"Finally!" Kaito's laughter rang out above the deck, "I've been dying for my sea-legs back. Let's say we crack open the rum and celebrate finding the treasure!"
"Calm down there," Shuichi put a hand on the loud man's shoulder, "We haven't found it just yet. We should ask the Captain before digging into his cellar."
Eyes fell to Kamukura at the wheel, his scarlet eyes focused ahead on steering. The Pirate fleet circled around the ship, protecting the Pirate King in every direction. He looked down to his crew and without a word, gave a nod, allowing cheers to erupt and men and women alike running below deck.
For a short moment, it was silent, peaceful and calm.
Komaeda looked to the three children playing what looked to be a game of cards among each other. He moved a bit closer, catching the attention of the three boys.
"What are you playing?" He looked to the cards, fairly dirty but still in good shape.
"Go Fish," Nagisa explained and looked to the unfamiliar masked boy. "We're just getting Jataro settled in. He seemed shaken up."
"Shaken up is an understatement," Masaru frowned, "Ryoko blames him for Matsuda's death. What a shitty way to join the crew."
"Language," Nagisa quickly snapped and ended with a sigh. "Anyway, what about you then? That chain get you into any trouble in France?"
"Also an understatement," He forced a smile before turning his eyes to Jataro. The child remained focused on his hand of cards, not giving Komaeda even a glance.
It looked like he was going to start crying any moment, which was amazing to notice with the strange mask he wore.
"What's that for?" Nagito attempted to make conversation but Jotaro remained quiet.
After a long minute, Masaru answered for him,
"Ryoko called him a hideous beast when she came back with that new guy. He found a potato sack or something and cut it up. It's whatever, I won't stop him if he wants to smell like musty vegetables."
That's right, Komaeda had nearly forgotten Rantaro was on board, it was likely he was resting below deck in the cabins. As much as he wanted to rush down and ask questions until his ear fell off... He probably needed some rest. It had only been two days since he had been rescued.
Nagito was about to speak once more and offer his assistance with the young boy, but Nagisa cut him off quickly.
"Don't worry about Jataro, we can handle him, It doesn't look like you'd be able to handle a child if you were given a how-to-guide," He snort, but wasn't entirely wrong. "Good thing you're into men."
"That's-" Yeah... Komaeda couldn't retort that. He hadn't exactly had much experience with children, but it wasn't like he didn't want any in the future.
Looking at the three children before him, he gave a smile and short goodbye before turning away... Probably very far into the future.
The deck hatch opened up once more and pirates crawled out from below, assisting each other in dragging up the boxes of strong-smelling rum.
"Please don't drop it on me." Mukuro gave a push while Kaito pulled a box up with effort.
The moment it hit the deck, the cover was yanked off and the tidy rum was decimated by excited pirates.
The bottles were raised into the air, some clanking together in an uncoordinated toast.
"To soon to be victories and a bright future for us all," Kaito spoke first and looked around.
"To a li-life of freedom, adventure, and p-piracy!" Toko's bright smile almost made it look like she was actually having fun.
"And to those we lost and loved," Shuichi lowered his bottle first. "And to Matsuda. He was a friend to us all."
For a long moment, the deck fell silent before everyone took a large swig, some of the pirates leaning against each other lazily, others separating to drink alone.
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Silver Infinity ((Kamukura X Komaeda))
Fiksi Penggemar{Pirate AU} His name was Izuru Kamukura, King of the Seas. His predecessor had something very precious that every pirate of the seven seas was after, and now the Queen wants it. Nagito Komaeda was sent to kill Izuru before the treasure was found, bu...
