Malik and Yugi hurried towards the prison unknown to them that they were
not the only ones planning on visiting the white haired pirate that night.
They were almost there when a booming voice stopped them in their tracks. "And just where are you too going?"
"Father!" gasped Malik with a little jump when he spun around and saw his father behind him. "We were . . . just . . . umm . . ."
"Worrying your sister half to death!" snapped the elder Ishtar. "I told you these streets were not safe tonight and you were suppose to head straight home! I would expect you to disobey me boy but not you as well Yugi."
Before the Commodore could chew them out anymore a young Lieutenant ran up to them. "Sir, a mysterious ship was discovered on the far side of the island. It's suspected to be a pirates ship."
"Very well," Commodore Ishtar replied before turning back to his son and the Governor grandson. "The two of you go home right now! I'll deal with you when I get home boy and as for you Yugi you can expect that I will visit your grandfather tomorrow morning." With that the Commodore and the Lieutenant walked off leaving the two youths alone once again.
"That was close," sighed Malik with relief. His father was one of the few people he feared. Yugi as well appeared to be very frightful of him as he tri-colored youth was shaking in fear. "Come on Yugi," Malik told him snapping Yugi back to the present and he continued to head towards the prison leaving Yugi to stare after him.
"But your father told us to go home!" Yugi complained as he jogged to catch up with his best friend. "I don't want to get in trouble Malik!"
"Then go home, but I'm seeing that pirate before hand!"
"Just make it quick!" Yugi begged as he continued to follow Malik.
*~*~*
The cloaked man knew that something was up since it appeared that there were now more soldiers then before. Apparently they had found something which worried the cloaked man.
Fortunately the soldiers were all ignoring him and he didn't have a need to hide in another alley which made getting to the prison much easier. Soon he would be there, able to free Bakura and then get off the island either with or without Bakura.
*~*~*
The cloaked man was not the only one that knew that something was up, Bakura could sense that something was happening that night. The prisoners in the next cell had long gone to sleep but not Bakura he wasn't going to waste the last hours of his life asleep.
He heard soldiers running down the street pass the prison. A few minutes later he heard voices talking near the entrance of the prison and before he knew what was happening two individuals were walking towards his cell. At first he thought they were two of his former friends Yami and Marik but then he realized that these two were younger, more innocent. The one who looked like Yami looked just plain scared while the one who looked like Marik looked at Bakura with disgust on his face.
"So you're the pirate?" the blond sneered.
"Who wants to know?" Bakura growled. It would figure that when he only had a few hours left of which he wanted to be alone he would be visited by some pirate-hating punk.
"Malik lets just get out of here," the tri-haired one whispered to his friend. "This is too creepy! He does look like Ryou!"
"How do you know Ryou!?!" Bakura asked snapping his head up. He then snared at himself in disappointment. He had vowed to forget he ever had feelings for his look-a-like.
"We should ask you the same question!" the blond known as Malik replied glaring at Bakura. "He was killed by your kind!"
Yugi could have sworn he saw some of the fire in the pirate's eyes die when he heard that Ryou was dead.
"I know nothing of Ryou's death," Bakura replied before stalking further back in his cell, clearly wanting to be alone.
"We're not finished with you!" Malik called after him but Bakura merely ignored him. Suddenly shouts were heard from the entrance of the prison and a person dressed entirely in a black cloak began running down the short stairs with his sword drawn. Jumping the rest of the way down the man in the cloak raced over to the cell shoving the two youths out of the way. Producing the keys to the cell, the cloaked man quickly unlocked the cell.
"Hurry!" he ordered Bakura and the white haired pirated quickly did as he was told. He quickly exited his cell and grabbed his sword and pistol off a bench which had been taken away from him when he was arrested. He then pointed the pistol at the two youths and the cloaked man.
"Who are you?" Bakura snared. Just because the cloaked man saved his life didn't meant that Bakura was just yet willing to trust him.
Throwing off the cloak, Bakura was met with all too familiar lavender eyes, blond hair and smirk. "Marik!" Bakura cried.
"Same old Bakura I see," grinned Marik. "Although considering that I just saved your life it would be nice if you spared mine."
"Fine," Bakura snapped and he lowed his pistol. "I suppose you have a plan on getting out of here?"
"Now I do," grinned Marik as he pulled out his own pistol and grabbed Malik who was standing near him. Holding Malik up against his body, Marik pointed his pistol at the younger blond's head. Bakura quickly got the idea and grabbed Yugi and held him the similar fashion.
"Let's go," Bakura commanded as he led the way out of the prison. To his surprise however when they got outside, the streets were empty.
"All the soldiers are on the other side of the island," Yugi quickly explained. "They found a mysterious ship there which they think is a pirates ship." Marik's eyes widen at this information and his grip tightened on Malik.
"Your ship I take?" Bakura asked and Marik nodded.
"Great now we're stuck here," Marik grumbled. He didn't dare tell Bakura that Ryou was a member of his crew.
"We have hostages," Bakura reminded him as he shifted his pistol so that it was now rammed into the small of Yugi's back. Part of him couldn't believe that he was willingly working with Marik again, but then again he wanted to get out of there alive. He couldn't understand though why Marik would risk his life to rescue him.
"Right," Marik nodded as he also changed his pistol's position so it was now pointed into the small of Malik's back. The pirates and their hostages then began making their way towards the docks.
*~*~*
Ryou ran through the empty streets as fast as he could. Marik had told everyone to stay onboard the ship but Ryou couldn't help but try to find his old friends. For all he knew they thought he was dead and he wanted to let them know he was all right.
With his search for Yugi and Malik unsuccessful, Ryou had started the trek back to the ship, but upon arriving at the small beach out in the sea Ryou saw the navy ships arriving to investigate the pirate ship. Ryou had then turned immediately around and ran back to town to try and find Marik to inform him of what happened. There was the little problem however that Ryou had no clue where Marik was headed or even if he was still in town.
Unfortunately for Ryou he wasn't watching where he was going and ended up bumping into another person knocking them both to the ground. Before Ryou was able to get back to his feet and run off again a familiar voice came from the man he had knocked into.
"Ryou?" asked the man causing Ryou to freeze.
They were almost there when a booming voice stopped them in their tracks. "And just where are you too going?"
"Father!" gasped Malik with a little jump when he spun around and saw his father behind him. "We were . . . just . . . umm . . ."
"Worrying your sister half to death!" snapped the elder Ishtar. "I told you these streets were not safe tonight and you were suppose to head straight home! I would expect you to disobey me boy but not you as well Yugi."
Before the Commodore could chew them out anymore a young Lieutenant ran up to them. "Sir, a mysterious ship was discovered on the far side of the island. It's suspected to be a pirates ship."
"Very well," Commodore Ishtar replied before turning back to his son and the Governor grandson. "The two of you go home right now! I'll deal with you when I get home boy and as for you Yugi you can expect that I will visit your grandfather tomorrow morning." With that the Commodore and the Lieutenant walked off leaving the two youths alone once again.
"That was close," sighed Malik with relief. His father was one of the few people he feared. Yugi as well appeared to be very frightful of him as he tri-colored youth was shaking in fear. "Come on Yugi," Malik told him snapping Yugi back to the present and he continued to head towards the prison leaving Yugi to stare after him.
"But your father told us to go home!" Yugi complained as he jogged to catch up with his best friend. "I don't want to get in trouble Malik!"
"Then go home, but I'm seeing that pirate before hand!"
"Just make it quick!" Yugi begged as he continued to follow Malik.
*~*~*
The cloaked man knew that something was up since it appeared that there were now more soldiers then before. Apparently they had found something which worried the cloaked man.
Fortunately the soldiers were all ignoring him and he didn't have a need to hide in another alley which made getting to the prison much easier. Soon he would be there, able to free Bakura and then get off the island either with or without Bakura.
*~*~*
The cloaked man was not the only one that knew that something was up, Bakura could sense that something was happening that night. The prisoners in the next cell had long gone to sleep but not Bakura he wasn't going to waste the last hours of his life asleep.
He heard soldiers running down the street pass the prison. A few minutes later he heard voices talking near the entrance of the prison and before he knew what was happening two individuals were walking towards his cell. At first he thought they were two of his former friends Yami and Marik but then he realized that these two were younger, more innocent. The one who looked like Yami looked just plain scared while the one who looked like Marik looked at Bakura with disgust on his face.
"So you're the pirate?" the blond sneered.
"Who wants to know?" Bakura growled. It would figure that when he only had a few hours left of which he wanted to be alone he would be visited by some pirate-hating punk.
"Malik lets just get out of here," the tri-haired one whispered to his friend. "This is too creepy! He does look like Ryou!"
"How do you know Ryou!?!" Bakura asked snapping his head up. He then snared at himself in disappointment. He had vowed to forget he ever had feelings for his look-a-like.
"We should ask you the same question!" the blond known as Malik replied glaring at Bakura. "He was killed by your kind!"
Yugi could have sworn he saw some of the fire in the pirate's eyes die when he heard that Ryou was dead.
"I know nothing of Ryou's death," Bakura replied before stalking further back in his cell, clearly wanting to be alone.
"We're not finished with you!" Malik called after him but Bakura merely ignored him. Suddenly shouts were heard from the entrance of the prison and a person dressed entirely in a black cloak began running down the short stairs with his sword drawn. Jumping the rest of the way down the man in the cloak raced over to the cell shoving the two youths out of the way. Producing the keys to the cell, the cloaked man quickly unlocked the cell.
"Hurry!" he ordered Bakura and the white haired pirated quickly did as he was told. He quickly exited his cell and grabbed his sword and pistol off a bench which had been taken away from him when he was arrested. He then pointed the pistol at the two youths and the cloaked man.
"Who are you?" Bakura snared. Just because the cloaked man saved his life didn't meant that Bakura was just yet willing to trust him.
Throwing off the cloak, Bakura was met with all too familiar lavender eyes, blond hair and smirk. "Marik!" Bakura cried.
"Same old Bakura I see," grinned Marik. "Although considering that I just saved your life it would be nice if you spared mine."
"Fine," Bakura snapped and he lowed his pistol. "I suppose you have a plan on getting out of here?"
"Now I do," grinned Marik as he pulled out his own pistol and grabbed Malik who was standing near him. Holding Malik up against his body, Marik pointed his pistol at the younger blond's head. Bakura quickly got the idea and grabbed Yugi and held him the similar fashion.
"Let's go," Bakura commanded as he led the way out of the prison. To his surprise however when they got outside, the streets were empty.
"All the soldiers are on the other side of the island," Yugi quickly explained. "They found a mysterious ship there which they think is a pirates ship." Marik's eyes widen at this information and his grip tightened on Malik.
"Your ship I take?" Bakura asked and Marik nodded.
"Great now we're stuck here," Marik grumbled. He didn't dare tell Bakura that Ryou was a member of his crew.
"We have hostages," Bakura reminded him as he shifted his pistol so that it was now rammed into the small of Yugi's back. Part of him couldn't believe that he was willingly working with Marik again, but then again he wanted to get out of there alive. He couldn't understand though why Marik would risk his life to rescue him.
"Right," Marik nodded as he also changed his pistol's position so it was now pointed into the small of Malik's back. The pirates and their hostages then began making their way towards the docks.
*~*~*
Ryou ran through the empty streets as fast as he could. Marik had told everyone to stay onboard the ship but Ryou couldn't help but try to find his old friends. For all he knew they thought he was dead and he wanted to let them know he was all right.
With his search for Yugi and Malik unsuccessful, Ryou had started the trek back to the ship, but upon arriving at the small beach out in the sea Ryou saw the navy ships arriving to investigate the pirate ship. Ryou had then turned immediately around and ran back to town to try and find Marik to inform him of what happened. There was the little problem however that Ryou had no clue where Marik was headed or even if he was still in town.
Unfortunately for Ryou he wasn't watching where he was going and ended up bumping into another person knocking them both to the ground. Before Ryou was able to get back to his feet and run off again a familiar voice came from the man he had knocked into.
"Ryou?" asked the man causing Ryou to freeze.