It was just as Komaeda had imagined it inside his head; gold upon gold. Crowns and jewels, rubies and sapphires, it was impossible to imagine anyone being so incredibly rich, let alone himself.
That didn't stop Nagito from imagining holding handfuls of the riches, but he would need to control himself for now.
Tightening his grip on Izuru's hand, the fluffy pirate looked back to the others, who were all just as wide-eyed and bewildered as he.
It took a moment to register the light source within the spread cave room, which was the ocean water being held back on the far end by a massive glass coat.
That was... Probably the underwater entrance spoken about, if anyone was willing to try their hand at breaking through it, but he didn't even need to look at it for long to know it was at least a few feet thick, strong enough to hold back the pressure of the ocean.
The gold glistened from the water reflection, making the room just about sparkle.
A few gasps were heard from behind, some with the wonder of everything they were seeing and their minds filled with the same greed as Komaeda felt; but others were more of terror and rightfully so.
He was trying to ignore it rather desperately, but who could honestly ignore the skeletons that splayed upon the floor?
Some barely looked completely rotted and the beautiful cave smelled of death.
"What the hell is this?"
Fuyuhiko shuffled in, kicking up dust in his boots.
"It hasn't been here very long, right? So why the fuck is there a massacre?!"
"The King, most likely," Kamukura gently released Nagito's hand to turn around and face the riches, "Had Kiibo kill them all after the treasury was carried inside to ensure word didn't spread."
"That's..." Sakura started, only for Peko to interrupt the muscled woman swiftly.
"Barbaric, but unsurprising. Not just anyone is supposed to know where the gold of an entire country lies in rest."
"Or what? Pirates would come after it?" Kaito's laughter lightened the mood a bit with a few laughs, but even his joke wasn't enough to relax the unease.
The men and women spread out, not wasting any time in digging their hands into the gold and jewels and decimating the piles.
From the corner of his eye, Komaeda could see a few pocketing some coins where they could get away with it. Not every pirate simply obeys one man, of course. That was nothing new, but it didn't seem to cause any trouble.
Yet, Nagito couldn't find the will to move. He was becoming... Acutely aware the sort of life he was living was only constantly filled with death.
From Matsuda, the executions, the man he killed many years ago, and now an entire room acting as a graveyard.
Of course he was scared but it was for Kamukura's hope, wasn't it?
His journey was reaching for a bright, wonderful hope, but that wasn't enough for the despair to not fill his body.
It wasn't just death, but deceit as well.
Munakata's attack, Junko's reveal, even Kamukura's secret, what else should he expect to find out?
Well, wanting an answer to that would've been too much to ask.
"Is there something you're waiting for?" The Pirate King's voice suddenly brought Komaeda back to reality.
His ears filled with chatter echoing the cave, and the odd muffled feeling of the water against the glass.
For a short minute, he had no response.
Before, Nagito wouldn't have hesitated into diving in one of the piles of gold, maybe filling his pockets while looking for the Wine along with everyone, but something... Held him back.
Eyes drifting to a confused-looking Izuru, he gave a smile.
"Can I ask something?"
"Of course," The man cocked his head curiously. "We are well past requesting questions."
He wasn't wrong on that aspect, and yet...
Komaeda averted his gaze to the floor,
"Is being mortal again your real hope? I mean, if you return to being Hajime again, there's a chance you'll forget everything, right?"
Silence overtook the dark Captain, and Nagito was quickly assuming his question had upset him.
He refused to pull his eyes off his own feet, shame too strong to look him in the eyes.
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Silver Infinity ((Kamukura X Komaeda))
Fanfiction{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...
