A/N- Go me! 2 reviews! *does a little dance* Yamishadowcat22 and Smarty1,
this is for you two since apparently you're the only people reading. lol
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"Ryou?"
Ryou blinked a few times and stared up at the man who was towering over him in the dim moonlight.
"Yami?" he asked recognizing the best and most feared pirate of the Spanish Sea. Ryou was briefly afraid of the pirate who was only slightly older then himself. They had not seen each other in over a year and had no left of the best of terms since Ryou blamed Yami for Bakura leaving. So instead Ryou left Yami's crew along with Marik and they formed their own band of pirates aboard Marik's ship, The Shadow Realm, which slowly began to rival Yami's own ship, The Duel Monster. "What are you doing here?"
"I should be asking you the same thing," Yami replied as he helped Ryou to his feet, allowing Ryou to relax a little. At least Yami didn't appear to be mad at him.
"Marik had business here," Ryou explained. "But our ship was captured along with our crew. I'm now trying to find Marik since he's somewhere still in this town."
"Great," Yami sighed. "Looks like I'm going to have to cut my business here short as well. Come on," he added as he grabbed Ryou's wrist and started dragging him towards the dock.
"But what about Marik?" Ryou protested but he did little to fight Yami who was still dragging him through the empty streets.
"If Marik's smart he knows it useless to stick around here. He'll head for the docks. Now even him could rescue his entire crew without help."
Although Ryou hated himself for not looking further for Marik, he knew that Yami was right. Besides he also knew that Marik didn't really care for his crew anyways and probably wouldn't risk the chance to try and rescue them. His crew, unlike Yami's was not the loyal bunch.
There was little that Ryou could do but go along with Yami for the time being.
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"I can't believe my ship is gone," Marik grumbled as he, Bakura and their two hostages made their way towards the docks.
"Get over it," Bakura growled. He really did not want to listen to Marik complain all night and he really didn't care what happened to Marik's ship.
"You realize that your pathetic ship was probably sunk don't you?" Malik told them with a hateful laugh. His remark caused Bakura to laugh as well.
"I think I like that kid."
"Shut up both of you!" growled Marik. "I saved your life remember Bakura. At least try not to laugh at me."
"Why did you do that anyways?"
"I have my reasons," Marik grumbled. "Now I'm regretting them though."
"You'll be really regretting it when my father realizes that you have us!" Malik boldly told the two pirates.
"Oh really?" Marik laughed.
"His father is the commodore," Yugi quietly informed them.
"Nice going Yug," Malik sighed. "Now they're really going to let us go. Why don't you go ahead and tell them that your grandfather is the governor while you're at it?"
"Are you thinking what I'm thinking?" Marik asked Bakura with an evil glint in his eye.
"Yep," grinned Bakura. "These two will make a nice ransom."
"You'll be skinned alive when you get caught," Malik hissed.
"We have to get caught first," Bakura reminded him. "And I have no plans on getting caught ever again."
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"So what exactly are you doing here anyways?" Ryou asked Yami as they continued their way through the town.
"I heard that a master thief resided here and I was trying to find him to hire him. But instead I found you."
"Interesting," mused Ryou. "We were here for that same reason. Marik was out looking for him when the ship was discovered."
"Did Marik know that you had left the boat as well?"
"No, I kinda snuck off since this is my hometown."
"So it's safe to say that Marik hadn't made it back to the boat yet when it was discovered. Unless he discovered that you were missing."
"Yeah," Ryou nodded. "I'm the only one he wouldn't take off on."
Yami was about to say something when he suddenly heard voices behind him. "Come on!" he ordered quickly to Ryou pulling him in an alley. The hid behind some crates as they waited to watch who was about to pass them. Before that happened however the unmistakable sound of soldiers footsteps were heard in the other directions causing the group who had been behind Yami and Ryou to rush towards their hiding spot in hopes of hiding there as well.
"Hurry!" Yami hissed as he shoved open a door finding himself in an empty shop. He dragged Ryou in after him and then cracked the door so that they could peer out into the alley to spy what was happening.
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"Hey--" Malik began to cry upon hearing soldiers footsteps walking in their direction. Marik quickly clamped his hand over Malik's mouth but it was too late the soldiers had heard his cries and were already coming to investigate.
"Shit," hissed Bakura, clamping his hand over Yugi's mouth as well before he could also try anything. Glancing around he saw a pile of crates stacked up in an alley. "Over there!" he quickly told Marik nodding to the crates. The pair quickly dragged their hostages behind the crates and they waited while holding their breaths.
"The voice came from somewhere around here," they heard one of the soldiers say.
"Search the area!" cried another. "It must be more pirates!"
There was little Bakura and Marik could do as they watched two soldiers walk carefully over to their hiding spot. They were so intent on watching the soldiers that they didn't notice the door next to them open slightly and two pair of arms reached out from the room inside. One pair of arms grabbed Bakura while the other pair grabbed Marik and pulled both pirates inside, their hostages being dragged in with them who were still being held tightly in their arms. Once the four of them were inside the door slammed shut and was quickly locked.
"What the--" Marik began to ask when he found himself staring into crimson eyes. "Yami!" he cried happily, releasing his captive to hug Yami tightly. "What are you doing here?!"
"I was conducting business when I ran into an old friend," Yami smirked as he nodded over to where Ryou, Bakura and Yugi were trying to untangle themselves from each other.
"Ryou, you're safe!" Marik cried, jumping on his younger friend, crushing Bakura and Yami in the process.
"Ryou!" cried Bakura, Yugi and Malik in shock. Bakura who was closest to Ryou shoved Marik off of him and hugged him, cuddling him tightly. "Those little punks told me you were dead!"
"Marik wouldn't dare to let anything happen to me," Ryou grinned happily. He couldn't believe he was back in Bakura's arms. He felt safe and comfortable. "Who said I was dead though?" It was then that he noticed Yugi and Malik. "Hey guys," he cried happily, but made no move to leave Bakura's arms just yet.
"Everyone quiet!" Yami ordered from where he was listening next to the door. He could still hear the soldiers out in the alley. After a few minutes Yami nodded to them that it was safe to continue to talk.
"Ryou we thought you were dead!" Yugi cried. "We heard you were attacked by pirates two years ago! Now you're working with them?!"
"Yeah, that's right," Ryou nodded. "I'm not really sure but I somehow survived the pirate attack on our ship. Yami found me floating on a piece of driftwood in the water and saved me. He then allowed me to join his crew where I stayed until a year ago when I went off with Marik."
"Speaking of which why weren't you on the ship?" Marik asked eyeing his younger friend resulting a growl from Bakura. Marik and Yami exchanged a look at that both of them realizing that Bakura still had feelings for his look-a-like.
"I . . .umm . . .snuck off so I could try to find my friends to let them know I was alright," Ryou admitted with a blush. "On my way back I saw the navy's ships surround the Shadow Realm so I quickly made my way back here to try to find you when I literally bumped into Yami. We were on our way back to his ship when we found you guys."
"Well at least we now have an escape route," Marik shrugged before turning to Yami. "Who did you leave in charge?"
"Seto," Yami told him and both Marik and Bakura nodded their heads in approval. Yugi and Malik were just plain confused and Ryou merely snuggled closer to Bakura while he could.
Seto Kaiba had been a part of the tight group of pirates which included Yami, Bakura and Marik before Bakura had been accused of plotting against the group in an attempt to take things over for himself. Bakura had insisted that wasn't true disappeared after a bitter argument. Marik who had agreed with Bakura left as well taking Ryou along with him. Seto and the rest of the crew had stayed with Yami however with the exception of Keith who had been the one to frame Bakura. Keith had been determined to break apart the group as no one could challenge them for treasure when they were together.
"The hard part will be getting to the docks," Yami told them before turning his complete attention to Yugi, Malik and Ryou. "You three are from here so take us the best route."
"Right," Ryou nodded while Yugi and Malik weren't quite as sure.
"What's going to happen to us?" Malik asked indication himself and Yugi.
"Friends of Ryou's will not be harmed unless you do something stupid," Yami told them while shooting Marik and Bakura a look. More so the look was directed at Marik since Bakura was still to interested in Ryou to care what the others were doing. "Let's go," Yami barked as he opened the door now that the area was safe once again from soldiers.
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"Ryou?"
Ryou blinked a few times and stared up at the man who was towering over him in the dim moonlight.
"Yami?" he asked recognizing the best and most feared pirate of the Spanish Sea. Ryou was briefly afraid of the pirate who was only slightly older then himself. They had not seen each other in over a year and had no left of the best of terms since Ryou blamed Yami for Bakura leaving. So instead Ryou left Yami's crew along with Marik and they formed their own band of pirates aboard Marik's ship, The Shadow Realm, which slowly began to rival Yami's own ship, The Duel Monster. "What are you doing here?"
"I should be asking you the same thing," Yami replied as he helped Ryou to his feet, allowing Ryou to relax a little. At least Yami didn't appear to be mad at him.
"Marik had business here," Ryou explained. "But our ship was captured along with our crew. I'm now trying to find Marik since he's somewhere still in this town."
"Great," Yami sighed. "Looks like I'm going to have to cut my business here short as well. Come on," he added as he grabbed Ryou's wrist and started dragging him towards the dock.
"But what about Marik?" Ryou protested but he did little to fight Yami who was still dragging him through the empty streets.
"If Marik's smart he knows it useless to stick around here. He'll head for the docks. Now even him could rescue his entire crew without help."
Although Ryou hated himself for not looking further for Marik, he knew that Yami was right. Besides he also knew that Marik didn't really care for his crew anyways and probably wouldn't risk the chance to try and rescue them. His crew, unlike Yami's was not the loyal bunch.
There was little that Ryou could do but go along with Yami for the time being.
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"I can't believe my ship is gone," Marik grumbled as he, Bakura and their two hostages made their way towards the docks.
"Get over it," Bakura growled. He really did not want to listen to Marik complain all night and he really didn't care what happened to Marik's ship.
"You realize that your pathetic ship was probably sunk don't you?" Malik told them with a hateful laugh. His remark caused Bakura to laugh as well.
"I think I like that kid."
"Shut up both of you!" growled Marik. "I saved your life remember Bakura. At least try not to laugh at me."
"Why did you do that anyways?"
"I have my reasons," Marik grumbled. "Now I'm regretting them though."
"You'll be really regretting it when my father realizes that you have us!" Malik boldly told the two pirates.
"Oh really?" Marik laughed.
"His father is the commodore," Yugi quietly informed them.
"Nice going Yug," Malik sighed. "Now they're really going to let us go. Why don't you go ahead and tell them that your grandfather is the governor while you're at it?"
"Are you thinking what I'm thinking?" Marik asked Bakura with an evil glint in his eye.
"Yep," grinned Bakura. "These two will make a nice ransom."
"You'll be skinned alive when you get caught," Malik hissed.
"We have to get caught first," Bakura reminded him. "And I have no plans on getting caught ever again."
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"So what exactly are you doing here anyways?" Ryou asked Yami as they continued their way through the town.
"I heard that a master thief resided here and I was trying to find him to hire him. But instead I found you."
"Interesting," mused Ryou. "We were here for that same reason. Marik was out looking for him when the ship was discovered."
"Did Marik know that you had left the boat as well?"
"No, I kinda snuck off since this is my hometown."
"So it's safe to say that Marik hadn't made it back to the boat yet when it was discovered. Unless he discovered that you were missing."
"Yeah," Ryou nodded. "I'm the only one he wouldn't take off on."
Yami was about to say something when he suddenly heard voices behind him. "Come on!" he ordered quickly to Ryou pulling him in an alley. The hid behind some crates as they waited to watch who was about to pass them. Before that happened however the unmistakable sound of soldiers footsteps were heard in the other directions causing the group who had been behind Yami and Ryou to rush towards their hiding spot in hopes of hiding there as well.
"Hurry!" Yami hissed as he shoved open a door finding himself in an empty shop. He dragged Ryou in after him and then cracked the door so that they could peer out into the alley to spy what was happening.
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"Hey--" Malik began to cry upon hearing soldiers footsteps walking in their direction. Marik quickly clamped his hand over Malik's mouth but it was too late the soldiers had heard his cries and were already coming to investigate.
"Shit," hissed Bakura, clamping his hand over Yugi's mouth as well before he could also try anything. Glancing around he saw a pile of crates stacked up in an alley. "Over there!" he quickly told Marik nodding to the crates. The pair quickly dragged their hostages behind the crates and they waited while holding their breaths.
"The voice came from somewhere around here," they heard one of the soldiers say.
"Search the area!" cried another. "It must be more pirates!"
There was little Bakura and Marik could do as they watched two soldiers walk carefully over to their hiding spot. They were so intent on watching the soldiers that they didn't notice the door next to them open slightly and two pair of arms reached out from the room inside. One pair of arms grabbed Bakura while the other pair grabbed Marik and pulled both pirates inside, their hostages being dragged in with them who were still being held tightly in their arms. Once the four of them were inside the door slammed shut and was quickly locked.
"What the--" Marik began to ask when he found himself staring into crimson eyes. "Yami!" he cried happily, releasing his captive to hug Yami tightly. "What are you doing here?!"
"I was conducting business when I ran into an old friend," Yami smirked as he nodded over to where Ryou, Bakura and Yugi were trying to untangle themselves from each other.
"Ryou, you're safe!" Marik cried, jumping on his younger friend, crushing Bakura and Yami in the process.
"Ryou!" cried Bakura, Yugi and Malik in shock. Bakura who was closest to Ryou shoved Marik off of him and hugged him, cuddling him tightly. "Those little punks told me you were dead!"
"Marik wouldn't dare to let anything happen to me," Ryou grinned happily. He couldn't believe he was back in Bakura's arms. He felt safe and comfortable. "Who said I was dead though?" It was then that he noticed Yugi and Malik. "Hey guys," he cried happily, but made no move to leave Bakura's arms just yet.
"Everyone quiet!" Yami ordered from where he was listening next to the door. He could still hear the soldiers out in the alley. After a few minutes Yami nodded to them that it was safe to continue to talk.
"Ryou we thought you were dead!" Yugi cried. "We heard you were attacked by pirates two years ago! Now you're working with them?!"
"Yeah, that's right," Ryou nodded. "I'm not really sure but I somehow survived the pirate attack on our ship. Yami found me floating on a piece of driftwood in the water and saved me. He then allowed me to join his crew where I stayed until a year ago when I went off with Marik."
"Speaking of which why weren't you on the ship?" Marik asked eyeing his younger friend resulting a growl from Bakura. Marik and Yami exchanged a look at that both of them realizing that Bakura still had feelings for his look-a-like.
"I . . .umm . . .snuck off so I could try to find my friends to let them know I was alright," Ryou admitted with a blush. "On my way back I saw the navy's ships surround the Shadow Realm so I quickly made my way back here to try to find you when I literally bumped into Yami. We were on our way back to his ship when we found you guys."
"Well at least we now have an escape route," Marik shrugged before turning to Yami. "Who did you leave in charge?"
"Seto," Yami told him and both Marik and Bakura nodded their heads in approval. Yugi and Malik were just plain confused and Ryou merely snuggled closer to Bakura while he could.
Seto Kaiba had been a part of the tight group of pirates which included Yami, Bakura and Marik before Bakura had been accused of plotting against the group in an attempt to take things over for himself. Bakura had insisted that wasn't true disappeared after a bitter argument. Marik who had agreed with Bakura left as well taking Ryou along with him. Seto and the rest of the crew had stayed with Yami however with the exception of Keith who had been the one to frame Bakura. Keith had been determined to break apart the group as no one could challenge them for treasure when they were together.
"The hard part will be getting to the docks," Yami told them before turning his complete attention to Yugi, Malik and Ryou. "You three are from here so take us the best route."
"Right," Ryou nodded while Yugi and Malik weren't quite as sure.
"What's going to happen to us?" Malik asked indication himself and Yugi.
"Friends of Ryou's will not be harmed unless you do something stupid," Yami told them while shooting Marik and Bakura a look. More so the look was directed at Marik since Bakura was still to interested in Ryou to care what the others were doing. "Let's go," Yami barked as he opened the door now that the area was safe once again from soldiers.