This isn't the first fic I've made but it's the first one that's been put
up on fanfiction.net. Flames are accepted. If you have any questions ask in
the reviews because I rarely check my e-mail. The first few chapters are
already written so they'll come sooner than the later ones. I use some
Japanese words. I'll put the transitions at the end.
Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh. I wish I did but sadly I don't.
All Aboard
Joey and Tristan untied the ropes holding the small ship from drifting out to open sea. Yugi's grandpa, Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler, Téa's parents, Tristan's parents, and some fans of Duke waved to them as they prepared for their boat trip to the Bahamas.
"Be back in about two months!" Yugi shouted.
"Don't worry about us! We're perfectly fine!" Téa hollered.
Joey and his little sister Serenity waved to their parents. "Don't worry Ma; I won't let anything happen to Serenity!"
"Bye!"
"We'll be back before you know it!"
"Ja ne!"
"Abayo!"
"Baibai!"
"Sayonara!"
"Sarabada!"
They kept waving till the deck was lost amidst the waves. The group turned around and smiled at each other. They had planned for months of taking a relaxing boat ride to an island paradise and now they were actually doing it.
Téa clapped her hands together. "This is so exciting!"
"Yes," agreed Mai, "so let's not waste one minute of it!" She grabbed Téa, Isis, and Serenity and pulled them into the cabin which lay in the center of the ship.
Duke followed them in.
"I bet he's going to brush that precious hair of his," Joey whispered to Tristan who snickered.
Yugi looked around. "Where're Kaiba and Mokuba?"
"They're steering the ship," replied Yami.
"Well, at least we don't have to worry about falling over board. Almost all of those controls are powered by computers," said Bakura.
"Yeah," Joey said, "smartypants up there can handle any computer."
Suddenly the ship jolted throwing both Joey and Bakura overboard. Yugi was thrown to the deck with Tristan and Yami Malik. Yami and Yami Bakura hit the side knocking them into a daze. Malik nearly fell overboard. He managed to grab the side of the boat fortunately. In the cabin, the girls had been changing into their swimsuits. Mai was tossed into one of the beds and had to detangle herself from the covers with Serenity on top of her. Téa had been knocked out when her head collided with the wall. Isis had managed to seize the single beam in the center of the dorm. Duke, in the other room (there're two main rooms and a kitchen), had fallen on a hammock, which thoroughly messed up his "beautiful and wonderful" hair.
Joey surfaced and shook his wet hair out of his eyes.
"So we don't have to worry about fallin' overboard, eh Bakura?" he asked glancing around looking for his friend. "Bakura? Bakura?!" Joey dove down into the water searching for him. Finally he saw a glimpse of white hair below him. Joey swam downward till he reached him. Grabbing Bakura's wrist he struck out toward the surface.
Yugi shook himself and seized a rope which was lying next to him. Yami Malik helped his aibou back on deck as Yugi and Tristan threw the line out to Joey and a semi-conscious Bakura.
Joey gripped the rope keeping a firm hold of Bakura's wrist while Tristan and Yugi hauled them up.
"Agh!" yelled Bakura as he jumped into full wakefulness (if it's possible to jump in water), "I felt something brush my leg!"
"Bakura, please say that you're jokin'," Joey asked.
Bakura answered immediately, "OUCH! It bit me!"
"Wha . . . AHH! It's biting me too! Pull us up!"
"This is just great. Hey, a little help here!" Tristan yelled to Malik, Yami Malik, Yami Bakura, and Yami. They immediately gripped the rope and pulled.
"What was it that bit you?" asked Malik when Joey and Bakura were safely onboard.
"How should I know?! But they hurt like hell!" Joey cried looking at his pants. Both his and Bakura's had small tiny holes covering their pants along with a few traces of blood.
Suddenly the cabin door opened and Serenity ran out in a cute, pink, two- piece bathing suit.
"Téa's unconscious in the.Joey! Bakura! What happened?!" she exclaimed in shock.
"Téa's unconscious!" they repeated.
Yami examined Joey's legs. "Those look like teeth marks," he muttered, "Maybe from piranhas."
"PIRANHAS!!!" Joey shouted in alarm. Then he whispered to Bakura. "What are piranhas?"
Bakura and Yugi blinked.
Yami and Malik sweatdropped.
Yami Bakura and Yami Malik slapped their foreheads muttering idiot.
Tristan scratched his head in confusion.
And Serenity yelled, "WHAT HAPPENED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"They fell in the water and were bit by piranhas," answered Yami Malik calmly.
"Oh you poor guys!" Serenity ran over to Joey and Bakura giving them both a hug and studied their cuts. "It doesn't look too bad. Yugi, where's the First Aid Kit kept?"
"In the kitchen," he answered. "Why don't some of us go see what happened? Tristan, Serenity, and Yami Bakura can stay here. The rest of us will head up to the captain's deck."
Everyone agreed. When Yugi and the others reached the door leading into the top deck they found it closed surprisingly. When Yugi tried to open the door he found it stuck.
"I can't move it!" Yugi said pushing against the door.
Yami moved forward. "Let me try." He put his shoulder to the door.
Malik and his Yami watched.
"Very good Pharaoh," sneered Yami Malik when the door didn't budge.
Yami ignored him. "There's something blocking it," he stated with a slightly worried face.
"Hey Kaiba! Mokuba! Can you hear us? Are you in there?" Yugi yelled.
A faint voice replied. "Yugi? Is that you?" It belonged to Mokuba.
"Mokuba, what happened? What's blocking the door?" asked Malik.
"A huge chest! It won't move! Seto's out cold too!"
"Looks like we're stuck," said Yami Malik leaning against the rail.
Yami was examining the door muttering to himself then a slow smile spread across his face.
"Mokuba, listen carefully," he called through the door, "Can you reach the hinges on the door?"
Yami Malik and Malik look confused but Yugi's face lit up with realization.
"Yeah."
"Good," Yami continued with the instructions, "Now look at each bolt closely. See the top where it protrudes from the hinge? Wiggle it around a bit till it comes loose and take it out. Do the same to the others."
"I get it now. Taking the hinges off will make the door fall and we're through! That's an ingenious plan Yami!" Malik praised.
Yami Malik gave Yami a dark look and muttered some Egyptian curse words under his breath. There was a small commotion in the room and then Mokuba's voice came again.
"Okay, now what?"
"Stand back!" Yami ordered and then he, with the help of Yugi and Malik, pushed the door.
"It doesn't seem to be going anywhere Yami," panted Yugi.
Yami Malik smirked, "Well, well, Pharaoh. Looks like you're losing your touch."
Yami and Malik both backed off. Yami's forehead was knitted with concentration.
Yugi also studied the door. Then it hit him. He leaned his back against it and then turned the door knob. As he did so the door flipped backward to what looked remarkably like a slide with Yugi at the bottom of it in a sprawled heap.
"Go Yugi!" Malik said laughingly.
The Yami`s looked at each other saying at the same time: "I knew that!" They both glared and would've started a major fight had not Malik deliberately shoved them inside the cockpit.
In the room Mokuba stood next to the wheel making sure they didn't go off course too far. In the corner was a limp form of Seto Kaiba. The other three jumped in.
"So what happened Mokuba?" asked Yugi getting up from the floor.
"Well, my brother and I were checking the equipment to make sure we didn't forget something. When we got to the spare parts on the list we didn't find any so we looked in some of the compartments. Well my big brother opened that top one," Mokuba pointed to an open draw right above the wheel, "and this huge chest fell out. He managed to dodge it but then the ship jolted because he let go of the wheel so quickly that he tripped and hit his head against the corner of it. And that's about it."
Malik checked Seto's pulse. "He'll be fine. What about that chest?"
"Yeah, I think we should look in it to see what it is," remarked Yugi.
Both Yami`s picked up the door and propped it against the wall. Malik took the wheel while the others turned to the chest. It was a dark, sinister looking box with a black key. Yugi took the key and put it in the keyhole. He turned it and opened the lid. He, Mokuba, Yami, and Yami Malik all gasped in surprise. There was million of dollars filling the bottom half while the rest of it was filled with the most priceless necklaces, bracelets, rings, earrings, jewels, and even some white silk. There was another smaller box inside.
Just then Tristan and Mai came running in. Mai was also in a bathing suit. It was a purple bikini with small swirls. It was quite becoming on her but she didn't seem in the mood to impress anyone at the moment.
"What are you just standing there gaping at?! We've got three, no four people with injuries and you all are just sitting there looking at jewelry!" she shrieked. Then in a blink she was down there right next to Yami Malik and was combing through the artifacts.
Yami stood up and closed the lid, much to Mai's disappointment. "Mai's right, we can look through these later. Right now we need to help Joey, Bakura, Téa, and Kaiba."
"Un," agreed Yugi.
"I'll continue to navigate until Kaiba comes around," said Malik.
"Everyone's in the cabin," Tristan spoke up.
When they entered the cabin (with Tristan carrying Seto and the two Yami`s carrying the chest) they were confronted with haywire people.
"At least my legs aren't fish food!" shouted Duke with messing hair.
"Well I actually look better than you!" countered Joey.
"Joey, will you please calm down!" pleaded Serenity as she put a washcloth on Téa's forehead.
"I would if he would shut the hell up!" Joey answered glaring at Duke who was supposed to be helping Joey patch up his injured legs.
On Bakura's bed Yami Bakura was placing bandages on his hikari's cuts. He was muttering to himself angrily trying to restrain himself from cursing Joey and Duke. Isis was helping Serenity and was glancing up occasionally with an annoyed face.
"So.what's up with you guys?" Tristan asked.
"Shut up Tristan!"
"Yeah, this is between me and the dog!"
"DOG!!! I'm no dog, you hair freak!"
"No more comments on my hair! Got it!"
"Sure, your hairiness."
Yami and Yami Malik went over the table next to Serenity and placed the chest on it all the while listening to the argument.
"Dumb dog!"
"Dice boy!"
"Moron!"
"Idiot!"
"Dork!"
"Loser!"
Yami and Yami Malik motioned to Yami Bakura to join them facing Joey and Duke. Tristan stood in the doorway with Seto on his back, Yugi at his side, Mokuba in front, and Mai standing behind Yugi watching. The Yami`s whispered something to each other.
"Little puppy!"
"Bigheaded hair jell!"
"Whimpering dog!"
"Lardbarrel!"
"Lardbarrel?"
"Heh, it's somethin' I picked up from a book."
"You can read? You must be joking!"
"I can read better than you!"
"AHEM!"
Joey and Duke broke off from there fight to look at the Yami`s. Each one was staring at them with a glowing gold eye on their forehead. Soon the Millennium Items were glowing too. They blinked and turned pale when they realized what they were going to do.
"Dude, you can't be serious!" Joey cried falling off his bed.
"Sorry! I'm sorry! Please don't! I don't want to see the Shadow Realm! I'm too young to die!" Duke begged on hands and knees.
There came a snort of laughter from the doorway and a chuckle from Bakura's direction but everything else was silent. The Yami`s glow stopped but each one glared at Joey and Duke dangerously. Or tried to glare at Joey but it was rather difficult considering that his bed was blocking their view of him.
Then all of a sudden they burst into laughter. The others (excluding Joey, Duke, Kaiba, and Téa) joined in. Duke and Joey turned from scared to embarrassed to angry quicker than you can snap your fingers. Duke sat on his bed with a hairbrush and a mirror grumbling to himself. Joey sat on his bed not saying a word to anybody while Tristan, who had laid Seto on his bed, patched up Joey's bites. Mokuba and Yugi watched Seto, Yami Bakura and Bakura sat on Bakura's bed talking, Serenity and Mai watched Téa, Yami Malik went back up to the captain's deck, and Yami went out on the lower deck and leaned against the rail feeling the cool sea breeze, listening to the gentle sound of the waves crashing against the boat's sides, and swaying with the rhythmic motion of the ship.
It's so peaceful, he thought. He stood there awhile enjoying the moment.
Isis came up behind him silently so he didn't noticed. She smiled softly. It's been awhile since I've seen him calm, she thought. She slipped away to let the Pharaoh enjoy the ocean's tranquility.
***Later***
Back in the cabin Téa had just come around, Seto was still in a daze but was doing fine, and Joey and Bakura were fixed up as best as possible.
Bakura looked at his watch (which was waterproof). "It's about 6:00pm. The sun should be setting soon."
"Have you ever seen the sun set on the water before?" asked Mokuba. They shook their heads. "Well you should! It's just beautiful!"
"More beautiful than him?" asked Joey pointing at Duke. He received a bonk on the head by Tristan.
"Come on!" Mokuba said. Everyone (even Seto) followed him outside to the rail.
The sunlight played across the water in oranges and yellows. The sky above was filled with purple, orange, and pink clouds.
Téa sighed at the sight. Seto stood behind her and couldn't help notice that her bathing suit matched the scene. It was a two piece that was purple with pink flowers covering it and a skirt with the same pattern and a white flower holding it together. He also couldn't help but notice how pretty she looked in it. He immediately focused his mind on something else.
Next to them stood Yugi with Yami behind him. They both stared at the sight with smiles on their faces. Isis stood alongside of Yugi, leaning on the rail so that Yami could see overtop of her. Bakura and Yami Bakura were next. Bakura watched in awe but his darker half, along with Malik's darker half stood behind not impressed. Mai stood leaning on the rail memorized with Joey watching Mai instead of the sunset. Mokuba stood watching happily with Serenity leaning over him shading her eyes not noticing Tristan's hand hovering just above her shoulder. Duke at the end of the line, with his hair fixed, keeping an eye on Tristan while enjoying the setting sun.
When it was over Seto went to the upper deck with Yami Malik. The girls retired for the night. Joey could be heard grumbling in his bed with Tristan above him covering his head with a pillow. Duke was asleep before everyone snoring better than the champion snorer. Mokuba lay above Duke and somehow managed to ignore him and sleep. Bakura and his Yami stayed on deck sitting in some chairs they had brought along with Yugi and Yami.
Yami was transfixed by the wide ocean. He barely noticed his aibou until he gave a small sigh.
"Yugi," he said turning to the young teen, "is something wrong?"
"I . . . I don't know really . . . it just feels not right . . . like something bad is going to happen," he whispered.
"You mean the chest full of treasure?" Yami asked.
Yugi suddenly stiffened. "W-what?"
"Huh?"
"What did you say?" Yugi asked.
Yami frowned, "I said 'You mean chest full of treasure?'"
Just then Bakura walked up to them followed by Yami Bakura.
"Hey Yugi. Hi Yami. What's up?" he asked cheerfully.
"Bakura," Yugi said immediately, "what do you know about pirates?"
"Pirates?" all three stated puzzled.
"Hai," came the prompt reply.
"Well.there are some today but they stay in the tropics mostly. Around the Bahamas and even along the west coast but there are fewer there. Why do you want to know Yugi?"
"No reason . . . I'm going to bed. See you guys in the morning." And with that he turned heel and went into the cabin leaving behind three confused companions.
***
The next day at lunch they went over the contents of the chest.
"Wow," remarked Téa, "where did all this come from?"
"Well wherever it came from I'm keepin' it," Joey said filling his pockets with cash.
"Joey! I'm surprised at you. I never imagined you to be greedy," Serenity glared at him astounded.
Joey fell flat on his face. "Uh.well.ya see.I was.I was keepin' the money safe! Yeah! That's it. Dat's what I was doing. Yep," he lied.
For some reason everyone had a coughing fit right then.
Yugi looked at the small box that had been set aside. "I wonder what's in here," he said as he opened it. He gasped.
"What?" everyone asked immediately.
Wordlessly Yugi turned the box so they could see what was inside.
"Oh my," whispered Bakura.
"They are." began Téa.
"Millennium Items!" exclaimed all three Yami`s.
In the box lay one gold ankle bracelet, a gold necklace, a wrist bracelet, a ring, an arm band, a choker, a headband, and a chain. Mai picked up the choker.
"Hmm . . . this would look great on me," she said happily. Then before anyone could stop her she had it around her neck and was looking in the mirror.
Duke joined her trying on the headband. "Not bad. Not bad at all," he approved.
Serenity and Téa both grabbed the two bracelets. Then they took the necklace and arm band and put them on Seto and Mokuba before either of them could protest.
Joey picked up the ring leaving Tristan with the small chain.
"What are you doing?" Isis exclaimed.
"Take those things off! You have no idea if they contain any powers!" Yugi said in horror.
Téa blinked and looked at the bracelet on her wrist. Yugi's right, she thought. I shouldn't have even touched them! Why did I touch it? I just felt drawn to it. I have to take it off!
Téa fooled with the clip.
"I-I can't get it off!" she exclaimed in horror.
Everyone looked at her in shock. The others immediately tried to take off their accessories.
"I can't either!"
"It's like stuck!"
"It won't budge!"
The original Millennium holders looked at each other.
"This is just great," sighed Yugi.
*** 2 weeks later ***
It was dawn. The sun had barely risen as Yami Malik strode into the cabin prodding Seto Kaiba awake not even trying to be gentle.
"What?!" Seto hissed angrily.
"Malik needs you in the cockpit," he answered simply. Seto got out of bed grumbling and grabbed his navy-blue T-shirt and blank pants with his purple trench coat.
Yami Malik observed him. "Have you ever not worn a trench coat?"
"Let's just get on with this," Seto said coldly ignoring the impertinent question.
They entered the captain's deck. Malik looked up at them worried.
"So what's the reason you woke me up so early? It better be important," Seto remarked.
"There's a ship following us," Malik whispered.
*****
Ja ne - later
Abayo - good-bye
Bai-bai - bye-bye
Sayonara - good-bye
Sarabada - farewell
Aibou - partner
Hikari - light
Hai - yes
Un - yeah
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Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh. I wish I did but sadly I don't.
All Aboard
Joey and Tristan untied the ropes holding the small ship from drifting out to open sea. Yugi's grandpa, Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler, Téa's parents, Tristan's parents, and some fans of Duke waved to them as they prepared for their boat trip to the Bahamas.
"Be back in about two months!" Yugi shouted.
"Don't worry about us! We're perfectly fine!" Téa hollered.
Joey and his little sister Serenity waved to their parents. "Don't worry Ma; I won't let anything happen to Serenity!"
"Bye!"
"We'll be back before you know it!"
"Ja ne!"
"Abayo!"
"Baibai!"
"Sayonara!"
"Sarabada!"
They kept waving till the deck was lost amidst the waves. The group turned around and smiled at each other. They had planned for months of taking a relaxing boat ride to an island paradise and now they were actually doing it.
Téa clapped her hands together. "This is so exciting!"
"Yes," agreed Mai, "so let's not waste one minute of it!" She grabbed Téa, Isis, and Serenity and pulled them into the cabin which lay in the center of the ship.
Duke followed them in.
"I bet he's going to brush that precious hair of his," Joey whispered to Tristan who snickered.
Yugi looked around. "Where're Kaiba and Mokuba?"
"They're steering the ship," replied Yami.
"Well, at least we don't have to worry about falling over board. Almost all of those controls are powered by computers," said Bakura.
"Yeah," Joey said, "smartypants up there can handle any computer."
Suddenly the ship jolted throwing both Joey and Bakura overboard. Yugi was thrown to the deck with Tristan and Yami Malik. Yami and Yami Bakura hit the side knocking them into a daze. Malik nearly fell overboard. He managed to grab the side of the boat fortunately. In the cabin, the girls had been changing into their swimsuits. Mai was tossed into one of the beds and had to detangle herself from the covers with Serenity on top of her. Téa had been knocked out when her head collided with the wall. Isis had managed to seize the single beam in the center of the dorm. Duke, in the other room (there're two main rooms and a kitchen), had fallen on a hammock, which thoroughly messed up his "beautiful and wonderful" hair.
Joey surfaced and shook his wet hair out of his eyes.
"So we don't have to worry about fallin' overboard, eh Bakura?" he asked glancing around looking for his friend. "Bakura? Bakura?!" Joey dove down into the water searching for him. Finally he saw a glimpse of white hair below him. Joey swam downward till he reached him. Grabbing Bakura's wrist he struck out toward the surface.
Yugi shook himself and seized a rope which was lying next to him. Yami Malik helped his aibou back on deck as Yugi and Tristan threw the line out to Joey and a semi-conscious Bakura.
Joey gripped the rope keeping a firm hold of Bakura's wrist while Tristan and Yugi hauled them up.
"Agh!" yelled Bakura as he jumped into full wakefulness (if it's possible to jump in water), "I felt something brush my leg!"
"Bakura, please say that you're jokin'," Joey asked.
Bakura answered immediately, "OUCH! It bit me!"
"Wha . . . AHH! It's biting me too! Pull us up!"
"This is just great. Hey, a little help here!" Tristan yelled to Malik, Yami Malik, Yami Bakura, and Yami. They immediately gripped the rope and pulled.
"What was it that bit you?" asked Malik when Joey and Bakura were safely onboard.
"How should I know?! But they hurt like hell!" Joey cried looking at his pants. Both his and Bakura's had small tiny holes covering their pants along with a few traces of blood.
Suddenly the cabin door opened and Serenity ran out in a cute, pink, two- piece bathing suit.
"Téa's unconscious in the.Joey! Bakura! What happened?!" she exclaimed in shock.
"Téa's unconscious!" they repeated.
Yami examined Joey's legs. "Those look like teeth marks," he muttered, "Maybe from piranhas."
"PIRANHAS!!!" Joey shouted in alarm. Then he whispered to Bakura. "What are piranhas?"
Bakura and Yugi blinked.
Yami and Malik sweatdropped.
Yami Bakura and Yami Malik slapped their foreheads muttering idiot.
Tristan scratched his head in confusion.
And Serenity yelled, "WHAT HAPPENED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"They fell in the water and were bit by piranhas," answered Yami Malik calmly.
"Oh you poor guys!" Serenity ran over to Joey and Bakura giving them both a hug and studied their cuts. "It doesn't look too bad. Yugi, where's the First Aid Kit kept?"
"In the kitchen," he answered. "Why don't some of us go see what happened? Tristan, Serenity, and Yami Bakura can stay here. The rest of us will head up to the captain's deck."
Everyone agreed. When Yugi and the others reached the door leading into the top deck they found it closed surprisingly. When Yugi tried to open the door he found it stuck.
"I can't move it!" Yugi said pushing against the door.
Yami moved forward. "Let me try." He put his shoulder to the door.
Malik and his Yami watched.
"Very good Pharaoh," sneered Yami Malik when the door didn't budge.
Yami ignored him. "There's something blocking it," he stated with a slightly worried face.
"Hey Kaiba! Mokuba! Can you hear us? Are you in there?" Yugi yelled.
A faint voice replied. "Yugi? Is that you?" It belonged to Mokuba.
"Mokuba, what happened? What's blocking the door?" asked Malik.
"A huge chest! It won't move! Seto's out cold too!"
"Looks like we're stuck," said Yami Malik leaning against the rail.
Yami was examining the door muttering to himself then a slow smile spread across his face.
"Mokuba, listen carefully," he called through the door, "Can you reach the hinges on the door?"
Yami Malik and Malik look confused but Yugi's face lit up with realization.
"Yeah."
"Good," Yami continued with the instructions, "Now look at each bolt closely. See the top where it protrudes from the hinge? Wiggle it around a bit till it comes loose and take it out. Do the same to the others."
"I get it now. Taking the hinges off will make the door fall and we're through! That's an ingenious plan Yami!" Malik praised.
Yami Malik gave Yami a dark look and muttered some Egyptian curse words under his breath. There was a small commotion in the room and then Mokuba's voice came again.
"Okay, now what?"
"Stand back!" Yami ordered and then he, with the help of Yugi and Malik, pushed the door.
"It doesn't seem to be going anywhere Yami," panted Yugi.
Yami Malik smirked, "Well, well, Pharaoh. Looks like you're losing your touch."
Yami and Malik both backed off. Yami's forehead was knitted with concentration.
Yugi also studied the door. Then it hit him. He leaned his back against it and then turned the door knob. As he did so the door flipped backward to what looked remarkably like a slide with Yugi at the bottom of it in a sprawled heap.
"Go Yugi!" Malik said laughingly.
The Yami`s looked at each other saying at the same time: "I knew that!" They both glared and would've started a major fight had not Malik deliberately shoved them inside the cockpit.
In the room Mokuba stood next to the wheel making sure they didn't go off course too far. In the corner was a limp form of Seto Kaiba. The other three jumped in.
"So what happened Mokuba?" asked Yugi getting up from the floor.
"Well, my brother and I were checking the equipment to make sure we didn't forget something. When we got to the spare parts on the list we didn't find any so we looked in some of the compartments. Well my big brother opened that top one," Mokuba pointed to an open draw right above the wheel, "and this huge chest fell out. He managed to dodge it but then the ship jolted because he let go of the wheel so quickly that he tripped and hit his head against the corner of it. And that's about it."
Malik checked Seto's pulse. "He'll be fine. What about that chest?"
"Yeah, I think we should look in it to see what it is," remarked Yugi.
Both Yami`s picked up the door and propped it against the wall. Malik took the wheel while the others turned to the chest. It was a dark, sinister looking box with a black key. Yugi took the key and put it in the keyhole. He turned it and opened the lid. He, Mokuba, Yami, and Yami Malik all gasped in surprise. There was million of dollars filling the bottom half while the rest of it was filled with the most priceless necklaces, bracelets, rings, earrings, jewels, and even some white silk. There was another smaller box inside.
Just then Tristan and Mai came running in. Mai was also in a bathing suit. It was a purple bikini with small swirls. It was quite becoming on her but she didn't seem in the mood to impress anyone at the moment.
"What are you just standing there gaping at?! We've got three, no four people with injuries and you all are just sitting there looking at jewelry!" she shrieked. Then in a blink she was down there right next to Yami Malik and was combing through the artifacts.
Yami stood up and closed the lid, much to Mai's disappointment. "Mai's right, we can look through these later. Right now we need to help Joey, Bakura, Téa, and Kaiba."
"Un," agreed Yugi.
"I'll continue to navigate until Kaiba comes around," said Malik.
"Everyone's in the cabin," Tristan spoke up.
When they entered the cabin (with Tristan carrying Seto and the two Yami`s carrying the chest) they were confronted with haywire people.
"At least my legs aren't fish food!" shouted Duke with messing hair.
"Well I actually look better than you!" countered Joey.
"Joey, will you please calm down!" pleaded Serenity as she put a washcloth on Téa's forehead.
"I would if he would shut the hell up!" Joey answered glaring at Duke who was supposed to be helping Joey patch up his injured legs.
On Bakura's bed Yami Bakura was placing bandages on his hikari's cuts. He was muttering to himself angrily trying to restrain himself from cursing Joey and Duke. Isis was helping Serenity and was glancing up occasionally with an annoyed face.
"So.what's up with you guys?" Tristan asked.
"Shut up Tristan!"
"Yeah, this is between me and the dog!"
"DOG!!! I'm no dog, you hair freak!"
"No more comments on my hair! Got it!"
"Sure, your hairiness."
Yami and Yami Malik went over the table next to Serenity and placed the chest on it all the while listening to the argument.
"Dumb dog!"
"Dice boy!"
"Moron!"
"Idiot!"
"Dork!"
"Loser!"
Yami and Yami Malik motioned to Yami Bakura to join them facing Joey and Duke. Tristan stood in the doorway with Seto on his back, Yugi at his side, Mokuba in front, and Mai standing behind Yugi watching. The Yami`s whispered something to each other.
"Little puppy!"
"Bigheaded hair jell!"
"Whimpering dog!"
"Lardbarrel!"
"Lardbarrel?"
"Heh, it's somethin' I picked up from a book."
"You can read? You must be joking!"
"I can read better than you!"
"AHEM!"
Joey and Duke broke off from there fight to look at the Yami`s. Each one was staring at them with a glowing gold eye on their forehead. Soon the Millennium Items were glowing too. They blinked and turned pale when they realized what they were going to do.
"Dude, you can't be serious!" Joey cried falling off his bed.
"Sorry! I'm sorry! Please don't! I don't want to see the Shadow Realm! I'm too young to die!" Duke begged on hands and knees.
There came a snort of laughter from the doorway and a chuckle from Bakura's direction but everything else was silent. The Yami`s glow stopped but each one glared at Joey and Duke dangerously. Or tried to glare at Joey but it was rather difficult considering that his bed was blocking their view of him.
Then all of a sudden they burst into laughter. The others (excluding Joey, Duke, Kaiba, and Téa) joined in. Duke and Joey turned from scared to embarrassed to angry quicker than you can snap your fingers. Duke sat on his bed with a hairbrush and a mirror grumbling to himself. Joey sat on his bed not saying a word to anybody while Tristan, who had laid Seto on his bed, patched up Joey's bites. Mokuba and Yugi watched Seto, Yami Bakura and Bakura sat on Bakura's bed talking, Serenity and Mai watched Téa, Yami Malik went back up to the captain's deck, and Yami went out on the lower deck and leaned against the rail feeling the cool sea breeze, listening to the gentle sound of the waves crashing against the boat's sides, and swaying with the rhythmic motion of the ship.
It's so peaceful, he thought. He stood there awhile enjoying the moment.
Isis came up behind him silently so he didn't noticed. She smiled softly. It's been awhile since I've seen him calm, she thought. She slipped away to let the Pharaoh enjoy the ocean's tranquility.
***Later***
Back in the cabin Téa had just come around, Seto was still in a daze but was doing fine, and Joey and Bakura were fixed up as best as possible.
Bakura looked at his watch (which was waterproof). "It's about 6:00pm. The sun should be setting soon."
"Have you ever seen the sun set on the water before?" asked Mokuba. They shook their heads. "Well you should! It's just beautiful!"
"More beautiful than him?" asked Joey pointing at Duke. He received a bonk on the head by Tristan.
"Come on!" Mokuba said. Everyone (even Seto) followed him outside to the rail.
The sunlight played across the water in oranges and yellows. The sky above was filled with purple, orange, and pink clouds.
Téa sighed at the sight. Seto stood behind her and couldn't help notice that her bathing suit matched the scene. It was a two piece that was purple with pink flowers covering it and a skirt with the same pattern and a white flower holding it together. He also couldn't help but notice how pretty she looked in it. He immediately focused his mind on something else.
Next to them stood Yugi with Yami behind him. They both stared at the sight with smiles on their faces. Isis stood alongside of Yugi, leaning on the rail so that Yami could see overtop of her. Bakura and Yami Bakura were next. Bakura watched in awe but his darker half, along with Malik's darker half stood behind not impressed. Mai stood leaning on the rail memorized with Joey watching Mai instead of the sunset. Mokuba stood watching happily with Serenity leaning over him shading her eyes not noticing Tristan's hand hovering just above her shoulder. Duke at the end of the line, with his hair fixed, keeping an eye on Tristan while enjoying the setting sun.
When it was over Seto went to the upper deck with Yami Malik. The girls retired for the night. Joey could be heard grumbling in his bed with Tristan above him covering his head with a pillow. Duke was asleep before everyone snoring better than the champion snorer. Mokuba lay above Duke and somehow managed to ignore him and sleep. Bakura and his Yami stayed on deck sitting in some chairs they had brought along with Yugi and Yami.
Yami was transfixed by the wide ocean. He barely noticed his aibou until he gave a small sigh.
"Yugi," he said turning to the young teen, "is something wrong?"
"I . . . I don't know really . . . it just feels not right . . . like something bad is going to happen," he whispered.
"You mean the chest full of treasure?" Yami asked.
Yugi suddenly stiffened. "W-what?"
"Huh?"
"What did you say?" Yugi asked.
Yami frowned, "I said 'You mean chest full of treasure?'"
Just then Bakura walked up to them followed by Yami Bakura.
"Hey Yugi. Hi Yami. What's up?" he asked cheerfully.
"Bakura," Yugi said immediately, "what do you know about pirates?"
"Pirates?" all three stated puzzled.
"Hai," came the prompt reply.
"Well.there are some today but they stay in the tropics mostly. Around the Bahamas and even along the west coast but there are fewer there. Why do you want to know Yugi?"
"No reason . . . I'm going to bed. See you guys in the morning." And with that he turned heel and went into the cabin leaving behind three confused companions.
***
The next day at lunch they went over the contents of the chest.
"Wow," remarked Téa, "where did all this come from?"
"Well wherever it came from I'm keepin' it," Joey said filling his pockets with cash.
"Joey! I'm surprised at you. I never imagined you to be greedy," Serenity glared at him astounded.
Joey fell flat on his face. "Uh.well.ya see.I was.I was keepin' the money safe! Yeah! That's it. Dat's what I was doing. Yep," he lied.
For some reason everyone had a coughing fit right then.
Yugi looked at the small box that had been set aside. "I wonder what's in here," he said as he opened it. He gasped.
"What?" everyone asked immediately.
Wordlessly Yugi turned the box so they could see what was inside.
"Oh my," whispered Bakura.
"They are." began Téa.
"Millennium Items!" exclaimed all three Yami`s.
In the box lay one gold ankle bracelet, a gold necklace, a wrist bracelet, a ring, an arm band, a choker, a headband, and a chain. Mai picked up the choker.
"Hmm . . . this would look great on me," she said happily. Then before anyone could stop her she had it around her neck and was looking in the mirror.
Duke joined her trying on the headband. "Not bad. Not bad at all," he approved.
Serenity and Téa both grabbed the two bracelets. Then they took the necklace and arm band and put them on Seto and Mokuba before either of them could protest.
Joey picked up the ring leaving Tristan with the small chain.
"What are you doing?" Isis exclaimed.
"Take those things off! You have no idea if they contain any powers!" Yugi said in horror.
Téa blinked and looked at the bracelet on her wrist. Yugi's right, she thought. I shouldn't have even touched them! Why did I touch it? I just felt drawn to it. I have to take it off!
Téa fooled with the clip.
"I-I can't get it off!" she exclaimed in horror.
Everyone looked at her in shock. The others immediately tried to take off their accessories.
"I can't either!"
"It's like stuck!"
"It won't budge!"
The original Millennium holders looked at each other.
"This is just great," sighed Yugi.
*** 2 weeks later ***
It was dawn. The sun had barely risen as Yami Malik strode into the cabin prodding Seto Kaiba awake not even trying to be gentle.
"What?!" Seto hissed angrily.
"Malik needs you in the cockpit," he answered simply. Seto got out of bed grumbling and grabbed his navy-blue T-shirt and blank pants with his purple trench coat.
Yami Malik observed him. "Have you ever not worn a trench coat?"
"Let's just get on with this," Seto said coldly ignoring the impertinent question.
They entered the captain's deck. Malik looked up at them worried.
"So what's the reason you woke me up so early? It better be important," Seto remarked.
"There's a ship following us," Malik whispered.
*****
Ja ne - later
Abayo - good-bye
Bai-bai - bye-bye
Sayonara - good-bye
Sarabada - farewell
Aibou - partner
Hikari - light
Hai - yes
Un - yeah
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