Zypher: Hi all and welcome to my newest story. This is basically just one-shots all gathered up into one story and you'll like them. Inspiration came from some pics I saw done by some artists from janime and I couldn't help but write a story for them. Most will be the ever infamous YugixYami (plus a hint of Aqua showing up somewhere or most of the time anyway) but I'll see about others. Hope you enjoy.
Disclaimer: Don't own Yu-gi-oh or the pics that inspires me to write these one-shots.
Summary: Yugi is a simple chore boy of an exclusive pirate ship. His eyes were always on the captain and his friend but knew he didn't have a chance. But fate does have a fickle way of changing abruptly.
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A Pirate's Life for Me
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Yugi sighed, being assigned to scrub the floors again. He was the chore boy of the well-known pirate ship, Anubis Claw. He couldn't remember how he became part of the ship's crew but he didn't mind at all. To tell the truth, he was smitten by the captain. Atemu, the Pirate King, was captain of the ship and has trained his crew well. When Yugi first met the pirate captain after he awoken on the ship, he couldn't help but fall for him. However he knew there was no chance that he, a simple chore boy, would be able to be with him.
Another sigh left the boy as he grabbed the bucket filled with soap water and a rag before he got to work.
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Atemu, or more commonly know as Yami among the seafaring folk, sat in his quarters, looking outside the window to the cresting waves. His thoughts were currently on the young chore boy he recruited not too long ago. He never learned why he was so infatuated with the boy but so many reasons came to mind. 'Maybe I should go see what he is up to.' he thought as he stood from the ornate chair and headed above deck.
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Yugi wiped his brow free from sweat, the orange bandanna he wore around his forehead soaked from excess sweat. 'Well, at least the floors are done.' he thought as he stood, carrying the bucket with him and dumped it overboard, getting rid of the soiled water. Yugi started to make his way towards the storage closet when he saw Yami come up from below and flushed a little, turning his gaze away from the pirate king. Yami glanced over to him and smiled softly as he walked over to him. "Well, Yugi, I see you are done with your chores." he spoke and Yugi turned to looked at him, nodding. His smile widened, adjusting the red captain hat that sat on his head, covering the identical hairstyle of Yugi's from view. "Well, why don't you put that stuff away and join me for a once over of the crew." Yami suggested. "Really?!" Yugi's eyes glittered with a childish delight and the captain nodded. "Ok, I'll be right back!" he called, running off with the bucket and rag to the storage closet. Yami watched as he left before heading over to the bow of the ship, looking to Mahaado who was steering.
"So, how long do you believe it will be before we get back to port?" he asked. "Shouldn't be that long. Hopefully Aqua comes back with news soon." Mahaado replied, looking to the other. "I hope so as well. I best be getting back to Yugi before he wonders where I went to." Mahaado smirked as he looked to the captain. "Getting closer to him, are we?" he questioned. A faint pink hue dusted his cheeks and he turned away from him. "Yes, I know I can't stay away for so long. It was surprising of the way we met." Yami murmured, reliving the memory.
-Flashback-
They were sailing over the calm seas, just barely escaping a harsh thunderstorm that came their way. Yami looked to the glittering waters, happy to have escaped one disaster with no casualties to crew or stock. Aqua came up beside him and placed a hand on his shoulder. "What are you thinking about, Yami?" he questioned. "Just glad we were able to get past that storm. These storms are becoming more frequent that I'm starting to worry if we will be able to get back home without damages or losses." Aqua nodded as he took a look out to sea before spotting something over the horizon. "Hey, what's that?" he questioned, pointing to what he saw. Yami looked to where he was pointing before pulling a telescope from his jacket. He looked out to the faint speck on the water, seeing someone floating on a broken plank from a ship. "There's someone out there! Aqua, get out there and help him!" Yami commanded. He nodded as he unfurled his wings and flew off, Yami watching quietly. It took a moment but Aqua soon came back with the boy tucked in his arms. Said child was shivering with his clothes sopping wet from being out at sea for heaven's knows how long. "Poor boy. Whatever ship he was on must've been caught up in the storm." Aqua murmured. "Well then, come on. We should get him to a bed and get those clothes removed." Yami stated. Aqua nodded as he headed below deck, Yami following behind him and called for Kajiki, their ship's chef, to get a bowl of warm soup started for the younger boy.
They came into their quarters and Aqua placed the boy on the bed, stripping him of his clothes and covered him with the blankets. "Hopefully he's alright. He's still breathing but who knows how long he has been out on sea." Aqua murmured. "We should get Ishizu to check up on him. Go and fetch her for me. I'll wait here for Kajiki." Yami claimed and he nodded as he left out the room to get the ship's mandatory doctor. Yami sat down on the edge of the bed, looking down to the now resting child. 'It's a miracle how you could survive. If you got caught up in the same storm we were almost in, you may not have survived as you have...' he thought as he heard the door open. "Captain, I brought the soup you asked for." Kajiki's voice drifted and he nodded slightly, never taking his eyes of the boy. "Sit it on the side table." Kajiki did as commanded before walking over to him.
"So, where did you find this little guy?"
"He was out on sea holding onto a broken plank of wood from a ship. He must've been in the storm from earlier and was the only living survivor." Yami explained softly. "Poor guy. When he wakes he might be frightened of where he is. Planning to show him around?" Yami nodded, his gaze still trained on the boy before he got up. "Well, I best be going before Ishizu gets here. Chances are her assistant will follow and I don't feel like dealing with her. You better get back to the kitchen and Aqua will keep an eye on the boy." Kajiki nodded with a 'yes sir' before leaving out the room. He turned to look back at the boy and with a soft smile, bid the younger a short farewell before leaving out, closing the door behind him.
-End Flashback-
"And after that, you were so charmed with the boy that you decided to keep him around and make him the chore boy of minor tasks." Mahaado finished with a laugh. Yami nodded then walked off. "I'll see you later." Mahaado waved before turning his gaze back to sea. He went to stand in the same place where Yugi left him, seeing the boy coming back from the storage closet. "I'm back. Sorry for making you wait, captain, but that stupid assistant of Ishizu's wouldn't leave me alone.." Yugi mumbled, panting slightly before looking up to him with a smile. "Anzu again...I'll deal with her one of these days." he muttered before looking down to Yugi. "Come, let's explore more of the ship." he spoke as they walked off. Yugi was introduced to more of the crew that he never met before, learning of new places around the ship he never visited.
He was stunned at the small library they made on the ship and Yami told him of his profound love for ancient history. After some brief time in the library, they headed above deck and looked out to sea. "These days that I have become part of the ship was fun for me." Yugi whispered softly as he looked to the captain. "I'm glad that you were willing to take me as part of your crew, captain." he said with a smile. "Yugi, there's no need to call me captain. You can call me by name. Either is fine." Yami told him. "Really? I thought it would be dishonorable of me to call you by your name?" he said. "No, I'm personally giving you permission to say my name whenever you speak to me." Yami replied with finality and Yugi blushed before nodded. "Ok...Yami." he spoke and the other smiled, wrapping an arm around his shoulder. "Captain! Aqua is coming back to the ship!" A crewmate called from the crow's nest and he smiled. "Good!" he said then looked down to Yugi again. "Come, let's go wait for him." he said and Yugi nodded as they went to the cleared-out space of the dock to wait for Aqua.
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He flew quickly, seeing the black ship up ahead and smiled, glad he was able to get there. He flew overhead before coming in for a landing. He landed in front of the two and Yugi ran over to hug the dragon. "Welcome back, Aqua." he said, already learning much about him and made to be quick friends with him. "Thank you." he said, patting his head before he turned to Yami. "Yami, we have a situation." he said and Yami looked to him. "What's going on? Is something wrong at port?" he questioned. "No but worse. A storm is heading along our path the home but it's so large, we can't get around it without sacrificing too much time. Almost had problems myself with navigating through it." Aqua explained and Yami sighed with discontent. "Alright." he said before turning to the crew members who came to see Aqua's arrivals. "Alright, men! We have a storm coming our way and it's too big to navigate around! Start taking all loose items below deck and secure all cannons!" he commanded and with a confirmation of 'yes sir's, they stared on their way.
Yami turned back to Yugi. "Yugi, head below deck. We'll take care of things up here." he said but Yugi shook his head. "I don't want to. I want to stay by your side and help." Yugi responded and he smiled before nodding. "Ok then. Go and do me a favor and get some ropes. We will need lifelines since a big storm will mean bigger waves." he said and he nodded as he ran off, unaware of the ocean blue eyes watching him. 'With this storm, I can make him get off this ship permanently and make it all look like an accident…' she thought before leaving to help out.
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Soon, the storm was upon them and they still haven't got all cannons secured. Luckily, Yugi had the ropes out in a timely manner and everyone had one secured around their waist with the other ends to the mast. "Get those cannons secured!" Yami shouted as another set of crew members went to get another secured. Yugi and Aqua worked on one of the other cannons on the other side before he looked up. He saw a huge wave coming and held onto Yugi, claws digging into the floorboards. "Wave!" he shouted and every grabbed onto something to keep them from sliding. The ship rocked from the force of the wave and once the spray of water cleared, they got back to work. Aqua looked up and saw Rishid and Leon were having problems. "Yugi, go and help them." he said, pointing to the two of them. He looked over as well and nodded as he walked over to help them with tying the rope. He was oblivious to Anzu taking hold of his rope and cut through the rough, soaking wet material swiftly without anyone noticing before she went to help someone else.
"Wave!" Someone called and the wave was fast approaching. Yugi tried to grab onto something but the wave already collided with the ship's deck, the deluge knocking him off his feet and overboard. He tried to grab for his lifeline but saw it snapped. 'Oh no!' His mind thought with panic. "Help!" he cried but hit the water hard, the force of hitting the surface knocking him out and he sunk. Rishid looked overboard and saw Yugi sinking. "Captain! Yugi has fallen overboard!" he called and Yami's eyes widened. 'No...' he thought before he untied his lifeline as quick as he could, running over to where he saw him fall and getting a boost from the railing, he jumped into the water.
'I'm not losing you, Yugi.' he thought as he swam towards Yugi's rapidly sinking form.
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Aqua looked overboard, trying to see them. "Have they come up yet?" Anzu asked, coming closer with an air of innocence. "No. Yugi must've sunk too far already before Rishid gave the warning." Aqua murmured, hoping that Yami will be able to save Yugi. He, like Yami, had found interest the boy as well and would be very disheartened if they lost him after so long of dancing round the subject of admitting how they felt for him. "I don't know why you two worry about him so much. He's only a chore boy…we can always find another." Anzu murmured and Aqua's eyes narrowed. "He may be a chore boy but he has a heart of gold. We put our trust into him more than anyone else on this ship to be honest." he hissed, glaring at her and she backed away.
Soon, they heard Leon shouting that he saw them break the surface and he looked back down to see that Yami appeared, Yugi held tightly in his arms. Seeing them safe, he untied his rope and jumped, catching the next drift of wind to glide down, grabbing Yami and Yugi before flying back. He coughed lightly but was smiling as he held Yugi. "Aqua, tell the crew to get the rest of those cannons secured and quickly while the storm is light. Also, tell Kajiki to make something warm for Yugi. I'm taking him below deck." Yami said and he nodded as he stood, walking past the scurrying crew members and tangled lifelines, Yugi's unconscious form snug in his arms.
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Later on, the storm calmed from the raging hell it was before but there was still rain and lots of thunder and lightning in the distance. They were all glad that the waves were nothing but small ones but this point, making the sail a lot smoother on course to the island. Yugi woke up slowly, raising a hand up to his temple but felt a bandage there. 'What happened?' he thought, trying to remember what happened. He soon remember the wave, the large flood of water over the ship, and seeing Leon and Rishid watching in shock as he fell over, Leon missing his hand when he tried to catch him. 'That's right, my line was somehow snapped and I fell over from that last wave. I called for help before everything went black. Who came to save me?' he thought, seeing he was in the captain's quarters and saw Yami sitting in a chair, a blanket draped around him as he slept. He looked to his uniform and saw it was sopping wet. Yugi knew it couldn't have been that bad from a mere. 'Did he…did he come to save me?' He heard the door open and saw Aqua walk in with a tray of hot soup, a loaf of bread and warmed cider. He smiled as he saw Yugi was awake and walked over to him, placing the tray on his lap before sitting down.
"Glad to see you awake, Yugi. Ishizu said you took a nasty fall into the water earlier." Aqua said. "Did Yami come to save me when I fell overboard?" he questioned, wanting to know the truth. "Yes. Once he heard the call from Rishid, he was determined not to lose you so he came in after you." Yugi looked down to the food presented to him before looking up to him. "But why?" Yugi always thought of himself as less important to the crew even though he was happy that Yami took him to be part of the crew instead of leaving him at some port to another town. "Because, he really cares for you. More than you think. Same with me. Ever since that day we found you at sea, we knew you would become something more to us over the passing months. We wanted to wait for the right time to tell you. After this, we know we may not have long to tell you how we fell in love with you, little one."
Yugi was in shock at the confession then looked down. "But you shouldn't worry about me. You have an entire crew to worry about. I'm only insignificant to those that mean so much more to the ship." Yugi whispered. "That's where you're wrong. We couldn't trust anyone on this ship more than we trust you." Yami commented from the chair he sat in, fully awake. Yugi looked to him and saw the love he held for him shining in his eyes. "Really? You both really mean all of this?" They nodded and he smiled widely. "Oh, this is such an honor. Really, it is. I too held affections for you both but I always thought that I would never have a chance since I was only a simple chore boy." Yugi whispered. "Well, you don't need to worry anymore. We have confessed and so have you and now, as our word as captains of this ship, we will never break your trust you now have in us. We will never break the bond of love you hold for us either." Aqua said, kissing him lightly before pushing the tray closer, urging him to eat something. The boy thanked him and started to eat. The room was silent other than the occasional slurps of the soup Yugi took. Soon, there was a knock on the door.
"Enter!" Yami called and both Marik and Bakura walked in, holding Anzu by her arms. Rishid entered, holding what was once Yugi's lifeline. "Captain, we found out something that led to Yugi's accident." Rishid announced. "What did you find out?" Yami demanded. "We found her ranting to herself about her plan failing and she didn't notice Marik here was walking by. He heard everything, learning that she was behind Yugi's rope snapping before the wave hit." Bakura explained, both shoving the girl into the room. Aqua's eyes narrowed as he stood and walked over, Rishid holding the rope out to him and he took it, feeling the tip. "Bakura is right, this rope hadn't snapped but was cut." he murmured, glaring down at her. "So Anzu, what was your reason for endangering a crew member's life?" he demanded. She growled as she sat up and glared at the boy. "I wanted to get rid of him. I spotted the looks you gave him and I wanted them to be looked upon me, not him!" Anzu sneered. "So, you did this all out of jealousy? Pathetic. We knew there was something wrong about you and you just prove that to us with that little stunt." Yami murmured as he stood, keeping the blanket wrapped around him, and walked over to them. He glared down at her. "For this, you are stripped of your rank as Ishizu's assistant and will be immediately sent to the dungeons for treason once we get back to port." Yami commanded before looking to Rishid, Marik and Bakura. "You three, take her down to the hold and find a nice cell for her." They nodded as they grabbed her and dragged her out despite her protests.
Yami sighed then walked back over to Yugi who was done with his food and placed the tray off to the side. "I can't believe she done that to me. I knew there was some reason why she always confronted me on the ship in random places and tell me to never come near you two…I didn't think she would take her threats this far." Yami looked to him and placed a hand on his shoulder, bringing him close. "If she was threatening you, you should've come and told me. I would've dealt with her sooner since I never liked her personally in the first place." Yugi nodded and snuggled closer to the captain. "Thanks for helping me. I just can't thank you enough not only for letting me be part of the crew but becoming more to you both." Yami smiled and kissed his forehead lightly. "No need to thank me. Us rather. We can only be grateful that you have returned our feelings to you." Yami said as he held the boy closer. Yugi snuggled closer to him and Aqua smiled a bit as he watched the two, reaching over to grab the tray before heading to the door. He stepped out and walked to the galley before heading above deck and saw the storm had passed, the sun was peeking out through the clouds. Mahaado called him over and he did so, standing beside him.
"What news do you have?"
"We're almost home. I sent out one of our sea hawks to tell them to prepare for our arrival." Mahaado replied. He nodded and smiled, looking up to the sky. 'Everything turned out well. We finally have our cherished person in our life, we didn't suffer any casualties through the storm and Anzu is out of our way for good. Things can't get better than this from here on.' Yami thought as he saw the island, their home, over the horizon.
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Zypher: And that's the end of this one-shot, hoped you all enjoyed and will be waiting for the next installment of the Lovers' Collection. See you soon.