Author's notes: Thanks to Glomps Yugi for reviewing my story and providing some helpful tips. I edited Chapter One and Chapter Fifteen out of script form but was too lazy and busy(bad combo I know, lol!) to do 2-14 but I did add Quotation marks in the dialogue for all chapters and I hope it would be easier to understand now. You'll find the edits on my site. And from now on I'll write the rest of the chapters in story mode instead of script mode on both FFnet and my site.

Thanks to those of you who are reading and I hope you keep enjoying the story :-)

Chapter sixteen:

Sethos stands on deck watching as Isis' ship head faster and faster toward his ship. 'Hm, I never thought they would catch up to me this fast. I have to admit that these children are more than I bargained for. Time to raise the stakes' He thought to himself.

His ever faithful commander Franco stands by his side amused by the band of teenagers taking on his powerful master. He remembered the first day he met Sethos. He remembers the day he saved his life, he was caught laundering money for the local crime syndicate and was placed under intense grilling by the police. Although he gave up nothing the syndicate couldn't take the chance and sent out assassins to take him out. He fled to Egypt and tried to lay low but was still found. He remembered breaking the neck of one but was quickly losing ground to the final one. Before he knew it, a strange naked man appeared speaking Egyptian, all he could make out was "What year is this?" Before he felt his life slipping, the pressure was relieved and the would-be assassin was lifted from the ground and tossed into a concrete wall. He seems to have been dead before his body made contact. The looming figure told him to teach him all he needs to know about this world. Ever since then Franco vowed to serve this powerful creature who saved his life.

"Send out a war call." Sethos said to break the silence.

Franco was knocked out of his visions of the past. He was also taken aback by the request.

"Why?"

"I remember the smell of war and the air is thick with it." Sethos said to him, smiling.

In a dark dank cell at the bottom of the ship, Isis looks out the small circular window to see her ship not too far behind. 'I knew you would come for me, brother' she sighed with relief.

Above the ship Sethos readies himself for the eventual attack.

"Master Sethos. The cannons on this ship are nothing but replicas. I highly doubt they will hold up long during a battle." Franco said.

"It will be fine. They will hold up as long as I need them. And ready the guns." Sethos said readying himself for the battle.

Franco prepares the crew. The men below the deck are all positioned behind the cannons and ready to fire. The men above the deck all have their guns all ready to fire. All men are tense and ready for the call.

"Fire the cannons!" Franco shouted.

As it rains gun powder and shrapnel near Isis' ship. The crew panics and get ready for an offence.

"We're being attacked now! We must fire back!" Marik shouted to his crew.

'Damn, I was hoping to make the first shot but it looks like he got me first. Still I must save my sister!' Marik sent out the command to begin firing upon Sethos' ship. One of the crewmen steers the ship out of the line of fire. As the blast from the firing cannons rocked and trembled the vessel. The gang makes it to the surface of the ship to find chaos, crewman running this way and that to shouted commands, the air thick with smoke and the smell of gun powder. The sea splashing in waves as it's hit with missed cannon fodder. A crewman carrying guns ran pass dropping a few behind him. Kaiba picks up a sniper rifle.

"What are you doing Kaiba?" Yugi said looking on in disbelief.

"What do you think?" Kaiba returned.

Yugi tries to grab a hold of Kaiba's shirt but it seemed to have no effect as Kaiba took off toward the mast of the ship and began climbing as high as he could.

Before Yugi could make the same climb, Joey holds him back.

"Look Yug! You shouldn't get yourself killed chasing after "Moneybags!" Let me go up while you Honda and Tea get inside the ship!" Joey ordered.

Yugi looked down to see Joey with another sniper rifle.

"Joey . . . " Yugi sighed in awe.

"Yugi, I think . . . your own safety you should listen to Joey! This is far too dangerous, you must get Tea inside the ship."

Yugi sighed in frustration but obeyed the Pharaoh and ran off. Joey, content with Yugi's safety began to climb to join Kaiba who was already focusing and picking off members of Sethos crew one by one. Joey makes it to the top as Kaiba was running out of bullets.

"Here! I brought up a few of these." Joey said as he prepared himself to fire.

"Thanks." Was all Kaiba muttered.

He grabs the box and loads up for another round.

"Did you just say "Thanks" to me?" Joey said astounded.

"Shut up and shoot, that's if a monkey can handle a gun." Kaiba was in no mood for any 'bonding' moments. He just wanted to kill as many as he could to make sure Yugi was safe. 'Is Yugi's safety all I can think about?' He thought to himself as he shot down a man who was making his way to the top of the Black Beard ship.

"Shuddup! Or I'll shoot you instead!" Joey said pissed at one of Kaiba's never ending monkey jokes.

Sethos grab a telescope and spots Kaiba aiming his rifle near him and cuts down one of his nearby crewmen with ease.

Franco walks over to stand near Sethos. He couldn't help but admire his skills.

"He's really good. But we have to find a way to stop him!" Franco soon said.

Franco suddenly falls to the floor clutching his arm in pain. He checks out his arm to see blood flowing out of a wound.

"He shot me!" Franco said shocked.

Sethos laughs.

"I have to admit he's quite impressive!" Sethos continue to laugh as he dodges another bullet.

"Kaiba where the hell did you learn to shoot like that!" Joey said surprised.

Joey couldn't help but be impressed with how his rival took out a good number of men aboard the other ship without a single miss. While he himself was taking out one man every four shots.

"I had practice." Kaiba felt it would be best to leave it at that.

Kaiba remembers his "target" practice very well. He remembered how he did anything to obtain the legendary Blue Eyes White Dragon cards. Blackmail, using the Yakuza to kidnap a few people and even driving a man to suicide . . . or murder. Hell, he might as well call it suicide, 'the fool actually thought he could take me on.' Yeah it was suicide.

flashback

In a dark alley a man is running away as a younger Kaiba pulls out a gun and shoots him in the back, the man falls dead.

End flashback

"Get us closer to the ship! I have to board the ship!" Marik shouted to his crew.

Once the ships are side by side, both parties connect ropes and grabbing hooks to the banisters and ready themselves for close quarters' action.

"Fire the cannons now!" Marik shouted.

On board the Black Beard Franco has already pulled himself together and ordered his crew to fire as well. As simultaneous blast ring out blasting holes in each ship the above board crews rush to board each other's ship for the advantage. Meanwhile, inside Isis' ship Tea is on the floor with Honda covering her among the flying debris.

"We have to stay low! Yugi . . . " Tristan shouted but he soon looks around to see that he's no where in sight. Outside a cannon destroys the mast Joey and Kaiba is shooting from the top of. Joey hangs onto the mast for dear life.

"We're goin' down!" Was all Joey could say.

Yugi runs out to see the mast barely holding up, he tries to shout up to Joey and Kaiba but feared they couldn't hear him.

"Try to lean toward the water! At least we'll have a chance at survival!" Kaiba shouted.

Both of them pushed and pulled until the mast began a slow tumble into the ocean.

"No! They're gonna die! I have to get to them!" Yugi screamed.

On the Black beard Sethos witnessed in shock as Seto plunged into the water.

"No! I need him alive!" Sethos jump off into the water.

Yugi searches frantically over the rail to be joined by Tea and Tristan.

"Where's Joey!" Tristan asked looking with dread at Yugi.

"I don't know! He and Kaiba fell into the water and now I can't see them! I'm going in!" Yugi said with his body half way over the rail. Tristan quickly pushes him back.

"Are you crazy! I'll go!" Tristan yelled.

Before Tristan took the dive overboard Joey surfaces.

"Don't worry buddy I'm coming for ya!" Tristan yelled over the loud battle noise of gun fire and battle cries.

Tristan dives in the icy cold water and swam toward Joey who was tired and painfully trying to stay above water. Tristan grabs him and Yugi fetches a nearby rope and toss it into the water.

"Grab it and we'll pull you up!" Yugi said making sure he had the rope secure.

"Alright!" Tristan said swimming toward the rope with Joey in his arms.

Tristan grabs the rope and twists it around his arm. Yugi and Tea pull as hard as they can until Joey and Tristan were able to grab the banister and pull themselves onboard.

"Where's Kaiba!" Yugi searches the ocean frantically.

"I'm sorry Yug. I couldn't find him." Joey said solemnly

"That means he's still out there! We have to find him!" Yugi yelled in a panic.

"You should be less concerned for him and more concerned for yourself."

Yugi turned around to see the overpowering Franco standing behind him.