KITG: (bows down, begging for mercy) I am so sorry I have not updated for so long. I got disconnected off the Internet. Damn wanadoo messed up. Only now got back on. But to make you all feel better there are some drawings on my page. All I can say is thank you for not flaming me. It should be back to normal now. Your eternal slave KITG.
KITG: wow moon angel's really getting into this.
Yami: so I see. So what happening in this chap?
KITG: you'll have to wait and see won't you.
Yami: as your captain I order you to tell me. (Strikes a captain pose)
KITG: you do realise the power I have over you right?
Yami: what do you mean?
KITG: (sigh) seems a demonstration is in order.
(Places Yami into a pink tu tu and makes him prance around, acting out swan lake.)
Yami: NOOOO MAKE IT STOP. NOT PINK, NOT A TU TU. RA HELP MEEEEEEEEEE.
Bakura: (See's Yami) HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA (passes out)
Yami: KITG PLEEEEEEEASE, NO MORE. YOU HAVE HUMILIATED ME ENOUGH. YOU ARE MORE POWERFL THAN ME. YOU ARE THE DREADED AUTHER. WITH THE KEBOARD OF POWER.
(Puts Yami back to normal)
KITG: good boy Yami. Now go off and play with Yugi.
(Sounds of strange noises)
KITG: NOT THAT KIND OF PLAY YAMI!
Of twins, betrayal and trustA form lingered in the pre-dawn light watching the captain and his new friend. His cruel eye regarding them. The other eye was covered in a black patch, this man smiled revealing what remained of his teeth, yellow stained from all the tobacco he had chewed in his lifetime, this was the pirate known as Deadeye. He hated the captain before him. But his scowl grew as another form joined the captain and his friend. It was Seto; he would make this one pay first. He would not hurt him, not physically, but he would hurt him the worst possible way, and his eye narrowed on the form of the raven-haired boy who was joining the others by the wheel. He went about his plan….
Seto stood by the captain as he watched one of the newcomers. It was uncanny how this small one looked like the Captain. And it already seemed that the captain had become quite attached to him. He turned to Mokuba as he walked up.
"Good morning Big brother"
"Morning Mokuba, whey don't you take the new one to get something to eat" Seto replied, head indicating Yugi who was still sailing the ship.
"Sure, hey Yugi. Lets get some food" Yugi gave the wheel back to Yami with a thankful nod, and went over to Mokuba. " Hey Yugi, this is my big brother Seto, big brother this is Yugi."
Seto gave a grunt of acknowledgement as Yugi smiled, but then turned away, Mokuba sighed, it looked to Yugi that Seto didn't like him. Mokuba grabbed the boy's pale-skinned hand and drew him back to the captain's cabin to see if his friends were awake.
Seto watched them go, when the captain's voice caught his attention.
"What is it Seto, that you didn't want Yugi to hear?" Seto smiled as Yami had seen right through him.
"Are you sure we can trust them Atemu?" Seto voiced, there was no other on the wheel deck, so he could use the captain's real name.
"I trust Yugi Seto, not too sure about the one that looks like Malik, he seems to believe the Navy's lies. As for the one who looks like Bakura. He seems to have the same mind as Yugi." Yami never took his eyes from the sea as he replied to Seto's question.
"Atemu, you trust too easily"
"And you don't trust enough, look Seto. I trust Yugi enough that he knows my true name," he continued, deciding to ignore Seto's shocked face " he wants to stay with us, and I will let him. He is the son of the captain of "the ties of friend ship. His mother is dead, as is his father from what he has told me. The "ties of friend ship" is no more Seto. It sank in the storm" He saw a flash cross Seto's eyes. He had respected Yugi's father also.
"Oh I see. Well I am still going to watch them" with that Seto stormed off, telling Deadeye to tie the sail on the main mast. Deadeye climbed to the top of the middle mast. The small yardarm above the crow's nest. Several ropes were tied here, so he needed to tighten one. He tied a lifeline round him. But no one noticed that he came down without one….
After collecting Ryou and Marik, Mokuba lead them to the galley. Inside several of the crew were sat, drinking and eating. Jou was one of them. Beside him sat two that made Ryou and Marik stop dead. They looked like older, tougher versions of themselves. Yugi was used to this by now, after seeing Yami. He giggled at their faces, they got some food, which was basically fish, soup, he sat down with his friends, and soon the other two came to join them.
"Hey Bakura look, it's a cute you." Malik laughed. Poking Bakura in the ribs, which earned him a quick trip to the deck, courtesy of Bakura's fist.
"Shut it maggot. Same could be said about the other that looks like you." He looked to Marik, smiled, and then began to devour the soup. Ryou and Yugi looked to each other and began to laugh. Jou came over to join the table of giggling people.
"Hey yug."
"Hey Jou, how are you?" Yugi asked, taking a drink of wine.
"Fine yug," the group talked, Bakura and Malik were introduced. But when they were alone for a while, Marik brought up the topic that had been bugging him all day.
"So how are we going to escape?"
"What?" Yugi asked shocked.
"I said when are we going to escape?"
"You guys can do what you want, but I'm staying" Yugi turned from Marik.
"Yugi you can't" Marik grabbed Yugi roughly, shaking each word into him.
"Why can't I? I have nowhere else to go, and nether do you two."
"But Yugi, they're pirates, how can you want to stay? What would your father say?" Marik knew that was a bit below the belt. But he had to try.
"Keep my father out of this, he can't say anything anymore, but he would want me to do what I felt right. And it feels right to stay here. You can do what you want, I'll get captain Yami to drop you two off somewhere, but I'm staying" Yugi turned tears streaming down his face from the mention of his father, he ran from the galley and out on to the deck.
"Marik, I agree with Yugi"
"Ryou? Not you too?"
"Give them a chance Marik, you may find you like it here." Ryou too rose and left the Galley; Marik was left alone to think things over. Outside Ryou ran into Bakura and Malik. They had obviously been eavesdropping.
"You friend really doesn't trust us does he?" Bakura said with a smirk.
"Well you are pirates"
"Good point, come on Ryou, let's leave Malik to talk to Marik." Bakura steered Rou outside, Malik sauntered into the Galley, Marik looked up with a scowl.
"Nice to see you too. So, you really want to leave?"
"Yes, and they are coming weather they like it or not."
"Isn't that a little unfair?" Malik draped himself over a table, his curves almost sensuous. He moved with an easy grace aboard the ship.
"Unfair? Unfair is having your family killed by pirates, Unfair is watching as your friends loose their families, Unfair is watching the man, who had taken you on like a son, be claimed by the waves. Unfair is having your friends desert you" Marik clenched his fists, his face right in Malik's.
"Is that what you think? That they deserted you?"
"Yes…. No…I mean…..I don't know anymore" Marik slumped to a chair in defeat
"Look Marik. I know they say I'm mad. But this is how I see it. You only want to look out for friends, that you even consider as brothers right?"
"Right" Marik looked up to Malik, some respect now shining in those eyes. Malik found it beautiful.
"Well. I know for a fact Captain Yami would never hurt Yugi. I think he is quite taken with him to tell you the truth. After all he let little Yugi sail the "Dark Magician all night. So that shows his trust in him. As for Ryou, if I Know Bakura, he'll keep an eye on his little twin. He might even get feelings for him, may take time for him to show it. But hey that's Bakura for you. And as for you. If you decide to stay, I'll keep an eye on you……..as a friend of course" Malik added quickly at the end. He turned to leave Marik to his thoughts, but stopped when he felt someone grab his hand.
"I'd like that, if I decide to stay. I'm still not sure."
"That's Fair enough." Malik squeezed Marik's hand and took him out onto the deck.
Yugi had climbed up the front mast, no one had seen him, and he climbed with practised grace, the movements of the ship like his own. His father had always said he had a link to ships and the sea, he would know how the ship would move before it did, as if the ship itself gave the small one warning. So here Yugi sat looking towards the horizon, lost in the rocking of the ship. Why did Marik have to use his father? Yugi knew Marik didn't truly mean to hurt him like that; he was only worried for Yugi.
But it still deeply hurt him, the ship rocked and swayed, the breeze playing with his tri-colour hair. He thought back on his life, of how he dreamed of sailing across the sea. This was no different. He had never wanted to become part of the navy. So all that was left to him really was a merchant, or a pirate. Yugi looked down at the crew going about their business, no one had seen him climb to this point, and he saw Mokuba climbing up the middle mast. Obviously to get to the crows nest. He spotted him and waved to Yugi, Yugi couldn't help but smile in return. He watched as Mokuba was safely in the crow's nest, and went back to looking at the view, Atemu had said they would reach landfall by late afternoon. Yugi wondered what his new home would look like. He smiled at the thought of adventure. This was interrupted however by the scream behind him, he turned to see Mokuba hanging by a rope, he must have fallen. It looked as though part of the crow's nest had broken, letting the small one fall through. He hung, his hands caught up in one of the sail ropes. And even as Yugi watched the rope began to fray.
"SETO, HELP MEEEEE" Mokuba shouted, his voice high pitch with fear. Yugi watched as Seto began to climb up the ropes that where tied to the ship, they formed a type of rope ladder, so any sailor could gain access to the rigging above. No one saw Deadeye pull a rope he had rigged earlier, the rigging that Seto was climbing began to fall from the mast, Seto fell with it, but he rolled when he came in contact with the deck. He looked up, no way now to climb up.
"SEEETOOOO" Mokuba screamed as he jerked, the rope giving way more
"HANG ON MOKUBA!" Seto shouted, looking for some way to get to his little brother, but finding none.
Yugi watched all this with held breath; he looked to the crow's nest, and saw something he could do. A rope still stood strong linking the middle mast with the foremast. Yugi climbed, then placed his feet upon it.
"YUGI WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" Ryou voice flouted out from the wind, but Yugi never looked down. He began walking this tight rope. Began to walk towards the middle mast.
Yami ran forward at Mokuba's shout, watched Seto drop with the rigging, what could they do. But his breath stopped when he saw Yugi step out onto that rope, so high, the wind so strong. What was he thinking? Yami found he couldn't move, he dare not. He saw Yugi's progress agonizingly slow, and then he stopped. Ryou and Marik by this time were beside him.
"What's he waiting for?" he asked just above a whisper, as if his breath would blow Yugi from this line of life, to the cold, unforgivable deck below him.
"He's waiting for the ship" came the reply, equally whispered
"What do you mean?"
"It's hard to explain Captain. But Yugi knows when a ship will move before it does. It is like a ship; or the sea warns him of it." as Ryou finished the sentence the ship did lurch with a wave, making Mokuba swing madly. Bt Yugi it never seemed to affect. As if he was walking on hard safe land. The boy began to move again, slowly but surely he reached the middle mast.
"Mokuba, don't worry, I'll get you down"
"Yugi, help please" the boy cried. Yugi dare not pull him up, the rope now too frayed for that kind of exertion. No. He would have to go down and untie Mokuba. Carefully he climbed head first down the rope, his leg twist round it like an acrobat. He inched himself down. Moving with the ship.
"It's ok Mokuba I got you." But as soon as he spoke, the rope snapped. To those on the ground it was like the whole scene moved in slow motion. They saw Yugi grab the end, which had snapped. Yugi slid to the end of the rope. Then stopped. Mokuba had closed his eyes.
"It's ok Mokuba I have you" Mokuba looked up. Tears flowing from his eyes. And he saw the rope; just above Yugi was fraying also.
"Yugi, your rope" Yugi looked back, but quickly returned his eyes to Mokuba.
"Okay, I am going to have to do something you may not like Mokuba ok?"
"Ok Yugi, I trust you."
"HEY SETO, HOPE YOU CAN CATCH" With that Yugi began to swing Mokuba back and forth, aiming for a main sail. Yami saw what he planned and pulled Seto along to the base of the sail.
"WERE READY YUGI!"
Yugi let go of Mokuba at the arch of the swing, he flew through the air and impacted on the sail, he screamed as he flew down the canvas as if on a slide. There was an "OOF" as he crashed into Seto, both boys ended up in a tangle of arms and legs at the base.
"Mokuba, are you ok?"
"Yeah, Big brother. Thanks to Yugi" Then Mokuba's eyes went wide "Yugi! The rope was fraying above him. He's going to fall!"
"YUGI!"
All turned at the shout from Yugi's friends, saw the rope jerk, it's hold finally reaching the end. The fall was inevitable.
He looked up at the rope. The dying grasp, proclaiming his own death, Yugi closed his eyes. And asked the only thing he knew could help him.
"Please Dark Magician"
The rope snapped, a shape fell to his oblivion to the deck below, be only the waves greeted the body of living flesh. The ship had listed to the right for an unknown reason at the critical point; the body suspended over the blue seas the instant the rope gave up its grasp. They fished the boy out of the sea's embrace. Shouts of "Man overboard!" accompanying them. All too absorbed in the boy, none noticed the staff of the dark magician emit a purple glow, but only for a second……
KITG: there you go guys. Sorry again for the delay. See you soon.
Yami: TAKE THAT BAKKA YARO
KITG: Yami? What are you doing?
Yami: sending your Internet provider to the shadow realm
KITG: YAMI NOOO………….beep, the connection you are trying to find is not available, please try again later.
Yami: oooops.
