A Journey through Kingdoms

CHAPTER 34- PIRATES ABOARD

The three emerge from the inner part of the ship as they see the outside in a hectic mess. People were running around screaming for help as pirates boarded the ship in a pillaging mood. clearly seeing a fancy ship like theirs, it made them more antsy by the second to loot it. "Everyone! To the spare boats! Evacuate the ship!" The crewmate with them unfortunately had to leave the other two as he led the people to evacuate and jump ship while pirates were aboard. "Pirates!?" Cherry says with worry as people run past them in a hurry. But at the same time, Derrick was deep into thought. It felt like he was missing something.

"Ah ha! That's right!" Then it hit him, which Cherry clearly notices as she looks at him with a questioning look. "My friend is really good at dealing with people like this! Let's go find him!" he tells her. The boy knew he would be where he said he was before. at the front of the ship, where he would soak in the sun's rays as long as he wanted to. But luckily for the two, that didn't seem to matter much as the guy himself flew into their area, crashing into one of the roofs that was over the staircase leading up to the top floors. "What was that!?" Cherry exclaimed as they both saw it happen in a flash. And as quick as he crashed, he immediately stood back up and made his way out with an irritated look on his face.

"Okay, note to self: do not underestimate pirates," he says as he pats himself off of any dirt or rubble that is still on him. "Mr. Tetsuga!" Derrick yelled as he went over to the man in question, while Cherry was left in disbelief. "Oh, hey, Kid, the ship's been boarded by pirates; unfortunate, I know," he recaps to him before walking back to the front to confront the man that launched him away. "Though I have to say, they are giving me a hard time here. I might bust out the big guns if things get hairy," he says as he rolls his arms in preparation. "Don't worry! You won't have to, because I'm here as well! With both of us, they won't stand a chance," Derrick exclaimed as he was fully ready to fight the pirates alongside his comrade. but the latter was not so eager, as he picked him up by the scruff of his neck and set him aside like he was some kind of thing.

"Sorry, kiddo, but you're going to sit this one out for a second. This bastard kind of made it... personal," he says as he tires of moving past the boy and towards the problem, but gets stopped by another inconvenience, according to him. "This! is your friend!?" Cherry had finally spoken up from her spot after taking a minute to process what she was seeing right now. Derrick was friends with a criminal. And a notorious one, to be exact, as she had seen his face plastered all around the kingdoms. "Oh, you gotta be... Berrybottom?" he was about to exclaim and yell, but then finally noticed who she was. How could he not see her, as she was a splitting image of her father? "That's Ms. Cherry P. Berrybottom to you, you criminal," she pouted. She knew this man from his notoriety and her father's personal life, as the man recounted that the man before her had sucker punched him in the face when they met face-to-face.

"Oh great! You just had to be friends with Berrybottom's kid!" he complains, as he knew as well of their shared hatred of him. That and the stink eye Cherry was giving him was not hard to miss. "Look, pipsqueak, I'm busy right now. so just scoot on over to the side and-" Before Tetsuga could even finish his sentence, the girl was already pouncing on him as she tried to hit him with her arms flailing about, but Tetsuga was smart enough to not let her near as he held his hand out to her face to stop and block her. "I'm going to kill you!" she says as she desperately tries to hit the man once. "Look, I've heard this spiel from your father. I don't wanna hear it from you as well!" Tetsuga says as she is set aside as easily as Derrick while Tetsuga goes to go and deal with the pirates. But before he could, another inconvenience decided to show up.

"Miss Cherry! There you are! I was worried sick trying to find you!" a butler says as he sees the girl with Derrick. He then notices Tetsuga, whom he was all too familiar with because of his notoriety as a criminal name. "The infamous Katsugoyo! I won't let you dare put a finger on it." The butler was all ready to scrape with the lad, but Tetsuga was quick to defuse the situation. "Go tend to the kid and take care of her friend! I got pest control business to attend to!" Tetsuga slips by and finally makes his way over to the front where the pirates had taken over. "Oh, well, okay then. Miss Cherry, are you alright?" the butler spoke in worry as he quickly took out a handkerchief and wiped some sweat that was trailing down Cherry's face.