Yu-Gi-Oh 1. Kidnap

**SW: Hello all!**

**Malik: You're going to die. Why the hell would you start another story when you have one out already?**

**SW: Anywho, I'm going to be taking some of the plot points of Peter Pan the book, the movies 1 and 2, and the musical and mashing them all together in a Yu-Gi-Oh! themed story! It'll be rated T for the time being, but it might move up in later chapters.**

**Bakura: *snicker* Good luck.**

**SW: Thank you. I'll need it.**

**Hope you like!**

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A boy with white hair and brown eyes ran through the streets, making sure to jump over puddles so that his tan combat boots stayed dry. His clothes were practical as well, black pants tucked into his boots and a blue and white striped shirt hidden under a black trench coat. He was wearing an army hat on his head and was carrying a small bundle wrapped in paper.

He hoped that the sirens wouldn't go off tonight. That he'd be sure to get home safe and sound before Mother and Grandfather left.

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Yugi laughed as he jumped from bed to bed in the large room, avoiding the arrows tipped with suction cups that Malik shot at him. "You'll never catch me, Dartz!"

Malik growled and shot again, swearing lightly when he missed again. "Why do I always have to be Captain Dartz?"  
>Looking up from his book for a split second, Seto rolled his eyes. "Because I refuse to play Yugi's ridiculous game, Ryou is always out, and Yugi of course has to be Yami Atemu." He smirked when Malik sighed in relief as Yugi collapsed in exhaustion on his bed.<p>

"Oh, c'mon, guys. I'm not Yami Atemu _all _the time." His head hung off the edge of the bed and he stared at his two brothers upside down.

It was Malik's turn to roll his eyes as he stood up to put the bow away. "Yes, you are. And don't you think we're a little old to be playing nursery games?"

"Of course not!"

But before Yugi could defend his playfulness any further, their mother, Mana, and grandfather, Sugoroku, entered the room. "Boys, we're about to leave."

The older of the two looked around the room worriedly. "Where's Ryou?" The minute he said that, the air raid warning sirens went off, blaring through the city.

Seto sighed at the inconvenience and closed his book, slowly following as Malik, Mana, and Sugoroku all scrambled to the shelter outside. Yugi was following behind them, but stopped outside half way between the house and the shelter surrounded in sand bags.

"Dad!" He turned around and ran back inside, quickly grabbing a framed picture before hurrying back out.

"Hurry, hurry!" Mana held the door open for him and waved him along with her hand.

A bomb shook the earth, and Yugi tripped, falling straight into the shelter, and Mana quickly closed the door behind him. Yugi hissed and rolled up his blue pajama pants to stare at the small red mark he had gotten from sliding on the hard metal floor of the shelter. He made sure the picture of Mahad was still intact, smiling at the image.

Another bomb hit the ground and the aftershock caused the entire room to shake. Mana worriedly hovered over Yugi as he stood up, carrying the picture with him into his bunk, before going to check that everyone was in their bed.

"Mom…Ryou's still not back yet." Malik stared at the bottom of the top bunk he was under, the one holding Seto, with his arms behind his head, trying not to pout as the woman pulled the covers over his body. "And don't treat me like a child."

Sugoroku chuckled. "You're not an adult yet, Malik, you're only seventeen. Let your mother pamper you, you'll miss it one day."

Malik rolled his eyes and turned away from Mana, missing the hurt look in her eyes. "It's not like she's my real mom."

Silence filled the room, only broken as the door opened and closed again when Ryou burst in, panting lightly. "Sorry I'm late!"

Mana let her eyes linger on Malik's back for a minute, before she turned around with a small smile. "Where have you been? I've been worried sick about you!" She crossed the small room and hugged Ryou tightly.

The albino laughed and gently pulled himself away, holding out the package he was had to the top bunk Yugi was laying in. "I was getting a present. Happy Birthday, twin."

"Oh, but I didn't get you anything…" Truthfully, Yugi had completely forgotten that it was their birthday altogether. Still, Ryou didn't pull the gift away, so he sheepishly took it. "Thank you." Ryou smiled and waited patiently as Yugi ripped into the paper that covered his present. As Yugi balled up the wrapping, he bit his lip before forcing a smile. "Oh, gee. Socks. You shouldn't have." He held up two mismatching socks, one a crimson red, the other green with a patch of yellow on it.

Sugoroku let out a laugh, it was obvious Yugi was just trying to be nice. "How practical of you, Ryou." The boy smiled proudly at what he considered a compliment and slid into the bed underneath Yugi.

Mana huffed as she pulled herself onto the bed over Sugoroku and held her hand out for the pair. "But they aren't just socks, Yugi."

"They aren't?" Imagination already running wild at what they could really be, Yugi eagerly handed his gift over to Mana.

"Nope!" She slipped one on each hand. "They're puppets!" Frowning as she moved the green one up and down, she made her voice deeper and gruffer. "Darn you, Yami Atemu! You've foiled my plans again!" She switched to moving the crimson one, and made her voice confident and proud. "You'll never make me a corrupt adult, Dartz!"

Yugi laughed and clapped, unaware that every one of his brothers had rolled their eyes. Seto tried to ignore Mana as she told another story about Yami Atemu and keep reading, Malik scowled into the wall and tried his best to fall asleep, and Ryou took off his coat and helmet before lying down.

"You should really stop telling him fairy tales, Mother." Ryou said sternly as another bomb made the shelter shudder.

Mana smiled kindly, but took the socks off her hands and gave them back to Yugi, who immediately stuffed them under his pillow for safe keeping. "Everyone needs to have a dream."

"Yugi's an eighteen-year-old now. A legal adult, so there isn't any reason that he should believe a ridiculous idea like Yami Atemu."

Yugi hung over the edge of the bed, frowning at Ryou upside down. "That's not true! Yami Atemu is real!"

"Don't be ridiculous, Yugi." Ryou sighed and pulled out a little notebook out of his pocket, looking over a checklist he had made earlier that day. "There's no such thing as Dartz, Neverland, Lost Boys, and definitely not Yami Atemu. Grow out of those nursery stories."

Tears pricked in Yugi's eyes and shook his head franticly. "Stop lying! You know that isn't true!" Mana had told such realistic stories about Yami Atemu, and had sworn he was real. He knew that Seto, Malik, and Ryou had all stopped caring about the tales, but that didn't mean they weren't real.

Sugoroku coughed lightly and stood up. "Well, listen to that, the sirens stopped. Mana and I still need to attend the factory meeting that was set for tonight, so you boys head back inside."

"Do you have to go?" The teary eyes that had been trained on Ryou focused on his grandfather next.

Mana climbed down the ladder on the side of the bed and ruffled Yugi's hair with one hand. "Now, now, Yugi. You know we need this job."

The two left, leaving the brothers alone in the shelter. Seto sighed and started down his own ladder. "Guess we should head inside too." He was the first out, eager to get to a quiet place where he could finish his book.

"Yeah." Ryou rolled out of his bed, moving out of the door. "Don't forget Father, Yugi."

The boy grabbed the picture frame and climbed down from his bed, letting Malik go in front of him before following. He heard a thud on the ground behind him and he turned around to look at what had fallen, only to have his vision cut off by coarse fabric.

He screamed and struggled, hearing laughter follow as he was lifted off his feet and the rest of his body was shoved in the bag that had covered his head.

"Yugi!" That was Malik, Yugi cried out again and forced a foot out of the top of the bag, feeling a sense of satisfaction when he heard a yelp of pain and a swear when he connected with something. "Let him go!"

There was a dark chuckle, and he heard a voice from the person holding him speak up. "Seems like Atemu's replaced us, don't you think Marik?"

"Give him back!" Ryou spoke up.

"Ryou, no!" There was the sound of running and then there were another set of hands on him, trying to pull him away from whoever was holding him.

There was a cackle and then Ryou was gone. "Ryou!" Yugi struggled again and a small patch on the sack half fell off, letting him see some of what was happening. Seto and Malik were glaring at the person holding him and there was a small squeak to his right, and Malik took a step forward. Ryou must be being held by someone else.

"What is taking you two so long?" There was another voice, this one coming from above him. Yugi watched as Seto and Malik look up in that direction and their mouths unhinged before Malik looked back his captors and Seto's teeth clenched.

"Are you Germans?" Seto asked, tight-lipped, "Is this a new type of warplane?"

They didn't answer his brother, but the one that must be holding Ryou called upwards. "It seems Yami Atemu has got some new recruits! Should we bring them with us or dispose of them?"

Did Yugi just hear right? Yami Atemu? Was that a code name or something? Yugi blinked and looked back at Seto and Malik, who had taken defensive poses. And what did they mean by recruits? "I don't know anything, I swear! Let me go!" He squirmed and the man holding him growled, and a fist from his right connected with his side and he yelped.

"Keep quiet, you bastard!"

"Yugi!" Ryou called out again, but then his screaming was muffled, probably by a hand.

The voice from above them yelled out an answer. "Bring them with us, we could always add to our barracks."

Yugi heard the sound of rope falling through the air, and he watched as four more men dressed in strange clothes slid down ropes that seemed to be hanging from nothing. Malik tried to fight against them, but it was two against one and he was quickly overpowered. The sound of footsteps followed the fight, and Yugi's eyes widened at the sight of a man who looked a lot like Malik holding on to Ryou by the mouth.

"I like this one." He grabbed Malik by the chin, but he jerked his head to the side and tried to bite the hand that had been holding him a minute ago. The man just laughed. "Feisty."

Even though Seto lasted longer than Malik, the result was the same and he was held by the arms as the two men holding him grabbed one rope and tugged twice. He swore as the rope slowly started to move upwards, carrying the two men and Yugi's older brother with it. Struggling, trying to loosen the men's grip before he was too high, Seto watched helplessly as he and his brothers were kidnapped.

Malik screamed in frustration as he was soon put through the same ordeal, and started to cuss out everything involved with the men. Ryou started to fight again, trying to kick the man holding him and reached his hands up to try and pry the hand away from his mouth.

The man cackled again, before swearing. "Damn it! He just bit me!" He brought up his other hand up and cuffed Ryou roughly, and Yugi whimpered as he watched his twin's eyes flutter closed.

"You'd think Yami Atemu would put up more of a fight," the man who was holding him shifted, now only holding him with one hand, and he felt them rise like the others, "at least this will finally be over."

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**SW: I'm officially dead to the world.  
>Ryou: That's not true.<strong>

**SW: I can no longer have a social life.**

**Yugi: Don't say that! You'll just have to write chapters faster!  
>SW: Ugh…<strong>

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	2. Rescue

**SW: I seriously have no time to even sleep.**

**Yugi: Maybe you should cut out some of the things you do during the day.**

**SW: Like what?! It's not like I can stop going to school!**

**Malik: You could stop watching anime,-**

**SW: But I love anime!  
>Bakura: -you could stop doing homework,-<strong>

**Ryou: Bakura, she can't do that!  
>Marik: -or you could quit that stupid theatre club you're in.<strong>

**SW: Why would I do that? I just got a part in 9 to 5!**

**Thank you to Guest (In my story Malik is younger than Yugi, which I think isn't true for the anime…I'm not entirely sure but I'm sorry for the confusion! And thank you! I'm glad you liked it!), fireycloud (Thank you! And of course I'll update as soon as possible! [Which always ends up being a week]), Animehunter08 (I'm glad you like it! And I update every Sunday so don't worry!), Awesometamez ([Malik: Ra, I hope not!] And thanks, I can't wait to write it!), Toisse (OMR, you were the only one to mention it, but yeah, if you squint, I sorta…kinda…accidently [Bakura: Bullshit.] grabbed a **_**little**_** bit of Narnia for that part, but only because it fit!), and littlerostte (Thank you! I agree, I think I need to stop writing them getting into trouble) for reviewing!**

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Yugi was thrown on the ground of whatever he had been pulled up to, which made the bag shift and the open patch of the sack disappear from his eyesight, and he heard Malik and Seto struggling against their captors before their yelling was muffled. There were other voices calling out all around him and there was a sudden lurch forward. Yugi's stomach dropped. They were flying.

A hand landed on his head, and Yugi squirmed lightly. He stiffened as the person started to talk to him.

"Yami Atemu…It was such a surprise to see you here…and trying to get new Lost Boys too!"

Yugi was so confused, and twisted and turned as soon as the hand was removed, trying to get his eyes to the patch again. Once he did, he blinked and raised his eyebrows, not believing what he was seeing.

Right out of the stories Mana told him was Captain Dartz, green hair and mismatched eyes and everything. For a moment he was tempted to yell out, "I was right!" Until it hit him that even though Dartz was real, he was the villain and he was on his _ship_. Why?

He watched Dartz walk out of his vision and heard him call out. "Set course for Neverland!"

Light burst in front of his eyes and he gasped. The dark night sky of London changed to golds and reds and bright blues and greens and… As soon as they had appeared, the swirling colors were gone, and replaced with the clearest blue sky Yugi had ever seen. Yugi strained his neck, looking over the railing of the ship to see them approaching an island. He smelt salt in the air and heard the crashing of waves.

His mouth dropped open and he almost missed the second lurch of when the flying ship collided with the water. This was so cool! He was in Neverland! He could meet Yami Atemu! Yugi closed his eyes and sent up a silent prayer that this wasn't a dream, forgetting once again where he was.

However, he was pulled back by someone grabbing the sack he was and carrying him away from the front of the ship. Yugi moved inside the bag and he lost where the patch was again, losing his only way of seeing what was happening along with it. The hands that were carrying him disappeared, but he was still hanging. He yelped as he was swung to the left and he heard cheering and laughing.

"Call out the Kraken!"

Yugi paled and he started to struggle, pushing against the sack and trying to find a way out.

"Yugi!" Ryou. "Oh my Ra! What are you doing to him?!"

There was a cackle and Yugi recognized the voice of the man that had been carrying him before. "Isn't it obvious? We're going to kill him."

Suddenly there was a confident, dark chuckle that rang through the air.

"What have you got here, Dartz?" The voice was deep and proud and sent chills down Yugi's spine. "Are you having a party without me? I'm hurt."

"Atemu-" The growl was cut off as something occurred to Dartz. "But if you're there…who's in the bag?"  
>"Let him go!" That was Malik, his voice accompanied by the sound of struggling. "He's obviously not who you wanted to get, so let him go! Let us go home!"<p>

His younger brother was ignored. "Bakura! You told me you were sure!"  
>The man spoke, obviously smirking, and Yugi was glad to have placed a name on the person who kidnapped him, if he could have nothing else. "And I was. But I hadn't seen Yami in <em>such <em>a long time that I must have gotten confused. Ah, well."

"So there is a person in there because of me?" Again the deep voice spoke, this time with a slight twinge of guilt. Yugi wanted to yell out, say it wasn't the man's fault at all, but he was cut off before he could say anything.

"That is true, isn't it?" Dartz gave a haughty laugh. "My lovely first mate," someone gave a girly giggle, "has already dumped fish chum into the sea. Tell me, oh great Yami Atemu," Yugi heard water splashing under him, something was in the water, "how would you feel if he died because of you?"

Yugi heard a small thud, Dartz must have hit something, and then he dropped. He opened his mouth to scream, but before any sound could get out, he hit the water.

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Ryou watched in horror as the bag holding his twin sunk beneath the waves. "Yugi!" He struggled once more against the man holding him, stomping on his foot and jerking forward when the grip around his arms loosened.

He ran to the edge of the boat, tears pricking in his eyes as he stared at the spot Yugi had landed, the ripples already calming. A burst of wind blew past him and Ryou blinked. The flash of black that Ryou had seen, disappeared into the water and he moved to follow, but hands were once again on his arms and he was pulled backwards.

The man who called himself Dartz, he still wasn't entirely convinced that was true, started laughing. "We've done it! There's no way Atemu can survive the Kraken!"

Another pirate, who had barely left Dartz' side, with silver hair chuckled and walked to the edge of the ship. "Yes, Captain Dartz. And look!"  
>There was a single bubble of air that popped at the surface, followed by the water around it turning red.<p>

Someone gave a cry of outrage and Ryou looked up to see a blonde over the crow's nest. Ryou gasped and jerked as the man jumped, but he never hit the deck. He blinked and shook his head before looking again. The man was _flying_.

He immediately looked for ropes, trying to find some explanation, but found none. Ryou looked around to see the other people's reactions, however, the only other people who seemed surprised were Seto and Malik. Everyone else just looked annoyed or angry. He watched the surprise on Seto's face fade back into his stoic mask, he probably already had an explanation for everything that had happened so far, and Malik gained a look of open jealousy.

The blonde flew down to the water, but before he dove in, another burst from it, holding onto a sack. Ryou gasped as he stared at the man. Before, the person who had taunted Dartz had been hiding behind one of the sails, so he hadn't been able to see him. He had been able to brush off Dartz' appearance as coincidence, but the man who so closely resembled the Yami Atemu Mana had described? And the flying? His logical mind tried to process everything, but he was quickly becoming overwhelmed.

Without a backwards glance, Yami Atemu turned around and flew off, the blonde trailing behind him, and carrying Ryou's brother away with him.

"No!" Dartz screamed in frustration and drew his sword, turning to face his crew. "Ready the cannons!"

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Yami chuckled as he heard the chaos erupting on Dartz' ship. He landed on a large, tall rock near the beach and started to untie the squirming sack, curious as to who was in it.

Joey leaned forward over the bag, curious as well, but his gaze fixed on Yami. "Ya really had me worried back the-" He yelped in pain as a fist pushed itself out of the bag, connecting with his jaw.

Watching with amusement as Joey rubbed his chin and whined about how nothing ever goes right when he tries to be nice, Yami turned to look at the boy crawling from the bag, apologies pouring out of his mouth.

Even though his hair was wet, it still formed a familiar star-shaped style that had Yami raising his eyebrows. The boy fussed over Joey, and Yami caught a glimpse of shining amethyst eyes.

"Oh my goodness, I am so sorry! I really didn't mean to hurt you at all, really!"

Joey was about to respond but was cut off for a second time as Yami tackled both him and the boy to the ground, just as a cannon flew over their heads. Yami sat up, rubbing the back of his head sheepishly. "Sorry, there wasn't enough time to say duck."

"Oh, that's okay…" Yami watched in amusement as the little one – Yami found that he liked that nickname – turned to look at him, and his mouth dropped open.

"You really know how to stroke a man's ego, little one."

He shut his mouth again, only open it again. "I…It's just-You're _you_."

Joey laughed and punched the smaller lightly on the arm, teasingly. "It seems Yam's reputation pr'cedes him. Either way, may I intraduce the only 'n only Yami Atemu!" There was a slight pause before he added. "'Nd I'm Joey."

Yami bowed at the waist, nimbly avoiding the second cannon shot. "And who might you be, little one?"

He puffed out his cheeks and his lower lip slipped into a pout. "I'm not that little. My name's Yugi."

"Well, Yugi, I don't mean to be rude, but we really should move. Dartz isn't going to give up that easily."

The boy turned to where the ship was and his eyes widened, "My brothers! I have three brothers on that ship! I need to get to them!" and he immediately started to climb down the rock to the water.

Yami and Joey both watched in amusement as Yugi struggled not to lose his grip. Finally, the blonde took pity. He leapt up and hovered in the air next to Yugi. "Hey, if ya don't mind me askin', why don't ya just fly?"

"What? Fly?" And as if just realizing that Joey doing just that, he screamed and let go of the rock.

Flying into action, Yami caught Yugi just before he hit the water, smirking at the blush that spread across his face. "I don't think he can, Joey."

"What?!"

He rolled his eyes and flew up higher with Yugi, chuckling as the boy's eyes filled with amazement. "So, little one, shall we go get your brothers?"

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**SW: Yep, I'm not gonna complain. *leaves to go to her bedroom to collapse***

**Marik: How I am going to get with Malik-pretty if I'm the bad guy?**

**Bakura: Course the only thing you can think about is getting laid.**

**Ryou: So you're not concerned at all about how **_**we're **_**going to get together?**

**Bakura: Nope.**

**Ryou: Hmph. I see. So maybe I should talk to SoWhatever about us not getting together at all. *leaves***

**Bakura: Wh-What?! Ryou, wait!**

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	3. Intro

**SW: OMR, so I was looking back at some of my old stuff and I can't believe how many mistakes I made! I really need to get around to editing and reposting those.**

**Yugi: Don't worry; you can just do it after this story.**

**Thank you to StarGlow (Thank you! Yeah, I am taking some artistic liberties with this story, but I'm glad you like it!), Goshikku Hime wa Yami-san (Thank you! I love Peter Pan, so it was only a matter of time before I made it something with Yu-Gi-Oh!), GMW (Yeah, sorry, most of the time I make Dartz the bad guy in my stories, but I'm glad you're still reading it even though I do make him the villain!), and Awesometamez (Thanks! I'm glad you like this story, and I'm glad you're concerned about my health XD I hope you like this chapter too!) for reviewing!**

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Malik glared at anyone who looked in his direction, though there weren't that many that did. Everyone was rushing around frantically, and to Malik it looked like half of them weren't even doing anything. Dartz stood apart from the rest, his arms crossed and a smirk on his face. The people who had tied them up, the men called Marik and Bakura, who looked like him and Ryou, had left them by the main mast, hands and feet tied.

Ryou looked like he was fighting off a major headache and panic attack and Seto was eyeing the rope at his ankles, trying to think of some way to get out of them. Malik sighed and banged the back of his head against the mast. At least he knew Yugi had been rescued, and by none other than Yami Atemu too.

"Incoming!" Someone yelled out and Malik looked around. What did they mean? Nothing was coming at them.

He swallowed a yelp as someone abruptly dropped onto the deck in front of him, picked him up by the back of the shirt, hefted him under one arm, and took off again. He blinked as he watched the ship behind him, before even attempting to absorb the fact that he was flying and in the _air_ with nothing to catch him if he fell.

Malik paled. He heard a laugh and twisted, ignoring the grunt of the person holding him by the waist, to see Yugi sitting on the shoulders of Yami Atemu. His arms were spread to feel the air blow against him, but his eyes were focused down at Malik.

"It looks as if you've just seen a ghost!" The wind whipped through Yugi's hair as he laughed again and Malik rolled his eyes.

Looking for his other brothers, he almost joined Yugi in his laughter. Ryou was being held the same way he was by a blonde; however, the oldest of the Mutous was being treated a little bit differently. Seto was scowling deeply at the blonde as best he could, considering he was being held by the back of his shirt to hang in the air as they flew.

Malik met the brown eyes of the blonde and saw him wink, and he almost cracked up laughing again.

"I demand you put me down. This is ridiculous. I imagine this is just an elaborate ruse, correct? Do you have jetpacks under your shirt? Though how you've concealed the exhaust and noise I'll never know."

The blonde gritted his teeth and readjusted his grip on Seto's shirt, obviously considering dropping the man. "I 'ave no idea what ya mean by 'jetpacks', but ya really shouldn't talk like that to someone who just saved ya ass."

Ryou cleared his throat and Malik could tell he was still skeptical as well. "Um, thank you. We really do appreciate it, but how is this possible? Are we really, actually flying?" Malik rolled his eyes, of course Ryou and Seto would have to question something as totally awesome as this.

He scoffed and finally found his voice. "C'mon, guys. Why ask questions? Just go along for the ride!" Yugi whooped his agreement, and stretched his hand up to run his fingers through a rainbow they were passing by. Which should have been physically impossible, but hey, they were in Neverland.

"Malik's right! This is amazing!"

Yami Atemu looked up at the smaller and smirked. "Just you wait, little one."  
>"Little one?" Even Ryou was grinning deviously at the nickname, and the three brothers watched Yugi blush.<p>

Before he could answer though, they were all dropped and Malik barely registered his voice screaming along with Yugi's and Ryou's. He gasped as he felt walls surround him and he heard Yugi's scream shift to laughter at the same time he realized that they were on slide.

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Yugi squealed as the wooden slide ended and he landed on a very cushiony bed. He sat up immediately and rolled out of the way as he heard more bodies hit the bed, and the violet-eyed boy watched the three boys try to compose themselves.

Yami and Joey slid in the same way, but stopped themselves mid-air before they hit the bed that Ryou, Malik, and Seto were still on. He watched both of them with open admiration, and couldn't seem to get the wide grin off his face.

"Isn't this so cool, guys?" He laughed again and looked around himself at the tree trunk they were in.

There were four beds, one in each corner, but two of them didn't seem like they had been slept in for a while (even if they were messy and unmade). The slide that led onto the house wrapped around the trunk, and there was a hollow in the center of the trunk with a small glow emitting from it. There didn't seem to be a kitchen, but there was a small fire burning to the side, and Yugi had to wonder how smart of an idea it was to have something burning inside of a tree. The smoke from the fire let out through a hole in the ground above their head, but there was some sort of contraption that looked like it allowed them to cover it when needed. There was also open doorway that led away from the center of the tree, and he was already itching to go exploring.

"Alright, even though Joey and I have already met Yugi, I believe introductions are in order." Yami moved from the air over the bed to the ground next to the trunk, his feet looking like they were barely even touching the ground.

Ryou nodded and got off the bed, fixing his hair and shirt in the process. He walked over to Joey and held out his hand. "Hello, my name is Ryou Mutou; I'm eighteen and Yugi's twin."

Joey stared in confusion at Ryou's hand for a moment before he gave a big smile. He brought his hand up to his face and spit into it. Before Ryou could pull away, he grasped Ryou's outstretched hand and shook it happily. "I'm Joey. Pretty sure I'm eighteen, too."

Yugi could practically see the hairs on Ryou rising, and he raised his eyebrows as his twin yanked his hand back in a way that could have been rude and wiped his hand on his pants. Malik stepped up next, his hands determinedly stuck in his pockets.

""Sup, I'm Malik. Seventeen," he smirked, "I like the place you got here."

Yami nodded his greeting. "I'm Yami Atemu, but you can call me Yami. I am nineteen."

Huffing lightly and looking around with slight distaste, Seto crossed his arms. "That's leaves me. My name is Seto and I am the oldest of my brothers. I am nineteen as well." He met Yami's gaze steadily, already feeling challenged by the confident man.

Yugi nodded happily. "Well, now that we're all introduced, why don't we-"

"Yamiii~," the man winced as a high-pitched voice called out from the hollow in the tree trunk, "don't tell me you're going to forget me?" Yugi blinked in shock as a pale yellow ball of light flew out of the hollow and darted around the room, before settling on Yami's shoulders. "Hello, everyone!"

Ryou swallowed roughly, looking close to freaking out. "Did that tennis ball just talk?"

"Tennis ball?!" The ball of light tried to fly at Ryou, only to be caught by Yami. "Who are you calling a tennis ball, you walking rice grain?!"

"Oh my Ra…" Ryou turned from the light squirming in between Yami's fingers and took a large breath. "I just got called a piece of rice by a tennis ball."

Yami chuckled and shook his head, not releasing the ball of light. "Everyone, this is Tea. She's a fairy."

"Really?" Yugi smiled and practically skipped over to Yami. "Can I see her?"

He stared down at the energetic boy and his face softened. Yami opened the cage he had made with his hands, and Yugi was able to see a tiny person flying at the center of the light. The girl flew up close to Yugi's face, examining it before smiling.

"I like this one. He's my new friend." She closed her blue eyes and nodded sagely, her mousy hair bobbing in time with her head.

Malik looked over at Joey as Yugi and Tea began talking. "So you're a Lost Boy, right?"

He tensed, "How d'ya know that?" the man glanced at Yami already suspicious, "They say didn't know we could fly or tha' fairies exist, but they know what ya call me? How d'we know this ain't an act and Dartz 'as already gotten to 'em?"

"That's not it! Our mother just used to tell us stories all the time about you." Malik rushed ahead before Yami could reply with his own answer.

"It's ridiculous, though." Ryou frowned, looking at the tiny girl that had rested on Yugi's shoulder. "This is all so ridiculous. There's no way this is all real, it's just a real big hoax. Or a dream." Seto nodded his agreement. Ryou rubbed his face, obviously stressed, and looked at the door. "That's the way out, right?" Without waiting for an answer, he walked out of the tree.

"Ryou!" Yugi moved to follow, but was stopped by Malik's hand holding his arm. "Malik, let me go. We don't know anything about this place. He could get lost or hurt or…"

Malik shook his head and didn't release his older brother. "He'll be fine and you know it. Let's just wait back here for him to return."

Seto crossed his arms and examined Yami and Joey, his cold eyes calculating. "So how do you become a Lost Boy?"

"It's not like it's exclusive or anything." Yami smirked and lifted off the ground and crossed his legs, looking like he was sitting on an invisible chair. "I sometimes visit your world and if there is someone that looks like they need a bit of a picker upper, I bring them here. Of course, if they want to leave I let them, but they rarely do. Otherwise, if a child falls out of their carriage and isn't claimed in three days, they appear here."

"I was one of those kind. Been 'ere my entire life."

Yugi nodded, already intrigued. "But is it only you and Yami?"

The tension in the room visibly rose, while the temperature dropped. Joey scowled and crossed his arms, glaring into a corner, and Yami just sighed and shook his head. "Not exactly. We used to have two more, Bakura and Marik, but they left for Dartz not too long ago."

"Those bastards were careless and went against Dartz alone. And now the Orichalcos 'as a hold of 'em." Joey looked over to the two unused beds, looking sad for a moment, before he let a grin spread across his face. "But it doesn't matter, 'cause Yams still 'as 'is treasure," he slapped the man roughly on the back, and Yami fell from his 'seat' in the air and landed on the ground, "and they won't ever find it."

'Treasure?" Malik and Yugi spoke simultaneously, and the grin on Joey's face widened.

"Yep! Hey, I got an idea!" Joey ignored the mumble from Seto, which sounded suspiciously like 'I bet that's a first', and reached to grab Malik and Yugi's wrist, pulling them towards the door. "Why don't we play Find the Treasure?"

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**SW: You guys have no idea how close you came to not getting a chapter in either of my stories. (As it is you already got it late for which I am REALLY SORRY!)**

**Malik: Is that something abnormal?**

**SW: *cough* Well, no…but this time was different! I didn't even start the chapter until Saturday night and my cousins are visiting and I'm at my cabin so it was really hard to get alone long enough to make any progress.**

**Malik: It probably didn't help that you kept getting distracted by other anime that you're watching.**

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	4. Raft

**SW: Next chapter, up!**

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Seto reluctantly followed the chattering group through the jungle outside, Joey explaining the rules of the game to both Yugi and Malik with Tea resting in the smallest's hair. His mind let himself worry for a minute about the location of Ryou, before he pushed it aside. Ryou was more than capable of taking care of himself.

"You don't believe us." It wasn't a question and Seto let his eyes flick to the man floating casually next to him, still trying to figure out how he was actually doing so.

Holding back a sarcastic remark, he scowled a little at the gullibility of Yugi and Malik. "You have to admit that this entire night has been more than a little far-fetched."

Yami snorted and twisted around in the air, turning around before lying back with his hands behind his head. "There really isn't much else I can do to prove to you that I am, in fact, real, but I know that some of the stories they tell about me are much more extravagant than this so it can't be too hard to believe." He landed on the ground and jogged lightly to catch up with the others, wrapping an arm around a blushing Yugi.

"Cocky bastard."

Seto watched Yugi come to halt as Joey finished explaining and clap his hands together. "Alright, then! Let's start. Yams, ya need to go 'ide the treasure."

Yami hummed and looked at Joey from the corner of his eyes. "I think I'll let Joey take this round. Hey, Joey, why don't you take Seto with you too?"

The man groaned at the thought of having the prick tag along with him, before he perked up. "Wait, you're gonna let me 'ide it this time? Sweet!" Without a second thought, he ran back towards where Seto was, grabbed his wrist and flew up and away, ignoring the spluttered protests from the brunette.

Yami looked back at Malik and Yugi with a smirk. "So, while we wait the ten minutes for them to hide it, why don't we get to know each other a little better?" The question was mostly aimed at Yugi, but both nodded.

It was Yugi who asked the first question, accompanied by an eager nod from Malik. "How do you fly?"

Yami chuckled, "That wasn't exactly what I had in mind, but alright, little one, I suppose I can teach you."

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Ryou huffed as he pulled the final rope that tied together his make-shift raft. Standing back for a moment to admire his work, he nodded his head and turned to grab the first of the crates holding the food for his trip. It was amazing how he had found these things, as soon as he had thought up a need for something, he had found them not a few seconds after.

"What are you doing?"

With a small scream at the sudden voice, Ryou dropped the crate he had been carrying, effectively spilling its contents and smashing his toe with one of its corners. Sucking in his breath at the sudden pain, he turned around to glare at the new arrival, half expecting it to be one of his brothers or one of the people pranking them.

His eyes widened as he saw that it was neither, instead it was the man who had kidnapped his brother, Bakura. He swallowed and reached for the first thing he could to defend himself, which happened to be a long stick with the British flag attached to the end, what he had been planning to use as his mast.

Bakura just raised an eyebrow and crossed his arms, his eye moving over to where Ryou's raft was sitting at the edge of the water. "That's not going to work."

He tensed and, figuring that if Bakura had wanted to hurt him he would have done so already, planted the 'mast' in the sand. "Says who? I see nothing wrong with it." Still wary of the man, Ryou started to pick up the bananas scattered on the ground, careful to never turn his back to him.

"That ocean goes on forever. And even if it didn't, you're not going to get anywhere with that dinky old thing."

Ryou blew out his cheeks, new determination filling him. So what if this pirate said he couldn't do it? He needed to get back to Mana and Grandpa. Forgetting about the potential danger of letting his guard down around this man, he haughtily turned away, putting the bananas he had picked up back in their crate and carrying it to the raft. There was no way he was going to let such a ruffian get in the way of his going home.

So, Ryou continued to load the raft with supplies, barely aware of the slightly amused eyes never leaving his form. Finally, he was done, and he took the mast from it temporary home in the sand and wedged it between two logs.

Without a backwards glance, he dug his feet into the beach, cringing lightly as he felt grains of sand enter his combat boots. The raft thankfully started to move, albeit slowly, but eventually it was floating in the ocean and water was replacing the sand in his shoes.

He gave one last push before jumping on, grabbing a piece of wood that was thin at one end and wide at the other and starting to row. Once he was a decent distance away from the beach, he turned around and stuck his tongue out at Bakura.

Probably not the smartest thing to do, however, because it was at that moment that the small hole Ryou had created from the mast started to leak. Pretending not to hear the cackle that carried across the water, he quickly pressed both hands on the hole, plugging it up. But then another hole appeared, spurting water right in the middle of the raft. He let go of the hole he was currently covering with one hand, reaching over to stop that one as well. That was when another spurt of water started, and Ryou quickly reached over with his foot to try and prevent that hole from sinking his raft.

But it was already too late. More and more holes started to appear and the raft slowly started to sink. Giving a small squeak as the floor of the raft completely submerged, Ryou climbed and hung onto the last, slowly sinking, part that was still above the water, the mast. Watching as crates and different assortments of fruits started to float to the top of the water, he sighed when he felt water lick at his boots. Well, this was just great.

The sound of splashing alerted him to someone else entering the water, and he looked up to see Bakura slowly wading his way over. Eyes narrowing as he wondered why the man would even consider coming to help him, Ryou jumped the final distance into the water, and began swimming to meet him halfway.

Bakura stopped when he was about waist-deep in the water, there was no way in hell he was getting completely drenched for this kid. He smirked as the kid finally reached the point where he could stand and slowly made his way to him, spluttering and spitting out salt water the entire way.

He reached out a hand and the kid gratefully took it, letting out a small squeak as Bakura roughly started to yank him towards the shore. Dartz had said be nice to the kid, sure, but that didn't mean he had to enjoy it.

"Um, thank you?" Ryou was panting by the time he let himself collapse on the sand; not caring that he was getting it stuck literally everywhere. He looked over to see the man scowling down at him. "I could've gotten back by myself though."

"I was trying to be _polite_." The man practically spit out the word and Ryou let out a laugh.

He stared at the man, trying to figure him out. Obviously he was one of the 'bad guys', considering that he had been the one to shove Yugi in a bag, but maybe there was a story to that? Maybe he hadn't wanted to and was only listening to orders? His heart got away from him even though he wasn't sure if that was true or not and he smiled sympathetically at Bakura.

"The hell's that look for?"

He just shook his head, the smile still on his face, before freezing completely. Bakura didn't even know his name. Sure he had picked up the man's name from when he had been called by all the other pirates, but in all the chaos, they hadn't really ever had the time to be properly introdu-

"You're Ryou, right?" Bakura clenched his teeth together, already resenting what he was about to do.

Ryou nodded, "Y-Yes, but how did you know that? And how did you find me here?"

The other swallowed and crossed his arms, letting his eyes slide to the right in an effort to look embarrassed. "I remembered…it's what your brothers called you. And I was in a search boat looking for Atemu when I saw white hair. So I landed, hoping it was you." Ra, was this infuriating. Not only that, but it was ridiculous. Who in their right mind would fall for something so mushy and obviously not true? There was no way in hell this was going to work. Screw Marik and his ideas.

"Oh." Ryou blushed and bit his lip to keep from smiling. It was nice to think that the pirate could be ruffled, but did Bakura really pay attention enough just to listen for his name? And land just because he thought it was Ryou? It didn't seem like the type of thing he would do. He felt a giggle build in his throat but he pushed it down, instead bringing his hands up to try and cool down his cheeks. Settle down, Ryou. He probably meant nothing by it. You barely know the man, no need to go fangirl-ing over such a little thing. He held back a small squeal. But it was so _romantic_! Like one of Mana's books! Was this really how it worked in life?

Holy hell. The kid actually believed that crap. Bakura blinked as he watched the thought process on Ryou's face. Seriously? How gullible was he? He coughed to bring the attention back to himself, unfortunately, and decided to just get straight to the point. "I could help you get home, if you're still looking for a way." As if he'd do anything that didn't benefit him in some way.

"Really? How?" And now the man was going to help him get home? He really was a big softie. Ryou stood up and started to brush of some of the sand, well, as much as he could since most of it was still wet.

Bakura turned around and gestured for Ryou to follow, which the kid did willingly. "The only ways to leave are to fly yourself," he heard a scoff, and Bakura had to smirk as he led him into the jungle, "or to ride out on Captain Dartz' ship. Luckily for you, I'm just the person you need to convince him to let you tag along."

It made sense to Ryou. They had gotten here on the Captain's ship, so that would mean that they would have to leave that way too. None of this 'flying' nonsense. Still…Dartz hadn't done a great job with showing he was in the right, what with the kidnapping and all. But technically that had all been just a misunderstanding, so maybe, if he decided that fairy tales had nothing to do with this, Dartz was actually a good guy.

"Ah! Bakura! There you are!" Ryou was shaken from his thoughts and the sound of a loud voice and crashing leaves. He looked around the man he had been following to see they were in a small clearing, and that Dartz had just joined them in it. "And who do we have here?"

Bakura stepped to the side to let Dartz get a full view of the one behind him. "This is Ryou. He's looking for a way back to London."

Dartz hummed and nodded his head solemnly. "Yes, yes, of course. I'd be happy to help you, Ryou. You seem like a very logical young man."

"Really?! You'd take me home?" Mana had been wrong about Dartz! He was going to go home!

"However…" Ryou paused in his mini-celebration to look at the captain. "There is a _tiny _problem." There was no response from the smaller albino and he sighed, pulling out a handkerchief and dramatically wiping his eyes with it. "You see, my Popa, a dear old man really, used to have a beautiful golden pocket watch. But it was stolen! By that rotten Yami Atemu!" He blew at his nose loudly and collapsed on an overgrown mushroom. "My Popa was furious with me, and as it is only allows me to return to see him once a year to receive news on whether or not I have gotten back his watch. So, I would be happy to help you return to your home, but I'm afraid that I have already used up my visit for this year."

Bakura rolled his eyes at the story, already knowing it wasn't true, but watched as Ryou cooed and rushed over to rub Dartz' back gently as he made fake crying sounds. "Sh, sh. Don't worry. We'll get your father's pocket watch back."

The waterworks immediately stopped and Ryou made a sound of surprise as Dartz suddenly sprang up, his surprisingly dry green and yellow eyes focusing on him in devious glee. "Really? Would you really help me to retrieve it?"

"We-well, yes." He straightened his back and nodded his head determinedly. "Yami Atemu stole it from your family and that's wrong. So I'm going to help you get it back."

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**SW: There's a surprise coming up!**

**Ryou: Yeah, and SoWhatever is really excited about it!**

**Yugi: *crosses arms and pouts* But she still won't tell me what it is.**

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	5. Flying

**SW: Surprise! Happy One Year Anniversary to me! (Well, technically it was yesterday but I posted this at midnight so screw it, it's my anniversary)**

**Malik: You've been writing for a year?**

**SW: Yep! And to celebrate I worked extra hard to write this between last update and this one so I could update twice!**

**Bakura: *snort* If anything you should've skipped the last update to make the readers squirm.**

**Marik: And not PM-ed any of them to explain yourself! *cackle* They'd all hate you.**

**SW: *horrified* Why…Why would I want that?**

**Thank you to yamikage (Of course! Everyone wants to fly, so why not have them learn?), StarGlow (Yeah, Ryou was pretty gullible there, but he was looking for logic in an illogical world so what do you expect?), fireycloud (Don't worry, I'm sure it'll all work out…I think), Toisse (Yeah, I thought that was ironic ;) I don't know if I'm going to put in the crocodile and Surprise!), GMW (Yeah, Dartz made it pretty obvious didn't he?) for reviewing!**

**Happy Anniversary!**

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"Sweet!" Malik's fist punched the air, excited beyond belief. "So how do you do it? Is it like some sorta ninja training? Was Seto right and you're using a jet pack? Or maybe it's something else?"

Yami blinked, but then smirked and chuckled, holding out his hand for Tea as she flew out of Yugi's hair. "More like something else."

Tea twirled a few times in Yami's hand, en pointe and fluttering her wings. The man nodded after a moment and she stopped and flew away from his hand, leaving it full of sparkling powder.

Wrinkling his nose lightly, Malik caught on to what Yami meant. "You mean it's really just pixie dust? Sparkles? That's…kinda gay, man."

"Well, you don't have to learn if you don't want to."

Yugi laughed at the expression on Yami's face, obviously he had been told that before. Malik immediately tried to retract his statement, which made Yugi laugh even more. Tea smiled at him as she shook her head. "Boys will be boys, I guess." She fluttered over to Yugi's hair again, before leaning over and peering at him upside-down. "While they're arguing, do you want to try?"

"Yes, please!" His smile matched hers as she stood up and twirled on his head, his nose twitching as some of the stray dust tickled his nose.

Finally, Tea finished and she dusted her hands of, admiring the sparkles that covered Yugi's-well, everywhere. "Ok, this is quite simple, really. Just have faith and trust. It should be easy!"

He nodded and closed his eyes, trying to force the feelings of faith and trust along. Yugi even went on his tiptoes as if that would help him get air-born quicker. Tea watched her new friend with crossed fingers, wanting him to be able to fly almost as much as Yugi wanted it himself. She looked over at Yami and Malik, surprised to see that the pixie dust she had made before was gone, probably knocked out Yami's hand by Malik or dropped when Yami made one of his usual hand gestures, and they were just noticing what was happening. Tea rolled her eyes before looking back at Yugi. Why was it taking this long? Had she done something wrong in explaining? Faith, trust, pixie dust…

Yami saw what was going through Tea's head and saw doubt start to appear on Yugi's face, even with his closed eyelids, so he walked to stand behind him and whispered against his ear. "Think happy thoughts."

Yugi's eyes snapped open and his face immediately turned beet red, but it was worth because his body gave a sudden jolt and he shot up about ten feet. He screamed, whether in joy in fright, no one could tell, and flailed as he tried to get control over his flight.

"Malik, this is awesome! You have to try it!" After a few moments of figuring out how the controls worked, Yugi was able to shakily land and laughed as he watched the pixie dust dissolve into his skin.

Tea clapped her hands together in delight, though she was confused as to what Yami had whispered and why Yugi had blushed. "You did great, Yugi!" She moved over to where Malik was standing with a loose jaw. "Your turn!"

While Tea focused on Malik, Yugi turned around to meet Yami's eyes, which were a smoldering shade of crimson. He blushed as Yami took another step forward, wrapping an arm around his back and pulling them closer. Yugi saw their faces getting closer before actually registered it and shut his eyes to wait for what he knew had to be coming.

However, right before their lips connected, there was a sharp pain the hit Yugi's head and he yelped as someone continuously pulled back on his hair.

"Tea!" Yami let go of Yugi to force the fairy to let go of the smaller. "What is wrong with you?"

She merely scoffed and gave Yugi, who rubbing the area around the hair she had pulled, a hateful glare before turning back to instructing Malik.

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"So all you have to do is sign here, Ryou-boy," Bakura grit his teeth as the first mate let out _another_ giggle, "and then once you get the pocket watch, we'll be obligated to help you."

Ryou's eyebrows pulled together as he tried to read the exceedingly long contract, but Pegasus kept moving it so he couldn't. "There seems to be an awful lot of words just for that."

Dartz scoffed and waved his hand in the air to disregard it. "That's just a bunch of law jargon, you probably wouldn't understand half of it. It's not like it matters. It's a simple contract, what could you possibly need to read?"

"What about my brothers? Will you take them home too?"

"Of course, of course. Why wouldn't we help the brothers of the man who got me back my poor Popa's pocket watch?" Dartz watched as Pegasus yet again didn't allow Ryou to read the contract, before setting it in front of him to sign.

The younger let out another cry of frustration as the contract was pulled from his sight before he could read it one more time. "Fine! I'll sign it already!" The paper immediately stopped moving away from him, and Pegasus held out a quill as Dartz set an inkwell on a nearby toadstool.

Ryou sighed, dipping the pen into the ink a few times before shifting the paper to the dotted line at the bottom. He quickly scrawled his signature and as soon as he was done, it was yanked away from him, rolled up and put inside Pegasus' coat pocket.

Dartz smiled arrogantly. "Perfect. Now when you find where the pocket watch is," he handed him a small necklace with a dull green stone at the end, "I want you to put this on. It's something called an Orichalcos stone, like a GPS. Right now I've made its magic un-active, but as soon as it's around your neck we'll be able to find you."

The albino nodded and took the stone, feeling a slight twinge in his chest before he shook it off and slipped the necklace into his pocket. When he looked up, the three pirates were all gone and he was alone in the jungle.

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Yugi stayed back with Yami as Malik flew energetically all over the sky, calling out to Joey and Seto to reveal where they were hiding with the treasure. "So what's the treasure?"  
>Yami shrugged, crossing his arms smugly. "It's something we stole from Dartz a while back." Seeing the look Yugi gave him, he was quick to defend himself. "Hey! Dartz is a pirate so everything in the chest was stolen already, and since there's no one here but Dartz' crew and us, there was no way we could've figured out who the items belonged to," he shrugged again, "it was probably someone from your world though. Ever since Tea accidently hit Dartz' ship with some pixie dusts so he was able to travel to and from, he's been fascinated with London and everything around it."<p>

Panting slightly in exhaustion, Malik flew back to where Yami and Yugi were. "I give up. This is like a giant Marco Polo game where no one ever answers Marco."

"Malik? Yugi? Is that you?" The siblings gasped, and looked down to see Ryou staring up at them from between the tree branches with a wide smile. "What are you doing?"

Yugi laughed and did a back flip. "We're flying! Do you want to try?"

There was a long pause of silence, and Yugi knew from experience that it meant Ryou was calculating, but what he would need to calculate he had no idea. But finally, the older twin called back up to them. "Yeah!"

Ten minutes later and Ryou was erratically flying alongside them all, not used to not having anything under his feet and having a hard time believing in this pixie dust stuff. But he did have to sort of force himself, because the thought of any doubt had him dropping a few feet and he had to try and fly higher without anything to prove this could make sense. "So what are you all doing? Where's Seto and Joey?" He kept an eye on Yami, just in case the man tried to pull something.

"We're playing Find the Treasure! It's like Hide-and-Go-Seek, only a person, or in this case two, goes and hides the treasure the others have to find it."

Ryou's eyes widened at the convenience of it all. They'd be able to go home in no time! All they had to do was win this game! "Sounds easy enough."

"Yes, but Joey and Seto have this entire island as a playing field and we've been searching for a good fifteen minutes before you showed up and still haven't found anything. Where were you, by the way?" Yugi looked at his brother in curiosity, and the albino smiled nervously as he felt everyone slowly look at him as well, wondering what his answer would be.

Strangely, he couldn't bring himself to admit he had been talking to Dartz. It wasn't as if a bad thing, Dartz was the good guy, right? The one that had been wronged by Yami Atemu. Still, he dodged the question by focusing their attention on the game again. "I think we're going about this the wrong way. Instead of searching the entire island and wasting a lot of our time, why don't we just look where we least expect to find it?"

"That's not a bad idea, Ryou." Yami knew something was up, but there was nothing he could do to get the boy to speak, not if he didn't want to. "Let's do that then. Why don't we start at Skull Bay?"

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**Yugi: So this was the surprise…**

**Bakura: You're a little late there, squirt.**

**Yami: He has his reasons.**

**Marik: Was he sulking in his room?**

**Yami and Yugi: …**

**SW: Ok, so anyways…Hope you liked it even though it probably isn't up to par with my other chapters because I was rushing.**

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	6. Capture

**Marik: Where the hell have I been?**

**SW: What?**

**Marik: I've been mentioned like once! Where am I?**

**SW: Oh! Um, you'll come in…eventually…**

**Marik: You-**

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Ryou watched in confusion as Yami laughed along with his two brothers. His head was a warzone of contradictions.

On one hand, there was the fact that Dartz had seemed very convincing, and Bakura was on his side too. Plus, he had signed a binding contract, and it wouldn't feel right if he didn't keep his word. On the other, however, was how sincere Yami was acting. And as naive as Yugi might seem, he was an excellent judge of character and already looked like he trusted Yami completely. Then there was also the explanation that Yami had given him about the treasure when Yugi and Malik had gone ahead to search. It had certainly made much more sense than Dartz' but…

"So we've already checked Skull Bay, Mermaid Cove," Malik watched as Yugi shivered at the mention of the mermaids and smirked, "and the Treehouse. Anything else?"

Yami hummed and nodded his head. "Well, the only other place that wouldn't be smart to put the treasure would be Tide Rock. As soon as the sun goes down, the large rock is completely submerged in water."

Stretching and looking over at the horizon, where the sun hovered just above it, Yugi laughed. "I can't believe we've been searching all day! We're definitely cutting close."

Ryou blinked, surprised as well to find some of the light from the day had already started to fade. He had had a lot of fun, even if they hadn't found the treasure. He was becoming more and more convinced that the stories Mana had told had been true, and it certainly made his flying easier. But that meant that Dartz had been lying. His hand drifted to his pocket, where the necklace was, considering not for the first time to 'lose' it.

He caught Yami looking at him again and let his hand drift away from his pocket. Why was this so hard? It should have been a piece of cake for him to hate Yami, but it felt like he was betraying not only his brothers, but also Mana. He smiled when Yugi looked over at him as well. Until they actually found the treasure, he wasn't going to think about it. He was just going to enjoy himself and have fun.

"First one to Tide Rock loses!" Yugi blinked in shock as he saw Ryou dart past him, sending Tea, who seemed to have had forgiven him from whatever it was that made her pull his hair, spinning from her spot on his head. This wasn't the closed off, practical Ryou he knew. Still, Yugi realized as he watched Malik yell out in frustration as he tried unsuccessfully to catch up to his twin, both of them laughing, he liked it.

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Seto squeezed the space between his eyes as the blonde Lost Boy practically jumped around in excitement. "Stop squirming, mutt."

The man literally froze, before turning around to glare at the brunette. "What d'ya call me?" It came out as a growl and Seto smirked.

"You heard me. If you're going to act like a dog…" He watched stoically as Joey tensed up, his teeth clenching.

Joey launched himself at Seto with a cry, but was shoved to the ground before his fist connected. "Ya stupid prick!"

The older leaned over Joey, his blue eyes flashing with either hatred or amusement, the blonde couldn't really tell through the haze of red he was seeing. "At least I wasn't stupid enough to fall out of my carriage."

Just as Joey was about to attack Seto again, they heard a cry of victory. "We found you!" Seto looked up as his brothers landed, that's right _landed_, in front of him and Joey. He raised an eyebrow at Ryou, who just blushed and looked down as he scuffed his shoe. Yugi laughed and jumped up and down, much more excited about winning the game then the pile of treasure Malik had his eyes focused on. "We won!"

Yami raised an eyebrow at the position Joey and Seto were in, their faces inches apart. "Are we interrupting something?"

Ryou stepped off to the side as both Seto and Joey denied anything that might have been going on, much to Yami's amusement, and looked down in shock as he felt water lap at the ankles of his boots before looking back at everyone. His family looked so happy. And the treasure…it didn't look like a simple pocket watch would be in the chest full of jewels, crowns, and gold. That's what cinched it. Ryou reached into his pocket and pulled out the Orichalcos, letting it drop into the water and settle on the bottom. He laughed; it felt like a weight had been lifted off of his chest, and ran forward to join his brothers in celebrating the finding of the treasure.

Malik cackled as he tried on a crown, maneuvering to stand on top of the pile. "I'm king of the rock!"

Even though he had technically been the one to lose, Joey was flying around and celebrating with everyone. Seto rolled his eyes, looking over as Ryou joined Yugi and Tea in admiring some of the jewels that were scattered the ground. Joey saw what Malik was doing and darted forward, a smirk on his face, and pulled a single topaz out of the pile. Malik yelped as his balance shifted, and screamed as he went sliding down the rock, the treasure pouring out of its chest and coming with him.

Everyone laughed, even Seto, albeit reluctantly, as Malik's head came spluttering up out of the water he had splashed into. "It's not funny, guys! Now all the treasure's at the bottom!"

Yami shrugged and crossed his arms, leaning against a piece of the stone. "It's not like we have any use for it. Just leave it there."

"Yeah, plus there's plenty more still above the water." Yugi waded out to help his brother, who was pouting slightly, and the two of them started walked back.

Yugi, however, halted when he was about knee deep, staring into the water. No one noticed, except Yami, as everyone was still joking and threatening to push others in the water. The smaller twin bent down into the water, reaching in to grab at a beautiful necklace he could see shining beneath the surface.

He picked it up, surprised to find out the green gem on the necklace was a lot duller than he had originally thought. Yami's eyes widened and he started to run towards Yugi, who had already brought his arms up to slide the necklace over his hair and head. "Yugi! Don't put that on!"

The boy blinked and looked over at Yami, his hands letting go of the necklace to let it slide the rest of the way down to his neck. "What?"

Ryou turned to look at what Yami had yelled about and his eyes widened. "No!"

The green stone started to glow and Yugi looked down at in awe, no longer hearing the others as they yelled. A small green circle surrounded Yugi and he watched in slight fascination as a six-sided star drew itself, with Yugi at the center. He felt a small pressure on his forehead, but that was soon gone as the light around him faded.

Malik was the first one to take a step towards his older brother. "Yugi? Are you okay?" He laughed nervously, unsuccessfully trying to break the tension. "That was some light show."

"Malik, stay away from Yugi, he's-"

"I'm what, Yami?" Yugi smiled wickedly. "I feel perfectly fine. Never been better."

There was a loud war cry, and suddenly there were suddenly pirates everywhere, surrounding them. Yami reached for the dagger at his side, but before he could touch it, his arms were grabbed, and he was forced to his knees as they were yanked behind his back and tied together.

Ryou gasped in shock as he was shoved to the ground as well, Seto and Malik following. Joey leapt up into the air, but the pirates had come prepared and expertly threw ropes over the blonde and pinned him to the ground. Tea flew straight for Yami, trying to pull the hands from Yami's wrist before she was swatted to the side. She hit the floor of the cave hard and before she could get her orientation back, she was scooped up into someone's hat.

Yami's eyes narrowed as he watched Dartz exit his row boat and walk through the water, only once everyone was secured of course, and draped an arm over Yugi's shoulder. "Hello, Yami Atemu."

There was a giggle as Pegasus popped up next to Dartz and Yugi, a hat held at the top in hand, which was holding Tea by the obvious squirming of the fairy inside it. "Pleasure to see you again."

"Release Yugi from the Orichalcos. Now." Yami practically growled out, and Ryou looked over at him in shock.

"Release? But…it's-it's merely a GPS, a locator. Right?"

Dartz examined his fingernails pompously. "I might have…stretched the truth a bit about the use of the Orichalcos." He looked at the horrified face of the albino. "You understand though, don't you, Ryou? I just had to have my treasure back and you just have to get home."  
>"You're the reason the Orichalcos was here?!" Yami glared at Ryou. "You're the reason Yugi put it on? That <em>thing <em>has magic in it that Pegasus used to brainwash two of my friends!" Ryou shied away from the furious man. "And now he has Yugi…"

Yami's anger ended in a statement so pained that Ryou's heart tightened and he winced. "I'm sorry I didn't know."

"Now, now, Atemu, no need to be so harsh on the young boy. He only wanted to go home." Yami looked up and glared at Dartz. "And don't make the Orichalcos out to be such a bad thing, I merely show them the truth. Everyone has hatred and anger in them, even the innocent ones. So why hide it? Why stop from being true to yourself and hiding your feelings like irritation and frustration?"

"Yeah, besides, it's much more fun being evil." Yami watched in shock as two pirates stepped away from helping the others load the treasure into a boat and walked over to the group. The albino spoke up again. "You have no idea how pleasing it is to see you down, Yami."

The man growled, but Ryou cut off his response. "Bakura!"

Bakura looked over at the younger and rolled his eyes. "You are one of the most gullible people I have ever met. Everything I ever said to you was an act and you fell for it completely." He watched as Ryou's eyes widened and the smaller blushed even as tears pricked in his eyes at how foolish he had been. Bakura rolled his eyes as he saw the slight watering and walked over to the pirate holding him, shoving the man away and forcing Ryou to stand and holding the boy himself.

"Hey! No fair! If Bakura gets to pick one, I want one too!" The other pirate ran over to Malik and smirked down at him even as he was shoving the one holding him away. "Hello! You might already know this, but my name is Marik! What's yours, pretty?"

Malik scoffed and turned his head away. As much as he was thankful to not be kneeling on the hard rock anymore, he was still being held captive and like hell would he cooperate.

"His name's Malik, you maniac. Surely you remember that." Bakura rolled his eyes as he shoved Ryou forward, making him walk towards one of the row boats.

"Malik-pretty is mine now!" Marik forced Malik in the same direction, ignoring the protests from the boy.

Seto frowned as he was made to stand and walk as well, but was led to another boat that Joey was also being shoved in, as much as the blonde fought it off.

Finally, Yami was shoved into a standing position and made to move toward yet another boat. He turned to Dartz at the last minute and glared at the man controlling Yugi. "You'll never get away with this."

"Oh, but Atemu," Dartz' smirk was joined by Yugi's, "I already have."

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**SW: Happy? I worked you into the chapter.**

**Marik: You mean I wasn't there before?**

**SW: Eheh.**

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	7. Betrayal

**SW: Ra, I feel like compared to my other story, I'm completely rushing this one.**

**Malik: You kinda are…**

**SW: Well, that sucks. I really didn't mean to, but when I edit and fix all my stories after I finish these two, maybe I'll be able to make it better too! Plus, I realized that I completely forgot about the crocodile in this story. Guess I'll have to add that when I change it.**

**Ryou: That's the spirit!**

**Thank you to yamikage (He'll do his best, of course.), Loka-Tenshi (-.-" It wasn't entirely my own plot twist, I got it from Peter Pan 2 but thank you!), fireycloud (Don't worry! I'm sure he'll be rescued!), ak (Sorry, Mana won't be the one to save them…Don't worry I'm sure the gang'll figure something out!), and Awesometamez (Our heroes are gonna go through hell to get through this, aren't they?) for reviewing!**

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Dartz smirked as he walked across the deck of his ship, hearing two sets of feet follow him dutifully. This was perfect. Yami Atemu was captured, there were no more Lost Boys to come save him, and everything was set for the execution. Things were working out flawlessly.

He paused in front of his cabin door, turning around to face his first mate and the boy that Yami had been so worked up about. His smirk widened as an idea occurred to him. "Yami Atemu will finally be out of my hair."  
>Pegasus let out a laugh and gave a bow. "Yes, Captain Dartz, the plank is ready for whenever you command."<p>

"…But wouldn't it be even better if I could send the runt to his watery grave completely and utterly defeated?" The first mate tipped his head to the side, waiting for an explanation as Dartz turned to face Yugi. "You will tell me where his home is."

Yugi stiffened, a struggle on his face before the Orichalcos glowed brighter and his shoulders relaxed. "Why must you know?"  
>The captain frowned, was the Orichalcos malfunctioning? It had never happened before, so why had the boy been able to resist his order? "I plan to blow it up. So that he will know that I finally beat him."<p>

"Yes…" Yugi grimaced, and held a hand to his head, his next words forced out. "But-I can't-tell you."

Pegasus frowned with a nervous chuckle. "Why not, Yugi-boy? Don't you hate Yami?"

"Yes-No!...I don't…" The hand on his forehead tightened, and he closed his eyes to fight off the headache suddenly there.

"No worries, Yugi." Dartz narrowed his eyes at the obviously struggling boy. He wanted to keep Yugi under the power of the Orichalcos, and if that meant getting the location from someone else, so be it. "Go to Rafael and Alister, they will give you a job to do."

Pegasus watched as Yugi practically ran from the two, before looking at Dartz with a serious look in his eyes. "That's never happened before."

"No, but I'm sure that his resistance will weaken after Atemu's death. Besides," he grabbed the still squirming hat that Pegasus had forgotten he was holding, "I'm sure we can figure out another way to find where the man hides."

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Joey growled as he was tied to the mast, barely noticing the three other people that were with him. "Bastards! Ya never gonna get away with this! Yami'll find some way outta dis!"

He was only greeted with laughter from the pirates, but that didn't stop him from struggling. The blonde pulled against the ropes one more time before hearing a small squeak of pain. "Who's dere?"

"Really, idiot mutt, did you not notice you weren't alone?" Seto laced his voice with sarcasm, smirking as he watched Joey turn left and right, seeing Seto and Malik sitting on either sides of the mast next to him.

Joey looked at the two for a minute, trying to decide which one had been the one to make the sound he had heard, but neither seemed like the 'squeaking' type. "Which one a' ya is hurt?"

"Oh, um," he heard a quiet, hesitant voice from behind him, and realized that someone was tied opposite to him, "you were pulling the ropes and squeezed me a little too tight."

He blinked, before nodding and reluctantly relaxing. "Sorry, Ry, didn't know ya were there."

"It's okay…this is all my fault anyways. So I guess if you want to take out some anger it should be on me." The three others looked at one another before focusing on the smallest, who was obviously wallowing in guilt.

Malik was the first to speak up. "I don't think it was your fault, Ryou. I mean, you had been trying to get rid of the thing all day, weren't you?"

"You noticed?"

"You were hiding something, we could all see that." Seto snorted and let his head fall back against the wood he was tied to. "Even I noticed and I had only been with you a short time before all this happened."

Joey nodded, he didn't really know the albino, but he didn't seem like that bad of a person. He was about to add in his two cents as well when he heard footsteps halt behind him, or in front of Ryou.

"Hello, guys."

"Yugi!" Malik strained against his rope to try and turn towards his older brother, causing Seto to grunt as his room to breathe was suddenly constricted. "Are you okay? How come you aren't tied up? Hurry up and let us out!"  
>There was a laugh and Joey held back a growl at not being able to see what was going on. "You can't be serious, right, Malik?" Yugi let out another chuckle when the younger didn't answer his question. "This is my chance to be rid of you all. You never believed me and this is where it got you. I'm just disappointed this whole thing isn't going to be over until tomorrow, I can't wait to see you squirm."<p>

"Yugi, please, snap out of it! This isn't you!" A slap ran through the air and Joey winced in sympathy when he heard Ryou trying to hold back tears, the whimpers and sniffles echoing in the silence that followed.

The violet-eyed boy scoffed. "You obviously don't know anything about me. I haven't changed, the Orichalcos just allows me to be myself. For once in my life." He started walking away, crossing in front of Seto, letting Joey seeing him for the first time. The boy had discarded the blue pajamas he had been wearing before, now in brown, loose pants, with a dark violet shirt and white cloth belt. When he noticed Joey staring, he turned his head to glare.

Yugi was about to keep walking when Joey saw him hesitate and stop. His hands were shaking and the blonde's eyebrows furrowed as he tried to figure out was wrong. One of Yugi's hands reached around to the back of his belt and his eyes widened as he saw the knife that was hidden there. Was Yugi going to try and kill him?

In a movement that looked like it caused the boy a lot of pain, Yugi grabbed his dagger and pulled it out, holding it for a shaky moment before letting it drop to the ground. Then, as if the incident had never happened, Yugi walked away, opening a door and going down a set of stairs that Joey knew led to the brig. He had been rescued from it more than once by Yami.

Still, he glanced at the innocent-looking knife and smiled. Yugi had to be fighting the Orichalcos. He uncrossed his legs from their position underneath him, stretching and reaching with his feet to try and grab the knife. Joey heard Ryou protest and mumbled an apology as his foot brushed the handle of the dagger. Finally, he was able to bring it closer, bending his legs awkwardly so that it pushed the blade close enough for his fingers to grab.

With a fluid, practiced motion, Joey flipped the knife around in his hands, already starting on cutting the rope that held him

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Tea huffed, crossing her arms and turning away from Dartz. The man had trapped her in a _lantern_, for Ra's sake. Do you know how insulting that was for a fairy? She wasn't a firefly! Plus, he was Yami's enemy. There was no way she was going to help the man.

"Oh, come now, my girl. Don't you understand my position?"

She rolled her eyes and looked over her shoulder at him, raising an eyebrow. "You want to hurt Yami. Why would I tell you anything?"  
>Dartz blinked, before a sympathetic smile spread across his features, unnerving the fairy a bit before she turned around with a huff. "You don't know do you?" Not bothering to wait for a response, Dartz set his plan into motion. "Yami Atemu has escaped."<p>

"What?!" Tea quickly ran to the side of the lantern facing Dartz and placed her hands on the glass, trying to ignore the quick flash of betrayal that went through her. "He did?"

The man nodded solemnly. "Yes, and as soon as he did, do want to know what he demanded first? Yugi." He watched the girl stiffen, her ears turning a little red. "They had quite a reunion, those two. I'm still mad at my crew for not being able to capture them while they were distracted with each other." Dartz gave a hearty laugh. "Oh, to be young and in love."

Tea slid to her knees, trying to convince herself that it wasn't true. There was no way some little boy who came here not even a day ago could have stolen Yami's heart. It didn't make sense! She had been with Yami for _years_, didn't she deserve his love more than Yugi? What made him so much better than her?

She frowned, her face turning even redder as she let her thoughts take an angry turn. Screw that Yugi! She definitely deserved Yami more, and there was no way that she was going to let some little squirt take away her chances. Tea clenched her fists. All she needed to was get Yugi out of the picture and then Yami would be all hers again.

As if sensing what she was thinking, Dartz pounded against the table, hearing a small shout as the lantern shook. "If only I could separate them somehow! If I could get Yugi back in my grasp then everything would work out."

Tea gasped. It was perfect! If Dartz took care of Yugi then she'd be able to comfort Yami and have him over the runt in no time! And if he was over Yugi, then he wouldn't fall for any traps that Dartz set for him! She would just have to cooperate with the villain for a little while before ditching him. Looking at the captain from the corner of her eyes, Tea gave a nervous smile. "I could help you get Yugi."

"Really? You would do that, for me?" Dartz hid a smirk as the girl nodded. "I happen to know that Yami left Yugi alone in their little home, do you think that you could show me where it is?"

Tea nodded again and stepped out of the lantern as it was hastily unlocked. She jumped a bit when a map of Neverland was suddenly shoved at her and she considered it for a moment before flying over to an inkwell and coating the bottom of her shoes.

Then she flew back over to the map, careful not to drip any ink, and started to walk across the map, listening as Dartz hastily copied down the directions. Finally, she stopped, and gave a proud nod. Suddenly, she was grabbed and slammed back into the lantern, hearing a loud cackle before she watched Dartz leave the room.

The man closed the door to his cabin behind him, the fairy's protests becoming muffled and quiet, and he shook his head, smirking. "A jealous female can be tricked into anything."

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**SW: And there you have it. Chapter Seven.**

**Bakura: Took you long enough.**

**SW: Yeah, yeah. Now back to Supernatural!**

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	8. Escape

**SW: I am shocked that this story is almost over.**

**Ryou: Yeah, compared to Supply and Demand this is nothing.**

**SW: I think I just needed a short story to get my mind flowing more for the longer one. But in any case, there's only like one or two more chapters left in this one. **

**Thank you to Awesometamez (Yeah, Tea isn't the smartest around. Of course I wouldn't kill off **_**everyone, **_**just maybe…a few people.) and GMW (Yeah, Dartz is just easy to portray as deceiving. I'm sure the gang will be able to find a way out of this mess.) for reviewing!**

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Yami looked up at the sound of footsteps walking towards him. He smirked. "What, don't think these chains are enough to hold me? Now I need a gua-" His voice died when he saw just who was coming to stand watch over him.

Violet eyes narrowed at him as Yugi walked over to the opposite wall, grabbing the chair that was there and setting it in front of the cell before sitting on it and staring at Yami.

"Yugi…" There was no response from the boy and he leaned back against the wall that his chains were attached to, staring at the ceiling.

Silence filled the room, except for the occasional wave crashing against the hull of the ship, and Yami closed his eyes, feeling useless. He wasn't used to this, there was always something he could do, a plan that he could put into action. Everything had started to go downhill the moment Bakura and Marik had been captured.

"Are you-" Yami looked at Yugi in shock as he gritted his teeth, as if the very concept of talking was painful. "-okay?" Even though the words came out sarcastic and spiteful, it let Yami know that Yugi was at least trying to fight the Orichalcos.

"Yes, I'm fine." Maybe he could find a way to get Yugi to break the spell over him. "And you?"

Yugi scoffed and rolled his eyes, but squirmed in his seat. "Why would you care?"

"Because I like you."

"Yeah. Right." The smaller crossed his arms and glared at the man behind bars. "When are you going to realize that the only true emotion there is, is hate?"

Yami frowned. "That's not true, and I know the real Yugi would agree with me. From what I've seen of him, my Yugi hardly knows what it is to feel hate."

The boy let out a small laugh, but it sounded forced to Yami. "You barely even know me! I _am _the real Yugi. The one that's always bottled up and pushed aside. Now I finally get my chance to be myself."

The other went silent for a minute, thinking about what he was going to say next. "It's true that I did just meet you, but I don't doubt for a second that the true Yugi, the one who believed in me when his brothers told him not to, the one who could laugh past anything, is in there fighting. And I'm going to help him get out."

"Good luck." Yami blinked, was that sincere? The moment passed as Yugi gave a cackle. "You'll need it to bring out a Yugi that doesn't exist."

"As touching as this scene is…" Yami looked up as Bakura stepped out from the shadows, coming up behind Yugi. Yami's eyes narrowed into a glare at the man, who just smirked and shrugged, not caring that his once-friend looked ready to rip his guts out. "we need to get going."

Yugi looked over his shoulder in confusion. "Get going where? The execution isn't supposed to be until-"

The was a small groan as Yugi's eyes rolled up back into his head, and Yami stared in shock as the younger slumped forward. He would've fallen off the chair as well if Bakura, who had been the one to skillfully press the spot on Yugi's neck that knocked him out, hadn't grabbed his shoulders and leaned him back into the chair.

"What? Why did you do that?" Yami felt a shot of possessiveness go through him at the thought of Bakura touching and harming his Yugi.

Bakura rolled his eyes and reached for the jewel around Yugi's neck and slipped it out, chucking it at the wall and watching in satisfaction as it shattered. "You have no idea how long it took us to capture you."

The man felt hopelessly out of the loop as Bakura hefted Yugi over his shoulder and reached for the key on the wall next to the cell. "What are you talking about?"

"Is Atemu-Pharaoh out yet?" A voice called out from the top of the staircase leading to the deck, before Marik launched himself down to the brig with a cackle. "What's taking Bakura-thief so long?"

"Damn it, I told you not to call me that! I know you can just say my name, you did it at Tide Rock." He rolled his eyes and readjusted the still limp Yugi. "And I know you can talk normal as well, you always do it around Pegasus and Dartz."

Marik just laughed again and took the key from Bakura, moving to unlock the cage that surrounded a thoroughly confused Yami. "Sorry, Bakura-thief. It's too easy to annoy Bakura-thief when Marik talks like this." He jumped inside the cell, ignoring the growl from Bakura, and unlocked the chains holding Yami before hauling the man to his feet. "C'mon. Marik wants to go to Malik-pretty now."

"Ra damn it, Marik!"

"Doesn't Bakura-thief want to find Ryou-white too?" He cackled again at the yell Bakura gave, dropping Yugi and launching himself at the blonde.

The man dodged the attack, letting Bakura fall to the ground, and turned towards the stairs, his face taking on a serious expression. "Now's not the time to joke around, Bakura, we need to figure out a plan to finally take Dartz down."

Bakura grumbled and rubbed his face, feeling the need to hit it against the wall a few times, before he looked at Yami. "Pharaoh over here looks like he needs an explanation first, though."

Before they could however, a groan from the smallest in the group alerted them to the fact that Yugi was waking up. "What happened? Where am I?"

"Yugi? Are you okay?" Yami looked over at the boy, blocking out the sound of Bakura's snort. "What do you remember?"  
>"I was…" Yugi rubbed his head and looked around the room in confusion, "We were at Tide Rock and then I put that necklace on and everything goes a little fuzzy. Where is everyone else?"<br>"Tied to the mast waiting for their execution." Bakura rolled his eyes at the horrified gasp Yugi gave, his annoyance growing as he watched Yami reach over to comfort his look-alike. "You'll regain the memories of when you were under the power of the Orichalcos in a few minutes. But we don't have that kind of time. We need to get going." He started to walk towards the stairs, pausing when he heard Yami give a protest.

"Why should we go anywhere with you?" Yami once again narrowed his eyes at Bakura and Marik in suspicion. "For all I know you could still be under the control of the Orichalcos."

Bakura huffed and turned to face Yami again. "Listen here, Pharaoh. We only pretended to be under the power of the Orichalcos after the man gave me a dud and I took off Marik's. We were going to wait until Dartz had captured you and help you take him down from the inside." He shared a look with the crazed blonde before jerking his head to the brig. "We didn't think it would take the idiot so long to actually do it. We've been itching to start something, but you just had to be able to get out of practically every trap, didn't you?"

"So…you're saying you've been out to help Yami all this time?" Yugi looked up as the two 'traitors' nodded. "That's great! Now you can be friends again!"

"Look kid, we were never friends." Bakura growled out, earning a squeak from Yugi. "The Pharaoh just happens to be a good ally in taking Dartz down."

"Bakura and Marik each have their own reasons for wanting Dartz out of the picture, but you warm up to them after a while." Yami smirked at the pained face Bakura made and Marik let out a laugh.

"So that means Atemu-Pharaoh believes us, yes?" Yami hesitated for a moment before nodding and standing up, pulling Yugi with him. "That means we can go to Malik-pretty now!"

Marik practically sprinted up the stairs and opening the door that led to the main deck. He stared at the absolute chaos that was in front of him, before give a whoop and leaping into the fray. Bakura, Yami, and Yugi followed the man up the stairs, wondering what all the noise was, as they stepped out into the open air.

It looked like a riot had erupted in the crew, but as Bakura scanned the crowd, his skilled eyes taking in the pool of rope that was around the mast, he saw that it was the once-prisoners fighting back. How they had escaped was a mystery to him, but it certainly made things easier.

There was a flash of white in the corner of his vision and he looked over to see Ryou curled up behind some crates, unaware that there was a pirate creeping up to his hiding place. He growled and made his way through the melee, quickly reaching the pirate that had spotted the small albino. He unsheathed his sword and disarmed the other in one fluid movement, not even taking time to admire the completely shocked look on the other pirate's face before he sent him overboard, the man landing with a loud splash.

Ryou gasped, but tried to cover up the noise with his mouth, curling up into a tighter ball and hoping beyond hope that whoever had just been sent into the water wasn't one of his brothers.

"Ryou!" He looked up at the sound of Yugi's voice, not filled with the hate he had heard before, and watched as his twin ran over to his hiding place. "I'm so sorry!"

The albino let out a yelp as he was tackle-hugged, and his eyes widened as his new position allowed him to see Bakura fighting off another pirate. Deciding that he could think about that fact later, he turned to his brother. "Are you okay?"  
>"Yes, I'm so sorry! I didn't mean anything of what I said, and I certainly didn't mean to hit you…" Yugi blinked at the bright smile Ryou sent him, rolling off his brother so that they both could sit up.<p>

"It's okay, Yugi. You couldn't control your actions. There was nothing you could have done." Ryou let a small smirk grace his features. "If anything, you saved us. Joey was able to cut us free with the knife you gave him and now they're fighting their way to the captain's cabin, where Tea is being held." He pouted. "Apparently pixie dust runs out quickly if you don't use it often enough."

Yugi nodded and peeked over the crates they were hiding behind, surprised to see Bakura still standing in front of them defensively. "Bakura? Don't you want to go fight? Haven't you been waiting for this?"  
>"Dartz isn't here and neither is Pegasus. Why would I help Yami get his stupid fairy friend back if there isn't anything in it for me?" He scoffed and crossed his arms, leaning against a crate as he watched the pirates that might have noticed he was protecting something got distracted by the reinforcement Yami and Marik gave.<p>

Ryou smiled, knowing that that was only half the reason. As Yugi shrugged and sat back down to wait out the fight, knowing he wouldn't be much help, Ryou leaned forward and whispered, "Thank you," before joining his brother with a blush on his face. He heard Bakura splutter, but the man didn't outright deny anything, which made a smile come to his face.

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**SW: Hooray! Everyone's safe!...Why is it so easy for me to write tendershipping? Like really? My easiest used to be puzzleshipping, but now…**

**Ryou: Who knows? I don't mind it.  
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	9. Tea

**SW: WHOO! We did it!**

**Yugi: Hooray, way to go everybody!  
>SW: In case, you didn't know, SOPA is back and hopefully many of you have been signing the petition to stop it and we reached the goal of 100,000! Yes!<strong>

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The fighting stopped with a loud boom that resonated through the air, and everyone's attention pulled toward the billowing tower of smoke that was rising into the air.

"The Treehouse! Yami!" Joey launched over to his friend, the two still having not been able to have a true reunion, and looked over once more in the direction of their home. "You don't think…"

Yami growled and his eyes narrowed. He turned around, ignoring the suddenly cheering pirates, and stalked over to where he knew Yugi was hiding, a group of barrels being guarded by Bakura. "Yugi!"

The boy's head popped up happily, but his smile faded when he saw the potentially dangerous look on the other's face. "Yes?"

"Did you tell them the location of the Treehouse when you were under the spell of the Orichalcos?" Yami tried to keep his voice from sounding threatening, but from the wince Yugi gave, he knew he hadn't succeeded entirely.

"No! Why would you think that I…" His eyes drifted away from Yami's and caught sight of what had the man worried. "No, I know I didn't. I got my memories back, and I remember him asking but I told him no."

Bakura raised an eyebrow at the smaller. "You resisted an order from Dartz himself? Impressive." Yugi blushed and the albino focused his attention on the blackness covering a portion of the horizon, a wild smirk spreading across his. "I can bet I know where Dartz and Pegasus are now."

"Does this mean Marik can kill the bastards who think they control Marik?" The platinum blonde chopped down a pirate that was cheering a little too loudly for his tastes as he made his way over to the four, leaving Joey, Malik, and Seto to handle the fight that was slowly resuming. He grinned maniacally as he looked over at Bakura. "Bakura-thief wants to kill them too, Marik knows."

Yami rolled his eyes, squeezing the space between his eyes and wondering why he ever wanted to get the two of them back. "Marik. Normal speech."

The grin on Marik's face just got wider. "Don't tell Marik it annoys Atemu-Pharaoh too? Maybe Marik likes talking like-"

"Marik!" The man's head jerked around, looking over towards where he heard his name called.

Yugi gasped and his twin's head popped up next to him as they watched on the opposite side of the ship as Malik, who was gripping a cutlass in front of him, slowly got pushed back to the railing. Five pirates had decided it would be fun to gang up on the smallest of those fighting back and were laughing as they took turns slashing their own swords, the laughs growing when Malik was barely able to block them.

"Looks like someone needs me." He looked back at Yami with a smirk, already walking backwards to where Malik was. "Let me know when we're going kill Dartz. I wanna be there." Marik turned around and ran over to the other side of the ship with a cackle, slicing down one unsuspecting pirate before launching at the second one as they turned their attention away from Malik to him.

Yami nodded and looked over to where the door to the captain's quarters was. "I'm thinking Tea is in there. I'm going to go get her, Yugi and Ryou you stay here with Bakura."

"Hey, what makes you think _I_ want to stay here?!" The complaint fell on deaf ears as Yami started running towards to the staircase that led to the upper decks, taking out anyone who stood in his way. Bakura grumbled a bit more before he leaned back against one of the barrels, his sixth sense prickling when he felt a pair of eyes staring at him.

He turned a glare to them, rolling his own eyes when he heard the owner of those chocolate orbs give a high-pitched squeak and dip behind the barrels with his brother again. Looking back at the battle, Bakura smirked at the slowly diminishing number of still standing pirates. Those few were starting to realize that even though they had outnumbered the enemy beforehand, the tables were quickly being turned around and some had even made the stupid decision of jumping over the sides of the boat in hopes of swimming to the shore and escape.

But Bakura knew of the terrible things that inhabited those waters and smirked when he heard those foolish enough to go in met their demise by those very monsters.

Only four remained now, all of them sticking together in a clump for better protection. Seto and Joey easily maneuvered them over to the staircase that led to the brig, knocking one out in the process. They seemed to be on the same train of the thought, because Seto broke away from the fight to open the door leading down while Joey continued to fight and push the last three pirates back.

As the first one took a tumble down the stairs, the others looked behind to see what was wrong and Joey rushed them in their moment of distraction. With a tackle that would've made any football player proud, Joey sent the other two down the stairs after the first, scrambling back to let Seto close and barricade the door shut.

Joey let out a whoop, running over to slap a scowling Seto on the back. Malik was stiffly ignoring the approaches of Marik, tenderly making his way over to the barrels his brothers were hid behind by tiptoeing over and around the knocked out or dead pirates. Bakura yawned and looked over to the upper decks, where Yami still had to emerge from Dartz' room.

"Is it over?" Yugi peeked over his head as he heard no sounds of fighting, and paled at the sight of the carnage on the deck.

It seemed like there wasn't a spot that _didn't _have a body lying over it, and he quickly lowered his head again. Covering his mouth and holding down Ryou's shoulder when his twin made a move to look for himself, Yugi swallowed back the bile that had risen up from his stomach.

There was a slam of a door and everyone tensed, before seeing that it was Yami that had stormed out of the captain's quarters. Joey tilted his head to the side, blinking and wondering what could have his leader so mad before he noticed the sparkling form flittering around Yami's head. "Tea!"

The fairy ignored Joey, instead trying to talk to the man storming down the stairs to the main deck. "You have to understand, Yami! He tricked me, he said he wasn't going to hurt you!"

"And he didn't, Tea." The growl echoed across the silent ship, everyone watching the scene unfold. "But he did destroy our home. What could he have possible told you to make you reveal the location of the Treehouse?"

"I-I, he told me you escaped and had left me behind, Yami!" The fairy buried her head in her hands, starting to cry.

Yugi heard the sobs and stepped out from behind the barrels, moving towards where the fairy was in hopes to comfort her, making sure to never look at the bodies he was stepping over. "Tea? It's okay, Yami isn't mad at you, he's mad at Dartz."

The fairy stiffened and turned around to face Yugi, her tear-streaked face going red. "Shut up, Yugi Mutou! This is all your fault!"

Violet eyes widened as the face around them paled. "Wh-what do you mean?"

"I hate you! How could you betray me like that! I thought we were friends! Friends stick up for each other and support them!" Yugi took a step back in fright as the fairy flew up in front of his face. "They don't stab each other in the back!"

"What did I-" What if he had done something while he was under the Orichalcos? Even though he thought he had regained all of his memories, what if his mind had blocked out a part that he wouldn't have wanted to remember? His mouth went dry and tears pricked his eyes. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to. I'm sorry."

"You should be! I hate you!" Yugi winced and bowed his head, already accepting the fact that there was something horrible that he had done to his friend. It was tearing him up from the inside. His heart and his stomach were revolting; both of them feeling like ten daggers were repeatedly stabbing into them as they dropped to his shoes.

"Yugi, what did you do?" Malik walked over to Yugi, batting a huffing Tea away for a moment to try and make sense of this whole situation.

"I don't remember!" Yugi buried his head in his hands, starting to sob and feeling foolish for every minute of it, because he knew everyone was staring at him. "I'm sorry! I don't-don't remember! Bu-But I did something horrible, I-I know! I'm s-sorry!"

Malik's eyes narrowed, before his anger turned to Tea, who was still glaring at his older brother, a spark of satisfaction in her eyes. "Well, let's hear it. What did he do? Because he doesn't remember and none of us would know."

There was a brief moment where Tea's confidence fled her, and Malik's disbelief in her grew as she quickly picked up her act of an angry and betrayed friend. "It's obvious, isn't it? Yugi tricked me! He told me that he wasn't under the Orichalcos anymore and then made me show him the way to the Treehouse on a map because Yami had escaped and we were going to meet him there."

Bakura scoffed, finally making his way over to the group with Ryou at his side. "That doesn't make any sense and you know it." He let his eyes slide over to another spectator, who was still glaring at Tea in anger, his crossed arms saying he didn't believe her either. "Not only does that not match the story that you were just telling Yami, but why would Yugi ask you to show him the way on a map when you could have just flown with him there?"

Yami nodded. "And I would have never left Yugi behind."

"That's exactly why I hate him!" Tea screamed, spinning around in a circle, trying to find at least one set of eyes looking at her that believed her story. "Don't you see? He's fooling all of you with his pitiful act! He's tricking you into thinking he's the innocent one, but actually he's-"

"Are you saying I should turn on my own brother? My own twin? That you know him better than I do? I'm sorry but that's not going to work." Ryou's eyes narrowed dangerously as Tea's widened, frightened for a moment at how similar Bakura and Ryou appeared.

Seto rolled his eyes and crossed his arms. "Yugi could barely hurt a fly. There's no way we're going to believe he hurt someone he believed to be his friend." His eyes glanced over to his younger brother, who was staring around in shock, tears still rolling down his face as if he was surprised that everyone was supporting him and not Tea. "Even when he hit Ryou and he was under the Orichalcos, I could see for a moment on his face that he regretted it."

Tea yelled in frustration. "You have got to be kidding me?! There is no way anyone is that innocent! I don't believe it! He's the one who stole Yami from me!"

"Is that what this is about?" There was a dangerous tone to Yami's voice and the fairy froze before turning to face the man. "Tea, I have known what you've felt for me for a while now, but I never have, and after today, never will, feel the same. I had hoped your feelings would fade, so I never talked with you about it, yet they've only ever caused me problems. If you can't learn to accept the fact that I don't like you back, then you can't stay."

"Wh-what? What are you saying, Yami?"  
>Marik cackled. "What he's saying is that you need to ditch if you're gonna keep being a bitch!"<p>

"What an eloquent way to put it." Malik stated without expression, ignoring the kiss Marik blew his way.

Tea felt tears prick her eyes at the lack of support she was getting. "Fine! If that's the way you want it!" She gave one final huff and put her nose the sky before flying off towards the shore, a trail of pixie dust following after her.

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**SW: I feel horrible for the late update. REALLY sorry!**

**Malik: Psh, that's what you always say, but you never do anything to change it.**

**SW: I said I was sorry! There is nothing more I can do!**

**Marik: I agree with Malik-pretty. Just give up on the whole writing thing, you're obviously not cut out for it.**

**Malik: I didn't say that!**

**Marik: But you were thinking it.**

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	10. Bomb

**SW: Ok, this is the third or fourth to last chapter.**

**Yugi: I can't believe this went by so quickly.**

**SW: Yeah, I'm definitely going to have a lot to fix when I get around to editing this.**

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Yami expertly guided the ship towards the shoreline, yelling for Bakura and Marik to drop the anchor before they got too close and would be unable to pull the ship away. They had thrown all the dead pirates overboard, and all the live ones, unconscious or not, down into the brig, so they were the only ones on the deck.

There was a small lurch as the ship came to a halt and Yami moved away from the wheel to meet where everyone was gathered in the middle of the ship. "Alright. This is it." He looked to the horizon where light was steadily growing. Had it really only been a single night?

Marik grinned and nodded, jumping from foot to foot eagerly. "Marik wants to kill someone."

"You look like you're about to piss yourself." Malik rolled his eyes at Marik, ignoring the man's over-exaggerated cry of despair at how Malik didn't love him, and focused on Yami. "So how are we going to do this? Dartz is going to learn a tough lesson today for even thinking he could mess with the Mutous." Seto nodded in agreement to the statement, glaring at where there was still smoke billowing on the horizon.

"We're leaving Ryou and Yugi here, for starters." The man looked over at the two, then glanced over at the barricaded door that led to the brig. "Malik, I think you should stay here too."

Malik gave a cry of protest. "What? No, I'm just as good a fighter as-"

"Which is why I need you to stay here in case something happens." Yami smirked when Malik couldn't come up with an argument to that. "Bakura, Marik, do you know if your dust has run out yet?"

There was a small bark of laughter and Bakura crossed his arms. "You're kidding, right? We could barely fly when Tea was with us constantly, and you expect us to still have that faith and trust B.S.?"

"Marik agrees with Bakura-thief. We can't fly." Marik seemed to have gotten over the fact that Malik was practically ignoring him, and was once again energetically bouncing, now holding a dagger and dragging it across the skin of his thumb.

"Which leaves Joey and I as the only one who can." Yami sighed and shook his head. "Guess we'll have to take two and then come back for the third after dropping the others at the shore."

Bakura scoffed. "There's no way I'm hitching a ride with either of you two idiots. I'll take a life boat."

"Marik'll go with Bakura-thief."

"Not if you don't stop talking like that." Bakura turned and started walking to the edge of the ship where there were two lifeboats hanging over the water.

Seto eyed the two maniacs and then grunted, begrudgingly crossing his arms. "I don't want to be stuck alone with those two for any extended amount of time."

"So dat means ya comin' wit' me, right?"  
>"Unfortunately." Seto grumbled under his breath as he grabbed at Joey's arm, the two of them lifting off the deck of the ship and starting towards ground.<p>

Yami spared one last glance and Bakura and Marik as their boat touched water. "You sure you don't want a lift?"  
>"I swear that if you so much as try to pick me up, I will cut off your arm."<p>

Yami rolled his eyes and looked back at the three remaining brothers, his feet already lifting off the ground. "Stay safe, got it?"  
>Yugi nodded, answering for them all, nervously wringing his hands together. "You too."<p>

"We won't be gone long, don't worry." Yami rose up further and launched himself after Joey, making sure that Bakura and Marik were moving at a decent speed through the water.

Even with Yami's statement, Malik ran to the side of the boat and leaned over the edge to stare at Marik. "You better come back, Marik, you hear? Or else I'll beat you so hard you won't even be able to walk."

"I love you, Malik-pretty!" Malik rolled his eyes, not hearing the words but the tone of the teasing remark Bakura made, and turned back to his brothers.

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Yami was staring at the boat while he, Joey, and Seto waited for Bakura and Marik and shook his head to try and remove the image of violet eyes that appeared whenever he closed his own. He heard the lifeboat hit the shore and looked over to see Marik and Bakura watching the ship as they pulled the boat up into the sand.

He smirked and let his eyes wander back to where Malik, Ryou, and Yugi were waiting. If Yami knew Bakura and Marik like he thought he did, then they were in the same situation as he was, and not minding a moment of it. They were screwed.

Turning around to try and get his mind off of a shorter, happier, cuter version of himself, and failing miserably at it, Yami faced the jungle they would have to trek through to get to the Treehouse.

"'Ey, Yams…" The man looked over at Joey, who was also staring into the foliage. "It's been a few 'ours since, ya know, da explosion, so what if Dartz 'n Pegasus aren't dere when we get dere? Dey coulda left by now."

Marik cracked his knuckles and joined the group staring down the jungle. "Then we'll just have to track them down until we find them. They don't know the island like we do. We'll be able to maneuver better and faster."

"Yes." Yami pushed through about three feet of bushes, until he came to a grass-covered path. One that would lead them straight to the Treehouse, without them having to go through the hassle of trekking through new high plants and batting aside vines and branches. He turned around to smirk at the group who had followed him. "Don't worry. We'll catch them in no time."

The group of five quickly started to move, Joey and Yami flying forward, leaving Bakura, Marik, and Seto to catch up. Each one of them wanted to be the one to catch Dartz and make him pay for everything he had put them through.

They reached the clearing that held the Treehouse quickly enough, and slowed down to check their surroundings for any sign of Dartz or Pegasus.

"Hello, Yami-boy."

Yami turned with a loud cry, his sword pointed to a figure sitting in the tree. But he didn't have time to say anything to the man because as soon as saw Pegasus, the ground shook and everything went black.

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Yugi jumped as another explosion rang through the air. He turned to look the cloud of grayish dust that was rising next to the black cloud that was the Treehouse. Swallowing roughly at the damage his nerves were taking, Yugi immediately assumed the worst and turned his worried gaze to his brothers.

Ryou was biting a nail nervously, staring at the cloud of dust like Yugi had been not a minute ago, so his twin was no help in calming his mind. Malik, on the other hand, had just stood up from their position of leaning against the main mast and was scrambling over to where a sword was lying on the ground. He watched as his younger brother took a protective stance in front of them, glaring at something in the water.

Leaning around to see what could've caught Malik's eyes, Yugi gasped at the sight of Bakura and Marik's lifeboat making its way towards the ship, but there was only one form in it. And he had teal-colored hair.

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**SW: I'm sorry for updating this so late! Good news though is that my schedule is starting to clear up, so I'll be able to start writing chapters earlier!  
>Malik: Yeah…scrambling to write an entire chapter in one and a half hours the night you're supposed to post it isn't as fun as it sounds.<strong>

**SW: It's not even possible. Which is why this chapter is way shorter than normal! I'll make it up to you all! Promise!**

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	11. Game

**SW: Phew, at least it's Spring Break. Now I can write without being interrupted by stupid things like school and homework.**

**Bakura: *scoff* Just give up. Your writing will never be as good as you want it to be.**

**SW: Your insults only motivate me further!  
>Bakura: …Damn it.<strong>

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Yugi felt a nervous drop of sweat on the back of his neck. If that was Dartz, then where was the rest of their group? Were they captured? Were they dead? Shaking _that _morbid thought from his head, Yugi left his spot behind Malik and made his way over to the side of the ship where the cannons were sitting, determined not to be completely useless.

He stared at the large metal weapon, then at the heavy cannonballs that were set next to it. Yugi nodded before reaching down to lift one up, grunting at the weight. He heard footsteps run over to him, and looked over to see Ryou struggling to push the cannon back so Yugi could load it.

Closing his eyes for a moment at the thought of the extra work he'd have had to do because he had forgotten to move the cannon, Yugi nodded to his twin before placing the cannonball at the entrance of the weapon and let the ammo roll down to the end.

"Wait…" Yugi paused and looked at Ryou, who seemed to be looking around for a match. "D-Don't we need gunpowder in the cannon first?"  
>Ryou paused in his search, back straightening before he smacked his forehead. "Yeah. Yeah, we do. Instead of going through the trouble of getting that cannonball out, why don't we just move to the next one and do it there?"<p>

"We don't have time!" The two looked over to Malik, seeing him starting to cut the ropes that would allow Dartz to lift the lifeboat up out of the water. "Get a sword and help me get rid of this rope!"  
>They nodded and scrambled across the deck, each grabbing the first weapon they could; Ryou what looked to be a hunting knife and Yugi a small dagger. They quickly made their way over back to the side of the ship and started on the remaining ropes, since Malik had already cut two. There was a small thump, and they looked down to see the life boat had hit the side of the ship.<p>

Dartz started to climb up the side of the ship by using two daggers to grip onto the wood, since the ropes had all fallen into the water already. "It's no use! You don't stand a chance against me!"

Malik heard his brothers scrambling back to the middle of the deck, but he scowled straight down at the mismatched eyes of Dartz. "Yeah, right." He held his sword out and let it fall, blade first, toward the captain to the ship. Scowling when Dartz moved out of the way so that it only grazed his cheek, Malik moved back. He grabbed another abandoned sword and held it in a ready stance, prepared to protect his older brothers.

There was a grunt as Dartz hauled himself over the edge of the ship, and then a scream of pain as a knife lodged itself in the man's hand. Malik looked back at a paler than normal Ryou, who still had his arm out from when he had thrown.

"Good one, Ryou! You're a natural!" The albino nodded stiffly, his pale skin suddenly taking on a greenish color, and Malik turned and moved to stand in front of his brother to allow him time to recover.

Dartz growled, grasping the knife's handle and yanking it from his hand, staring at the blood-covered blade as if surprised that someone had actually hit him. Without warning, he threw it back and Malik flinched, waiting for the hit that never came.

He heard a gasp and looked over to see Yugi leaning against the mast, holding the shoulder that had the knife embedded in it, the dagger that he had obviously been preparing to throw dropping from his hand. Malik paled as blood dripped onto the deck and Yugi whimpered.

"Yugi!" Ryou ran over to his twin, hands hovering over the wound as if trying to decide whether or not to touch it.

Malik turned back to Dartz as the man let out a cackle and he once again got into a defensive position, shuffling so that he blocked the man's view of his brothers. The tip of his sword trembled slightly, and he glared at it for a moment, trying not to think about what that could mean.

"Nervous, young boy? As you should be." Dartz drew his sword as he started to walk towards the small group of three. "After that little stunt, I don't plan on having any mercy."

"Bring it on, bastard!" He licked his lips, hoping for a moment that Marik, Seto, Yami, hell even Tea, would show up to give him a hand. There was no way he would be able to hold up against Dartz for long.

The man smirked, his gold and green eyes flashing. "As you wish."

Malik let out a burst of air as Dartz launched himself forward and brought his sword up just in time to block the attack that would've chopped him two. He widened his stance as Dartz continued to press his sword down, trying not to give any ground. This wasn't going to end well.

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Bakura sprinted into the clearing that had once held the Treehouse, his ears ringing. The blast that he had heard had shaken the ground under his feet and he was sure had been loud enough to give him permanent ear damage. Yami and Joey were probably caught up in that blast. That's what those idiots get for rushing ahead and not waiting for any of them. He looked behind him as Marik and Seto entered the clearing, before taking in the scene in front of him.

Not only was the Treehouse now composed of only rubble, but there was a large crater about twenty feet from it, right where the tree line started. There was nothing left behind where the crater was and Bakura narrowed his eyes at it, already getting a bad feeling.

"Hello, Bakura-boy!" The man growled and turned around to look up at Pegasus, who was positioned in a tree about thirty feet away from him, in the opposite direction of the crater. "How about we play a game, hm?"

"Bakura! Marik!" The two looked over to where the crater was, watching as Joey limped around the edge of the forest, carefully making his way over to them without setting foot into the clearing and carrying an unconscious Yami on his back. "Be careful! They've littered the ground with land mines!"

"Oh, Joey-boy, why must you ruin the surprise?" Pegasus let out a small chuckle and wagged his finger at the blonde. "I might have to consider that cheating. And we don't want that, now do we?"

"Fuck off!"

The man ignored the blonde, instead turning to the angry, uninjured group that had just appeared. Well, that uninjured part would soon have to change. "So, what do you say, Bakura-boy? Do you agree to play the game?"  
>"Why the hell would I play a stupid game when I can just kill you flat out?" Bakura let two daggers slid from his sleeves into his hands.<p>

Pegasus 'tsk'ed and wagged his finger again. "Now, now, Bakura. That isn't very sportsmanship-like." He hummed, moving his finger to tap his chin, the necklace around his neck flashing. "You know that I'm able to communicate with Captain Dartz through the Orichalcos, correct? Well, he has just informed me that our ship has been recaptured."

Marik growled and stepped in front of Bakura to glare at the sliver-haired man. "What have you done to Malik-pretty?"

"Yeah, 'nd what about Yug' and Ryou?" Joey joined the group, setting Yami against a tree and staying near the back with Seto, trying to not bring attention to himself but unable to stop from asking about his friends.

"Oh, don't worry. Captain Dartz has assured me that they are alive, but he says that he is unsure of how long he can contain himself. 'They all have such pretty screams,' he says." Pegasus smirked as everyone that was conscious tensed. "So what do you say now, Bakura-boy? I'm sure that by playing my game I'll be more than happy to convince Captain Dartz from killing the three a little longer." He looked over the rest of the group, watching as Joey practically lifted his injured foot from the ground to keep from putting pressure on it. "Of course, the rest of your…friends are more than welcome to play as well."

Bakura clenched his fists, glaring at Pegasus before nodding his head. "What game is it?"  
>"It's really quite simple. You see that pile of rubble over there?" Pegasus motioned to what was once the Treehouse. "Well, it seems that I lost something very important to me in there and I need you to get it. Think you can do that for me, Bakura-boy?"<p>

"Fine." Bakura turned to look over his shoulder. "Just Marik's coming with me."

Joey shrugged, apparently unfazed by the decision and moved back to where Yami was before letting himself drop. "I could use a rest."

"Just in case I forgot to mention," the group looked up towards Pegasus was chuckling once again, "for every hour you spend in there looking, one of the boys gets a new tattoo."

"Does Marik get a description of the item?" Even if Marik hadn't been talking through gritted teeth, it was obvious that he was struggling not to snap, his entire body practically shaking.

There was a small hum as if Pegasus was considering the question before he giggled. "No, I believe I've told you enough." The man bowed as much as could from his position in the tree. "I bid you, adieu." Before any of them could protest, the man had disappeared into the foliage.

Joey sighed and rolled his pant leg up, grimacing at the sight of blood. He looked up Bakura and Marik for a moment before glancing at the field that he knew now was littered with dangerous explosives. That thought brought him to Yami, whose shallow breathing was one step away from sending Joey into a panic attack.

It had been complete luck that Joey had been able to fly fast enough to get Yami away from most of the explosion and, as it was, neither of them had gotten off completely scot-free. With Joey it was with his leg, but with Yami… He looked his friend over, trying to find the source of the blood that covered almost every part of Yami's body but a flash of pain distracted him.

Swearing under his breath, Joey turned to Seto, who had ripped off the sleeve of his shirt and was trying his best to clean Joey's wound without any water. "What're ya doin' that for?"  
>Seto scoffed and looked over his shoulder, drawing Joey's attention to where Bakura and Marik were practically sprinting across the field. "I have to do something or I'm going to go mad. My brothers are alone with a lunatic and their safety is riding on two <em>other <em>lunatics being able to find something belonging to yet _another_ lunatic. Trust me, this was the better option."

Joey blinked, then nodded his head before letting it rest on the tree trunk, trying to hid a wince every time Seto got a little too close to his wound. This was going to be a long wait.

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**SW: At least this update is of normal length…Oh, yeah, sorry 'bout skipping the fight scene between Dartz and the hikaris…I'm really bad at fight scenes and you wouldn't have wanted to read my attempt.**

**Ryou: I'm sure they don't mind. What they probably do mind though is the time of your update. It's half an hour 'til midnight!**

**SW: Psh, so? I got it up, didn't I?…I'm sorry!**

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	12. Finding the Necessary

**SW: BTW, I'm not going to update next week because I need to spend at least a little time with my family…**

**Yugi: SoWhatever apologizes that she won't be able to post!**

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Bakura growled as another piece of debris fell in his path. This was getting ridiculous. Marik was a few feet in front of him, sifting through what was once the ceiling of the tunnel that led to the Treehouse. He shook his head against the loud ringing that filled his ears once again, hiding a wince at the pain that shot through him after the movement.

There had been a mine that exploded next to him on their way inside, and he was pretty sure that his impact on the ground had given him a concussion. Bakura looked ahead towards Marik, frowning at the man's back. The other had completely avoided any damage, which Bakura figured was a good thing, if he wasn't so aggravated by the fact that he was off balance and slowed down from the explosion.

The two had lost track of time in their search and Bakura scowled at the thought of Ryou getting hurt. This was taking too long and they didn't even have an idea of what they were looking for. A slight glowing light to Bakura's right caught his eye and he looked forward and Marik, who was still making his way to the center of the Treehouse, before walking over to it.

He pulled off a large piece of wood that was hiding whatever was causing that glow and looked down, his face falling into an uncaring mask. Bakura grabbed one of Tea's wings and lifted her from the ground.

The girl groaned and her eyes fluttered open, meeting dark, cold brown. She scowled and closed her eyes but Bakura shook her awake again, his eyes narrowing into a glare.

"What are you doing here?"  
>Tea winced as her entire body throbbed in pain, and she lowered her eyes, not meeting Bakura's. "I-I was, I wanted to make sure that Pegasus and Dartz wouldn't do anything. I was too late…"<p>

"Pegasus hid something here, do you know where it is? Did you see it?" Bakura pressed her for more information, not really caring that Tea had tried to make up for her mistake.

"You have to promise to take me with you. I can't fly very far on my own like this." Tea let out a breath after Bakura gave a brief nod. "I think it was a golden eye. At least that was what it looked like. Pegasus dropped it near my little hollow but it could be anywhere after that explosion."

Bakura growled and dropped Tea on the ground, ignoring the girl's protest. "I'm leaving you here. We'll get you on our way out. I'd rather not have a pixie in my pocket, thank you very much."

He launched himself over the debris blocking his way, a scowl on his face. As much as he would have rather left Tea here, he had given his word, and that was the one thing he valued over the treasure he stole. It didn't take long to find where the trunk used to be and he turned around to take in all the damage that had been caused.

"Marik! Skip searching the outside, make your way to the middle!" There was a grunt in response and Bakura saw the man lift away a large piece of wood before walking through the resettling dust and joining him in the center. "Tea was here when they set off the explosion, said Pegasus dropped a golden eye by her room. I think it would be best to start here."

"Where is she now?"

"I left her out in the tunnel. Told her we'd pick her up on our way out." Bakura watched as the man nodded, his serious expression never fading. He had to be feeling the same way about Malik that Bakura was about Ryou.

The two set to work, tearing apart the already destroyed Treehouse in the hopes of finding a small golden eye. As they made their way towards the edges, Marik's frustration was becoming more and more visible. Bakura felt the same, but hid it better, not allowing himself to waste energy from furiously ripping away pieces of burnt wood and throwing them to the side like the other.

Suddenly, the angry sounds Marik had been making silenced, and Bakura looked over at him to see the man standing up, holding a small golden ball in between his thumb and index finger. He looked over at Bakura with a smirk and the two quickly launched into motion, starting on their way out.

Bakura paused for barely a second to yank Tea from her resting position, not really caring about the yelp of pain that followed, and continued on their way out of the Treehouse. They had made it outside, and had started back towards where Seto, Joey, and Yami were waiting. Nothing seemed to be wrong and it looked like they were completely alone, but Bakura couldn't help but feel that something wasn't right.

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Ryou watched as Yugi groaned in pain and bit his lip. Malik was unconscious on the floor next to him and Yugi looked like he was trying not to join him. The fight had been depressingly quick, and Ryou held back a sob as he thought back to it.

The youngest of the Mutous had fought as hard as he could, but Dartz had maneuvered his way around him and had grabbed at Ryou before either of them could register it. Malik had put down his sword at the promise that Ryou would be released, and Dartz had struck, slicing his sword across Malik's chest. It had looked like a shallow cut, but it hadn't stopped bleeding no matter how much pressure was put on it.

After Ryou had been shoved to the ground and the knife that was still lodged in Yugi pressed in deeper, Dartz had disappeared into his cabin after saying he would wait to kill them in front of Yami Atemu and the albino had gotten hopeful that they could make it over to the edge of the ship and jump down into the lifeboat in the water.

It had taken forever to move Malik, even though Yugi had offered as much help as he could with only one functioning arm. As soon as they had reached the edge, however, Dartz had stormed back out with a gun, sending three bullets into the bottom of the ship and effectively sinking it.

He had then placed the gun to Ryou's head, much to his twin's distress, threatening that he didn't have to wait to kill them. But before the captain of the pirates had pulled the trigger, his Orichalcos stone had glowed. Dartz had removed the gun and told them that Bakura and Marik were searching for something of Pegasus' and that their safety was riding on that.

Ryou shivered at the thought of Dartz' grin. It was more than possible that both Pegasus and Dartz were just playing with them before they killed both him and his brothers. He looked down again at Malik and Yugi, at the makeshift bandages Ryou had tried to make out of their shirts. Malik would probably need stitches, but there weren't any materials Ryou could use for it. The knife in Yugi's shoulder seemed to have stinted most of the blood flow, and Ryou fretted over what would happen if he tried to remove it.

"Ryou was your name, right?" He gave a small scream at the sudden voice, twisting around to see the smug face of Dartz behind him. "It's been an hour, I believe I explained the rules to you before?" Without waiting for an answer, a hand on Ryou's shoulder pushed him to the side and he cried out as Dartz suddenly stabbed Yugi in the thigh.

Pain flashed hot and red across Yugi's body and he arched his back against it as Dartz twisted the knife before pulling it out, watching as blood turned Yugi's pants dark before turning and walking away. Yugi swallowed against a scream, unable to decide which of his wounds hurt worse.

Yugi barely registered the feeling of his brother's hands ripping his pant leg from below the knee, then using that cloth to make a small bandage around his thigh.

"Bakura and Marik…time…on way…free the rest…" The voice didn't belong to Dartz, but Yugi's mind was too fogged over for him to figure out who it belonged to.

There was a loud yell, or a cheer, Yugi only knew the noise didn't bode well for him, and there was the pounding of feet on the deck. He was grabbed on each arm and lifted to his feet, the people making him walk, not caring that they were pulling open his wound again. He heard Ryou cry out, before he was suddenly thrown to the ground again and a door slammed, sending him into complete darkness. He whimpered and tried to sit up to see where he was, but a hand on his shoulder kept him down.

"Pl-ease, Yugi…Just-Just rest." Ryou's voice drifted into his ears and he didn't protest, turning over to his back and waiting for whatever Dartz had planning for them.

Ryou watched as his brother's breathing evened out, signaling that he was the only one of the three that was still awake. He had watched in worry as Dartz had released the pirates they had kept down in the brig and then had ordered six of them to move him and his brothers to Dartz' cabin. One of the pirates had ripped out the knife in Yugi's arm before sending him forward into the room, which Ryou didn't know if that was bad or not, but now he had to deal with two newly bleeding wounds on Yugi.

There had to be something in the room that Ryou could use. He pushed himself to his feet and walked through the darkness to what looked like a desk in the shadows. Feeling around with his hands, he found a lantern and matches to accompany it.

He opened the box of matches and grabbed one, quickly striking it against its box and watching as the match sparked before bursting into flame. Quickly lighting the lamp, Ryou walked back over to his brothers, swallowing against the bile in his throat that came up after seeing the how the light from the lamp gave the blood an even more sinister appearance.

The problem of light solved, Ryou stood up once more, planning on looking for bandages. He felt tears prick his eyes each time one of his brothers made a pained sound, but he forced himself to block them out. He had to remain focused. Their clothes weren't enough to cover all of the wounds, and most of the cloth had already been soaked with blood. Ryou would need to find something larger.

With that in mind, Ryou quickly went through the desk and the area around it, and after finding nothing turned to the large bureau that was set in the corner of the cabin, the only other piece of furniture besides the gun cabinet. He sighed in relief as it opened without any fight, he had been worried it would be locked. Even with the dim light of the lamp, Ryou was able to see the multiple rolls of bandages on one of the shelves, and the barrel that took up another. After a quick sniff to make sure it wasn't alcohol, he smiled at the sight of so much water. He grabbed as many bandages as he could and a bowl that was on the third and final shelf, using it to hold the water he would clean Malik's and Yugi's wounds with.

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**SW: Well, that's that. Do you realize how much I was freaking out near the end? There was a major storm in my area and my internet's down, so I had to borrow my neighbor's wifi and had to make up an excuse that I had some homework that required internet…and yeah.**

**Malik: And SoWhatever sucks at lying.**

**SW: Yeah! It was very stressful. Plus, I got one of my first flames on another one of my stories and it really depressed me. Not only that, but I'm pretty sure it was a troll because of their own writing and their response to my PM. So that's why the end of the chapter kind of sucks.**

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	13. The Beginning of the End

**SW: I AM SO SORRY I UPDATED LATE! I had a tennis tournament this weekend and I was exhausted and I fell asleep in front of my computer after I had posted the Supply and Demand chapter and started this one! And then of course the chapter wasn't finished and I had school and a tennis match, so I couldn't post until now! And my brother has food poisoning so I have to check up on him every thirty minutes or so which totally stops my writing process…  
>Thank you to AnimeHannah (Yeah, I know -.-" I really can't find the time to write longer chapters and I apologize but I do try my best! Thanks for the encouragement!), Tiryn (I'm sorry I didn't update sooner! And don't worry we'll have some reunions this chapter!), and Darkest Fire19 (*holds up hands in defense* I would never think of abandoning any of my stories! Hope you like this chapter!) for reviewing!<br>I apologize!**

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"See? You guys would be lost without me." Tea huffed and rolled her eyes as she sprinkled some pixie dust on the three men that could still stand. "But what I don't understand is why you're going back for those three sluts. They're what started all this, so maybe we should just-"

Bakura plucked the fairy out of the air, his hand wrapping around her entire body and squeezing hard. "Don't think for a second that we've forgiven you for what you've done." There was a small squeak of protest but it was silenced when Bakura's grip tightened. "The only reason I've stopped myself from sending you six feet under, is that you happen to be the best way we can get on board without being noticed. Ryou is on that ship and I plan on getting him back."

Bakura threw Tea to the side and launched himself into the air, Marik following not too far behind. Seto turned cold blue eyes to the fairy as she stood up from her fallen position on the ground, before looking at Yami and Joey.

The blonde had fallen into a feverish unconsciousness when they had been on their way back to the shoreline, leaving Seto to carry him the rest of the way since Bakura had refused to help and Marik was already supporting Yami. The group had been slow in making progress to their destination, even with a trail guiding them and it was obvious they were worse for wear. Joey's leg was a turning an angry, infected red under the dried blood that still remained despite Seto's attempts to clean it off. Yami's groans had been a constant accompaniment to their trek and from his position behind the leader of the Lost Boys; Seto was given a perfect view of the filthy, dead, bloody, burnt flesh hanging off of Yami's back.

Hooded, clouded crimson eyes clashed with clear sapphire as Yami turned his head towards Seto from his position lying on his stomach. Seto gave a brief nod and glared at Tea. "Keep an eye on them."

With that, he turned and rose into the air, still a little shaky after the crash course Bakura and Marik had given him in not only flying but in the basic hand signs they would use. Thank Ra for his photographic memory. Seto started to fly towards the ship, going at a much slower pace than the two hyperactive Lost Boys in front of him.

Bakura and Marik flew close to the water as they approached the hull of the ship, smirking at each other before turning in opposite directions and flying away. Marik ended up hovering behind what he knew was the captain's cabin, unseen unless someone in the crow's nest was looking a certain way.

However, that problem was quickly taken care of as Bakura silently flew up into the sky and positioned himself right above the highest part of the ship. Locking in on the pirate sitting in the crow's nest who was scouting to the left and right of the ship, he dropped. Silent as a ghost, Bakura landed in the small viewing area attached to the main mast, making sure to keep the scout's back to him as he slowly made his way closer.

With a flick of his wrist, there was a knife embedded in the pirate's neck. He quickly moved forward and covered the man's mouth with his hand to silence any dying sounds that could've come out. Bakura pulled the knife out once the struggles from the man had stopped, and wrapped a cloth around the wound to keep blood from dripping onto the deck and raising unwanted questions.

Bakura gave a signal to Marik, who nodded and slowly flew around the upper deck, hiding behind a few barrels as he waited for a group of three pirates to walk past before slipping into the captain's cabin.

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Ryou tensed, in the middle of rewrapping Malik's chest. The bleeding had thankfully stopped, but his brother's skin was abnormally pale. He looked over at the entrance but the light from the lantern cast it into shadow and he couldn't see if anything was there. The sound of the door opening was unmistakable and his cheek started to sting again at the reminder of what had happened the last time someone had come into the cabin. A square patch of linen covered the wound that he was sure would leave a scar. Surely it hadn't been another hour already, right?

"Malik!" The albino blinked in shock as someone launched themselves from the shadows, ending up on the other side of his brother's still body. "Malik-pretty…" A hand came up to brush across Malik's forehead, smoothing out the wrinkles that had gathered there as the blonde fought against the pain even in his sleep.

The stress from the situation rolled off of Ryou as he looked up at the ceiling, thanking whoever was looking out for them. "Marik, you have no idea how good it is to see you. We need to get Malik and Yugi out of here. Malik's lost a lot of blood and Yugi's got a fever."

The other spared a glance at the smallest of the group, who had a rag over his eyes and was breathing heavily, red splotching his cheeks and bloody bandaged covering his leg and upper arm. Marik nodded, but then scowled. "You're going to need to wait here. We haven't taken care of Pegasus and Dartz yet, but don't worry, we're going to get you out soon."  
>"Yami…" The two looked over at the agonized moan that slipped out Yugi's mouth in the form of a name. "I wanna see Yami." He moved the cloth from his eyes and took a deep breath to brace for pain before sitting up, gritting his teeth to keep from screaming as his leg wound was pinched. He swayed a little before steadying. If there was any chance he could see Yami, he didn't want to worry the man so he had to fight through the pain.<p>

Marik's scowl darkened. "He's waiting on the shore for Bakura, Seto, and I to return. He's been injured."

Yugi gave a small cry, his left hand flying to his mouth. Ryou looked at his twin in worry before focusing on the only source of information on what was happening outside of this room. "How badly is he hurt? Is anyone else injured?" He was afraid to ask if Bakura was among those hurt.

"Joey is, but he'll be fine." Marik's eyes focused on Malik again. "They'll all be fine."

Ryou nodded his head and looked over at Yugi, letting out a gasp at the slumped over form of his brother. He quickly moved away from Malik, handing the bandages that still needed to be wrapped to Marik, and placed a hand Yugi's shoulder, already feeling the heat that was radiating off of him.

He slowly lowered the once-again unconscious Yugi back to the ground, making sure to replace the rag on Yugi's eyes after refreshing the water on it so that it was cool again. Ryou turned to face Marik, surprised to see the man lifting Malik softly off the ground to finish bandaging his chest. Clearing his throat, and feeling as if he was intruding on something he shouldn't be, Ryou forced a smile and shifted so that he was sitting cross-legged. "So…we wait here while you do all the fighting?"  
>"We wouldn't let anyone injured even attempt to try and fight, especially considering you have almost no experience in fighting to begin with." Marik ran his hand through Malik's hair one last time before setting him back on the ground and standing with a wicked smile. "Besides, does Ryou-white <em>really <em>want to see what Marik and Bakura-thief can do?"

Marik didn't wait for an answer, instead turning and strutting towards the door, breaking his stride only to slowly open it and slip out unnoticed. Ryou watched the door close behind the man and wondered briefly what kind of havoc was awaiting those unlucky members of Dartz' crew.

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Only seconds after Marik had entered the cabin, Bakura saw a flash of movement to his right and looked down to see Seto finally reaching the hull of the ship. The man rolled his eyes, but waited until Seto had spotted him before giving him the signal to climb onto the ship and hide behind the same barrels Yugi and Ryou had been hiding behind before.

There was around ten minutes of nothing, and for a moment Bakura thought that Marik might have been held up by someone, but then a shock of platinum blonde hair slipped out of the captain's cabin and crouched behind some crates next to a cannon. The man looked directly at Bakura and signaled that neither Dartz nor Pegasus had been in the room, however…

Bakura let his eyes drift from Marik's hands to look at the door leading to the room Dartz kept most of his secrets in. So that's where Ryou was. He smirked and gave a small chuckle, before looking back at Marik. The smirk faded at the next few signs that the blonde made. The three were injured, most likely by Dartz.

His eyes scanned the deck for either captain or the first mate, but they were absent. Bakura looked back at Marik and nodded his head, signaling that he was ready to start. Seto caught the signal as well, having watched Bakura's end of the silent conversation since he couldn't see Marik, and tensed in his spot, ready to pounce.

A group of six pirates had the misfortune to walk in front of the crates that Marik had been hiding behind, and ended up being the first victims of the onslaught. Pulling a sword from seemingly nowhere, he hurdled over the crates and slashed the first of his opponents, quickly sending him to the floor.

The next two followed just as swiftly, but after that, the element of surprise had been lost and Marik was quickly surrounded. Bakura drew out knives from the sheaths hidden in his sleeves and started flinging them, never missing and killing another man with every throw.

Seto seemed to be holding his own, having knocked out a pirate from behind when he had run towards Marik to join the fight. He grabbed the man's sword and blocked the attack of another who had seen his comrade taken down by the tall brunette.

Green and gold eyes watched in amusement as the deck erupted in fighting, the captain's crew doing so not only to avenge the deaths of those that had died before, but also to protect the ship they were bound to. Brown eyes crinkled at the edges as their owner chuckled lightly.

The fight had begun.

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**SW: So sorry!**

**Bakura: Bloody over-reactor. You're acting like this is the first time you've missed an update on something.**

**SW: …It still makes me feel bad when I do it though.**

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	14. The Final Fight

**SW: Yes, yes, I know. I missed **_**another **_**update. My putting off writing to the last minute has gotten ridiculous. And I think it's kind of redundant to say sorry again, but if you've checked my profile you would've seen I am now updating this story on MONDAYS, which will make life so much easier for me (though not by much). I apologize for letting you guys down last week!**

**Bakura: Didn't you just say you **_**wouldn't **_**apologize?**

**SW: …Sh-Shut up.**

**Thank you to Ern Estine 13624 (Yeah, I'm sor-I mean, I hated making you wait. I feel bad for it.), Darkest Fire19 (Haha, your review made me giggle! But I totally agree! Down with Dartz!), and Guest (Thank you, every time someone reviews it really does help with my inspiration) for reviewing!  
>Hope you like!<strong>

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Bakura swiftly climbed down from the crow's nest into the chaos below. Even though he had run out of knives to throw and his handiwork could be seen all over the deck, the number of pirates on deck didn't seem to have changed at all.

He attacked a man from behind as soon as his feet hit wood and quickly disarmed him, taking the pirate's sword and using it to kill its previous owner. Another man launched himself at Bakura, crying out for his fallen comrade but he too was sent to the deck with a slash to the throat. The albino whipped around to face the next attacker, already seeing their moves two steps ahead.

"Bakura-thief!" The man looked up as he nimbly tore through the pirates, slicing and hacking at any moving person. He met adrenaline-filled purple eyes and watched as Marik turned his head and nodded to the upper decks.

Following the gaze, Bakura smirked as he saw the ends of teal hair disappear into the captain's cabin before the door slammed shut. Of course Dartz would be the one to run and hide until the battle was over. However, his smirk faded as he remembered who else was inside the cabin and he looked over at Marik with narrowed eyes.

There was a loud cry before Bakura could communicate anything to Marik, and he watched as Pegasus leapt down in front of the pirates currently fighting the platinum blonde and started slashing away with his sword. It didn't look like the silver-haired man cared at all that he wasn't actually hitting Marik, he just kept driving the other back, waiting for an opening where he could strike.

Bakura rolled his eyes, knowing Marik would be able to handle Pegasus, and turned to face the captain's cabin. Seto's fight brought him to a halt in front of the man's view, and after taking down the pirate he was fighting, the brunette turned to Bakura.

"You want to get over there, right? That's where Dartz is?" He scowled when Bakura gave a small grunt, but shifted the grip he had of his sword so he could hold it better, knowing his swordsmanship wasn't strong enough to face down the captain and hating every minute of it. "I'll help you clear a path. Go get the man who hurt my brothers."

The two set off, sending anyone who got in their way to an early grave. When they had finally reached the staircase that led to the upper decks, only a handful of pirates remained. They took one look at the two intimidating figures, as well as the maniac holding his own against their first mate before booking it down to the lower decks.

Bakura cackled. "As if that'll help them! I'm hunting down each and every one of these sons of bitches and giving them the punishment they deserve!"

"Just go already." Seto growled out, already feeling annoyed at the fact that he wouldn't be the one saving the day. "I'm going to go after those guys."

The albino watched Seto leave, before looking at Marik. The other smirked over at Bakura for moment before Pegasus pulled his attention away, the first mate's sword coming dangerously close to hitting home. Once he had focused on the fight, Marik was able to begin a counterattack, ducking under the wide swoops that Pegasus made and attempting to get close enough to cut the man's stomach.

Bakura nodded and turned towards the staircase, sprinting up it and not pausing for even a second until he reached the door to the captain's cabin. He tightened the grip on his sword, preparing himself for anything that Dartz might throw–literal or not–at him when he entered. Ripping the door open, the man stepped inside the dimly lit room.

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Ryou looked up hopefully when he heard the door to the cabin open, but that hope quickly faded to horror.

"Oh, don't look so disappointed to see me, Ryou, I merely want to check up on the injured boys that I have on my ship." Dartz gave a wicked smile. "Besides, this _is _my cabin you're in right now. I believe I have every right to be in here."  
>The younger quickly maneuvered so that he was in between his brothers and Dartz. "You stay away from us! Stay away or I'll-I'll…"<p>

"You'll what?" The captain spread his arms wide as if welcoming whatever Ryou would bring to the table. "I'm sorry, but you're going to have to do more than that to impress me." He caught the small glance Ryou had towards the door. "And if you're waiting for one of your friends to burst in to save the day, don't bother. We've already captured and executed them."

"Wh-what?" Ryou paled at the thought that not only Bakura, but also his brother had been…killed.

"However, I'm willing to make a deal:" a crocodile smile found its way onto Dartz' face as he held out a necklace holding an Orichalcos stone, "if you take this jewel and slip it on, I'll spare your two brothers."

The smaller's immediate response was an outraged cry, but he cut it off quickly, looking back towards where his brothers were resting. They weren't even conscious, but they were alive. If he could save them, even if it meant sacrificing himself, wouldn't that be the right thing to do?

"Yami…" Ryou winced at the pained moan Yugi gave. Dartz hadn't specified if he had found the ones left behind on the shore, but he knew it was only a matter of time until they did.

Taking a chance, the albino turned to Dartz with a determined look in his eyes. "Joey and Yami have to be spared too."

There was a flash of annoyance and anger on the man's face, but it quickly disappeared as he gave a small bow at the waist. "I will not harm a single hair on their heads. I give you my word."

That raised Ryou's suspicions even more. "How do I know you won't go back on your promise?"

The other straightened, looking up to the ceiling for a second before smiling at Ryou. "A pirate's word is the only thing anyone can really have on a ship such as this. Besides, when have I ever outright lied to you? Never. I might stretch the truth a bit sometimes but there is no way I can weasel out of this."

"O-Oh, uh…" Even as his logic screamed against it, Ryou knew what his decision would be. He might not trust Dartz, the one who put his family through so much strife, but Seto was already gone, and now he needed to be the responsible one who made sure everyone else was safe. No matter what. Ryou straightened hiss shoulders and looked Dartz in the eye. "Fine. If you'll leave my brothers and the rest of the Lost Boys alone."

The cunning smile came back full force and Dartz nodded, holding out the necklace for Ryou to take. "But of course." The albino bit his lip, but grabbed the thread and held it at arm's length. A feeling of repulsion filled him and he grimaced at what he was about to do.

Ryou shivered and moved the string so that the necklace was hovering over his head. He closed his eyes and a picture of Bakura flashed through his mind. This was it. There wasn't anything left for him except his brothers. And this way he would be ensuring that they were safe.

"Ryou!" Just as he let the gem fall onto his chest, he heard Bakura's voice. His eyes opened and it looked as if Bakura stood in the entrance to the room, light filling the cabin from the open doorway. But that couldn't be right…

A flash of bright green. Then rage. Anger at everything and everyone. Ryou blinked once as it surged up through his chest, red coloring his vision. Then he smirked. It was liberating, just letting everything go, not caring if you're being rude or insulting.

"Ryou!"

He reveled in the newfound feelings for a moment longer before turning to look at the man who had called his name. So Bakura was still alive. Not even hurt by the looks of it. He sent a glare over at Dartz, who just shrugged, before focusing on Bakura with a toothy grin. "Hello. What can I do for you?"

"Ryou, you need to take that necklace off." Ryou quirked an eyebrow at Bakura's serious expression before letting out a cackle.

"That's precious. No, really, it is. It touches me that you care so much." Ryou crossed his arms, a sadistic expression filling his face. "Such a shame that I couldn't care less about you."

Bakura scowled, a growl slipping out of his mouth as he turned an icy glare to Dartz. "Get that damn necklace off of Ryou's neck now."

"Why would I do that?" Dartz moved until he was hovering over Malik, who had yet to awaken. "Say Ryou, would you mind if I killed your brother?"

The smaller of the albinos shrugged, never looking away from Bakura. "It's about time someone did it."

Dartz eyed Ryou for a moment longer, smiling in smug satisfaction. He unsheathed a dagger from his belt, before launching it at the other. With reflexes Bakura didn't know the smaller had, Ryou plucked the dagger out of the air, looking back at the captain of the pirate ship.

"Have fun with Bakura," was the response that Dartz gave, looking back down at Malik with an almost ravenous expression.

Chocolate brown eyes met darkened russet. "Payback's a bitch, ain't it?"

Dartz glanced over at the pair and watched in amusement as Ryou attacked Bakura. He unsheathed his sword and positioned it just above the blonde's heart. Finally, something was going right.

"No!" Someone collided headfirst with Dartz, taking him down to the floor and pinning him under their weight. "You're not hurting Malik-pretty!"

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**SW: Now I feel bad because not only did I miss an update, but I also gave you a chapter that's like a hundred and twenty words less than normal…But I only have two weeks left of school now so that should take away some stress, so I'll be able to focus better. **

**Bakura: Except for, you know, finals. And prom. And college. And getting a job.**

**SW: Didn't I tell you to shut up?**

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	15. Travel

**SW: SCREW DEADLINES! This stupid chapter would not write! UGH! Just so you know, I really do try to make the chapter in on time but it never seems to work! I apologize, but this story (which only has one more chapters left) won't have a specific update day anymore!**

**Yugi: …SoWhatever is just stressed because she had finals this week, she doesn't mean to be rude, nor does she plan to abandon this story. *bows slightly* Sorry!**

**Ryou: She actually had a final project due the day after she was supposed to have posted this and had barely started it so she had to choose which one she wanted to do.**

**Bakura: *scoff* Why the hell would you choose schoolwork?**

**Thank you to AnimeHannah (Haha, yeah you did! Though there won't be much of a fight scene -.-" That'll change when I edit!), Ern Estine 13624 (Thank you, I really appreciate your patience), Darkest Fire19 (Your review made me giggle! That really helped 'cause I have a lot of stress on me right now, thank you!) for reviewing!  
>Hope you like!<strong>

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Bakura narrowly dodged a kick from Ryou, taking a step back so he wouldn't fall. The other huffed and launched himself forward with another attack, putting himself off balance. Turning to the side, Bakura watched as the Orichalcos-affected Ryou was sent sprawling. He took his chance.

Grabbing the string that held the stone around Ryou's neck, Bakura tore it away from the smaller before slamming it onto the floor. After watching the jewel shatter, he turned to watch as Ryou slowly pushed himself up to his knees, shaking his head to clear it.

A yell caught both of their attentions as a loud crashing sound announced Marik's defeat. The cupboard he had been thrown into collapsed on top of him, a long pained groan that carried through the room after the dust settled the only thing telling them that Marik was still alive.

"Now…where was I?" Dartz turned around to face Malik once again, twirling a dagger in his hand. "Ah, yes. I do apologize, but you and your brothers have gotten in my way one too many times."

Before he was able to bring the dagger down, a hand grabbed his wrist, twisting it and sending the knife harmlessly to the side. Dartz snarled and yanked his arm away, spinning around just as a fist found his nose. "Gah!" He stumbled away from whoever had hit him, tenderly holding the area that had been hit. The captain looked up at Bakura with a glare, his voice just a bit more nasally. "How dare you hit me!" Dartz stood up and brushed away some blood that had started to drip from his nose. "No matter. It's not like you'll be surviv-" He cut off with another cry of pain as Bakura twisted and gave Dartz a roundhouse kick to the stomach.

"Ryou, start to help your brothers out of here. I'll take care of Dartz." The smaller nodded, rising unsteadily to his feet and stumbling over to where Yugi was lying a few feet from Malik, his mind still reeling from the effect of the Orichalcos. He took his twin's uninjured arm and wrapped around his shoulders, pushing up until he was standing up enough to start walking.

The captain of the ship gave a clipped laugh, straightening for the second time, only now he had a hand on his stomach. "As if you could possibly defeat me. You're way out of your league, little thief."

"I have more than enough skill to take you down." He darted forward and watched as the pirate brought his arms up to protect his face, his stomach wide open. Bakura rolled his eyes, pulling out a dagger and quickly stabbing into soft skin before retreating again, watching as blood started to discolor the man's shirt. "You don't even know how to defend yourself." Dartz cried out in pain again, hands searching for a dagger of his own before realizing that it had been sent to the ground. He licked his lips nervously, eyes flicking between Bakura's cold eyes and the knife that the man held. Bakura smirked. "This is the end, Dartz."

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"Ryou!" The boy looked up as he stumbled down the last step leading to the main deck and heaved a sigh of relief at the sight of Seto running towards them.

He nodded his head and allowed Yugi's weight to be transferred over to his brother. Ryou turned to start back up the stairs. "Malik and Marik are still in there. Bakura is fighting Dartz."

A hand on his shoulder stopped him from going any further. "Not anymore. Look."

Lifting his head to see the cabin's entrance, Ryou watched as Bakura carried Malik out of the room, Marik stumbling behind them as he held his head. The three made their way to where Ryou and Seto were waiting. Nodding his head, Bakura turned to face the coastline. "Seto, Marik, and I should still be able to fly. We'll each take one of you."

"But what about Dartz and Peg-" Ryou blinked as Marik and Bakura both raised an eyebrow in his direction. He coughed. "Um, Marik, are you alright? Your head is bleeding."

The man grunted and swiped the side of his face where blood had started to drip down, skillfully hiding a wince. "It's nothing. Let's just get Malik-pretty some help."

Ryou licked his lips nervously, but slowly nodded his head. "Our best bet would be to take everyone back to our world, we have more advanced medicine there. And I'm sure our mom wouldn't mind."

"Yeah. Whatever." Bakura adjusted Malik before rising off the ground, turning slightly to Marik and giving him a glare. "Drop Ryou and I kill you."

Seto followed behind Bakura with Yugi, pausing slightly to give Marik time to make his way over to Ryou and take off as well. The six made their way over to the beach, leaving behind the lifeless pirate ship.

Ryou and Marik were the slowest of the three, and the smaller of the two tried to examine the other's injuries without being too suspicious. Even though Marik was the one doing the flying, Ryou felt like he was the one supporting the other. "Um…Marik, are you sure your head is okay?"

The blonde grit his teeth, his eyes focused ahead as if it was taking all his strength just to fly straight. "Give me a break. It's just a small scratch."

"Yes, but…" The man turned and glared at Ryou, silencing him, their flying wavering just a bit before Marik turned to face the beach again.

The two touched down to the sound of Bakura giving Tea directions. "You need to give anyone who can stand a strong enough dose to make it to Ryou's world."

The girl huffed and crossed her arms, turning away from him. "Not even a please? Why should I give you anything? Why can't they just be healed here?"

Ryou glanced over at four of the five injured members of their group, each of them lying side by side. He gasped and covered his mouth at the sight of Yami's back, swallowing back the small amount of bile that threatened to rise up. The man looked over at Ryou, the only one who was awake, and gave a small smile. The albino gave a hesitant smile back, the expression becoming easier when he saw that Yugi had been set down next to Yami and the man had reached over to grab his twin's hand.

"Tea." Ryou blinked at the sound of Yami's voice. The man looked to be in serious pain, so the feat of talking had seemed to be out of the question. Everyone turned to focus on the leader of the Lost Boys, just as surprised as Ryou to hear the man talk. "You'll need to give us enough dust to make it to the other world, or some of us won't make it. We won't know how long we'll need to remain there, but it is unlikely that by the time we are healed that the pixie dust will still have effect. So this will probably be the last we will see of each other." There was silence for a moment before Tea opened her mouth and started to speak, Yami cutting her off. "I'm sorry but you can't come with us. Their world isn't a place for magic and fairies. Even if you hid away, someone would find out eventually. Go back to your Hollow and stay there." It seemed that Yami had said all he wanted to, because as soon as he finished his sentence, he lowered his head to the ground and let his eyes fall closed.

"So…you're not coming back?" Tea pouted, seeming even more reluctant to give the group pixie dust now.

Bakura scoffed and tapped his foot impatiently. "You heard the man. If we don't take everyone to the other world then some of them won't make it. Do you really want that to be on your head?"

Tea looked at Yami one more time, trying to assess for herself if the man would survive without outside help. She sighed, tears starting to prick her eyes. "Fine." She formed a large ball of dust in her hands and then stuffed it in a pouch that was on her waist before holding it out for Bakura to take. "Here. This should be enough to make it there." Turning away from the group, Ryou caught sight of her shaking shoulders. "Goodbye."

Ryou looked over at Bakura, who was dispersing the pixie dust between Seto and Marik, and walked over to Tea. "Hey, Tea…I just want to say…thanks. This really does help a lot."

"Yeah, just get going and save Yami already." The girl sniffled and wiped at her nose, before darting away into the forest.

"Ryou." The boy looked over to see Bakura holding out a handful of shimmering dust for him. "You're going to have to carry Yugi. He's the lightest so it shouldn't be that hard."

He nodded and took the pixie dust, holding it over his head before letting it fall. The dust dissolved as it hit his skin and he let himself hover slightly before landing and walking over to Yugi. Seto, Marik, and Bakura each took Joey, Malik, and Yami, respectively, and launched up to the sky with Bakura taking the lead.

Ryou followed, looking behind him one last time before turning back to the group, his eyes widening in shock. The sky flashed in a brilliant rainbow of colors and images danced across Ryou's vision as he tried to remember which way was straight.

The pirate ship, a gigantic Orichalcos stone, Tide Rock with the treasure chest still resting on it, the Treehouse, a myriad of monsters that looked vaguely familiar…then a bright flash of white and Ryou was floating in a familiar night sky.

"Pick up the pace, Ryou." The albino looked up to see Bakura waiting a few feet in front of him, Seto now in the lead as he started on his way home.

He smiled and nodded, darting forward, his happiness at finally being home giving him the energy to quickly catch up with Marik and Seto and pass right by them. Ryou saw his house and let out a small laugh of relief. They were safe. They were home. Landing on their back porch, Ryou shifted Yugi tenderly as his thoughts took a more worrying turn. They had been gone at least two days, if not longer. Time felt like it passed differently in Neverland, so who's to say how long they had been gone?

"Mana? Grandpa?" He hesitantly opened the door, surprised to find it unlocked. Ryou walked into the house, looking around the darkened hallways. "Are you home?"

No one replied, making Ryou chew his lip nervously. What if they were both out looking for the brothers? What if an air raid had started while they were out looking and…Ryou shook his head free of the morbid thoughts and carried Yugi into the living room, gingerly setting him down on the couch and moving to clear the table so someone else could lie there as he heard everyone else enter the house.

Bakura entered the living room first, nodding to Ryou and setting the unconscious Yami down on the table. Carrying Joey over his shoulder, Seto walked over to the couch and put Joey on the ground next to the back of the couch.

"Not a bad place you got here." Marik followed Seto's lead as he entered and set Malik on the ground in between the couch and the table. As he straightened, the blonde blinked rapidly and felt the room swim around him.

"Oh!" Ryou took a hold of Marik's arm, guiding him to a chair before the man collapsed. "You really shouldn't have pushed yourself so much. Your head looks like it's really hurt."

The light suddenly flicked on, gaining a groan from Marik. Everyone who could turned to look at Mana and Sugoroku, wearing the same clothes that they had worn on the day the brothers had been taken. The two looked around with wide eyes, examining injured and uninjured alike.

"Ryou? Seto? Who are these people?"

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**SW: The next chapter is the last one! Plus, it's my first week where I don't have school to distract me! I'm so excited!**

**Bakura: *scoff* It's not like it matters. No one reads this anyways.**

**SW: …There are…some...But if you are reading this I just want to let you know that I am completely rushing to get this done because I am a terrible person. As soon as this and **

'**Supply and Demand' are finished I'm going to come back and edit every single one of my stories (and considering this was **_**supposed **_**to be a puzzleshipping thing, this one's going to have sooo many revisions)**

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	16. Ends

**SW: Jeez, I've been terrible with posting these last few weeks…I don't know what's up.**

**Ryou: Don't let it bother you, this is the last chapter, so have fun with it!**

**SW: Alrighty, well then, this was posted **_**really **_**late (Oh gods so late) but that was because I made it extra long!  
>Thank you to AnimeHannah (Haha, thanks for the ideas! And I probably won't take any fight scenes out [I might even add some!] but I'm definitely changing a lot in this story), Firewolf360 (Yeah -.-" Normally it's that I can't focus on plot because I'm writing too much with the pairings but this time…not so much. Haha, but expect more romance stuff when I edit this!), Ern Estine 13624 (Me too! Though to tell you the truth I can't write sad endings, so…), and Darkest Fire19 (Aw, thank you so much! I'm glad that you think so!) for reviewing!<strong>

**Hope you like!**

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"Yugi!" Before Seto or Ryou could answer Mana, she noticed who was lying on the couch. A hand flew to her face and she ran over, letting her see the body lying in between the furniture. "Malik!"

Solomon straightened and turned around, walking into the next room over. Before anyone could question him, he returned with a first-aid kit in hand. "Who's hurt the worst?" Seto nodded towards Yami and the elder went into action, kneeling next to the leader of the Lost Boys and opening the kit. "I need two bowls of hot water and some alcohol if you can find it quickly. There's extra gauze in the bathroom, grab it along with as many small towels as you can." No one moved, instead staring in shock at the older man as he rummaged the contents of the first aid kit and started to pull out what he would need. He paused for a moment and looked up. "Go!"

Everyone scrambled, Ryou and Bakura heading for the kitchen and Seto going down the hall to the bathroom. Mana, however, stayed frozen in front of two of her sons, tears starting to fill her eyes. "No…" She shook her head and fell to her knees, right at Malik's feet. "No, no, no! No, you were all supposed to live! You didn't go off to fight, you were going to live!"

"Hey, lady." Mana looked up at Marik, choking back a sob. "Stop talking like that. Malik's going to live. He's not going to die."

She sniffled and wiped at her eyes. "How could you possibly know? There's so much blood! What did you do to them? I was only gone for a few hours!"

"Neverland." Mana's entire body jerked and she met Marik's knowing eye. "They've been gone for two days and got caught up in the fight between Dartz and Yami."

"Y-Yami? Yami Atemu?"

"He's the one the old man's caring for right now." Mana looked over at the table, her face paling as she noticed for the first time the extent of Yami's injuries. "You're going to tell me how you know about Neverland." She looked back at Marik, who had leaned his head back against the chair and closed his eyes.

Ryou came rushing back into the room, carefully carrying a steaming bowl of water. Bakura followed behind with another bowl, a bottle of whiskey stuck under his arm. The two walked straight over to Solomon and placed their items down. Seto entered soon after, setting the towels and bandages by the other objects.

Solomon got right to work, dipping a towel into the water, pulling away what remained of Yami's shirt and efficiently starting to clean the wounds. With the removal of shreds of clothing, dirt, and dried blood, more and more damage revealed itself. Ryou grimaced and, with a flash of embarrassment, turned away.

Mana had walked around the couch, barely noticing the unconscious blonde that Seto was standing over, so that she was sitting by the Malik's head, shifting him so that he rested in her lap and raising her hand onto the couch so she could comb through Yugi's hair. Ryou sat next to her. He had just opened his mouth to try and talk to his mother, but a cry of pain tore through the house before he could.

"He's awake. You there, yes you with the white hair, and Seto, come over here, help me to hold him down. This is going to get tricky."

Yami's scream seemed to kick start Mana into action. She started to remove Malik's torn and bloody shirt, revealing bandages that were quickly starting to become soaked again. Ryou drew in a sharp breath, biting his lip. "Moving him must have reopened his wound."

"Okay, Ryou, you're going to need to help me. I'm going to stitch up Malik. While I'm removing his bandages, go get a needle and thread from Grandpa, then I need you to get some warm water, new bandages, and something to clean the blood with." Mana unknotted the end of the bandages, and started to peel away the material. Ryou swallowed roughly, but stood to follow the order. As he turned to leave he heard Mana whisper, "I'm not going to let you die."

He ran over to Solomon, keeping his eyes averted from what was happening on the living room table, and grabbed the first-aid kit, noticing that one of the needles was already missing from the set of three. Grabbing the second one along with a spool of thread, Ryou turned and hurried back over to Mana. He gave her the needle and thread and then turned to get the rest of the things Mana needed.

The woman lifted away the last of the bandages, watching the blood start to gather around the wound that traveled from Malik's left collarbone down to the last of his right ribs. The normally tan skin of her son was ashen, revealing how much blood the boy had already lost. Mana bit off a length of string from the spool, quickly threading her needle and knotting it at the end.

Ryou returned and placed everything down at Mana's side. "Alright," Mana nodded to the bowl of water, "you're going to help me. As long as Malik is unconscious, clean up the blood around the wound so I can see where I need to sew. If he wakes up, I need you to immediately start to hold his shoulders down. We can't have him moving."

The boy nodded, gritting his teeth and dipping a towel into the warm water. The two got to work, and the pained noises Yami was making disappeared in their concentration. The room was filled with hushed concentration and the smell of blood and whiskey, but there wasn't a single sound of complaint.

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Dawn peeked over the horizon as Mana set down her roll of bandages with a sigh of relief. Yugi lay in front of her, leg and shoulder stitched and bound, Yami behind her, with his back completely covered in white bandages. She was standing awkwardly over Malik's unconscious body, one foot on either side of the boy, but it had been all she needed to care for Yugi.

Solomon chuckled as he leaned against the couch, wiping his forehead with his arms, his hands still red with dried blood. "I haven't seen so much carnage since the war. You kids are very lucky."

"Whatever." Marik grimaced at the sound of his own voice, a hand twitching as if he wanted to reach up and hold his head, which was wrapped securely with bandages. "As long as Malik-pretty is okay."

"He's going to be just fine." Mana sighed out, rolling out the stress of the night that had decided to gather in her shoulders and moving away from the couch so she could sit on the floor. "His bleeding stopped as soon as I closed his wound. As long as he doesn't pull out his stitches he should be jus fine."

"I wanna thank ya. Your sons sure didn' exaggerate, don't think we'dda been able ta fix up everyone quite so well if we didn' 'ave you two." Joey nodded to both Mana and Solomon, sitting on the portion of the couch not taken up by Yugi. He looked down at his leg, which was bandaged from the mid-thigh down. "Ya said I'll walk again?"

"As far as bomb injuries go, you got off pretty lucky. No broken bones and burns that were easy enough to handle. And because of your quick thinking, your friend is going to make it as well."

The sound of the front door opening had the room's tension rising again. Everyone awake turned to watch the entrance of the living room, listening to the footsteps that stopped in the front hallway.

"Mana?" The woman drew in a quick breath, her eyes widening and her heart leaping in her chest at the sound of the voice calling up the stairs. "Are you up yet?"

Ryou blinked from where he was standing next to Bakura, but then it hit him and he felt a huge smile spread across his face. "Dad!"

"Ryou?" The voice chuckled and the footsteps started to come over to the living room. "Leave it to you to be up at the break of dawn. Is your mother still-"

Mahad came into the entrance of the living room, but before he could see what was awaiting him there, two bodies tackled him to the ground and he was laughing. Mana was sobbing into his chest and Ryou was gripping him so tight it would make a viper jealous. The man, dressed in a tan uniform, shook his head at the two's antics, but grabbed onto Mana, bringing her up for a quick kiss.

But then he took in both of their appearances and his smile turned down in a scowl. "Why are you covered in blood? Has someone been hurting you? Is everything okay?" Ryou and Mana sat up, letting Mahad do the same, and he looked around the living room, balking slightly at what he saw there. "What happened?"

Mana let a small giggle loose from her lips as she wiped the tears from her eyes. "Our sons seem to be following our footsteps. They've been to Neverland."

"That doesn't explain why I come home and my living is covered in unconscious bodies, two of them my own sons mind you, and the rest of my family has blood up to their elbows."  
>Ryou bit his lip and looked back at Seto, who standing behind the couch before turning back to Mahad. "We were kidnapped by Dartz and then Yami Atemu rescued us, well, Yugi first then he came back for us, and then I kind of got tricked into betraying them and Yugi turned evil by the Orichalcos and we were captured again and then everyone was fighting and Malik got hurt fighting Dartz and we were locked in his cabin and then Bakura, Marik, and Seto beat everyone and we came here because a lot of us were hurt."<p>

Mahad blinked and shook his head, pushing himself up into a standing position, Mana and Ryou on either side of him. He examined each person carefully, finally ending with Yami. He walked over to the man, kneeling down beside the table. Mana followed, leaning on Mahad's shoulder as they both looked down at the man. "Well, this is a surprise. You know, you have no need to fear me, old friend. You can quit acting as if you are asleep."

There was a soft chuckle that was laced with pain and Yami opened his eyes slowly. "I never could fool you, Mahad."

The other felt a smile prick his lips and he shook his head. "You really should be asleep though. You seem to be injured quite severely. Rest would help you heal quicker."

"Heh, and when have you ever known me to rest when I'm supposed to?"

Ryou moved to stand next to Bakura again, who had stayed in his spot on the arm of Marik's chair, his voice dropping to a whisper. "Do you know my father and mother?"

"No." The other huffed and crossed his arms, narrowing his eyes at Mana and Mahad, who were both quietly talking with Yami. "I've never met them before in my life."

"Mahad?" Seto frowned at the man who had taken him in, trying to decipher what exactly was happening. "What's going on?"

Before he could answer, there was a slight moan and everyone's attention turned to the couch, where Yugi was still sleeping calmly. Marik straightened, eyes lighting up even though he winced at the movement.

"Wah-Where am I?,,,Dartz!" There was a cry of alarm and then of pain and suddenly Malik was sitting up, looking around in confusion even as a steady stream of curses flowed out at the obvious pain he was feeling.

Mana yelped and ran around the table to Malik. "You shouldn't be moving! You'll pull your stitches! Lie down! Lie down!"

"Mom? What?" The blonde disappeared once more as he was pushed down and Mahad chuckled, shaking his head. Mana could be seen fussing, barely listening to her son's protests. "What's happening? How'd I get home? Where is everyone? Why am I on the floor?"

Ryou's giggles joined his father's laughter. "Malik, we won. Seto carried you home."

"Oh." There was a silent pause as Mana huffed in satisfaction when Malik finally ceased moving. "Is that Dad I hear?"

Mahad stood and walked over to his son, kneeling down and lightly clapping Malik's shoulder. "I hear you fought with Dartz."

The boy blushed and frowned as he turned his head to stare at the bottom of the couch. "It was nothing. I was being stupid."

"You're damn right you were stupid! He could have killed you!" Malik's eyes widened at the sound of another voice, and then footsteps stumbling from the chair behind him and Mahad moved out of the way before a body knelt down by his head, leaning against the couch for support. "Do you know how worried your mother was, Malik-pretty?"

A hand found his way into his hair, entangling itself, and Malik felt a smile spread across his face. "Sorry. Won't do it again."

Mana nodded, a soft smile on her own face, and winked at her son causing his blush to return and spread down to his neck. "As long as you promise." She clapped her hands together and looked to her husband. "We might as well tell everyone now."

"Yes," Mahad stood so he could see everyone in the room, "someone will have to inform Yugi when he wakes, of course."  
>"I'll take that on." Yami gritted out, fighting against the tiredness that was starting to take over his mind.<p>

The father gave a short nod. "That's fine. To start, Mana and I have been very good friends with Yami for quite some time now."  
>"How come we've never met you?" Bakura was still eyeing Mahad and Mana, ignoring the light slap Ryou gave his arm.<p>

The smaller wagged his finger. "I'm sure they're going to get to that, be patient."

"I met Mana and Mahad before I had started the Lost Boys."

Mahad nodded at Yami, before meeting his sons' eyes. "Yami Atemu didn't always live in Neverland. Ryou, Malik, Seto, we've told you how we used to live in Egypt before your grandfather took us in. Yami lived with us. In fact, Solomon, you might know of him. Historians like to call him the Nameless Pharaoh."

The man laughed, shaking his head at what he thought was an obvious joke. His laughter slowly ended when he realizes that no one else has joined him. Solomon frowned. "That's impossible. The Nameless Pharaoh's tomb was dated to have been made over five thousand years ago, and while I'm inclined to believe that anything is possible when it comes to this man on my living room table, you can't possibly expect me to believe that you two are that old."

"It's true." Mana wrapped an arm around Mahad's waist. "Yami was our Pharaoh. But our world was going through a lot of turmoil at that time and Yami was assassinated. Everyone who was associated with the royal court had to go underground. For some of us, that was taken literally."

Yami sighed. "I woke up in Neverland. It took me a while but with Tea's help I was able to fly back to Egypt. I found Mana and Mahad and convinced them to come back with me."

"But we got curious as to how the world had changed over time and Mahad and I returned. I never got to apologize for that. The pixie dust ran out, we couldn't return."

Yami lifted his head enough to meet Mana's eyes, tired of staring at the ground even if his back was screaming in pain. "I came back to look for you, you know. You weren't in Egypt."

"When we returned, we immediately went to Luxor to look for our old friends. We were completely overwhelmed and got into a little bit of trouble. We had to run to avoid any problems. It's not your fault. A few years passed and we found out how the current calendar system worked. It helped us realize how Neverland affected us. We didn't age."

Seto crossed his arms and raised his eyebrows. "You expect us to believe that? While it's obvious that time passes differently in Neverland, I don't see how you can make everlasting life plausible."  
>"When we came back from Neverland, it was 1531. We hadn't realized that we had stayed for so long, and though we had to travel a lot to avoid any questions, we eventually ended up in England and were welcomed into the home of a man with two grandsons in need of someone to look after them."<p>

Mana looked down at her hands, wringing them together, "And then I got a little carried away."

"We all knew how much you wanted kids, Mana." Mahad's arm around the woman's shoulder gave a comforting squeeze. He looked over at Yami. "We adopted two other children to keep Ryou and Yugi company, Malik and Seto. I believe you found others as well. The Lost Boys, I presume?" He glanced at Bakura, Marik, and Joey before focusing again on Yami. "How much pixie dust did Tea give you?"  
>"Not enough. We're staying here."<p>

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_2005_

Yugi placed a bouquet of flowers down on the old gravestone, its date going back to 1956, in front of him. Yami hugged him from behind, his head resting on the younger's shoulder. "He couldn't stay forever."  
>The violet-eyed boy sniffed, bringing a hand up to wipe his nose. "Yeah, but that doesn't mean I have to like it."<p>

"At least you're not going to be seventeen forever. Do you know how many times I've been carded?" Marik came to stand next to them, Malik riding piggyback and pouting.

Yami coughed to hide a laugh, and looked over at the two blondes. "Anything new from Seto or Joey?"

"Last I heard they were in Japan. I think Seto's started a gaming company."

Ryou came up to the group as well, staring at the gravestone. "Mom and Dad are waiting in the car. Where are we going next?"

"Why not Egypt? We've never been, and I think it's been long enough that we don't have to worry. I want to see where Yami, Mana, and Mahad grew up."

"As long as we get moving. This town is starting to get old." Bakura joined them, reaching a hand up to brush the scar Dartz' knife had made on Ryou's cheek.

The boy let out a short laugh, leaning into the touch. "You only want to leave because you think Mary likes me."

There was no answer and Marik cackled. He turned around and carried Malik away from the grave. Bakura scowled. "I swear he never really recovered from that concussion."

Yami shook his head, straightening up to stretch his arms over his head, feeling the scar tissue on his back grate against his shirt. "So, Egypt?"

Yugi hummed, but didn't turn from the grave. Ryou reached over and placed a hand on his brother's shoulder. "Grandpa wouldn't have wanted you to dwell so long on this."

He took a deep breath and let it out slowly. "Yeah, I know. It's just seeing his grave is…"

"It's okay, Yugi." Ryou looked like he wanted to say something else but saw Bakura scowl out of the corner of his eyes. Rolling his own eyes, Ryou let his arm fall away from Yugi's shoulder. "We're going to head back to the car. You come when you're ready, okay?"  
>Yugi made a sound of agreement, shifting the weight slightly from the leg that had large star-shaped scar covering his mid-thigh. He bit his lip and, after a moment of staring at the flowers on the grave, nodded his head. He turned and looked at Yami, who had stood there patiently waiting.<p>

"Let's go."

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**SW: Ra, I can't believe it's over…**

**Bakura: Finally!  
>SW: And it's weird that both this and 'Supply and Demand' are ending around the same time. It's gonna feel weird when I'm not rushing to post a chapter every Sunday or Monday. But now at least I'll be able to edit! Hooray!<strong>

**Alrighty, here's something I like to do at the end of all my stories:  
>Thank you for reading!<strong>

**Thank you to everyone who reviewed!  
>Thank you to anyone who followed!<br>Thank you to anyone who favorited!**

**Thank you to anyone who did any combination of the above!**

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