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Mayu does not good at fighting, but he can use dark with poison on it. He is a shooter like Haruna.
Thank you everyone for reading my fic.
Here is Chapter 8
Chapter 8: Mysterious Girl and Jun’s PastAtsuko and the rest come to the room. They knock the door. Jun opens the door and greet them.
“Hi everyone”
“Hi Jun” they greet Jun
They come into the room to see the girl
"How is she doing Mayu? She still is not awake yet?" Atsuko asks
“Yes. But she is ok. She just is affected by the remaining sleeping poison” Mayu answers
“Who is she, Jun?” Mariko asks
Jun just stays silent. His eyes are full with sadness.
“It’s ok Jun, tell us whenever you are ready” Minami pats his shoulder
“Thank you Takamina” Jun smiles
“By the way, how is your injury?” Jun asks
“I’m fine now, thank you” Minami said
“Not only his wound is healed, he also got our captain’s heart” Yuu teases Minami.
“Wow! Congratulation Takamina, Atsuko-nee” Jun smiles and said
“Thank you Jun” Minami smiles shyly and Atsuko’s face is red.
Jun turns and looks at the girl who is sleeping peacefully.
“Jun, how about you go back to your room and rest, Minami and I will stay here and watch over her. I think you are really exhausted” Atsuko said
“I’m fine Atsuko-nee. I can take care of her.” Jun said
“Jun, you don’t listen to your sister said. I told you just go to sleep. I promise I will inform you right away when she is awake” Atsuko said with serious voice
“But…” Jun said
“Did your sister ever lie to you?” Atsuko pats his head
Jun shakes his head
“Ok, thank you Atsuko-nee” Jun said
“Good boy” Atsuko smiles at him
In the afternoonAtsuko and Minami are talking to each other while watching the girl.
“We should take good care of her. She seems to be very important to Jun” Atsuko said
“uhm…” Minami answers
“Minami, what up?" Atsuko looks at Minami
“Nothing, it is just that you care a lot for Jun” Minami pouts
“Aww, Minami, are you jealous with Jun?” Atsuko said and hugs Minami
“He has a very sad past, so I want him to feel that this ship is his family. I only see him as my brother” she continues.
“I’m very happy. My cute girlfriend is a very nice and caring girl” Minami said and pinches Atsuko cheeks.
“Minami” Atsuko calls
“Huh?”
“I’m hungry” Atsuko said
“I will go to kitchen to cook some food for you, ok? Wait here” Minami said then he leaves the room.
After a while Atsuko fell in sleep on the table.
The girl, who Jun took back from Ken's ship, finally wakes up. She sits on the bed and looks around the room. She notices a girl is sleeping on the table. She steps down from the bed and walks toward Atsuko.
"Pirate cloth? is she together with those who captured me?" she thought.
Suddenly, Atsuko moves her head. Quickly the girl takes out a knife in her boot and puts it on the neck of the haft sleeping girl
“Anyway, I have to disable her action first” the girl thought.
Feeling something on her neck, Atsuko slowly opens her eyes.
“Don’t move or this knife will harm you” the girl said to Atsuko
Atsuko is taken by surprise, so she cannot fight back. She tries to calm down and said
“You are finally awake huh?”
“Who are you? Are you one of those pirates that captured me?” the girl said
“My name is Maeda Atsuko, captain of this ship. No, we attacked that ship, and Jun saved you from them” Atsuko said
“Jun, Matsui Jun?” the girl said
“Yes, it is him. Who are you? What is your relation with him?” Atsuko asks
“Shut up. I did not allow you to say” the girl said and moves the knife closer to Atsuko’s neck
“Calm down, I’m not doing any harm to you. If you are Jun’s friend that mean you are my friend too.” Atsuko tries to calm the girl down
“No, Pirates are bad people. I hate all the pirates. The Jun you said properly is not the “Jun” I know. He is not one of those like you” The girl said.
Meanwhile in Jun’s roomJun wakes up from his nap.
“How long did I fall in sleep? It is already noon. I should go check on her” He said to himself and leaves his room. On his way, he meets Minami.
“Hey Takamina, what are you doing?” Jun asks
“Hey Jun, Atsuko is hungry, so I made her some food” Minami greets Jun and said
“That is good to have you by her side. Please Takamina, take good care of her. She is very important to me. Even though I’m not her real brother, she still cares and loves me like her own sibling.” Jun bows before Minami
“Of course, I will.” Minami said and smiles
When they come closer to the room, they hear some noise coming from inside. They quickly open the door. They see the girl is standing behind Atsuko and placing the knife on Atsuko’s neck.
“Atsuko” Minami calls
“What are you doing? Release her now” Minami shouts at the girl.
“Re...na” Jun calls.
The girl hear her name is called she looks at Jun
“Jun” Rena calls him
“Jun, do you know her, why is she attacking Atsuko?” Minami turns to Jun and said
Everyone in their room heard some noise. They run to the room.
“What happened?” everyone asks
“Rena, what are you doing to Atsuko-nee?” Jun finally speaks up.
“Jun, you are alive. Why are you with these pirates? Why don’t you go back to the island?” Rena asks Jun.
“Yes, I’m alive. I’ll tell you everything, but firstly can you release her.” Jun said
“No, she is a pirate. All pirates are cruel and heartless. They kidnapped you. Did you forget what happened that year?” Rena said
“No, how can I forget what happen that year. The feeling of being betrayed, the loneliness, and the fearful feeling that invaded all my heart.” Jun said
“The people that gave me hope and light are Yuki-nee and her. They help me, protected me even though to them I’m no other than a stranger.” Jun continues
"If that year Atsuko-nee isn't there, I'll never escape from them. She is my family, so please Rena, please release her" Jun said.
Rena releases Atsuko and comes to Jun
"I'm sorry Jun. Why did you feel betrayed? Can you tell me what really happened to you that day?" Rena gently said.
"That day Roy-nii came back with his hurting hand and his head was bleeding. He said that you two were attacked, and you were kidnapped by pirate" Rena said
"He lied. That day, he took me out to play." Jun starts telling them his past.
Flashback"Roy-nii, today where are we going to play?" little 6 years old Jun happily asks.
"Today we will go play on the boat" the man said and smile
"Yatta, we will go play on the boat." the little boy happily jumps around unnoticedly about his cousin evil plan.
"Will Rena come with us?" Jun asks
"No, Rena is helping her mom today" Roy said.
"Oh" Jun sadly said.
"You know what, after playing, you can go to Rena and tell her everything that you experienced." Roy said and smile.
"Yes." Jun cheerfully said.
Jun happily skips to the shore.
"Jun, can you go to that boat sit and wait for me?" Roy said.
"Ok." Jun answers out loud.
Jun sits on the boat and waits for his cousin. He sees his cousin goes to talk to a man that he assumes is the boat owner. After sitting for a while, he feels tired and falls in sleep. When he wakes up, it is already evening. He looks around and realizes that he is on the boat, and it is moving very far away from the island.
"Where am I? Roy-nii, where are you?" Jun sobs and calls.
"Your cousin already sold you to us. Be a good boy and shut up" one of the men said and laugh.
"Roy-nii, where are you?" Jun screams and cries.
A man slaps his face and shouts at him
"I told you to shut up"
"Calm down man, you don't want our customers to complain about the quality, do you?" Another man said.
The boat reaches the ship. They take him down to the storeroom and lock him up. Every day he just sits there and cries
"Papa, mama, Rena, I'm scared"
After one weekThey bring into the storeroom a little girl. They lock them up together. While the little girl is sobbing, she notices a little boy, younger than her, sits in the corner of the room. She wipes her tear and comes to him
"Hi little boy, my name is Yuki. What is your name?" Yuki greets him.
The boy stops crying and looks at Yuki
"My name is Jun" he said in a small voice
“Why are you captured here?” Yuki asks
“...” Jun just stay silent
"Don't worry, my Atsuko-nee will come and save us" Yuki pats the little boy head
One nightA little girl with shoulder length hair sneaks into the ship. She stealthy goes around the ship to look for something. Then she sneaks into the storeroom. She sees her sister there. She goes to the room and whispers
"Yuki, Yuki"
Yuki is woken up by the call. She happily runs to her sister
"Atsuko-nee"
“I’m sorry Yuki, I couldn't save you when those guys kidnapped you" Atsuko sadly said.
"It is ok Atsuko-nee. You tried your best. You even got hit by them." Yuki said.
"Yuki, I promise I'll bring you out of here" Acchan said and pats Yuki’s head
Then she notice there is a little boy hides in the corner. She gives a sign for him to come. He hesitantly walks toward her. When he comes closer to the door, she pats his head and smiles at him.
"What is your name little boy?"
"Jun" scared Jun said
"Nice to meet you, my name is Maeda Atsuko. You can call me like Yuki" Atsuko said.
"Don't worry I will save you too. I promise" she smiles at him
Finally the boy smiles at her.
"I have to go now. Tomorrow I will go back and pick up you guys." Atsuko said and sneaks out of the ship.
Tomorrow nightAtsuko once again sneaks into the ship and goes toward the storeroom. Luckily Yuu once taught her how to unlock the door without the actual key. She unlocks the door and come inside. Yuki sees her, runs toward, and hugs her tightly.
“Yuki let get out of here. But where is Jun?” Atsuko asks
“They just took him to somewhere. I don’t know” Yuki sobs.
“It’s ok Yuki. I’ll find him and take him with us, ok?” Atsuko reassures Yuki.
“But now let take you out first” Atsuko said and leads Yuki out of the room.
They successfully sneak out of the room. When they step out of the ship, Atsuko whispers in her ear the way to go back to the house.
“Remember the direction Yuki. I cannot go with you because I have to save Jun. I already prepare a lot of food. If you don’t see me come back, don’t go out ok?” Atsuko said to Yuki.
When Yuki heard that, she runs to hugs her sister tightly
“No, Atsuko-nee. Don’t leave Yuki” Yuki cries and said.
“Don’t worry Yuki, I will come back to you no matter what, I promise.” Atsuko smiles and looks at her sister.
“Did your sister ever break her promise to you?” Atsuko asks
Yuki just shakes her head.
“Good girl, now run to our home and wait for me and Jun ok?” Atsuko said.
Then Yuki runs back to their home, and Atsuko returns to the ship to save Jun.
In a room in the ship “Jun, prepare yourself. Tomorrow I have a customer who wants to buy you as a worker in his goldmine” a man said to him while counting money in his hands.
“No, I don’t want. I want to go back home” Jun cries and said.
“Shut up brat. Your family already sold you. He wants the heritage, so he gets rid of you by selling you to us” a man said and laughs out loud.
Jun is still crying hard. A man is about to hit him, but another one stop him
“Don’t hit him. We don’t want to give our customer a bad quality goods right?” he said
“That is enough, bring him back to the room now.” the boss said
When they go back, they open the door and throw Jun in. they look around the room and see a little girl sit in the corner with her face is on her knees.
“Say goodbye to your little friend. Tomorrow he will go with his master and work at a goldmine.” then they slam the door.
The boy sits down and starts crying
“hix..hix..Atsuko-nee...hix where.. are ..hix.. you? Jun..hix...is...hix...scared” he calls Atsuko between his sobs.
A pair of arms sketches out and hugs him from behind
“Shhh, Jun calms down. I’m here. I’ll take you out of here. I promise." Atsuko whispers into Jun's ear.
Jun turns around. After seeing Atsuko, he smiles widely and hugs her.
"Now Jun, let get out of here before they notice us" Atsuko said and holds Jun's hand.
Unfortunately, when Atsuko is about to open the door, the door swing open. A leg kicks in her stomach cause her to fly back and hit the wall.
“Clever enough little brat. I have to give you credit that you are able to sneak into our ship and release one of our goods.” the boss comes in and claps his hand
“But a kid is still a kid, you never win again me” he smirks
Then he comes and lifts Atsuko up by her collar
"Let go of me you filthy pirate." Atsuko shouts
“You dare to call me like that and release my goods. You will pay for that by your life.” he cruelty throws Atsuko onto the floor that make her cough in pain.
“Atsuko-nee” Jun runs toward Atsuko
“And you, you want to run away huh? I didn’t intent to hurt you so that we can raise our price, but you make me no choice. This is for going against us” he lifts him up and about to slam him down
“Stop it. He is just a little kid. He is harmless. If you throw him like that, he will die. Then you will lose your money and your contract.” Atsuko stops the man.
“The little brat is correct.” he thought
“Then I will not slam him, but I’ll hit him. Therefore he can remember that never goes again me.” he said and takes out his whip.
When he hits Jun, Atsuko runs toward and covers him
“Little brat, if you want to be a hero so badly, let me see how long you can endure” he said and whip her nonstop. After a while a man comes to his ear and whispers something to him.
He nods his head and said “that is correct. She releases one of ours goods. We will change her into the goods to replace it”
Then he stops hitting them and walks out of the room. Because it hurt so much, Atsuko faints. Jun sits next to the older girl who now is unconscious
“Atsuko-nee protected me with all her life. I cannot rely on her in everything. I want to be stronger to support, and help her. Jun, from now on you cannot cry.” he thought and uses his hand to wipe his tear.
Then he slowly falls in sleep next to Atsuko.
In the morningAtsuko wakes up but her body is hurt so badly.
"Ah, my head hurt. My back also hurt. Not good I have to find a way to escape this place and take Jun with me" Atsuko thought.
She looks down and sees a small figure is still sleeping next to her. She smiles and strokes the kid head
"I will definitely take you out of this hell."
Suddenly the door swing open. The boss and his two guards step in. Because the sound of the door opening is too loud, it makes Jun wakes up. When he opened his eyes, he sees 3 men standing at the door. He stands up and hides behind Atsuko's back
"Please don't take him to the goldmine, he is still a kid. He going to die there" Atsuko begs the boss
"Selling people is my job. They survive or not isn't my concern. However, lucky for you, he is busy today so you will have another day to say farewell to each other." The boss said.
Then they leave the room
At eveningIn the room they heard a lot of noise from outside of the room. Then a man comes down to them. He gives them a lot of food.
"You two are lucky. Today we attacked a Mercian ship and got a lot of goods and money from them, so we will let you two eat some good food." the little drunk man said. Then he leaves.
"This is our chance" Atsuko thinks
Then she turns and whispers in Jun’s ear.
"They are celebrating their victory now. We will wait until night fall. When they are all drunk, we will sneak out."
"Ok Atsuko-nee" Jun said.
Atsuko looks outside through the small circle window. She sees that outside is already dark, and the noisy sound is already silent. Atsuko calls Jun
"Jun, wake up. We get out of here"
"Uh" Jun stands up.
Atsuko holds Jun hand and goes to the door. She unlocks the door and stealthy look around. They sneakily go out of the room. Jun picks a stick in the storeroom and holds in his hand.
"Jun will help Atsuko-nee" Jun said
Atsuko smile and continue their way.
When they pass the kitchen, they see those drunken pirate lie all over the floor. Atsuko puts her finger on her lips as a sign of silent. Then they sneakily walk through. When they nearly get to the stair, they are stopped by the boss.
"Where do you brats think you are going?" he said with a drunken voice.
Atsuko stands in front of Jun to protect him, but he steps up with the wooden stick in his hand. The man run to them but because he is very drunk, his feet not stable. Jun takes the stick in his hand and hits the man. He stumbles and falls on the floor. However, the man quickly stands up, takes the stick in Jun hand, and throws it aside. He takes out a knife to attack them. Atsuko takes out from her boot a dagger. She raises it to block the knife. Although she cannot win against a grown up man with her still kid strength, but the man is drunk, Atsuko easily blocks him and pushes him down. She uses martial art that Aki captain taught her to fight against him. With Jun help, they are able to defeat him.
"Jun, stand here and wait for me." she said, and Jun nods.
She sneaks back to the kitchen though the drunken pirates. She takes a candle and some oil. She spills it on the floor in the storeroom and throws the candle on it. The fire caught the oil and quickly turns into a big fire. She quickly runs up and holds Jun hand.
"I will burn this ship down, so they will not kidnap and sell people anymore"
Then they run out of the ship.
“Jun, where is your home? I will take you back.”
Jun just silent and looks down on his feet. Seeing Jun looks sad, Atsuko looks at Jun and asks
"Why are you looking so sad?"
"My family doesn’t need me. My cousin sold me to them. I have nowhere to go now." Jun said in tear
"It's ok Jun. They abandon you, but I'll take care of you. From now on, you will be my little brother" Atsuko said and hugs him
"Thank you Atsuko-nee" he hugs her and cries because of happiness
End flashback"From that day, Atsuko-nee always takes care of me. She treats me as her real brother" Jun said.
Rena is speechless with what really happened in the past. She slowly stands up and walk toward Atsuko. Rena comes closer and bows before Atsuko
"I'm sorry. Thank you very much for saving and taking care of Jun for all these years"
"You don't need to thank me. I'm very happy to have him as my family." Atsuko said
"Ok, now, misunderstanding is clear. Jun cares to introduce us who she is?" Mariko said and winks to him.
Jun stands up, wipe his tear and smiles
"Atsuko-nee, everyone, her name is Matsui Rena, she is my childhood friend, and..."
"And?" Everyone looks at Jun and waits for him to continue while Rena is looking down on her feet.
"She is my fiancée." Jun said while his face is red
"Ehhh!!!" Everyone shouts in surprise.
"Wow Jun congratulation, this is the first time I hear about that" Yuki said
They just stand there and blush
"Let leave them alone, I think they have a lot of thing to talk with each other" Minami said then they all leave.
In the roomRena walks closer to Jun. She touches his face and said
"I finally found you. You grow up a lot"
"Rena, what happen to you? Why were you on that ship?" Jun said and holds Rena’s hands
"After all these years, people in Matsui clan start believing that you are dead. They already gave up their hope, but I'm not. I still hold this half pendant and believe that one day it can complete again" Rena said in tear
"Rena" Jun hugs her
"Two years ago, my parent forced me to marry Roy”
Flashback
In Elite Island
At Rena’s home“Rena, you will engage with Roy in 5 day from now” Rena’s father said.
“But I already engage with Jun, I won’t marry anyone other than him” Rena said
“He is already missing for more than 10 years. Everyone said that he is already dead” Rena’s father said.
“No, he is still alive. I can feel it” Rena holds her necklace and said
“Roy will be the heir of the Matsui clan. It is your luck that he wants to marry you. I already agree, so be ready.” Rena’s father said.
“No, I won’t ever marry him” Rena said and returns to her room
That night, Rena packs her thing and sneakily gets out of her house
“Jun, I will find you” Rena said while looking at her necklace.
Then Rena goes to the ship. She went to a lot of different islands to find information about Jun, but she finds nothing. One day, her ship stops at a strange island. She gets out from the ship and goes around the city to find some information. On the shore, she sees two men are trying to capture two girls. She runs toward to help them.
“What are you doing with these girls?” Rena shouts
“Wow, another beautiful girl. She is more beauty than those two” a man said to the other man.
“How about we catch her too? I’m sure that we will sell her with a very high price.” the other said
“You two are despicable.” she said and rushes to attack them.
She easily takes down those two. Unknowingly, there is someone behind her, and he hits her head. She lost unconscious.
End Flashback
“When I wake up, I find myself in this room. I thought Maeda-san is one of those pirates, so I attack her. Although I was captured by those pirates, I’m very happy because I can meet you” Rena said in tear
“I’m sorry, Rena. You have suffered too much because of me.” Jun tightens his hug.
Then Rena takes off her necklace and gives it to Jun.
“Here is the half pendant. I received it when I got engaged with you when we were a kid. Now I return it to you. You can give it to the person you love” she said.
"Who is that person that you think I'm in love?" Jun asks
“Maeda-san, you love her right?" Rena said
"What?" Jun said in surprise
"I can feel it. The way you look at her, and you really care for her." Rena continues
Jun pauses in surprise
"It’s ok. You don’t have to worry about me” Rena sobs
“hahaha..hahaha” Jun looks at Rena and laughs out loud
“What?” Rena asks
“You think that I’m in love with Atsuko-nee” Jun said and continues laughing.
“Stop laughing” Rena feels a little frustrated.
“Sorry, Sorry but looking at your face right now really funny” Jun said and continues laughing.
"Stop" Rena pouts and hits his chest
“Atsuko-nee is like my sister. I love her as a sister. You didn’t see the short guy who stood next to her. He is her boyfriend.” Jun said.
“Are you Jealous, Rena-chan?” Jun cutely said
“W..wh..who said that I jealous?” Rena stutters.
“Rena-chan is as always. So cute” Jun said and pinches Rena’s cheeks, and Rena blushes.
“Actually, I have someone that I really love. I love her for a very long time.” Jun gently said while turning Rena around.
Then he sketches his hands and wears the necklace on her neck again
“If I don’t love you, I will never introduce you as my fiancée before them” he hugs her from behind and whispers in to her ear.
Tear starts falling down from Rena’s eyes. She turns around and looks at Jun. He caresses her cheeks and leans to kiss her lips.
After a while Jun said
“Rena, will you stay with me in this ship?” Jun said while their forehead is connected.
“Of course, I will. I have waiting for you for so long. Now I will never allow you to leave me again.” she smile and hugs him.
"I'm very happy right now. The necklace is now completed, yin-yang form" Jun said and kisses her again.
Then, they walk out of the room and come to the meeting room.
In the meeting room“So, are you two ok now?” Minami asks
“uhm...yes, Thank you Takamina” Jun said
Then he holds Rena’s hand and goes toward Atsuko.
“Sorry for causing you trouble Atsuko-nee” Jun said
“It’s ok Jun” Atsuko answers
“Uhm… Maeda-san, will you accept me to be your new crew in this ship?
“No....” Atsuko said
Everyone looks at Atsuko with surprise look
"…Objection" Atsuko said and smiles
Then she stands up and said
"Welcome to The Legend Rena, my name is Maeda Atsuko, captain of this ship, nice to meet you." Atsuko shakes Rena hand
"Thank you Atsuko-nee" Jun turns to Atsuko and smiles
"Maeda-san thank..."
"I will change my mind if you still call me like that" she said and smile at Rena.
"Thank you uhm..." Rena wonders what can she call her
"Just call me Acchan like everyone." Atsuko said
"Or do you prefer to call her like Jun call her since you are his fiancée" Mariko teases.
Rena and Jun blush
"Thank you Acchan for accepting me" Rena shyly said.
"Ok, we will have a welcome party for our new couples here" Mariko said
"We still need one more couple." Yuu said and winks at Mariko and Mii evilly.
"Who said that I will be a couple with him" Mariko said
"Who said that I will be a couple with her" Mii said
"I never said that you two will be together" Yuu said and everyone giggles
The two are blushed.
Jun and Rena look at each other and smile while entwined their hands. Today is their happiest day because they finally found each other.
TBCThis is chapter 8. Hope you guys enjoy reading it. Feel free to comment about your opinions.
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