Ryu unknowingly went up to hiro and suguru by himself. It wasn't until his search was halfway over that he realized that the other men were not with him. But he had to try to get out of this ship and free all of his fellow captives before they reached their final destination. Shuichi and Prince Eiri were still in the laundry room. Eiri was questioning his protector about his reckless decision to become a servant to the pirates.
"You dumb-ass!" he began. "What the hell is wrong with you? Don't you realize that you just gave up your freedom?"
Shuichi was livid that after what they've been through, it seemed like the prince still didn't trust him. Or at least still believed that it wasn't really for him that he was fighting for.
"Your majesty, why can't you understand that I would do anything for you; I would risk anything in this world to keep you safe from harm, because I… I'm in love with you my prince." Shuichi finally confessed. The blond heir was in complete shock of what he just heard. There was no way that anyone could ever fall in love with him. Especially a man; how could this be?
"That's impossible." The prince said. "We're men; there is no way that you can love me."
His words were harsh and hard hitting. But they weren't enough to turn the teen away. Shuichi would have to find a way to convince him that his feelings were real and that he really does love him. But what could he possibly do for Eiri that would convince him that he really was serious about him.
'There is no way that this brat could possibly love me!' Eiri thought. 'We're both men. I have to get married it would never work out.' But deep down, he knew that he felt the same way. He wanted to tell him how he felt but he still had issues with trusting anyone. But at least now he knew why Shuichi sometime did the reckless things he did. But at that moment they had some friends to find and the romance would have to wait until they all escaped from the ship and got as far away from captain zangief as humanly possible.
But before they left the laundry room, the blond prince noticed a large bandage on the samurai's forehead.
"What the hell is that?" he half shouted. Lightly stroking the teen's forehead.
"What, this?" shuichi said. "I was cleaning the master's room and while I was painting his walls I sipped off the ladder and bumped my head on the wall really hard."
Eiri removed the bandage from the rookie's forehead. He then saw a huge knot bulging out of it. The said lump was the size of a modern day 60 watt light bulb. He leaned in and gently kissed the lump.
"A man your age shouldn't have such bruises on his face." Eiri whispered.
Meanwhile, back in endenia, news of Eiri and Shuichi being captured has spread throughout the court. Lord Uesugi and Eiri's two siblings are now in a state of panic. How would the mission be fulfilled now?
"This is a catastrophe!" Shouted the king.
"I know." Agreed prince Touma. "But his highness is a very stubborn young man, I'm sure he is safe. That is more than what I can say for the warrior you chose to accompany him.
The King became increasingly bitter since hearing the terrible news and any rude remarks would be enough to send him into a state of rage.
"Touma, are you questioning my cognition?" he asked.
"I am not your majesty." He denied. "But you must know that Shuichi was just admitted into the army and he has very little training. The fact that you would send him on such a dangerous journey would surely be a bit anxious of your majesty."
"I understand your reasoning but I had no one else to send. Some of my men were already killed and others were already in eternias." The king explained. Deep down he knew that Shuichi was not ready for any mission, especially a mission as high maintenance as this one. But in these times of war, it was difficult to find anyone worthy to trust, so far he was the most likely candidate. It wasn't long after they began their journey that he began to feel guilty about sending a inexperienced samurai with his son.
He looked around in a discrete daze for about ten minutes. Then he knew what he had to do. He would regret it but it had to be done.
"Touma, I want you to go and find them, once you do bring Shuichi back here and you shall finish this journey." The king ordered.
"Understood, your majesty." He said.
Back at the pirate ship, Suguru was locked in a secluded room. He was unable to use his powers to find the others and all of his visions were blocked in that room. All that he could think about was finding the others. Then he was about to receive a vision. But he knew that he would never be able to see it. But it looked like the powers that be had something different planned. Suguru actually received the foreshadowing image.
Vision
A man with a red army suit attacks the ottoman. Soon after, the pirates all cower in fear of him. He uses some sort of psycho power to completely obliterate the ship, leaving hundreds of pirates and slaves dead, others injured and Hiro, sakano and a few escaped slaves are held captive on his ship.
End vision.
"Oh, no!" Suguru exclaimed. "I have to get out of here and warn the others." He ran out of the secluded room to find the others and inform them of his vision. There was only one problem; he had no idea where anyone was. He checked every single room for his friends but had no luck in finding them. Then as he headed for the laundry room, he saw a mysterious shadow on the wall. He looked over and there was no one around. He began to wonder if maybe the ship was haunted by the souls of dead slaves. It was a possibility.
He continued to search for everyone in hopes of getting off of this ship in one piece.
Meanwhile, Eiri and Shuichi left the laundry room and began to search for the others. On their way they were joined by a few other slaves. They were searching for Ryu. It seemed like during his time on the ship, many of the other slaves looked up to him and believed that one day he would use his hadou to free them from the person they were supposed to be sold to.
"We should split up." One of them suggested.
"Are you crazy or what, cody?" another one shouted. "If we split up they'll pick us off one by one, how will we know if you guys are okay."
"I'll signal you with my telepathy." A female suggested. "If you hear from me that means we'll be okay.
"You always did have great plans Chun-Li." The last one said.
"Splitting up isn't a bad Idea." The pink haired teen said. "I'll go with one group of slaves and you can go with another. That is if you're up for it your highness."
"I am. And one more thing. You don't have to address me formally anymore shuichi.
From now on, I want you to call me by my name." the prince said.
Shuichi was shocked to hear such a request from him. He never thought about addressing anyone of Eiri's class familiarly. He was always told that calling someone of high class by their name was disrespectful. But in this case, the blond was allowing it. What would the king think?
"As you wish…Eiri." Shuichi nodded. Eiri then took him to the side where he hoped no one else was looking. This time he didn't want to see his friend putting himself in anymore danger than he already was.
"Your majesty- I mean, Eiri, if by any chance I don't make it off of this ship alive, I want you to go to eternias and complete your duties. Don't worry about me."
"Excuse me!" Eiri exclaimed. "There is no way I am leaving you on this ship and I won't continue without you. So no matter what happens, I will find you and you will continue this journey with me." Then he leaned in and pressed his lips against the younger mans. This time their kiss was more passionate and filled more with love than pity. When the kiss broke Eiri delivered this message.
"No matter what happens, don't leave me alone."
After that, Shuichi, Cody, and Chun-Li as well as Eiri, guy and Charlie all went on to search for their friends and any fellow captives to try to escape. But what they did not know was the vision that suguru had earlier was already coming true.
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