Chapter 6: An uninvited guest
Shu went back to his ship and he and his crew sailed away. It was night so, Cuza was blowing a torch, then lighting it up around the ship, then going down while swinging, then lights another one, then lighting all of the candle wicks. Cuza lit Xander's light, as he looked over at the ocean.
Xander: "Hmm."
Xander looks over at Shu who is looking at the star and walked over to him along by grabbing the torch.
Xander: "So, any idea how we actually get to Tartarus?"
He pulled out a map and looked at it.
Shu: "Tartarus? [chuckling] Oh, no, no, no, no. People get killed in Tartarus."
Xander: "So where are we going?"
Shu slams another map on the other map Xander had.
Shu: "Fiji."
Xander crosses his arms as he smirked at Shu.
Xander: "Fiji? This time of year?"
Shu placed his hands behind his head.
Shu: "Think of the beaches."
Xander: "Oh, beautiful, if you like mosquitoes."
Xander slaps his neck as he felt something on it.
Shu: "Think of the sun."
Xander uncrosses his arms.
Xander: "It's monsoon season."
Shu: "Oh, then the women."
Xander placed a hand on his shoulder.
Xander: "They're cannibals, Shu."
Shu: "Exactly."
Xander throws his head back and groans and walks off.
Shu: "Come on, Xander."
Xander: "He's your friend."
Shu: "Listen to you. You sound like my mother. Valt will be fine."
Xander: "You're sure of that?"
Xander places his fists on his hips with a raised eyebrow.
Shu: "You and I both know Kento is not going to let them execute his only son."
Xander: "So we're running away?"
Xander said that as he waves a hand.
Shu: "We're retiring. We don't need another score. We've got enough. Now, set a course for Fiji."
Shu turned to his crew.
Shu: "Gentlemen, we're heading to Fiji!"
Hyuga: "Fiji! Fiji!"
Shu went to a door that led down to his room.
Shu: "Xander... Book."
Then opened another door with three swords on the target on the back.
Shu: "Valt."
When he opened it he stops himself as he sees a familiar H/C haired woman in his room looking around his collection.
Y/N: "Look at all this. I can't believe it. Oh, but this can't be real. It'd be far too deli..."
She touches the skeleton and a tiny bone of its parts off of it.
Y/N: "Uh-oh."
She then turns around and sees something on a desk.
Y/N: "This is more like it. Stolen from Venezia."
Shu exhales, before getting into his calm composure then getting in.
Y/N: "From Pompeii... And from a brothel in Syracuse."
Y/N was leaning against a desk as she looks around and picks up a woman's top with crystal's jangling on it. Not noticing Shu behind her.
Shu: "Good guess."
Y/N gasps and turns to see Shu.
Shu: "What do you think you're doing here?"
Y/N narrows her eyes at him and throws the top away from behind her.
Y/N: "I'm here to make sure you get the Book of Peace. Or bring back your dead body if you fail."
Y/N crosses her arms as she stares at him sternly. Shu places his hands on his hips as he smirked at her.
Shu: "Really? And how are you going to pull that off?"
Y/N: "By whatever means necessary."
Shu leans against the table as Y/N clenches her fists. Shu crosses his arms.
Shu: "Did you bring a crew?"
Y/N: "No."
Shu: "You know how to get to Tartarus?"
Y/N almost hesitates.
Y/N: "Uh... no."
She then looks away.
Shu: "Can you navigate on your own?"
Y/N: "Yes!"
Shu: "Well, good! Then I'll dump your butt in a rowboat, and you can paddle all the way back to Syracuse. 'Cause we're going to Fiji."
Shu walks over to his and lays down on the bed, covering his eyes. Y/N smirks at him.
Y/N: "Fiji?"
Shu: "Yup."
Y/N leans against the pole.
Y/N: "Just as I thought."
Shu's small falter and uncovers his eyes.
Shu: "What?"
Y/N: "Shu, you're not a very complicated guy. All someone has to do is imagine the most gutless course of action, and you're bound to take it."
Y/N gets off the pole and places both of her hands on Shu's edge of the bed as she looks down at him.
Shu: "Hey, this is not my problem. I did not steal the Book."
Shu crosses his arms. Then Y/N sits on the edge.
Y/N: "You're really not going to lose any sleep over this, are you?"
Shu: "Not a wink."
Shu rolls to the side and faces the wall like a child.
Y/N: "Because me, I'd be tossing and turning, knowing I'm alive... because I let my friend die."
Y/N leans closer over to Shu as she narrows her eyes at him with faltered lips. Shu widens his eyes and groans in disgust as Y/N moved away and walks away with Shu following behind.
Shu: "I'm not responsible for this mess. And I didn't ask Valt to put his neck on the line for me."
Y/N turns to him with a bored and uninterested expression.
Y/N: "Look, clearly I can't appeal to your honor. But I have other ways of convincing you."
Y/N places her hands on her hips as she gives Shu a grin as Shu had a slight pink blush on his cheeks.
Shu: "Really? Uh... just how do you expect to do that?"
Y/N: "By speaking your language."
Y/N gets closer to Shu's face before taking out a diamond in front of him. Shu takes a diamond from Y/N, holding it and examining it if it's real and looks at Y/N with an interesting look.
Shu: "Keep talking."
Y/N grabs Shu's hand before grabbing a bag filled with jewels before she shakes the bag of jewels to Shu, then throwing the bag away then crosses her arms. Shu shakes the jewels in his hand.
Shu: "Yup, this'll do! But not for first class."
Shu grins at Y/N, as she looks at him curiously yet nervously. Just then the door bursts open, Shu had Y/N hanged over his shoulder as she struggles to get off.
Shu: "As you can see, we're well equipped to accommodate the most discering of royal tastes. We have excellent ocean views..."
Y/N grabs his face before hitting his back with her fists. Shu threw her into a storage room filled with food.
Shu: "...luxurious living quarters, with three gourmet meals a day, pickles, eggs, and pickles. Oh, hey, Spike, there you are. I'd like to introduce you to your new bunkmate... well, actually, you're his new bunkmate, as it's actually his bunk. [chuckling]"
Spike jumps on Y/N and licks her face.
Shu: "We do hope you have a pleasant stay aboard the Chimera. Oh, if he starts hugging your leg, it means he likes you."
Shu backs up with the door ready to close. Y/N pushes Spike off of her.
Y/N: "If you think..."
Sinbad closes the door, locking it before Y/N could say anything then barking came from Spike. Shu walked up back on the dock while looking at the diamond she gave him.
Shu [whispers to himself]: "How did she even get on the ship?"
He stops as he sees his crew with the jewels in each of their hands. Hyuga puts a jewel in his mouth, Hikaru hiding it behind his back. Raul yawns before hiding it behind his back.
Shu: "Gentlemen, we have a new course. We're going to Tartarus."
Hyuga spits out the jewel.
Hyuga: "Huh? What happened to Fiji?"
Hikaru: "What? No fun?"
Hyuga: "No beaches?"
Shu walks up to staircase to the upper level before the flower necklace drops on his head.
Shu: "Cuza."
Cuza: "Sorry, Captain."
Cuza peeks his head over the lookout point with a ukulele in his hand before hanging down.
Cuza: "But did you say Tartarus?"
Shu: "That's right."
Cuza: "Will that be the same Tartarus from which no sailor ever returns?"
Sinbad pushes Cuza as he swings in front of Shu then circing him.
Cuza: "The Tartarus of the lost souls, where they grind your bones and pickles your spleen, and..."
Shu grabs Cuza's flower necklace.
Shu: "No, Cuza. This is the nice Tartarus, with lots of beaches and drinks. You know, with little umbrellas?"
Cuza [muttering in Italian]: "Non ci posso credere, non ci posso credere, mi hanno fregato ancora."
Shu walks up to the upper level and stands next to Xander who was smirking, Shu corrects him when he didn't say anything, crossing his arms and looking at the star.
Shu: "I'm only doing this for the money."
Xander: "Right. So how do we get there?"
Shu: "That star's our point."
Xander spins the wheel of a ship, then Hyuga and Hikaru pull the rope, then Raul ties the rope, then Xander holds the wheel. The ship then zooms out from a cup to Eris watching them.
Eris: "Wow. Our little thief isn't going to run away."
Eirs turns to her creatures as they hiss.
Eris: "He thinks he's going to pay us a visit."
Eris says in a mocking tone the creatures hisses and clicks.
Eris: "Hmm. Let's provide some mood music."
Eris licks her finger as she circles the cup with her finger and sirens appear swimming around the cup as they sing a melody.
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