Chapter 2 Plans
Disclaimer- there is none cos this is ALL MINE. Actually, come to think of it, there is one slight disclaimer, which is: this chapter may be a little too short for your liking, but I find it easier this way. Please forgive.
1 kemi (fictional) = 3000 km
Ruriko was just waking up from her usual nightmare when a large, furry object brushed her knee. Before she could open her mouth to scream the door opened and light flooded in. Prior to looking up at who had just entered, she glanced at her leg and noticed a brown cat with large white ears and light blue eyes staring up at her.
‘Oi, Miss Prissy, we ‘ave work to do, so if ya don’t mind git your lazy ass over ‘ere.’
Ruriko got up muttering sulkily, not noticing that her hands and feet had not been tied up during the night and that the cat had followed her out of the room.
‘I-is that thing y-yours?’ The pirate who had called her asked apprehensively, ‘cats are bad luck. The cap’n’d sooner chuck it overboard than look at it. So I suggist you better hide it.’
Ruriko glanced over to what the pirate was pointing at and silently picked up the cat. ‘Yes, it’s mine and I don’t intend to hide it, if the captain doesn’t want to look at it he doesn’t have to.’
The pirate whose name was Miguel led her to a corner of the ship where an assemblage of pirates were polishing the gold and jewellery. Among them was Silver who didn’t look so pleased. Ruriko went straight up to him. ‘What’s up? You don’t look too happy.’
‘Why should I be?’
‘What’s wrong? You can tell me.’
‘The captain says he’s going to sell me at the next flight port, and that’s about 3 kemis away. Now it’ll be even harder to get back to Aika.’ Ruriko started to laugh at him copiously. ‘What are you laughing at? I’m serious.’
‘I’m laughing at you, what else? You know you can be a bit of an idiot sometimes.’ She dropped to a whisper aware that some of the pirates could be listening, ‘once you get to the flight port you can quickly escape to a ship that goes back to Aika. The captain of that ship will, unless he’s an idiot, recognize you to be the late king of Aika’s son. The only thing you have to worry about is whether or not you’ll be tied up or something.’
‘Of course! Why didn’t I think of that?’
‘I wonder how you survived without me, I mean, that was so simple.’
‘I said that I’d take you back to Aika with me, what if the captain doesn’t bring you with us?’
‘I’m sure we’ll think of something, besides….’ Ruriko never got to finish her sentence as she was interrupted by a rough, vicious voice.
‘Will you two shu’up and get on wid the job.’
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‘Hey Ruriko, wake up. It’s me, Aki.’
‘Silver? What’re you doing here? If you get caught the captain won’t be very pleased.’
‘Yeah, I know, but I’ve got some really bad news.’
‘What is it?’
It was really cold night and Ruriko shivered. There was a small light shining through the holes in the walls and roof, making it easier for Ruriko to see that Aki was unusually angry and nervous at the same time.
//This must be serious. I’ve never seen him looking that before. //
‘I was scrubbing the deck outside the captain’s cabin when suddenly I overheard him talking to Mr Wiggs his best mate, at first they were talking about what they were going to do to me, but then they switched their conversation on to you, and… and…’
‘Yes, and what?’
Aki’s face was a picture of pure disgust.
‘And the captain said he has plans to- to marry you.’
‘WHAT!!!!’
‘Keep your voice down.’
‘No way am I going to marry that- that ancient, mad, ugly, do-faced- d-dinosaur!’ Ruri had lowered her voice to a whisper, but it was still easy to see from her facial expressions that she was extremely distressed and disgusted. ‘I’d rather throw myself into a burning fire!’
‘That’s not all. He plans to do it soon after he’s sold me to a Mr Fisher, but he is going to take you along with us when he does. I didn’t quite hear the reason why though.’
‘But that’s good news, that means that we’ll be able to escape like we’d planned.’
‘I was thinking, I know that they’re going to tie me up, but you’re not going to be obviously; so when they’re not looking you can untie me and we could just sneak away and hide until they fly away again.’
‘But what if they put guards to watch us.’
‘We- I mean, I could fight them.’
‘I can fight too you know,’ Ruri replied a little bit angered.
Aki smiled.
‘And besides there’s how many of them and only two of us.’
‘Have you got a better plan?’
‘Well…no…but…’
‘Exactly, so we’re just going to have to do it my way.’
‘No, all I’m saying is that you’ll need my help. Just because I’m a girl, it doesn’t mean I’m completely vulnerable and can’t fend for myself.’
‘Okay…but, don’t blame me if you get hurt.’ Aki grumbled still unsure if what he was relenting to was the right thing.
‘What am I going to cut your ropes with?’
‘I’m going to get my things the night before they sell me. That’s tomorrow night. I’ll get a knife too. Will you need anything?’
‘Yeah, get me a dagger and one of those long curvy swords too.’ Her face showed utter seriousness.
Aki rolled over trying to silence his intense laughter, ‘Do you know how to use those things?’
‘I’ve been watching the pirates during their training sessions, and it looks kinda simple to me. Besides I used to have an instructor in fencing.’
‘Fencing is quite different to fighting in real battles, especially with vicious, backstabbing pirates. You know it could be dangerous.’
‘Well, I’ll try anyway. We need all the defence we can get right now, unless you’ve got some secret army hiding in the ship somewhere.’ Ruriko sarcastically looked around as if to say she’s waiting for the army to pop out from nowhere.
‘Okay then,’ Aki said with a resigned air.
‘Should I go with you when get the things? You might not get what I like.’
‘No, you’ll just get in the way, besides, what you like might not be what you need.’
Ruriko grumbled, but Aki took no notice. After a few seconds of watching and listening he left saying he didn’t want to get into trouble because it might make the captain watch over him much more closely, out of suspicion.
//I’m going with him whether he likes it or not. Besides, I could keep watch. I’ll go just after he does. //
The brown cat, that Ruriko hadn’t noticed during the long, hard day and didn’t really belong to Ruriko curled up next to her and went straight to sleep.
A/N- so there it is, I hope you found it good. There’s more coming as it isn’t finished. (I’ve already written most of it on paper, it’s just a case of getting my lazy ass over to a computer word processor and typing it up.) But right now I’m gonna relax….not really, I’ve got exams to revise for.
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these 2 have become really chummy pretty quick but i guess that happens when your a slave on a pirate ship
okay wassup with the cat is it really luna???
anyway aki's plan aint gonna work is it i meana prince has beenstuck in that ship for how long and she just pops in and its woo hers the escpae plan??? its gonna fail eh? cant wait to read the next one.....
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okay wassup with the cat is it really luna???

anyway aki's plan aint gonna work is it i meana prince has beenstuck in that ship for how long and she just pops in and its woo hers the escpae plan??? its gonna fail eh? cant wait to read the next one.....

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Wellllllllll, yesterday i was thinking of making it a talking cat, but taht would make it lose its mysteriousness (sp?) won't it, i don't even know what the cats for
, i just included it in the story, it'll probably have a big role later on in the story.
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do you want it to fail
, i'll have to write the next three chaps again, but if it means it'll be a realistic fic then so be it.
it might not come out as soon as this one did though.
I'm soooo tooooooornnnn

it might not come out as soon as this one did though.
I'm soooo tooooooornnnn
"Colony no heiwa no tame dattara, yorokonde shinigami ni naru ze!" - For the peace of the colonies, I will gladly become the God of Death." Duo
Man does not weave this web of life. He is merely a strand of it.
Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself."
-Chief Seattle (1786-1866)
"God will not look your over for medals,
degrees or diplomas, but for scars."
-Elbert Hubbard
Man does not weave this web of life. He is merely a strand of it.
Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself."
-Chief Seattle (1786-1866)
"God will not look your over for medals,
degrees or diplomas, but for scars."
-Elbert Hubbard