Vampire Princess Miyu Fan Fiction ❯ Trapped Under Ice ❯ Chapter One (who cares if I'm not creative?) ( Chapter 1 )

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Translations:

Kuso: shit
Baka: idiot
Kyumeiboto: lifeboat
Hayaku: hurry up
Matsu: hold on
Shimpai shinai de: Don't worry!
Nani: What

Trapped Under Ice
Chapter One
By:
Fantasy Girl (Saturn Angels)


All onboard the 'Light of the Sea' watched the girl closely; she had just sort of shown up one night on the ship without a passport or anything, it was like she just appeared out of thin air. No one saw her climb aboard, and she was never a passenger. She kept to herself so no information on her could really be discovered. Men talked about her while playing their usual game of poker, or some other form of gambling. One group of men in particular sat playing a 'fair' game of poker, they were the men whom every girl on board whether young or old wanted to bed. They played their game of poker off to the side of the ship's dining area, or rather bar.

"Royal Flush," one man said as he placed his cards out on the table for the other men to see. The others grumbled angrily then one stood and threw his cards down on the table angrily.

"Damn it to hell! Larva! You're cheating! I'd swear by it! No one can win fifteen times in a row!" He yelled causing many of the other travelers to stare at them, most though just continued minding their own business: this had happened every night.

"Well it seems to me I can," Larva said as he leaned back a bit in his chair contently.

"Why you! I've had enough of your lies! Where are you hiding those extra cards huh?" the man bellowed as he slammed his fist down on the poker table causing one of the other men's drinks to spill a bit.

"Calm down Garline! It's just a game! You'll win your money back like you usually do…" Lemures said as he pointed to Garline's chair, which had earlier been discarded when he had stood so quickly.

Garline closed his eyes as he began to calm down, he picked up the fallen chair and sat down, he cleared his throat, "Alright then. That's enough poker for the night…"

"So what do we do now?" Larva asked as he put his head in his hands supported by the table.

"Anything interesting happening?" Lemures asked dully as he began to put the cards playing cards away.

Just then their 'favorite' brunette waitress bounded over to them grinning, "actually something interesting did happen…"

They turned to look at her.

Garline raised an eyebrow at her, "And what would that be Chisato?"

Chisato cleared her throat, "Well…you see that girl over there? The one in the corner?" she asked pointing her out so they could spot her.

They all nodded a bit so she continued, "Do you recognize her?" she asked still keeping her normal smiling façade.

"No…she doesn't look familiar," Lemures said as he watched the girl in the corner carefully.

Chisato giggled, "No one else recognizes her either!"

"Should we recognize her?" Larva asked as he too studied the girl in the corner whom was too far into the shadows to see fully.

"Nope. At least I don't think you should recognize her…I mean no one else recognizes her and-"

Garline cut her off becoming easily annoyed with her ramblings, "What is the point Chisato?"

"Oh yes! Haha, I almost forgot. Yeah, well anyway she seems to have just appeared on board a few nights ago. Out of thin air…like a ghost! She has no passport or other form of identification…so many people are afraid of her, they say she's cruel and has a heart of ice…No one's ever spoken to her…"

"How would they know she was cruel with a heart of ice, if no one has spoken to her?" Garline pointed out the obvious and the girl blushed furiously and was silent for a moment.

"It's just what I've heard Sir Garline. If you don't need anything I'll be on my way!" She gave one last grin that ran off to some other impatient customer.

The men sighed with relief, "Finally gone," Lemures muttered thankfully.

The others nodded in agreement, though it was only Garline that nodded Larva was too busy watching the girl sitting in the corner.

"Hey Larva…why don't you go talk to her? Find out if she's a ghost or not!" Lemures suggested with a sly smile.

"How would I find that out?" he asked with a raised eyebrow as he turned finally towards the other group members at the table.

"Easy. No woman could resist your…charms…and good looks; it'll be a trouble-free job…" Lemures said simply as if everyone had such 'knowledge'. "If she ignores you she's a ghost or …well I don't want to know the 'or', and if she's normal…well we won't be seeing you tonight" he added with a small laugh.

"And what would I get out of it?" Larva asked as he rolled his eyes.

Garline thought for a moment, "Well just in case she's unsightly or hideous…which she might be, I mean you can't really see her face well from here, you will be paid…all of our money," he said finally.

Larva's eyes widened at this, Garline was a man of his word and if he promised that he would give Larva the moon he'd find a way to do it, "Agreed." Larva said with a nod as he pushed his chair from the table and stood upright.

"Hey! What do you mean our money?" Lemures asked stressing the word 'our'.

"It was your idea," Garline pointed out and Lemures sighed and shrugged mumbling something about his stupid ideas.

Larva slowly made his way to the corner table many of the women turning to watch him walk. He stopped in front of the girl's table and pulled up a chair to sit. She watched him closely her golden eyes flashing as she regarded him quietly. Silence passed and Larva finally realizing that she wasn't going to start the speaking started the conversation, "Good evening…my name is Larva Minsha (A/N: Shinma rearranged. Heehee), and you would be…?"

"Miyu." she stated simply and went back to staring at the table. During the silence that followed Larva studied her features trying to find out as much about her as possible. Her hair was dark brown; not rare but a bit uncommon onboard that ship. Her complexion was extremely pale, but her eyes for the most part were what completely fascinated Larva…he'd never seen one with such an odd color…hazel he had seen…but never before had he seen gold unless it was on some painting or on a gold coin. After he had studied her long enough he spoke again, "It is a beautiful evening and it is getting rather crowded in here, would you like to go out and get some fresh air?"

She was silent for a moment and he was about to ask again or back away when she finally pushed her chair back and stood up, he stood also and let her lead the way outside onto the deck.

Garline and Lemures watched the two leave. "She's not that bad looking…" Garline said as he got a good sight of her when she walked out.

"You couldn't even see her face though…" Lemures pointed out turning to Garline with a raised eyebrow.

"So? I was talking about her figure you idiot," he said as if it should be obvious.

"…" Lemures only rolled his eyes, "Well…while we're waiting what say you to a game of poker?"

"Only the two of us?" Garline asked confused, for everyone knows to have a really good poker game with a lot of money, there must be at least three players.

Lemures shook his head, "No. We'll go and get Hisae and Yukari…this is my plan: we lose all our money to them…and pay Larva what we have left which would be…hardly anything. Then later on after he's paid…we win our money back from Hisae and Yukari! I mean they're really easy to beat at any card game anyway, it should be a piece of cake."

Garline thought the plan over then finally nodded, "Fine…now we have to go and find them," he added and they both got up and left to find Yukari and Hisae's room.

Meanwhile…

Outside Larva stood against the railing gazing up at the night sky that was full of stars, "It's breathtaking isn't it?" he whispered; you see men never used the word beautiful unless speaking about women instead they used: breathtaking, amazing, incredible, spectacular, etc.

Miyu watched the ocean rather then the stars, she sat on the railing next to the standing form of Larva her legs hanging off the ship though she stood still, balancing elegant and perfectly her shoulder against his; "mm," she answered not really paying any attention to what he was saying.

He turned to look at her noticing that she wasn't even looking up.

"It's strange isn't it?" Miyu asked quietly speaking in monotone.

He looked at her quizzically, "What's strange?"

"The sea…so deep, dark, cold, and quiet. There are so many sunken ships and spirits down there…I wouldn't be surprised if we saw a ghost ship…or at least a ghost. I wonder…if you drown, will you ever make it to the bottom of the ocean? Where it's an endless dark? Or would you…stay in the middle until your body decayed and nothing was left of you?" she said quietly as she continued staring down at the dark waters.

"…You have a very strange mind," Larva said with a slight smile, "At any rate I don't think anyone would really live to find out how deep they sank, but tell me, if you were to fall off the ship what would you do?"

She tore her gaze finally from the ocean to look at Larva, "I'm not going to fall off." She answered at last.

He only smirked at her in return, "And who's to say you won't somehow lose your balance?" he removed his weight from the railing to move behind her.

She turned her head and back so she could look at him a bit better, "I am to say I won't lose my balance"

He smiled a bit, "I had a feeling you'd say something like that…how did you get on this ship? And why?"

"I came like any normal person, I walked on board, and I came for a reason I'm not about to tell you about." She answered annoyed at the direction this was heading.

"Do you want to go for a swim?" he asked changing the subject totally.

"What?" she asked surprised, "I wasn't aware that this ship had a swimming pool,"

"It doesn't," he said with a devious smile as he pushed her off.

She fell silently into the ocean waters and hit the surface with a splash when her head reappeared above water she was glaring, "Why did you do that?" she asked loud enough for him to hear from where he was still standing on board, dry.

"Why not?" he asked laughing a bit, "The water is warm and there aren't any dangerous creatures down there..." he paused slightly, "besides sharks…but they don't come out at night…for your sake I hope," he laughed a little.

She looked around worriedly, "Sharks?" she asked as she turned her head left and right anxiously expecting to see the dorsal fin breaking the water heading towards her. She looked up at Larva to see another figure right behind him, she smirked a bit as she realized whom it was.

"Hey! You! The blue-haired devil! It's not right to invite a girl to go swimming and not join her!" the blonde then proceeded in pushing the shocked Larva off the deck.

Larva fell in with a greater splash then Miyu, Miyu laughed a bit and looked up on board to wave at her friend, "Arigatou gozaimashita Lilith," Miyu said waving with one hand while she treaded in the water not using her arms.

Lilith only smiled, "No problem! I'll go get towels for you guys…wait no never mind. I'll go and get a towel for you then I'll lower one of the life boats for you and…no just for you. The blue-haired devil can drown."

Miyu almost laughed at what Lilith was saying the watched her go through one of the doors off to get them some towels. Miyu sighed a bit and looked around waiting for Larva's head to appear above water. It finally did…and his face showed a bit more then annoyance.

"Who was that?" He asked as he swam closer to Miyu.

"My friend." She answered plainly without giving any more details.

He was about to ask more about her friend then thought it would be rude considering he was with her not with her friend. He drew a deep breath so he would float easier, "It's warm," he commented making idle conversation.

She shrugged a bit then a look of worry crossed over her features, "Are you sure sharks don't come out at night?"

He laughed a bit, "Miyu, there aren't any sharks at all. I was just joking," he paused as he looked behind her looking apprehensively, "Miyu…I don't want you to be frightened…but what's that!?" he yelled pointing behind her.

She turned around quickly and clung onto Larva's arm fearfully, as soon as she had noticed that there was nothing there she growled and slapped Larva, "How dare you do that?" she asked angrily.

Larva, getting over the shock of being slapped replied, "How dare I do what? I seriously thought I saw something!" He looked behind her again and shouted, "It's right there!"

She looked around her anxiously and once again nothing was there. She growled, "Stop doing that!"

He laughed a bit, "Alright fine I'll stop…" he paused momentarily and with a sigh looked around, "Is your friend going to lower a lifeboat anytime soon?"

"I don't know. She should be back soon…" Miyu replied looking towards the ship.

Larva shrugged, "Alright…" His eyes widened a bit and Miyu turned to look at him with a raised eyebrow once she realized what he was about to do she glared at him, "Stop it! It's not funny. I won't fall for it again."

He remained quiet as he stared behind her, "…Miyu…I'm not joking…" he said slowly as he watched something behind her.

Miyu frowned a bit and she bit her lower lip, "…Larva…" she mumbled barely moving her lips, "You're just kidding right?" she would prefer it if he was joking again…she had a slight fear of sharks as do most people when they're in the middle of the ocean with no land or lifeboat nearby with a shark within twenty feet of where you are standing…especially hungry sharks.

He shook his head slightly. No. She whimpered a bit afraid to turn around, "Where is it?" she whispered wanting to go closer to him for safety but too afraid to move.

"Behind you…off to the side a bit, there are two of them…" he replied slowly his eyes still watching the sharks.

"Near or far?" she asked her breathing becoming a bit quicker in fear.

"…Near…" he answered finally.

She bit her lower lip, "Coming or leaving?"

He was silent for a moment as he frowned, "coming closer," he answered hesitantly.

She groaned and closed her eyes praying for someone to save them.

"Hey Miyu! I'm back!" Lilith said from the ship, "I brought two towels you know, I thought I'd be nice…you wouldn't believe all I had to go through to get…" she stopped suddenly mid-sentence, "Kuso!!" she cried suddenly, "Miyu!! Get out of the water!! Sharks! Two of them!!!"

"Kyumeiboto!" Miyu yelled suddenly, "Hayaku!"

Lilith quickly nodded and went to lower a lifeboat.

Meanwhile…

"Flush," Hisae said while placing down her cards.

"…Nothing," Garline said exasperated while he lay down his cards. Hisae grinned with delight as she won again.

"You really have bad luck today don't you Garline?" She asked once she had collected the money.

"I guess so…" he said sadly.

"Yeah, you and Lemures both have very bad luck today," added Yukari strangely, "Are you losing on purpose?"

"No! We wouldn't do that…" Lemures said quickly, "I mean…we love money!"

Yukari and Hisae shrugged well at any rate they were a lot richer.

"Another round ladies?" Garline asked shuffling the cards.

"Alright, I'll try my luck with one more game then I'm going to sleep," Hisae said as she looked at her watch.

Garline nodded, this time they had to bet everything left…then fold just in case they had a pair.

In the mean time…

"Hurry!!" Miyu cried again to Lilith who was lowering the lifeboat at an extremely slow rate.

"Hey! If I lower it too quickly then it'll be dangerous to everything around it! It could hit the ship and we all could be in the water! I'm sure the sharks wouldn't mind! They'd go on a feeding rampage!"

Miyu by this time had already swam to Larva and was now hanging onto him her arms around his neck feeling much safer. Why she felt safer with him, the world may never know, but it was much the same feeling you get when you're a child and go to sleep with your parents afraid that dinosaurs were going to attack or something.

The sharks by this time had already begun circling them and a thought entered Miyu's mind actually many thoughts. Her first thought was that she was going to be eaten by sharks. The second was that everything was Larva's fault. The third was …how were they going to swim over to the lifeboat?

"There! The lifeboat is ready Miyu! ...Ano…how will you get there?" she asked voicing the main question on Miyu's mind. Miyu looked up at her with a glare, "Distract the sharks! I don't know just help us!!"

"What's the magic word?" Lilith asked grinning a bit.

"Lilith just help!" Miyu cried angrily.

"Magic word!" Lilith repeated crossing her arms across her chest stubbornly.

"Please!" Miyu said quickly as she felt the something pass by her legs, her face drained from what little color it had, "Larva…what would happen if I fainted?"

"You'd probably never wake up…" he replied softly watching the dorsal fins with growing worry.

"Lilith!!" Miyu yelled.

"Matsu!!! I just have to do something quick! Don't worry! Matsu!" Miyu watched anxiously as Lilith thought about the situation over and over, she quickly had an idea, "I'll be right back! Shimpai shinai de!" she cried as she ran inside. A few seconds later she reappeared holding a bucket, "Fish guts! Fish guts and fish blood!!" She cried as she ran to the far end of the ship and dumped it into the water.

The sharks immediately smelled the blood and headed towards it quickly.

"Swim!" Lilith cried, "Quickly!"

Miyu, who felt as if she couldn't move; was grateful that Larva was there because he began swimming with her still clinging onto him towards the lifeboat. Once they got close enough he lifted her up into the lifeboat, then followed.

Everyone including Lilith let out a great sigh of relief.

"Great…" muttered Miyu from her place on the lifeboat. "Lilith? Bring us up now!" she yelled.

Lilith paused for a moment, "…I don't know how…"

"NANI!?" Miyu cried angrily, she was in a cross mood, who wouldn't be after being nearly eaten?

"Hold on…I'll umm…go get someone who knows how…"

"Damn it." Miyu muttered as Lilith ran off to find someone.

"Think she'll come back?" Larva asked he too watching Lilith run off.

"Knowing Lilith she'll probably wait until the crack of dawn then suddenly come back shouting, 'Look Miyu! I found someone! We'll have you up in no time!' if we're lucky enough to have her come back that early. Possibly afternoon or something, every once and a while she sleeps late." Miyu sat down in the lifeboat, though at the bottom of it, not on the seats.

He smirked a bit, "Well…I guess there's nothing to do but wait…Want to go for another swim?" he asked jokingly.

"No." she answered snappily.

He laughed slightly at her reaction and sat down next to her and waited for 'Lilith' to return with someone who knew how to get the boat back up.
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To be continued...

Fantasy Girl: Well? Who's better at Vampire Princess Miyu fics, me or Thor? Me you say? I thought so!! bahahaha! So go and read my other fic "Read the Signs" it's getting so neglected! my poor poor story... *sniffle* Anyway ...

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