Where Geno is getting injured and maybe almost killed, but even seemingly defenceless, he has his back covered.

No one's POV:

Barely after the second week, strange things started happening with Geno's training. Plus even more dangerous. About Ramirez… It wasn't that he was just grumpy and grim constantly. Every morning after the second week, he looked like he wasn't getting sleep at all.

His eye color, as if it wasn't already black, looked like an even deeper abyss. If standing motionless for too long, observing closely he seemed like- no, he was shaking lightly, especially his hands! When nobody was talking to him, his expression seemed utterly lost. Lack of sleep, or deep thoughts?

It wouldn't even occur to Geno at all that something was off if the doctor's behavior towards him wasn't even sh*ttier than usual. He was yelling at the siren for the slightest mistake, raining insults down on him and in weapon training? He had no chill.

He was even more sharp in his movements, causing far more injuries to Geno. And he seemed ready at any second to snap and just stab Geno multiple times. Not yet at least. Towards the other pirates, Ramirez wasn't exhaling a single word and anyone who was approaching him was getting swatted.

But even if he was passing by and someone happened to just be standing, he was still swatting. Somehow Geno chose to believe that was some kind of training with Ramirez having that behavior. But the comments the other pirates were leaving while staring at Ramirez made him realise that behavior was but part of training.

He still kept his mouth shut at first, for that was another advice he had gotten from Aldo, to keep his mouth closed and his ear holes open to listen and learn succesfully from the alsatian's training. But the last straw came after three days in a row with Ramirez showing that behavior.

It was just one random moment that made Geno stop being silent. He was having sword fight practice again with Ramirez when all of a sudden Michael was seen running by, yelping terrified, all while Ahmed, Mufeed and Yazeed were hunting him while giggling intensively.

Suddenly Ramirez stopped sparring with Geno and snapped his head towards Michael. He ran at him, just grabbed the young human by the hair and pulled aggresively. The hyena trio stopped dead on their tracks and backed away whimpering. Geno stared at everything shocked.

He stared at Ramirez barking aggresively in Michael's face, who was yelling in pain as his blond hair seemed ready at any second to get ripped off if the doctor kept pulling. At the same time he was covering his ears from how loud the barks were. Suddenly Ramirez let go of the human, only to swat him aggresively across his face.

Michael fell on his side while holding his right cheek. His hands had turned red from his blood. Whimpers and tears were coming out of him. Ramirez proceeded from barking to start yelling at Michael in a mix of Basque and Portuguese. That day Geno heard swear words he had never hear before, all translated by the wind.

But they were all directed at Michael. And Ramirez was yelling while his body language was speaking threat and rage. Michael wasn't just whimpering now, he was sobbing loudly. It didn't take long for many pirates to understand the mess that was going on, warned also by the hyena trio. First and better arrived Dave.

He saw Michael on the floor injured and his blood started boiling.

"WHY THE F*CK DID YOU DO THAT TO HIM?!" He roared as he ran at Ramirez, who's claws suddenly glowed grey and he started snarling louder.

"MISTER DAVID NO!" Markus prevented to hold back Dave, who fought to escape the buff human's grip. While Ramirez' attention was away from Michael, Aldo approached the young human and took him away quietly from the mess.

Geno was staring and couldn't believe his eyesocket. Yes he hadn't forgotten that he didn't really like being surrounded by pirates. But Michael? Michael! If anything, he was from the least intolerable pirates to the siren. Why on earth did he get injured?!

Even the small skeleton could recognise he didn't deserve such treatment! He kept staring as Dave was roaring and cursing Ramirez, Markus was holding him back and the doctor was staring at the tiger soullessly, suddenly seemingly calm. As if he hadn't scratched Michael.

"YOU MOTHERF*CKING WASTE, JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVE ISSUES DOESN'T MEAN YOU CAN TAKE IT OUT ON US! NOT JUST MICHAEL TODAY, THE PAST FEW DAYS TOO! GO THROW YOURSELF IN A PYRE!" And then he started again cursing Ramirez in Portuguese, a little bit rougher than the ones Geno had hear them being spoken back at Lisbon. Ramirez didn't budge once by Dave's tone and instead started staring at his claws indifferent.

"Doctor Ramirez, why did you hit Michael?" Markus asked, trying to be heard above the mess.

"Obviously he was annoying me with his irritating childish presence." Ramirez replied taking his look off his claws to look at Markus annoyed. "I don't care for whatever reason he decided to spawn near me, he should have more consciousness in his little dumb homo head that not all days are safe to be around me."

"Mister Ramirez, did you inform Captain that you are once again on… that state?"

"What state?" Geno thought.

"No and this will not be excuse to stop training the fish."

"Exactly. It's your cue to take a break from everything and everyone temporarily. Since when our Captain didn't show understanding for any of us, ESPECIALLY you Mister Ramirez?!" Markus raised the tone of his voice slightly more. "You only endanger your surroundings with you not accepting to rest."

"Do us a favor and remove your presence from the face of earth, I'm in the middle of training." Even the most of the time patient and calm Markus lost his temper enough for his eyes from brown to glow blue seeing that his words had fallen on deaf from stubbornness ears.

"Mister Ramirez, this is your final warning, retreat to rest or Captain will hear about this in the least soft way-!" Out of nowhere suddenly, a bunch of swords, cutlasses, knives and many other random metallic objects flew and aimed at Markus. The pirates all stepped back staring at Ramirez extremely concerned.

"Then might as well make the most of it before fun time is over humano." He said. Geno finally snapped. And from the threat Ramirez was possessing towards others and generally for the last few days.

"For God's sake, §HUT! UÞ!" He hissed and all pirates turned to look at him terrified.

"Rip." One of them whispered as Ramirez turned to slowly look at Geno with wide open eye.

"I don't know what the Hell is wrong with you, I don't get why you have to act like a complete *sshole at everyone, but if this is how you're gonna keep acting even in my training, learn taking advice, because even the 'peasants' as it seems have more brain in their heads than you at the moment!" He said pointing at Ramirez.

readers: ok, where the f is alter when you need him?😨

Instead of saying anything immediately, Ramirez turned his whole body away from Geno, facing another direction.

"Don't interfere in matters you don't understand, especially my matters garfish." He said, surprisingly calm at the moment.

"Your matters become ours too the moment you let them out at any one of us. You are an *sshole the moment I get to meet you for the first time, but today you cross the damn line!"

"Go cry to your sweet mama about it." The doctor said coldly.

"With the way you act, between me and you I tend to believe that only one of us had parents."

The crew gasped and looked at Ramirez in agony to see his reaction. Once again however, the alsatian stood motionless and calm.

"So?" He asked.

"So?!" Geno took a step forward. "If you're supposed to be the well-mannered nobleman in here, seems as if your own parents missed to teach ya the manners!"

"If I wanted to show manners, I wouldn't show them towards the peasants, whom I'm surrounded with at the moment."

"And here I wonder how Aldo puts up with you." All metallic objects and weapons that were pointing at Markus suddenly started pointing at Geno.

"Mister Geno, pause at once." Markus said frantically.

"Pause! Oh no hombre, I ain't gonna sweet talk to the personification of bitter! In fact I can't believe you're afraid of the mutt!" Geno cut Markus stomping his foot on the floor, ignoring the weapons slightly nervous. He focused again on Ramirez. "Now you're pointing at me because I talk about Aldo huh! The only one in here who is probably foolish enough to tolerate you and the sh*t you throw!" A knife stabbed the floor inches away from the siren's feet. But Ramirez said nothing. Geno didn't budge by the knife thrown at him. Instead he chuckled lowly. "Wait. I think I can guess what's wrong with ya. Your parents didn't love ya enough, did they? That's why you constantly are bitter and miserable, doing everything in your power to make everyone around ya miserable! Especially Michael, still a kid, he's the easiest to turn sad and bitter by making his life Hell! Just because ya weren't a happy puppy growing up,, with Michael still being so young, ya attempt a lot more with him to make him miserable!" He started clapping. "Wow dogface. After all it ain't so hard to figure ya out!"

"Now I didn't know that." One of the pirates commented. Many others seemed to not know all that about Ramirez until now.

"My reason to treat Michael like this lies completely elsewhere and if I could, I would laugh with how wrong that guess of yours is." The dog turned to face Geno with an annoyed arrogant expression. "Since you mention my parents for being sh*tty, what are you by having loving ones? A little pathetic fish who thinks that just because he's the chosen to save the world, can run his tongue with anyone because there will be no deadly consequences."

"So I'm right about the parent part though, right?" Geno insisted.

"So I'm RiGhT. Want and award or what?"

"No, I'd rather prefer we whether continue the training without you acting like this or go tie yourself on rocks and drown."

"Your dead papa taught you such weak insult?" Ramirez spat and Geno's eyesocket widened up. Where had he hear that?! "To your dismay I teach the art of fighting, not insulting garfish. So stop running your mouth like that, you only humiliate yourself in my presence."

"Where did you hear about my dad being-?!" Geno asked.

"Because unlike you I have ears that listen at all times and mouth that stays shut. You really thought that you were sooo quiet telling the priest your little sad secrets about your family huh?" Ramirez asked. "Your mama abandoned you, your papa died because of you and your brothers? Lost because you. Were. Weak." Geno clenched his fists and teeth.

"Don't loose your temper Geno. Don't. If you loose it first you've lost." He exhaled quietly. "All lost because of me? Well at least I didn't make them miserable with my presence and the other way around and they didn't make me in such way to hate on literally every breathing being in the world!" He shrugged his shoulders. "Man, imagine if you make us all miserable, how much more your own family must have been miserable with your presence." He turned to look at the pirates and chuckled. "Man, do ya imagine the dogface having his own family?! How miserable he would make them too!"

(when imminent death from deltarune occurs, you know sh*ts about to go down pretty soon)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nedqvk48HWo

All this time Geno was talking, the pirates were hearing their doctor and the siren arguing, holding their breaths. All this time Ramirez had stayed rather calm, unusual for him at the moment. Even when Geno mentioned Aldo, the dog remained cool.

When Geno mentioned Ramirez' parents, again he stayed calm. He had stayed calm all this time, even when Geno had exposed things about him! But until now.

"Repeat that." Ramirez was heard saying and a snarl crawled up his throat. Geno being so caught up to just challenge the dog, poured more fuel into the fire.

"Now you're deaf?! What's wrong 'Andrés', feelin' insulted? Did I actually hurt your almost nonexistent feeli-?!"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9OuSyYdgcg

All metallic objects that were in the air flew towards Geno, who stopped being cocky and proceeded to avoid them. But one of the cutlasses stabbed him on top of his shoulder and he yelled in pain. But the nightmare had just began. He saw as Ramirez was running towards him snarling and barking, loudly and devilishly.

His eyes were wide open and he was breathing heavily. He pulled the cutlass out of Geno's shoulder, who stepped back and fell holding onto his shoulder. He looked up to Ramirez and proceeded to roll to the left as the other used the cutlass to stab the skeleton. He only stabbed floor.

"MISTER GENO, RUN!" Markus yelled as Ramirez tried to dash towards the smol but was held back by the human. Standing up shakily and holding onto his shoulder, Geno started running. Wait, where? That was a good question?

WHERE?!

No matter where he went, he was just going to be found by the doctor! His barks were causing the small skeleton headaches, the threat he felt on his back was burdening him and causing his mind unable to think.

"What the Hell? WHAT THE HELL?! I insulted him and his parents and he didn't even flinch. Why on earth he went mad on the last sentences?!" He didn't prevent to think any further as he heard fast footsteps running towards him, accompanied by aggressive snarling and barking. Geno didn't even need to look behind, he knew damn well it was Ramirez. He sped up and tried to think of his options at the moment. Definitely he wanted Alter here, RIGHT NOW to help him deal with the dog, but he was lethargic. Then unconsciously his mind went to Captain Reaper. As much as he didn't want to, he had no other real choice but to get to him. As the Captain of course, he was the most efficient one to put order around the ship. "Where was his office again?" Geno thought. But the sharp pain on his ankle distracted him completely from thinking.

He fell prone but didn't stay down for long as he felt a hand full of claws grabbing him from the back of his neck aggressively, soon throwing him to collide on the base of the mast. Geno could feel his forehead had cracked open, but the pain wasn't over, as he felt then sharp claws slashing his back.

Unable to scream, he held himself onto the mast and hugged it. He looked at Ramirez and his eyesocket went empty. The dog's eye… it wasn't black, nor silver, but deep purple! His teeth weren't white but shining silver, same as his claws, with the ones of the right hand being stained in the siren's blood.

His left arm moved in the air and Geno felt his ankle killing him again. Only then he saw that he had been stabbed with a knife there. And Ramirez was now controlling it. Geno held on to the mast for dear life, despite feeling his ankle ready to get ripped open if the knife kept pulling him.

"BLOODY HELL, WHERE IS THE CAPTAIN FOR GOD'S SAKE?!" Markus was heard asking as he ran towards Ramirez attempting again to stop him. Ramirez was momentarily distracted to straightforward attack the brunet, soon filling him with scratches.

Markus kept up with him for a few seconds until the doctor swatted him so aggressively he left him unconscious and with a new haircut. Geno shut his eyesocket as Ramirez turned 180° to face again the small skeleton. Almost unable to scream from pain, panic and fear Geno called out the first face that came in his mind.

"ALTEEER!"

He felt Ramirez grabbing him, dragging him away from the mast and throwing him on the floor. Geno turned on his back and watched as the doctor was ready to give him one more aggressive blow.

Despite being surrounded by ocean and nice salty breeze, the siren felt all air been taken away from him. Everything spinned, everything hurt and the environment suddenly felt very hot, as if he wasn't surrounded by sea, but by a large fire. He shut his eyesocket.

Wait a minute.

Fire?

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When he opened his eyesocket, he saw Ramirez' body flying in the air. Getting slammed against the mast, the gunwale, the floor of the deck. Surrounded by blue aura. His body stopped moving and then his limbs started going to extreme directions they shouldn't be going. The gunwales had on top of them… walls of blue fire.

"WHAT THE F*CK IS GOING ON?!"

"WHO THE HELL SUMMONED FLAMES?!"

The pirates were asking each other panicked and surprised, looking around.

"GUYS! THE PRIEST IS AWAKE!" Dave was heard and pointed to the direction of Geno and Ramirez. Or rather, somewhere behind Ramirez.

And indeed, the tall thin frame of a skeleton walking around the alsatian monster slowly and stopping between him and Geno, wearing black trousers and a plain white shirt made clear appearance. His right eyesocket was glowing in extreme shades of blue, grey and white. Unlike his left one.

Slashed and surrounded by a burn mark, painful to even look at, it was flickering like crazy. His left arm raised in the air towards the doctor had its fingers curled and once he clenched them a little bit more, more cracks were heard from Ramirez' body and stinging sounds like metal being scrapped. Geno looked up to the skeleton shocked.

"Alter! You woke up-!"

"Hə's sτıłł æsłəəÞ." The tall skeleton cut the siren off. Geno's eyesocket widened up.

"Mister Alter, keep the doctor motionless but don't hurt him any further!" Markus was heard. The tall skeleton rolled his eyesockets and turned to face Ramirez, clearly not listening to him as he clenched his hand a little more, causing his victim to start growling in extreme pain.

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ah well. 3150 words. stay determined babies, byyyeee *pet pet pet*