ATTENTION!!!! GO BACK AND REREAD THE ENDING!!!! I CHANGED THE LAST
PARAGRAPH OR SO!!!! Okay, now with that over with this story has turned
into a ghost story type thing. Not on my original intentions so this is
going to be interesting. Um, pairings in this chapter are: Seto/ Téa.
YamiGirl3: Thanks for the Egyptian word! And you um . . . can stop jumping up and down like a crazy maniac. They saw . . . I can't tell you yet. Sorry.
lilyqueen777: I'm glad you like it! I hope it didn't take too long to get this chapter up for you.
Disclaimer: DO I HAVE TO DO THIS EACH CHAPTER!!!! I DO (not) OWN YU-GI- OH!!!!
Chapter 6
Ghosts
Serenity and Mokuba had taken a walk down the beach searching for anything that might've washed up from the wreckage.
Serenity bent down to pick up a net floating in the shallows. "Mokuba, can you give me a hand here?" When there was no answer Serenity looked behind her in time to see a burly man reach out and grab her arm. She opened her mouth to scream but a hand covered it before she could issue a sound. Mokuba was held tightly by another man.
"Bring them here boys."
The men brought the squirming kids to a man in his mid forties. He wore a baggy, canvas shirt that billowed out when the wind blew. His threadbare cotton pants were shredded at the bottom. He had merry face but when you looked into his eyes it was as if looking into the eyes of a tiger before he pounces on his prey. His slightly graying hair was pulled back into a small ponytail. On his hips he carried two guns and a long knife. He was bare of jewelry, unlike his companions, except for his one pierced ear. And hanging from that ear was a pure gold earring. But what was remarkable about the earring was the fact that the Millennium Symbol was carved into it.
The man looked Serenity and Mokuba over. "So you've found my treasure than. I hope you haven't become attached to it because I'll be taking them back now." He motioned for two other men to come forward. First they tried to get the Millennium Wanshou (aka arm band) off of Mokuba's arm with no success. Then when they tried to get the Millennium Udewa off of Serenity, besides having the same bad luck, they also received quite a few kicks in the face.
"Hmm . . . I guess you have become attached to them. Too bad. The only way to get them off now is to either go to the temple or cut your limb off and I'm not about to show you the temple." He looked at the men. "Bring them over here." They obliged.
But as they moved them Serenity managed to stretch out and trip the pirate holding Mokuba. The man stumbled and fell.
"Get out of here, Mokuba! Warn the others!" she cried.
"GET THE BOY!!!" the man with the Millennium Earring yelled not giving Mokuba a chance to protest. Then he grabbed Serenity. "I'll take her. When you've caught the boy bring him, and anyone else you can find, back to the ship. I'll be waiting." As the other men ran after Mokuba the chief pirate, or captain, tied Serenity's hands behind her back and roughly pushed her into one of the many rowboats that lay further down the shore. He pushed off and slowly began to maneuver his way though the waves to his ship. Serenity lay at the bottom of the tiny boat hoping Mokuba would make it safely back to the others.
***
Mai pulled some rope out of the water. She had been minding Mokuba and Serenity but Serenity insisted that they should go farther down the beach to cover more area.
"MAI!!" Mai looked up and saw Mokuba running as fast as he could to her followed closely by at least a score of pirates. Mai felt her jaw drop. As soon as Mokuba had gotten behind her she threw the sodden rope at the first ranks which tripped over it and fell on one another. Mai grabbed Mokuba's hand and started to pull him toward the others.
"Where's Serenity?" she demanded as the pirates collected themselves and continued the chase.
"I think they're taking her to their ship. I saw the captain shove her into a rowboat," he answered.
"Damn," she muttered under her breath. They'd be out to sea by now. She chanced a glance back and saw the pirates gaining on them.
***
Duke peered down the beach. "Did you hear something?" he asked Tristan who sat next to him by the waters' edge.
"You're always hearing stuff," Tristan replied.
Duke glared daggers at him. "Very funny Tristan." He looked down the beach again and gasped. "Mokuba!"
Tristan followed his gaze. "Hey, where's Mai and Serenity and why does he look like he's seen a ghost?"
"Because . . . he probably . . . has!"
Duke and Tristan spun around to find Joey, Yugi, Yami, Isis, Seto, and Téa behind them. All were out of breath; their faces flushed and sweat forming along their brows from running so hard.
"What happened to you guys?" Tristan asked now alarmed.
"Duke! Tristan! Seto! The pirates are back! And they've got Serenity and Mai!" Mokuba yelled to them.
Joey dropped Yugi, whom was on his back because Joey hadn't the time to heal his twisted ankle. "Where are they?"
Mokuba pointed behind him. Joey took off running in that direction.
"Joey! Get back here! Remember! You can't fight those guys!" Yugi called after him.
"Looks like we're going to have to go after him," Tristan sighed.
Seto glared at him, "Don't even think about it, Taylor. He went there on his own so let him get out on his own. We need to get the others to safety. We're going to have to leave Wheeler, his sister, and Mai behind."
Tristan was shocked, "What the hell do you think you're saying! Joey's my friend and I'm not going to just abandon him!"
"Tristan," Duke whispered wide-eyed having felt the terror of the others and read their immediate thoughts, "We can't fight ghosts."
"Ghosts? What the hell are you talking about?"
"Tristan," Yugi said, "those pirates aren't just regular pirates. They're ghosts! We just saw a bunch of them and barely escaped!"
***FLASHBACK***
Yugi opened his mouth but no sound issued from it. Instead, Yugi just pointed over Joey's shoulder. Slowly, Joey turned around. Behind him stood a group of five skeletons covered in rags and rotting flesh. Eyeballs rolled around sickly in the sockets. The odor of death hung around them.
The one in front, with a huge, golden hoop earring, leaned forward so that its face was one inch away from Joey's. Joey's face had turned ashen and he started trembling uncontrollably.
"Why hello," it said, its rancid breath filling the air around the group of teens.
The strong smell caused Joey, Yugi, and Seto to double over coughing but it did awake Yami, Isis, and Téa.
"RUN FOR IT!" Yami yelled as he caught sight of the ghostly pirates. He pulled Isis to her feet as did Seto to Téa but Joey remained motionless. The undead skeleton grabbed Joey's collar and lifted him literally off his feet and pulled out a long rusty knife. He grinned wickedly at the others, showing off blackened, broken teeth with dried blood incrusted in them.
"Say good-bye to your friend," he hissed. Suddenly Seto stood beside them and punched the pirate in the head. But to their horror the skeleton's grip never relaxed. The only thing that changed was that the head now lay about twenty feet away from its body. Seto looked in disgust at the headless thing in front of him.
"SETO! BEHIND YOU!!" Téa cried out. Seto turned to see two of the other undead freeze nearly touching him. Seto blinked then tapped one. It fell over is if it was a fragile statue.
The headless skeleton had thrown Joey away to go and pick up its missing body part. Joey had wakened from his state of terror and saw the last pirates walking toward the girls and Yugi. Figuring that the girls had more of a chance against the skeletons than Yugi, he ran to assist his best friend.
The pirate had just reached Yugi, who sat at the base of a tree he had somehow pulled himself to, when Joey yanked the foul thing around.
"Leave him alone you freak of nature!"
The pirate merely gave him a cold look and tightly grabbed Joey's wrist. Joey cried out in shock as he felt needles of pain run through his body. Then the feeling in his feet and legs left him slowly followed by his hands and arms. Joey desperately tried to pry the bony fingers off of his flesh.
Watching this, Yugi kicked the pirate in the knees, with his good leg, causing him to collapse on the spot.
Meanwhile, the last of the ghosts had cornered the girls. Yami tried to help Isis without touching the skeleton which turned out near impossible. Téa was backed against a tree without any means of escape. The skeleton that used to be headless (it had put its head back on)'s hands shot out to grab her bare arms, but instead of actually touch her its hands went straight through her and hit the tree. Téa shrieked in surprise.
Then a new hand appeared and grabbed Téa's arm pulling her away from the pirate as it stood frozen. Téa buried her face in the person's chest sobbing uncontrollably.
"It's okay, they're gone now," Seto said stroking Téa's head. He was right; those who hadn't been frozen had run for their lives . . . if undead pirates have lives.
Joey groaned from the ground and sat up. "Man, remind me we can't beat those things. By the way, what the hell did they do to me?"
"They drained your energy," Isis said. She still looked shaken. Yami stood beside her with his hands on her shoulders. "When they touch your flesh they can drain your energy from you but because you can heal yourself it doesn't take long for you to get up and walk again."
Sudden movement caused the group to run from the place.
***END FLASHBACK***
Duke was as white as a sheet but Tristan didn't seem moved at all except for the fact that Seto and Téa had evidentially activated their Millennium Items and he hadn't yet.
"I don't care what happened and I don't care if these pirates are some freaky ghosts. My best buddy is in trouble and nothing is going to stop me from helping him," Tristan said boldly.
Seto shrugged, "Suit yourself Taylor but don't expect us to come after you to save your sorry hide."
Tristan glared at Seto, "No wonder you can freeze things! Your heart is nothing but a block of ice!" With that said he stalked off to help Joey.
After a few minutes of silence Téa followed Tristan. "Téa! What do you think you're doing?!" Seto called after her.
Téa turned around to face him. "Staying true to my friends. Are you guys coming or not?"
Yami turned to Isis. "Will you take Yugi back to the others and warn them?" he asked. She nodded and helped Yugi to his feet. Yami ran to catch up to Téa. Duke followed leaving only the Kaiba brothers still standing in the same spot.
Seto looked at his brother, "Go with Isis, okay?" Mokuba nodded. Seto hurried after the group of friends.
*****
Okay, to clear things up a bit the thing that Téa, Yami, and Isis saw was (I'm not giving it all away) a ship. A tattered pirate ship. Now there's this temple thing as well. Also don't forget about that small gold pebble Isis found on the beach. That will come in later chapters. Next chapter . . . I have no idea of what's going to happen. So it'll be a surprise for everyone! Review and maybe chapter 7 will come sooner than expected!
YamiGirl3: Thanks for the Egyptian word! And you um . . . can stop jumping up and down like a crazy maniac. They saw . . . I can't tell you yet. Sorry.
lilyqueen777: I'm glad you like it! I hope it didn't take too long to get this chapter up for you.
Disclaimer: DO I HAVE TO DO THIS EACH CHAPTER!!!! I DO (not) OWN YU-GI- OH!!!!
Chapter 6
Ghosts
Serenity and Mokuba had taken a walk down the beach searching for anything that might've washed up from the wreckage.
Serenity bent down to pick up a net floating in the shallows. "Mokuba, can you give me a hand here?" When there was no answer Serenity looked behind her in time to see a burly man reach out and grab her arm. She opened her mouth to scream but a hand covered it before she could issue a sound. Mokuba was held tightly by another man.
"Bring them here boys."
The men brought the squirming kids to a man in his mid forties. He wore a baggy, canvas shirt that billowed out when the wind blew. His threadbare cotton pants were shredded at the bottom. He had merry face but when you looked into his eyes it was as if looking into the eyes of a tiger before he pounces on his prey. His slightly graying hair was pulled back into a small ponytail. On his hips he carried two guns and a long knife. He was bare of jewelry, unlike his companions, except for his one pierced ear. And hanging from that ear was a pure gold earring. But what was remarkable about the earring was the fact that the Millennium Symbol was carved into it.
The man looked Serenity and Mokuba over. "So you've found my treasure than. I hope you haven't become attached to it because I'll be taking them back now." He motioned for two other men to come forward. First they tried to get the Millennium Wanshou (aka arm band) off of Mokuba's arm with no success. Then when they tried to get the Millennium Udewa off of Serenity, besides having the same bad luck, they also received quite a few kicks in the face.
"Hmm . . . I guess you have become attached to them. Too bad. The only way to get them off now is to either go to the temple or cut your limb off and I'm not about to show you the temple." He looked at the men. "Bring them over here." They obliged.
But as they moved them Serenity managed to stretch out and trip the pirate holding Mokuba. The man stumbled and fell.
"Get out of here, Mokuba! Warn the others!" she cried.
"GET THE BOY!!!" the man with the Millennium Earring yelled not giving Mokuba a chance to protest. Then he grabbed Serenity. "I'll take her. When you've caught the boy bring him, and anyone else you can find, back to the ship. I'll be waiting." As the other men ran after Mokuba the chief pirate, or captain, tied Serenity's hands behind her back and roughly pushed her into one of the many rowboats that lay further down the shore. He pushed off and slowly began to maneuver his way though the waves to his ship. Serenity lay at the bottom of the tiny boat hoping Mokuba would make it safely back to the others.
***
Mai pulled some rope out of the water. She had been minding Mokuba and Serenity but Serenity insisted that they should go farther down the beach to cover more area.
"MAI!!" Mai looked up and saw Mokuba running as fast as he could to her followed closely by at least a score of pirates. Mai felt her jaw drop. As soon as Mokuba had gotten behind her she threw the sodden rope at the first ranks which tripped over it and fell on one another. Mai grabbed Mokuba's hand and started to pull him toward the others.
"Where's Serenity?" she demanded as the pirates collected themselves and continued the chase.
"I think they're taking her to their ship. I saw the captain shove her into a rowboat," he answered.
"Damn," she muttered under her breath. They'd be out to sea by now. She chanced a glance back and saw the pirates gaining on them.
***
Duke peered down the beach. "Did you hear something?" he asked Tristan who sat next to him by the waters' edge.
"You're always hearing stuff," Tristan replied.
Duke glared daggers at him. "Very funny Tristan." He looked down the beach again and gasped. "Mokuba!"
Tristan followed his gaze. "Hey, where's Mai and Serenity and why does he look like he's seen a ghost?"
"Because . . . he probably . . . has!"
Duke and Tristan spun around to find Joey, Yugi, Yami, Isis, Seto, and Téa behind them. All were out of breath; their faces flushed and sweat forming along their brows from running so hard.
"What happened to you guys?" Tristan asked now alarmed.
"Duke! Tristan! Seto! The pirates are back! And they've got Serenity and Mai!" Mokuba yelled to them.
Joey dropped Yugi, whom was on his back because Joey hadn't the time to heal his twisted ankle. "Where are they?"
Mokuba pointed behind him. Joey took off running in that direction.
"Joey! Get back here! Remember! You can't fight those guys!" Yugi called after him.
"Looks like we're going to have to go after him," Tristan sighed.
Seto glared at him, "Don't even think about it, Taylor. He went there on his own so let him get out on his own. We need to get the others to safety. We're going to have to leave Wheeler, his sister, and Mai behind."
Tristan was shocked, "What the hell do you think you're saying! Joey's my friend and I'm not going to just abandon him!"
"Tristan," Duke whispered wide-eyed having felt the terror of the others and read their immediate thoughts, "We can't fight ghosts."
"Ghosts? What the hell are you talking about?"
"Tristan," Yugi said, "those pirates aren't just regular pirates. They're ghosts! We just saw a bunch of them and barely escaped!"
***FLASHBACK***
Yugi opened his mouth but no sound issued from it. Instead, Yugi just pointed over Joey's shoulder. Slowly, Joey turned around. Behind him stood a group of five skeletons covered in rags and rotting flesh. Eyeballs rolled around sickly in the sockets. The odor of death hung around them.
The one in front, with a huge, golden hoop earring, leaned forward so that its face was one inch away from Joey's. Joey's face had turned ashen and he started trembling uncontrollably.
"Why hello," it said, its rancid breath filling the air around the group of teens.
The strong smell caused Joey, Yugi, and Seto to double over coughing but it did awake Yami, Isis, and Téa.
"RUN FOR IT!" Yami yelled as he caught sight of the ghostly pirates. He pulled Isis to her feet as did Seto to Téa but Joey remained motionless. The undead skeleton grabbed Joey's collar and lifted him literally off his feet and pulled out a long rusty knife. He grinned wickedly at the others, showing off blackened, broken teeth with dried blood incrusted in them.
"Say good-bye to your friend," he hissed. Suddenly Seto stood beside them and punched the pirate in the head. But to their horror the skeleton's grip never relaxed. The only thing that changed was that the head now lay about twenty feet away from its body. Seto looked in disgust at the headless thing in front of him.
"SETO! BEHIND YOU!!" Téa cried out. Seto turned to see two of the other undead freeze nearly touching him. Seto blinked then tapped one. It fell over is if it was a fragile statue.
The headless skeleton had thrown Joey away to go and pick up its missing body part. Joey had wakened from his state of terror and saw the last pirates walking toward the girls and Yugi. Figuring that the girls had more of a chance against the skeletons than Yugi, he ran to assist his best friend.
The pirate had just reached Yugi, who sat at the base of a tree he had somehow pulled himself to, when Joey yanked the foul thing around.
"Leave him alone you freak of nature!"
The pirate merely gave him a cold look and tightly grabbed Joey's wrist. Joey cried out in shock as he felt needles of pain run through his body. Then the feeling in his feet and legs left him slowly followed by his hands and arms. Joey desperately tried to pry the bony fingers off of his flesh.
Watching this, Yugi kicked the pirate in the knees, with his good leg, causing him to collapse on the spot.
Meanwhile, the last of the ghosts had cornered the girls. Yami tried to help Isis without touching the skeleton which turned out near impossible. Téa was backed against a tree without any means of escape. The skeleton that used to be headless (it had put its head back on)'s hands shot out to grab her bare arms, but instead of actually touch her its hands went straight through her and hit the tree. Téa shrieked in surprise.
Then a new hand appeared and grabbed Téa's arm pulling her away from the pirate as it stood frozen. Téa buried her face in the person's chest sobbing uncontrollably.
"It's okay, they're gone now," Seto said stroking Téa's head. He was right; those who hadn't been frozen had run for their lives . . . if undead pirates have lives.
Joey groaned from the ground and sat up. "Man, remind me we can't beat those things. By the way, what the hell did they do to me?"
"They drained your energy," Isis said. She still looked shaken. Yami stood beside her with his hands on her shoulders. "When they touch your flesh they can drain your energy from you but because you can heal yourself it doesn't take long for you to get up and walk again."
Sudden movement caused the group to run from the place.
***END FLASHBACK***
Duke was as white as a sheet but Tristan didn't seem moved at all except for the fact that Seto and Téa had evidentially activated their Millennium Items and he hadn't yet.
"I don't care what happened and I don't care if these pirates are some freaky ghosts. My best buddy is in trouble and nothing is going to stop me from helping him," Tristan said boldly.
Seto shrugged, "Suit yourself Taylor but don't expect us to come after you to save your sorry hide."
Tristan glared at Seto, "No wonder you can freeze things! Your heart is nothing but a block of ice!" With that said he stalked off to help Joey.
After a few minutes of silence Téa followed Tristan. "Téa! What do you think you're doing?!" Seto called after her.
Téa turned around to face him. "Staying true to my friends. Are you guys coming or not?"
Yami turned to Isis. "Will you take Yugi back to the others and warn them?" he asked. She nodded and helped Yugi to his feet. Yami ran to catch up to Téa. Duke followed leaving only the Kaiba brothers still standing in the same spot.
Seto looked at his brother, "Go with Isis, okay?" Mokuba nodded. Seto hurried after the group of friends.
*****
Okay, to clear things up a bit the thing that Téa, Yami, and Isis saw was (I'm not giving it all away) a ship. A tattered pirate ship. Now there's this temple thing as well. Also don't forget about that small gold pebble Isis found on the beach. That will come in later chapters. Next chapter . . . I have no idea of what's going to happen. So it'll be a surprise for everyone! Review and maybe chapter 7 will come sooner than expected!