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‘Get after him You imbeciles!’,
Captain Jeon Jungkook bellowed at his crew to chase the one who had just stolen something very precious.
His crew stumbled to get up, but then sprinted after the man, who had a great head start already.
Jungkook cursed, running a hand through his hair and stomping after his crew.
‘Damn you, Park.’ He spat.
The teasing smirk of the thief was engraved into his goddamn mind. Park Jimin knew very well what he was doing…
Jeon Jungkook, the captain of his crew, had been the captain for years now. And the crew knew very well that everything that had to do with Park Jimin, was bad news. Jungkook grabbed the hilt of his sword, pulling it out of his cover. He moved his dark, curly hair out of his face, his eyes firing. But now, he had really done it. Park Jimin had stolen one of Jungkook’s main maps. And it was really not the time. Because one of the most important members of his crew had just been kidnapped, and that map was the only thing leading toward him.
‘Park Jimin!’, Jungkook screamed. ‘Get fucking back here!’,
He heard giggling and he looked up. Jimin sat on top of a roof, smirking widely and holding the map in his hands, almost squishing it.
‘But I am here!’ Jimin smiled. ‘It seems like you better get up here…’,
‘Give me back my map!’, Jungkook hissed. ‘We can do this the hard way or the easy way, Park!’,
But Jimin giggled again, jumped up and ran further up to the roof. Jungkook cursed, putting the sword back and getting ready to climb onto the roof.
‘You don’t even need this anymore!’, he heard Jimin sing. ‘You don’t have someone to read your map for you!’,
‘I can read my own maps, thank you very much!’, Jungkook put his boot on the wood, pulling himself up on the edge of the roof. He climbed on the roof, clenching his jaw as he got up. He balled his fists as he saw that Jimin was already three houses further away. ‘For fucks sakes, Park!’,
Jimin turned around, a wide smile lingering on his face.
‘Come and get me then!’, he chuckled, turning back around and running over the roofs. Jungkook sprinted after him immediately.
‘Give me back my map!’, He screamed.
Jimin just continued running, taking no mind to Jungkook. But, there was one advantage for Jungkook. He was the taller one of the two, So he made more meters than Jimin and could easily catch up. Jimin was laughing loudly as he almost dance across the roofs. It seems like he was having the time of his life. Jungkook’s heart was racing, his lungs were working hard to progress all the air he was getting. A few more big steps and he finally caught to him. He grabbed the end of Jimin’s claok, making him stumble. But with a swift movement, Jimin had turned around, and pulled out his dagger. He looked at Jungkook, a smile still lingering on his face. He held the map teasingly in front of Jungkook’s face.
‘Come get it then, if you want it so bad.’, Jimin smirked. He squeezed it in his hand. Jungkook growled, pulling out his own sword. Jimin had a tiny dagger in his hand, while Jungkook’s sword could impale him easily. Jungkook scoffed, straightening up.
‘I shall.’,
Jungkook charged forward with a scream, swinging wildly with his sword in an attempt to hit Jimin. Jimin dodged it with ease. Jimin raised his own dagger, slicing Jungkook in the arm with it. He cursed, turning back at Jimin. He grinned, turning the dagger in between his fingers. Jungkook turned back around, swinging the sword around. Jimin ducked, turned and swung his own dagger to dodge Jungkook’s attacks. He slid his feet around, and then, he kicked the sword from his hands. He stepped around, and kicked Jungkook in his knee holes. When Jungkook fell down, Jimin grabbed the gun on his belt. Jungkook fell down, growled and tried to get back up again, but the cold barrel barrelof his OWN GUN was pressed against his forehead. Jungkook glared at Jimin, who smiled widely.
‘Do you think your dogs will come and rescue you? Do you still think you’re stronger than me, Jungkook?’, Jimin laughed at the younger one who clenched his teeth, with a wild expression in his eyes.
‘Bet, Park.’, Jungkook growled.
‘Oh? Then why are you the one with the gun against your head and not me?’, Jimin grinned widely at how Jungkook was sitting there.
‘Give me back, my fucking map.’, Jungkook said through gritted teeth. ‘I’m already very mad and I cannot handle you with it.’, Jimin cocked his head to the side, narrowing his eyes at him.
‘Mad? Because of your little friend?’, he asked.
‘Don’t you dare talk shit about Seokjin!’, Jungkook hissed. Jimin nodded slowly.
‘I will give it back.’, Jimin said. Jungkook perked up, looking up at Jimin with wide eyes. He would? ‘But there is a catch.’ Of course, there is. ‘I want to come with you on your quest to find Seokjin.’
Jungkook frowned.
‘And why would I accept that offer?’, he asked.
‘Because if you don’t I knock you out and take the map myself.’ Jimin smiled sweetly at him. Jungkook clenched his teeth.
‘And then why do you want to come with me?!’, he asked.
Jimin smiled, a forced smile, and balled his hands into fists, the map wrinkled in his fists.
‘Because you’re not the only one who lost friends because of those bastard.’, Jimin hissed. Jungkook’s eyes widened.
‘You mean Fletcher? HE got Seokjin?!’, Jimin nodded. ‘How do you know?!’
‘Because I saw Taehyung get captured by him.’, Jimin said. He had lowered the gun, unbeknownst to Jungkook.
‘Could you help him?’
‘I got a fucking gun against my head.’, Jimin said, rubbing the back of his head. ‘I got knocked out.’
Jungkook ran a hand through his hair.
‘Also I want a room if I come with you!’, Jimin rushed out to say. ‘And I want my friend to come with me.’
‘Who’s your friend?’, Jungkook asked
‘Hoseok-Hyung. You know him.’ Jungkook rolled his eyes. He did know him. He was just as annoying as Jimin. But nobody could be more annoying as Jimin…
Jungkook scoffed, rolling his eyes. He could see the smirk forming on Jimin’s face.
‘You love him.’, he teased.
‘I despise him.’ Scoffed Jungkook. Jimin snickered.
‘We’ll be at the ship in the evening.’ Jimin announced, dancing around on the edge of the roof. ‘See you then.’
‘You still have my gun!’, Jungkook called, standing up. Jimin looked at the gun in his hands.
‘You mean MY gun?’, Jimin smirked at Jungkook’s tired expression. ‘See you tonight!’,
He hopped off the roof with ease, landing like a cat and strolling off. Jungkook glared after him.
‘Fuck.’, Jungkook ran a hand through his hair. ‘Fucking Park…’
When Jungkook got back on his ship, most of his crew were still looking around for Jimin. But he knew that they would never find him. The only ones still on the ship were Yoongi and Namjoon. Yoongi was cutting up some potatoes and Namjoon was helping him by peeling the potatoes. Only Namjoon was very slow and Yoongi got twice as much peeling and cutting done as him. Namjoon was their healer anyway, he shouldn’t have to be doing this, but he loved helping out his lover.
‘Managed to catch him?’, Yoongi asked as the captain walked onto the ship. Jungkook grumbled out a “yes”.
‘Didn’t go as planned, I suppose?’
‘He demanded to come along with us.’, Jungkook hissed, as he sat down in front of the two. ‘To find someone he lost or something. But he thinks Fletcher has taken Seokjin, and his friend too.’, Yoongi nodded, as he grabbed another potato. ‘So he wants to come with us to save his friend. He does not want to give me my damn map back!,’
‘Then let him come with you.’, Yoongi shrugged, as if it was the obvious answer. ‘I’m sure that if he wants to save his friend, that he wouldn’t hurt anyone. Save his friend and Seokjin and then they’ll be gone.’, Jungkook rolled his eyes.
‘But he’s going to be so annoying… He will demand every single little thing on this boat and act like he’s the king of this goddamn ship.’, Jungkook ran a hand through his hair. ‘It’s my ship!’,
‘I think you’re underestimating his personality.’, Yoongi said. ‘You only see him when he’s trying to rob places in cities, but he has never stolen anything from you.’,
‘He stole my map!’, Jungkook hissed.
Yoongi raised his eyebrow and stared at him.
‘No need for an attitude’, He mumbled, focusing back on the peeling and cutting. ‘I’m just saying that you don’t need to judge him this way. He will be probably very helpful.’, Jungkook scoffed, rolling his eyes.
‘Yeah… right.’, Jungkook stood up, looking around to see if his crew was getting back. ‘Joon, can you ring the bell…. In like an hour maybe. Then Yoongi has some time to prepare dinner and those idiots can get back.’,
The sky was getting darker and darker, and soon the crew had gotten back, eaten and Jungkook had notified them about what the current situation was. The crew was waiting for Hoseok and Jimin to arrive.
Jungkook sat close to the wheel of the ship, they were ready to go at any moment, if the two arrived. He squinted his eyes as he looked down at the city. I’m the distance, orange-ish light started to appear. He did not know what this was, but he had a feeling that this could not be good. Soon, he heard screams and yells. He frowned, and got up from his seating position, walking to the edge of his ship.
‘Jungkook, what’s wrong?’ Yoongi called from the lower deck. Jungkook had arrived at the edge, narrowing his eyes even more.
On the main path of the village, he saw two running figures. It was like they were sprinting away from something, or someone. A loud explosion sounded, and in the light of the fire Jungkook recognized them. It were Jimin and Hoseok.
‘Get going!’, Jimin screamed. ‘Go! Go! Go!’
‘Everyone get ready to leave!’ Jungkook bellowed to his crew, that jumped up into action immediately. ‘Make sure the sails are ready, get your sword!’ He glanced at Yoongi, who seemed frozen on the deck. ‘Hyung! Get to your room with Namjoon! I don’t want you to get hurt!’
Namjoon was quick to grab Yoongi by his arm and sprint to their little hut. Jungkook walked off the stairs to the lower deck, pulling his sword.
A little behind the two thieves were almost thousands of men behind them. It were the men of Fletcher, that was for sure. Jimin occasionally turned around to fire bullets at them, while Hoseok kept running, making him fall behind.
Hoseok was on the ship, his chest heaving and turning around to see how far Jimin was. But the crew was already getting the plank on board.
‘You idiots!’, Hoseok screamed. ‘Jimin isn’t here yet!’
‘We cannot risk to have this many enemies on our ship.’, one of the crew spat. ‘We have to go.’
‘We do.’, Jungkook agreed with gritted teeth. ‘But you aren’t the one to decide, Beom!’ The pirate scoffed at his captain. ‘But we are not leaving Jimin here.’ He turned to the sail man. ‘Turn to the ocean!’
‘But Jimin!’, Hoseok called as he walked after him. Jungkook walked back up the upper deck. ‘How will he get here?!’ Jungkook put his sword back in the hilt and looked at Jimin.
He had climbed on one of the houses close to the shore. With large steps, he was getting closer and closer to the ship, Jungkook pulled up his sleeves, and he stopped right in front of the edge. He caught Jimin’s gaze. With wide eyes, he realized what his plan was. Hoseok, unfortunately, did too…
‘Are you mad?! You will never be able to catch him!’, he screamed. ‘Jimin is a full grown man for god sakes! I’m not saying he’s heavy but for sure heavy for you to catch!’
‘Are you implying that I am not strong enough?’ Jungkook asked nonchalantly. The ship had started to sail.
‘I am!’ Hoseok hissed. ‘You won’t ever be able to- OH GOD!’
Jimin had leaped off the building he had been running on. With wild arms he tried to remain his balance in the air, as he was flying toward the ship. Jungkook leaned forward as Jimin came closer, making a wild snatch in the air. He felt Jimin’s hand closing around his arm, and he closed his arm quickly and reached down to make sure the man didn’t fall. With a painful sounding bump, he hit the ship with quite some impact. Jungkook wheezed his arm almost painfully, but making sure he would not drop down.
Jimin was wheezing, looking up at Jungkook. He grinned.
‘Nice catch.’, he said. Jungkook rolled his eyes.
‘Glad you’re still alive.’ Jungkook mumbled. He pulled Jimin up and looked at the man how he fell onto the ground and taking a deep breath. Jungkook glanced at the village.
‘Everyone get ready. They’re following us.’
Jimin jumped up quickly, rushing down the stairs to the lower deck with Hoseok. Other crew members got upper deck with their swords ready. Jungkook pulled his sword again and turned his sword in his hands.
‘Get it going then…’
The wind picked up and the ship got further and further away from the village. The men were still running after them on the land. But once they were out of the port, they stopped. The men just looked after them, watching them sail out of the port. Jungkook raised an eyebrow.
‘What are they doing?’ Beom asked.
‘I- don’t know.’, Jungkook finally said. They went further and further into the sea, and the men just stopped coming after them at all. Jungkook put away his sword. Something wasn’t right.
-
‘We’ll be heading south, away from the port.’, Jungkook announced when his crew had calmed down. ‘I will discuss with Jimin where we head next.’,
Jimin and Hoseok were standing close to each other by the largest mast. It was like Hoseok was scolding him.
‘You need to stop being a hero!’, he hissed. ‘You could’ve been dead!’,
‘I was trying to protect us!’, Jimin continued, crossing his arms with annoyance. ‘You should be thankful!’,
‘I’m not thankful when you die trying to protect us! You are-‘,
‘Are you two hurt?’, Jungkook interrupted their conversation. ‘Do you need any help?’,
‘We’re fine!’, Hoseok snapped. ‘Go off and handle your crew or something!’,
Jungkook raised an eyebrow at his tone. Jimin slapped his friends arm.
‘He’s the captain, you’re not. Behave.’, Hoseok rolled his eyes, and turned around to walk away. Jimin sighed, pinching his nose bridge. ‘Sorry for him.’, Jimin apologised. ‘He’s been on the edge ever since Taehyung got kidnapped.’
Jungkook hummed.
‘I can see that.’, Jungkook looked at Jimin. ‘Do you have the map?’
‘Oh,’ Jimin grabbed something from his inside pocket. ‘Sure do.’
‘Great! Come, we should take a look at it.’, Jungkook lead Jimin to his hut and closed the door behind him.
‘I’ve taken a look already.’, Jimin announced as he put the card on the table. ‘And I suspect that Fletcher is hiding somewhere on the dragon islands.’
‘Why the dragon islands?!’ Jungkook exclaimed. ‘That’s a week away from now!’
‘Those guys who were following us reeked of smoke and fire. And besides, most of them had huge burns on their arms and legs. There is no other island with some sort of fire creature among them. It has to be there.’
Jungkook sighed deeply, running a hand through his hair.
‘But that takes so long to get to.’
‘Beter get going then, otherwise it’ll take even longer.’, Jimin told him. Jungkook nodded slowly.
‘I’ll go tell helmsman the coordinates.’ Jungkook mumbled. Jimin nodded slowly, looking with great focus at the map.
‘Well it might take longer then a week.’, he said.
‘Why?!’
‘We have to go through the snake riff.’, he pointed at a specific point on the card. ‘I guess you might want to sail around it. It’s dangerous there.’
Jungkook knew the snake riff. He also knew that lots and lots of ships had sunken there because of the danger of the riffs, sunken ships and, most dangerously, the 50 feet long water snakes that were luring on the bottom of the riff.
He usually sailed around it, but it would take four extra days to do so, if they were lucky with the weather.
‘We’re going through.’, he said determinedly.
‘What?!’ Jimin stared at him with wide eyes. ‘We will die sailing through there!’
‘We won’t, I have very experienced crew members.’
‘It doesn’t matter how skilled your crew is! You know very well what happens when you sail through!’
‘But in these four days of sailing around Seokjin and your friend might be killed.’
Jimin stayed silent.
‘And I thought I was mad…’
Jimin shook his head, taking a seat on the chair.
‘You do whatever you want, but please try and keep me and Hoseok alive, thanks.’,
Jungkook rolled his eyes and walked to the helmsman, to tell them the direction.
‘The snakes riff?!’ The helmsman gasped.
‘Keep quiet!’
‘I’m sorry, captain. But the snakes riff is dangerous! We could all die in there.’
‘We won’t.’, sighed Jungkook, pushing his worries asides. ‘We’ll go through it like it’s nothing. We’ll be fine.’
We won’t be… Jungkook inner thoughts whispered as he walked away. Many will die and they will turn on you…
He shook his head.
Everything would be just fine…
-
In the following days, Jungkook looked upon his crew with a stern eye. They needed to get to the dragon's island fast, and they really needed to move. Right now, it was the middle of the night, and Jungkook was sitting on the stairs, glaring daggers at that damn map. There was really no faster way to get to dragon island? Only the snake riff?
‘What are you doing?’, he looked up. Jimin was standing in front of him, hands shoved in his pocket and glancing at him, with a raised eyebrow.
‘Nothing.’, Jungkook grumbled. ‘Go mind your own business.’, Jimin stared at him for a little longer, before snatching the map out of his hands. ‘What the fuck, park?!’,
‘What the fuck?’, Jimin repeated. ‘When are you going to stop acting like a sucked-up asshole!’, Jungkook’s eyes widened.
‘I- I am the captain of this ship!’, Jungkook defended. ‘You can’t just say that.’,
‘Well I am not one of your crew members.’, Jimin said with a roll of his eyes. ‘So I can say whatever I want.’, He held the map behind his back. ‘Who is this Seokjin who got kidnapped?’, he asked, leaning against the hut. Jungkook leaned back and glared at him.
‘You’re not going to give me back my map, are you?’,
‘Nahh.’,
Jungkook sighed, running a hand through his hair.
‘Seokjin is- a very important member of my crew.’, Jungkook explained. ‘That’s all.’,
‘That’s all?’, Jimin asked. ‘I don’t believe it. You said he was the map reader, right? You can easily get any map reader from each town you go to. I don’t believe for a second that this man is only a map reader to you. Now tell me, who is he really?’, Jungkook scowled, turning away from Jimin.
‘Seokjin is…-‘, Jungkook fell silent now, not really knowing how to continue. ‘He’s like a brother to me. He taught me all the things I know now, and he gave up the captain position for me.’, Jimin’s eyes widened.
‘He gave it to you?’,
Jungkook nodded.
‘His father was the previous captain, so he automatically became one too. But he didn’t want to be a captain. So he asked me to do it. Was like- four years ago…’, Jimin nodded slowly. ‘And I bet Fletcher knows this otherwise he wouldn’t have taken Seokjin. Bet he wouldn’t have taken someone at all!’,
‘Fletcher is just an ass.’, Jimin deadpanned. ‘Nobody needs him so he’s threatening others to make himself feel better.’, Jungkook agreed.
‘So who is your friend he has taken?’, Jungkook asked.
‘Just like you- Taehyung is a brother to me.’ Jimin explained. ‘He’s quite special! People might say he’s odd, but he’s odd in the best way. He can see things nobody can see, and he sees the future.’
Jungkook stared at him with a dropped jaw.
‘Is your friend a mage?!’ He whispered/yelled. Jimin smiled widely before nodding.
‘Sure he is.’ He answered. ‘And he is the best. He can predict things of our future, but he’s always sketchy and weird about it. More often then not he’s talking like he’s speaking in another language and I have no idea what he could be saying. But he-‘ Jimin sighed, running a hand through his hair. ‘- he had predicted his own kidnapping…’
‘He did what?!’ Jungkook screamed. ‘How is that possible?!’
‘He’s a mage.’, Jimin shrugged. ‘I don’t know.’
‘Did he say anything else about this?’ Jungkook asked, standing up from his seat. Jimin thought for a moment.
‘I believe he did.’ He whispered.
Jungkook stared at him with wide eyes, waiting in anticipation on what Jimin’s next words would be.
‘But he phrases it oddly. He had said something like “Your darkest person will be the one who leads you to me”’, Jungkook frowned.
’What does that mean?’, Jungkook whispered.
‘I wouldn’t have any idea.’, Jimin sighed. ‘But that idiot didn’t listen to me when I told him to go into hiding. He never listens to me…’, Jungkook chuckled.
‘Seokjin never listens to me either…’,
‘Even though you’re the captain?’, Jimin chuckled. Jungkook smiled, running a hand through his hair.
‘Even though I’m the captain.’, he admitted. ‘But he thought me everything I know, so-‘,
‘You let it slide?’, Jimin interrupted, a smile playing on his face. Jungkook hummed. The two were silent, Jimin stared at the gushing sea that was slamming against the ship.
‘How have you been feeling on my ship?’, Jungkook asked. ‘Are you at ease?’
Jimin nodded slowly.
‘I could do this a lot more than just a week.’, he admitted. ‘It’s just the thought I needed to get used to… and the constant rocking. The first night I was sure I was about to puke- but luckily that didn’t happen.’, Jungkook chuckled.
‘And how has your friend been doing?’, Jimin laughed, scratching his neck.
‘Hoseok hates it. But that’s because he doesn’t like change.’, He was silent for a moment. ‘And he doesn’t like you.’, Jungkook scoffed.
‘And why doesn’t he like me?’, he asked, raising an eyebrow in curiosity.
‘The usual.’, Jimin said, waving his hand to dismiss the argument. ‘We-‘, he pointed from Jungkook to himself. ‘-have been chasing each other for like years. Obviously he doesn’t like you.’,
Jungkook hummed softly.
‘Well obviously we were enemies because you stole my stuff all the time.’, Jungkook grumbled. Jimin giggled.
‘That’s because you guys were an easy target.’, Jimin grinned. ‘I’m sorry but your crew is quite dumb sometimes.’,
‘It’s still my crew you’re talking about!’, Jungkook warned him. ‘Watch it, Jiminie.’, Jimin could only grin.
‘Well… Tomorrow we are arriving to the snake riff right?’, Jungkook nodded. ‘We better suit up well… I’m afraid we won’t get through there unharmed…’,
‘I’m sure we won’t get through there unharmed.’, Jungkook sighed. ‘I’ll awake everyone soon tomorrow, to prepare for the battle.’, Jimin nodded.
‘If we’re going to get up early, I must dive in bed.’, Jimin walked to the sleeping cabin. ‘It was lovely to have a talk like this with you, Jungkook. I would’ve never expected this from you.’,
‘Do I look so cold blooded?’, Jungkook joked, leaning against the ship. Jimin giggled.
‘Sometimes maybe.’, Jimin admitted. ‘But we should talk more. I enjoy talking with you.’,
‘I enjoy talking with you too, Jimin.’,
‘Good night!’,
‘Good night.’,
-
The following day the crew was in uproar. Everyone was tying things on the ship so it wouldn’t fall overboard, and tying ropes to the ship to tie the ropes to their waists. This was to make sure nobody would fall overboard. Jungkook was staring into the horizon, looking at the huge rocks and riffs that were creeping closer and closer to their ship. On these rocks and underneath the water would lay huge water snakes that would try and attack the ship, to try and make it sink.
‘Jungkook?’, Jungkook snapped out of his thoughts and looked around. Yoongi and Namjoon were standing behind him. ‘Uhm- It’s okay that we hide in your cabin, right?’, Namjoon asked quietly. ‘We-‘,
‘Obviously!’, Jungkook exclaimed. ‘You two won’t fight with us. Hoseok and Jimin might get there as well.’, Yoongi nodded quickly, he grabbed Namjoon’s hand and rushed to the captains cabin. Jungkook tightened the belt with his gun and sword around his waist and walked to Jimin and Hoseok - Hoseok was just staring at everyone and Jimin was trying to help where needed. ‘We are nearing the riff.’, he announced to the two. ‘You can fight with us or hide in my cabin.’, Hoseok jumped up and walked right into the cabin.
‘I ain’t dying today…’, they heard him mumble as he closed the door behind him. Jungkook looked at Jimin.
‘And you?’, he asked. ‘What will you be doing?’,
‘Give me some weapons.’, Jimin demanded. ‘I will be fighting with you all.’, Jungkook’s eyes widened.
‘Are you sure?’, he asked, worry growing in his voice. ‘You might not get through there unharmed.’,
‘Then so will be.’, Jimin decided. ‘Give me some weapons!’,
Jimin got a gun and sword, just like Jungkook and the others. Jungkook was standing close to him, tying the rope around his waist.
‘Isn’t it too tight?’, Jungkook asked, pulling the rope to make sure it’s not too tight.
‘You can put it a little tighter.’, Jimin said. ‘I don’t want to slip off and drown.’ Jungkook tightened the rope even more and made a tight knot.
‘We are nearing the snake riff!’, the helmsman called. ‘In two minutes we will sail in!’,
‘Give me your rope!’, Jimin demanded. ‘Don’t want you to fucking… die.’, Jimin pulled Jungkook closer to him by the rope. They were just standing inches away from each other now. Jungkook cleared his throat, his face a little flushed. ‘How bad will it be?’, Jimin asked once he tied a knot.
‘Bad.’, Jungkook whispered. ‘I think Namjoon and Yoongi will have to heal a lot of people when we get through. It’s such a short distance but the snakes make it so dangerous.’, Jimin nodded slowly.
‘Okay, let’s go then…’,
The ship slowly sailed into the snake riff. Jimin tightened his hold around the sword, his eyes darting around to detect any sort of danger. The crew was silent, waiting for Jungkook’s orders.
‘Stay focused.’, Jungkook warned. ‘We can be attacked every moment now…’, Jungkook narrowed his eyes, slowly looking around. The helmsman navigated skilled through the rocks and wild waters.
‘Do you think they will stay down?’, one of Jungkook’s crew whispered.
‘No way.’, Jimin answered. ‘Bet they will attack so-‘.
He couldn’t even finish his sentence before a loud shriek echoed through the sky. Out of the depts of the water shot up a huge water snake. With the gif green color and razor-sharp teeth, the monster stared upon their ship. Jimin’s jaw dropped, staring at the snake who was glaring at them. Their scales shone in the lightning and it shrieked again, before diving toward the ship. The crew stared shouting and fired their guns. Jimin could only watch in horror how that beast strikes their ship, swiping a few men off their feet with his strong tail. They almost fell off the ship but managed to climb back on with the help of the rope tied around them. Many wounds started forming in the snake's tough armor. Jungkook shot his ammunition empty on this snake, but nothing seemed to help. Jimin ran to the side, avoiding the slam of the snake. He heard the man scream in terror as the snake dove onto the deck and snapped his jaws close. The ropes snapped and the mans got thrown aboard.
The massacre continued. Jungkook had large wounds all over him, his clothing ripped by the slams of the snake. All of his crew was bloody, but only three of them got thrown off board. Jungkook looked around when the tail disappeared. Jimin was nowhere to be seen. Jungkook’s breath hitched. Where has he gone?! Fuck- Jimin couldn’t die. His blood turned cold and he looked around with wide eyes.
‘JIMIN!’, he called loudly, his eyes darting around. The only answer he got was the loud shriek of the snake, who flew back into the water. Jungkook gasped, not entirely sure what just had happened.
‘His eyes!’, Jimin was standing close to the helmsman, gun still smoking of his previous shot. ‘Aim for the eyes! The goddamn eyes!’, It was now the crew who roared, when the snake got back up again, they excessively shot at the eyes. Jungkook stared at Jimin. He was firing every bullet he had at the snake. Suddenly, his eyes widened and he looked with terror at Jungkook. ‘Watch out!’,
Jungkook snapped his head around, but it was too late. The head of the monster had fallen onto the deck- many holes in his head telling them that he couldn’t have possibly survived this. But the ship almost tilted into the ocean. Jungkook’s rope snapped and with the weight of the snake he rolled into the water, ice-cold water surrounding him everywhere.
He was paralyzed for a moment when he harshly made contact with the water surface and sunk under the weight of the snake. His beak was opened in a silent scream, razor-sharp teeth cutting into Jungkook’s leg. He cursed and kicked himself away from the beast. But the currency of the water almost pulled him down as well. With all his strength he swam up to the surface, which got difficult as his skin almost froze of the extremely cold water.
He gasped once he got his head above the water. He looked up, the ship had continued, but it was still in reach for Jungkook to get there fast. He swam there, ignoring the ache in his arms and legs from all the wounds the beast had created. As he got closer, he heard the crew screaming for their captain.
‘THERE HE IS!’, he heard the helmsman scream. The crew burst out in cheers. Even from a distance, he could see Jimin’s released smile. Was he worried about him…? Hmh. Amusing. The crew threw out a rope for Jungkook to catch, and soon he got heaved onto the deck, drenched in ice-cold water. He got pats on the back from the crew who had just feared for his life a second. A large towel got thrown over him and wrapped around him.
‘God- you must be freezing.’, Jimin hissed, closing the towel around him and dragging him out of the crowd. ‘Fuck- are you okay?’, Jungkook only smiled brightly.
‘Fine now.’, he answered, grinning at the other man. He scoffed, hitting him at the back of his head.
‘You could’ve died!’, Jimin hissed. ‘For fucks sakes, Jungkook.’,
‘I’m fine, Jimin.’, he reassured him. ‘I’m just fine.’ He looked at his crew. ‘We continue through the riff until we find our way out.’, he ordered. ‘After that we can celebrate for our braveness, and honor the mans who have fallen during the battle!’,
The man cheered and all got back to their position to attack whenever that was needed. Jungkook dried his hair with the towel and threw it somewhere on deck.
‘You are hurt.’ Jungkook turned to look at Jimin. His eyes were fixated on his wounds. Blood was seeping out of the wound in his arm. But Jungkook shrugged.
‘I’ll be fine, Hyung can heal me.’
‘Well then let him heal you.’
‘First we travel through the riff, after that there is time for healing.’ Jungkook took a sword and took his position as well. Jimin sighed- he was so stubborn…
-
The rest of the sail through the riff was calm. It was like they sacred all the other snakes away as they saw what they’d done to their friend.
When Namjoon and Yoongi got back on the deck they helped everyone who had gotten wounds because of the snake. Even Hoseok was helping, he didn’t know what had happened in the cabin with Namjoon and Yoongi but it was surely something good.
When Jungkook made sure everyone was getting treated, he sighed deeply and leaned against the wall of his cabin. He was satisfied with how their path went.
He rubbed his eyes, sleep itching in his eyes. He couldn’t wait to sleep for 10 hours straight after this.
‘Jungkook.’ He removed his hands from his eyes and searched who called his name. It wasn’t hard to find: Jimin was standing right in front of him with his arms crossed.
‘Hello Jimin.’ Jungkook smiled widely. ‘And what can I help you with?’
‘Come on.’, he grabbed Jungkook’s wrist tightly and pulled him along. ‘You’re going to bleed to death if you don’t do something about it!’
He pulled Jungkook into his own cabin and shut the door behind him.
‘Worried about me?’ teased Jungkook, his eyebrow raised.
‘I hate you.’ Jimin grumbled.
He grabbed a cloth out of a bucket of water and wrung it out.
‘Take of your clothes please.’
‘Oh?’
‘Not like that you-‘
Jungkook giggled and started removing the layer of clothing he wore.
When he removed his last undershirt, he shivered. It wasn’t exactly warm here. It didn’t get warmer too as Jimin pressed the wet cloth against the wound, cleaning it.
‘You have cuts everywhere!’ Jimin exclaimed. ‘Shit, Jungkook.’
‘Huh?’ Jungkook looked down at his chest. There were indeed large cuts everywhere. ‘Oh- I hadn’t even noticed them.’
‘These will heal overnight I think.’ Jimin mumbled, going over the cuts on his chest with his hand. ‘If they haven’t closed then we should do something about it tomorrow.’
He put the cloth away and grabbed a roll of bandage. Jungkook glanced at Jimin as he walked back to him. Jimin caught his gaze.
‘Am I interesting?’
‘Very interesting.’
Jimin smirked as he bandaged his wounds.
When he bandaged all the wounds, he threw Jungkook’s clothes back to him.
‘Go dress yourself.’ He mumbled. ‘Bet you don’t want your crew looking at you half naked?’ Jungkook scoffed, rolling his eyes.
‘My crew has seen me half naked many, many times.’, Jungkook laughed. ‘You don’t know me and my crew.’,
‘I know you.’, Jimin leaned against the wall, shamelessly checking him out as the two stared at each other. ‘And I’d love to get to know you better.’, Jungkook raised his eyebrow.
‘The feeling is equal then.’,
-
They had arrived. Jungkook was the first one to set a foot on dragon island, with Jimin following suit. With swords ready, they traveled from the beach to the woods, where no one would see them. Dragon island had dragons at every corner of the land. It was dangerous to travel into the woods, but it was even more dangerous to stay on open land, where dragons could aim perfectly fine. In the woods the dragons had the trouble of hitting trees and all.
But there was more danger luring for them, because Fletcher and their man would be patrolling everywhere, looking out for them. The crew followed Jungkook, carefully traveling through the woods.
‘Where do you think they can be?’, Jimin whispered, who was walking close by him. Jungkook bit his lip, his eyes darting around everywhere. But nowhere he saw any light of a camp.
‘I don’t know.’, Jungkook hissed. He looked at Jimin - his brown eyes were sparkling in the moonlight. Shit he was pretty…. ‘Where do you recon they could be?’,
‘Somewhere in the middle I think.’, Jimin whispered. ‘Knowing Fletcher, he had a huge camp on the middle of the island, with protection everywhere. Bet he has a few dragon trainers on his side as well.’, Jungkook sighed, running a hand through his hair.
‘We’re fucked…’, Jungkook complained. ‘Oh god-‘,
’No’, Jimin laughed. ‘We’ll be just fine.’, Jungkook sighed. ‘Don’t worry.’, Jimin placed his hand on his shoulder. ‘We will kill his ass and take our friends back.’, Jungkook glanced at him. Jimin smiled widely at him. ‘Right?’, Jungkook grinned.
‘We’ll kill his ass.’, Jungkook agreed. Jimin smirked, running his hand through his silky hair.
They continued walking through the woods, before a loud roar made the ground shake. Jungkook’s eyes widened, and Jimin needed to grab a nearby tree to remain his balance.
‘What was that?!’, Hoseok gasped.
‘A dragon.’, Jungkook answered.
‘And a big one too.’, Jimin said through gritted teeth. ‘Let’s get this shit going!’, Jimin grabbed Jungkook’s hand and pulled him along. Jungkook laughed and pulled his sword.
Big bushes were blocking their sight. When Jungkook pushed the leaves aside and looked to the other side. Jimin was right: Fletcher had a huge open space where his camp was placed. Dragons were put in large cages, who were roaring and blasting fire everywhere. Fletcher was lounging outside, in front of another cage. In that cage were Seokjin and Taehyung. Taehyung looked like he was having the best day of his life, just sitting on the ground and gazing into the air. Seokjin - however - was cursing at Fletcher.
‘You motherfucker!’, he screamed. ‘Wait for my crew to arrive, they will tear you apart!’, Fletcher scoffed, rolling his eyes.
‘Your crew won’t stand a chance against these bad boys.’, he gestured to the dragons. ‘They will die in thousand degrees hot fire.’ He chuckled darkly. ‘Ohh… I can’t wait to see that Jungkook die.’,
Taehyung chuckled, focusing his gaze on Fletcher.
‘He won’t die.’, Taehyung said in a dreamy voice. Fletcher’s face went red.
‘Yes. he. will.’, he said through gritted teeth. ‘Stop with those stupid predictions!’,
‘The only one who will perish is you.’, Taehyung continued, a smile appearing on his face. ‘And not in a pleasant way.’,
‘Shut up!’, Fletcher jumped up, grabbing his gun and aiming it at Taehyung. ‘Shut up! Shut your fucking mouth- or I will shoot you in the head!’, Taehyung looked almost bored. He looked from the gun back to Fletcher.
‘You are too much of a coward to do so.’, Taehyung continued. ‘But if you think you can handle it, please. Be my guest.’, He smiled brightly at him.
‘Oh- I fucking will don’t you worry about it. I will-‘,
Before could finish his sentence, a PANG sounded through the air and before they knew it, the gun got shot out of Fletchers hand. Two of his fingers flew off with the speed of the bullet. He screamed in anguish, clutching his hand close to him. Taehyung’s smile went brighter.
‘As I said; Too much of a coward.’,
With loud screams, Jungkook’s crew came sprinting out of the woods, guns and swords raised. Jungkook and Jimin stepped out of the woods as well, with Jimin’s gun still smoking. His eyes were red of fire and he stomped toward Fletcher.
‘Don’t you dare touch Taehyung, you fucking bitch!’, he screamed, now catching up a sprint to get Fletcher. Jungkook could only smirk as he saw Jimin running. He followed him suit, also running toward Fletcher.
Fletcher seemed stunned by all the people all of the sudden. He turned around and ran. ‘FUCKER!’,
Jimin raised his gun again and shot three more bullets, but none hit. He tried to shoot again- but only a click sounded. ‘Fuck!’, Jimin cursed, throwing the gun away. He must have loaded it poorly. Now, Jimin could only sprint. He sprinted like his life depended on it.
‘You will never catch me alive, Park!’, Fletcher called. He ran narrowly past the dragon cages. When Jimin reached the cages, the dragon rose up, opening his mouth and spat fire right at him. Jimin wasn’t bothered. With a quick dive, he fell onto the ground, narrowly avoiding the fire. But he could feel the heat coming off. Jimin jumped back up again and followed Fletcher. He had stopped running, a smirk on his face to see Jimin get burned, but that didn’t happen. Terror changed his face and he now turned around to run.
He ran closer and closer to the edge of the open space. But just before he could dive into the secluded woods, Jungkook was suddenly next to him and tackled him. He threw Fletcher on the ground, making him bite into the dust. He coughed, trying to get up, but Jungkook put his boot on his chest and pushed him down. His eyes widened when he realized.
’So…’, Jungkook smiled. ‘Fletcher. We have something to sort out, don’t we?’, Fletcher gulped.
‘Please-‘, he started. ‘I never meant to-‘,
‘You always meant too.’, Jungkook spat. ‘Now… what shall we do with you?’,
Fletcher stared at Jungkook for a few more seconds, before moving his hand. He raised his hand. And he revealed the smallest handgun ever. Jungkook looked at the gun, before his eyes widened. Fletcher grinned and shot. Jungkook was just on time before his ear could get blown off. Fletcher laughed, their ears surely ringing off the harsh sound.
Fletcher scrambled back up, but Jimin grabbed his collar and pulled him back. He grabbed his wrist with the gun tightly, making him aim away. He shot a few more times, but all missed. Jimin surely would have trouble hearing after this… Jimin snatched the gun out of his hands and pressed it against Fletcher’s forehead. Jimin smiled madly.
‘What are you going to do now, huh?’, he challenged. ‘Are you going to send your man to us? We can kill them as well.’, Fletcher whimpered as Jimin pressed the gun harsher against his head. He scoffed. ‘You are such a coward. I cannot believe that we let you live for so long.’,
‘No!’, Fletcher screamed. ‘don’t-‘,
‘You don’t have the right to give orders.’, Jungkook hissed. ‘I cannot wait for you to die…’,
Jimin looked at Jungkook smiled and looked back at Fletcher, smirking widely.
Then he pulled the trigger.
It was safe to say that Jimin hadn’t ever been covered with blood as much as today. He didn’t like getting dirty with blood. But now, Fletcher was dead. No more kidnapping friends and running around to save them. No. They. Could rest now… �Jimin threw down the gun and got up, quickly wiping the blood away.
‘Oh- wait, let me help you.’, Jungkook stepped toward him and wiped the blood away with his sleeves. ‘God- I can’t believe you just did that, Jimin!’,
‘That little bitch is a coward.’, Jimin cursed at him. ‘Kidnaping my friends and running around the world- bitch thought he was a whole lot.’,
‘He was just dirt under our shoes.’, Jungkook said. He wiped the blood from Jimin’s lips. Jimin looked up at him. ‘OH- sorry.’,
Jimin chuckled.
‘No worries.’, Jimin grinned. He ran a (blood free) hand through his hair and looked at him. The two smiled at each other. ‘Let’s get back! Let’s see if Seokjin and Taehyung are still alive.’,
‘Oh-yes, yes, let’s get going!’,
Taehyung could be found by the dragon’s cages, unlocking the cages and letting them out.
‘Goodbye!’, Taehyung said as the dragons flew up to their freedom. ‘Get back to your friends and family!’, Seokjin glanced at him from his side.
‘Can they hear you?’,
‘Obviously not.’, Taehyung laughed. ‘But they have lives too!’, Seokjin nodded, wrapping his arms around Taehyung’s waist.
‘Taehyungie!’, Jimin rushed to Taehyung and hugged him tightly. ‘Oh- god. He didn’t hurt you, did he?!’,
‘Nooo, of course not.’, Taehyung answered.
‘He just annoyed the shit out of him.’, Seokjin laughed. ‘He kept getting annoyed and annoyed- and he kept threatening to shoot Taehyung, but he was too much of a coward.’, Jimin smirked. Jungkook hugged Seokjin tightly, taking him by surprise.
‘Oh- hyung, I missed you so much!’, Jungkook laughed. ‘I missed you so- so much. You cannot ever leave the ship again!’, Seokjin laughed, hugging the younger boy himself.
‘I won’t leave you again.’, Seokjin said. ‘Don’t worry about it!’,
That night- the crew partied. They partied for Seokjin who’d gotten back, and to Seokjin and Taehyung’s relationship. Because yes they were boyfriends now. The crew was getting drunk, and were dancing loudly to the music they were making themselves. Jimin had taken his place on the back of the ship, enjoying the music from afar.
‘Hey.’, Jimin looked up to see Jungkook approaching him.
‘Hey.’, He sat down across of him. Jimin smiled at him. ‘So, how is the party going?’, Jungkook shrugged.
‘Just as always.’, he answered. ‘This isn’t that unusual. I’ve seen this hundred of times before.’, Jimin hummed nodding slowly. ‘What… what are you going to do now?’,
‘What do you mean?’, Jimin asked.
‘Well, do you wanna be put back on your original island?’, Jungkook asked. ‘Or do you want to- stay on the ship maybe?’, Jimin’s eyes widened.
‘Do you want me to stay on the ship?’, Jimin asked. Jungkook cleared his throat.
‘Well- you’re not as unbearable as you used to be.’, Jimin scoffed, but laughed. ‘And I think you’re great company.’,
‘Do you now?’, Jimin asked, a teasing tone in his voice.
‘Stop it with that tone!’, Jungkook said immediately. ‘Please- No teasing me!’, Jimin giggled, inching closer to Jungkook.
‘But it’s so amusing!’, Jimin grinned, tapping Jungkook’s nose. ‘I like teasing you.’, Jungkook looked at Jimin.
‘Really, now?’, Jimin hummed, playing with the small hairs on his nape. Jungkook was now the one who hummed. The two leaned closer to each other, glancing at the partying cremates on the deck. ‘You know-‘, Jimin started. ‘I think I can get used to the life on this ship.’, Jungkook stared at him, with wide eyes.
‘Really?’ Jimin nodded.
‘But!’, he started, raising a demanding finger. ‘I want to have a nice bed! I’ve slept awfully the last few weeks.’, Jungkook laughed and threw his head back. ‘Do you know how much my back hurts now?’,
‘Sure, princes.’, Jungkook laughed. ‘I’m sure I can get you a “nicer” bed.’,
‘Otherwise I’d have to steal your bed.’, Jimin shrugged. ‘There is no other option.’ Jungkook rolled his eyes, looking at him.
‘Hm… You can sleep with me if you’d like.’, Jungkook joked. ‘But I’m sure your pretty ass won’t-‘,
‘I agree. Sure, I can sleep with you.’, Jimin interrupted him, picking some dirt from underneath his nails. Jungkook stared at him.
‘Really?’,
‘Hmh.’, Jimin looked at Jungkook. ‘You mind?’,
‘No.’, Jungkook said quickly. ‘I don’t mind at all.’, Jimin laughed, and leaned even closer to him. Their noses were almost touching now. Jungkook looked down at Jimin’s soft, plump lips.
‘Jimin?’,
‘Yes?’,
‘Can I kiss you?’,
‘Please.’,
Jungkook cupped Jimin’s face and brought their lips together. It didn’t feel like fireworks or sparkles. It felt warm. It felt nice, it was like this was long overdue.
In the end, Taehyung’s predictions were right. Only he had not told Jimin ever part of the prediction. “Your darkest person will be the one who leads you to me.” But the continuation of that was: “And he will be the one who complete you. For a new, and thrilling part of your life.”
And oh…
Thrilling it would be.