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"That's right, boy. Turn around and leave now, and I won't hurt you and your little girlfriend."

Kurai rolled his eyes and mimicked her mouth movements with his head turned around. Best battle is an avoided battle neways.. Kurai groaned as he continued to give lil shoves at Makie's back twoards the hall which lead to the exit he came from. Just shoo shoo.. shoo... Kurai thought to himself as his push gained a rather more velocity. And then.. youll be mines lil gurl... Kurai grinned to himself.

"N-N-N-No!! I-It's n-not like t-that!! W-We just m-met!" Kurai flinched at those words Oh for the love of the Oaka gods! Shut up Gurl! Kurai thought to himself. Just leave that stupid pirate alone and get your butt out of here! Kurai then tilted his head downwards in a somewhat annoyed expression and his silver hair fell in front of his face. Lifting it back up he gave it a quick brush and went back to shoving Makie. But to his suprise she just stopped right in front of him.

"Errr... Ummm... M-Miss... Girl... Ma'm..."

Kurai slapped his forehead upsettingly.

Fine... guess that won't work. Kurai crossed his arms and then tapped his forehead as he looked up at the roof of the Airship's cieling for a bit. We will wait.. we will wait.. go ahead and make your lil chit chat done.. then we will go outside where no one will interrupt us...... wonder how i would get her to follow me and all.. Kurai thoguht to himself as he continued to tap his forehead and tone out the annoying gurl's studderishilish voice.

I got time... i got time...

"Well then fight it is", he said following behind her drawing two of his fencing sabres. He patted her shoulder lightly as he walked into the corridor. "I doubt we need to use such lethal force against these imbecilles", he said as he tossed his sword and caught deftly by the blade. "You know sometimes people wonder why I even carry four fencing sabres, but there's actually avery good explanation.", he said as if nothing was happening around him as he flicked his other wrist deflecting a dagger. Pulling aback his arm and snapping it forward in one fluid motion as he watch the sword make three full rotations and pin a girl to a wall by the belt. Sticking out his tongue at the other one he just smiled and stated. "When you underestimate your enemy's is the moment you begin to lose." and in a flash he appeared behind her and rapped her in the back with the pommel of his sword knocking her unconcious and proceeded to do the same to the other one, he failed to notice her reaching behind her back to throw another dagger. Barely ducking in time he scratched by his cheek. Bringing his fingers to the wound he tested it lightly and shrugged bring the finger to his mouth and licking off the blood. Running up he rapped her in the head with the pommel of his blade and retrieved his sword. "Now that wasn't so hard now was it", he said to no one in particular as he sheathed his blades.

Kaida launched her fire ship at one of the young lady's, gripping her by the ankle and burning her delicate skin just barely. She pulled her whip back with a jerk and ran up to her, jabbing a fist into her stomach, letting the blood from the girls' mouth smack her in the face. Kaida cringed as the red liquid stuck to her face like tape, but refused to notice it for now.

She watched as the girl fell to the ground limply, thought to have been knocked out. AKida turned and wiped the blood away from her cheek with a disgusted look on her face; the sight of blood made Kaida sick sometimes. That is when the girl returned to her feet and went to shove a knife into her back. Before Kaida could turn to defend herself, Kazume hit the girl with the pommel of his saber, knokcing her unconcious.

Kaida sighed a breath of relief and smiled at Kazume with looks of thanks. She sat against the wall and slid down it slowly, exhausted from using her powers to such an extent so quickly. "Ugh...thanks.." Kaida thanked softly, running a hand through her hair.

Joy had decided to follow Tomoro,but soon lost her,she could smell many people surrodning the masive ship,or should she call it plane. It was certainly a beautiful machinary which stood in the moonlight, and Joy being a mechanic herself could appricaited it to the fullest.

Joy dosen't really care about Ai-y,she just wants to play games on the boat Nyhaan!! Spreading out her arms Joy ran through the rest of the distance,pretending like she was an airplane as her long pigtails flapped in the wind like wings. You could hear Joy making the "Vrooooommmmm" sound under her breath.

Leaping into the air,she landed on the deck,and wasted no time,she headed towards the first door her limegreen eyes set on. Zipping her way to it,she practically fell into the room and hwile looking around she noticed there was a long hall,with series of doors with names scirrbled on the front. Walking into one Joy found herself to be what looked like a bedroom. It was the usual,filled with pictures of boys,well actually one Boy,man really.
Joy stood up,looking around curiosuly,she shuffeled through a few drawers,to find one that seemed like the pantie and Bra cupboard. Picking up some pretty frilly pink panties with stars on it Joy held them up,blinking. "My My..what kawii fabric!!Jo- NYAA!!!"

The reason why Ria Highs Favorite trouble making hyper gal yelped out was because the ground below her just fell. It seemed that the only problem with the ship wasn't they were out of gas,but some fungus going right through the floor. Luckily something soft and small broke Joys fall,a certain pre-teen she-pirate lap, who happened to make misunderstandings quite fast.

Joy looked up at the blue pigtailed,purple eyed,and olive skiined girl,still holding the pantie in her hands. Sweat dropping Joy laughed nervously seeing the look on the girls face. Was it just Joy,or did she see a vein popping on the girls forehead.

"P-P-PANTIE THEIF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!RAWRRRRRR" "Neee waaa!!!!"Joy botled up, as the angry little pre-teen,who ran by the name of Britani chased after Joy who fled out of the room they were in liek her life depended on it,her hands raised in the air as if she had been caugth red handed,well actually pantie handed. "Wahhh!!Joy didn't plan on playing tag!!"

Lydia sighed, smirking a little as Makie turned around and started to have a conversation with her. She made sure to keep her daggers in sight, as if to remind her that she was still very capable of using them if the two decided to stick around for very much longer. Staring Makie and Kurai down, she started sizing them up, trying to get an idea of what exactly she was dealing with here. This didn't look like it would be a terribly difficult fight if they decided to do something stupid... but it was true that the shy one seemed to be showing an unusual amount of bravery, given the situation.

"Princess Ai? Why, of course I've seen her. She's as snug as a bug, sitting down in the hold. Don't you worry your pretty little head - we're gonna take real good care of her."

Laughing to herself, but making sure to keep her eyes focused on Makie and Kurai, Lydia took a step back toward the door she had come out of. It was almost certain at this point that one of them would try to start something, and then she would have to deal with them both. Palming her daggers and turning them over slowly in her hands, she mentally readied herself for battle as she began to hum a tune in her head. It never hurt to be prepared.

"Now, if question and answer time is over, I'd really suggest the two of you get out of here. I'm not the only pirate on this boat, after all."

The sounds of commotion could clearly be heard from other parts of the ship - indeed, there were other people trying to sneak on, and other members of the Starfish Pirates attempting to deal with them. If they lingered here too long or made too much noise, it was almost certain that Lydia would have some reinforcements on her side. Still blocking the passage, she looked at the two and grinned.

"So... what's it gonna be?"

There was sielence between Makie and the pirate girl. That also did make her wonder why the other girl was on the ship... It seemed as if she lived here, so prehaps it wasn't a ride.. Maybe it was an airship from another world! Yeah! That's pretty cool... So did that make the girl one of another race, or was she human. She looked human... But, you know. Sakura Ai looked like a normal human when her wings weren't out. Who knows.

The girl's chocolate eyes darted back to Kurai for a moment who looked a bit annoyed. She wouldn't take long. She just wanted to see if she knew where her friends were... Actually, she might take longer, because if Lydia did know where Ai or Feena or Oliver was she would want to know where they were. And then she would go find them. And then she might get caught up in playing with them that she would forget to go play with her new friend Kurai as well. Decisions... Decisions...

"Princess Ai? Why, of course I've seen her."

That's when the pirate girl, Lydia mentioned Princess Ai... Princess Ai... Wait. Makie didn't know Sakura was an angel AND a princess! How cool was that! She had an angel princess for a friend, and that obviously doesn't happen that often. But still... The little brunette didn't ever hear Ai mentioning that she was an angel. Prehaps she wasn't and there was a mis-understanding. But there appeared to be several guards around this gigantic maze-like ship, so maybe she was a princess. But, at least Makie knew her bestest friend was here! It made the brunette smile.

"She's as snug as a bug, sitting down in the hold."

Was that like a throne room for royality? The hold of royality! Yes! That must be it! Nyahah! Maybe Lydia would help Makie get to Ai.

"Don't you worry your pretty little head - we're gonna take real good care of her."

We're...? So there were others! Makie wanted to meet them! If they didn't have sharp pointy things that could stab her in the heart and kill her. But still... This ship must be home to lots of people! It didn't seem like a home with all these corridors, but that's okay, some people must like it.

When Lydia suggested that both her and Kurai leave, she pouted her lower lip slightly. Makie didn't want to leave! She wanted to go and see Ai! Or Princess Ai as the pirates had said. Princess... It made the brunette giggle. She wished she was a princess, and then she would get her prince and her Happily Ever After. But, life wasn't like that... That's why Makie would pretend. To be a real princess, would be the bomb! With all the frills, and the lace, and the long prettyful dresses and the cute little tiaras! And you'd have a handsome prince and you would have a beautiful wedding, and then They Lived Happily Ever After. What a good life that would be.

But that brang her to another very happy point! Prates! Pirates! Wheee! Makie didn't know what a pirate was, but she knew that they were always in her childhood stories, and they had eye patches and peg-legs and said 'Arrrr!' a lot! Oh!! And in Peter Pan! Hook, Smee, and that pirate with his hands sewed on backwards! Peter Pan was her favorite story! There were pirates, and fairies, and mermaids, and indians, and you could fly! All you need was faith, trust, and pixie sticks! I mean... Pixie Dust! But still, it had love, and rivalry (Between Peter and Hook), flying, cotton candy clouds, the alligator that ticks because it swallowed a clock. Oh my! Such fun times she had reading it with he parents...!

"So... what's it gonna be?"

So... Her decision...? She wanted to go see Ai-onee sama! No matter what the costs! If violence was involved though... Prehaps she'd go another way and sneak around until she found her friend. Yuppers! Now... If only Lydia would put down those swords... Maybe Makie wouldn't be so scared. Brushing her silky brown bangs away from her milk chocolate eyes, she looked over at the pirate girl, opening her small mouth to speak her choice.

"I-I-I... I wanna g-go see Ai-onee sama!" Makie announced, a third of fear, a third of happiness and a third of wonder in her small child like voice. She glanced over to Kurai, smilling slightly. She didn't know if he would be angry or okay with her decision. And if he was okay, she was hoping he'd come along with her.

"I-Is that o-okay w-with you...? A-And would you c-come w-with me...?" She asked him slowly, clutching onto her ribbon as if her life depended on it.

Kurai couldn't believe how stupid this gurl was. Hello! This gurl had some knives! YOU DON'T GO UP TO GURLS WITH KNIVES IN THEIR HANDS! AND FUTHERMORE YOU DON'T GO TALKING TO THEM!!! Kurai moved from tapping his head to giving it full circular massages. Kurai couldn't see Lydia's body langauge of trying to threaten them since he was turned to the other way, but he could hear clearly what her words meant and tried to imply. Ok ok... So they kidnapped a Princess.. Kurai then froze up a bit.

A princess? ohoooo.. Surely this could be a nice treat.. maybe ifi help this stupid gurl get to this Princess Ai... i could have a main course AND desert! Ohohoo! So exciting! Kurai smiled to himself and brought his hand down from his forehead to his chin stroking it in calm motions at the thought of the meal.

"Now, if question and answer time is over, I'd really suggest the two of you get out of here. I'm not the only pirate on this boat, after all."

Pirates? Kurai thoguht to himself and then memories of Sam back in the old Times when he was alive came by on Airships and dealt with Kurai's dealing when he was human too. Those were good times. And hellish times too.. Especially with that annoying knight Ky and such. But hanging around with Sam and Doing piraty stuff was a wonderful life.

"I-Is that o-okay w-with you...? A-And would you c-come w-with me...?" Kurai finally turned around to face the stupid studdering gurl. "Idiot... Didn't you hear that pirate over there? She's in the freakin hold! That means she's a prisoner! do you think they will just let you waltz in and just let you see Ai!? The only possible way to do that would be to get ya-self kidnapped too! And You know what Pirates do to lil gurls like you?" Kurai then turned to face the gurl pirate.

".. actualy i dun't know.. But uhh... They could turn you into a pirate! Pirates a mean people! grrr!!!" Kurai made a face at Makie-san trying to show her that they are scary and such. It turned out to make him bear his teeth.

"So, do you two need help? If you think you can handle this, then I'll just be on my way!"

Kurai turned over to face the new voice and his cocked an eyebrow. "What is this nonsense!? Did Ai have some sorta wierd bodyguards and all?" Kurai shut his eyes and shook it in a rather annoyed manner. "Is this what Ai has hired as body guards and stuff? lil gurls with knives to fight other lil gurls with knives?" Kurai sighed and then opened one eye to look at Lydia from the side. Kurai then looked back at Fia still with only one Eye. He then kneeled down and tossed Makie-san up into the air and carried her up by the shoulder.

"Away we go lil gurl!" Kurai yelled out and then ran twoards Fia getting around her through the narrow Hallway by leaping up and kicking two steps along the wall and around Fia.

"you gurls play nice!" Kurai yelled out and then ran to wherever he thought the Hold would be.

Lydia seemed rather taken aback by Makie's behavior. While she did seem genuinely frightened to a certain degree, she was also acting strangely friendly for someone with two sharp blades being pointed at her. Somewhere deep inside, she wondered if the girl had actually understood or listened to anything she had said so far. Waving her hands back and forth in front of Makie, as if to demonstrate the danger of her situation, Lydia spoke again.

"Little girl... I don't think you realize what you've gotten yourself into. Nobody's getting past me, and I'm not taking you anywhere. If you're going to keep being stubborn, then so be it."

Lydia rushed at Makie and Kurai, daggers flashing in the sunlight as she moved to slash at the two. What she wasn't expecting, however, was for a third person to show up out of the blue behind them. Distracted for a moment, her attack went wide, slicing the air between them. While she was trying to sort out what to do next and trying to size up her apparent new opponent, the boy grabbed the girl with the ribbon, managed to pull off some sort of insane wall-jumping maneuver, and took off running into the ship.

"s**t! What the hell!" Lydia yelled out, still stunned by what she had just allowed to happen. Hesitating a moment, she decided to ignore the newcomer. Preventing these two from reaching Ai was a much higher priority.

"INTRUDERS!" she exclaimed as loudly as she could, hoping that the other crew members scattered around the ship would hear her call and take care of the remaining girl.

"Sorry to run, but I've got some rats to take care of." Winking at Fia, Lydia gave a little wave before she took off running after Makie and Kurai.