[ Month of Harvest, Haschou Village / Haschou Castle, Daimyou's Suite ]
The air was heavy. Sweat rolled down the necks of the travellers. This was truly a shitty situation. They faced another cycle beginning right infront of them.
Could they run away in time. Was Cirika's parents doomed. Who was the archetect of this caslte and could they find them and strangle them?
THUMP.
Everyone slowed down as dust rained down from the roof. Was this!!!
THUMPTHUMP
Oh gods, it was too late! They were all gonna die!
THUMPTHU-
A glass shattering bang roared through the Daimyou's suite.
Light erupted from above. The shady castle atmosphere was swept away as the evening sun greeted the coup supporters and breakers alike.
As the ceiling began to rain down, Two figures could be falling down. Who, due to the Daminyo's egotisical need for impratical high ceilings. Were still falling in the air.
Holding eachother: One in peaceful bliss. One in agnoising terror.
"aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-"
A SHORT WHILE BEFORE
[Month of Harvest, Haschou Village, Haschou Village Central ]
"T-Those are a lot of words..." And he knew for one, that Unkillable was incorrect. Which gave him some hope on the inseparable part.
Saburo stared at her. Yes, how would he get rid of this lunatic? Would pointing behind her with a suprised expression work?
A sketch of a blueprint of a framework of an idea was made in his head. Yes, he think he knew just how to solve two problems at once.
"Y-Yeah....we are gonna kick some booty. There's some silly coup going on. And you- I mean us are gonna flex our power on them!" Tapping the tips of his fingers together. Saburo chuckled nervously.
Perfect. If he could leave her to the group over at the castle. Then she could do some good work while being free of his hands. He'd seen her toss those guards like they were nothing. It wasn't like he was wishing harm on her, nothing like it! But if Rumiko perhaps got a little irritated at her, then...well. Who could fault him? Everyone knew himself that the priestess was prone to some violent outbursts. As a wise man once said. Let them fight.
"C-Come...er, princess?" Almost exicited at the potential outcome of this. Saburo beckoned the princess to come along as he begin to almost jog back to the castle.
He would solve actually getting in there along the way....probably.[/HR][/hr]
The girl's smile curled even more upwards.
"Yes, the coup." She nodded, retracting her stretched out arm.
"I like the way you're thinking." The Ocan Princess was truly happy.
There was no need to convince him. No need to explain herself to him. The axe-wielder had her very own reasons to screw with people, but what did it matter if Saburo literally asked her for it?
She could feel her heart racing as she followed Saburo. Yeah, this feeling. It truly was love — or just the adrenaline from running towards the castle?
They reached the outskirts of the maplegrounds. An increasingly familar sight for the Pirate King. Jogging along, his mind raced with the hope of potential freedom from this girl. Afterall, dates were best kept short and sweet.
The remaining peasents huddling around the fire came over the horizon as they got closer to to the gates. Which meant that a certain noble might still be there
"Er, T-This way!" Saburo announced, suddenly taking a 45 degree turn.
They reached the walls of the maplegrounds. A good distance away from the guarded gates. Course, this led to the problem of getting over the high walls.
It was fortunate then, that Saburo was following his tendency to stare at the floor. As he spotted some sort of hole to the other side. It was small, but it wasn't like the two of them were too big anyway. Questions such as why the hell this was here would be saved for later.
Saburo opened his mouth to speak, but halted himself. He didn't know how far they were with this whole coup shennagins. But for all he knew, He could get across the other side only to have numerous bows pointed at him.
Glancing at Bubblegum, Saburo figured it was best for the toughest to lead the pack.
"Well...Ladies first?
"...?" Bubblegum looked confused at him for a second, tilting her head.
"You know they have a fr-" Before realization struck her. Smiling. Yes. This was wonderful, truly.
"We're truly made for each other!"
Drawing Love Tap from its holster, the Ocean Princess eyes shimmered brightly as she changed the configuration of her weapon. Making a huge wind-up animation, there was now only herself and the target in her mind.
"Be gentle, Love Tap." She whispered to her weapon before striking. Flames from behind increasing the weapons velocity to an even higher level of destruction.
It sounded like a cannon ball had just slammed into the stone wall as bricks and other debris miraculously missed the two. A one-siege army, ready at the Pirate King's call.
With a very proud grin the girl walked through the wall. No need for those tiny little dirt holes like some peasant.
"So... what's your plan?"
Holy Shit.
"Huh."
His Stalker was wielding a cannon, and not with much trouble either! What the hell was this girl! Subsconciously holding the handle of his whip in a reassuring manner. The Pirate King walked through the newly made hole. His eyes on the now collapsed tunnel the entire time.
"Plan?" Saburo stared at Bubblegum.
"O-Oh. Y-Yes." He hadn't honestly thought that they would get through like that. Who would to be honest. In the best of worlds where she had already been seperated from him by now, He would have fled far back into the village. But seeing as that had not happened yet...
Gods, he couldn't go in there with her. She might actually get far enough in that he wouldn't get back out safely. That or she would end up bringing the whole castle down with them.
He looked up to the sky. He needed somewhere without any danger, but close enough to make it seem like they were doing it. The sunshine rays stinging his eyes, He shifted slightly so that the roof of the castle blocked the sun.
The Pirate King blinked.
"The Roof. First, we get to the roof"
Flawless Plan, aside from the matter of how to actually get there.
"W-Well..." Saburo coughed, trying his best to give an quizzing look towards Bubblegum.
"A-And how would you go upon it." The Pirate King challenged.
"The roof?" The Ocean Princess repeated Saburo's words as she looked up, before giving him a thumbs up.
"That'll be easy, my love!" The greatest of man was thoroughly testing her, wasn't he?
Oohhh, she made sure he would fall for her in every reality possible. Over and over again.
"Although..." Suddenly, the Princess appeared a lot more timid, even fidgeting.
"It'll be my first time..." Her cheeks flushed
. "...my first time with someone else..." She corrected herself, before giving him a wink with a mischievous smile.
"So please be gentle."
Opening and closing another set of hatchets on Love Tap, the girl rammed the weapon into the ground: The shaft now horizontal.
"Now, Saburo, come closer!" Not giving him much of a choice, the Ocean Princess grabbed Saburo around his waist and dragged him a lot closer.
Pointing at the padded bottom on Love Tap's head, she continued excitedly.
"Use that as a foothold, and hold on tight!" This was the one and only warning he would get.
Her one arm still wrapped around the Pirate King's waist, and the other firmly on the weapon's shaft, Saburo could feel the ground under them getting hotter and hotter. There were flames, and smoke, as the weapon the two were standing on literally started to ascend.
Drops of sweat were running down the Princess's face as all she did was giggle like mad.
"FUUUUUN~~" They went higher, and higher. Closer and closer to the roof the Pirate King sought so after. Or maybe they aimed even further beyond? Reaching for the Stars in Heaven?
"What next, oh great Pirate King?" She yelled, for the fire stream below them made quite the noise.
Oh gods, he was going to die.
Wrapped up with a Princess, flying through the air.
With great despair, he watched the roof go by and get increasingly under the couple. If it wasn't for the wind tring to rip his eyelids off, he probably would have started crying.
"STOP IT YOU MADWOMAN!" He screamed as loud as he could. The heat under him began to disperse. Soon, the self-made rocket device reached it's peak in it's trajectory. For a moment, the two Pirates stared at eachother. Romantically floating in the sky. Aleast from Bubblegum's view.
Then gravity kicked in.
They began to fall, and fall fast.
"I-"
He wanted to go home.
"I DON'T-"
He wanted to go home!
"I DON'T WANNA DIEEEE!" Saburo cried.
It began to rain ice.
That was underselling it however, the size of the ice was basically the size of an man. It was raining down, in large chunks. Crashing against the roof of the castle.
THUMP
Never one to be shown up. Bubblegum was quick to think of a way to help her partner. Though not exactly sure on what he was trying to do. She obviously went with what would be cool.
THUMPTHUMP
Saburo felt himself getting grabbed by both of Bubble's gum arms.
Opening his eyes, Saburo felt a sincere moment confusion. If she was holding him, who was holding the ax-
Saburo looked down, or up in his scenario. It was hurtling towards the roof.
No.
Nonono-
THUMPTHU-
The roof gave away in brilliant flames; As the two fell into the castle.
And now, the present.
"AAAAAAH!"
His vision was obscurred purely by the face of bubblegums.
And suddenly Saburo had a very clear thought.
He was not gonna have his last moments be connected to the one who caused his demise.
Pressing his hands against the Princess's stomach. Bubblegum wonde-
"Drizzle Whisper"
Saburo used his last will to send her flying away with his water force.
Much to his chagrin, the Princess would land right next to Kiri. Where all the pillows had been collected for the Tousawan noble. Her Axe skidding to the stop right where the stone pillar had been.
Ah, at least he would die by himself.
That thought wasn't very comforting when he was in the air hurtling towards the ground.
Wait a second, Wasn't this just like..
"W-W-WAAAATER FALL SMASH!"
Drawing from the falling ice. Saburo formed a protective water bubble around himself.
Lady Moriyra, like many of the others. Did not have time to react much to this development. Which, unforunately for her. Meant not getting out of the way of the hurtling water hamster ball.
Saburo screamed silently as his ball collided with the traitorous Lady Moriya
It was not soft for her.
The bubble popping. He bounced up and flew once again up in the sky. Thankfully, this was a lot shorter. Right into the tied up nobles, was his destination. Not that he had any idea that he had done that or who they were. But it was the way it happened.
Alive.
He was still alive.
Fumbling between the mess of nobles. Saburo struggled to get up.
"God, so many ropes. I-I don't judge...couple stuff. But I will have to break these. Sorry!" Freezing the ropes till they snapped. Saburo rose up.
"..."
He felt as if he was interrupting something.
There was a lot of people in this room. Including his group. errr...
Looking around, he settled on looking at the person closest to him. He was unknowingly staring the just freed Dayimo in the face.
He took a deep breath.
"I AM THE PIRATE KING!....What's going on?"
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