A/N – This chapter is dedicated to my little betta Ziegfried who swam over the rainbow bridge last Thursday. At times both Ziegfried and Merlin get me through the week thanks to the stress that school can bring and the fact my currently living conditions do not allow me to have any other pets. This fic is also dedicated to Brady who was rescued from not the greatest water conditions when I was looking for a new fish. Brady is now happily swimming around his new home, which is currently at my parent's place and will be traveling to be with me in a week and a half. Hmm…I guess I should also dedicate this to Merlin so he doesn't feel left out. Although I doubt he'd mind because right now he's currently very happy not having another fish next to him.

"Wow!" Atemu marveled as he stepped aboard the White Dragon. The only other ship he had been on his father's when he was little. That had been before his mother died, when Akunumkanon wasn't concerned about Atemu filling any role. The White Dragon wasn't as impressive as that ship but it was still way up there as one of the best ships in the Caribbean.

"Impressive isn't she?" Seto asked and Atemu nodded his head. "She was built by the French and her sole purpose was to hunt down people like me. Fortunately her first captain was an idiot and it didn't take much to capture her."

"How did it happen?" Atemu asked, finding himself interested in the pirate captain. He was kind of nice when he wasn't being a jerk.

"I was captain of a Sloop called Little Dragon at the time," Seto began. "We raised Spanish flags and pretended to be a disabled trade vessel. Their captain was greedy and came closer to capture us which was when we opened fire. They were unprepared and as our boats crashed together we rushed on board and began battling the other crew. Now the thing most important on a ship is the captain. If a crew sees their captain go down then they will quickly give up. Knowing this I quickly sought out the captain and engaged him in a sword fight. He was rather pathetic. When the captain was dead the crew gave after a small number of French guards were defeated. I took the ship as my flagship and renamed her the White Dragon. We haven't been apart since."

"It's a nice ship," Atemu murmured as they walked across the deck. Both the bow and stern of the ship were raised to accommodate two cabins at each end. The two cabins at the stern end belonged to Seto. One housed his bedchamber and the other was used as a dinning area and for meetings. One of the cabins at the bow was used by Bakura, which he shared with Ryou. The other was unused as the rest of the crew lived under the decks.

Strolling over to the door to Bakura's cabin, Seto pounded on the door. After a few moments a naked Bakura answered it.

"Lonely are we?" Bakura drawled with a smirk on his face as he leaned against the doorframe. He then spotted Atemu hovering behind Seto with a blush on his cheeks as he stared down at the deck. "Apparently not."

"Get dressed," Seto ordered as he ignored his first mate. "We're leaving and I want you to wake the crew."

"What?" Bakura demanded to know as the smirk fell from his face and was replace with anger. "We're leaving now? When the crew has been drinking all day?"

"Yes."

"Doe this have something to do with him?" Bakura asked while nodding his head towards Atemu.

"No!" Seto quickly replied and Bakura threw him a knowing smirk. "Would you like to remain here with Mahado around breathing down our necks? You've already had a run in with him and we've been here for a half a day!"

"Right and the kid has nothing to do with this."

"I'm not a kid!" Atemu protested but both Seto and Bakura ignored him.

"Did he piss Mahado off or something?"

"I'll tell you after we get out of here," Seto promised. "Just get dressed and wake up the crew."

"Fine," Bakura sighed before closing the door in Seto's face. The pirate captain then marched over to the door next to Bakura's and flung it open before walking inside.

"You can stay here. We're going to be busy until we get out away from land so you'll be safe here."

"But I want to see what's going on!" Atemu protested. "I haven't been on a ship in 12 years! Father said it was too dangerous!"

"You'll get in the way!"

"No I won't!" Atemu yelled while glaring at Seto with angry crimson eyes.

"Fine," Seto sighed, wondering why he kept giving into the governor's son. The kid thus far was giving him nothing but trouble.

"Thank you Colonel."

"Don't call me Colonel!" Seto snapped. "I hate those stupid promotions that Akunumkanon likes to give me. The only reason I started working for the English is because they paid me the most!"

"So what should I call you?"

"Call me Captain or Kaiba like everyone else! Hell, call me Seto if you want! Just don't call me Colonel!"

"Okay Seto." Atemu replied as he turned around and walked back onto the deck leaving Seto in the cabin ready to strangle the governor's son. The kid was starting to get on his nerves.

Calming himself, Seto strolled back onto the deck where he was pleased to find his hung over crew already at work getting the sails ready. Bakura always had a certain way of "motivating" the crew. Ant it worked as most of the crew was scared to death of Bakura. They all knew however that Seto was much worst when they made him angry and an angry Seto was what they'd get if they did not listen to Bakura.

"I hate you," Malik said to him as Seto walked by. Malik had a star chart rolled up in one hand while using his other hand to cover his mouth as he yawned. "What do you need me for? You know how to navigate the stars yourself from here."

"It wouldn't be fair to the others. Not only are you a navigator but also a sailor, remember?"

"But Isis still gets to sleep!"

"Isis is not a sailor. Her job is to keep everyone healthy. That requires rest so that she can do her job."

"But-"

"No more protesting! Get to work!" Seto demanded as they climbed up the stairs to the helm. Malik shut upped but he continued to silently pout.

At the other end of the ship Bakura was busy barking order at various crewmembers. "Get those lanterns lit!" he barked as the sailors scurried about lighting the lanterns around the boat. "We need to be able to see, idiots!"

Fascinated Atemu wandered around the deck watching as the tired sailors worked with perfection to get the ship out of the harbor. Moments later out of the corner of his eye, Atemu saw a massive rock jutting out of the water and suddenly remembered the explanation Seto had given him about why no one left or entered Kemet in the dark. Panicking, Atemu hurried up the stairs to the helm where Seto was currently grasping the large wheel as he steered his baby.

"Uhh . . . Seto? Didn't you say only the really great and really stupid captains leave Kemet at night because of the rocks?"

"Yeah and unfortunately we ended up with one of the really stupid ones," Malik grumbled under his breath from where he was standing next to the tall burnet.

"For that remark you can take the first watch tonight," Seto told Malik, who scowled at the pirate captain, before turning his attention to Atemu and threw him a sexy smirk. "What's wrong? Don't you trust my skills?"

Atemu stared up at the pirate captain before firmly nodding his head. "I trust you."

"Good. Now see the white haired person on deck who is not Bakura?"

Atemu's eyes searched around the deck until he found the person Seto mentioned on the lower middle deck area. The youth was sitting on a wooden crate as he watched the crew work.

"That's Ryou. He's our cook, which is why he's not working. Go and keep him company."

"But I can see everything so much better up here!" Atemu protested. H also wanted to stay near Seto whom he somewhat knew instead of with the other pirates.

"Look Kid! It's dark and I can tell from these winds that the water is going to get rough the farther we get from land. Therefore if you fall overboard, which could happen, no one will know until it's too late. Now go be with Ryou where it's safe!"

"I'm not a kid," Atemu muttered as he stomped down the stairs and stormed over to the crate Ryou was sitting on that was located between Bakura's room and his own.

"Hi!" Ryou cheerfully said when he saw Atemu approach.

Looking at the gentle youth Atemu found it hard to believe that he was a pirate. "Hello," Atemu dully replied as he leaned against the wall next to Ryou.

"You must be Seto's new lover that Bakura told me about!" Ryou chirped and Atemu stared at him in shock.

"What!"

"That's what Bakura said," Ryou innocently explained. "He said we had to leave now because Seto wants to get home so you can begin pleasuring him right away."

"I assure you I'm doing no such thing!"

"That's a shame. Seto's really nice when you get to know him. But he rarely lets people in close. Malik, Bakura and myself are the only people that he seems to care anything about. I think he only likes me because I keep Bakura happy and he feels sorry for me."

"Why would he feel sorry for you?" Atemu asked. The white-haired youth was telling him some interesting information so it would be for the best to stay on his good side.

"Because I was a slave and Seto hates that kind of stuff," Ryou explained while Atemu's eyes widen in shock once again.

"A slave?"

"Yes." Ryou laughed amused with the expression on Atemu's face before growing serious. "My father abandoned my family when I was little. That left my mother, sister and I with only very little protection. When our town was ransacked by pirates, they took us captive. They raped my mother and sold my sister and I to the first slave dealer they came across. I have no clue what happened to my sister and mother but I ended up on Tortuga as property of a tavern owner there. He made me be a prostitute until one day Bakura came in and took pity on me. He killed my owner and brought me aboard the White Dragon. That was a year and a half ago."

"But you're a pirate now! The very thing that separated your family!"

"Not all pirates are bad as you must know if you're already aboard this ship," Ryou replied with a small smile. "So why are you here if you're not Seto's lover?"

"I had some problems with the governor of Kemet," Atemu explained as he looked away. "It was strongly suggested that I leave. This just happened to be the first ship off that bloody island."

"But you're on your way to an even smaller island!"

Ryou's gentle laugher brought Atemu's attention back to the white-haired youth. "But it doesn't have my father there."

"Father? I thought your problems was with Governor Akunumkanon?"

"It's both of them," Atemu quickly lied. He knew it was for the best if he kept his identity a secret as long as possible. "I'm Yami by the way."

"I'm Ryou."

"I know. Seto told me."

"So he does like you!" Ryou happily beamed and for a third time Atemu found himself staring in shock at Ryou.

"What!"

"Seto doesn't let just anyone call him by that name. And since you just met and are able to call him that it means he likes you!"

"I don't think so," Atemu replied with a small shake of his head.

"Trust me on this! I know what I'm talking about!"

Atemu's crimson eyes fell upon Seto. They were out of the harbor now so there was no longer a danger from rocks. Therefore Seto was now mainly talking to Malik while he steered the ship. Atemu had to admit that the pirate captain looked nice and he had to wonder if the only reason Seto allowed him to come along was because he was attractive. Pondering all of this, Atemu wondered what he was going to do as he turned and opened the door to his cabin. Disappearing inside of the room, Atemu had a lot of think about.

Atemu rolled over on his bed as he attempted to sleep. After retiring earlier that night he had thought a lot about Seto. Seto was really the type of person he was looking for. Good looking, nice, adventurous, everything that Atemu ever dreamed off.

But that was not the thing that was currently keeping Atemu awake. Instead it was the loud thumping, moaning and groaning coming from the cabin next door.

"Harder Kura!" Atemu heard Ryou yell. That was enough for him. He didn't know what they were doing but had clue and they sure were making a lot of noises so he couldn't sleep. Rolling out of bed Atemu wandered onto the deck. To his annoyance water was falling from the sky wetting the deck. Atemu wasn't worried about however. After all rain never hurt anyone.

Looking around the deck, Atemu spotted the blond who had been with Seto earlier up at the helm. Next to the blond was a large bald headed man. Those two appeared to be the only crew on deck at the moment. Atemu thought about going over to them but he didn't want to be a bother to them in case they were working. Instead he walked over to the railing and looked out at the dark sea.

Atemu was content at the first, as he smelled his surroundings, the salty air filling his lungs. But then he began frowning as the rain turned from a light downfall to pouring. With a sigh Atemu walked over to a pile of boxes and sat down. Drawing his legs up to his chest Atemu began to wait out the rainstorm, as he did not feel like returning to his nosey cabin.

Seto rolled over on his bed. He was not sleeping nor was he trying to sleep. The pain in the ass governor's son had haunted his thoughts. Therefore Seto had laid awake listening to the rain pour down.

After a while, the rain had stopped. Seto decided at that time to check on Malik and Rishid. It was about time they were given a break from being on the nighttime watch.

Exiting the cabin, Seto hurried up the steps next to his door. "Wake up Jounouchi and Mai," he commanded as he took a hold of the wheel from Malik.

"Finally!" Malik happily cried as he scurried off.

"You better go and make sure he doesn't fall and hurt himself," Seto suggested to Rishid. The larger man nodded his head before following his younger brother. A few minutes later Jounouchi and Mai appeared walking up the stairs towards Seto. Mai was yawning tiredly while Jounouchi was grinning stupidly for getting to spend some time with Mai.

"The ship is yours," Seto said to both of them before walking back down the stairs. Seto was about to head back into his cabin when out of the corner of his eye he caught some movement. Angry that there was something going on his ship that he didn't know of, Seto marched over to where he saw the movement only to be surprised to find Atemu huddled on a box soaking wet and shaking.

"What happened!" Seto demanded.

"Rainnnn…..coooolddd," Atemu shivered.

Swearing under his breath, Seto picked Atemu up, surprised at how light the governor's son was. Seto then carried Atemu into his own private cabin. "Why are you out of your room? I told you it was dangerous!"

"Nnnnnoise."

"Damn those two!" Seto hissed knowing just what the noise had to be.

Plopping Atemu down on his own feet, Seto began pulling off the wet clothes. Weakly Atemu protested as Seto tugged off his shirt. "Nooooo!"

"You'll get sick if you don't get out of those clothes!"

Atemu was much too cold and tired to further protest as Seto pulled off his pants and boots. A blush appeared on Atemu's face when he realized he was standing naked in front of the pirate captain.

Seto scooped Atemu back up into his arms and carried him over to the bed before dropping him once again and tucking the kid under the covers. sighed as he also stripped naked and crawled in the bed next to Atemu. He then wrapped his arms around the kid and pulled him close.

"No!" Atemu weakly protested again as he tried to struggle away.

"Stop it!" Seto snapped and Atemu settled down out of fear. "You need to warm up! The best way to do that is with body heat! Don't worry I won't try anything. I promise!"

Too exhausted to argue Atemu rested his head against Seto's chest. Gradually as he fell asleep, Atemu could feel himself moving closer to the warm body.