Chapter 8. All my hyper question from last chapter will be answered.

Recap: (an: even though chapter 7 was written today as well.)

"No, I'm not alright." Torshiro's head turned to her. "My shoulder's bleeding." She then suddenly fell to the ground.

Torshiro stopped and kneeled down on the floor. He quickly picked her up bridal-style but before he ran off he noticed the necklaces on the ground. He picked up the one necklace she wanted and quickly made his way to the ship.

Once at the pier he noticed Kira waiting for them. "Kira!"

At the sound of his name he turned to look at Torshiro. "What happened?" He asked after he saw Momo in the captain's arms.

"There's no time for that now. Get on the ship." Both pirates got on the ship quickly. While Kira pulled the boards away, Torshiro walked towards the captain's quarters. Since the door was already opened Torshiro went down the small hallway and moved towards his bed. He laid the princess down and he threw the necklace onto his table. Kira then came into the room carrying alcohol, small towels and gauze. Torshiro looked over the items. "When did we have this?"

"Just now. I planned ahead, just in case the princess got hurt."

The pirate captain nodded slowly. "It's her left shoulder." He told Kira.

His 1st mate nodded as he pulled away her left sleeve away. The sleeve though didn't completely show the wound though. "Oh don't get pissed off." Kira muttered silently as he started unbuttoning the first three buttons of the girl's shirt. He was going to another button when Torshiro stopped him.

"That'll be enough Izuru."

Kira nodded once as he started preparing the towel with the alcohol. Removing the rest of the sleeve of her shirt, both pirates saw the extent of the wound. Torshiro especially looked at the wound. He quickly identified the weapon used. "Dagger, 7in. The wound's probably really deep." Kira only placed the towel on the wound. Momo grunted slightly at the sting. Torshiro stood and walked towards his table. Surveying the table's surface he found a needle with a spool of thread. He grabbed the items and walked back over to the princess. Kira cleaned the wound a bit more until Torshiro pushed Kira out of the way. Carefully the pirate captain sewed the cut together. "The gauze." Kira quickly handed Torshiro the gauze. "Hold her up." Kira pulled the Momo up into a sitting position. Torshiro meanwhile wrapped the gauze around her shoulder. "Place her down gently." He told Kira as he finished the roll of gauze. After Momo was laid back down onto the bed Torshiro stood. "Alright Kira get out."

"What?"

Torshiro looked towards Kira. "You're not allowed in my cabin Izuru, you know that."

"But the princess…"

"Is better off her than at the fore-castle with her injury. Now get out."

"Yes sir." Kira stood and reluctantly left the cabin.

Torshiro's gaze went down towards the princess. The pirate cleaned up the alcohol, needle and thread and moved it onto his desk. Then he spotted the necklace. The possible cause of the whole ordeal. He thought as he picked up the necklace. He walked back over to the princess. He thought about what he would do next. The choices are endless. He could choke her to death, kill her, rape her, or take off the gauze and the thread to leave her for dead. Or her could leave her the way she is, heal her, take care of her on the journey to find the Book of Peace and help her rescue her fiancé. The last word refused to leave his mind. He shook his head and decided to do something else. He opened the clasp of the necklace and carefully slipped the string around her neck. He closed the clasp and then proceeded to re-button her shirt. And that's the way he left her.

Next morning:

Momo groaned as she woke up. Opening her eyes she saw immediately that she was in a different place other than the fore-castle. She also noticed that she has never been in this room and that it is much more better taken care of than anywhere else. She carefully sat up. She looked at the rest of the room. The bed that she is sitting on was at the far right hand corner of the room. A table was located to the right across the bed. The table itself was messy but the room as a whole was clean. Neatly painted walls, mahogany moldings and furniture. Obviously the furniture was stolen but it was still good taste. She placed her hand on her chest. That's when she noticed that she was wearing something. Looking down she saw the necklace around her neck. One word came into her mind. Shiro. She rubbed her eyes and swung her legs over the edge of the bed. Where was Torshiro anyway? She still had to thank him for rescuing her. With a small groan she stood onto her feet. She then made her way down the hallway, the only way to exit.

On the main deck the crew was hard at work. Kira was the first to notice the princess. "Hey Momo!" He waved at the princess from the fore-castle deck (an: the deck above the fore-castle fyi).

Momo weakly waved back. The rest of the crew stopped their work for a brief moment to wave at the princess and say hello, hey, hi or yo. She waved back again. Hyorinmaru then trotted up to her. With a small bark he rubbed up against her feet, much like a cat. "Hey Hyorinmaru. Did you worry boy?" Receiving another bark, Momo took that as a yes. "Where's Torshiro?" The retriever made a quick circle before running towards and up the stairs. "I should have known." She quietly said to herself before she went towards the stairs.

Hyorinmaru was standing on his back paws while his front paws were resting on the front rail. Momo appeared on the upper deck and saw Torshiro at the wheel. "Torshiro." She called out to him. She made her way towards the captain. "I want to say thank you."

"Stupid girl."

"Hey! I'm saying thank you for saving my life."

"You should have been on your guard. That could have been easily avoided."

"No it wasn't and I was on my guard."

"Unlikely."

"Torshiro!"

"Princess!"

She growled. "You know, you're just a bastard." She turned around and made her way down the stairs.

"And you're a pampered pain in the ass." He heard he scoff before she disappeared from his sight. He then heard Hyorinmaru growl. Looking down at the dog he saw that the growl was directed towards him. "You mad at me too?"

Growl.

"Then get out of here mutt."

With a more angrier growl, Hyorinmaru ran down the stairs. Torshiro looked forward and saw Momo up on the fore-castle deck with Kira. Hyorinmaru joined them after a few seconds. Momo sat up on the rail. After a few moment she threw her head back in laughter. Kira was laughing too. He then started dancing with the mop. He could see from the upper deck that her body shook from her laughs. He then started thinking about when they were both children. How he was the one that made her laugh and about all those good times they had together. And truth be told he was scared of those big horses when he was 11. Of course now he isn't but her question came back into his head. 'What happened?' What did happen? He doesn't remember. He shrugged it off. It doesn't matter. He's a pirate and she's a princess. He destined to die at sea and she is to marry her fiancé and become queen. And there was nothing anybody could do to change it.

Chapter 8 completed. It was sort of a sad ending sorry about that. And I sort of made Torshiro pissy too. Ugh...