lovi' thing…?" One of Antonio's crew members asks, making the Spaniard and Lovino blush. "TH-THAT'S DIFFERENT!" They both yell and Arthur laughs.

"How foolish denial makes you!" The Brit exclaims and Antonio rolls his eyes. "Better to be foolish than weak…wait…" He glares at Arthur. "STOP making such insinuations!" The two men begin to argue again and Lovino rolls his eyes. "Antonio doesn't need love to make him foolish. He does fine with that on his own." A young Japanese man comes up to him and smiles. "Such a shame, though. You would be a cute uke." Lovino raises a brow. "What the fuck is an uke?"

The man smiles innocently. "You." "Uhuh…who are you?" Lovino asks unamused and the man bows. "I am Kiku. It is a pleasure to meet you, Lovino." Kiku says and Lovino sighs and nods. "It's nice to meet you, too…I guess…" The raven haired man goes to say something else when Matthew comes up and grabs Lovino's sleeve. "Um…we're leaving, you two." Matthew says and Kiku and Lovino notice the large group heading to a tavern.

Tavern:

Lovino looks around in distaste at the tavern. It's actually clean, but the customers were less than nice looking. Big burly men stinking of manure from the farm or the other men smelling of the sea. Granted, he had been living on the sea for a while, but they all kept up their hygiene, even Arthur's crew has. Of course Lovino had to force everyone on Antonio's ship to keep up their hygiene, everyone but Francis and Matthew, but still. They were clean and that's what matters.

He sits there, among the odors and yelling and over all disgusting drunkenness , and prays he can get out of there somehow. "Hey, Lovino, wanna take a walk? Somewhere…more…fresh?" Matthew whispers to him and Lovino's eyes light up. "Yes." "Awww~! Mattie don't go~!" Alfred and Gilbert whine in unison, before shooting each other an annoyed glare. "Quickly." Matthew says and grabs Lovino's hand, dragging the Italian out of the bar.

"Looks like your little Italian is more into that little blond, Antonio." Arthur teases in a slurred tone and Antonio rolls his eyes. "Please, Mattie is no threat." They both go silent for a moment until Antonio notices the sly grin on Arthur's face. "N-not that I want Lovino to be more into me than others! Damn I don't like you." Antonio says annoyed and Arthur laughs. "Whatever Antonio…by the way…can you keep a secret?" Arthur asks, looking around to make sure no one else is listening. "Hm? Yeah…I can." Antonio says confused and Arthur sighs.

"I think we have met your Lovino's little brother." The Spaniard gasps and drags the other captain outside. "How? You didn't hurt him, did you?" Arthur glares. "Of course not you git! I would not hurt a kid! He met my little brother Peter and now lives with him in this town. They are in love or something. I don't know. But he is in this town and safe." Antonio looks at him with a large grin. "If I wasn't so repulsed at the thought, I would hug you right now!" Arthur twitches a little. "Well, just remember how repulsed you are at the thought and keep your arms to yourself."

Antonio looks around anxiously. "Where did Lovi go? I have to tell him now!" Arthur smirks. "Eager to make your crush happy?" Antonio blushes and glares at him. "It is not love." "I didn't say love. I said crush. That could just be lust." Arthur points out and Antonio blushes more. "Sh-shut up! I'm looking for Lovi!" Antonio exclaims and runs off. "I guess I'll tell his brother…since Antonio obviously doesn't plan on it." Arthur says to himself amused.

Further down the street:

Matthew smiles at Lovino. "It smells so fresh outside~!" Lovino nods. "A lot fresher than that bar." "LLOOOOOOOOOOVIIIIIIIIII~!" Antonio calls, running up to them. "Wh-what the hell do you want?" Lovino asks as Antonio comes barreling into him. "LOVII~! I HEARD THE BEST INFORMATION FROM ARTHUR!" Matthew and Lovino look at the man confused. "What is your problem, Antonio?" Antonio takes a deep breath and grabs Lovino's shoulders. "Marcello is here. In this town. Safe and he's even fallen in love." Lovino twitches a little. "Fallen in love? What does that have to do with anything and don't tell me it's a damned German or Prussian. Because if it is I will kill you." Antonio sighs. "No, it's Arthur's little brother." Lovino thinks for a minute. "Somehow that is better to me." "You're awful, Lovi." Antonio says as Matthew laughs a little. "Whatever, let's go!" Lovino yells and pushes them both towards the bar.

A/N: lD all this work for my damned research paper is making my writing and submissions take longer... sorry! Anyways, Marcello(Seborga) is coming next chapter! Then I think I'll have one chapter after that and I'm done with this one. XD And then onto another one.