"Are you guys going to be alright?" Kisara asked them the next day. She
along with Mokuba, Shizuka, Malik and Rishid were standing in the middle of
the Canida market and they were saying their good-byes.
"Yeah, my sister lives nearby," Malik told her. "Thank you for your help Captian Kisara."
"Don't mentioned it," Kisara replied with a gentle smile. "I'll make sure to stay around for an extra hour just in case. If I don't hear from you again by then I'll head out."
"Thanks Kisara!" Mokuba cried giving her a wave before running off after the others who had started walking away. A few minutes later they reached the Museum/Library that Isis called her home. As the others stood staring at the strange building Malik strolled forward and shoved open the doors. "Sister!" he called into the lobby of the building as the others followed him inside. From another room they heard a loud crash and some muttering of "Damn, Shadi, leaving me with all the work."
Hearing his sister's voice Malik rushed towards the room and tackled his sister in a tight hug. "Malik!" she cried as she hugged her younger brother. "What are you doing here?"
"It's a long story," Malik replied with a laugh. "These are my friends. We escaped Port Domino together. Father found out about Marik and he now knows that Shizuka is Jou's sister. We were no longer safe there."
"Yes, Mokuba and Shizuka," Isis said with a smile turning to the two youngest members of the group. "Your brothers are very worried about the two of you. I hope you send a message to them right away."
"I will," Mokuba assured her. "We have various safe spots set up throughout the seas to send messages. I'll send letters out as soon as possible."
"He's at Canterbury," Isis told the young Kaiba and she smiled at Mokuba's confused look. "Trust me," she added before turning to Rishid. "You must be Rishid. Thank you for taking care of my brother."
"How did you know?" he asked.
"I have my ways," Isis replied sharing a smile with Malik. Only he knew about her Millennium Necklace.
"So sis, can we stay here until the Duel Monster can pick us up?" Malik begged giving her puppy eyes.
"Of course!"
"Shadi won't mind will he?" Malik nervously asked. He still hadn't met the mysterious man that Isis worked for. To his surprise Isis sighed and rolled her eyes.
"Shadi decided that his work was needed back in Egypt so he left me in charge here," Isis grumbled. "Of course now I have to do the work of two people, thanks to him."
"Great it's settled!" Malik happily cried. "Mokuba will send a message to Seto and we'll stay here until then!"
*~*~*
"Yugi?" Governor Mutou asked walking into the parlor of his mansion where his grandson currently was. Yugi looked up from where he was reading a book to look at his grandfather.
"Yes Grandpa?" Yugi asked, as he slid a bookmark into his book.
"Have you seen Malik lately?" his grandfather asked.
"Not since we were rescued," Yugi replied, confused. "I've been busy with Tea. Did something happen to him?"
"So he didn't visit you at all yesterday?"
"No, I was with Tea all afternoon. Now tell me Grandfather what is wrong with Malik?!" Yugi cried, fearful for his best friend. Yugi didn't want to think about what type of things that Commodore Ishtar was capable of doing to his son. "Is he hurt?! Is he dead?!"
"Yugi I don't know how to explain it to you," replied Yugi's grandfather with a sigh. "But when you and Malik were kidnapped Malik did some . . . things with one of the pirates. As well it turns out that his fiancée was the sister of a pirate. Commodore Ishtar heard his son and her talking over the issue. When the commodore tried confronting them on the matter he was brutally attacked by a servant. Malik, his fiancée, the servant and the boy who was living with Malik's fiancée have not been seen since. The Commodore asked me to ask you if you had seen Malik before he and the others disappeared to know where they were headed."
"I didn't see Malik at all yesterday," Yugi truthfully replied. He expected however that Malik was no longer in Port Domino was kind of hurt that his friend had not invited him along since he expected Malik was headed for the Duel Monster. He also wondered about Malik's fiancée. He had heard the rumors that Malik was getting married but he had heard it was to that sweet, little Serenity girl. Yugi really couldn't picture her being the sister of a pirate.
"Thank you for your help Yugi," Governor Mutou said as he turned and was about to leave the room, before pausing to turn back to his grandson. "Yugi you would have told me if you did . . . things with a pirate the way Malik did wouldn't you?"
"Yes Grandfather," Yugi replied, hating himself for lying to his grandfather.
*~*~*
Two days passed by since Malik and the others had arrived in Canida. In that time, Mokuba sent a message to Canterbury for his brother, and Rishid proved to be useful in helping Isis with her work. In that time it was also decided that Rishid, Shizuka and Mokuba would stay with Isis while Malik rejoined the crew of the Duel Monster.
"Marik where are you?" Malik wondered as he stared up at the night sky.
*~*~*
Marik sighed as he stared up at the stars from where he was laying on his back on one of the beaches of Glebe. He missed Malik and it certainly didn't help matters that he was stuck on an island with the love crazed fools, better known as Bakura and Ryou. He knew he should have gone with Seto to Canterbury to await news there, but Yami had forbid him since Yami knew that there was a chance that Marik would have stole a ship and gone to Port Domino after Malik.
"Malik," Marik whispered before falling asleep on the beach while thinking of his love.
*~*~*
A knock at the door woke both Jou and Seto from their light sleep and Seto strolled over to the door of the room they had rented while they were on Canterbury and opened it finding a servant who worked at the tavern on the other side. "This came for you sir," the servant said handing Seto a letter before he disappeared down the hall.
"What is it?" Jou asked his lover.
"It's from Mokuba," Seto replied as he quickly read over the letter.
"Well what does it say?!" Jou demanded.
"Not much," Seto replied with a frown. "All it says is that he and Shizuka had to leave Port Domino and they're staying with a friend at Canida. They probably just missed my own letter to them."
"Then what are we waiting for?! Lets set sail and go find them!"
"Patience pup," Seto ordered. "As much as I want to see Mokuba, it's the middle of the night and the crew has been partying all day. I cannot wake up the entire crew and expect them to sail. We'll end up at the bottom of Davy Jones' Locker for sure! As much as I hate to admit it we have to wait until dawn."
"Fine," Jou muttered as a reply with a small pout on his lips.
Morning came not soon enough for Jou, and he was up at the crack of dawn, waking Seto up in the process. After gathering up the crew they first made a stop by Glebe to pick up the rest of the pirates before continuing onto Canida. The trip took a day but soon enough the Duel Monster was arriving into the port of Canida and Seto, Jou and Marik all headed into the town. Seto and Jou went to find their siblings and Marik went to find Isis to see if she could give him a vision of Malik.
The trio walked together through the market but soon they split so that Jou and Seto could cover more found since Mokuba hadn't said where he and Shizuka was staying. Marik meanwhile headed straight to the museum where Isis lived. He found the place quickly enough and strolled inside acting as if he owned the place. He wasn't surprised to find Isis standing in hallway waiting for him.
"Well I see you're not surprised to see me," Marik grumbled as he walked up to her.
"I saw your arrival this morning," Isis replied with a smile that was more of a smirk. "I've already sent Mokuba and Shizuka out to find their brothers. I'm sure they're all back together now."
"So you know why I'm here?"
"Of course, you're here because of my brother."
"So when do I get to see Malik again?"
"However long it takes you to turn around," Isis replied her smile growing to a huge grin. Marik spun around to find Malik lazily leaning up against the wall with a grin on his face. Marik had been so concerned with Isis when he entered he hadn't bothered looking around at anything else. Marik stared at him in shock as Malik rushed over to him and jumped into his arms wrapping his legs around Marik's waist and arms around his neck. They passionately kissed for a few minutes before breaking apart.
"Missed me?" Malik asked with a grin.
"You have no idea," Marik replied.
"I have some bad news though."
"What?" Marik asked in alarm.
"You're going to have to share your bed on the Duel Monster with me for now on," Malik whispered into Marik's ear and if possible Marik's grin grew wider.
"Lets say we head back and celebrate then?" Marik suggested.
"I've already said my goodbyes so we can go at any time."
"Good," Marik replied with a smirk as he carried Malik off. Isis had wisely left while the pair had been making out.
*~*~*
Yami impatiently drummed his fingers against the railing of the Duel Monster. Jou and Seto had returned a half hour ago, both with happy smiles on their faces after visiting their siblings and knowing that Mokuba and Shizuka would be safe there. Now they were all waiting on Marik to determine if they would be sticking around Canida for a while or heading elsewhere.
"Lets just ditch him," Bakura suggested walking up behind Yami and giving him a playful nudge. He was reward with a whack in the stomach by Ryou who lately always seemed to be by the white-haired pirate's side.
"Do you think something happened to him?" Ryou asked with concern. "How long does it take to see Isis?"
"I don't know," Yami quietly replied. Neither bothered to ask Yami why he hadn't gone with Marik since they knew it was painful for him to think about Yugi. They were both worried about him because unlike Marik who was determined to get Malik back, Yami seemed to have given up hope that he would ever see Yugi again.
"Maybe we should send out a search party," Ryou suggested. He knew that Marik could take care of himself but he was still concerned.
"What do I win if I find him?" Bakura asked.
"Me. Naked," Ryou sarcastically replied with a roll of his eyes.
"Oh goody because here he comes," Bakura said pointing to the docks were sure enough Marik was walking towards the ship carrying something in his arms. "Took you long enough!" he yelled at his friend, causing the bundle in Marik's arms to move. It was then they realized that he was carrying another person.
"Malik!" Ryou cried, being the first one to recognize the other blonde. Ryou raced down the ramp that separated the Duel Monster from the dock and rushed over to Marik who reluctantly put Malik down so the two could hug.
"We would have been back sooner except Marik attacked me about one foot away from Isis' place so we had to head back up to my room for a while," Malik explained with a goofy grin on his face. He limped slightly as he started walking towards the Duel Monster with Ryou causing Marik to pick him up again.
"Malik?" Yami asked in disbelief as he and Bakura stared at the young blonde who was carried aboard the ship by Marik.
"Hey," Malik replied smiling brightly at them as once again Marik reluctantly let him down.
"One, how the hell did you get here. Two, where's the other little shrimp?" Bakura asked, getting whacked once again in the stomach by Ryou.
"I came with Mokuba and Shizuka of course," Malik replied with a grin before growing serious. "I was suppose to marry Shizuka to tone down my behavior and we found out about each other during one of our talks. Unfortunately my father also found out so we had to get out of there. I don't know about Yugi. I've been under house arrest ever since we returned. We didn't have time to look for him before we left or we would have taken him with us."
"He doesn't belong here," Yami said before leaving to return to his own cabin.
"What was that all about?" Malik asked looking at the others once Yami was out of sight.
"He's a stubborn ass," Bakura replied preparing himself for another whack from Ryou, which never came. He gave his lover a questioning look.
"What?" Ryou innocently asked. "I agree with you!"
"I still don't get it."
"Yami has convinced himself that Yugi belongs at Port Domino," Ryou replied with a sigh. "He was hurt when Yugi willingly gave himself and you up even though it saved our necks."
"But Yugi belongs here with us!" Malik protested. "If something happens to his grandfather Yugi will be all alone! Plus there is the Tea problem."
"Who's Tea?" Marik asked.
"Yugi's arranged wife," Ryou explained. "I would have thought that Yugi would have had convinced his grandfather by now that he doesn't want to marry Tea."
"It happens next year," Malik informed them.
"So basically we have a year to kick Yami's ass and make him come to his senses?" Bakura asked and both Malik and Ryou nodded their heads. "Piece of cake!"
"Are you sure?" Ryou asked and was shocked when Bakura picked him up.
"Yes!" Bakura replied. "Now you promised me that I would get you naked if I found Marik, which I did. So now I plan on collecting on that promised." With that Bakura carried Ryou off to their room.
"Bakura has the right idea," Marik said to Malik with a devilish grin on his face.
"About kicking Yami's ass?" Malik innocently asked causing Marik to glare at him.
"That too but that wasn't what I was thinking about."
"Oh really? What were you thinking about then?"
"This," Marik replied as he picked Malik up bridal style and passionately kissed him. He then proceed to carry Malik to his own cabin so that they could get more reacquainted.
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A/N – That's it for now. Thank you all for the reviews. The next chapter will probably be the last one. If not it'll be the second last one.
"Yeah, my sister lives nearby," Malik told her. "Thank you for your help Captian Kisara."
"Don't mentioned it," Kisara replied with a gentle smile. "I'll make sure to stay around for an extra hour just in case. If I don't hear from you again by then I'll head out."
"Thanks Kisara!" Mokuba cried giving her a wave before running off after the others who had started walking away. A few minutes later they reached the Museum/Library that Isis called her home. As the others stood staring at the strange building Malik strolled forward and shoved open the doors. "Sister!" he called into the lobby of the building as the others followed him inside. From another room they heard a loud crash and some muttering of "Damn, Shadi, leaving me with all the work."
Hearing his sister's voice Malik rushed towards the room and tackled his sister in a tight hug. "Malik!" she cried as she hugged her younger brother. "What are you doing here?"
"It's a long story," Malik replied with a laugh. "These are my friends. We escaped Port Domino together. Father found out about Marik and he now knows that Shizuka is Jou's sister. We were no longer safe there."
"Yes, Mokuba and Shizuka," Isis said with a smile turning to the two youngest members of the group. "Your brothers are very worried about the two of you. I hope you send a message to them right away."
"I will," Mokuba assured her. "We have various safe spots set up throughout the seas to send messages. I'll send letters out as soon as possible."
"He's at Canterbury," Isis told the young Kaiba and she smiled at Mokuba's confused look. "Trust me," she added before turning to Rishid. "You must be Rishid. Thank you for taking care of my brother."
"How did you know?" he asked.
"I have my ways," Isis replied sharing a smile with Malik. Only he knew about her Millennium Necklace.
"So sis, can we stay here until the Duel Monster can pick us up?" Malik begged giving her puppy eyes.
"Of course!"
"Shadi won't mind will he?" Malik nervously asked. He still hadn't met the mysterious man that Isis worked for. To his surprise Isis sighed and rolled her eyes.
"Shadi decided that his work was needed back in Egypt so he left me in charge here," Isis grumbled. "Of course now I have to do the work of two people, thanks to him."
"Great it's settled!" Malik happily cried. "Mokuba will send a message to Seto and we'll stay here until then!"
*~*~*
"Yugi?" Governor Mutou asked walking into the parlor of his mansion where his grandson currently was. Yugi looked up from where he was reading a book to look at his grandfather.
"Yes Grandpa?" Yugi asked, as he slid a bookmark into his book.
"Have you seen Malik lately?" his grandfather asked.
"Not since we were rescued," Yugi replied, confused. "I've been busy with Tea. Did something happen to him?"
"So he didn't visit you at all yesterday?"
"No, I was with Tea all afternoon. Now tell me Grandfather what is wrong with Malik?!" Yugi cried, fearful for his best friend. Yugi didn't want to think about what type of things that Commodore Ishtar was capable of doing to his son. "Is he hurt?! Is he dead?!"
"Yugi I don't know how to explain it to you," replied Yugi's grandfather with a sigh. "But when you and Malik were kidnapped Malik did some . . . things with one of the pirates. As well it turns out that his fiancée was the sister of a pirate. Commodore Ishtar heard his son and her talking over the issue. When the commodore tried confronting them on the matter he was brutally attacked by a servant. Malik, his fiancée, the servant and the boy who was living with Malik's fiancée have not been seen since. The Commodore asked me to ask you if you had seen Malik before he and the others disappeared to know where they were headed."
"I didn't see Malik at all yesterday," Yugi truthfully replied. He expected however that Malik was no longer in Port Domino was kind of hurt that his friend had not invited him along since he expected Malik was headed for the Duel Monster. He also wondered about Malik's fiancée. He had heard the rumors that Malik was getting married but he had heard it was to that sweet, little Serenity girl. Yugi really couldn't picture her being the sister of a pirate.
"Thank you for your help Yugi," Governor Mutou said as he turned and was about to leave the room, before pausing to turn back to his grandson. "Yugi you would have told me if you did . . . things with a pirate the way Malik did wouldn't you?"
"Yes Grandfather," Yugi replied, hating himself for lying to his grandfather.
*~*~*
Two days passed by since Malik and the others had arrived in Canida. In that time, Mokuba sent a message to Canterbury for his brother, and Rishid proved to be useful in helping Isis with her work. In that time it was also decided that Rishid, Shizuka and Mokuba would stay with Isis while Malik rejoined the crew of the Duel Monster.
"Marik where are you?" Malik wondered as he stared up at the night sky.
*~*~*
Marik sighed as he stared up at the stars from where he was laying on his back on one of the beaches of Glebe. He missed Malik and it certainly didn't help matters that he was stuck on an island with the love crazed fools, better known as Bakura and Ryou. He knew he should have gone with Seto to Canterbury to await news there, but Yami had forbid him since Yami knew that there was a chance that Marik would have stole a ship and gone to Port Domino after Malik.
"Malik," Marik whispered before falling asleep on the beach while thinking of his love.
*~*~*
A knock at the door woke both Jou and Seto from their light sleep and Seto strolled over to the door of the room they had rented while they were on Canterbury and opened it finding a servant who worked at the tavern on the other side. "This came for you sir," the servant said handing Seto a letter before he disappeared down the hall.
"What is it?" Jou asked his lover.
"It's from Mokuba," Seto replied as he quickly read over the letter.
"Well what does it say?!" Jou demanded.
"Not much," Seto replied with a frown. "All it says is that he and Shizuka had to leave Port Domino and they're staying with a friend at Canida. They probably just missed my own letter to them."
"Then what are we waiting for?! Lets set sail and go find them!"
"Patience pup," Seto ordered. "As much as I want to see Mokuba, it's the middle of the night and the crew has been partying all day. I cannot wake up the entire crew and expect them to sail. We'll end up at the bottom of Davy Jones' Locker for sure! As much as I hate to admit it we have to wait until dawn."
"Fine," Jou muttered as a reply with a small pout on his lips.
Morning came not soon enough for Jou, and he was up at the crack of dawn, waking Seto up in the process. After gathering up the crew they first made a stop by Glebe to pick up the rest of the pirates before continuing onto Canida. The trip took a day but soon enough the Duel Monster was arriving into the port of Canida and Seto, Jou and Marik all headed into the town. Seto and Jou went to find their siblings and Marik went to find Isis to see if she could give him a vision of Malik.
The trio walked together through the market but soon they split so that Jou and Seto could cover more found since Mokuba hadn't said where he and Shizuka was staying. Marik meanwhile headed straight to the museum where Isis lived. He found the place quickly enough and strolled inside acting as if he owned the place. He wasn't surprised to find Isis standing in hallway waiting for him.
"Well I see you're not surprised to see me," Marik grumbled as he walked up to her.
"I saw your arrival this morning," Isis replied with a smile that was more of a smirk. "I've already sent Mokuba and Shizuka out to find their brothers. I'm sure they're all back together now."
"So you know why I'm here?"
"Of course, you're here because of my brother."
"So when do I get to see Malik again?"
"However long it takes you to turn around," Isis replied her smile growing to a huge grin. Marik spun around to find Malik lazily leaning up against the wall with a grin on his face. Marik had been so concerned with Isis when he entered he hadn't bothered looking around at anything else. Marik stared at him in shock as Malik rushed over to him and jumped into his arms wrapping his legs around Marik's waist and arms around his neck. They passionately kissed for a few minutes before breaking apart.
"Missed me?" Malik asked with a grin.
"You have no idea," Marik replied.
"I have some bad news though."
"What?" Marik asked in alarm.
"You're going to have to share your bed on the Duel Monster with me for now on," Malik whispered into Marik's ear and if possible Marik's grin grew wider.
"Lets say we head back and celebrate then?" Marik suggested.
"I've already said my goodbyes so we can go at any time."
"Good," Marik replied with a smirk as he carried Malik off. Isis had wisely left while the pair had been making out.
*~*~*
Yami impatiently drummed his fingers against the railing of the Duel Monster. Jou and Seto had returned a half hour ago, both with happy smiles on their faces after visiting their siblings and knowing that Mokuba and Shizuka would be safe there. Now they were all waiting on Marik to determine if they would be sticking around Canida for a while or heading elsewhere.
"Lets just ditch him," Bakura suggested walking up behind Yami and giving him a playful nudge. He was reward with a whack in the stomach by Ryou who lately always seemed to be by the white-haired pirate's side.
"Do you think something happened to him?" Ryou asked with concern. "How long does it take to see Isis?"
"I don't know," Yami quietly replied. Neither bothered to ask Yami why he hadn't gone with Marik since they knew it was painful for him to think about Yugi. They were both worried about him because unlike Marik who was determined to get Malik back, Yami seemed to have given up hope that he would ever see Yugi again.
"Maybe we should send out a search party," Ryou suggested. He knew that Marik could take care of himself but he was still concerned.
"What do I win if I find him?" Bakura asked.
"Me. Naked," Ryou sarcastically replied with a roll of his eyes.
"Oh goody because here he comes," Bakura said pointing to the docks were sure enough Marik was walking towards the ship carrying something in his arms. "Took you long enough!" he yelled at his friend, causing the bundle in Marik's arms to move. It was then they realized that he was carrying another person.
"Malik!" Ryou cried, being the first one to recognize the other blonde. Ryou raced down the ramp that separated the Duel Monster from the dock and rushed over to Marik who reluctantly put Malik down so the two could hug.
"We would have been back sooner except Marik attacked me about one foot away from Isis' place so we had to head back up to my room for a while," Malik explained with a goofy grin on his face. He limped slightly as he started walking towards the Duel Monster with Ryou causing Marik to pick him up again.
"Malik?" Yami asked in disbelief as he and Bakura stared at the young blonde who was carried aboard the ship by Marik.
"Hey," Malik replied smiling brightly at them as once again Marik reluctantly let him down.
"One, how the hell did you get here. Two, where's the other little shrimp?" Bakura asked, getting whacked once again in the stomach by Ryou.
"I came with Mokuba and Shizuka of course," Malik replied with a grin before growing serious. "I was suppose to marry Shizuka to tone down my behavior and we found out about each other during one of our talks. Unfortunately my father also found out so we had to get out of there. I don't know about Yugi. I've been under house arrest ever since we returned. We didn't have time to look for him before we left or we would have taken him with us."
"He doesn't belong here," Yami said before leaving to return to his own cabin.
"What was that all about?" Malik asked looking at the others once Yami was out of sight.
"He's a stubborn ass," Bakura replied preparing himself for another whack from Ryou, which never came. He gave his lover a questioning look.
"What?" Ryou innocently asked. "I agree with you!"
"I still don't get it."
"Yami has convinced himself that Yugi belongs at Port Domino," Ryou replied with a sigh. "He was hurt when Yugi willingly gave himself and you up even though it saved our necks."
"But Yugi belongs here with us!" Malik protested. "If something happens to his grandfather Yugi will be all alone! Plus there is the Tea problem."
"Who's Tea?" Marik asked.
"Yugi's arranged wife," Ryou explained. "I would have thought that Yugi would have had convinced his grandfather by now that he doesn't want to marry Tea."
"It happens next year," Malik informed them.
"So basically we have a year to kick Yami's ass and make him come to his senses?" Bakura asked and both Malik and Ryou nodded their heads. "Piece of cake!"
"Are you sure?" Ryou asked and was shocked when Bakura picked him up.
"Yes!" Bakura replied. "Now you promised me that I would get you naked if I found Marik, which I did. So now I plan on collecting on that promised." With that Bakura carried Ryou off to their room.
"Bakura has the right idea," Marik said to Malik with a devilish grin on his face.
"About kicking Yami's ass?" Malik innocently asked causing Marik to glare at him.
"That too but that wasn't what I was thinking about."
"Oh really? What were you thinking about then?"
"This," Marik replied as he picked Malik up bridal style and passionately kissed him. He then proceed to carry Malik to his own cabin so that they could get more reacquainted.
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A/N – That's it for now. Thank you all for the reviews. The next chapter will probably be the last one. If not it'll be the second last one.