krystalkatzficz | The voyage of the pirate ship Arashi prologue

Pairing: ohno satoshi/ninomiya kazunari

Genre: historical, romance, pirates, adventure, kidnapping

Kazunari Ninomiya groaned as voices pulled him from his sleep. He had only managed an hour or two last night and it seemed as though he would be getting even less tonight. He pulled himself up out of his bed and ran his fingers through his grimy hair. His skin was filthy and itchy from the uncomfortable heat that was clinging to his body. The wooden hut that served both as his home and surgery trapped the heat inside and it was sickening. He still couldn’t believe that he had chosen to leave his comfortable home in England to this hot and stinking hellhole.

“Oi! Doc’ you awake?” A rough voice shouted from below his window and Nino gave another groan pulling on a shirt that was vaguely clean and stumbling towards the sound of jeering voices and the wailing of a man that had probably been in another tavern brawl. Pushing open the door he was met with the sight of a man with blood pouring from a wound in his chest being supported by two men. “He got into a bit of trouble...”

“Trouble? He’s been shot...Get him in and put him on the table...” Nino growled turning and going back into his home. He lit a few candles and then went to the pot on the stove that was bubbling away slowly. He took some out and washed his hands and equipment. He knew that a lot wouldn’t but that was why he was the best damn surgeon in the Americas, almost all of his patients survived. “You and you can stay” Nino grunted pointing at the two which had been holding their injured friend. “The rest of you can get the hell out...You pair wash your bloody hands first...”

“Yes, Doc’” The two he had told to stay said quickly doing as they were told as a few of the others started complaining not wanting to leave.

“You wanna argue or you want me to save your friend?” Nino asked getting his bag from the side and taking out everything that he would need. He had studied at the best schools in England. His parents had imagined him to be a fine well respected doctor that they could show off to their annoying well bred-friends. He had chosen to go against that. He had left home as soon as his education had finished and headed to the coast where he had thought his skills would be most needed. He hadn’t expected to catch the eye of a pirate captain and be brought aboard his ship which had been heading to the far east.

The trip had been a harrowing nightmare. Not only because he was kidnapped on a pirate ship but because it had proven to him and the entire crew that he had no such thing as sea legs but arriving in China had been an education. Once there he had spent his time on land studying their medicines adding it to the knowledge he had gained in England. The Chinese had developed ways of soothing pain in patients, something the English were woefully lacking. As soon as he had gathered enough knowledge in China and the surrounding countries had made his way to the Americas and had studied with the native peoples there learning how to survive from the land and how to use plants and nature to help heal. Even now, while he was known as the best, he was still learning. ‘Only an idiot thinks they are done learning’.

“This is gonna sting but then you won’t feel anything at all” Nino muttered to the young man on the table. The man was already pasty faced and glassy eyed meaning that he had lost a lot of blood and Nino was positive that the bullet had probably hit something major. “It’s gonna be a long night”

“You can save him though, right doc? You’re the best”

“I’m the best one here, and I will do my best...But you idiots have to help” Nino grumbled taking the needle he had cleaned and carefully finding a vein in the young man’s arm. It was almost impossible given how weak he was but eventually he got it in.

“You’re not gonna give him drink like?”

“Do you want a doctor or a barkeeper?” Nino snorted ignoring the men as he took his scissors and cut the flannel shirt to reveal the chest and wound. It wasn’t a pretty sight, in fact if he wasn’t even half as confident in his skills he would say the boy was a dead man already but he was confident and he was gonna save him. “You feeling any pain?” He asked and the boy slowly shook his head, his pupils dilated telling Nino that he would be calm enough to operate. “You two, don’t stand around like idiots, you boil some more water and get some of those bandages unrolled...You come here and get out the things that I tell you. Understand?”

“Yes, doc’” The pair said together jumping to attention and doing as he told them. Once satisfied they were working well he started working first cleaning the wound and then removing the shot. It wasn’t an easy task but it wasn’t the hardest wound he had worked on.

Three hours later his two helpers had passed out in front of the fire and the boy was resting in his bed with Nino sat smoking while sat on his window staring out over the ocean. He hated the horrible thing but he still enjoyed looking at it more so when his love was sailing.

“Thanks...Doc’...” A weak voice grumbled and Nino turned to look at his patient. The boy was still only half awake but at least he was awake and talking that was always a good thing. “Is it true...That you sailed with Captain Ohno on the Arashi?”

“If you call being kidnapped and forced to sail with him than yes I did” Nino let out a bark of laughter and threw his cigarette out the window and then got down and moved over to the boy whose eyes were wide with shock and awe.

“You really...What is he like? Is he really as scary as they say?”

“...As ruthless and fearsome as flower petal” Nino laughed sitting down on the chair against him his hand coming to touch his forehead “How are you feeling?”

“Stiff...But...I need a drink...”

“Not surprised, I’ve only got water for you now...” Nino poured out some of the water from his jug. He had boiled it to get rid of the impurities and the boy winced but took it.

“What was it...It like? I want to sail with him...”

TBC

A/N: So...I have been reading one piece and I really wanted to write a pirate story...I decided to write it for Wednesdays. Chapters will be longer than my other stories...Apart from this one as it is just the opening it...>.< I hope that you will enjoy ^^