Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ The Proliferation of the Lotus Flower. ❯ Chapter Ten ( Chapter 10 )

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Yami's delightful little headache had passed by the time he got out of his cabin, the little prince had finally gotten the message that he could wear whatever he wanted and the next thing Yami knew he was shoved out of his cabin while the kid dressed. He'd grabbed something to eat while he waited, and waited, and waited. After what seemed like eternity the kid had come out dressed all black. The only thing that gave way to the different types of clothing was the fact that the tunic was a bit too long for the prince; otherwise it looked as if he were an assassin.

Yami nodded. "Fine. You ready?"

The little prince smiled; an adorable expression and nodded. "Is your pirate captain one eyed? Does one of the crew have a wooden leg? Are there any pirates with birds?"

Yami quirked an eyebrow and halted the boy's questions. "First of all, none of the crew has one eye, if they did, they probably got killed. Secondly, birds eat too much; I won't tolerate them on this ship. And thirdly, wooden legged people tend to get killed." He artfully avoided the fact that he was the pirate captain, since the prince was dense, it seemed, it would be a laugh to spoil the joke now.

The pirate slipped an arm around the kid's waist and guided him to the stairs that lead down to the deck, his soft boots making little sound against the hard wood. The lilac eyed boy gazed around the massive ship in awe, watching as the few crewman awake secured riggings and shifted the ropes and all sorts of things. It was like no one ever stopped moving.

Yami directed Yugi along the boards, nodding at the few crewmen who noticed his silent passage, no one commented that he was up before evening, it had been a rough day yesterday and there were probably bets on whether or not Yami would kill someone who pissed him off.

He shuffled the prince forward, annoyed that the kid took small, dainty steps which made him move slowly. "Stop walking like that, Yugi." He finally snapped after pointing out the riggings that one climbed to get to the crows nest.

The little prince blinked at him. "Walking like what?"

"Like you're one of the fairy folk. You won't get anywhere in life unless you can be on time. Take proper steps. Use your bloody legs."

"I am using my legs!" Yugi blushed at the gruff tone that the dark pirate had used on him.

Yami growled and took a demonstrational step. "Walk properly then! Like this!"

Yugi took another of his tiny little shuffles and looked expectantly at the pirate captain. "I am walking like that!"

Yami shook his head and took another step, back toward the prince. "You're walking like a fucking fish!"

Yugi gasped, putting a hand over his mouth. "Did you just swear?" He burst out, mortified.

Yami flicked his hair. "T'is obvious. I'm not some royal dress up doll!"

"Royal dress up doll! Now hold on just a minute. Just because I do not take giant strides like you does not make me a royal dress up doll! Besides, even commoners have better manners then you do!"

They were yelling now, and everyone on the ship seemed to be building up speed, as if it were very important that they work hard on whatever they were doing. Yami's wine eyes glared down into the prince's innocent orbs that were attempting to glare back.

"Well then, we'll just have to teach you to learn some common sense, won't we? Of course commoners have better manners, if they don't your daddy dearest probably has their heads cut off!"

"He does not!"

"I'd wager that he does!"

"Does not!"

"Does too!"

"Does not!"

"Does too!"

"WHAT THE FUCKIN' HELL IS THE RACKET UP THERE? YAMI WILL MAKE DANCE LESSON APPOINTMENTS WITH JACK KETCH FOR THE LOT OF YOU IF YOU DON'T SHUT THE HELL UP."

The prince squeaked and hid behind Yami as a voice boomed from a door behind him.

Yami frowned. "Shut up and go back to sleep, you idiot, Bakura!" He yelled back.

Yugi peaked from behind Yami and blinked very slowly. "What is Ryo doing on a pirate ship?"

Yami quirked an eyebrow and looked down at the prince. "Ryo?"

"Yami? What're you doin' awake before noon?" Bakura closed the door to the cabins below him and trumped out, his hair was tussled even more then usual and he had quite a few nasty looking scratches across his body, bite marks around his mouth and patches of blood on his chest.

The pirate captain yawned and pointed down at the little figure that was slowly emerging from behind him with one finger. "This woke me up."

"Ryo… what are you doing on a pirate ship?" the big lilac orbed prince asked, finally realizing there was no threat and coming out from behind Yami fully, standing straighter. "And… doesn't the sunlight hurt?"

"Ryo?" Bakura asked the little figure, Yami knew what the were-tiger would think of the prince; cutie!

"Huh… wait… you are not Ryo… you do not sound anything like him… and for one… you yelled at me!" Those adorable lilac orbs narrowed and the prince stamped his foot. "Who are you and where is Ryo?"

"I'm Bakura, little one. I think I know who Ryo is… that vampire mage?"

Yugi blinked. "Yes, Ryo is the royal mage at court… what happened to you, sir Bakura?"

Yami snorted at the 'sir' but said nothing as he slipped an arm around his doll. He liked that, the little prince was like a doll in a lot of ways; after all, he didn't seem to even mind that Yami was practically cuddling him from behind.

"Happened to me?" The were-tiger looked down at himself and winced. "A really good fuck, that's what. Which reminds me, I need to find Anzu…" he purred the words out and gave a feral little smirk before passing them by.

Yugi, perhaps, went into a quick coma. "…"

Yami looked down at the prince and noted that the kid was blushing so hard that his ears were pink. "I too did not need to know that. What have we learnt from this lesson? Never ask Bakura about his personal life ever, ever, ever, ever again."

The prince nodded and finally came out of his coma. "How did he know about Ryo?"

"Because, who, of the crew, doesn't know about his twin and Malik's twin? After Bakura showed off his little prize earlier, Malik was quite teased, until last night, after we kidnapped you, when Malik showed off the vampire."

"Malik?"

"Mm. Malik, he is my top helmsman."

Yugi looked up helplessly at the dark pirate. "Are you the first-mate?"

"No, Bakura is."

The prince blinked very slowly but shrugged it off. "Are you going to introduce me to all these people, or are you simply going to talk about them all day?" He asked in haughty tones.

Yami laughed and ruffed the prince's hair. The kid was bright in some areas but dull in others. Mainly that of the obvious. "Okay, fine. Let's go under deck and ruffle some feathers, I'll leave Jounouchi to sleep, after all, he's earned it, but the rest of those slackers… if I have to be up, so do they!" And with a devious, dangerous tint to his eyes he dragged Yugi through the door that Bakura had emerged from.

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Lavender eyes peeled themselves open to the insistent sound of sharp knocking.

He was going mutiny.

There was no other alternative.

Ungracefully the half-Elf groaned and rolled over. He promptly fell off the bed.

"Fuck it! Capt'n! This isn't fair!"

"Life seldom is, Malik. Now get your lazy ass out here so I can introduce you to someone!" The crisp voice of the captain sing-songed.

Malik got his feet under him and noticed the dead body on his bed. Damn, he hadn't gotten around to having sex with the vampire, it was too late now, and he'd have to try again tonight.

"You're pushing it; you know that, right, capt'n?" the half-Elf stumbled and caught himself on the dresser; there was fresh clothing around here somewhere…

"Malik…" There was a warning tone in that voice, saying the friendly banter was over and he'd better get a move on.

The half-Elf finally found a fresh shirt and slipped it on then he unlocked his door and came out into the hallway.

"Hello."

The half-Elf looked down, and down and finally came up with a very short Yami. "What the fuck happened to you, Capt'n?"

The little, innocent looking Yami blinked and then pointed to his left. Malik followed the motion and saw Yami.

"What the-"

"I am sorry if he woke you up. It is my fault, I wanted to meet the crew he kept talking about and I did not realize it meant waking you all up."

There was more swearing from down the hall and loud banging sounds as if the disgruntled pirates had thrown objects at the door. Malik looked at Yami; the captain always woke them up like this. The rule was, when he woke, so did the rest of the crew. Usually this wasn't a problem because Yami was a late sleeper, something about one of his distant ancestors being a vampire was the current rumor bet, but it seemed for whatever reason today was not one of the usual days.

"That's okay, he's always a bastard in the morning. What's your name, kid?"

The little Yami opened his mouth to answer but the big Yami stopped him. "His name is Yugi. Don't get him started on the fancy titles Malik, he's a prince, it'd probably go for half the day."

Yugi frowned and Malik noted that the kid's eyes were lilac. "Is this about the royal dress up doll thing again? Because if it is, I can tell you now, you are being a bully!"

Malik took a step back, Yami had a wide axe swing, but to the pirate's surprise Yami did not attempt to kill the kid, he merely narrowed his eyes. "A bully? That is the best insult you could come up with?"

The prince stamped his foot. "It is not like I know any!"

"Oh horse crap! I bet your guardians taught you plenty, even without meaning to."

"They did not!"

"I think they did!"

"Did not!"

"Did too!"

"Did not!"

"Did too!"

Malik took another step back and rubbed his eyes. He was hearing things, he was seeing things. No one got in a yelling match with Yami- it was like signing your death warrant. He looked at Yami and noticed the fire in the captain's eyes… was Yami… no way! Malik scoffed at the thought. There was no way Yami wanted the boy… Yami was more likely to have sex with a diamond ring then a living creature.

"Did too!"

"Did not!"

"Did not!" Yami switched words.

"Did too!" The prince caught himself and stamped his foot. "That is not fair! You cheated!"

Yami threw back his head and laughed, he actually had to catch himself against the wall. "Blimey, Yugi, you're slow!"

The little prince blinked.

Slow, yeah, Malik thought that was a good word, but dumb was a closer one.

"Is this all you wanted me up for, to listen to you yell at your hostage?" the half-Elf asked, smothering a yawn.

Yami rolled his eyes. "No, I want you to get all our little guests together so we can brief them on their rights and rules."

"Sure. But I'm not going into Bakura's room. I heard screaming last night. You couldn't force me in there on threat of the cat."

"Wuss." Bakura murmured behind Malik. The half-Elf jumped and swore.

"Don't DO that!"

"Why not? I wasn't creeping up on you. You're just jumpy." The were-tiger smirked, one of the wounds on his lip reopened and he unconsciously licked the blood away.

Malik looked the were-tiger up and down. "Shit, I didn't realize you got that beat up yesterday."

"I didn't."

Malik opened his mouth to ask what had happened, but his own knowledge of what Bakura was like told him he didn't want to know. "I don't want to know."

"Aww, that's a pity and here I was going to tell you all the hot, painful details."

"I don't want to hear them."

"Wow, you're smarter then me. I asked." The little prince commented, he shuddered and walked off, heading to catch up with Yami who was busily riling up the wary crew.

"Tiny thing isn't he?" Bakura commented.

Malik nodded. "Dumb as shit too."

Bakura chuckled. "No, just innocent. I don't think I've ever seen eyes that glossy. Not even Anzu has eyes like that."

Malik shook his head. "They'll last till tonight in Yami's tender care."

"You think that long? I say till lunch."

"You got yourself a bet."

~To Be continued…

Sweet notes: Will Yugi's innocent eyes last the night, or will Bakura win the bet, find out next time on; Sweetdeily's irregularly updated chapter stories!

Jounouchi: that was lame.

Seto: Yes, very.

Sweets: You think so?

Yugi: Even I thought it was lame.

Sweets: Oh… damn.

Yami: Is there a reason why the crew is always betting on me?

Malik: Because it's funny?

Sweets: err, review people!

Yami: Hey, you're not getting out of it that easily, I asked you a question!

Seto: Yeah, what's the deal?

Sweets: Umm… I dunno to be honest. It just sorta popped in.

Jou: another one of those 'character building' things, eh?

Marik: Ri-ight. Anyway… where have I gone?

Sweets: you're in Bakura's room!

Marik: I know that! But why haven't I gotten any screen time since my *ehem* rape?

Ryo: Because she's squeamish.

Sweets: Am not! I'm doing other POV you know! Besides, Yami and Yugi have had next to no screen time.

Ryo: Bullshit, they've had more then me!

Malik: Me too!

Sweets: *sigh* fine, since we've got reviewers… who would my pets like to see doin' it next? After all, I have plans for them all to get to it eventually… but I wouldn't mind some focusing…

Anyway! Reviews!