(2) The Crimson ghost

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"As the sun rises in the east, the black cats reach the port with sun's rays" they wrote down in a little book which they tied to their belt with the bookmark, sticking their tongue out and glancing at the dark wood ship occasionally to sketch it. The boat was close enough that you could see the crew running around the deck like ants. What caught their eye was the figure on the left riggings. They had one hand holding the rope while the other held a curve-bladed sword. Closing the book as they had finished the sketch and tying it to their belt.

Reaching into the pouch they pulled out a gold telescope. Stretching it out and pointing it at the ship and focusing onto the figure hanging on the riggings. Their eyes widened, a tall, lean male laughed and held his sword up. He was wearing an open black tail coat with gold buttons and trimming, a white sleeveless V neck showing some of his chest "damn ok" they turned away for a bit before focusing on the male again. His hair was black and very unkempt under a black captain's hat decorated with gold lining and a large pink feather from the right, his bangs covering one of his cat-like hazel eyes. Following where he was pointing his sword, they stared at the figure in the crow's nest. A small male with light brown hair and dark brown eyes. He wore a black cloth around his head and an open red vest over a long white sleeve shirt. His V neck was tied together with loose strings. He then started shouting and then flipped the blacked-haired male off, probably for something he said. Scanning the rest of the crew until they sighed and closed the telescope.

Jumping down from the roof they were on they headed to the port, tying they're bandanna around the bottom half of their face as they walked to a far ship. No one was on it. They ducked under the nets as the Cats reached port. As the plank was being lowered the people of the market closed up. No one wanted to encounter them. The first to jump onto the port was a buff idiot shouting some gibberish. He had a blonde-dyed mohawk and no shirt on but some light brown pants with a red cloth tied as a belt. they blinked at the male "how'd he get into the nekoma pirates?" they silently scoffed.

"OI YAMAMOTO! SHUT UP! WE PUT DOWN THE PLANK FOR A REASON!" the brown haired swung down from a rope onto the deck, they walked down the plank and grabbed Yamamoto by the ear "Ok ok! Don't need to be so harsh, Yaku!" Yamamoto slapped Yaku's hand back and then ran down the port. Yaku then mumbled something they couldn't hear. The rest of the crew walked down. Noticing a pattern within their crew. Each member had the color palette of Browns, Reds, blacks and golds. Each member had a gold hilt on their sword "I guess that's their symbol" they grabbed the silver coin around their neck. The crew waited on the port for the male that was hanging on the Rigging "always making an entrance, eh Kuroo?" a feminine looking figure said, They had a hand on their hip "jeez don't be like that Kenma" Kuroo smiled and patted his shoulder. Walking forward to the market.

The one called Kenma had a buttoned up dark red coat on and black pants held up with a brown belt. He held a blue covered book in his right hand. They squinted, trying to read the title. But it was covered but his arm.

"Now lets meet with the king shall we?" Kuroo fixed his hat and cleared his throat walking down the street, making sure to flash his sword to the people in the market. Once the cats were down the street, the assassin slowly walked back onto the port, looking at their backs as the crew walked towards the castle. Sighing they grabbed one dagger from their belt and creeped up the plank onto the ship.

Scanning the deck and checking behind wooden crates and inside barrels. The ship was clear on the deck. Making their way down the main deck, around them was the smell of sweat and something rotten. Squinting in the dark they made their way up to hide in the captain's cabin "if I'm lucky I can kill him in his sleep" backing up the stairs, they turned towards the door to the cabin. Slowly opening the door and turning to close it. They saw a neat desk with piled up scrolls and a long white feather next to a bottle of ink. Behind the desk was a daybed next to the window "guess that's where cap' sleeps" walking to the window, they had a good view of the water below and the horizon. On the left of them was a large bookshelf filled with books that had lost their color over time, a wooden pillar was in the middle of the left top, hanging around the pillar was different colored tailcoats and hats. Running their hand lightly on each coat, slowly going around the pillar, their hand stopped on one coat. It was a dark green with silver buttons and silver fire decorating the bottom, the tail split in two and reached a point end barely touching the ground. The hat that matched was a black one with a dark green feather with silver dust at the ends making it shine a bit.

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