Chapter 8: Anglerfish Island
At Syracuse, Valt looks out through the window of the cell then the door opens and Kento comes in.
Kento: "Valt, come quickly."
Valt: "What? Wh...?"
Kento: "There's a ship waiting in the harbor. A crew of my most trusted officers will take you far from Syracuse."
Kento grabs Valt's wrist but Valt pulls away looking confused at his father.
Valt: "But the ambassadors' guards?"
Kento: "Are asleep or well-bribed. But we must go now."
Kento walks away as Valt shakes his head in dibelief.
Valt: "Go where? To live the rest of my life in exile?"
Kento: "To live, son. I won't let them execute you for Shu's crime."
Valt: "Neither will Shu."
Kento: "Valt, don't be foolish! Shu has no intention of going to Tartarus. The Shu you knew as a child is..."
Valt looks away as his father complains and Valt interrupts him.
Valt: "Is still in him as a man. I've seen it."
Kento: "Valt... [sighs]"
Valt gave Kento a small and placed a hand on his shoulder.
Valt: "Go, Father. I know what I'm doing."
Kento puts his hand down on Valt, then Valt walked back to the window staring out in the ocean, then he hears the closing of the door, then locking it. Valt then sighs. Shu, Y/N and the crew land
Xander: "All right, listen up. We're here for ten minutes. You get lost, you get left."
Shu was in the ship inspecting his damaged ship.
Shu [groaning]: "How did one woman do so much damage?"
Shu's wood breaks.
Shu: "All right, I'm going to need the full set of chisels, the jack plane, and about a cord of cut wood."
Shu walks up the upper deck and tells Xander the list of things they need to repair the ship.
Xander: "All right, men, you heard the captain. Find some logs and be quick about it."
Shu leans over his ship and caress it as Y/N looks at him rolling her eyes with a bucket in hand.
Y/N: "Oh, for heaven's sake! You only need a little tree sap, and she'll be as good as new."
With that said she walks off.
Shu: "When I want your advice, I'll..."
Shu was about to tell Y/N but notices she had already gone walking away with Spike following behind.
Shu: "Hey, hey, hey! Where do you think you're going? Well, fine! At least take someone with y..."
Before he could finish, Cuza, Hyuga, Hikaru and Raul all walk
Hikaru: "May I assist you, lady?"
Y/N: "Why, thank you."
Cuza: "Right this way, signorina."
Y/N: "How nice to see some men haven't forgotten a little common courtesy."
Cuza and Hikaru take Y/N's hands as they all walk away.
Shu [mutters in woman accent]: "...common courtesy."
Xander was about to join the rest with a bucket ready in his hand before Shu stops him.
Shu: "Not so fast."
Xander stops and glances at Shu before placing the bucket down.
Xander: "But you know she's right. The treep sap would be perfect for..."
Shu interrupts him as he stretches his hand out.
Shu: "Just... stay with the ship."
Shu jumps off of the ship and went over to Y/N and the crew. The men and Y/N were all walking to find a good tree to get some sap.
Shu: "I already said thank you. That's what this is all about, isn't it?"
Y/N and everyone else walks up to a tree.
Y/N: "It's about repairing the ship. If I break something, I fix it. Um, knife, please."
Y/N placed a hand on her hip while stretching a hand out for a knife.
Shu: "Oh, yeah, like I'd give you a weapon?"
Shu crosses his arms and his men take their knives out. Y/N then takes Cuza's.
Y/N: "Thank you, Cuza."
As she takes Cuza's knife, Cuza jumps on a nearby rock next to Shu.
Cuza: "You know, you really ought to be a little more courteous. [chuckling]"
Shu punches Cuza's face in irratation.
Shu: "Oh, great. Now I'm getting etiquette lessons from a bilge rat."
Shu walks up to the others.
Raul: "Well, she did save the ship, Captain."
Y/N: "Why, thank you, Raul."
Y/N then cuts the tree and the sap started coming out.
Cuza: "And now she's helping to fix it."
Hyuga: "Very handy, I say."
Hikaru: "And brave!"
Shu facepalms at his crew's comments.
Shu: "This... girl wouldn't know how to fix a broken fingernail!"
Shu then starts to walk away. Y/N finishes collecting the tree sap and turns to Shu as he turns to her.
Y/N: "Honestly, you are the most boorish, pig-headed man I've ever met."
Shu: "Hey, lady, I've seen the highborn boys your type hangs out with... [chuckling] ...and I'm the only man you've ever met."
Y/N and the crew eye's widen at Shu as Y/N clutches her fist and clenches her teeth then Y/N unexpectedly throws a bucket at him with the tree sap covering him.
The crew: "Whoa."
Shu slowly turns to Y/N with an irritated look. Y/N looks at her hand then at Shu as if she was the victim.
Y/N: "Hmm. [chuckling softly]"
Shu then smirks and bends down and starts picking up mud.
Y/N: "Oh, no. No. No. No... No..."
He then throws it at Marina, causing her to fall to the ground.
Hikaru: "Five on Marina."
Y/N stands up with an angry look and wipes the mud of off her face.
Y/N: "You... you... egotistical..."
Shu: "You spoiled..."
Y/N: "...disrespectful..."
Shu: "...deluded..."
Y/N then grabs a crab.
Y/N: "...pretentious, pompous..."
She then throws the crab at him.
Shu: "...high-and-mighty..."
She then continues to throw things at Shu.
Y/N: "...self-centered, untrustworthy, ungrateful, impossible, insufferable..."
Shu: "At least I'm not repressed!"
Y/N: "Repressed?! I'll show you repressed!"
Y/N then grabs a rock ready to throw at him, and the island started to rumble. Everyone gasped as all the plants and trees started to disappear and all the birds flew away.
Shu: "What the...?"
They see a giant bright light pointing at them.
Shu [whispers]: "Put it back."
Y/N chuckles nervously then put the rock down. Then all of a sudden they feel movement underneath them and they see an eye open.
Shu: "Whoa! Whoa!"
Cuza: "Whoa, whoa..."
Cuza fall on the eyeball and felt grossed out.
Cuza: "Ew..."
Spike runs and lands on the eyeball and starts licking the eyeball. The pupil eyes Y/N, Cuza and Raul causing them to scream, then they all yell and eyes Shu, Hikaru and Hikari, then growling was heard, and a giant Anglerfish appears.
Shu: "Run! It's a fish!"
Crewmate: "It's a fish!"
Everyone immediately ran back to the ship. Xander was busy tying up a rope not knowing the situation.
Shu: "Xander! Xander!"
Xander looks at his crew confused then the ship causes a loud thud. A giant fin flaps.
Xander: "Whoa!"
The fin splashes next to the ship. Everyone was running as fast as they can back to the ship, Shu looks back to see that the Anglerfish was diving into the water.
Shu: "Jump!"
Shu grabs Y/N hand and she screams they both made it to the other side of the fish, Shu grabbed both of Y/N's arms and they soon were tackled by the crew, as Shu held Y/N close and they were all sliding down the Anglerfish and Shu grabbed Y/N's hand for her to be safe.
Shu: "Xander!"
Xander: "Got it!"
Xander turns the ship back to the fin. They continue sliding down, then they land on a boat's rope. Shu grabs Y/N's waist and grabs a rope and swings back on board the ship next to Xander.
Shu: "Veer off, Xander!"
Y/N: "The star!"
Then the Anglerfish dives in along with the light and the sky turned to night.
Shu: "Hold your heading!"
Shu jumps down to the middle deck and grabs a piece of rope that had a hook attached to it and slides across the deck.
Shu: "Cuza, tie it off!"
Cuza:" Wha... wha..."
Shu then throws the hook attaching it to the Anglerfish. Shu turns to his crew with a grin and spreads his arms open.
Shu: "Ha-ha!"
Then the rope was tugged forcefully.
Cuza: "Wait!"
Shu then flies to the ground and hears Y/N laughing, Shu let out a smile. Shu stands on the tip of the boat.
Shu: "Yee-ha!"
The boat goes faster like wakeboarding. They were attached with the Anglerfish for it felt like days. Everyone then started to feel sick.
Xander: "Shu! The men can't take much more."
Shu [groaning]: "I can't... take much more, either. Cut the line!"
One of the men uses their sword to cut the rope, then the men groan, gag, and moan, then they belch.
Crew: "Oh, no, Spike! Whoa, hold on, no... No, no, no, please... Oh, Spike!"
Yugo and the rest of the crew get puked on by Spike.
Yugo: "Hey, where'd he get the carrots?"
Shu went to sit down, groaning.
Shu: "Whose idea was that again?"
He looked over to Y/N who was clutching her stomach and covering her mouth from throwing up walking over to sit next to Shu.
Y/N: "I don't know. [chuckling] But he owes me lunch."
The two smile at each other and looked over at the ruin castle that they were heading.
Shu: "The Granite Gates. Bet you never thought I'd get us this far."
Shu leaned against the railings.
Y/N: "No, I didn't. But Valt did. For some reason, he trusts you."
Y/N walked next to Shu as he turned to the ocean.
Shu [chuckles softly]: "Well, what could he have been thinking?"
Y/N: "How did you two ever meet?"
Shu looks over at Y/N with an eyebrow raised.
Shu [chuckling]: "Running for my life, as usual. A couple of angry thugs had cornered me outside the palace walls. I was trapped. A sword at my throat, at my chest, at my..."
Shu picks the sword that held the ropes of the sails. Then the basement door opened open before Shu could finish his sentence.
Lain: "Pickles and eggs!"
The crew groans as Lain brought them 'food'.
Shu clears his throat and throws his sword away.
Shu: "Well, you get the idea. And then suddenly, there was a fourth blade. It was Valt. You see, he'd watched it all from his room in the palace. He actually climbed down the castle wall to fight at my side, and, boy, did we fight. It was like we'd rehearsed it. We were best friends from that day forward."
Y/N: "What happened with you two?"
Shu didn't answer as he had a sad look.
Y/N [chuckling softly]: "What is it?"
Shu jumped off his seat and walked away.
Shu: "We... took different paths."
Y/N watched Shu walk away sadly. Then the scenery changed as Y/N's figure was showing through a bubble. Eris was taking a bath surrounded by bubbles listening in on Shu's and Y/N's conversation.
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