The sea is by far the most dangerous place on earth. With its deep mysterious creatures, uncontrollable weather and the never ending adventure through the salty water. And while being on that adventure, you ask yourself what you're sailing for? Where will the sea lead you? What will you discover? Who will you fight on the way? What types of treasures will you take back home?

Home. For some, it's their family's house, a city, something on the land. But if I think about it, there's nothing I can go home to. Nothing waiting for me on the land- no one. I don't like to say that I have no home- more like, the sea is my home. This ship is my home. A place where I belong and a place I will never leave.

„Captain? How long will you be daydreaming and talking to yourself, Sir?" Katsuki stands on the forecastle desk, right in the front of his ship, watching the sea while sailing towards the sunset. His hands are held behind his back, his eyes are closed, his face shining bright with the yellow lights of the sun, the warmth against it. He gets ripped out of his daydream, which he so much enjoys, especially in moments like these. Slowly, his head turns to face whoever is disturbing his privacy.

„Ashido." He growls a little, when he turns his head back to the sea.

„Yea- sorry captain, for- uh- disturbing you. I just wanted to say that we'll be on land in a couple hours." The young woman, Mina Ashido- who is the master gunner of the ship- stands in the middle of the deck, right next to the fore mast, hiding a little behind it. Nervously, she takes another step towards her captain, Katsuki Bakugou, who didn't answer to her report.

„..Sir?" She whispers, raising one finger, as she tries to point out. Her wrists jingle, when all her gold and silver bracelets move around in the motion. She quickly grabs her arm, shutting up the sound with a nervous face. Before opening her mouth, she swallows quickly and pulls herself together, ready to speak to the captain again. She inhales.

„I heard you, Ashido." Katsuki interrupts, quiet. Ashido closes her mouth again and looks outside the deck, down to the water. It's incredibly quiet today, not like usual. When she looks back up, Katsuki's face is turned around, facing hers. She knits her eyebrows unwillingly, afraid of something to happen to her. „You know, the sea seems to be carrying us with ease today. We will sleep good. Tell the rest of the crew to gather up before arriving at the port." He demands with his hands intertwining behind his back. The wind blows away some of his hair and his lose white shirt flutters in harmony. Ashido glances at him surprised, then nods without further questions and leaves the forecastle deck, down to the main deck.

„Hanta! Denki! Kyoka! Ochaco! Shoto! De-Izuku! Get upstairs, everyone! It's time to prepare the food and stay on deck afterwards!" Ashido shouts while leaning against the main mast. The crew members come out of every corner right after hearing their names.

„Isn't it a little early? I told you, we'll be arriving in about two hours or more." Hanta Sero, the navigator of the crew, sighs annoyed. He was up on the fore topsail, sitting inside his small cabin and relaxing. He stretches his back and neck before leaning against Denki Kaminari, the boatswain, who takes care of the ship whenever something goes wrong.

„Get off me, cunt!" He pushes Sero to the side, who almost trips, but Ochaco Uraraka holds him up. She's the Cooper, responsible for the food and water.

„Mina! You talked to the captain, right?" She asks with her high pitched voice. A small, cute girl, but she can turn to a monster real quick, so her crew members don't underestimate her.

„Yeah, what'd he say?" Kyoka Jirou, the musician of the crew, asks. She can play any instrument there is. Somehow she always knows what to do and how to play. A real genius.

„I was really scared of him first- but he was as calm as never!" Ashido replies, pushing herself off the main mast and facing her crew members.

„Calm? Bakugou?" Shouto Todoroki, the quartermaster, or- the second captain, asks confused. He's a quiet man, but can be reliable at any risky moment. And he knows how to be funny when it's not intended. He also serves some good looks, which he himself isn't aware of.

„It's weird, isn't it? But he was calmer than I could ever imagine. He didn't shout at me when I interrupted his private sunset time and he wasn't angry when I repeated myself. His voice was like the ocean itself- calm." She explains jingling with her bracelets.

Suddenly, they hear steps from above. Katsuki walks up to the stairs of the forecastle deck and stays still, looking down on his crew. His brows are drawn together, his hands still behind his back, but his chest is stretched out, his lose shirt tightens around it, accentuating his muscles. He takes a deep breath.

„THE FUCK YOU STANDING AROUND!? I HAVEN'T EATEN ALL DAY!?" He screams with all of his lung capacity, throwing his arms over to grab the banisters. He almost destroys them.

„SIR- YES SIR!" Everyone shouts and starts running around. Except Izuku Midoriya, the carpenter. Though he's only the carpenter, because he's extremely good at repairing everything Katsuki breaks. If he wouldn't be, he would be scrubbing the floor all day, is what Katsuki always wants him to do. But he needs him, for the sole reason that no one else can repair the furniture and objects.

„Why the fuck are you still standing around, Deku!?" Katsuki grumbles, trying to not lose his cool.

„I- eh, I never do dinner." He answers, looking over to Uraraka, who's preparing some bread and fruits.

„If you think there's nothing to do for you, then think again!" Katsuki walks down the stairs, creating loud noises with his leather boots and the jingling of his jewelry and weapons. Midoriya gets nervous on the sudden approach of the captain and nods, running away.

A few minutes later, everyone is eating their dinner. Sero, Ashido and Kaminari fight over the last piece of meat, Uraraka and Jiro talk about jewelry and Todoroki just sits around, staring at a grape. Suddenly, Katsuki jumps up and looks over the deck.

„Is something wrong, captain?" Todoroki asks, putting down his grape. No one knows why, but Todoroki is very protective over the captain.

„Land. We approach quickly." He answers serious, marching over to the wheel. „Eat. I'll take care."

„But Sir, you haven't touched your meat?!" Uraraka shouts plain, raising her thick brows.

„Can I eat it? Hanta stole the last piece!" Kaminari shouts out vacantly, throwing an angry look to Sero.

„I won the meat! I didn't steal-"

„Enough! Or I'll make you go back to your post!" Katsuki narrows his eyes and grits his teeth.

He sails the ship next to the port, hiding behind a cliff, where no one can see the ship. When the whole crew gets down, they start walking towards the village. It's an island they arrived on, not sure where it exactly lays and how populated it is. Katsuki and his crew walk for about 15 minutes, when they arrive in the front entry of a market place, crowded, even in the evening.

„Ashido, Uraraka, buy food, mostly fresh meat, fruits and vegetables, some bread and if possible, rum." Katsuki explains briefly and looks around the stands.

„Didn't we talk about you drinking, Sir?" Ashido asks, leaning her arm against her waist. Katsuki gives her a warning look and a split second later, she stands straight and nods.

„Sero, Kaminari, look for new bed linen, maybe a few soft pillows. When you're done, try finding things we need. And when I say need, I mean it." He explains serious, side-eying both of them. They look surprised, as if they have never bought anything that the crew didn't need, then they walk away.
„Jirou, Deku, go and try to earn some money while we're here. There are a few bars, is what I can smell. Go in and maybe play some music. Deku, you're good at being a complete idiot, so go and entertain people." They both nod and walk away.

„I don't know how to entertain people..." Midoriya whispers to Jirou, while she pats his shoulders in sympathy.

„Come on, Todoroki. We have to get some new weapons and gun powder. Also- I need a drink."

Together, they walk around the small village. It's late, but it's pretty noisy, with many people on the streets, even children. Sellers try to sell their goods, some women try to flirt with Katsuki and Todoroki, asking for sex, and some men are fighting in front of bars. Katsuki stops in front of the noisiest bar and goes inside, forcing Todoroki along.

„Are you sure, captain?" Todoroki asks, not amused by the idea of going into a smelly pub.

„I said I need a drink, didn't I?" Inside the bar, many men are drinking, some have women on their lap, some fight, some play games. Katsuki walks over to the bartender and asks for rum.

„You ain't from here, are ya?" The bartender asks and pours in the liquor.

„Not your business." Katsuki answers and swallows the whole thing in one. Todoroki looks around a little disgusted.

„There's a huge crowd in the middle, cheering something on." He notices and taps Katsuki on the shoulder.

„Huh?" He gets as a lousy response. Katsuki now notices the crowd too and he gets curious. Maybe someone's playing cards or some other game where one can win money. If yes, then he has to play- and win. So he stands up, takes another shot and walks over to the crowd, pushing away all the men. In the middle, he sees a table and two chairs. On one, a huge guy with hairy arms, a beard and dirty, unwashed clothes. On the other-

„What's this?" Todoroki joins him, excusing all the men Katsuki had pushed aside. But he doesn't answer. Instead, he looks at what's going on. The big guy has some huge muscles and struggles with his life. He screams and his veins pop out of his neck while playing arm wrestling. His opponent is a young man, maybe the same age as Katsuki. For some reason, that man is protruding. He has a whole different appearance than all the other filthy men in here. His skin looks soft with a caramel tone, his clothes are washed and tidy, his hair is combed and- Katsuki has never seen natural hair that is this red. The man has red, long eyes with abnormal long lashes and a scar above his right eye. That man looks like some hero straight out of a fantasy book. But what wonders him most, is that he's just sitting on the chair, relaxed, while this tough, huge guy is yelling and pushing as hard he can to win the arm wrestle. The young man watches the guy sardonic, with his eyebrows knitted in an arrogant way and his mouth formed to a slight grin. One sharp tooth looks out of his mouth. Katsuki glances at him. And not even the taps of Todoroki on his shoulder can make him look away from him.

„Are you giving up, fella?" The man asks to his opponent and moves a little closer to the table, putting his second arm on it to rest his chin, still smirking with his blissful eyes. Katsuki watches him closely, with wide opened eyes, as if he sees a treasure no one else has ever seen before.

„AAARGH!!" The other man screams in agony, forcing himself to push harder and harder, while his face already turned red.

„Be careful there! Or else you'll explode!" He laughs and some men out of the crowd laugh too. They bet on the young man, betting a lot of money as it seems. If the tough guy loses, which will probably happen, and Katsuki has his chance to play, he might win and get a ton of money, if Todoroki bets on him. But first, he has to know the young man's secret. Why is he so strong, even though it seems he doesn't flex a muscle? Just a few seconds after his sentence, the young man yawns and a small tear forms at the end of his eye. He wipes it away with his finger, looks at it, and suddenly

BOOM!

The arm of the tough guy crashes against the table, breaking the wood a little. He screams in pain, when the young man lets go and shakes off the small shavings. The men in the crowd cheer and throw around money, from one to the other.

„How's he so strong?" Todoroki asks quietly, putting his hand on his chin and gestures to think.

„I don't know, but let's find out. Bet on me. Twenty coins." Katsuki says and slaps a bag of coins against Todoroki's chest, while walking up to the now empty chair. He falls down and stares into the redhead's eyes, deeply.

„Sup?" He asks casually, staring back at Katsuki with this arrogant look, as if <<don't even try, I'll win>> is written on his forehead. Katsuki tenses his fists and keeps staring. „So is this going to be a staring contest, or-"

„What's your name?" The captain interrupts him and moves closer to the table.

„I'd like to keep that a secret, if I may." His voice is playful, kind of mocking. It makes Katsuki a little angry. „But you may tell me yours."

„No can do. It has to stay fair, y'know." He gets a dirty smile from the redhead and gets a glimpse of his teeth. Shark teeth, but it doesn't look like he filed them, but like he was born this way. Shark teeth, huh.. Katsuki thinks of a tribe, or some non human beings that may have that in their species, but as much as he thinks about it, the only shark human beings he met were super ugly and couldn't be on land for too long. This guy is something completely different.

„We're gonna play or what?" He then asks, leaning against his chair, while the crowd starts to discuss on who to cheer. It's obvious everyone will bet on the shark boy redhead, because Katsuki has never been to this place and he hadn't got the chance to show if he's strong. Still, he expects Todoroki to bet on him. The redhead slams his hand on the table and wiggles with his fingers, gesturing Katsuki to grab his hand with a long, evil grin on his face. It doesn't suit him- to grin that way. It seems like he's completely faking his personality.

„Why don't you fight with your other hand? Aren't you tired from the first round?" Katsuki asks, leaning against his own chair while crossing his arms. He looks around the crowd shortly, noticing some people have gathered around Todoroki, who's holding the bag of coins in his hands and looks at the men in question. He's probably the only one betting on Katsuki, that's why everyone's so interested. They are so sure that this guy will win, it's unbelievable.

„Oh, that was my fifth round actually. And no, I'm not getting tired, I'm only just starting. But thanks for the worry, very sweet of you." He gets an arrogant answer. Katsuki narrows his eyes and puts his arm on the table, uniting his fingers with the ones of his opponent. „Oh- you seem strong. Way stronger than the guys I fought before. I don't know what it is, but something makes you special, Sir." The redhead says quietly. He's reading Katsuki like a book.

„What are you, some kind of fortune teller?!" He snaps angrily. The man tightens his grip around Katsuki's hand and somehow, it hurts a lot. It's impossible to hurt someone this much from just gripping their hand. Katsuki twists his face and starts gasping. This can't be normal. Who is this guy!?

„Wh-What the hell..." He whispers with his teeth gritted, while the redhead glances at his hand. „You can't be this strong. You can't-" Katsuki stops his sentence midway, groaning in pain. No wonder the other guy screamed so much. The fight didn't even start and Katsuki already feels like he lost.

„Well, maybe you haven't seen the world as much as I did." The redhead answers and leans over the table. Katsuki's hand shakes, he's not sure if he can endure the pain much longer without needing to scream. But the fight didn't even start yet!?

„Fuck- how... what are you, stranger!?" He hisses through his teeth. Katsuki's chest runs up and down while he tightly grabs around his chair with his other hand, trying to not force himself to help his hand out of this pain.

„You wanna start or what?" Somehow, the man's voice is alluring to Katsuki. Somehow, it makes his heart beat extremely fast. Is it the adrenaline? The intimidation of the red eyed monster? Or something else? He doesn't know. All of a sudden, the man starts to push Katsuki's hand in direction of the table. Quickly, Katsuki snaps out of it and moves his hand over, so that they are in the middle again. He can't read this guy. He doesn't know if it's possible to beat him with that kind of pokerface. He starts sweating and gasping even louder.

„Captain.." Todoroki seems worried, but Katsuki can't look away. He can't get distracted, or else he'll lose immediately. So he tries to push as hard as possible. He feels how his veins pop out of his arm, even though it's covered with his white shirt. Katsuki pants while tensing his muscles as much as possible, but the arm of his opponent doesn't move a single bit. What is this power!? He doesn't even tense his muscles.

„Come on!" Katsuki screams to himself. It gets drowned in all the other yelling of the crowd. Katsuki is so busy pushing that he forgets to breathe and he already feels the tiredness overtaking him. He exhales roughly, just to take a quick breath and keep pushing. He starts panting harder, noticing that the opponent's arm is moving now.

„Yes!" He exhales in determination, while seeing the wondering look on the redhead's face. But it doesn't hold on for long, because he now smirks again.

„You really are strong. I just have to know your name." Again, this alluring voice. Katsuki fights against the man's manipulation and his power.

„I'LL KILL YOU!" Katsuki suddenly screams, pushes himself off the table and tenses his arm even more, pushing against the opponent's. Suddenly, the smile vanishes off his face and he starts getting serious. Katsuki realizes his biceps growing. So now he begins to tense his arm!? Now, just shortly before Katsuki is ready to faint!?

A loud crash interrupts the fight all of a sudden, when the bar door gets knocked open and two men step inside. Tall, with uniforms and guns in their hands. The redhead doesn't tense his arm anymore and Katsuki's arm just throws his against the table. He won! But just because his opponent got distracted.
He falls down on his chair and looks at his palm. It looks completely demolished and it's even bleeding. He gasps hardly before realizing that all the attention is now on the two men in the front.

„Here you are, Eijirou." The man on the left says. He wears a huge hat with a feather on it. Seems those two are from the joined nations. Probably higher ups, which is not good, since Katsuki is a pirate. Fortunately, too many men from the crowd cover his sight, so the two men can't see him. It also seems that Todoroki hides somewhere. Surprisingly, the redhead stands up straight.

„What do you want?" He asks seriously, tensing his fists. The guy on the right takes out a small revolver with gold engraving. It's a beautiful weapon. Katsuki wants it.

„You misbehaved." The right man says while loading it with bullets Katsuki has never seen before. Suddenly, the redhead, whose name is probably Eijirou, simply grabs the table and throws it to the front. Katsuki jumps up his chair to see what happens. Out of nowhere, he hears a gunshot and the room fills with smoke.

The men are screaming and running around, chairs and tables fall and flip, Katsuki can't see anything in this mess.

„Captain!" It's Todoroki. „We have to get out of here, quickly!!" He stands behind the bar counter with about nine bags of money. Even though the situation is confusing, the fact that Katsuki won nine bags of money makes him grin. He steps towards the bar counter confidentially, but realizes someone laying on the ground in front of him. It's Eijirou. He has been shot.

Katsuki stands still, looking down at him. He has a hole in his shoulder, but he's alive, breathing quickly. The skin around the wound turns black, as if there's poison inside the bullet. Whoever this guy is, he is pure danger and Katsuki should leave directly.

„Take him and bring him back to his cell." The man with the huge hat says calmly, while more and more soldiers run inside the bar. „And who are you?" He adds as he sees the captain stand in front of the redhead, confused and perplexed.

„I-" Katsuki starts, still looking down on Eijirou. „What did you do to this man? Who is he? And what is-"

„Don't ask questions, young lad. This is a criminal. He has no right to be outside his cell. He- he actually has no rights at all." The man explains while adjusting his blue, tight uniform jacket. Katsuki despises him already. A criminal? A man without rights? That feels familiar. And for some reason, Katsuki doesn't want to leave. For some reason, he feels like he has the obligation to protect this Eijirou. So he doesn't move, but tenses his fists.

„What, you're still here? Leave, now! Filthy peasant." The man yells disgusted and checks Katsuki's clothes and body from head to toe. The captain's eyes jump open, his pupils get smaller and his hands tense even more. The smoke starts to clear up and the men are currently picking up the redhead.

„Captain! Let's leave already!" Katsuki throws his head back, his hair flips all around. Todoroki still stands behind the counter, holding the bags of money.

„You're so dead, Todo-"

„Captain, huh." The man suddenly says, turning to Katsuki. „So it seems, we not only have a criminal here, but also two pirates! Gentlemen, this is our lucky day. You're hereby arrested by the hand of the joined nations!" The man says and pulls out a gun.

„Todoroki!" Katsuki shouts while jumping away. He grabs his belt and pulls out two revolver, aiming directly at the man.

„Arrest him! Quick!"

Katsuki jumps behind the counter, next to Todoroki and aims for a soldier. Not all of them have guns. Actually only the two men that smashed in the door.

„Fight for your life, rat!" Katsuki shouts to Todoroki, who pulls his sword. Together, they jump out the counter, directly hitting the first soldiers, piercing through their chests. Katsuki forms a huge, determined smile on his face and starts fighting all the soldiers inside.

„Captain, don't tell me you're doing this for the guy!" Todoroki gasps, swinging his sword around.

„Didn't you hear!? We're arrested! I'm not letting that happen too quickly!" He fights strong, swinging his sword around and slicing anyone open who crosses his way. These soldiers are no thread, but he knows the two men have bullets, so he pulls his revolver and aims for the man with the big hat. The other is trying to run.

„Todoroki, shoot!" Katsuki screams, loading his gun. Just a blink of an eye later, Todoroki throws his sword instead of a bullet and hits the man in the back.

„Are you- what the fuck?!"

„You said <<shoot>>!!"

„I didn't mean- forget it!" Katsuki swings his sword and slices through two throats at once while jumping up on a table. The man with the big hat realizes his colleague is long dead and aims for Katsuki, who just grins at him.

„Who can pull faster!?" He screams and before ending his sentence, he shoots a bullet inside the man's stomach, making sure he stays alive.

„Captain!?" Todoroki noticed.

„Trust me. He will be telling the story to all of his allies. And I can't wait to fight them!"

„You're a complete psychopath!"

„Shut up and take the money!" Katsuki jumps down, right in front of the man. „Remember me, old guy. My name is Katsuki Bakugou! And I'm the greatest pirate that ever existed!"

Art credit to: cosmic-Spvcervnger on tumblr