Ami shook her head. "Well, we certainly can't fish like this... looks like we have to go back to the village and fetch another net."
"Easier said than done," Luna commented. "There's no wind... and we have no paddles. So, getting back to the shore won't be easy..."
Ami sighed. "Well, then we just have to wait for some wind, right?"
"I'm hungry!" Usagi whined.
"You should have brought something," Luna said. "Now stop your whining."
Then they were quiet for a while.
Suddenly Luna looked up from where she was dozing. "Um, girls... I can see a ship over there."
"Really?" Usagi looked over the rail. "Perhaps they've got some food."
Ami chuckled. "Usagi... even if they had, how do you plan on going over there?"
The blonde Gaul grinned. "Just watch me."
And she jumped into the water, swum behind the boat and began pushing it. And with her enormous strength, she was easily able to move it with the speed of a modern motorboat.
----
At the top of the bigger ship's mast, a black flag was hanging, a flag that was putting fear in the hearts of all sailors whenever they see it... a black flag with a white skull and a pair of crossbones - the usual flag of a pirate ship!
Well, it was an upside-down pirate flag, but that's beside the point.
The red-haired pirate captain lifted her eyepatch and looked up. She groaned.
"Pallas... you hoisted the flag upside-down again..."
The ditzy, blue-haired mate giggled. "Oopsie... Sorry, Vesta! I'll be more careful next time."
Vesta shook her head. "I swear, we always get into trouble because of your ditziness..."
Pallas pouted. "That wasn't my fault last time... I was being distracted because of Ceres' stupid perfume..." She gestured over to a pink-haired girl that was clothed quite elegantly for a pirate.
"Hey, a girl has to make sure she smells great," Ceres replied. "And spending weeks on that old boat makes you smell like fish..."
"It's not my fault the last ship we seized was a fishing boat," Vesta returned. "If Juno had paid more attention from the crow's nest..."
The captain looked up. "By the way... Hey Juno, any ships?"
"Let's see..." the green-haired girl said from above. "On starboard... nuh-uh... on portside... nope... straight ahead... oh... oh, oh... c-c-captain..."
"What's up?" Vesta asked impatiently.
"The Gaga... the Gaga..."
Vesta looked at Ceres. "What's she talking about?"
Ceres shrugged. "Dunno..."
Vesta walked up to the ship's front side and looked herself. And when she saw the approaching boat and its occupants, she gulped.
"The Gaga...."
And then, the terrible creature that has haunted their dreams was jumping aboard... blonde pigtails whipping around, as it shouted cheerfully: "Hi there!"
"The Gauls..." Vesta finished weakly. Nervously, she backed off. Every time the Pirate Quartet was running into Usagi and her friends, it ended in a disaster... and most of the time, their ship ended up sinking down into the sea.
Ami smiled as she appeared next to her friend. "Why, fancy meeting you here! It's always nice to run into old friends, right?"
Vesta giggled nervously. "Now, see here... can we make it quick this time? You just say what you want, we give it to you, and you leave us alone, 'kay?"
Usagi looked around. "Well, I'm kinda hungry, sooo..."
Vesta sighed in defeat. "All right... Ceres, get some food from our galley..."
"ALL the food, please..."
Another groan. "All the food..."
----
Some time later, the Gaulic ship was disappearing in the distance. Vesta let out a sigh of relief. "Wow," she muttered. "We sure have been lucky this time... the ship stayed intact."
Just then, the grinning face of Pallas looked out of the ship's hold. "Don't worry, captain... Pallas took care of everything. When I saw the stupid Gauls, I quickly fetched my little axe and made sure they wouldn't be able to sink our nice ship..."
"The axe?" Ceres mumbled. "What did you need the axe for?"
Pallas grinned and raised her little tool. "Oh, I just hacked a little hole into the hull... if we sink the boat ourselves, they won't be able to do it, right?"
And as the pirate ship was slowly descending, sinking down into the waves, its captain could only say one thing:
"Pallas, you stupid little twit!"
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