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Chapter 2: Coconuts and Fire
Ryou and Malik convince their beloved yami's to get off the half-sunken boat after a half hour of the two psychopaths singing every song they can think of. Their favorite songs were the Gilligans Island theme song, the Song That Never Ends, and the Camelot song from Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Needless to say, everyone else got tired of their antics very quickly and left for different parts of the island.
Mai heads off into the small forest on the island, muttering something about rampaging idiots, while Bakura drags Ryou off for some "alone time" and Malik does the same for Mariku. Left alone on the beach with the supplies they managed to rescue are Yami and Yugi. Still off on another part of the island are Seto, Joey, and Mokuba.
"So what now?" Yugi asks, peering curiously up at Yami. "Everyone else has run off and we don't know anything about this island."
"First," Yami looks around the beach as if the sand or patches of grass will have the answer. "First we go round everyone up." He decides, his voice firm. "Since we know nothing about this island and pretty much have no idea where we're at, we all need to stay together. Then we need to divide up chores. We'll need a few people to go find wood, some others to go find food, and everyone else helps look for any shelter we can use." He notices Yugi looking at him with an odd expression on his face. "What?" He asks defensively.
"Where'd you learn all of this?" Yugi asks.
"Er…" Yami looks away. "Remember that movie where the plane crashed and the guy was stranded on the island and later found the volleyball and named it Wilson and kept talking to it?" He asks.
Yugi looks at the taller in disbelief. "You learned this from a movie?"
Yami nods.
Yugi sighs in disappointment. "I was hoping you had learned it from a book. Even if it was a book like Hatchet!"
Yami leans down as he wraps his arms around Yugi's waist. "Would you prefer me saying I learned it from a book?" He asks. His breath ghosts across Yugi's ear, making the smaller teen shiver.
"Y-Yami." Yugi stutters.
Yami gently runs his thumb across Yugi's cheek and then kisses his hikari gently on the lips. Then he stands up straight and tugs Yugi along by the waist. "Lets go find Seto, Joey, and Mokuba first. They'll be the easiest to convince and then Seto can yell at Mariku and Bakura if they think about not coming."
Yugi glares up at Yami. 'I'll get you later.' He vows. 'Yami, you've started something and not finished it for the last time! Now it's my turn.' A wicked gleam enters his eyes.
Seto stares out over the water with a heavy scowl on his face. Up closer to the shoreline Joey and Mokuba are busy building a sand castle. Or at least they're building what's supposed to be a sand castle. At this moment it looks like a blob of sand piled up with little sticks and shells poking out of it.
"Joey, look!" Mokuba exclaims, holding up a small creature that has a shell. "A sand crab! Can we keep it and let it be ruler of the castle?" He asks eagerly.
Joey nods. "Yeah! But he needs a name."
Mokuba looks thoughtfully at the small creature. "Larry." He decides. "King Larry the Third!"
"The Third?" Joey asks. "Why is he the Third?"
"Because I use to own this hermit crab named Larry." Mokuba explains. "But then Larry died so I got a second hermit crab. I named him Larry the Second."
Joey looks at the sand crab with worry. "Uh…. Mokuba, maybe you should let Larry the Third go."
Mokuba pouts. "Can't we keep him until the castle is finished? Please, Joey?" He begs. His bottom lip trembles and he uses his infamous puppy eyes on Joey when the blond looks like he's about to say "no".
And then a large chunk of sand falls off the side of the so-called sand castle and Joey and Mokuba look over at it, the conversation about keeping the sand crab over for a few seconds.
"Maybe that wouldn't be such a good idea." Mokuba decides on his own. "I don't want Larry the Third to die." He sets down the sand crab and he and Joey watch as it scuttles off and then begins to bury itself in the sand.
"Bye, Larry the Third!" Mokuba cheerfully says right before a seagull swoops out of nowhere and snatches up the small creature.
Joey and Mokuba stare in shock for a moment before Mokuba jumps up.
"You big meanie! How dare you take Larry the Third from his home!" Mokuba shouts, waving a fist in the air.
"Mokuba, I don't think that's all that the bird is going to do." Joey says uneasily.
Mokuba's face pales as the information sinks in. "You damn bird!" He explodes. "How dare you eat Larry the Third!"
"Mokuba Seiichi Kaiba!" Seto shouts. "Watch your mouth!"
Mokuba sheepishly ducks his head. "Sorry, big brother."
"Joey! Mokuba! Seto!"
Joey and Mokuba turn around to see Yami and Yugi running down the beach toward them. Seto makes no move to even show he acknowledges their presence.
"Hey guys." Joey greets. "What's up?"
Yami quickly explains to the three the plan he has come up with and then informs them that they'll be going to find Mai next.
"No." Seto refuses. "I don't care how good an idea you think it is, I am not spending any more time with you people than is necessary and neither is Mokuba."
"But Seto, what if someone comes to rescue us but we're not all together? Wouldn't that be even worse?" Mokuba questions.
Seto looks up at his brother and weakens at the sight of Mokuba's deadly puppy eyes. "Fine." He says grudgingly.
A little over an hour later they finally locate everyone and they're all back on the beach near where Mariku wrecked the boat. Yami immediately takes control and starts giving out orders. Its too bad no on listens to him.
"Who died and made you the boss, pharaoh." Bakura sneers. "Why should we listen to what you say?"
Yami glares at him. "Who here has been a leader?"
"You died." Bakura growls. "You were a horrible leader because you have no fucking clue what you were doing!"
"Let Seto lead." Joey speaks up.
Everyone looks at Joey in shock, none of them really believing that Joey just said that.
"What? Why are you looking at me like that?" Joey asks, edging away from the group. "He's got that big company that he runs, why wouldn't he make a good leader."
"Wheeler has a point." Malik says. "But only if you ignore the fact that he doesn't give a damn about whether the rest of us live or die!"
"Lets vote on it!" Mokuba suggests. "Whoever wants Seto to lead, raise your hand." He raises his own hand and looks around.
Joey and Mai raise their hands, along with Seto. Bakura and Mariku drag their hikari's aside to discuss it and then Yugi raises his hand just to spite Yami.
"We need a tie breaker." Mokuba says. "Are you four done discussing yet?" He asks.
"We vote Seto." Bakura says, speaking up for himself and Ryou. "There's no way I'm letting the pharaoh lead."
"Same here!" Mariku speaks up for himself and Malik.
"Its official! Seto will be our leader!" Mokuba announces. "Sorry, Yami, but majority rules."
"Ha!" Bakura shouts. "Take that, almighty leader!"
"Things can't possibly get any worse." Yami grumbles.
Thunder dooms in the distance and they all look up to see dark storm clouds heading their way.
"I stand corrected." Yami says.
"See! See! That's exactly why you make a horrible leader!" Bakura exclaims. "You're never suppose to say 'things can't--"
Ryou slaps a hand over Bakura's mouth and hisses, "Don't say it!"
"Oops." Bakura mumbles.
Back at the hotel, Nixx has managed to drag himself out of bed, collect the supplies he needs, and has hobbled down the hallway to the room Duke and Tristan are sharing. There he commences 'Operation: Revenge'.
Duke and Tristan, who are out on the beach with Serenity, have no idea what they're in for when they return. It almost makes one feel bad for them. Almost.
"Duke! Look!" Serenity says with a giggle. "It's a sand crab!"
A seagull swoops down and takes the sand crab from Serenity's hand and then flies off. Tristan chases after it, as if he'll be able to catch up to it and get the small creature back. Duke remains behind to comfort Serenity and take her out into the water to splash around in the waves.
Back with the stranded group, Seto has given no orders other than "go find food" and "build a signal fire" before he dragged Joey and Mokuba off into the forest to look for shelter. Or at least that's what he said.
Malik approaches his yami, who is sitting in front of a small pile of coconuts with the box of matches. He watches as Mariku strikes on of the matches and tries to light them on fire. He sighs. "Mariku, that's a coconut."
"So?" The taller blond doesn't so much as look up to answer his hikari's question.
"We are not cooking the fucking coconut!!!" Malik snaps, not wanting to put up with his yami's vagueness at that moment. He's already angry about the whole wrecking the boat thing because thanks to that he's stuck with everyone and gets no alone time with his yami until they're rescued.
Mariku looks up from the coconuts. "Why not?"
Malik frowns, fully prepared to give his yami a speech about not lighting coconuts on fire when he finds that he has no idea why not. "You know... I have no idea. Light that sucker on fire!" He says, deciding its just best to go with the flow.
Mariku lights the coconuts on fire and he and Malik sit back and watch as the shell is singed and the fire goes out.
"Try again." Malik prods. "Maybe it just didn't catch that time."
"Go get some dried grass or leaves or something." Mariku says. "That way we'll have a nice fire."
Malik grins. "Good idea!" He says before rushing off to get more things to burn. He hurries back a few minutes later with an armload of sticks and dried leaves. He dumps them all unceremoniously on the coconuts. "Light it on fire, Mariku!" He urges, eagerly waiting the sight of the burning coconuts.
Mariku strikes a match against the box and lets it burn for a minute before he dropped it onto the pile of dead plants. Both of the blonds watch as the fire spreads until everything has caught on fire.
"What are you two doing?" Mai demands as she walks over to them carrying an armload of coconuts.
"Burnin' coconuts." Mariku says nonchalantly.
"WHAT!?" Mai shrieks as she drops the coconuts. "You're not supposed to burn them! They're for food!"
Malik shrugs, too intent on watching the orange flames flicker around as they torch the coconut shells. "We'll just have cooked coconuts then."
"Arrrg!" Mai stomps away, not bothering to gather up the coconuts she dropped.
end chapter
Shiro: So, guess who's going to Prom! That's right, me!
Bast: I find it amazing that you have a date for the stupid dance. Of course, now Damian's all pissed.
Shiro: Eh?
Bast: You're his "kitten", remember?
Shiro: (blinks in a confused manner) Huh? Watcha mean?
Bast: Remember how you and Keitaro were together?
Shiro: Well, we weren't exactly together...
Bast: What do you call it then? Completely Obvious Flirting?
Shiro: (blushes) Shush, you! You're worse with Kyle than I ever was with Keitaro!
Bast: Yeah, but there's one difference- Me and Kyle are dating.
Shiro: What's this have to do with Dami-kun, anyway?
Bast: Go ask him yourself. He's locked himself up in his room and is listening to country music.
Shiro: M'kay! (runs off)