Silver Infinity ((Kamukura X Komaeda))

Chapter Twenty: Pirate Killer

His legs shook under him, close to collapsing. His heart was a lost cause.
Even as he reached his hand out, nothing he could do could save his Captain.

She offered a smile in his direction, even as she stood bleeding out.
Her soft smile only hurt him even more. Why did she not cry or scream?

Why was she so willing to be strong as she stood dying in front of the men and women that loved her so dearly?
"Makoto!" The voice of a girl tore him away from watching as she yanked him back. "We have to get out of here. They're going to kill us all, do you understand?"
Makoto looked over her shoulder to see his crew fighting with all their might to throw off the British army, but as more men were piling into their ship, it was quickly starting to appear like a lost cause.
"Kyoko..." He couldn't stop the tears from taking over, and the boy released a pained wail.

His family was being killed, how could he only stand frozen in fear? It wasn't fair to any of them, especially not Kyoko or Chiaki.

"Makoto!" She scolded again. "Get off the ship, you cannot die here. I will follow you."
His vision shifted to the single lifeboat, rapidly being prepared by Aoi.
Kyoko followed his gaze to the girl, if only that moment didn't...
A soldier ran towards Aoi, sword raised and ready to kill.

Makoto tried to grab Kyoko's arm but he was too late as the woman ran ahead, only to become a shield as the sword was run through her chest.
Makoto wanted to vomit seeing the blood run down her body, and the color drain her skin.

"Ky... Kyo..." His lips dried upon watching her death before his very eyes.
First Captain Nanami, then Kyoko, he couldn't handle it.
Makoto dropped to his knees, physically unable to continue standing as he threw up his half-digested lunch.
Aoi could only stumble backward and fall into the railing, shaking so much, she could have been mistaken for being in the arctic.
"Naegi come on!" Someone suddenly wrapped their hands around him, urging him to his feet once more.
The boy struggled to stand before looking back to the man who helped him, a forced smile over his mouth.
"You gotta get out of here,"
"Kazuichi-" Makoto grabbed a tight hold of the pirate's arm. "They're all being killed, even Kyoko-"

"I know, this ship is going down," The man clicked his tongue, looking around before exhaling and releasing the brunette. "Take the boat to the cove, alright? The Pirate King will help you guys."
"What are you talking about?" Makoto reached out but Kazuichi held up his own hand to stop him.

"Someone's gotta keep these guys off your boat. Protect Aoi, I'll try to catch up but..." His gaze drifted away before he chuckled and waved it off. "Don't worry about these guys, alright? They're wimps. I'll definitely meet you at the cove. Just make sure you get out of here."
He didn't have time to argue before the man pushed him away, causing Makoto to stumble before he caught himself and ran for the escape boat where Aoi had already crawled inside, barely able to see in front of her own face from fear.
Makoto didn't want to turn back, he didn't think he could bear seeing any more of his comrades fall in front of him.
"Hail... Hail The Buccaneers Marauders," Nanami's voice rose above the fighting while he crawled into the boat and began to untie the hold.

The boy allowed himself to look up to his dying Captain as she struggled to hold the wheel, but her eyes were stern and sure of herself. "And the crew that ran it."
At that moment, the boat dropped, crashing into the ocean waves below. Makoto clung to the rail tightly just to protect himself from falling out upon impact.
It didn't take long for tears to start rolling down Aoi's face as the boat started away from the ship, and Makoto unable to look away from the flames bringing it down to the ocean depths.