A/N - Thank you so much for all the reviews! ^_^
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As the Duel Monster sailed through the black night the two young captives huddled together in Yami's cabin. Yugi was wrapped in Malik's embrace as the blonde tried to comfort his tri-colored friend. Yugi eventually cried himself to sleep thanks to the gentle rocking of the boat. Malik however knew that he was getting little sleep that night. He vowed to protect himself and Yugi no matter what since he didn't trust the pirate's captain's word that they would not be harmed.
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"So what have you been up to?" Ryou asked Bakura his voice soft and gentle. So sweet, it made Bakura wonder how he had manage to go so long without hearing that voice.
"This and that," Bakura replied playfully with a smirk. Although they had never officially been together before Bakura had left there was no denying that each had feelings for each other, everyone could see that. "What were you thinking when you joined Marik's crew? I'm surprise he didn't try to kill someone every day."
"He did!" Ryou cried with a laugh. The laugh however quickly turned into a yawn.
"I think someone needs to get to bed," commented Bakura with mischief look in his eyes as he watched Ryou yawn again. He gently shoved Ryou back onto the bed before jumping on it after him.
"Bakura!" Ryou protested while laughing as Bakura buried his face into Ryou's soft, white hair.
"Okay, fine," Bakura replied while giving Ryou a pouting look. Bakura quickly stood up again, pulled out his pistol and placed it on a nearby table. He then removed his hat, jacket, boot and his belt with his sword attached to it. Ryou quickly followed suit, they then crawled under the covers together and snuggled together to kept warm.
"Goodnight Ryou," Bakura whispered before pressing a intense but gentle kiss to Ryou's lips. Bakura was then fast asleep before Ryou came out of his shock long enough to realize what had just happened.
"Goodnight my love," Ryou whispered back to him as he snuggled closer to the elder pirate. Ryou then too was soon fast asleep.
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Marik slowly woke after about four hours of sleep. He dressed quickly, before walking out of his cabin and made his way towards the helm where Yami still stood steering the ship. Seto had long retreated back to his own cabin for some much needed sleep.
"Take my cabin and get some sleep," Marik ordered him. "I'll take over things here."
"Fine," Yami nodded as he turned control over to his friend with a sly grin on his face. "The sun will be rising soon so even you should have no problem in finding our way."
"Hey!" Marik protested as Yami walked away laughing. Marik meanwhile growled after him scaring half the crew that was on duty. They remembered what Marik was like before. He was a psychopath who one minute seemed fine and the next minute he would be-head anyone who came within two feet of him. The only ones immune to Marik's wrath was Yami, Bakura, Ryou, Seto and Jou. Jou merely because he was with Seto and Marik knew that Seto would be after him if anything happened to Jou.
The crew tried to avoid eye contact with Marik as they continued about their tasks hoping that soon that Seto or Yami would return to save them from the psychopath.
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An hour after Marik woke Bakura slowly stirred bringing him back to the side of consciousness. A smile broke out over his face upon seeing Ryou sleeping peacefully next to him. Bakura more than anything wanted to stay next to Ryou for a while longer but he knew that there was work to be done.
Dragging himself out of bed, Bakura quickly dressed before making his way out onto the deck and into the rapidly rising sun light as the sun rose in the sky.
The crew who had already been cowering in fear under the command of Marik looked like they were ready to abandon ship when they saw Bakura join Marik at the helm.
"Yami left you in charge?" Bakura asked with amusement upon approaching his friend. "Is he crazy?!"
"Hey, I'm the only crazy one here!" Marik protested. "Why are you here anyways? Shouldn't you be busy screwing Ryou? Or have you not gotten the balls yet to admit your feelings?"
"He's sleeping," Bakura huffed.
"I'll go wake him up," Marik grinned and he began to walk away but Bakura grabbed the back of his jacket stopping him.
"He's mine!" Bakura growled and Marik's grin grew.
"Are you sure? You've been away for such a long time. . . Ryou may have found someone else by now. . ."
"If you don't want to swim with the fishys, I suggest you change the subject now."
"Say, what do you think about our two new friends?" Marik quickly asked innocently before Bakura could get any more ideas about throwing him overboard.
"The midget is weak and blondie is feisty," Bakura replied with a shrug. "Who cares we'll dump them at some town where their daddys can come and get them."
"Yeah and then we'll have the entire British Navy after us," Marik grumbled. Fortunately for him however Bakura was not paying attention. Looking over Marik saw what had distracted his friend. It had been the younger white-haired pirate who was currently walking across the deck towards Yami's cabin.
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Ryou had awakened not long after Bakura. Seeing that Bakura was already up and more then lightly on deck causing mayhem with no doubt Marik by his side, Ryou decided to pay a visit to his friends to see how they were holding up. Therefore once he was dressed he began making his way towards Yami's cabin.
"Hello?" he gently called as he knocked on the door while at the same time opening it. Walking inside he found his two friends curled together on Yami's bed. Yugi was still fast asleep in Malik's embrace. Malik meanwhile was still staring at the door with tired eyes. "Malik didn't you get some sleep?!" Ryou exclaimed upon seeing the blonde.
"No," came Malik's soft reply as he tried not to wake Yugi. It did not work however for Yugi was already stirring and soon opened his eyes.
"Huh?" Yugi cried, panicking, not realizing where he was. His members soon returned to him however when he saw Malik and Ryou. He then moved away from Malik and sat on the end of the bed. "What's going to happen to us?" he asked Ryou.
"I honestly don't know," Ryou replied as he sat down next to Yugi. "Yami doesn't seem to be wasting any time to go after this treasure of his. We have to dock somewhere for supplies so I imagine he'll just let you go wherever that is."
"Great he could drop of in the middle of no where with no place of getting back home," Malik grumbled. Staying awake all night was beginning to catch up with Malik which wasn't good for his temper.
"Yami's not like that," Ryou replied with a shake of his head. "He's tough but fair. Plus he never goes back on his word. He said you will not be harmed and he means it. Wherever you get dropped off it'll be somewhere with a naval base so that you can contact your home. Until then you'll stay on the ship as our special guests."
"Guests?!" Malik cried. "We're prisoners!"
"No you're not," Ryou protested softly. Ryou was known for never raising his voice and he was not going to start with someone who he had once been close too. "Yami would have easily locked you in a cell if he wanted too. But instead he put you up in his own cabin for the night so you'd be comfortable. Later today he'll probably find another place for you to stay and trust me it probably won't be as nice as in here. Plus no one was ordered to guard you so you don't try anything. Trust me no other prisoner taken aboard the Duel Monster has ever been treated this nicely. If you want I can give you a tour of the boat."
"That would be great!" Yugi cried excitedly. Now that the sun was up, Yugi's confidence seemed to grow. In truth Yugi was kind of afraid of the dark. It made him nervous.
"Whatever," Malik grumbled, so the three of them stood up and Ryou led them out of Yami's cabin and on to the deck. Immediately Malik's attention went towards the two pirates still at the helm who both were watching the trio. Malik growled slightly upon seeing them.
"That's Bakura and Marik," Ryou quickly explained. "They were once apart of a fearsome pirate foursome along with Yami and Seto who you met last night. They broke up almost a year and a half ago, but now the old group is finally back together. All four of them grew up together in a land far far away, Egypt. Seto and Yami are actually cousins and it's rumored that they come from an ancient line of Egyptian pharaohs! All four of them wanted great adventure so when they were fourteen they ran away from home. Eventually they ended up here in the Caribbean and took up the life of a pirate. That was five years ago."
"Wow," replied Yugi. Malik meanwhile continued to glare at the two pirates.
Ryou was about to led them on when a small, bug-type person approached them, cutting off their path. "Back again I see Ryou," sneered the bug person.
"What do you want Weevil?" Ryou asked all the while thinking that Weevil must have a death wish to try anything with Bakura on board. But then Ryou remembered that Weevil was one of the few crewmembers that were not on deck when they had come on board last night.
"I was just wondering how much you missed me?" Weevil replied with a nasty grin. Weevil had always taken too much interest in Ryou.
"I didn't."
"Sure you did," Weevil replied with a smirk as he started running his slimy hand up Ryou's bare arm.
Malik was about to jump in to defend poor little Ryou but before he could someone breezed past him. Before anyone knew what had happened, Weevil's bloody arm was lying on the deck and Bakura was holding a painful Weevil up by his hair.
"I warned you before, never touch something that belongs to me," he snarled into Weevil's face before dumping the bug-like person overboard. It was only a matter of minutes before sharks had arrived to devour Weevil. "Bones clean this mess up!" Bakura snapped at a pale short pirate with spiky hair who hand been standing nearby.
"Yes sir," the one called Bones quickly replied as set about cleaning up the mess as to avoid anymore of Bakura's wrath that morning. Bakura meanwhile was checking over Ryou.
"I'm fine," Ryou reassured him. "The creep merely touched me."
"Did stuff like that happen often on Marik's ship?" Bakura questioned him.
"No, everyone was too afraid of Marik," Ryou replied. "Weevil only tried to make a move since he was too stupid to know that you and Marik were back. Both Seto and Yami are still asleep so he probably figured no one would be around to stop him."
"Not around to stop who?" a voice growled and the group turned to see Seto walking towards them. He noticed the severed arm and turned his questionable glaze towards Bakura.
"Weevil touched Ryou," Bakura growled. "No one touches what belongs to me."
"Fair enough," Seto shrugged. He learned his lesson long ago not to come in between Bakura and Ryou.
"It was kinda cute how he swooped down to his love's rescue," Marik laughed as he strolled up to them. He picked up the severed arm, tried a rope around it and dangled it over the side of the boat, teasing the sharks that were trying to grab it and eat it.
Bakura was ready to kill Marik for that comment and the only thing that stopped him was the fact that next to him Ryou was blushing brightly. Throwing an arm around Ryou's shoulders Bakura began leading him away. "Come on," Bakura gently ordered him and they walked away together so they could have some time alone together.
"Be glad we're his friend," Seto warned Marik as Marik dropped the rope he was still holding into the water allowing the sharks to finally get the last piece of Weevil. Seto then walked off to take control of the ship saving the rest of the crew in the process.
Marik began to follow him to protest that Yami left him in charge but before he could get very far Malik's voice called after him. "We need to talk," demanded the young blonde before shooting Yugi a look that clearly told him he was sorry. "Alone."
"Fine," shrugged Marik. Normally he wouldn't bothered but something told him to listen to Malik. He then led Malik away so that they could talk in private leaving Yugi all alone.
"What about me?!" Yugi cried to no one. Seeing that no one cared, Yugi sighed and sat down on a crate in the shade.
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"So what do you want?" Marik asked Malik. They were relaxing on the deck on a non busy part of the ship so they could be alone.
"I want you to tell me about Egypt," Malik demanded.
"Why?" asked a confused Marik. He didn't expect that question.
"Just tell me!"
"Not until you tell me why," Marik ordered. "Face it, I have nothing to lose and you can lose everything. So you might as well tell me."
"My mother was from Egypt okay," Malik sadly sighed. "She died when I was very young. I figured that learning about where she came from would be a way for me to be connected to her. My father refuses to talk about mother and my only other known relative was my older sister but she disappeared years ago."
Marik felt for the younger blonde. He knew what it was like growing up with no family. All he had when he was really young was Bakura and then later Yami and Seto. Therefore Marik began telling Malik about his homeland as Malik listened with awe.
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While Marik told Malik about Egypt and Ryou and Bakura continued to have their time together Yugi remained sitting in the same spot. He knew he had to have been sitting there for hours and he was beyond bored. The only people he knew on board however were Malik, Ryou, Bakura, Marik, Seto and Yami. Malik, Marik, Bakura and Ryou were all off in their own little world, Yami was not yet up and Yugi was too scared to go talk to Seto. He also knew enough not to bother the rest of the crew since they could all be like the bug-like Weevil and take advantage of him.
"What are you doing here all by yourself?" a voice inquired and Yugi turned to find the tri-colored pirate captain walking towards him.
"Umm . . . everyone's busy," Yugi replied suddenly feeling very nervous again. He then explained to Yami that everyone wandered off and left him there all alone.
"Come on, I'll show you the ship then," Yami replied and he extended his hand so that he could help Yugi up.
Yugi stared at the hand for a few seconds before grabbing it and hopping to his feet. The pair then spent the next few hours touring the ship and meeting the rest of the crew. Yugi was happy to learn that most of the crew was actually quite nice and the rest were scared shitless of what would be done to them if they harmed their captain's 'special guests'.
As the tour went on Yugi quickly found himself growing to like the pirate captain more and more. Yami seemed scary to most but he seemed to have developed a soft spot in his heart for Yugi. Therefore Yugi was safe from pretty much anyone on board.
Eventually however the tour had to end and it did when Yami stopped next to Seto to talk to his cousin.
"We should reach our destination sometime tomorrow," Seto told Yami upon seeing that his captain was finished giving the younger tri-colored haired person the tour.
"Good," Yami nodded. "We'll restock as while Bakura is out stealing the diary. I want this to be as fast of a stop as possible. The treasure will soon be ours."
Seto nodded in agreement before finally breaking the new to Yami that they were now one less crewmember. "We lost Weevil this morning," Seto told his cousin while Yugi listened in next to them.
"Let me guess he pissed off either Marik or Bakura," Yami replied with a sigh. He really didn't care what had happened to Weevil but he had been a good sailor and they might have needed him on this adventure.
"He touched Ryou," Yugi explained his voice a whisper. He really didn't understand what that had all been about since he had been asleep most of the time since they left the shore and he hadn't seen his friend in over two years. One thing was for sure and that was Yugi feared Bakura more than anyone on the ship at that moment.
"No surprise there," Yami replied and Yugi gave him a confuse look. Seeing the confused look Yami tried to explain things to the youngster. "Ever since we rescued Ryou Bakura has always been over protected of him. We all knew that he had feelings for Ryou but never would admit them even though Ryou obviously was experiencing those same feelings. Unfortunately it wasn't all that long after we rescued Ryou when 'the fight' happened and Bakura left. Ryou was upset and also left with Marik. Apparently their time apart did nothing to lessen those feelings for each other."
"Oh," was all that Yugi said as he allowed this information to sink in. Back home Ryou had been expected to marry a nice young girl. Their society expected this out of him, Yugi and Malik as well as other boys of their rank regardless if they felt anything for the girl they were suppose to marry. This was true in Yugi's case for everyone expected him to marry a girl name Tea. Yugi however felt nothing towards Tea and dreading the day when he would actually have to consider marrying her. Therefore it was strange to him to hear about Ryou actually being in love with a man no less.
"Is there something wrong?" Yami asked with concern upon seeing the look on Yugi's face. "Have you been out in the sun too long? Maybe you need to have a rest? You're free to use my cabin again if you need too."
"I'm fine," Yugi replied forcing a smile as to not to worry the pirate captain. It would take some time to get use to but he was happy for Ryou, if not a little envious.
"Are you sure?" Yami asked not completely convince. Yugi's heart melted some at how concerned Yami appeared to be over him and gave his look-a-like a genuine warm-hearted smile.
"I'm fine," he repeated, thinking fast. "But . . . uhh . . . I was wondering if you could tell me some of your pirate adventures to past some time? That is if you're not busy or something."
"No problem," Yami replied with a smile causing Yugi to beam brightly. "Seto do you mind being in charge for a bit longer?"
"Whatever," Seto replied with a shrug. His thoughts were elsewhere as it was. Mainly his thoughts were focused on his puppy, Jou but also at the task at hand.
"Good," Yami nodded before leading Yugi away to that they could find somewhere quiet to talk. Yami also secretly wanted to get Yugi out of the sun just in case.
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As the Duel Monster sailed through the black night the two young captives huddled together in Yami's cabin. Yugi was wrapped in Malik's embrace as the blonde tried to comfort his tri-colored friend. Yugi eventually cried himself to sleep thanks to the gentle rocking of the boat. Malik however knew that he was getting little sleep that night. He vowed to protect himself and Yugi no matter what since he didn't trust the pirate's captain's word that they would not be harmed.
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"So what have you been up to?" Ryou asked Bakura his voice soft and gentle. So sweet, it made Bakura wonder how he had manage to go so long without hearing that voice.
"This and that," Bakura replied playfully with a smirk. Although they had never officially been together before Bakura had left there was no denying that each had feelings for each other, everyone could see that. "What were you thinking when you joined Marik's crew? I'm surprise he didn't try to kill someone every day."
"He did!" Ryou cried with a laugh. The laugh however quickly turned into a yawn.
"I think someone needs to get to bed," commented Bakura with mischief look in his eyes as he watched Ryou yawn again. He gently shoved Ryou back onto the bed before jumping on it after him.
"Bakura!" Ryou protested while laughing as Bakura buried his face into Ryou's soft, white hair.
"Okay, fine," Bakura replied while giving Ryou a pouting look. Bakura quickly stood up again, pulled out his pistol and placed it on a nearby table. He then removed his hat, jacket, boot and his belt with his sword attached to it. Ryou quickly followed suit, they then crawled under the covers together and snuggled together to kept warm.
"Goodnight Ryou," Bakura whispered before pressing a intense but gentle kiss to Ryou's lips. Bakura was then fast asleep before Ryou came out of his shock long enough to realize what had just happened.
"Goodnight my love," Ryou whispered back to him as he snuggled closer to the elder pirate. Ryou then too was soon fast asleep.
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Marik slowly woke after about four hours of sleep. He dressed quickly, before walking out of his cabin and made his way towards the helm where Yami still stood steering the ship. Seto had long retreated back to his own cabin for some much needed sleep.
"Take my cabin and get some sleep," Marik ordered him. "I'll take over things here."
"Fine," Yami nodded as he turned control over to his friend with a sly grin on his face. "The sun will be rising soon so even you should have no problem in finding our way."
"Hey!" Marik protested as Yami walked away laughing. Marik meanwhile growled after him scaring half the crew that was on duty. They remembered what Marik was like before. He was a psychopath who one minute seemed fine and the next minute he would be-head anyone who came within two feet of him. The only ones immune to Marik's wrath was Yami, Bakura, Ryou, Seto and Jou. Jou merely because he was with Seto and Marik knew that Seto would be after him if anything happened to Jou.
The crew tried to avoid eye contact with Marik as they continued about their tasks hoping that soon that Seto or Yami would return to save them from the psychopath.
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An hour after Marik woke Bakura slowly stirred bringing him back to the side of consciousness. A smile broke out over his face upon seeing Ryou sleeping peacefully next to him. Bakura more than anything wanted to stay next to Ryou for a while longer but he knew that there was work to be done.
Dragging himself out of bed, Bakura quickly dressed before making his way out onto the deck and into the rapidly rising sun light as the sun rose in the sky.
The crew who had already been cowering in fear under the command of Marik looked like they were ready to abandon ship when they saw Bakura join Marik at the helm.
"Yami left you in charge?" Bakura asked with amusement upon approaching his friend. "Is he crazy?!"
"Hey, I'm the only crazy one here!" Marik protested. "Why are you here anyways? Shouldn't you be busy screwing Ryou? Or have you not gotten the balls yet to admit your feelings?"
"He's sleeping," Bakura huffed.
"I'll go wake him up," Marik grinned and he began to walk away but Bakura grabbed the back of his jacket stopping him.
"He's mine!" Bakura growled and Marik's grin grew.
"Are you sure? You've been away for such a long time. . . Ryou may have found someone else by now. . ."
"If you don't want to swim with the fishys, I suggest you change the subject now."
"Say, what do you think about our two new friends?" Marik quickly asked innocently before Bakura could get any more ideas about throwing him overboard.
"The midget is weak and blondie is feisty," Bakura replied with a shrug. "Who cares we'll dump them at some town where their daddys can come and get them."
"Yeah and then we'll have the entire British Navy after us," Marik grumbled. Fortunately for him however Bakura was not paying attention. Looking over Marik saw what had distracted his friend. It had been the younger white-haired pirate who was currently walking across the deck towards Yami's cabin.
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Ryou had awakened not long after Bakura. Seeing that Bakura was already up and more then lightly on deck causing mayhem with no doubt Marik by his side, Ryou decided to pay a visit to his friends to see how they were holding up. Therefore once he was dressed he began making his way towards Yami's cabin.
"Hello?" he gently called as he knocked on the door while at the same time opening it. Walking inside he found his two friends curled together on Yami's bed. Yugi was still fast asleep in Malik's embrace. Malik meanwhile was still staring at the door with tired eyes. "Malik didn't you get some sleep?!" Ryou exclaimed upon seeing the blonde.
"No," came Malik's soft reply as he tried not to wake Yugi. It did not work however for Yugi was already stirring and soon opened his eyes.
"Huh?" Yugi cried, panicking, not realizing where he was. His members soon returned to him however when he saw Malik and Ryou. He then moved away from Malik and sat on the end of the bed. "What's going to happen to us?" he asked Ryou.
"I honestly don't know," Ryou replied as he sat down next to Yugi. "Yami doesn't seem to be wasting any time to go after this treasure of his. We have to dock somewhere for supplies so I imagine he'll just let you go wherever that is."
"Great he could drop of in the middle of no where with no place of getting back home," Malik grumbled. Staying awake all night was beginning to catch up with Malik which wasn't good for his temper.
"Yami's not like that," Ryou replied with a shake of his head. "He's tough but fair. Plus he never goes back on his word. He said you will not be harmed and he means it. Wherever you get dropped off it'll be somewhere with a naval base so that you can contact your home. Until then you'll stay on the ship as our special guests."
"Guests?!" Malik cried. "We're prisoners!"
"No you're not," Ryou protested softly. Ryou was known for never raising his voice and he was not going to start with someone who he had once been close too. "Yami would have easily locked you in a cell if he wanted too. But instead he put you up in his own cabin for the night so you'd be comfortable. Later today he'll probably find another place for you to stay and trust me it probably won't be as nice as in here. Plus no one was ordered to guard you so you don't try anything. Trust me no other prisoner taken aboard the Duel Monster has ever been treated this nicely. If you want I can give you a tour of the boat."
"That would be great!" Yugi cried excitedly. Now that the sun was up, Yugi's confidence seemed to grow. In truth Yugi was kind of afraid of the dark. It made him nervous.
"Whatever," Malik grumbled, so the three of them stood up and Ryou led them out of Yami's cabin and on to the deck. Immediately Malik's attention went towards the two pirates still at the helm who both were watching the trio. Malik growled slightly upon seeing them.
"That's Bakura and Marik," Ryou quickly explained. "They were once apart of a fearsome pirate foursome along with Yami and Seto who you met last night. They broke up almost a year and a half ago, but now the old group is finally back together. All four of them grew up together in a land far far away, Egypt. Seto and Yami are actually cousins and it's rumored that they come from an ancient line of Egyptian pharaohs! All four of them wanted great adventure so when they were fourteen they ran away from home. Eventually they ended up here in the Caribbean and took up the life of a pirate. That was five years ago."
"Wow," replied Yugi. Malik meanwhile continued to glare at the two pirates.
Ryou was about to led them on when a small, bug-type person approached them, cutting off their path. "Back again I see Ryou," sneered the bug person.
"What do you want Weevil?" Ryou asked all the while thinking that Weevil must have a death wish to try anything with Bakura on board. But then Ryou remembered that Weevil was one of the few crewmembers that were not on deck when they had come on board last night.
"I was just wondering how much you missed me?" Weevil replied with a nasty grin. Weevil had always taken too much interest in Ryou.
"I didn't."
"Sure you did," Weevil replied with a smirk as he started running his slimy hand up Ryou's bare arm.
Malik was about to jump in to defend poor little Ryou but before he could someone breezed past him. Before anyone knew what had happened, Weevil's bloody arm was lying on the deck and Bakura was holding a painful Weevil up by his hair.
"I warned you before, never touch something that belongs to me," he snarled into Weevil's face before dumping the bug-like person overboard. It was only a matter of minutes before sharks had arrived to devour Weevil. "Bones clean this mess up!" Bakura snapped at a pale short pirate with spiky hair who hand been standing nearby.
"Yes sir," the one called Bones quickly replied as set about cleaning up the mess as to avoid anymore of Bakura's wrath that morning. Bakura meanwhile was checking over Ryou.
"I'm fine," Ryou reassured him. "The creep merely touched me."
"Did stuff like that happen often on Marik's ship?" Bakura questioned him.
"No, everyone was too afraid of Marik," Ryou replied. "Weevil only tried to make a move since he was too stupid to know that you and Marik were back. Both Seto and Yami are still asleep so he probably figured no one would be around to stop him."
"Not around to stop who?" a voice growled and the group turned to see Seto walking towards them. He noticed the severed arm and turned his questionable glaze towards Bakura.
"Weevil touched Ryou," Bakura growled. "No one touches what belongs to me."
"Fair enough," Seto shrugged. He learned his lesson long ago not to come in between Bakura and Ryou.
"It was kinda cute how he swooped down to his love's rescue," Marik laughed as he strolled up to them. He picked up the severed arm, tried a rope around it and dangled it over the side of the boat, teasing the sharks that were trying to grab it and eat it.
Bakura was ready to kill Marik for that comment and the only thing that stopped him was the fact that next to him Ryou was blushing brightly. Throwing an arm around Ryou's shoulders Bakura began leading him away. "Come on," Bakura gently ordered him and they walked away together so they could have some time alone together.
"Be glad we're his friend," Seto warned Marik as Marik dropped the rope he was still holding into the water allowing the sharks to finally get the last piece of Weevil. Seto then walked off to take control of the ship saving the rest of the crew in the process.
Marik began to follow him to protest that Yami left him in charge but before he could get very far Malik's voice called after him. "We need to talk," demanded the young blonde before shooting Yugi a look that clearly told him he was sorry. "Alone."
"Fine," shrugged Marik. Normally he wouldn't bothered but something told him to listen to Malik. He then led Malik away so that they could talk in private leaving Yugi all alone.
"What about me?!" Yugi cried to no one. Seeing that no one cared, Yugi sighed and sat down on a crate in the shade.
*~*~*
"So what do you want?" Marik asked Malik. They were relaxing on the deck on a non busy part of the ship so they could be alone.
"I want you to tell me about Egypt," Malik demanded.
"Why?" asked a confused Marik. He didn't expect that question.
"Just tell me!"
"Not until you tell me why," Marik ordered. "Face it, I have nothing to lose and you can lose everything. So you might as well tell me."
"My mother was from Egypt okay," Malik sadly sighed. "She died when I was very young. I figured that learning about where she came from would be a way for me to be connected to her. My father refuses to talk about mother and my only other known relative was my older sister but she disappeared years ago."
Marik felt for the younger blonde. He knew what it was like growing up with no family. All he had when he was really young was Bakura and then later Yami and Seto. Therefore Marik began telling Malik about his homeland as Malik listened with awe.
*~*~*
While Marik told Malik about Egypt and Ryou and Bakura continued to have their time together Yugi remained sitting in the same spot. He knew he had to have been sitting there for hours and he was beyond bored. The only people he knew on board however were Malik, Ryou, Bakura, Marik, Seto and Yami. Malik, Marik, Bakura and Ryou were all off in their own little world, Yami was not yet up and Yugi was too scared to go talk to Seto. He also knew enough not to bother the rest of the crew since they could all be like the bug-like Weevil and take advantage of him.
"What are you doing here all by yourself?" a voice inquired and Yugi turned to find the tri-colored pirate captain walking towards him.
"Umm . . . everyone's busy," Yugi replied suddenly feeling very nervous again. He then explained to Yami that everyone wandered off and left him there all alone.
"Come on, I'll show you the ship then," Yami replied and he extended his hand so that he could help Yugi up.
Yugi stared at the hand for a few seconds before grabbing it and hopping to his feet. The pair then spent the next few hours touring the ship and meeting the rest of the crew. Yugi was happy to learn that most of the crew was actually quite nice and the rest were scared shitless of what would be done to them if they harmed their captain's 'special guests'.
As the tour went on Yugi quickly found himself growing to like the pirate captain more and more. Yami seemed scary to most but he seemed to have developed a soft spot in his heart for Yugi. Therefore Yugi was safe from pretty much anyone on board.
Eventually however the tour had to end and it did when Yami stopped next to Seto to talk to his cousin.
"We should reach our destination sometime tomorrow," Seto told Yami upon seeing that his captain was finished giving the younger tri-colored haired person the tour.
"Good," Yami nodded. "We'll restock as while Bakura is out stealing the diary. I want this to be as fast of a stop as possible. The treasure will soon be ours."
Seto nodded in agreement before finally breaking the new to Yami that they were now one less crewmember. "We lost Weevil this morning," Seto told his cousin while Yugi listened in next to them.
"Let me guess he pissed off either Marik or Bakura," Yami replied with a sigh. He really didn't care what had happened to Weevil but he had been a good sailor and they might have needed him on this adventure.
"He touched Ryou," Yugi explained his voice a whisper. He really didn't understand what that had all been about since he had been asleep most of the time since they left the shore and he hadn't seen his friend in over two years. One thing was for sure and that was Yugi feared Bakura more than anyone on the ship at that moment.
"No surprise there," Yami replied and Yugi gave him a confuse look. Seeing the confused look Yami tried to explain things to the youngster. "Ever since we rescued Ryou Bakura has always been over protected of him. We all knew that he had feelings for Ryou but never would admit them even though Ryou obviously was experiencing those same feelings. Unfortunately it wasn't all that long after we rescued Ryou when 'the fight' happened and Bakura left. Ryou was upset and also left with Marik. Apparently their time apart did nothing to lessen those feelings for each other."
"Oh," was all that Yugi said as he allowed this information to sink in. Back home Ryou had been expected to marry a nice young girl. Their society expected this out of him, Yugi and Malik as well as other boys of their rank regardless if they felt anything for the girl they were suppose to marry. This was true in Yugi's case for everyone expected him to marry a girl name Tea. Yugi however felt nothing towards Tea and dreading the day when he would actually have to consider marrying her. Therefore it was strange to him to hear about Ryou actually being in love with a man no less.
"Is there something wrong?" Yami asked with concern upon seeing the look on Yugi's face. "Have you been out in the sun too long? Maybe you need to have a rest? You're free to use my cabin again if you need too."
"I'm fine," Yugi replied forcing a smile as to not to worry the pirate captain. It would take some time to get use to but he was happy for Ryou, if not a little envious.
"Are you sure?" Yami asked not completely convince. Yugi's heart melted some at how concerned Yami appeared to be over him and gave his look-a-like a genuine warm-hearted smile.
"I'm fine," he repeated, thinking fast. "But . . . uhh . . . I was wondering if you could tell me some of your pirate adventures to past some time? That is if you're not busy or something."
"No problem," Yami replied with a smile causing Yugi to beam brightly. "Seto do you mind being in charge for a bit longer?"
"Whatever," Seto replied with a shrug. His thoughts were elsewhere as it was. Mainly his thoughts were focused on his puppy, Jou but also at the task at hand.
"Good," Yami nodded before leading Yugi away to that they could find somewhere quiet to talk. Yami also secretly wanted to get Yugi out of the sun just in case.