Name: Darling "Bare" ?

Blood type: B+ ( B positive)

Birthday:Demiugue ? Bare wasn't told much as a child. Maybe the pirates did that on purpose.

Class: Bare is a gunslinger Buccaneer. She sometimes uses rapiers.

Hair color: Honey blond

Age: 13

Hometown: Unknown. She's kinda a nomad.

Height: 5'3"

Notes: Bare is a runaway (That's not new.) ex-pirate. She has an older brother and a cousin. She is deathly afraid of pirates now. She has a kazoo that she named Katzuo and she plays it while she is alone. She knows Hari, who "was" also a pirate. She takes pride in her large forehead. Bare has met Pandora several times because Pandora is very close to pirates. Bare loves the sea just as much as Hana loves stars. Bare is Aoimi's best friend, and Bare also finds Hana to be annoying. One thing she loves more than the ocean is her life.

Pros: She has a wide variety of weapons, she's a good thinker, has good fashion sense, she is great at playing woodwind and brass instruments. And Bare is occasionally nice.

Cons: Bare is the most selfish person in RAGNAROK. She will literally risk other peoples lives if hers is at stake. Bare has the fear of dying and pirates. She is bigoted ,and only tells most things to Aoimi.

Hobbies: Playing Katzuo, talking to Aoimi, cleaning her guns, being nosy ,and being precautious.

Oh! Sorry. This chapter is a build-up chapter that will have one other part. (Another one? Yes.) I've rehearsed these two chapters over and over in my head. In these chapters, there will be a pirate fight! And unfortunately for Bare, she'll be there to witness it. There are going to be some OCs in this since I am using a lot of the buccaneer portraits from the game. I already have some in the story such as Lily, Desiderata, and Setsuna. The leader of guild Brawn is also an OC and that's because I drew a picture with him in it and saw that he didn't resemble any of the portraits in the game. So, I just went with it. The only pirate OCs you'll see this chapter are Rogue and Blackbeard. Also, the sea quest characters are going to be OCs.

Chapter 10: An Adventure at Sea

Hana and Aoimi came out of the room to hear Luna screaming at Ace. That was a strange occurrence. Luna never even raised her voice. Ace was wearing a big smile they could tell by his cheekbones. They couldn't tell by his mouth, for he covered it with his scarf. Luna was redder than blood.

"Hey, Luna!" Aoimi approached her. "What's the fuss about?"

"Oh, the fuss?! Haha! I'm going to kill him that's what!" She screamed.

"W-Why?" Hana was trembling. Situations like these always made Hana anxious.

"She has very nice floral panties." Ace said. "There are hyacinths and poppies on them."

"This idiot flipped up my yukata!" Luna pointed at him.

Aoimi laughed loudly. "Then wear more clothes."

"Like you're one to talk!"

"I do that on purpose. So when a guy does flip my shirt over he'll totally like it." Aoimi hugged herself.

"Gross." Hana hissed. "Not like any one but Dove would do that." Dove walked over with Meru and another blue-haired boy after Hana said that. Meru was not her normal self and she was angry and embarrassed. The blue-haired boy, Maki, was eyeing everyone. Dove immediately jumped on the "Luna's Underwear Train" as Aoimi called it.

Ace and Dove were talking about Luna's underwear very loudly when Bare decided that she would come over to see problem. Maki grew agitated and spoke.

"That's not an appropriate way to treat a lady." He stated sharply.

Ace gave him a glare before he quieted down.

"I'm a lady too!" Dove shouted out.

"You see," Maki walked toward Luna. "this is Luna Kakasei. She is considered royalty in the Eastern Continent. She is composed and doesn't promote foul behavior." Luna was frowning still and there was an awkward blush on her face.

"You heard that, right Aoimi?" Hana was giggling. " 'Doesn't promote foul behavior'..." Hana was laughing with Aoimi.

"Shut up, Hana!" Luna threw a dagger at Hana.

" She's very composed isn't she?" Aoimi commented.

"Hey, I didn't finish." Maki crossed his arms. "Why are you friends with these disrespectful people, Meru?"

Meru sounded offended. "Because they let me be myself!"

Meru walked away after that.

"That girl always vexes me." Maki sighed. " Listen, Misaou Himeko, or should I say 'Dove'? Most of the ladies here have a cleaner history than you will ever have. You became a drug lord at age ten, you helped Meru escape Jotunheim, and you gambled for eighteen million en and you actually won it."

Dove smiled. "Those were the good old days, man."

Bare's mouth dropped open. "That's why you looked so familiar. You're the Misaou Himeko!" She accidentally let those words slip out of her mouth. Bare had seen "Dove" a few times while she was still a pirate. She didn't tell anyone that she was a pirate yet. Well, she did tell Aoimi earlier, but Aoimi understood. She feared that the guild would find out because of that sentence.

Dove looked confused. "How would you know what I looked like if you didn't see me until training?" She asked. Everyone's attention suddenly shifted to Bare.

"Um... Uh... I saw a wanted poster of you! That's how!" Bare plastered a toothy grin on her face.

"Oh, okay." Dove thought for a moment. "My name is Misaou, but I'd prefer it if you called me Dove still."

"That's fine." Aoimi stared at Bare. "Anyway, I'm going to sea with Hana. Anyone else wanna come?"

Dove shrugged," Maki, you should totally come. You know a lot about the sea." Dove poked him.

Maki backed away with a revolted look on his face. "Fine, but some one should check if Meru wants to come." Dove nodded and looked at Bare.

"You want to get her?" Dove asked. Dove inquired that for a reason. Misaou Himeko knew a little too much about Bare. She did hear what Bare said to Aoimi earlier that day. She didn't go to kill the spider with most of the guild; she was at Aoimi's doorway. She wasn't stupid, she recognized Bare too. She just had to make sure that Bare knew her. Dove thought that Meru would learn from Bare. Dove thought that they were alike.

"Oh... Sure." Bare scrambled away.

"We should get the boat ready while we wait for Meru. We will have to assign jobs for everyone since I am not hiring a crew for the ship." Hana commanded.

"Okay. That's decent enough." Luna was calm again.

"I'm not going." Ace's muffled voice rang out. "I'm going to see if Inki's recovering well." Ace began to walk away ,and glared at Maki before he vanished into the hall.

Meru was sulking in her room. She was folding clothes, and cleaning up the dust bunnies under her bed. She noticed that the door had opened ,and she peered up at the light. It was Magnolia. She sat down on Meru's bed.

"What are you doing here? Are you here to point out every single one of my flaws again?" Meru asked with a venomous tone.

"No." Magnolia shook her head. "I want to ask you something."

Meru wasn't facing Magnolia when she spoke back. "Go ahead, speak your mind. Oh, wait, you aren't allowed to do that if you're an elegant lady!" She slammed her fist on one of the dressers.

Magnolia looked down. "Do you know how worried your father was when you left?"

Meru made a noise, "No, I don't, and I obviously don't care." she sniffled. "He always took it out on mother... She never even did anything. I... Only care about how mother feels!" Magnolia could tell that Meru was weeping. She was bad at trying to cover it up.

"You are still are not good at lying, Meru... You care for your father. You just do not want to admit it to yourself." Magnolia took a breath. "You haven't changed at all."

"I know."

"Your father nearly went insane after your disappearance. He fired all of the guards and hired better ones, and he made your mother control the kingdom until last year."

"That's why there were no threats of war?" Meru whispered to herself.

Magnolia nodded. "Speaking of war threats... Your father threatened Marin earlier. He was lucky that your mother was there." She tried to laugh. Her smile slowly faded away. "Meru, why did you leave?"

Meru actually turned to face Magnolia. "It was so sheltered in my room. I didn't want to know how to be elegant. I wanted to see the real world, but in that castle all they did was glamorize the world. They spoke like there were no problems. No death, no hunger, no sacrifice, no war. How am I supposed to know what's best for my kingdom if they don't teach me the truth? They didn't teach father the truth. I can tell. He spent all of our profit on the castle and the military. That's why the poor people hate him. And the fact that my life was already set out for me did not make it any better. And there's he fact that my father disrespects my mother. Even though she saved him and his brother. There was too much on my plate Magnolia. I was afraid that he would hurt me next. The people I am with now, they're free. I want to be like them. I want to be able to make my own choices." Meru caught her breath.

Magnolia's shoulders sunk. "Your father would never hurt you."

Meru slammed her hands down on Magnolia's shoulders. "He has already hurt me, Magnolia!"

"But... Meru!"

"Magnolia, I am being pretty clear right now. I told you I am not going back home."

Bare was going to get Meru from her room, but heard her deep in speech as she came to the door. Bare chose to wait for Meru and listened for a bit. She had heard Meru say something. Meru said that the guild was free. Bare scoffed very loudly at that. Them free? Most of them were orphans or Runaways. How on earth would they be free? They had to live with the burden of working for themselves, and dealing with so many different problems. Bare assumed that Meru was only saying that because of her sheltered nature. She didn't know the issues that the guild had to deal with. Bare thought those words over to herself, and decided not to ask Meru. She seemed busy. Meru said something about not going home and opened the door when Bare was about to leave. She looked at Bare before she tried to speak.

"Were you listening to me?" She asked with a frightened stare.

Bare ran off after that. She wasn't dealing with that spoiled brat of a future queen. She ran to the port without looking back. Hana was there waiting for her.

"Did Meru want to come?" She asked.

"No. Let's hurry up and leave."

"Okay. Then... Let's go!

Meru came around the corner. "I'm going too." She said with her mascara still dripping down her face. "I need to talk to Bare about something."

"Why don't you talk now?" Dove appeared out of thin air. "You two sure have almost the same backstory after all." She was smirking.

'How would Dove know about my past?!' Bare thought.

"So, we need to come up with a game plan? That shouldn't be too hard." Magnum reclined in his chair. They were on a boat to Armoroad. They were passing Batavia, and Haruka had just pointed out the fact that they needed a plan.

"You know the deal." She started. "Pandora is a corrupt goddess of nature. She was put into a rare category. She is called the cursed Diabolix. She is a cursed tree spirit now. She is also known as a demon. She likes it when people are in a negative mood. We must make sure that we do not let our feelings get in the way of our mission."

"Not to be rude, but... What was a Diabolix again?" Brac asked.

Rai pulled out a map. She moved her finger to the east side of the sheet. "A Diabolix is an old tree spirit that is common in the land of Etria." Her finger rested on Etria. "Pandora just so happens to be the oldest of them all. She appeared on this earth aeons ago. Legend says that she was created by gods. A Diabolix can bind and ail before they can even move. Pandora can do that at nearly light's speed. Pandora doesn't wear clothes unless she wants a higher defense against something. She usually doesn't wear clothes because her evasion rate and attack increase tremendously without them."

"You do realize that Pandora isn't our only threat? We still would have to identify her other guild members after that." Magnum was even losing his goofy nature while talking about the dire dilemma.

"You're right." Brac added.

They all sat there and got along for once as they planned to protect their pupils. The boat they were in suddenly started to quake. All of the mentors grew alarmed.

"What the?" Magnum fell out of his chair. "Oh,no. I just realized something."

"What, Magnum!?" Rai slowly got up.

"The city of Batavia is guarded by pirates!"

"So does that mean we are getting attacked?!" Haruka shouted back.

"Yes, you dope!" Rai screeched.

"Marin, you look nice in just a towel!" Pandora opened a window into Marin's house. "I see that you have just gotten out of the shower." She crawled on to the ceiling and looked down at Marin.

"Well, I still see that you have no idea what knocking is!" Marin grabbed her towel. "Why are all of these burdens suddenly appearing?!" She shouted.

"Hehe! I wouldn't call it that!" Pandora cried out with a smile. "I am more like your demise ,Marin." Marin's face darkened. Pandora came in right then on purpose. That was the period of time where Marin was almost defenseless. Marin didn't even have clothes on. Even Pandora had clothes on, at the time. Pandora fell from the ceiling and landed on her feet.

"My demise? What do you mean by that?" Marin clenched her fists.

"You know exactly what I mean, Marin." She grinned widely. "I have a plan all set up here. If you interfere with it... I will end you." She stated her intentions. "Any objections?"

"I don't know what you're intending to do Pandora, but I will not allow it to happen. Your kind is never up to any good! And I bet that you're working with Victor too!"

Pandora grew an incredulous look. " No. I am not doing this because of Victor!" Pandora screeched.

"Maybe it's because he lost his daughter just like you did. That, and he's a lot like you." Marin laughed. "I think you like him."

"Ohoho, you little..." Pandora picked up an apple. "Don't talk to me like that when you really have it for the Guild-master here!"

"What?! No! And even if I do like him, at least he isn't a tyrant!" Marin shouted back.

"You just really pushed it! You are already ruining things! And if you ruin anymore... I'm going to posses you and make you run around this city naked!"

"You wouldn't dare!"

"I would dare! And if you still continue to mess with things..." Pandora exhaled.

"What?" Marin inquired.

"This will be your fate." Pandora put the apple she had on the table and merely poked it. The apple blew into smithereens after that. Pandora regained her usual expression. "Let me just remind you of one thing ,Marin..." She cackled. "Now, that I have arrived... You are not the strongest person in Armoroad anymore. Understood?"

Marin's head sunk in defeat. She knew that that city was very, very doomed. Unless, she tried to stop Pandora in her tracks. That was her last hope.

"Oh, by the way, there are rumors that the Guild-master was a prince in a different land. You should ask him about that."

"Get out of my house!"

"Dove, I don't want to sit around and listen to them talk." Hana began to tap her foot against the harbor. "I want to go without them."

"Sure, go ahead." Dove smiled at Bare as she walked away with Hana.

Bare stared at Meru's face and cringed. Meru looked like some sort of clown. Bare was slightly irritated about what Meru had said.

"Meru, you don't understand how wrong you are." Bare crossed her arms. "You think that we're free as commoners, right?"

Meru frowned. "You were listening!" She sighed deeply. "Yes, I think that you have more freedom than I do. What's wrong with that?"

Bare looked at Meru's chest plate rather than her face. "Everyone in this guild isn't free. All of us, except for you, are either bastards or orphans! We had to take care of ourselves and work to get here. You... You came here because you were ungrateful for what you had. And all you had to do was bribe Misaou to do it."

"What? Do you really think that being a princess is all rainbows and sprinkles! It's not! If you haven't realized, my father is not even ruling like a king. He is a dictator! He's evil. He tried to make me into someone that wasn't me. And he arranged nearly all of my life ,Bare!" There was a chilling silence. The two stood still and they saw Hypatia run over to the DREAM. They both looked down.

"Life's rough all over, isn't it?" Bare sat down.

Meru nodded with a baffled look on her face. "Why are you sitting? Hana's about to leave."

Bare beamed at Meru from he wooden dock. "We should get to know each other. If we're both going to prove ourselves, we need to."

Meru squatted down to Bare. "Well, actually. My dad said that if my guild proved itself worth of my help that I could stay with Maki and Magnolia."

"When did he say that?"

"During the interrogation."

"Okay."

Both of the girls waved to Hana as the boat left the shore. They had a whole lot to admit to each other. Dove smiled from the ship's deck. She knew that they would get along. The only thing that was separating them was the money gap, and since they had joined a guild their funds were the same.

"Dove, why are you smiling like that?" Luna asked as she steered the ship.

"It's nothing." She turned to Hana. "What time should we be at Batavia?"

"Approximately, two hours."

Maki was telling Luna where to go and had a map. "That doesn't make sense. Doesn't sea travel take days?" Maki asked.

Hana grew a twisted grin. We earned a foremast recently. So, we can move twice as fast." Hana explained. "And I have an idea!" Hana dashed away before anyone could inquire what her idea was. She went to Hypatia and skid to a stop. "Hey, Hypatia!"

Hypatia nearly fell off the boat due to surprise. "Uh... Yes?"

"Can you use fire?" Hana's jovial mood had returned.

"...Yes... Why do you ask? Shouldn't all Zodiacs be able to use fire?"

Hana's joy vanished. "Well," She grew embarrassed. "I can't use fire."

"Oh, okay. What do you need me for?"

"Follow me!" Hana went to the center of the ship with Hypatia, and pointed to the crow's nest of the boat. "If you use fire near the ship's sail the cold air will move toward the sail and make us move faster!"

Hypatia acknowledged Hana's words. She froze before she went to climb up to the crow's nest. "Before I forget about this..." Hypatia handed Hana a letter that was labeled "Solly". "It's for you Hana. The Innkeeper boy told me to give it to you."

Hana felt a small grin on her face. "Thank you, Hypatia." Hana began to walk away. She went to the bottom of the ship, the living quarters,and peeled the letter open. Solly was Hana's great niece. Solly was Hanasaki's daughter that went to Etria to become a Dark Hunter.

Dear Hana,

Hi, it's Solly. I made it to Etria safe and sound. I mean, we did have an incident with the Dominion.

Hana glared at the letter and then face palmed. Solly knew about the Dominion before she did? Hana sighed. Maybe Solly had learned about it while she was in training.

I got involved in a big mission with one of the Kakaseis too. I think she was the head of her family. She told me not to tell you what the mission was about. I feel really bad about it though. I know how you don't like keeping secrets and all. We were supposed to join the RAGNAROK there, but Hai ruined our chances. The only way we can get in now is if we destroy some big monster. Anyway, how's your adventure going? I hope it's better than mine. Oh, wait! I forgot to say that the Kakasei girl's name was Hai! Oh,no. I wrote this in pen. Why am I so clumsy!?

Hana couldn't have felt better. She was so happy that Solly didn't change. Solly still didn't end her letters properly, but Hana ignored that. She looked down at it again, and detected a few more sentences.

P.S.: You should know that I have always looked up to you. Keep that in mind before you do anything.

P.P.S.: Did Ryuu and Hanasaku finally get together? I've been shipping it for seven years!

Hana laughed at the end. She didn't have any papers near her that weren't going to be written on, and she knew that she would never find an envelope. She folded the letter before she placed it under her hat. She had no purpose there. She returned to the deck.

"So, may I ask a few questions about explorers, Miss Kakasei?" Maki was drawing out the map on top of a crate.

Luna looked back at him. "It's just Luna. You can ask what ever you want about explorers."

"What's the purpose of becoming an adventurer?"

Luna pondered for a second. "The reasons are different, but we adventurers all have the same goal."

Maki seemed intrigued. "What's their goal?"

"Each adventurer strives to find the deep city, a drowned city. It is deep underwater due to a tragic incident that occurred one hundred years ago." Luna turned her gaze to the ocean ahead. "They call it the Calamity. During the Calamity, nearly half of Armoroad sank into the ocean. That half of Armoroad had all of the technology that the city was known for. The Calamity also changed the geography of the southern seas, and that is why we are here now. We have to remake all of the trade routes." Maki was paying close attention to Luna. "The weirdest thing about the entire thing is that ever since the Calamity struck... The princess of Armoroad was always named Gutrune." Luna glanced at Maki. "I'm sorry. I started to ramble on."

"It's fine. So, explorers want to conquer the Yggdrasil labyrinth? How would they be able to do that?"

Luna took a few breaths. "The more experience an explorer gets, the more likely you are to succeed. An explorer also needs proper armor or weapons to do well. Experience is measured in levels. After one gains a certain amount of information they can 'level up'. Once they have leveled up they can use the information they have to learn a skill. If you use the the information in order to learn a skill it is known as a skill point. When you first become an adventurer you get paperwork, and that automatically brings you three skill points of information. We did not need to fill out that paperwork because we trained beforehand. You can determine a level by counting the skill points of an adventurer and subtracting three."

"Sounds systematic. What level do you think you're on?"

"I level up quickly, so, I'd say around level fifteen." Luna squinted. "Wait a second. Are these currents?" Luna pointed to the ocean.

"Yes. They should help us move faster if we move in the same direction as them." Maki marked their presence down on the map. "How do you level up so fast?"

"The more training one has, the more they will level up. I have been training for nearly twelve years, and I'm only thirteen." She sounded as if she were bragging ,but her voice remained bland. "When one levels up they get to choose a skill from a very complex skill tree. One skill may lead to another in that skill tree so they'll have to choose wisely."

"I'm experienced in the usage of rapiers. What level do you think I would be on?"

Luna looked back since the currents were controlling the ship. "How long have you trained?"

"Ever since I was six. I'm also thirteen."

"If you became an explorer, you would be on level thirteen." Luna began to stretch. "If that does happen you should join our guild. Then you can go exploring with me." Maki looked up at Luna again, and saw a very strange sight. Luna had just smiled at him. "I have the highest level in this guild, I'm not the strongest though. Keiko ,and Bare are both on level twelve, and Tsukiro's on level eleven." Maki tapped the marker he was using on the map against the crate. Maki didn't know who Luna was talking about but he had assumed that they were other guild members.

"I'll consider it."

"Oh, yeah. There are more skills than just the ones on the skill tree. Each class has the skill tree,but there is another set of skill that all classes can use. These are called Common skills. I have a skill that enables me to level up quickly. I only have it because I don't explore much."

Maki glimpsed at Luna's smiling face for about five minutes. Aoimi walked near them with a big crate of cheese. She had a blank face that turned into a big toothy grin.

"Royalty cracks me up." She put the box down, and went to pick up a crowbar. She held it in her hands and forcefully threw it at a wall.

"Aoimi, what are you doing?!" Dove was almost hit by the piece of metal.

Aoimi chuckled. "Witness the power of Aoi... Me! Get it because Aoimi is pronounced like that!" Aoimi exclaimed loudly. She wanted to get everyone's attention. (Aoimi is pronounced like Owie Me. Just a little heads up.)

"You idiot." Hana said from the other side of the boat.

Aoimi ignored Hana. "I ,Aoimi, will open this box with my bare hands! Get it because Bare and bare."

"Please stop talking." Luna called out.

Aoimi proceeded to open the crate with her hands. No one clapped ,but they stared at her. Hana gave her a disapproving glare.

"You're really weird." Hana began to walk to the front of the boat. They were off the currents. Hana stared at a ship that was some distance away. It seemed to be a merchant ship of some kind. She then stared at the city of Batavia. It had a windmill right in the center. Hana saw another ship, but that one was red. She strained her eyes a bit and saw a skull and cross bones.

"I heard that pirates were crazy there..."

The words written in Hanasaki's letter echoed in Hana's head. She went into a sudden shock. That would mean that those pirates were about to raid the merchant ship. That wasn't going to happen. Or Hana hoped that it wouldn't. She ran back over to Luna at her top speed.

"Luna, we need to get to Batavia's shores as soon as possible!" Hana screeched.

Luna gawked at Hana. "Why?"

Hana began to pant. "Because... There's a pirate ship over there!" Hana spoke between breaths. "If we don't make it in time, they'll raid the merchant ship in the area!"

"What?" Luna even felt alarmed when she heard that. "Do you really think we would stand a chance against the Dominion?!" She exclaimed.

"No, I don't, but we need to do something!" Hana screeched back. Luna began to maneuver the boat. She turned roughly ,and Dove vomited at a certain point, but Dove refreshed herself afterwards. No one was even speaking during this. They were all nervous ,and the southern sun burning on their backs did not prevent them from sweating. What would the pirates do to a merchant ship? They knew that an explorer's boat would get rammed, but merchants were different. Luna stopped the boat right in front of the two ships. They had made it just in time...

Just in time to see the pirates take the rest of the people and loot from the boat. The merchant ship was on fire. And after they watched it burn for a few moments, the pirates proceeded to shoot it down. RAGNAROK (and Hypatia) watched with shock and defeat.

"Why would anyone do this?" Hypatia came down from the crow's nest.

"I don't know..." Aoimi shrugged. "Such is life." She said gloomily.

For the first time in their entire journey, RAGNAROK felt defeated and fallen. They had let that happen. What would have happened if they noticed it earlier? Would that change the results? They were just letting it soak in. They were upset until they had noticed that the pirate ship was headed toward them.

"Not this ship. Not the DREAM." Hana bumped Luna away from the steering wheel, and moved the ship toward the pirates.

"Hana, what are you doing?! They're going to crash into us!"

"Not on my watch!" Hana yelled back. She stopped directly in front of the pirate ship, and walked away from the steering wheel. She strutted to the front of her ship. Luna was still angry and took off after her. The pirate ship wasn't moving toward them. Matter of fact, their leader went to the front of their ship too. Hana glowered at him. Their leader had light brown hair and brown eyes. He looked like a buccaneer. He wasn't focused on Hana and was paying Dove close attention. Dove looked up with fearful eyes, and walked to the front.

"Hi... Um... Scott." She grew an awkward "Ryuu smile" as the guild called it.

The pirate smirked. "The rumors were true. You are in RAGNAROK." He said back. "Misaou, what did you do to our money?"

Everyone glared at Dove, even RAGNAROK. Was that how she earned her eighteen million en? "Well, here's the story. I did have it. I'm not sure why you're so upset ,Scottie. I won it fair and square."

"What?! No you didn't!" A pink-haired woman with blue eyes and white attire shouted out. "You made a bet with us, and it sounded like you were kidding. Then when you won the bet you stole the money from us!" Everyone on the DREAM face-palmed after the girl said that.

"I was only taking what was mine, Hineji!" Dove was entertained by this.

"You know what, Misaou?" Scott spoke again. "I know the perfect way for you to pay off your debt."

"What might that be?" Dove beamed.

"I see that you have the children of many legendary people on your boat there. I see the head of the Larouge family, the daughter of Hanami Zeus Zaki, and even one of the Kakaseis. If I sold everyone on your boat, and the hostages on this one, I would have approximately eighteen million! You know, I would get most of it from how much you are worth. I heard you were wanted for two million in the Eastern Continent."

Dove's face molded itself into a cringe. "Two million!? I didn't think that burning down their only government buildin-"

"Dove!" Aoimi shouted for her to stop joking at a time like that.

"Excuse me, but I'll have you know that I am the leader of this guild. If you want to make any sort of deal like that you'll have to arrange it with me." Hana's voice was loud and clear. That was the first time that anyone had seen her be assertive instead of aggressive.

"A little girl?" The woman, Hineji, laughed. "What is she going to do about this?"

"I don't know. Seems pretty interesting to me." A orange-haired man with green eyes came out from the shadows. He looked as if he was in his early twenties. "Scott, you should continue."

Scott did as he was told. "Oh, okay then. What do you say, Hana?"

Hana thought that the fact that Scott knew her name was creepy. She knew that it couldn't be helped. Her mother was very powerful. She just wished that she wasn't so popular. "I am happily declining your offer ,and I'm bringing my own to the table."

"Okay, spit it out." Hineji commanded.

"You can sell us and the hostages if you win against us in battle. But if we win we can bring all of the hostages back to safety." Hana seemed a bit cocky when she spoke.

"Hana, what are you doing?" Aoimi whispered to herself. "What will we do when we lose?" Aoimi couldn't even be cocky at the moment.

There was a dreadful silence between both sides. There was only hushed chatter. "What do we do, Rogue?" Hineji asked the man with the orange hair.

"I say that we accept." He leaned back. "This battle should end in mere minutes. We have a large crew,and they only have six people total."

"But Scott said that they were the children of legendary people. You can never know what they will have up their sleeves." Hineji mumbled to Rogue.

"I don't see anything special about them. They're just a bunch of poor little kids."

Scott laughed. "You sound just like your father, Rogue."

Hineji put her hands on her hips. "Blackbeard said that?" Rogue was Blackbeard's son.

"Something like it."

Meanwhile, Hana had her guild move to her to discuss their plan. "Luna, make plenty of clones of yourself and distract the enemy. Aoimi, I recommend that you go after one of the most powerful pirates after Luna binds their legs. You'll have a better hit rate then. Dove, Avoid any pirates and heal from behind the scenes. Hypatia,you can help me. Since you can explore the labyrinth on your own, I'd assume that you had attacks that hit several enemies. Maki, you should follow up on any sort of attack." Hana looked up at them. "This should hold them off."

"Hold 'em off until what? A miracle?" Aoimi said.

"Well, Batavia's troops should be able to-" Aoimi cut Hana off.

"Hana, Batavia's troops couldn't even defend their own country from the pirates."

Hana fell quiet. Dove came up with an idea. "Oh, wait!" She grinned again. "Bare would never miss an opportunity to go to sea. She'll definitely come with help if she sees us."

"I accept your deal!" Rogue shouted out.

"And the struggle begins!" Hana cried out. They could at least try, and if they failed... That was another story. A story that they didn't care to think about anymore. As long as they had some sort of hope, they could make it. And lucky for them they had it

This was part of my next chapter. I didn't want to burn your eye sockets out. (Or did I not want to burn out my eyes out?) This isn't my best chapter. I guess that means next chapter will be. I'm as tired as a someone who just drank Benadryl. So next chapter will be"An Adventure at Sea part two: What's With All of These Secrets?". Hana's intense distrust for her guild will make her do stupid things. As always. The next character profile will be Ezra's. And if you'll excuse me, I need to proofread this.