You are a Pirate || Haikyuu

Chapter Four

"Kuroo," Queen Kiyoko's voice echoed through the throne room. Kuroo appeared in the water installed in the floor. He waved.

"Yoko, what's up?" The queen sighed, but smiled fondly anyways.

"We've spotted some suspicious activity, and I want you to check it out."

Kuroo bowed the best he could, before diving headfirst back into the water to carry out his duties. A short girl walked up to Kiyoko, avoiding the open water tank in the floor.

She bowed. Kiyoko smiled. "Welcome back, my love."

"A-Aah! Queen Kiyoko, you shouldn't call me that in public—!"

The Queen got up to hold the girl's hands. "Yachi, my love, it doesn't matter if people overhear. I'm the queen, remember?"

Yachi blushed, gazing anywhere but the beautiful queen in front of her.

<•Akaashi•>

As usual, the mermaid swam against the current to match pace with Captain Koutarou's ship. His heart fluttered at the sight of the captain steering the ship and laughing. Luckily he didn't die because of that siren, Oikawa.

Akaashi made a mental note to thank the shark man later. He doesn't seem like the type to eat mermaids, right?

Lost in his thoughts, he didn't realize he strayed far from the pirate captain's ship. When Akaashi was about to catch up, a net was thrown over him.

He wiggled in the net. "Let me go!" Akaashi shouted at the humans on the ship. It wasn't Koutarou's ship, so they must be the rumored humans he had heard about that captured mermaids and sirens alike.

Akaashi's body was getting lifted in the net, and he found that he was restricted in his movements. He was thrown on the deck, and Akaashi passed out to the lack of water.

I won't be able to see Captain Koutarou again.

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When Akaashi wakes up, he doesn't have much room. He struggles in his tank, still netted from earlier. When the sound of footsteps come in from the hall, he panics, shutting his eyes tightly and thrashing helplessly. He hopes it isn't Ushijima again.

"Hey, hey. It's okay." A voice that isn't Ushijima's own disgusting one says quietly and calmly. The voice is quiet, kinda sweet actually. If he wasn't so in love with Koutarou, he would've said cute. "You're friends with my brother, aren't you?" He says, and Akaashi opens his eyes to see him.

He has pretty brown hair that is fluffy, like Oikawa's, and nice hazelnut colored eyes. He realizes that this is Oikawa's brother. The one Oikawa has been searching for for months. He looks tired, thin, broken, and most of all scared. Like the tiniest of noises was enough to make him jump.

"Yes." Oikawa and him weren't really friends, but saying yes was easier than explaining.

"Okay, when I free you, can you tell him I love him and I'm happy where I am? That I feel comfortable?" Yahaba says, and Akaashi notices the cuts on his arms.

He notices the bruises on his legs, and the marked up neck. His face had a few nasty bruises as well, and Akaashi can say for the first time he actually felt in awe. That someone would sacrifice this much of themselves for their brother, was amazing.

"You're coming with me." Akaashi says, flatly. Yahaba sadly shakes his head, his brown hair moving with the motion.

"Can't. If I'm not here he'll go after Oikawa." He smiles tiredly.