Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Burning Sea ❯ A Scare ( Chapter 5 )

Burning Sea

hato-chiisai

YAOI WARNING

Disclaimer: I down own Yugioh

Chapter 5

A Scare

Down in the galley, Yami sat quietly in a corner, unobserved by all present, hidden in the darkness, sipping at the red wine in his hand. His eyes narrowed as he watched Marik lead the three captives in. To his surprise, all three looked much happier. He watched as Marik introduced them to the pirate and part time cook, Mako, then went to wake Bakura for lunch. Mako smiled at the boys, and gave them plates of fried fish, rice, and steamed vegetables, and sent them off to eat. Yami narrowed his eyes again when he noticed a few members of the crew watching the trio carefully. When they sat to eat, the five pirates rose, and sat around them.

"Well, well....." A burly man growled, fingering a strand of Yugi's hair. "If it isn't the captain's pet......" Yugi squeaked, and moved closer to Malik, only to find a pirate seated between them. Ryou paled as two other pirates sat on either side of him on the other side of the table.

"I'm surprised Bakura didn't gut after what you pulled last night....." One said, putting an arm around Ryou.

"No one has ever hurt the captain and lived......." The one on Ryou's other side said.

"I heard you attacked Mokuba this morning." Said the one between Malik and Yugi. Ryou swallowed, and looked at his plate.

"N-no....." He stammered, and the pirate with his arm around him suddenly grabbed Ryou by the hair, and jerked him up, throwing him onto the table top, knocking the food to the floor, and tearing Ryou's shirt open. Ryou whimpered when he suddenly found the tip of a knife pressed into his belly.

"Maybe we should punish you right now....." The pirate growled. There was a sudden scuffling noise from the corner, and pirates gasped a blur emerging from what they had though was an empty seat in the darkness. The next thing they knew, Yami was crouching on the table over Ryou, his Rapier in his hand, the blade pressed into the throat of the man threatening Ryou.

"Sounds good to me....." He snarled, then thrust the blade straight through the man's neck. The man gurgled, then keeled over, dead. Ryou, Malik, and Yugi gasped, as did the other pirates. "On deck. All of you. NOW!!" Yami barked, and looked at the three boys. "You too." He said, and dragged the dead man up the stairs and on to the deck behind him. The crew had gathered after hearing the commotion, and stared at their dead comrade. Bakura and Marik rushed from the cabin to see what was going on, and froze at the sight of Yami's bloody blade, which was always serious. Yami looked around, silently taking roll making sure all were present.

"All right...." He snarled. "I'm only going to say this once." He shoved Ryou, Yugi, and Malik forward. "This is Ryou, Yugi, and Malik. They belong to me, Marik and Bakura. Should anyone harm them, or frighten them in any way, they will suffer the consequences." He jabbed his blade at the dead man, making his point clear, the threw the body into the sea. "There will be no exceptions." Here, he glared at Seto, who smirked in amusement. "That is all." Yami said, and whirled, returning to the galley, and his wine. Marik rushed across the deck, and quickly herded the three shaken boys into the galley after the Pharaoh, Bakura close behind, glaring at the crew as if daring someone to follow them. Marik sat the three down and tried to calm them, while Bakura spoke quietly to Yami, who was cleaning his blade. Finally, Yami stood and sat down next to Yugi.

"I didn't meant to frighten you." He said to the trio. "I am truly sorry. But I will allow no one to harm you." He gave Yugi a comforting hug. "Now. On to more important things. Marik, Bakura, please sit down." Marik sat by Malik, and Bakura sat across from Ryou, eyeing him. "Marik, how have things gone so far?"

"Well, Ryou's gotten on the bad side of Seto, and a lot of the crew for that stunt he pulled with you." Yami chuckled, and winked at Ryou.

"I'm still sore from that." He snickered, making Bakura snort, and Ryou look at the table. Mako entered then, and fixed six plates of fish and rice and served them with the red wine, before disappearing again at a nod from Yami. They began to eat quietly.

"Anything else?" Yami asked Marik.

"Well, Ryou and I had a little break through, and I think we can... make things work." He said, and Ryou slowly looked up at Yami, who smiled warmly.

"I'm glad. I truly regret what I have done to you, Ryou. Do you really plan on killing me?" He asked. Ryou blinked. "I heard you last night."

"Oh." Ryou said. "No. My father would not want me to become a murderer avenging his death. I think he'd want me to try and forgive you. He... He forgave the man who killed my mother." Yami frowned.

"How did she die?"

"A burglary gone bad." Ryou said. "She died protecting me. I was five."

"I see." Yami said, nodding.

"May ask you a question?"

"Yes." Yami said, making a face as a fish bone poked him in the gum. He spat out the bone, and searched the fish for any others he may have missed.

"Marik told us how you got your crew, but I was wondering.... How did you all become pirates." The three pirates stopped eating and looked at Ryou.

"An interesting question. No one has ever asked us that before." Yami said. "And a question I'd rather answer in the privacy of my cabin. Once you are finished with your meal, we shall return, and our stories shall be told." They finished their meals in silence, and then, as planned, returned to the captain's cabin. Yami took a seat on the small love seat, and Yugi sat beside him, somehow enthralled with the Pirate King, and was thrilled when Yami put an arm around him. Ryou rolled his eyes at this. Yugi definetly had a crush on Yami. Marik sat on the sofa, and pulled Malik over to him, and Malik didn't seem to mind either. Ryou snuck a glance at Bakura, who gave him a sharp glare and sat in the armchair, pulling out a knife, and began picking his finger nails with it. Ryou sighed, and sat by Marik who gave him a comforting smile, which Ryou hesitantly returned.

"So...." Yami began. "You want to know how we became pirates, eh?" The three boys nodded. "Very well. I'll tell you."

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Sorry that this chapter was so short, but the next one will make up for it. I hope. Next chapter we hear not only Yami's story, but Marik and Bakura's as well, and how they got together. See ya then! Review!!!!!!! Oh, by the way, I can't seem to fix the question mark problem in chap. 8 of TDtS. I don't know what the deal is. Oh, and you can find my ficson mediaminer, too, and I will beputting my art there,very soon. I'll let you all know when it's up.