Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ The Proliferation of the Lotus Flower. ❯ Chapter One ( Chapter 1 )

Sweet notes: Before I start writing this somewhat evil fiction (in the terms that I have four other pieces that NEED finishing more than I NEED to start something more,) I'd like to just let my loving readers know a bit about the inspiration behind this. I've always loved pirate stories, I've always been fascinated by Sinbad and all the pirate tales; strangely not by the reality, but by the danger and fright of it all (I don't travel well by sea). So I could start by saying, I've been expecting this fiction for a *long* time, but I think the big pushes, this year, were the movie 'Sinbad' that Disney released and the one fiction I read in the Yugioh genre about pirates. You may notice that the beginning plot seems to start out similar to that of Sinbad, I think the characters liked the movie just as much as me, but I assure you, the influence Sinbad had on me was not the major impact. This is a bit sad, near the end; it's a story about caged hearts, caged emotions and horny pirates. Not everything is what the surface makes it out to be. The title means 'the reproduction of the lotus flower', and I have no idea why I named it that… ^^; (I think Yami liked the idea of the thing that leads to reproduction and the fact that the lotus flower sounds a little like the way Yugi's been described, ehehehhe… ecchi)

Disclaimer: I don't own Yugioh, some genius who makes a lot of money out of the popularity of the gullibility of humans to buy things relating to shows or people they believe in telling them to do so, owns Yugioh. I make no money out of this fanfiction, and I don't own the characters. However, the storyline of this fanfiction is mine, and if you would like to host or archive this story, then please contact me and be sure to accredit it to me.

Warnings: Yaoi, Yuri, mild het implications, lemons (NO het lemons, read it, NONE the same for the Yuri), AU, adventure, love, romance, Yami/Yugi, Otogi/Mai, Bakura/Marik, Malik/Ryo, Seto/Jounouchi, Shizu/Anzu/Isis, character death within a chapter of the beginning (Noa's) and a bit on the bloody side. Also note that for the first few chapters the POV jumps between characters a bit and the jump is marked with a single #, this is a multi-chapter story and incredibly detailed, so you should pick up on the POV switches easily enough as they jump between characters; if I notice people having trouble I'll put in brackets who's POV it is. The whole story is done in second person POV, but it's hard to follow if you've never seen the anime as I'm assuming most readers will have seen some of it or know enough about it to not have to worry.

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The Proliferation of the Lotus Flower.

~ By Sweetdeily.

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The last rays of magma; orange; yellow; and a hazy green color that was made where the ocean met the sky marked the end of the hot summer day and the beginning of the barely cooler night.

The evening.

Little breeze stirred the sated and lazily lapping waves of the oceans waters and the smell of salt was thick and almost suffocating. It was as if the weather had done what most sea farers had done, sat down on its ass and hoped the blissful autumn or spring would come a few months sooner.

Cool wine colored eyes surveyed the weather and the sea farers aboard the large Carrack-type ship, thin lips pressed together; there was nothing he could do about the laziness of the weather, but the sea farers were another matter.

"We are drawing closer and closer to the chase, and yet; coming abreast I find you all slacking, and dubiously; none for the ready?" The crisp voice belonging to those thin lips drawled out in haughty tones. Perhaps a joke, perhaps heading to eventual explosion and execution of several crew members, sometimes it was very hard to tell with those wine eyes.

The dark wood ship barely rocked; the swaying so faint it was hardly felt, especially for those who had been on the sea most of their life. Waves lapped gently at the underside of the ship, but the cool water did not help fight off the horribly overheated and sun scorched day nor provide much motion.

Several groans and one or two rude gestures met his words.

"Capt'n, it's far too hot! We don't have the energy to sail, let alone give chase; not in this weather." A faint voice called to him, the voice was soon revealed as a skinny boy flipped out of the crows nest and with a strange air of skill; slid clumsily down the ropes, landed with a thump and made a lavish bow. Russet eyes twinkled with mirth as the skinny and a little bit dirty, blonde haired youth stood straight again. His upper body was bare and the only clothing he wore were a pair of frayed cut-off pants.

The captain let out a loud sigh of long suffering, tricoloured bangs framing his sharp features as he pinched the bridge of his nose and opened his mouth to reply.

The sigh said it alllll.

The crew began to move hastily, muscles no longer relaxed; but alert, ready.

The skinny lad who had spoken quickly climbing back to his post, a blade in one hand as he scrambled. Shouts rang from deck to deck as booted and un-booted feet scrambled on the finely polished deck to get to where the owners were going, and fast.

Yami smirked softly; dropping his hand and turned back to his cabin, steel booted soles clicking softly as he walked. The ship had begun swaying once more as the oarsmen began oaring like no tomorrow.

"Wouldn't it be less stressful for them if you just explained the amount of money this thing is worth?" A sultry voice purred from the captain's left.

A white haired man leaned against the poop deck's railing, a light blue tiger tail swishing between his leather encased legs as his sharp brown eyes stared unwaveringly at the Captain. The gaze alone had been enough to see humans flinch. The open frilly white tunic bared his pale chest to the word, strange light blue tiger markings across his ribs to add to the un-nerving were-tiger presence that spelt itself in the air around him.

Yami shrugged eloquently. "But t'is not nearly quite as fun as seeing everyone fly into panic, Bakura." His cold voice explained.

The white haired man chuckled. "Aye, but one of these days, they'll-"

"Captain! We're upon them shortly!" A sun bleached blonde man interrupted from the wheel. Lavender eyes glancing down at the captain as pointed ears flicked from the skinny boy in the crows nest yelling down confirmation to this statement. The half-Elf navigator nodding to the boy with a small scowl, as directions and the like were his foray, not the human's.

Yami smirked softly. "Excellent, Malik, Jounouchi." He turned back to the deck, wine eyes scanning the crew.

"Mokuba! Get the Millennium Puzzle. We have a treasure to steal." Wine colored eyes glowed with lust at the thought of the cargo of their target in his hands. The wealth was almost unimaginable.

A short gnome that had just been emerging from the galley nodded his black haired head and ran past the captain and his first mate to the captain's cabin.

"It's not wise for you to go into this battle. It makes my job harder." A thick voice behind the captain spoke.

Yami looked at the floorboards of the ship. "No I suppose t'is not. But I trust in you to keep me safe lest my magical weapon fail me… Honda."

The ground at Yami's feet seemed to twist into the vague form of a face and winked at the captain, the same voice coming from the vague face now. "I shall try my best."

Mokuba reappeared from Yami's cabin and handed the captain the large battle axe he carried. The weapon shimmered with a soft blue light as the wine eyed man took a hold of it, hefting the seeming gigantic weapon as if for him it weighed little more than piece of gold. Perhaps, for him, the magical weapon did.

"To your posts you lazy tankards of lard!!! When we have the spoils you'll all have time and ale a plenty and some to spare! But now t'is the time for battle!" Yami bellowed, glaring at his crew lovingly.

A cheer ran through the pirates as the gigantic ship drew closer to the royal ambassadorial ship that bore the targeted goods and wealth ominously.

~ To be continued…

Sweet notes: Whee! Reviews my pretties???? ^^

Yami: Whee!! Pooowwweerrr, geeemmm…. Money…. *drools*

Yugi: LOL! He gets hard on's from inanimate objects!

Bakura: Which says, what, exactly about your sex life?

Yugi: *cold glare*… meanie.

Ryo: Wheeee!!!!

Seto: *twitching* Mokuba is a GNOME????

Mokuba:… *cries*

Sweetdeily:… *cries too* don't hurt mee!!!

Marik: aww! Now look what you've done Kaiba! She'll punish the pretty ones for this now!

Sweetdeily: *sob sob*

Seto: I don't care! I won't stand for this disrespect against Mokuba! Because it reflects on me and-

Marik: *reading ahead* hehehe, pointy.

Seto: *Cold Glare of Death ™ at Sweetdeily*

Sweetdeily: *huddles in a corner*… at least you got to be on top?

Seto: grrr…

Yami: sparkling diamonds… pwetty rubies… nekkied Yug- ohhhh….. *cheeks flush and he pulls Yugi into the closet with him*

Closet: *giggles and rustling is heard*

Marik: *reading ahead more* Hmm, I think I'm a bit chaotic, but… not very much… I don't know WHY Ryo-chan holds me in line at all.

Ryo: CHAN? *gets whip out* Bad- AHHH!!! *runs*

Marik: *stops his chaotic evil smirk ™ and snuggles closer to Bakura* I like 'em lively… *waggles eyebrows*

Bakura: That's not what I heard, I heard you like em bleeding an-

Marik: Your sex life depends on your next words… *holding his dagger close to the family jewels*

Sweetdeily: *shoves them back in closet* hush up children and go hump or somethin'…