Summary: Based off Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. Yuugi Mutou, the young daughter of Lord Sugoroku Mutou, is the fiancé of the Governor's son, Atemu Sekani. Not all seems fine as their engagement seems to be nothing to Atemu, however his love for Yuugi is tested as ruthless pirates attack Port Royal, pillaging the town as well as kidnapping Yuugi along the way. Atemu must gather his friends to hunt down the rogue pirate ship, Lost Death, in hopes of saving his fair maiden and bring justice to the pirates before all of young Yuugi's blood is split.
Rated M
Genre: Action/Adventure, Romance, Humor
Yu-Gi-Oh/Yuugiou © Kazuki Takahashi
Pirates of the Caribbean © Disney
Lost Death story © Koishii No Tenshi
Welcome to my new ficlet! I'm not too sure if anyone wrote Yuugiou ficlets based off of Pirates in such a way as this so yea... tell me if I'm plagiarizing or something x.x; I didn't even know Port Royal or Tortuga was real until I looked it up o.O;
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Flashbacks
WARNINGS: Yuugi's and maybe some others are turned to girls! Dun dun dun so slight yaoi/shonen-ai because of that, blood, and language. SPOILERS for those who haven't seen Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.
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Lost Death
By Koishii No Tenshi
Chapter One
Crisp air blew across the serene waters of the Caribbean as a behemoth of a ship sailed quietly through the pristine waters. The fog around the ship growing thicker and thicker as it passed through, not giving much of a hint of the dreadful surprise that's held inside of it.
A lone girl no older then seven stood near the bow, starring out at the endless ocean surrounding the ship as the air blew gently past her. Her soft voice whispered a treacherous song into the quiet silence around the area, "Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me..." (1).
Silky hair reaching down to her shoulder blades; colors of black, streaked with deep violet and bangs of gold lay softly on her head, letting the sea breeze gently comb through it but alas, a pale blue hat covered the top portion of it. Her ivory skin was softer then that of rose petals and just as flawless. The most beautiful characteristic about her, however, was her large amethyst colored eyes; large windows to her innocent and youthful soul. Her pale blue dress fluttered gently in the salty wind as she continued to sing quietly to herself. "Yo ho, yo-"
"Yuugi Mutou!" a voice cried out.
Startled, she turned around and looked at her grandfather, questioning him with her eyes.
"Don't sing that. You know it's bad luck and we don't want any pirates to come chasing us because of that Godforsaken song." The girl's grandfather, Sugoroku Mutou chided.
"Actually, I find pirates to be fascinating." Yuugi replied with an ever-gentle smile, which earned her a strange expression from her grandfather.
"Well, fascinating or not, they are still pirates and are very dangerous, especially in the Caribbean so I want you to stay close to me and the military men, understood?" Sugoroku shook his head at Yuugi.
"Yes, grandfather. You've told me a hundred times."
"And yet here you are, all alone singing that-that pirate song." Sugoroku sighed and held out his hand for Yuugi to take to follow him back to the main deck.
Yuugi was about to put her hand into his when a strong gust of wind blew her hat off the side of the boat, making it land on top of the dark waters below.
"Yuugi!" Sugoroku cried, holding onto her arm as to steady her, "Are you alright?"
"Yes, I am." Looking over the ledge, Yuugi could see the faint outline of her hat floating farther and farther away from the ship until it touched something... that shouldn't be there.
"Yuugi?"
Yuugi released herself from Sugoroku's embrace and leaned over the railing to see, to her amazement that there was a dog lying unconscious, perhaps dead, on a piece of plank floating in the middle of the water. Upon closer inspection, Yuugi's eyes widened even more, as she spotted more items adrift on the water that was coming closer to the ship; but it's owner of such things was missing.
Sugoroku went and stood next to Yuugi against the railing, squinting his eyes at what his granddaughter might be seeing out in the waters, until, very slightly, did he see little specks of light. As the ship sailed closer into the haze, Sugoroku made out the light as not the sunlight but fire! A burning ship that was slowly sinking into the dark depths of Davy Jones' Locker.
"Grandpa!" Yuugi shouted as she too saw the devastating scene.
"Quickly! We must go and try to find some survivors!" the captain of the ship who had also spotted the catastrophe yelled out to the crew, "get those lifeboats ready men! We're dropping them to the water as soon as possible!"
Quick shuffling feet, hollering, and a couple of lifeboats splashed down onto the cold sea as the sailors try as hard as possible to find any survivors in the sinking ship. But alas, there was none except for that unconscious puppy that lay afloat on the broken plank. The crew carried the puppy aboard the ship and Yuugi immediately covered it with a wool blanket, whipping it dry and petting it.
"You're a lucky one, little guy." Yuugi cooed as she sat on a clean box on the ship whilst the captain and the other crew gathered around some distance away, discussing on what action they should take concerning this.
A glint of light at the corner of her eye caught her attention and she pulled the blanket down to the puppy's neck and gasped, seeing a golden medallion attached to its collar. However, this wasn't any ordinary medallion, engraved on it was a skull; the symbol of a pirate...
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Birds chirped as the sun started to awaken from its nightly slumber as the sun's rays peaked over the horizon lighting up the dark world once again. The window covers on each house began to open, people busy getting ready to start the new day. Everyone was up and about... well... almost everyone except for a certain young lady who snuggled deeper into her blankets and buried her face into her pillow.
'So comfy...' Yuugi sleepily thought as she hugged her pillow. All was nice and quiet until...
"LADY YUUGI!" a maid sang as she walked through the room, ignoring Yuugi's protests of waking up, and opened the curtains so that the bright sunshine could finally be welcomed into Yuugi's desolate room.
A series of faint barks were heard, slowly getting closer until Yuugi felt an object jump onto the bed beside her. The once-puppy now a full-grown medium sized Brussels Griffons. The dog had a golden-brown coat of fur, black dots littering his head and the back of his neck; the collar that he had on shining in the sun's rays as his dark brown eyes glittered with excitement.
Yuugi groaned as she half sat up and rubbed the eye crust out of her tired eyes. "But it's so early..." Yuugi replied groggily as the dog laid his head onto Yuugi's lap. "Good morning to you too, Kade." Yuugi sighed as she started to pet the canine's head.
The door opened wider as Sugoroku entered the room as well. "Why are you still sleeping at this time of the day, my dear girl?" he chuckled as he walked into her room, all dressed and posh, as expected from a Lord of Port Royal.
"You have a big day today! And since you slept in for so long, you missed breakfast." The maid scolded, waving a finger at the guilty girl.
"I was sleepy. And what's the day today? What's going on?" Yuugi turned to Sugoroku for answers.
Instead of giving an answer right away, he instead instructed another maid to come in with a box in her hands. "Well, before I remind you, I got you a present!" And handed over the box to Yuugi who now sat atop her bed, still in her nightgown as Kade went to lie down beside her on the bed.
Yuugi smiled excitedly and grabbed the box and gently opened it to reveal a stunning evening gown. The gown was that of lavender with silver trimmings and small silver flowers decorated here and there. The neck was cut into a rectangular shape and the sleeves going down to the elbows, and then splitting in half so that the forearm could be shown.
"Grandpa... it's gorgeous!" Yuugi whispered breathlessly as she took the dress out of the box. She petted the fabric a bit, feeling the expensive silky fabric through her fingers.
"Well, what are you waiting for? Freshen up a bit and try it on and see if it fits." Sugoroku chuckled as he watched Yuugi run behind a changing wall, Kade following her but Yuugi shooed him out of the area. In response, Kade ran out the door, looking for something else to amuse himself with.
Sugoroku sat down on an armchair in the room, continuing to talk. "I hear it's the latest fashion in London right now."
Behind the wall, Yuugi had started to undress and put on the corset that the gown came with and was having a hard time with it, even with the maid's help. Yuugi tried to keep her balance by holding on the wall whilst the maid pulled with all her might on the strings at the back of the corset, nearly blocking off Yuugi's right to breathe. "Well, women in London must have learned not to breathe!" Yuugi slowly said each word and took a big breath, as the strings were forced even tighter. 'Oh my God, it's like I'm being crushed!' Yuugi thought as she tried desperately to grasp air into her lungs. 'Why must woman insist on looking like a stick?!'
The maid, who was busy tying the whole corset as tight as humanly possible, muttered, "My fingers are getting blisters..."
"Look who's complaining? At least you get to breathe!" Yuugi muttered back at her as she tried to catch some breath.
"Ah yes, about today..." they heard Sugoroku from the other side of the wall, "your dear Atemu is coming to visit us, remember?"
Yuugi just about fainted, if not from the lack of air, then from hearing the news that her fiancé was coming to visit them.
"And there is also a ceremony for Lord Atemu and his cousin Lord Seto as Atemu is becoming the Vice-Admiral and Seto is becoming the Rear-Admiral." Sugoroku continued, oblivious to the fact that Yuugi was having a mini-breakdown whilst being deprived of oxygen.
Lack of air momentarily forgotten, Yuugi's brain switched to concentrating on Atemu's visit and the engagement that was forced upon her and Atemu. 'Oh right... Atemu is coming... This cannot turn out good...' Yuugi thought sadly. 'Ever since we've been engaged, it's as if I'm invisible to him. He doesn't care about me at all! Why do I have to do this against my will? Why do I have to accept the fact that I'll never marry a man that I love and he loves me in return?'
"Yuugi, are you listening?"
"Y-yes?" Yuugi stuttered out of her reverie.
"Atemu will be arriving soon so hurry up and get dressed and I'll meet you down in the foyer." Sugoroku replied and when he received confirmation from Yuugi, he left the room, closing the door behind him with a quiet click.
A single tear rolled down Yuugi's porcelain cheek but it went unnoticed by the maid as she continued to help her into the evening gown that Sugoroku had bought.
'Mother, I wish you were still here to guide me so I wouldn't have to stand alone in this loveless engagement...' But her mother was gone, back to England to aid her sick grandmother, whilst Yuugi was stuck here because Atemu lives here so she had to stay with him. Mailing letters not only took an incredibly long time, it was also unreliable because sometimes the mail got lost at sea. Yuugi let out a defeated sigh as she continued to get dressed.
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"Yuugi, Atemu will be here in about an hour so don't go and do anything preposterous!" Sugoroku instructed as she uncomfortably descended the stairs in her new gown. "And my goodness, you look absolutely extravagant in that gown. My little granddaughter is growing up so fast..." Sugoroku smiled happily as he whipped a stray tear from his eye.
Yuugi's response was to roll her eyes. "I'm not a little kid anymore, grandfather. But anyways, I'm going to go outside for a little bit for some fresh air." Yuugi said. 'Like I'll get any fresh air from this death trap of a corset.' She started to make her away to the back door where it would lead her to the gardens.
"Alright. Just don't get your gown dirty or anything." Sugoroku said and he turned off to a different direction, intent on getting at least some paper work done so he wouldn't have much to do later on in the night.
Outside, Yuugi sat down on a stone bench situated in the garden near the flower patch. 'This is where mother used to take me. We'd smell the flowers all night long until father would come out and usher us inside, afraid we'd get sick or something...' Picking up a delicate lavender plant, Yuugi gracefully inched it towards her nose and smelt the sweet scent of the refreshing plant. 'Surprised I can still actually breathe while I'm still wearing this damn corset. Women in London are crazy. I bet at least one of them dies each day from lack of air from this things.' Yuugi giggled at the humour in the thought. "Women will die trying to look skinny... They're stupid for doing that. They should enjoy life as is because they don't have long to enjoy it." She whispered to herself.
For the next little while, Yuugi continued to smell random flowers in the flower patch and enjoying the morning sun's gentle warmth until a shadow casting over her body stopped her.
The first thing that came into her line of vision was the squeaky clean black leather boots that obviously looked very costly as it was made by the best shoemaker in all of Port Royal seeing as his insignia was melted into the buckle of the boots. She knew that no one in the house would wear those kinds of shoes and she knew only one person that would be wear them... She paused, heart beating rapidly in her chest, hoping against all odds that it wasn't Him. 'He can't be here yet… He can't...' Yuugi said to herself and slowly looked up at the person covering her sun. Alas, the Gods were against her. "Lord Atemu..." she whispered.
The young man of eighteen stood before her, dressed in a black coat that reached down to his mid-thigh along with gold trimmings, which also hid his sword from view that was strapped to his hip. His ivory cravat tucked neatly underneath his white shirt collar, which itself was underneath a crimson red waistcoat with black and gold trimmings. His breeches were a color of ivory but are covered mostly by his coat. His black leather boots that went up to just below his knees finished off his high-class look.
His outfit would be said to look like his hair because just like Yuugi's, his hair was multi-colored. His goldenrod bangs framed his slightly tanned skin as his crown of black-tipped-with-crimson tresses spiked up upon his head. How it stayed like that all the time, Yuugi couldn't figure out. His eyes... So fierce yet enticing at the same time; unlike Yuugi's who's were round, large and amethyst, Atemu's was narrow and was the color of deep red.
"Good morning, Lady Yuugi." Atemu's deep entrancing voice broke Yuugi out of her silent analysis of Atemu's attire as he held out his hand to help her up off the ground, which Yuugi responded by gently placing her hand in his.
'I haven't seen him for a couple months...' Yuugi thought to herself but broke out of her trance when she felt soft lips kissing the top of her hand gently. She would've felt happy, if not for the imposing figure of her grandfather standing about ten feet behind Atemu. 'Only doing this because it is expected of him. I shouldn't have gotten my hopes up for even a little bit of love from him.' She thought bitterly.
"How are you this fine day?" Atemu started the conversation as he stood up straight again.
"I'm fine, thank you. And yourself?" she replied, giving him a gentle, but fake, smile.
"Excellent. Well, shall we depart? The ceremony should be beginning soon." Atemu said whilst holding out his arm for her to link with him.
"Yes." Yuugi replied, putting her hand in between his arm and his side so he could lead her towards Sugoroku.
"Come, we can't let the star of the show be late, now can we?" Sugoroku chuckled as he led the two to the awaiting carriage in the front of the house that was going to take them to the military grounds of Port Royal.
"We'll be standing a few feet away from you, Atemu and in the first row so we can clearly see you get your promotion! Congratulations! You definitely deserve being Vice-Admiral for all the hard work that you do to keep us all safe." Sugoroku said whilst patting Atemu's back in an additional form of thanks.
"Thank you, Sugo-"
"Oh please, call me grandfather! You'll be marrying my dear granddaughter in about a year or so!"
Atemu smiled and replied, "Right. Thank you, grandfather."
Sugoroku went on with all his praises to the young Governor's son, walking confidently towards the awaiting carriage.
Whilst the conversation was happening, Yuugi just stayed silent and followed them, still hooked onto Atemu's arm as they arrived at the front gates of Yuugi's large estate. Stopping in front of the carriage, Atemu opened the doors for Sugoroku to step in, then allowed Yuugi to step in as well whilst holding onto her hand gently to make sure she didn't fall.
"Thank you." She whispered after Atemu himself sat down on the seat beside her.
Once they were all set, the carriage started to move, going outside the gates and then out onto the dirt road towards the more urbanized area of Port Royal.
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(1) - I don't own this song.
Teehee so excited for this ficlet D. Anyways, like I said, based off of Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl, which I do no own by the way. Actually, the only thing I semi-own are parts of the plot that I made for this. I hoped you enjoyed reading this.
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