AN: OMG Chapter 2! *falls over* I need to make one of those things...you know where you plan what you're going to do in advance? ...I think it starts with an s...8 letters long...
Hope you enjoy!
The festivities of the launch party stretched on into the night as the passengers of the new cruise ship broke in her new facilities, enjoyed the dance music of the live band, and the ones old enough to do so slowly got drunk.
Up on the sun deck (which was aptly called the Ra Deck) duelists were making use of the open air deck to play Duel Monsters. Several decks below others were testing out the ice rink or watching movies in the luxurious movie theater. The dining room, casino, and arcade was was closed on this first night, but there was plenty to do and plenty of food available on the lido deck in the pool side bars and restaurant.
Jounouchi, Yugi, Yami, and Ryou eventually dragged themselves to their rooms, pausing in the hall to talk before retiring.
Ryou frowned, glancing down the hall. "I'm worried..."
"What's wrong, Ryou?" Yugi asked.
"I haven't seen Bakura in hours. He said he was going to the bathroom. I should have followed him..."
"He promised to behave, right?" Jounouchi asked, leaning against the wall.
"It is Bakura we are talking about," Yami pointed out. "I can try to find him if you would like, Ryou."
The white haired teen shook his head. "I'll look. He's my responsibility."
"Well if you need help, just ask," Yugi smiled, hugging Ryou tightly.
"I will. Good night, guys. See you in the morning."
They watched him depart before Yugi and Yami went into their room. Jounouchi smiled and went into his shared room, looking around the spacious living area. It looked more like an apartment than a normal cabin. There was a large couch facing a TV that was almost as tall as Jounouchi and the room was decorated elaborately. There were two doors on the right side of the room, one leading to a large bathroom the other a bedroom with a second bedroom on the left side of the room. They had, by far, the largest cabin on the ship.
Jounouchi went to the door on the left and twisted the knob, frowning when he found it locked. He knocked loudly.
"Hey! This is supposed to be my room!"
Mokuba opened the door a crack, looking sleepily up at the blond. "This is my room. You're is on the other side," he yawned, closing the door and locking it again.
Jounouchi frowned, rubbing the back of his head. "Guess they switched rooms on me while I was out." He shrugged and went to the other bedroom and entered, cheerfully changing into his night clothes and shocked to find the sheets had a silky feel to them. He almost felt guilty about sleeping in such luxury, but once he was settled he drifted off comfortably.
Several hours later Seto finally made his way to their cabin, exhausted from the festivities and dealing with complaints. He moved automatically to the door on the right and entered quietly so as not to wake Mokuba. He started to change and frowned when he couldn't find his night shirt. Too tired to search for long, he climbed into bed in only his night pants, settling down to sleep.
Jounouchi awoke feeling refreshed, though he wondered why he felt so warm. He stretched leisurely, his hand brushing against something warm and soft. Wiggling his fingers, he found he felt like hair-
"GAH!" Jounouchi scrambled away from it, landing on the floor with an "oof."
Seto sat up, rubbing the sleep from his eyes and looking down at the blond, startled for a moment before glaring at him.
In unison they both shouted "What are you doing here!? Me?!"
Jounouchi got to his feet, pointing at the CEO. "Mokuba told me this was my room!"
"Impossible. We decided yesterday that Mokuba and I would be in this room..." Seto pointed at the door. "Out."
"Wait, but my stuff's in here, Kaiba. Who moved it?" Jounouchi put his hands on his hips. Seto shook his head.
"I'm too tired to care right now. Do whatever you want, I'm going back to sl-" the phone rang and the brunette glared at it before picking it up. "Kaiba. What? How many?" he swore under his breath. "I'll be right there." After hanging up, Seto rubbed his temples.
"What's going on?" Seto shot Jounouchi a glare and he raised his hands defensively.
"There have been complaints since last night," the CEO said simply, getting up and stretching, the blond forcing himself not to blush. "Someone's causing trouble. And I'm going to put a stop to it right now."
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"Now this is the life," Bakura sighed. The thief was stretched out on a lounge chair by the pool wearing only a pair of swimming trunks, a thin layer of sun screen, and a pair of sunglasses. He had decided that he would work on getting a nice, dark tan while on vacation. The only annoyance so far had been a group of noisy children, which was remedied by Ryou's magic little music device, which Bakura had "borrowed". He turned it up just loud enough to drown out all the other noises around him and enjoyed the warmth of the sun and the sea-scented breeze that ruffled his hair. He had almost dozed off when one of the small black things he had shoved in his ears was abruptly tugged out of place. He opened his eyes and blinked up at his hikari, wondering why he looked so irate.
"You promised you would behave, Bakura. You promised!"
The thief raised a brow and pulled the other ear bud out. "What?"
"You know what you did!" Ryou growled, further confounding the yami.
Bakura propped himself up on one elbow, lifting his sunglasses and looking around the deck. The small gaggle of children were still running around the pool being loud and obnoxious. He spotted the Pharaoh with Yugi sitting in a hot tub and laughing. There didn't appear to be blood spattered about the deck. No fires were raging. No souls were being banished to the shadows. There was a general feeling of good will and peace in the air. Looking back up at Ryou, Bakura again raised a brow.
"I have been behaving myself. Now if you will...kindly-" he strained to use the word "-excuse me, I'm going back to my sun time." Replacing his sunglasses and ear buds, he flopped back on his seat, humming along to the song that was playing.
'But now watch as I rise to a whole new height, and my mad battle cry will-'
Bakura frowned as his music was interrupted again and he glared at Ryou, hissing. "What?"
"Bakura, they know, alright? They're already looking for you. Honestly, did you think they wouldn't figure it out?" Ryou whimpered, tears shining in his eyes. "Just give them back the stuff."
The thief took off his sunglasses again, poking Ryou in the chest with them. "What are you going on about? I haven't done anything."
Before Ryou could reply, four strong hands grabbed Bakura by his upper arms and hoisted him out of his seat.
"Mister Kaiba will have a word with you," one of the men said as they started carrying him off.
Bakura trembled with rage, but because Ryou was following along, he decided he wouldn't christen the deck with their blood. Instead, he would just settle on having Seto apologize for dragging him away from his sun.
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"Fifteen different cabins. A total of forty-five guests. And just in one night. You were busy, Bakura."
The thief folded his arms over his chest, ignoring the cold of the room that prickled against his skin, and leveled his gaze with Seto's.
"Why do you keep insisting I did it?" Bakura asked. "First Ryou and then you. I haven't done anything. I've actually been behaving myself. If you doubt me, just check your security cameras. You probably have every inch of the ship under surveillance."
Seto grinned like Bakura had just triggered a trap card, folding his hands on the desk that separated them and leaning forward.
"Funny you should mention that. Seems that the last footage we have of you was from last night. You were heading in the direction of the surveillance room and then everything is black. So why not tell me what exactly you did since we have been having a problem finding the source of the malfunction."
Bakura growled, cocking his head to one side. "First off, I don't even know where that room is. Second, I don't care. I was...indisposed all last night after the launch."
"Indisposed? Why?" Seto narrowed his eyes, trying to catch the thief in a lie.
"None of your concern."
"Bakura, if you don't tell him, he's just going to think you're lying," Ryou pouted, standing just inside the room.
"He's right, you know. You don't have to go into detail. Tell me and I'll look into your...alibi."
Bakura scrowled, looking off to the side and grumbling something.
"I'm sorry, you'll have to speak up,"Seto said.
"I was in the bathroom. I wasn't feeling well last night."
Seto smirked. "Oh, sea sick? That's such a predictable alibi. Alright, you can go for now, but if you're caught alone I'll assume you're up to something and have you confined to your room."
Bakura stood, leering at Seto. "Whatever. Come on Ryou. You could do with the sun anyway," the thief turned on heel and left, dragging Ryou with him.
"Were you...really sea sick last night?" the teen asked sheepishly.
"...Yes. I've never been on a boat before. I'm fine now that I'm used to it. Don't make a big deal out of it."
Ryou nodded thoughtfully. After a moment's silence, he looked up at his yami. "Can we eat first?"
Bakura sighed. "So long as it's by the pool." 'And something light,' the thief added to himself, not wanting to admit he still felt unsettled.
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AN: There. Chapter two. The song Bakura was singing along to in his head was Shadow Games (I think it's from Music to Duel By).
