Chapter 1

My mother used to tell me stories of pirates when I was younger, either to keep me out of the ocean when I was younger or to teach me discipline when I wasn't with her. There was always one story in particular that always caught my attention even when I was younger. The story of the pirate known as the Black Cat, and his infamous ship Seven Seas Treasure! She would always start it the same way:

"Amu, Listen closely for I'm going to tell you the story of the Black Cat. It's very important that you remember all that I'm going to tell you. Once Upon a time there was a small boy whose name has never been spoken, be it of fear or of respect no ones ever been able to figure it out, but this boy was the first to be born on the ship The Seven Sea's Treasure."

Of course I would always give her a confused look, she would always then tussle my hair and smile before she continued, and occasionally throwing me warning looks to make sure I didn't interrupt her again.

"Now it's been said that the first born on a pirate ship, no matter if it was by the captain or by his crew, was to take it over. That might not seem like a very big deal…Amu are you listening to me? As I was saying it may not seem like a very big deal, but normally pirates fend for themselves, meaning they learn all they have to by hard lessons, but the future heir of the ship is trained very meticulously by the captain himself."

I still could never exactly figure out why she always thought she had to tell me these types of stories, back then I might have believed in such childish fantasies but there was no need to worry about pirates now a days…right, but being young and naïve I never voice these thoughts I just continued to listen quietly…

"Yes very meticulously, the end result is always a new captain who obtains the ship by underhanded means. Now, the Sevens Sea's Treasure didn't always have that name, but you don't need to worry about that. Now in time, that boy was given the name The Black Cat, well the thing is he's not much older then you are, but I want you to be careful."

And this was where she would get all playful to try and scare me; it was probably because she couldn't remember the rest of the story as she so put it. Yea mom isn't the best when it comes to remembering things, to bad for me don't you agree?

"It's said the Black Cat loves to take little girls away from her family when she strays to far out into the ocean, or if she doesn't behave like normal little girls should when she's being taken care of by others!" She would always tickle me until my face was red…

But mom doesn't need too worry about her "little girl" anymore, especially since this little girl isn't so little anymore. The ride by plane to the Mediterranean was going painfully slow and the only thing I could find to do was think about the same story she used to tell me when I was younger. Just in case you're wondering I'm Hinamori Amu, 18, and going to spend the summer with my best friends Rima and Yaya!

Looking out the small window of the plane all I could see was blue sky above and sparkling green water below, something I wanted to get into as soon as possible. Before I could take anymore scenery the kicking on the back of my seat started again. Sighing mostly out of annoyance I smiled as I turned around and looked over the back of my seat. Again the same bright green eyes were staring back at mine. The same boy had been kicking the back of my chair… the whole flight…the whole 12+ hour flight!

"Excuse me…" I said as sweetly as I could muster, I mean there's a limit to how much abuse I can take…in 12+ hours, "Could you please not kick the back of my chair?" I noticed the same smile that always appeared when I talked to him, not to mention he blushed when ever I talked…great.

"Sorry," He replied while not looking the least bit sorry. "I'm 15 by the way." I smiled, I thought he was much younger then that.

"Cool, those were the fun years and I'm 18." I said with a wink while turning around right when the captain's voice came through the speakers.

"This is your captain speaking, reminding all passengers that since the seat belt sign is on that you must have your seat belts on, we will be landing in about twenty minutes, I hope you've enjoyed your flight, and watch out for pirates!"

What's with everyone and pirates, I thought to myself as I yanked the seat belt back into place while tightening it slightly, not like they still existed…well anymore that is. So I guess I should say not that they exist.

The landing was pretty smooth so I wasn't too tipsy when I exited and headed for the baggage claim. Now waiting was the worst part of all, I ended up fidgeting with my clothes. Pulling down my white shorts, readjusting my pink tank top, using my sunglasses to hold my long pink hair out of my face. When I saw my giant duffle bag and small suit case I dragged them off the belt and made my way outside, to pray and hope that Rima had remembered the time I was landing.

"AMUU!" I heard Rima's voice scream my name a few cars back after I had pulled my shades down over my eyes. Turning around I noticed Rima in the front seat of a huge BMW.

"Hey Rima." I replied as I carried my stuff to the drunk, threw it in, and climbed into the passenger seat. "Where's Yaya?"

"Sleepy head couldn't get up…" Rima managed around a yawn, looks like Yaya wasn't the only sleepy head.

"I'm sure."

Rima's beach house was absolutely huge, no wonder she always acted spoiled. When I say beach house I actually mean five feet away from the ocean, palm tree's complete with coconuts and a bunch of other things.

A few minutes after we arrived here Rima went right back upstairs to her room and slammed the door, saying she need to catch up on some sleep she missed out on because she stayed up late watching that Balance comedy again. Figures. So that just left me myself and I, and since I've been on a plane for more then a day I thought it would be nice to go for a walk on the beach. Grabbing my whole duffle bag, since I didn't feel like digging through it, I slung it over my shoulder and made my way to the beach.

After finding a changing room, I switched out my shorts for my bikini bottoms and I was ready to go. Making my way back up the beach toward Rima's beach house, I was surprised to see a couple of people, who looked like…well pirates, and a bunch of tourist running. Must be a movie, shrugging it off, I walked on the board walk, as far as I could possibly get. But being me I could distracted and ended up paying attention to something across the street.

Before I could even think that something was in my way I ran smack dab into someone, sending me falling backwards right onto my duffle bag.

"Sorry…" I muttered while looking up, and I held my breath. A guy about my age or a year older was looking down at me with an almost…disgusted expression! His hair was midnight blue and really untidy, his eyes the same color almost cept more violet-ish, and they also had an...authoritive look to them. The funniest thing about him was that he was dressed as a pirate. You know the whole, light blue captain hat with the skull, this coat looking thing, that was also light blue but it was perched on his shoulders, his arms weren't even in the sleeves and brown pants.

Getting up slowly I repeated my sorry and was about to go around him, until something grabbed my arm.

"I'm guessing you have no clue who I am…" Yea he had that right, "Well I'll let you know, I'm the captain of the ship the Seven Sea's Treasure, and I'm the pirate known as the Black Cat."

"Wait you're trying to tell me, that you're this person my mother told me stories about?" When he didn't answer I sighed and yanked my arm away, "Very funny, just hilarious, shouldn't you get back to your cosplay convention or something?" I practically growled, I was getting sick and tired of people and talk about pirates. I could tell he was staring at me in surprise so I held myself proudly and stared him down.

"Interesting…." He commented while turning his back to me, next thing I know he barks a command and points at me and I'm being slung over someone's shoulder and being carried off. Lovely, just lovely.

Before I knew it I was in a pretty small wooden boat being rowed out to sea and me thinking this is just some joke, some seriously twisted joke, I couldn't help but let my hand trail across the water. When I looked up smiling slightly that "Black Cat" guy was staring at me rather curiously.

"It's so warm…" I said in amazement, I was so used to the cold water you normally got at beaches. This got a laugh from everyone else in the boat directed at me of course, making me feel like I've just declared something stupid. Way to embarrass a girl.

"Your name." Not a question, but a statement.

"I'll tell you if you tell me you're real name…" I shot back; I was already getting pretty tired of this. This got me looks from the crew, yea I mean looks like: "can we dump her now?"

"You've got guts, I like that, and I'll tell you my name." He paused while looking past me, "its Ikuto."

"Amu." Was all I said. I finally realized that maybe this wasn't a joke, en less that giant pirate ship was fake.

"Welcome to the Sevens Sea's Treasure, where you'll be staying from now on." Ikuto's voice came from behind me, he had a grim look. Oh what the hell have I gotten myself into?

I guess I should have listened to my mother when she told me tales of him….