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: The next chapter!
Lucy: Yami arrives!
Me: This is 12 years into the future!
Disclaimer: I do not own Pirates of the Caribbean or Yu-Gi-Oh!
Lucy: Please enjoy it XD
Chapter One: The Crimson Beast
The legend of The Flying Dutchman is said to have started in 1541(1) when a Dutch ship sank off the coast of the Cape of Good Hope. It is the story of a young captain who sailed into a storm, and drowned.
Captain Van der Decken, the captain of the Dutchman, was pleased. The trip to the Far East had been highly successful and at last, they were on their way home to Holland.
As the ship approached the tip of Africa, the captain thought that he should make a suggestion to the Dutch East India Company (his employers) to start a settlement at the Cape on the tip of Africa, thereby providing a welcome respite to ships at sea.
He was so deep in thought that he failed to notice the dark clouds looming and only when he heard the lookout scream out in terror, did he realise that they had sailed straight into a fierce storm.
The captain and his crew battled for hours to get out of the storm and at one stage it looked like they would make it. Then they heard a sickening crunch - the ship had hit treacherous rocks and began to sink.
As the ship plunged downwards, Captain Van der Decken knew that death was approaching.
He was not ready to die and screamed out a curse: "I WILL round this Cape even if I have to keep sailing until doomsday!"
So, even today whenever a storm brews off the Cape of Good Hope, if you look into the eye of the storm, you will be able to see the ship and its captain - The Flying Dutchman. (2)
It is said that the Dutchman had three captains.
The first captain was Van der Decken, and the second was Captain Tai Laon, a leader of a chinese army ship fleet. Both worked as captains on the Dutchman for over 50 years before they were replaced.
The captains are replaced by stabbing someone in the heart with the Dutchman's Knife. When someone is stabbed with the knife, their heart vanishes, and they remain the captain until someone else is stabbed within the heart by the knife.
The third captain came to rule the ship after his father tried to rescue him.
His father, sobbing over his son's near-dead body, stole the knife from Captain Tai Laon, who had stabbed his son, and then stabbed the knife through his son's heart.
Tai Laon vanished, having been able to pass on now that a new captain came to be.
The third captain has ruled the longest. It is said that he has ruled over the Dutchman for 200 years, refusing to surrender it to a new captain. He does not wish for power, no.
The captain of the Dutchman, the third one, wishes to only pass the Dutchman off to someone he knows will take good care of it and use it for its rightful purpose.
And until that time...
He shall roam the seas.
Even if he never finds a suitable captain for his beloved ship, he will keep searching for someone.
PUZZLESHIPPING 4 EVER
[12 Years Later in Singapore]
Yami stepped off of a small ship that he had been carried on for almost 2 full days. He wobbled for a quick moment, and then he shook his head slowly for a moment.
He turned and bowed.
"Thank you for the ride," he said. The ferrier waved his hand.
"No problem, young pirate. Always a pleasure to assist the children of the sea," he said. Yami reached into his pocket and pulled out two silver pieces. He handed them to the man.
"Here," he said.
"Thank you for your kindness," the man said as he gently took the coins.
Yami nodded to him before he turned and walked down the street. People roamed the streets in corsets, puffy shirts, leather boots, the women in long skirts and tarvern wench uniforms.
Yami sighed as he walked into a tavern and sat down on the bar. He looked up and spotted a young woman with pink-brown hair and orange eyes, and she was dressed in a cotton dress.
"Hey, Lucy," he said.
The woman glanced over and her eyes lit up.
"Well, Yami! Long time no see," she laughed. Lucy then rounded up a drink for Yami, one of his favorites, and then passed it to him. "So, what brings you to Singapore?" she asked.
"Eh, I'm looking for adventure. Nothing new happens to me anymore," Yami said.
Lucy rolled her eyes.
"Boy, do I know that feeling," she said. "Lots of men come in and out of this bar, telling their druken tales, and it makes me wish I was a pirate. But, this is where I live."
"How is Kaemedea doing?" Yami asked.
"Eh, she's been better. Lots of men come by, and she hates most of those drunken cheaters," Lucy answered.
Yami rolled his eyes and then looked around the bar. His eyes were locked on the tables far in the back, where he remembered where he and Yugi had met one another.
Yami closed his eyes and then laid his head down.
A hand touched his shoulder.
"Excuse me, but, um... I think we have met before," a voice said.
Yami sighed and then turned to face the person who had touched his shoulder while he was drinking. "If you think you can pick me up with such lame lines, you can- Yugi!!"
Yugi, now 16, smiled down at Yami.
"Oh, Yami. I'm so glad to see you again," he whispered.
Yami leaped up and grabbed Yugi into a bear hug, earning some strange looks from the bar members. He embraced Yugi and then pressed his lips against the other's.
Both moaned as their tongues intertwined and battled against one another. Yugi moaned and leaned his head back, and Yami gained more access to his lover.
"Hey! Hey! Don't make me bring the hose out on your children!"
Yugi chuckled and glanced over.
"Nice to see you too, Kaemedea," he said.
Standing by the doorway was another woman who looked similar to Lucy in a wool, coal-colored dress. She had short brown-pink hair with brown eyes, and she was holding a plate in her hands.
"Fancy seeing you guys here," she smiled. She then looked to the skies. "Well, you two beter be going soon. Drunks who would want to rape you both come in at this hour," she joked.
"R-right..." Yugi said.
Yami laced his arms around Yugi, bid Lucy and Kaemedea farewell, and then he led Yugi out of the tavern. Once they were out, Yami turned and pinned Yugi against the wall, one arm up.
"I missed you..." he whispered.
"I know," Yugi breathed.
"Why did you come to Singapore?" Yami asked.
"I had to find you. I know you would be looking for adventure. And Singapore is the simplest place to find you," Yugi answered. Yami smiled and leaned down, lips near Yugi's.
"You're so predictable," he whispered.
Before Yugi could speak, Yami caught his lips in a kiss. Yugi gasped, allowing Yami's tongue to enter his mouth. Yugi moaned and his legs trembled. If Yami wasn't holding his waist, he would have collapsed.
Yami drew back gently.
"What is the matter? It's just me," he whispered.
"I know. I just... haven't done this in almost five years, Yami," Yugi breathed.
Yami smiled and kissed Yugi again. He drew away. "Have you found the Dutchman?" he asked. Yugi shook his head slowly and leaned it back against the brick walls behind the tavern.
"No. But... maybe you could..." Yugi trailed off.
Yami smiled.
"I'd be honored. This is the adventure I was speaking of," he snickered.
Yugi smiled and then stood as Yami brought him towards the docks where the ships had been landed. There were a few pirate ships, but Yugi looked until he saw the one with the black flags that held the Sennen family crest.
Yami stood before the ship and smiled.
"This was my father's ship before he died. The Crimson Beast. My father gave it to me before his death," he said. Yugi nodded and gently ran his finger over the smoothe wood.
"So lovely..." he whispered.
Yami smiled and kissed Yugi's neck, earning a blush and a moan from his lover. "Ready to set off?" he asked.
Yugi nodded. "A-aye. I am..." he breathed. Yami smiled and then drew back from Yugi and they both climbed aboard the ship. Yami set up and summoned his crew together, who were all waiting below the decks.
He told them they were setting off, and they then set off to the seas.
Off in search of the Flying Dutchman.
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Me: Okay! Yugi and Yami are off! (1) The real time was 1641, but I changed it to fit my story better. (2) Everything up to this point are true, and the rest is for my story.
Lucy: We were in this for a split second!
Me: But now, what will happen? Read on to find out XD
Lucy: Please review and we shall update!