Title: Don't Fear the Flying Dutchman
Genre: romance, horror, angst, fluff
Rating: M for violence, suggested themes, and language
Pairings: YamiXYugi; BakuraXRyou/Calypso; MarikXMalik; KaibaXJonouchi; HondaXOtogi
Summary: Many years ago, when he was four, Yugi's ship was rescued by the Flying Dutchman, the cursed pirate ship that appears during storms, and passes souls from life to death. Now, Yugi and his lover Yami search for the Dutchman, summoned by the god Calypso, to assist them in the war against those who would steal their freedom as pirates. Will Calypso, now in a male human form, assist them by summoning the Dutchman?
Me: Here's a story that I wanted to write! Sort of based off of Pirates of the Caribbean, yet it is also not at the same time!
Lucy: We got the idea after watching Pirates of the Caribbean 3: At World's End! Right near the end of the movie with the battle between the Black Pearl and the Flying Dutchman.
Me: Hence why we used the Legend of the Flying Dutchman to create this story!
Disclaimer: I do not own Pirates of the Caribbean or Yu-Gi-Oh!
Lucy: Please enjoy it! It's mostly Puzzleshipping, but the other shippings are close behind it!
Prologue: The Flying Dutchman
The sun had long since been covered by clouds. The sky was a deep navy, and the waters below were churning gently, not a harsh wind or storm cloud in sight.
Thunder rumbled gently in the distance, thousands of miles away. Shore was nowhere in sight, not that any of the pirates minded. They had grown up on the seas.
It was there home.
One ship, a pirate ship named the "Amethyst Star", drifted within the middle of the ocean. Its sails were pitch black with a red crest, showing that the ship belonged to the Mouto family, the second most feared pirates in the seven seas.
Their captain, William Mouto, stood on the bow of the boat, looking out to the seas. He sighed and then turned to his young son, Yugi, who was peering at him with wide purple eyes.
William had graying hair and purple eyes, and he was dressed in a puffy white shirt with a brown vest. He had brown pants and black leather boots, and a captain's hat. He wore jewelry on his body, and he had a sword tied to his hip.
His son was young, no more than four years old. He had his father's hair, only not graying, and his eyes. Yugi was dressed in a white shirt, black pants, and a brown vest. He had no weapons, just a necklace his mother gave him before her death.
"Daddy?" Yugi asked. William smiled.
"Yes, my son?" he asked.
"Why do we have to go inside during a storm? I mean, it is just water? So why?" Yugi asked. William looked over at his son and gently rubbed his head. He smiled gently at him and then looked to the calm waters.
"We have to hide because of the Flying Dutchman," he said.
Yugi blinked.
"Who is the flying dutch man?" he asked.
William chuckled at his son's innocence. "Not who. But what. The Dutchman is a ship, a ghost ship, that appears and takes away the souls of the ones who die at sea. They say their captain, the third captain, has lived almost 200 years on the ship," William answered.
"200 years?" Yugi asked. "But how can he be alive?" he asked.
William smiled. "He is not. He is dead. A ghost. Cursed to take over the ship until a new captain comes and claims it," he stated.
Yugi stared, and was about to speak, but before he could, a loud scream emitted from the deck. William dashed for the deck and gasped when he saw his crew pointing out at sea.
"Captain! British war ship approaching!" he shouted.
"Dammit! Prepare to fire!" William bellowed.
He turned to Yugi. "Yugi, hide!" he said. Yugi nodded and then dashed off to the lower decks, to his father's bed chambers, where he thought he would be safe. William stared out and gasped as he saw how close the ship was.
It was right before him.
"Dammit!" he shouted.
The British ship, which William could now see was called the "Maiden Elizabeth", drew alongside them, allowing the ship mates in their red coats to come onto the pirate ship.
The leader, a tall man named Keith, stepped onto the ship and smirked.
"Capture all pirates you see," he commanded.
The ship mates agreed and went to attacking the pirates, and they managed after a while to capture all of them and tie them up. William was tied by himself, and he snarled at Keith.
Keith smirked and stood near him. "You thought you could sail into our waters without being attacked?" he asked.
"These waters are never yours!" William spat. "They belong to the pirates, the Dutchman, and to Calypso! And when Calypso finds out that you said his waters belonged to you, you're gonna regret it!"
Keith rolled his eyes.
"I'll take my chances with that stupid god," he snapped. Keith looked over as one of his crew mates dragged a small toddler dressed as a pirate from the lower deck. "Oh, look-it what we found," Keith snickered.
"Daddy!!" Yugi sobbed as he struggled.
"Yugi!!" William snarled at Keith, flames dancing behind his amethyst eyes. He felt an anger like no other towards this horrible man. "Let my son go!!" William bellowed.
"Or what? Calypso will kill me?" Keith taunted.
He snickered and then looked at Yugi with hungry lustful eyes. "You might be little, but they say a child's virginity is precious. Even more than that of a teenager. Because children are so innocent," he said.
William's eyes widened.
"You wouldn't dare!!" he roared.
"I would," Keith said, grabbing Yugi and slamming him to the ground. Yugi struggled and sobbed as Keith climbed on top of him, and Yugi started begging to be let go.
Keith smirked.
"This is going to be fun," he said as he started undoing his pants. Before he got anywhere, one of his crew mares dashed up the stairs and looked at him with wild eyes.
"Sir! There's a boy in the water!" he shouted.
Keith looked over.
"A boy?" he asked.
"Yeah! He's just standing there, as if he's standing on something in the water, and he's got this long white hair," the crew mate said. Keith's eyes went wide and he threw himself away from Yugi.
Keith looked around wildly.
"IT'S CALYPSO! EVERYONE GET BACK TO THE SHIP!!" he shouted. His crew mates made a dash for their ship, leaving the pirates all behind. The pirates untied themselves and looked at the running crew mates.
The British crew dashed onto their ship and tried to sail away. They looked down at Calypso.
The small boy looked at them with gentle, yet evil, brown-green eyes. He smirked and raised his hand into the air.
Instantly, black clouds started rolling in, and thunder crackled. The water turned deep navy, almost black. The waves started churning, and the ships rocked back and forth violently.
A large bubbling came from the water, and soon, something large, like a shark's mouth, broke the surface.
In its wake was a large pirate ship.
The ship was unlike any ship ever seen to humans. Its wood was driftwood, and it was a glowing white color, like the pale moon. It looked jagged, but no water penetrated it.
The sails were giant, and they were made from thick sheets of seaweed and sea plants. Shells and coral littered the sides, and many cannons came from the sides, all of them looking like shark mouths.
The front of the ship was jagged and looked like an open shark mouth, a large spire like the nose. The ship sent off a haunting look, and it sent chills down the spines of every mortal who saw it.
"The Flying Dutchman!!!" one of the pirates yelled in horror.
William threw his hand before them.
"Do not attack! The Dutchman is not here to attack us!" he shouted to them. Everyone went silent for a good few moments, except for the Maiden Elizabeth, who were trying to escape.
The fools.
The Dutchman curled and turned so that it was facing the British ship. Its cannons opened, and then started firing upon the lesser ship. The cannon balls slammed into the sides.
The ship exploded in a ray of flames, and the ship mates started screaming in horror and pain. The ship took on water, and started going down under the churning and whipping waves.
The thunder crackled, and the ship rocked with the tides, never swaying dangerously.
Yugi gasped as he looked out to the Dutchman. He spotted a young figure step from the inside of the ship and onto the deck. The figure looked around a bit, just a black silhouette.
The silhouette had long hair, falling to his chest, and he wore a captain's hat as well. He was dressed very similar to William, but his face remained a mystery to Yugi.
It turned and looked to Yugi before smiling, Yugi could see the sharp white teeth.
Yugi trembled under his gaze.
"T-the third captain..." he whispered in horror.
Yugi gasped as the captain stood to the bow, pointed to the distance, and then the ship started swirling under the waters once again. Calypso slowly started vanishing under the water as well, and the storm died down.
Once the ship was fully gone, the storm ceased, and the burning British ship was now just a forgotten memory.
Yugi gasped and shuddered, and William held him in a gentle grip. Yugi watched out at the seas, and felt something lock inside of his heart. Something he had never felt before.
'I will find the Dutchman again. And Calypso. And I will thank them,' he thought.
And this is where our tale begins.
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Me: Okay! So, Yugi was rescued by the Dutchman! But who is the captain who he saw? Note! It is not Yami!
Lucy: If not Yami, then who is it? You'll all find out as soon as possible!
Me: The next chapter, our Yami appears! He also works with Yugi on his ship, his father's ship, and the dangers begin in the high waters!
Lucy: What will happen to our beloved Yugi and Yami?
Me: Read on if you want to find out!